The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1878, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1878—TRIPLF SHEET. THE COUNTRY’S BUSINESS —_—--—_—— Standing and Outlook in States West and Southwest. BOUNTIFUL Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio, In- | diana, Kentucky. CLOSE-FISTED TIMES. Low Prices, Unloaded bebts, Cantions Inves- tors aud Hard Bargains. — ECONOMY AND HOPE. MISSOURI. PROMISING OUTCOMM OF A TERRIBLE EXPERI- | ENCE OF DEBT AND FINANCIAL DISASTER— GROWTH OF TRADE. Sr. Lovrs, Dee. 6, 1878. As a matter of fact the general condition of the city of St, Louis, the State of Missouri and neighbor- ing States is much improved, but the masses of the people are hardly conscious of it. The panic of 1873 had the same depressing and disastrous effects here that it had in every other part of the United States. Inflated and fictitious values and magnified private | and municipal debts were destroyed, and Mis- souri, in common with most Western States, was in a poor condition to receive the necessary remedy of a resumption of specie pay- ments. Immediately after the war there came here @ vast number of enterprising settlers from the North and the East, as well as from the countries of the Oid World. They brought with them enough to make part payments on their real estate purchases, giving mortgages for their indebtedness. Under the impetus of a heavy emigration most of the connties of the State issued bonds for the building of railroads, public buildings and school houses. In this there was a great deal of swindling and much actual rob- bery. Severalcounties, which haye a bonded railroad debt ranging from: $100,000 to $1,300,000, have only a part of a railroad or none at all. While the values of real estate and all kinds of produce have fallen to a minimum figure debts remain as they.were when contracted in the flush times of 1807, As early as 1873 there begun to be complaint: heavy taxation, and since that time dissatisfaction, disagreement and @iscontent haye increased trom | year to year. Various movements for relief have been ineugurated, and there have been times when open violence has been threatened. Some of the bonded indebtedness of counties has been compromised and new obligations given bearing a lower rate of in- terest, while in other cases there has been a flat re- fusal to pay interest, and creditors have had to resort to the courts and ask for a peremptory mandamus. It is not surprising that a people burdened with enor. mous taxes, for much of which they did not feel responsible, should have been somewhat turbulent and bitterly opposed to anything that would make the load heavier. It but stands to reason, therefore, that a majority of the citizens of a State like this should oppose any further contraction of the currency and look with dread apprehension upon the operation of the famous Resumption act. Two years ayo there were not a thousand inen in Missouri who believed the Resumption uct could go into effect without a revolution. They looked upon it as an ap- proaching dire calamity that would, unless modified, fall like a blight of death upon the whole nation on the Ist day of January, 179. But, as in many other instances, the agony of expectation was greater than the agony of reulization. The national cold water bath is now abont over, and the warm Dlood of a new lite has already started. He who looks carefully can see a brighter picture. | 's feels the coming of. hard tines quicker untry, and so St. Louis experienced the effeets of the panic of 1) wd the influences of a contraction of the netional currency sooner than the contiguous agricultura! communities; but not only {sa city more sensitive to a depression of general business than the rural districts, but it is also quicker in the perception arfd experience of a renewal of prosperity. The ovidences of better times have been | apparent in St. Lonis tor at least six months, and expecially since the Bankrupt law passed out of effect. There is not only a return of confidence, but an increase of business and a prevailing | belief that the worst has been seen and that hence- forth there will be an wpward tendency in all kinds of trade. As proof of this it ix only necessary to re- fer to the statistics of trade in his city for the past two years. In some lines of business there has been @ marked and surprising increase, in others but little and in one or two none at all, owing to local and special causes, INCREASED RECEIPTS. The following table of receipts of leading articles since January 1, 1478, to November 2: A for the tor 1877, as reported by the 3 , will prove interesting in this connection Totat Sime Same Time, Jan Flour, bbis oul Wheat, bushels 12, Corn, bushel: a Oats, bus! 3. Rye, busi Barley, bushels. Cotton, bales. Highwine Lead, pigs. Pork, bbls. Hanis, Ibs Meats, Ibs. Sheep, head. 157, Hogs, head 1,112,409 sILPMENTS. The following is a table of the shipments of lead- ing articles for the year 1877 and for the year 187% up to the 2th of November, lackin; year, and for which proper allowance imust be inade:— Year 1878 to Nov. 25. 2,901,546 Flour, bbls. Wheat, bus! Lead, pig Pork, bbis. : Bt Ths....... + Cattle, Sheep, head. ag Hogs, head... actions il 314,247 ‘These tables give encouraging figures, especially in regard to wheat aud cotton. The corn ctop for 1818 is Bot as good as that of 1477, and this accounts for the falling off, both in the way of receipts and ship- ments. MOVEMENTS OF GRADS. ‘There has lately been 4 remarkable increase in the movement of grain down the Mississippi from this vint, and never before in the history of the river 9 there such a demand for tonnage. This is the beginning of that new direction of commerce predict on the completion of the jettion at Southwest Pass and the ftulfllmens of the fondest dream of the people of the Mississippi Valley. There isa very perceptible increase in the business of the railroads centring hero, as well as that of the river. There is not a railroad coming to bt. Louis butecan show an increase of earnings this Year over Inst, and the not earnings in some in- stances Lave been as bigh us thirty per cent over last year, These facts, aside from the actual statistics of Teceipts and shipment: dicate the of better tin Re 7 where. It ix always backwa ul of property, But little estate Investuient in St, » last three years, but dealers «ay tter market. Some good sales his city during the last sixty tant improvements ure in con- tt but there is iding hope for an improvement anda confi¢ that bottom has been reached, The erops of this y were bountiful, and the prices of supplies have fall in proportion to the deciine in the market values of prodnee, Wheat, corn, cats, hogs and cattle are vory low, but so are agricultural Implements, groceries, flour and clothing. There hae been a better ad- Justinent of the prices of what the farmer sells tu! whet the tarmer buys than the farmer ever expected, and he thus exeaped @ disaster ed to him: to be inevitable, The peo- © better condition than they mre con- many of thew londest complaints have withont adequate canve, With the facts at hand, inoumtestibly showing 4 vast increase inthe trade of the metropolie of the Missiesipp! Velley, there can- not romain on intelligent doubt tuat every portion of HARVESTS. | = 3 = 3 = this vast and fertile region will soon begin to fest | ruptey at acertain fzed time orelsc give the happy influences that have already come over the wp all Bom y i gs teture, This cleared out a greet centres of trade. | many ep pplet he ARKANSAS, IMMIGRATION ADVANCING PROSPERITY —DIVEaM- COTTON CROP~—BUSINESS SLIGHTLY EASTER, Lrrtix Roc, Dee, 4, IT#, ‘The general condition of Arkansas has improved very much in the past year. First, because we are receiving a decided increase to our population by im- migration from Northern snd Eastern States of tar- mers, who are opening up and cultivating new places, aud of sinall capitalists, who are coming to invest im miningand manufacturing enterprises. Farmers, as & general thing, have not made any more money this year than fer two or three years past, for the reason that the cotton crop is fully twenty-five percent short of last year and the ruling prices lower, but they are in better condition from the fact that the hard times which have prevailed for several | years have forced them to abandon the practice of raising cotton only and depending upon the money received from that crop to purchase all necessary sup- | plies of food und clothing The past year they have planted a diversity of food crops, so that notwithstanding the shortage of the cotton crop, they are more independent than for several years. Up to date the movement of all crops bas been more active than for several years. This is especially true of the cotton crop, and may be attribut mainly to the warm, dry weather of the fall, which has enabled them to pick the crop and place it on the market at a much earlier date than usual, It is estimated that the cotton crop is nearly all gathered now, and that the shipments from this oint will not exceed 25,000 bales against last year. There ix & fair prospect for the planting of a largely increased acreage the coming year. This will come mainly from new farms, which immigrants are opening, but in a measure from the growing disposition of those having money to invest in business risks, as well as from the better condition of farmers generally, they having fewer supplies to purchase than uaual having raised more themselves. Generally there is a marked improvement in the condition of the country and a better feeling prevails than for several years. Confidence is being restored, the local trade is reviving and improving and all classes seem more hopeful. It cannot be that money is more plenty, the rates still holding ‘at eight and ten per cent, but those who have it are now disposed to let itgo at those figures in business ventures, which they have not money could only be borrowed ‘on improved real estate at about twenty-five per cent of its market value, and lenders were not numerous even on those risks... Having escaped the yellow fever, Arkansas is in far better condition than any of the Mississippi River States. Our merehants have secured a large share of the business which formerly went to Memphis and New Orleans, and our farmers have been spared the loss consequent upon the terrible dixorganization of labor which afflicted the fever districts. CENTRAL STATES. OHIO, INDIANA AND EENTUCKY--EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY IN THE LARGE CROPS AND IN GENERAL BUSINESS—TOO MUCH POLITICS. Crxcrywatt, Dee, 7, 1878. The territory embracing the southern half of the States of Ohio and Indiana and the northern andeast- ern portions of Kentucky is for the most part an agri- cultural district, embracing within its limits some of the most productive land in the Central States. There are no more fertile valleys in the country than those of the Scioto and the Miami in Ohio, while the blue grass region of Kentucky is famed almost the world over as a garden spot of agricultural, prosperity, and Southern Indiana is beginning to take rank with either in the plenitude of her crops, Included in this area are the coal mining districts of the Hocking Valley and East- ern Kentucky and the iron mines of the Hanging Rock region, but these take up comparatively a small portion of the territory and usually help to make up | the sum of prosperity which is accorded to the entire section as an agricultural one. The standard crops are corn, wheat, hay, barley, oats and tobacco, Besides these the products may be set down as cattle, hogs, horses, iron, coal, salt and manufactures of almost every kind. For fifty years there has been no time when this section of the country could not fairly be set down as a prosperous one. GENERAL IMPROVEMENT. ‘The general condition of this part of the country has been improved in some respects in the last year, while ia others it has remained about the same, Farms heve been kept in better order because labor could be hired at lower rates than in former year An excess of labor, not from vagrancy or “tramps, but from mechanics and miners and day laborers generally, thrown ont of employment ‘in the cities, has prevailed in the country districts all through the season, and almost every landholder was cnabled to | improve his property at a less cost than for many years before, and has done so. The crops were more carefully worked, and consequently the yield was larger, Fields ‘were tilled that hitherto had been ‘allowed to le idie; woodlands were cieared up that had «been fey eter and there has been a general disposition among the farmers to give the unemployed some- thing to do to earn a living, and at the same time benefit their own property by bringing up what had deen neglected. In so far the yencral condition has been improved. Inthe way of building costly farm houses or enlarging their barns or granaries or a ing stock and machinery not much hax been done because of the scarcity of money. Most of those who had un excess of money from the sale of their crops used it in clearing up their debts, paying off mort- gages on their farms, #0 as to be ready wheu resump- tion day should nd. They are conservative d cautions as aclass, and want to be prepared for any change that is likely to occur in the country’s | financial system. one month of the | | are the farmers,.are pay’ THE SEASON'S PROFITS, Though the crops have been exceptionally large this season in almost apres rey | that a farmer — shi raised, yet the prices are so low that it is doubtful whether as a class they have made mu Corn, which for two or three years past bi 50 cents a bushel, is dull now at half that pri wheat, which was worth im 1875 and 1876 3110 $130, now sells at 80 cents to #5 cents per bushel; which were sold at $5.50 per hundred last year and §725 per himdred two years ago, now sell at $240 to $3 per hundred; while most of the other products of the farm show a similar reduction in price. Thoagh this year will show a very large increase in the yield, ot the shrink- age in valucs is so great that it is extremely doubtful if any of the farmers feel that they are making | money. Still, there is this to say, that the purchas- ing power of tie moncy they receive is so much | greater now than in the previous years that none of them are without money. The country merchants pay their bills promptly to the wholesuie dealers in tire stomers, who | elty, and thix shows that their « ing up theiv bills, and it also | shows, nore than almost anything else, that business | is in # healthy condition. | of course to the extraordinary: lw THe MOVEMENT OF CROPS. The crop movement. this year has ever known before. ‘This has been o kind, Wheat, corn, barley and t the market, and the dinary demand and to di«posed of a month in advance of | the Of wheat wnd corn a great deal is held in the hands of the producers ii hopes of arise inp still Jarger sinount went into market sold. been exported. The shipments of hogs have eater Wp to this time than to a correspond fr'any recent sear. Bnt little can be said as yet concerning next ye crops. 1 acroage of wheat and burley and other fall er than the usnal growth tron year to year. . ing up of farms, by which a yood deal of labor other- wise unemployed was bronght into tse, will naturally bring abont this result, but still it will be more ap- patent six or eight months from now, when the crops are seen growing. MOVEMENTS OF CAPITAL. There is little disposition as yet to invest surplus capital in farming operations. © Espocialiy is this the case with the present low prices. Of course there are always poople who have surplus money seeking investment who natarally put it in forming property na being the safest way to keop it, but that claws is not larger than usual this year, In other branches of business there is still less of thie disposition. The profits in all kinds of mercantile busi- nese have been #o reduced as to make that up- inviting, while most of the manufacturing t already overcrowded, by iron is some #how of a revival of trad ye enoiigh to ite thew cay he old capital formerly invested in it and whieh has been | idl years past. One 1oteworthy is that very little of it goes into ‘wlative channels, Two or three years a of the farmers and busi- ness men thro country regi wild apeentiations, buying pork and gral ond many ® hard carned fortune was & that means, pro is aearcely anything o' ar ¢ wealth im extraordinarily » brought with it y but for the fact remunerative, not profitable, There is, ver, ® disposition on all sides to econoinize, which i# perhaps a more hopetul sign than a sudden growth of wealth. The peopie who were in debt are wetting out of it and thowe who heave money to «pent yenerally «pend it «paringly. DOMESELO TRADE. Local trade i¢ Welioved to be impfoving, though gredually. ‘Lhe expiration of the Bankrupt Jawgot course made it a necessity for those who were greatly embarrassed either to get rid of theix debts by bank- lone for several years. Heretofore | though a | arly wid was | M ‘The bulk of these crops is probably «till held | in the grain centres of the West, thongh some has | dealers who had been trade in the hands: | har commeqm@ently beet | Country merchants, be asorule, The This year there ix | thea unual, yet, [pee miny | power makes ul. year there was « grester scarcity of money, but thet was an year. years it Is about the same, laborers in the coantry districts: money in eireulation, Vast amownt of idie capital enough in There i a beu reached niust Fit : iY i : H £ E however, is too tuvid to show xree by seeking uew channels, mo: the capitalists | wit, be | wntil that t* shown | will be caations about making investments. | the last two or three years the financial been the absorbing one in polities of this makes the question of whet! | OF cannot take pace 0 all effets i peg ney g © jing that it cau by py — = this state of, ims, perhaps | more #l anything , Operates against # restora. | tion of confidence, } | INDIANA'S PARADOX. GREENBACK IN THEORY, HARD MONEY IN Pmac- | TICE—A LOAD OF DEBT THROWN OFF IN | BANKRUPTCY—CLOSE FISTED TIMES. / Ivptaxaponts, Dee. 7, To my question whether the geuoral condition of the country has improved there has been a general affirmative response, There is evidence on every | hand that the people have nearly recovered from the | panic of 1873. Old scores have been settled in one way | or another, and men are renewing the struggle for | | wealth with fresh hope and energy. Though the | | soft money idea is predominant in this State | | there is no apparent attempt to reduce it to practice. | | Settlements between debtor aud creditor are mode, if nade at ull, on the hardest kind of a hard money | | basis, The greenback theory io veer gener, a) | cepted hereabouts, but there is very Ne trading | dope on it” basin. a, will ne wildly on tin they will on religion and other subjects, | but when it comes to a question of barter “business is business” is the rule . ‘the grain crop of the past year has been very large, but this has been the case tor two or three years past. The yield of coreais in Indiana has been very heavy | for the past three years, and consequently the movement of crops has not been larger or more active this year than it was two or three years ago. There is not any ne in| it apperent in the disposition of people. to. tur vest capital in farming aud business generally. ‘There is the usual amount of buying aud trading, but The people > cs 2 no marked increase in the trac, y are not monetarily better off this year than they were two and three years ago, notwithstanding that the yield of farm products has been #0 ey. The reason of this is found in the low prices that prevail for corn and wheat, Of course this condition of things precIndes an increase in the cireulation of money amoung the people. Business men here report trade dull, and complain that it is almost impossible | to make collections. Our jobbing merchants are | unanimous in the report that the outlook is not | favorable for any improvement in the local trade. They are doing a safer business than they were a ear ago, but the volume of trade is reduced. here is a general sentiment in favor of a return to the old fashioned methods of doing busi- ness. which may be best #1 ted in the phrase, “a careful avoidance of over ing.”’ ‘There isn steadily growing disposition among merchants to be x- tremely careful in satisfying themselves as to the | standing of their customers. In summing up, I may say times are duil, terribly dull, in this section of the country, but nevertheless an immense num- | ner of bad debts have been wiped out by bankruptes, aud consequently a majority of the business men feel even with the world. The days of the “1 rexsure’’ mode of doing business wre ended in the Vest, and you may expect an era of careful conserva- tive trading. A NEWARK SENSATION. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A WOMAN IN A FEMALE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE—A CORONER'S INQUEST ORDERED. Astartling report was spread in Newark medical circles yesterday, and thence among people generally, concerning the mysterious death of a married woman, Mrs. Lucy A. W. Maschy, wife of Mr. Theophilus Maschy, of No. 14 Hampden street, last Saturday, in the office of Dr. Elle Haines, No. 41 Bank street. The law in New Jersey grants the power to order inquests only to county physicians, where there are such. The rule is to report to that officer the death of any person whose taking off is surrounded with suspicion. He then mekes an in- vestigation and, according to his judgment, orders the coroner to hold an inquest or grant 4 burial cer- tificate. The fact that in this case of Mra. Maschy he orderel an inquest gave rise to the suspicion that she was the victim of malpractice of some sort. Additional interest ed to the cave from the fact that Dr. Haines is the only female physician in Newark, and during n years’ practice there las won the highest ofa wide circle of pationts. She is a grad. men’s College of Philadeiphia, was at ew Jersey civty, is recognized by the best physicians | of Newark as @ eredit to her profession, and is a | native of Wellington, N. J. MRE. MASCHY'S SUDDEN DEATH. ‘The facts regarding the death of Mrs. Maschy, as | gathered by a MenaLb reporter yenterday, after con- versation with persons best able to sp | lows:—On Saturday Mrs. Masehy, who | thirty-nine years of ag lect a bill for work dom on the doctor's wagon by | . Masehy, onchma The doctor had | | frequently attended Mrs. Muse The latter en- tered the office greatly flushed, transacted her lusi- ness and had only been in the place abont five minutes when she was suddenly seized with a con- vulsion, This lasted ten or fiftecn minutes. Dr. Elia sent for other physicians, but before any arrived | Mrs. Maschy was a corpse, County Physician Hew- lott Wax notified of the case and together | with Dr. O'Gorman and Dr. Ella Haines, held a post- mortem: examination. When asked for the result of the post-mortem ex- amination aud for the causes impelling him to order an inquest the ity Physician looked ex- | cecdingly wise but declined to kay anything about the case except that it was attended with some very | singular, not to say suspicious, circumstances, but | that Dr. Haffiies wax a regular physician, in good | standing and practice, as the case would be | fully investigated by Coroner Dill he (br. Hewlett) would prefer to xay nothing more. WHAT DR. MAINES STATES, Dr, Haines was found by the reporter to be a very | attractive lady of about thirty-three, bright, ready | ossessed. Unquestionably she is | who believe they have inissions | ized by mew, | peated the perf and she is rollowing hers with tuted aud added : fourth death that has ocen under sinytilar lly on Saturday, nr is physicinn since before I went abroad last summer, in October. Ido not know that «he has had any oth hye cian.” “Why has an inquest been ordered cause the post-mortem revealed facts which raised suspicion: “In the line of malpractice?" “Have you seen Dr. Hewlett?” t yet.” “Well (after a panse and cautiously), there were some things shown by the post-mortem which sur- prised us.’ “Did it show that Mre, Maschy was enceinte? After a pause and with measured words the lady answered :— ome matters must be left for the inquest to de- velop and as I havea pressing professional be ment you must exeuse me." With this she adju her rubber overcoat and drove off in her carriage to attend @ pationt in Orange. A DIFFEMENT STORY, As the Henanp reporter was about to withdraw from the Doctor’s office, a gentleman, vouched for as & friend of hers, told the scribe that he could tell him allabout the case. There was nothing in it, he said; the inqtest would show that, Presently, how- ever, he contradicted the Doctor ina very inpertant point. Sh 1 she had pot treated Mrs, Maschy profession ince returning from Europe, The friend, on rhand, said that after arranging ubout the bill Mrs, Maschy asked the Doetor to examine her, which she did, Soon after the woman ui ng that he had proven withdrew, supp indeed. Mi. MASCHY PROFRS*ES LONOR, CBee ‘The bereaved husband, 4 man of diminutive stature hysique, wes found at his home, He “I have reaily little or nothing to say about . 1 know nothing, in fact, except what the County Physietan told me, What he seid surprised Tdid not know my wife physique. She had hed six or seven | .N. J., was burned to the ground on Wednesday night fell in d'died. Mrs. Maschy was several months enceinte, Dr, Haines was unaware of | tele wirl uupposed her trouble was something ¢ ere is to it. With this th 1 | stop the further taki only ted a as to the rights Mrs. Maschy was a woman of very delicate | different claimants, Vekutoracy General Gticuriat whikdiven, oppveed the motion, reserved, RAPID TRANSIT, THIRD AVENUE ROAD OPENED YESTERDAY. The residents of the upper portion of the east side were gladdened yesterday morning by the sight of trains of the Third avenue elevated road actually running to and from Eighty-ninth street, ‘That this extension was one which had been urgently needed was manifest from the very large traffic which came from the three newly opened stations at Seventy-sixth street, Eighty-fourth street and Eighty-ninth street, and it could not have arrived at a more opportune date than on the stormy morning of yesterday. It was not only arelicf in point of trouble and time, but also in pocket, for hundreds who had previously taken the horse cars to the Sixty-seventh street station, aud bad been very restive under this enforced expendi- ture of fifteen cents for their fare down town, were now at last enabled to save their fares on the horse cars. ‘The very first trains which left Kighty-uinth street, between half-past five and six A, M., were quite filled by the time they reached the second station, Seventy- sixth «treet—and some even by the time they reached the first--Righty-fourth street. ‘The travel from the Righty-fourth street station was particularly good, and as early as ten o'clock the ticket agent reported that he had sold over six hundred five-cent tickets be- tween ae five and and half-past seven A. M., and over seven hundred ten-vent tickets between helf-past soven and ten A.M. Yesterday being a wet and in- clement day the travel on the road was much lighter than usual, and the increase, therefore, ufo! no just criterion of what it will be in fine weather. Hitherto the treffic om the Third avenue road has averayed about fifty-three thousand day (Sundays and very wet days included), and it ta expected that this extension will inercase the average on all fair days to over rixty thousand per day. COVER LAN STAIRWAYS. ‘The wet weather yestertay caused inch granting at the absence of covering over the stairways. The condition of the steps wax ruinous to ladies’ dresses aud men's uisters, although, it should be said in jus- tiee te the road a porter ix employed at every station for the purpose of cleaning the steps. Nevertheless, it wasevident that this services was utterly inade- quate to the necessities of the occasion snd that vothing but covering the xtairways would keep the steps even hy clewn. » is also Uryout need of putting up rapidly the station buildings at Fighty-fourth and Eighty-ninth streets, for at present if one misses a train he will have to wait five minutes under the open sky, and, therefore occasion under « furions ruin or snow storm. Xperience on the Third avenue road has shown that it takes the contractors at least two months to put up such build- ims, and ax euch a delay would inflict great hardship upon the travelling public the hope ix generally ex- pressed that the road will at onee put wp temporary station buildings, be they even of the cheapest con- vietion, to afford protection against the inclemen- ctes Of the reason, 00D THE MADE. : Good time was made yesterday by the trains. The schedule ruwning tiue was thirty-four minutes for the up and thirty-three for the down trains, and, with variations of two or three niinutes, this was adhered to with tolerable exactness on most of the trips. The headway to Kighty-seventh strect is three minutes, and to the Grand Central Depot five minutes, which makes the intervals between trains as far as Forty- second street only two minutes, ‘There was a great talling off in the horse car traffic, and the opinion was generally ex horse car cont woukl speedily be compelled to ce depot “ * to Four cents and the fare te Harlern to Bve cente, ENGINES IN COLLISION. An accident occurred yesterday morning on the Metropolitan Elevated Railway at the Rector strect station which caused s detention of trains for thirty- five minutes, Engine No. 11, run by engincer Wea- ver, which was to draw the next train up town, ran, as was customary, past the switching point, but not far enough to be out of the way of down trains, While No. 11 was standing in this position the incom- shut off the steam, him past the frog, but, again opened the vaive. It was then the engine struck him, the collision being caused through the delay of shutting off the steam, THIRTEEN HORSES BURNED. From some cause as yet unexplained « fire was started yesterday morning in the loft of the «table at No. 512 it Fortieth street. An alarm was given, but the fire had made too great headway to be casily arrested. There were twenty horves in the stable, and when the fire swept their stalls their snorting and plunging was pitiable, By « gallant effort seven | of them were taken out and escaped without any serious injury, but the other thirteen were burned to a crisp. The woodwork of which the stable was com was entirely consumed, and only « few blackened piles of cinders were left of it. It was owned and partially occupied by Henry Lulrs, of Fortieth street and Tenth avenue, who estimates his loss at $1,000, David Anderson, of No, 457 West Thirty- ninth street, lost two horses valued at $400. John Greger, a licensed vender, lost a horse worth #100, A, Strauss, butcher, of No. 682 West Forticth street, had four horses, valued at $400, burned. John Bausch, rocer, of Tenth avenue, near Fortieth street, lost a horse worth $150, Kives & Price, butchers, of No. 504 West Forty-firat street, lost three horses. Meyer lost his horse and harness, valued at $200, Mr. Luhrs, the owner of the stable, lost a horse. A FEARFUL SUSPICION. The tenement house owned and partially oecu- pied by Charles Schroeder, in Stissex #treet, Paterson, last. It was thonght at the time that Mr. Schroeder, his wife and son were absent in this city; but it is now kuown that they wont home early in the evening. Since then nothing has been heard or seen of them, and it is teared that they have perished in the flames, Kehroeder had insured his house for $300 in the State and for $800 in Trenton, This Insurance Company of Jersey oe] the People’s Insurance Com of he did bat a few days before the Are. FOUND HIS DAUGHTER, Mr. Miner, a resident of East New York, owing to the dulness of the times, was induced, about two | years ago, to go to Texas, He left his wife and one child—a danghter—at East New York until he became settled in his new home and could send for them, Upou arriving in Texas he did not moet with the sue- coms he auticipated, me reduced to | the ut y and obtaining free rides he Intely returned to Kast New | York, only to find his wits dead and his ¢ led ant . He need every endoavor te re- | her, when she suddenly dieappeared, Seon after visited by two men, who informed bin they | woukl return her for $100, whieh fact led him : been abducted, He therefore vk and asked lis advice in the at the mites! had stolen $3 girl a diappeareuee the | Judge issued a warrant for her arrest, eant Frenteh and Officer Mager, who took charge of the case, found heron Broadway, t) oo She to inform the officers where she eon nemiding. Dut stated that she bad performed at Booth's Theatre an a ballet girl. Her examination will take place before Judge Sherlock to-ay. bd A SAD ALTERNATIVE, Delia MeCauiey, @ poor widew, took to the Fifty-seventh Street Court yesterday morning three little children and asked the presiding Judge to have them from starvation, She said «he had struggled hard to support them, with the aid of her thirteen- year-old son, but as the latter was now very il, and herself anable to work om account of iil ness was obliged to ask that charitable tnatituth ven years of age. Ln children were A of and Stephen, “ é 7 & j : rs 5 ) Kast Forty-ffth street, she Kept ber hildren, age ay J three and two yours youngest ¢ of age, and the baby. went the two the little boy to institutions and | issioners of Charities and Correction mley's cnse, fled the Cor of Mrs. Me THE LEWIS WILL CASE. In Newatk yesterday, before Chancellor Kuny the famous Lewis will caso came up om & my made by ex-Chancellor Williamson for an orter to ony to show that ine. in that way, ot don’t think Dr. Elle is to blame any more than Tam, | the woman calle herself . Lewis wee really but the ease ie inthe hands of the anthorities, and | the Mr. Williamson inwinte that the there I prefer to leave it. Ihave no heart to say real now is whether Mr. Lewis tind sutictont quore about the matter, It has completely unstr' tewtanne rity, and that time and ow | are Gud devision wae | When PARDO'S ASSASSINATION. Shot as He Entered the Senate by a Ser- geant of His Guard of Honor. HE DIES C#SAR-LIKE. Activity of President Prado in Dis- banding the Conspirators, ANTECEDENTS OF THE PRISONER. The Nation’s Grief Before and At the Funeral. Lr, Nov. 21, 1878. Peru is in mourning. Don Menucl Pardo, cx- President of the Republic and President of the Senate, was cowardly assassinated in the very halls of Congress on Saturday, the 16th inst. The people gencrally and tho country are lamenting the loss of a man whose life scemed full of promise. There had been rumors for some time past to the effect that the national or government party proposed to tuke some decisive stops toward regaining supremacy, in @ political point of view, over the civil organiza- tion of which Sefior Pardo was the recognized leader, and even threats bad been made of desperate deeds. Still no one imagined that party passions could culminate in the bullet or knife of an assassin, Seflor Pardo arrived at the door of the Senate house at two o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th, and alighting from his carriage, entered the vestibule, where the guard of honor, some ten or twelve infantry soldiers with a bugler, commanded by a Captain Ulloa, and belonging to the batialion “Pichincha,” was drawn up with arms pre- sented, a ceremony always performed on the entrance of the President of the Upper Honse. HE ASSASSINATION, Sefior Purdo, foliowed by Scfor Rivas and another friend, passed along the line, waving his hand to the officer (an intimation to recover arms), and was turn- ing into a narrow passage way leading to the Senate Chamber, when the last man in the line, the sergeant of the guard, Montoya, levelled his Comblay rifle and fired point blank at Sefior Pardo, who was walking from him. The ball entered under the left shoulder blade, passed threugh the left lung, making a ghastly wound, and spent its force in the adobe wall, pene trating nearly two inches. Sefior Pardo clutched convulsively at the arm of Sefor Rivas, who was at his side, and then with such assistance staggered for- ward a few paces to the inner courtyard, when he fell upon the marble floor, Alarmed by the repert of the rifle soveral Senators and attendants hurried to the spot to behold with dismay the terrible spectacle. After the first few moments of consternation and confusion medical aid was summoned and several doctors were promptly on the spot, but they at once declared the wound to be mortal. The hemor- rhage that ensued, and which it was impossible to check, left not the slightest hope of salvation. All was done, howeveg, that could be done under the circum- stances. Te avoid the progress of the hemorrhage Sefior Pardo ‘was not moved from the place where he fell. There, lying on the flags, he was assisted by the doctors, who simply placed a cushion under his head. When the death agony set in and all hope was lost of prolonging that precious existence, a small mattress was procured from the room of one of the porters and the body carefully placed on it. Ik LAST WORDS. After the lapse of a few minutes Sefior Pardo re- covered consciousness, and his first words were:—‘I owe much—# confesson—my family.” His next in- quiry was as to whose hand had committed the murder. When told that the assassin was one of his own guard he said:— “Poor unfortunate! He has my _ pardon.” When given some Cognac as a restorative by Dr. Mo- cedo, the dying man exclaimed:— ‘On! I am chok- ing!” When he understood his family had arrived he asked to be placed in a sitting posture, and, a few minutes before bis death, said:—“My family—I rec- ommend to Congress." His last words were :—‘I par- don everybody, even to my assassin.” The last offices of the Church and extreme unction were administered to him by the clergy, who had been summoned to the seene, and at three o'clock the affecting scene was over. Don Manuel Pardo, the foremost Peruvian of his age, was no more. A°few minutes later the bedy was carried into the Senate, where it remained until five o'clock P, M., when it was removed for the pur- pose of embalming. CAPTURING THE ASSASSIN. Dr. Melgar, who got out of his coach after Sefiors Pardo and Rivas, on seemg the sergeant, Montpya fire at Sefior Pardo rushed up to the man, seized him by the throat and struggled with bin to prevent his escape. The rest of the while this was going on, remained passive, sergeant, efter a short struggle, disenga, ihtesesit row the Bande of Behor Melgar ant’ fan away at full speed jtoward the Plazuel de la Inqui- sition, which the guard made no attempt to preven’ the guard of the corps of gen- quartered in a place contiguous to the Senate, pursued and seized him. The assassin was dragged back, and placed in a small room in tho and guarded inner court of the Senate by two senti- nels. hich clapae bet th During the hour w’ el ween the o tration of the crime and hin coach th many Keegan, ine cideuts occurred. The Republic, General Prado, was among the first to arrive at the scene of death, having left his 6 on foot and hurried to the side of h Dredecessor iu office, He bent bis steps to the place where Don Manuel Pardo lay atruggting with death, and, pushing his way through those who surrounded the dying man, gazed horror-stricken on the iMustrions martyr, and, bing Bae hands, cried “Shame ! shawe!" Profound itated, it was with diMientty thet be was diecus from giving the order for the immediate exeention of the criminal, who, had been capt was securely confi je gg he wite hastened to his side, but her Lot the consequences of xnch a pain- friends, ful interview, managed to iu her until all was over, His eldest son, « fine youth of nineteen, knelt at the dying man's «ide wntil life left the body, Groups of Senators, Ministers of State and agonized friends stood around, while the physi- us were employing all the ans their art 1d wuggest to alleviate t nts of the suf. feror, Ax soon a8 the news of the assassination its members assembled the red to the Seunte, where Pardo had expired, ATION BHOUN, ly became cal and en- uminoned his aider-de ¥ arrived just after pleced in arrest; that a guard battalion id be ph that mel Anta: harge of the prisoners, The bie remained in the Senate, and stlent, enti the guard was relieved. He was imecif preeent when this wae done, and or ay. escorted by soldiers or — the »” those whe had passively witnessed the ames devaesination of the President of the Henate. After the President had remained about ap hour at the Senate he proceeded to the barracks of the de Linw aud asked for the sergeant who hed captured Sefer Pardes assassin. He wae brought tute the presence of the President, who said to him — "Sergeant Hellods, you are promuted to the rapk of #ab-tientenant.” CONSULTING WITH CARRILLO, The Prosvlent thee proceeded to the Chamber of Deputies, where he - oterred with SeGor Carrillo, the Provident of the Chember, and as there was reason to evepert that the guard there were implicated in the crlne Geueral Prado gave orlers for them to be distiseod and arrested. Through the Ci efor = the com lt gard wae & privoner on . wes beard that wounded Pardo the sergeant of the with bis rifle inte the plazuela soktiors of the 4 | raptas Hon a made an attempt to ree ue Dim, Wet tits wes fortenstely prevented throngh the bg sep re werivel of « cavalry picket, which charged aud dispersed the mob. THE Am AsnEN'® CHARACTER, Om the same evening the President seat for the jaard at the Chaim | hal” always “deus a | we) the slightest capable of Montoya is a han without hair on tle tee, which is incu futowing, "the sagptratie of the "ori i Re “ of pletely disorgunized; who by chance was gerd in hand, in said for @ fact that the criminal Monto) confessed that the Dou Pardo had formed part of a in whieb almost all the sergeants ot the Puenincks battalion _ and, it of the officers, are implic engaged to take part im mez Sanchez, who offered to assist him in ing oe crime, but who at the last moment iat bias to himself. Pipi Le cyst OF THE CULPRIT. we Judge, Dr, a, two take the preliminary declarations rm § The assay Montoya. In order to prevent the accu crowds in front of the residence of the ’ guard of soldiers belonging to the Ayacucho bat tulion was stationed in the omy on Satarday afternoon, The wife and mother Sefior who were in the Secretaries’ offices of the Senate, re- fused to give their consent to the body io the Senate hall, as had first been proposed, and inti- inated their intention of remaining until the assurance was given them that the body should be transferred to the house. Orders were consequently issued te this effect. The operation of embalming the body was begun at five in the afternoon and terminated af @ quarter to nine v'olovk at night. . VENGEANCE AND SORROW. The news spread over the city with singular By rang At first it was hardly credited that such @ hideous crime could have been perpetrated, but wi the truth was known the aspect of the ay? rese! that of New York when the death of voln wae announced. Meu were openly weeping in the streets, all business was suspended, were ta half-mast and the houses of the city became oe of mourning. The President isw @ proc! declaring that the event was # national calamity assuring the nation that murderer and his ac complices would be punished with the utmost rigor of the law, There seems to be no possible doubt that it was the result of a conspiracy, and the inves- tigations now taking place will throw light upon the matter. By removing the leader of the civil party his enemies imagined that disorder would follow tending toward detcat and separation, but the foremost of the opposing or national party ure loudin their denuncia- ions of the erime and deny that it could have pro- ceeded from their partisans. Still itis well known that there are many in that organization who had ut- tered threats st Pardo, and it will be remembered that in 1874 and in 1876 attempts were made by them against the life of the man whose murder hag now.been compassed, On account of the alarm which the tuurder caused in the city on the Saturday after- noon mauy families sent to bring their children home from their schools, The two youngest children of Seiior Pardo were in a college on Corcobado street, when some one sent to request that his child ht be permitted to return home, and as the mistress alrvady received and complied with several previous roquests of the same nature, she asked what was tho matter in the city. The reply, to the effect that Don Manuel Pardo had been assassinated and that a disturbance was imminent, reached the ears of the two little sons of the victim, who throw themsclves into one another’s arms and burst into bitter tears. Poor little Lit they had just parted from their father full of life and health. On Sunday night ‘the police arrested in the street Captain German Astete, who, as our readers will recollect, com- manded the rebel ship Huascar in the engagement at Pacocha. It appears that the declarations taken by the criminal juage throw much light on the affair so deeply lamented, and give reason to hope that the plot will be discovered. The Congress in the mean- time has decreed the suspension of articles 18, 20 and io. of the constitution, the tenor of which is as fole lows :— Anticie 18, No person can be arrosted without a writt ordet from the compotent Judge or from the authorities trusted with the preservation of public order, except tak in in flugrante delico. In any case the person arrested must be placed at the disposal of the Court within che (Spd hours of arrest. The persons insuing such order are obli to furnish a copy of the same whenever It may be demanded, Art. 20. No person can be separated from th nor from his place of residence, except in execution of @ judicial sentence. 0. 16 citizens have the right to meet peaceably togetlier, either publicly or privately, without compromis- ing public order. = THE FUNERAL. On the 18th inst. the authorities and ponte -fune- tionaries met at three P. M. in the reception room of the palace, and, presided over by the Council of Min- isters, they then proceeded to the residence of the de- ceased, where they were received by the commission of the Chambers. ‘The body was then conveyed to the Church of St. Domingo, where it lay in state until this morning. During this interval of three days masses were celebrated in all the churches. This morning the body was transferred to the Cathedral, where the funeral ceremonies took place. All the members of the diplomstic corps were present. The funeral oration waa pro- nounced by Dr. Jose A. Roca, At the end of the im- pressive ceremonies the Body was conveyed to the cemetery and buried with military honors. The late ex-President married # niece of Mr. Frederico Barreda, atormer Minister from Peru to the United States and still a resident of New York. Foreigners in Peru have lost a true and generous friend, and the Repub- lic will find it more than difficult to repluce the loss of such a loving son, ‘A. WATERSPOUT. REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE OF THE BRITISH BARK BEL STUART ON THE ATLANTIC, The Brith bark Bel stuart, Captain Har- per, forty-eight days from the port of Larne, Ireland, put into Red Hook yesterday after a stormy and phenomenally disasrous yoy- age. The bark left Larne in ballast, con- signed to Messrs, P. I. Nevius & Son, of this city, and hed a series of head winds and strong seas until off Nova Scotia, when the culmineting disaster of the voyage occurred. On the evening of November 14, in latitude 43 deg. 52 min., longitudes? deg. 40 min., which brought her about 160 miles off Cape Sable, she was struck by a white squall in a comparatively smooth sea and clear sky, which swept her decks and created a consternation on board. At | six P, M. of the same day, all hands being on deck after supper, a strange sighing inthe wind was ob- served by the watch, and the sky became suddenly threatening, without a corresponding indication of the barometer, which showed a rising tende Captain rand his first officer wero on deck at the time. All hands noticed the peculiar change in sea and sky and were discussing it, when, without a moment's notice, the sea forw: to swell up to meet the lowering sky aud swept the bark acro.s her bows, oar ing away her foretopmast, rs gallantmast, jib, jibboom, foretopmast stays and mainto) tmast, with all their accompanyii sails. In a moment, as it seemed, the bark, wit! all sail set and in a fair wind, with a moderate soa, was left acomparative wreck to wallow in the trough of the tremendous seas which had followed the spiral volume of water. Two minutes before the catastrophe | Captain Harper says there was no indication of the approaching waterspout. Its sudden appearance seemed to nearly ne ths crew, who, notwith- standing her dismantled condition, workod the bark into Vineyard Haven, where she ‘was sutliciently re- paired to reach Red Hook, where she now lies, A RADICAL CHANGE. AMENDING THE BY-LAWS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE POOR. At the monthly meeting of the New York Associ- | ation for Improving the Condition of the Poor, held | | in the society's office, in the Bible House, yesterday afternoon, an important chenge was made in the by- Jaw bearing upon the question of membership. The article formerly read:— on who becoraes an annual subscriber, a mem- ory committes or a visitor shall be a inember sociation. Yesterday this provision was blotted out and the following substituted :— an ernctiaiins rd cunelet of a Beard of Jay per 4 to be ne sate kuminaiton et a cominittee appointed Tur that purpose, ‘The meeting was strictly private, reporters being excluded, At Its conclusion Recording Secretary Abbe reported that nothing but routine business had boon transacted, with the exception of the passage of the ainendment above given, which was tnanimously mlopted, The committee on nominations appointed consints of Mesars. Henry Pellew, John Browne and George W. Abbe. Tho change thus effected is re- garded with special good will by the old officers and members of ‘he sasoctation, though other members have opposed it and complaints have been made that the officers intended to resolve the society into a close corporation, securing their own positions as long as they desired, But this state of things seems to have ravtically existed from the beginning, for changes hi the goverment of the association are extremely rare, ite officers being re-elected almost invariably, RECKIPTS AXD EXPENKES. Auother ap ye against the anagement of the association is that ite hen yg ed are out of all propor- | tion to ite receipts, and thet a yreat deal of money ited for charitable ye woes toward tho | payment of secretaries and assistants. The perma: | nent fund, conrposed chiefly of old subscriptions and bequests, now amounts to $58,004. Of this | #00 is invested in six per cent gov bonds, remainder in government four and s Th terest on this amounts to upward of $5,000 a year, and is devoted to the part payment of runnin The remainder is taken from curren’ Pp from prospective receipts. the running expenses for the $9,000 wad the anonnt of mone; the poor was in the neighborhoo ring the thirty-five years of its existe red the association has distributed, weary §1,800,0Nq 4 ‘ ' : j ' |