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Randall's Island, 805.
Rapid Transit Company, the, 804.
Reid, Thomas, sale of collection of pictures of, 859.
Remenyi, -, 856.
Renaissance, the, 847.
Renwick, Aspinwall, & Russell, work of, 793.
Renwick, James, pure American Gothic introduced by, 793 ; designs Grace Episcopal Church, 840.
Rescké, Edouard de, 855.
Rescké, Jean de, 855.
Reservoir, the old, 791.
Restaurants, 847.
Rhinelander, the Misses, gift to Church of the Ascen- sion, 841.
Richmond County Club, the, 850.
Riverside Drive, the, 795, 808 ; completion of, 808.
Riverside Hospital, 864.
Riverside Park, 795, 808.
Riverside Rest Association, the, 848.
Robertson, R. Austin, sale of paintings of, 859.
Robertson, R. H., work of, 793; designs St. Luke's Church, 841.
Roman Catholic Church, the, in New York, 842; growth of, 843.
Roosevelt Hospital, 864.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 832 ; efficient work of, 832.
Rowe and Baker, work of, 793.
Royal Clyde Club, the, 851,
Royal Northern Yacht Club, the, 851.
Royal Yacht Squadron, the, 851.
Rubenstein Society, the, 855.
Runkle, J. C., sale of pictures of, 859.
Rutgers Park, 806.
Rutgers Riverside Presbyterian Church, 842.
Rutgers Slip, 806.
S.
ST. ANDREW, Brotherhood of, 844. St. Andrews Church, 841. St. Agnes Chapel, 840. St. Bartholomew's Chinese Guild, 849.
St. Bartholomew's Church, 841.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 865.
St. Christopher's Home, 848.
St. Gaudens, -, 841, 855, 858.
St. George's Church, additions to, 840.
St. George's Memorial House, given by J. Pierpont Morgan. 840.
St. James Church, 841.
St. James Lutheran Church, 842.
St. John the Divine, Cathedral of, 809; corner-stone laid, 839 ; description of completed edifice, 840 ; de- signed by Heins & La Farge, 840; location of, 840.
St. Joseph's Day Nursery, 848.
St. Joseph's Home for Incurables, 843.
St. Joseph's Hospital, 843, 864.
St Joseph's Night Refuge, 848.
"St. Louis," the, 826.
St. Luke's Church, 841 ; designed by R. H. Robertson, 841.
St. Luke's Hospital, designed by Flagg, 794; location of, 809, 863.
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St. Mark's Hospital, 864.
St. Mark's Square, at Venice, 856.
St. Mary's Park, 808.
St. Michael's Church, 841 ; designed by R. W. Gibson, 841.
St. Nicholas Club, the, 850. St. Nicholas Park, 809.
St. Nicholas Skating Club, the, 851.
St. Nicholas Skating Rink, the new, designed by Flagg, 794.
St. Patrick's Cathedral, 791, 843; designed by Ren- wick, Aspinwall, & Russell, 793.
"St. Paul," the, 826.
St. Paul Building, the, designed by Post, 792.
St. Paul's Chapel, 799.
St. Paul's Church, 840 ; special religious service, 840.
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, designed by Robertson, 793.
St. Thomas' Church, 846. St. Zion and St. Timothy Church, 841.
Salvini, 854.
Sampson, Henry, collection of paintings, 857.
Sandy Hook, mortar defences at, 816.
Sarasate, -, 856.
Sargent, -, 858.
Satolli, Monsignor, 843.
Satterlee, Rev. Dr., consecrated to be Bishop of Wash- ington, 841.
Savoy Hotel, the, designed by Hardenburg, 793, 846. Schaus, William, sale of collection of, 860. School of Applied Design, the, 860.
Schuyler, Miss, 800.
Scribner Building, the, designed by Flagg, 794. Sculptors, 858.
Seaman's Christian Association, the, 848. Seawanaka Corinthian Yacht Club, 852.
Second Battery, the, 829; quarters of, 829.
Second Brigade, National Guard, 804. See House, the, 844.
Seidl, Anton, 855.
Seney, George I., sales of paintings of, 859, 860. Seton Hospital for Consumptives, 843, 864.
Seventh Regiment, the, 804; armory of, 829. Seventy-first Regiment, the, 829; quarters of, 829. Shaw, Wm. H., sale of paintings of, 859.
Shephard, Mrs. Elliot F., 839.
Sheridan, General, 818. Sherry's, 847.
Sherwood, Rosina Emmet, 858.
Shoe and Leather Bank Building, the, designed by Cady, 794.
Siegel & Cooper, huge emporium of, 794.
Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis, the, 864.
Sloane Maternity Hospital, 836, 863. Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Douglas, 863.
Smith, Charles Stewart, collection of paintings, 857. Smith, Dean of Barnard College, 834. Smith, F. Hopkinson, 818, 858. Smith, Harry, 856. Society Library, the, 862.
Society of American Artists, the, 858.
Society of Colonial Wars, the, 853.
Society of Decorative Art, the, 860. Society of Painters in Pastel, the, 858.
Sons of the American Revolution, the, 853. Sons of the Revolution, the, 853. Sons of the Society of the Cincinnati, the, 853. Sorosis Club, the, 850. Southern Society, the, 853. South Reformed Dutch Church, the, 841. Spanish Benevolent Society, the, 848.
Spencer, Albert, sale of pictures of, 859. Spinola, Marchesa di, 856. Spuyten Duyvel Creek, 816. Standard Theatre, the, 853. Star Theatre, the, 853. Staten Island, 804. Stebbins, J. H., sale of paintings of, 859. Stedman, Edmund C., 818.
"Steel-cage construction," introduced by Post, 792. Stephen Whitney Phoenix Library, the, 862. Stern, Bernhard, sale of paintings of, 859. Stewart, A. T., sale of paintings of, 859. Stewart house, the, 791. Stone, General C. P , 818.
Storrs, Rev. Dr. Richard S., offers prayer at Washing- ton Centennial Celebration, 800; offers prayer at unveiling of Statue of Liberty, 818. Strauss, Edouard, 854.
Street cleaning, department of, 796; improvement under Col. Waring, 796; reform in the working force, 796; costuming the working force, 798; ter- ritory covered by, 798; expense to the city, 798; appropriation for, 798 ; outlay compared with former years, 798; amount of gatherings, 798; personnel, 798.
Street-lighting, 795; compared with other cities, 796. Street-paving, criticism of, 795; compared with other cities, 795.
Strikes : surface street-car employees, 802; railway employees, 803; trolley street railway employees, in Brooklyn, 804.
Stuart, Mrs. Robert L., 861.
Sturgis, Russell, 793.
Sub-Treasury, the, 799.
Suburban Rapid Transit Company, 804.
Suburban Rapid Transit Railway, the, 815.
Sullivan, Algernon Sydney, 810.
Supreme Court of the United States, centennial cele- bration of, 801.
Sutton, Sir Richard, 851.
Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association, the, strike insti- tuted by, 803.
Symphony Society, the, 855.
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TELEPHONE system, the, 826 ; growth of, 827. Temple Beth-El, 843.
Tenement House Chapter of the King's Daughters and Sons, the, 849.
Terry, Ellen, 854.
"Teutonic," the, 826.
Thayer, Abbott, 858.
Theatres, 853.
"Thistle," the, 851.
Thomas, Theodore, 855.
Thorne, Edwin, sale of paintings of, 859.
" Thumb-nail " sketches, 789.
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, the, 860.
Tiffany, Louis C., 860.
Tilden Free Library, the, 861.
Tilden, Samuel J., bequest for free library, 861.
Times Building, the, designed by Post, 792.
Townsend Pavilion, Library, and Chapel, 863. Townsend, Mrs. R. H. L., 863.
Townsend's Civil War Record, 862. Tract Society, 848.
Tracy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, St. George's Memorial House given in memory of, 840.
Tribune Building, the, designed by Hunt, 791. Trinity Church, 840.
Trinity Church Association, 848.
Trinity Corporation, new buildings designed by Haight, 793.
Truax, Justice, library of, 862.
Tryon, D. W., 858. Turf Club, the, 850.
Tuthill, William B., work of, 794.
Tuxedo Club, the, 850.
Twelfth Regiment, the, 829 ; quarters of, 829. Twenty-second Regiment, the, 829; quarters of, 829.
U.
UNION Club, the, 850. Union League Club, the, 850 ; art exhibitions at, 857.
Union Theological Seminary, 837; removal to new buildings, 837.
United Charities Building, the, designed by Robertson and Rowe and Baker, 793, 847.
United Electric Light and Power Company, 828. University Athletic Club, the, 852. University Boat House, 836.
University Club, the, 802, 850.
University of the City of New York, the new quarters designed by McKim, Mead, & White, 792 ; 836 ; site
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transferred, 836; buildings of, 836; the "Ohio | Warren, Wilmot L., sale of paintings of, 859. Field," 836.
University Residence Hall, 836.
University Settlement Society, the, 848; important work of, 848.
Ursuline Convent, the, 864.
" VALKYRIE II.," the, 851.
" Valkyrie III.," the, 851.
Van Brunt, -, pupil of Hunt, 791.
Van Cortlandt, Augustus, 807.
Van Cortlandt, Frederick, 807.
Van Cortlandt House, the, 807; history of, 807; visited by William IV. of England, 808; Colonial Dames of New York given care of, 808,
Van Cortlandt, Jacobus, 807.
Van Cortlandt Park, 807.
Vanderbilt Clinic and Dispensary, the, 836, 863.
Vanderbilt, Consuelo, marriage of Duke of Marl- borough with, 846.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, dwelling of, 792; gift to St. Bartholomew's Church, 841; collection of paintings of, 857; library of, 862.
Vanderbilt, George, collection of paintings, 857; library of, 862.
Vanderbilt, W. K., French chateau designed for, 791 ; interest in the "Defender," 851.
Vanderbilt, Willlam H., 810, 863.
Vanderbilt, Mrs. William H., gift to St. Bartholomew's Church, 841.
Van Dyke, Rev. Henry, 841.
Van Ingen, J. H., collection of paintings, 857.
Van Renssellaer, Mrs., 800.
Veragua, Duke of, 802.
Verestchagin, Vassili, sale of paintings of, 859.
" Vigilant," the, 851.
Villard Houses, the, designed by McKim, Mead, & White, 792.
Vogl, -, 855. " Volunteer," the, 851. Von Bulow, -, 856.
W.
WALDORF Hotel, the, designed by Hardenburg, 794; Grant Birthday Dinner given at, 802; a wonder of new comers, 846.
Wall, Beriah, sale of paintings of, 859. Wang Shih Yuing, sale of porcelains, 859. Ward, J. Q. A., 858.
Ware, -, pupil of Hunt, 791; chief of Department of Architecture in Columbia University, 792.
Waring, Col. George E., Jr., department of street cleaning passes into hands of, 796 ; efficient services of, 796 ; reforms introduced by, 796 ; high standard set by, 798 ; force of command of, 798.
Washington Arch, the, designed by McKim, Mead, & White, 792.
Washington Bridge, the, 814.
Washington Bridge Park, 807.
Washington Centennial Celebration, 799 ; order of exer- cises, 799 ; enthusiasm surpasses Queen's Jubilee, 800. Washington, George, centennial celebration of in- auguration of, 799.
Washington Memorial Arch, a genuine outburst of New York's regard for Washington, 800 ; designed by Stanford White, 800; location of, 800; built by popular subscription, 801 ; a "poem in stone," 801. Webb, General Alexander S., 838.
Webb, Mrs., 800.
Weir, J. Alden, 858.
Wells, Joseph M., work of, 793.
West End Presbyterian Church, 842.
West Shore Railway, the, opening of, 804 ; goes into control of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, 804.
Wheeler, Mrs. Candace, 860.
White, Stanford, 836; art of, 841.
White Star Line, the, 826.
Whitney House, the. 791.
Whitney, W. C., collection of paintings, 857.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 800, 818.
Willard Parker Hospital, the, 864.
Willet's Point, 816.
Williams, I. T., collection of paintings, 857.
Wolfe, John, sale of collection of pictures of, 859.
Wolff, Christian H., sale of paintings of, 859.
Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, the, 865.
Women, education of, 835.
Women's League for Political Education, 837.
Working-girls, 839.
Working Girl's Vacation Society, the, 848.
World Building, the, designed by Post, 792.
Y.
YANG YAN Dock, sale of porcelains, 859. Yerkes, Charles T., collection of paintings, 857.
Young Men's Christian Association, the, fine library of, 861.
Young Men's Home, the, 848.
Young Women's Christian Association, 839; twenty- fifth anniversary of, 839; growth of, 839.
Young Women's Hebrew Association, the, 849.
Young Women's Home of the French Evangelical Church, the, 849.
Ysaye, -, 856.
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" ZOPHAR Mills," the, 830.
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