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las made out a light, which afterward proved to rbw-'Tew-London lighthouse, but which he though was the red light of another, v. ard tbe nox thing he knew the Mohawk lammed on to th reef. Scott, the wrecker, had two tugs at the neam? all day. To-night nearly all the freight has bee taken o.T and brought into NeW-London. Effori to get the sreamer i.ff fooks Save been unsut ceasful so fas, Csp lain Scott would not he sui firlsed If lt tOMrbtm.

fflrty-orgurTJOurs to pull tito deep water." He found that two large had been stovs.ifi her aottom, and some of he plates may hara been st.irtrd. HEAVY PN'OStt IN ALL NEW-ENGLANE THE FAL- FROM TO THIRTI FOI "It Boston. Jan. sanes the bliuard of IMS ha there boen a'-gterm of stjlfh Hrvcrfty'-rhroughot New-England ta wbtBtrbaw prevailed for th laat All Sex-Tfbna report heav varying from fllu-an to UUrty-four lnchc on the level, while the high wind that has bee blowing has In ifrarty places ptlrd up drifts five ten last roads are everywhere rer Jcred almost Impassable, while steani-rallroac electric railway, ai and telephone servic bsa been pretty thoroughly demoralized. In man places schools.

Ijsve. beep closed, oribis shut dow afid business of all kinds practically sut-pended. At Greenville. N. and In surrounding town the storm gathered strength every hour of the da an'd gives promise of continuing all night.

A hig wind ls blowing, and drifts are six feet high. The atorm In this city developed Into very near blizzard, and the snowfall has been about twenty four Inches. great Interruption to street car and steam-ratlrouil traflL-. besides practicail; placing an embaigo upon all shipping hereabouts With the exception of two or three schooner which came In this morning, the harbor has beet barren of arrivals. Newport, H.

I reports that snow ceased to fal about 4 p. rn having the city in bad condition. Ni business was th- day Streetcars hav partially resumed running to-night and the colony, which was cut off from the fire-alarm Mee let-day, bas protection by means of temporal! wires. Lat. afternoon trains and boa tl reached the cl tv-for the fit st lines early morn ir.g.

The lllgrim arrived from New-Tori I a m. Rockville. reports a fall of thirty-foul In t.e? of snow. Two feet of snow has fallen at Marbiehead Tin aiovp drifted on Skinner's Ilea.I, and wi) probably ko to pieces, but an effort Will be made ti eave her ai high tide. At Kort Fairfield, the thermometer waa 27 do glees below zero this morning, tne coldest thu wi- er The Hay State Express, from F.rston.

due at Mid? dletown. at I'M this al -moon, ran into ar Ut- snowdrift Ro Falls, A gang ol nt to dig the train out. and it go Ima Midietown four hours late WHITENED THK EMPIRE STATE THK lieUWSKMUl OAl'SM RCJOtCINU AMOK- IA7U AM) DELAYED. ra toga. N.

Jan. CS inches of snow fill here to-day, end tho storm gives BS-Oiatae of continuing throughout the night. It ls bf far the han vi est precipitation of shlghlng ma terlrtl so far this win'-r. and is favorably viewed by both lumbermen and Ice-harvesters especially in Northern N-w-York and the Adirondacks The he-ivy snowfall has -lightly delayed some of the railway tr.iir-?=. but there ls no eerloua Interruption.

Kingston, N. Jsn tt has a heavy fall of snow since e'cloch last night. Th- storm Interferes with ice-gathering, which was begun on the Hudson In this vicinity yesterday. Trains are slightly delayed, and trouble Is feared should the snow, which is still falling rabidly, be accom? panied by wind. Rome.

N. Jan storm of fine light snow prevailed all night, and has gradually ir reseed In volum- to-day, Ths wind i- not aa high as on Mondie Country roads are almost Railroad travel ls not materially de? Buffalo. Jan heavy snowstorm, accom? panied by a Ugh wind, and the di? mensions of a Wtssard, prevailed here this morn ljrg. thermometer registered 13 above zero. Ogdensburg, M.

Jan. northwest been in progrew bera ail day. au MSdi nre Hocked, and trains are delayed this evening. Amsterdam. M.

Ian. than seven Inches of snow have fallen In tho Mohawk Valley last night. The snow ls drifting badly this aft-rnoon on the country roads. Railroad traffic. however, ls not Interrupted.

Whitehall. N. Y-, Jan. mort severe bliz? zard in two years raged to-day tho whole length of the Champlain Valley. The storm began early th's morning a strong rth vlnd.

At Rouse's Point Plattsburg and Ticonderoga from twelve to of snow hsvs fall n. The snow has drifted badly. NAVIGATION SUSPENDED IN THE OHIO. Louisville. Jan.

heavy i-o In the Ohio has caused a total suspension of navigation. All 'he upper and lower boats have tied up in the cana! Evansville. Jan. The small steamer Planknshaw was BSUtl sd by ice and sunk in the Ohio River near this city last night. Engineer John Orr, cf Evansville, waa drowned.

Tb- others on board aeventeep in number, escaped to a bares in tow, Buffered cona! I rabis from tba cold weath-r. and several were badly frozen. A FAMILY FREEZE- TO DEATH. 8t. leonis.

Jan. -H- -A dispatch to the Scrlpps MeRss Tress Association from Little Rock, says that a family named Norton, consisting of father, mother and three children, froze to Dight In their near Mount Ida, Montgom? ery County, Ark. of the Stat, has suffered from lower temperature during the last few than ever known. THK POOH gUFFERING IN BALTIMORE. Baltimore, Jan.

A great deal of destitution In all pans of baa been brought to light by the cold si-ap. and BtSttOS ls being overrun with mer- women and children In search Of food, snd fuel. Many cases Of distress? ing want have thus been discovered. -I DEEP DRIFTS ALONG THE COAST. Aabury Park.

N. Jan. snowstorm which began here last night has blocked travel on the electric railroad, and those persons living in the northern part of the town found lt difficult to reach tbs business section, in.nv nse drifts in miny places naike the country roads almos: Impassable Ral.road jrnlna are running on time. PRICE OE COAL MAY GO rp. "The retail prke of coal." said a l'-adlng dealer, whose remarks were indorsed by others of equal promlnenoetln the trade, to a Tribune reporter yes? terday afternoon, "haa rot been affected by the present snowstorm The price for good family white-ash rial ls $5 25 a ton.

which was the price fixed on 1 Extra fine qualities are sold for $5 Vi a ton, and red-ash coal ranges in price from a-i'toTn ton. Should this atora continue, how? ever, or bo speer-ily by another, dealers would be absolutely compelled to advance their Detffery of coal to consumers extremely dlfilcult, and is so costly thal no retailer ls able io a proht, while some, who are less favorably situated thrill others, are supplying their customers st un actual loss. The snow ls so deep und piled up so alor-K the sides of the streets that only losds be carted, and even then about double the tune ls consumed In delivering them that would be needed if the were "Another unfortunate circumstance is the filling Of the a.oi.g the North River with Ice. which preventa the lat ding of coal, as boats are unable, to get into the slips to discharge their cargoes. Should the ice embargo continue til! the supplv in the coal yards is extensively diminished, lt would probablv necessitate an advance.

All in all. the coal situa? tion is very un. eruin anti unsatisfactory Ender existing olrcunistar, (, ar, get bach a new dollar for an old one. They are Wining temporaril) to carry on I without but if Ice ernbargoea ard snowstorm! tmue much an advance of from 2i to cents a ton in the retail prioe for coal ls Inevitable." CVXtlMG THROUGH THE ICE To Perhaps few readers aware that thu power? ful ii or. sf es mere of th.

Una have unui yeat. rday I making their regular iween Mew-York and NVwburg. A party of Kew fStsstra took passage on Mu-ulay i vening by the steamer Ram-del! from aTO. "4. North River, af "We soon assigned to clou- staterooms." tne of the by steam, and as comfortable aa the Hotel Waldorf.

A flt for a king was served at 7 k. and at S- o'clock West Rolnt was reached, where the vessel was made fast to th pier until morning, as the river from here up wsa covered with heavy ice and daylight waa neces? sary to ses the track that this enterprising com? pany has kept open sll winter between West Point and Newburg, At 7 o'clock Tuesdsy morning our journey wss resumed. It waa a novel thing to sse skaters on either aide of the open track pass? ing close to the veasel's sides, and trying to touch her guards with their hands. At Cold Sprmg arrival aroused much interest. Sev? eral thousand poonta wsrs on.

the niara and an Chapped There is nothing its equal for relieving the SORENESS, ITCHING or BURNING, reducin-r tho INFLAMMATION, taking out REDNESS, and quickly bringinrr tho skin tD Kl natural colcr. BEWARE of imposition. Take POND'S EXTRACTonly. Seelandscape trade-mark on buff wrapper. Sold only in our own bottles.

All druggists. -aaeiLtur? Vft -3 the Ice to see her arrive and depart N- wlmrg i wai reached at a. Tuesday There we took the trolley line to Orange Lake sig niles dtsl ml waaia ws enjoyed two famous sport sailing I the lee yacht Coln Wm-e. Tin we ul good I dinner al the Pine Holm duh, after Which we re? turned to Newburg In time to sail al 4 O'clock on the steamer Ramsden fur New-York, which plsi we reached at o'clock thal evening The mos) Interentmg part of down trip waa beta el ('old Spring and Wi st Point, the i between these two points heine almost black with skaters end sleigh-riders. sleigh, containing two pretty girls in sealskin im fur robes, nnd drawn by i pretty black pony decorated with red plumes, whose driver waa ncr- daring than the others, actually kept within fifty feel of the vessei Hlmcst the entire dial ince from Cold Spring to w.

st pod The Ramsden returned to Newburg on day night, and yesterday morning was laid up for the rest of the winter. A THICK DAY ON THK WATER ONLY TWO VBSfiELg FAMED THROUGH THU NAR? HORK ASHORE AND MA-N'V EROt'K. The Minding snowstorm of yesterdayi Th len veiled Ike waters abaut New-York as if with a dense fog. combined with the heavy westerly wind, sent two vessels ashore and made the voyage of ail craft ticklish work. The Central Vermont Railroad I'Hi'is sssaasst Mohawk went ashore on th- beach at CMahen's Point, off New-London, early yester? dayi and the nabing schooner Hatty Rebecca found bottom at Sea Isk- City.

N. where she could not see land a heat's length ahead. Resides these, there Were no BerloUl I Idents upon the water caused by the storm. There are. however, a large number of ships and overdue at this port, for some of which anxiety is felt.

It ls probable that th- westerly winds which have prevailed for several days are ri sponslble for many of these delays. The Cevlc, of the White Star Lina, was due to arrive here from Llverp roi on Monday, and'has not yet beek reported. DUI there is little or no anxiety txpress.cd for her. Anotiar vessel which was due on Monday tho. steamer Grenada, of the Trinidad Shipping and Trailing Company, whkh sailed fiom Port au Siain on Jan? uary 16." It is believed, however, that she was ihe steamer Whick was lighted las! night oil Ba mega by the French steamer Ferdinand de Lesseps.

The I)e Lesseps, which arrived from Port au i'ri- passed a British steamer "bf'anchor showing Bignall for a tug and letters which belong to the Grenada, lt possible that the overdue steamer icoun er heavy weather, In which a part of her mai htnery may have failed. The Rritlsh bark Lord Duffetin, which sailed from Montevideo on and ahould have I early in December; the T. K. Oakes, whl sailed from Hong Kong on 4 and il lld have arrived here in November, and ihe Fort William, which or. December and ls now two weeks ovi-r due, are still missing The first two of these have been Riven up for lost, and all three have bein re? ta Besldis these, there are overdue th-- Henry Rlschoff, from Hiogo, July 7, which has been the State of Georgia, from Dsntslc on De? cember 23, for Halifax; the Glenora, from Turk's Island, the Mary Williams, from Philadelphia No? vember 27, for Charleston, and the whl ti wis spoken six off Fire Island hy the Philadelphia tug Protector, but has not yet feached port.

The tun offered tb-- H- reford a tow to -rt for fcsOO. This was refused, and since then nothing hcu been heard of the vesax The unusual report wa re sired from Quarantine yesterday ihat only two Bteamera passed up through the Narrows, it in possibli that some ol the de? layed vessels may have spchored ouslde to avoid the thick weather md bear) northwest tale trial was Mowing yesterday. There was some slight lay In tho arrival of the Sound Btes mers at their piers, due to lbs snowstorm. A BRIEF COLD SNAP IN FLORIDA. VFOKTAHLKS BADL.T I'AltACKI', BIT THK OBa AXQE CROP LITTLE IXJVRED.

Jacksonvlile, Jan. cold--: weather of the winter Florida this th mercury falling In Jacksonville to degrees; and to degrees nt Tampa In the southwest por? tion of the State. as far BOUfk ns San? ford were badly but noi entirely ruined. The orange and other semi-tropical frUII Interests were not damaged to any considerable degree. Tba fortunate feature of tbe was thai ll was ol short duration.

The lowest temperature was re? ported In the State at 6 o'clock this ni' rninir. and hy o'clock Ihe weather had greatly n. oiler ailed. THK STORM AND THK I'KI'IT AUK KT. The revere snowstorm af yesterday lind an ex? ceedingly depressing effect on the fruit market.

Be? fore lt the cold weather hal driven most of the outdoor from the streets, and seriously In? terfered with shlpma-nts to other cities. After set In, the few- pedlers and stand-keepers who bad sought to continue business in a small way, keep? ing their fruits covered with Hts of bagging, were compelled to retire from In? field, and out-of-town shipments almost entire!) ceased. The demand for fruits of all kinds day was remarkably limited. Oranges, which ar. In only moderate supply, wira the fttrorigesi lt which were well maintained.

Li ra ur hi are in full supply and have been Headily declin? ing 1n price for several weeks, suffer. .1 a further de, line at yesterday's au-'tlon sales, and were in limited demand Bananas, of which there ls bu abundan-e in the inarki wert In demand at shaded .4 YACHT III DOWS 4.YD si SK. 'PICAYI'NF." REPORTERS BELIEVED TO lu: DROWNED. New-Oib ans, Jan. A telegram from Bads says that the bteaSSOT rt Dumoll ran down and sunk tb- steam yacht Argo Two portera of The Fl-aynnc-" who were OB the Aw, Klesslng and Hester, t'e latter a son o' Secretary Hester of the Cotton Exchange, are missing, FEWER PRIVILEGES Foll THE CBINE8B.

LAWLLKSNKf-S Ml THK ItOWOOLIANI STIKS VP THE SAX PRANi'ISc'O POLICE. San Francisco. Jan. MWlessneea that existed among the Chlnes-e in Chinatown for sev? eral years, culminating rn the n.unl. of "Little I'ete." put AnVf Crowley on his mettle, ai tne Chief has de-tided to abolish tha customs of their country, whioh hsrvs t.i-.

permitted t-i indulge in unmolested One ol the granted has been thi Indloertminati frreerai kers thJtr festl yt ar trial prlrsk-ce beeq withdrawn, ri the c.iirf aas taformed t.ie Chinese Consul that explosion of firecrackers ls prohibited, and that tne riotaton wiiri. e's. verily punished. The In of the to tbe Consul ls ns Heretofore yaua baw been treated w-ith great coasldera lon b'j ihi authpritiei ls itj- In Behring Upon tht il ti nd cus? toms of tha-lr country mii.rob-':; their New Tear Recent events have shown thai i large pn Hon of i'Ubm- ra9pt.laii'in are nf being granted favors or pt ii Iii K's of any kin-: cause they hot appear to nave ani lisped tn but set When the ira of the Amez-tcan becoeieg arous. In this matter the Chinese will discover their mistake and thlt question will probably, be settled in a summary way a Ca WIDOW OF J.

C. FLOOD DEAD. Saitr Jan. Mary Flood, widow of the famous hannnza king and multi? millionaire. C.

Flood. at hw; home, on tsst night, an illina of only twa days. Tbs of Hrs. Flood death waa a great surprise, si few knew of he Illness. Mer two Children.

L. Flood an. i'ora Jane Flood, were with her when th came. TBE JEWI8B BI8TOBICAL SOCIETY. CLOSE OF ITS AXXi'M, atEETIXa IN BALTMORaV BL-CTED BRAD.

Baltimore, Jan. flfth snnusl meeting Americas a ricsl Society closed ro day. OiBcers wert ted and ma pap wore read. The pl and time fer the next an meeting wen referred to the Executive Connel arith p.wer to sci Tao following oflleera wen ia!) President, Oscar Straus vice-presidents, Menlei Cohen, Simon tale, snd Dr. Herberi Adams: rrespondlng eec rr.rv.

Cyrui Adler; i- ot aecretsry, Di Herbert FTiedenwald; treaiurer, Profeaaor Rlchan lia memben of th- Executive Council, Dr B. K- em ii'-. Pi.01 Morrie Jastrow. Haye Sulsbexger, N. Tayloi -mon Wolf.

Pr. ll. Hollander, Maa J. Kohler, Samuel an1 Dr David Ph peon. in the a the Pr.

Herbert Fried enwsld, the r.lir:g secretary, r--ad the foil -wini Rapers: A Modern Maccabean," by the hen, ol Ualveai "Note on the Portrait vf Knaraved by St. Meaim," by Dr. Cyrut Adi-r. and "No tl lac Mordecai, Founder am I rx r.ie.tor from to IMS of warreni (N Female Seminary," by Mordecai, of Pi.I idilpnia. in an paper by David Bull berger, phi i-i- phia, In ress 1 to the wth the Jewish pppulatl a In he 1 States, lt wai es twn thai in ixl: tbe tal was no; over 1,990 Thirty years eaftei the had grown more t.ian 50.000, srhom 13,000 were in New lt City, LOW Philadelphia and 1.0*0 in Malt: more.

Mr ihersei matei the present Jesrisl pula lon of America at 500,000, whom 1 ar. to New-York. BVILDISO ASSOCIATIONS nows. A I'ANH' CAUSED irv A DECISION THE TEN KESSEE SUPREME COURT, Knoxville, Jan. receiver was ap pointed to-day for the Covenant Hulloing and Loa: Association, of this Ity, making the seventh am to jp! under in the last ti lavs Of the nine bui!" lng and loan asi i lately doing buslnesa li thia city there now only two left, and they ar.

doomed go within the next few days. The pani in building loan associations in this city arai ised di ision of Supreme Court, whtel provided that where a borrower forfeited t-rop 1st lon Ija-k the ap-vaunt had pii.l In. Following this, hundreds of suit were at on, begun, snd people who had mon. i 1 withdraw it. f--.

esme so fast mat money --ould n.c be obtained to ps) od one-third them. Publl aentlmenl waa bitterly opposed to ihe sssociatlona aral the Was that they went into receivers and wiii be wound up. Southern, whi wsa the second one to fail is said to hav" been Ihe larsen in the world, an had flto kholdera ir. every Northern, Kastern an-: Southern Stat-- and many of those In the Weet in nesrly every Instance rio- sssociatlona were perfectly solvent ondit lon when the receiven were appoint, l. POST-OBADVATE B08PITAL BBSEFIT.

benefit concert took pl ice list night in Csrnegli Hall In of the New-Tors Post-Grsduste Medical School Hospital, an excellent institution, which an Important charitsble as as educational work. Anton Betdl wai In of the concert, hlch wai given by full Metropolitan Perma? nent Orchestra, Fmll Fischer snd Mme. Gedekl Tauscher. Thi au- wai exceedingly spprecia live A conslderal ai waa lilied the hos i ital, and lt will be used In endowing additional fre. beds 1X1 VE Rs IT TTL I.

MI or ITT Y. An effort to rai-'- money for a rew home for University Settlement Society will ba made this When th-- council Of the society holds Its annual meeting al the City Club Beth Low will pr. side nnd be made by Bchura Ki hard Waison Gilder and others. It ls estimated that Sir-. wi be meded to purchase tbe and the halaling, nf thal sum has been aub scribed by James Spryer, v.

k. Macy and Jacob ii. IOBSES Bl hi RE. cincinnati. Jun block bounded hy Race, Commerce, Vine and Second was the sceaa of a lei ructlve tire 2 o'clock this morning.

The hlaz. oririnated la the englne-ro -rn of the Herman Goepper Co maltnouse, or, and spread rapid lv to the cor iago establishment of Overman Schroeder, and the commlaalon houies of w. w. nair ft Co. i Mallen, Brown A c.

Theie were completely leatri yed, entailing a loss of about The adjoining were damaged by vv only, ar.d arer. upled -he following Arma: The Furniture VTsrebouee company, John Staun A. dealers in tobacco; the Cincinnati Transfer Com? pany! C. H- Belnhart fc confectioners; C. M.

Hoi! wsy ft Ca, dealers in salt; w. O. ll.il. centuais a. fi confectioners; John J.

r. kirai- Kerr Grocery Compsnj -S-' were tu ered bj Insursnee. Youngstown, Jan -'x. -i lie wholesale grocerj ivl mnej A co destroyed by thia morning. 'I mi- paused by a heatei In the i.

Thi 1 were as follows: l.eav Itt, oi ll ftc insuranci j. ft; Emil I2S.00U, Inaurai re. Eddy A Johnson. Insured Columbus, Ohio. Jsn.

leatroyed almost th entire buslnesa rtlon of the town of Centrehurs, Mtv in an the Aa? ron and Columbus Railway, th rr.lng Coburn I aenl ths assista aol pan Plre Department, hut it srrl ste to do much good. The property destroyed li a- followa: H. C. Smith grocery A vi Hawkloa ft Co, Iryso i Bteora John Haney, mea ta; Sol A. Wright, restauranl v.

A. Jacobi bakery Roarck, undertaker: the Armstrong buslnesa bio 1 C. Lewla'a dwell? ing. ia-- i 178.000, most the pi pert) ing or ly niui ance. Ottawa Jan village of Oatmeal: Point iltuated act tha river from thia city, wa vl-l-ed la--: nigh- by a walch destroyed the three i' pal norn the place Loss, partly covered hy Insurance.

BV8ISE88 BBA8SBBSTS. I sneed, rlawhtna ir ri of thia city have a voluntary pe? tition of nselvsnc) wi thi view liquidation ipauy. The CSUSI I I I ick of essh capital sn i int ol ibllttlea la it to ba wu-i Bomla il i mt I rn Lucas, fursll i. havi Med running to asular Trust Cont) nj protect fi pr. iii crediton io th.

i uncos that it wm snd tAst the period emi.ar tome: for the West Park Board rsn civil asainxt 8 Dreyer ft thc- banking r.rm wu a tri it. lbs wreck of the Hans ot illinois, and bli u.nd.rnen. aa Of ihe I'ark Hoard -PbUUp ll.r.r. 1 ex-Ma ar Hampstead Washburne and Oeorr- 3 -hneider whs wa, president of the Hank of Illinois ault to re-over COO.OOi), the amount of the bond damages of which ls the amount of the I'yrk fund on deposit in Driver's bank when it The been autho-irr-d bv Board.ta prasaeuts Mr vow l99felng a haigain in a l'lano or you Wont to aell Yon find what you ssnt In thfc UtUe sdvertlaementa in the a.arrow columns. LUGGED INTO THE ASSEMBLY THE WARD-FAIRCHILD FIGHT CROPS IP IN ALHANV.

a lively BXCMAJSga or be? MR. HIPTEP ANT' mt SCaVHUn OVatR Ul rViMMIHSK'N'KH EMU LY TEi.nnnAri? to the TKiniNE Albany, Jan 2s. -The Ward-ratrcblld factional fiuht. which has so often disturbed the political ftt re of ld sst boater county recently, was car? ried morning to the Hoer of the Assembly The facts leading up to the spirited con? troversy of to-day Inte-estlng. About Week ago Senator Bums, in the legato, and bbl sentatlve in lbs Assembly, Mr.

Emmet, mtroduosd a bill placing the authority to point a Commis? sioner of with the County Judge of W'citl cliester County. The appointment has heretofore r--nd with th Sheriff, the I-Atloi ney. the County Tn usurer and the County Judge, who are at present all Rapubll saa Tbe first Uuras of these officers I ive decided upon John gy-lis. of Yonkers, SS --andidat- for the office, while the County Judge would name, ii boom rted, al Senator Burns dictation. Stafford.

Finding that his datc was opposed, three to oin-. Senator It-irns pealed to th- Legislature to change the law rela? tive to the appototaaaal of a Commissioner of Jur? ors In order, according to Mr. Musted, that he may dis Barga pi woona! obligation. This, was the condition of affairs when the Judl committee of the Assembly yesterda) after? noon took for consideration tbs Hums-Kmim-i bu a bearing upon ihe measure had I.n asked for. and loth parties interested In Um mea-sure ap? peared.

Senator Huns te presented by Jacob Hateted, while Mr. Husted hid on hand Fratth Mil? lard, chairman of the Republican County Commit? William L. Wini. Congressman de, t. and Georgs Andrews, the District-Attorney.

Tbs chairman of the Judiciary Committee ls Kobert hirer, of Albany. Mr. Hcherer WSS COUBsSel for Mr in th. Ward-Falrchlld contost last fail, in lbs srguntent the tacts oncerntng tbe rn- soars stated above were brought out .1 lotion w.is rued with tbe committee, which pass. 1 tbs Westchester County Republican Committee by a two-thirds vote.

protesting against tin- passage Of MIT. Th- Judiciary Committee then went Into executive BSSStbn. and by a vote of 1 to ib to report, not the bill upon whb the he.iring was had, but the bill of gerator Puris, whl ls Identical tbe Kmnet MIL This bill was reported by th- commit? tee this morning along with other bills, which were read frmi the desk, but lt was not announced with the others until Mr. Husted asked if smh a Mil bad not been reported. Aft-r considerrble delay li was ssrertalned that the rums bill had been reported, whereupon Mr.

Unsted moved that lt be recommitted, not to the Judiciary Con mltfee, hut to the Infernal Affairs Committee, wfJOSe property, argued, it was. the isasaa as any other county Mil. Mr Hi'sted said tb-it he made this motion In ord that the Mil might have fair and impartial hearing, whb it did not hive tn the Judiciary committee, and which could not be had there when it was considered thal th' chairman of that commltfc had been counsel of Mr Fairchild in the Ward-Falrchlld tight He added that of ike RepuMlcan party ir, 'he bill ouphf to be wall taken care of In the Com? mittee on Internal Affairs, to which he desired la have the bill referred, the chairman of that com? mittee "hailed from Tiotra County." As soon SS Mr. Husted had finished his 1 1. Mr Sch-'nr lumped to his to reply tack made upon him.

He denied that lie was In? dues. -I In tbs committee by the part he had taker, the Ward-Falrchlld fight, and asked what Mr Musted would think If he openly charged that the BttltudS Mr. Rusted had taken on certain railroad bills had bun influenced by a great railroad mag? nate, who had assisted him to his place of influence In the House Mr. Efusted asserted that the Influence of no rall ri-ii magnate or rporatlon bad ever anV ted his irsi in regard to any measure since be entered Ihe Legislature, and hoi never been counsel for or nnect. In any way with any corporate interests leslring leal lotion Hi concluded asking Speak'r if his contention that the bill'should eriy ko to Internal Affairs Committee was not "orreot.

Mr O'Orady replied that he had the bili f-'y the Jadlclary Committee because tnat was thi disposition of the bill, and that he had so referred a similar bil' with regard to Monroe County. Messrs Rohbins. of Allecinv. Marshall. Kines, nnd Oreen, 1 defended the cialm of the chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

ut expressed surprise thsi Hr. Husted should rge bim partiality In regard to the m. asure Mr explained that he did not desiri 1 impugn the honor of Mr. 8-herer, but he Coe Assembly could see for how such a reis tlon as Mr Soberer had held to the political situa? tion In Westchester County would intlu-nce action In regard to the present MIL moilun of Mr Husted Was then put and lost, and the report of ibe judiciary Committee was adopted. The Richmond Count) Polia Reorganisation hill, which was on the calender of third bills.

1- passed by a party after a wrangle over a i-otnt of order raised by Mr. Finn. The advanced by unanimous consent and passed Mr. Nixon's lull appropriating 15,001 for aerfectlon of tbi disinfecting apparatua to tx used by the Health Officer Of thc Tort of New-York in warding off the hub nie plague, hut Just before ad? journment Mr Nixon movnl to reconsider th-- rote by wblcb it was pe bb ed. He explained thal the bill had not been three on th-- members' desks was reconsider and the was ma-b- a lol ord.

for 1 Igbt Mr. Austin's bill, authorising the construction hy Ihe United States of an electrl al conductor subway New-Tork, was passed Mr Mathewson's bul, rovidlng for the navthg of New-York, advanced to a reading AssemMymaa Brown, of Fulton and Hamil? ton, pres. nte.1 a bul prohibiting the sale or alfi of tobacco to minors In State prisons and making si ti gift or BfJe a misdemeanor Aus? tin presented, by rei-u. st, .1 bin placing the power to revoke theatric al ii enses erith the Mayor of New-York. Instead of with the courts Among the Introduced were the following: By Mr, iper Providing for the appointment of a State- Examiner of at a salary of a year, and six Deputy Stat" Examiners il tl.KM The leven appointees ar.

to const.mt- tbe State Hoard of Examiners of Eng neers and bold ellice for ten years. By Mr fur the establishment of 1 public park at One-hundred-ond-elghty-lirat-sL ind New-Tork City. Ry Mr. from ItStS to 12.000 the salaries of special deputy connected with the Appellate Dividion of the Supreme Court in N'ew rk city. By Mr the punishment for break? ing the Sabbath not more than tri or iwo days' Im? prisonment for a tim offence, and 110 or five days fur next.

By Mr. the State Hoard of Examiners ir. Optometry. ccnslstir.K of four parsons, v.11,1 r-rl'tir persons emcagul in the practice tiebout Slate certillcates to them By Mr for the attachment of automatic locking devices io passenger elevators, ar.d for their Inspection by the State Factory In By Mr at two cents during com? mission hours the rate Of on the broad? way. Brooklyn, and Twenty-thlrd-st, New-York, ferry, ind the Broadway, und Itoosevelt St, New-York, ferry.

By T. P. the pilotage fees for different of vessels entering the port of New York By Mr. for the tppolntment of mr additional deputy fc-'ory Inspe -tors at 1 salary of taJBO, to Inspect metal dishers, buf? fers, platers and brass-workers' manufacturing es? tn New-York, ISrooklyn Ihiffulo and Syracusa. ii, Mr 09,000 enable State Engineer and and tbe Stale Su? perintendent of Public to completi the of tie Upper Hudson Valley.

liv the Hoard of Stree; Opening in NewTork lo direct tbs Corporation Counsel to open any Stree) or avenue when 1 vi-r In his Judgment, public convenience requires tbs same to be done, without the consent of the owners of abutting property. LEXOVTS COMMITTEE ORGANIZES. Ml INVITATION ntOM ITS CRAIRsUN TO TROai WHO ARE I'OWX ON TRUSTS, glbaay, Jan O'Orady to? la-. Banoon ed Ike Aosembly mambors of the Trust Investigation Committee. The m-n n- sele ted ar' Mr Bedell, of Orango County; Mr.

Warner, of Slogan County; Mi net. of New-Tork, and Mi Barry, of New-York. Tbs first three are Republi? cans and Issi 1 democrat. Tlie Senate mem? bers, ed yestei ay, uti Messrs Lexow, ii The loin! un ttei met this iftem fir the first time and il nco went Into secret session. Aft-r lt bsd adjourned, Senator Lexow, bad been selectod chairman, gave out thc to tog Btatemeal 1 Tic juit.t committee of the Legislators appointed to invest.sate trusts for the of re tug remedial legislation has now rrrgsnlitti io cari Int effect the purpose of lu appointment, lt ls Obvious th.it the of me investigation dc pen to a ii-tj un at extctit upon ihe of the people.

All are Interested in a practical solution of the involved. It the desire of committee to establish ai the outset a latbin of mutual confidence between committee and people, snd to that end the fullest freest com? munication of and proposed remedies HOltcited. The opportuiity ls now presented of meeting Iks serious problems confront.ng our entirely, and the committee mhi, f- caw nothing undone that may enable lt 11 r. a lust lair adeq.ua ta ooneiua-on. Where there .1 wrong that should be righted, an (kat he removed or a remedy that should be aoDliad in connection with this subject.

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the facts, rond.tiona and proposals shouid be laid before the committee, In order that they may os considered upon the question of ihe Character Ol legislation to ba finally reported. All requests tor heuringa and comm uni cs tiona generally ahouie ns addressed to the chairman of the committee at Al? bany. The committee decided to make an immediate study of all the documents In State Library upon former InvcstlKnilons of lae working of snd There have be-n several of this character within ten Senator Lexow said the committee would not hold a session in New-York City thia week, SEW RIVERSIDE DRIVE DILL. HR AUSTIN ADOPTS THK THIIU'S'K'S BUGOB8TION. HU LATEST MEAgPRI r-ROVIDBi FOH CONNECT INO THK DRITI WITH BOULEVARD l.AFAY BJTTI OKH VIADUCT INSTEAD OP nu inhtbad of $t'i rsui 'RT TO THE TRIBl'VE Austin, of New York, who energetically pushing for the ex tension of Riverside Drive, Introduced a meas? ure ti.i* morning which, he say.

out the pinn outlined In to day's Tribune The original hill Introduced by Mr. Austin provided for four via? ducts- ono at Manhattan Valley, ene al inwood Valley, ore Trinity Cemetery and one across Bpuyten Duyvil Cre the expense of which, as pointed out in The Tm.np* to-day, mlirht prove a burden for the bill to carry The pases ure submitted to-dsy providi for inneetlng River Drive with the Boulevard Lafayette, Involving the const ru. lon a ilngle viaduct over the de peeasian si Manhattanvllle. This 'would aupply a splendid roadway from One-bundred-and-twenty fourth-st. to i me-hundred-and-flfty-eevi nth-st.

The original bill called for an expenditure of more than while the one submitted to-day could be carried out al sn expense of a little j- isw, Tba remainder of the pinn, sa auggested Ly Mr. Auatin, could be left to future years for completion. Mr. Austin announces that or. February 0 a near? ing win t.e niven on two Riverside extension bills, in order that it may be determined which to retain, ll.

to-night: "I think lt would be rnagnlfl -nt ides to extend Riverside Drive to Bpuyten Duyvil Creek, hut the city ls hardly rich enough at present to assume bu. financial burden as that wouid Involve. estenslon of the Drive to Lafayette Boulevard win be a magnlHcent Addition the pr. nt River aide i'ark ind system, and it can ba made at mod.rate cost. I am anxloua to through the Legialature such tells these betor- Q-reater New-York is established for we will riot have lits ax much money to spend after that aa wa now.

Temporarily, rooklyn and Long Island tty will have the pecuniary advantage ot" the unio.i of the elli, fl." NO TAX ON STATE B0ND8. TH Ii SENATE PASSES THE CONTROLLER'S BILL TO SUSTAIN NEW-YORK'S CREDIT. Alhany, Jan. There was another hfsht calendar in thc Senate thia mi ming many Senator! sere absent Senator Ellsworth's bill exempting bonds, from taxation came up for flnui action, and rfenitor Ora ly moved to recommit lt to the Com? mittee on Finance with instructions to strike out the enacHng clause. He declared that it was a vim.

nation ajr.iinst the individual borrower, and he thought that the Limit of ex mptlon from taxaa in had been It th.s bill wera to pass lt would place an additions! hut den upon the taxpayers, New-York would hiv'- to bear per cent of Ulla ad? ditional burden, even though her filbrtrr did no; hold a dollar of thi ie in ll Senator Krum. of Schcharle, also opposed the bill measun proposed to exempt ai; honda hereaftc Issued taxation. As 1 to the com? mittee, lt po exempt bonds heretofore la? med, bui ic- waa thankful that the provision had te. stricken out was rlrst tim in the history of the State when lt hal been said ered necessary to thi ow a sop to cap.iaiists to in? duce them to buy Stat Whit was the condi thai th I parture from all precedent, Some ot the received the le.0W.00u of canal bonds, the Controller told him, re leas par, bul wa- ona bid foi the whole $4,000,000 st i pi mium of of a cent, a proviso that th. bid should be ld if i ie in li wi ra not exempt fr, tux itlon.

Thia Md ter knew rhat und-r the the State these aunts were liable to tax.it.-.r. What r.L-.-i; had he -o anticipate that these bonds should ie exempted from "I he continued, "that behind thts si Md there sta: da a avndlcate, -i trust, it, whom Interest this legislation li proposed. Thia hill ls it. the of the millionaire and against the real meas of the people Senator Cantor said understood Senator Krum to anxious to preserve the credit of the Sr.tte. but if this till did nol pass ihe bonds would have to ba sold I and thia would i oi la credit of the in very desirable light contended that there were no cent in existence which were subject to taxation.

Senator Ouy thought that Senator Krum wai In the general principia that lt was wrong Lo exempt any property from taxation. Hut the was abOUl tO issn- f9.000.000 of bonds aol If they were exempt from taxation they would hiing 1-3 of per cent mon-, which meant a aavtng of SSO.OOO to the people. If tra bill did not pass, trie bonds would be bought up by Wall Str.et syndi? cates and sent out of the State, and would taxation anyway After others had spoken. S-nator Ellsworth the debate, reviewing all the arguments presented and the circumstances which, he said, the passage of the bill. A tollcall was then ordered.

Tiie rall proceeded slowly and SOCUpled nearly an hour, nearly every Senator explaining his vote. The olll wus finally Ort JO ll. as follows: Cantor, f'hahoon, Cogges hall, Ellsworth, ford, Gallsxher, Orant, Guy Har? rison. Hlirble. Higgins.

Humphrey. Johnson, Koehler, I.exow. Malby, McCarren, Parsons, Raines, Strar.ahan, Tibbits, Wlem.in, Daley. Feetherson, Foley, Ora.lv Krum. Martin.

Mc Nulty, Munzlnger. WI get Ouy Introduced a bill increasing from to the appropriation for th- new Harlem River drawbridge In New-York City Senator Orady Introduced a bill enabling Assem? blyman Timothy Sullivan to take the examina? tion for admission to the bar without pusslnfc the Regents' preliminary examinations. --e AM ANNEXATION BILL AND ITS OBJECT. Albany, Jan. Senator Koehler to-day Intro? duced a bill providing for the annexation of Long Island City and thu of Flushing, Newtown.

Jamaica and a part of the town of Hemt stead. In Queens County, to the county of New-York, as ns to the ity of New-York. Tha object, lt tuspected, ls to cul short tba official tenn of Will? iam who has Just been elected District Attorney of gu.en.s County COSVOCATIOS WEEK. THE lUV.KNTS HAVR A TIMK FIXED FOR THE AX M'AI. EDUCATIONAL CONQRESE Albany, Jan.

date for holding the annual convocatl. of RsgSOta of the University ha? li, en under ll'-usslon for the last three Tn ts recently aeat te every Institution In the Bute In ted bi tha matur auxgestiona, a-al the re pliea tabulated to-day show that voted to have the annual OOOVI cation bl fin nd ay eVi tung and continue ail dav 'r -liv -i IVedneadsy ths after the June exsinlnstlona ngi the convocation thia year on June jx, md Al thi isl In my -rest ll vx loss on the ew.i Irrg of July 3. and at the ot hst extreme lt in.iv etSSx a earlier Bsvsaty-Svi Instltutieaa roted foi the prevlour nty-tno for Thill adey. Fr.da. sad Ineiead of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the week, wh.ch will hereafter ba known sa Convocation week, snd on.y twelve f- the o.d dat-.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday stier July 4 Colleges, academies snd prof. saional and technical schools aeem to havt practically the sam. preference, as their vuu, were In about sam. proportion Thia shanga eatabllshea three distinct educational weeks end of the school week, sndlns the ihltd Friday In June, commence? ment minediately following, and convocation week, fol ow.og thst In tum QOTBBBOB BLACK'S WESTS. Albany, Jan.

L. Moore. Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, and Mrs. Moora 3AD ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THK Brooklyn Life Insurance Company of New York, ii un I I AMBj-fffj, Hy Honda arel MKatr's i Mlea and Lnaaa on i all Real K-tate. in the -c.

ls kljm Caen In Truat p.ai ina en Ooatpanr's own I' Interest but i 1'. arni t'OpSl actual full est of An- ntr' ,4 -a i -4 90 1.141111.111' Tn R. s- LiabtlltUt -n Pi 1 I S'i bj tam Btatdard '-ii '4 Total Tn s-jrp'ii'. Iv f. rm il ag ,4 I.IAIIII.ITY OliSTlMHM.

lot UkfWatg ok BkDoWMEST 11 4ortine-ii? of nml tlriaaee 4 omntHtee Um liol lo Hi, 11 nita I a. ir -li ri Ia fe In 'rufv ii', mt i-r jil meei aa I -1 ct prr.pertii mpanv. In faa, real asiii. nt. and tin 1 1 lt.

and mm KKI.IX 1 AMI I M. ll, V. ll I BnttaOUfJa -V Kl Iii''- We, rr.aml^r* of pissant with the 4 and 1 eoeur la the MP KY Ki' IIAIt: SON or rn wm. M. ProaMowt.

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OIFH Btl Brooklyn Life Insurance Ca's LIBERTY VKIV-IOHH. Flint's Fine Furniture. IDEAL The Midwinter Number FEBRUARY CENTURY Reidy Saturday, Jin. 30. Get an early copy? The edition of the January Century was exhausted within a few days of issue.

The serials Campaigning; with by Horace Porter, and Wynne, Free Quaker," by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, are the magazine suc? cesses of the year. Reddy on Saturday at II o'clock. nw! hnve heen guests o' Oovemor ai 1 1 ii for dava Mr.

Moora eras 1 it tend tho banquet Riven to Mr. Platt. II- A morrow for Hlnirhamton. -o LAST YEARS DEATH BATE. Albany, Jan.

IN According to lUstfJ of the State Board of Health Isa toefl were reported In thc monthly I St I UfcCss deaths. lu 1,000 less lnyed returns, not recorded In I crease the actual reported mortalltj to il at the death for whl-ti me neaw per of population: that 1H73: ot ISM. nt sadat lssto, There wk an aver ire S40. against 336 In 'Wo, 324 In ISM and In TWO BROTHERS ARRESTED FOB Kingston. Y.

Jan. gt (I On of Detective John V. Culloagh, ot N.w-Yorlt, Thomas King- and Kine arers arrostsd day for murder of Captain UsIllgSSj at Sauirertles, on NovesBoer orho sros foun4 dead on the highway BTlth his BOad Baangksd his DOekatS of over which knows to have- had. scene of the munVr ts BOSf Ssl home of the Klnp broth-rs. and or.

sagM ot the murder a iog by Thomas stabbed In the tusslo that tbs BUraeT. A man named Dougherty, who wa- 1 friend ll Kings, was arrested for the murder a tea sall after and committed suicide by I 'hroal while in the lock-up In an Bngine-houae, using tia broken edge of the neck of bottle has rested on Thomas KlnK ev. (In tl because of his dog haviag beei tectlve McCultouah has been irking on the ever Btnco with the result tl, it ire oul 1 rant the arrest nf the to-dav A hearing was hud this afternoon be Justice Coon, rurik "I- his brother held to answer for the murder, wjb said that the authorities have possession of clothing worn by the murderer -cm- was taken from Ksopus iTeek. OBOfO thrown. CALL FOR HORTICl'LTIRlsTS TO MEET.

Ohio. A call has bv Tresldent rushman of the Ohio State Horti? cultural Society for a National Horticultural ventlon. to be held At Washington OS to consider and rccoromepd the most appNoflSBS Pedeinil State leglBlatlon for 1 r. jj Introduction std diffusion of "I w3ll fungi In the 1'nlted States The call -th. res of an understanding among the Beere aries or various State horticultural OPPOSITION' Tn PROFESSOR Jun At the ta? ll.inford.

Conn atora to-day aUrlgotd, af Hr: iga ort. drew om-o-ition the appointment alli be made on Tuesday CASTORIA For Intuits and Childrtn..