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NEW YOKK CITY. 



Dr. Sims's little grandson the statue was ac- 

 cepted for the city by Park-Commissioner Tap- 

 pan. The work was by Von Miiller, of Munich; 

 and the inscription, " Presented to the City of 

 New York by his professional friends, loving 

 patients, and many admirers throughout the 

 world," tells the story of its origin. 



On Nov. 18, Sunday, the day before Thorwald- 

 sen's birthday, a bronze statue of the great Dan- 

 ish sculptor was unveiled at the entrance in Cen- 

 tral Park on 59th Street and Sixth Avenue. The 

 memorial was the gift of his countrymen and 

 friends now living in this country. It was un- 

 veiled with appropriate ceremonies, including 

 the performance of a new " Thorwaldsen Canta- 

 ta," written for the occasion by Victor Bautic, 

 of Brooklyn. The presentation speech was 

 made by George Kirkegaard, and it was accepted 

 in behalf of the city by a park commissioner. A 

 prologue by the venerable Erik Bogh, the oldest 

 living poet in Denmark was read, and in the 

 evening a supper and ball were given at Tam- 

 many Hall. The music was by various Scandi- 

 navian bands. 



A beautiful memorial to the memory of John 

 Jacob Astor, consisting of 3 bronze doors 

 for the tower and the north and south en- 

 trances of Trinity Church was placed in po- 

 sition during the year. Each door has 2 

 leaves, and there are 3 panels in each leaf. 

 The architect Richard M. Hunt had supervision 

 of the work, and he assigned the main entrance 

 to Carl Bitter, whose designs are from the 

 theme " Thou didst open the Kingdom of 

 Heaven to all believers " ; the north door is by 

 J. Massey Rhind, and illustrates " I am the 

 Door of the Sheep " ; while the south is by C. B. 

 Niehaus, and is devoted to historical incidents in 

 the history of the parish and Manhattan Island. 

 The doors are of solid bronze, and cost upward 

 of $100,000. They are the gift of William 

 Waldorf Astor. 



Early in the year numerous cracks and other 

 evidences of disintegration were discovered in the 

 beautiful Washington Memorial Arch, and dur- 

 ing the summer the damaged portions were care- 

 fully repointed. At the annual meeting of the 

 Grant Monument Association, Col. Stephen V. R. 

 Cruger was elected to the vacancy caused by the 

 death of E. F. Shepard, and a full report of the 

 construction presented by Gen. Horace Porter, 

 president of the association, who said: "The 

 present rate of progress indicates that the main 

 structure can be completed in about two years." 



Political. A special election was held on 

 Jan. 30 to fill the places made vacant by the 

 resignations of John R. Fellows and Ashbel P. 

 Fitch from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Con- 

 gressional districts. In the Fourteenth Isidor 

 Straus, Democrat, defeated Frederick Sigrist, 

 Republican, and in the fifteenth Lemuel E. 

 Quigg, Republican, defeated William L. Brown. 

 The election of 1894 was held on Nov. 6, when 

 the following were voted for : 



Democratic (Tammany). Mayor, Hugh J. 

 Grant ; Recorder, Frederick Smyth ; Sheriff, Wil- 

 liam Sohmor; Judge of Superior Court, Charles 

 H. Truax ; President of Board of Aldermen, Au- 

 gustus W. Peters ; Coroners, John B. Shea and 

 Jacob A. Mittnacht ; also for 30 aldermen, 30 

 members of Assembly, and 10 congressmen. 



Republican. Mayor, William L. Strong ; Re- 

 corder, John W. Goff; Sheriff, Edward J. H. 

 Tamsen ; Judge of Superior Court, Henry R. 

 Beekman; President of Board of Aldermen, 

 John Jeroloman ; Coroners, William O'Meagher 

 and Emil W. Hoeber ; also for 30 aldermen, 30 

 members of Assembly, and 10 congressmen. 



Prohibition. Mayor, George Gethin ; Record- 

 er, Thomas D. Stetson ; Sheriff, John E. Han- 

 sen; Judge of Superior Court, Alfred L. Ma- 

 nierre ; President of Board of Aldermen, James 

 H. Hardy ; Coroners, D. Palmer Smagg, and 

 Thomas A. McNicholl ; also for 30 aldermen, 30 

 members of Assembly, and 10 congressmen. 



Socialist Labor. Mayor, Lucien Sainal ; Re- 

 corder, Enoch K. Thomas; Sheriff, Charles 

 Franz ; Judge of Superior Court, Henry Stahl ; 

 President of Board of Aldermen, Howard Bal- 

 kam; Coroners, W T aldemar Dorfmann and Au- 

 gust Waldinger ; also for 28 aldermen, 30 mem- 

 bers of Assembly, and 10 congressmen. 



People's Party. Mayor, James McCallum ; Re- 

 corder, ; Sheriff, George W. Mc- 



Caddin ; Judge of Superior Court, Nicholas 

 Aleinikoff ; President Board of Aldermen, John 

 B. Lennon; Coroners, Sigismund S. Goldwater 

 and Edward B. B\>ote, Jr.: also for 19 alder- 

 men, 20 members of Assembly, and 9 congress- 

 men. 



Subsequent to the exposures by the Lexow 

 Committee, and in consequence of the intense 

 feeling against any continuation of the govern- 

 ment of the city by representatives of Tammany 

 Hall, a canvass of unusual activity followed. A 

 " Committee of Seventy,*' nominated a ticket 

 (given above as Republican) which was accepted 

 and voted for by the following organizations: 

 The Republican party, the State Democracy, the 

 Independent County Organization, the Anti- 

 Tammany Democracy, the German - American 

 Reform Union, and the Confederated Good Gov- 

 ernment Clubs. At the election, all of the can- 

 didates of the Committee of Seventy were elected 

 by a majority. The plurality in the case of the 

 Mayor was 45,187 votes, and in the case of the 

 Recorder 54,748. Party lines were adhered to 

 more strictly for the candidates for the Board of 

 Aldermen, to which body 14 Republicans. 2 In- 

 dependent Democrats, and 14 Tammany Demo- 

 crats were chosen. From the county, 17 Re- 

 publican and 13 Democratic assemblymen were 

 chosen. For Congress, 5 Republicans and 5 

 Democrats were chosen. The city voted in favor 

 of the constitutional amendments, and also in 

 favor of the Chamber of Commerce rapid-transit 

 bill, authorizing the municipal construction of a 

 rapid-transit road, and in favor of consolidation 

 into Greater New York. 



Events. On Feb. 24 the Board of Aldermen 

 passed a resolution making the triangular space 

 at 73d Street and the Boulevard " Sherman 

 Place," in memory of the late general. On 

 March 21 the armory at the corner of 34th 

 Street and Park Avenue was formally turned 

 over to the city authorities, and the building was 

 taken possession of by the Seventy-first Regi- 

 ment of the National Guard on March 24. On 

 April 18 the corner stone of the old New York 

 University on Washington Square was removed 

 and relaid on the new university site at Sedg- 

 wick Avenue and Hampden Street. On June 8 



