The New York Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1877, Page 4

THE JEWENT TRAGEDY. Examination of Witnesses at the In- quest Yesterday. OID ORVILLE JEWETT SHOOT HIMSELF? The Occurrence as Described in the Dep- osition of Mr, Dean. At eleven o’clock yesterday morning Coroner Eliin- ger began the inquest into the cause of the deaths of Orville D. and George W. Jewett on last Thursday. The examination was not concluded, having been adjourned till this morning at eleven o'clock, The Coroner nopes, however, to Gnish the case to-day, Many new and Interesting details of the scenes after the explosion were recounted by eye-witnegses, and are now made public for the first time. A new clement is also Drought forward to show the remote causes of the tragedy by the testimony of Mr, James B. Pollock, who states that insanity bas been prevalent in the family of Oryille D. Jowett, ‘Phe following is the testimony that was given at the | inquest yesterday :— rum iNauEst. Dr. William H, Farrington was the Orst witness talled, He was summoned from his office, In the Astor House, by a district messenger boy, on the morning of April 8; be got to No, 182 Frout sircet after haif-past ten, where he found Mr, Dean in a’ small office on the main floor, lying on a settce; ne bad him immediately moved Into the larger part of the office and proceeded to examine his wounds; be found a large opening on the outer side of Mr. Dean’s thigh about the size of a nickel Gve cent piece; the wound was lacerated and perforated; on the inside of the thigh there was a wound of asimilar paturo, but a little smaller; {rom the latter opening there protruded a portion of _motal; as the opening was not suffifient to vstract it witness was obliged to eularge the wound; he then extracted a piece of metal about an tneh in length, three-quarters of an inch in width and from @ baif to three-quarters in thickness, of a con- caVo-convex shupe; this had evidently passed through the thigh from the outer (o the iuberopeuing; the hemorrhage was not very considerable; it was eyi- aent that the missile had passed upward; on the might forearm, about an incu Lelow the fold of the elvow joint there was another large wound, which was, however, quite superticial; witness tound no contusions, however; did not examine into the Cause of the wounds; Mr. Dean’s coat was torn and also his sleeve ina position corresponding with tho Wounds; witness, about ball-past tweive, drove Mr, Dean to bis tome, No. 14 Waveriey place, where ho left bim in charge of the family physician, DR. JAYNE’S TESTIMONY, Dr. Jayne, of the New York Hospital, was next ealied. He said be was at the bospital wheo Orville | D. Jewett was brought there; it was about eleven | o'clock; witness found five pistol shot wounds in the | left chest, a lacerated wound of the lett wrist and a gmail wodud just below the right knee; at first did not Lelieve that (he wounds were caused by pistol balls, On accouut of their jagged appearance; the edges of the wounds were marked with powder. Coroner Eilinger (hen asked the witness, “How pear to the body do you think a pistol should be tn ordér to leave warks of powder ft Dr, Jayne—I can’t say exactly; Within at least three fect Coroner Eliinger—Then, you can establish that the Weupon Was Within three feet when the balls were | Grea? Dr. Jayne—1 consider it was near his body; what distance | can’t say; | should think within two leet. Witness, continuing bis testimony, said that the atient Was Conscious ou bis arrival at the hospital; r. Higgins was the trst to arrive; he asked Orville, in the presence of witness, how he came by his wounds; Orville auswered that it was an accident, but that be | could uot tell him at that time; he would tell him | the next day; the treatment of the patient was more | $0 counteract the etfects of the shock; besides the shot | Wounds there were other wouuds on Orvile’s hand | wad leg; witness thought these were caused by some Projectiie trom some distance in front ot Lis leg; Or- | ee | presence of witness; if anybody bad been in the room at the time of the second explosion he could not have Jett it betore Witness arrived, unless he was a very dvely man; when witness epoke to Orville the latter did Hot seem to be in great pain, but after a while be groaned terribly. On a vumber of other points Fore- man Cook corroborated Murray: ye After he had concluded, which was about one o’clock, Coroner Eliinger announced a recess till bal ‘The court room wus quickly deserted and remained so for nearly au hour, APTER THE RECKS3. At five minutes before two Coroner, jurors and coun- sel reappeared, and the examination of witnesses was continued Ofticer John J. Sullivan, of the Steamboat squad, was Grstealled, He ran from pier No. 20 East River to the office on Front street; it took him ubout four miputes to get there; ho went into the middle office, whore he saw Uihcer O'Donnell; a man (Orville) was lytmg in the middle office; witness took trom him a watch and chain, which be banded to Officer Levy, who came’ in atter him; saw the man’s vest burning and put i out by rubbing it wiih bis hands; the man was conscious, but groaning with pain. said to him,” continued the witness, now in the world did this thing bappent’ and he said, ‘Ob, Py, heart!’ and that was the only answer he gave me.” There was @ belt with a pistol pouch round crville's body, which witness took off, (The holster wag here shown, and identitied by a mark which the ofticer had made on it at the tine.) ‘The large pistol had been banded to witness by Fore- man Cook. It was shown and recognized, It was a very large navy revolver, with six chambers, Five of these were still loaded yesterday. The contents of the otter had been fired into Orvilie Jewett’s body at the time of the tragedy> Scveral fragments of the ex- ploded shel were aiso exhipitod to the jurors alter the revolver bad been pussed round. Officer Wolfe Levy, of the Fourth precinet, next took the Withess staid. Ho wason Fultou street ut the ume of the explosion; be beard stand looked on the clock of the United States Hotel; the time was Jy a quarter pusiien by that clock; he got to the in about tour minutes; large crowd Was ru: but he told all who did not belong there to four men remained, one of whom Taintor; to him witness gave the watch and cham that he received from Oticer Sullivan; witness made inquiries about the origin of the explo- sion, bUL NO One present scemed to know anything about it; then he weut into the back office and found several fragments of the shell, These were shown to witness ag well ag the watch and cbain, and were all ideatified, Sergeant William Blatr, of the First precinct, testi- fied as follows:—I tirst heard of the explosion at about half-past ten in the station house; | wept to the office immediately; when 1 got thero I saw a wounded man (Orville) lying Op the floor, and an otlicer called my attention to & mau that was lying dead front office; L looked at the deceased and then came back and looked at the wounded man; from his general movements I thought ne, was suilering very severely; Luotified some vt the ofticers to bring a matting for him tu‘lie on; I raised bim and rested bis shoulder against my knee; I asked bim where he suffered the most pain; he said, “Oh, my heart!’ 1 beld him a jew min‘os wll the sur. geon came mio the room and then I leit; I didu’t ask him about the occurrence; 1 thought be was suffering such intense agony that be woulun’t be uble to answer my questions; I lound a smail piece of iron laying beatnd the door of the rear oflice; my supposition wus that tt was the nipple of a hand grenade or shell, { didn’t know which; Lasked Mr, Dean if be could give me auy ipiormation about the allair; he said, *No, nothing about it,’” ORVILLE JEWETT APTER THM EXPLOSION, Joseph Benson, of No, 11 South Portland avenue, Brooklyn, was the next witness. He said:—My place of busiers 18 at No, 1783¢ Front street; the store runs right up to Burling slip oa one side; at the time of the explosion I was on the first tloor;’I heard it and ran immediately over; L saw Orville lying ou the floor of the oilice; shy ‘irst thing that struck me was an ollicer taking off his pistol belt; I went to the washstand, got a towel and washed Orville’s face, but couldn’t get off the powder; 1 then washed his hands and noticed that one of thom was wouuded; Ollicer Gilbert questioned bim as to how the aifair oc- curred; his words were :—‘*Tell me Low this occurred, won’tyou? ‘Tellme whether it was an uccident or intentional; to both of these questions he replied, “[ don’t know; then I told Gilbert that there was ho uso questioning nim again; Orville kept look- ing at me a great part of the time; I kept addressing him ag Mr. Jewett, though it was the Uirst time T bad scen him; said 1, “Mr, Jewett, were you shot?” ang he closed'his eyes and shook his head; said I, “Was tuis an accident?” he hesitated and thon suid, ‘Yes, an accident;’’ said I, ‘Was pot it intentional’? no unswer; tben I saw he was suffering great doul, aud I said, “Where do you sufler the most'pain, Mr. Jewett?” said he, ‘Ob, in my beart;” sud l, “don’t think you are burt in your heart;” I saw no blood; theu Iquestioned him again; said I, “Mr, Jewett, won’t you tell me how tis cecurred ?”” then he opened bis eyes and closed them again; after questioning him a second me I ree ceived no answer; then 1 saw ft was useless to ques- tion him further; | told them to give him some brandy; then Orville said, **There is some in my lett pocket ;’? I put my band ix bis pocket and puiled out a vial of brandy; the cork im the bottle was a new one; part of athad been drunk; 1 gave him some raw and he seemed to strangle with it; then I put some water in it, und he took it irom my haod and drank it all; wale the ambulance surgeon Ville Was not nuconscious until an hour belore’ bis death, w curred at a quarter belore six the day Of the ac Orvilie’s face was covered with powder | marks; the powder bad burned into bis skin, | go tur it could pot be washed ol; the | powder marks around the pistol shot wounds were of | & different charucter from (hose ou bis face; they indie +@ated the immediate proximity of the pistol when it ‘was being red; all bis clotuing was very much black- | ened and some ol it was siuged; be had ou an under- shirt, shirt, vest, coat and overcoat; at the post mor- tem Witness was tirst made certain (bat the wounds in Orville’s Vody were caused by bullets. The tour bulls extracted from Orville D, Jowett’s body were here shown to wiiness, who identilied them ; one bull haa been left in the body; its direction bud been traced to the muscular tissue, whence it | Would have been very dilllcult to extract ‘it; the gen- eral direction of the bails was downward and bu ward; one of tke bails had taken a directiou more’ nearly backward; witness ilustrated the | position in which Orville Jewett inust have beld the pistol, supposing the shots to have been fred by tbat | gendeman, by bolding his hand about on a level with his | heck aud three or four inches trom his body; the vital | parts of the body that had been touched, Le Suid, wero the lungs, stomach, kidneys and intestines, also the | spleen; the Jour lower shows would have’ produced death;' the patient might have recovered trom the upper one, Lut Uns also might readily bave caused death, " Coroner Ellinger—What is your opinion—that they Were wil:eted by the person himsolt or by somebody else’? De, Jayne—If they wero pistol shot wounds I should cousider that he nud committed suicide, that they were fired by himself; the only question in my mind iu regard to that theory Was the question of the possi- bility of the mun shooting oimsett in the vital parts 80 Many times. Witness coucluded by stating to the Corousr that Orvilio displayed uo evideuce of any thing irrational in conduct. ‘To Mr. Rawson, couusel tor dir, Dean, ated that during the conversation between | deceased and Mr. Higgius tho former was fold that be would die, To Mr. Suiheriavd, counsel for the tirm, Witness stated that Orville, hough in a yery eriticul Condition, exhibited remarko bie vitality, THE PUMICE YN THE SCEN Captain Petty, of the uo. preciuet, was called, but after w whispered conversation with the Coroner was excused from testilying. Officer Peter O'Douuell, of the First precinct, next | gave lis testimony, He was stationed at the Fulton ferry wheu he heard the explosion; ran to Burling ship and saw the smoke coming out’ of the side win dow of the oilice; le ram through the Frout street | entrance and up the stairs; it was bis impression that | he entered the back oilice by the door at the end of | | | the ball, and aid wot go througu the mam office; the Toom Was full ol sinoke und suet; the smoke rapidly cleared away, going out of the window which had veen Blown out by' the explosion; the test moment witness | cuuid distinguish wothing, but alter that saw two men lying on the tloor; as tie stooped to pick one up wit- | Des hoticed that (he man's breast was on tire; the m lay with their feet u r toward the grate Aber beads toward Frout street, but further apart; ess also saw a \ taudied’ pistol lying berween | tueir Lodies; W. Je jay quiet, bat Orville | was struggling; Foreman Cook aud Firémag Murray | Were there; while going up stuire witness meta young man whom he was alterward tid Was a son of Mr. | Dean; Murray took out Gvorge Jewett, and Cook und Wwitbes# took out Orville to the uitdule office; Ollicer Sullivan came in and Wituess lett to report the facts at the rtation boase; the white bandied jour. | Bhooter was shown to Withess, and he identified it; Witness returned to th om (he station house | af! hen examined | She room und found the place where she shot had ex- | plodva. | A diagram was drawn up and the witness here described the positions of the (wo bodies und the other | fiteles in the room. This diagram corresponus in ry feawure to that published im the HERALD the @orwing alter the tragedy THE PIREMEN AS GOOD SAMARITANS. Henry Murrwy, Urewan of \ue ensiue house nearly | Pppusite the scene of the expiv was the ext withess, At tie tine le was on the toor of | the engine house just above the engine | Toom; ueard the explosion and saw suuke | iseuing t the office window; wmediately | as be had got i r onice, eUt concussion, nowing like the first; | tirst man he io! lyiug on the door, his arins ander the man’s armpits, wud thus cure ried bim | out as he came out of the door, wWhuess saii:—"'lhie man is de then he weut back aud assisted =the the smoke | Was not sy inten the room was Giled with soot; the tune trom witness? hearing the | explosion and ent the back office could not have bees more (han Ofiy seconds; be tuoughs it Was about forty ; when witness ueard the siigut explosion be hes Stated, us Le feared it might be petition of the tirst be wus ouly apxious to see 11 there nad been a tire, | ‘Bhd alter the men were taken out be ran back to the | tnyine house. Witness then corroborated the testimony of Olficer O'Ponvell in regard to tue position of the bodies and the other articies in (ue root. Foreman 4 artin Cook, ot the engine house. DeXt person to testily; was the he had followed Greman Mur- y iio the office; the time was between flteen aud (wenty minutes past ten when the ex- plosion oceurred; on th up stairs met Mr. Deen's son, who (hat something Urville D. Jewett and asked & { was the cause Of the expiosion; he would not answer, but ouly shook was the matier up stairs; witness stooped dows two | | bis Lead; witness bad found the large pistol (This was bere shown to him and be tdeuiiied i.) Orville was on top of George, a8 if sbey lad been thrown together by the explosion; Wituess also tound the large knife (which was here shown ana iden- (ified); it was shut up, but there was blood @b the back of (be bia & beister which the large Pistol Lied was taken off of Orvilie’s body 10 the | | which was taken at bis hous | terest | empioy was muking preparations to bind his. wounds an ollicer put his finger and thumb Into the wrist wound and picked out two small pieces of one so that the Hnger jorut must have been shattered ; the surgeon cut his shirt to getat the wounds; he commenced to prove the large wound; then | left and went toward the front oflico; when | had got about ten feet away be raised bimsell apd cried out, On! don’t, don’t, don’t go any fursher;’? this was trom pain attne ; he aguin raised up and looked at nimselt and aid down again; I remained antil they took him away in the ambulance; during all this time Mr, Charles Jewett did not come there to olfer his assist. | but he was very much excited and appeared to be | in great mon in, ‘Lhe porter caine in and Orville suid to him, “Charley, is that you? I have beon a good friend to you, baven’t I 77? JURY Vs. CORONER, This concluded Mr. Benson’s testimony, and the jurors indulged in a Jitile controversy with the Coroner ag to the limits of the ivestigaiou, They objected to so many witnesses and their neediess repe- Utions, The Coroner said that although they might be satisfied the investigation Would haye to be a thorough one. ‘+18 there not some discretion to be used in calling the witnesses?” suid one weary juror. “Certainly,” said Coroner Ellinger, “bat that discretion must be left cuurely to Coroner, "? “L hope you will use it,"” said a juror, f course I will,’? said the Coroncr, smiling. One of the jurors then said that, as they had not seen the body of Urvillo Jewett, they couldn't hold on inquest ou it, The Corouer then said, **Weil, goutiemen, it you are satis- fied as to the manner these gentlemen came to their death I will close the case’? Some of the jurors were ready, but others were not, so the examination was proceeded with, George McDermott, of No. 72 High street, Brooklyn, was called, He was employed im the oflice of Mr, Hill No, 180 Front street, right opposite to the Jeweus? office; at the time of the explosion he was 10 an office directly opposite Mr, Dean’s office on the other side of the street; looking over ue saw Mr. Dean making an effort to turn round on his chair and get away from the desk und lilting his bands as if to Keep away the smoxe; this was less than ten seconds alter the ex- plosion; witness aid not Leave his own office. WHAT MR. DEAN TESTIFIES At this point the testimony of Joseph A, Dean, o. 14 Waverler plac . Was read, The Coroner, his deputy, Mr. Dean, bis counsel aod the family doctor were the ouly persons present when it was taken, The deposition 18 as toliows:— Joseph A. Dean, of No. 14 Waverloy place, being sworn, gays:—I am a member of the firm of Jonu Jewett & Sous, of No, 182 Front street, and have been connected with the firm more than twenty years; lam not related to any member of the firm; Orville D, bas beena member of tue tirm uine years, with a tixed division of the protits; George W. Jewett and myself. were the senior members; the busivess consists in corroding of lead, selling of white lead and linseed oil, im the last of which, however, the younger members Were Lot interested, but the firm received 4 comission and there Were separate books keps; the resations between Orville D. Jewett and mysell were rather iriendly; at Uimes he was dissatistied, and com- plained of not being consulted more on business mat- ters; at Limes Orville D, Jowett was excitable aud bois- terous, and it cameto be so that the members of the firto agreed that we could not get along with bim auy longer; the dissutisiaction existed for quite a while, but it was manilestly more during the lust siX months; Orville D, was often asked why he Was disgatisiied, or what remedy be would suggest to remove the dissatis- faction, but he never suggested any cuange; iu Novem- ber Just the members of the firm, except Orville, bad a cousultation, aud concluded that we get wong; @ Jewett and my Very weil} Orville ri ed written notitication of the pniecinplated dissolution of partnership with Orville; Charles H. Jewett seemed to be the best liked by Or- | ville; four or tive days belore the explosion Orville oflered to sell oul bis interest to me personally; the firm offered Lim very lavorable terms, which ure in counsel’s hands; I dida’t wish to buy bis tn lor myself, avd told him that TI would rather have Charles H. Jewett buy his interest, but be suid he didn’t wish to sell out to Charles, and then I told him that L would buy it only for Charles H. Jew. ell; NO positive day was fixed for the consuznina- tion of the act, but April 6 was set down for exumining some papers, Taintor bad an interest in the oil business, but none ty the other busi- ness; on ‘Thursday, April 6 1 got to the ‘oifice about half-past nine’ o'clock and went to my desk; I saw Charles Jewett, but had no special conversation with him; he was talking to a customer, Mr. Powers, aud about aquarier of ten Or- vilie came into the ollice; had no conversation with Orville; at about ten o'civek George W. in and’ entered into couversation with Mr. Powers; about tive minutes after ten o'clock Powers leit, und ol saw Powers out fora ort distance; Charles here lett the office and prge alsu bad goue © the front office; Urville re- mained iu the rear ofice; he touk a seut opposite to me und asked we sume question about w bunk re- ferred to by Mr. Powers, also about Manchester, an é, a traveller of ours; then George W, Jewett came In; they bad no conversation—George and Orville; When lueard that tremendous crash saw the room filheo With smoke and powder aud felt hurt; | was curried down stairs aud saw a large crowd rushing up, and | was conveyed home about an hour ufterward, alter my wounds were dressed; | didn’t see Taintor in the vflige that morning; Orville Las been connected with the firm for seventeen or eighteen years, but the first time be Way admitted as partner, with division of profits, Was avOUL Hine years agu, tbe books of Ube oll factory are at the ollice In (rout street, and were by Taintor and myselt, JOSEPH A. D OTHER WITNESSRS. After the reading of this testimony, Mr. James B. Pollock, superintendent of the tirin’s white lead works, Ob Staten Island, was called to the witness stand. He had been in the employ ot the urm iwenty-six years they bad about twenty-vix and grenades the factory, Which had been there since 1804, soon NEW YORK atter the riots in New York; they wore of thrao sixes | ‘were | trageay. the fragments of the hand grenade exploded the largest size, Mr, Pollock then sho the jary the manner of loadiug and firing the shells. ‘bey were louded only with powder, Mr. Pollock was then questioned by Mr. Rawson as to Orville’s family affairs. His grandmother had been ne tor thirty years, and bad beer confined during that time at Bloomingdale Asylum; his op the mother’s side, hud died there less than ‘ago witness knew something of the business troubles o! the tiem; they bad lasted since 1871; witness himself thought that Orville was votin bis right mind; he was very sensitive and often acted strangely. Ollicer Gilbert, of the First precinct, was called. He corroborated the other officers’ testunony, Mr, Charles Montague was the last witness yester- day. He was President of the Seventh Ward Bank; he testified in regard to Orville Jewett’s ac- counts with the bank and various r= sonal matters; he & conversation with the bookkeeper, from which he derived the impressiou that Orville Jewett bad fired at George Jewett; witness was at the office of Mr. Jewett soo! after the explosion; he then repeated the scenes that occurred there, but did not differ materially trom the other accounts, ‘The inquest was then, at a quarter past four, adjourned till this moruing at eleven o'clock. PATRICK TAFI'S DEATH, TRIAL OF DENNIS RYER FOR THE MURDER OF HIS COMPANION WATCHMAN, On the night of Sunday, the 26th of last November, Patrick Taft was shot and killed by Dennis Ryer in the freight office of the Long Island Railroad at Hunter’s Point. Both the men were employed about the depot us watetmen; voth were men past the middle age and bore good characters, Ryer lived in Long Island Cuy and Taft lived im Greenpoint, the latter having a wife and ono child, Previous to the shooting the two men were always supposed to be on good terms, Both were supposed to go on duty at seven o'clock P. M. and remain unul 7 A, M. On that night, it subsequently appeare they were “on duty’? at tue Long Island City Hotel for soveral hours, or until the house closed, about miduight, when itis supposed they together went acroxs the strect to the freight house, where tho shooting was done, both being under the influence of liquor, Ryer was seen to leave the depot yard at balf-past seven o'clock on Monday morning, but be said nothing of the oceur- rences of the night previous, DISCOVERY OF THE RODY, About the same time David Carter, one of tho freight clerks, entering the office, discovered the body of Taft, It was inaknecling position, the pead rest- ing upon a chai, and evidences of bloody work were all ubout the place, as well as on tho clothing of the dead man, Tho surgical examination disclos two bullet wounds, one over the heart und the otuer through the upper lip, and a third shot had been fired, as was evidenced by a flattened bullet tound on the foor, Ryer having last been seen in Taft's company, and it being shown that the two had some words together in relation to politics On the bight previous, the police went to his house, when it Was !ound that be had gone to the station at As- toria and given himsel( up, acknowledging that ho had shot Taft, but alle.ing that Me shuoting wus accidental, ‘This was bis detence ut the Coroner’s inquest, and this, it was understood, would be nis defence at the trial. EMPANELLING THE JURY. The case, which bas been twice posiponed, was cailed yesterda, lernoon in the Queens County Court of Oyer and Terminer, now in session at Nurth Hemp- stead. Ryor was placed at the bar, neatly dressed in a blue shirt, and looking well, cunsidering bis ¢loso continement, His wife sat with him tn tl w short time, an interested and anxious observ the proceedings, aud im frequent conversation with oie but retired during the preliminary examination of jurors. Judge Bustocd desired a further postponement, on the ground of unreadiness, as he was not sure of ob- tuining the attendance of bis witnesses, but Judge Barnard decided that the caso should go on, and noted fn exception taken by Mr. Busteca, and’ the clerk began the call of the panel of jurors. “The inquisition was very searching and the prisoner scanned the countenance of each juror closely as he wus accepted and sworn, ‘The requisite number was obtained with Joss trouble than in the caso of McConnochie, only about thirty names being called and there being but few peremptory challeuges, Judge Busteed then, it being neurly four o’ctock, asked a postponement of the opening tor the prosecu- tion untii morning, and this, alter some discussion be- tween the Court and counsel on both sides, was con- ceded, und the witnesses were ordered to be in court at nine o’clock this morning, THE SCANLON MURDER, SUSPICION CENTRING ON THE WIFE OF THK DECEASED—IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AD- DUCED—ADMISSION OF THE DEAD MAN'S CHILD. Amore mixed up case than tho Scanlon murder is rarely presented to the public, The jurisdiction is divided between the Coroner and the police magistrate, each carrying out.his particular views as to Wat should and should not be dono, The Curoner makes the post-mortem examination, and officially determines that a foul murder bas been committed by some person or persons, The next step is to procure witnesses, but be iinds that the witnesses are already beyond bis reach, the police court having begun a zort of sido inves- tation, He must therefore either walt until the police Justice has become satisiied with the case, or go ubead without them. All this time he officially ignores everything,done by the Police Court, and the Police Court, not to be outdone im offigial courtesy, closes its Judicial eyes to all acts of the Coroner im this particu- lar case, Half a dozen prisoners, against some of whom at least there is not a breath of suspicion except that they hved near the premises of the murdered maa, are in the moantime deprived of their liberty aud converted into a sort of human shuttecock to oscillate between the Coroner’s office and the Police Court. The Coroner claiins that Le and he ulone bas original jurisdiction in all cases of violent death; but the police justice jumps to his feet and rebuts the claim, THE POLICE COURT KX AMINATION, At the examination yesterday, Delore Justice Kil- breth, at the Tombs Police Court, Alice Ward, one of the inmates of the dilapidated rookery in which the de- ceused resided, testiied that the ciothesline found on Scanlon’s body was, in her belief, the property of the Itahans heid as prisoners, Dominick Weinmer deposed that wheu be first heard the noise in the tenement house be was in bed; he heard a volce saying, ‘Mike, 1’ fix you; witness did not know whose Voice it was or to whom the speech was addressed, Ollicer Hation gave some very damaging testimony against Mrs, Scanion, the wile or mistress, us the ovigh- bors say, of the murdered man, When he entered her room, aller finding the deceased tn the yard, he noticed three panes of gliss broken, the window raised and a portion of the sash missing, The stove aud lamp ‘were upset and a pitcher was broken. A strugyle had evicently taken place, The piece of sash found by Scunlon’s side in the yard, on which there were drops of blood, fitted into the framework of the window, Catherine Burns testified to having slept in the house, No, 41 Mulberry street, ou the night of the She was awakened tn the middte of the night by a Stovepipe falling. She called to Mrs. Catherine Fox, who, becoming frightened, jumped out of bed shouting, “On, Mike, come and help me! some one ts on the roof.” ‘Mike’ referred to Angelo Guarang, often called by that name Witness also ound of a man’s yeice saying, “Oh, Lizzie, for God's sake don’t leave me in tho station Shortly afterward the police arrived, THE SUSPECTED WIFE. The testimony had the effect of concentrating sus- picion op Enzabeth Scanion, Tho police believe that during a drunken quarrel Mrs Scanlon tied the de- ceased with a rope, and ho either fell from the window or was thrown out by her. The disordered condition of the furniture in her room and the open window, combined with the piece of sash, make this theory very plausible, The foliowing story of the finding of Scanlon’: and the admissions made by at Police Headq: Jast night throw some light on the vexed question, Lizzie! house!’” 2 & | Who threw Scanlon out of the window ? THE MURDERED MAN'S CIULD FOUND, At sundown yesterday Oilicer Siaw, in passing throagu the alleyway at No. 41 Mulberry street, the scene of tue Scanlon tragedy, noticed a barrel thrown of its end, and was told by One of the neighbors that it was used as a dog kennel. ‘The officer was observing it when the shock bead and ‘wan face of a child were thrast cautiously out of the barre! and hastily drawn in again, Shaw stepped to the opening, and, touching the little creature, made tt whine, and with difficulty succeeded in drawing ib out. He brought the child to hight, however, and, fiading that it was fithy and baked, borrowed a newspaper, Wrapped it up, and brought it to headquarters. Mrs. Webb washed and cleansed the yourgsier, pat aslip upon it, and then propounded the lullowing ques trons:— “What is your name?”” “Jobon anton," “Where ts your papa?” “Mamma frew bim out of tho window,” Having said this much, nothing could induce the waif to say any more. THR CORONER'S INQUEST. Coroner Woltmin yesterday made some inquiries into the cause of Coruelius Scanlon's death, prepared a list of witnesses and set down the inquest for Sature day next, THE RUSSIAN FLEET. The Grand Duke Alexis came ashore in his gig yes terday about baif an bourafter noon, The Grand Duke Constantine, Prince Stchertatof, Lieutenant Lang and several other Russian officers come on shore from the Russian flagship Svetiana at half-past ove o'clock I. M. M. Nichoias shiskin, the Russian Minister at Wash- ington, Who arrived in Now York some days ayo to felicitate the Adimiral and Grand Duke Alexis on tho occasion of the Easter festivities and to participate with them in the imposing ceremonies of the midnight Kaster tass on board the lmperial Russian fugship, | leit the ndon yesterday mourning tor Washingios. THE HALLECK STATUE. The Park Commissioners yesterday awarded tho con- tract for building the foundation and pedestal of the Fitz Greene Hailock statue to Wilitam J, Croft; the | work to eomt atonce. The location ol the siawme is 10 De the southeast corner of the Mail, Central Park, near the statue of Shakespeare, y | il, and that Mr, Scott did nothing to avert the trouble, HERALD, THURSDAY, APKIL LY, 1877.—TKIPLE SHEET, A DOWNFALL IN STOCKS, EXCITEMENT IN WALL STREET YESTERDAY— A GENER\L DECLINE O¥ FROM TWO TO TWELVE PER GENT. ‘Wall strect was in very truth a bear garden yester- day, witb all the animals loose and in clover. No sooner had the Stock Exchange opened its doors than prices were noticed to be tumbling downward with ular rapidity. At first the fall was confined to a few stocks, but in a little while the trouble spread and becam: eral The trouble commenced with North- western common and preferred, the first named atock opening at 27 and rapidly declining tu 1835 and the proferred from 47 going down to 43, Rock lyland was next in order, showing @ degline trom 9534 to 9234. As some of the other stocks also begun early to show a weakness the query, ‘What's the matter with the market?’ became geu- oral, .Some who professed to bave mlormation on this point anawered thatthe banks were calling in thelr Joans made on securities which ior somo time pa: have been svbjected to a steady downward couryo and have not evidenced sufficient strength to regist the effects of their decline, whatever it may ve, These securities have boen going down from low to lower, report said, wotil the figures at which they are pow quoted come yery close upon the amounts tor whieh they are pledged at some of the banks, The banks ure, therefore, only exercising a just discretion in calling in their loans. Of gourse this throws » good deal of stock on the market, and you must look foi bigger ‘‘break’? even than you have had yet, So went the talk, and, whatever tho cause, the break came, For a while the liveliest sort of a scrimmage prevailed; indeed it continaed, with oc- casional little intorvals of quict, the entire day. To any one whose dollars were not slipping through his fingers by the hundred or thousand with overy tick of the telegraph instrument New streetg presented an amusing sight. Men and boys, young and old, dashed in and out of the Exchange with a baste that bo- tokened bow precios the moments wero. MESSKR, KENNEDY & 00, SUSPEND PAYMENTS, Betore tho excitement bad fairly commenced the following notice, sent in to the Exchange by Mesars. H. Kennedy & Co,, of No, 11 Broad sireet, was read aloud and created considerable excitement :— New Yous, Aprtt 11, 1877, Puxsipest or New York Stock Excuancu:— Tneonsequence of the fnllure of our customers to furnish margins we wre compelled ty suspend, The house, it was said, had passed all the previous panics, and on t the suspengion tt was surmised that jee Kennedy & Co. bad gone under others must follow, But rumor given lo this sort of prediction which does uot always follow, and yesterday it did not, nor did any other house follow in the wake of the suspended firm, Tho firat inquiry was naturally directed (o ascertaining who the customers of Kennedy & Co. were with short margins, and report mentioned the names of Mr. John ¥. Tracy and William L, Scott—Mr. Travy’s brother-ip- Jaw—ot the Kock Island Railroad, Tuo name of Mr. David Dows was also mentioned, An interview with Mr. Kennedy by a HeRab reporter resulted im the statemeat by the suspended broker that Mr, Johp F, Tracy was behind with his margins, aud that Mr. Scott, brother-in-law, bad entire charge of his fely through jouncement of affuirs, Mr. Tracy being now Mr. Tracy, however, Mr. Kennedy said, is a man of Jurge property, and wh he settles this matter, as ho readily can do, we shall give dollar for dollar and re- sume inatew days, Mr. Scott was next seen, and he suid be did not consider be had any power to act tor Mr, Tracy in the emergency, ‘ln some things I act tor Mr, Fracy,’’ Mr. Scott suid, ‘but in this instance a grave question arose whether Mr. ‘Tracy was respousi- ble to the extent claimed by Mr. Kennedy, and I would not take upon myself to determine whether be was or pot. As for myself, Mr. Kenucay was not carrying a share ot stock forme, I had on deposit with him some $20,000 in money and $50,000 in bonds, and I should be very glad to have them now, ‘That 18 my only mterest in him. Mr. Tracy will havo to speak for himself, As for Mr. Dowshe, I kuow, does not owe a cent to Mr, Kennedy.’? So much for Northwesvern aud Rock Island, DELAWARE AND LACKAWANNA, Meantime the busy bears were squeezing Delawaro and Lackawanna and Hudson. Rumors of all sorts were set on foot to the discredit of the securities of these two roads. The Delaware and Lackawanna ri it was said, would need o largo sum of money for gome obligation falling duo avout the ond of the week. This m, it was sald, could not be obtuined in consequence of the ac- tion of one of the banks in which a friend of the President of the road is an officer, To try and ascer- twin what this report had bebind it a HERALD reporter called on Mr. Sloan, Presideat of the Delaware and Lackawanna Company, aud recited the rumors afloat, Mr, Sloan’s answer was, ‘*fhere ts not one word of truth in it; it 1s out of whole cloth,’? DELAWARE AND HUDSON, The next rumor set on toot concerned the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. One broker said be was sure the papers had been prepared tn un application for the appointment of a receiver for this property. He had seen them, or, at least, his frend bad, To this report Mr. Oliphant, Vice President of tho road, caused an emphatic denial to be sent over the wires of the stock iudicators just prior to the close of tho market. Some idea of the condition of aifuirs during the pane may be formed When it is known that the decline em- braced the majority of the active stocks, and ranged from about 2to12 per cent, There was a fractional reaction at the closo, showing that in some sense the fover 18 chocked for the present, GENERAL NEWTON'S LECTURE. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE EAST RIVER AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO NEW YORK—SHOWING HOW HELL GATE WAS BLOWN UP. A lurge audience assembied in the hall of the Cooper Institute last uieht to hear General John Newton lec- ture about the improvements being made in the East River and their future importance to new York city, Many well known citizens were among bis hearers, ‘Tho General was introduced by the venerable Peter Cooper. Upon the platform was the large battery with which the mine at Heli Gate was fired and also the ‘connect. ing-[rame”’ with which the cireuit was closed when all was in readiness for the ignition of the 50,000 pounds of explosives. A Morse key, coils of insulated wire and a ten feot long miniature in plaster of the big mine wero the other objects upon tho platform which caught the eyes of the spectatora Tho lecturer began with a general discussion of the harbor of New York, and the object and scope ol the improvements, accomplished and proposed, in regard to the East Rivor aud Hell Gate, He then gave a brief history of submarine mining operationa, a description of the principal explosive compounds row jin uso and tho drills with which hole: are bored for their reception. Some remarks on tunnelling and a discussion of the application of electricity to multancous explosion of minos and tho reasons which led to its use at Hallet’s Point followed, Tho Geveral perlormed a uumber of explanatory experi- ments Great interest was manitested by the audience and hearty applause greeted the more striking points mado by the lecturer. At the outset the General called the attention of his heurers tou sketch of the present approach to the harbor, and showed that no vessel drawing more than twenty feet of water could leave or enter the port at ail times, On the other side, the importance to the Eastern States and tno Britsh juces of having an approach to Ne way of Long Island Sound was It had been stated by some that there were difficul- ties attending the navigation of Long Istaad sound which would ever prevent its being used tor the pass- age of large vessels, The dangers of fogs, increased by the presence of land on both sides of the channel, bad been insisted upon by the opponents of the chan- hel a8 an unanswerable objection, ‘But where,’’ asked the General, ‘ts navigation over absolute! sutoYy Ix tho North River or the bar at Sandy Hook free trom toge?”” EXAMPLE OF CANADA. In discussing the question of the navigation of the Sound vy seagoing vessels the Gene reverted to the navigation of the St. Lawrence River, which pre- sents a longer route, land locked, with foy bead- lands and points not go well marked by the lights as the Sound, and with a narrow, intricate channel from the foot of Lako St Peter, Montreal, The objections which wore urged agaist that river bad not prevented an immense commerce concentrating at tbat port, carried tn sail vessels and steamers ot all sizes up to beariy 6,000 tons burden, although the channel had adepth of but wwenty feet ut low water, and vessels could not pass through the iake during the nigot. Yet the Canadian government has so much faith in the feasibility of that route that it is engaged io deepeaing Luke St, Peter and also the locks of the canals at an outisy of about $12,000,000, Th 8 of the trade of Montreal show a steady incre in 1875, when the grain trade of New York fell off fully 20,000,000 bushels, that of Montreal suffered but siightly, A cargo, | the General said, nover waited long for sbipment if the depth of water yermitted the arrival of a suitable vessel. n connection with this whe improvement of the Har+ lem River was important, Wheo the channel shalt be cut through the Harlem, uniting the East aod Hudson rivers, it would present a tine harbor for canal barges, Railroads would establish depots und elevators there, and vessels Would soon follow, In adaition to the commercial reasons for improving Heli Gave, the Geueral argued that iu the eveut of aa attempt to biockude the harbor by a foreign naval power 14 would be 1mpussibie to close two approaches, During the winter months vessels in tue North River sed to northwest goles, and were endangered were es by flouting ice crowding aga their sides. bese objestions did not apply to tho Kast River, Besides all this, medical men regarded the western side ot New York a8 best suited for dwelling plices, and that forded a powerful reason Jor the location of factory and storehouses on the eastern side, XPPORTS TO IMPROVE HKLL GATE. The lecturer proceeved to recount the attempts mude to remove the obstructions at Mell Gate trom 1547 (when an examiuation was made and a report submitted to Congress) antl 1565, when the it Cyapipaign snd an estimate of the cost of removing unt of the work at Hell Gate from a A detailed accor that time until the evs ‘was given and a ni explunatory exporiments were performed, The lecture closed with the biowing up of the migiature mines with sixty fuses fired by electricity. The utter demo- jinen of the structure was received with 1ong and loud applause, and for some time after the speaker re- tired groups of curious spectators lingered about the Platiorm examining the fragments. FANFARE, Sunday when it was de. ABRIVAL EXTRAORDINARY FROM JAPAN—THE BROBDINGNAG OF FANS—EXTENT OF THE FaN TRADE—HOW FANS ARE MADE. ‘The fan asan article of female luxury is of quite anciert date, Toronce, a comedy writer, who lived in ‘be second century B, C., makes one of bis characters speak of the fun, as used by ladies in ancient Rome:— “Cape hoc flabellum et ventulum bute faceto.” (Take thia fan and thus give @ little air.) From this Roman origin the fashion of carrying fans could seareely fail to be handed down to the ladies of Italy, Spain and France, whence it was imported ip time into Great Britain, Queen Elizabeth, when in full dress, carried a fan. Shakespeare speaks of fans as connected with s lady’s;*‘bravery”’ or finery:— With scurfs and fans and double charge of bravery. Gay, speaking of Flavio’s accomplishments :— Another hands the fa would prove Awengine of sual foree in love, Pope, in allusion to the fun as a shield of the coun, tenance, says:— Tho modest face And virgins sini Addison says :— Women are armed with fans as mon with swords, and sometimes do more execution with them. In ‘Spain the soforitas use the fan az a telegraph tn matters of love and flirtation, In Spanish churches {uns are in perpetual motion, “One can guess,” says @ recont writer on the subject, ‘the nature of the ser- vice by the way the fans are waving. The difference between # Iitany and thanksgiving is unmistakable, and mioutest shades of devotion are discernible,” THE VAN TRADE WITH JAPAN. Passing to @ phase of the suvjoct of more immediate interest to the present day a tew facts about the fan trade with Japan will not be amiss, Japan bas become the great fan market of the world, China used to be in the trade to a considerable extent, but the fana of that country—such as the palm leal, &c.—are of the stuf open kind, while the tans of tae are folding, and can be uccommodated to tho smallest compuss, The increase in the trade in Japan since the period of seclusion from outside barbarians 1s truly wonderful, During the former time the manu- facture of fans did not exceed 10,000 for the whole country, Now the value ot this kind of goods received iu the United States annually reaches probably $600,000, one large importing house on Broadway re- ceiving fang this year to the amount of $225,000, gold, Tue prices of these fans range from two cents to $2 50, Fans of moro costly cbaracter—say as high as $15 each—are made in Japan, but thoy are not suitable for this marke. MANUFACTURK OF PANS IN JAPAN, Osaka {s the principal city for the manufacture of the folding fans, which are almost exclusively ex- ported. All descriptions oj the bumboo kind are mado there—the figures, writing, &c, being executed in Kiyoto, The bamboo riba of the fan are made by private familiea, in their own homes. The various notches cut in the lower part are lett to ono of the fin- ishing workmen, who forms tho patterns of the handles according to the plans of the designers, who gives to the engraver the patterns he thinks will be galablo and decides the colors to be used for each part of the design. ihe foiding is done by putting the tans between two pieces of heavily oiled paper. The fans are then folded up together and placed under pressure, The ribs are temporarily arrunged in order on a wire, then taken and set into their places on one of tho sheets, and then spread out on a block, parted and driod. When dry the pieces are inserted together, in- cluding the outer covering or sticks, the varnish ts ap- plied and the fan {3 Onished, THE BROBDINGNAG OF FAXS, Queen Elizabeth ond the dames of hor brilliant ago, the black eyed Spanish coquettes, the ladies of all tions who ever concealed a blush or waved a love i nal through the agency of afan, would open their eyes with wonder could they witnoss the monster fan just reccived from Japan by the Broadway importing house avove referred to, [tis a folding tan, thagnifi- cently decorated on one side with lifo size paintings by hand, of Japanese dragons, leopards and serpents, spread through landscapes, ‘mountains and vaileys, On the other are to be seen beautiful pictures of birds of paradise, peasants, swallows, peacocks, with many other birds of rare plumage, all perched upon or hov- ering in and about branches and twigs of exquisite culored flowering shrubs and running plants. Tho tout ensemble of the pictures 1s both grand and natu- ral. itis executed with more fidelity to perspective aod roality than 1s usually to be found in Japanese works of this kind. It was a whole year in being lifted un no more, it what they blusl id before, elaborated, The texturo tsa ese fabric, com- posed of silk and cotton. q ‘To givé an idea of'the magoitut this Importation extraordinary it is only necessary to stal that the outside sticks, of fluely polished tirwood or Japanvac cedar, are ten fect long and trom six inches to a tout broad from base to top, When s; sticks ex. tend twenty feet bor'zontally. Japanese frwood. When thy whole monster concer: boing opened, fold by fold, it seems as if a gorgeout rainbow was gradually spanning the heavei bright, varied and dazzling ure the hues. This fi and giant of all fans when fully opened hi a span of Mfty-six fee, that, ye Spanish seforitas while indulging iu the fandango! Think of that, ye blooming opera beauties, when in fancy free you are fancifuily listening to a brilliant fantasia! Think of tha, yo fanatics who would fan tu flame of sectional passion! Yetthere is nothing new-langled about it, itis no fan side fantom. It 18 simply a big thing in fanz, tho like of which was never before seen iu this or apy other country, exccpt that in which it was maoulactured. present from the Japanese manufacturers to the importing house in this city who are so extea- sively engaged in their trade with this country. COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. OFFICES ABOLISHED—THE NEW BYLAWS RE- COMMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT- TEE. A spocial moeting of the Board of Education, sitting as trustees of the College of the City of New York, was held at four o’clock yesterday afternoon and continued until late in tho evening, with Chairman Willam 3, Wood presiding. The meeting was in compliance with ageneral order fixing yesterday for the consideration of antagonistic reports from members of the Executive Committee, who bad under consideration a revision of tho bylaws. The committee had presented a majority and minority report, their diiferences hinging upon section 20 of the bylaws, as follows :— SkeT10¥ 20.—The professors shall bave the genernl direc- tion of the instruction in their respective departments and shall be responsible to the President for the successtul rosecution of the studies under their charge, save so jar as hereiuafier limited. The pro who 18 prin- elpal of the Introductory class shall have the imme- diuto directi uuperintendence ut the tutors when employ: that class, and shall be responsible for the ‘progress of students respective studies as Inid down in the course of according to programme furnished him the ident and aecording to the methods of instruction in the college us established by professors. He shail also pousible to the President for the discipline of the in- students, under the general rules sua regulatio ‘as preserived by the President or established What was expected to precipitate an exciting debate was gion a temporary quictus by Mr, Hageltive, who withdrew, in respect to the opposition of the minority, section. THK ANT PROFESSORSHIP. ‘The Clork read a remonstrance trom J, Q A. Ward, J. M. Hart, William M, Beard, artists, and others, against the proposed abolition of the profossorsnip of geomotery and drawing, which was Feferred to the Appropriate committee, OFFICKS ABOLISHED. Mr. Walker offered a resolution which, after discus- sion, was adopted, abolisuing the offices of vice p dent and principal of the introductory class, and tho mployment of these gentlemen in the legitimate du- ties appertaining to their respective protessorships. The Executive Committeo was empowered to ix tho Gate when the above rexolution will go into effect, THE BYLAWS NoT ADOPTED, | The abolition of the above named offices having ne- cousitated very material changes in the new bylaw: thoy were recommitted to the Executive Committee for revision and report, and the Board adjourned, BROOKLYN TEACHERS’ SALARIES, The Fiaance Commitice of the Brooklyn Board of Education have decided upon reporting a pian for the general reduction of the salaries of the publie schvol teachers, They propose to deduct ten per cent from the salaries of teachers receiving above $1,200 a year and five per cent trom salaries of trom $600 to $1,200, tnelust The plan will be presented at the next meeting of the Board of Education, HYDROPHOBIA, TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF JOHN O'NEILL, About a month ago John 0’Noli, a man of filly, who Fesided on the stern Boulevard, near Filty-#ixth Street, was bitten in the nose by a mongrel dog. The wound was thought of no account; but, as it failed to heal, O'Neil began to apprehend that he would have troublo with it On last Sunday m tug the pain became inten and the # in a abort time Was bardly able to swallow. ‘The aymp- toms cloarly indicaied bydropbobia, aod 1 becamo evident that the patient could pot escupe its horrors, and he soon vegan to experience them, The sight of avy liquid convuilsed him, and his suilerings seewed to be terrible, Having a strong constitution the dread. ful symptoms Were in his case more strongly marked than usual, His writhin; id contortions were fright- ful to witness, and it required four men to hold hin tn his bed. During the night ho uttered at times shrieks \d oars that could be heard blocks away, and sirug- gled up in a mad frenzy that could hardly be subdu At length be became weak, and at buifpasy bres J government directed Generwl Newton to make an | OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. _ RINGING THE CHANGES, To tux Eprtox ov tHe Herat Mud! Dirtit Dust! Ashe: Dust !! iF Dirt! Ashes !! ui Dust! Mud! BLOW YE WINDS, — TRUE—WHY Not? To rus Epiton ov TH8 HeRALD:— If the dirt cannot be removed cannot the incompe tent officials be, who neglect their duty, and, while taxing the le, destroy their somfort, health and property? Mare have been more good clothing and jurniture destroyed by dust than would paren cease —— ing the city, A DANGEROUS HOLE, To tax Evirop ov THE HeRALD:— Is there no law to compel the proprietor of the Grand Central Hote) to employ a man to tun thé bag. gage elevator in his house? Thore was a man killed by falling through the elevator hole yester one tt she mowbs ago, while the atin (from shear enurionenans) 0 bus no nee? run it, and like abl en evel r. accidents ure liable to happs ry day. BOARDER, ANOTHER FREE DORMITORY, To rns Epitor ov tie Heratp:: The stove yard corner of Forty-ninth street and First avenue is a bad nuisance- about 100 tramps make @ rogular hotel of it, Jt isa disgrace to the peiabbar. hood. Can't Captain Mount, of the Nineteent! a cinct, be compolled to station an officer there? Very respectfully, W. ASTRACKY, RIDING IN CENTRAL PARK. To tux Eprror ov tuk Heratp:— 1 should like to call attention wo tho disgraceful con- dition of tie bridle path in Central Park, Upon the entrance to the reservoir—tspecially under the bridges—heaps of rubbish and bits of pares azn at: lowed to nqcumulate, to the great digcomiture if not peril of those who frequent tt, gE FOR THE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, To THs Evrror ov Tuk HERALD:—~ I would like to make a complaint in bohalf of the firemen of Long Island City, who have no way in which to get an alarm of fire until the flames light up the sky. They have no bell, and it would be protitable tu the insurance companies if they would look into this matter, A FIREMAN, HOWLING DOGS, To tux Epiror oy Tuk Heratp:— Will you allow me a space in your valuable “Com. plaint Book” to complain of a nuisance that is ia our neighborhood? In the rear of my house, East Seventy- fourth street, there aro a number of nties, and in every one there isa dog. These animals howl nearly’ all night. NUISANCE, DUST IN STREET CARS, To rae Evitor or THE HeRALD:— Why do not the conductors of the avenue C line of cars look to the conifort of tneir passengers? In this windy weather they allow the doors of the cars to Stund open, and the occupants receive the full benefit of the dus, Let them REFORM, GOATS IN THE STREETS, To rag Epitor ov THe HERALD:. ‘The scagon for goats bas arrived, and in the nolgh- borhood of 123d street we are cursed witha full crup, which, a littie later in the season, will do all sorts of damage to our flower gardens and grass plots. Is there no law to prohibit the running of goate in the streets? If so why don’t the captain of the Laat i? THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION COMPANY AGAIN. ‘fo rax Epirok ov THX HeRALD:: Why is it that when Comatock arrested recently the different lottery dealers he forgot the agents of the Industrial Exhibition Company? I am one of the dupes of this celebrated undertaking, having bought tour years ago threo bonds at $20 apiece; one has be- come due recently, but no doancial agent or ollice of this company can be found, yet the agents sell bonds oF part of bonds whenever they get u chance, CHARLES FROHSINN, INFORMATION FOR THE POLICE, To Tax Eviror ov tux Henatp:— For many years the block bounded by Hester, Eliza beth, Canal streets and the Bowery has, after dark, been monopolized by prostitutes of the lowest grade, to the detriment of persons engaged in decent’ pur- sulta, This class of abandoned women make their headquarters in dens situated in Elizabeth and Hester streets, where, with their degraded paramours, they revel in the intoxication prodaced by the worst of Iquors, There is u cellar at No, 38 Elizabeth strot where the unwary are trapped and fleeced by women, and respectable women dare not pass itatoight. Can it be that such places bave licenses to sellrum? If not, on what authority do they blazon ther red lights, the'sign of low houses of prowtution, to the public guze? Do the keepers of these vrothels gain favor Irom the police by betraying to them the miserable wretches who take refuge within their doors? Captain Allaire should look to this, as it reflects no credit on Lim that theso places dely bis authority, ne ORDER ‘AND SOBRIETY. DESIGNATE THE STREETS, To tne Epitor ov tae HexaLp:— I hereby complain vitterly of the lack of attention given to painting the names and oumbers of strects upon the gas lamps. This ts @ great imconventonce not only to strangers but citizens, There ure thou- sands of street corners where neither the name of the street hor avenue can be found upon any of the four corners formed by their intersection, This olten occurs not only on one corner, but ou four or five 10 succession, and is especially incouvenient when riding in the horse cars and oue 1s desirous of getting out af certain street. There are also numbers of lamps upon Which the names of the streets are go Sllegible that they positively misiead the traveller, Tne other day I rode ten biocks out of my way, boing misled by a partly erased figure. J. H, RILEY. STREET ANNOYANCES, ticks” complains of the partiality shown by the police, He si ‘It the police of the Eleventh ward would chage the gang of rowdies off the corner of Grand and Norfolk streets and leave the little boys alone, they would be doing something. If wo stand quietly in the streets we are clubbed, but these rowdles are not touched. The police of. this street havo the habit of swinging their clubs too freely,” “Observer! wants to know why the men who clean the streets scrape up the dirt two or three times. Ia Centre street, he says, it has been piled threo times thus keeping the street in o filthy condition and ontailing expense upon tho taxpayers, The same has been done iu Roosevelt, Cherry and other streets down town, “Smith”? thinks it would be of some advantage for the Croton Board to look after tho fire hydrant in iront ot No. 66 Bethune street, which is leaking. He spoke te the police last fall aud they sent an officer, but the bydrant has uot been repaired. “Disgusted Person’? condemns the condition of Fifty-tiith street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, He says in passing thence he bad to cross over the strect on account of the ash boxes overtiowing with ashes and garbage and tin cans, broken pots, old shoes, &e ‘The pile was five feet high and ten fecs Jong and formed a bill against the telegraph pole, 0. D.”’ says it 1s suggested that our Str ing Bureau be designated as the Returning B trom the fuct that the mud is d uponly to be rua over by the wheeled vehicles and rewurned to the streets again, thus necessitating an extra expense for the taxpayers, “A Resident?’ exclaims:—“Have we taxpayers no redress’ From Houston street to avenue A the dirt bas been piled tn ainall cartioads, I suppose as a memo- rial of the Street Cleaning Bureau, di the sun is getting w At bas been so for abou! ever gong W have clean str euty?? lean four weeks, Are we 9 in this overtaxed “Leo. Vie” would call attention to & nuisance pedestrians are subjected to in passing “that show,’ Situated pear Chaiham square, A crowd ot boys blockade the sidewalk in consequence of a negro whose face iy painted In various colors (ovidenily trying to pasé as a cannibal) which attracts their ale tention, “Churchgoer” calls the attention of Captain Ken- nedy, of the Ninth precinet, to the “gang’? of loaters that every Sunday take up their stand o4 the curner of Fourth street and Sixth avenue, He says they make it their business to insult every decent person Ubat passes that way, “Hi. G, 1H.’ wants tho Street Cleaning Bureau to observe the condision of Thirty-sixth streot, between Broadway and Seventh avenue, which, be says, bag not been cleaned this winter. “Emule P.” remarks that everybody clamors for the Cleaning of the sireets, but the strects cannot be cieaned if they are obstructed as are bow by carriages of all kinds day and night. He asks:— “Why does not the Legisiature make a law forbidding all curriages to remain in the streets? Not ouly their Temaining 1s @ nuisance to the public thorough {are and prevents the cleaning, but also to podestrians, many Wagons standing on hall of the sidewalk.’ . M. W."’ complaing that the Street Commission- ers ure practising great economy in paying Dey street with brickdust and old mortar, Well, it 8 Cheaper than stone, and it not so durable still it makes more dust, He thinks itis a great imposition ou the busi bess Men of the lower end of Dey street, and for ont ho begs to “kick”? against it in a sinall way, “some One’? writes that six months ago Nassag streot was taken possession ot by the big pipe men | laying new mains for Croton water. The Street Cle: Bureau, he presumos, arc under the impression that the street is still under the control of the Departe mentof Public Works, as none of their bard wot p’clock yesterday morning he died, (*) Mspectors hove taken the trouble ta wee it Cleaned,