RECORD OF EVENTS, 1904—Continued. 29. Justice Dickey, Sup. Ct., decides that Board | dissolve corporation. After declaring a dividend of Estimate is an executive and not legislative board March. 1. Three platoon system put in operation by Police Commissioner McAdoo. 2. Ten story hotel Darlington, in process of completion, 46th st. and 6th av., Mhtn., blown to pieces by bursting of hoisting boiler; 21 killed and many injured.-Heights Local Improvement Board votes for widening of Livingston st., Bkln. 5. Father Herman Ernst perishes with two servants in burning of parish house of St. Patrick's R. C. Church, L. I. City. 10. Fire at 70-76 Fulton st.. Mhtn., does $30,000 damage.-33 young men arrested at cocking main at 782 Union st., Bkln. 11. Chas. F. Broach ex-cashier Equitable Nati. Bank, sentenced to 5 years in Sing Sing for forgery. 12. Hudson tunnel between 14th st., Jersey City, over Morton st.. Mhtn.. opened, and party of twenty walk through.-Bench and bar of Bkln. pay tribute to memory of Justice J. O. Dykman.O'Rourke Construction Co. gets contract for P. R. R. tunnels under North River, $20,000,000; S. Pearson & Co. will build the four East River P. R. R. tunnels. 14. Contract signed for erection of 12 story hotel Woodruff, to cost $1,500,000 on site of old Pierrepont House, Montague and Hicks sts.. Bkin.-Northern Securities merger decision by U. S. Sup. Court declares merger to be in restraint of trade. Board of Health orders sheriff to vacate Raymond st. jail, Bkln.-Methodist laymen celebrate 25th anniversary of Brooklyn Church Soc. at Pouch Gallery, Bkin. 15. Metropolitan and B. R. T. agree to operate cars over Williamsburg bridge at 5c. from either borough to any part of the other. 16. General lockout of lithographers over the country. 17. St. Patrick's Day parade in Mhtn., headed by the mayor; parade in Bkln. reviewed by President Littleton.-President orders Van Cott investigation. 18. Failure of Danl. J. Sully, cotton operator. for $12,000,000 announced.-Gov. Odell signs election law bill amendment. 19. Appellate Division, II Dept., affirms decision of Justice Dickey that Board of Estimate is an executive rather than a legislative body.-Fire in furniture warehouse of R. J. Horner & Co., 109 and 111 W. 24th st., Mhtn., did $50,000 damage. 21. Williamsburg and Bushwick boards of local improvement vote to widen Roebling st.-Prospect Heights local board vote to strike 8th st., from Gowanus Canal to 2d av., from city map.-Opening of the new Broadway Theater, B'way and Stockton st., Bkln. 24. Large meeting of citizens in Historical Hall, Bklyn., authorizes Pres. Littleton to appoint Committee of 100 to raise $1,000,000 for new Academy of Music. 25. Supreme Court Second District decides that Pratt Inst., Bklyn, is not exempt from taxation.Fire in the Crane Gas Range Mfg. Co., 449 W. 14th st.. Mhtn., does $50.000 damage. 26. Fire at 59 to 63 Lower Bway, Mhtn., does $150,000 damage.-City Rubbish Crematory opened at 47th st., N. R., Mhtn. of 175 per cent. to stockholders Meh. 15, $250,000 was still left in the treasury.-General Arbitration Board of Building Trades representing majority of employers and skilled workmen, Mhtn.. vote that striking bricklayers and laborers, 16,000, return to work pending arbitration.-Aldermen vote to change Long Acre square, Mhtn., Times square.-Fire, 70 to 76 Irving pl., Bkln., does $100,000 damage to Vegetable Seed Oil Co. plant. to 6. Fire in subway, Mhtn., disabled 6,000 telephones.-New York Conference M. E. Church opens in St. Paul's Church, 86th st., Bishop E. G. Andrews presiding. 7. Prof. Borden P. Bowne unanimously acquitted of heresy charge by the M. E. Conference, Bkin. 8. Fire in paint and oil plant, W. B'way and Franklin st., Mhtn., does $150,000 damage.-Navigation opens between New York and Albany. 9. Chesebrough Works (Vaseline), which occupled entire block opposite Red Hook Park, 12th Ward, Bklyn., move to Perth Amboy, N. J.Mrs. W. H. Hazzard, Bkln., commits suicide at St. Denis Hotel, Mhtn. 10. Jubilee services in Central Congl. Church, Bkln., commenced, to continue three days.-Pure Food Exposition opens in Clermont Rink, Bkln. -U. S. Sup. Court decides that G. W. Beaver must_stand trial in Bkin. 13. Fire in the Adler paint and color works, 280 to 290 Gold st., Bkln., does $40,000 estimated damage.-Near side car ordinance of the Board of Aldermen repealed.-Cocking main party, Bkln., raided by detectives.-Fire damages paint plant, 76 to 84 9th st.. Bkln.. $40.000. 14. B. R. T. wins "car ahead" suit before Judge Aspinall, Bkln., the first of 50 pending. 16. Metropolitan Rowing Club quarters, 161st st. and Harlem River, destroyed by fire.-Title taken to site of proposed Queens Borough Hall, a triangular piece, with frontage on Thompson av., extending from Queens Court House to L. I. railroad tracks; cost $32.000.-W. C. T. U. jubilee. Williamsburg branch, at So. 2d St. M. E. Church, 20. David Rothchild, Mhtn., held for the Grand Jury.-Thermometer, 26 degrees.-29 of 33 young men arrested in raid on cocking main fined $10 each: 2 fined $100 each.-Gen. Barnes resigns as colonel of 23d. Regt., Bkln. 22. Sunday base ball games in Manhattan prohibited by Com. McAdoo, permitted in Bkin.Mayor approves East River Gas Bill. 23. Plans of New Bellevue Hospital, Mhtn., made public; to cost $11,000,000; shelter 3,000 patients and have a frontage of three blocks between 26th and 30th sts.. extending to East River.-First National Bank, Williamsburg, announces plan for eventual removal to the plaza, near New Bridge, and the organization of a new bank in Kent av., in place of First National, when removed.-Sensational developments over sale of police position in Magistrate Omen's Court, West Side, Mhtn.Food Show, Bkln., closes.-Swedish Hospital Fair, 14th Regt. Armory, closes; raises $15,000. 24. Police arrest 3 players and 3 score card sellers at baseball game, Washington Park, Bkln., to test law. 25. Barnum & Bailey circus opens in Bkln.$4,000 worth of jewels stolen by butler at 312 Garfield pl.-Metropolitan Jockey Club Track opens in Jamaica, L. I. 31. March grand jury. Mhtn.. make presentment in Darlington Hotel disaster matter; censure Building Department, but fail to indict sub contractors, -J. C. Colgate insures life for $6,500,000, said to be the largest individual insurance policy ever issued.-Board of Apportionment apropriate $2.-W. 30th st., Mhtn. Loss estimated at $200,000. 800,000 for repairing and $1,475,000 for water main for borough of Brooklyn.-Gov. Odell reviews 13th Regt. at Sumner Av. Armory, Bklyn. 26. Engineer of E. R. ferryboat drops dead as boat with passengers approaches B'way Ferry, Williamsburg, endangering many lives. 27. Fire destroys J. Stanly Soap Works, foot of April. 1. Good Friday observed with increasing interest in the churches throughout entire city.-The extension of piers in North River refused a second time by Sec. of War Taft, following the decision of Sec. Root in 1903. 3. Fire, corner of Mott and Bleecker sts., Mhtn., does $50,000 damage.-Easter Sunday, clear an cool. 4. Captain Henry Beam Baldwin elected major of the Forty-seventh Regt., Bklyn. 6. New York East M. E. Conference begins at Simpson M. E. Church, Clermont av.. Bkin. Stockholders of the old Academy of Music, Bkln., 28. Brooklyn Horse Show opens under auspices of Riding and Driving Club, near Park Plaza. 29. Sheriff seizes Broad st., Mhtn., office of Broker W. E. Woodend. 30. Brooklyn Law School takes possession of its new quarters in Eagle Building. May. 2. Justice Gaynor, Bkln., decides Sunday base ball playing in Bkin. legal. 4. Capt. McNamara, murderer of Rob't Jennings, sentenced to life imprisonment by County Judge Crane, Bkln.-J. F. Dolan, a prisoner in the new Tombs, Mhtn., of which he was the builder.-City Improvement Committee meet at Borough Hall, Bkln. 5. 5,000 boilermakers of the New York District strike.-Mrs. Fred. Schmidt, 389 Lexington av.. ends life by jumping from Williamsburg Bridge. 7. Annual Police Parade, observed in public schools. RECORD OF EVENTS, 1904-Continued. 9. Rear end collision on 3d av. L, Mhtn.. bet. 56th and 57th sts., kills motorman. 10. Washington fast freight train wrecked on N. H. and Hartford R. R., near Portchester, N. Engineer and fireman killed. Y. 15. Excursion steamer Gen. Slocum, carrying 2,000 excursionists, burns to water's edge in East River, off Randall's Island, with frightful loss of life.-Bkln. Derby, Sheepshead Bay. 12. Veto by Governor Odell of Remsen Gas bill, and Law's Delay bill announced.-A largely attended dinner given by the Brooklyn Bar to ex-drews unveiled in Appellate Term courtroom, Judge George G. Reynolds, at the Pouch Mansion, Bkln. 13. Rear end collision on Third av. L. near 99th st. station; nearly a score bruised and cut by glass. 14. Firemen's parade, N. Y. City.-Opening of Luna Park and Dreamland, Coney Island. 17. Court of Appeals decides that resolutions of local boards of preceding administration do not lapse. 18. Stoppage of surface cars all over borough by fire in 3d av. power house, Bkln.-Racing news discontinued by Western Union all over the country. 19. Work started P. R. R. East River tunnel, corner of Borden and East avs., Long Island City. 2). David Rothchild of defunct Federal Bank found guilty of stealing $10,000 note. 21. Corner stone of Richmond Borough Hall laid at St. George.-H. D. Babcock killed in polo at Van Cortland Park.-Strike of 1,900 freight handlers on East River, Mhtn.-Danl. F. Doody released from Sing Sing. 24. Dr. R. C. Flower, under indictment for larceny, forfeits $23,000 bail.-L. I. Railroad Co. withdraws representative from Grade Crossing Commission.-Twenty-first anniversary of opening of Brooklyn Bridge to traffic. the 1. Geo. W. Beavers appears in U. S. Federal Building, Bkln.-The John R. Platt and Mrs. Elias case ventilated in Mhtn.-Andrew H. Green's memory cleared. 2. Parade of Greenpoint (Bkln.) Sabbath school children; 3,500 reviewed by Mayor McClellan, nr. 4. Caesar Young shot in cab, W. B'way, Franklin st., Mhtn.-Bkln. S. S. parade; 90,000 to 100.000 in line.-Boys' H. S. wins championship of the Greater New York Interscholastic Debating League. 5. Wind storm sweeps over the city.-Northampton, L. I., commences 250th anniversary. 6. Fire destroyed the 7 story drug building of McKesson & Robbins, 77 Ann st.. Mhtn.; loss. $100.000.-Collapse of derrick on South roadway of Williamsburg Bridge kills one and injures three. -Hoefer Wall Paper Co., 148-150 W. 23d st., Mhtn., burned out; loss, $125,000. 7. General blockade of B. R. T. cars caused by lightning burning out feed wires in early morning. -Mrs. Elias arrested, taken to headquarters. 8. Mrs. Cornelia Storrs gives certified check, $20,046.-Dr. R. C. Flower's bail forfeited to District Atty.. Mhtn.-Bedford Presb. Church burns $17,000 mortgage. 9. Mrs. Elias' bail reduced to $30,000.-Double fire in tenement houses, 496 and 591 Bushwick av., Bkln., did $15,000 damage; thrilling rescues. 10. Criminal suit against Mrs. Elias collapses.Mrs. E. H. Birdsall settles with creditors at 35 cents on a dollar; liabilities, $32,969.06. 11. Fire at 457-459 Broome st. does $175,000 damage to lace and woolen yarn stock. 12. Fire in restaurant at B'way and Houston st.. Mhtn., damage $200,000; in factory at 206 E. 15th st., Mhtn.. loss $150,000. 13. Nan Patterson indicted for the murder of Caesar Young. 14. Morris C. Menges secures verdict for $1,112,000 against Louis Fitzgerald in Part VI, Supreme 16. Flags on govt. buildings and public schools at half mast over the Gen. Slocum horror. 17. Tablet in memory of Justice George P. AnMhtn.-Police Com. McAdoo authorized by Mayor to contract for raising the sunken Gen. Slocum. 18. Rear elevated crash, 123d st. and 8th av., injures 10. 22. 600 men from 72 tailor shops in Bkln.. E. D.. on strike.-Sloop "Theo. L." blown up, foot of 34th st., Bkln.; 2 killed. 24. Between 5,000 and 6,000 garment makers on strike.-Appellate Div.. Sup. Court, Bkin., Justice Woodward writing opinion, decides transfers on B. R. T. are obligatory at all points.-New public market in 8th Ward, Bkln., approved by Board of Estimate.-Rapid Transit Com, approve granting franchise for railroad connecting Ridgewood. Queens, with Bronx.-W. J. Donahue, painter, falls from under central span, Bkln. Bridge, to river and is picked up unconscious by tug. 25. Dowie (Elijah II.) arrives in N. Y. City.Cornerstone of new Pres. Church (Irving Sq.), laid, cor. Weirfield st. and Hamburg av. 26. Record June heat, 92 deg.-Cyclonic thunder storm visits portions of Bkln.; seven lives lost. 27. Tailors' strike in city numbers between 35,000 and 40,000. 28. Rob't Parker, Bkln., makes fatal leap from Williamsburg Bridge.-Slocum inquest jury bring in sweeping verdict of criminal negligence. 29. Fire at 483-485 B'way, Mhtn., does $130.000 damage; 80 firemen overcome with smoke.Cortelyou orders reinspection of every New York steamboat.-Memorial meeting of Slocum dead at Cooper Union, Mhtn., of German residents. July. 2. President Roosevelt arrives at Oyster Bay.Board of Apportionment appropriates $250,000 for new Bronx Court House, 161st st. and 3d av. 3. Double fare trouble on Coney Island surface roads creates popular excitement. 4. Fire destroyed automobile factory, 36th st. and 13th av., Bkln.; total loss, $350,000. found in Argentine Republic. 5. Fugitive Chas. E. Forbes, indicted for forgery. 6. Excavation of Mhtn. terminal station of Penn. R. R commenced.-Reinspection of 500 N. Y. passenger carrying steamers begins by 18 inspectors detailed from outside districts.-Trolley collision on the Brighton Heights div. of the Richmond L. and R. Railroad, near Bard av., Livingston, injures 8. 9. Miss Bertha Dolbeer, daughter of San Francisco millionaire, leaps fatally from 9th story of the Waldorf-Astoria. 10. Collision of two excursion trains Greenwood Lake Division of the Erie R. R. kills 17, injures 51. 12. Double murder at Jay and Pearl streets. Bkln.-100th birthday anniversary of Alex. Hamilton. 13. Body of H. B. Kingsley, wealthy Vermonter, who disappeared Nov. 14, 1903, found in Harlem River.-National strike of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers' Workmen of America against Beef Trust extends to New York City, 3,500 going out.-Accounts of H. G. Buckley, Supt. of Flatbush P. O. station, Bkln., who disappeared July 11, found $495 short. 14. Collision on B. R. T. trolley at Kings Highway, Bkln., injures four. 18. Federal inquiry into Slocum disaster commences.-Lockout declared of between 5.000 and 6.000 carpenters by Building Trades Employers' Assn.-Trolley crash at Bergen st. and Utica av., seriously injures four.-Warrant issued charging President H. H. Rogers responsible for death of lineman on Richmond L. & R. Co. 20. Short cut for Shore road across Ft. Hamilton reservation, Bkln., opened.-All butcher strikes in the various packing houses declared off.-Fire in Robert Burns casting factory, 74 Rutledge st., does $12,000 damage.-Collision between L. I. R. R. construction car and trolley car near Freeport L. I., injures a score of excursionists. 21. Auto carrying four and freight car collide at Gravesend av. and King's Highway, Bkin.; 4 injured, 1 fatally.-Nine autos burned in auto RECORD OF EVENTS, 1904-Continued. mobile station, Dreamland; loss, $20,000 Corner- 28. Attempt to wreck battleship Connecticut stone laid of new St. Mark's M. E. Church, discovered before launching. Ocean av., Bkln. 23. Semi-centennial anniversary of the Republicans held at College Point, L. I.-Carpenters' lockout ends. 26. Strike of 300 men from 5 unions in Rapid Transit subway, Mhtn.-Aldermen, 62 to 8, approve application of N. Y., Westchester & Boston R. R. to cross Bronx streets. 27. Official notification of nomination for Presidency to Theodore Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay. 28. Clothing strike which commenced June 22, N. Y. City, collapses. August. 29. Battleship Connecticut launched from the Bkin. Navy Yard.-Fire at Greenwich and North Moore sts.. Mhtn., damaged the glassware house of Fitzpatrick & Co. $100,000. 30. Fire did $250,000 damage to the packing house and refrigerating plant at Tenth av., bet. 13th and 14th sts., Manhattan. October. 1. Striped suits discarded for first time in all penal institutions. 4. Fulton st. section of subway, Brooklyn, begun, 5. Mayor McClellan summarily removes Park Commissioner Schmitt and six civil service com 1. J. L. Rice leaps to his death from Williams-missioners. burg Bridge.-Violent thunderstorm; lightning strikes Post Office, Tammany Hall, Flatiron and Chambers buildings, Mhtn.-Fire in Smith & Co.'s varnish works, L. I. City, does $100,000 damage. 2. Bishop Potter dedicates subway tavern, Bleecker and Mulberry sts.. Mhtn.-Bkln. Union R. R. Co. make application to abandon Hudson av. branch of L road. 4. H. G., Buckley, postal clerk, Flatbush, surrenders and held in $1,000 bail for Federal Grand Jury. 5. Lockout by building employers of 30,000 men. 8. Lockout of employes by Building Employers' Association goes into effect. 9. Ground broken for new Y. M. C. A. building, cor. South 9th st. and Marcy av., Bkln.-Trolley collision on Smith st. line, at Coney Island and Neptune avs., Bkln., kills one and injures two.Justice White, Supreme Court Special Term, Bkln., decides eight hour labor law unconstitutional.Leak for the second time in subway tunnel under river to Bkln. 10. Strike of between 3,000 and 4,000 N. Y. City butchers.-Purchase of site, Lafayette and Clermont avs., Bkln., for Masonic temple announced by Masonic Guild.-Judge Parker notified of nomination at Esopus, N. Y. 11. Two fatally and one seriously burned in explosion of Travis, Bailey Varnish Works, 90 Richardson st., Bkln. 12. Collapse of steel bridge, 204th st., Bronx, on the N. Y. and N. H. Railroad just as the Boston express had passed over, injured two workmen, one fatally. 15. One killed, 17 injured, by counterbalances falling on crowded elevator cage, 707 B'way. Mhtn. 18. Trolley accident near 41 7th av., Bkln., jures eight: another on the crosstown line. Kent and Division avs.. injures seven.-Experimental trains running in subway from City Hall, Mhtn., to Harlem. 6. Automobile plunges over bank on Jerome av., Bronx, and kills three.-Fire foot of 25th st.. skin., in the State Brick and Empire Co. building does $100,000 damage. 8. Heath. American driver, wins great automobile race on Long Island. 9. Dr. Simson during three services in the Gospel Tabernacle, 8th av., Mhtn., raises $70,400 for foreign missions.-Ainslie Street Pres. Church commences a week of celebration of 50th anniversary. 10. H. G. Buckley, defaulting P. O. Supt. at Flatbush, Bkln., sentenced to one year's imprisonment.-"Al" Adams' term expires at Ossining. 11. The first trolley car passes over the Williamsburg Bridge from the plaza to Clinton st., Mhtn.-Peace Congress convenes in Mhtn.-Philip Weinseimer's trial for extortion begins.-Whitney horse sale at Madison Sq. Garden realizes $461,050. Medler brings $51,000. 12. E. O. Quigley, ex-Wall st. banker, released from Sing Sing. 14. Fire in Bush Terminal Docks damages 5,000 bales of hemp and jute. 15. Dedicatory tablet placed on Williamsburg Bridge. 16. First work on N. Y. connecting tunnel from Glendale, L. I., to connect Penn. R. R. and L. I. systems with N. H. & H. R., begun. 17. In tenement house fire, 15 Moore st.. Bkln., 6 perish and many severely burned.-Removal announced by the President of Robert S. Rodie, supervising inspector of steamboats of the 2d Dist.; James A. Dumont, chief inspector of hulls, port of New York, and Thos. H. Barrett, chief inspector of boilers, port of New York. 18. Michael Dwyer fatally injured by trolley in-crashing into his carriage.-Paul Goddard, French expert in stones, jumps from Williamsburg Bridge on Mhtn. side, near Tompkins st.; is instantly killed.-Court of Appeals decides vaccination law constitutional. 19. Antonio Mannino, 8 years old, kidnapped from Amity st., Bkln.. Aug. 9, and untraced by the police, was returned by stranger to his home.Carnegie Library dedicated at Far Rockaway, L. I. 20. Lower parts of Brooklyn inundated by rain torrents; entire Greater City flooded at various points. 23. Mrs. Florence E. Maybrick lands in N. Y. City. In addition to the 30,000 men of the Building Trades Alliance, N. Y. City on strike, 10 unions comprising 24,600 men voted to join them. 24. Four tenement houses, 55 Siegel st., Bkln., burned; 220 persons homeless; loss. $20,000. 25. Philip Weinseimer, pres. Bldg. Trades' Alliance, held in Court of Special Sessions, Mhtn., under indictment for extortion. 26. A second indictment for Philip Weinseimer. 27. Archbishop of Canterbury (Eng.) arrives in New York City. September. 19. Jury finds Weinseimer guilty. 20. Oscar E. Shaul, ex-principal of public school, Brooklyn, commits suicide at Little Falls, N. Y. 21. Fire in 6-story feather factory, 137-141 North 10th st., Bkln., did $40,000 damages. 22. A test train of 3 cars, B. R. T., crosses the Williamsburg bridge. 25. Fire at Bush terminal dock, 44th st., damages 2.500 bales of cotton.-Chas. W. Johnson sentenced to Sing Sing for life for murder of Geo. F. Abbott, July 11, 1904. 26. Sixty-third anniversary of the founding of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.-E. M. Morgan designated as acting postmaster at Mhtn. by bondsmen. 27. Celebration of the opening of the subway, Mhtn.. to the public.-Funeral of Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott, St. Paul's M. E. Ch., W. End av. and 86th st.. Mhtn. 28. Fire in the early morning destroys four ocean steamships and two Bush Terminal Co.'s piers, foot of 42d st.. Bkln.; loss, one life and estimated damage, $750,000, 29. Fire in glue factory. 224 Front st., Mhtn., does estimated damage of $30,000. 31. Celebration of 150th anniversary of founding of Columbia University (Kings College); cornerstones laid for four new buildings; school of mines, Hartley Hall, new chapel and new dormitory.Collision between 9th av. and 42d st. surface cars, Injures a dozen passengers.-Christian Froelich, electrician, first victim killed in Mhtn. subway at 14th st. station. Mhtn.. November. 1. Three tablets to Slocum victims unveiled in Middle Collegiate Church. Mhtn. 2. Sup. Court Justice Smith dissolves temporary injunction stopping Williamsburg bridge cars. RECORD OF EVENTS, 1904-Continued. Fire at 14th and Hudson sts.. Mhtn., paper box factory, did $50,000 damage.-Elm st., Mhtn., opened for traffic. 3. B. R. T. trolley cars start on Williamsburg bridge.-Court grants application for appraisal board for Manhattan terminal for Bkln. bridge. 4. Ferryboat Columbia, Wall St. line, sunk by collision with City of Lowell, Norwich Line: no lives lost.-Fire, 620 B'way, Mhtn., Ideal Plaiting Co., did $75,000 damage. 5. 75,000 crossed the Williamsburg Bridge. 8. General election. 10. Three perish in flames in flat house, Lexington av. and 97th st.. Mhtn. 11. Judge Van Wart, 2d Municipal Court, decides that transfer upon transfer must be given by B. R. T.-Fire at Rotary Press Sign Works, 35-39 Adams st.. Bkln., does $75,000 damage. 12. The Hotel Breslin, B'way and 29th st., Mhtn., opened for guests.-Brooklyn party start for St. Louis. 13. Entire city swept by coast gale and telegraph wire service prostrated. 14. Philip Weinseimer sentenced by Judge Newberger, Ct. of General Sessions. Mhtn.. to 1 year and 8 months in State prison.-Twentieth annual horse show opens at Madison Sq. Garden, Mhtn. 15. Fire at St. Mark's and Flatbush avenues, in Bolton Drug Co., loss estimated, $20,000. of snow fell.-Second trial of Nan Patterson begins. 6. 3d session of the 58th Congress assembles.-Fire in the storage department of the Standard Automobile Co., 146-148 W. 39th st., Mhtn.. injures 5 persons and does $200,000 damage to stock.-Close of Hudson River navigation.-Carnegie repeats denial of signing Chadwick notes.-Meeting of 14 presidents of the great railroads at Metropolitan Club, Mhtn., in conference. 7. Richard A. Canfield and Manager D. W. Bucklin indicted as common gamblers, plead guilty and fined $1,000 each.-Hugh McLaughlin dies suddenly from heart disease.-U. S. marshal arrests Mrs. Chadwick in Hotel Breslin, Mhtn., accused of collusion in securing $12,500 on "N. G." check.Almost a panic in Wall st.; Amalgamated Copper falls 92 points.-Mrs. Chadwick's bail fixed at $15,000, 8. Fire in chapel of Holy Trinity R. C. Church, Mhtn., does $20,000 damage.-Not able to furnish bail, Mrs. Chadwick goes to the Tombs. 10. Clinton Av. Congl. Church gives Dr. Thos. B. McLeod, its retiring pastor, a certified check for $20,000.-Funeral of Hugh McLaughlin at St. James Pro-cathedral, Bkln.; hundreds standing bareheaded in snow storm outside the cathedral; flags at Borough Hall and other public offices half mast. 11. First Baptist Church, 79th st., Mhtn., cele16. Trial of Nan Patterson for murder of Caesar brates its 160th anniversary.-Fire at 271 Water st.. Young begins.-Commander Booth Tucker sails for Mhtn., Hoople & Androvette, does $150,000 damage. England.-B. R. T. files petitions with Borough-West End Hotel, Rockaway Beach, destroyed by fire. Pres. Littleton to close 1st av.. 63d and 64th sts., in Bay Ridge for terminal purposes. 12. Snowfall of 6.8 inches.-Dr. Samuel T. Carter upheld by Nassau Presbytery. 18. Car telescoped on the Kings Co. "L" in East New York at Crescent station; several only slight13. Weinseimer gets a stay of reasonable doubt. ly injured.-Fire in Terminal Warehouse Co., 28th-Mrs. Chadwick, indicted, goes back to Clevest. and 11th av., Mhtn., does $50,000 damages. 20. Twelve perish and two injured in tenement house fire at 186 Troutman st., Bkln. 21. Trolley collision at Liberty and New York avs. injures twenty passengers.-A. M. Lamar, broker, Bkln. and Mhtn., fails. 26. Jacob Berry & Co., brokers, Bkln., assign, liabilities $230,000.-Queens Co. Court House badiy wrecked by fire.-Mounted police detailed on Fulton st.. Bkln.-Canals of State close. 27. In fire at 72 B'way, Flushing, 1 life was lost; $30.000 damage. 28. Nan Patterson jury discharged, one juror incapacitated; new trial Dec. 8.-Heights local district board resolves to initiate widening of Livingston st. proceedings.-Poultry show, Macy Bldg., Herald sq.. Mhtn., commenced. 29. Court of Appeals upholds decision of transfer upon a transfer on surface railroads. 30. Ground broken for new Arlington Av. Presb. Church, Bkln.-Pres. Atkinson of the Polytechnic Inst. and Pres. Levermore of Adelphi suggest that the two colleges co-ordinate as an initial step in the formation of a Brooklyn University. December. 1. Berry & Co.'s total debts scheduled at $741.786; assets, $257,877.-Cotton for Dec. breaks to 84c.. a break of 9c. from 17c. in February.-Prince of Japan Sadnaru Fushimi at Hotel St. Regis, Mhtn. 2. Mary Washington, D. A. R., unveil tablet on building 51 Whitehall st., where Washington embarked Dec. 4, 1783.-New R. C. parish to be started in the near future with church located at Coney Island av. and Av. C, Bkln.-Parsons resigns as Chief Engineer of Rapid Transit Commission. The first collision on subway at 142d st. and Lenox av. between "local" and work train injures one person and damages two cars. -Ferry boat crash on Hoboken Ferry Line injures twenty.-Board of Estimate votes for city to own electric lighting plant.-A. Enterman's molding mill, 79th st. and 5th av., Bkln., burns; loss estimated at $25.000.-Election officials paid off at 65 Reade st., Mhtn.-Laying of the corner stone of the Y. M. C. A. building, cor. Marcy and Division avs. and Rodney st. 3. AH Souls Universalist Church sells church property to Sts. Peter and Paul R. C. for $47,500. -Interborough Tunnel Co. (A. Belmont) buys a half block in L. I. C. on West av., between 4th and 5th sts.. to construct a tunnel from that point under East River to Grand Central depot. 4. Mrs. Leroy G. Chadwick, a reputed millionaire, in financial straits at the Holland House, Mhtn.-Frank Furlong arrested for murder of his aunt, Mrs. Margaret Keeler, Nov. 28, at 82 E. 114th st.. Mhtn.-Banquet given at Hamilton Club, Bkln., to Chief Judge-elect E. M. Cullen.-4.3 inches land, O. 14. Break in 20 inch water main at 86th st., for 6th av. subway and a perpetual franchise to Mhtn., floods subway.-Twenty-five year franchise the N. Y. and N. J. Tunnel Co. for tube under 9th av. and Christopher st., to 4th av., Mhtn.. recommended by Rapid Transit Commission. 15. Bridge Com. Best's contract with Bkin. trolley companies over Williamsburg Bridge sustained by Justice Maddox. 16. N. Y. Central buys two blocks between 43d and 45th sts. and Depew pl. and Lexington av. for terminal purposes, the lower block including Grand Central Palace.-Seney Hospital, Bkln., receives $425,000 for improvements.-Mormons buy property to locate Church of the East at 151 W. 123d st., Mhtn.-Weinseimer at liberty on $10,000 bond. 17. The Glen Island, sound steamer of the Starin line, burned to the water's edge, three miles from Greenwich, Conn. Nine perished in the fire, two passengers and seven of the crew; eight passengers and fourteen of the crew were rescued.-Fire at 184 So. 9th st., Bkln.; three perish and four fatally burned.-Seven and one-eighth inches snow fell.-Fire in Ridgewood Color Works, 304 No. 7th st., Bkln., does $50,000 damage. 19. Feldman & Weiss, builders, Bkln., assign, with liabilities $436,565.80, and no unincumbere 1 assets. Fire in 5-story brick and stone building, 115 Warren st.. Mhtn.; over $20,000 damage.-June 8. 1905, decided upon as Parade Day for all Sunday Schools in Bkln. Six Day Cycle Race. The thirteenth annual six day cycle race began at Madison Square Garden at midnight Sunday, Dec. 4, 1904, and ended at 10 P.M. Saturday, Dec. 10. Root and Rorlon carried off first honors, the former defeating Stol of the Stol and Vanderstuft team, with which a tie existed, in the final one mile dash to decide the winners of first prize. Third money went to Samuelson and Williams; fourth to Keegan and Logan. A tie existed for fifth place between the Krebs-Foegler and In the mile dash to decide Breton-Gougoltz teams. it Krebs beat Breton. Turville and Mettling finOf the eighteen teams ished in seventh place. which started in the event five withdrew on Wednesday because of a dispute with the referee over a lap gained by Stol. These were Walthour and Monroe, winners in 1903; Bedell brothers, Mayo and Newkirk, McLean and Bowler, and Butler and Moran. The winners of the covered 2.386 miles and 6 laps for the 142 hours. The record is 2,733 miles and 4 laps, made by Miller and Waller in 1899. race LOCAL NECROLOGY, 1904. The arrangement followed in this list is: Name of person, position in life, date of death and age. BROOKLYN. Abrams, David, photographer, April 15, 80. Ammerman, E. P., war veteran, Sept. 10, 67. Barker, Edw., produce merchant, Nov. 7, 63. Barnard, Jos. F., ex-justice State Sup. Ct., Jan. 6. 80. Barnes, A. C., publisher, Nov. 28, 62. Bazin, J. H., clerk Health Dept., Oct. 5, 84. Bennett, Jos., veteran Civil War, April 21, 70. Betts, J. H., war veteran, Jan. 24, 66. Blake, Ephemia Vale, authoress, Oct. 22, 88. Bowen, W. C., veterinary surgeon, Feb. 16, 80. Bronson, J. A., veteran Civil War, Feb. 12, 61. Brower, R. L. old resident, June 30, 83. Brown, J. C., statistician, Dec. 12, 52. Brown, Hannah, old resident, July 22, 101. Brown, Louis, silk mfr., April 12, 35. Bryant, Wm., carp. and builder, Aug. 8, 71. Bryers, J. J., paymaster, Feb. 9, 67. Bungart, P. J., varnish, May 3, 61. Burgess, Wm., florist, Jan. 31, 83. Burnett, T. J., wire mfr., Aug. 10, 48. Busnan, P. H., pres. type f'ndry co., Jan. 19, 63. Cashon, Thos., coppersmith, Oct. 10, 75. Carrick, Hugh, decorator, Feb. 6, 74. Chadwick, J. W., clergyman, Dec. 11, 64. Chambers, Jas., ship joiner, Feb. 11. 72. Close, W. H., Civil War veteran, March 16, 67. Collins, Lewis, arbor culturist, Jan. 9, 71. Connor, G. A., veteran Mexican War, Feb. 19, 79. Cowill, Wm., old resident, May 18, 87. Creighton, Wm., merchant and mfr., Apl. 11, 67 David, Mary, superior St. John's Hospital, Jan. 26. 65. Dean, Jas. E., banker, Jan. 21, 63. De Wigne, Fred., ex-deputy comptroller, Jan. 29 Dimon, Theo. D., ex-politician, June 1, 62. Ernst, Herman, R. C. priest, Mch. 5. 33. Furman, Geo. W., manager ferry co., Jan. 2, 82. Gardner, W. L., wholesale fruits, Mch. 21, 60. Gelson, Patrick, manager Eagle press rooms, Gennery, Fredk., cigar mfr., June 27, 72. Gibson, J. H., mgr. of Thrift. Mch. 29, 35. Gleason, R. W., tinware mfr., Apl, 10, 71. Graham, T. W., war vet., July 15, 75. Hagendorf, C. L. F., old resident, Feb. 20, 73. |