The New York Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1874, Page 10

10 THE GRAND JURY'S INSPECTION, Their Visit to the Public In- stitutions. What Was F ound in the Hos- pitals and Prisons. A PRISON DINNER. Some Idea of Who and How Many Are Recipi- ents of the City and County’s Bounty. ‘The Grand Jury in session during the past month adjourned yesterday. The following gentlemen were the jurors:—Henry D. Stover, John Hall, George D, Nichols, James Slade, Jacob A, Bogart, Samuei D. Russell, William A. Caldwell, Theodore Perry, Daniel D. T. Moore, William Palon, William A. Geaney, Lawrence P. Mott, Caled B, Knevals, Richard 0. Combs, George M. Leventrill, Henry T. Anthony, Alfred Coiville, Theodore E, Isaacs, Charies Day, Wiliam Kemp, Adolph Mack, Jobn Boyd and Alexander Bronding. Prior to their adjournment the jury visited the public institutions of the county which are under the supervision of the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction, With the view of pro- curing information as to the state of these insti tutions our reporter called upon Hepry D. Stover, the Chairman of the jury, and who has so fre- quently been called to the performance of jury duty that his experience in that respect has be- come quite extensive. From Mr. Stover it was learned that the jury proceeded to the foot of Twenty-sixth street, East River, where they were received on board the steamer Bellevue and con- veyed to Blackwell’s Island. They first visited THE CHARITY HOSPITAL, in which institution they found 1,024 inmates, Several wards are exclusively devoted to lung and chronic diseases, which form a large proportion of the affections of our charity patients. In the med- ical wards 300 patients were found suffering from | avariety of aiseases. In the wards set apart for surgery none but surgical cases are treated. That the skill of the surgeon 1s frequently ealled into requisition was ampiy shown by the fact that | 4n these wards the jury found 100 patients under treatment, In the lying-in wards seventy women ‘Were waiting to be confined. The extent of relief furnished to poor and homeless women is shown by the fact that in these wards an average of sixty births per month takes place. Affections of the eyes also seem to be of some extent among the charity poor, for in the ophthalmic ward tne jury found thirty-five .cases under treatment. The venereal wards had 200 patients, which may be taken as an illustration of the effects, 11 not of the extent, of vice among those who become recipients Of the public bounty. ‘The deaths tn the Charity Hospital average sixty per month during the winter, in the summer | This would indicate that the | thirty-fve to forty. effects of climate are as marked in our hospitals, where especial pains are taken to counteract them, as they are elsewhere. The patients, how- ever, who are found in our public institutions are largely composed of sufferers from pulmonic and other affections peculiarly liable to prove fatal during the winter season. In case of any death the practice usually pur- sued is to keep the body twelve hours bejore an autopsy is made. Alter the autopsy it is kept twenty-four hours longer, to be recognized or claimed by friends. The admissions mto the Charity Hospital aver- age jorty per day, and the average number of those daily discharged is about the same. The daily roli shows 1,024, Dr. D. H. Kitchen is the chief of the medical staff, and he has seven resident and seven outside essistants. THE PENITENTIARY. In this institution the jury found 934 prisoners and witnessed a sight very unusual to those not familiar with prison life, although one of daily oc- currence in the Penitentiary. They saw the dining of the male prisoners, and beheld 600 of them seated at the tables 1p the same room and taking their dinners at the same time. 1 the 934 prisoners 140 are females, a propor- tion which may be regarded as speaking very fa- Vorably for the latter. Perhaps, however, this Javorable exhibition will find a singular offset tn the fact that the Penitentiary holds but. thirty negroes. This 1s all that our colored population could furnish as their quota to the 934, Two-thirds of the prisoners when committed were under age, and twenty-five were only six- teen years old, so that the youths of our country May be regarded as very well represented among our criminal classes, The reflection that we have g0 large a proportion or youthful criiipals ts cer- tainly uot a very flattering one to our progress in civilization and education. It is a fact becoming daily more and more recognized that one of the first duties of a people 13 to take care of the morals Of their youths, and if the compulsory education laws soon to be enforced shail have the effect of diminishing youthful crime they will bring about | “a consummation devoutly to be wished.” The hygienic and sanitary regulations observed as part of the disciple of the Penitentiary, judged by their results, seem to be quite efficient. ne average of sick prisoners in hospital does not exceed twelve, which may be regarded as a good indication of the prevalent condition of health, Another illustration of this fact is furnished by the Patan observed of weighing each prisoner upon t entrance into and final dismissal from the prison. invartably the weight at the latter period exceeds that of the former, ranging all the way | from five to forty pounds. + Muca of the work at which the prisoners are employed is out-door work, especiully such as pertains to quarrying stone. Many of the pris- oners are also employed in building a sea-wail around the Island. In the bakery 63 persons are employed, two- | thirds of whom are prisoners. Here 50 barrels Of flour are daily used and 6,300 loaves of bread are daily baked. The last purchase of four was made at $5 25 per barrel, at whicn price 3,000 barreis were purchasea The barber shop of the prison is opened at twelve o’clock op Saturdays, av w hour work is stopped and the prisoners either save them- selves or are shaved by other prisoners. Tbe jury aiso visited ‘iweed’s room, of which 80 much Has been said and written. They looked in vain ior the splendor and magnificenc quently described by fertile reporters an ative gossips. What they really saw was an ordi- nary prisoner’s room. The room is neither car- peted nor ornamented, and none 0! the numerous decorations, which were said to bear such unmis- takabie testimony to the taste and refinement of the imprisoned Boss, were anywhere to be seen. ‘The jury jooked at the walls of the room and they Were not bare; but instead of peing instinet with lise, a8 port of art, they were simpiy covered, about hall way up to the ceiling, with some cambric stuf, which had been temporarily tacked there to keep tae whitewash (rom fallimg down. THE WORKHOUSE. The most remarkable feature that attracted the attention of the jury in this institution was the great disproportion between the male and female portions Of our population who find their way whither from time to time. The proportion is given as 600 males to 7,000 iemales. Whatever may be the causes to which tris great disparity is to ve ascribed it certainly seems to speak very uniavor- | ably for the condition of society which has ren- dered it possible. ‘That the stave of our social and political condition 18 alone to biame for it, and that it does not arise from differences in the moral status between the male and female members of our community, there can be no doubt; and the Various reasous to which it 13 due should receive in- vestigation and attract public attention with the view of a speedy correction, if not total removal, Of 80 evident and probably oppressive an evil. It ts said, however, and this to some extent may account for so remarkable a disproportion, that many women are revurned many tumes, AS an ilustration of this fact the experiences of last July may be mentioned. Of 160 women released on the third day of that month 78 were returned = the very next Tuesday following. here have been as many as 158,000 arrivals and departures from the workhouse in @ single year ; @ statement which wiil become the more impress- ive when we refect that this number 1s almost po ny Mey hd of the entire population of the warden Of this institation, Mr. Joseph Keen, is Cae re enemas, peing werent Save f Tved as Wards t * ase lor twenty-eight years, vepbbidaiec THE ALMSHOUSE, In this institution the jury found 1,175 mmates. incinaing 118 incurables. Of these incurabies, fifty- eight are in the male department and the remain- der in the female, Many of ‘the subjects of public aims are aged, or advanced in years. Ibis is probably due to the fool tast upjess a postin Of seli-sunport or in- ed in the works Of the first masters | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1874—QUADRUPLE SHEET. erpenomes De secured 1m the earlier periods of human life the individual's powers to ‘cope with knowing mach abont them. With the close of Mr. Carter’s evidence the State rested aud adverse tances hag age advances, THE DEFENOR OPENED. “hus hopes are ually lost, and fin even the Counsellor Guild: the jury and said he, atiempt at Tt is abandoned. Of she | his colleague and the defendants hesitated whether old in the Almshouse the most remarkable case is | it would not be aswell to let them | the case that of @ woman who came to this country [rom | as tt stood, there peing, 6 he believed, no evi the North of Ireland. She is now 110 years old, | dence to pare the allegations in the indictment, being one of the few female centenarians here | but they had Mnally decided to take the privilege |. and there to be found in our Jand. Although she | of removing all stain from Messrs. Stainsby and necessarily shows many of the effects of age she | Young. He made®@ vigorous attack on the rand ig Still im the possession of ali her mental faculties. The jury were much surprised by here wituess- ing some of the singular effects sometimes pr duced by rheumatism, @ disease rendered pec arly prevalent through individual, if nov popular, carelessness in this ever changing climate. The case is that of a woman Who has been laid up in ' bed with this afliction for seventeen years. Her Qngers, the nails of which are over an inch in length, are drawn up and twisted like wire rope, but far more rigid tian the metallic strands, The toes of her feet are in & similar condition. Not- withstanding these unnatural contortic: she has not suffered any pains resulting from the dis- ease for the past eight years, and, apart from this rheumatic adection, 18 in @ healthy concition. At this institution the jury were invited to & | dinner prepared for them, and lest it should be said, a8 has been the case heretofore, that they were “dined and wined” in that peculiar “style of regal splendor” which so often calls into exercise the descriptive power of the modern Jenkins, the | “bill of fare’’ is here given :— | Meats —One course, | Vegetabies—Boiled Irish potatoes, boiled pars- nips. bread—Prison baked. Pastry—Plain bread pudding (plenty of both). Drinks—Coffee, cold water, ‘The waiters were prisoners, It may aiso prove interesting to those who have found so much fault with past Grand Jury lunches | to know that all these good things were prepared in a manner fully showing that cooking is not one of the “lost arts” in the kitchens of our public tn- stitutions; and especially may tt prove interesting to all who may hereaiter be called upon to per- form the duty of inspecting our public institutions as Grand Jurors to learn that these things were | mot merely well cooked but that the supply of them was also abundant. THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS, The male Lunatic Asy!um on Ward’s Island, the jury were imformed, contained 900 patients. ‘Anthony Allaire is the Warden, and Dr. R. L. Parker, the Resident Physician, There are also in this tmstitution thirty lunatics—old men— who imagine they own the Island. The female | Lunatic Asylum has 1,159 patients, The general | healthy condition of the inmates is shown by the | facts that there are seldom more than from ten to | fitteen sick in bed at a ime, whtle the deaths are | only six per cent. Unsoundness of body, it would appear, does not necessarily follow unsounduess of mind. ir return to the foot of Twenty-sixth |, Street, East River, the jury visited | ) THE BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, | where they found everything in a condition of | cteantiness and good order and the patients well | cared for under the rule of Warden brennan. Mr, | Brennan conducted them throngh the institution, | and as he did so be Was constantly giving some evidence of the natural kindness of his disposi- | tion. He seemed incapable of passing a patient | by without addressing to him a few words of sym- | | pathy and cheer, and these always appeared to | have ab encouraging effect. The jury were courteously received at the | | various institutions Visited. The ofMcers and em- | ployés ireely extended every assistance required | to facilitate thetr labor of inspection, and readily | answered all inquiries and imparted every itnior- mation desired, | ‘Lhe jury spent an entire day tn making their ex- | aminations and inquiries, and closely scrutinized | every part of the different institutions visited. ‘They were much impressed with the general el- fectuveness of the management and the eMicacy of the discipline observed. Good order and cieanit- ness seemed to be ruies specially enforced, aud | everywhere exhibited their effects. Wie tue inmates of every grade and class appearc.. | held toa strict conformity to the rules of Wisc pline, full attention was also paid to their wanis ‘and comforts. So far as their physical condition | is concerned there appears to be nothing lacking. Our public institutions, therefore, seem to be as efficient in accomplishing the objects for which Uney were designed as could be desired, and in the | Just and liberal, yet economical and judicious ad- | Iinistration of their affairs, the Commissioners of | Charities and Correction, under whose control | these institusions are, are credited with the excr- | cise of great ability, judgment and care, NEWARKE’S CONSPIRACY TRIAL, Second Day’s Proceedings Stainsby-Young Case—Close of the Prosecution and Opening for the De- fence—The Grand Jury System At- tacked. ‘The trial of Alderman William Stainsby and ex- | Commissioner Joseph C. Young, on an indictment for conspiracy to defraud the city of Newark in the matter of certain real estate transactions, was resumea in the Court House there yesterday, be- fore Judge Titsworth, @ full bench and a crowded audience chamber. As on the first day of the trial (Friday), there were present a large number of officials and leading local politicians and much interest was manifested in the proceed- iogs. This interest is heightened by the fact that the offences alleged against Stainsby and Young are part of a system whereby, as is alleged, the city has been not only robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars but been scandalously sub- | jected to wholesale so-cAlled “improvements,” | beneficial only to land speculators and prop- erty owning officials and their friends. Upon the resumption of the trial Charlies A. Taylor, Alderman Stainsby’s nephew, the young maa who purchased the property through the advice and with the money furnished in part by Stainsby, was recallea. In his direct examination he swore that Stainsby told him to go and see Lane, the owner of the $1,800 property, for which in a few days after Tay- Jor’s purchase, through the recommendation of Young’s commission, he (Taylor) was awarded in the | $2,300. He testified also that he got | the money out of the City Treasury be- | fore the award was due, and that atthe sale of the house on Lane’s lot Stalnsby bought it im for $85. He said, however, that Stainsby had no equitable interest in the proceed: At this point his contumacy on the stand was so | marked that the Prosecutor of the Pleas declared | him | bs HOSTILE TO THE STATE. | Counsel for the defence made strenuous objec- | tions to bis answering of certain questions, so | that the Court heard their purport and object pri- vately and then admitted them. A little furtner on Taylor admitted tnat he had said {he told the Grand Jury Stainsby had an equitable interest in the proceeds, and that if he (Taylor) sold the property profitably he would | “recognize the kindness of Mr. Stainsby in telling me of those advantageous bargains.” The prose- cutor desired to prove by the witness that, through the instrumentality of the accused, he had been enabied to purchase in same way other property besides parcels specified im the indictment, but upon the objection of the defence the Court ruled ad- versely. The prosecutor contended, however, that overt acts were not only admissible, but all incidents tending to prove the conspiracy. On cross-examimation Taylor said he had asked Stainsby to let him know of any profitabie real estaie investments he might hear of; that there was no agreement between him and his uncie, and that the latter had not asked or received anytning for procuring the bargains | for Taylor. He admitted conveying other lots to the city besides those in the indictment. ‘Who couveyed them to you?” asked the prosecutor. Defence objected and the Court sided with it, say- | ing it could not see the relevancy of the ques- tion. Aiter some sparring between counsel, in which the prosecutor animatediy said that if the Court would not allow him to prove what he de- sired, or tell the Court what he proposed to prove, he might as well close the case. Upon this the Court (to the expressed chagrin of counsel for the defence) permitted bim to pro- ceed and state that be proposed to prove tnat ‘Taylor bad purchased but four tracts of land, the two in question and two on Nineteenth street; that the latter was purchased by advice from Stainsby, and that the award for damag nm the same was made by a commission oi which Young was chairman, and that these parties have been | in @ conspiracy to obtain more money irom the | city for lands than the city should have paid; that he could show this Was but part of | AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM TO FLEECE THE CITY, by getting hold of property and making the city | pay forit, He argued that tne overt acts were Hot the crimes, out were only put in the indict- ment to meet its requirements. The overt acts are merely indices, He proposed to introduce this evidence to throw hight on the conspiracy. Of course he coul’n't prove that Mr. Stainaby said to Mr. roung, “Let us cneat the city;” and any evidence going to throw light on the tactt con Spiracy ts admissipie. He thought the Court wi feartul that fraud would be alleged in the purchase of the other tracts. That was not his intention. He simply wanted to show that other lots nad been purchased in the same way, in order to show intimacy between the defendants in this transac lon. Alter considerable depate between counsel and the Court the latter ruled that the prosecutor must confine himself to the allegations in the in- dictment. So unexpected was this and other rulings of the Court favorable to the dejence that the prosecutor seemed di to throw ti case up. He contunued, however, and e: amined Coptas H. Parkinson, Raiph Jeffer- son, @ relative of Mr. Stainsby, id also under indictment for alleged frauds on the ballot box, and Edward Carter, all members of Jee Young’s vommission. Their evidence went to show the calculations, &c., ry ng, and that they were led nearly altogether by him, Garter sdmitied manme reports without Mr. | ‘the | these | Jury system and aracserised it asa relic of the baroarie Pash, 6 sald that under tt any man might be indicted as weil as William Statnsby and Joseph C, Young. He charged that the pros- ecution had not called all its witnesses, but they would nevertheless be given by the defence a chance to ty, He then called James Williams, also one of Young’s commis- ners, Who bad mapped out Fourteenth street ud awarded Taylor sums of money lor property taken greatly tm increase of the sums paid by Lim, as known to Young, He testified that he was aware at the time of mapping out the street that Guenther and Lane were willing to take less for their property than was anbsequently awarded to Taylor. Tne gbject of the delence was to show that the Guenther-Lane.Taylor transactions were not kept secret from the entire Commission, and hence that there was no conspracy. Upon cross examination by the prosecutor the witness admit- ted that nigher awards were made for the Guenther and Lane lots than jacent ones, The latter got $450, the former Witness had made up nis mind as to the vi tion irom what Jacob Skinkle bad told him, “What did Skinkle tell you ”? queried the prosecutor ; but the Court, upon Objection being made by defence, ruled the ques- tion out. Witness was asked if he had not said that it was wrong fora commissioner to give in- formation about real estate, but the defence ob- jected and the Court again sustained the obiec- on, JOB YOUNG ON THE STAND. Joe Young, one of the accused, was next called to the ind by the defence. He admivted telling Stainsby about the Guenther and J.ane property; | deciared that he Knew notning of the sale to Tay- | lor until alter 1¢ was made and Guenther came to thank him; that he had derived no advantage | whatever by that sale or any other, and that if the other Commissioners did not know all about the Lane and Guenther affair, it was their own fault Jor being absent. | Young was still on the stand when the Court ad- | journed till Monday, The action of the Court in | ruling out testimony which the prosecutor re- garded as most important, has given rise to con- | Siderable comment of an adverse character in quarters inimical to the ring. ANOTHER NEWARK OONSPIRAOY CASE. | Detective Becker and Mrs. Dunn Charged ‘With Fraud on the Government. In Newark yesterday, before United States Com- missioner John Whitehead, the examination was resumed in the case of Charles Becker, a detective on the Newark poitce force, Mrs. Kate Dunn, with several aliases, and Edwara C. Callery, an ex- policeman, all of whom were arrested last Satur- day on @ charge of conspiracy two defraud the United States government ip the matter of a pen- sion, The allegation is that Mrs, Dann, through the aMdavits of Becker and Callery declaring that she was the widow of a deceased naval oilticer, En- sign Dunn, drew pension as such, when in fact she was then @ married woman, the wife of James Ramsey. No witnesses were examined esterday, but a number of documents were placed th evidence by the government going to show that in September, 1865, Kate married Ramsey; that Becker, in 1873, swore that he served a copy of a petition for divorce on Ramsey, in behalf of Kate; that Kate swore, in 1873, before Commis- stoner Brinckerhoff, of Jersey City, that she was | the widow of Edward Dunn, and that Caliery was | a witness in the matter. The defence waived an | examination and the case will go before the | United States Grand Jury in Trenton next term | eo: Court, Meanwhile Becker snd the woman are | ne'd in $2,500 baileach. Decision was reserved | | in the case of Vallery. Be will, doubtless, be dis- charged, as it appears to be Becker alone the United States authorities want. NEW YORK CITY, Boisson The police report 1,658 arrests for the week ending Friday last. The New York Academy of Medicine will cele- brate its anniversary Tuesday next. There were 621 deaths, 510 births, 221 marriages | and 44 stillbirths during the past week. A special meeting of the Union League Club will be held to-morrow evening for the purpose of | receiving an address from Mr. William Craft, of | Georgia, on the state of affairs at the South. | Professor Edwara S. Morse lectured last evening in the great hall of the Cooper Union on the “Art of Illustration,” the first of the free Saturaay | night course for the people. A large and appre- | mes @udience seemed much pleased with the effort. Mrs. Lizzie Petit Cutter will lecture on the sub- | Ject of “Marrying for Money” to-morrow evening, at Weber's Rooms, Fifth avenue. ‘Married | Flirts,” her previous lecture, made 4 sensation in society circles, and this pew one will doubtless re- semble it in being piquant and full of taterest, A sacred concert will be given this evening on the occasion of the dedication of the new school building of Our Lady of Sorrow, at the corner of Pitt and Stanton streets, under the direction of | | the Very Rev. W. Quinn, Vicar General. Religions exercises will be held at three P. M., the concert to begin at eight o’clock. The Inter-Collegiate Literary Association of the United States will hold their annual celebration at Association Hall, corner Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue, on the evening of January 7, 1875, at eight o'clock. A list of the delegates and otner | interesting facts in connection wita the organiza- tion will soon be made public, Battalion drills of the Seventy-ninth regiment | wul be held during the winter at the State Arsenal, | Seventh avenue and Thirty-fifth street, on the | folowing Wednesday evenings:—December 9, | | January 20, Febru: 17, March 17 and April 21. | | Lieutenant Colonel Laing gives notice that full | legal fines will be imposed for absence. | Tne United Scandinavian societies had a grand pall last evening in Teutonia Assembiy Rooms, | Third avenue and Sixteenth street, for the benefit | of the National House, Dancing commenced at | eight o'clock, and was kept up with great spirit | by @ largegathering of Northmep and their faten- | haired sweethearts till the verge of Sunday. The Bolivia, of the Anchor line; the Hermann, | of the German Lioyd line; the Canada, of the Na- | tional line, and the Celtic, of the White Star line, | sailed yesterday. Their list of passengers was as | follows Bolivia, 21 cabin and 397 steerage; Her- | mann, 33 cabin and 180 steerage ; Canada, 13 cabin | and 200 steerage, and Celtic, 75 cabin and 250 | steerage. The second annual dinner of the New York Press Club took place last evening, After the viands | | had been fully discussed, appropriate toasts were | | given, and telling speeches were made by ex- | | Mayor A. Uakey Sail, ex-Jadge Richard Busteed, | | Rufus F, Andrews, Excise Commissioner Wiilam | H. Stiner, Alderman McCafferty, ex-Speaker Hitch- | man and otners, The annual meeting of the New England Society will be held on the 14th inst., when @ memorial | of the late Charles Sumner, who was a guest of | the society at ita last anniversary Mo idee will be submitted by Mr, Eliot C. Cowdin, President Grant. Postmaster Gencral Jewell, Senator Conk- | ling and Henry Ward Beecher have already ac- | cepted invitations to be present at the anniver- fary leatival, which will be held December 22, at Deimonico's. The Forty-eighth annual meeting of the New York City Mission and Tract Society will be held | Wednesday, December 16, at half-past three o'clock | In the afternoon, at the rooms No. 50 Bible House, | when the annual reports will be presented and a | Board of Directors chosen for the ensaing year, | Anniversary exercises will be beld in the Broad- | way Tabernacle, Sabbath evening, December, | | | | | } When addresses may be expected from Rev. Dr. William M, Taylor, Rev. Dr. T, W. Chambers and | Bey. Or, Jobn Hall, | BROOKLYN, ‘There are 493 male and 97 female prisoners in | the Penitentiary. | There were 434 arrests made by the police of Brooklyn during the past week. Tax Collector Barrows reports the amount re- ceived in taxes for thé past week as being $1,080,287 23, Registrar of Arrears Little reports having col- lected the sum of $41,861 58 during the week end- ing becember 5. The Board of Andit will on Monday submit their report to the Common Council, The amount of bonded indebtedness is $37,500,000, The hairdressing establishment of Mr. Sterling, No, 690 Fulton avenue, was broken into at anearly hour yesterday morning and robbed of $700 worth of numana hair, Plans for two new bathing houses will be sub- mitted to the Common Council at their meeting to-morrow. They will cost $20,000, and will be 60x90 feet outside and 40x70 feet inside. There ‘Will be seventy rooms in each bathing house, The depth will be four and a nalf feet. One will ve located in the Eastern and the other in the West- ern District, Miss Violetta Colvilie having generously volun- teered to repeat her grand sacrea concert for the benefit of the orphans under charge of the Sisters Of St. Joseph and the Sisters of Charity of Brook- lyn, the charitable and the lovers of musi¢ will on 4 Bg | to enjoy f) eee is § ext Monday even! com! she ems af finwe rit) LONG ISLAND. ‘There are now four cases of smallpox at the poor farm on Barnum Island, and a pest house hag been constructed for the reception of patients. Charles Wright, Captain of the crew of Life Saving Station No. 30, East Rockaway, is expected to resign that position, as he has been appointed keeper of the Queens Cage Poor Farm on Bar- num Island. Mr. d. Floyd Jonnson is expected to be his successor. The schooner Webster Kelly, Captain M: all, from Philadelphia, bound to Boston, with a load of coal, went ashore near Life Saving Station No. 20, East Rockaway, about four o’clock on Friday morning. The Coast Wrecking Company have been informed of her position, but ve and cargo will probably be a total loss. While a gang of men were employed in Wying a gas main in Puntine street, Jamaica, yesterday, and J, N, Lewis and George Smith were at the bor” tom of the trench, the embankment caved in and both men were compietely buried. They ‘were rescued alive with considerable difficulty, when it was found that Lewis was only slightly injured, while Smith had a shoulder dislocated and was otherwise seriously hurt, perhaps fatally. Supervisors, held at Jamaica yesterday, Stephen Payne, the detective wno “worked up” the Jones murder case, and who has been cinefly instrumen- tal in bringing Jarvis and Jackson, the two mur- derers to justice, made sapneenes, for the reward of $1,000 offered by the Board. The matter was | referred to a special committee, who will report at the next meeting of the Board, The Sheriff was directed to employ two persons to keep constant watch of the murderers In tneir cells until the ex- ecution. On Friday evening, about seven o’clock, Mrs. Georgiana Smith, of Babylon, lighted a fire in an Open grate and left the room to get some coal, leaving @ little boy, aged about two years. upon the floor. Attracted by the snapping of the fire the little fellow crept toward it, when @ spark ignited hia clothes, and when his mother returned she was horrified to find him enveloped in fame. She seized him and rushed out shrieking for aid, and 8 neighbor helped her to put the fire out, but not before the child was so badly burned that he died in three or four hours aiterward, Natno, the husband of Mrs. Catharine Natho, Who Was supposed to have committed suicide by drowning herself in the Sound, near Northport, has been arrested and held to awalt the action of the Granda Jury. His wife’s body came ashore on Wednesday evening, and facts elicited at an in- quest seem to warrant a suspicion that he was in- strumental in causing her death. He testified that he left home in h‘s wagon, and drove by a lonesome road to a copse, where he tied his horse, and then crept back home, having, as he al- tga, reason to question his wife’s fidelity. Fis allegation against her. however, is not believed, and those who have known the family best say that the woman had never knowna happy day during the two years of her married life. Burglars have heen busily at work during the Past week in Long Island City and vicinity, On Monday night they entered the house of Mr. Francen, at Dutch Kills, and stole clothing ana money to the amount of $40, On the same night they visited Deputy Sherif Distler’s house, but were fired upon and leit in a hurry, They next visited Adam Schwalenbey’s saloon and tried to break in, but were unsuccessful. On Tuesday night they entered Mrs. Kyan’s house at Blissville. She was awakened by the noise, and, going into the hall, saw a man coming from the kitchen, She fired two shots from a revolver at him, but with- out effect and he escaped through the basement door. A young desperado named Mahon has been arrested on suspicion of being the intruder in this case. On Thursday night tne hoxse of Mr. Hart. at Blissville, was entered and he was seized, bound and gagged ana robbed of $125. “Mickey” Dunn has been arrested on suspicion of being one of the Rarsy guilty of this outrage. Various other depre- aeOnA of aminor character have been commit- ted. WESTCHESTER. Selling kindling wood at a low price, in barrels provided with false bottoms, is the latest mode aaopted by the New York venders for victimizing unsuspecting housewives in Yonkers, The Sixteenth battalion N.G.S.N.Y., Lieuten. ant Colonel Cooley commanding, held a parade and review at Sing Sing yesterday afternoon. Tne officers and men presented an unusually fine ap- pearance. The paralyzed condition of business has not de- terred the New York Central and Hudson River Ratiroad Company from increasing the tariff of | passenger rates to the usually excessive figures charged by that corporation during the winter months, ‘The State Prison Inspectors have succeeded in eftecting a contract for the labor of 500 convicts, to be employed for laundry purposes during the ensuing five years, at the rate of sixty cents per | diem for each man. This is the highest price ever obtained by the State for convict labor at the prison above named. One of the night guards at Sing Sing Prison sur- prised a couple of convicts, named respectively John Durkin and George Smith, while in the act of cutting their way out a night or two since. The enterprising jail birds occupied a cell on one of the upper tiers, and immediately beneath the roof of the prison. When discovered they were in the act of boring upward, through three feet of granite, for which purpose they were using & heavy {fon drill, well mufMed on the top with rags, in order to deaden the sound produced by the energetic application of a sleage hammer. Dur- kin ts serving out @ term of twenty years for the crime of murder. Owing to some misunderstanding arising at Auburn Prison regarding the night of admission of spiritual advisers without regard to religious de- nomination, the State Prison Inspectors, during their session at Sing Sing Prison on jay, opted 8 resoluti: in; forth that “the nts = and and other officers of the prison.are hereby directed to admit into the prisons during reasonabie hours ail ministers o! the Gospel residing within the city or town (or officiating there) where tne prison 18 located, and permit them, if mney desire it, to have uninterrupted conversation with such convicts as may desire to see them; they shall also admit at all reasonable hours the Sisters of Charity who may desire to visit the sick in hospital or in thetr celis—in the latter case accompanied by some proper officer to direct them. NEW JERSEY. A restive horse on board one of the Barclay street ferryboats, on Friday night, walked over- board, and has not since been heard from. The wages of the brakemen on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company have been reduced to $9 per week. Tne pay of the laborers on the road has already been diminished to $18 day. ‘the sixteen "longshoremen, who were arrested most arbitrarily in Hoboken, without being or- dered fo disperse, have instituted legal proceed- ings against the police authorities, A warrant ‘was issued by Justice White for the arrest of Ser- geant Edmonston and he was held in $2,500 bail to answer. He, however, is not responsible for the arrest, as he acted under special orders of the Po- lice Commissioners. Much indignation exists in consequence of this; because ail the laborers who were ordered to disperse previously did so with- out more ado. The nextGrand Jury is to consider the case, though the plaintiffs are only poor ers. Yesterday morning the laborers employed on the oll dock at Weehawken commenced a search for the body of Henry Schroeder, the might en- gineer, whose terrible death was announced in yesterday’s HERALD, It appears that when de- ceased undertook to inspect the ot! vat bis lamp ignited the volume of generated gaa, blowing himself und the tank into fragments. The river was dragged, but without success, only splices of the tank having been found. Ptnally the head of the unfortunate man was discovered near the water, horribly mutilated, but up to an advanced hour no further traces of his yon | had been found. Deceased leaves a wife and family in Union Hill, An investigation will be held, asit is weil known that it is always highly dangerous to let tanks stand exposed in such » manner, A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS, David Reardon, forty- years of age, who re- mdes in Seventy-fifth street, between Madison and Fifth avenues, while intoxicated yesterday morning, fell into the Fourth avenue excavation at Seventy-eighth street and was severely in- jurea. At twenty minutes to two o’clock yesterday morning William Younger, aged fifty-two years, of Waterloo, Canada, was brought to the Nine- teenth precinct station house, suffering from a severe scalp wound, He said that he was as- saulted on First avenue by some unknown men. Owen Maiony, aged twelve years, of No. 452 West Pifty-second street, had his left arm broken yes- terday by being thrown from @ butcher's cart at Central Market. At half-past three o’clock yesterday afternoon, while OMcer Harman Lefferts, of the Third pre- e Was attempting to arrest the driver of a roadway stage for intoxication, st Chambers street, he accidentally fell irom that vehicle and dislocated his shoulder. sMeury Maraberger, ® Gbi1d aged nine years, Of | No. 217 Bowery, was ran over Dy an express wagon in Broadway last bono y hyo Was slightly injured, A fire that 1s supposed to be of incendiary origin ‘Was discovered yesterday afternoon in s barrel of rubbish on the third floor of No. 98 Vesey street. It was extin ed before much damage was one. Elizabeth Aitken, aged 1X gH who ar- rived in this city yesterday m St. Louis, while walking up Broadway, fell and broke her ankle, Antonio Tuscaurt, twenty-five years of age, of No, 28 Clark street, while at wor! Fe cack og on the new building at the corner of Churcn and Cortlandt streets, tell a distance of one story and fractured his thigh. Julius Amir, twenty-two years of age, residing at No. 69 Greenwich street, while at work on the steamer City of Antwerp, lying at pier 45 North River, yesterday morning fell ‘rom that ‘vessel and was seriously injured. Patrick Rice, & twenty-seven years, of No. 423 West Tuirty-eugnth street, fell from his cart yesterday afternoon and was severely injured. Oficer John Cosgrove, of the ‘Twenty-second precinct, fell yesterday afternoon at the corner of orton and West streets and sprained his ankle. A fire which occurred last evening in the base- ment of No. 12 Hester street, occupled by Joseph Sious as a rag shop, caused a damage of Herman Hyer, aged twenty-two years, a sallor On board the steamship Minnesota, lying at pier 46 North River, fell from a yard-arm into the hold ul) At half-past atx o’clock last evening a slight fire occurred in the three-story brown stone house in Fifth avenue, between 124th and 125th streets, occupied by George Trempter. It was caused by & gas jet setting fre to a window curtain, Michael Jongrenex, aged forty-eight years, hav- ing no home, while at work on board the ship Golden Fleece, lying at the foot of Water street, yesterday afternoon had his left leg broken by being struck with a bale of goods that he was re- moving. THE "LONGSHOREMEN’S STRIKE. All Trouble Ended—The Men Satisfied That They Have Gaincd Their Point— Union Men Likely to Go to Work All Over. ‘There was very little excitement along the North and East rivers yesterday. Very few of the men were to be seen “along the line,” and those who were had nothing but good news for themselves to,tell, The scowl of previous days had alto- gether disappeared, and the announcement was that the strike was practically ended, and that the union had won. The victory, however, it was admitted, was not fully up to the original demand of the society, and neither waa the struggle finally closed, but the men were will- ing to go to work everywhere, except for the Walsh Brotners, at forty and sixty cents, and they had had assurances that within a short time they would again control the ships “aiong the beach.” MEETING OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES. The Convention of delegates from the different divisions of the ’Longshoremen’s Union held a session last evening in the basement hall of St. Peter’s school house, corner of Church and Cedar streets, Roger Burke Le ron It nounced that, in addition to the Transatlan- tic and Atlas lines, the State line was yester- day paying the society's rates of wages, and at pier No, 2—the Red Star pier—the Williams Guion’s pier, the Murray & Ferris’ Adhea ty pier, the Anchor plier and at the pier for the Pacific Mail line society men would be em- ployed in future when work was tobe done. It Was also stated that the Acapulco was yesterday obliged to leave port with 1,500 pieces of a cargo of lead pipe unloaded and with only a haif supply ofcoal, owing to the incompetency of the new hands todo the work. The Brooklyn Union was reported as “solid.” THE STRIKE IN HOBOKEN. Allthe steamship docks at Hoboken—the Bre- men, the Hamourg and the Eagle—were the scene of renewed activity yesterday. Nearly all the members of the union who had been out on strike returned to work at the rates offered by the com- panies in compromise of the question. Besides members of the organization there were several outside parties still retained, but it is thought that they cannot long compete with the old hands, Chief of Police Donayan has withdrawn the extra squads of men from the docks, no further breach of the peace being expected. The union as it w no longer exists, baving lost its cohesiveness through the division of opinion that arose on the recent situation. STRIKES IN JERSEY, The strike among the female operatives in the rubber works at New Brunswick still continues, They adhere to their resolution to hold out against what they declare to be an unreasonable reduc- tion of thetr wages. This movement necessarily involves many male operatives, who have large families depending on them for support. The em- ployee are as positive tn the position they have aken, and there is little prospect of the icul- Ties being settled. ‘The report that the Trenton pottery operatives are on a strike is entirely erroneous, In a lew of the potteries work has become dull, and, as a ne- cessity, the men were offered inducements to con- tinue Work at a reduction of ten per cent in their wages; but the proposition was declined. There 1g no indication that a general strike will take place this winter. Mr. Speeler, one of the manu- facturers, Says there is no strike, nor is there any probability of one taking place. A MILITARY BURGLAR. He Rifles a Military Money Chest in Vienna and Comes to America—He is Arrested Here and Returned to Austria. Herr Hugo Fritsch, Consul of the Austrian Em- pire and Hungary in this city, wrote to Superin- tendent Walling on the 1st inst., informing him thataroobery of Austrian military funds toox place in Vienna in the latter part of August, and that the thief, Lieutenant August Bassler, of the Filty-seventh regiment of the Austrian army, was probably in New York. The Superintendent charged Detective Elder with the duty of finding ifthe criminal were here and of arresting him. The officer learned, on the same day, that Bassler ‘was living in New York through hearing that a man who answered the description given of the burg- lar nad sold and exchanged some of the Prussian bonds and money, which were among the stolen funds. On the next day he learned that Bassler took his meals at a caféin the Bowery. He visited the place and recognized among its visitors the Person whom he sought. As the detective does not speak German, nor Bassler speak English, and as Elder, ifhe attempted to arrest the criminal, without being able to explain to the latter why he put his hands upon him, would cause an un- | necessary disturbance, Detective Von Gerichten was detailed to aid in making the arrest. The two officers went to the jowery calé on Thursday, and were there when Bassler again entered. Detective Von Gerichten spoke to him, told him that he and Elder were Police officers, and that they were charged to arrest him. He admitted to Von Gerichten that bis name was Bassler, and quietiy accompanied the oficers to the Central Office. When his arrest was known of at headquarters Consal Fritsch was sent for to visit tim. On Herr Fritsch’ arrival, and in the presence of the detective Bassier confessed to the Consul that he was guilty ofthe burglary. He had been, he said, tne oMcer of the day on the 28th or 29th of August, and had the care of the military depot in Vienna, He broke open the depot and forced @ money chest, from which be took 265,000 florins, in currency and bonds. The value of this sum in our money is about $15,000, On being relieved from duty he started immediately ior Hamburg and took passage {rom there for this country. When he arrived at Hoboken he did not come to New York, but went to Philadelphia, He soon tired of that city and came here, where he took lodgings in Second street. 1t did not take him long to make acquaintances, for he soon be- came tie prey of a party of German gaming “snarps,” who led him a merry dance toward destitution, They “roped” him into gambiing, and, by foul practices they had, at the time of his arrest, already robbed hii of $7,000 of the sum he stoien. Bassler had about $500 in his pockets when he was arrested, and when his baggage, which was brought from his room in Second street, was ex- amined, in the presence of Consul Fritscn, in the Central Office, aboat $1,500 more were found. He nad, therefore, spent about $6,000 dur- ing nis absence from Vienna, He had been in a cell but a very short time when he wrote a letter to Consul Fritsch, saying that he was guilty, that he did not wish to remain in confinement’ with the lowest classes of maletactors during the tedious process of the extradition law, and that he desired tobe sent to Austria as quickly as possible. The letter was laid before the Police Commissioners, who decided that, under the circumstan Bass- ler could be sent to Knrope ummediately. r- intendent Wailing, therefore, appointed Det ive Von Gerichten to accompany the prisoner to = rope; and both are passengers for Bremen on the steamship Hermann, which left this port yester- jay. OOBONERS’ OASES. John Mcwuire, 8 coscnman, thirty-four yeasts of Age and a native of ireland, died at No, 82% West Forty-fourth street from acute perttonitis, caused by ruptare of an abcess of the left lobe of the liver, induced by s kick from a horse in the epigéstrinm about four weeks ago. Coroner Wolt- Mn was notified to hold an inquest Yesterd ning ¢ dea: | of the vessel yesterday afternoon and fractured | At the meeting of the Queens county Board of | his skull, was an- | | | | Sie | When Mr. John Kelly ran for Sheriff (first time) VANCE AND THE POLITICIANS, ors of Removals, Changes and Resigna- tions in the Departments, IS THERE ANOTHER CONSPIRACY? The Oustom Houss Said To Be at Work— Oandidates for the Places of Oommis- sioners Laimbeer and Gardiner. The advent of Mayor Vance to office has again: set the ball of political rumor and speculation in motion as to changes and resignations in the dif. ferent departments. Politicians, particularly of | the Custom House stripe, see a splendid oppor), tunity for @ municipal revolution in their favor. Mr. Thomas ©. Acton, Mr. John J. O’Brien, Mre| Jackson 8. Schultz and others of the republican, camp, have had frequent interviews within the past few days With Mayor Vance. ‘The latter is known to be @ strict party man, anxious for the| success of the republican organization. He ha strenuously Opposed all attempts, up to the pre ent, to induce him to make sudden changes in the departments. ‘My course,” he promises “will b: @ conservative one.” Then there is a provision. If changes are preferred, or the law requires im. mediate measures, of course Mr. Vance promises to act. q For the past few days speculation was rife ground the City Hall. Mayor-elect Wickham re: mained closeted recently with Mayor Vance foy some time. Politicians said the visit was intended to talk over the political situation, A part: manceuvre might eastly be frustrated by a littld quiet talk and philosophy. If all the Commission; ers were induced to resign and administratior republicans put in their shoes, then what a nicd position for Mayor Wickham. He would find nim| self on the 1st of January virtually at the head o| a city government, all the important oficials | which were politically opposed to him. Then th chances of removal for cause would be exceeding): slim, as the republicans propose to have some o their best men appointed, pursuing a careful discreet course in the administration of their a: fairs. The only hope for Tammany Hall and th democracy, then, arises in the Legislature. amendments in the charter. But it is not all clea| sajling by any meaus for the democracy at thi State capital. There is a good democratic ma jority in the Assembly, a democratic Governo! but what about the Senate? There is a republica! majority in that body. Can any one be boug! over? Will log-rolling and wire-pulling acconj plish the necessary result? Time will tell. WHAT MAY HAPPEN, These speculations occupied the attention of ou City Hall magnates yesterday. Some gentiemer unfriendly to the new Mayor, gave excellent reg sons why this programme shouldbe carried on: They insisted that Mr. Laimbeer’s resignation a one of the Commissioners of Charities and Co! rection had been agreed upon some time since part of the old plan ventilated two weeks ago in th columns of the HERALD. It is positively asserte that Mayor Vance will attempt to carry out th programme. | Commissioner Van Nort was first to feel th official axe, and to be succeeded by Sidney James C. Uarter was to recelve the place were the only two to leave the Commission Charities and Uorrection, while Bowen, Tharlo) Weed’s appointment, was not to be touched. the Fire Department Hatch meant to: pref charges against his confreres Perley and Van Co! Budd, of the Department of Docks, was doom: Westervelt to be retained. Duryeeand Disbeckd of the Police Commission, were to receive ord that their services are no longer required. ¢ By making these removals the Custom Hu party must come to the front, in securing all t offices for their particular clique. MOVEMENTS OF THE FUTURE, But now come sage prognostications for t future. Will Mayor Vance move and carry o this programme with renewed energy and asta’ ness? This is the cry of the politicians. Some s| “Yes,” others say “‘No.” The gentlemen in ti affirmative are mainly in the democratic intere: They feel that @ dangerous opportunity—dang ous to their side of the house—has arisen, T' republican party has been routed, cannon spikil and former flags of victory trailed in tbe dui There is nothing but gloom and darkness in t) future. Here is a chance to partially reeover ld ground in city and State. ill Vance stand the guns?’ Thurlow Weed has been to see hig “Tom” Acton and a number of the boys frot Custom Honse have been to see him, Joh! Davenport, accompanied by Alderman Monheimd has been to visit him, Will he succamp? T needs of party require it. No matter what t people think, shere must be change and that speedy one. a8 discussion and rumor wax warm. In ti meanwhile city politicians caucus, progn: and dissemble. Mayor Havemeyer was yesterd| laid away in his grave, but already the cry go up, “The King 18 dead—Long live the King,”? THR DEPARTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS, The most important city departments are, course, the Police Commisston, tne Public Wo and Comptroliership. As the Police Commissiot now constituted, in a political sense, all the me| bers may be put down as democrats, with the ception of Disbecker, with the democratic party as late as 1869. year he 1s reported to have presided at a cratic meeting in Twenty-sixth street. He ie nd however, said to bein full alliance witn the publicans, Duryee, Voorbis and Matsell have Ways been democrats, though not act oliticilans. The want of this latter qu: ication has been the main objection them by both parties. ‘tue Police Commissio have a great deal of power. They control reet cleaning in connection with other duti Having the Coe of election inspecta the selection of polling places and other machin of the ballot, their influence is very great in decision of a political contest. While the Ri was in power the Police Commission was ud as @ medium for false counting. lt will be proposed in the next Legislature divide up the Department of Public Works existed formerly, making the Croton Board an tirely separate institution. The patronage of 4 department, as it now stands, is immense. though Commissioner Van Nort is a republican ts said not to stand well with the Custom Ho’ party. They do not look upon him as a sti party man, and speak their minds very free! this head. Taking this view of the case ther alleged danger ior Mr. Van Nort from Ma, Vance should that gentieman initiate the remo programme. The Mayor is described as a strq partisan in politics, and will tuily recognize t) prineiple in bis ‘appointments. Comptroller Green has lost a warm anda q ful friend in the late Mayor Havemeyer. Pol cians now shake their heads when asked a8 to chances of retention under the present or coming régime, ‘Why,’’ they say, ‘the man so much trouble pouring down upon him, and created so many bitter enemies, that he 18 vor to go under,” Then, again, the more cunse tive assert that he has one great lever-power nind him—Governor Tuden—who Will stand by in every emergency. THE VACANCIES. Should Mr. Laimbeer insist upon hts resignat and it is accepted by Mayor Vance, Mr. Saieuj wales, it is understood, will receive the posit ithe destres it. In place of the tately deceased Dock Com iiliam Alpertson is fl Gardiner, Mr. tbe appointed: Mr. Albertson 1s a promin republican and an extensive cartage merch) gentleman was his opponent on the republtj ticket, ° Is was tively stated eatetaey to the Her} representative that one of the most prominent) oMicials will resign next week, In fac pleasure trip within a iew Mayor Vance did not go all yesterday. The answer of the ers of Charities and Uorrection to the commun tion sent them by the Mayor in relation to T: has not yet been given for publication, DEATH OF COMMISSIONER GARDINER Yesterday morning Coroner Woltman rece’ information from Sergeant McGtven, of Seventh precinct, that Mr. William Gardiner, of the Dock Commissioners, had died sudden! evening previous, It appears that Mr. Gard had attended @ meeting of the Political Re! end while returning home thrd taken sudd friends assisted him to his days. tovnis office in the Commiss) joner Gardiner was native of this country.