The New York Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1875, Page 4

REORGANIZING ERIE. English Bond and Share Holders Advocate Inflation. The Capital Stock To Be Watered by a New Issue of Fifty Per Cent. PRESIDENT JEWETT INVALIDED The following letter has this day been cabled to Presi- dent Jewett, of the Erie Railway Company ‘To President Jewerr, Erie Railway, New York:— Dean Sm—On behalf of the large holders of your shares and bonds, we beg to submit a plan of recon- struction which appears to them to be advantageous to all classes while practicable and efficient for the object we all have in view—viz., the placing of the finances of the company on a sound footing and at the same time putting the Erie Railway in the highest rank of Ameri- can railroads for trailic, carrying, cheap working and satisfactory results to its proprietors. It would be a pity if the present ersis in its afairs were not to result in @ thoroughly efficient scheme, and if you can satisfy the shareholders by the appoint ment of a trustworthy committee to see to the applica- tion of the funds, the amount necessary will certainly be forthcoming when wanted. It has been proposed that the ordinary shareholders should be assessed so many dollars per share, and although there are many grounds om which such an assessment may be justified, still the arbitrariness of the proceeding is objectionable and will undoubtedly excite bitter opposition. The same object can be attained by issuing fifty per tent more common stock—one new share for every two tow existing—by which means, supposing the price of 325 to be obtained, an amount of $10,000,000 in cash will be secured. ‘This price may tertainly now be considered too high, out by the time an act to legalize it shall be obtained it will probably be a valuable privilege to the present shareholders to have the first right to subscribe to the new capital. In consideration of the ordinary shareholders raising this amount of money to be employed in vastly increas- ing the security of the bond and preference holders, these latter agree to capitalize their interest for two years in bonds or shares bearing their present priori- Hes. The question of the priority claimed by the prefer- tnce shareholders to be settled by arbitration of com- petent parties. The rentals of leased lines to be reduced wherever practicable, The amount that would be available from the new shares and funding of coupous would be about $18,000,000, assuming the net earnings beyond the tentals at only $4,000,000 a year. Of this the floating debt will absorb, we understand, about $4,000,000. To narrow gauge the line, including the purchase of a farge amount of new locomotive stock, the gauge of which cannot be altered, will absorb a further 84,000, 000. ‘The completion of steel-railing the main line, in addi- tion to the charge to revenue for renewals, may absorb $2,000, 000. On branch lines to open up the coal lines and upon toa] wagon stock there could be expended advantage- pusly $2,000,000. On completion of the double track on the main line, mprovements in sidings, stations, &&, recommended by Captain Tyler, $2,000,000, On alteration of gradients and curves to such an ex- tent as would be attended with real economical advan- tage, $2,000, 000, On additions to rolling stock to meet growth of traffic, $2,000,000, Total to be expended, $18,000,000; the whole to be expended over tho next two years, during which period the new shares would be paid up by half-yearly instal- ments. The capital of the company would then consist of $71,000,000 of bonds and preferences and $117,000,000 of ordinary shares. The prior interest charge at seven per cent would be $5,000,000, and the rentals at most $1,000,000; total, $6,000,000. With the line finished and equipped as proposed the working expenses would be brought down to sixty per sent, and the traffic within three years from now would be at least $24,000,000 per annum, affording a net revenue of $9,600,000 per annum, meeting all bond | and preference liabilities and leaving three per cent for | the ordinary shares, The amount of traffic if worked at the reduced rate requisite to meet all the rentals, bonds and preference interest is only $15,000,000, or greatly under what is being earned during the present extreme depression. Thus nothing but judicious outlay is required to place the finances of the concern at once on a sound footing, ‘and no one can doubt that to produce such a result the new stock would be eagerly subscribed at $25 currency per $100. We recommend this proposal to your careful consider- ation, and presuming that you are now daily engaged upon the scheme settled with Sir Edward Watkin we take the liberty of addressing you by cable. We are, tear sir, yours respectfully, BOND AND SHARE HOLDERS. Lowpox, Sept. 15, 1875. J. M. Brut, care of Messrs, Wilkinson & Son, So- ficitors, 44 Lincoln’s Inn. MR. JEWETT TOO ILL TO TALK. Last evening a Henatp reporter paid a visit to Pres- ident Jewett’s handsome villa, situated on Castleton Heights, Staten Island, and commanding a noble view of Jand and water. Nobody was to be seen around the house or on the piazza, and an air of sadness seemed to reign in the place. After sending in word to the invalid President that a Hxratp reporter wished to speak to him his brother came to the front door, when the fol- lowing conversation took place:— Rerorter—Can | see your brother, Mr. Jewett? Mr. Jewert—No, sir; he is too sick, I am sorry to lay, to see anybody. Rerorter—Can you tell me if he has received a cable telegram from London, sent on behalf of a large number | of Erie Railway stockholders, suggesting a reorganiza- | tion of the company ? Mr. Juwert—No, sir. He has not, We give him no telegrams, nor ix he at present strong enough to talk about business im any shape or form. The truth 1s, he has been for four mortal hours to-day in the hands of the doctors, who have been taking the bandages off his broken leg, and to-morrow he hopes to be able to use it a little, but, as I told you just now, he is at the present moment very much prostrated, and his medical advis- ers have given orders that he is not to be disturbed on Any account or to transact any business, and therefore the family cannot permit of his being troubled or talk- ing with anybody about anything which could tire him. The reporter here gave Mr. Jewett’s brother a copy of the telegraphic despatch in question, aud which he glanced at with interest, apparently not having seen the original, Ag the reporter was leaving the bouse Mr. Jewett said :— “if my brother were strong enough, and had any *pinions to express on the subject of the telegram, he would willingly have given them to tho Hxraxo, I feel | certain,” This ended the interview. THE CENTENNIAL. AN APPEAL TO BANKERS, The New York Committee of the Bankers’ Depart- ment of the Centennial make wn earnest appeal to the bankers and banks of New York to contribute their share toward making this special feature of the Phila- deiphia world’s fair a success, It will be remembered and currency, not only of this country, but iso of the world, avd a full numiematic show of this kind would illustrate the istory of this country iu a must interesting manner. It isto be hoped that the New York banks will send to this committee any interesting old specimens of currency ur coinage in their possession, and also aid thom im their effort to worthily represent the great class to which they be- Jong at the national celebration. The banks and bank ers of the United States are now making subscriptions to the Centennial stock, and it is hoped that those of Ne cives, The committee is composed of B. B. ‘Sherman, President of the Mecbanics’ Natioual Bank, chairman; Charles Bard, C. A. Jordan, W. A. Hall and George F, Baker, Mr. ummiing, President of the Girard Bank, mo the Philadelphia Bankers’ Commit department is to comprise an exhibition of the | York will not be bebind their brethren in other | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. ANCE AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS—THE ESTIMATES FOR THE ENSUING YEAR—NEARLY | FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ASKED FOR—THE RIGHTS OF THE LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES. A meeting of the Board of Education was held yester- day afternoon, President Nielson in the chair. The first business transacted was the adoption of the report Estimate and Apportionment be solicited to set aside the sum of $150,000 for the benetit and use of the Col- lege of the City of New York during the ensuing year. Next was read a letter from Mr. Joseph Seligman, resigning his office as Commissioner of Education, and communication from the Mayor notifying the Board of the’appointiment of Mr. Edward Schell, for the unex- pired term of Mr. Seligman, ending January 1, 1876. Acommunication from the Superintendent of Tru- ancy was read and reforred. ‘THR RSTIMATRS, The following report of the Committee on Finance was then submitted, and, after some discussion, was ordered to be printed, for the consideration of the board, at a meeting to be held on Wednesday next, To Txt Boarp ov Epvcation:— ‘The Finance Committee respectfaily report that the communications from the Board of Estimate and Appor- tionment, requiring an estimate of the amount of moneys that will be required by the Board for public school purposes for 1876, together with that from His Honor, the Mayor, in reference to the same subject, and calling attention to the necessity of exercising strict ay in the administration of the affairs of the city government, have received from your committee at- tentive consideration. The attention of the committee has been especially directed to the purpose of confining present arrangements of the board, can possibly be conducted such an extensive and growing institution, To reduce it below that apportioned for 1875 will be found, upon a study of the several items forming the mate, impracticable without first contracting its established scope, a process which would provably be so detrimental as to excite the disapprobation of the citizens most interested in the support and perfect de- velopment of this justly popular system of education, our city population. ‘The details of the estimate have been arrived at by consultations with the several committees of the Board, and the suins named are considered to be the least that will be required for the purposes to which they are to be applied. The demand for more school buildings in the uptown districts, which bas been pressed upon the Board with such persistent reiteration, is responded to in the estimate by a provision for erecting two buildin, and enlarging one in the Seventh district, and for erect- ing one building in the Eighth district, ‘The sam named for the salaries of the teachers and others is based upon the present bylaws of the Board governing the compensation of these employés, and, though slightly in advance of last year, in the aggregate sum is barely sufficient to cover the present payrolls, | “As the Board does not employ any ‘‘supernumeraries, unnecessary officers, clerks or other employés”’ und allows no “exorbitant salaries’? no reduction can be made in this respect. . A resolution embracing the estimates is submitted herewith for your consideravion :— To Trax Boanp ov EstTimars aND APPORTIONMENT POR rue Crry ano County oy New York: GxkytLemxN—In compliance with the circular of the Comptroller, dated the 6th day of July last, the Board of Education submits herewith to your Honoyable Board an ‘estimate’ of the amount of moneys which will be required for the year 1876 for the support of the public schools in the twenty-four wards of the city. ESTIMATE. For salaries of teachers in the grammar and primary schools.. «$2,275,000 For salaries of janitors id primary schools..........+. = 125,000 For sularies of professors, tutors, &e, and Janitors of the Normal College............. $4,000 For salaries of teachers and Janitors in the evening schools... ie -. 120,000 For salaries of teachers and janitors in th colored schools, day and evening........+ For salaries of superintendents, clerks and other employ¢s of the Bourd of Eaucation... Total... as For books, maps, slates, stationery an‘ ral supplies for all schools. .... For fuel for ail schools and th Board of Education seseesss 100,000 For gas for all schools and the hall of the Board of Education... 22,000 For rents of school premises. 66,000 For pianos, and repairs of..... 6,000 | For workshop, wages and material. . 2,600 For incidental expenses and current repai wo buildings, furniture and heating ap: paratus by ward trustees, including com- | _ pensation of cierks to Board of Trustees. ... 55,000 Incidental repairs, stationery, printing, &c., for the evening schools... s+. 1,500 Incidental repairs, stationery, printing, appa- ratus, chemicals, &c., &¢., tor the Normal College and SChoOls.......s0-0+-eeee 0+ 6,000 | Incidental repairs, stationery, printing, &c. | for the colored schools 2,500 | Incidental repairs to the Hall of the Board of acation and for printing, Stationery, ad- erusipg aud other meidental expe the Board. ee | The enforcement of the act entitled secure to cluldren the benefits of elementary education,” passed May 11, 1874 aa The support of the Nautical School, established by act of the Legislature, passed April 24, 1873. Total. <i For purchasing, leasing and procuring sites and for erccting buildings; for fitting up, alter- ing, enlarging, repairing and furnishing the Duildings and premises under the charge of the Board; for repairing the furniture and heating apparatus therein; for the support of schools organized since the last annual apportionment of the school moneys and for such further sum or sums as way be neces- sary for any of the purposes authorized by law ; Total for public school purposes For corporate schools as per Stat 1 ment by sundry acts of the Legislature... Total. ave cer seee eo $3, Resolved, That the foregoing estimate of the moneys that will be required by this Board for the support of the common uurposes con- schouls of the city of New York an nected with public instruction in suid Ist regate to duplicate thereo! fs ni, as required by section 112 of chapter u of the Laws of 1873. ENDANCE AT THE SCHOOLS. The next business in order was the reading of a com- | munication from City Superintendent Kiddell, referring | to the state of the pnblic schools aud the number in substance of the report was as follows ;— City SUPERINTENDENT pte To Tux Hoxonavte tHx Boann or Epucarios :— the honor to report that the sev- ception of Grammar Schools Nos. 36, 38 and 64, on menced their sessions on the 6th inst. | wttendance at their opening after the vacation. The New York, Sept. 14, 15: al schools under the care of your Board, with the ex- all these schools have, under the direction of the under- discipline ‘the school organization, and the conditions of and premises, The returns made show that the schools closed on the 2d day of July last for the summer vacation with an we attendance of 83,222 pupils, and that at the p ession, on the 6th inst., there were present im all the schools 91,913 pupils, distributed as follows :— | In the primary’ and graminar schools, 90,524; in the colored schoois, 709; in the Model school, 680, At the opening scasion last year the attendance at these schools was 90,829, which shows an increase in attendance this year of 1,054. Had all the schouls re- sumed their sessions the aggregate attendance as above Teported would probably have been 3,000 greater, which is about equal to the attendance of schools that failed to | reopen last September, The condition of the school buildings and premises as to re and cleanliness is reported as generally very satistactory, A considerable number of the schoolrooms are over- | crowded, especially among the primary departments; | and in the Eleventh, Seventeenth, Nineteenth and | Twenty-second wards tnore than 1,000 pupils were re- | fused admission for the want of accommodations. In | some of the schools of these wards it will be neceseary | to transfer pupils trom the primary to the grammar de- partments betore completing the pritnary course of in- | struction, Of 2,417 regular teachers em the schools above referred duty on the day of opening loved by the Board in tw 2,337 were present for The order, general appeurance, organization, &., of | | | | the schools ‘as manifested during these visite’ are’ re- ported as in general very satisfuctory, THK MUSICAL QUESTION, The question of musical instruction in the schools then caine up on the report of the commitiuee recom- } mending the appointment of a musical director, or “us. suitant superintendent,” together with cight aswistant | musical directors, the former at a salary of $4,000, | the laver at salarigs of $2,000 per annum.” Ai lengthy discussion It was tinally agreed that a mus director, at a salary of $3,000, should be appointed, gether With the eight assistants at the salaries named, one-half of whom, it was provided, om motion of Com missioner Woods, might be women, The election of these officers was attempted, but the subject was finally referred to the Committees on Teachers aud Studies, to report at the next meeting of the Board. KIGUTS OF TRUSTEES. The report of the Committee on Evening Schools, to | whom had been reterred the nominations made by the trustees of the different wards for principal and teachers of the evening schools, was next rei produced a particu’ ated discussion, last over two hours, ‘The question at issue appeared to be the right of the trustees 0 make notinations and the privilege of the Board to ignore these vominations and substitute other persons, The matter, however, re- sulted in 4 decision, virtually, although not in so many terms, that the power to nom- inate is vested in the Trustees, in substantiation of which principle the report of the committee recom- mending the appointment of a Mr. Murphy, of the Niweteenth ward, was overruled and the Trustees’ nominee, Coleman, contirmed, In the matter of tho a val of the committee, recommending that the Board of | the estimate to the lowest sum with which, under the | so well adapted to the various conditions and grades of Since that date | signed, been visited by the assistant superintendents, | and an’ inspection mude of their attendance, aud nomination of C, F. Olney, also recommended vy the ‘Trustees of the Twentieth ward, whom it was proposed by the committee to supersede by Dr. Ayres, the matter was referred back to the Trustees, This virtually | settles the question which has been in abeyance tor the | past two years on this point. ‘A large atnount of routine business was gone through with, and the Board adjourned at eight P. M. altera session of four hours. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SCANDALS. ‘The arraignment of the Board of Education in Jersey City, by Mr, Hollins, has led to the discovery of further | irregularities, ‘The children of No, 2 school have been systematically assessed for pens, ink, copy books, silicate slates and other articles, the j female teachers linding the ordinary slates sup- plied by the Board too heavy” to handle. | Some of the teachers require small slates, others de- mand larger ones; so that when a pupil is changed from one class to another a new slate is required, When a pupil fails to bring the assessment he or she is held up to ridicule before the class. Pupils are employed to carry messages forthe teachers to distant parts of the city’ during school hours, In some cases where the assessment was not paid the pupil | was puntshed by detention after school hours. In one case un assessment of eighteen cents was de- manded for silicate slates, worth only ten cents, Nu- | merous complaints have also been made of the severity | of the female teachers in cases where the pupils were unable to solve some problem i arithmetic. Mr. Hollins is preparing 4 digest of the evidence against the members of the Board for presentation to | the Grand Jury, In the meantime the accused mem- | bers are holding a consultation for their defence. THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS. RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE UDA AERIAL LADDER—AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED. . The Fire Commissioners met yesterday noon at Head- quarters, but were in session buta short time, After the adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting Commissioner King offered the following preamble and resolution :— Whereas the experiment by the departm Uda's patent aerial ludd Ite yesterd: accident, whereby William H. Nash, @ true of battalion, and two fi en lost their lives; and whereas this and previous’ experiments with suid patent serial lad- ders have demonstrated the extreme danger of attempting use of It, as well us its worthlossness in the de- purtinent; and whereas there Is good reason to believe that Said patent was forced upon this department at an enor- mous expense by corrupt ineans: and whereas it is better that the "uioney already expended should be entirely lost rather than auy more lives should be sucriticed; therefore, be it “Resolved, That further experiments with said patent aerial ladder and further use thereof in this department be and hereby are forbidde: On # motion of President Perley it was laid over un- til after the investigation and for further consideration al the next meeting, On a motion of Commissioner King the Board then adjourned, out of respect to the memory of the late Chief of Battahon William H. Nash, and firemen | Williatn Hughes and Philip J. Maus. Chief Engineer Bates ordered Chief Miller, of the Sixth battalion, to cause a thorough investigation to be made of the cause of the accident, which will be com- menced on ahipoy 3 ‘The funeral of Philip Maus, of Hook and Ladder Com- pany No. 6, will take place to-day, from his late resi- dence, on Essex street, at one o'clock. Chief Miller has detailed a force to act as escort, the pall bearers being composed of the members of his company. ‘The funeral of Mr. Hughes, of Engine Company No. 9, will also take place to-day, at one o'clock, from his late residence ou Henry street, A detail force will also act as escort, ‘The funeral of Chief of Battalion William N, Nash will take place to-morrow (Friday) afternoon. Chief Engineer Bates states that on the day previous to the accident Chref Nash made a test of the ladder by attaching a rope to the top rung and causing six men to pull and swing on it from beiow, and that it withstood all the strength these six men had mm to move it, | _ Chief Miller has been detailed to take charge of the Fourth battalion, in connection with the Sixth battalion, until further notice. . MUNICIPAL NOTES. ‘The City Hall was almost entirely deserted yesterday by the usual crowd of politicians and office-holders, | All that could afford the time and expense departed for | Syracuse on Tuesday night and at an early hour yester- day morning. ‘ At the meeting of the Commissioners of Charities and | Correction, held yesterday morning, a resolution of thanks was received from the Homeopathic Medical Society in recognition of the hospital provided for their use on Blackwell’s Island, A large number of persons have recently called at the Registers Oflice to make inquiries as to the filing of maps of the routes adopted by the Rapid Transit Com- missioners. Mr. Blauvelt, who has charge of this branch of the Register’s Office, says that no such maps have yet been furnished, and expresses his surprise at their hon-appearance. Edward Schell, brother to Augustus Schell, was yes- terday appointed School Commissi by Mayor Wickham, in place of Joseph .W. Seligman, resigned. The appointee is President of the Maubattan Savings Bank, and jor fifteen years acted in the capacity of school trustee. Mr. Seligman resigned some time since on being appomted a Rapid Transit Commissioner. Nothing but routine business of an unimportant character was transacted yesterday at the regular weekly meeting of the Dock Commissioners. A meeting of the sinking fund is required to give them authority to proceed with new and more important work. A wan mained Valorous Southworth was yesterday arrested by a deputy sheriff’ charged on the affidavit of Cook & Bernheitner, liquor dealers, of No. 67 New | street, with obtaimmg goods to the amount of $1,651 | on false pretences, The prisoner was held in $2,000 bail. THE POLICE HOMICIDE CASE, AN EFFORT TO ODTAIN THE RELEASE OF OFFICER JOYCE ON BAIL. Yesterday afternoon motion to admit to bail Redmond Joyce, the officer of the Tenth precinct police who shot the colored man, Robert Gilmore, was made in the Kings County Supreme Court, Spectal Term, before Jus- tice Pratt, The counsel for the policeman, Mr, Ridge- | way, argued that the verdict of the Coroner's jury was that the death of Gilmore was the result of culpable carelessness, or what amounts to that. The pistol shot which resulted so fatally was prematurely discharged, and the case at best could only be construed as man- slaughter. He contended that the previous excellent reputation of the prisoner should weigh with the Court, and that bail ought to be fixed at an amount within his with Mrs. in & horrible tuithful chief reach. District Attorney Britton, appearing for the people, said he entertained grave doubts as to whether the case Was one that admitted of bail, It was either man- | slaughter or murder in the second degree, In his judgment there was but little material testimony that ‘conilicted, as nearly all the evidence showed that the firing Was premeditated, whether the killing was 80 or | net.” The oilicer was not justitied 1m tiring the shot. estimony showed that the accused was but a few feet trom the deceased; that the street wus full of | people, and the man could not have well escaped, | while’ the offence tor which Robert Gimore was arrested was of a most trivial nature, He had been arrested tor being drunk and disorderly. Bail should not be taken, Mr, Britton cited the case of | Conraddy to show that an officer is not justified in | shooting down a prisoner because the man may be | charged with a Sony. | Justice Pratt said he would reserve his decision till | to-day (Thursday), when he would make it known, | In the meantime he remanded Joyce to the Raymond | Street Jail, DIVORCE AND BIGAMY. IMPORTANT DECISION BY JUSTICE KEESE IN JERSEY CITY, The celebrated case of Lamb v& Prisdee, on the charge of bigauny, was resumed in Jersey City yester- | day afternoon, before tice Keese. Colonel Joseph | P. Prisdee, who, it will We remembertd, was married in Grace church, Jersey City, on the 6th inst., to a Mrs. Griffin, a widow, residing in Brooklyn, was arrested ag he was leaving the church, on the charge of bigamy, preferred by Mr. George Lamb, a brother of Mra. Griffly, According to the affidavits in the case Colonel | Prisdee, who is a Custom House inspector, employed at the Cunard dock, was first married to a Mrs, Helen Burrill, in 1866, Mrs. Prisdee soon alter obtained a de- cree of divorce in the Supreme Court of New York. ‘The first witness in the case was Mr. George Lamb, who testified that Mrs. Helen Burrill was known to bim for ten years as the wile of Mr, Prisdee; be bad seen her fifteen minutes previously in Jersey City; his sister | was worth $20,000, and he felt that the money was the | chief object im ‘the case, The next Witness was Mr. James Prisdee, who testi- fled that be lived at St, Helen’s Island, South Carolina, | where he resided with hi mother, who was living With Mr. W. HL Alden, of South Carolina, to whom she was | married; he said that his father knew that his mother was living when be contracted the second marriage, Judge K pee then examined the copy of the divorce granted in» York, after which he decided that w cording to @ decision of the New York Courts (Sth Bat Dour, page 117) it was only a inisdemeanor for a person who Was divorced to 1 also cited a case in the iy held that if a divorced person who commits adultery marry again be or she is only guilty of a misdemeanor | wnder the forty-third section relating Justice Keese thereupon dismissed the ¢ the ground that the efendant could not have « wife | while she was married to another man, The summons | against Mr. Lamb for false imprisonment in causing the | arrest of Colonel Prixdee wae distnissed on the ground | that the officer making the arrest way the only party | who could be held liable for false imprisonment, THE GORTHE BUST. The Goethe bust, executed by Professor Fischer, for the Goethe Club, of this city, is pow on exhibition at the store of Messrs. Tiffany & Co., Union ha ieee) where it may be Viewed during the usual business hours, to crimes, mplaint on | bustible eartridge, or a combinati THE ARMORY QUESTION. 4A NEW HOME OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. Comptroller Green has written a letter to ex-Alder- man Ottendorfer invoking the aid of that gentleman in preventing the erection of the new Seventh Regiment Armory, which Mr, Green considers a great fraud upon the city. It is proposed to build this new armory on the block bounded by Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh streets and Fourth and Lexington avenues, at an ex- pense of $700,000, ‘The Comptroller says:— If one regiment of this city is to have an armory to cost $700,000 where are we to land before the whole twenty regiments, batteries of artillery and cavalry troops are equally well provided? At the same rate we shall be called upon to expend for twenty regiments the sum of $7,000,000 for buildings alone, and about $7,000,000 more tor land on which to erect them, and this does not contemplate the annual expense of muin- taining the buildings and their care. ‘The Seventh regiment now occupies an armory over Tompkins Market, centrally and conveniently located (Third avenue, between Sixth and Seventh streets), spa cious and comfortable, It is now being repaired’ at a cost of not less than $40,600. It is city property, and, in any. opinion, in these depressed and overtaxed Limes in arbitrating between the various claims upon the pub- lic moneys there are many much more pressing than the building of armories, "When we have reduced our debt and brought taxation down it will be time enough to consider the expediency of new structures of this character, The plans and specifications of the building to be erected at the cost of the city are not yet prepared, and the amount already appropriated cannot be regarded asa limit of the cost. The total investment of $700,000, as above stated, for an armory for one regiment will, with = the annual charge for repairs and maintenance, make the provi- sion of armories for all the’ regiments a costly military operation—not less than $50° per man per annum for the cost of the armory alone, if the re ment contained its full complement of 1,000 men, Every other regiment in this city would be likely to claim to be entitled to equally good quarters, and at this rate armories and drill rooms for all the troops in this city would impose 4 tax of more than $1,000,000 er annum, and there are now claims under pretended jeuses having a long series of years yet to run of about $250,000 per annum. Jt may be said that the burden of the cost of building an armory ought not to be put upon the Seventh nor wny other regiment, Yet the tleld officers of the Seventh regiment, to obtain a valuable piece of land, did agree to build un armory. Without ‘such agreement the land would have been set’ apart to them, and in the present depression of affairs and high taxation it be naturally be thought that the existing armory commodations are quite sutiicient. The oificers of the city have not, I think, acted in this matter with due consideration, With any skilful arrangement of building several regiments could be accommodated on this large piece of land, and the question uaturally arises whether, if the city is to build the armory, the Seventh regiment should not reconvey the property to the city, in order that as many regiments may be accommodated on the ground as practicable. Since writing the above I find that Mr. Alderman Gilon hag made several attempts under this same law to suddle another armory lease upon the city. If he were here at this writing { should ask him whither he expects to commend himself to the taxpayers at tho coming election by imposing upon them fresh burdens of this character ? CREEDMOOR. PRACTICE DAY AT THE RIFLE RANGES—PREPAR- ING FOR THE COMING PALL CONTESTS—TALK ABOUT BALLISTICS. Early yesterday morning a detachment (mostly out of uniform) from the Separate Troop Cavalry, visited the ranges of the National Rifle Association tor the purpose of doing some team practice und to shoot a match among the members. As the men did not all get on the ground together the firing took place at intervals dur- ing the day, up till about two o’clock P. M., when the last of them left the ranges. The Eighth regiment team were out for practice under the personal directions of Colonel Scott, who said that he was entirely satisfied, upon the whole, with the results of the men’s shooting. ‘The long ranges were occupied from the middle of the day until after four o’clock by members of the Amateur Rite Club, who are aspiring to places on the team to shoot against the Canadians. Some of the gentlemen conversed with yesterday expressed serious apprehen- sions about the probable result of the approaching international match. They think that preparations were not made soon enough to meet the contin- gency. The Amateur Club wish to form a team without calling out any of the noted marksmen who have lately covered themselves with glory in Ire® land and in England; but the officers of the club ac- knowledge the difficulty of getting six or eight men out- side the American team who could successfully compete with the SPLENDID MARKSMEN OF CANADA. ‘The question now to be considered is as to the expe- diency of asking the whole or a portion of the American team to participate in the match, or to form anew team and run the risk of getting defeated, Should the latter course be determined upon, the gentlemen named below will probably form the new team:—S, H. Jewell, LL. Hepburn, A, V, Canfield, Jr., L. Geiger, J. 8. Con- lin, F. Hyde, W. B, Farwell, A. Anderson. This com- bination, which takes in one of the American team’s re- serve, is the best that could be made under the circum- | stances, but it is one that would probably be beaten by the Canadians. In addition to the parties above named there were many independent marksmen at the butts practising over all the ranges for the fall contests, The weather was all that could be desired. The atmosphere was clear, the sky somewhat cloudy, but the light excellent and the wind very low, with’ a tendency to putf now and then up the ranges at a small gngle to the direction of the line of fire. THE BATTLE OF THE GUNS. ‘That many important questions are yet to be settled in the science of ballistics as applied to rifle prac tice no one candeny. It may safely be asserted that calibre forty-four is the one which is best adapted for tar- get practice; but the length of the barrel, the angle of the rifling to the axis of the bore; the depth of the grooves, quality and weight of the charge, and, above ull, the weight and form of the projectile, are still mooted problems. POWDER. It has been asserted by those interested in foreign Manufactures that we are unable in the United States to equal toe Walthain Abbey powder made for the British government, Now, the component parts of this being seventy-tive per cent of nitre and twelve and a half per cent each of sulphur and charcoal, if we take good care in cleaning the ingredients, mixing the component parts, pressing the mill cake, granulating, stoving, packing, keeping, there seems to be no good reason why we should not have as good American | powder at Creedmoor as any that can be made in Eng- Jand. In fact, it 18 On record that as high initial velocities have been obtained at the ballistic pendulum with American made powder as with the best imported article, So also has it been found with regard to ra- pidity of ignition and speedy development of the pro- pulsive elastic fluid, BULLETS. Since the time when Captain Minié, of the French service, invented the conical ball which bears his name until the present, thousands of experiments have been tried to determine the form and length of the projectile best suited to each articular calibre of firearm, Bullets have been used from the spherical in figure to the smooth-sided bolt bail of from three and a half to four calibres in length. The three and abalf calibre projectile, now mostly adopted for Jong range shooting, seems to possess the best propor- tions fora permanently useful ball. The different de- gress of hardening or amount of alloy which should be added to the lead empleo in the manufacture of bul- lets is another nice question well worth the study of those engaged in the construction of SMALL ARM AMMUNITION, At present we do not kuow whether too much or too Nittle tin (or other alloy) isin the ball, or if the pro- Jectile be too hurd or the reverse, The bail must not be overhardened at the expense of its specific gravity. which would tend to wear the riffing of the piece; nor must it be too soft, for this would fneur the risk of its being blown out of shape or “stripping” in the gun by | not offering sutticient resistance to the propulsive force, and bemg too much ‘upset’ at the base by the shock of | the elastic fuia, PIXED AMMUNITION, The present method of exploding the charge, by means of a percussion primer placed in the base ot ‘the shel!, is a good one; but the best spot to ignite the pow- der has yet to be settled, In the Prussian veedle gun, the primer Was fixed in the base the shell; the nee- dle penetrated the whole charge and ignited it in the front part, next the base of the bullet. This plan has been abandoned, because, as the powder burned back- ward, the ball had nearly left the picce betore receiv- ing the strength of the propulst yree, some of which was thus wasted, The present method of priming the base of the charge is also ceicctive, because, if a large charge 18 used in a small bore, part of the powder is driven out of the muzzle unburnt, aud, of course, wasted. It therefore follows that the point of iguition of the powder must be in the centre of the charge. There is another thing, too, that must be got rid of—that is, THE EXPENSIVENESS OP AMMUNITION. The brags shells now used must be made much lighter and cheaper, or they will have to give place to ® com- n of inaterial with pasteboard, The very thought of a ritle- man carrying his sixty or a hundred rounds of metallic | cartridges or of any army having to transport ten or a dozen millions of rounds in campaign must make a | military man turn pale, ROW BETWEEN BROTHERS-IN-LAW. Patrick Dwyer, of No. 284 Broome street, and Danie, | Donovan, of No, 24 Montgomery street, brothers-in- Jaw, had an altercation early yesterday morning in the house of the former, which arose out of some diffleulty about family matters, and in the fight Dwyer stabbed Donovan i the side, Dwyer, who was arrested by Ollie! is, of the Sevent! Pe fe My committed by Judge Morgan to await the result of injuries, ombustible | NEW YORK CITY. James Graham, aged thirty-seven years, had his foot injured at pier 13 North River yesterday afternoon while at work. He was taken home by some friends, Michael Coffee, seventy-two years of age, residing in “Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, fell down a flight of stairs yesterday at No, 113 Chambers street, and received Severe injuries about the back, He was taken to the Chambers street Hospital. Patrick Sullivan, twenty-five years of age, living in Fourteenth street, near avenue A, fell from a truck yes- terday afternoon in front of No, 425 East Twenty- ‘ond street, and was internally injured. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital by the police of the Kighteenth pre- cinet, Louis Rink, a German, aged thirty-six years, residing ‘o. 18 Norfolk street, attempted to commit suicide yesterday afternoon by jumping from the Staten Island ferryboat Westtield, when opposite Governor's Island, He was rescued from drowning and taken to the First precinct station house, where he was locked up. BROOKLYN. The Second division, General Dakin commanding, will parade for review by Governor Tilden, at Prospect Park, October 12, of i Edward Gallagher, a young man, was sentenced to the Penitentiary by Justice Morse for three months, as punishment for having kicked and severely injured Captain McLaughlin, of the Ninth precinct, Justice Morse yesterday committed Thomas Melville, Seventeen years of age, to await examination on a charge of stealing $150 worth of jewelry from the apart- ments of Simon Blank, No. 35 Hudson avenue, General Burger, of the Fifth brigade, has issued an order to the regiments of his command designating certain days in Qetober for rifle practice at Creedmoor, The annual inspections will take place ov the 19th, 20th and 21st of October, Coroner Simms was notified yesterday to hold an in- quest over the body of Michael Watefs, an ex-police- man, who fell down stairs, while under the influence of liquor, at No. 174 Hieks street and died from the effects of the injuries recei C. W, Watson, of Chautauqua county, New York, who was charged with passing a fulse promissory note for $65 upon Clinton Stephens, of No. 553 Lafayette avenue, ‘was yesterday committed by Justice Morse to await the action of the Grand Jury. Mayor Hunter will, in the course of the week, ap- point four citizens to sit as a board of investigation, in conjunction with Dr. John Ordonnex, the State Lunacy Commissioner, in the matter of the alleged abuse of patients at the Lunatic Asylum, Flatbush, ‘There are about 115 criminal cases on the calendar of the Court of Sessions of Kings county. There are two charges of murder and one of poisoning to be tried be- fore Judge Moore, Price and Loader, the perjurers of Rey. H. W. Beecher, ure also to be tried in that Court. OMicer Karonowaski, of the Washington Park police, ordered # man and woman who were acting ina dis- orderly manner on Tuesday night to ‘move on,” whereupon the man struck him on the head with a slungshot, inflicting a severe wound. The rufflan then made off. e The contested will of the late James J. McDonald was yesterday decided by Surrogate Veeder in favor of the stepmother of deceased, to whom he bequeathed his property. The will was ‘opposed by Mrs. Arnott, aunt of McDonald, who claimed that ‘deceased, being a drunkard, was incompetent to make a will, EW JERSEY. Sabiestres irik eile The Burlington county temperance men have called a convention tor the purpose of nominating a ticket for the coming election, ‘The work of taking the census of Newark, N. J., is now nearly Bompleted. Figures enough are in to show that the population has increased 18,000 during the last five years, ‘The total valuation of the taxable property of Bergen county is $22,395,949 and the State and county tax is $200,027. The percentage of all the taxes is about ninety cents on $100, The total number of acres of land in Morris county is 246,002. The valuation of real estate is set down at $20,957,489, and that of personal estate at $7,020,135, The poll tax amounts to $10,940; general tax, $40,997; rr i $54,662; county tax, $75,000, and road tax, $54, BURNING OF THE ZODIAC. VESSEL AND CARGO A TOTAL LOSS, BUT NO LIVES Lost, The steamer Zodiac, which left Nassau on the after- noon of the 6th inst. with a general cargo, bound for this port, when about webty-nme miles off Abaco light took fire and, with her cargo, was totally de- stroyed. The agents as yet have not received the par- ticulars of the accident, but suppose the fire to have been caused by spontaneous combustion of old oakum. The passengers, officers and crew at once took to the boats, and after floating around for twenty-four hours were picked up by a schooner and taken into Savannah, whence they were sent to Tybee. The United States mails were also saved and taken to the latter place, and an order issued by the Postmaster ef this city to have them at once forwarded here, The mig ert will also be brought here as soon as possi- ple, Another vessel will ‘@gbe put on the line by thé agents to take the place of th ine, The steamer Zodiac was owned by Messrs, Murray, Ferris @ Co., No. 62 South street, She was a serew propeller of 650 tons, and was built in 1864 at Fairhaven, Conn., and rated at the American Lloyd's as Al. She had formerly been engaged in the Savannah trade, but was withdrawn a short time ago and put on this, her first trip to Nassan, Her officers were Captain W. A. Chapin, First Officer 8. Salyer, and C, C. Weldon, Purser. Andrew Slattery and A. J. Heineman, two citizens of the Nineteenth ward, recently exchanged two cows, Heineman receiving with his cow from Slattery $25, The cow that Slattery got was represented to be a good milker, which she was not in reality, and Slattery accordingly brought suit to recover damages from Heineman in Judge Ackert’s civil court in Fifty- seventh street, The cow received by Heineman bend | btind of one eye, and good only for corned beef, he had her killed, The caso came up for trial yesterday, the lowing jury having been summoned to hear the testi- mony and decide accordingly :—Peter Ables, brewer; Peter Doelger, saloon keeper; Alexander Campbell, no occupation; Willian Batier, plumber; Francis X, Hart, druggist, and James Fay,’ plumber.’ ‘The case having been thoroughly inquired into on both sides, the jury, after a two hours’ solemn deliberation, returned the annexed verd | “We find th Both Cows were unhealthy and Dried up. We t jive a Verdict for Plaintiff tor $22 50 with Costs and that the Dry Cow shall be put in charg: yers in the case, each to hold her aweek & that they have the milk Received from the Dry Cow while in their charge, We give this Verdict ‘on the Basis that the one-eyed Cow, which was killed, Was not given sufficient time to show what it could do before it was killed and we take for Granted that the | cow now in Possession of Slattery is about the same | kind and only difference between them pry, Which we give verdict for.’ having been made public, considerable amusement has been created thereby at the expense of the several members of the Jary. AN OFFICER BEATEN BY ROWDIES. At an carly hour yesterday morning Officer Fitz- henry arrested a boy named James Fullerton, seven- teen years old, who was drank and disorderly in First street, Jersey City. of young ruiflans who are the terror of the locality. He Was arrested at the st of his mother, but he | told the officer that no one would take him without fight. He wielded a knife, with which he had tried to kill his mother, and when the officer seized him he called on the gang for assistance. ‘The officer was im- mediately set upon, knocked down, and struck sev- eral times with a slungshot till his’ face was covered with blood, Fullerton tried to wrest the club from him, but was not successful, ‘The officer clung to the young scoundrel an yod him to the First preeinct station. ge Davis sent him to the Penitentiary for three months. DISPOSING OF BURGLARS. | Asa rule Westchester county has of late years proved & most unprofitable field for burglara, whether masked | of otherwise, as the records of Sing Sing Prison and the pitentiary will abundantly testily to. sions at White Plains is now busy disposing of criminals of this clues, convicted yesterday, Orville Will the premises of David BR of New York, at Spnyten Day tured by the Yonkers police, w enced to four years penal servitude, For a burglary at the house of Stephen Briggs, near Williamsbridge, John Appell ae mson, for robb! 9 n, in the city 1, and afterward cap- was sentenced to pertorm hard labor in Sing Sing Prison for five years, Christopher Spencer and Joseph Osborn, at Port or, having in their pos sion bul ch sent to the Albany F POST'S PENITENTIARY PROTEGES. rd of Freeholders was held at the Snake Hill esterday, when an order was iss non, Who hus been boarding xpense of the county, remove 1 stitution, ‘To this Warden Post demurred, and he was sustained iu bis refusal by Freeholder Currin, of Hobo- ken, The committee will report the case to-day at the meting of the Board of Freeholders iu Jersey City, ed that one Fullerton {s the leader of a gang | A meeting of the Committee of the Hudson County | orth as much as the one-eyed Cow and the | is the money Paid by ; 2 $$$ rrrrrnr THE LOST VANGUARD. A British Iron-Clad Sunk Off the Irish Coast. DREADFUL COLLISION IN A FOG, Allon Board Saved—British Naval Discipline, WHO’S TO BLAME®P ‘The following particulars of the dreadful collision of Bray Head, Ireland, which resulted in the symking of the British iron-clad Vanguard, are taken from the Dublis Papers of September 3:— On Wednesday, shortly before midday, six of th seven jron-clads which all sama the week attracted such hosts of visitors weighed anchor in the Kingstown Roads and steamed in the direction of their new desti- nation, Queenstown harbor. ‘Two hours afterward the Vanguard, one of the finest of theve leviathans, was run into and sent to the bottom by her consort, the Iron Duke, The details of this great naval catastrophe, which will create intense excitement throughout the Empire, ure few and sparse, the officers and men of both vessels freeads a reticent silence which bafiles the most eaget inquirer, As if to ¢ confusion worse confound while all accounts concur in representing the accide as pads Son lace at ten minutes to one inthe after: noon of Wednesday, the official telegram of the Admi- ralty fixes the event at twelve hours later. However, after collating accounts obtained from the best author! ties, the following appears to be the most probable ac- count of the occurrence :—The ships left their anchorage at about balf-past eleven and steamed toward Queens- town, Searcely had they left when they were envel- oped in a very dense fog. At a quarter to one o'clock in the day, about an hour and a@ half after leaving the roads, the fleet were off Bray Head, The lookout of the Vanguard, which was then going only five or six knots an hour, suddenly saw through the fog ‘A LARGE MERCHANT SHIP RIGHT AHRAD. To avoid a collision with this vessel the Vanguard ported her helm. ‘The result of this manoeuvre was te resent the broadside of the ship to the bow of the ron Duke, then about a cable’s th behind, The Vanguard’s officer must have thought there was time to get out of the Iron Duke’s way, but he was mistaken, for suddenly tne Vanguard people saw through the fog the jibboom of the Iron Duke not fifty yards of, Both captains gave the word to reverse engines and back, but it was too late, and the Iron Duke ran into her consort with tremendous force, striking her amidships with her plo or ram, and dashing in her side almost from keel to bul- warks. The bows of these vessels are, we need scarcely say, provided with iron ‘rams’ for the ex- press purpose of sinking an opposing vessel by a single Blow, and the event showed that the Iron Duke waa only too well fitted fur her deadly task, Her iron beak ground to powder the armored broadside of the Van- guard, and in asecond THE WATER POURED THROUGH THE oRIVICE, the engine fires were extinguished and the vessel began rapidly to fill, There were some 450 human beings on Dourd the Vanguard, and as the waters rushed into the hold their situation was a terrible one. There was no time to even think of saving property, and it is under- stood that not a single article, valuable or otherwise, pene the ship was rescued trom the wreck; in fact, officers and men arrived upon the deck of the Iron juke only of the clothes in which they stood, and whatever jewelry or valuables they may have had about their persons before the occurrence, There was uo time to run down to remove clothing or other prop- erty, and nobody thought of doing so, all being intent upon self-preservation ‘The utmost discipline and coolness prevuiled, although hope is said to have de- serted the crew; but they looked what seemed an in- evitable fate sternly in the face, and the stronger men endeavored to support and cheer their weaker ship- mates. Both vessels were powerful “rams,” but the Iron Duke was by fur the more powerful of the two, and the fearful effect of her crusbing weight upon the broadside of her consort may be imagined. The first- named vessel suffered insigniticant damages, her bow- sprit and fore gear, or ‘‘head gear,” as it is called, hay- ing only been carried away; while THE VANGUARD SUCCUMBED with guns, ammunition, accoutrements, large stands of small arms, and, in tact, with all the appointments of a first class man-of-war, whose construction cost nearly £500,000, The sunken vessel has been occupied lor several years as the guardship at Kingstown. No lives have been lost, and the crew escaped unhurt, with the exception of three men who received some contusions during their transit to the Duke. The wails of a favor- ite dog, who alone met a watery grave, were heard above the general din. At the time of the collision it appeared that owing to the density of the fog the Iron Duke and Vauguart al all events were not proceeding at a speed of more than dive or six knots un hour. , Ou leaving the man-of- war roads in Dublin Bay the squadron steered north of the Kish Light in order to get into the deep sea track, and afterward the ships headed south- ward. On nearing Wicklow Head the lookout on board the Vanguard perceived a large merchant vessel loom- ing a short distance ahead, and in order to avoid run- ning into her the order was given to put the helm hard a-port. Captain Dawkins, of the Yanguard, was on the bridge amidships when the catastrophe occurred, and, bemg in o state of much anxiety, was carefully “coursing” the ship, At tirst sight of the extent of the damage done, it was believed impossible that the vessel could long remain afloat. The water rushed in through the aperture, and, with a hissing, seething sound, forced its way through the ship in ull directions. Cap: tain Dawkins, like au experienced sailor, instantly had ERY MAN AT 118 POST, with peremptory instructions to remain standing by their duty to the last, The result was the maintenance of the most excellent order. With calmness and regu- larity the boats were lowered and proper preparations were made for transferring the crew on board according to seniority of station. In the meantime the Iron Duke, which had become hidden in the fog after the collisiot again appeared in sight, and also lowered her boats, ane of course her officers and men assisted to the utmost exte The first batch of men ordered to descend to the boats was composed of the lower rank—the last to leave the ill fated ship were Captain Dawking and Commander Landy. Naturally enough the interval of time between the colliding of the vessela and the sinking of the Vanguard was nearly all occupied in transferring the crew by the boats to the Iron Duke, No time was left to any one for saving property. Valuables, clothes—all had to be abandoned, in come cases, af course, with great reluctance. Many of the untortunate men had considerable sums of money in their lockers, In one instance a remarkable illustra- tion of affection was given by one of the tars. When every one hud been got safely away, the poor fellow dis covered that THR SHIP'S DOG WAS LEPT BEMIND. Just then the howling of the animal could be heard ag the water poured into the Vanguard, leaving the pet of the crew no means of escape, Jack’s feelings were touched. He had always loved the dog as a second self, and it was with the utmost difficulty he was prevented going, at the imminent risk’ of — bis life, to the rescue of the dog. ‘Though thankful, as sailors know how to be, for their miraculous escape one of the Vanguard men assured me it was with feel- ings of the utmost reluctance they left their old house, whose sinking they witnessed with sadness, When news of the dreadfal occurrence was brought to Kingstown yesterday by the [ron Duke the utmost cou- slernation was occasioned, and everyone seemed feria, to get to the scene of the disaster. An un- usually rough, chopping sea, however, dampened the general ardor in this respect.’ The trip was a most un- pleasant one, and beyond the natural curiosity to see iminediately after the occurrence the place where such a maguiticent ship had gone down very little was to be gained, Nothing could be seen yesterday but the top- mast heads over the water, the royal masts bemg housed. The Vanguard went down in eighteen fathoms of water, the Kish light bearing west by northwest, eight miles from the place where she at present lies, ADMIRAL TARLETON is returning from Queenstown in the Hawk tender, with a number of divers on board, and will immediately visit the of the wreck for the purpose of testing what can be done toward raising the sunken vessel, It is un derstood that one of the hands counected with the en. gine room on board the Vanguara had the presence of mind to let the steam escape from the boilers and gene- rators, thereby preventing an inevitable explosion that would have resulted in great loss of Ife, The Victoria revenue cutter, Commander Joseph McCallen, left the harbor next evening to anchor in close proximity to the Tron Duke in case her services should be required. The officers of the Vanguard have Jost all their property, in- cluding their mess plate, which is valued at £200, [tis rumored (that there were three chests of money o1 d tor the purpose of paying off the men at Quecns- town, but this statement has not been authenticated, THE NEWS IN KINGSTOWN. When the earliest rumor of the catastrophe reached us the vaguest and most contradictory intrepretations were pat upon it, It was said that the Vanguard had sunk with all on board. The possibility of such a dread- ful misfortune in Irish waters was enough to rouse the whole population of the metropolis to the highest pitch of excitement, How deep an interest in the catastro phe, and how profound a sympathy with the supposed sufferers was felt might be inferred from the feverish eagerness with which the newspapers were bought up. The swiftest machines were scarcely rapid enough to supply the ever-inc demand for fresh intelligence. In Kingsto ng Was still nore poignant, The Vanguard having long been stationed as aguardship in the harbor most of the wives of the inarried ien Were resident in the locality, rible to witness THE ANGUISH OF THESE POOR WOMEN as they thronged the streets and crowded round every person likely to be in possession of reliable news of the isa 1b, Was ter. When it was at length announced that th ‘ew had been saved there was a joyful reaction b almiose obliterated all sense Of the importance of ual mis We may fairly say that the popue jou of Dublin and Kingstown ived the weleoug We that no human life had been sacrificed with « gratification which could searcely have been trans: conded had they learned of the escape from the jaws @b death of #0 mauy near and dear relatives,