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THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
THEIR GIGANTIC PLAN.
MANUFACTURERS WOULD CONTROL.
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
THE NATIONAL AggTJCIATION XXORKINC. FOR THE
EXTENSION OF rOMMEll'"!:-A OelVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT XV ANTED- -TALKS XVITH
EX-MAYOR gCHnUOBH ANT)
CHARLU* gt. M<JORv*
Ti-xe cxmmercial subjugation of thc South Arrerl
can Republics ls the stupe ndous task which Uta Na
tlegial Association of Manufacturers of the United
Pistes of America has undertaken to accomplish.
Thirx ai.ioclati.iii. Which lins a membership of LON
?ManlaXCtUT**)*, y-i ot them being in the Greater
New-York, mad* un in.-r.-i--..d tratVl with rlo'ith
Amerlce one of the- Issues pjf tin* late .-ampaign.
With the election nf McKinley sntl th ' confcqnc.it
return ot a p.illcy that xvi'.! ten! to Increase rath-r
than narrow thc export trade st the Halted States,
the association thinks iii', tim*, ls rip' for this glgaa*
tlc plan, which has bten-antertalned in Hm minds of
some of its raasaberg tot soass lime.
A mere outline e.f the work tic association ha*
mappei out for Itself srlll eeavi f sn Mea of the mag?
nitude of the plan. In th- :"rs; place th-.' SSSOCla
tlon Intends to press* foi the- r>a??jpe of Senator Will?
iam P. Frye's Mil creating a P'i>.xrtment o' Com?
merce snd Manufactures, at thc head ot' which is IO
he a secretary who ls to occupy tlie eighth place li
the President's Cabinet. If thia measure should bl?
oome a, lew it xvii transfer to this rtrw department
the entire consular bureau, which ls non- a branch
of the Department of State, bill Which, In the opinian
of eminent manufacturers, does no: properly belong
.:t the latter Department. The aaaoelation xviii urge
a sweeping revision of the consular servic". so that
lt .may beome r.n important assistance In th* spre.i I
of American commerce abroad.
As a preliminary to thex larger work whl'h thc
association has assigned to Itself, the organisation
sill establish almost Immediately a large depot tn
Caracaa, Veaeaxiela This is to bi ?" enonnotu
warehouse, or permanent exhibition, at which
aa in plas of tie produ.-t ot such American manu
faetursra as ehooo-i to takr- pnrt xx ii: bs kept. The
depot will bc placed l-l chars* of a representative
af the association, whos-- dut:' lt will be to exhibit
?h? sample's, dlacasj prices srltii South American
buyer*., give su:h Information as may be desired
of American Industrie, and possibly tahe orders
At the same tl?ie h.- xviii be under instructions to
-.ure himself nu pains to Kathe:' .1 COmpla'.C knoxxl
edge o', the various it.ies ot goods Imported intr
Venezuela and the neighboring Republic* fiori
other great commercial nations. He win maka a
s*udy of the, prices charged by European manufact*
urers. and learn as marl-, as possible ?hat chance
American manufa.-tuiers. under favorable dream*
stances, would bars to furnish those Bl ii. coogal al
competing prices.
A letter ;rom the central utile.-, in Philadelphia
was sent by Theodore C. Search, the president o:
tae a*B*nctaUon, a month u<o i ? .iii the members
of the association io aacertaln how man) xxis.'i to
axail the.-usclxe.s ol Ihe benefit ei. having, their
?oods exhibit.! in the Caracas depot lt ls under*
stooa that replies ot .1 favors ile nature ara being
recalvad
The oepot is io !?*? merely :n the nature if a '-st
cks.-, to to speak, lo . icertaln to x.::ii eaten!
American manufacturers :;i genertl will f.-n ni
with the Idea. Then the depol system ls I 1 be > x
terde.i -.j otiu:' South InterScan ports. A elation
of this nature ia expensive bees iee of the hith
? :>st of Irving in Souili American countries Vcn.;
je'a xxas nit especiallj vtlected fjr the i\
merit becauss of it- present ^nat friendliness
townrl Ihe 1 nlted fit stet, - of Ihe !m
portance of ? araca* is .. post, the wealth of
Uenasuela, *.:?: .ts .. ?. ^.- expori I isl ness Venex*
Mia exports I iii ouutry now great quantities
- f hides, ofl -
-. ? sae!*, trading ai 1 ila
picducti
the
?in! inls fix? s
advantage of
::cight both way* ll is believe I. tftcrcfore, 'hr
?nit res ir> sa good .1 port as ??on:.! have been se- 1
lee.ted fjr an experlmeiii of tills eon.
Th- ;'i.'.-i ot 1 - .. serlci ot depots of thu ;
nature in various fioui i x,n>trl ports originated 1
with 1 deles ? National Association
iin' made a trip 10 some .-f the South American
Republics during I tinner rhej xx-cnt at ' '
thc Invitation ot some South Am. ri -. n <1< - ?
irnmen:-, and :hetr receptli n waa cofeiitl and their . J
cr.terta.rrT..-:.- '. -. nat :? thal Ihej will long re
n.cmtiei pleasantly. Tne vain-- of such s method >
of makli.st our southern elahbcn .-. qi ii: led xx rix 1
our products was 1 . -. em on the other ( 1
fide of the eq iator, -md the desirableness of the I .
project Impre-s.-.i itself upoii tl ir tri" ls nor.- and I 1
more as they returned ii .-ne full 01 the commercial j r
possibilities ol' the great field xviii, h they had ?
paasad over j
The association, nas be/v, |sj constant loti'-h with , <
the Pan-American Committee, al th< head of : .
which la Mr. Furbish, iii vYashlngtoi and which
xas the Oii'.groxvtil ? '. t :? 1 ;.:,-\t\ r:.-.-.n 1 '"inti 'ss *
The Pan-American Idea l..- fallen Into evil days
during the Administration of President Cleveland.* r
but the. work done by Congress xviii not be lost dur- 1 1
ti;* the McKinley Administration.
The Amer), an' A??orJHtlon will hold its annual <
meeting on January >'.. 27 and '_'? In Philadelphia. ?
This will ba on. ed the most important meetings i ?
of its existence, is at t;, 1?- meeting the pian above 1
outlined will occupy th* greater part of Ihe sea ?
sions. The assoriation xviii also i-<k<- up the ojuea* \
tion of reduclni its 'efs and Increasing i's member* 0
ship.
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eXiVERNMEXT CO-OPERATION EXPECTED.
Bowie et tbe prominent m-rr !.<?-. - e>f the asso^juion j
say that th?y practically have assurances that '
the)- will ree.ive the heany co-operation of Pres!- j
dent McKinley In all the govert m>-nt.il movements 1
Involved In the pii,-, fr,, increasing the commer
rial intereiurse of this country with her Southern I
sisters. While thee- do no* wish to be quoted by j
name some of then* <V> no: hesitate, in confidence, ,
M say that t.-..? Adminis'ratl. n ol Pre-ld. nt ClOVX* |
land has ot been ir. the inttr. .-.ts 0! the esport '
trad*. Thty Hkevxis-.- crltirise tb, ,-lac.r of consuls ;
?int have been leleeted undt-i ? 1 ? ? ? tidmlnls. '
?ration, and say that American 1 g porte rs have been
frequently outwitted by the consuls tron. other 1
nations In s given port, the Amarlcsn consult being
of 1,0 nsslsiance 10 them. Most of the appointments
have been made ssh reward for political service,
and men ridiculous.;? unfitted 'or the positions, In
their Ignorance of bott) the Isnguage and the e-us
toms of the .-ouniries to whir ii tn>-x haxe i><e; sent,
have been chosen in -. large nunber of casca
EX-MAYOR IPHIBREN INTEREETED,
One of the ExecuJv. ''ommittecmen at large of
the association ls Charles A. Srhleren. formerly
Mayor of Brooklyn, and senior member of thc Arni
of Charles A. Bcbtsrsa ,?.- Co., niaimfacturers of
leather belting. Mr. ***hleren haa made a special
CHARLES A. SCHIEREK.
study of Ihe consular serviee.. To a Trlbim re.
porter he raid last nlgnt:
'There ls no doubt that we need a eompletee
vlsion in our *ystem of seie-nrng- consuls. In G*^.
many men are trained for the consular service *,
exhaustively and painstakingly a* they ure 'raine,
for U.e military service. For instance, the Ger?
man Consul In New-York ls to all Intents and pur- "
poses a KSW-TtWssSr, ?0 eompbtely eiotis lie- know' "^
our language, emtOMM, ind the- terrliory in which
he guard* Cartnim lute-res,).. The ,esult of iola
training ia that the i'erma-is are walking awiy
?*ylth the trade of the world. Kv.-n tha Kngll.h
'.overnment la negligent as compared with the
irt-rman. For our consular service men shsMild ' .
examined as *o th'ir qualification* for th- SDeclal
consulship which they are- lo Ul!. I ito nnl 'ne cs
carily refer- tr, .-omp?tliivc I'ixil Service examlna
'ion. but 1 m?.aii an examination which will show
that they have sufficient knowledge of language
histor.' anel rtutoms ol the people ;-nioiiif whom
they are going io i^ abie to further American in.
tereets
"Rut there are other rtMaaMS lo *MoatMI for tie
rapid growth of the German foreign trade nie I
'ierman Government subsidizes Hs steamera t.
raged In intemmlonal traffic by giving them con
tracts for carrying ths mal!* In exoeas or u,e se-.
uaJ value of the mail-carrying service performed
That Government also establishes financial agen
cles in foreign ports lu oi.'.er to assist irs tner
enanta In getting money promptly and without
loeses of exchange, lt is doubtful if this country
?ould establish exchanges of thia kind, and lt ls
probable that only private agencies could ne estab?
lished. Rut If our Government would pursue a
liberal policy ti>wtrd our steamship lines that go to
foreign ports, the Important question of thc re?
vival of the Amerlean merchant marine would set?
tle it-elf.
THF. MF.Ri'HANT MARINE'.
"Several plans hnvc been suggested whereby this
Government could propel ly Increase our merchant
marine. The only one thus fier suggested, how?
ever, that ls practical ls that of subsidizing
steamers, and I know of no better way of
loiiig that than to grant liberal contracts
for mall routes Why should xve not do this?
In Texas we pay. perhaps, a hundred times ts
much for carryfng the mall from point to point as
thc avrvtee ls worth. For Instance, I know Of
routes where a boree man carries two or three let*
ters u dlstan ??> e.f a hundred miles. Whv should
xve not adopt the sam- poii.-x iii carrying mall be?
tween tris country ano South America if great
commercial benefits ar., to .-onie from it"
"On account r.f the- diff.-ieiice In the e-e.st of labor,
shlpa nn be bulli on the Clyde from 7'.,- to lo pe;
eent eli.aper than In Amer ch. and th'-re-fore I am
not in favor of abolishing the law which restricts
th.- American flag to AmertOan-mada ships. I have
a large acqu tint ulre among Ship-builders and
shipping men and th.-.- t.-ll mc that lt ls not th..
question of fir<t cost lhal bas produced aux falling
off m the production of Aniericaui-made ships, bot
it is the difference in the cost of malntalnlns th.*
vessel nile.m. American officers and sailors denian!
and receive hither nay for the-ir work than do
foreigners, if xv- adopted the |>olloy e.f subsidizing
our ships I am convinced that ll would offset anv
disadvantages which Ile In Increased rost of build?
ing and maintaining vessel.--.
DIRECT COMMUNICATION NEEDED.
"We should hnvc direct communication with j
every Important South American port. Weelo have, j
noxx- with Caracas and a few other ports. But I
there nr? capes In which an American cargo goes
lg South Amcrl.-a by wav of England. This malt's
the delivery so long lo the South American POT* 1
chaser thal in order to deal solely arith ns he woubi
have to carry a larger stock than lie considers de?
sirable. That ls one of the reasons why we have
bael so little traffic with South America.
"Our association has been agitating for some
time the establishing o;' a Department of e'om
meroe and Manufactures, with a representative In I
thc Cabinet. There have been no hearings vet on I
Senator Frye-" lilli, which is still pending. \\'e ex
peet to bc hearel on the bill, and we hope thal lt
will be passed. We doubt, however, whether Presi- ,
dent Cleveland would sign ll But if it pomes |
before] President McKinley be will sign lt, and bs
ls now heartily in favor of it. We have received ?
encoi.rngemen' from Secretary of State Olney, but '
xve can't say that we have any hope that President
Cleveland will approve lt."
CHAJtLES A. MOOKI HOPEF1I.
Another member of thc National Manufaeturers' i
Association who is hopeful of good results from '
the ptv-aent plans of the- association is Charles A |
Moore, of the firm of M.inning. Moore & Maxwell,
iron manufacturers. When Mr. Moore was seen
by n Tribune reporter with tefen-nce to the alms of
CHARLES A. MOORE.
usoclatlon, he said: 'There is little doubt that
i-touth America i? soon going to be ,\ great field for
Amerlean manufacturers. We ought to control the
marketa there absolutely, and xv.- probablj win be?
fore another twenty-fix.- ye.irs urns by. I believe
ii- McKlnlej Administration to a man will help
American manufacturers to get a tirm hold on the
south American m.irk"ts The project involves the
epe. i.ii training and careful ?cle.-tlon of young, ac?
ive, hard-working and competent Amerleans for
?onsulsr work down there. We shall xxan* young
nen who will stick to their posts of duty and Brat Cn
?xery move of foreign exporter* to their particular
sorta They will need to have business ability
?tiougS to keep home manufacturers Informed of
lie Blending of would-be purchasers of American
to >.)s. lt Involves a grc.it expanalon of our mer
h.itu marine-, possibly the subsidising of mall
arrylng steamers, io ports not now touched by
I mer lean steamers, and a vigorous policy on the
.H."t of the- United States Government tt> protect
he Interest of American manufacturers in their
frons to schleva commercial supremacy In South
tmerica The protect |* entirely feasible. Am. cl?
an skill and pln.-k xvii' gin- it- the. viet ---.' If they
re only rightly applied I apprehend that before
not her year roll* ronni the National Manvfactur
r. Association will have maele a distinct imp.-.-*
ion. and that we shall have gained a forthotd In
n,.nx South American ports where now only the
English or the Germen flag ls .-cen."
A manufacturer familiar with th>- attitude o' the
'lex-eland Administration toward the alms of the
seo tatton said: "President Cleveland has not
?Sven the manufacturers any encouragement In tlie
reject In hand. Secretary (ire-sham, while living.
ven discourage-1 the idea. But in Secretary Olney
re have hxd a friend. He ins assisted us on cveri
cession when he could, and, as a result, our work
i well in hand fir pushing with vigar as soon as
?les;,lent McKinley i- inaugurated."
T MAY PROVE
WOMAN SHOT BY A MAN FHE HAD
Won KED WITH.
HST HAP BEEN PARTNERS IN A LAUXDRT IN
COX ET isl.ANH and QUARRELLED
OVER AN A''i'CH NT!NO.
A shooting caee In Gravesend was reporte'. last
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vening at police head*] iart*rs, ns a re?u:t of Wh'Ch
Iam;e clark, forty-five years o'.d. of Grax'esend-ave. j
nd Avenue T. l* ivine? In a critical condition in .he
'oiwegian Hospital, and william Rjyinond. thirty- j
uur yean old, i* lckei op in the Twenty-fourth j
'i'-;:r! s'atlnn. The Clark woman and Raymond j
r enc time conducted a laundry at Coney lalan 1. but
tay had frequent Quarrels over the msnasehtent of }
10 business, and a short time ago dissolved partner- |
nip. Yesterday Raymond called at Mrs. ("lark's
lace to demand the settlement of old accounts, and
lade demands whieh she was not disposed to grant.
\*r refusal artge.vi P.ivmond who, after sexer.il
llnutas of wrangling, drew a revolver and shot the
oman In the neek.
Raymond escaped, but an alarm was yent out by
ie pol.cn and a min hunt was begun In earnest,
inally Raymond was d;scovered by Patrolman
imej S'.iea. of the Twenty-fourth Precinct, who
jrrled him to the station-house. An ambulance
ill was sent to the Norwegian Hospita! and the
ark woman was taken there, where lt was said at
late hour that the chances for her recovery were
ignt. Before she was taken to the hospital Dr.
irger, of the Neck Hoad, who was summoned tx
tend her, refused. Jt |j fll|(j_ to taK(;. tn#> _.__,_, |,s.
use he considered that | cr condition was toi erlti
1.
Raymond lived in West Tnlrd-st.. Coney Island.
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CROWDS AT THE ICE RIXK.
ATKltS Tl'RN fil'T BV TMF! HrNDRFPR TO ENJOY
THFMSKI.X'K.s
rhe Clermont Avenue lee-Skating Rink was visit- '
yesterday by Ibe, largest crowds that have as
mbled thete sln.-e the- building was opened for
K-Skatlng. In the morning over eleven hundre-d
rsons visited thc Rink, and In the afternoon and
enlng the number grew to l,50u or more. No
r-.-lal attractions were provided for the day, but
i- throng Of skaters found Kufllclent pleasure In
lng the-ir eisin skating and watching the antics
the* h. finn, rs and the wonderful convolutions
the- professionals, which . ppar. nt ly fumlahed
lusement in equal meaaure.
"his evening lhere xviii i>e a mateh gumn of polo
the Rink b.-tu-.n th-< New-Vork and Brooklyn
lo learnt neither <>f which !ias h.-en defeated thia
? son "Joe" DonOsfbtM xviii attempt to break the
ioor two-mils record, and th'-rc will bc a boys'
*e for a silver cop, open to all boys under fifteen
ira of age.
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>*V RIN l.iiXVN AMD HIS SK I'LL PROBABLT
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Broo yn's record of trolley mishaps for the new
'?ar *M opened yesterday nt 5 p. tn. Robert
i'licks.)nie, fifty yeurs old, of No 223 Kulton-st.,
as crown*; Allan tlc-a ve . near Hoyt-st., when bs
as atrue- by c.ir ,\o. %H ot the .Nassau f'ompany
rd throv to Hie around with areat force. His
lt I'-g rcO'ed a ' ompound fracture, several rlbi
.-re ;roke and lt ls thought that lils skull wuk
.?. Hired. A'bulance tturgeon Peek, e.f the Long j aa
? land <"olle. Hosp" il dressed the man's wounds wai
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&IEW.JERSEY NEWS.
EXPRESS RARSS SET OE EIRE.
Oil. RPMMasLKD OVKR HAY IV TIIK HTAIII.KS Ot-*
the UNITED STATES EXPRESS '-ompany
IN IsMMI <*ITY
Fire was discovered at noon y letdsy In the hay- j
loft of the t'nlfed States l-'tpr. ss Companys
stable at I'ommunipaw, Jansj City. The Fire
Department was culled, but the employes made
rt successful fight and extinguished thc blaze; be- j
fore the firemen arrived.
A strong odor of kerosene ol! pervaded the loft,
and lt xvas noticed that the bay nnd woodwork j
In the vicinity of the blare bad been saturate)
with the oil. The common oplnb ri was that thn ,
Are was of ineendlnry origin, and after an Invcstl- j
gntlon Acting I)e-ci-tlve Nugent arrested Oeorge
Qulneban, thirty-nine years old. of No. I'l') Com- I
munlpaw-ave . who wns employed ,-,s nn extra '
f'tablenian Ills arrest xxas bas.,) on tht...ls nil-ged
to havt been uttered by Hie ptlson.-r. It is charged
thal Qulneban said: "I.' I <lon't ret Steady, work
I'll put xon all out of a Job."
The'stable la a lurer- frame building, vxnh stabs
'OT fifty horses. If the fire heel not beep, so prompt?
ly discovered and quenched a serious conflagration ?
would haye lode, rad, as ihe building ls surrounded
by the irani., buildings of the Lehigh Valley Rall- I
road i"ompnny. The structures are south of the
(.ap. and eur ofT from the loxver section of the I
ri'.x. and before the fl-r. apparatus could nave j
arrived the fire would probably have spread to the ,
railway company's property.
OAT SC E.YES AT LAKEWOOD.
MDCEVTIOXS AND BALLS AT THE COUHTRT. CLUB )
AND THK HOTELS.
Lstkawood, Jan. 1 (Special).?The season of gayety
at the I^asrel Hous- culminated in the New Year's j
ball, which took place to-night. The ball was a j
brlllltt.t affair, by reason of the. manx young peo?
ple who arc guests of this house and the Laurel-In
the-pines. Among the guests were Mr. and Mm, I
L Bayard Smlih. Mr. W. f. Bull, W. I, Bull. Jr, I
Mrs, Quetsv Schwab, Mr. and Mrs. Francis I..
Orabie, Mr and Mrs. .James McLean, the Miss, |
McLean. Mr nnd Mrs. Francis c.. Lloyd, John II.
Rockefeller, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Ii flinton Blair,
John I. niafr. Mr. .ind Mrs. R, C. OrtUJOtry, the
Miss.s Gregory, Mr rind Mrs. Orlsndo M. Harper,
the Misses Harper, w. P. ovonnor. Miss O'Connor,
Mrs Winiam G. Wood. Mr and Mrs. W. P. Tnoke-,
Henry I Lilley. Jr., Mr. and Mrs C. Burrow Green,
Mrs Warren Pond. Mr. and .Mrs. F. E. Ballard, the
Misses Ballard, Mrs. F. G. Barnes. Miss Barnes,
Mr. and Mrs Albert H. (la lint In. Miss Oaltatln, A.
E. GallStin, Mrs. Alfred W. Bates, the Misses Hates,
and Mr. and Mrs. William Hopes, of New-York:
Mr. and Mrs. P. San.Hore! Boss, of Newark; Mr.
and Mrs. .1. S. Suydam and Mrs Hemsen Bennet,
of Brooklyn; Mrs William M.-Masters and Mrs.
Blackstock, of Newport
At thc Country Club this afternoon Mrs. (leorge
.1. (Joni,I gave a r. .ptlon from 4 until 7 o'cloe-k.
Thc scene was .1 brilliant one. with tbe holiday
decorations forming a background for the beautiful
gown worn by Mrs. Could and the gowns of Mrs !
Kingdon nnd Mr-. Dwight M. Harris, who assisted
her in reciving. Lander's Orchestra played during the ?
re eptiici horns, .uni there wsa i lari;., aasembmg ? , '
nf cottagers and friends from the hot.'.. To-night I '
the clubhouse xvns again a brilliant scene, when ; I
Mr and Mrs. Be.bert Bige Kerr and M: arni Mrs. ' I
lames Converse gav. a dance, The clubhouae waa
lecorated with festoons of evergreen, glistening ! i
arith electric lb:hts running from the high c<-illng |
io tba balcony pillara and fastened with red rfb* ' I
hons to the balcony railings. Among those present i
from nut of tov.ii were Mr. and Mts. Joseph >
Outhwalte, the Misses Andrew* and s T, Beck- ?
sith, of Cleveland: Mr anti Mrs i G. Moore, Mi?
md Mrs william Thorn... Theodor.- V fall, Mr ,'
Bretton Dunbar Wright, Frederick Wella. Mr. and '
xits Thomas B. Kerr and Mr and Mrs Thoms*
Hrimllton Kerr, Of N'-xv-Yurk
Th.* Kew Tear's bHn al the Palmer Hous? took .
dae-? this evening Palms nnd holiday treen were
irr; nge 1 .n tile music room and n the dining- ,
..on. where ipper a is served after tne dancing
loton* the guests were It. ard xir- s H Melroy,
Xll.Hii Wyckoff, Mr. and Mrs J- H. Graf, the Ml ie* J
Ltavldson. Mrs. rwk.-r. Mis* Becker, e. C. Pinch
icy, Miss Louise hi,-hards. Mrs xx-. .1. Cnderwood
Hr. anel Mrs. H. I.. Williamson. Mrs. Bid nev Smith. '
Henry I. Kelly. Miss ile|e;i Levien. Miss Maloney, *
if New-York; Mrs .1 T Breese .nd family, of "
rrenton; the Misses Prank. Mrs. Kesbet, Miss x
S'esbet, F. B. Low and .x!1-s Rossiter, of BrnnHxn.
IT MAY HE A FATAL Dosi'.
i nnrnEcTEl MAN TAKES ITRTCKXIRE IN A
KEWAIIX ROTBL
A chambermaid at Hie Con ti nen tn! Hotel, in New
irk, upon going to Boom No. I'M yesterday moui?
ng had lur suspicion aroused by sounds within.
nd Calling S poi ter the door was opened and .'
nun wns found lying on tie bed unconscious. Iii
lawk, whs ''as an office near, wu* railed. Per- j rj
ching that thc man had taken poison the phyal* .1
lan administered an nntlelote and sent him to the
ospltal. where the poison was pronoun.'.'! lo i-1' j
trychnlne. I li
The man was B. C.. Bcanlan, of Leroy, near
:ochcster. N Y. He has an office nt No. 2*..' West .,
"wentx-eighth st., New-X'nrk. lie. ls connected i
lib Ringling Brothers' Circus and the Woodward "
? Healey Patent Medicine Company. On Decem- ' t1
er s, Mr Healey registered st ihe Continental
Intel and took Boom No. KM, sax lng that a Mr
canlan would soon join bim Bcanlan arrived a
w days later, and last Thursday BS want J" \ S|
tochi Mer to visit his relatives, <>n Thursday *J
. anlaii went to the desk In the hotel .-mel tried io
? ' -i dtnft '-.ishe-d. bul xxas told that tia- n.--ount- A
>re made up and it could not be done. He left the | ,.
nr..| .uni returned st t a. m. yesterday under the . (,
ifluence of liquor, and went to bis room. A seated I p
ole, addressed lo a woman in Rochester, a i* a,
)und In the- room. A strung.- man appear.-.I al tl:'* j
otel soon after Bcanlan xxas tak.-n to the hospital , (j,
nd secured the letter before the police were in- | a)
inned about lt The- doctors at the hospital said
tat night that Scanlon would die. | p
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ce yesterday Thomas Keenan, the engineer, saw ,\i
man standing between the traekt waving a
inger signal. The engineer applied the brakes
id stopped thc train as quickly ;ls possible. The
an xx ith the signal approached. Ile was an old
rmer. who said h>- llxel near New Village. His
inger flag consisted of a large red handkerchief j iin
ld on a po!.-. The engineer ran out of hit cab I MJ
ld asked what the trouble was i '
"Be this here the tri In for Washington'?" the de?
rmer asked. J
?Ves." replied I'onductor De Voe and Engineer ,0r
eenan In on- breath. In
?Waal. I gil"ss I'll g'long elown sith xe.'' said | W
n farmer, and he Jumped aboard the train.
SVh'n the train had started Again, the cOttdUCtO
preached Hie farmer, who was lucking bia I
nn,- Into ids pock* I
?What did you flag this train far?" asked the
nductor. '?Don't you know it's a State prison
'ence to do such a thine?"
?Why no. I didn't know It was wrong. I sauted
- io down ter Waahln'ton, and I couldn't git on
keera when they were goln'. Why. thais the
,- we r.llers used ter stop the keera over on the
i.kawax X'nllex road, where I used to llxe."
rills earnest reply of the Innocent old fellow;
used n general laugh among the passengers, and
a conductor n-a.illy forgave him after warning
m never to *rapeal the perftsrmance,
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rited HM links of the I iceail I'ounty Hunt and
untry Club to-day, and played oxer the course
Ice. In Hts fit nt match for ths si I, er loving-cup
'cn by .lames Converse to the golfer winning lt
, greatest number of times between De-ernber
and March il In SH op-n handicap tournament.
iper Lynch, Arthur <'lattin and Tiffany Richard*
i tiirneel In their cards, although .lames for
?ee K. Hobbins Walker and others made Ihe
ibis circuit Lynch, who xvas penaliied a*
?etch, went around In K'l. which score woul.l
ira been considerably less but 'or an unlucky
inter with the lins ot trees thal has t.. bs
arsd in playing fer the seventh hole.
'Ichards"-i. the young Kolf.r who made such an
'ellem showing in the re.-ent tournament here,
ind playing on the snow entirely different from w.
at he har been accustomed to, and could only. ,,??
h his handicap of U. get a net score of ne. \V)
Jlln complft'd the eighteen holes lr 10?. anel. ??
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WESTCHESTER NEWS.
WHITS PLAINA
Aft r twenty-one years' aenrtce on the bench ss
t Supreme Court Judge, Jackson <>. Dvlunan yea?
terday r.-ir.-.i 0n account ol having reached the
uga limit or aeventy years, In those twenty-one
^'-ars Judge Dyltman has won tne respect end
Mteem of tha bar o( tl-..- State, and not alone' of
the s. ..M.i Judicial District, in which his Held lay.
rho retlremem iras not marked by any demonstn -
lon ir. \\'-strri- *:.-r County, though it xvas observed
:. a roos) becoming manner a .iple of weeks
ii?o by the Brooklyn bar, xvh1< h gave him a dinner
m.i reception,
Fackaon Odell Dy krna n iras born In Dykmana,
Putnam County, in May, ISM. in* rather waa John
Oykman, a farm.- The fut',!. Judge obtained ins
duration In the public s.n....is and at iv.-ksktn
i.cademy, ufterwanl teucnina achoo! In his native
own in 'st: he entered the law office of William
v.-ir.m, and Hire... vear* later married Emily Trow
nidge, of Peekaklll. Two sons William N. Dyk
nan, of Mew-York,'and Henry Trowbridge !>xk
nan. of White Plains xx.-t.. ih,- children ol thia
inion. Holli followed their father's footsteps in
.. omlni lawj 1.
Justice I ix kinan waa Behool Commtaaloner of
?utnam e'owntx In the early slxti.-.s. an.l In lsei-;
x?movlng from Cold Spring to White Plains, he
ras elected District-Attorney of Westchester
?< unix- H?. xvas elected a .Insti.,r the Bupreme
"our* in 1*7.'). ai.ei attica then has Ih-.-h continuously
ni the bench. When ba become a Justice of th
lupreme Court he began th-.- holding ot special
r-1 m Besatons in White Plains every Baturday,
vhen he xxniiiii hear motions and short trials
xilium: juries. Thi- xx-as a great convenience for
h? Westchester County lawyers and th.dr clients,
vho used to h.ix.- to ko to Brooklyn, Involving
nu.-li time -ni.I al Increaaed expense.
Judge Dykman's long term on the bench made
ilm the aenlor Juattce lu mc district Although
ie haa reached his seventieth yeal he is still in
he fulness of his powers, snd lt is probable he
lill be continued, by appointment, to hold Special
".rms. ns Justice Barnard was when h<- retired.
Mr. and Mis. John Thompson, of Flaher-av*.,
<-i.-i.rai.-.1 tho tifth anniversary of ihcir marriage
n Thursdaj i vening.
The Young Men's Praying Band of this village
.ill conduct tue ssrvlcea at the Laka Street Chapel
n-mori ow aftei noon.
Thc annual meeting of the stockholders of ths
Irandvlew Land Company xviii ba held al s.*ars
ale >.ii Thuraday, January ll.
lesson* In cooking, which have been Riven at
lie Auditorium bj Mis, Bussell, will he reaumed
n.l.ix afternoon of n<-xi week, st 3 o'clock, Pry*
ik will be the next leeson In the course.
Dr. li E. Schmld. president of 11..- Association
f School Boards of the State, will be in attend*
nee ii irs session i xt w.-.-k.
Professor Arthui Hurnhum Woodford win deliver
lecture on "American Money" nen Tuesday
vening, before the University Extension Circle of
ils village, in the BSBcmbly-room of the public
?hool. The lecture will be- illustrated by atereop
con views,
The early Closing movement arnon* the hit
liam- ..f this villa*;.' h.is been very general!) re
i.u.d.ii to, .mil 'luring the rest or th>- winter
nson mast of th.- stores xviii be closed nt 7 o'clock
c. epi s i HU..X evenings
A.-sistiii' Lnglnesr John T. Behlll has appointed
saistanl i hie! Doll, Foreman Pauldlna, of Union
ook and I.a<Mer Company; Foreman Matthias, of
?dependent Engine Company, Captain Browne, of
ie Fir.- Patrol, and Messrs. I Howard Kinch, I".
. Maynard and J. n Lockwood a committee to
rafi bylaws tor a Firemen's Belief Association.
Preparations ar.- being made for the. reception snd
ince of the Ter ps I. norean Club, which takes place
the- Auditorium, on Tuesday evening, January 12.
The Fire Patrol has accepted the invitation of
loneer Engine Company, of Pleaaantvllie, to at?
na b upper ..ii the evening of Wednesday, Janu
?y a
While the sleighing was ?ocl In the early part
this week a party of young people of this vii*
ge enjoyed a straw ri.ie- to irvington Among
us.. xvh>. took nari were the Misses Maud E. I."
nllev Edna Young, Lissie Travis, Mabel Young,
dith Hall, i"arri., l.om.-. Ida Tufts, Ethel Sher
e...l and Meaara, Cheater Bayles, Louis Retry,
:aii?'? Kingsley, Harry Wilson. Arthur Kingsley
id william Hall.
Hie twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and
r- William A. Woodworth was celebrated laat
.imlay by ? larne gathering of their friends at
eir hom.- In Broadway A mon*; the many that '
-re pres.-ni and offeree! th.-ir congratulations were i
- and Mrs Maraubrey, Lr. and Mrs. Kingsley,
- and Mrs. fur tia, Mr and Mrs. D. A. Le valley
id Miss Mamie Le Valley, Mr. snd Mrs. ES. C.
ilflin. Mr. and Mrs. S. ll. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. j
Miry i'l Snlflln. Mr and Mrs. W. Ii. Tibbits. Mr.
el Mrs E. A. Blosson, Miss Blosson, Mrs. Schmitt,
Isa Helen Frasier snd Miss Josie Krnst. (
xirs .1 x\'. Stafford, of Barker-ova., has been ,
ending the h.ill.lays with he*r parenti In New- ,
>rk i 'itv. 1
I'he public schools will reopen on M.unlay next.
lurrogate Silkmar. announces that he will hoi! ,
url elurlns ISM ? t the same times and places as '
lsw namely, every Tuesday ami Baturday al
bite Plaina at I" a m.; avery Wednesday at
inkers it 9 ii rn snd every fourth Thuraday at
eksklll Bl ???? a. m., legal boll.lays excepted.
NBW-ROCHELLB.
rhe Christmas music given in st. John's Metho*
il Episcopal Churcli last Bundsy xxiii ba repeat.-.!
morrow.
rhe Biembera of the Hi*guenot Wheelmen have
tided to holli their annual ball on Thurselay, ,Ian
ry 9, In the gymnasium. A dinner will he serve.I.
.- committee In charge ls composed of j. Le
tint. F. M. Carpenter, elirard Smith an.! C. T. |
ichler.
v large number of young people ushered In the I ^
xv V. tr at a m:'si|uera<L- ball Riven by the Misses \
Bps, at th.lr home at No. 41 Trinity Place. Be- \
-slim, nts were served al midniKht. jj
rhe nani lecture In th.- ours.- which ls being ' v
? ti lu the Trinity Parish House by Professor
Ulam Freeland, head master Ot the. Harvard y
?i.M.I Will bS "ii BOSt Meinday nlisht. The subject j ,
ll bs K on.- " ! X
Inclatr Camp, Bona of Veterans, ls preparing for ,,
celebration at tts headquarters in Mala-at. to- j
? lu i\_t occasion xviii bc the- puhiic Installation . j
c>tri'. i - A largs Bamber "f guestB from neigh* j
ini p|., ..... ,i. . Kpscti .1 to bf present ?
'he members ot the Choral <"lub of New-Bochellc .
laglvs a concert in Trinity Pariah House on next a
niny ev ming. A number of soloists from New- I i
rk ,-itx have been engaged io appear, and will j
supported by a "horus of ninety voices
he m. tr.i.. i"*i of the Iselln family held ;? general
inion al the Quaker Bldgs farm of William E. i
lin lu Bcarsdals yesterday. The members sad .
lr guests came up from New-York < 'Itv in itu- "
rnlng ni.1 srere driven lo the Mew-Rochelle I a
i'.-r Wi rks, whei. In pecUon of tba plant was .,,
ii- Tbs waler xxorks ar.- tbs property of Adrian
lin. and are am'-iiK the oneal in ths Stat.. Fat* I ?"
iiik lin in.-pe'. lion there was i har.- linn;, start- w
from |h>- guiik.r Ridge Farm. William K Iselm si
s master of Ihe hounds The party was com
sd .<r Mi. and Mr* c. Oliver Iselln, Mr and Mrs. U
lllam K' laelln, Adrian Is.-lin, lr. Mr. and Mis. | M
Lance) A Kane De Lancay ls..|in Kane, i'olum- ji
O'Donnell laelln, Oouverneur Phelpa. Arthur1 K
lin, Barnal Iselln, Aleaander Keogh, Miss Kin
tt, MISS Cooles and oth.-rs. The parly took din- Il
at ijuaker Hlelae Farm ' ei
he Iloaiel of Education has finaHj, arrived at the
decision to remedy the Inadequate school accommo?
dations by erecting new buildings at the earlleet
possible date. A special election has been called for
February 2. and will be held In tho Town Hall from
2 o'clock to 7 o'clock p. m.. for the purpose of deslg
nniliiK two sites for public school buildings, and for
the purpose of votln*; on the question of an appro?
priation for huildin.: purposes on each of the sites
designated. Pour sites will be submitted, from
which two are to be- s.-leeied. One site to be sub?
mitted is In HiiKii'-not-st. ami one In Hud?on-st.
One of these ls to be for ii primary schoolhouse,
south of the railway tracks. Another site to be j
submitted ls |n winy.ih-ave. and another In Fifth- '
nv..., on the road leading from North-st. to Peters- I
ville, and ons of the-se ls to be designated ns a site i
for n new grammar and pilmnrv school north of the i
railroad tracks The first site" ls valued at $11.MO.
and If desiKuaie>d. KIN. or so much as ls found I
necessary, xviii be expended upon a bull.linn The j
[ second site- i* valued at W.'sin. snd the building at
I ta.i.0ui; the third sile. ti.t'M. and 150.000 for the bullei
| lng: Ihe fourth site. 0,1110, and $.V1.0fl0 for the build*
! lng. Tlie sums named are to be raised by a tax on |
; the properly lying within School District No. I. In
i the town of New-Rochelle, ami collecteei In annual
Instalments of not more than tV*f*0 a year
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YON K HRS.
The weather yesterelay In this city was all that
could be deMIM. There was not enough snow for
sleighing, but too much for bicycle rlellng. so
neither of these pleasures eoold bs enjoyed. The
custom of calling upon friend* on KOW Year's Ires
j not entirely gone out of favor, ami rome' people
i kept open boase. Ail the clubs celebrated the day
lu their usual fashion At the City < Ittb, In Sou'*'
Broadway, an euborsts luncheon was presjered
by the steward. Joseph Campbell, tor membei ? mil
their friends There- wns nut a irr-..- attendance
iii the afternoon, but in the evening the rooms
were crowded. The members of ihe- Woman's In?
stitut, fur the first time since ri.* lr organization
k.-pt open hois.- ..n .\cw fear's am! received ih.ir
friends Iruin .' til! 6 o'clock In the afternoon.
serving t.-a in their parlors, Th.- christmas decora?
tions were s>iii ,,, place, and gav.- the room-- ?
charming appearance. There xv.r.- a large number
e.f callers,
A? is its custom, the? A meeks teen Club shad its
annual "housewarming'' on New Tear's night, a
reception was held from HMn till ll o'clock, af" r
Which hour there was dancing The patronesses
for the occasion were Mrs. John Kendrick Hangs,
I Mrs. .lame; \\\ Howden. Mrs. .bernes W. Burnham.
Mis. William Alb ti Butler. Mts. Abijah e'urtls.
Mrs. J. B. Dickson, Mrs. XX'. \\ . Johnson Mrs.
William M. H ?'rm.in-e. Mrs. Harry Holbrook. Mrs.
Charl s H Leftingwell, Mrs. william P. Nisbet and
Mr-.. John Held
At the Aaeoclation Alleys, in North Broadway,
rear Wells-ave . bowling was in progiess up till
midnight, handsome prizes being offered for high
scores. The games In th" tournament of the West
(hester County Bowling L'-a*.'.ie. whi'-h would iiavo
b.-eri rolled laat night had lt not been New Year's.
win be roiled on Wednesday evening of next week.
1 The ..impeling terns are to b>- Germania, of
j Mount Vernon; A II C No. 2 and Palisade No. 1,
? o' thia ? itv.
Members of tbe High Behool Alumni Association.
; of xe hii-li John H. Radcliff, lr.. I" president, and
Miss Lucy Greenhalgh secretary, valeted the oi.i
year out and the new year In at the study hall
In the High School bt'iidintr. In South Broadway.
A large gathering assembled anil while walting
for ih- -lo k to strike 12 the time wai- spent pleas?
antly in listening to music and recitations. Dane- i
lng xvas jiNo enjoyed and light refreshments wi re
served. It xxas the semi-annual gathering of the
association, rind some business of a routine nature
was transacted.
The funeral of Mrs. Hannah M Ashmore, who
died suddenly on Thur".lay al the home of her
daughter, Mrs j. Ward Wlckeraham, Woodworth
nv-, and Oold-st.. xviii be held th!-, morning st
New-Brunswick, N. J, Bhe wss tne irtdbw of
-Theodor. Ashmore, of Aabury Park, snd since his
death, snout two months ago. ins lived in Von
k>-rs. Bhe xx is sixty-nine years old.
The children of the Glenwood Branch Sunday
?chool of th.- Warburton Avenue Baptist Church
w.re ? nt.-rt.lin.ii on Thursday sfternoon al th's
home of Mts Holm.-, in Ravine-ave., near Potnt-at.
The younger children gathered at 2 o'clock, ami
xx.r.. amused for two hours xxith games, etc. Re?
freshments wen served, ami at I o'clock Ihe little
ones started for their homes, The older children
then occupied the parlors, snd had a merty nine
til! 6 o'clock,
The Ladles' Committee of St. .John's Riverside
Hospital desire public!) to express their thanks to
those who so generously tided in replenishing the
storeroom <>n November \f>. Thanksgiving and
Christmas, more than ihr.- hundred donations
being received
The funeral of John Pagsn, sr., whose death oe.
ciirr.-d on Tuesday, was held yeaterday morning
at 10*34) o'clock at his home. No. 9.' Warburton-ave,
The services wer ? conducted by the Hex. Dr David
Cole, of the Firs! Reformed Church, of which Mr.
Pagan xv.ie a member, assisted by this Rev. Charles
E. Allison, of the l?.i'spring Presbyterian Church.
Tin- pallbearers were Mr, Wiggins. Mr. Myers.
James Kellock. .Iam>-s Btewart, N. B. Hoyt and
William sing. The choir of the Reformed Church
furnished iii. music.
The John III Boblesk! Association received from
ri commit!.tf its women friends American and
Polish flag's yesterday afternoon. The presentation
took place In Tun Hall, Foal Lane, at 5 o'clock In
th.- afternoon.
The private dance given on Thursday night nt the
A mn rita aaai Club house, in the Pallsade-ave. >x
t.-risi.m. In aid ot the Fresh Air Fund, was a de?
lightful affair. The attendance was large, and It
xv:is a financial sn,.,-, <?.
The usual Saturday evening "open night" of th*
Tonkera-Corinthlan Yacht Club sill be held to?
night al the clubhouse A Special beefsteak fc.ist
will be provided for numbers.
TUCKA HOB AND BRONXVILLE.
Ox-sleds have superseded sleighs for sleighing
parties in Scarsdale In the last week. On Invita?
tion of w. H. Beely os*sled parties have driven to
Hans.I.il.-. Greenville snd Tuckaboe.
Next week will b- observed as a week of prayer
in the Aabury Methodist Episcopal Church, In
Tuckahoe.
Marbia Lodge, Free .mel Accepted Masons, at
.ended special services In the Tuckahoe Methodist
Episcopal Church, where the Rev. Dr. Hates on
Kt. John's Day delivered a sermon on th? Ufa,
character and work of St John.
The project of organizing; nn Episcopal church In
Bronxvllle ls revived
The Rev. .!. Hendrick ile Vries, for four years
pastor of the Bronxvllle Reformed Church, xxiii ae
cept a call to the Second Presbyterian Church in
Princeton, N. J.
By Invitation of residents of Lawrence I'ark. at
Bronxvllle, Mrs Margaret Cuater Calhoun (whoso
husband xxas ons 'if the victims of tbe CttSter mas?
sa, rei gie. s i i"...ling In the Casino on Monday
evening, January ll.
Hr. ie '1 Hall has purchased, for about $12 000.
the oin Hodgman hom. stead and ten seres of land
near the Tuckahoe railroad station, and will tm
prove the prop.tty. The homestead will be altered
Into rr hotel.
Miss i\ Murtha. stepdaughter of Hr. J. W. Smith,
of Tuckahoe, has been elected vice-president of the
junior class of the University Law School.
The Wint.r Night School In the Waverly Hill
Public School hon.-.- xv I! open nex* Tuesday.
A Royal Arcanum council, with twenty-seven
members, has t.n organised In Tuckahoe, and ls
named Lakeview. The officers are: J. w Warren,
regent. L. A. Myers, past r.-gent; J A. Riley, vice
regent; ''. W Duteher, orator, and F. Elbe!, secre?
tary.
i'..un Tuckahoe. F. O. A.. has elected Frank
Elbe, -hief and ll. McKenna sub-chief ranger. John
Kate- treasurer, and John Law and William Ctreary
secretaries, 'lins court Ins lex members, and erith*
in nine months has paid four death benefits.
Justice lt J. Bellew, of Tuckahoe, for over thirty
years a town official of Fast Chester, went out of
office on January I.
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TARRYTOWN. | d
Contrary to the custom of observing New Tear's
I i.-iy In Tari", town, "open houses" were kept by
Conqueror Hook snd Ladder Company, No. 1. and
the Young Men's Lyceum. Willi these sj additional
features the usual order of auapendtng business
md .-losing the postofflce snd stores was observed.
a number of the regular trains un the New-Tork
.ntral and Hudson River Railroad were with
ii ixxn. while others made additional stops
Mrs. Sus.ic De X'eau See died Bl the home of her
laughter, Mrs Charles Van Orden. tn Broadway,
ni liiiirsdav morning. She waa eighty-one years
dd. The funeral xviii be held at her daughter's
ioma tins afternoon at IM o'clock. The Rev Dr.
Ioho Knox All.-n. "f the First Reformed Church
sill officiate-. Mrs. Se-e. who was ii daughter of
lohn and Elisabeth De Veau. had be-ep a resident
)f Tarrytown nearly all be:- life. She was a regular
it I .'ii.lie nt al th-- First Reformed < 'burch. Her htis
.anil died about teoi vears ago. Two .hil.in li. 1 lc
Aitt Bee of Mechanlcsvllle, N. V.. and Mrs. Charles
lim Orl.-n. of this village, survive her.
Mrs Lull Puder, the wife of Emmet Ruder, died
iere on Wein. s.lay Sin- xvas thirty- -.ne years old.
Ibe leaves a husband ami two children. The funeral
vas helel on Thursday af'ern mn at the Asbury
Methodist Episcopal <iiii h. the pastor, the Rev. M
tf. F. Compton, officiating. The burial was In j A
(era nt on, Penn., yeaterday. . A
The installation of officers of Westchester Lodge. I st
so gO 1. il ll F.. will take place at th.- lo.lge ' *T1
.nuns in Irving Opera House on Monda) evening ?'
The- folloxxing cash contributions ar.- acknowl* I Y
dged bx the Hoard of Maragen of the Tarrytown **
tnsplt.il: "A Friend." lo maintain a bed one year. ' M
Jun; R. K. Hopkins, $1 Ct); Mrs La nman Hull. $l>). . M
The installation of the "recently elected officers of I ai
Vrir.l ll Burnett Host. No. 4!*S, Q. A. lt . the
V'oman'a Relief Corpa. No 123, and the Sons of
'et era ni ? amp, No Isa will take place at irving
ii. ra House, next Tuesday evening, Past Com
gander John ll. Briggs, accompanied by lil* staff,
lill take charge of il.e refnonies. V
The following ure the newly elect..i r-ifflcers of ?t
rving Chapter. No. itu. H. A. M.: High prle-st. ' *
Viilt.-r T. Backett; king. Or. N. H. Freeland; scribe, ' Cli
? ii linus, -.vi?-t.-ry. It. A. McDonald, treasurer, ' Y
Xilliam Moss, trustee. Samuel Kedson Th* other i Tl
IBcers are as followa: c. H.. William Magee, jr.: j*
? g., Dexter Fairchild; R. A. C., John Dennis:! ?
I. Third V.. John J. Vanderbilt. M Second V ? i.
oho M. Briggs; M. First V., Gerald Williams; sen- | ..
Inel. William J Deverall. i R|
Dr. iJould, of Nellore, India, ta announced to give ,.r
n address to ihe Women's Mission ?itvle- of inc ?i
laptlst mureil next Tuesday i-venlng. L
MOl'NT vf r non.
The members of the Wltan rltib held an en- | ,
), ible N- w Year's meeting at the home- of Mr. j
nd Mrs Kdward CJav. In South Fonrth-axs. The "J
ibjet for the evening xxas Longfellow's "Wey* Sj
de inn," end the costusaes w.re in aeeefifanos Slr
lrH ihe cliarscters In :h. poem:.. Supper was tr!
tvd st midnight. wi
Trie Rev. H. A. tuchtel will give two illUHtra-.-d <h
? cures on "Hew We Uot Our Hilde." in tho le''
[ethodtst Eplscepsl Church on the evenings of i
.nuary 14 ami Zl. Tin- lectures ure .in ate! of lbs St'
r,worth LeHKue. Vi
Mis* Nfllle Woeid. niece of Mr. and Mrs. | lm
>seph 8 Wood gave a dinner party at their home ? re
i W. li -selr.y for txx'elve of lier se.|ui\lntanees I wi
The 1- s'uI-t meeting of the Heard of Trade. W
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! Useful Holiday Gifts.
Andirons. Wood and Coal
Fenders. Holders,
Firesets. Screens.
Everythinf Perisininr. to (be Open Fireplace.
Best Made, Newest Patterns.
Maker's Prices.
860 Broadway, Union Sq. ?\ 18th Si
ft ft 1 ll fl f sr- /**Vkv
W*i*7f"lggW lu^ 1ST XX eil Sr N Y W+Tf
'???lt' l(.>..l< fr i stump. I'm. K.rl^l .^,r, *J*th**T
l>nt*z!:,t? ?,CI Il uni h.* ll li I ... ,- X^
linigglr.t* Mn. ;i nn| Ma p. |, |
which x\ita scheduled to bax.- t.ikcn place last
nlsThi. ha* be?>n postponed until neal Friday nifnt
Thc ci-,z. ns .f Mouin Vernon have been invited
to alli nd and give i-.pr. sm.,n to th-lr opinions In
relation lo th ? business development* of tba etty.
Tbs Fntcrtainment Comm I iles of the Young
Mens e brteiinU A iso. I.i'lotl Iras enga.r.-.l the Kng
i:sh Hand n.-ii Rlngera Con ?ri Company and Mu*
May Shepp to appear at the enter' iln'ment to be
niven in Association Hali on Monday ntaht, Jan
cary ll (
Among thone, whom Uer.cral Horace Porter has
selected aa aids at the- 'n-iufciiral parsxi'e tn xx a*n
legion. D C., on March 4 are .-aid to be A. Noel
Biar.-man. -x Meyer Le-.x.s and .d.hn O. Wintgen.
of this etty, who sere on his sraff al tbs time of
the found moat parade .11 N< xv-York City.
George VYashlngti Waister, seventy-eight watt
old, died at his hon.. Si,, ta* PrOSM <!l -ax e , l*he*
'??r Hill, yest erda j morning Mr wot star was a
descendant of General David Wi>oeier, who ?erved
III the Revollllloiiarv War. He was formerly a
? cal merchant in New*Torh City, ..if retired amit
ten yean ago on aOGOUBl of ii. health He leaves
a xxinoxx and one daughter, Mrs 'antes Matthew*
The funeral will be held to-morrow evening at $
o'clock.
Th- committee which xv.1- recently appointed by
the Democratic City Club to aelect a bow site tor
the clubhouse has made it* report The- commlfee
names three sites, on^ in South Third, one In South
Fourth, ami ona In {south I Ifth-ave Tie niemVr*
will de-ide which one they ?ii! ink.- at their next
tegular meeting.
The committee In char:.- of the- Firemen's Fowl?
ing Tournament have decided to hnx> th-' opening
gam>- on .lan i.iiv T. between ??rems from Independ?
ent Hose m.1 Niagara H is ; nd Petril eompmlc*
A large silver challenge cup will be awarded to
the- team winning the aeriel
Police Commissioners Ifci'i rten and Wilson hav 1
been appoint rd bx the Ho ir.; of Police ''cmml^lon
<rs to appeir before the Committee on Charter 0*
Common Council ti iiik suggestions regardlrg
amendments to the police act li b* understooei
that the Commissioners xviii risk- to hara the act
so amended that the appropriation sill be In
. Teased to jtjo.e*>o a year. This would enable the
<'omml?t?ioner.s to increase the- force to twenty or
twonty-flve patrolmen. 1 nd iddltlonal sergec.nfs
and roundsmen, and esl ibllBh the roll-call systJ.n
The present force of twelve men ha* txver sixty
miles of streets to pntrol
The most ansi.hi ms affair ef the. new year wa*
the reopening of tba Mo.mi Vernon Hospital xrsier
diiv. and the public reception giver by tba w.>men.
The visitors' book .-li. xv 1 al ox.r (Ive hundred
people visited the hospital, snd responded In <=om?
manner to ihe appeal f,.r aid mads by Colonel
Henry Hr-as. B. IV Tilden and 1 naries ll Wil'son.
Ho. onVera of the board of m.m..ger* The- main
1 iittil.utlons xx^re the MU recently given by Uv
Common ''ouncii. the ri-.. .,' horses fur tha ..mbu
lance for the year by Bun Davis, snd aboui *4e,i
in caah. Vt-, inlaid T. Banning formally turned th >
ambulance pyer to the managers, .uni the local flor?
ists nye the largi supplies of fiowera, eyergreexas
ami holly with which ibe rooms were decorated
The following women rompesed the . ommittee* wh >
received the visitors: Women managers Mrs John
Maher Mrs Charles William-..!. Mrs William
Willson. Mr-. Bloat. Mr?. If. C. Kellog aral Mrs
Henry Hubs; wives of the physiciani - onnecti A with
thc hospital Mrs Currier, Mrs campbell. Mr*
Goodwin, Mr.- Howe, Mrs. Greene, Mrs Knapp,
Mrs. .lan.-nski. Mr-. Bertine, Mr- Bruah, Mrs
Banning rind Mrs. Carlisle The two committees
w.re assisted by Miss Willson, Miss ''ampbell. Ml?*
Husa Miss Ooodwin, Miss Usher, Miss e->frenstein.
Miss Myers, Ml-s Aller. Miss Lrintz. Miss TIH011 and
others.' William P. Banning and M. T. Mann fur
nletted th.- plano music. The board ol managers
is greatly pleas.. 1 xxlth ?h. outcome of the open?
ing and think that then- will be no further diffi?
culty in maintaining the hospital
HAATINOB-ON-THB-HUDSOK.
Fire br.rke atti at SR early ho<;r y.-rterday
lng in the house of John Dr-very, In Warhurton
rive. it xv.is discov-re 1 before lt had n.ade much
headway, and an ilflrm wi- sent out The Fire
Department resreonrled quickly, nnd soon hsd the
Rimes under control. On entering the house the
fin-men stumbled over the body of John O'Hare,
who boarded with the Doverys. He had been suf
foca ted by *.he smoke. The fir.- ls supposed to have
been caused by tbs explosion of a lamp. The loss
will not exe.e.l ?<U
-s
PORTCHKSTKa AND RYE
Mrs. S. W. Mellor entertained rhe member* of tbs
Mum Club at her home in Klng-st. on New Tsar's
Bl -.
Th>? Epworth League, of lummer.leld M.rlMdlst
Kpi.e.-opal Church, In Port Che*t*., .is.- tU -ted ths
'ollowing afflccrs: Prssldent, Roy Taylor, vtce-prssl*
lent*. Jam-s I.. Meyer, Miss Marielt Tower. E. L.
NTeatherwas and Mum M.uni* Hi.liker, secretary,
lilai Bessie B ?'. treasurer, Mis* Edna M. Sherwood
Irving Lodge. I. e>. 11. i-.. of Port <'h-!*rer, haa
?lac ted ollie, rs .es follows: N le grand, Jam?e Rob*
BSOi ; vl**e*grand, Joseph Murphj; secretaries,
'harl.* W. M.linross and \V. M. Henderson; -,-easur*
tv Joseph H. Robertson; trustee, James L Mead.
The members of the Rye Literary and Athletic as
loclatton opened their new Quarters In 'h. Lyceum
lullding on Thursday nigh- and watched the year
'Ut.
At the Christ ms* exercises ^f the Summerne-"..!
ieth dis; Episcopal Church, the superintendent,
in.ires- Burns, on behalf of the congregation, pre
. ri t. i to thi paator, the Rsv. Dr, Towera, sn en
? I pe containing Iles). Superintendent Hum* re
tired two hauls .m.- chairs, and the asslvant r-uper
1 tandem, Will..tm H. Wessels, ani Mrs, Ureene a.to
rcelved suitable sifts
Al the holiday festival of the Methodist Eptfcopal
"burch In King-*'., the superintendent. xVeb*ter
lalght. received fr .m I ie I ihooj an illustrated eil
lon o' "Napci n and Hil Wars." Miss r.irrle B.
herw-cod. ihe org.inist. received a finely decorated
et of china, and several valuable aif'a were m?do
j tba pastor .ur 1 his wlfa
1
HAMARONBCK
The following ottcers nave been elected by Alert
-o-lge. I. 11. 11. F.. A. Hirsch, noble srand; H. F.
toepel, "rtce-grand; H. J Oedney, secretary; R. x.
?ilxrer, treasarar: H. F Doepel, Henry Winters sci
I. J, Ue.ln.y. tr isr.es The InatalbtlOH s-i!l be held
; ;he first meeing In January.
Th.- women of the Mamaronei k w C T U, will
Ive a dinner t..-.lay In Temperance Hall, in tbe.
lesion Poet Road, for ihe children of rhe xiKa*;*.
mple arrangements have been male to accemmo*
x'.f ail Who - .nie
John W. McCabe, who wi- elected Justice of the
rs ?" of the town of Man*ia*r*one?k. at the election
-t spimg, assumed his duties yesterday. Mr. Mc
abe is a Democrat, ani iUCoeed* W lilian A. Boyd,
ho had held the office continuously for sixteen
?.irf.
Al a meeting of the village trustees on W*dne?.Uy
Ighl me ..rdlnances relating to the police depart
tent were adopted, and lt was directed that the new
Itlrolmen should procure uniforms at once. The o'i
Nra hall will be used for a pol ?? ?-.i'i,-n untl
new one can be built. A commission fr the lm
rovemen' of the public locks w.k appointed, and
ie Assessment Committee was a i'horlterl tc'hav*
ie xillage limits Indicated hy marni,- posts.
CRUonts.
A social Inc1 lent that interested society along
ie Hudson was the house party t., dance the old
?ar out god the new year In, at Boscobel, th?
>me of th.- ('pigers, from which the village takes
? asms. This time a century ago the old man
in wis the Beana af entertainments, at which
any of the most prominent m-11 of the country at*
nded, among them bing Alexander Hamilton.
aron Burr, De Witt Clinton, Rufus Kins;, john
darns and Washington Irving. The old home
ead was elaborately decorated with rhrtstma.s
?cms. mistletoe, heilly, 1 tinting .md Japanese
uterus. Yesterday the guests c.dehrateef Kew
?ar's. Among the guests ev. re Mr nnd Mrs. Jo*
ph Taft, Mr. and Mrs Herbert i" Pl a sb. Mr. and
rs Paier O'Donohoe, Mi-s "acker, Miss Htxrady.
iss Lavelle, Richard A Str.-lf. Herbert E. PtBja
id G. Il Betts.
I.ARCHMONT
?. largg number of the members of the I *a rc hassal
?cht Club came up fre>m New-York ?*!ty
ent Xexv Year's at thc clubhouse. The
nnon owneel by the club wns fired ?t midnight.
? terday the me-mbers ooAofoA a pigeon
ie club has announced a be* fsteak dinner
unary I. which lie to tee followed by h dance.
I'he robbertea whlcli bax,, been .ettempted la lag
st few days at the hom. of XXiiiiam Jeru********..
mut Joseph Ylsangne. Mrs E. O. I.amaon 9tna
iger Lamson and others have areeused the prop*
lj owners he'e. and B fund is being rallied to sea*
iv detectives to guard houses in tn- inaner la tba
liter months.
KI.MSKORD
rhe funeral of Mrs A.lelU Van Wart, who Uti
her home in Willie Plain* on Thursday, will ba
ld in the Grsoabura R.f.urned Church to-day.
e pastor, the Rev fl A. Il ISoabcl, offlr .atlBg. ??
, was S descendant of Is.ia. Van Wart, one of tba
,1 who captured Major Andre at Tarrytown, and
10 ls burled In tho Utile graveyard adjoining tba
iir.b Th" burial will take place in Sleepy Hag. **
k Cemetery
I'he- reception of the season at Elmsford waa
rsa In honor of Miss Marguerite Downey, at tba
ll.y Htream Hotel, sn Wednesday evening. Dane*
r. instrumental anew vocal music, recitations and
reshments were features of the evening. Guests
re present from New-York City, Dobbs Torn
hit* Plains, Irvington and Tarrytown.