The evening world. Newspaper, January 2, 1888, Page 1

EDITION. 6 LIBRARY S6L1i13B Atenas (aca eS PRICE ONE CENT. NEW ALDERMEN SWORN IY, ed - READY FOR BUSINESS ALTHOUGH THE MAYOR WANTS MORE TIME, Dowling Elected Vice-President, Divver Fi- nance Chairman and Twomey Clerk— President Forster on the Needs of New York—What the New Rulers Look Like —A Republican Party of Three. The Board of Aldermen of 1887 went out of existence to-day, and the Board of 1888 was duly organized. The bowing out took place between 11 a. Mm. andir..in the chamber of the Board at the City Hall and in the presence of a crowd of admiring constituents of the new city legislators, The members who were re-elected are Patrick Divver, Patrick N. Oakley, Dani . Dowling, Philip Holland, Alfred R. Conk. ing, William H. Walker, William ait, James A, Cowie, Joseph Murray, John Mur- Tay, James J. Mooney. ‘The new Aldermen are George H. Forster, ident, elected at large; Patrick McCar- in place of Cornelius Flynn, First Dis- William Clancy, in place of Gustay Menninger, Sixth District; Philip B. Benja- min, in place of Christian Goetz, Eighth Dis. Henry Von Minden, in place of Will- icke, Tenth District; James G. Me- place of James T. Van Rensse- Eleventh District; James F. But- in place of ‘Charles Bennett, Fourteenth — Distri J. Sulli van in place of Redmond Coreoran, Fifteenth District; Willian P. Rinckhott in place of John Quinn, Seventecnth District ; James M. Fitzsimmons in place of Hugh J. Farrell, Eighteenth District Henry Gunther in place of James KE. Fi erald, Twentieth Di: riet; Walton Storm in place of Charles P. jaudford, Twenty-first District; Redmond d. Barry in place of Matthew Smith, 'Twenty- second District; Cyrus O. Hubbell in place of Jacob M. Long, Twenty-third District. John J. Martin will represent the new Aldermanic rict—the ‘Twenty-fourth ‘Ward. The new Board will consist of three Repub- cans, eleven County Democrats and twelve Tammanyites, The old Board was called to order iW o'clock by President Beekman, who is to be the new Counsel to the Corporation. Mayor Hewitt presented the members with New Year's gifts in the shape of vetoes. There was a large number of these pink- ribboned presents. Most of them expressed disapproval of resolutions granting sidewalk privileges, After the customary resolutions of thanks to President Beekman, Chief Clerk Twomey the reporters and the subordinates, the old Board gave an expiring gasp. The ‘members of the new Board were watching the death of the old Board, and ‘were ready to become city fathers, Alderman Benjamin, of the Sixth District, wore a white necktie, three diamond studs and a red rose as a bouttonni¢ Alderman Von Minden had _ been carefully fixed up by a Tenth District barber for the installation. Alderman Patrick McCarthy, of the District, was escorted to the chamber by a delegation of friends. wines M, Fitzsimmons, of the District, looked young and scholarly his clean-shaven face and eye-glasscs. James F, Butler, of the Fourteenth Dis- trict, kept "his hands in his pockets while awaiting the fall of the gavel Alderman Cyrus O, Hubbell, of the Twenty-third District, with his white beard, was the most fatherly-looking man around the circle, Alderman Walton Storm, of the Twenty- rat District. is the dude of’ the new Board. He appeared to be very neryous during his first hour of Aldermanic servic: President Forster should buy a new silk hat. The one he placed on his desk was dilapidated. The President sported a red necktie. There was a Congressional flowers. The desk of Alderman Dowling was orna- ented by an immense basket of cut flowers tanding on three uprights entwined with milax. It was the offering of the Jackson lub, of the Fourth Assembly District. A floval horse shoe was received by Alder- n Redmond J, Barry The James J. Barry Association of the Wwenty-fourth Ward, named in honor of the Alderman representing that part of the city, sent a huge floral scroll to President Forster. An immense pillow of rare exotics, on which was inscribed in violets, ‘* United Democrac was brought in on the shoulders of two small boys, ‘Vhere was no card attached to it, and the boys said that they were told to take it to the Board of Aldermen. They did not know the Alder- man it was intended for. ‘The big floral pillow was laid aside for identification and each Democratic Alder- man cast longing glances at it. Alderman Menninger, the good-natured representative from the Bixth District, went ont of office ina happy frame of mind. He presented each one of the out-going Alde men with a check. . ‘The check re ed by ex-Alderman Will- iam Ficke, of the Tenth District, read: "A papey. New Year.” This was in the uppe left-hand corner, On the face of the choc were a picture of a windmill and the repre- sentation of @ land closed und holding a boodle, ‘ 'Time Savings Bank ” was in huge Jetters and underneath, ‘Jan. 1, 1888. Pay to William Ficke three hundred and sixty-six happy days and charge to Gustay Mon- ninger.” It was five minutes after noon when Presi- Gent Forster shook hands with ex-President Beekman and rapped for order. President Forster delivered a short inang- tral specoh in a loud, ringing voi In his remarks he said that New. York needed more and better rapid transit, and the improvement of streets in the upper part of the island and in the district above the Harlem River. He also spoke in favor of new parks, better Wements, cleaner streets, purer water and @ reduction of the city debt, ‘The certificates of election of the twenty- six Aldermen were read and Clerk Twomey called their names, ‘They all answered “ Here,” Alderman Mooney nominated Damtel Dow fing, of the Fourth District, for Vice-Pri dent of the Board, Alderman Divver seconded the motion. Alderman Conkling, Republican, nomina- fe James A. Cowie of the Thirteenth Dis- 1 display of Alderman Dowling was elected, receiving 22 votes and Cowie 2. Dowling voted for Alderman Oakley, and Cowie yoted for Alderman Conkling. Alderman Storm offered a resolution nam- ing Francis J, Twomey for Clerk. Mr. Twomey was elected by & unanimous vote. Alderman Patrick Divyer *was elected Chairman of the Finance Committee, Alder- men Conkling Cowie and MeMurray voting no. Alderman Divver will he a member of the Binking Fund Commission by virtue of this ehairmanshi Aldermen Mooney, Gunther and Conkling were appointed a committee to wait upon Mayor Hewitt and notify eas that the Board of 1988 had be mized, “ The committ at. back the following communication from the Mayor: New Youk, Jan, 1, 1888, To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen: By the one hundred and third seotion of the New York Consolidation act of 1882 the Mayor is re= quired ** to communicate to the Common Council, at least once « year, a general statement of the 8, government and Improvements of the olty. Tnaemuch a8 ghould cover is desirable that, this statement © operations of the olty govern- ent for the calentar year terminatinz on the Slat of Decem! Iss7, and as the reporte from the several departments hecexsary to enable the Mayor to perform tis duty have not yet been re- ceived, but are {1) process of preparation, I have the hohor to inform the Common Council that hope to be at ite next regular meeting, to discuss the subject of the finances of tne city as the law would seem to require. Auram 8, Hewrrr, Mayor, ‘The Board adjourned to meet a week from to-morrow at 1b. M. WILL THE M.NERS STRIKE, Belief that the Majority are Opponed to Ac- tlon—Reading Moving Trains. IBPECIAL TO THE WORLD.| Purmapevpnia, Jan, 2.—General Manager McLeod, of the Reading Company, reports everything working smoothly again to-day on the road and a continued disinclination on the part of the men to strike. While some few, he says, have obeyed the orders of the assemblies which met yesterday and agreed to stop work, the total number who haye gone ont is not suflicient to in any way embarrass the company, the applicants for the vacant places still being largely in excess of the demand everywhere except at Mahanoy Plains. ; ‘The hearts of the men are evidently not in the movement, and their chances for success, for this reason, seem very sinall. It is generally mdimitted that a good deal depends on the aetion of the miners, and it is conceded that should they strike their places could not be so readily filled, Mr, McLeod said this morning that he did not think they would strike, notwithstanding the action of Saturday night, but he added that this was only his opinion, and the wish is doubtless fatier to the thought. ‘The notion prevails here that the miners do not wish to strike and that if they do it will be against the desires of the great majority. Chairman John L.tLee who is now in Potts- ville declares that ‘the miners will strike. The company and individual operators have already announced that they will positively not pay the increase of wages demanded, Old residents say the spirit among the miners is similar tothat manifested previons to the great strike in 1875, when 20,000 men stood out seven long months and paralyzed busi- ness throughout the entire coal region, At President Corbin's office, in the Boreel Building, 115 Broadway, this morning @ gen- tleman in charge said that Mr, Corbin would not be in town to-day, and he did not know where the President was. He also said that no news of the Heading Tailrond strike had been received in the sffles f+... points on the line, and that the operate" iy attendeto the wiré was enjoying his hew reas noliday and would not be on duty, No observance of the holiday is made on the Reading lines, and unless interfered with trains will run on schedule time, From other sources it was learned that the Boatmen’s Union will sustain the strikers as it did last winter during the coal handlers’ strike, and the shipments of coal from Port Richmond and Elizabeth to-morrow would npeded. . | e Boutmen’s Union is attached to Dis- trict Assembly No. 49, and those in a position to know say that the officers of that body are working in conjunction with Lee’ and Sharkey and will call ont all affiliated work- ers to aid the Keading men, Knights here believe that the strikers need not look for any aid from the order in gen- vral, but that the Reading men must con. duct the strike in their own way and depend on themselves and such support as they can get to carry their point, WHOSE VICTORY 18 IT? Mow Quiun’s Re-Election is Regarded by Knights of Labor. The re-election of James E. Quinn as Dis- trict Master Workman of No. 49 is looked vy the Home Clnb as another signal ‘y, but according to the views of one of Quinn's most active adherents it can hardly be considered as such, The Knight referred to said; ‘ John F. Shaw. who was defeated by Quinn by only six votes, has always voted and acted with the Home Club party, and it cannot in my opinion be coneidered a vietory for the Club. aw is not an out-and-out Home Club man, however, and it was because the opposition forced the fight that Quinn was elected,” “Tsittrue that Quinn has been black- listed, so that he cannot obtain employment at his trade of bookbinding ?” was asked, “T think it is.” “He appears to have plenty of money, for he recently offered to bet a reporter %25 that he could iiot show a line in his. (Quinn's) favor in any of the newspapers. How do you account for that?” “Give it up. A man cannot act as District Master Workinan for nothing.” inn's ection will be very apt to. dis- cour the poor working girls and women who have been trying to organize, Reducing the Force 10 Per Cent. {SPECIAL TO THE WORLD] SEDALIA, Mo., Jan. %—'he management of the Gould system have decided to reduce the number Of employees In each department of the entire aya tem 10 per cent, As there are 14,000 employees this means no work for 1,400 men, About Workingmen Painters’ Union meets to-night in rendon I ‘The employees of the Bernheim, Bauer & Co, Co- Operative Uiion, manufacturers’ of clothing, an hounce an invitution ball on Suturday evening, Jau. 14, at Nilsson Hall, ‘The Brewery’ Union, the Beer Wagon Driv , the Aié and Porter Brewers’ Union an Nultsters’ Union have arranged to meet in don Hall during the present yeur, The Jnteroationul Hatters’ Union ts said to be one of the brst protective organizations in the world, ‘Chere 18 4 hationa! union in this county, dud ohe in Europe, aod both are aM@hated under the uame of the International body. The Chinese of this city have a Protective Union, with an office at 16 Mott street, Charley Siny, Tom Lee and other shining lights of the Mongolian pop- ulation manage it, “The principal object of the union {8 to ad the Chinese In distress, Work in the printing trade is very dull, and more than 500 Idle **typoa” are reported to be waitlng for something to turn Up. A proposition is about to be made to No. 6, aud through tiat body to the Totervationa! Unon, whereby printers out of work mi Seutto poiuts where employment can be hac ‘The Home Club has been characterized as @ re- form institution within the Kulghts of Labor, and ¥ itis wald Lo be o;posed to Mr. Powderly be- has failed to ‘reform niin according to its moat approved method—that of controling him, ‘Vhe General Master Workman tas a will of bis own and a way of thinking for himself, General Master Workman Powderly’s most se- vere critica at the present time were formerly digong his stunchest friends, ani many who were opposed to Dim ure now Us ‘most earnest support ers. At every conveution of the General Assembly since he first appeared asa leader, Mr. Powderly’s ‘cuurse has been indorsed by # Large majority of the delegates, nae ELLIE HALPIN'S NEW YEAR. oo LIBERAL-HANDED PEOPLE TRY TO MAKE IT HAPPY FOR HER, book with All Her Savings—Sho Not Know Whether to Laugh or Cry, and So Does Neither nnd Thanks ter Friends, A strong, clear voice said ‘' come in,” when an Evextno Worup reporter rapped at Mise Nellie Halpin’s door in the rear tencment at 225 East Fifth street this morning. Although the sunshine brightened the street, ii could not reach the gloomy house from whioh the light and air are kept out by | the towering barrack in front “W&it, The | and orderly array of scanty furniture attested Miss Halpin’s careful housekeeping. Sho was surprised 1d embarrassed when the reporter landed her the money which had been sent to ‘luz Wonrtn with these let- ters: To the Bititor of The Evening World. Although Tam bnt a poor workingman myeelf, I can spare half a dollar lor Miss Nellie Halpin, the carpet-maker Wuo lost her pocketbook with all her nuvings a few days ago, 1 wish I could do more to muke this a nuppy New Year foraer, J, G. F. New York, Jun, 1, 1888, To the Fdtior of The Evening World: ‘This stormy New Year's afternoon I have been thinking of poor Nellie Halpin, the working gir) ir Fitth atreet whose little stuck Of cash was lost in the street, May I tronble you to send her the in- closed 5¢ cents, with a sister working-girl’s sym- pathy and hest wishes ? BBC. Tan, 1, 1858, Mr Three girls, who work at cigarettes, send with this letter 7 ‘cents for Nellie Halpin, of No. 9 East Fifth street. We know how bad we would feel If we had her luck, expectally at New Year's “NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 188 EVENING EDITION. neat, dark-red carpet, polished litle stove | this was a wild turkey, forty-nine pies, boned t GE. A. (and two others. ) Fatior Evening Worta: ‘This will be anything but a happy New Year for Nellie Halpin, of East Fifth atreet, Please send her the enclosed 50 cents, an humbie couuibntion towards maklug up her lous. AL dan. 1, 1885, Editor of The Evening World» um a brickiayer in Harlem, and I want to give 25 ceuta to Miss Nellie Halpin, who lost her pocket- book. I wish I could make it'$23, J.B Jan, 1, 1885 Miss Halpin at first protested against re- ceiving the money. She declared bravely that she was not destitute and could borrow enough of her neighbors to tide her over tho present difficulty. She had not found her pocketbook with its $83.50, and despaired of getting it back, “T am sorry,” the plucky little woman continued, ‘that my name got into the pa- per, because I don’t want to be an object of charity. Ican get along, I guess, in spite of ny inisfortne.” Being assured that she was not regarded as an object of charity, but simply as a self-re- specting woman in temporary embarrass- ment, she took up the sum which the re- porter had placed on the immaculate table cloth. “T don’t know whether to langh or cry,” she said, and then, suppressing all signs of emotion, sho did’ neither. “T nin great! obliged to friends who have sent me this,” she continued, ‘ even while [ regret the pub- licity which has been given to my ease, To these generons people and to the Ev Wontn I wish avery happy New Year. And as the reporter withdrew sh as if she were enjoying all the delights of the season herself. — HUE AND CRY FOR REV, DR. MILES, He Did the Work of Four Men and in Believed to Have Broken Down. No tidings of the Rey. Dr. Edward P. Miles, the missing pastor of the Church of the Reformation, have been received, and to-day his friends called upon the polic assist them in finding him, The foll general alarm was sent out from Police Headquarters at noon: Look for the Kev, Eiward F. Miles, aged fifty- five, ix fect high, shim, fair complexion, sani hair, bald on the top of nis head, bine eye mustache, figure of the crueitix tuttoor arm, He was dreased in a black sack coat Vest, dark plaid trousers, Derby lat, gray flannel underwear and laced shoe This was also sent to Jersey City, Brooklyn, Yonkers and Central Park, ‘The Rey. J, G. Faweett, who is connected with the Protestant Episcopal Mission § ciety at 88 Bleecker street, and who filled Dr. Miles’s pulpit yesterday, said to an EveNixo Woxxp reporter to- “T have known 2 Dr. Miles ever since he came to this city, and can say that there has been nO mo! ficient or hard-working clergyman in the church, He has done the work of four men in the parish where he was stationed, not only attending faithfully to his duties as a pastor, but, being a physician, rendering medical services among the poor people whenever they were needed, **T think undoubtedly that he has wan- dered off under some mental excitement, und considering the weight of his labors I wonder that be has not broken down before,” or SHOT HIMSELF IN THE TEMPLE, Aleck Van der Lahue Gegins the Year by ‘Trying to Kill Himwelf, Aleck Van der Lahue, a youn saleman, age twenty-five years, living at 1623 Second avenue, attempted to commit suicide this morning by shoot- ing himself in tho right temple, while in the parlor of his home ‘The wound, it is believed, is a mortal one. There is apparently no motive for the crime, —_—— Fainted Twice at the TI During the performance Hyde" at the Fifth Avenue The an event not on the programme t Agentieman who was from the f fell upon t nusier t three ladies o: BI Baroness Kianc in the left’ proscenium box, triba: hy, and Gnaily the Buscepuible gentl was revived, When the curtain rose agaln, disclose jog Mr. Hyae in bis own room, with the ghastly ligh that makes it so weird, tie gentleman fained again, and then he was led from the tueatre, See — St. Patrick’s Alliance's OMcers. ‘Tne following-named oMcers of St. Patric Alliance were installed at 193 Bowery on Friday President, Francis McCarthy; First Vice-Presl- dent, Martin Dunne; — Second Vice-Hresite Joveph Kane, Recording Secretary: foaeph 3 nancial Secretary, William O'Hearn, M. C, Greene,’ Serveunt-at- Arnis, Joseph Whalen, ‘Trustees, Josep\ O'Leary, Jamcw Finan, Timothy Mulroy. ‘Auditors—©, Donovan, J. MeMullin, Wm, McLaughlin, ©. J. Huriey aud M.-H. Carroll, tre. ky and Mr, re on Friday nigut dk place, out seven rowR ely ad the curtain ee Not New Year's in Chinese, An Italian pamed Ruffael Sabaito entered the Chinese laundry of Foy Yew, at 06 Park street, last night and said in broken Eng tsh: “Happy New Year, Give wea something 10 drinka,’” When the Chinaman explained that it waan't New Year's Day in Chinese the italia smasied the wine dows. ‘He was fined $10 at the Tombs this morning, CAPT, REILLY'S BIG JOB. He Is Working Hard to Clear His Precinct of Disrepatable Characters, A SHOPLIFTER CAUGIIT. William Liebma: RECEIVED BY THE MAYOR, Crowds of People Attend a Big Receptt Spends New Year's Day in a Cell at Headquarters, apt, Reilly received a Wonrp reporter in his cosy room at the Nine- Inspector Byrnes has locked up ina cell at Police Headquarters, William Liebman, alias Billy Edwards, ono of the shrewdest she lifters in the country, and will turn hi as a New Year gift to Licnt. Fleming, of the New Britain, Conn., police. In September, Liebman, accompanied hy Harris Pratt and James Walters, vi clothing house in New Britain, and while two of the gang engaged tho clerk in solect- ing suits of clothes, Liebman filled a capa- us Valise with clothing and esea The trio. were taken on the boat from N ford Liebman sprang overboard and mae ‘Tho most notable event of to-day in Jersoy City is the public re Cleveland at his very cheerfully nth Precinet Station though he said that Tax Worup had been very severe in its criticisms of his adminis. en by Mayor fice in the City Hall. » Mayor is receiving hundreds of his friends, among them bein heads of departments and lesser officials of Murphy, with his rind Captains, attended in full uni- nearly all of the Speaking of the remark of Tax Wont, that his had not been an administration noted for brilliancy, Capt i inney can he expec tid: “*No brill- in this precinct. That the Commissioners f in charge here tables were papers and loaded acies furnished by a promi- plodder bike n are no very noted crimnals he precinct is tilled with theatres, big hote the nsual concomitants of gilded saloons and town with deli mstant stream is passing in Britain to Hart. | aud out cf the City — -—__ FIRES IN JERSEY CITY, and a Factory 10, and my first inct of disorderly . Lhaye labored faith- to these ends, and I have made thirty 8 on disorderly hones of them up for g order was to cl women and gamble Later Pratt escaped from the pen in the court at Hartford where he was recaptured by Detectives gnire and Crowley, escapes in one year. bt the same de house at 214 We strect, and found on his pe ness cards whieh repr elling salesman for jewelry houses, his omake a rich haul of and closed most This little book shows er of arrests of wo disorderly, and there have been more than n hundred such arrests, We haye wuch more difficulty in pros. an outsider wonld house maintains an f respectability, and no makes a formal People hesitate be- ig inthe role of complainant in Hehad made four ju rsey City’s fire record for 1888 was opened New York © last night. eral families were left homeless, ‘The buildings were owned by Baldwin & t, New York. #2,000 is fully insured, During Saturday aft frame dwellings 2! . were destroye ma lotof busi- nted him as at ject cvidently beit diamonds and jewe He will be sent to partners in guilt are now awaiting trial ———-___ THE GAME, outward appen of the neigh) are powerless, nnectiont where an, was totally destroyed by 5 he dow hen we step in . displays in the windows, then may stey which is fully insured, is and arrest them. frequent anonymous complaints ces, but thoy are no help tous ex- cept to nake usa little wore vigilant, if that A New Year Caller V th a Receptacle Hixed Drinks, $<. is a New Year's, per of others, who board Fourth street, were enjoying New Year's ‘When T am full send me home.” The tag was not upon a man, but wa curely tied to the wicker handle of a twe oh was carried in the Peter Kinder and a out “One of the toughest had was the ho! riday night by lon demijohn wh a faultlessly interfered, Kinder struck him Easex Market Police 1g he Was held for trial. Twenty-ninth street was what is called a *black-and-tan and blacks met by agreement tand orderly, but within was a cess- oof corruption. © the school of the Coll Church, where wd children atteny ‘othe school, whist this house in Outwardly it He stepped from a cab ip front of ise Uptown, and ight the Perter. a firemin on a tramp steamer, store, started for bis this morning, drunk, ¢ POrtEr ant Was arrested Mis steainer sailed | was followed b were met hy three descending the house, where th pliments of the season ind Reformod tut some three hinc times was very erin deracy , r. prictress, and jug for, ehappie ? this toh Aw Enfant sn land was inthe T dof Mra. Hack- Ws accilentaily | Well, you ser New Year was so latein' maturn in my resolutions a little stint my share of th taway against tL slution not to drink is br With this explanation Lrown-stone ste] mall funnel from his u to complete his outfit, early this moratag. ywedl that life Wad extinct. again opencd, although Josie has never been seen there siner has heen raided each time some old hi as housekeeper to go to Blackwell's Island to attempt to terr lugtor to-day four times, and zof a tramp appr uch tramps Would prefer and it is useless Bling a Finger Om, 1 East Fourth street appeard Court thts morning and wed with bitiag of the mide Ann Connoly was ar- Destroyed Wobnter’s Portrait. Sullivan, Who was 4 wal n’s saloon, wt 1261 Rroacway, was «is A Chief of Pol Chief Murphy, of the Jersey Cay police, was prow » gold-mounted paton by his pector Lange rade the ferson Market Polic this mornin WO bail for trial. white girls, Madeline girl, and two color were arrested Czar attend: Gateching Pulice last ev! which Is worn § held in $1,000 ball tuis morning In Jes Sullivan was —————— ered ov the Head by a We Byrnes quarreiiod work, aud uptown captains say that the fast } Women who University were burn paintings were burned, | settled down in their are many of then exiled Augean stable thoroughly cleaned before I am done,” lan atrick him on the hy % An ambulance Year stitches tn byrue and he Went home With a decldedly sore by reception ‘LLOWS'S RECEPTION, —_+—. THE NEW DISTRICT-ATTORNEY IN POS- SESSION OF HIS OFFICE. Judge Martine Hands Over the Keys and Then a Id at the Ast: ne —Tables Gronning Under an Old-Time New Year's Sprend—Handreds Congratulate the New Prosceutor, Col. John R, Fellows took formal possess jon of the District-Attorney's office this morning, when Judge Martine turned over to him the keys of the office and desk, and in a neat speech wished the new incumbent sue. cess in his administration of the city's crim- inal affairs for the coming three years. All of the new staff of assistants and depa- ties and other officials were present and en- gaged in quiet conversation, After congratulations had been exchanged and hands shaken warmly the party went over to the Astor House. Col. Fellows had scattered invitations to his New Year's reception broadcast, and Rooms 74 and 76,0n the first floor of the Astor Honse, were crowded with his friends from 11 o'clock. The sight which greeted the early callers upou the new District-Attorney would have elven the worst dyspe tic an appetite, An enormous baked salmon, decorated with confections and inscribed ** Our Dis- trict-Attorney,” was the most prominent feature in the table's setting. Rising back of this was a h corned beef, weighing 118 pound pices of Flanking rounds im weight, a pyramid of ‘eapons, weiodiew pyta- mid of tongues. trewn about the long table were game p key, boned capon, roast pigh, filet of beef, hams, salads, fanoy cakes of varieties a score, heaps of sandwiches of all sorts—all decorated as only an artistic chef can decorate. Among other things which lent beanty to the groaning board were two Swiss cot constructed of confections and a combina. tion of nougat indescribable i for the eom= xity of its arrangement. + his was in room 74, while in room 76 the ery particular friends of the Colonel were aled on viands of a similar character, with dition of quail, partridge, grouse, duck with aspic jelly, mangoes and many other delicacies, Besides these edibles there were ice cream in every variety, Roman punch, a miracle of | strength, flavor and aron of the best brands, Steward Allen had himself out to accomplish a wonder in lunches and had succeeded. and cham) s Connty Clerk James A. Fiack, Depnty Assistant Distriet-Attorneys John D. Lindsay, Walter ‘Tray- ers Jerome, Ben). ¥, Dos Passos, Henry Macd Kaward Grosse “and Foster, Cpt. Meghan, Criek John Oakford, Crier Schofeld, of the General Bes Blons squad, Corporation Attorney Wm. A. Boyd, Clerk — Davenport, of Part Ill of the General Sessions, Thomas Storm, Counsellor Edward J. Creamer, Jack Martine, Mujur Sauer, Chiat Clerk. J ‘al, of the Coroner's offioe; Coroners M. J. B, Messemer and Ferdinand ‘avy Clty Printer Martin B. Brown, Bryan McSwynyy have Rindolp Be Martine: Clty Judge He As lidersleeve, Assistant District-Attorney Vernon M. Davis, ‘Larry Jerome, ex-Commiasioner of Jurors George Cuulfeld, Chief Clerk James Mo- Cabe of the District-Atiorney's omee, Levi M. Beach, Detective Sergeants Philip iteilly and Thomis Kervan, Messenger Michacl Sexton of the District-Attorney’4 mice, S Hofheimer, District'Justtoe Samson Lache man, Assistant ‘District Attoruey Fitzgerald, exe Excise Commissioner Willlam P, alitenell, Coun= nellor Bd Price, Dr. Wilde Ex-Judge Alfred 'T. Ackert, Emile M. Blum, ward Kearney, Fire Commissioner Henry D: Purroy, Deputy Chief Clerk John F. Brennan, of the Diairict-Atiorney's oMice; J W. Huntley, Joum joyie. Assistant District-Attorney McKenzie Semple, L, | M. Bates, Bond Clerk William N. Penney, of the District-Attorney's office; ex-Alderman W.'L. Col Henry Alexander, Joun J, Carroll, Counsellor Jaz cob Deriinger, Alderman James J.’Mooney, James Heol ‘Thomas Maguire, United States District-Attorney Stephen J. Walker, Wm, Van Gerichten, Police Commissioners French, Voorhis, McCiave and Porter, Andrew Fay, ex-Alderman Tuomas Foley, Charles Meyers. James McCartney, Heury Merzbuch, ex-Judge and ex-Dock Cominiisioner Joseph Koch, Willa. Minnick, Warden Thomas P, Walsh, of the Tomba, Register James J. Slevin. O'Donovan Rossa, Hugh Connell, ex-Alderman P. F. Ferrigan, Cornelius Leary, T, J. MoManus, George B. MeCoy, Frank Oliver, Capi. Jonm Mes anus. Willlam A. Kinsey, Major Daffy, Police Sar; Martin McGovern, Civil Justice 'Heury M, f Police Justive Patrick J. Duffy, Col. Hudson. G. Wolfe, Major George Keating, James Dosone, H. Hartman, Orlando Stuart, Vice-President Dowling, of the Board of Alermen; Commissioner of Jurors Reilly, Lawrence E, Mcardle, E sldent J. Lewis, of the Board of Alder. men: Counsellor Joseph A, Stiner, Alderman Tim= othy Sullivan, ex-Alderman Edward Bracha, Water Kegister John Chambers, of the Deparunent of Public Works. Ex-Coroner Henry Woltman, (ol. Thomas Dun= 1 Assemblyman James Oliver, Commissioner Coleman, of the Department of Street Cleanings Ben W. Ellison, Ado ph 1. Sanger. Preriiient George H. Forster, of the Board of Aldermen, ex-Jodge A. B. Tappan/abrank Daffy, ex-Coroner Jack Wildey, Alverman Philip Benjas mia and Counsellor Peter Miteuell. oh ee Will Lose His Good Right Hand, ‘ At8,43 o'clock this morning Willlam Murphy, age thirty-six years, of 85 Morris street, Jersey Clay, { was broughtto the First Precinct with his right * hand horribly crushed and mangled, Marphy was employed in the yard of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and while at work this morning he fell, and his hand went under the wheel of « moving train and was nearly severed from the Wrist. Friends brought the mao, Who was suffering ter ribly, to. the statiou-bouse, from where he was sent to St, Francis Hospital in an ambulance, The hund will be amputated, a Dangerous New Year Bullets. Several cases of reckless shooting by persons seeing ‘*'S7" out and + 'Ss” In have been reported to the Brooklyn police, £, Kittsbuck, of 708 Flushing aveaue, says that at abous 12 o'clook | Saturaay night @ bullet from a rifle entered she Window of his house and {mbedded itself in the wall, He thinks tuat it came from a tenement. house Mrs, bam vy thr cr sing through her front window. Michael J MeGaire reports Unat three bullets entered his room from the street. —__—=—— Gustave Had « Toy Pin Whenever Radolph Prociusky, fiiteen yeara of age, of No. 4 East Broadway, used to meet elven v old G ve Schuman, whose father ki Yestaurantal No, 18 Division street, he puils kis hulr and throws his cap into the stro Kudolpa did go Saturday night and Guétave & toy pistol and svot Kudolpa in the ku Just Paltersog at Kasex Market yesterday paroled Gustave in the custody of his father, VELEGRAPHIC NEWS IN BRIEF, pe Churchilt on the invitation of the ‘draw! periormance at the Lord Rande Ae An order has Leen taued on the Gould railway systei for a reduction of 10 percent, kn the Bum ber of ein pioyees tn all Vepartinents, A riot occurred at a colored waggiemeoting lash night at Fordtown, Ala, In which Mury Al “Blank” Jones and achid were and sew eral others wounded, Ev Willlam yesterday gave a New Year's 0 ls Mibiaters, the members Of the \plomate Cor! Gouerals of the army end the » Colonels of tae Guards.