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THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
PROGRESS OP THE HARDEN PROJECT
HIGHLY ENCOURAGING.
?UCCTIOV OF THK BOARD Or MANAGERS?THU
PARK COMMIMIOXF.RS KAVOR THE ?OCIETT'a
PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH THE CITT.
At thr annual meeting of the New-York Zoolog?
ical Socl?ty nt Itu. offices at No. 89 Wall-st.. yester?
day, two rooma were flUe-d with well-known N >w
Yorkers, and amt Interest In the work of the
eoelety was manifested. Twelve vacancies In the
Board of Managers, caused liy expiration of tec.ns
of office, were filled hy an election. New memh-*'.-s
of the Poard of Ma near rs. elected were ex-Gowr
?or Levi P. Morton, Andrew Carnegie nml Morrie
K. Jesup. Members re-elected were John L. Ca_
walader. John 8. Barnea, Phillp Schuyler, Eugene
8c:iltrfellr? William A. 8tlles. Madison Grant. C.
Grant La Tares, W, W? Niles. Jr., and Winthrop
Charier.
The report of the Executive -Committee on the
work of the ln?t yen- wns gratifying, and lt was
remarked by several of those present that thus far
the znnlocicnl society has made mH and sub?
stantial progress toward the great undertaking lt
baa Immediately in land. No time whatever hus
been lo*?t. for it is eb* olutely necessary that so
fTeat an Undertaking ns that contemplated In tho
proposed Zoological Park must move with suffi?
cient deliberation :o Insure the accuracy of every
step taken. A Limber o' those present at the
meeting also cxpreaeed delight at tho result of tho
hearing before the Park I omrnlssioner*. on Mon?
day, when dil the cornnilssloneis announced their
Intention to Indorse tlc so 1,-ty's application anil
proposed contr_it v..lb the city. President Mc?
Millan assured Professor 0**horn of the hearty
co-oper-ulon of tho r.n lt Board .nil advl-ed that
no time he lost in preparing- plans and estimates
of cost of Improve-no:-, t-, so thal wotk may begin
early this year. Hr nia-le to th,* sexlety some sug?
gestion* of great Important**, niiei promised that
verv BOO* the Park Hoard woulei roneler io the
?ode ty ? v.-rltten netBOr in.lum cf Its decision.
T ?'? nape wns expressed that the Sinking Fund
Commission would render h decision upon the
Boclety^s application tot i'l mttmt In South Bro'.x
Park at an early elute, and thoro wns un Intimation
thu: the i'ark Board WOUld aid the Zoological Tark
by plHnting the- trees. Wttb prompt w.rk at the
City Hall, lt was said, work In th.' Zoological Park
coi d batta by May ] and the park could be ready
for opening a year later.
Ai the melting yeaterday William T. Hornaday,
the director of the- Zoological Park, read a report
of hi* recent tour ol Inspection through all the
finest zoological k..r*l. tis of Northern Kurope, and
exhibited photographs i'i large number. He also
exhibited a beuinlful and accurate topographic re?
lief model of South BrOM Park and vicinity,
and C. Grant La Farge, :!to socletv"* consult lng
architect, showed designs for houses to be erected
In tue park.
At the last meeting of the J-:>:<--Hilve Commlttre
two distinguished zoologists wore olei-tcel honorary
members. Thejl aro Dr. C. Hart Merriam, of tie
T'nited stat.-- motogtcal Sm vov. Washington, i>. C.,
and Dr. P. I.'hoist, director of the Royal Zoologi?
cal Society of Antwerp,
The Poard of Manager! held a moetinp at 4 p. m.
yesterday, and elected the following officers: Vice,
president*. Charles K. Whitehead and Henry P.
Osborn; iccoidinp secretary, Madison Grant: cor
responding aecretary. Georgi Bird Grlnnell; treas.
urer. 1.. V. F. Randolph: director of tho Zoological
Dark. William T. Horned*/. Thr Executive ("om?
mlttee for l*-97 consists of Henry P. Osborn, Charles
E. Whitohead. John 1.. Cad wa lader. Phillp Schuy?
ler, .lohn S. P.arnos, c. (.kint La l-'arge .uni Madi?
son Grant.
Andrew H. Green has resigned the presidency of
the society, but tao Board Ot Managers decided'not
to elect his successor for tht present. The L-xecu
tlve .'ommlttee was empowered t.. select a presi?
dent nf the society ,u ani lime. A letter from the
Kxecutlye e^ommittf-e to Mr. Green was read, nnd
lt contained the followlnc:
"We desire to place upon record the fact that the
conception of a, public zoological garden worthy of
this Rreat city originated With you years ajro, and
has been strenuously advocated hy you in the Leg
lslature and among your friends until your project
now seems near realization."
BfllD TO HE DUE TO DEFECTIVE BALLOTS.
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Exn.AVATioN' givfx of Tim fatut.f of thf.
COACHIXO CUR TO BL4BCT T. SfFFKHN
TAlI.nu A M-BTBEP
In spite of statements to the contrary, lt now
appears that the meeting of the roaching Club,
held last Saturday evening at the Knickerbocker
clubhouse, was not one in which perfect harmony
prevailed. It leaked out yesterday that T. Suffern
Taller, the well-known whip, for tlie seeor.d time
In one year had been a candidate for membership
In the Coaching Club, and had born defeated, tho
number of votes cast In opposition being about the
same as when he was rejected on the previous oc?
casion. The subject having become public property,
lt ls now announced by some of tile officers of the
club that Mr. Taller'e defeat was due to defective
ballots. It appears that the rule of the club re?
lating to applications for membership requires
that all the members shall be Informed when an
application ls made, and the time allowed for con?
sidering the Mcoaeary quaUfleatloai of the ap?
plicant shall be two months. Members are per?
mitted to send In their ballots by mail to the sec?
retary, which Insures everyone a vote whether at
home or abroad. Each envelope must be Indorsed
across tlie back, while the ballot Inside must ho
folded In a certain form and be without dis?
tinguishing marks ol any kind; otheiwlse it ls
thrown out. To rei?et a candidate there must be
one negative vote for every Ure affirmative on?s
Frederic Bronson, president of the Coaching Club,
was seen by a TrlbUue reporter yeaterday after?
noon at his office, No. Tl Wall-st. "I think 1 may
say." replied Mr Bronson to a question naked,
"that the action of lhe Coachlnf club on Saturday
night reflects n<> discredit up ?n Mr. Taller. II:.-1 de?
feat aa a .andi.late- for membership was the reault
solely of defective ballots. There wore a number of
b.,iiots which were thrown om for certain Irregu?
larities, Afterward, wben these were counted.
lt was found that they were for Mr. Taller, and
woubl have assured his election, The irregularity
mentioned was found In the absence of Indorsement
on the buck of some of tin- envelopes, which a
strict rule of the < lui. muk. -. necessary,
"The result of the election," continued Mr, Bren?
ton, "places a good many of the prominent mem?
bers In rather an unpleasant position, for it was
bv their special Invitation and earnest solicitation
that Mr. Taller consented to allow his nam* to be
presented a ?.-eond tiri- to the club. Mr. Tailer's
name came up before an ii.formal gathering of the
club, and lt seemed to be the universal opinion of
those present that he was a moat daali ible can?
didate for membership, and that whatever fecltnn
had existed among a certain few in the past had
disappeared. Tlie result was unforeseen, and the
whole affair, as lt has tinned oat, ls most un?
fortunate and deplor.il.>. The vote is cast show*,
that there were seven or eight member" who were
opposed to havlnf Mr Taller .loin Die club."
It is understood thal Willi.ipi c. Whitney wrote
to Mr. Taller and asked permission lo t.e the one
to propose his name, but that In reply Mr. Taller
had requested that the same men w'u. proposed
him on bia previous application should perform a
similar office again. These were Oliver ll. P. Bel?
mont and Francia T. Underbill.
?.-e ?
r,OC47. HUS1XESS compi.icatioxs.
The Sheriff received yesterday two attach-non;-,
against the Germania Bank, of St Paul. Minn., one
In favor of ll M. Sadler. Jr., for $.*,,00C> on r draft
dated December ?: and the other for $**.431 In
favor of John M. Galloway on an asslj-r.-d claim
from the t'nited Stat." ItuMx-r Company. Copies
of the attachments were served on the Hanover
National Bank hen . Ai: attachment for MM Wit
also Issued against the property of the Allemanla
Bunk, of St. Paul. In favor of uh- Amerte-an Kx
change National Hank on a bil! of exchange- mad.
December 31.
Judgment tor mtAJM wns entered yesterday
against the Colombia Navigation and Commercial
Company, of Nos K nnd St Church-st., in favor ol
the llektograph Manufacturing Company, for
money advanced from December. 1SSS. to July. ISSI
Charles H. Green ls president of both companies
The colombia Navigation and Commercial com?
pany was Incorporateil under Kentucky laws lr,
Ita".' with a capital stock of $l.?X*>.tB?. wuooeeultijj
a corporation fornieel in the Republic of Colombia
and several wealthy krowera and merchants be?
came interested In it.
Judgment for $-._,v> was entered yesterday against
Clapp tt Co.. stock brokers, of No. .T, Wall-st., whe
failed on November ll. by llerm..n Joseph In favji
of Albert Haas on aa ae*lgn*-d claim of Jule Suit:
for balance due on stock transactions.
FUSDYB AXD O'COXXOR'S PLEADIXGS.
Matthew O'Connor, thej Tombs messenger, whe
waa Jointly Indicted with Ambrose H. Purdy foi
alleged extortion of money from Lillie Whittaker
of Chryatle-Bt.. came Into Part 1. Orneral Sessions
about > o'clock yesterday afternoon. His counsel
John U. Shorter, said he wished time to examine
the minutes of the Grand Jun-. Mr. Shorter con
tended that the evidence was not competent, at
one of tho witnesses before the Grand Jury w<u
now In a lunatics cell. He refen ed io Superin?
tendent Arthur K. Dennett, of tho Parkhurst Bod
ely, who work-d up the case against the two men
KConnor's pleading was postponed until Friday
dge Pltsgerald admitted him to li.Ouo bell.
AmbfaeoH. Purdy esme into court later In tht
-*?"?noon. His plesdlng was set for Friday, and
i allowed to go on tl.OOO ball
Wterno
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WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.
lt. as reported. Arbuckle Brothers, of New-York.
have secured sixty share* of the Woolson Spice
Company, of Toledo. Ohio, lt will probably not aid j
them very much In their fight In the coffee trade J
with the American Sugar Refining Company (Sugar
Truat), which owns all the rest of the stock with I
the exception of a single share. They tray be able |
to obtain a temporary Injunction to prevent the I
Sugar Trust from cutting prices on the brand of
roasted and ground coffee put up by the Woolaan
Company, but lt ls thought to be reasonably cer?
tain that the Injunction will not be made perma?
nent. In the c.ise of an old stockholder or a new
stockholder who hud bought stock Innocently lt
would be different. The Arbuckle* cannot set up
the plea that their Interests are being Injured by
the new management. Anyway lt would probably
be held that they contributed to the Injury by
engaging In a fight with the Sugar Trust. It may
b<* that the Arbuckles hope through their posses?
sion of Woolson stock to throw tne Woolson Com?
pany Into the banda of a receiver. To do this they
must show that the company ls Insolvent or likely
to become bo. which will not be aaa* to do. It ls
certain that the Sugar Trust will not permit tho
Arbuckles to have a representative on the Board
of Directors of the company. When the Sugar
Trust first went into the coffee fight there was a
difference of three to four cents 9 Dound between
green and roasted coffees. Now the difference ls
one-half to one ce-nt a pound. The prospect ls that
the profit will be entirely wiped out In the near
future. The Arbuckles are said to have purchased
Beveral thouaand bags of foreign refined sugar to
use, in ihelr trade. A short lime* ago there was
a proft of half a cent a pound In Importing re?
lined sugar, but it ls now Btated that tbe Sugar
Trust baa ho adjusted ni Ices that this profit is
taken away. The Arbuckles are lu a position to
tr.nke a strong fight against tbe Sugar Trust
They ara said to have an available capital of jir..
OOO.Oun. It is the talk In the coffee trade that their
annual profits nave averaged H.7S0.0M, The Sugar
Trust has control of the sugar trade and has a
surplus in .ash. bills leeelvable and raw taigar of
at least t:0.*JUO,.J0O.
It looks as If tlie war between the American
Tobacco Company (Cigarette Trust) Mid the West?
ern plug tobacco manufacturers had been reopened.
The truat has reduced the price of Battle Ax plug.
Its "fighting brand," two cents a pound, lt ls pre?
sumed that tho competing manufacturers will not
only meet tho cut, but will make a still deeper
cut. Th.-re ls a story, whether true or not, thut
rhe course of the trust ls Inspired particularly by
a member of the firm of Liggett et Meyers, of St.
IsOwis. who has said that lie would not sell out to
the trust under any consideration. The obstruct?
ive member, lt ls understood, will retire from tho
firm In three mort hs, in accordance with the terms
of fhe copartnership contract, when, rumor says.
the firm's business will bo turned over to the
trust.
The Clearing House Association has adopted a
rule by which non-members which clear through
membera win hereafter be required to furnish to
the manager of the Clearing House at the close of
business on Friday of each week a statement of
their average conelltion for the week preceding.
They must report the amount of loans, discounts
and investment!*, amount of spc-io, legal tenders
and banknotes on hand, amount on deposit with
the clearing House redemption agents (banks
through which they clear), amount on deposit with
other New-York Cflty banks anil trust companies
nnd amount of deposits and circulation. Fifty
three banks in New-Tork, Biooklyn. Hoboken, Jer?
sey City and Staten Island clear through members
of the Cleating House and come; under the' new
rule. Tho redemption agent of a non-member ls
responsible for all "good" items on the r.on-nicinber
until twenty-four hours after the receipt of notice
by oth.r membera that it has ceased to act as such
redemption agent. In the event of the failure of
the redemption agent as well as the non-member,
then the- loss for all valid it.-ms on the non-member
received the previous day which could not be re?
turned to the customers would fall pro rata on a'.i
tho members of the Clearing House Association.
The rule was adopted to protect members and min?
imize the possibility of loss.
Information reached the Wnll Street district
yeaterday thal the deposits In tho city savings
banks had been very heavy since the beginning of
the new year. Most of thc savings banka allow de
pesits made within a specified period lifter .January
1 to draw Interest from that date. In some cases
tba period is ten days nnd In others lt ls shorter.
William C. Sturges, preslde'nt <*? the Seamen's
Bank for Bavtl ks, said yesterday: ?'There ls .1
great differ'.'iice between preaent conditions and ala
month ago, when the free Silver scare was on anil
the movement of money was, out of Instead of intei
banks. Some of the money we arc receiving now
mav have been taken ont then. Some gold ls in?
cluded In the deposits. Occasionally gold ls Offered
to depoaitora who withdraw money. They do not
vi ant lt now. They want bills." Tbe deposits In tho,
Seamen's Hank Ml Mon.hiv were $151,000 by Kl di -
poaltora. on tho corresponding day a year n_o tho
deposits were H2t,0M by 721 depositors.
It turns out that the steamship Edwin ls not
loading with corn for Europa from the Ki ie elevator
in Jersey City, but from canalboats lying near
the elevator, and, accordingly, the story of con?
cessions in the matter of te; mit al charges by lha
ri,iii .irids is incorrect, .1. F, Goddard, Commis?
sioner of tho Trunk Line railroads, s.ild yesterday:
?The statement that the railroads have abolished
elevator charges at New-York to divert export
grain '.rattle from Southern ports 10 New-York ls
incorrect. There has been no change in tho situa?
tion."
The new Mining Exchange, nt No. Z% New-st.,
was op.n.-d at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon with
apeecbea by W, C. liomin, tha president; John
Gray, the chairman; s. V. Willie, a director, and
? Colonel .lames ll. Branch. Thc Ural call was hehi
al i o'clock. The s.-.hs were IM shares of Red
j Mountain at IS cents, and 1,700 shares of Russell at
SO c. nts. The question Avar, ralaed whether mem?
bers of the New-Tork Stock Exchange could be?
long to the Minina Exchange, i". 1.. Hames, ptreat
I dent of ihe Stock Exchange, Bald: "Of course, if
i tho Mining Exchange lists any stocks that nie*
llHt<ai on the t-Mnck Exchange, or if any stocks
listed 0:1 the Mining Exchange aro subsequently
listed on tho Si'uk Exchange, the membera of the
Stock Exchange who nre members of the Mining
Exchange will have to choose hs to which institu?
tion they prefer to retain membership In."
DISCVSSIXO THE POWER OF FAITH.
DR. DIXON'S BBOOMD SKitMON is* roopnrt UNION?
Mi;_riNGS IN MANY CHURCHES.
The Rev. Pr. A. C. Plxon preached yesterday at
noon in Cooper I'nlon to a larse. audience. His
topic was "Faith,** and he used sVbel as an Illustra?
tion To-day he will preach again on tim same
subject. Mr. Pankey conducted thc r-lnglng, aided
by a choir. Those who wish to hear this well
known singer have the rest of the week In which
to do so. Mi. Burke is to take his pia. u In tho
Cooper I'nlon meetings soon.
Circulars were distributed at the meeting yes?
terday showing that, in addition to the Cooper
T'nion meetings and those held nuder the direction
of the Evangelical Alliance in the Union Methodist
Episcopal Church, there are evangelistic m.-. tings
advertised In more than thirty e burches In this
1 .itv and Brooklyn. Among the New-Tork churches
! are these: Calvary liaptlst. Metropolitan Temple
? (Methodist), Se..,nd Collegiate' Reformed, Park
Avenue Methodist Epls? opal, church of the Purl
tani (Preebjrterian). North Baptiat, and North
Presbyterian. The Brooklyn chinches include these.
Puritan Congregational, concord Btreel Baptiat,
c,i ii'*- Pre rab) 'terian, Sumner Avenue Methodist
Episcopal, and Firm Presbyterian, City I'ark
Branch.
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A WEST SIHE REVIVAL.
Dallington Rooth and his staff of Volunteers are
holding revival services nt the Chelsea Methodist
Episcopal Church. Thlrtleth-st.. west of Elgluh
ave.. every evening this week. The church at ca lt
servite ls crowd*d. and great Intereat la taken m
the meetings, lither speskers besides Commander
Booth and his staff are the Rev Dr. E. L. Hoeff.
ecker, pastor o' the church; the Rev. Georgi- j;
McNellle, 'he railroad evangelist, and James H.
Dawson.
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\ ALLEGED HOTEL SWIXDLER.
A woman who gave her name as Mary Stevens,
thirty years old. who said she came from Boston,
was locked up In the West Thlrtleth-st. station
last plght on a charge of swindling hotels In this
city. 8he was arrested by J. A. Lehmann, the
special detective at the Ollsey House. It ls alleged
that the woman, who says she la a stenographer
and typewriter, has b?on carrying on a systematic
course of swindling hotels for several weeks. She
has travelled under three different names-Mary
Stevens, Lizzie Rhaadaa and Mary Wilber. She
carries 1,0 baggage, and when sh* finds lt ls un?
safe for her to remain any longer at anv hotel de.
parts, taking with her the kc\ of her room lt ls
alleged that she has swindled the Hoffman House
out of ?f the- Everett House of MT. the Fifth
Avenue Hotel of $21. the Broadway Central and a
number of other hotels. At the Ollsey House in
a stay of ten days, her bill was KS 00.
MUST MAKE THEM FIREPROOF.
yin. CONSTABLE TO FORCE RAINES LAW
HOTEL PROPRIETORS TO CONFORM TO
MR. SCOTT'S LNTF.nPRETATION
OF THE LAW.
An attempt to punish some of the proprietors of
Raines law hotels ls to be maele, not by arresting
them on the charge of evading the law by selling
liquor on Sundays, but by eommsndlng them to
make their "hotels" fireproof, according to law.
Replying lo Inquiries yesterday ss to the course be
inteneied to pursue, in v|e-w of the Corporation Coun?
sel's opinion upon the building laws relating to the
Raines law hotels. Snperlntenelont Stevenson Con?
stable of the Building Department said: "I shall be
guided entirely by the opinion of Ceirporntlon Coun?
sel Scott and shall act according to his Interpreta?
tion of the lari My first step will be to Inform Im?
mediately many of the proprietors, of these hotels
that they must within ten days comply with the law.
Of course, lt will be an Impossibility for them to
comply In the time named, but under the rules of
the Department only ton days can be allowed to the
proprietors to make their first floors a ' stairways
fireproof."
Superintendent Constable added that he antici?
pated that a test case would thereupon be made,
nnd that lt would be carried to the highest courts
In the State for decision. Ills own view of the mat?
ter was that the courts would refuse to accept the
opinion of the Corporation Counsel.
John Vlnton Dahlgren, who recently resigned
his place as attorney to the Department of Bulbl
ings, in this city, owing to temporary Ill-health,
has made a stutly of the laws relating to the Build?
ing Department. He says thnt, while he enter?
tains the highest respect for the b'gal opinions of
the Corporation Counsel, he differs from him on
his recent opinion In regard to tho fireproof con?
struction required in hotels, etc. Mr. Dahlgren
Insists that the law Intends the provision requir?
ing the first floor to be fireproof to apply only to
hotels five stores high, or having a basement ami
four stories over the cellar. In reference to ( or
poratlon Counsel "Scott's opinion be said yester
ehiy: "Such an Interpretation would force builders
to do more In altering a building Into a hotel,
thirty-five feet and under, than In putting up an
entirely new one. Thus, the first floor would have
to I- lire-proof, with Iron or stool beams nnd brick
arches. In the case of an alteration, while If the
structure were new this would not bo necessary.
Again, the section referred to makes a further
provision for buildings exceeding five stories In
1 heiRht, which ls inespective of whether they aro
j n, he used as hotels or apartment-bouses, lt ls
reasonable to Infer that tho Legislature mount tho
sama rule to hold good In the tlrst patt of the
^.ctlon. Furthermore, the probable effect of this
interpretation woulei be to eliminate wooden hotels,
'ould the Legislature have Intended this result In
the parts of the city outside the fire limits'*"
TH.VCHER ATTACKS THE RAINES LAW.
UK SAYS ro*.Vl(TI<>NS AUK IMroSSlltl.Fs AND THE
"FAKE" CL1P.S AND BOTEU* KIsOll.l-Il.
Albany, Jan. G.-Ma/or Thach-r. in his annual
meaeage to the Albany Common Council to-day,
makes some startling statements with regard lo
lhe practical operation of the Raines Liquor Tax
law lo this city. lt will bo recallej that Mi.
Thacher organize.' and bel the opposition made by
the Mayors of the State against thc Raines bill
last spring. The Mayor saya:
"Wo may no longer, as good citizens, hold that
lhe Liquor Tax law is unconstitutional, but we may
i ontlnUe to declare that the legislation lt legalizes
is evil und pernicious, lt was predicted that tho
. reatlan of a large central bureau, from which
the llciuor trafllc in the sev. ral cities was to be
controlled and managed, WOUM deprive the local
authorities of Influence and power In the regaila
tion id the evils which follow and flow from Ihat
trafllc. That this influence and power were al some
times und lil some places abused ls granted. But
they never weru ut all time-, and in all place's
abused as they are now under the so-called Raines
law. The lo al authorltiea have absolutely nu
voice Li discriminating as to what character! shall
or ahall not have u llcenae to carry on thia irafBc
And public opinion ls ao against tho extraordinary
.uni unjust provisions of tba law that convictions
fe.r offences limier it are- apparently Impossible.
Out if illty-slx flagrant violations of tba law re?
ported by the Police Department to the Dtstrict
AMoree? only eleven Indictments were secured
from the Grand Jury, and not one conviction haa
so far i eon obtained.
"Und.r tba old statutes the ii.-al police arrested
violators of the Excise law and the local authori?
ties proaecuted the violators. Tba local police. In
..rrestlng violators of the present hiv*, have ex?
hausted all ii ie powers and all tho dutlea devolving
on tho city authorities. The wonder is that the
local police In the various cities continua to mak.r
.ii rests, since the Central Liquor Tax Bureau has
Ita own ?K.rtits Investigating, spying and com?
plaining. Tt!? wond.r ls that the focal police con?
tinue to accuse, when other authorities charged
with tho execution of the law and public sentiment
seem disposed to excuse.
"There hal been a decrease in the number of
places wh.re liquor is sold, but there has been
ni Increase In tho nu.nbe*r of places where
!i.|nor is elrunk. In the city of Albany to?
day there are be* hotels, where last vear there
were only thirty-two. There are cluba and social
. rganlaatlona in .very election district, where ii.n?
existed a year ago. These so-calletj hotels and
three alleged social organizations ara simply ao
many liquor saloons, where" customers enjoy tho
extraordinary prfvllegea and pict.. Hon oi the
Raines law."
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TO RESTRICT HIOH BCILDINOS.
Several lulls to regulate the heis-h" nf buildings
In New-Tork have been prr parcel for submission
to the Legislature this winier. The draft of sin-h
a bill has been submitted to Superintendent Con?
stable of the Buildings Department by a firm of
architect-, nnd the Superintendent had a talk with
t! " Mayor ai.out it yesterday. The bill in ques?
tion proposes to place the maximum height of
buildings hereafter to be erected ar IM feet Mr.
i ? table favors a maximum height ot 173 fe..;.
Tlie* bill ls io be submitted IO the Corporation
Counsel for his criticism.
CITY C,o\ ERXMI. XT A TEA IRS.
The offl'iii* of the Tax Department ara hard at
work on the BBSessmenl valuations of ls?7. and are
bending their offoits lo lir.isli their work so that thu
tax booba .-nay be ready next Monday, the first day
fixed by law when those who believe they have had
excessive personal taxes registered agalnsl them
n-ay state Ihelr case before the Commissioners.
The process has i... onie known as the yearl- swear
Ing-off, and lhe aggiii ved have until the hist day of
April to present Ihemaelvess Tho usual "..'ii a- io
the cone. Incas of 'he assessments will be taken by
the Deputy T.ix Commissioners before a Jus?
tice of tho Supreme Couti on Saturday, it has
been estimated lhal th.- Increase over last year's
valuations will be about p?i,0u0.'X*0.
Police Commissioner Andrew l>. Parker called at
th* city Hall yesterday to see Oeneral Benjamin p.
Tracy, preeldenl of tha creator New-Tork Com
.i.i--'ion. wno was his counael iii the bearing before
the Mayor lae! summer on charge! of neglect of
duly. Mt Parker s;iid iv wanted to ?.-.- Oeneral
Tracy about tho police . hapter In the proposed
chicer. Asked if it was true that he Intended
bringing mandamus proceedings to compel the
Mayor to Rive a verdict In Ihe matter of the charges
agalnsl him. Mr. Parker said: 1 have no doubt
thai a mandamus would Ile In the case, and I have
tba matter under advisement.*'
Vron a report made Ly the Special Commie
?loner of jurors, Henry xx. cray, to Controller
Pitch, yesterday, lt appears that Mr. Cray will
have a good deal of difficulty in securing 3 IM jurors
for big criminal casea. The report shows that
while 4.4V. notices were Issued to prospective Jurors
(ill Unoro.l the summons, **nei we-re nol foutnl 3 (.Ti)
were excuaed, ...347 weie rejected and only 707'com
pete-nts were found
The Roard of Estimate yesterday was requested
by Commissioner Waring to issue WiMOO in lionels
for the purchase of Ml horses, to cost HMM; Ml
sets of harness anel |M e-arts and ethel Beaded
? equipment for the Stree*, cleaning Department The
request was referred lo Controller leitch The v??*,,
of $7o,lT'. was allowed the Charities Inp.mm. nt foi
a I'.e-w three-story building on Ward's Island for
the extension t.t ti,.- Insane Pavilion for' i a
e-xtension of the contagious ward on ' Randall's
i Island, and for a waRon-house for th* Harlem
H capital.
Professor Harold F! Llppincott snd a delegation
of twelve dlaehargod employes of the city _T1
companies appeared at the meeting of the Board
of Aldermen at J's isaaloa yeaterday and pre.
seined resolutions fa\oilng the municipal owner
I ship of gaa pl. nt* Before calling on the Hoard
the delegation saw Mayor Stronz, nnel he prom?
ised that be would do all In his power to have
the city own all gas plant*. The r.solutions sub?
mitted by the eldena: 1 in allege thal tba various
companies In the city have combined, to reduce
the cost of operating th. ir plant"*, thus throwing
many men out of work anei stifling honest compe?
tition, and lhe Attorney-General la asked to direct
the machinery >>f his offl * against the monopoly,
which ls alleged to be a flagrant violation cf th*
law. The Aldermen rent the re-i-ilutions to the
special committee dealing with the subject.
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LOYAL LEGIOX OBJECTS TO THE HUTTOX
Conslelersble feeling has been aroused In th?
Loyal Laglan by the mloptlon by the 80ns of tht
Colonial Wars of a silk button so closely resem?
bling ihat of ths Loyal Isegton as not to be di*
ilngnisliable st a dlstarce of ten feet. Ths Loy*
Isenlon was organized In I*-*'.*,, and wns the flrsi co
cleiy. lt it. salel, tn this .ountry to wear a button
It therefor* claims th-? right by pre-edence. ai
well ,,s bv patent, which was Intended to proteci
it from such encroachments. The matter 1* now
under discussion, with tha expectation that th*
Son* of the Colonial Wars will voluntarily adopt
Inslmln. of mina niher H*?l?- nr color.
There doesn't seem to be very
much the matter with your child. He
doesn't actually lose weight, but there
is no gain. He belongs to that large
class of children that don't seem to
prosper. You look at him a little
more thoughtfully than you do at the
rest and say " I Ie is not doing well."
Failure to g*iin in weight in a child
is a danger signal. Scott's Emulsion
should be taken at once. It puts on
fat where health demands it, strength?
ening the digestion.
ftCOTT A BOWNE. ('h?ml?.?. New Tork.
POLITICAL XOTES.
No one denies that Kansas has produced mar.y
brainy people, but the trouble ls that lt does not
Know what to do with them. "Properly edited."
savs "The Washington Star." "Kansas mlKht he
ono of thi most brilliant States In the Union."
It seems to be taken for granted that tbe out?
come of the present row between 1'urroy anel Shoe
han w-lll be tho resumption of control In Tammany
by e'roker. Mut "The lowell Courier" rominels peo?
ple that while only Croker himself ran restore har?
mony to the r?ina. yet "own his hold ls waning."
Like all o:he-r Rood people, it wants tei see the row
go on ani on until the malodorous Wigwam has
passed Int.i the northeast seeMon of oblivion.
John C. Sheehan'.** Buffalo friends have not all
deserted him. "The Times" of that city Insists the
only charge Purroy has made I gainst Sheehan that
amounts to anything ls disloyalty to Bryan. 1'n
loss he can move that popular sentiment will ba
with tho nuff.ilo man, because the other charges
which Purroy make-i are "of a purely personal
character, and are simply exaggerations of worn
out accusations Iii which tho people hiv.* lost In?
terest." It is unnecessary to odd that "The Times"
j represents the lust i nun of the late campaign.
Senator Cantor has declarel war upon truata, and
the Democratic organs, such as "The Times" of P.uf
I falo, tell him that he ls pretty late In this crusade,
? meaning bjr that that he failed to stand by Bryan,
anarchy and ail the other Bewildering doctrines
; ."nunoiated by the Democratic party at Chi. ago.
_
The dangarouety rapid growth of the boss sys?
tem is pointed out by "Tho |{o?tort Herald," which
Ands striking Illustrations for its i.marks In N'-w
York. pennsylvania and Illinois, the greatest States
In the I'nlon, but all under lhe domination of the
machine. The welfare of the f'.ovornment, "Tho
Herald" believes, ls "far mort threatened by such
conditions In Its Internal politics than by any cal?
amity which can befall I; from outside sources."
While this Stale has always been famous for wire?
pulling ar.d Its politics has been conducted by In?
trigue for nearly a century, yet there ls a difference
between former things an.l the existing situation.
"We- may go back to the days of lin* Clintons, the
Tompltlnaes and the Spencers," ays "The Herald."
"and still find If. Van Huron. Marcy and even Silas
AV right worked by wire-pulling, and Seward was an
apt disciple of Thur! iw Weed. The- difference be?
tween then and now was that li formerly required
men of statesman!!!:'"" talent to till Statesmen* po?
sition*. This continue."! lown tn the time of Conk
1 i ti cr. and was revived to some extent in the case of
David 1'-. Hill. Ther- used to t.e plenty of Platts
In tho tiackKroun.l. hut they wer-- kept lhere, and
there was no thought of Intruding the Murphys.
Modern bossism has got beyond paying attention
to tile proprieties In the men it puts forward for
the highest places, els.- we should not now have
Murphy In the Senate .ind Platt In prospect ly., for
that bely. This cha nea la no: leaa dangerous and
it ls more disgusting."
To j. Edward Addlcka'a confident .leei.ir.ition that
ho will be elected to the L'nlted Stales Senate from
Delaware this winter. "The Louisville Commer?
cial" remarks tha' Mr. Addi.-k-.. then, expects the
"RepubUcana to disgrace themselves."
Some one has been telling "The Dunkirk Union"
that confidential agenta of Mr. Wanamaker and
Mr. Choale have been working or the' President?
elect to have him take a hand In the Bena loria I
fights here ar.d hi Pennsylvania. There ls prob?
ably n.. truth in ir hu far as regarda Mr. Wana?
maker, ami certainly no authorised repreeentatlvc
of Mr. Choate has gone to Canton on th- subject
He knew perfectly well thar Mr McKinley ls toa
experienced a politician to meddle wltb mattera of
this kinei, no matter how strongly his sympathies
might be aroused on ono side or tbe other.
It Is the "delicious aroma" of miinl-lp.il patronage
which will attend th*> host of Croitor New-York
that has aroused the badly demoralised Tammanv
Tiger to make one flri.il effort to regain power, At
least so it Bppeara to "The Minneapolis Tribune."
"But," lt rdda, "thc proudest municipality on thr
faee of the globe will never again come under thy
domination of a Croker." P.lghtl
Tt looks now as though Judge Palmer, of Sioux
Falls, might succeed Senitor Kile In the United
States Senate, as the rcsul*. of tho fusion movement
In South Dakota
How thoroughly the Stat.-" (Government has be.
como Republlcanlwd may be Inferred from thc
fae t thal there are to-day only three prominent
Democratic officials In all rho departments, an.!
they will not remain mich longer. Insurance Bu
peiintendenl Pi- rca will be sue .ede,! by ? Repub?
lican nexl week or neal month, tho pince of Rall*
road Commissioner Chapln will he taken by a Re?
publican In March, leaving Only Mr. Lathrop, thr
Democratic Buperlntendeni of 8tate Prisons, win?
will also follow his party Into retirement at ar
early day
lt ts significant ihat the most strenuous advoeati
of Senator Dui.o's -: re-election is "The Bvanavlll*
Courier." tho leading Democratic organ of Indian..
It favors Dubota be.cause he la tho most rlgoroui
I and sincere advocate of silver restoration, and ll
heartily commends Bei mary Walsh, of the Demo.
' orallo National Committee, for going to Idaho lr
. the Interests of the Republican Sen.ncr.
Sixty-two members of the United States Serat,
have been iii office for over fourteen years, .loin
Sherman, who has been mentioned for Secretary o
State, has s.ived thirty-two yours, though not con
secutivel; "The Potsdam Courier atui Freeman'
: tinels that, as a rule, the ."-".-tirit^ri who hold theil
scats igest . ome from New-England.
Little surprise ls expressed over Mr. Crokers al
I leged determination to resume direct control nf Tani
many Hall, la order to manage pereonalty the Demo
I eratic campaign la the coming municipal contest. T
la tbe belief nf many State papers tjh.1t ho had se; hil
mind upon this long ago. "The contest next year !
i going to be one of tho first Importance," says "The
j Courier and Freeman," of Potsdam. "It wi!! hrinj
: out the greatest --kill of tba party I (adara, for the
credit of victory In the firs- contes' for the control o
Greater New-York will have a strong moral effec
I anel a determining Influence on tho contests Imme?
diately to follow. So Mr. croker foregoes the pleas?
ure nf lite in England to become again engaged In th.
I rattle and roar of political strifr. Ile has exhibit*
I much ability a* a political manager, bul lils returr
io pollUca niay show ihat he has outlived his useful
ness." _
The statement that the State of Maryland hat
not had a Legislature of average Intelligence sln-e
the war is not. according to "The Baltimore News,'
without strong support. A seat In the Ot neral /\ssem
b'.y of the State of Maryland, lt declares, was on.*e
j regarded as one of the highest honors which a city ai
county cculd bestow on Its citizens. Thn Intelligence
an.l manhood ot the State were represented at An
napolls by the flower of her oitl_onih:p. The remark
of Colonel Thnma? Sherwood Hodson "The Nowa'
considers particularly .imeiy "The careleeeneea wit)
which nominations for the Legislature ara mad.- ,m
the unsultableneis of tin" p-r-..:..- .-ie.,?:,-,. ,* a growth,
evil, not only ;n Maryland ian in the ot.ior States a
well. If wa nominate men who will tie guided entire
ly bv considerations of the public welfare, we wi!
surely win in the coming struggle for popular ap
proval If we nominate Incompetent and inexper:
.:,-*?.I nen, whoee past Ufa and character glvs :?.
promise nf UsefUlnesa as leglflatnrs. are shall hav
done all In our power to Invite signal disaster at ti.
pu..-, and will probably moat the fate we deserve '
The way politics I* managed In Delaware shout,
.iff Td some consolation, according to "The .Syracu*
Post." io the p-ople of N"W-York or. fur that mat
ler. any other part of the Knited Stat*?, that there I
a community to he pitied more raau our own
"Other plac'-s." adds "The* Post," "may have cori up
tlon here and there, but Delaware ls unique In heine*
?irrorellng fe) the ev.dence of her critic*, cinslstentl
and completely rotten from top to bottom." Aa ai
example of th.* it cites the determination "f Addlck
to ?et aside tlie returns nf the* canvassing board
that found elected the Democratic candidates for th
State Leg,slature In Kent and Sussex counties. "Til
courts wre appealed to a: flrat, out they refused t
reverse lbs action of the canvassers, so now Mr
Addlck* propose* to Inrtruct the Clerk of the Houa
of Reprem mali vet, who nwears In the new memhrri
to disregard the action of the courts and recognli
the Addli ks men only "
EVE OTES BV A BUGGY.
Mrs Kate Hlllsbeim, twenty-five y.nrs old, of Nc
lift West Thiriy-foiirth-st.. was knocked donn am
run o\ er by a buggy, driven by (lia rle* M Wilkin
son. of No Si West Flfty-thlrd-st.. at Sixty-fourth
st. and Columtnis-ave., last night, and suffered i
fracture of the right leg and a contusion of th
hip. She was taken to her home in a carriage.
Wilkinson said his horse became unmanageable,
while geln* under thr elevated road. He waa locked
up In the West Blxty-e|ghth-st. ststion.
MR. MACLAY'S SUCCESSOR.
th
vaney and Browning h?.l decided to start out early
the text morning .1*1.1 od.I un a train near New
Dorp. The project frightened Hrrtsiook and ly
turned over hi* plaiol and knife to his comradua
and came bonie
The other two leda returned home on Monday
and we ie arrested. Magistrals Mott held each In
11.000 ball for trial. All three were charged by Mr.
Clark with grand larceny.
INTEREST IN THE PRESIDENCY OF THE
BOARD OF EDl'CATION.
The next meeting of the Board of Education In
this city, to he held on Wednesday of nest week,
will be of uncommon Interest and Importance, for
nt ihat time a president will be elected to tske
tho place of Robert Marlay. Then. too. the Board
will come under the control of the progreealve ele?
ment, which has long been In the minority. With
the beginning of the year four new membera came
Into the Board, and lt ls believed that all of them
will act on important questions with the new ma?
jority. The new members are E. Ellery Ander?
son. John E. Eustls. James Speyer and William
Greenough. The first two are lawyers. Mr. Speyer
ls a bnnker and Mr. Greenough ls a merchant.
The selection of these men by Mayor Strong has
been generally commended. It ls felt that they
strengthen the Board of Education, and their imi
trance will enable tha members who favor the
adoption of the most advanced methods of edu?
cation In the schools of New-York to carry out
their plans.
There seems to be no prospect now of President
Maclay's rr-electlon, and lt ls doubtful If he will
permit himself to be the candidate of the minority.
Those who are In a position to know are of the
opinion that he could not possibly muater more
than eight votes, and the probability ls that not
more thnn seven would be cast f.r bim If he
should be a candidate. Realizing the situation, lt
ls thought probublo that he will withdraw from the
field?If he can be regarded as a candlato up to
the present?on the ground that his health and
other Important duties will not enable him to give
the time demanded to the work Imposed on the
president of the Board of Kducatlon. Who will
ne put forward as the candidate of the minority
lu case of Mr. Maclay's withdrawal ls not yet posi?
tively known.
The-re* being twenty-one members of the Board,
the majority are confident of mustering not less
than thirteen to the support of the candidate tney
rna\ agree on. ariel hope that their forces will In?
clude on.- more. The doubtful man ls Dr. Daniel
E. McSweeny. It ls believed that he will not give
his support to Mr. Maclay, or whoever else may
be put forward as the minority e-andldate. when
lt ls plainly apparent that there Is no chance of
electing such candidate. The men composing the
minority, who, ali along have b*?en In sympathy
Wlfb Mr. Maclay's policy, are Commissioners Hurl
but, Adams, Andrews, Ketcham, Van Arsdale and
Little.
What will be done bv the other thirteen or four?
teen members of the Board bas r.ot yet been fully
determined It ls unelerstood that the subject of
the presidency has beer: canvassed by them to a
considerable extent, but there has beeui nothing in
the- nature of caucus action. Charles llulkley
Hubbell seems to be the favorite candidate. He
has been a member of the Hoard several years, and
his friends say that he possessei the experience!
and qualifications that flt him to perform the duties
of presiding officer acceptably.
Mr. HubbelFa own position, as eleclared to his
friends, ls that he ls not a camlldate for the presi?
dency, but bo is not unwilling to pe-rmlt his nam*
lo be used. If his frlenels believe that he should be
e. i.OSop.
MANY TEACHPUS TRANSFERRED.
The Committee on Nominations and Advance?
ment of the Hoard of School Superintendent.'., which
for som.- time past has been at work on the subject
of transfer* and promotions, caused the results of
Its labors to become known Monday In a notice
whi. h wns sent out to about 500 teachers In the
city, announcing that they had either been trans?
ferred to new schools or else promoted to better
places in the i,nen where they were teaching. There
w. re about no transfers made upon application,
meaning in each case nn increase In salary arith
the exception of one or two teachers, who preferred
to be ki a e'ortain school even at a loss lu annual
compensation. In making th.*se transfers and
promotions the Hoard of School Superintendents
have taken Into consideration the length of service
and the- excellence of the record of the teacher al?
most to tlie exclusion of any other conditions.
.John Jasper, City Superintendent of Schools, said
yesterday afternoon to a Tribune reporter that
beneficial results were bound to follow the changee.
Ile said that under thc old trustee system lt waa
not possible* to make promotions commensurate
with tbe teacher's term of sendee an.l ability, but
uneler the system brought Into existence bv tho
r.ivey-Page law. teachers were supplied tb the
whole city from headquarters, and thus faults and
ilefeets could easily be remedied.
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A EIRE SUFFERER TRIES SUICIDE.
TTRED OF LIFE nFi~AI*RE OF THK UO*M OF H'S
FOBIR-JIUI-H IN THE rOIsYCMNIe- FIRE.
F.mil Stelgor. a music teacher, thirty-six years
old. attempted suicide yesterday by Jumping from
tho ferryboat Texas of the Kast Twenty-thlrd-st.
line. Ile was one of the tenants w-ho was burned
ont on christmas morning by the fire whleh
wrecked the Polyclinic Hospital. He was reacued
from drowning by thn crew of police launch No. *>,
which waa going up the Kast River In command
of Roundaman William J. McCarthy.
Btelger explained to thc roundsman that he tried
to commit suicide because he was tired of life. He
said that that fire had ruined him completely, ns
lt destroyed manuscript of compositions on which
ho dad been working for a long time. When the
hie occurred he was engaged in doing some scroll
invitations for a ball of the l.lederkrnnz Society.
Tho invitations were burned, ns well as ten dollars'
worth nf pbetage stamps. His musical instruments
suffered the same fate.
."?'?ince tho tire he has done practically nothing
except grieve o\er his ruin. Ho finally decided to
commit suicide.
Tho man ls unmarried. Since ho was burned out
he has been making his homo with his aged
parents, who live at No. 243 Knst Tenth-st.
EABBOXT IX THE .XEW-York A. c.
For tho Iii st time In many years pea. e .ind har?
mony prevail ameng the rank nnd Rle of the New
York Athletic e'lub. The annual election of the
club will be held on .lanuary I., and the regular
th ket. as nominated, will go through without pos?
sibly a dissentirg vote This will bo an Innovation
in ibis popular athletic and social organisation. It
ls also a well-deserved tribute to the executive and
business ability of tho president, .lames Whitely,
whose term if ofllce will bo extended for another
v.*.ir Opposition tl-kets have been talked of In cer?
tain quarters, but The Tribune mn intan ed all along
thal there would be no opposition, and, as the
time for the posting of an opposition ticket expired
las) night, this prediction seems to have been well
founded. Tho regular ticket ls aa follows: For
president. James Whitely: for vice-president.
Thomas L. Watson: for secretary, John C. Outlet.;
for treasurer charles E. Q-OOdhue; for captain,
Ba rt ow S Weeks, for Governors for two years:
i'iiarle- T Wills, Howard P Frothlngham, W. D.
Searls Albert K Colfax, Louis ll. Orr, Kdward XX.
Kearney. Dr T Hamilton Burch and F. M. Haus
Ir'g for Oovernor for or.e year, .tames H. Hanlin.
ThV Nominating ('ommlttee consists of Hugh ll
Baxter 1.vinni Brown. William C. Frazee. w. H.
Bolston aiid H. Ii Coffee, Jr.
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GIFT OF A SI ST TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Tho Military Onler of. the Loyal Legion, Com?
mandery of Pennsylvania, will to-dny. at 10 a. m..
gi\o ti dramniar School No. **, Hudson nml Orove
Its., | brotu.e bust of Commodore George XX. Mel?
ville, I'. S. N. The exercises will be under the di?
rection of William ll. Halley, e'ommodore Charles
II Luring, commissioner Henry L. Rogers and
Commodore Jackson McKlmell. of Philadelphia.
Commodore Larlng ls tn make the speech of pres
entatlon. Commodore Melville attended thc school
until his graduation In 1810. B. D. L. Southerland
ls the present principal.
AMATEUR BRIGAXDS IX POLICE COURT.
Three small boys, who wanted to bo brigands,
were before Magistrate Mott In Yorkvtlle Court
yeaterday. They were William Mcl-'lvaney, four?
teen years old, of No. 172 Kast Forty-fourth-st.;
Oscar HnrHtock. thirteen years old, of No. 201 Kast
Forty-fourth-st , and Richard Browning, twelve
years old, of No. 300 East Forty-fourth-st. Their
accuser was Isaac Clark, a carriage manufacturer,
of No. BJ West Flfty-thlrd-st.
According to Clark's story, the McKlvaney boy
was employed by him as office boy, and on Decem?
ber 1. MN, he gave him $100 to deposit in the Four?
teenth Street Hank. The boy disappeared, and the
following day Oscar Hartstock. who had dlsap
peareel the s.ime day ns McElvaney, returned home)
and tol-l his mother that McElvaney had stolen
$100 from his boss; that he had taken Brown?
ing and himself to Staten island; that tho
other two were still there, and that he had left
tl.em because tiley wanted him to assist them in
holding up a train on the Staten Island Rapid
Transit road. Young Hartstock further confessed
to bis parents that they had been planning th?
scheme for months, and that us soon as McKlvaney
had received the money to deposit for his em?
ployer be nought out him and Browning and took
them down tr* Bowery, where they purchased
thic bella and revolvers, hlg knives, ulsters and
gloves, u..1 Maru.I for Staten Island. lt was
their Intention, he sat,|. to stop al the various sta?
tions along tho railroad mid hold up passengers
ns they left lhe train* They went to New-Dorp
and stayed nt a hotel for the night. Meanwhile
had discussed thc situation, and McKI
Ovington Bros
Assignee's Sale.
330 FIFTH AVENUE,
Rear tbe Waldorf.
-There Remain
5ut Twenty Days
of this
Highly Attractive Sale
of which flip most connpieuoui
-catlin-* ia that you can buy
J 100.00 worth of goods for
$50.00,
$50.00 worth of goods for
$25.00,
And so on*
is i p-eat many objects in our utocl.
vc will now offer for
50 Cents
on the dollar.
Gooda distinctly appropriate to flt
ho requirements of those in quest of
;ifts of congratulation.
The collection consists of rare end
leautiful Bronzes, Pedestals, China,
Kass, Clocks, Operaglas.es, Fish, Game,
;hop, and Ice Cream Sets, and a splendid
ollection of
China Plates.
Inti order* villi receive
oar i,iilii?tnl_lnn nt tc nfl nt-.
OVINGTON BROS.
FOR THE OLD GUARD BALL.
ieV*.
HIK GRAND MARCI! PROMISES TO BCUFM
THAT OF ANY FORMER OCCASION.
Carpenters and decorators will transform the
>oe)y of the Metropolitan Opera House to-morrow
"to a great dancing hall nnd reeeptIon-room for
he annual reception of the Old Guard, which will
ake place there In the evenlnir. The front* of the
lers of be xe* will he rl.ibor.itely draped with
'Ilk American t"..ij?.-<. and the proscenium arch will
ir curtained with great Amerlcnn flags, drawn
islde to shew a large nnd elegantly furnished
ipartmcnt. In whleh Major Sto.in will receive the
meets, a colonnade decorate- wit.i lags win lead
o the reception platform, anil stp.r.ds nf arms,
?hlelels. eagles and flags will be used in decorating
he t.oely of the hall.
Major Sloan has leaned a special order In which
he member*, of the Old Guard are requested to be
cresent at 9 p m. si.arp. The escort to the colors
will take place at 10:15 p. m.. and Major Sloan haa
SHuee) the following onhr as to that impressive
*eremony:
"Color Sergeants Skinner and roxford, and Gen.
?ral Guides Janes G. McMurr.ty a.id Benjamin F.
Moore, jr . also Sergeants Parr, Hom.ins. Aiexan
larson ar.d Ltehtenatetn; alao corporals Taylor,
i'ovell. Ryder. Ammon. Topping. Langat? and
Alger; also Privates Barnes, Brockwajr, Blohm,
Groth. Harvey, Hummel. LlbbCT, CMatti, Rigney,
Sanderson and S. e'alho.ni Smith, will report to the
Adjuta.it In full uniform bearskin shako, favor, t
pcahbard. cartrldge-bos snd white itioveg?to p?r.
tictpate In the opening urTnony of escorting tao
colors."
On bugle call at 12 o'clock the bate/. Hort will a*.
?e:nhle In the lower south slele room and foyer ot
rhe opera house for the grand march. The forma?
tion will be in two ranks, according to height, line
md .staff officers with distinguished guest! cn the
right of line, and these will b*- followed hy the bat?
talion. Other guest*! In uniform will follow the bat?
talion.
The grand march ls always the feature of an O'd
Guard ball, and ns the Hst cf acceptances is un?
usually larne *his year, the committee believe that
thc march will be more picturesque than lt was on
any former occasion.
THK GLOBE EIRE tXSVEAECE CASE.
Insurance men In this city were interested yestarw
lay In the reported Intention of W, S. Matthews,
Superintendent of In<*unn-e for the State of Ohio,
to prevent the Globe Fire Insurance company, of
this city, from doing any more bUflMM in Ohio.
Thomas .T. Mci'abe, ono of the examiners of the
New-York State laMraROS Department, who made)
x report on the company on December 14. said that
he was surprised at thc stand tnk>n by Superm
tenden! Matthews He exhibited a copy of his re?
port to Superintendent Pierre, which contained lao
following statements:
Th? present mansgement Obtained control of tha
company al the annual meeting held In April, *.$9<
rind beginning with May 1 of the sams year the
underwriting business of the company his beea
transacted hy 3. S. Fr-Minghuysen, acting as gen?
eral agent under h oon'raet datr-d Maj I, '.S"H. By
the* terms of this contract the payments made for
olllcers' salaries, taxes and adjusting tosses are the
only expenses directly chargeable to tiie company
other than the commission allowed s.-.id general
agent.
No dividend! have been declared tinea the year
ending December ll. IIB* On said dite the surplus
beyond all llablliUes amaunte.j to M.-97-tff, which,
has bejen Increased un ler th>* preaent management
to $00,118<5R. as shown In the for-KoliK statement of
assets anel liabilities. The . asa deposit he.d In.
bank ls seemingly greater than ;s necessitated by
the volume of business transacted, and in rc*pon*e
to suggestions made to the oh*, .-rs they have taken
steps to Invest a portion of said funds In interest
bearing securities.
E. C. Jameson, the president of the Globe Fire Ia
?Miranee Company, yesterday gave out a autement
in part as follows:
As yet we have not received from Mr. Matthews
any copy of the report made to him by hts exami?
ners. We know nothing of lt. except what ort have
seen In the newspapers. If the newspapers have lt
correctly, we simply have to say that any state?
ments or Insinuations tha' the statement of this
company la In any way incorrect or that its as?
sets and surplus are not ns stated therein, are
simply false. The New-York Insurance Department
mane a thorough examination of this company o;\
November ?. and the report of the examiner* dif?
ferer! very slightly from the company's own state?
ments. It la true that Jameson and Frellngbuysen
own a controlling- lntarest In the stock, and. alnce
the management ha* been dictated by them, a
great Improvement In the bui-lness In earnings of
the company has resulted. In the last three years
the assets have Increased from about $-50,000 to
nearly rOeVOOO. the net cash surplus has Increased
about MO.O0-, and Ihe premium Income from HMM
to about $6t0.ffl?> Per annum We are very much
surprised at these Insinuations, and willi to sag
they are ridiculous and without foundation.
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POWESS OF THE DOCK S0ASD.
Secretary Plnney. of the Greater New-Tork Com?
mission, yesterday gave out copies of Chapter
XVI of the charter as revised by the Committee oa
Draft. The chapter defines the powers and dutlea
of the Board of Docks to e-onsist of three Commle
sloners appointed by the Mayor. The building of
docks with roof gardens for the free cse of the pub?
lic ls authorised. Stringent regulations against
the dumping of rubbish anywhere In the Harbor are
contained la some of the sections. The Commis?
sioners will have the power un.Ur the chapter to
set apart certain piers for the use of other depart?
ments ot the city government, to designate where
can.il boats are to hf moored and to set apart plera
for th* reception of farm produce
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ARMY AXD XAVY ORDERS.
Washington, Jan. i.-The resignation of Maje*
Allen M. Jackson, paymaster, of lils commission
ns captain, 7th Infantry only, has been accepted
hy th." President to take trnftti December 2*i. If**.
A board of officere to consist of Lieutenant
Colonel James Gllliss. deputy quartermaster-gen?
eral; Major Henry M Adams. Corps of Engineers,
and Major John D Hall, surgeon, ls appointed te
meet at Fort Wadsworth. N. Y , to select a alta
for the boapltal to be cree ted at that point.
The complement of olllcers for the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius, to he comntssie ned at Philadel*
plilu on Januarv 12 for filibuster patrol duty on the
Florida coast, bas been completed by the esJlg.-**
ment to that vest**"! of Paused Assistant Engineer
V. \X Harden who ls detached from the battle?
ship Mas-ochusetts. on Ix-ing relieved by Assist?
ant Engineer C. H.. Km ile h. who toes from the
cruiser Montgomery. Lleutenant-?.'omraand?r J**
8. Prime haa been tranaferred from South Bstnie*
hem. Penn., to ateel inspection duty at Harrie"
?tug, Heading and St-Mlton.
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