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Could Destroy British Ships. Tract Society and Melvln'a peath. To Enlarge the City's Limits. Congress and the Courts. Fire In Canal Street.

Trouble for the Casino. Spain's Final Reply on Alllinca. Plans of Gen. Harrison. A rrcvldenc Wall Falls.

a News of the Railroads. Racing at Gravesend. Daniac to Garden Truck. Pag; 3 New Publications. Fur the Bl? Century Bicycle Run.

I'stre Corea IUd of the Mini. Britannia Defeats the Allsa. Silver Conference at Salt Lake. New-York Lawmakers Fell Short. Chinese Troops lo Revolt.

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j' Prises for Designers. Pe 0 A Water War at a Fire. Why Coney's Fire Was Big. New Brooklyn Bridge Bill Opposed. Many Policemen Isttlred.

Strawberries Cheap but Poor. Burglar or Astral Body 7 Seven Girl Graduates. Zoological Society's Officers. The Security Market Strong. Oa Dolasr Work for Six.

From Tba Harrtaburg (Pcnn.) Patriot. Tbere Is an old soldier In this city who doe tha work of six politicians whose names are on tha pay roll of tha House of ao average of to. a TESTSRDIT'S; TEMPERlTUKt jl The following official record from the Weather Bureau shows the changes In the temperature tor the last twenty-four Nours, in comparison with! the corresponding date of last year: i pts. lsdi. 3 A.

A. eil 62 4P.M...1..M Mi Average temperature 1886. 1894. P. 9 P.

Bl- 68 11 P. 61 6T 12 P. ta Oil Average temperature for corresponding date last year .....60.5 Average temperature for corresponding date last twenty years CO.O rtOBlBILITIES FOR TO-DAT 1 To-day'4 Weather (n this city, as indicated by the Wpather Bureau: Cloudy and Possibly Showers. Warmer. 3 For The Weather Fsrecast" complete see Page 2.

Column 1 PAGrEsT NEW-TOftK. SATURDAY, MAT 18. 180V. i- Tk Tuna not undertake to return rejected i manuscript. In all ooaa traere return of momutcrift is tbiirtd polOQ4 suuf isoiossal OPEXISG THE CAMPAIGN.

The situation which brings together the Sound-Money Convention at Memphis oh Thursday, next IS much moire simple and practical than the theorists andj mine owners would like us ito believe that It Is. jit Is. above all. practical, because it is a business situation. The United States have bought a very large amount of (silver bullion, about three-quarters of iwhlch coined, and if represented by certificates redeemable In silver 'dollars.

The remainder Is uncoined and represented by Treasury notes Issued for its purchase. All these certificates and notes, as well as the silver dollars actually in the hands of the people, fcxe kept at par solely because they can) at any time be exchanged for It; is absoutely necessary that they and jail other forms of money In the United States shquld be kept at par, or national and private credit will be greatly impaired, and business, which depends fat more on credit than' on cash, will suffer accordingly. jj What the business men who are to meet at jMemphlsi have to consider Is, how our Currency in all Its forms can be kept at ar. They know how this is done now) and how' enormously costly, the process They know that it cannot on at all unless ai absolute limit Is put to the silver issues, and that it can be made eve? tolerably easy only by lightening the burden of he Treasury by withdrawing either silver or legal-tender notes. Birt the silver men Insist, not only that the burden shall not be diminished, but that it shall bej Indefinitely Increased.

If it be proved to! them that, if this be done, silver and our paper money can-not be kfept at par with since a limited reserve of gold cannot Bustain the redemption of an unlimited mass of IE silver, thby make one of two Either thy say that the mere fiat of tiie Government will keep silver at par, which is opposed to all experience and is or else deny all obligation to maintain silver at par with gold, which is Repudiation pure and simple. With tie situation thus created, the theories and arguments about bimetallism hav4 nothing whatever to do. jt may be hat if all the commercial nations of the world should agree to the unlimited coinage of gold and silver into legal-tender money at a fixed ratio, that 1 ratio wot)ld become, and would remain the one at which jthe two metals would everywhere be taken. Whether this be so the United States are pledged, i i i so far as jthev can be. to try the experiment when the rest of the commercial nations are ready.

No change in oujr policy, no! further action of our Goverii- i ment, legislative pr executive. Is needed to bring jthis about, and none Is proposed by any one; to prevent or postpone Whatj Is proposed by the silver men is that we should try unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 1G to 1. by our- i selves, not sharing the risk with any: other nation. This la not bimetallism at alL It 1 sliver monometallism. It not adopting a double standard; It Id forcing on the country a single standard, and that it standard that no other clvli lzed nation maintains, and that all thn business nien of (he whole world in tice rejecj.

This is the plain issue which the silver men have compelled the country to face! They will no longer listen to any limitations on tie use -or the amount of silver They long ago have had a systemj under which all the Bilver could be cbined that would, without compulsion, circulate! at sar that Is, all for which there can') be any honest employment or ahy rea(. need. They would not accept it. They demand an unlimited issue and. unlimited legal tender, with no obligation by the Government to redeem in gold- They have resorted to this extreme demand It seems to us.

In desperation, The Incalculable trouble and loss brought upon the country by the experiments made Jn the needless issue of sliver cold and silver notes had aroused the. business men of the country to a sense of he peril they were incurring, and they bad compelled an abandonment of those experiments. They were beginning also to demand that the strain on tbu gold reserve of he Treasury should bit relieved by the permanent withdrawal a part of (he redeemable paper. The silver men seem, then, to have determined to make a fight for life, to call In all of the victims of hard times, and make an effort to commit the country once for aD to the wildest of their schemes unlimited and Independent otnage of silver at 1C to at one-half the market rate. That ijs the Issue they are seeking to frighten one or other ot the two great parties to roaket and if they fall they will try to Tor in an Independent party and make It themselves.

The Memphis convention of Southern men is the first movement in flghlt which, 'Ws are confident. i will end with! the oomplet victory of sound money. TUB STATE! TAX RATE, i i Last year Republican; leaders in the Legislature made much of the reduced tax rate, whit had, been produced by deferring a considerable amount of the Si uthorlied, for the purpose of going Into the jstate campaign with a show of econojny.j This year It has been necessary to ttak up for It In a largely- Increased ra. the largest In several 1 i I years. The tax rat In Itself, as we have many times had occislon to say.

signifies noth ing as to economy or extravagance, and In the presen case the Increase la ac-considerable part by the counted for In taking of the Insane of New-York and Kings Countlis under i the care of the State, and th4 net result to those coun- ties will be a diminution of taxes, though in" return ther turn over to the State without compensation property of great value. The ralte of last: year, with which comparison Is tnaije, was a sham, for not only were appropriations deferred In order to produce It, but it resulted In using up the I greater paxi of a' liberal surplus In the! Treasury. While we Cannot say, without a labo I rious analysis of- the appropriations of this year, how far this tax rate is an in dication of extravagance. It is certainly an indication that no progress has been made in tax seform The State set out policy ok deriving Its rev years ago on! a enues from ottaer sources than direct tax ation upon repl and personal property, and by this time there ought to have been no State! tax rate at all. But no progress In th direction has been made for several ye trs.

On jthe contrary, the amount of rt venue derived from this orm. of taxation has been steadily In creasing. TEXTILE GOODS AKD IRO. Economist has obtained The Dry the opinions jot about 125 manufacturers. wholesale deal ers; and Importers.

con- cernlng the ores ent condition of busi- ness and the In the textile butlpok for the Fall trade products.l The responding companies and i firms fairly represent the trade In New England, the Middle States, the West and the South. It appears who answer flhat 00 per cent, of those The pry Goods Economist's questions regkrd the present signs of prosperity as trustworthy indications of permanent 1m provement. In reply to a question abou prices, SGI per cent, say that they expefat them be higher, while others (20 per advance. In tent) look for only a slight the opinion of CI per cent. the Increase of the cost of raw materials i will affect the prices of the finished goods during the CFotnlng season.

but 24 per cent, of those whp were consulted think that the effect will be Very slight. Only about one-elanth of the companies and firms expect tlhat. prices will eventually adlust themselv es to a basis approach- Ing that of '911 and and It seems to us that the opinions of the majority with respect to this matter are warranted by many considerations. The restoration of prosperity does not depend upon or re- quire the restbratlon of the prices pre- vailing three ears ago. I It should be noted that 67 per cent, of the concerns responding have received encouraging: rtDorts from their1 custom- ers.

the retail ranging from knerchants. "these reports some Improvement up to the most encouraging and that 40 per say that business has been stimulated by the recent advance in prices," whle 20 per cent, more admit slight Improvement due to i this cause. No one who familiar with the course pursued by Fall of 1893 rtall merchants since the will be surprised by the re- port that retailers' stocks on hand are small. This he response1 of 80 per cent, of the concerns. Fifty bf the com- oanies or flrni i in the list have their ne Middle States 34 of headquarters these in this lp ty and their opinions es- pecially deserve consideration.

All but three of the 5(J see indications of perma- I i -I nent 1 mprovemknt; 20 expect higher prices and think tha prices of finished goods will be affected by the higher cost of raw materials 32 say that the upward i i tendency of pk-ices has stimulated the volume of th ir current and advance sales; 30 have received favorable reports from their cu tpmers (3 responding to the contrary;) tifcS regard the outlook as encouraging, pessimistic. ai only is gloomy and We think from these data." says Trie I 1 Economist, referring to the entire coll ctlon of opinions, that the outlook ntir be regarded as a very favorable one. when all; things are con- sldered. TherM probably be no and prices as a rule will be low. but the volumd 9f trade ought to be gen- erally satisfactory There may bi considered In connection with this surv of the trade In textile goods the inter i i esttng.

comments of The Iron Trade Retew of the 16th Inst upon the condition the iron' and steel Indus- try. Having ifcferred the recent ad- vances In wag s. from the first increase i i I (in the coke district) to; the addition of 10 per centX to he wages of the Carnegie Company's ems loyes. The Review says: "in spite of svpeated assertions that ad- vances in price cfould be Sustained only by a marked expaiislon In the demand for Un ished product, st rating week tfce marked has been demon- i- i L. ly week fthat ine luting power Is being applied at the other end.

Coke workers' wages andj coke prices were 4ut up In ad vasce of any Improvement In the market for furnace and foundry pr od nets. 'Then. ors prices went up In advance of a better pig jron outlook. Now blast-furnace wh.ge have beenj Increased beyond anythini immediately warranted In the market. anlf certain 1 steel works and rolling mill wort ers at Pittsburg have been given more pay ate market Imp advance of a proportion- ibvemenu Events would ln- dicate that the aiious advances! have been the cause rathfcf than the result of ln- creased buying pf finished material.

and thus the market is -gradually coming Into a condition which, theoretically, should have preceded ground." yfm iwiviif alexia iu mgner The Review fees evidence that Iron Is going Into consumption at a rate nearly the great 200 per cent, taster than In 1803. But those who look at the quotations will set that the price of Bessemer pig at Pitts burg Is higher now by nearly 15 per cent, than Jt was on Jan. 1 or March 4 A STEP TOWARD COMDOLIDATIOV. On the last day of the legislative session a bill! was passed by both the Senate and Assembly, which Is really a considerable step In the direction of the Greater New-York and there can hardly be a doubt that it will be promptly accepted by the Mayor and approved: by the Governor. There were two bills pending which were Intended to-bring within, the Jurisdiction of the city the park lands already belonging to It.

and the territory lying between them and the present city One of these provided for extending the present northern boundary, which terminates at the centre line I of the Bronx River. In a stalght line to the middle of the channel between Hunter's and Glen Islands. and this Is the one that was passed and Is morally certain to become a law. I This will add to the city the precise territory Jn Westchester County which would have been included by the Greater New-York bill, leaving to future consolidation, the areas on Long Island and Stateii Island. In extent of land and water! it will fully double the area of what been known for twenty-two years as the annexed district," and will be added to the Twenty-fourth Ward! of the Cjty and County of New-York and become subject to the same laws, ordinances, regulations, obligations, and liabilities, and entitled to the same rights privileges, franchises, and Immunities In every respect and to the same extent as If such territory had been Included within said city and county! at the time of the grant and adoption of the first charter and organization," Due Is made for the adjustment of existing liabilities and obligations.

This area comprises, practically the whole of the town of West Chester, and a considerable part of East Chester and Pel-ham, Including the villages of Unlonport, West Chester, William's Bridge, and Wakefield, It is not possible to state jthe population of this territory. That of the town of West Chester in 1892 was about that of the whole of East Chester nearly twice as much, and that of Pel-ham about 2.000. The extent of water front added along the East River and Long island Sound Is very great, and the shore is indented in a picturesque fashion. City Island and Hart Islanc as well as Hunter's Island, will be brcught Into the municipal domain. This annexation will simplify the npb-lem of consolidation to some sllgb: degree.

We assume that neither the Mayor nor the Governor jwill hesitate to give this bill the effect of law very promptly, because there Is no opposition to jit in this city, and the movement for securing its passage! came entirely from tbej people of the section to be added. Itj was opposed only by the local politicians who desire' to retain their little rings and hold on to' the town and village offices, and by the gamblers who wished to es cape the vigilance of the city police and continue to defy State laws as they have been doing, DOCK DEPAHTME5T LEGISLATION. Twq bills; one of jgreat importance and the other of considerable Interest tj the commerce of New-York, were passed by the late Legislature. One Is what is known' as Pavey bill, and modifies the law as lit was left by the legislation of li(04 regarding the work done fo the Dock, Department. It gives to the pock Commissioners the authority by a unanimous vote to do constructive work otherwise than by contract, with the exception bf the building of piers and dredging, all of which must still be donij by contract, it also gives the Dock Commissioners jthe right possessed by every other department of the city to reject all bids wherej none Is entirely satisfactory.

This change removes the objectionable features of last year's so-called Lawson though it was supported this ear by Lawson. That bill was a well-intended but not exactly enlightened' attempt to remedy possible evils, but it made other; evils InevitaDie. and threatened; to put the city at the mercy qf a conspiracy ot contractors. The Times criticised this attempt last year and Was freely denounced as an advocate, ally, and tool of Tammany Hall. It is gratifying now to note the success of a real reform measure, which guards the city against extravagance and also permits the Dock Department to do thoroughly and with adequate inspection work that could not properly safely be leftj to The Pavey bill is one of jthe few jthat were passed of those prepared with; great care and skill under the Committee of Seventy.

Th'e other! bill to which we have referred is one that places the construction of sheds on the piers under the direction of the Dock Commissioners, instead of under the joint regulation of the Dock Commissioners and the Department of Buildings. The history of shed construction junder he former were there space to recount it In detail, would be found comlo1. Suffice It to say that with a view of (preventing fires where they rarely occur; and still more rarely spread, the erection of freight sheds was made' so difficult and costly as to be an appreciable tax on the trade of the city for which absolutely ho appreciable' benefit was secured. Although In eleven years there were only three fires on the piers where the Joss exceeded $10,000, the lessees of the piers were compelled to expend more money than; would have repaid all loss, and many times more than would have Insured against loss, while the risks incurred were practically confined to the lessees and their customers. As the protection of freight In transit; chiefly from the weather, is absolutely necessary! In the business-for which alone the piers are constructed the exaction could not be resisted.

The Dock Commissioners ran be relied on to Impose all really essential conditions without unnecessarily burden In the trade of the city. STAITDIXO OX ITS APEX. There may be no truth in the latest reports from Honolulu that the Republic of Hawaii Is tottering to Its fall, and that even Thurston Is. plotting to restore the monarchy with Kalulaht as Queen, but there I nothing Improbable In the story. If the oligarchy which calls It self a republic is not tottering.

It Is because It has succeeded In propping Itself up with all the bayonets on the Islands, and depriving the people of the right to bear arms." 'v The stability of a republic depends upon Its resting upon the consent of the governed." That makes It like a pyramid, with the; broad and solid support of the popular will as its foundation. The Dole oligarchy did not" derive Its powers from the consent of the governed. and has not been able to win that con sent. It usurnedtts powers and constructed a pyramid, which stands on its When these men. with Thurston at their head and Stevens at their back with the United States marines, overthrew the native monarchy of Hawaii in a night, they did not expect to have to govern the cbunjxy.

Setting up a republic was no part of their scheme. They expected to hand the whole outfit over to the United States, and then to get the offices, with all the power of that Nation to hold them In possession, while they proceeded to work? the Islands for all they were worth. The Harrison Administration ended too soon for them, and the honest men who succeeded to power in Washington refused to sanction their Infamous project, and they were left 'with the stolen kingdom on their hands. It was simply ungovernable on republican principles, and It was only a question of when Dole and his colleagues would have to be relieved of their Impossible task. That of Sisyphus was pastime In comparison.

They had either to have some friendly power take the burden off their hands, or else revert to the consent of the governed as the source of all Just powers." That meant a restoration of the native monarchy, which, is their easiest and safest way out. what they will regard as of less consequence, the only honorable way, GERMANY AWD BIMETALLISM. The sliver organs are making far too much of the vote In the upper house of the Prussian Diet regarding a blmetalllo conference. They represent It aa a committal of Germany "to" bimetallism." It Is not that, nor anything near that. In effect It Is simply the expression of the Junker, or land-holding, majority in what practically the House of Lords Prussia.

It does' not even commit. Prussia, and Prussia; is but one of the Federal States which make up the German Empire. The limit of the significance of the vote taken on Thursday Is shown In the language of Prince Hohenlo'he, who is Premier of Prussia and Chancellor of the empire. He expressly reserved the decision of the Prussian Ministry, and as for the Imperial Government, he said that It was willing to confer with the other powers on common measures to be adopted, but the basis of discussion must first be settled." Now, the only and indispensable basis of all practical 'discussion of bimetallism is the ratio at which gold and silver are to be admitted to unlimited coinage at the mints. Prince Hohenlohe.

the German Ministry, and even England, are ready to continue the International exchange of views on the silver question," when this condition shall have been compiled with. But bo far as there Is the slightest evidence, this condition an impossible one. There is not among those who clamor the loudest and most constantly for bimetallism the slightest indication or promise of an agreement on this nolnt. The last international conference went to pieces on this rock, and any future one bids fair to come to grief In the same way. If there are among the silver men any sufficiently clear headed to perceive what is really the most completely essential point in the whole, question they would do wll to devote their attention to It.

When the bimetallists themselves can agree upon a ratio. It may and It may not be found possible for the various' commercial powers to come together and discuss it. But until they do so agree there can be no conference that" will amount to anything. MEADE ASD KERiHXER, No man has ever taken more pains to put himself in the wrong by constructing a parallel case to his own than the pep. pery Admiral So tremendous an enforcer of discipline as to his subordinates and so reckless a violator of discipline as to his superiors the annals of maritime history or fiction do not chronicle.

It Is no secret that Admiral Meade Instigated the prosecution bf Fleet Surgeon Kershner. The offense of Kershner was that he had complained In private letters of the I tyranny and out-rageousness of the Admiral, and that by his procurement his version of the case had found Its way into the public prints. There is no doubt about the complaints, though there Is some doubt about the procurement-l The" complaints have found their way upon the reoords of the court. It is clear that Dr. Kershner regarded bis superior officer with an acute loathing and that he expressed this sentiment to his intimate friends.

How far the Surgeon was' guilty -of a breach of discipline is the question that the naval court-martial has to consider. But, however far he may have gone, it seems to be quite clear that his accuser and prosecutor went much further. Whether it was by Dr. Kerehwr's -wn indiscretion or by the indiscretion of his friends that the facts in his case came to be published has not yet very clearly ap peared. But no such question arise regarding Admiral Meads's strictures upon his superiors.

He confided them directly to the reporters, and hence is directly re sponsible for the publication of them. There Is another point worthy of con sideration. The disrespectful language in which Admiral Meade was reported to have expressed himself about his supe riors having been called to his attention by them, with a request that he acknowledge or deny the correctness of the report, he has declined to do either. Of course, this Is a virtual acknowledgment that he was correctly reported. Now, the legal maxim that no man Is bound to criminate himself la Incontrovertible, as a legal maxim, but It seems scarcely applicable to Admiral Meade's situation.

When a chicken thief Is caught with his neighbor's pullets and Is asked how be acquired them, lie has a right tov say that he is not bound to criminate himself. 'But he would not say so If he were able to give a satisfactory account of how they came Into his possession. When an Admiral is cited to adopt or disown words attributed to him about his superiors, we do not expect him to take the chicken thief refuge. It may be Impossible to prove without the Admiral's express acknowledgment what the Admiral does not deny, and he may go free of any 6fficlal -punishment. But he has already, made It abundantly evident that the United States Navy will take no detriment from bis approaching retirement.

jj THE AILSA'S DEFEAT, jj The respective performances of the Allsa and the Britannia have a particular Interest for us, of course, by reason of their bearing upon the coming races for the America's Cup. The Britannia is about as good as the Valkyrie that was defeated by the Vigilant, and It has seemed that, in such conditions, of weather as the cup races are likely to be sailed in, Allsa was considerably better. But there is no reason for surprise at her defeat by the Britannia yesterday in a breeze that brought her down to her lower sails and that made a choppy sea. The new Scotch cutter Is a departure from the British I toward the American type. From the British point of view she Is much oven parr ed, and to enable her to carry her (canvas she has far more beam than has before been given to a British racing! cutter.

She was meant to beat the Britannia as the Vigilant beat the Valkyrie, and she can do so" under the same conditions. But she has the defects of her qualities, and in a strong breeexe and a 'seaway these defects appear. I This Is particularly interesting because it seems that the new challenger departs from the British type In the same direction as the Allsa. 'Meanwhile the efforts of the designer of our cup defender seem to haver, been directed to making sure that she should overcome, the superiority of the to the yigilant in such conditions as those of the last contest between those yachts, when the Valkyrie would undoubtedly have won but for an accident. The new jcup defender will have.

It Is reported, much less beam than the Vigilant, while the new challenger will "have much more than the Valkyrie. That Is to say the English are challenging for the cup with ajj closer approach than they have made before to the American motjel, iand are defending with el closer approach than we have made before to the British model. Each side has learned from the other, and that Is the best result that could possibly ensue from a series of in ternational contests. The electoral canvass in Italy is palpitatingly Interesting. Will It favor, Crispl? Even If the new Chamber of Deputies be as he desires, will he be pleased? jHls tormentor, Giollttl, was under two distinct orders of accusation.

He was charged with' embezzlement of judiciary documents that isj abuse of Ministerial powers. He was also charged with libel, that Is. with reading documents calumniating Crlspi, Mme. Una Crispl, and other persons. He Insisted that his quality as an ex-State Minister precluded the possibility of his trial by other courts than tne Senate.

He argued that his reading of documents in the of Deputies made him amenable to the Chamber only, and that he could not. be judged elsewhere except by consent of the Chamber. The Chamber was Inclined to sustain htm: it was dissolved. The Public Prosecutor, sustained bv inferior courts. prosecuted Giollttl.

The latter was In Ber lin, ana omciai journals said that he would not return to Rome. He said that If his return to Rome were expected he would not be prosecuted. He returned, and jthe highest tribunal In Italy rendered a verdict cassazione senza rlnvlo," a perfect victory for Giollttl, a disastrous defeat for CrlspL What may Crispl. do now? If he consent to recognise as Judges the representatives who are to be elected this month, he; must renew an era at the close of which people sighed with relief, an era of sad debates, scandalous disputes, and Insulting personalities. i It Is gratifying to notice that several mjmbers of the police force have Just received, in the shape of medals and certlf testes, public recognition and recompense for conduct that proved their courageous devotion to duty, both as officers and men.

Such events, serve two rood mir. poses they show; that among police men are more man a rew who remain untouched by the demoralization the recent revelations are said to have pro- uuceu. anu ai me same time evidence, on tha nart of tha RommluiAMM a. -IM- pose to let the force know that Virtue, as a a wou u.m Vive, nmm urn rewards. i The advantage of having the weather under Government supervision was Illustrated out West this week, where the frost was just severe enough to kill bugs without hurting at' all the tender grain shoots on which they ware beginning to nibble.

Such a delicate adjustment of temperature naturally pleased Wall Street. It would be quite Impossible under the happy-go-lucky sys tem that usea to prevail. HecepUem. Edwarel Atklaaoa. A reception was given yesterday to Edward JL Atkinson, chief searcher In the County Clerk's onlce.

who has lately been elected Department Commander; of th Grand Army of the Republic for jthe State of 'New-York, when he reached his office in the County Court House. i Ilia dask was draped with nags and laden with flowers. His associates and a number of Grand Army men received him when he entered the room. He was presnteq with engrossed resolutions of felicitation, SERENADE FOR EDWARD KLP iKTXXTB Bzatnzxr bqyb uxtb a aox.hr xxxs ix rinu atzxve. Tfce Bass Pis red.

fce felaHers Wag, Ifce Ofl cere Were Eaertalsie as)al BIt CreeaWofa.f i. The Seventh Regiment i boys "bsd a ion-time last Bight' at .722 Fifth Avenue, th. home of Edward Kemp, the wholesale "5 Mr. Kemp had been a member ef the regiment for forty years. He Joined J0 UG3, and was an active member until two years ago.

when" be became a member of the regiment Veteran Association. I Notwithstanding this fact he Is looked upon by the younger crowd as one of the boys and the demonstration last night was only another evidence of his popularity In the regiment The reception to him, consisting of a serenade by Rogers's Seventh Regiment Rand and a general ovation by the members of the regiment, was arranged by Mr. Kemp's old friends. Oen. Emmons Clark.

Ma tor William H. 'Kip, and Col. AppJetooi and Mrs. Kemp will sail on La Touratne for Havre to-day. A salute will be nred as tbe ship passes Governors Island as a mark of further honor to the veteran.

Long before the time scheduled fr the eoncert to begin a great crowd gathered ic the avenue. They had no Idea what was going to happen, but. seeing of police lined up on both sides of the street, rightly concluded that it i would be thing worth staying- for. and they sum: it a short while the procession cam 1 regnnt. The men all dressed Incltixens clothes, and the officer! carried cane instead of swords! IiSon became apparent that the boys were gomS to have everything their own way i Thf police at first were rather stern; out tha odds were against them, iandthey soot thVcro' chair ot ng.

WB four or five hundred ta chorirsid Mr thaf-Tn iS 1 my Atkins was demanded, and GraTd Hound. l2-ihU there la some vocal stewm-panlment. and everybody Joined tawttlTzBe While Mr. Rogers went Into the house at thf request of Mr. Kemp, "hi toyVt such sons.

Oh, How Dry I Am!" to the tune of- ri7 PrSndnSTd AorcuMa)ok? Shurle? WL? Beintnw inuyier. Vhltv and Quartermaster Bchur- speechmaklng. 1m Played Knw 7TT1: reajiment marched h-fwW? wen? "fj nam aumosi as rood a time as the officers, i i I OBIT ART RECORD, i Col. Locke W. CoL Locke Winchester died suddenly to this city Ust night from heart failure.

His home, was at 48 East Twentysixth street. i. When eighteen years old. In Cot Winchester entered the employ Mr. Harnden.

the ortrinairu- system. In those days the; business was la uiiaucy. out as it grew and expanded CoL Winchester took a prominent part to its development. For many years he directed the affaira at th. -e wmvum a-apins Company, and held the dua position of Vice ctiucui ua uenerai Manager.

i CoL Winchester was i a member of the fhTwil outbreak of actva went ivi ids iront with ward nTZrlZZU. "orxly i. iV nuin to care luff his business He took an active part la the orxanixa- 4 was on. New-Voryd" ha.lalw?t3era,egre.at cUy member of the Union league Art har M. Welllsigtesu Arthur M.

Welllnrtnn' vmf Vm.ai wtatvi Ui llfj AfUT gineering News, died Thursday night at his home, 84 Gramercy Park. He had been 111 With kidney diseaaa for iIf. tlm. tj. was born at in VSAll He came to New-York early to Ufe and: was engaged on the Prospect Park works under Frederick Law Olmsted, i i Mr.

was appointed Chief Engineer of the Toledo anil WafSSUBJi UvU lUCi Railway In 1872. He was subsequently en- (WO rMA aL a wZ.Vaaln" na Erie Railroad. Waaty -nlSiXS, tiwK'i Great r'v. iiiavua engineer nauionai rtauway In March, 1881, and afterward baxama aZ sistant Oeneral Manager of the Mexican Central Railway. He returned to Kew-York and became one of the editors of The Railroad (liuti.

in mo. n. -1. became editor and part proprietor of The r.usinmiig mawa. Mr.

Welllniston was the author of standard works ou railroad location. rA i .1 IV refer Jv. Ksaya. Peter K. one of the beat-kaowa and wealthiest citizens of Lower Rockland County, died at his home In Sparktll, J.

Thursday night, of He was la his seventieth year. Mr. Knapp was a son of the late Shepherd Knapp of. I this city. He was born here, "and for years fn wnO oclHnd County in 110.

and has not been engaged In any business since. He Qwn-d a UrVe amount 'ZSZ: nZt2107 hlra- with three 'er. AMIM funeral services will be residence Monday at ld0 i OBITCART XOTES. i ai Tr4r momins at Leyaiaiura ra-itad Mr. Burial- 6 tats In ill Vaasalburousl.

'h' "i as i.1 Wortd Commission Mr. Kawtows jrastarday moraiDS. tba Rav. Mr. Oarrataon.

pastor of tha Xe-uwn Dutch Raform Chach. Sha I. suxrad thraa sooa and 00a dauzhtar. i Frank 1 la L. Shaldos dlad at raau moc la ra-tarday at the New-Amsterdam Ito H.

wis atrailaatad from Oorneli VnWaraHy ia laSl. His feiToroub! Aubum- 1 Adam Wtlsoa nromlDent capital 1st. and larraiy mtaraatctf in Iran aaj utW Induat trie, dlad at Whaallne. Waat VaTfiaHaVdlr enoralns. agad alhly-ooa years.

I Pal tssllaa CIsVi (w Hsais, i The Psl Vpsllon Club of this city moved Pnto IU new clubhouse, at 64 West Thirty-blnth Street, last night. The new home la a four-story brownstone house. Vr. George H. Fox.

President of the club, presided at the meeting. He made a speech, congratulating the organisation on getting into Its pert OB Pros! WUliam M. Klns.ley. the Treasurer announced that In the 'fast fwthcluVl membership had Ucreased from aa to vi At the annuaVelection Dr. O-ForiVlL vi the Rev R.

ck H. iJl llnsham Vice lVeadenta iil-ln was reflected Treasurer and Wolsey Carmalt Recorder. I The other omcers elected were hurst. Secretary; Kvrrnor for term en May. lSU7-r-ChArlea II.

Shaw; for terms Ing May. lsiw Kussell Haynor and t'h U. Addison; snembera of the Commliir Admiaalons for the term eii-llng XUv, i Le Roy W. IIu hard. CWict S.

c-. and Austin It 1 1 1.