The New York Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1874, Page 8

R NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMENT, —— — ie a SN iS a kee Barre aa J) ae -- ~~ = 10 thelr posseasiwn, MB immediately took them { THE SCHWEIRERT HOMICIDE, AVY Water is samctentty deep to permit the largess ’ ray | THE COURTS. | racer tetas gs cata ant 2 | A HIGHWAYMAN SHOT DEAD, | cece Sabie aehasnde Oe caveat | THE CHARGES AGAINST BLISS, 23d H can be offer by” business 01 ig witha: fe cman’ of Mo. siz West, Twenty-Sree j Coroner Woltman Makes In pos Higa or Congregating, ie Ouainege a : a 2 street, whe’ was lying sick at hia residence, | tion—Discharge of the Prisoners. mending d delivery s ‘one pince. The estimate i D itmenttiai a cersenneus as | While in the room he espied a sliver watch, worth Yesterday morning Coeroner Woltman held cost of the buuldings w PeLety oxovod $500,000. The Alleged Baier of tho a The Latest Phase of the Jersey City Murder. Narrow Esoape of an Innccent Man—The Police Thoori s All Exploded—The Ferpe- trator Surrenders Himself, IL It is quite probable that the Gottoa Hxchunge Wii take speedy aotion tn the matter. G LOS’ BR: THREN. An Immense Estate “Saving Up” for | Them—Relies of the First of all the Kunickorbockers—Hesults of # Wortui- tous Journey to Holland—Babulous about $15, and in leaving quietly silpped it in his How Tustice Is Dispensed # the pocket. Susan Bell, who was in the bonse at the time, inissed the timepiece after Levi's departure, Special Sessions. | and so informed the wie of Mr. Hegeman, The latter saw notning of Garnett until tne 28th of i July, wheu she wet him in the street and accused » bim of the theit. He aamitted raving pawned the The Eighteenth Ward Market | tch, but pretended waving purebased it froma boy. rs. Hogeman wont toa pawnbroker’s and Matter in Court Again. inquest in the casc Of Mra, Frederica Schweikors, | the German woman, sixty-eight years oid, who died | Ot No. 9 Pitt street, as was alleged, from the effects ! violence received at the hands of Edward Cailery and Michael Hussey, both young men, A synopsis of the evidence, which was very con- Micting and contradictory, will be found below, Conrad Schweikert deposed that he keeps a! lager beer sa oon at No, 455 Grand street; ou Sum | | @ay evening, the 19h, Hussey and Callery came | In and wanted the key to the club room up stairs, which the witness refused to give them, as they were uot memvers of the Old Guard, who used the room; they then called for some beer, alter which | they asked the witness to treat to beer and cigara; he said he would throw dice for the drinks, and | lost; Hussey and Caliery then come | Fighting for a Trial, After along search a HeRaLy reporter discov. ered Garret B, Tunison yesterday in tho ofiice of, his attorneys, Killian & Haggerty. This is the maw who ia accused of burning the mali matter at Bia ” ton L, Post Office, and who, as Gibson aileges ip Wealth Suddenly Uncarthed—Thirty | jis compiaint to the President, bas been 80 pro Millions Dollars Involved—Curious | tected by United States District Attorney Blise and Romantic Circamstances—Success | that the Grand Jury could not be got to take cog Achieved in Similar Cases, nizance of his offence. He 14 a thin and pale-laced Dick Swiveller, the genial Scapeurace, Was ac- | man, slightly built, about thirty-cight years of age, oustomed to remark to his friends, confidentially, | and very intelligent. He is now superiutendent ot over “the rosy,” that he had a wile “saving up” | station K (Yorkville), whither be was transterread for him, He spoke truthiully, though he did not | jast October from station L, where, it ta charged, know it atthe time, when romance and gin led | the mail burning took place, He came down town t 2 redeemed the watcd, Girnett was arrested by , Oflcer Retily, of she Sixteeuta precinct, and com- ; | mitted tor trial by Judge Murray, im deigult o 000 ball, é a 3 | Pi ttaerisk A. Pfettter, of No, 1 Waverley place was begulied on Tue-day night by the charms o Maggie Morgan, of No, 147 East flouston street When he parted trom her fis regret was made the , keener by missing his watch, money and a tuning | hammer, worth about $22 in all, Ofticer Sullivan, of the Tenth precinct, repaired to the house and found Miss Morgan enjoying the society or Edwin Kessler and he tuning hanmer in thelr posses. | sion, Each was held in $1,000 to answer by Jus- | Hussey Mice Resin, | menced &n assault on the witness, who resisted In accordance with the decision of United State: Commissioner Osborn, holding that the arrest and uuprigonment by Captain Symoada, of the British ship Kingsbridge, of two Of his sailors, Joseph Fish and Jobn Green, om @ charge of desertion, was ‘iegal, the Court having no jurisdiction of the case, application was made yesterday by Messrs, An- ews & Smith, counsel of the two satlors, to The result of the tavestigation Into the killing of James McCann, whose boay was ound, with cwo butlet holes in his head, on Communipaw avenue, Jersey City, is 8 remarkable illustration of human falubility. {t has been already stated that the po- lice arrested Frank Wagner, alias “Sport,” and such @ network of circumstantial evidence did they weave around him that there was apparently Judge Donohue, of the Supreme Court, for orders On the sth of July last George Cooley, of Meri- with all hls power. During tho quarrel Cale | 2° possible chance of escape? The ball extracted | him astray. Similirly uniooked for good fortune | yesterday morning to urge his right to another of arress and attachment against Captain den, Conn., 1083 & | and wagon and harness, | i bal at the | from the ne’ 4 of the murdered man was found to | seems to have befallen the heire of those good oid | examtnation vefore @ United States Commissioner, onds, to answer a suit of damages for alleged Valued at § Detective Shalvey, of the Twenty- | levy seized and threw two chairs nt exactly 1uto the chambers of a Smith & | Knickerbocker families, the Van Housens, the Van seventh precinct, was furnissed with @ descrip: | witness, and the third chair, thrown by Calicry, | and be was engaged in that pursuit when thy iso imprisonment, Tue warrants were prompuly | tion of the m ssing team and set to work tracing |. : Mrs, Schwe! r about the abdomen; Weston revolver found in the apartments | Seivers, the sueiders and the Biauvelte. Some | HERALD man found him, granted and $4,000 bail fixed in eet case. | On Monday he iound the wagon and narness | pd ati Fei “ralling, was caugne | occupled Dy “Sport” at No, 128 Commerce | sixty o! them met yesterday foronoon in response to | eee toa reportorial inquiry he answered for saic at the auclon ro ap No. | shi |. and, | street, Newark. It was ascertained by the police that about halt-past two o'clock on Monday morn- ; tag he drove up to Ray's saloon, on Communipaw avenue, about three blocks from the place where & call by a Mr. Edward Humphreys, at Stee!’s Hotel, No, 312 Greenwich street. Several of them had, Irom. Stories handed down from iather to son, some inkling of tho nature of the business, ihe great 7 é s The firm had been entrusted that he had already secured three investigations, ph eg ga but is not yet satsfed, ‘This matter, ho said, had been hanging over and around him for over a year, aud he was glad tt had reached a point at United States Commissioner Shields yesterday ’ a by one of the men pres nt: Husssey and Callery 1 to hail in $2,000 Honry C, Ely, a mnolesaie ith tiie'sale of the property by Henry Lemiich, of } pe BE tuntenee ot ugar Leena shares : deale N oF cot, charged With No, avenue A, warran ames | ceased had been raptured but con't Knew that bractcadpidagn floes 4 . | apprehension and he was arrested by OMicer Ro- | Pp Keeping the book required vy the revenue | ifton, of the Seventeenth precinct. Yesterday | ™ , as. ee Otto Seltman waa tn the saloon of the previous | laws for al! persons engaged in that business, Justice Kasmire, sitting at Essex Market, COM- | witness at the time of the dimoulty between Hus- | McCann's body was found. Wagner was on his way | majority, however, knew very little, or, Indeed, last where he felt himself not out of place in tak- In the case of Michael Doyle against the schooner / mitted him in deiault of $3,000, sey and Schwelkert and attempted to separate | from New York to Newark, with a load of produce, | nothing about the matter, and were evidently ing hold of it “by the horns.” He was tired of North America, Judge Blaichford, of the United ALENDAR-THIS DAY | pr esate abe ere ene re Tela ® CUBE He was weil known in the sion, ag he irequently | drawn together as much by carlvstty as by | having persons striking at other people over hig States District Court, yesterday dsmissed the | couRT 6: — : Gallery pet a third chair and turew it at Mrs, | stopped there, He got a cigar, exhibited a pistol | capidity, though o wholesome respect tor pecu- shoulder, iibel, with costs, Corrt—CHAMBERS— Held by Judge | Scnweikert; an alarm was giver, when two | and proceeded to Newark, Fight or utne minutes | niary possessions {3 9 prominent trait among the RsProRTSR—What was the first of the investiga- 08, 84, 84 100, 114 L LIFE INSURANCE, | Prats, 1, LL, 157, 181, policemen came; ts positive that Callery mall- 190, 192, ciously threw ihe chatr at Mrs. Schwetkert. Dante! Moo.e, of No. 267 Division street, deposed that he saw sometning of the fight in Schweikert’s saloon, and swore most posttively that Caliery did eo ta not strike any one with a chair, although he raise: one in tis hands and threatened to use it; the ii groban piv Zig g adad lnlae 1 witness said he fad not been summoned As a Wit. Doyle claimed to be haif owner | SUPREME later, OMcer Rees, who was patrolling in the neighborhood, Tespectable, if phiegmatic, descendants of tne first Holland colonizers of this tair State. It was a curious scene, Ancient maps, prints and records | strewed the tables and were hung on the walla, and were eagerly scanned. A sort of family re- semblance seemed to pervade the features of the tions you allude to, Mr, Tunison? Mr. TUNISON—Tho first was diracted to be made by Postmaster James, of this city, and it was cons ducted by Mr. Gaylor, superinzendent of city de- livery. The result declared that there was not a | Particle of evidence to show any guilt on my part. rge Mittnacht, safe manafacturer, of No, 24 1 yuing street, Was yesterday arrested on acharge | of seducing Babetta Bagert, a girl fifteen years old, | ASBURY in Ls employ. Jndge Lawrence, of the Supreme Court, on oppication of Mr. William F, Howe, HEARD TWO SHOTS, and marked the time, but as shooting at dogs 1s somewhat & common occurrence thero, he took no further notice, When McCann’s body was found, ited the order requiring $2,500 bat, TOMBS JUSTICE. ee Patrick Weldon was arrested several days since | on a charge of assaulting OMcer John Armstrong, ot tae Thirty-fourth precinct, the alleged assault having taken place at the Adriatic Garden, in West farms, being a portion of the district newly an- | nexed to the city, Oa Saturday last Welaon was brought before the Court of Special Sessions for trial, The result of this trial, which was the con- yiction of the accused and his sentence tor one mont to the Penitentiary, was, {t seems, unsatis. factory to the prisoner's counsel. This dissatis- iaction gave vent to itseif in the subsequent ob- taining of writs of habeas corpus and certiorari in the case and production thereon of tte accused and the papers in the case yesterday be.ore Judge Pratt, in Su,reme Court, Chambers, and a demand that the prisoner be admitted to bail pending the argument of the case before the Supreme Court, weneral Term, Preiator, is application Mr, Hummel! stated that on Saturday inst le appeared belore the Court of Spectal Sessions as counsel tor Mr. Weldon: that he then moved that the case be adjourned, tn con- sequence of the absence of (wo material witnesses; Receiver—Injunction Obtained—State= | yess, put came o! Dia own accord. es Ex-Secretary—‘A New Edward Callery, one of the p a Ser. agete oan & Debts.” ig placed on the stand and detailed the partioulars of banker Db stead » the disturbance at Schwetkert's saloon, but posi- On the 27th inst. Mr. Chauncey Shaffer, on behalf | tively denied striking any ono with a@ chair nor of @ stockholder and ex-secretary of the Asvury { did he throw 4 chair at any one. o e 4 Michael Hussey, the other deiendant, was called, | Mutual Life Insurance Company, ootained a rale | Pt ee dain’ erase neeaa aaa ‘oath he Saw 00 | against the company from Judge fratt, to show | chair uscd during the fight, ae eR cause why a receiver should not be appointed to The post mortem examination vr eat | | wind up their affairs, An a2 {nterim injunction | ane Tesulicd from peritonitis, which might rom @ variety of causes, was granied. The application recited that the ; The jury found “that ‘tease was caused eyaonts t r {| petvie peiiton.tis, caused by injuries received ot | company was organized in 1883, witha semper | July 22, 1874: Titan eon injuries were received oF | ofsuch distinguished directors as S, V, Stout, Rev. | }¥ wnom infitcted we are unable to find,” | Dr. McClintock, James Bishop, Rey. Dr. Curry, | “on this verdict Coroner Woitman discharged the | Daniel Drew, Oliver Hoyt and Fletcher Harper, } accused parties from custody, The original paid up capital was $150,000, to | STR cage seco | which was added im 1871 $50,000 of good securt- | THE ALLEGED BARRETT HOMICIDE. | Hes, and it has since received in cash, to January | strs, pridget Barrett, of No, 95 Washington street, | 1, 1874, $1,141,443, out of which has been paid to | poley holders and their legai dart i pn tor i | cluding @ smail percentage for taxes, $576,764, an + be1ore his death Thomas told her that while in the | average lor expenses of $96,127 annually. Though } House of Deteation ne nad been assaulted by a boy | the gross cash receipts, incinding capital, appear | named Rafferty, for wom the Coroner issued & to be $1,201,443, the gross expenditures are | warrant o! arrest. The iad Barrett died of pori- | | $916,049, ieaving a bulance of $375,413, yet the | tonitis, as certifed to by Deputy Coroner Leo. | oMcial report only shows, January 1, 1374— ——— | Loaned on stock collaterals......0....00.005 CORONERS’ CASES, Cash in company’s office Believue Hospital a few days ago, yesterday ap- + whose son Thomas, thirteen years of age, aied in | however, Rees set his wif’ to work. He called at Ray's and obtained information about Wagner's visit. Further on he met one andrews, who said he was awakened hy the furious driving of 4 mun with a heavy wagon shortly before three o’ciock, Still further on, and the turnpike man, Rowe, added his quota of testimony, which ts summed up thus:—Only one wagon passed this gate between half-past three and half-past four. and the driver o! that wagon was a rascal. He called me names and said if 1 did not fly around he would make mo. He seemed to be in a great hurry, U know nim well. uamed Walters, in Newark, Wagner.” So tar the clew was complete. His name is Frank that morning, denied that he had been there at ail, His Splee were th n consulted and they contradicted Wagner's statement point blank, Was the crowning o1 a triumph for Rees, He never for a moment meditated on Bobby Burns’ reminder, “The best laid schemes, &c.’? A NRW ACTOR ON THE SCENE. Now comes a case that waa not “worked up." On Tuesday evening there arrived at the residence | of Mr. Theoba:d Puckridge, corner of Bergen and | Jewett avenues, a fish dealer from Newark, named ‘fhomas Brooks, employed by Mr, Centre Market. He told Puckridge, who was an old scioolmate, that he had something impor- tant to communicate, Then came He drives for a man | ( But to drive the | nail home, Wagner when asked about bis journey | Wilson, No.1 | newly discovered cousins, There was, however, ail the diiference that may be found between the silver-haired veteran and the bright beauty in ber | seens, majestic Juno-Uke matrons and bald headed | meu of business, old ladies, deep in genealogical ; lore, and young men as careless in expression as Kip Van Winkie lumsetf, Progress has already been mado and the fact | ascertained that the property reaily exists and | for nearly two turics has been Gccumuiating | | in Holand to the amonnt of over $20,000,000, where | ® partial Claim has already been registered tn tho | courts, The mecting was called to order shortly before | noon, with Br. James I, Biauyelt, of Brovkiyn, in the chair. A very interesting imterview was eld | with this gentleman alter the meoting bya HERALD i} representative, Mr. Stephenson, of brooklyn, was | secretary. Alter the usual preliminary perform. | ances, Mr. permppters Was called on to report on his discovery. He said that while in Holiana he was | approached by a Mr, Hungerford, who had a power Oi attorney. to prosecute a small claim for the Van Housen family, aod who could neitner speak nor write Dutch, to take up the matter for him. | This claim was registered and t3 in process of col: | lection, but, in the progress o: his Mvestuigailons, | Mr. Humphreys became aware o! the existence of a vast property leit by the intestacy, or absence | ‘om Tolland In tho early days of tho colony oF | | New Amsterdam of members of the three otver | famules mentioned, and of the more than prova- bility Of the great interest o1 the B.anve: ite espe. | REPORTER—What was the second investigation? Mr. TuNIsoN—It was orderea vy the Assistant Postmaster General at Washington and conducted by Mr, Sharrett, special agent of the Post Omco Department. It was the result o1 a representa. tion on the part of Gibson and Pierce that they had obtained additional evidence. You can seo for yourself how wt ended, Mr, Tunison handed the reporter @ document, which Was @ copy of the report of B. K. Sharrott, and which characterized the whole proceeding 4¢ @ piece of spite on the part of an employs dis- missed tor locompetency. (The employé sitnded ta was the man Pierce, wio made the aMdavit thag he saw Tunison burn the papers.) KEPORTER—Was it District Attorney Bliss wha got you to go betore the Grand Jury, Mr, Tuaison’ Mr. TUNISON—No, sir; I nover saw Mr. Bliss tilt the morning I came down to go belore the Grand Jury. Leama down myself because I heard that Gibson and Perce had cen there. Kerorrer—Did you ever have any quarrel with Gibson? ie Mr. TUNISON—-No, Dever, That is what puzzles me. My burning of his papers must have been done either out of malice or tor gain. You will admit tt could scarcely have been for gain when you ovserve that I would bo risk- Ing the $20,000 for which fay vondsmen ara hable if T1atlin the faithiul discharge of my duty, Gud ail that for $130 worth of postago stampa. Ag Jor the idea of malice, | have here Mr. Gibson's admission that there couid be-none, i | § | . + : ' {i ghaaliidost tai eemed to have inte:married largely Mr, Tanison banded the reporter the following that he produced an afidavit lo tis effect; that | Gasn in bank......... 9 i THE TRUE STORY OF THE MURDER. erally, who & aely | 7 cope aie tae Af oe an ireedions ane ord; | United states bonds... - aeeees |/ | Covonpe Kessler yesteeaay , Vila. Ai Rdueas (St “Shortly atter one o'clock, on Monday morning, | With | \he | members of the other three | letter :— cepted; that the afiday 5 place ecord ; d to plead and demanded that the Court denied tae motion, as counsel, epled; that the Court ta plea of ‘not gulity™ to be entered; that Armstrong was then examined, and that upon his sole testinony Weldon was convicted and hat he, as counsel, refi |" rete goaiasi | the corner of Lexington avenue and Seventy-first | | Apparent cash detic! 13°50) | street, on the body of Ameha Michelacher, | | Isaac A. 8 tiles, General ‘Agent, Secretary or | twenty-six years of ago, and born in this city, who | Actuary Of the company from its organization to | by her clothes taking fire January 1, 1873, upon oath says its principal assets + hat ey shabilgd eaderr, Saag < were $126,000 of United States bonds, and that | ‘Toma range where she was at work. much Of the other assets were made up o/ fictitious Tielt Newark for New York in a wagon for a load of fish. When | arrived at the foot of Bergen Hill, having plenty of time, I concluded to let the horse walk ap the hill, and I got into the buck part of the wagon and laid down, with my head on my hand, My elvow was on the seat of the wagon. It was very dark, Suddenly | saw a man’s tace over branches, The laws of Holland, however, would not permit bim to examine the records and | satisfy himself thorougniy of tue exact speciti- | cations of the amount involved, uuless te bad | | @ power of attorney irom the heirs abroad, , attested by the Secretary of State for each | | Several State in woien bose lived and by consuis of “PAY ME MY TRIBUTE OR ELSE ——."" New Yong, August 22, 1873, @. V. Temsox, Esq. :— My Dear Sin—Aal have never seen nor heard of any act of unfriendliness on your part to me it has been exe renal dificult tor me t belleve that you Burned 4 lot ot Halton Locals, as sworn to by W. H. Pierce. This is the reason T have nesitated so lon? to publish his adie sentenced, as #taled above. Ou Tuesday night a woman, Whose name is uR- | | Holland. Mr. Hungeriord having coneluaed the | davit. Iroccurred to ie while dressing this manta “Altera brie, but Tatier full rejoinder by Mr, | book. credit, discouated agents’ notes, bor | known, was found iying in 119th street ina coma. | {Me sile ot the wagon, and he began to ‘how,’ | Seateh for the comparatively smati amount to be thet you he imaeeane thoull purge yourseit by linme. 0 ef the D t Attorney's oMce, Judge Pratt | rowed, dixcounted and alter annual state- .. 4 r bs é saying, | Gta you rege ed bot you t how, ' recovered at once by the Van flousens, tucre wag ‘iately bringing suit 'against Mr. Picrve ror an infamous took the papers ior examination. He subsequently | ments’ made returned, and bonds and mortgages | tose cendition, and being taken to tie Ninety- | struck at him Wlin the butt of my whip. He other parties, and if $1,200. libel.” I! you give me evidence belore three o'owck granted the application, ordering the discnarge of Weldon on $500 bail, pending the hearing of the ease beiore the Supreme Court. Gencral Term. THE EIGHTEENTH WARD MARKET, In 1357 an appropriation of $59,000 was made for building the Eighteenth Ward Market, which, by | of Which the omMciai reports make no record, | Dioth Street Hospital death subsequently ensued, By the oMciai reports to January 1, 1874, the ' Coroner Woltman was notified, | | company had $327,584. By the official report made , Coroner Woltman is investigating the circum. | m April, 1874, the assets Were reduced to $235,045, | stances surrounding the death of Join Dunn, a | & talling off of $21,589 since January last. By the | youth of eiguteen years, who a few days azo was , | Saine reports toe Liabilities of the company in Jan- drowned wile bathing near the foot of Lo9th | uary 1, 1874, were $348,155, not including capital street, East River. It is alleged tuat two brothers | stock, showing an insolvency of $20,550; while the { named ftyan were in ® suiail boat and saw Dunn Mabilities in April, are reported at only | inthe water, but instead of going to ui sisi ance 648, a falling of Of $124,487 since vanuary, | Towed away from him, Warrants nave been issued EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THR COMPANY, for the arrest of the Ryans to await the result of a | | when grasped it and wrested tt irom me. The reins tell to the ground. He rushed at me witu the wip, pulled my pistol and fired twice. Ts scared my horse, which ran away, and as the reins were trailing on the ground [contd not stop bira tli he had ran nearly hail a mie. Not thinking for @ moment that I had’ kilied the man, [ pursued my journey to New York, got my load ana went back home. When I read in the papers that 4 man bad been killed and at the spot where I met the man, [resolved to come here and give myself ap, De conflict with ny were subscribed to bear his expenses and tho power of attorney granted he would set to work at once and put martei’s in such train that the ac- cumulations at compound interest under the trusteeshi, of tne government of Holland wouid be ; ecdedto , THE RIGHTFUL HEIRS | without difficulty and with dispatch, besides es. | tablishing incontrovertibly claims to property im Orange county, N, in portious of the county to-day that such a suit hax been commenced I will not publiso Mr. Pierco’s aMdavit tomorrow, If you come fess, oD the contrary, that you did burn the papers and Pay me $20) for datiage sustained, or give me securley T will not pubiish the aal- e sustained by me consists nd circulars inclosed, te cmiptions, advertising and prit rough? nie, and wleo of Increase. ids and by the newsboys. [hay moderate suin, a3 1 wished to be utin a bill for only real damagos, tor the payment ol the same, davit to-morrow. 0: named an exceeding within bounds and to rf f re ” | formerly belonging to Rockland county, the seat _ Betexemplary. Yours faithtully, } tho way, Is ac present being used as the city dog | january 1, 1869, the company had 793 policies | hearing, Dunn was employed in the Huis cas | a ROORMAgeraTtarhecrine this ec rmeiaceatiee | of the early “settlers “of aieos tase ra WALTER GIBSON, / pound. In March, 137%, the contractor, Mr. Charles tn torce, covering $1,865,282 of insurance, Secured | Works. | advised him to keep cool and go Lack to Newark | lS was favoravly received, subscription tists | RrrorTER—What dia yon do with that lester? Vandevort, applied for a mandamus to compel a! 40 expense of $89, January 1, 1870, 2065 ‘The body of an unknown man was found float- to intorm his wife betore he surrendered him- behed, the powers and ‘money asked for | Mr. TUNISON—I went direct to Mr. Gibson and , PRG gE qe pol of insurance, atacost ing in the dock foot of Sixiy-first street, East self, Brooks did so, and yesterday morning he de- Tesolved = to be given, and the meetug asked him to investigate the matter for himseli; the Board of Audit to andit the bill fora batance | oy gu 1871, 2,898, Covering River, by the Nineteenth precinct police, and sens livereu humsell to the police at the Fourth pre- adjourned most harmoniously, parues who iad bet ho seemed more anxious to obtain the g208 of $30,000, he hav A paid $40,000, The an- | $6,079,145 Of insuratiee, at a cost of $137,103; Jan- | to-tae Motyne. No description oi the deceased Was cinet — station. Both he and Wagner were "Yet metin-tneir tives marcimag Of AFM IN arm than to know what happened ‘to tis papera, t swer was that on} remained of the appro- | Wary 1, 1872, the number of policies had falien of | gent to tie Coroner's office by the poitce. | taken beiore Justice Keese, Aiter hearing the With a fan aflection and joy at finding unex. then took it to the Postmaster, and asked for the x 2 to 2,849, covering $5,773,942 In amount of insurance, Yest ay afternoon the body o: John Atkinson, foregoing statement the magistrate dischargea Pected reiations an possible cash coun, that wery Investigation, which I got. priation. Notw ing the plea, however, Of | at an expenditure of $97,785; January, 1873, {t had twelve years of age, drowned on Tuesday evening | (yitkoln ‘against whom the case had been “worked ‘uly affecting, Rerontes—Was Gibson present at that investic deficiency of funds (o mee tudge Fan- | run further behind to 2775 policies, covering whi e bathing, W 8 found In tho dock foot of Thirty. | up" with such apparent ingenuity The unlucky, Dr, Biauvelt, the chairman, who was Joined by | gation? cher grafted the 1 but this did nos | $5,482,139 of insurance, at an expenditure of , first street, East River. Coroner Woitman was | or rather lucky man gave a sigh of relief, and the Mr. Humpareys, gave some interesting statements Mr. TUNISON—NO; he was sent for, but did not u i it Waiting applica | $99,450; January 1, 18) the number had | notified tn both cases, | only remark ‘he could utter when congratniated ¢ofroborative of the Views held by too latter gen- come. He did not attend the other Investigation y tn Supreme vee iy { are bap Pals ao ian '474 ee teen sad ~~ --- - ---- ad | was. “By George, I was scared.” He was scared coun es rye tae Mere and tae weet eased yas eee gave a Pebdalyrti Pratt, for ao order to 8 oniy \ 74,842 had paid ; Stattl b a fond undoubted claims of the families represen REPORTER—Whab Was the cause of Pierce's ree uit Comprrolier stould | out for expenses of management during the sour, HEAVY ROBBERY BY A TRUCEMAN, j into Ceiling tne sto about ilsonrneyion Monday. elon cee cima She Hid) Bigtente eee 4 ty ontempt in not obeying and on April 27, 1874, the roll of policies had run morning, and but for the honesty and candor of Biauvelts wero moval {rom your otnce ? Sa 1S. Pairgrieves, re 0 oy f:| ernaken . vi . the very firat of all the Knickerbockers, ‘ , TUNISON—ThiS 18 a CO of th t it w: ed by Mr. Fullerton, | down to 1,198, ee Only $1,877,508—a exssum: ean tatiana TUcEa Aer CeOa LL eaTEN 7 | tim ina aga Of troublee st el TN caine Xs lurtraders beflure the corontzanien which he Was discharged, (rhe ietter was, a very nd that, in addition to thia, meee ma | Sie ay se eee Cate ree a ac eawera airuckman, whom he charged with appropriating | where he bears a good reputation, It is Deleved Envhish ciaimed jarisdietion over tho coast Rerorter—When was this co pats ‘made by tor, Raunt nates ¢ ~inol oe we pe | poaea TL, 18 Heeb aaCseE Pee —— to his own uso $680 worth of cassimeres, gros grain | by many that Wagner's scare aud excitement at from eb oki ean bd ene They luoked for Ploree—vefora or bee bis removal in the case,’ IL was urged, further, that Me, Vaue | agement cqualied $2720 ga atertwe of sonar | like and other Valuables. Congdon receleqyine |-forosa tke ody of MoOmtm God aCe pene This, Way IDLCrInD Flec with ther Coren eee ae montis ater tie ‘crime i tileged to nate Seen Gevort bad ho mee as se ar | come jpeg ie faa ey, Roney a goous on the 23d of May last, with instructions to | kiiled him, he hurried away, It is certain that the are now’ parinois in the progont plunge alter long- witnessed by him, {n this connection it ought to he they! Ht tpn nt tothe ot Pp | dg is made of chat little addition imits oficial | @ r them to Hearn & (o., No, Broads | body was run over by a heavy wagon, forit wag ured wealth, 1 faniily vas always hada tra: be remembered that, under the Post Ofice iawn, for, m, in opposition, in- inle 0. 48 East Four: | dition about this property, He (the Doctor) haa, 7 7 4 ¥) 0 1 hn bruised and the right arm was broken. It #ny employé who shal! wituess such a crime and Sst f $s snes Bie. | reports. Refi ae EE Ue ND an v , we ° like the rest, let the story go as un old wite's tale, does not report it at once to the Pustmastor Gene. p % > 5 | ithou a 873, Sf 5 teenth street, John Joyco and in I’, Benning: | Was first discovered by A. B. De Camp, of Verona, , Y goa ale, reps ‘3 peers Sgt Ailes DRCETOEaereA RO Pecoamar oruteeoro tie) polleynoleverarkine ham, recetvuig clerks tor the above lirms resp-e. | antl Puttick McGovern, of No. 24 Bank gtroct. Nee, tll he accidentally stumoles—in septemiee ae, O° gulity of a misdemeanor, for which Plerco compel (he repayment of th paid, After some further amount thus over- rgument Judge Pratt tively, informed Hatton & Langdon that the goods any wag hly_prosperon the company highly prosperous and nad had not been received by thew houses. In the | $469,634 of good assets, yet January 1, 1874, he says, ark. They were on their way to New York. The remains were conveyed trom the residence On an Old lady in Orange count, daughter of the orivimal Van Y¥, ab actual grand- Housen, who toid {s liable to be punished now on his own testimony. Mr. Bliss is expected to dectde to-day whether or 4 3 e him such tacts and sinal is i 1 is » x Look the papers, reserving his deciston, | by ctreular, that the abuliy of the company to ade PHtRaUeneeaLOmae tree Tae RTE el errs bea repneation Mpa Oe ne anxiety by exclaiming at Cl maarrencek tencan: DCOMMUMOREES eet ere te ee E ~ Meet its losses will depend upon its mortality, an of ene 7 “ ; : 4 iiged Pesemblance to her family ana rne curious tact that i = the officers find tt impossible to stem th and yesverday effecied his arrest. He pleaaed — tractor told @ HERALD reporter that he was obliged na ly names wi Aish irae | SUPREME QOURT—CHAMBERS. tide—increase of reserve and aroceallte-sorting ie | quilt}, Aid was hela iu $8000 te auawan he dates | 4s (uscharge McCann, as he “could never get along , gertaln iamily nawes were common to tne Van | MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, Soaiea, against them—virtuaily advising the insured to Kasnuire. bakin susie apoc n Dud tana amene | “Tets wonderiu story, bur tte remans tos | pa a Settle the best way they could. The success of this peopSe aT ee RMR a ee el ed. entativ Ms ' Judge Pra | cold bath system secures cancellations, forced THE POLICEMAN'3 BASTINADO. | PREPARATIONS AT HELL GATE, | Sarate may proceed todiatied of ghey PEOsPecti¥e | whe Tax Rate—Confirmation of the Tax Frances J. s FURII Grantee SS Prete Tae tee emer CiMnE AG. RclerGureerel: Lasse ake Métropeiitan: Sines Use amie Renewal of Operations. ——_— z Levy by the Board of Supervisors—Sa- Nyorce and Tanted to plainti@®, 4 D| iow the 3 ues 2) | 4 “Listan vs. Blank. -Memortndum, | stock security of the stockholders owned ‘by the Clubs | Towaras the end of the last session of Congress STEWART’S BUILDING FOR WORKING GIRLS, | pervisor Koch the Champion of the s 4 jomas Drewey ; Her: _oMcers 18 ~ correspondin, saved, an it f ath | 2 -third of | ened | People. sanders vs, atnn Sanders:—Deorees Of uivoree | has been’ femarkaiy ekecettel” MET ale | ssa citizen” i very justly lndignant at the use | 2 APDropriation of $225,000—about one-third of | among otner oommanications which have | 2 anted to plaintiits, Weidon.—Writ allowed; de- feadaat to give ball in the sum of $500, By Judge Lawrence. | above record demonstrates. It 18° also well | Known vhat the older a policy {a the greater its re- quired reserve liability. To meet this increasing de- mand a novel idea ts brought out—novel so far as to Which our Metropol.tan janizaries in bine are | converting the clabs with which @ confiding cor- poration has armed them. Itis only in New York what was asked for—was made for the improve- ments at Hell Gate and the East River. Some | signs of activity in putting forward the work are | reached the HERALD on tho subject comes one from an intelligent and evidently weil educated working giri, who expres @ great desire that Aspeolal meeting of the Board of Supervisors was held yesterday afternoon in the chamber of the Board of Aldermen. Supervisor Vance pre- | the public is advised, though said upon oath vy the Lenteam va, Bennett.—Motion lor judgment and officers of this company to be the practice of very f tata policeman would dare to raise his cluy upon | BOW beginning to ve apparent. The surveyors to strike out parts of answer denied, with $10 é | | Mr. A. T. Stewart’s coutemplated home tor work. ‘%4¢4. The object of the meeting was to fix the | @clUizen, unless compelled to do so in self-defence have been engaged during the last two or three tng giris, on Fourth avenue ana ‘Thirty-second Tate of taxation for ihe present year, Supervisors costs. Opinic | many of the best New York companies—viz. y . | Cooper, Falconer, Flanagan, Gilon, Koch, Morrla, Caylers. va. Kingston and Syracuse | uiaking an old wan's policy young again, #0 far ns | while exccuting his dnty. Here, however, whero ences peed ie exact amount of greet, should be completed, She says:— I Gees eebeieg ann aie ware resent Rallrond Company; Valkenburgh vs. Inmen,—Mo- | tho official records of reserve lability go. They | we are governed by mob law and the momentary PTOSte’s made up to the time of the wwe pre sadiy in need of some such piace. We ath 2 Mons denied, with $10 costs, | send for ail the older policies in force on the pre- caprice of overbearing ofMictals, itappears that a Cessation of operations tn November last | are now paying $44 week for miserable accommo- Sie ORSTEMAN Reade Fepcet: Of Waqucent OG mery vs. Market Fire Insurance Com- | text of indorsing upon them taele surrender vaine, | uprice of overvearing oMctas, it tuing. eltinea’y aud the injury that might ‘havo since ac. | dations; two tu a small room six by eight cet; no | APPOrtonment, stating the amount of money to Exceptle to releree’s report sustained, | D| ecurt r amor . p ir , 7. 2 $14 Kbox ys. Ruspp.—Memorandai for counsel, {he Paid wp insurance’ the insured is entitled shins who isnot prompt to wake tp at the frst crued. In this interval of seven months a few | window to let in the frean alr and light God has , ¥¢ Faised by taxation for tho yoar 1874 at $32,513,816 Merrit ys, Gooderson.—An extension of five to for the old policy, or anew one, with present blow o! the bastinado, or who may not have his meno, working with the aid of one pump, were (ad jor human belugs to breathe und bask in, (Or at the rate of 2.80 per cent), and submitred i ‘nted to the plaluti om conditions. | date, new numoer, though of same amount, same feet incliued just at the right angle to receive the ve ndum.) | Ve. Spencer,—Motion to change place of | trial to Monroe county granted, with $10 costs, | Deviing vs. De -—Referee’s report con- | firmed. | Stone ve. Dodye.—Motlon denied, without costs aud original answer is directed to be tiled. Lanouette vs. Patten (two wotions).—Orders gtanted. | Mallory vs. Hagen.—Motion denied, without 088 a | SUPERIOR OOURT—SPECIAL TERM, Decisions, Ry Judge Sedgwick, Blackwell et ‘al. vs. Brinckman; Boscbeu; Sume va. Middendorf,— With $10 costs (0 abide event, &o, OOMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM, Decisions. By Jndge Larremore, vi. Ich ider.—Reference or. Same va, Motions granted, Micheifeider di ered. Selover et ai. ¥s, Bardman.—Injanction will not be granted in restriction of trade. In the matter of buller,—seoLaws of 1874, chap- ter 446, Jacobs vs. Morange.—Motion dented, MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS, Deelsh Ky Jndge Joachimsen. fiack,—Motion to advance cause de- Hied, withont costs, See memorandum. Poletar suaiirona Company. ys. Sullivan.—Motton to vacate attachment denied, without costs, See memorandum, Palconer vs. Rtoomfie)d,—Motion for new trial | anfed on payment ra of costs, 4G Opinion with r, Cummings, Bernhara vs, Turner Motion to vacate attach- meat granted in terme. Tucker va, Brown: Sulsberg vs, Cohen: Nelson vs, | Sandtord: Guggenbelmer vs. Mccormick; Butcher | §t va. Bonner,—Motions granted, Willtains vs, Sackett.—Caasa restored to eal | | MeDermott.—Motion to atrike out | answer as sham and frivolous demed, with costa, — | Lock woos vs. Rector, &c., of Church of Inter #\o0.—Motion to make answer more definile and certain denied, with costs to abide event, | id V8, Sinal,—Motion for jeave to fle new appeal, &c., granted on terms POLICE COURT NOTES, On the night of the h of July OMeer Reynolds, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, noticed three men, | two named William Carroll and John Buros anda third unknown, prowling in the vicinity of the shoe store of John J, Connor, of No, oll Sixth avenue, He learned afierwards that the shop had teen broken into and threo pair of men’s shoes, worth about $13, carried of, Me started in quest of Carrol! and Burnsand found them at a house do West Twenleth street, with Wie stolen pr erty | Dew policy isstied, and the official report only Oficial stroke on the soles, To re Evrton of 74% Henan Will von allow me, th to draw the atient Appear to regard as ® good covery one else, m allude to the means the p persons who may havo eiriking them on the fe Premium and date of maturity as old policy, and send it back. At this liberty the policy holder will not complain—will rather like tt—and the reserve lability 1s only on the new policy instead of the old, and inay not be one-flith that of the old. The new number also goes for a | t your paper, the police 5 nT, and fb all an act of brutality t ice resort to for waking uy fallen asleep tu puolie places by t with their clubs. ‘inat this jee parks did not very sow the same thing in the Barclay street) ed the waiting who to my astonish be i the manker above Stated. some persons who were dozing in thelr seats ‘One najortunate individual, who did not have his feet in the desired position, received a blow on the leg which injured him so much that he had to be assisted on the boat by a trend. He attempted to remonstrate, but our Knight of the cinb raised lis weapon and silenced him with the following che —"it you saya word Pl smash vour damed h w, sir, T would like to know if the managers ot cecurrencos, Whetner they rr nitastop to such disgraceful pract | fon other cases of the same natur st giving the number of the new policy, new dates and maturity, and not the indorsed paid up re- serve liability of the oid that the insured is en- titled to, the Insurance Department and tie pub- lic generally are hoodwinked. The President ad- mits he has reauced the reserve liability in this way over $20,000; but it is charged by the plaintit® and ex-secretary that it would exceed $100,000. it is tuus rendered impossibie to get at the true reserve liability of the company without an ex- amination of each substituted policy. i The plaintiff in this case claims that it ts neces- Sary to go into an cXamination of the company’s books since 1868, and that such examination will show that the Asbury is insvivent and snould be placed in the hands Of a receiver before all the re- | lable assets are exhausted or the rights of pultcy- holders destroyed. | ANOTHER DEFAULTER, | Henry Prindle, a weil known insurance agent, | | Connected with the People’s Fire Insurance Com. | pany, of Philadelphia, and the Atlantic and Pacifiv Company, of Chicago, has disappeared, defranaing the latter company of about $3,360 and the Phila. deiphia company of about $75,000, Prindle was Manager and Treasurer of the Peopie’s, and they | have been obliged to spend. in regard to this Bergh has generously rescued the dog, and per | Geral vig nt tP@ papers give toe following | mitted a child to fii his place, { am forced co | | fhe President of the People’s Fire Insurance | arrive at the conclusion that quadruped {8 more | M Faroe heey bay i, suffering frum @ yaluabe than human life, and that it would be | this affair. ‘The'majority ‘ot the "ereokbotders. ase | better for that child to be a dog than such an | | American citizen. [ have no sympathy with New Yorkers, numbering about torty. Prindle was also agen' forthe Atlantic and Pa. Cruelty or injustice in an orm, but i think {t 188 cific Insurance Company, of Chicago, ior the New rather curious nineteen: otury civilization t! England and New York States; the Mercanule In- protects @ dog irom 1) treatment and permits @ surance Company, of thesame city; the rire and tender child to ve subjected to tt, | have sent tne rine, of Wheeling, W. Va, and the Central In. , following letter to Mr, Bergh, but, aa L have little | Rope of his Interierence, will you kindly draw surance Company, of Philadeiphia. Iv is reported that he owes the Atlantic and Pa. public attention to the case thrdugh the columns cific Com ny $23,000 and the Mercantile Company of the HExaLp? McD, 5,000, He never paid anything to the Fire and | Mtr. Renan, Prestdont of the Soolety fiitine Insurance Company, and owos the Central | of Critity to animale Colt for the Prevention anout $7,000, There {# Dot a thing leit o1 ihe Sik—Your efforts to prevent ori and | Peoples’ Company to my knowledge, and there ts | 8Te acknowledged by the eniire 3 sbons $10,000 In Wsses that Will soon have to be | fociese your eyes tothe minerinor a ean oT TRE iH paid. Mm ¥ u WOrtny. ¢ or, Mp'indic sent hig wile and family to Europe a few the porron of "an uniortiate dee” bias weaned months since, and he has doubtless planned this | more than eight hourson cider mill IM af extablish: | robbery for ‘about xX months past. It is estimated mens corner of Houston street ena Broadway. In ac- that Prindle has abscouded with about $250,000, | complishing that weet you won for the canine tribe as pari stheninsiennsgeedleend Ata victory as Lincoln did for our colored, brothers | GRAND ARMY OF TAE REPUBLIO. Of the South, dnd you deserve «monument. You eindt- cated their right to good treatment, freedom and Justiee, posta of the above org ton will go to ‘sland on Thursday, August 4 next,” The gen waken, e8, To THR Eprron ov Tar HERALD: | Whether the existence of a dog or the life of a child 19 the more valnavie? bis question sug- | gested itself to me @ few days ago, upon witness- ing # young boy per‘orming the work on a@ cidor Mullin an establishment on the corner of Broad: | way and Houston street which had previously | been done by an able bodied canine. As Protessor | | And you are entitled to their everiastin erativade, i Hl you now do eniaething to merit Liman thanks? ne esiablishwent, t ithority of the same ple trom whom you re dog, occupying the St ued the ow liberated triond and portorming eral (catures of the fete ara to consist of a review sarric duty. (9 6 OWING OF renter ree eee ae of all posta participating and trials Of skill and = tally nor physically lo he yer veloned, ror ty his Strength in competitive games for prizes, Thero strength yaad te Watof the uadeaped. You r Y Onelegved soldiers on crutches, vilad: | yon hat seomd | ft sce’, jumping, ko Ww ba MoD | | fale) of the national administration, | No means insignificant, employed in keeping tho excavation moderately free from water. The surveyors have ascertained that no material damage has been done since the stoppage except the rast and injury from similar cause to the machines consequent on disuse and damp. No water was in the shaft, but a good deal had coilected in the headings and galleries. ‘This, since recommencement of work, has been effecta- ally removed by the additional aia of two power- | ‘ui pumps, one 01 which discharges 1,200 gallons a tuiuute, It is confidently expected that every- thing will be prepared for drilling and other active Operations by the beginning of next week. At present about twenty-nve men (including officers) are employed, but in tull work the number wiil be » Increased to 125, it may be here remarked that it is possibly a taise economy which has directed the | lowering of the wages {rom $2 50 and $2 to $2 and $1 75 O1 the re-empioyed miners and laborers, They have been for seven months thrown out 01 work, and certainiy {tis @ hardship to receive such a meagre return for patience, The duties required | Ol these men are not only laborious, but also naz- ardous, [1 the present penny-wise and pound-foolish which lav- shes millions on worthiessness and leaves real im- provements to ban dl continues, it lies not Within tne range of human prophecy to guess ‘when this most important undertaking will be concluded. But if the moderate amount of appro- priations requested by the able and experienced omicer entrusted with the charge of this depart. ment, Major General Newton, were granted, “Tne 1 Gate” would, in all probaoility, be open to com- | merce by 1876 at furthest, COTTON WAREHOUSES ON THE WATER FRONT, Two committees of tho Cotton Exchange have for some time past been considering the advisa- bility of establishing @ number of spacious ware- houses along the water front of the city, for the reveption and storage of cotton shipped to this port. The necessity of such establishments ts very | generally conceded, and it ts understocd that Messrs. B. P. Baker and D, H. Baldwin, who repre. sent the reapective committees, have already agreed upon an informal plan of building, bat they cannot say positively at what point or points they ! are itkely to locate, as the large area on the water front needed makes tt @ dificult task. It is pro- posed, In case the warchouses are establisned, to Make them large enough to hold ail the co.ton ; that will be in the city at one time. The | average number of baics stored in tho city now is over 60,000, but the ca- city of the projected warehouses will be for 200,000 bales. Tho Nay lato make the build- ings fireproof, covered 80 as to enable receipts and deliveries in any kind of weather. ‘The ware- houses are to be 80 enclosed that theft of cotton | will be prevented, It is well known that dealers {n cotton ten pounds Oo! cotton from cach bale. Along river fronts some people make a business of steal. jag bits of cotton, and the aggregato loss sua. tained annually by the owners and shippers 1s by The proposed warehouses are Ww be Yullt Mpom aad near the viers Where the @ been subjected to much annoyance | and peconiary loss py small thefts of from one to | the ; @ have only 4 door that leads out into a small room, which serves ior parlor, dining room and kitchen, looking out into a dirty yard, interiaced with clothes lines, filled with flapping, unseemiy garments, Mr. Stewart Is a hberal handed gentie- man, Who as spont many thousands of douars in | wetting the giris’ home building Pod ap; cow Why not spend a little more and finish it’ tu nis own munifcent way? On! if he ghly knew how glad we were when we first saw ‘the ioundation laid and watched it 98 it grew in oeauty and size— how aiter our day's wors was Over we would pasa by aud ponder tipon the great good it wonld do when finished! Let tim finish this undertaking and do & great public good, A notice of this irom ready published in these colamns (: amount appropriated ts for State tax and $9,565,768 for Interest on the city debt). lengthy document occupied a long time, auring which the Supervisors an ordinance embodying the estimates as finally adopted by the Board of Apportionment ana a- 78,481 of the The reading of tho CHATTED PLEASANTLY WITH ONB ANOTHER, Supervisor KocH moved to refer tho ordinanee to the Committee on Finance and Assessmenta, Supervisor FLANAGAN Moved to adopt the ordi. | the HERALD Will greatiy oblige many, very many | Dance. Lost. working girls.!” tiie st | Supervisor Cooper moved to reconsider the GARDNER AND THE JONi8' WOOD RIOT, _—-Yote._ Adopted. To THB Epiror op tg HenaLp:— | Tho paragraph tn a late issue of tho HERALD, exposing Gardner's efforts to gok the appointment of Superintendent of Police, explains what before was very cloudy, & ¢, what possible object he could have tn trying to ino.te a riot at the picnio of the betel alt regiment at Jones’ Wood on the Fourth of July. Gardner wag at tho Nincteenth Precinct station nouse all the afternoon o: that day, and rushed over the whole reserve to quell an {insignificant rencontre between two or three police And civiilans. Had tt not been for the courage and presence of mind of Colonel Cavanagh, Gardacr Would have had an opportuntty of taking credit for | his promptitude tn dealing with the rioters, The premature telegram, sent presumably by him, to the press that evening, headed “Dreadit! Riot at Jones’ Woor—six Men’ Killed,” would have been A fact, and the city would have neen saddied with | this man as Superintendent of Police “Who knew how to deai with the rioters.” IR AN, | RESTITUTION TO A SAILOR | CoxsvLaT Gr: f} New York, July 20, is71. To Tur EvrTon or Taw HERALD: — In relation to my note to you, with letter from G, W. Blunt, Fsq., published in the HERALD, | om Dicased to state that on Leing informed of Commis- stoner Blunt's reply to me, that he had no power | in the matter, the police nave promptly arrested | the keeper ot the sailors’ boarding house and c | pelled the restitution of his property to the sailor fopvea, by YA this, aa will oblige EDWARD SHERER, Acting Consul. MANHATTAN ORIOKET CLUB, This club have arranged to play the following | Matches, on their grounds, at the foot of Eighth | Street, Hobuken:— Manhactan vs, St. George (second clevens), Jury 80, at throe P.M. cach day, { | , Manhatlan va, St. George (Mrst elevens), August | 5, ateloven A. M. Manhattan ys. Staten (sland (second eleven), Augrat 1, at te P, M, | | Manhattan ys, Staten August 15, ab cleyen 4, My NENAL OTTOMAN, 122 Froyt istand (first cievens), firm the acts of the Board of Apportionment, | porvisor Qilon- | the Board adj the Board of S | the collection of ta - | right to add three per cent, or about ry the tax levy, as adopted by tlonmient (Which would have 2.34 per cont), th makes the actual Supervisor Kocwt said that tho tax assessors | Should flad out to their sorrow that they were “supercvised.”” Thirty-two millions, 0 @ time like this, Was an “awfal pile” of money, aud the Roard of Apportionment ought to have reduced the amount, Vanted to show de “pooblic’ dat dey would do all dey could to reduce the amount. The jaw of the Shtate vag rotten, Me Supervisor Cooren said thelr course was p + scribed by law, and ail they hud to do was to cu . He was happy to say that a portion of that Board had manfully stood out for a reduction of the tax rate, and succeeded tn that noble endeavor. Sapervisor Ginon thought there were too iow members rage to take action on so important a matter, te moved that when this Board adjouru it be till Wednesday afternoon at two o'cicck, Adopted. Supervisor GrLnon moved to make this tax the special order tor next Wednesday. SUPERVISOR KOCH'S MAGNANIMITY, Supervisor Cooper hoped that this motion would levy | not be adopted, ag there might be no quorum next Wednesday. Several memvers of the Board were | quite out Of the reach of any cali and others were | going out of town, Supervisor Koc! shoost sce dat the law saya ve must confirm de tax le 1 y dat is sof don't 1 dereiore withdraw ‘The ordinance was then adopted unanimour After reconsidering the resointion offered vy Stu to mect again next Wednesa urned. [fts noteworthy that waile ipervisors, to meet deficiencte tm kos, had, under the law, we 600, Le the Board of Appors made the tax rate only added $490,425 13, which ate Of tax 2.80 per cent, Original tax rate, as adopted by the Board of Ap- ip Was a fraction over 277 per cent 22,901), The Mayor Not Vet Suspended. A romor spread like wildflre yesterday mornin tu tho City Hall that Colonel De Kay, the wov- nor’s Private Secretary, nad been closeted with the Mayor in the Comptrotier's ofico and had an- honnced tke suspension of the Mayor by the Gov- (OONTINUED ON NINTH PAGEI