The New York Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1874, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1874.—FRIPLE’ SHEET. STARVATION. Destitution of the spectable Poor. Re- THE SOUP KITCHENS. Superintendent Barnard as an Expert. & Timely Gift trom the Gold Exchange. ——_+__— ANOTHER CHARITABLE EXHIBIT. ‘The systematic effort now making for answering the complaints of poverty in the streets of the city bas resuited in arousing a_ spirit of rivalry in benevolence and works of charity that is not only commendabdiec, but also creditable to the best side of human na- ture. In the pictures of poverty given below it will be seen that rich and refined ladies from elegant uptown residences have deemed it their duty to give a helping hand to the poor by visiting the poverty-stricken in their Miserable dwellings, and also by rendering other womanly assistance. THE SOUP KITCHENS. Yesterday, at twelve o’clock precisely, the Ben- Bett soup houses were opened in four different police precincts of the city, corresponding to the Sixth, Seventh, Eleverth and Fourteenth wards, ‘These soup houses were located as follows in the diferent wards: SOUP HOUSES. Sixth ward, No. 110 Centre street. Seventh ward, No. 79 East Broadway. Eleventh ward, No. 285 Second slreet. Fourteenth wara, No. 53 Spring street. All these soup houses have been established under the careful supervision of Mr. Delmonico and his well known chef de cuisine, Mr. Charles Ranhoffer. At each soup house in the three upper wards there 1s a large iron boiler, to hold 120 galions of soup, and at the Sixth ward soup house there are two boilers, holding each 120 gallons, HOW THE SOUP IS MADE. M. Ranhofler yesterday, being a true artist} made his beef soup as follows, it being presumed that the quantity of soup is 120 gallons:— One hundred and sixty pounds of beef. Two gallons ot carrots. 0 gallons of turnips, ‘0 gallons ot celery (green leafs ive heads o, cabbage. One gallon of onions. Three gailons of rice. Eighty gallons of water. The becfis of the best quality in the market, and consists of choice rib and shoulder pieces, It is the intention of ches Ranhotfer to furnish a differ- | ent soup each day to the poor who may make ap- plication for relief. No interior or thin soup will De made, and all the ingredients will be of the best quality that the market affords, At the station house in each ward where a soup Kitchen is located tickets are issued from the desk to a!l decent persons, those applying on be+ half of families or children being served first. The tickets are printed plalaly on green paste- board and are to be had at the station houses, THE SIXTH WARD SOUP HOUSE. The first soup house opened yesterday was that at No, 110 Centre street, corner of Frankiin street, An entire foor—the second—was occupied by the Kitchen. Here the assistants, who had been up as early as four o'clock in the morning to attend to the preparations necessary for the making and delivery Of the soup, busied themselves, Mr. Morgan Jones, formerly Congressman from thedistrict, was on hand at an early hour, and Captain Kennedy, of the Bixth previnct, was also present to afford any assistance in their power towards the furtherance of the object in view. Officer Frank Caddell, who 1s acquainted, from long residence in the ward, with all the poor and needy people in the pre- cinct, was specially detailed by Captain Kennedy to examine applicants and see that no impostors applied for relief, Frank is of a humorous turn of mina, and he relieved by his quaint remarks the slight delay caused by the long of applicants crowding each other. Mrs. Foster, the matron of the Tombs, and acharita- bie lady visitor, who does much good among the poor prisoners In the Tombs, called at the Sixth Ward soup Kitchen and tasted the soup, Mrs. Fos- ter and her Jady friend, Mrs. Mary A. Smith, hav- ing tried the soup, pronounced it to be a rich, ‘well flavored and excellent soup, and they were Pleased with the cleanliness and expert man- Sgement of the kitchen, A long coun- ter was stretched across the kitchen, ‘which'is twenty-five feet front by fifty feet in depth. Outside of this counter the applicants were ranged and each person was served with the rich, hot soup in tin mugs, holding about a pint each. ‘Tne desire is to furnish families who do not wisn to | puodlish their poverty with as much soup as their Jamies can drink to take home, and those who bring kettles or pitchers are allowed to take them home full, A great number of | men of respectable appearance called yes- | terday at the Sixth ward kitchen and drank their ill, and when they called for soup two or three times they were not stipted in the ple The kitchen, which was out of repair, ‘Was fitted up, gas fixtures placed in it and all the ‘Windows glazed at the expense of Mr. Morgan | Jones. Mr. Jones pronounced the soup to be the | best he had ever tasted at a public kitchen, and he has had considerable experience in soup kitchens, | baving becn on a soup committee as long ago as 1853 in the Sixth ward. From noon yesterday until six o’ciock in the evening, when the kitchen was close: tor the day, 420 per- | @ons had applied tor soup, which are Clas- sified (rom actual count as iollows:—1s0 women, 160 children and eighty men. ‘there wes a large | crowd in aticndance when the doors were Opened, and the stream continued until dark, ere velng @ Sligit cessation of applicants at about three o'clock, It was ustonishing to see the mumber of children, who cume with pitchers, pails and tn kettles, und on being questioned as to Who sent them for soup these little wails of misery, all of whom were clean and Beat in their attire, an many of them | bright-eyed apd smart-looking, invariably an- swered, “My mother sent mi some adding, | “She is sick,” or, jamma is hungry, and so am L” Twenty of the men who drank their soup before leaving the kitchen were cripples, or disabled and over sixty years of age. ‘The Sixth ward soup Kitchen will open this morning at nine o’clock, when @ good hot soup will be served. At each of the precinct kitchens there are stationed three ex- yernes assistants, who are Frenchmen by pirthand | joroughly understand the divine art of cookery. Every day the soup will be changed—lentil soup on one day, bean soup on the succeeding days, alternating With beef and pea soup. At the Sixth aa soup house it was a very busy time yes- day, men being employed carrying in huge sides ef beel, barrels of onions, turnips, carrots and cabbages. The soup i made by cutting up | the meat in small square morsels, the Bones being removed and the vegetabies and | nee added thereafter, Chef Ranhotfer will visit , the soup kitchens every day during the opera. | tion, and will give his personal attention to the | details of the making of the soup. In order to be | certain of ite ‘or he tastes each boiler as itis | made. This insures good soup. Many of those | ‘who have taken the soup ask for a piece of bread, that being the only thing needed to make the: happy. Some families want two or three quarts of soup, to be taken by the representative whom they send for it—generally speaking achild, THE SEVENTH WARD SOUP HOUSE. Two hundred and filty soup tickets were issued from the station house in Madison street to the deserving poor who called for aid. Most of the | opie who called carried their soup home from ie soup house in this precinct, which is located | at No. 79 East Sfoadway. There were not so many applicants at No. 79 East Broadway, as might be expected, the cause being that yesterday happened to'be Ash Wednesday and a fast day, the inning of Lent, and 11 1s a cardinal princi- Roman Catholics to abstain totally from lesh meat on ail forbidden days in Lent and on Rogation and Ember days. There were three a sistants of Delmonico’s at the s: up kitchen at No. 79 Kast Broadway all wal yesterday, and last even- ing, He RP acne out soup to the needy lo ndred ons of | goup Were used at this pla Sree eee ELEVENTH WARD SOUP Movs. This soup house is located at No. 285 Second Street, near Clinton Market, and was visited by Mr. Siro Delmonico, Chey Rinhower and Captain | Murphy, of the Eleventh zens Oj the ward who tal the ae One Loa soup of an excellent quality were up here, the meat being quite eee id of @ very good Navor. Spices and vegetables were used, and over 160 persons precured tickets from Captain Murphy, the Sergeants at the desk Abd Detective U'Connor, Who Was present at the recinct, and other citi- | © & sriendly interest in and twenty gations of | | | | | ' 4 | tle child, @ daughter, is very sick and for some | cupy—they have but one—is pare of furniture, but * | money.” The kind-hearted lady visitor went out AG~—the eves of the ladies who povacked them sainatier.. The piace will be open this mornin; ‘delivery of soup at nine o'clock, Ld Seren eeemeenan inte eaeenty cants may vhoxrmmnrd WARD SOUP KITCHEN. The soup kitchen in the Fourteenth ward is located on the ground floor of the old station house No. 63 Spring street, and Officer Quinn, of the Fourteenth precinct, was dttailed by Captain Clinchy to keep order and assist in the distribution of the soup. which was of the same excellent quality as that served up at the other soup Kitenens, Mr. Delmonico and his chef, Ranhoffer, visited this place and approved of the quality. One hundred and twenty galicns of soup were dis- tributed here, and the kitchen was closed about four o’clock to permit the cooks to prepare for to day. ‘The kitchens will open at nine o’clock. A VERY SAD CASE OF POVERTY. Yo THe Epitog or THE Hera! I ventured, threugh your columns thts morn- ing, to appeal anonymously to a benevolent public in behalf of @ poverty-stricken widow, with an idiot son, and already this evening she hag called upon me to express her graritude for the avundant charity which has poured im upon her all through the day Emboidened by this result | now presume, over the responsibility of my Own signature and without the knowledge of the person reierred to, to state the case—one of, perhaps, the hardest in real life— of a poor gentleman in absolute distress. This gentleman was introduced to me a few weeks ago by one who has only a single competitor for the leadership of the bar of this city, with the view of obtaining for him some small office in the public service, There was none that 1 could myaels bo- siow upon lum, and the pressure of overwhelming avocations disabled me from making much effort elsewhere. He was introduced to me as an accomplished lawyer, who, after serving with dis- tinction through the war, beld for some time the position of Assistant United States Attorney in one of our large cities; and not only his accomplishments, but also his character and habits, were voached for in the strongest terms, I have personaily investigated the matter, and endorse the recommendation. He is cousin toa distinguished former Member of the British Parlla- ment, who 18 Low Governor of one of the Provinces; but his cousin, who countenances him in every way, is unable to give him any oficial referment, because he isan American citizen, I have just learned that he has a wife and tour chil- dren in a condition of absolute starvation, The wile is ill with pneumonia, and there 18 not a cent in the house. A person of refined and distinguished manners, he is ready to do anything, Cannot sume oi our prosperous jawyers, great newspapers or others give him employment, humble though it be? And ih the meantime will not the charitable come to the rescue of his family? I dare not give his name or address publicly, but will do so to any one who will poet with me upon the subject at my Court. It is impossible for me to myself take around a subscription paper to tie Bur, and we all know how ineifectual are secondary agencies in such cases, especially when the profession has been so olten feeced py impostors, In the full hope ol a generous response in money and offers of work to this appeal, I remain, Mr. Editor, respectfully yours, MAUNSELL B, FIELD, PICIURES OF POVERTY. Hundveds of the Poor Flocking to St. John’s Guild—A Few Cuses of Destitu- tion Brought to Light Yesterday—Fifth Avenue Ladies Offering their Services as Scumstresses for the Poor—Gemerous Gift from the Gold Exchange. All day long the courtyard and vestibule of the school building of St. John’s Chapel, in Varick street—well known for the past erght years, and famous for the last few weeks as the headquarters of St. John’s Guild, were crowded with the poor. Aged women and scantily clothed girls—many of the latter possessors of rare but unripened beauty—were there, with the sick ana the maimed among men, as delegates from the great gathering of the hungry, homeless and miserable of all climes who have sought for advancement in this, the metropolis of the New World, One old and crippled woman, as she left the steps of the Guild office, lifted her hands, and, in the depth of her emotions of thankiulness and joy, cried out, ‘God bless the rich who are char- itable to the poor.” ‘i Many women, too, from the wealthiest and most refined tamiiies of New York, had congregated there, offering the contents of their purses, cloth- ing from their wardrobes aud food from their own kitchens, to those who, for perhaps the first time, felt their hearts beating with feelings of love and thanktulness towards those whom they were wont to regard with envy. Une lady, a resident in Filth | avenue, and well known in fashionable soctety, came as a delegate from her little daughter | Jessie, beariug the proceeds of a calico party | which had been given at their house. When she saw the real suffertug, which she had hitherto but | giigtened with the satisfaction that onty can feel on such an occasion. At the bottom was @n entire uncut piece oi @ card with these words :—* trunk are for the family of the compuser.” came in good time; for, notwithstanding. the many gifts which have come to these destitute ones, their debts were of such magnitude that neurly everything has been oy in payment tor the bread and other 100d g since consumed, The Jamily, though thankful tor the many unexpected kindnesses shown them, would be much more pleased to find thrown in their way a situation for the lather, who is @ musician of celebrity, by means of which they could become seil-supporting. If ever the hun.an eye showed A HEART MADE GLAD it was the eye of Mr. Wiswall, the Master of Bt. John’s Guild, when yesterday, ata moment when applications for reliet came taster and faster, aud donations seemed falling away, the loilowing LETTER FROM THE Goi EXCHANGE was received :— New York, Fob, 18, 1874. Rev, Atvan Wiswatt, Master of St, John's Guild -— Dean or—It gives’me pleasure to enclose a check for $250, that portion of the amount of indiyidoal contribu- tion’ by members of the New York Gold Exchange, for Feilef of the dexiitute, appropriated to your society. Very A respectfully, &c., Wi P. WESCOTT, Secretary. Jonn’s Guild and the Downtown Poor. The following additional contributions were re- ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall for the poor of the Filth and Eighth wards, and handed to the Almoner of the Guild, Mr. Henry C. De Witt:— [Those desiring to visit the office of the Guild will remember that it is in the school buildings at- tached to St, John’s chapel, Variek street, between Laight and Beach streets.} THROUGH THE REV. 8. H. WESTON, St. DD. Josie Dey.... a $5 00 For tie Poor.. 1 00 DO 5 00 George Whitney. 100 Mrs, E, Bootman, 10 00 Amelia Evans, 1 00 For Charity 10 J. Ne be 10 00 Misses Harvey..........ssseseeeeeeee + 4000 THROUGH MRS. WILLIAM HASTINGS, B. Wood. se ” 50 00 William Hastings & Son 50 00 ‘The following to the Kev. Alvah Wiswall, St. John’s Guild oflice:— Mrs, Varian......... oe 200 New York Gold Exchange, through W. P. Wescott, Secretary... 250 00 sherwoou, 200 D. A. for the 11 00 Wiiltam Whollahan, 100 L, M. Carroll. 15 5 00 200 Total..... teseenes $472 75 Previously acknowledged 4,120 55 Grand total. $4,593 30 Contributions to this fund may be sent to the HERALD oitice; Mayor Havemeyer, City Hi » Ve B. Ostrander, President 01 the Merchants’ Fire In- surance Company, No. 149 Broadway; Andrew W. Leggat, Collector of Assessments, new Court house; George Wilkes, M. D., No. 16 North Wash- ington squar i. K. Lansing, Karle’s Hotel; @. J. . Zabriskie, Cashier of Peopie’s Bank, corner of Canal and Thompson streets; J. L. Davis, Sheldon & Co.,, No. 677 Broadway, and Rey. 8. H. Weston, D. D., No. 3 East Forty-ilfth street, or to the Re’ Alvah Wiswall, Master of St, John’s Guild, St. John’s chavel, Varick strect. Packages 01 clothing, groceries, &c., should be sent to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, petween Laight and Beach streets, or il an order is sent a messenger Will call for any packages, Mrs. Judge Brady, No. 19 West Thirty-third street; Mrs, Joseph Velatield, No, 475 Fifth avenue, and Mrs. F. P. Burle, No. 24 West Filty-secon street, have kindly consented to receive subscrip- tions, AN EXPERT IN CHARITY. The Case of John Christ and Superin- tendent Barnard—A Damaging Affida- vit—A Starving Man Begging for What Was Duc Him. Good people are not afways as good as they seem, and the following littie story on one of the charity experts 1s a pleasant appendix to the say- ing of the same gentleman, that he thought all the money of the charitable should be sent through the regular channels of charity, that is, the exist- ing institutiuns. How this money may sometimes be diverted, as is alleged, from its proper course is shown by the case of John Christ. Many readers of the HERALD will remember the case of John Christ, who, in his misery, stole a shawl and pawned it to get his {amily bread. It | Was in 1872, and much public sympathy was ex. cited by the crime, so much so that justice took no cognizance of his case, and he was allowed to go free. The public was much excited in the story, and many sent in contributions for help to the un- fortunate family. The contributions, it is alleged, vaguely pictured, she sought the first opportunity to propose the organization of a sewing society at | her residence. Mrs. Oscar Tibbals (wife of one of | the partners in the great firm of S, A. Beekman & | Co.), has already organized a society at her resi- | dence, in Nineteenth street. This society is known | ly as “The Helping Hund,” and yesterday forwarded | a large quantity of clothing to St. John’s Guild for the down-town poor. This example finds many | imitators among the kind-hearted ladies of our | Tich city. 4 FEW OF THE MANY CASES OF DISTRESS | found by the visitors of St. John’s Guild yesterday | are given below. They are merely bits of shadow, | caught here and there trom under the wings of poverty and death, but are, as such, parts of the great picture of destitution. | Mayer Wolle is u member of that Abrahamic race, which, enduring much of persecution in many | Places, is indissolubly connected with the com- mercial prosperity of many countries, He is one of those who, born in Poland, are sent out to con- quer adversity in far away corners of the world, armed only wth their phylacteries and an indomit- | able perseverance. In the Polisu village where le | Was born he wooed and won a dark hair Jewish | girl of the family Ben. Rothschild,and uniting their | fortunes they embarked for the Eldorado o1 the | which belonged to him, he called upon ©. A. Lane, | West. They found the new country to which they | came anything but an “Eldorado”? however, tor | misiortune assailed them from their first landing. | Gradually they lost sight of the bright dreams | that their janey had so vividly pictured, and as they struggled on they found themselves | CONSTANTLY SINKING | under the burdens induced by a tast increasing | family aad the one omnipresent shadow of ‘ill- | luck.’’ At last Mayer Wolfe became a laborer in | tue streets, and the two who had started on their | voyage with the example oi Mayer Anselm, of the | Red hield—the Rothschild, of our day—tound a | pauper’s home in a@ rear cellar of Ridge street, with half a dozen open-mouthed children cluster- ing around their fireless hearth, In the damp, wretched cellar a brave little lady visitor of St. Jonn’s Guild yesterday found them. There was no fire, no 100d, and there were no articles of furni- | ture in the room, save a cot bed, where they all | crawled together at night to sicep and to keep | each other warm by the animal heat of their | bodies in close contact. The motwer liad no shoes, but only pieces of carpet tied about her ieet. The five chilaren were all prostrate, lying in the bed together, and suffering the tortures o! a vio- | lent scarlet fever, without medicine, without food or ae save cold water from the street hydrant, | Last Friday one of these chiidren found relief | from its sufferings in death, and before the ink is dry which prints these words—to be read at pleas- ant breakfast tables and in happy homes to-day— | another litle soul will have finished its journey | over the desert and have caught sight of the promised iand in the world of the hereaiter, For the living, help will surely come from the generous people of their own tribe of Judah, as | well as from those of Christian faith, who have | hearts to pity the misfortunes of otners, 01 ull | creeds, countries and colors, A COMMON CASE. Michael and Margaret Wall, living in First ave- nue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, have | Six children, one of whom, a girl, found work this | morning at $1 50 a week. The oldest child, a son, 1s seventeen, and has always paid his full earnings | to his mother. Now he is out of work ana for a long time past he could find nothing todo. A lit- time past a pint of milk was sent her daily, Lately | she failed to recetve it, and, on application to the physician who nad attended the little one, he or- | dered it to be furnished her. The room they oc- is quite neat and clean. The same lady visitor who called upon the Jewish family supplied their | immediate wants, and gave them @ further order jor relief on St. John’s Guild. IN MOTT STREET, an aged widow woman, who for twenty years patt | has supported herself by her needle, was found | sick and utterly destitute, and but for the kindness | of other poor people in the house where stie lives she must have died irom starvation before the visitor reached her, The lanalord 1s clamorous {or | his rent, saying he must have “his room or his and procured a chicken, for which she paid trom the contents of her own purse, and there was sent her from St. John’s Guild, beef juice (the gitt or | Boucke, Fils), Sugar, tea, rice, oatmeal and a warm | blanket. | THE COMPOSER'S FAMILY. * Early yesterday morning @ large trunk arrived by express from Flushing, L. 1, which, on being opened, was found closely packed with a rich ward- | robe. As the articles were taken out one by one— Wrappers, slippers, a dressing gown, toilet articles, ent Barnard has den: tion of these circumstances. J Sworn to before me this 18th day of February, 187i— Cuanues A. Lane, Notary Public, New York city, A reporter of the HERALD, in conversation with Christ, obtained some additional particulars, stated that alter the last time he visited Mr. Barnard, whorefused him any more of the money ied an OHN CHRIST. @ counsellor-at-law, who, Stating that the courts would probably take no cognizance of the case, wrote a letter to the Superintendent asking ior the money, He received in answer a letter writ- | ten in a very meek and religious spirit, stating | Wor that-the circumstances of the case were so dim in his memory that he could not do anything more | in the matter, John Christ further states that during the year in which Barnard had his money he never received | any notification of the fact, and never would have Known it except for the accidental meeting with Schuitz, who told him how his money had been de- tained from him. It was only with the greatest trouble that he obtained any additional money at all, and until he took the copies of the paper con- taining acknowledgments of the contriputions | Barnard denied all memory of the case entirely. He was in bad humor on each occasion he called on him, and the last time was very angry, though asum of money, quite considerable, was still in Ge possession, as stated by Join Shrist. THE GRAND DUKE OPERA HOUSE. een This evening, at half-past seven o'clock, the talented company of the Grand Duke Upera House, | No. 26 Baxter street, consisting of bootblacks and newsboys, will give a performance at their place of amusement for the benefit of the poor of the Sixth ward. The “Unknown Glee Club” have generously tendered their services, THE RELIEF FUND. ~ ws Donations for the poor, received by the HERALD, and not previously acknowledged :— R, Wte***,,..... $1 00 T. 3. McG., room No. 9. 5 00 An_ Englishwoman, Brooklyn. 10 00 A Working Giri, for the blind old man 132 Mott street 130 For St. John , A a dent of the Sixth Ward; Brookticld, N. Y For the unfortunate composer, trom Their Friend, Bayonne, N. J. 5 00 Generous Gift of the Pilots to the Poor. New York, Feb, 18, 1874. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Enclosed please find check for $200 as a contribu- tion from the undersigned in aid of the suffering { oor. Please distribute where you deem dt most worthy, Very respectfully, yours, THE NEW YORK AND SANDY HOOK PILOTS. To-Day’s Receipts of a Billiard Saloon 'To Be Given to the Poor. NEW York, Feb. 17, 1874. | To THE Epiror or THE HERALD :— The undersigned, proprietors of the saloon and | pilliard rooms situated at No. 267 West Thirty- fourth street, will donate the entire receipts of our establishment on Thursday next, the 19th inst., from seven A. M. until twelve P, M. The whole amount of our receipts for that day to be placed in your hands for distribution among the poor of this He | etty, nd scoording to your own wil and pleasure. jou! & MCGOWAN, Mee a he tere. | A Donation of Clothing for the Poor. Davin's Isuanp, New YORK HARBOR, Heb, 11, 1874. To THE Eprror or THE HERALD :— I send by express to-day a package of old cloth- ing, contributed by Major Kelly and mysel!, hoping that it can be made useful by one of the societies for the benefit of the poor of New York. EDWARD DAVIS, First Lieutenant, Thira Artillery. THE CHARITY EXHIBIT. Some More Institutions Heard From— The Facts Shown by Figures—Insti- tutions of Similar Character Com- pared. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, FOR YEAR ENDING OCTOBER, 1873. SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT. Received tor boari vies of other socicties 629 Received fi 14,976 62 Keceived from other sources, 5,809 41 Total received by Superintendent $24,415 88 Paid in salaries and servants... $12,898 94 Paid in other expenses. - 32310 78 Total expenses. Total number treated. Total number cure Total beneficiaries o| Total oharity patients. WOMEN’S AID SOCIKTY AND HOME FOR TRAINING YOUNG GIRLS, FO) cived trom other sources. Received from cit; Re Nothing $4,429 10 Total expenses. Number aamitted during Number at Home Januar Number supped CRNTRAL DISPENSARY FOR 1873 Reecived from the city... Received from other sourc Total. Paid sali vants In debt Total treated i Total prescriptiony...... Total patients treated by visit UNION HOME AND SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF VOLUNTEERS, | POR YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1 Received from State . Received trom New York and Received trom other soure ances, February 1873. Total... Paid for constructic assessments for Riverside » ke. For clothing, subsistence and ‘educa. tion of 282" children, wages of em- $1,900 00 ployes, c. i For salary of physician, three years Total for support ot 28 children...... Total disbursements The managers and the advisory committee serve gratuiiousty, but the report does not specily the salaries of teachers and wages of employés, THE NEW YORK GERMAN SOCIETY, FOR 1873, Received irom private subscriptions, collections, &.... '$27,765 00 $3,200 Ou 9,400 00 Paid for salaries, servants, &c Actual amount expended in relief. ‘Total expenditures ...... BELGIAN RENKVOLENT SOCIETY FOR 1872-3, Received from private sources. Expended in salaries, nothing; in reliet......: ALSACE AND LORRAINE SOCIETY, FROM SEPT, 1872 TO JUNE, Received by subscriptions and wifts........ $8,300 00 Kxpended in relief ana Incidental expenses. 5,419 82 ‘The salaries are not separated in the report irom other expenditures. 728 emigrants from Alsace ane Lorraine were assisted. WILSON INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AND MISSION, Received irom Excise Commission. Received trom contributions. Total... Paid salaries of matron, missionar: and servants, eleven in’ number Expended in reli % : YOUNG WOMEN’S AID ASSOCIATION YOR 1872, Received subscriptions, boarding, &c. Paid for matron and servants, Paid for general expenses. Total distributed. $2,671 89 881 54 $943 00 10,96 08 Recapitulation. Expended Cost of Dis- in bursing, Sal- Society. diet. aries, ee, St. Luke's Hospital.........2..... ..$32310 78 “$12,895 04 Women's Aid society and Home for Training Girls. vee 5017 13 600 00 Central Dispensar: = 1,90 0 Union Home and Sc dren ot, Volunteers, 39,365 82 1,196 00 New York German soc 91400 00 3,200 00 e 83 Nothin; Five Points House of Industry. $18,886 00 21,624 00 ” Nursery and Child’s Hospital 99,192 5,620 20 Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum..109.31i 12 8.857 66 New i:ngland Societ; ‘3.501 00 fa Western Dispensary .. 368 00 New York nfant Asyl Women’s Educational ph reads—The expenses of this Matitation to date (nine months), paid and in ap- licable to ite maintenance for that peri jud- ing and interest paid rs oa ea a iat mortgages were. ie $194,807 84 Per capita, Deducting construction account the ex- : 4 Male department, per capita. sonia rr male department, per capit: 17 61 ‘The total expenses of Five I ouse of Industry for the year you have se- lected, in ing construction account and interest ou mortgages were. 40,510 92 Per capita. cmaenenupseserencess 96 34 RECAPITULATION. Protectory per capita for nine mopths... 118 85 House of Industry per capita for twelve MMODENGS ioccsvassecoesrroererees baasonaee 9 34 Respectfully, WM. F, BARNARD, Superintendent. House or Inpusrry, New York, Feb. 16, 1874, FUNDING THE CANAL DEBT, A Protest from the Produce Exchange— The Commercial Interests of New York Jeopardized by the Propesed Constitutional Amendment. A meeting of the members of the Produce Ex- change was held yesterday afternoon, at two o’clock, for the purpose of taking some action in regard to the proposed amendment to the State constitution relating to the runding of the canal debt. Mr. B, W. Floyd presided, The CHAIRMAN Said that it had been thought proper for the Exchange to take some action jn regard to this matter, Mr. FRANK MOULTON said the question was in an imverse ratio te the crowd. The question was great, but {> crowd was small, The bill now be- fore the Le, siature was likely to be subversive of tne commercial interests of the State if adopted. He, therefore, offered the following resolutions, which were adopted :— Whereas the large and rapidly increasing amount of tonnage carried over the New York Central and Erie railways, the principal proportion of which necessarily consists of through treight to and from the interior States, emphatically shows the necessity of reducing the costs of canal transportation by proper enlargement of the locks of the canals; and that the real question now at issue is not the eupacity ot tae canals to carry the freight, but its cost of transportation in the vessels, whose capacity is limited and determined by the present cap locks. Whereas by the last clause ot the bi the canal and general fund debts, now charged on the canals, now before the Legislature of this State, the commercial interests of the city and State of New York are placed in jeopardy; and ‘Whereas the adoption of this clause would involve the surrender of the rights now guaranteed to the commercial interests of the State and city of New York under the present constitution, unless restored through the tedious and uncertain, remedy, of further amendment; therefore, Resolved, That the New York Produce Exchange re: acity of the ior Funding spectfully and earnestly protest against the passage of the roposed amendment to the constitution relative to fi the canal and general fund debts, now charged canals. Xesolved, That the teregoing resolution be forwarde: to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the A sembly at Albany, with @ request that the same be laid before their respective houses. Mr. MouLTon added that he would mention but a few facta which were of greatimportance. The questicn was: How should the Legislature meet the competition arising trom new facilities from the West to the seaboard? To snow this dangerous competition he would merely submit the following figures for the consideration of the Exchange: Wheat = Corn per er 2.008 the. 2,000 tbe The average rate of transportation fro Chicago to New York via the lakes ani the Erie Canal, including carriers’ profits and State tolls, for the last seven 5 ‘HOAXED. ——__>+___—_ 88 /The Recent Wall Street Forgeries. THE ROMANCE OF FINANCE. The Strange Story To!d to the President of the . Stock Exchange Yesterday—Anonymous Letters and a Mysterious Individual— Honest Indignation All Over—A Large Reward To Be Offered. ‘The feeling in Wall street yesterday over the dim reputable forgeries of Tuesday was one of honest indignation on all sides among, of course, respect- able financiers, The Governing Committee of the Stock Exchange had announced their intention of Meeting to take action on the matter of the for- geries at three o'clock yesterday alternoon, but 1¢ was long after that hour before @ quorum had assembled, When the committee had gone into executive session Mr, J. B. White, the secretary, came out on the corridor and remarked to several newspaper reporters who were standingjby that they, the committee, were about to take up an olf” appeal or arbitration case immediately, and that it would be some considerable time before they reached the forgery question, though it had been distinctly understood outside that the meeting had been specially called for that purpose, Hours passed away, and when the committee had adjourned it was authoritatively stated on all hands that the forgery matter had not come under discussion, and that that would form’ the subject matter for inquiry ata meeting of the Governing Committee to be held, contrary to the usual prece- dent, at eleven o’clock this mornmg. The HERALD representative happened to learn from what he considered a reliable source that the Governing Committee had really had the for- gery matter under discussion, and, more, had haa an important witness summoned before them to give testimony in relation to the question, He pushed his inquiries turther, and learned that a gentleman, who had speculated through some THREE OR FOUK STOCKBROKERS on the street, had waited on Mr. Chapman, the Prestdent of the Stock Exchange, yesterday morn- ing, and had made certain statements to him which subsequently induced the Governing Com- mittee to send for him'as a witness, The name of this gentleman, the reporter learned, was E. D. ©. McKaye, and he was farther informed that he has an office on Broadway, in the Htna Life Insurance Company, and that he was formerly an insurance agent himself. This gentleman, it is said, went to President Chapman yesterday morning and volunteered the following important statement :— MR, M’KAYE’S STATEMENT. Mr. McKaye said that some two months ago he had received an anonymous letter, which informed. him that a certain event was about to take place on the New York Stock Exchange which would put hii in the way of making, in the words of the letter, “considerable money” if he would consent to operate according to instructions to be given him. The letter had neither name nor address, and, according to Mr. McKaye’s “statement, that gentleman paid very little or no attention to it. This letter was followed shortly afterwards by another which made the same indefinite proposal, and which was without name and address also. It was definfte in one particular, however, for the postscript stated that if Mr. McKaye feit inclined to enter into this speculation he could meet @ gentleman who would give him the nec- essary information /if he would walk twice. up and down Nassau street, in front of the “2 Years was... ais sie. $7 23 $6 98 Add Buffalo shipping and transter charges ot 2% cents per bushel (equal to 70 Cents per ton)...++ anes 70 70 The total cost from Chicago to New York per tN of 200) 1D8.....00 es... $7.2 The lake rate from Chicago to Buffalo tor the last seven years has averaged about $240 per tons... 240 Leaving Buffalo charges and freight to New York, per ton of 2.000 lbs....$5 53 $5 22 The present toll on wheat and corn trom Bullalo to Albany is. Sa ee | 105 ‘The average rate from Buffalo to New York, including Buffaio charges and no to ats $417 Under the proposed constitutional ment the rate will be} mill, or 70 per ton trom Buflalo to New York ry Total $487 (Buttal id ded, as, there is no charge at any corresponding point between Chicago to Montreal.) ‘The lowest probable average lake freight from Chicago to Buffalo, most all large class vessels, will not be less per ton than Bik eye ae 1% Making a charge, incfuding 1 mill toll or 7Ucents on ‘canal, and 70 cents Butlalo charges. $6.37 The expected rate by proved routes trom Cuicagé 3.50 The Montreal route, including present facilities, will have an advantage over lake and Erie Canal... $318 $2.87 “There,’? Mr. Moulton said, “was a difference of the remedy? Was it wituin the province of an umendment to the constitution to stand between. the commercial interests of the port and State of New York and its necessities ? Under the present constitution the commercial interests of the port had an ultimate protection in the right guaranteed to the people for the improvement of canals when reached the hands of Superintendent Barnard. | _ trial Society .... 6.263 0 1,300 00 | What became of them cau best be told in the fol- | Midnight Mission... Tee anae eee lowing afiaavit :— ; Female Guardian Soci 40,154 68 32 | OHN IST! | Northwestern Dispensary. . 3408 78 2,415 00 | JOHN CHRIST'S STORY. Protestant Episcopal Church Or- | nC, and County of Neve York 1, John Christ, resid- |“ phans’ Home and Asylum........ 4,781 SL o ing at 116 Sheriff street, in t ot New York, being 4 Methodist Episcopal Church Home | duly sworn, depose and say that fn March, 1872, having | “for Aged. 10,852 81 ©4717 70 | excited the sympathy of the public for my misiortunes, | petit spispensar 4174 113849 84 | public contributions were made for my benefit; these | strangers’ Rest... 9,016 00 984 0) | Were gent tothe office of the Avening Post and were pub- | strangers. Hospi 21,600 09 3,000 00 licly stated to have been turned over by the managers | Eclectic Medical D' 614 00 360 00 thereot to Superintendent Burnara, ot the Five Points | French Benevolent Society 6342 00 Nothing, Hotse of Industry, amounting in sutn to $1250, the receipt | Free Dormitory lor Women... 6u0 00 15 ud of which was publicly acknowledged in dhat paper. Short- | society for the Relief of Destitute | ter Superintendent Barnard turned over to me $3810, | “Sind. 3,181 00 1,149 00 | Saying It was all he had of mine. In March, 1873, 1 met | onildren's Fold. 5 4,00) 0 25) 00 | Emanuel Schultz, a clerk of the Five Points House | st. Stephen's. Roman” Catholic | |,ot Industry, who stated to me that I had not | “4omer. SON . 8817 $8 Nothing. | received What was due mo, and advised me to | association tor Hietriending Children et copies of the Evening Post acknowledzing the contri- 1s. ‘ 4, 738 52 ations. T'went to Mr” Barnard. without. these, papers 1,08) 29 | and asked for what was due me. He denied thot he | Cancer Dispensar ‘360 00 | owed me anything, | I then procured copies of the Been. | Firty-first surect | ing Post and visited him agaln. Atter great hesitation he OUBE Nothing. | Five me $20 and told me to call again iu a month, which | New York Diapenisary 5.28 0) did, when he gave me another. After still more | Throat ana Chest Dispensary ‘300 09 pressing on my part, in May, 1873, he ave mea final | gociety St. Vincent de ye telling me never to calf ‘ayain. in all, I received | “ani 1369.", * $3 93'10, aguinst $129 60 received by him for tne. Several | gociety St. Vincent de \ entlemen have also assured me that they seat coatri- | “Pani 1870...) cee i utions of money and provisions to Superintendent Bar- | gociety St. Vincent de | nard tor ne whien were stated not to have been acknow- 4 “Paul 1871... | Tedged in any newspaper, He las never made any men. . 113.074.00 Noting. | tion of these to me, nor offered to pay me any portion of | Woman's Prison Association, 7,19 06 773 0 them. superintend recollec- Howard Mission and Home for tle Wanderers Northeastern Disp ry New York*Eye and Ear Infirmary.. German Ladiew Aid Society. Carmel chapel (Young Men’s Chris- tian Association)... 4, House of Goo | Roman Catho 9,495 91 6,994 33. St. Vincent's Hospital Northern Dispensary t. Vincent’s Home tor Boys. d School of Industr. tor Aged Men and Cou 7,310 38 | lor ‘omen’s Aid Society. . New York Lying-in Asylum. , a oo Society for Reliet ot Ruptured and | Cripp . ispensary 1, holic House of Good Shepherd........... CEL: Workingwomen’s Protective Union, ¥ +10, Ladies’ Five Points Missior New York Juvenile Asylum | Yorkville Re Di | @ | | Roman Catholic Protectory 10,374 58 ome for Aged and Inil | _ brews 8 1,274 50 | Society for “Relier ‘of “W Children, Nothing. Women’s Hospital. Bos | Female Christian Home. ew York Upthalmic Hospital. New York Colored Home St. John’s Gi Shelter tor ectable Girls, | Home tor Aged Women, Church ‘ot | Holy Communion Nothing. | | Female City Mission. ct) | Chapin Home for Aged. 254.0) | House of Rest for Constny 1,860 00 Hebrew Benevolent societ: New York institute tor Blind 59,047 OL S05 12 | House of Retuge, Randall's Isiand.. 61,036 28 35,238.12 New York City Mission, for mission: i 622 99 0) 9,400 002.456 00 | hn's Hospital 6,000 00 Nothing. | German Hospi | | An analysis of the above figures will show some | { lavish expenditures on the part of some institu- | Hons and economy in other Take tor instance :— | Bapented in Relies. In Salaries. &c. Bt Luke's Hospital en. $3,810 ‘siz + Nursery and Child's Hospit 99) 192 The latter disbursed $65,883 more than St. Luke’s at less than one halt of what St. Luke's consumed | in disbursing $33,310, Another illustration is , equally striking :— Dishursed, Expenses. | The Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum. ..$109 311 $8.8 The Female Guardian Society. 40,154 TR. 853 Ur the Orphan Asylum, at an expense of $9,996 less than the Femaie Guardian Society, disbursed $ 57 more than the latter society, But com- jons do not stop here:— Disbursed. Expenses. 7 The Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged. i" $i (ee 6,150 The Hebrew Benevolent The House of Retuge St. Elizabeth's Hospita ‘The New York Dispensary. Five Points House of Industr | Roman Catholic Poundling Asyitim 36 83, Nothing, 100 5, ’ 700 | The above comparisons of a few institutions ofa | similar character will suffice to snow that the posi- | ton taken by the HERALD 18 correct—viz., that in | | Inany of the charitable institutions a very large proportion of the contributions is swallowed up in | salaries to the managers or their pets, who are provided with support at the expense 01 tne poor, , jor whom the donations were made, | A Comparison of Two “Institations=The Figures as Mr. Barnard Sees Them, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— | In your columns to-day you commend to us | | Several institutions, and I have taken pains to ex- | amine the treasurer's report of the one nearest | like this institution—namely; the Roman Cathone | Protectory-—with the ollowing result:—The Protec: | | the same should become necessar, | largely necessary. This right this amendment would ob- literate. He did not know how this provision was | introduced tnto the bill. He was in Albany at the time, ana he could say that if he were President of the Pennsylvania Central, Baltimore and Ohio and other ratlroads which controlled the transportation ot freight irom the West, he could find it in his in- terest to pay money for the adoption of such a bill. It would prove subversive of all the commercial interests of the State to allow such @ bili to be | passed. ‘The lollowing significant letter was then read by the Chairman :— : Franxuin Epson, Esa., President:— Deak Str—I saw Speaker Husted at Albany, when he agreed to postpone action on the Funding bill until the Produce Bxchange and the Chamber of Commerce had becn heara on the subject—say next Wednesd. My opinion is that the tax amendment to the Funding bill originated and is pushed forward by interested par- jor t ifish purpose: ent and absurd reasons thereto interested friends of canal improv law to prevent @ tax tor improv is too absurd tor. be- liet. : the amendment put forward and insisted upon by those taxpayers who are not interested in canal improvement then there would be some sense in | the demand, ‘the canal officers are funding the debt as it now ma- | as it stands at present. ing that New York is much more in- eat of this bill than they are aware ter have @ meeting the Dill. yyy ‘The CHAIRMAN stated that M.S, B. Ruggles was | unable to speak, but had prepared a written state- ment showing the increase of movement by rail owing to the “wrong policy’? of the State. The iollowing is Mr. Ruggles’ statement of the increase of freight carried by the New York Central and ie railways from 1853 to 1872, consisting of “through freights” to and from the inte- rior States Total Tons on the Two Railways. 2,000 1,816,000 3,019,000 5,151,000 9,967,000 Total Tons on the Canals. 4,247,000 . wee GY The meeting then adjourned, ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES, The advent of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, was celebrated yesterday in the Episcopal and Catholic churches of the city with the usual services. At Trinity church there were services at eleven A. M., at three P, M. and in the evening. A ecture by the rector, Dr. Dix, formed the princi- pal part of the morning services, the music being very plain and unassuming, as is customary on Ash Wednesday. At st. Paul’s chapel full morning services were heid at eleven o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Haight preach- ing the sermon according to the Episcopal ritual. The music was of a solemn character, ‘the “Bene- dicite” was sung instead of the “Te Deum.” After the sermon the psalm ‘‘Miserere’’ was sung by the choir, At eight P. Ml. full services were again held in this church, St. Peter's (Roman Catholic) church, on Barclay street, was thronged by worshippers yesterday morning—Ash Wednesday being witn the Catholtcs especially day of humility and supplication. Father Farrell preached a sermon in the morning on the text “Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.” ‘The ceremony of sprinkling ashes on the foreheads of the worshippers was then carried out, this being Osymbvi of the mortality of man and the fate of earthly things. No music was used during the | Services. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Ringing of Trinity Church Chimes. Mr, James E. Ayliffe will perform tae following programme on Trinity church chimes, in honor of Washington’s Birthday, on Monday, February 23, commencing at noon :— Ringing the Changes on Elght Bells “Hail Columbia.” . sotch Melodies trom “Gay Mannering." ; Merry ing the Trinity Bells.”” “Last Rose oF Summer, ei ild of the Regiment.” Hero Comes,”” ne Airs from "1! “see the Conque “The singin soldi ig Birds. ‘s Return.” ry Church Bells Ring.” te, dem of the Ocean.” $318 per ton against New York. Now, what was | Sub-Treasury building, on the east side of that | street. According to Mr. McKaye’s statement he \ kept this appointment in presence of several of his | friends, but he failed vo discover any individual | Who could give him “a point” to make anything unusual on the Stock exchange. He went, he | says, to his office, on Broadway, 1n disgust, deter- mined to pay no further attention to anonymous ; communications from any source. | ANOTHER ‘DOCUMENT. | On Tuesday morning, immediately after he came down town, he received another eommunica- | tion from his unknown friend, who pee took such @ lively interest in his welfare. This time the handwriting of the letter—the ’ third he had recetved—was strikingly differ- eut from the two others which pre- ceaed it. The “unknown” evidently felt that there has necessity to explain this diderence, and he went to the trouble t inform Mr. McKaye that had “a felon” on the forefinger of his right bani and that he was unable to write and was obi to avail himself of the services of an amanuensis, which naturally accounted for the change of the handwriting. After this necessary explanation the letter Went on to say that if Mr. McKaye was | REALLY SERIOUS in his intention to make some money on the Stock. Exchange he, the sender of the letter, would meet him, Mr. McKaye, at the St. Nicholas Bank, on the corner of New Street and Wall, at eleven o’clock on that morning (Tuesday), apologizing, of course, for not having kept his engagement on the former occasion. r. McKaye says that he kept this second appointment also, and did really meet an indivtdual, who informed him that on Tuesday, , from twelve to one o’ciock, TWO LETTERS ‘| would ve delivered to Mr. Moses A. Wheelock, the | Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange. One of these would be undersigned by Mr. James D. Cox, the President of the Wabash, Toledo and Western Railway Company, and the other by Mr. | William Orton, the President of the Western Union | Telegraph Company. The former would announce that the directors of the Wabash, Toledo and Western Railway Company intended to increase the capital stock of the company several millions, and the second would inform the Stock Ex- | change that the directors of the Western Union | Telegraph Company intended to Uae ahold ) capital st jrom $41,073,410 to | The _ str ng volunteered the information to Mr. cKaye that he had seen both ‘ letters, and that they were genuine, beyond any uestion of doubt. He wound up by advising Mr, | McKaye to go in and speculate to whatever extent he could on both these stocks through his brokers in the Exchange, and remarking that Mr. McKaye had befriended the party who sent nim there at some time, Mr. McKaye says that he told the stranger that he was airaid to take any risks on such information, that he was a stranger to him, &c., and requested nis mame and address as a guarantee of good faith. The stranger refused to give either, but said:— “if you want any guarantee look out for a letter which will be handed to Vice Presideut Wheelock by one of the Stock Exchange pages between twelve and one o'clock. When that letter is handed in you begin tw operate, and I will call on you afterwards.’ Mr. MOKAYE says thathe took the suggestion, but that he w; rvous at first about operating and did not like to venture a large amount. He did venture, however, something, and made on TUE WHOLE DAY'S OPERATION $7,000, Subsequently, when he found matters take the serious turn they did, he thought the best thing he could do was to goto Mr. Chapman, the President of the Stock Excnange, and tell bun all thathe knew, Mr. Chapman then, it appears, en- jomed the etrictest secrecy on him, and asked him for a description of the “unknown.” Mr. McKaye describes him as being @ man about twenty-ene ears of age, tall and slight, with hair of that color Known as “sandy,” and full side whiskers, cut after the Well known “mutton chop” pattern, well | dressed, and apparently earnest and NERVOUS IN MANNER, Detective Sampson and some of the other Vidocqs of Wall street were sent for when this statement was made to Mr. Chapman, and tne de- scription of the gentleman with the ‘mutton chop”? was given to them, and they are “at work on the case; but whether the unknown can be brought within the purview of the law is yet a question. + was confidently stated on the street yesterday atternoon that any member of the Stock Hxchange | who was found mixed Li in this disrepatabie | transaction would be expelled the market. It was ' Also stated that the Governing Committee contem- plated offering @ large rew: ($12,000) for the dis- covery of the perpetrators of the swindle, Mr. | Wheelock, the Vice President, who read the let- ters, made & personal explanation rday morn. ing exonerating himself from either negiect of duty or complicity. It popearn that the seai or the Wabash, Toledo and Western Railway Company, which Was aM™xed to one of the letters, | HAD BEEN STOLEN. Besides the false circular sent to the directors of the Western Unio Telegraph Company letters were seit to prominent brokers on the vtreet, | with the the evident intention of calling them away as the perpetrators of the fraud feared im- | mediate detection. The following is asample of | these documents, which purported to have been written by Commodore Vanderoilt’s private sec retary, and was calculated to decsive the most Dear Sin-—Mr, Vanderbilt desires ir De La ence ata highly important meeting ace "ofics, at the Grand Central Depot, Forty-second street, at half-paat one o'clock P. M. today (Tuesday, February 17, 1874). He turther directs me to request that the contonte of thi note be mentioned to no person . whatsoever, and th: the importance of total secrecy, even as. to any being held or your attendance there, will eas ' rent to Vou at the interview. re: } ‘A. P, CLARKE Private secrotare.