The New York Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1879, Page 4

CAPERING GAULS. The Cercle de Harmonie Trip the Light Fantastic at the Academy. SCENES OF EXUBERANT JOLLITY. Masks and Dominos Whirling in the Mazes of the Wa'tz. ——— Dancing at the French ball began Inst night at ok precisely. ve picture, briltiant in gas lights and fragrant h flowers! During thirteen years past the Cercle ¢ its dewoir, and ¢ nm to New York a social impulse which, if at times was rather pronounced, had the mirit of life and sparkl events. Insisting upon it that hard times are gone and an era of renewed prosperity is come, tho jolly members of the cheerful cercle resolved to make the ball of 1879 memorable in its annals and the feature par excellence of the dancing season, Within ten days after the announcement of the ball every box was sold and tickets were in demand, Yesterday boxes could not be had for love or money, and tickets were at a premium, "There never has been so general an interest in the bali before, and none of the thirteen jollifications that preceded this one approached it in hilarity or equalled its success. Recognizing the all-important fact that of all fea tures the human features are the most interesting and the most attractive, the committee wisely con- cluded to dispense with gorgeous hangings, elaborate sets and expensive decorations. Gordon, the ma- chinist, and White, the gas man, put their heads togetier and evolyed the one design of the enter- tainment—an immense gas pipe frame, from which, in around of blazing jets, flamed out the le- gend, le Frangaise de i’Harmonie, 1879."” Other- wise, save ten or twelve vases filled with rare exotics and anumber of hanging chandelicrs, there was nothing in the preparation of the Academic interior to distinguish it from its customary appear- ance. THE FRENCH BALL PECULIARITIES. As thé Liederkranz and Arion differ radically from the Caarity snd Old Guard balls, so does the French ball rejoicn in peculiarities that make it sua generis, It alone depends upon the people who attend it for its success; the others make much of decorations and more of processions. AS the clock announced the hour of a quarter to eleven 100 musicians, ied by M. Schwab, the chef d’or- chestre, filed into the upper gallery and opened pro- ceedings by the stirring overture ‘of “La Muette de Portici,” which was followed by a grand march. In an instant tie floor was filled with masked men and wigged women, to whom a very neatly printed order of dancing was distributed by ushers, fantastically attired, THR DANCING. Although the flooz was tolerably well filled by the time the grand march had been played a second time the maskers were very backward in going forward, and some delay occurred in forming the opening quadrille sets. But the French peo- ple are easily excited, and the jolly strains of “La Belle Ponle” started the currents in their veins, and soon the kaleidoscopic manipulations were in full course of festive opera- tion. The chief set was composed by a Mephis- topheles und his companions, who kept the observers in a constant roar of laughter, frequentiy interrupted by thunders of applause, Whether the Satan of the occasion was 4 gymnast by protession or for his own entertainment was not disclosed. It is very certain he was one of the features of the occasion and did more to open the ball with spirit than all the rest combined. Et very quaint and picturesque quadrille was dd by party of Chinese, of whom the ladies partictiarly and uniquely outre. They omitted no steps, but took every oue in the most conscien- tious manner. Although comparatively early in the evenimy, the entire set were as jolly as grigs and as full of fun and roguery as others were later on. And, by the way, the French ball at eleven o'clock is about as imuch like the French ball at two in the morning as a fresh laid egg is like a hot and steaming omelet. Nothing could be more decorous than the way in which this ball was opened. In fact, it rather more than bor- dered on the geotesanely Puritanic; but after the danse comique the scenes Were—but of that anon. The second dance—a waitz—was accompanied by a pecu- arly sweet and tender melody that not only in- vited the sentimental to a turn, but prompted the hilarious to sport. For the first time in public the new,mode of waltzing was indulged. Standing face to face, the couples embrace and proceed. As the dance progresses the spectacle becomes embar- rassing, and it is difficult to understand how modest men aid sensitive women are willing to permit aud submit to such absurdities at the dictum of fashion, But they all do it, and in time it may become as tolerable as at present it appears ridiculous, not to say outrageous. THE MASQUERS, As masked balls are never by any chance novel or new in thelr developments, so it must be recorded that this bail in its disclosure of masks presented nothing especially strange. The same old noses, _ a ang nee flower girls, devils, comiques, ‘ankees, impossible Indians, harlequins, monkeys and = brigands were on duty in tull_ force and as uncomfortable as they usually are. There seems to be an utter lack of in- genuity in desigrers of costumes, especially Of fantastic and growsqne apparel. It was noticeable, however, that while the Preach masquers entered into the enjoyment of the dance with the heartiness of the rational German, they also invested their par- ticipation with a gr or abandon that made the scene particularly enjoyable. to hour of the the appearance of the Care there was not an incident of rudeness or a violat “LES ANTIP The programme aunounced at the hour of ones danse comgne called “Les Antipodes.” Loug before that hour the Academy was packed, Gilson’s supper room was overrun, the boxes were filled, the amphitheatre was entirely occupied, sleighing par- ties had come in from the Park, the theatres had sent in their quotas, and the smart young men in dog collars and an elaborate condition of itiz as to hair were lending their social instincts to the wayety. At th onclusion of the “Barbe- q arille, danced, by the way, with a general heartiness that shook the floor and reminded one of the Unanimity of an old-fashioned ci meeting, the floor was cleared, and, led by the chef, M. Cauton, Bixteen grotesq bounded on the floo: In an instant the appe ness of the title was s “Les Antipodes” consist of fantastic costumes, by which the dancers appear to be dancing on their hands with their feet in the air. n At that time the Academy | and dash of fun at all | enn! Well, if evera few thousand people langhed them: selves hoarse they did itat “Les Autipodes.” They Were as agile as and as lithe a# serpents, y Kicked high above ench other’s heads, they turned like tops, they bent backwards like the yielding wil- lows. They were applanded and encored to the echo, and when, exhausted and flushed with their work, retired, the cheers and plaudits of a roaring au- dience followed them, At half-past twelve the floor was more crowded than at any other time Delegations from Philadelph ‘ooklyn and other provincial places added th tions to the general brillianey if at had 1 for the Gilsonian attractions of Nilsson the crowd was somewhat dimin- sure would have been unbearabie. » proseeniuin . ‘The corridors corners, and the well, they were young, very young people, who care very much whether the public 1 OF not. k the ball was a maze of j : As the hour of two « by which the ping, woneat ven dew) nidnight, The y was delirious, were begin. 1 the effects of supper, aud All endeavor to ‘keep within ts of custom was stayed, While there was hothing whatever at which offer id be taken, there was much that stu might call fast and Mart Likely to eall t The new secretary of tho Academy, Mr, Fowler, entertaived friends in his private olfiee, and the iy New land farmers a Washingtonians would be Divsmore-Hoey set in the large proscenium box were overrun by jovial musquers, who giadly accepted their hospitality. For a wou der the supper was welt served, ‘There was one notuble iinproveuient. Inetead of having in the supper hall long tables at which men and wouwen sit end fight for food Mr. Gilson set the room with little pre at which partics were served decently if not in order, At two o'clock the oddities aforementioned danced the quadrilie “Equestre.” Kuch one meunted on his horse plunged recklessly in the day and started the bull of uproar and fun. confusion listed about twenty minutes, and the scene was an indescribable mediey of non- Bens, grace and deviltry. At lwif-pagt two the ball was at its zenith, and its senith was the perfection ot jollification. NoT RESPONSIBLE New Yonx, Jan. 20, 1879, To ree Evtron or ram Henanp:—- FOR SISSON, In to-day's paper you state that two boys were arrested by Kbrieh’s officer (Sisson). This is « misteke. Mr. Sisson bay uot been in our employ for sure time, LURICH & GO. THREE COUNTERFEITERS. AGREST OF JACOB OTT, THE PARTNER OF UL- RICH AND COLE-—A FIRM THAT HAS CIRCU- TATED NEARLY HALF A MILLION SPURIOUS BILLS, Secret Service Detective David H. rested late last evening Jacob Ott, the principals in the famons gang of counterfeiters, who, led by Harry Cole, of Philadelphia, have sueceedol in putting upon the market nearly $500,000 in counterfeit fifty and five dollar bills, Charles Ulrich, the en- graver of the gang, was arrested in Novem- ber last, but his arrest was not made known until the officers succeeded in finding Cole on Friday last, ‘These three arrests, which have been carried into effect with unusual sudden- | ness to the parties most directly interested, breaks up one of the greatest and at the same time most dangerous gangs of couuterfeiters that ever existed in this country, Gilkinson, ar- one of COLE, THE LEADER. Since the gang has been broken up its history has been made known, and forms one of the most inter | esting chapters in the annals of American crime. | The chief member of the gang and the guiding spirit under whose direction their several schemes were planned and carried out. “Harry” Cole, is now about sixty-four years of uge and the Secret Service officers assert has been a counterfeiter during the better part of hisiife, He hus at times lived in this city, but has for the most part been a resident of Philadel- phia, and has seemed to be possessed of wealth, living im good style, driving fast horses and occupying a luxuriously furnished house. He is one of the shrewdest men with whom the detectives have had to deal, and has, as a consequence, on nearly every occasion when he has been arrested managed to wriggle out on some technical point. Some years-ago he was arrested in this city, and served a portion of a term in the Clinton (N. Y.) Peni- | tentiary, being pardoned before it expired by Gover- nor John T. Hoffman in 187], and immedi- ately came to this city, where he again embarked in the counterfeiting business. Soon after his return he disposed of $20,000 worth of counterfeit money of the denomination of “tens” and -‘fives.” For this he was arrested in Oc- tober of the same year, and his examination resulted in his commitment for trial under $10,000 bail. While awaiting trial however, he saw another opportunity to escape punishment, and gave in- formation to the Liked yee officers concerning the optrations of an alleged counterfeiter named Miner, which secured the entry of a nolle pros in his own case and he was discharged from custody. ULRICH'S HisTORY. For many years prior to this time Charles Ulrich had been operating alone in counterfeit money and was then confined in the Columbus Penitentiary. His career has been a checkered one, twenty years of the forty-three he has lived having beea spent in the United States. He is a Prussian by birth, a man of commanding presence and exceptionally enial in his nature. After coming to this country he embarked freely in the counterfeiting business, himself doing all of the engraving, which was a mar- vel of exactness, Among the plates which he engraved prior to his first conviction in 1868 were a one hun- dred dollar counterfeit on the Central National Benk of New York, a one hundred-dollar counterfeit on the First National Bank of Boston and a one hun- dred-dollar counterfeit on the Ohio National Bank of Cincinnati. He printed and successfully disposed of, without even a glimmer of detection, all of these, and became quite wealthy, and then, in the early part of 1867, settled himself in Cincinnati for a final effort. He engaged asmall house and there began to engrave a counterfeit of the $500 United States Treasury uote. While engaged in this work his actions excited the | suspicions of the Secret Service officers and finally led to his arrest, with the unfinished plate in his possession. ‘The proofs of his guilt were so strong that his conviction speedily followed and he was sentenced to the Colum- bus Penitenti: for a term of ten years, Atter he left the penitentiary he formed a partner- ship with an ex-deputy warden of that prison in a legitimate business of lithographic printing, em- ploying as their chief workman Jacob Ott, who was arrested last night. Ulrich would ’ probably have a good resolution formed to live an honest, life, but. Harry looking for him, and, offering to “put up” the necessary money, perst: him to again enter the counterfeiting business. Thus came into exist- carried out jail Joining with spirit in the chorus, which ran as jollows :— bat vy ned be coe: more sof auld lang syne; siden daye, remembered daye— days ot *Poriy-uine, The “Absent Executive of the Association” was ro- sponded ba | Mr, James C. Robinson, who gave a quaint recital of the earlier days in the gold diggings. Speeches were also made by My. J. J. wy, & pioncer actor, and oth: The company separated at a late hour, FINE ARTS. THE ARTISTS’ FUND EXHIBITION—-FIRST NOTICE. ‘Lhe private view of the nineteenth annual exhibi- tion of the Artists’ Fund Society will take place at the Leavitt Art Galleries this evening. This year a special effort has beeu made toe make the display a good one, and we think that it can be safely said that the exhibition is an advance from that of last year, In quality the canvases average higher. ‘There will be found hung in the two galleries ninety- eight canvases. “Our Ain Fireside” is a pleasing little motive by P, P. Ryder. he figure of the old man reading is excellent, while that of his dog is not, A. F. Tait is very faithful and Nteral in his dog and sheep story, “Calling for Help—-A Late Snow.” David Johnson's “View at New Berlin” is a superb and solidly painted little work. Humphrey Morse canvases which we have seen from Edward Gay's brush. ‘The composition is adiairable, the color rich and true, the effect of light well managed and the sky good. George C. Lambdin is delicious in color und as felicitous as usual in his “Roses on a Wall.” always charming in deutiment and conscientious in treatment, His “Afternoon’--a young lady seated in # yard by the porch of an old New Bugland house-— is one of his best works, ‘Though there is a good deal to praise in Charles H, Miller's “On the Roadside,” the general effect is confused. “On the Hoosic, has not done justice to himself in his “He Sailed Away at the Break of Day.” It is obtrusive and poor in composition, though the painting is naturally tar above the level. “A Scene on the Western by W. _Whittredge, has 8 goof an admirable treatment of fore- ground. Julian Scott’s “Wounded Soldier” is by no means striking, though the expreasion of pain on the face is well given. ‘The Old Home by the River’ is one of the best it not the best picture Francis A. Silva has ever painted. It is im excellent keeping, and the toreground in shuduw with the sail- boat high aud dry on the beach is finely manayed, Arthur Quartiey has an important work, well worthy ot his reputation, in his “Calm Morning, Massachu- setts Bay.”” ‘The picture which George H. Boughton has sent over is not as og lee as his last year’s contribu- tion. “The Old Woman's Story” is, however, a good example of his work. ‘“langier, Morocco, from the Sea,” by R. Swain Gifford, is a broadly handled and singularly effective work in all but the sky. Chalky color and a good motive are the chief points noted in Charles Parson's ‘‘Wreck—Deal Beach.” Inthe sky of his “Approaching Shower” J. C. Nicoll bas scored a success. It is broadly and well handled. His light surf, rolling in, is not especially happy in treatment, and the rock work lacks vigor. A. 'T. Bricher’s “Windy Day, Fisher's Island,” shows too much brush work in the sky, but has admirably drawn rocks and water. RB. M. Shurtlef’ “Leaping Decr” is an excellent and subtle landscape. Arthur Parton's “On Lake Champlain” is admirable, The ‘‘Afternoon of White Island,” by Quartley, 1s a sparkling and vigorous piece of work. Hennessy sends a good French peasant story, ‘he Good - Friends.”’ A decided success is scored by Eastman John- sen in his “Winter Time'’—a little girl just home. from skating warming herself by a stove. M. F. H. De Haw shows again his power in surf treatment in the jew on Long istand Sound.” “By the Open Door,” the contribu- tion of Thomas Hicks, the president of the socicty, is a faithful and good rendition of an oid woman thinking as she knits. David Johnson’s ‘Sunday Atter- noon at Fordham’? is good. The passage of light in the middie distance is fine. “Cloud Shadows’ is one of H. W. Robbins’ best canvasses, ‘The Con- noisseurs,”" by W. H. Beard, is an amusing but cheap picture, with a border painted on in bad taste. J. 5B. Bristol's “In the Berkshire Meadows” is' a charming picture, admirably composed and harmo- nious in effect. ‘The galleries will be opened to the public on ence the firm that has flooded this country with nearly $400,000 in counterfeit fitty-dollar bills on four ks and $86,000 in five-dollur bills on two others. Of this amount it is thought about $200,000 was sent to Europe. : Ulrich was sus and closely shadowed from the time he left the Columbus prison until his arrest in November last. Since that time Burkhardt, Peck- ham and Connors, who wore the three heaviest deal- ers in the “coney,” have been arrested, and were last week sentenced 4 the Albany Circuit Court to ten, seven and five years, respectively, in the Aibany Peni- tentiary. JACOB OTT. Jacob Ott, who since the gang began its operations has done ail of its printing, is said to be au excep- tionally fine lithographic printer, and, as before stated, was employed by Ulrich in legitimate business after the latter was discharged from rison in Columbus, Prior to that time had been employed in Cincinnati and was in Ulrich’s employ some six or seven months when the latter went into partnership with Cole, ‘The ex-deputy warden vas thus left out in the cold, and not knowing anything about the business was see to close it up, and Ott was thrown out of employment. Ulrich went back to Columbus and secured his ser- vices to do the printing of the gang, after all the necessary arrangements had been made by Cole, Ott claims that they did not teil nim what kind of business he was going into, but got lim to Philadelphia, where he | went to work printing the “coney.” He remained with them untit March last printing all of the counterfeit fives and fifties which have been traced to the firm, and which comprised fifty-dollar bills on the Central National and National Broadway banks of this city, the Third National Bank of Butlalo and the Trades- men’s National Bank of this five-dollar billa on the First National banks of Tamaqua and Hanover, Pa, ‘They then broke up the business, soid their presses and other effects, and Ott came to this city where, with the money made in counterfeit- ing, he opened a saloon. This, however, did not prove a successful venture. Being an unusually good workman he found no trouble in obtaining work at his trade. For the past six months he has been constantly snadowed by detectives, but was for a time lost track of. Ulrich came to New York, and it was mainly through his visit that the whereabouts of Ott were again discovered. As previously stated he was arrested late last night. United States Commissioner Denel was telegraphed for and went to the Secret Service office in the Post Office building, where, a6 & matter of form, Ott was com- mitted without bait for examination — to-day, Ulrich and Cole will be brought before United States Commissioner Keasby, in Newark, on Thursday, and the ease will probably be submitted to the Grand Jury, which meets at Trenton during the woek. STILL ANOTHER. Wasiinctox, Jan. 20, 1879, Secret Service Operative Drummond, at Philadel- phia, tetegraphed to Chief Brooks to-day, that he had arrasted Charles Schoner in that city. This arrest grows out of the previous arrests of Ulrich and Cole for counterfeiting. CALIFORNIA'S PIONEERS. THIRTY-FINST ANNIVERSARY OP THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT SUTTER'S SAWMILL--REUNION AT THE STURTEVANT. At the Sturtevant House. last evening about one | hundred geutiemen participated in the fourth annual banquet of the Associated Pioneers of the territorial days of California and the celebration of tie th first anniversary of the discovery of gold at Sutter's sawmill in the Golden State, General H. G. Gibson, United States Army, the vico president of the association, presided, in the abkenve of the president, John A. Sutter, and seated near him were Captain Walter W. Queen, exocutive officer of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; General Thomas W. Sweeney, United States Army; E. O. Perrin, clerk of the Court of Appeals; W. M. Walton, J. A. Ganit, Robert W. Dowling, W. one of the | original pioneers, — and C. Eadie, president of the Robert Burns Association. When the menu had been done ainple justice to General Gibson arose and said they had as embled azain to recall the reminiscences ot the past in Cali- fornia, @ State which could ne be forgotten by the Ferran ad no matter what of Prosperity, or misfortune etided them through lite. The finger of time how points to the third decade of years since the marveilons exc to that dofyold, When meu lott their uutive meadows for California secking, per+ haps, the muarmon of unrighteousness, but each one sutistied that he had strick that tide in the aifairs of meu which leads to fortune, Whatever rowults fol- lowed from their endeavors to vest in that iand of olden ana, the pioneers had had a good time there. No Matter what misfortune overtook them they could Ne always draw upon a ‘bank of California” that never | West Twenty-seventh street. Smith was failod; and when grim visaged war came no sulking Achilles was found iu his tent, but ou the contrary, the trained, hardy men of Cali ornia Jumped to arms and did valiant service for the Union. Mr. Franci# D, Clark, the secretary, read letters of regret at their absence from General Shernwn, Gen- etal Fremont, Governor Robinson, Mayor Cooper, Admiral Livingston and others of note. The song, “The on tae, ot "40," sae hore samy to the tune of “ Lang Syne,” tho whole com- ‘Wednesday morning, and the saie will take place on the evenings of the 27th and 28th ins THIRD AVENUE Yesterday two changes were introduced on the Third avenue “L.’’ Instead of collecting tickets on the trains boxes were provided at the stations, into which the tickets were dro} by passengers at their exit—just as on the Sixt enue “L."’ Brake- men were also placed at the rear end of cach train to look out against accidents and prevent passengers jumping over the platform gates. THE COOLEST THEFT YET. A band of thieves seem to have mvaded the upper part of the city and evince a disposition to ply their trade with astonishing boldness. A few days ago a lady left her house in East 113th street, near Second avenue, and locking the front door went to spend the day with a friend. During her absence thieves en- tered the house by means of false keys, deliberately took down a valuablo pianoforte, cacrted it to a truck standing at the curbsvone, aud then, after carefully relocking the front door, drove away with ther plunder. The neighbors saw the whole movement, ut thought the piano was being re:noved for repairs. Another of the same party, in broad daylight, ined an entrance to the dwelling house No, 2,149 hird avenue and began tearing up the carpet in the hallway of the secon:l floor. A lady living in the ad- joming house overheard the noise und entered to as- certain the cause, whereupon the thieves fed, leaving the carpet half upturned. A SEAMEN’S FIGHT. A few minutes before midnight loud cries of “Police!” woke the sleeping inhabitants of James’ slip and Oliver street, and Detective Carr, of the Fourth precinct, hastening to the spot, found seaman named David Walker horribly gashed in the face, and surrounded by a crowd of shouting, swearing, gesticulating sailors, who poured out of the neighboring flag houses, From these men of many nations and many tongues he learned that one Olat Andersen, a Swede, had fought with Walker in a drunken bout, had slashed him twice with his sheath knife and was believed to have songht refuge in George Holiand’s beer saloon, There Olat Andersen was found and at once identified and taken to the Fourth precinct station. The knife—a most formidable weapon—was handed over to the. police, and David Walker, whose injnries were # cirenlar cut behind the ear and a straight gash on the cheek, ‘was conveyed to Chambers Street Hospital, DID WHISKEY KILL HOM? Ayoung mm was discovered yesterday afternoon lying unconscious in an ont of the way place near the Grand street cut, on the ouiskirts of Paterson, N.d., and some men conveyed him to the police sta- tion, A large bottle of whiskey was found on his person, but little having been drank from it, appar- ently. ‘The yorng man was placed on a bouch fir the cell and lett there, the officers thinking it ordinary case of “drunk.” About two hoars atterward Officer Westeryelt entered the cell and found the yoany man had rolled off on the floor and was apparently at kis last gaxp. City Physician Myers was summoned, but could do nothing for the youth, who died early in the evening without having spoken a word, No one could be fonnd to identify him. He did not appear acom- mon tramp, as he Was well dressed and cieanly in bis person. NOT MURDERED. Coroner Parslow’s preliminary investiyations yes- terday into the canse of the death of Wilitum J. Cad- mus, of Bayonne, N. J., whose body was found on Friday on the Communipeaw shore, put an end to the shows great facility in his “Arab Soldier.” ‘The face is excellent and the draperies ave well managed, but the color is crude. “Out im the Fields” is one of the best | The pictures exhibited by Oliver J. Lay are nearly | Williamstown, Mass.,” is au exquisite little J.C. Howland. ©. P, Cranch bas been very snecesstul in all but his sky in his “The Salute and Dogan, | Venice.” “Fire Away,” by J. G. Brawn, already written about in the “Studio Notes,” is one ot his best renditions, an incident of street-boy life, which ie portrays so well. Pleasing, careful work in the landscape and a delicate sky are seen in RW. Hubbard's “View Near Trmmbuil, Conn.” Mr. Guy FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA. LARGE WOOLLEN AND COTTON MILIS Dr- STROYED —LOSS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS-—-MANY MEN THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT, Puraperpnta, Jan, 20, 1879. A disastrous fire occurred in this city this morn- great quantity of valuable machinery and goods, and throwing out of employment several hundred hands, The loss will be nearly $250,000; but it will be covered, it is said, by the insurances. The mills destroyed were owned by Johi Brown & Sons. They were situated on the cor- ner of Eighth und Tasker streets, and were composed | of a series of ten attached buildings, with a frontage | of 217 tect by 59, without including some sheds on | the other side of Mountain stree' ‘The various | pnildings were used for the different purposes of mauufacturing cotton and woolten goods. 1 3, 7_and 8 were erected in 1871 and 1872, was built and extended in 1875, while Nos. 4, 6, 9 and 10 were built in 1876, The building that was burned was four stories in height, witha tin roof, The first floor was pecupind ae weaving, beaming and finishing rooms, with the steam engine room and repair sho) the second as the weaving, carding and willow room: the third and fourth as the carding and mule spin- | ning rooms. The adjoining building was ised as an office on the first floor, while the upper floors were spinning and willow rooms, and joming this was the dye house. On the corner of Eighth and Tasker streets are some dwelling houses, while dwellin, | houses surround it on Tasker strocet, none ot which | were injured, ‘he mills were well stocked with ma- | ehinery and goods, & j PROGRESS OF THR FE. The flames were discovered by the watchman at three o'clock this morning issuing from the second story of the main building. Atter the alarm was given and the engines reached the ground there | was much difficulty in getting water, nearly ail the plugs in the neighborhood being frozn, ‘This allowed the. fro. to. gain it ha: almost burned itself out und had completely ruined the malin buildings, of the wills, leaving noth- ing standing but the bare walls of the main buildings and the office, Tho adjoining structures were saved by the efforts of the firemen and the flames were put t hetore they had extended to the dwelling houses alongside, ‘LOSSES. The losses on buildings, machinery and goods will be something near $250,000, 1t is estimated, Four hundred hands were employed there, large portion | of whom will be thrown out of work for a time, The losses are covered by insurances, as follows :— Oa building $49,000 On machiner: 153,500 ; On stock and 47,500 $250,000 DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LECTURE ROOM—DAMAGE TO THE MAIN EDIFICE. A fire broke out on Sunday, the 12th inst., in the chapel or lecture room of the First Presbyterian Church, Newark, but was speedily extinguished by the exertions of a vigilant lady and gentleman, two teachers. A defective flue was the supposed cause. Yesterday morning, again, soon after two o'clock, a fire broke out im the rear part of the chapel, quite a spacious building. built of stone seven years ago at acost of about $30,000. This time the flames had made such headway before being dis- covered that, despite the prompt afrival of the en- gines, they consumed everything but the stone walls and communicated to the main building on the right, the First Presbyterian Church, and to the old State Bank building on the left. But the firemen saved the bank and the church ,building proper. The latter is pre ire however, so that it will have to be closed for me § irs. A corner adjoining the lecture room suffered sevefety. The skylight of heavy plate glass over the pulpit cracked with the heat «und water, 2 piece of the debris falling upon and se- yerely, but not fatally, injuring a fireman named William Exall, of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1. The loss ou the church and lecture room will foot up about $20,000, and the damage to the bank will be several thousaud more. The whole is tully coy- ered by insurance in Newark companies. HAPPY CHURCH FOLKS. murder theory, The man’s watch was found at home, aid it was learned that he had paid out $43, all the money he had with him, in this city on Friday, He was seen to leave tho Central Raiiroad train at Communipaw at half-past fiveon Friday evening. His fri now that he got off at Communipaw to visit Ser- geant Simmons, who is a relative, and in walking slong the shore fell over the piles where his body was found, and was killed. The inquest will be held this evening. Thomas D. Nevin, of No, 253 West Sixteenth street, @ conductor of car No. 53 on the Kighth avenue line, galt & hat | was going up town last Sunday night with @ load of passengers, among Whom was Edward K. Smith, fellow who resides & young at No, 227 drank and annoy the other people in the car swearing and using very pro.ane language, So jovin, after Fepeatodly ‘asking him to be quiet, tried to eject him, Smith fought like a tiger and, findity himself likely to be worsted, drew a revolver and tempted to fire it at Nevin. The driver came to his conirade’s assistance, and together they heid Smith until an oleae took him Jato custody. "At Jefferson jarket Court yesterday prisoner was detault of $1,000 bail, The people of the First Church are delighted over the fact that the old church was saved. Thousands of people visited the scene of the fire yesterday, all expressing their joy over the salvation of the church, which was built 1797, Rev. Dr. Alexander Mac- Whorter, Newark’s patriot priest of the Revolution and the friend and counsellor of George Washington, having laid its corner-stone. Twice before it has narrowly escaped the flames—once in 1836, the “great Newark fire,” and again in 1857. ‘ It was only last Saturday that insurance officers made a thorough inspection of the lecture room and ronounced it perfectly safe. The sexton declares ¢ left everything straight at ten o'clock on Sunday night. He and others connected with the church de- ber their belief that the fire was the work of incen- FIRE IN A FACTORY. ‘The friction of machinery caused a fire yesterday affernoon in the carpet lining manufactory of the Woolsers Brothers, No. 9 Tiffany place, Brooklyn, and before the flames could be extinguished they spread to somd cotton, and the employés had great difficulty in escaping. Mary C, Rosenback and her sister Sarah became so alarmed that they jumped from @ second story window to the sidewalk. Mary’s hip was severely injured and her sister sus- tained injuries about the feet. They were taken to their home, No. 58 Butler street. The building, which was @ three story brick structure, was dum- aged to the amount of $2,000. The loss on stock and machinery was $5,000, ‘The insurance could not be learned. <I CONFLAGRATIONS. ‘The adjustment of the losses sustained in the Worth street fire is not completed yet, but it is said that a total of $4,000,000 has been reached, The Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company lose $47,000; the Imperial, of London,’ $65,000: the Royal ant Northern, both English companies, $4,800 each’ | Other companies have large losses, but the exact | figures have not been furnished as yet. Tho | work of clearing the ruins of both the Worth strcet and Broadway fires is being actively carried on. Naumburg, Klaus, Lauer & Co.'s larg: safe was Fiare md removed from the débris of the Brooks milding. Its contents are reported to be safe. ‘The | shaky condition of the walls, however, prevented the continuance of the work. ‘The walls left standing by the conflagration in Worth street, are now rapidly going down betore the attacks of the firemen, and the streets around have been opened for trafic. THE BOSTON UNDERWRITERS. Boston, Mucs., Jan. 20, 1879. In consequence of the recent great fires in New York, by which Boston instirance companies suffered heavily, a mecting was held here to-day té ago what action should be taken. There were represented ten companies and thirt; ‘Oo agencies, It was voted expedi nt to establish # tariff of rates, and a commit. tee of five was appointed to consider the subject of | an increase in the rates. Lhe meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of the committee, | BROOKLYN'S PARKS. According to the annual statement of the Brooklyn Pavk Commissioners for the year 1878, which was | submitted to the Common Council of that city yus- | terday afternoon, the sum of $125,214 04 has been spout during the past year for the maintenanve of the | parks. The Commissioners tuvor the early comple- | tou of the Martyrs’ Tomb on Fort Groene, and | think tuat the yet use of the City Park | hus scarcely justified the expenditure of the money which its care entails upon the Commissioners. They cail attention to the suggestion muaie by them in ® former report, of appropriating this area for use asa public market. The Commissioners also state, in their report, that several thousand dol- | lars have been derived from furnishing Coney Island ) with fresh water, aud they are doubtrul whether it would have been possible to maintain the popularity of the island as a desirable resort or to supply pure water in such large quantities without their aid. The total amount received by the Commissioners from the Park revenues during the past year is stated to be $11,011 52, MR. ALDAMA’S SLAVES. Several Cubans writing to La Vox del Pueblo news- paper draw attention to the news published in the Henavp of the 10th inst,, announcing the restitution of Mr, Aldama’s lately confiscated estates by the Spanish government, and the fact that‘the slaves ‘which he had long ago emancipated were still slaves when he received back his lands is talked about among the Cubans. It appears that on December, 1872, Mr. Aldama went before a notary in Paris, culled Mr. Girardin, and there excented a Me ment whereby the slaves on his Cuban ostates were emancipated, and he gave wuchority to the anti- very sovietios of London and Paris to intervene in the matter and have his devd executed, in this con- nection Mr. Aldama wrote hy letter to the Vice President of the Spanish Abolitioaist Society, in Which he stated his reasons fot the act of emaucipa- tion just montioned. The friends of Mr. Aldaina now desire to kuow from himeulf the matter a ing, destroying a large cotton and woollen mill, a | strong headway, so that before it was extingnished | 16,000 ‘Total insurance. . 266,000 | Of the origin of the ing is known. The watchman had visited the rooms where it broke out shortly before the flames were seen. FIRE IN NEWARK. THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND BEEN INDUCED BY THE IRISH PROTESTANTS TO MATCH THE CORK AFFAIR? {From the Dublin Freeman’s Journal.) , Acurious story about the Empress of Austria and her intended visit to Ireland is going the rounds of the press, As our readers know, Summerhill House, county Meath, the residence of Lord Langford, was taken some short time since by order of Her Majesty as a hunting lodge for the season, The imperial hunting stud was sent across a few weeks ugo, and we believe that next Wednesday had been fixed for the starting of the imperial suite from Goedoello, where the imperial family passed Christmas. Her Majesty was to follow on the 2@ of January, Now, | if we are to believe the gossip, a hitch has’ : oceurred to mar all the arrangements and put a stop 9, | tothe projected trip. It is said that during her hunt- {ing sojourns in England the Empress received | neither that attention from the Queen nor that res- i pect trom the aristocracy which she might expect i and, indeed, courtesy nuded. Her Majenty carried away with her, in consequence, an unfavor- | able impression of i, 80 yreut as to cause her to accept the suggestion uf choosing Ireland instead | next time as a hanting field with greater pleasure aud | alacrity. When the Queen, however, heard of the prepa- rations, whether from herself or by the advice of some | one at’ Court, she is said to haye charged Prince ‘Teck, who is inarried to the Queen's cousin, and who. was formerly an officer in tho Austrian service, with a mission to the imperial family, to represent the in- convenience that might arise trom the suade the Empress trom her journey. ia Prince Teck was to impress upon the Emperor Sepecialy how demonstrative a people the Cutholic ri ih are, und how they would be likely to show their respect t atholio sovereign by yiving her # very enthusiastic welcome, which might be used tor other pee than merely as an illustration of Irish hos- PB ye A ROYAL ROW. The Emperor, so the story goes, coincides entirely with the Queen's view, but ‘the Empress appears not t é it at all, and determined to have her own . So, a8 old Tom Carlyle would put it, there is tongne and vye skirmish” in the ‘Imperial cle ot domestic tea,"’ ‘Lhe whole story is prob- ably the imaginative invention of a society jour- nalist who ftiuds himself in the recess aud out ot the svuson; but si non e vero, ¢ “ben trovat, It is true that oun whichsoever side the cause Jay the Empress of Austria abstained from connec- tion with Windsor or St, James’ during her time in | laud. Jt is also true that her oneness of faith with the people here, who are Catholic first; that the history of her court, where our Nugents and our Nolans found so generous a home and so tair a field; that our soldier-loving sympathy. with the gallant white-coated service, apart from hosp'tality, our reputation tor which virtue, thank goodness, remains | untarnished, would insure to the Empress Eliza- beth trom a chivalric Ceitic people not only wel- come, but warmth. But such an expression of natu- ral good feeling aud good taste could not be construed or tortured into political demonstration, and the tear of a similar construction or misconstruction might prevent our island from ever being set foot on by man or womun of distiuction. It would be an obstacle to General Grant, who has just left us, a Protestant, and been féted by us, as it would be to the Empress Elizabeth, who, we hope, will not be deterred or prevented from visiting us,’ But perhaps we are taking the fable quite too much au serveur. We hardly believe that the Queen would be so iil- advised as to make the storied remonstrance. When Her Majesty came herself she was loyally und warmly received. It is only to be regretted that she has not come again and otten. CITY NEWS ITEMS. The annual meeting of ithe National Guard Axso- ciation of New York will be held on Wednesday, Jan- uary 22, at Albany. Mr. Ernest Greenfield, an old and respected mer- chant, has been unanimously elected Vice President of the Produce Bank, WW Reyer, ‘AMERICAN OFFICERS COLSTON, OF VIRGINIA, THE EGYPTIAN ARMY. During the past ten years a number of American officers have been engaged in the service of the Khedive of Egypt, where they have held vavioug positions on the staff, and on the 30th of last June | their services were dispensed with, as the Khedive | came to the conclusion that it was necessary to ro- trench the genoral expenditure of the government and commenced operations by an immediate reduc | tion of the army. ‘The first batch of officers from the United ‘States went to Egypt in 1869, and since then they arrived in that country by twos and threes uvtil at one time the Khedive had about fifty American officers in his service. General R. E, Colston, of Virginia, who served with Lee, Jackson and Beauregard during the rebellion, joined the Khedive's service in 1873, and has recently returned to this city after five or six years’ active service in Egypt. A reporter of the Henatp called yesterday upon the General at his hotel and had a talk over the present condition of affairs in Egypt, as follows :— “How do you account, General, for the action the Khe live in reducing-the army ?”* i. “It wus mainly owing to tiuancial difficulties that entailed a certain amount of retrenchment in expen ditures, and the army was considered the most avail able branch of the government service in which ta beyin to economize.” “What does the present standing army amount to?" “About six or seven thousand men. Quite sufficient for household and garrison duty. { do not sce any necessity tor Egypt maintaining an army, as they are themselves so feeble that all they could really di would amount to nothing without the assistance of br other arn. te thy A “How would it they were to in war with Abyssinia ?” ig “ sg eho “They have had a great many men that have served in the army, and if necessary vhey could call out thirty or forty thousand men from the reserves that they could arm at very short notice. They are well supplied with Remington rifles and have a number of Krupp batteries in excellent working order.”” What 2 the edi tie oe pica Sit in the a were the duties of American officers in Khedive's service?’ “They were almost all on staff duty. There have been about filty American officers on the staff since 1868. I was, like most of the others, a colonel on the géneral staff. My services were generally devoted td explorations, I started in May, 1873, up the east side of the Nile, between the Nile and the Red Sea, through the Arabian desert of pt. I. went there in search of the ancient gold mines ot Derehib. My second expedition started in December, 1874. We went up the Nile about two thousand miles to a place catled Debbé, We went by water 4s far as the second cataract, und then used camels for the balauce of the journey to Debbé. At the latter place we got a tresh supply gt camels and started in a southw.st direction to Oberyad, the capital of Kordofan, a point about four hun miles trom Debbé, I then received a severe sunstroke and was very ill, and was carried back on a camel's litter 1,200 miles through the desert to Suakin, on the Red Sea, where 1 found a steamer wait ing, which the Khedive had sent from Cairo.”’ “How many people did yon have with you?” , “About one hundred soldiers and the necessary | amount of camel drivers, cooks and camp follow: ers.” : “Are there no American officers in the service of the Khedive ut present?” “General Stone still retains the nominal position of chief of the general staff. I call it a nominal po- sition, as there is at present no staff.” " oe did you manage to give your orders to the roops ?”” é “Being on staff duty we gave our orders to the Arabian officers, graduates of the Military College. These orders were given in French.” «Were the lives of many of the American officers lost during the campaign?” “A few died from natural causes. I think the death roll contaius the names of General Reynolds, The loss of the Guardian Fire Insurance Company by the Worth street fire will uot go beyond $1,000, and that is the result of damage by water. “The Schoolmaster 's Abroad” is the motto of the William Herring Class Union, but to-morrow even- ing, at the Coleman House, and at cight o'clock, the schoolinaster and his class union will be found at home and their fourth annual reunion will be held. In the Fifty-seventh Street Court yesterday Cath- arine Carney, twelve years old, who resides with her es in East coped ape street, was committed in default of $300 bail to answer a charge of having stolen various articles from the apartments of Mrs, Cooney, 4 widow, residing at No. 1,409 Second avenue, The first meeting of the Board of Estimates and Apportionment since the inauguration of the new city government will be held at two P. M. to-morrow. ‘he members of the Board will be Mayor Cooper, Comptroller Kelly, Chamberlain Tappan and Mr. Jordan L. Mott, the President of the Board of Alder- men. ‘There was a marked increase in the number of cases of scarlet fever reported to the Health Board yester- day. During it and the previous day seventy cases were brought to Dr. Day’s notice, and fourteen cases of diphtheria were rted. There were four deaths from scarlet fever eight from diphtheria reported at the Vital Statistics Bureau. A matinée performance will be given at Niblo’s Theatre on Thursday afternoon, the proceeds to be given to the widow and orphans ‘of Ofiicer Furness, who was killed in the Metropolitan Hotel. The benefit is under the auspices of the Police Board. The members of Wallack’s, Union Square, Niblo’s, jan & Hart's, Tony Pastor’s and Harry Miner's companies will participate. A Coroner's inquest was held yesterday in the case of John Francis Kenny, who died at Bellevue Hos- ital, after a painful sickness of two years, from in- juries received, it was alleged, by being struck on the ip with @ stick in the hands of John H. Crawley. The post-mortem revealed that the deceased died from disease of the liver and kidneys, and a verdict was rendered in accordance with that fact. Mr. James Orton, son of the late president of the Western Union beige mga Company, whose absence from home on Saturday night and Sunday, alarmed his friends to such an extent that_they applied to the lice to find him, returned to his motuer’s house, jo, 413 West Twenty-third street, yesterday morn- ing. He been visiting some triends, and the word he sent to his mother in regard to his intesition of doing eo had miscarried, SUBURBAN NOTES. Wreckers have resumed work on the steamship Vindicator, lying on the bar east of Fire Island. Mrs. Joseph Croft, of Glen Cove, fell dead in the Long Island road depot at Hunter's Point, yester- day afternoon from heart disease. After fulfilling a pastorate of twenty years Rev. Mr. Haley, of the Koseville (Newark, N. J.) Presbyterian. Chureh, has sent in his resignation owing to ill- health. He is troubled with a bronchial affection. To the ig delight of the firemen and policemen of Newark, N. J., likewise city officials whose salaries some me of the Common Council proposed to reduce, Mayor Yates has vetoed the resolution passed gome weeks ago by the republican majority, which provided for a reduction of their salurivs. Messrs. Jacob and Christopher Horandt, father and son, Swiss residents 0f Paterson, N. J., were arraigned yesterday in the General Quafter Sessions in that city an mar pensar Ye es gerd them with an assault editor of the Jarsatc County Journal. They gave bail, and the trial will take place on the 2ith. ‘Lhe terryboat Arizona flosted heiplessly on Sunday ioorning & cousideruble distance up the East River, through the engine catching on the contre during the numerous changes to forward and backward be- fore entering the slip. A tugboat brought her to her destination, and shortly afterward she resumed her trips. Asnit for $20,000 damages for alleged seduction and breach of promise of marriage is peuding in the | Brooklyn City Court before Jude McCue. The plain- tif is Sarah A. Garbett and the defeudant Lawson Creighton, 4 tea merchant, who resides at No, 7 High street. Defendant has furnished bail in the sum of $3,000, A petition for the establishment of a stage line on Fulton, Hicks and State strects, Brooklyn, signed by a large number of residents on those thoroughtar: was presented to the Brooklyn Com yesterday by Bennett & Co., who are etdeavoring to obtain the privilege. For cach passenger curried Messra, Bennett & Co, are willing to pay the city half one cent. In the Kings County Court of Sessions yesterday Patrick Keilly, who killed his wife by throwing her from the second story window of their residence, No. 35 Dean «treet, Brooklyn, on October 30, 1874, was allowed to withdraw his plea of murder in the second degree and ,plead qullty to a charge of man- slanghter in the second degree. He will be sen- tenced on Friday next. Colonel Reynolds, Major Hunt, Major Campbell, or Paris, Major Lawson, Captain Irguirs and jor Losche, who died at Suakin about eight moaths ago. Colonel Jennifer, formerly of the Khedive's service, died in Baltimore shortly after h:s rvturn to this country, and Colonel Rhett, of South Pag Se another ex-Egyptian officer, died recently in ie General Colston has bad an experience of about five years with the Bedouin tribes of the desert, anit is also thoroughly familiar with desert life aud cara- van travelling. During his service in Egypt he bis travelled some five or six thousand miles on camels. He has brought back a number of interesting sketches and photographs, and intends to give a series of lectures through the country, illustratin, the scencs that he has visited with the most impeoved apparatus, WARREN COUNTY FRAUDS. THE STONE CONSPIRACY CASE ENDS IN A’VEB~ DICT OF ACQUITTAL FOR THE’ ACCUSED—EX- ‘TRAORDINARY PRACTICE OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE—TRIAL OF THE PHILLIPSBURG FRAUDS: BEGUN. Betvipeng, N. J., Jan. 20, 1879. When the Warren County Court assembled this morning it was rumored that the great ‘‘poorhouse conspiracy” case would go over this term. This proved true, and the case went over owing, it is said, to the absence of very necessary witnesses, who cane not possibly be reached in time for this term of court, THE STONE CONSPIRACY. ‘The case of Jacob J. Stone was certainly the dryest yet presented, and during the morning session of the Court the audience thinned out considerably. ‘The tact‘of the name of the defendant being Stone and the case being about stone was not always con- ducive to 4 clear understanding as to whether Stov or stone was referred to by witpesses. Th introduction of a young man named Stwaling by t! efence also gave an opportunity tor counsel to ring the changes upon Stone Stealing stone, until the heads of the audience ached. The trial also was in- strumentai in developing a new side of the Warren county trauds—e side which Chief Justice Beasly commented on most severely, Joseph K. Arndt, a Justice of the Peace of the county, was puton tue stand to bsg as to the aflidavit on the bogus stone order, which purported to have been taken by him. During his examination he made the astonish- ing ‘admission that he frequently took the affidavits of men who did not a betore him. Mr. Jesse F, Carhart had frequen’ come before him, snd, handing him a bill signed by, say John Smith, would say it was all right. Judge Arndt would thereupon ise his seal upon the paper and certify that Johu mith “had personally appeared before him and sworn.” “NOT GUILTY.” A mass of other testimony was offered on both sides, proving beyond a doubt that the cot had been defrauded, but not showing clearly that Stone was anything but an innocent party to the frauds, Mr. B. C. Frost summed up for Mr. Stone and Dis- triet Attorney Harris for the prosecution, after which the Chief Justicechargea the jury somewhat in favor of the defendant. In his charge the Chief Justice took occasion to refer to the testimony of Justice of the Peace Arndt as showing that he was entirely unfitted for the office. ‘This portion of the Judge's charge was heartily indorsed by a number of Per who afterward Coe ama in an anteroom to discuss the day's proceedings. ‘The jury, after being out avout an hour, cane in with a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Simon A. Cummins, one of the oar eos i. hee oh ctors, who wae sitting tear Mr. Stone when the jury came in, con+ gratulated him on his sequittal. THE PHILLIPSBURG FRAUDS, ‘The first case of the Phillipsburg city frauds was noxt called by Prosecutor Harris. The indictment presented was against Francis McDermott, one of the City Council, These indictments have found against a large number of city officials, The indict- nents Occasion, |! anything, more excitement than the county cvses, which are nearly all concluded, and it is expected (!{ the revelations of fraud and rascality to be brought out by the Pepa will overtop anything yet invest! . ‘The case it McDer- mott, as presented by the prosecution, 1s to the effect that McDermott became possessed of some coupons belonging to city bonds amounting to $43 75, It is charged that he preseuted these coupons to Jease F, Carhart, the City Treasurer, who paid them, giving mle ae of the money and keeping the other half himself. Mr. Carhart swore that McDermott gave him the a ane, \d Mr. McDermott swore positively that ie did not. ‘The Court adjourned with the case still on, LIKED TO BE COAXED. “The officer says you were as drunk as Chloe?" Mr. William Slocum, once a well to do merchant of this city, whose impecunions cireumstances were cently brought into prominence by the couduct of @ lawyer named Day, who obtained a $25 check for him and egg mong the money, is again in difficulty, A motion way made betore Judge Elliott, in Will- famsburg, yesterday, to dispossess him for non-pay- ment of rent, but on argument he was gran’ an extension of time, Martin Coleman, of No. 9 Ferdon street, Newark, N. 4, a with his sou, ® young man o! twenty-two, @ few days ago, and struck him violently on the head. Mad with pain and anger the young man seized # knife and thrust it into his fther’s arm, causing the blood to flow in a copious «t A priest and sicians were called, and the latter picked up the severed arteries, Yesterday Coleman's —- was very precarious, His son bas not been arres' . Mrs. Jolin Hart, of Garden’ street, Newark, N. J., attempted sticide yesterday. by taking laudanum, under rather peculiar circumstances. Her mother lying at the poiut of death at her house. Mrs. sister on Saturday complained that she had to take more care of the aged parent than she should, be- cause Mrs. Hart was tailing in maternal duty. This caused a quarrel between the sisters, and Mrs. + in pique, took the poison, saying, “L rant to die be- foro my mother.” A isnicton an and now the woman “wo the clutches of the devil me Fy % never tuk cloves in me life, Jedge.” you were beastly drunk. Eb?” “Oh, thin, it’s thrue for Yer Honor. I havn't ha@ tite for victuals for some weeks back.” | ier thirst for whiskey?" jody I had an awful wake noss in the pit 0’ ine stomach, savin’ Yer Honor's resence, en vente took two officers to take you in?” “Wan kud have done it aff he coaxed me.” ie tok autos ofBcors 4 her through the officers to “coax” her thro png door at Jefferson Market Court the newt MO- ment NINTH REGIMENT VETERANS. The quarterly mecting of the Veteran Association of the Ninth regiment was hold last evening at the armory in West Twenty-sixth strect. Colonel Pryor, chairman of the committee appointed to attend to the publishing of a history that he bad done his beat to got tne mottor alge ened, but as yet could report vut little progress, Ho had asvertained that the proper” we the facts Had history trom the tite a wan at a ant " to) ao