The New York Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1877, Page 3

“WASHINGTON. A Starting Point for Civil Service Reform. s DESIGNS ON THE NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE Exigencies of Party to Give Way to Public Business. THE EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS Wade Hampton’s Reply to Cham- berlain’s Letter. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasuinatox, April 4, 1877, CIVIL SERVICE REFORM-—-A QUESTICN OF IN- STRUMENTALITIES. ‘The great question of civil service retorm appears before the administration tn the shape of General Sharpe, of the New York Custom house, whose term ig about to expire. The question ariges whether he id other heads of the Custom House sball be reap- pointed or whether a clean sweep shall be made, Pretty well understood that the New York Custom Hongo has been a huge political machine, and that to make it a useful business establishment and nothing else, to exclude politics from it and make the Collector really a collector of customs dnties and oll bis assistants and subor- @inate, helpers in that business and make them Jeave politics alone is ono of tho first, most necessary and most difficult steps in a ref@ag of the civil service, It moans a thorough reorganization of the whole establishment, and the question they are pondering here is whether the men who have worked the ma- Chine under the old system are the best or can bo ex- pected to work it under tho new and botter plan, The President said in bis inaugural messuge that ho meant to make a reform in the civil service “thorough, radical and complete,” and tu ‘divorce the public busl- nessentirely trom partisan politics.” He is thoroughly io eurnest in the matter, and there is somo reason to be- Neve that he secs that he cannot begin anywhere better than in the Now York Custom House, While the cam- paign thero ts not yet completely planned it is pretty certain that ho means to meke a complete sweep of those whoare so mixed up with the old system as to make it douvtful whether they would bo efficient Jeaders in a reform, It 13 a good time just now for the importers and mer- chants of New York to give the President their sup- port toward such an attempt at reform by making known the detects of the present service, He would probably bo grateful for Information of this kind, which would enablo him to remedy abuses and establish a new and better order of things, THE EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS AND THE BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED, 1s is not trac that the President has docided to call Congress together in May. Ho snid to a gentioman to- day that he saw no reason to call the oxtra session earlier than the time originally fixed, the 4th of June. Tho meeting will probably be very brief, The demo- crats will undoubtedly organize the House, and they have no disposition to prolong thi jon, Mr. Ran- dall seems at this time to bo the strongest candidate for the Speakership. Committees on rules and elections and probably on expenditures ia the Navy Department will be appointed, but no others, and there 18 no disposition to do any othor Dusinese than passing the Army Appropriation bill and probably a small detlency bili for the pay of the navy until July 1. As the two Southern States will by that time be restored to local seli-government, and under Governors energetic enough to keep the peace, it is not likely that there will be any dispute about the Clause forbidding the use of the army in the Southern Staten, The navy deficiency arises from the alleged ‘use of the navy pay by Mr. Robeson in meeting other obligations of the Navy Department, GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasutneto, April 4, 1877, GOVERNOR HAMPTON’S CRITICISMS OF CHAMBER- LAIN’S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT. Governor Hampton lett Washington eariy this morn. ing on bis way toColumbia, Previous to his departure he suid, in conversation with friends, that the militia companies which Mr. Chamberlain styled “ uniawful organizations’? were composed of some of the best citizens of South Carolina, and have been in existence for a long time, some dating back prior to the war, | and that Mr. Chamberlan often addressed these very unlawiul organizations” and occasionally joined them In procession, He was an honorary member of some ot them and has presented them with flags. Governor Hampton turther said, in reterence to Mr. Chamber- Jain’s letter to the President, that the Supreme Court of the »tate, consisting of three republican judges, unanimoasly decided the Mackey (republican) House illegal, and yet, in the face of this, Mr, Chamberlain aliowed this very House to count the votes and declare him Governor, and proposed in his letter to stand by that proceeding. Governor Hampton, im reply to the question what he expected would be the result of his Tecognition as Governor, said that, in his judgment, the results would bo the best indication of the wisdom of the President's policy, which would finally bo sus- tained by the whole country. THE ONDER FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS. General Sherman went to Baltimore to-day to at- tend the wedding ot Miss Barry, a daughter of General Barry; and, in consequence of his absence, tho formal order directing tho withdrawal of the troops from tho State House at Columbis will not be issued until to-morrow. CENTENNIAL DONATIONS ON EXHIBITION AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, Congress having falled to provide for the display of | the Centennial donations made to the United States by foreign governments, and which have been stored in the old armory annexed to the Smithsonian Institute, the managers of the institution bave placed on exhibl. tion in the western hall of the Smithsonian Building the finest of the works of art comprised Iu the coilec- Vion, ‘These are the terra cotta copy of the group “America” upon the Albert monument in London; IWo magnificent vases, inscribed respectively * ‘e” Ana “"1876,"? and adorned to illustrate these two erns In Atnerican history; an octagonal pulpit im terra cotta, With designs from the life of the Redeemer, aud two terra cotta baptiomal fonts of tasreful and artistic workmanship. These articles attract much attention from visitors, THE BIDS FOR SUPPLYING POSTAL CARDS. The opening ot vids for supplying postal cards to the bt for the term of four years from May 1, | to have taken place at noon to-day, has indefinitely postponed by order of the Postmaster | General, and a new advertisement will be issued. Tho late advertisement contained a proviso, which the De- partment has recently announced, that it might require the cards to be made with differentiy tinted sides. Several manufietarers this morning filed protests, representing that thero ure only three or four estab- lishments tn the country where cards of this descrip. tion can be cheaply manufactured, and that they had putin proposals under the 1mpression that (ue present Hyle of card was to remain unchanged, Under t circumstances, and acting on the advice of Judge Spence, the assistant attorney for the Department, tho Postmaster General determined to readvertise tor proposals. About thirty bidders were in attendance at the Department to-day, THE POSTAGE STAMP CONTRACT. Judge Spence has submitted bis opinion on the ques- Mon submitted to him by Postmaster General Key as to the validity of the recent award of tho postage stamp contract to the Continental Bank Note Company of New York city, whieh was contested by the Standard Publishing Company of Syracuse, He takes thegrouhd | that the award was legal and that the Continental | r Company should vo allowed to fullll the contract At tho request of the contracting party, the matter will now, however, be reterred to the Attorney General. POSTAGE TO TRIPOLI AND TONIS—INCREASED | RATES TO ST. HELENA. From the Ist inat. the rates of postage on corre- spondence from the United States for Tripoll and ‘Tanis by the Italian mail are thy same as (or corre- spondence to Italy, Postal cards are pot trausmissa- bie, however, and registration is not possivic, Pre- payment of letters is compulsory in case of Tripoli and optional im the case of Tunis, ‘The Powt Office Department being to-day notified by tho British government of an increased postage charge on letters from Great Britain to St, Helens, gives notice that from this date twenty-seven cents per fftecn grammes (half ounce) will be charged on letters {rom the United States for that colony sent in the British maila, THE NEW ASSISTANT SECAETARY OF THE TREASURY. Governor McCormick entered actively upon the du- ties of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to-day, Mr. Conant retiring. Governor McCormick was visited by @ vast number of friends, offering congratulations, A PEDESTBIAN FEOM GEORGIA AT THK WHITE HOUBE, Among the large crowd at tho Executive Mansion to- day, eager to seo the President, was a foot-sore hom span-clad Georgian, who, upon the assertion that ho had walked allthe way from Georgia to ace the Presi- dent, was admicttdd to bis presence without the usual waiting. The Georgian informed the President that he had no favor to usk in the way of obtaining an office, but desired to give him some information regarding affuirs in Georgia, The opportunity was at hand, and the pedestrian related several matters that he thought should be attended to, of which the President made a note with a view to their proper official reference. ABMY INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES IN THE STATIONS OF PAYMASTERS— MORE RECENT PROMOTIONS, Wasuincrom, April 4, 1877, By direction of the Secretary of War tno following assigoments and changes In the stations and duties of paymasters of the army havo been made:—Major N, Vodder ig relieved from duty in this city and will re- portto the Commanding Officer Department of the South, Major J. B. Keeter will repair to Portland, Oregon, and report for duty to the Commanding Gen- eral, Department of the Columbia. Mayor C. W. Win- gard, 28 soon as hig health will permit, will repair to this city and report for duty to the Paymaster General, Major J. KR. Wasson will repair to San Antonio, Toxas, and report for duty tothe Commanding General, De- partment of Texas. Major J, A. Brodhoad 1s relieved from daty ia the Dopartmeat of California, and will ro- port for duty to the Commanding General, Department of tho Missouri, Major J. B, M. Potter is relieved trom duty in the Department of the Missouri, and will Feport to the Commanding General, Miltary Division 01 the Pacifle and Department of Galifornta tor duty mm the Departmont of Calilormia. Mayor J. W Wham will repair to Cheyenne, Wy, T., and relieve Major 1. H, Stanton, who, upon being r ir to Salt Lake Allantic, RECENT PROMOTIONS, Agooeral order just issued from the War Depart- ‘announees thu varions promotions and appoint- ments in the army during the past six mootns, nourly all of which were published when contirmed by the Senate. Since the adjournment of that vody the fol- Jowing promotions have been made:—Captuin Joseph 4, Gibson, uagistant surgeon, to be surgeon with the rank of major, vice Hasson deceased. Second I1eu- tenant Rdward H. Shelton to bo Grst lieutenant in tho First cavalry, vico Kyle, deceased. Second Lieutenant Fielding H. Davies to be first heutenuut in tho Twen- ty-second infantry, vice Reedy, resigned. Second Lieutenant Julius H. Pardee to 'bo first lieutenant in tne Twenty-third infantry, vice O’Conuor, dismissed, BATTRRIKS RELIEVED, By direction of the General of the Army the follow. ing batteries of artillery are relieved irom duty at Washington arsenal, 0. C., and will proceed to take tas indicatec:—Battery A, First urtillery, at Fort arren, Mass.; Battery C, Fu artillery, at Trumbull, Conn, ; Batteries B, E und F, Firat arullery, at Fort Adama, K. 1.; Battery L, Second artillery, at Fort McHenry, dtd. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MOVEMENTS OF NATIONAL VESSELS—REAR AD- = “NEW YORK “HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1877—TRIPLE SHEET. MEDICAL EXPERTS. HOW FAR THEIR TESTIMONY MAY RE RELIED UPON IN COURTS OF LAW. A meeting af the Medico-Legal Society was held last evening in West Thirty-lirst street, the President, Dr, Frank H, Hamilton, in the chair. Mr. Jacob F, Mil- ler, of the New York Bur, delivered @ lecture on the subject of ‘‘Medical Experts,” He commenced with the remark that the object of evidence Is to establish facts for judicial determination, Such evidence consists of written documcats and depositions of liv- ing witnesses. They are of two kinds—ordinary witnesses, who depose to facts, and experts or skilled witnesses, who depose to matters of science, The former tell what they know; the latter tell what they think, ‘The first tell facts; the latier tell What they believe the facts mean. Au expert is one who is taught by experience, His knowledge extends beyond the reach of ordinary men. It reaches the do- main of science. Courts and juries are not supposed to be skilled iu all the scientific questions which are involved in cases that they are called upon to try. ‘They cannot understand the evidence produced; they need an interpreter, The lecturer proceeded to illus- trate this view of his subject with reference to lan- guages, by homicides of different kinds, calling upon Witnesses to explain the relation between causes and elects, Upon this point he cited a number of ypinions, THM SPHRKE OF MEDICAL EXPERTS. Physiclaus may appear in two capacities When they uepose to tacts they differ in no respect from ordiuary witnesses. They may also be called ax ex- certs. Lt 181m this capacity we are interested in them to-uwbt, Many physicians think they are-not obliged to respond to a subpana, While they are in botn cages required tu respond to the subpa@ua it 1s only as nosy that they are ‘an ordinary ‘compelled to testify. A physician’s opinions, his knowledge of his proies- sion, his skill, are bis own, to be kept or ‘mparted at bis pleasure, While, there- fore, be might be compelled to come to court to be punished for contempt if he retused, he could pot be compelled to give his opinions, except, perhaps—the lecturer remarked—in the case of the government, which tas the right to demand tho ser- vices of every individual owing allegiance to it, The position of a medical expert, theretore, 13 one of dig- nity, His appearance is voluntary. He speaks to science, He produces the connecting link between causes and effect; between the act of the accused and the allegations maue ugainst him. As the jury aro usually ignorant of the mutters to which be speaks the physician should be x person of the nighost skilland surictest integrity. His opportunities tor good or in- jury are great. He may rescue a person from the gallows and save his family from disgrace or brin; them all down in one common ruin. Many physi- Clans retuse to be medical wituesses in consequence of the sburp examiuation they have to undergo in court, But their feelings should not be spared in cases luvolv- ing great public or private interests whenever the truth is likely to suflvr trom ignorance. A medical expert, iu the strict sense of tho term, should be beu- tral, He bas nothing to de with the result. A large puimber of cases were cited in iilustration of this strictiy impersona! character. Reterence Was also made to jucompetent medical experts, and to cortain cases Where Lneir testimony was rulod out or nob allowed to be pat in at all Iu one case a man Who had been educated a physician, but bad not practisea his protession, was not allowed to testily, because, 1 the opinion of toe Court, he Iacked the experience which was necessary to make him un expert, VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF MXDICINE. The lecturer proceeded to eulurge upon the point of the various schools of medicine, in regara to which the dociors themselves often disugreo ; and how, be asked, could tho Court, that is presumed not to bo skilled in medicine, discriminate between them? Within the last ten y ur have taken place in which the modical witnesses dit more harm than good—more :v mislead the jury than instruct them. The subject of insanity was reterred to, aud mention Was made of prigoners who were acquitted upoa ined- ical testimony, aud nobody was more ustonishod than the medical experts thomselves at the result, The tests touching the testimony uf medical experts, as established by the Legisiaturo, were Irequently ques- tloned by tho profession. If' they were tualty the medical people should apply to the Legislature for a Tevision Of tne statutes and not attempt to decide tho Jaw and the tacts for themselves, CAPTAIN MURRAY'S DISCOVERY. 4 TALE OF TWO BONDS FOUND IN THE CU&- TODY OF AN ARRESTED PICKPOCKET—THE PROCEEDS OF A FOUR YEARS’ OLD BURGLARY, ‘William Lloyd, the alleged pickpocket who was cap- tured by Captain Murray on Tuesday aiternoon, on Chambers street, was arraigned at the Tombs Police Court yesterday before Justice Fiammor, but remanded to give the Captain opportunity to trace the bouds found in his possession, At the tune of the al- tempted Jjarcepy, Captain Murray was walking along Park row, Ho saw the prisoner ‘MIRAT PREBLE AT PANAMA—THE PENSACOLA EN ROUTE POW SAN YRANCISCO. Wasuinatox, April 4, 1877. The Board of Naval Inspectors, recently Teorganized, have inspected the now steamer Adams, at Norfolk. She will be detained a short u:ne for some necessary alterations and then leave for Rio Janeiro. ‘The. Ranger, now at New York, will be inspected soon, und thon leave for the Asiatic station, THE SOUTH PACIFIC STATION, A despatch received at the Navy Department this morning from Rear Admiral George N. Prebie, com- manding the South Pacific station, dated Fiagship Owaba, Panama, March 18, announces his arrival at that place. STAPF OF REAR.ADMIRAL PREDLY. A general order names the following officers as the ff of the Rear Admiral :— ‘wptain L, A, Kimberly, Chief of Staff, Lieutenant, Maggie, secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, nsign K. L. Reynolds, aid to Commandor-in-Chief, rederick W. Dow, clerk to Commandor-in-Chief, Captain W. Wallace, Fieet Marine Oficor, Alvert Alston, Fleet Engineer, G. W. Brush, Fleot Surgeon. APYaiRs OF Tite ISTHMUS. Affairs on the Isthmus sre reported as tranqall, tho rosidents at Panama entertaining no apprehension of apy revolutionary action at that point, ‘THK PENSACOLA. Rear Admiral Murray wus to leave Panama in tho Pensacola tor F he arrival of the wail steamer duc M would touch at the intermediate ports on the tral American and Mexi- can cous He does not expect to reach San Francisco until lute in Aug ‘The United states steamer Swatara arrived at King- ston, Ja, on the 22d uly Lieutenant A. M. Thackara, Fl A THE MONITOR FLUET. | Savannan, April 4, 1877. The entire ficet of monitors have arrived and are anchored in the river, HOMEWARD BOUND. ‘William Green, a London detective, arrived in this city yesterday, from San Francisco, with one Frank | Ford who has been looked for in all the principal cities of both hemispheres, Ford is twenty-three years of age, of handsome form, aud very stylish. When he was arrested in Los Angoles, in Cxlitoruia, he was in the company of a beautiful young woman, who did not desert him during his tmprisonment | in the San Francisco jail, Ford was the confidential | clerk of Arthur Turner Hewitt, a prominent svlictior ja Lendon, and absconded with twenty New South Wales bonds, valued at £200 each, which were tho property of hisempioyer. Ford tiret took the bonds froin the sate and #howed them to one of Mr, Hewitt's Drothers, who wanted to invest some trust funds tor mivor ‘children. The young, mun did not make o bargain with Mr. Hewnt, bat sold some of the bovds tor £486 to another, receiving | a check upon the London Joint Stock Bink, On the i | oveds of a vurgiary com emerge irom..a crowd and run at the top of bis speed toward the City Hall, followed by au elderly man, who rapidly lost ground. Without wait- ing to investigate the Captain joined in tue pureu and after a lively chase, extending over several blocks, finally succeeded in outrunning the pursued, capturing him on Chambers street, near Broadway. The prisoner demanded the reason of his arrest, The Captain con- {essed that as yet he did not know, but would speedily ascertain, Ina few minutes the elderly gentleman | cane hurrying along, nearly out of breath, aud ex- plained that the prisoner bad attempted to pick his pocket of a pocketbook containing a large amount of money. The complaiaant gave his name as Daniel Steele, of No. Third avenue, The Captain | handed the prisoner over to an officer to take to the Vuk street station bouge and walked behind. On the way he noticed the prisouer slip something from his coat pocket into his vest pocket. The movement was adroitly performed, and almost escaped detection, which tact caused the Captain to make a mental note of the occurrence. At the station house tho Captain personally searched the prisoner's pockets, but ound | hothing except a few pennies, a key and a knile, WUAT THK SKAKCH DISCLOSED, all'you bave about yout” asked the Cap- tain. That isall,’’ said the prisoner, Tho Captain then took off the man’s coat, when there dropped trom ‘a concealed place im the lining two gold bearimg United States bonds, representing $50 and $100, with eight years’ interest. They were apparently genuine, The prisoner stammered and wurbed red, and suid, “Ob, thowe are worthless bonds that I have hud some time. Toy are good for nothing and I meant to bave thrown them away.’” The Captain scented a forgery and took possession of the bonds. Yesterday be visited the firm of Fisk & Hatch and asked if the bonds were genuine. The answer was in the aflirmative, RE to tue Station house the Captain asked the prisoner how he | obtained the bonds, The explanation was that thoy were given to him by un vid lady now dead. The police ridicuied this story and tho prisoner said he wouid tell | the truth—he found them. Satisfied that there was ine criino behind the bonds, the Captain caiied on Superintendent Walling for consultation. The result Was a general ularm to ascertain who had lost them. Yesterday altervoon Mr. 8. D. An- drew, of Perth Amboy, N. J., called at the Uak street | station house und informed the police that the bonds | were part of the procveds of a robbery effected in the residence of bis daughter over four years ago, on which occasion several thousand dollars” worth of pro- perty were stolen, helieve that the bonds will result in proving Lloyd to have been one of the burglars, | The two bonds were last night identified by ab | Watson, of Perth Amboy, » a8 part of the pi itted at her residence us stated Above, and were the only bonds stolen, The otter property was jewelry and silverware, valued ut Upon this intormation an officer | \ was sent to Perth Amboy to investigate, The police | THE STATE CAPITAL, Fish’s Bill for Reducing Salaries Passed Jn the Assembly. ‘ Three-Quarters of a Million of Dollars to Defeat the Omnibus Bill. STREET CLEANING IN NEW YORK, Atuayy, April 4, 1877. ‘The “boys” dre reaching out in the impalpable for the *boodie” (Anglice, the money) which I indicated wos here to defeat certain measures of logisiation, Nearly $750,000 to bribe legislators, and they will not be bribed!—so far, I will take upon myself the office of a prophet and say that despite the “boodle” and the bull-dozing the Omaibus bill will go through, and Lam assured the Governor will put his signaturo to it the moment he sees it, Of course the Dill is not immaculate, It imight be amended | in certain particulara. «with = advantage, | but it will be a great achievement if any bill that saves even a (en dollar note to the taxpayers of New York city goes through. For the past several yours the metropolis has been secking for relief at this headquarters from its very heavy burdens of taxation, lt novor got the relief it sought, but it @ppears to me and to many that this Omnibus bill and the measures accompanying it will work Tetrenchment to a very large extent, I write, of course, from a purely disinterested standpoint, and I take no consideration ag to whether the bill will help orharm this property or that. It is certainly clear from the debates I have sent you that the dom- Ocrais aro apprehensive that these measures will be detrimental to their purty, But tho democratic party is mot the whole pedple, and, whilo these vills may be detrimental to party tu: teresis, they may at the same time be fruitful of good Tesults to the people en maxse. It is to thom, und uot to party, that the Henanp addresses itseu, and tor them I presume to advocate this bill, Tt will be umended in Commitee of the Whole of the Assembly, aud a judicious amendment will be restore to the Mayor’the Buroau ot Liconges, in place of putting it in the Polico Department, wich has, indeed, already quite ag much us it can attend to, Tho lager beer men will kick tremendously against the proposition to put the Exerse Department iu the Police, but after all, when you come to think of it, what more appropriate place could you put it than im the Police Department? [tis objected that the policg will bull-doze and blackmail the beer aud whiskey sellers, but that.1 think ia a de- jusion, ‘The Mayor will be responsible tor ali, and bo will seo that there are such men in the Police Board who will permit no injustice to be practised by any member of the force. VISWS SALARY BILL There was nothing of any consequence done in eltuer house ot the Legisiature tu-day, Third reading of bills took up the time of the Assembly, but a breeze Spruog up over Fish's bill for the reduction of salaries id compensation ot certain officers in the cities of the Sis moved to recommit, for the purpose n amendinent excepting {rom its provisions police and school toachers, and re. ducing tho bonds of the Chamberlain trom $2,000,000 to $1,000,000. Mr. Spinola moved to strike out that portion relating to the Chamberlain. Purdy said the bill was wrong trom the word “go.” ere Was DO sonse in making such a sweeping and indiscriminate reduction of sularies, Ruggles opposed the vill, and Rockwell of Cuemung spoke in favor of it, Burns of Troy moyed an amendment excepting officers in Troy Teceiving a salary of $2,000 and levs, This was adopted. Tighe moved to excopt Brooklyn, but the motion was lost, Finally Fish’s motion two recommit was carriod, OUTSIDE TALK. ‘Thero is much speculation to-night in the halls of the Delevan whether Fish’s bill will go equally through the si dden bill that has waken the lobby k, und they are bound to make a grand raily on the Senate, but this body is so com- mitted to rotrenchment already that they can hardly do otherwise than pags 1t, and the Governor’s signavuro is pretty suro, YONTPONEMENT OF A CAUCUS. Tho caucus of republican members of the Assembly, which was put down jor to-day, bas been pustponed until to-morrow. STREET CLEANING IN NEW YORK. At A meeting of the Assembly Committee on Cities this eveniug it was agrecd to report the Omuibas bill to-mur*ow, amended 80 as embrace a portion of Mr. Petee a Xebell’s plan tor the street cleaning in Now York city, ond also the plan of Mr. Ambrose. Thoro 18 o disposition to take it out of the hands of the police and give it to the Board of Health. ‘Tho Ambrose system of street cleaning 1s In success- ful operation in -London und other largo cities in E rope. It provides for a force ot men, who shall be uniformed ip order that they can the better be kept uuder discipliue and more constantly employed. ‘Thuy shall be allotted separate districts aud sections of ais kept av work all the time cleaning the em is reyarded as tho most efficient Itisa yet devised, TRYING TO CONCILIATE THY GOVERNOR, In the Executive session of tue Senate the rule re- quiring unanimous consent for Executive sessions ou uny but the sated days was suspended. This 1s sin- ply @ notification to the Governor that the majority | the Sonate are now both willing and anxious vo con- firm any nomination he may send in tor Superinten- dent of Public Works, but 10 1s wolikely be will do any- thing to relieve them from the dilemma in which they have placed themselves by the rojection of his nomi- Ration of McC! INSULKANO INVESTIGATION, TESTIMONY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THR MAN- HATTAN LIFE, THE VICK PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSAL LIFE COMPANIES AND MR, 8TE- PHEN ENGLISH, Auaxy, April 4, 187 ‘Tho Insurance Committee resumed its investig this morning. At the opening Mr, Moak, counsel for the commit- tec, asked permiasion to make a statement to the com. mitteo in reference to the condition of the Equitable as shown by the testimony of Mr. Hyde, upon which be desired to inake @ suggestion to the committee, It | appearing that the statomont should be made solely in | executive gession it wus ruled out in order that it might be made tater in the day, ‘THK YRUSIDENT OF THK MANIATTAN LIVE INSURANCE COM: PANY. Mr, Henry Stoxes, president of the Manhattan Li testified that he had’ held thut ollice since Lu; his c pany had presented to the L ture a statement of the suluries called tor by the original resolution ana way not one Of the five companies in del the average loading of about rt ry 1876 from what it was in INT. held to an investment once made; the company had on bond wud mortgage in Deeember, 1876, bout $5,040,000 'y was situated in various lo w York city; it has no he + hires no’ offices elsewhen ubout $4,000, which was never heurd frum, THE RIOTOUS SAILORS. Wiliam Tynan, John Tynan, Philip Seanton, Thomas Beston and Griffith Mason, tho five sailors who were brought before Judge Dutty on Puesday morning on account of a drunken row on board the steamer John 3d of July, 1876, Ford was discharged from bis ct. ployer’s service. On the 11th of January, of this year, ir, Hewitt discovered that the boods were miss! Ford took the twenty bonds to Henry Graves, a 1 don broker, aud asked to have them ‘cashed. He presented =a letier, purporting to ve signed by J. Noel Weiman, requesting that | Mr, Graves should fa Ford.’ Mr. Graves pur- chesed tive of the bonds and paid Ford £600, In December Ford was iu San Franch He went tothe | banking Pouse of B. Davidson & and there dis- posed of more of the bonds tor $3,336, Ford sold | them wader the name of Frederick Lord, The bank. | tug house sent the bonds to London, aud thus Ford's whercavouts Were discovered, Captain Lees, of the San Francisco detective foree, arrested Ford in Los Anglos, and the Enulivh detective, Green, went from London to San Francisco alter the prisoner, Yesterday the detective and Ford suited from this port for Eugland. 'THIEVING DURING A FIRE, A fire broxe out last evening in the three story brick house in tho rear of No. 47 Bothune street, occupied by Budd’s paint and patty works and Loomia’ sewing machine caso tnctory, and destroyed about $1,000 worth of property before it was extinguished. Whilo the excitement caused in the poighborhuod by the fire was at 1s beight Mra, Ann Perselt, of No, 61 Bethane street, wan sitting lone in her room, looking of the window, A mendicant " suddenly peared im room and — uske ber jor aasistance, She offered Lim food, but he rejected manded inovey, A proffer of a small sum jeclined, «hd beiore the Inuy could utter a ery the man threw ter upon the floor and was wbout to jwack the barcau, When she struggled to ber feet and gave an alarm, which frightened him from the house, CHARLEY ROSS AGAIN, Charley Ross’ father was at the Central Office yester- day, and conterred with Superiotendent Wailing touching a now clow he bas as to the whereabouts ot histor son, T time the boy is reported ut San Francisco, 7 Bramball, lying at picr 40 East River, wero again ar- Taigned yesterday, Devan P. Evans, the mate who | was 80 violently assaulted by thom, asked that they be | committed becaase, he said, they were desperate men, und neither’ the captain nor the owners | of the steamelip wanted them on the vessel | agaiu. They bad threatened to create trouble when | they got back to the ship, and from their general char- | acter be thought they would carry their threats into | execution. | Judge Daffy held tho four first mentioned in $500 bai! to keep the peace for six months, to stand com- mitted one month, and held Griilth Mason, the ring. leader, in $1,000 bul to keep the peace for twelve months and to stand committed three months, ‘Tho Juuge instructed she mato to bring him a letter from the Britiah Consul showing that the money at present duo to the men who were committed was de- | posited with him, so that they might be able to get it when they were released trot Jail, MADHOUSE INVESTIGATIO | ‘The King# county committee of the Board of Super: | Visors engaged in investigating the abuses at the Flat- bush Lunatic Asylum beld another session yesterday. Mrs, Sarah Boyd, of No 66 Taylor street, testitlod that she had once seen a colored female patient confined in a cell, the woman being without clothing ard having a filthy straw bed; witness also saw a patient, a Mrs, Smith, whose fave bore 1 0 In quired of Uho nurses aa to bow the woman can the | iyurtes, but could get no satistaction; the physician told Mrs. Boyd that Mrs, Smith was a’ very bud woe Wun, and received as good treatment as she was en- Utled to, but tho doctor tnally told her that he would juquire into the abuses; Commissioner Midas, of the Bourd of Charities, had informed the witness that he would discharge the nurses, but he did not do so, Mr, George Hoyde corroborated the testimony of the Witbess im relation to the colored woman, Dr. Dailey, medical superintendent of the Asylum for In- curables, stated to Supervisur Nathan, chat committee, two Gays ago, (hat many of the the jitter Institution, transierred there from tne old asylum, might bove been cured if proper and timely etiin| Batunco proper policy holler to that extent? A. N¢ + the poliey holders hi the profits wi A STORY BY Mit. STEPHEN ENGLISH. Stephen English testified that he had uever bad any Lit- ation with the Mutual Insurance Company ; It was with ¢. Winston, the lent: I um editor aud the litigation grew out of here wer: ie wumber: 4! tae only pa Mutual’ Lite but there was no arrangement reistive to Mr. Winston Come some time} hot while T was in jail #8),000 in two actions doe by y inston; tho aggregate and five indictments against me w: whole thing grew out of my having the companies were tavorable to Mill tried to have them take away my patron against Mr. Winston, Q. Were you paid anything by Mr, Winston in settle mont of these troubles! 4. Yes. o «the §=settioment, but bail required of me was fire company and «noth; © eleven action on + then Tturned muuch t founsel for Mr. Buglish objected and said that was « pri- e re ted wald, as necting chairman, that the question inon ., What Irregularities did you chirgo against Mr. Wins- ton? A. He had proxies upon which he voted, and he paid something to State officers lor sume purpose coaneeted with the soldiers during the war. Mr. Hh It was is loan to © Comptroller—was it ers the: ra. Yeo by it to the r he suns given were char hits son's poliey to. bj these the ° tl ges upon which he brough sit; he bromzht suit upon other matters not embodied in the suits wainst pro- voked the suit, probably; Ido not remomber what was the real charge ayn ns wins bnjucay eoutot jull wrecked; that way al amed Mehamed of himsell ana did whag he to retrieve the wrong ho did me. BROKE DOWN HY EMOTION, The witness here became so aifected that his emotion overcame him, could TESTIMONY RESUML Iwas robbed by tho Sherif $150 w nixhe trying to 4 Arreats, extracted 20) trom ‘with me trying to get bail, A RULING BY THR CoMMITTER, The committeo here declared that the whole testi- was out of order, Mouk then urged his original question as to how much money the witness received in settlement, and o goueral discussion ensued, NEVER RECEIVED A CENT. Mr, English very positively stated that he never re- ceived one cent from a life iusurance company or any corporation in settioment of that difficulty, The quostion was thereupon rejected, SPURNED TH PROPOSITION, ‘Mr. Moak then asked if wny persun had’ sent for him to settle the ditticuity. A. Yeu: dir. Hyde and Mr, Blins, but charged me the Clerk of for one night going around I spurned the proposition; they offered me money, but said ks were injuring the tururance business; nearly usked me to stop ‘for the the the ath ry lie insurance compan: av rewson; something monesment of the suit tor itinentul Lite; when the Superiuten ‘and the ollicers of the wompany were fighting wit gotten up ail the facts pliced before the reveiver been insured in nearly every company in the cou now holds policies iu the Mutual, United states, New Columbia and St. Louis Mutual,'all for small sums. |, THUY CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Q. What wore the charges against ti Micers of the Con- tinentel? A. The charges agains thou 1 on the fire companies to corrupt lex HH, Hunimoud introduced bis but Mr. Tobey toud me it was in t 5 George T. Hope then began vving axsess~ the tire companies to defeat the bill und 1 de- r, Hammond then brought lily bill into the fs now ; the bill was whatd call a striking to with men nouneed hi jon wo, Where it IRRELEVANT | TESTIMON' Hero it was discovered that Mr. English was talking of the Continental Fire instead of the Lite, and on mo- Uon of Mr. Cowden the testimony wus stopped and do- Clared irrelovaat, BUYING UP POLICIES, Continuing, Mr. English, speaking of the Continental Life, related what evils the oflicers of that company had been guilty of, for which he bad denounced thom. For instance, buyig up policies on satements that tho company was in danger and swallowing the reserve, trausterring assets to the Now Jersey Mutual, of which Frost, President of the Continental, was aiso un officer, for that company to hold as assets of their own, whild the Superintendent was preparing to investigate them; of theso assests $87,000 of bonds fell out on the way and were never returned. Tho buying up of _ policies cost about $120,000, and those officors drews checks for them as lapsed poll= umounting to $800,000, ‘I'he officers afterward ran He knew nothing detrimental to any of the other companies. He did not know of any other companies having persons buying up policies or transterring as- sets in the same way as the Continental The com- puntos generally were all sound and solvent. A recess Was taken until three o’clock P, M, AFTER RECESS, TESTIMONY OF MR. FURDER, Tho investigation was resu:ned this alternoon, and Henry s, Furber, Vice President of the Universal Lite lusurance Company, testified :— Bo Am connected with tho Universaly the Chai Onk, and until » month ago was President of th North America a the Guar. and ‘State companies which hay besn une to etor in them, bat was owned by the Universal company: first b nected with the Universal in Noyombor, 1465, 48 manager f the agents, but with the title of Vice President; Fovruary, of that your if] holds the position of view president; the Unt ly stock company, with w capital of $200.00 first purely stock company in this cor ith the policy of no dividends—so mach wits al f it 1874: hn ary Tay 0 pany, and upon an exsmination into it found an apparent deficiency of $850,000 in ity assets as compared with its legal reserve: 1 said to the directors of tho Universal that this company hud built ap $30,06 of business with this deficiency; we needed ‘bu if the Guardian had bue lett alone it would have gone could we with or should we not buy ed tho Universal could afford to take it aud take care ot uil of its policy horde ers and build up our business; the directors discussed the matter, and agreed to make that $650,000 good in such n ;,the sui was added to the n coause there Was Ho Ayreement to pay th me except out of certain sources of profit that wore sure; * deticiency proved uiterward to bo nearly the other portion of the deficiency pomibly beewuse I had no time 1,000 would not have is of u reeviver if ward, bocuuve it would solvent; the Universal agreed to pay the Guardian tof Its loxsex upon outstunding obligations, and the Guardian agreed to pay Unjyersal eighty per cent of its premium income; the contrugt was made to protect me, because | knew the Unt- versal had enough to 0 lose could ulted to the 1 been ap. 0) Wee yone been appointed he company appai point reinsured in ibe U Q. How does thut prevent th in case # receiver of the Guardian was appoint ? addition of the $650,000 to the ansets of the Guard! ity nssets equal Sty’ lubilities, aud prevented the ment of a receiver. Mr. Furber then went into along explanation of the business methods by which ail three parties to this transaction were perfectly secure, He continued: — riug the previous loading Is not paid tor: only in reinsuring, the Universal, in fact, receives Wisk HLM charge Of twenty-Llve per cent more usual rate; if the Guardian had gone into the b id the ry fit to pay tue e inees and the poliey feited aud the Universal does not have ty pay; as to coutingencies the witness preferred the opinion of the Father than his own; the money, $30,000, was paid ono check of witness’, certified by the pank ‘on which it was drawn: the money was in the bank at the time and was his own 9 other company had anything to do with the transaction ‘Tho witness appealed to the committeo that thoy ought not to ask him to go into his private aflairs, on the question us to whore ho obtained tho money or how long he bud had tt, ‘The $320,000 on the other ¢ im ul fact wa put up in mort look into the affairs the red ine that the deficiency was Momans the is an excers appiteable for | fF BNH0,000; Med t up the addi is und contingencies; in our pauy the | tonal amount of $420,000 im mortyages; Tf did thing witer the loading: everything except | not do it personally, iut procured it’ to be nveste; used for ° ho was Fecelve one-hulf of the per nn; tho rose Ww al the total p tu ing to the An | L received the wh » an ex o | Mr. Homan's ¢ and the Io dlicy holdei | buck to sixty per their promiums in the way ot aade no ditlorenc: diviwends: if we eburge more for insurines th |» y or Kecuritios wurdian received is worth it iy vecuuse we propose to the com- | no good, commercially, from’ the monvy, but it did pany strong and pared for any couting receive ‘xood trom ‘it, in the way | of meeting the surplus of 81 nour Inst report was in addition | the requirements of the law; after the cuntract to the dividen fered the opport youd wt all; y had ou the pny ts t ich policy npany bolder casts one vot Atal stor is $100,000; we have divided about on our capital stock during the last five or six years; the charter allows. ust pay them. seven. per. cent nod one eighth of it in 1850, and we paid, alter per yeur, or twenty-four per cent for three yours: s to the’ tne we paid fifty-five per At eight per cent, with interest, but jumpe twenty-five per cent are was the or $1500; stuekllder; he hold my brother $1,000; there ‘aro than myself; ® wt $0,000." p to largest $l: hod holds only larger of ash 85,000; two stockholders assiatant ut B5,0005 yi tne pres: 1 we pay for londin, that t ie mist come vat of the divic i couree, Ws eVOTy exDENse must; we determine the dividend arbitrarily; one-eighth of the profit is set wxtde for the pur- pose; itix wrale of the charter to been eben pay that; the rule haw the profits are the surpl the u secretary hus been 8, xiven him beeauve the expenses of enn increm: pay in this way withe rr wit; we Uelleve we havo m right to exer. cise discretion in disposing of the fands of the eonpauys the suinry to the president, was $10,000, and other vonuses ting to some $13,8% excess Was & por centum profits; twi lf per cont was allowed to ted xmong certain officers in proportion to thole ice prerived Ge.00e, te dition m0; 1 adaitional compensation; T hold no proxies trom n pottey holder; no one confected with the com does noe dees any one eine #0 f # paid to the ° attention bad been paid to them, OOOO le previate t say hy many the amount of foyurance Habili- at the tme of the contract the hunds of a receive: the hands $3,200,009 wrdian ; ‘th for payments of iutured endowments, death, losses, &e ; there was a large number of endowment policies of the Guardian Ido not know how ‘about $400,000 had forteitures were 0 GW ki 6, Hi was appointed % director, — but other office nothing personally by the chango; the royula Twas 1 received T ih was abo fiteen oF 1 the new polley ; Mr. inn; he was no party ty pt that T assicned one to the » ‘vy him were not the property of any life ‘nhee COMPANY. ‘The Committee at this point went Into executive pet aad then adjouraed antil to-morrow ut uine o'clock, do not know what rates were paid twenty per cent of the premium oun THE NOYES EXAMINATION. WHAT THE INSURANCE PRESIDENT DECLARED UPON OATH—HE REPEATS HIS FORMER" DEC. LABATION. The examination of Benjamin Noyes, orderod by Judge Depuc, was continued in Newark yesterday, Mr, MeCarter, the receiver's attorney, was recalled Gud tostided that the aseets received rom Noyes were, | ne con: | | offens’ mortgages amounting to $83,000 on Avenal property im Middlesex county, $1,000 in mortgages of Marion Building Association: Louisiana State bonds, $80,000; Virginia State bonds, some detached coupons, about $15,000, and miscellaneous securities; there were ne goverament bonds or premiam notes, and no deeds of property in Washington, Chicago or elsewhere in Itll- nois, where the New Jersey Mutual ig alleged to own property. David B, Fackler, consulting actuary, testified that on the 18ta of December, 1870, he made an examina- tion of the Now Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Come pany. He found the following assets:—U aited States coupon bonds, at par, $152,000, or $150,000 market value; Virginta bonds, $41,800; Louisiana coupor bonds, $10,000; bonds and mortgages, $54,400, which were in the company’s office and the Second Natioual Bank, where $14,000 had been bypothecated; saw no Avenal mortgages; the company had on deposit in various State offices mortgages amounting to $289,000, ‘The secretary stated that the company held premium notes ainounting to about $350,000; accrued interest and rents estimated at $50,000 and $10,000 was allowed as possible cash in bank. On bis cross-examination witness said ho was employed by tho Secretary of State; the total assets of the company were estimated At $1,208,500; the president of the company told bin that one-balf ot the $150,000 bonds virtually belonged to Mr, Daniel A, Noyes, the attorney of the company, for mouey be had advanced. Secretary of Stato Kelsey gave unimportant testi- mony, aud James H, Canoiff, Jate cashier, testified that ‘the securitics of the New Jersey Mutual nearly fitied two tin boxes, each of which was twice as large as @ tin box shown him, This latter contains all the assets turned over by Noyes Iast Friday. Tho case was then adjourned til) three o'clock, Upon the reassembling of the Court Mr. MgCarter ain went oi tho stand and testified that he had been told by the receiver that a man namod Martin, in New York, had said he purchased $20,000 or $30,000 in mortgages ot the New Jersey Mutual, held on New Jersey property, NOYKS ON THE STAND. Benjamin Noyes was then called and testified as fol- —Lam tifty-tour years of age, and have 1 was brought up a book- binder, printer and publisher; since 1847 I have been in life insurance basine: lam now President of ti National Capital Company; as President of the same I imade a contract with the New Jersey Mutual; this is a copy (exhibiting a paper); 1b was executed on the 26th of January, at the office of Dantel J. & Samuel Noyes, in New York; Dauiet J. Noyes was atworney the New Jersey Mutual; the contract ia io the usual form of such contracts, according to my knowledgo; I think 1 never saw Steawell more than six days before the contract was signed; my uc Quaintance with bim began with this transaction; 1 uever knew Danio! Noyes until this transaction; ho is no relative of mine; I told Stedweil we would reinsure on @ pro rata contract, and Daniel Noyes wes requested to draw such a contract; this was at my second inter. view with Stedweil; 1 supposed | knew what liaoilities Wo wore to assume and what assets receive (schedule Of asgets shown witness); this is the only paper 1 ever had trom Stedweil on this subject; it states tho assets to be as follows:—Bonds and mortgages, $424,199; State bonds, $52,354; real emate, $120,000; premium notes, $500,000 on policies, $40,000; furniture, &e., $31,447; and deterred premiums, $362,000; 'ageu 52,000; there were no government bone loant Accrued intorest, $48,177; ‘uncollected said this was as near the amounts ag he amounts might change, be more or les: this schedule the assets foot up $1,5 ry National Company made the answer, “assets insufficient,” and the negotiations were abandoned, Alterward tho negotiations wore resumed and con- tracts agreed upon; there was delivered to me on the ‘20th of January a’ sinall portion of the assets; alto- gether ! received $126,000 of assignment of mortgages, understanding that $100,000 of the remainder were on deposit with the State of New Jersey and $200,000 with the State of New York; I received no premium loans, no cash, no acerued interest; there was among the mortgages a deed tor two Louses in Washington; the deed was not acknowledged, and Stedwell took it to havo the error corrected; | have not seen it since; all the assets { received were In the small tin bux in which they were returned to the Recet ; 1 mever tonk any- thiug out of the box; 1 never told Mr. McCarter or Mr. ie that 1 received all the assets of the company; Mr, Kolsey 1s entirely mistaken, DEPENDING THE TRANSACTION, Witness said:—It 1s not a novelty for one company to buy out auother; it has been done throughout the country, and it would bo disastrous to stop it; 1618 nut true that the National Capitalis an imagipary company oF without substantiability; it has the largest percent- age of ussets on ite gross liabilities on policies out. standing of any company in the country; I say this knowing what I say; everything, down to the last scrap I rece!ved, has been turned over to the receiver; no one received anything else for me, directly or indi: Fectly ; the negotiations and the transier differed not the shghiest from apy ower trausfer of one company’s Duginess to another company; it was a periecuy Straightforward, legitimate piece of business; alter the frncetor I did. ‘not absent mysell; 1 remained in New York a week after Mr, Kolsey’s proceedings againat the company; I uever avoided au interview with Guvernor Parker or any one else, Cre xamined by Prosecutor Abeol—s did not agree to surrender the contract wit the qsscts; £ never heard from Stedwell anything about governm: bonds in the pessession of the Now Jersey Mutual; f think I first leit the assests in the office of our attor- neys in Now York; afterward I put them in the sale of the National Capital Company’s ofilce in New Hay next I deposited them with a friend in Washingtoo,and they remuined with him uulil they came bere; they never went into the oflice of the National Capitai Com- y in Washington; shortly atte: receiving the assets Stedwell in Washington; 1 have not seen him wince, nor David J. Noyes; the gentieman to whom I gave the box in Washington did not know what it cone tained or anything about it, and ho received it in tho same form in w eb it was received here. ‘This concluded the exam: A transcript will be made and furnishea to Judge Depue when the question of slr, Noyes’ bail will again comme up, THE CANAL BOARD. A REQUEST TO THE LEGISLATURE TO REDUCE THE TOLL ON SALT—APPOINTMENTS OF SUPER= INTENDENTS, Avaaxy, April 4, 1877. At the meeting of the Canal Board to-day the reso- lution of Mr. Walrath offered at the Inst moeting directing the State Engineer to prepare plans for the completion of the Oneida Lake Canal was taken up and carried by « unanimous vote, Atter a bearing from Judge Comstock and Hon, & P, Wood, a resolution was adopted by 6 to 1 requesting tho Legisiature to modify tho toll sheet of 1877 so ae to permit a reduction of fifty por cent on domestic salt. The following appotatments of Superintendents were made, at a reduction of $300 on each salary :— jo Canal—Section 1, M. McDonough, Wost Troy; section 2, 3, Van Vranken, Schenectady; seetion 3, Charles Zeiley, Fort Piain; section 4, R. C. Petrie, Lite tle Falls; section 5, Joseph Fuss, Utica; section W. Avery, Dewitt; section 7, Eijah 5. Drake, Jordan; section 5, jerome, Thomas; section 9, William H. Buon, Brock section 10,’Charles Moore, Albion; tion 11, Patric! ort, Buflalo, ‘Hamplain Canal—Section 1, James Dougrey, J: Mechanicsville; 2, George Shannon, Argyl section 3, v Whitehall, Biack ft ries D. Moore, Martinsburg, Cayuga aud Seneca Lako Canal—James R, Flani- gan. Oswego Canal—Alexander Hammell, Baldwinsville, © Chenango Canal—Edward Sinita, Norwich. Geneseo Valley Canal—William A. Fitzpatrick, Olean. Adjourned to Tuesday next, at three P, M. THE CLUBBING MANIA, TRIAL OF OFFICER NAYLOR FOR AN UNPRO- VOKED ASSAULT, Officor Naylor was yesterday tried by the Police Commissioners for the outrage he was charged with perpetrating at the West Side Hotel. The first witness catled was Captain Williams, who testified that he had heard the accusations made against the officer, and had t once investigated them, finding that they were in the main correct; Naylor had undoubtedly been intox- leated, and while in that condition had assailed and savagely beaten an inoffensive citizen; the affair oo curred on the 11th of March, and at a timo when the ofllcer Was supposed to be doing morning patrol duty. Mr. Garvey, a clerk in tho hotel, was next called, He stated that tho officer and his brother wore wrange ling, and when bo had his attention called to them the former Was about to resurt to violence; ho interfered, but uot before a blow was struck by Naylor, who then attempted to draw his revolver, but Was restrained; im & few minutes the officer left the hotel, but returned shortly and renewed tho quarrol, using a number of vo epithots and talking in @ bragging and tracu- jent way; there was nothing said to him In retvur but suddenly he iifted his club and brought down with all his strength upon the head ot MoGarvey’s brother, telling him to th floor, Ho was about to follow up this assault, wher number of officers, who witnessed it, intortored hurried tim away, Naylor pleaded in defence tha he had been several times ridiculed by the man he Axsaulted, and thas on the morning in question he had been called into the hotel to arrest some one and then Jaughed at lor his pains, He said, too, that his fellow officers had made bim the subject. of merrimel that he was too litle to make an arrest was driven by their jibes to make the assault. He denied being intoxicated. Officer Hussey was called for the detence, but was constrained to admit th. Naylor clubbed Garvey without provocation and that at the timo he was under the Int liquor, The case Was then closed, FIVE DAYS’ PAY FOR CLUBBING A MAN. Patrolman Ryan, of the Thirteenth prec! Brook- lyn, was fined five days’ rr by the Board of Police Commumiuery 107 alasbing Pore Vonner ea