The New York Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1879, Page 4

THE STATE CAPITAL, Pretended Anxiety to Reduee Sal- aries in New York. TALK WITHOUT ACTION. Hepburn’s Read a Third Timea BROOKLYN’S COMPLAINTS, Steam Cars Rendering Life Intolerable on Atlantic Avenue. DEMOCRATIC SENATORS’ TRIUMPH. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HTRALD.] Aupany, Feb, 19, 1879. ‘The question of the reduction of salaries came up again before the Committee on Cities this afternoon. Not a representative of the municipal government of the metropolis was present. Ex-Police Commis- sioner Disbecker flitted in and out of the committee toom during the session. Assemblyman Strahan again addressed the committee in advocacy of his till directing a deduction of twenty per cent of the silary estimates for 1880, which, he claims, would save $2,000,000 in the aggregate yearly. He con- tended that the public demanded a reduction, and the city would be baukrupt if things went on as they were. Mr. Hanlahan asked him if he were in favor of the reduction of salaries of firemen, school teachers and policemen? Mr. Strahan seemed to evade this question. ‘The gentleman then suggested that the Board of Apportionment should haye power to make this reduction. Mr. Mann, one of the committee from Rensselaer, remarked that he could not see why the salaries of these officials should not be reduced as well as those of others. Everything had decreased since gold came to par. Mr. Strahan replied that he would leave it with the Board of Ap- portionment to determine whether the salaries of firemen, policemen and school teachers should be re- duced, TIMES HAVE CHANGED, Mr. Hayes called attention to the fact that Gov- ernor Robinson last year vetoed a bill giving this board a similar power. Mr. Strahan replied that the Governor would sign the bill this year on account of the great demand for reduction; that the gentle- man's political views had changed; that the munici- pal government in New York city had changed; that public opinion had changed and principles had changed. This last assertion created a broad laugh at the expense of the speaker. Mr. Hanlahan suggested that the heads of all the various commissions in New York city should be reduced in salary. Mr. Strahan answered that he would incorporate such a provision in his bill. It was finaily agreed that the measure should be reported for the consideration of the House. It is also understood that an amendment will be made deducting the $2,000,000 from all estimates for the support of the efty government, except moneys raised for State purposes and interest on bonds. In other words, the $2,000,000 is to come off the salaries and departmental expenses, Consid- erable discussion is indulged in here as to the apathy exhibited by political leaders of all parties in New York city and the different reform organizations in connection with the Salary bill. BY (0 DE FAVORABLY REPOUTED, The Commi! n Cities has also agreed to report favorably Mr. Hayes’ bill in relation to the Five Points House of Industry, giving $2 per head per month for the support of children in that institu- tion; Hayes’ bill in rejation to the disposition of arbaye, street sweepings and other refuse matter in rooklyn and New York, directing that such material shall be dumped one wile beyond the outer buoys; Hayes’ bill in relation to the Commissioner of Jurors, making the salary of that official $5,000 instead of $15,000, and giving the ap- poiutment to the Chief Justices of the Common Pleas, Superior and Marine courts, instead of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Commissioner Dunlap’s term expires on May 1. The same committee will also report Hayes’ Dill relative to the city of New Ga acquiring title to lands under water adjoining Yard's Island, and the bill t» protect amateur oars- men rowing on the Hudson River opposite Washing- ton Heights, 1 BURNS REAPPORTIONMENT BILL, ionment ghost ¢ suddenly to-day plicuns and keep the army of democrats on the anxious seat for burn’s bill giving twenty- y r New York and thirteen to Kings was called up unexpectedly in Committee of The appo the Wh and ordered to a third reading without amendment. The usual debate was indulged in, the points of which we have been familiar with tor the past three years. The democrats, headed by Messrs Brooks and Grady ot New York and Messrs Flynn and Douglass of Brooklyn, made rigorous speeches in denunciation of the neglect of “88 & proper apportionment bill. he express themselves obnox- ious to Mr. Hepburn’s proposition. ‘The citizens of these two cities may congratulate themselves if the Dill as it now stands becomes a law. Four additional ‘ew York and four to Brook- venes that the repub- or inean to pass so fair a ill, and that the as disgra connectio! d the last session of the Legislature in this RAPID TRANSIT IN BROOKLYN. The Railroad Committees of Assembly gave a third hearing this evening to t r ute and ad- voeates of rapid transit in Fulton and Atlantic ave- nes, Bro Arguments were made by ex-Mayor Sehroed rporation Cd tt in opposi- gentlemen jority of the property owners were lh & proposition, Messrs. Hart, MeCabe, Boeckel, president of the Ocean Hili Association; Charles K, Milier and iT these Jnupre others «poke in support of. building roads oF went routes Mr, Miller argued that a majority of the property owners really favored the idea, that it would ring trade by the flow of travel to both avenues, as it did on the Third and Sixth aventios in New York; that passengers could go in Ofteen minutes to distances that now took an hour iu the horse cars; that it was inconsistent on the part of Mr. Schroeder to claim that the road would injure property on Fulton avenue, while it was a well known fact that he advo- cated the erection of a road on Atlantic avenue, where he was interested as a stockholder in axtreet railroad company. It was further argued that the Brooklyn City Railroad Company were the real opponents, the same as the ‘Third and Sixth avenue companies in New York, and not the people of Brooklyn. It was admitted that the residents were at first opposed to this rapid transit road, but now the property owners on the line of Atlantic and Pulton avennes were absolutely in favor of ite con. struction, ‘The committee agreed to give a fourth hearing on Thursday week to those in favor of the project. RAILROAD CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN LIFE. An effort will be made in the Assembly by’Mr, ‘Thomas J, Sheridan, of Brooklyn, to. pass a bill pro- hibiting the use of steam upon Atlantic and Flatbush avenues in that city. It appears that no less than twenty-five persons have loxt their lives in crossing the tracks of this railroad during the past year. In the summer time about two hundred trains pase over the road daily, It is further «tated that Atlantic avenue was paved some time ago with Guidet pave- ment, costing the city of Brooklyn over $200,000, Ot course, this money ultimately came out of the pockets of tne property hold in the vicinity. The thoroughfare is next handed over to a railroad company to run their steam cara, endangering the lives of the community and destre the property of citizens along Atlantic and F sik avention, These are the arguments and stat put forward by the aavoeates of the bill, If they are true some reform should be made in the management of the road if the running forty ton steam en- ines overt is not actaaliy taken away by he Legislature. Ac AIM WORTH EXAMINING Mr. Grady i in the in ne of the « ‘ him to be due on his « a, for repairing the paver city, muy recover th manded, provided it shall. appear by competent pot on the trial of said actio » anid Charles Guidet, in good faith, furnished the materi- als and performed the work called for by said con tract, and that the same were received, appropriated aud tsed by said city to its own and the pul and benoit; and provided farther, that the value thereof be proved on ssid trial to be the contract price claimed by him, or if less, then that said judg- Meut be modified and recovered accordingly. TLLPGAL WHAREAGE CHARGES, Ieennears to be well nudorstood here that a pum. Reapportionment Bill | ber of dock and wharf owners in New York city and Brooklyn, acting im league with certain harbor mas- ters, port wardens and other officials, have for seme years past indulged in a system of blackmail by charging illegal fees in the nature of wharfage. Assembly was occupied for a short tune to-day in discussing @ bill making such conduct on the | part of wharf owners a misdemeanor, punishable | ‘The dill itself seems | by fine and imprisonment. to be a good one, as far as it aims to protect owners and captains of vessels from imposition in this re- spect. It has not yet been ordered to a third read- ing, but was simply progressed in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Grady made an unsuecessful attempt to have it referred back to the Committee on Commerce and Navigation, from which it had beon originaily reported, TAXATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY. Mr. Williams has introduced a bil! in the Assem- bly which repeals the exemption statutes as tochurch and clerical property. ‘TRE SUPREME COURT. Mr. Youngs introduced a bill to perfect an amend- ment to the constitution, relative to the Supreme Court. It provides that section six shall be amended so that it will read as follows:—There shall be the existing Supreme Court with general jurisdiction in law and equity, subject to such appellate jurisdic tion of the Court of Appeals as now is or may be prescribed by law, and it shall be composed of the Justices now in office, with one additional justice, to be elected as hereinafter provided, who shall be continued during their respective terms and of their successors. The existing judicial districts of the State are continued until changed pursuant to this section. Five of the justices shall reside in the district in which is the city of New York and five in the Second Judicial district and four in each of the other districts. “The Legislature may alter the districts without increasing the number, once after every enumeration, under the constitution, of the inhabitants of the State. The bill provides for the yoting, the ballots and the boxes on the proposed amendment. BRIBERY AT THE POLLS, Mr. Youngs also brought in a bill to preserve the purity of elections. It provides that if any person shall demand, receive or offer to receive any money or valuable thing compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at an election, or if any person shall pay, offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to con- tribute to” another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at any election, or shall make any promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such yote, or shall by menace or other corrupt means or device whatever, either directly or indirectly, attempt to influence any elector of the State in giving his vote or ballot, or deter him from giving the same, or disturb or hinder him in the free exercise of the right of suffrage at any general or local election held pursuant to law in’ this State and shali thereot be convicted, such person so offending and convicted shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined, 1m- prisoned or excluded from the right of suffrage ac- cording to the discretion of the Court before which such conviction shall be had, such fine not to exceed $500, nor such imprisonment one year, nor such ex- clusion from the right of suffrage ten years, Also to protect and preserve the purity of primary meetings, caucuses aud conyentions of political parties in this State. It provides that any person who shall, by bribery, violence or other corrupt means or device whatsoever, either directly or in- directly, influence any person, delegate ‘or sub- stitute, entitled, under the call of any politi- cal party of ' this State, to vote in any primary meeting, caucts or convention of any such party, such person offending and con- victed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined or imprisoned, according to the discre- tion of the Court before which such conviction shall be had, such fine in no case to exceed $250, nor such imprisonment six months. DUTIES OF CORONERS, Mr. Beckwith introduced a measure to limit the functions ot coroners and create the office of medical examiner, It provides that from and after the elec- tion or appointment of medical examiners, as herein- after provided, the duties of coroners shall no longer relate to the investigation of cases of sudden or violent deaths, nor to the care and disposition of the bodies of persons found dead, nor to persons danger- ously injured by violence or otherwise. The number of coroners shall be determined and fixed by the Board of Supervisors in each county. They shall assume the charge of wrecks, shall serve papers and execute process in stits in’ which the Sheriff isa party, and shall execute the office of sheriff under the same conditions and circumstances as it is now law- ful or them to do. The manner of their election and their term of office shall remain the same as be- fore the passage of this act. SUNDAY PROCESSIONS, Mr, Kidmann’s bill to amend chapter 590 of the Laws of 1872, amends the act so as to make it read as fol- low ‘All processions and parades on Sunday, in any street or public place of any city, excepting only funeral processions, engaged in the actual burial of the dead, and. processions to and from any lace of worship in connection with a re- Figious “service there celebrated, are” forbidden; and in nosuch excepted case shall tliere be any music, fireworks, discharge of cannon or firearms or other disturbing noise; provided that in auy military or Grand Army of the Republic tuneral music may be Played while escorting the body, but such music shall not be played withim one block of any place of worship where worship is being cclebrated, SUMMARY INVESTIGATION OF OFFICIALS. Mr. Fish will, at the first opportunity, introduce a bill for the summary investigation of county and municipal expenditures, which provides that i twenty-five frecholders in any incorporated village, town or city shall present to any Justice of the Su- preme Court an affidavit setting forth that they be- lieve the public moneys are being unlawfully or cor- ruptly expended such Justice, on ten days’ notice to the disbursing cfficer ‘and the legislative body of the locality shall direct a summary investi- gation into the affairs of the corporation complained of, and at his discretion may appoint experts to pro- secute the investigation and publish the results of the same. The officials or legislative body com- plained of shall afford facilities for the investigation of be punished as for contempt. The costs incurred shall be taxed by the Justice and paid upon his order by the disbursing officer of the corporation investi- gated. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ‘The Judiciary Committee of the Assembly gave another hearing this afiernoon in the matter of the New York Mutual Lite Ingurance Conipany rebate ard Professor Elizur Wright, of Boston, read a jong theoretical dissertation on lite _insur- taking the ground that the Mutusl Febate plan was wrong in policy He. was followed by Sheppard Homans, actuary of the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society. He maintained that the reserve fund of the Mutual Life was accumulated for and belonged to the old or at members, aud that when the com- pany drew upon it to pay tor getting new members it was like the trustees of a savings bank using the deposits of old depositors to secure new ones with. WAR ON STRIPED STOCKINGS IN THE SENATE. The daughter of a prominent State official is lying very ill in consequence of poisoning by wearing striped stockings. To prevent the sale of such dan- gerous goods her father drafted the following bill, which was introduced in the Senate to-day :— Recrios 1.—Any person who shall manufacture for sale, of who shali knowingly sell or permit to be sold by another for his benefit, any poisoned or polsonons goods or gar: r dangerous to h every tuch nent ‘or in consequence of ents sbail have «right firm, association n against the person or ps or corporate body, or for whom such were manufactured or sold, for all damage uplary damages. he triai of any acti the mannfacture or sale 0 ‘arments shail be pret © party prosecuted of sor garments sustained, and IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC SQUARES, According to promise made some weeks since Senator Eociesine introduced another bill calling tor the improvement of public squares m New York. ‘The present bill authorizes the Board of Avsessment and Apportionment to raise $50,000 to be expended during the present year in mproving the public squares or places along the line of Fourth avenue, between Sixty-seventh and Ninety-sixth streets, A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY, A question in which the democrats in the Senate won by « votefor the firet time in soveral years arse over the following resolution offered by Senator Mevarthy :— Wherous the Leziglatnre of 187% apnraprinted $5,000 to be expen the authority of the Comptrotior, in ex- amining affairs and business administra tion of any a for the insane, State prison, refage, or other charitable teformatory ho t The | his Tammany war paint and feathers. When Senator Eeclesine pA the floor to reply he touched up the republican party in relation to the Conk- | ling-Hayes division, and said it would be time enough to talk of his bei shorn of his war paint a year hence, He detailed several attempts made by the democracy to secure a reap- portionment, ‘and claimed that the republican party was responsible for their failure. The message was made a special order for Wednesday next. NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. A GENERAL AND SWEEPING REDUCTION oF ; SALARIES PROPOSED. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Trenton, Feb, 19, 1879. The republican caucus last night decided to cut down the salaries of the judiciary, State officials, county clerks and prosecutors of the pleas, As a consequence, in the Senate to-day Mr. Francis intro- duced a series of bills, which takes away all fees and fixes the annual salaries as follows:—Clerks of counties of over 100,000 inhabitants, $8,000; be- tween 40,000 and 100,000, not less than $1,200 uor more than $3,000; between 20,000 and 40,000, not less than $500 nor more than $1,200; less than 20,000, not less than $200 nor more than $500, Prose- cutors of the Pleas—In counties of 100,000 population or more, not less than $4,000 nor more than $4,000; between 40,000 and 100,000, not less than $1,200 nor more than $3,500; between 20,000 and 40,000, not less than $500 nor more than $1,200; less than 20,000, not less than $200 nor more than $500. The Chancellor, $10,000; Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court, $4,500; Associate Justices, each, $8,000. Another bill is in preparation to cut down the fees of sheriffs, The common belief is that those officials in Hudson and Essex counties receive Jess than $40,000 a year apiece. Senator Bodine introduced a bill to provide for a State Board of Lunacy, the managers of the lunatic asylums at Trenton and Morristown to constitute such Board, who shall report annually to the Governor. A Dill was introduced providing for the more certain relief of insane paupers and indigent insane persons. Mr. Nichols introduced a bill to prevent betting on horse racing. Mr. Fiedler brought in an act for the better protec- tion of depositors in banks, savings banks and trust companies; provides that the managers and directors of such institutions shall be liable for the full amount of the deposits in case there should be a col- lapse. Mr Ramsey's bill provides that the salaries of County Superintendents shull be:—In counties of 25,000 inhabitants, $300; between 25,000 and 0,000, between 5,000 and 75,000, $900, and over 75,000, $1,200. A bill was introduced by Senator Francis curtailing the fees of the clerks of the Supreme Court and in Chancery thirty per cent. A joint meeting was held in the afternoon, when three State Prison Inspectors were elected, the names of whom appeared in the Henatp to-day. NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURIST. TRENTON, Feb. 19, 1879. The State Agricultural Society met here to-day and elected the following officers for the ensuing year:— President—Thomas T. Kinney, Newark. Secretary— P. T. Quinn, Newark. Executive Committee—W. M. Force, Newark; ev-Governor Newell, Allentown; Chalkley Albertson, Haddonfield; Charles E. Elmer, Bridgeton; Professor George H. Cook, New Brans- wick. Professor P. Townsend Austen was chosen chemist of the Board. BISHOP FOLEY’S DEATH. SKETCH OF THE ACTIVE AND USEFUL CAREER OF THE DISTINGUISHED PRELATE—HIS DEATH THE RESULT OF A SEVERE COLD—FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Cuicaao, Feb, 19, 1879. The Right Rev. Thomas Foley, D. D., Bishop, ad- ministrator of the Catholic diocese of Chicago, died at his residence, No. 278 Ohio street, in this city, at forty-five minutes past three o’clock this morning. In his last moments he was attended by his two brothers and Dr. Riordan, Chancellor of the diocese, and Dr. McMullen, the Vicar General. He was con- scious and passed away without any perceptible struggle. The deceased was aware that his end was near and was perfectly resigned to his fate afew days ago. On Monday morning he requested Dr. McMullen to admister the last rights of the Church to him. He received the extreme unction, partook of the last sacrament and was anointed and calmly and resignedly prepared for the end. PROGRESS OF THE DISKASE. A little more than three wecks ago Bishop Foley visited Baltimore, and while there attended a funeral. Exposure to the inclement weather at the cemetery threw him into a chill and brought upon him a severe cold, Upon his return home a few days later his ailment culminated in bronchial pneumonia, which at once prostrated him upon his bed and assumed such @ violent phase that it was thought he would not survive through the day. The constant attention of several of the most noted physicians of the city, together with the untiring nursing of friends, alleviated for the time his sufferings and gave hope that the disease had been conquered and that final restoration of health was but a question of time; but a Telapse came on snd the Bishop's strength com. menced to fail. A complication of disorders seemed to set in, The pneumonia had given way to typhus, and the latter was aggravated by an abdominal in- flammation. The great physical resources of the man were overwrought, and quietly and peacefully the victim of malignant disorders passed away at the hour above mentioned. ACADEMIC AND CLERICAL CAREER, The Right Rev. Thomas Foley, Bishop of Pergamus in partibus infidelium, coadjutor and administrator of the Catholic diocese of Chicago, was a native of Balti- more, Md., where he was born in March, 1822, His parents wero Irish and came to this country from county Wexford, Ireland. His earliest tuition was received at St. Mary's College, in Baltimore, the preparatory school of which institution he en- tered when ten years of age. He matricu- lated, and in 1840, at the age of eightcen, was graduated with the degree of A. B. His mind had been turned to religious subjects and he decided to enter the Church. Connecting himself with the theological seminary attached to Hege he studied six ye t 16, 1846, in Baltini cleston, Archbishop and metropolitan. Subsequently he was appointed to take charge of the Catholic missions in Montgomery county, Md., offi- ciating there four months. He was mi assistant pastor of St. Patrick's in Washington, D. being the venerable Father Matthews. In that parish he passed two years, and was then called to the Buiti- Cathedral, where he labored twenty-one yeurs. In 1451 he became secretary to Archbishop Kendrick, and was also Chancellor of the archdiocese of Balti- more; while later he held similar positions under the late Archbishop Spalding. In 1467 he became Vicar General ot the archdiocese of Baltimore, filling that important position until he was removed to Chicago. BISHOP IN PAITIBUS. Bishop Foley was not in reality Bishop of Chicago, but only administrator of the diocese, In 1868 Bishop Duggan became insane and was therefore unable to attend to the affairs of his charge. When Bishop id appoint one ni whereas, if such exam yrmation therein has been a Legislature of Joginlati o Compirolier be es the earliest practicable day such fneta and information as he may have obtained by «uch examina tion tonching the financial condition and business admin. istration of auch institutions, Senator Jacobs protested vigorously against Mr. Apyar’s name being inserted in the resolution. it looked, he said, like a personal attack upon that gen- tleman, He moved to amend by substituting for his name the words “such agent.” Senator McCarthy, in reply, said that it was © matter of com. mon repute that Mr. Apgar, instead of devoting himself to tie work, had spent much of his time while travelling about in political intriguing The question being put on the motion to amend by striking out Mr. Apgar’s name many republicans did not vote, while the vemocrats were unanimous in the afirmative. The result was a tie vote—12 to 12—and amid much laughter the President announced that he cast his vote in the affirmative, carrying the amendment. The resolu- tion was then adopted, RESPONSIBILITIES OF STOCKHOLDERS, Senator Wendover introduced a bill providing that “Whenever default shall be made in the payment of any debt or liability contracted after July 1, 1890, by any corporation or joint stock association organized for banking #08, the stockholders of stich cor- poration shail be individually responsible in addition to the sum invested in snech stock, equally and wholly, to the amount of their respective shares of Rpts, UNCOMBE OVER THE MESEAGE, At noon the Governor's Message was the special order again, Mr. ‘Turner took the floor and argued at length against the statement that the republican party is responsible for ot rewpportioning the He was qitizzed several times by Senator and retaliated by — suggesting that . the caricaturist, aud the artist Hunt should be engayed to paint in one of the panels of the Chamber a biu picture of Mr. EB clesina, shorn of Foley was raised to the episcopal dignity from the position of Viear Genéral of the archdiocese of Balti- more he had to be given a bishopric. He could not be made Bishop of Chicago, for this diocese had a bishop already. He was therefore made Bishop of Pergamus tn partibus infidelium, and agsigned to the diocese of Chicago, with all the powers ot a bishop, to administer its affairs during the infirmity or ill- ness of Bishop Duggan, who is still in an insane asylum in St. Louis. AN EFFICIENT WORKER. ‘The dead Bishop was a man of great business ca- ity. His enterprise was proverbial. Since he vame administrator he has erected no less than twenty-five churches, schools, &c., besides seeing various other institutions of the kind come into existence and flourish under his benign rule. The great work of his life was the rebuilding of the Cathedral of the Holy Name. This edifice, which cost almost $300,000 to raise from its ashes, is one of the finest churches in the country pd is the largest and most costly odifice of the kind in Chi- 0. bow 118 BURIAL, The Bishop’s desire was that he be buried in his family lot at Baltimore. In his will he has men- tioned this desire and directed that his remains shall be #0 disposed of. In accordance with his wishes the Chancellor of the diocese this pegged announced that the remains would be taken to Baltimore for interment on Friday next, atter services: have been performed ¢ them here. At halt-past ten o'clock Friday morning & solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated in the Cathedral of the Holy Name, It is not known whether there will be any public demonstration on the day of his funeral in this city or not. The prob- abilities are that the Catholic societies ot the city— German, French, American, Irish, Bohemian, Polish and Italian, having ® total membership of 30,000— will turn out to escort the remains from the church to the depot. THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOR. He leaves the diocese in splendid condition finam cially, containing upward ot 100 churches and 240,000 communicants, Vicar Genoral Me Mullen is ad- ministrator of the diocese to-day and will remain 60 ‘until the uew bishov is avpointed, OBITUARY. BEV. REUBEN NELSON, D. D. Rev. Reuben Nelson, D. D., senior publisher and book agent in charge of the Methodist Book Concern in this city, was so low at half-past twelve last night that his physicians were of opinion that he could not live many hours. Several members of the Book Concern and his physician were in attendance at his residence in the Westmoreland apartment house, at the corner of Union square and East Seventeenth street. Dr. Nelson was a prominent clergyman in the Methodist Church, and had en- tered on his sixty-first year, having been born De- cember 13, 1818, at Andes, N. Y. His early education was received at Hartwick Semi- nary, after which he entered Union College and received there a degree of Master of Arts. He was subsequently made Doctor of Divinity at Dickin- son College. He had been licensed to exhort at sev- enteen and to preach at eighteen, and entered the itinerant ministry in the Oneida annual con- ference in 1838, During his pastoral work he was twice appointed presiding elder of the Wyoming dis- trict. He was early designated for the work of Chris- tian education, and was for a time principe of Otsego my at Cooperstown, N. 1844 he founded the Wyoming Conference Seminary at Kingston, Pa., and continued in this work for twenty-eight years, with the exception of a single year's work as presiding elder. For several successive years he held the post of Secretary of the Wyoming Conference, which body he represented in the General Conference for the last five successive quadrennial sessions, In each case he was elec at the head of his conference delegation. In the General Conference at Baltimore in 1876 he was elected chairman of the Standing Committee. He was soon after chosen to the management of the Book Concern, and elected treasurer of the General Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, He has always worked in consonance with the lay agent, John M. Phillips, in the management of the Book Concern, and much of _ its success is due to his indefatigable labor. An idea of the extensive interests of this concern and labor in its management may be had when the four branches—Boston, San Francisco, Syra- cuse and Pittsburg—are taken into account. Dr. Nelson was a superior business man as well as a firm adherent of the Methodist Church. He was taken ill some weeks ago. It was, howe expected that he would be abont again, but he was stricken with par- alysis of the left side on Saturday night, since which time his death has been hourly expected. ROBERT G. HATFIELD, Robert G. Hatfield, who died on Tuesday evening last, at his residence, No. 410 Grand avenue, Brook. lyn, was one of New York’s most prominent archi- tects and the projector of many of its large build- ings. He was born in Elizabeth, N. J., on June 15, 1815, but at an early age his parents re- moved to the metropolis, After receiving a preliminary education in the public schools he was apprenticed to a carpenter and learned that business in all its details. So proficient hed he become that at the age of twenty-two he was placed in charge of & gang of men as their foreman. He entered an architect's office at twenty-three and rose to a commanding position in his profession. So well known was he among architects that in every ques- tion of ute, involving at times many thousands of dollars, he ‘was appointed as referee in the settlement of claims. He planned the Seamen's Sav- ings Bank _ buildin the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company building, the City Bank building and the White Plains Court House, besides inany buildings of less note. He projected the publication of the American House Carpenter in 1844, and became its editor. “The Theory of Trans- verse Strains and Their Application to the Construc- tion of Buildings,” published by him at the begin- ning of 1878, was considered an able effort. Mr. Hat- field was treasurer of the American Institute of ‘Architects for many years, and chief officer of the New York Chapter of the Order, a director of the Hamilton Fire Insurance Company and a member of the Clinton Avenue Baptist Church. CAPTAIN J. C, PATTERSON. Captain J. C. Patterson, a venerable and respected citizen of Monmouth county, N. J., died on his farm, in Howell township, on Saturday last, in his nine- tieth year. He was one of the very few men who have enjoyed the privilege ot living undor every administration since the formation of our government, being four years old when Washington was first inaugurated President. Captain Patterson had always resided in the county of his birth (Monmouth), except during the period of the 1812 war, in which he served with distinction as acaptain, Although an ardent whig and repub- lican he took but little interest 1n politics. For fifty consecutive years ho was Assessor of Taxes ot Howell township and held the position at the time of his death. The township was strongly opposed to his political views. His upright and satisfactory administration always carried him through the canvass without personal effort, how- ever, and generally with a decided majority. Captain Patterson leaves five sons—Coionel A. H. Patterson, ex-President of the New Jeracy Senate; G. W. Patter- son, author of the New Jersey General Railroad law; Frank Patterson, of Martinsburg, W. Va.; J. C. Pat- tereon of the New Jersey National Guard; Charles W. Patterson, keeper of Sandy Hook lighthouse for the t eighteen years—an appointee of President Lincoln. He also leaves a widowed daughter, Mrs, Sarah Johnson, the efficient assistant keeper of Sandy-Hook lights, EDWARD D. DENNIS. Mr. Edward D. Dennis died at his residence, No. 362 State street, Brooklyn, on the 18th inst., of dis- ease of the liver, in the forty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Dennis was born in the town of Wilson, Niagara county, N. Y. When about sixteen years of ago he came to this city with the determination of going to sea, His friend, the late Dr. Isaacs, persuaded him not to do so, and he entered a wholesale drug house asaclerk, In 1853 he went to the Isthmus of Panama in the service of the Panama Railroad Company. He soon became the yeneral freight and ticket agent of the road, # position ne held for several years. The last year he was on the isthmus he was the agent for Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express. He left the isthmus in 1864 and was for a year or two in the office of Wells, Fargo & Co., in this city. About twelve years ago he became a member of the firm of Marcial & commission merchants, now ot No. 46 Broadway. For several years past, and at the time of his death, he was the head or senior member of the firm. ‘He was gentle and unassuming in his manners and had the faculty of makit many friends, among whom he was kuown as a genial com- anion and @ inan of the strictest integrity. He eaves ® wifeand one sou. His funeral will take place, from his late residence, at one o'clock to-day, His 6 will be interred in Greenwood Cemetery. COREY BARBOUR. Mr. Corey Barbour died at four o'clock yesterday morning at Terre Haute, Ind., aged seventy-two years. He had been actively engaged in business in that city for the past thirty years. He leaves a for- tune of over $100,000 to be divided between his wife and three brothers. FRANK E. FRYE. The death is announced of Frank E. Frye, Ameri- can Consul at Omoa, Honduras. He was buried at Ruatan on the 11th inst. The Governor and all the prominent officials of the Bay Islands attended out of respect to the deceased. HENRY G. GLADDING. Henry G. Gladding, a well known citizen, for thirty years cashier of the Exchange Bank, died sud- deniy at Providence, R. 1., yesterday morning of heart e, aged seventy-five years, JAMES 8. HOPKINS. James 8. Hopkins, a former president of tho Orange County Agricultural Society, and owner ot the premium farm of the county, died at Goshen, N. Y., on Tuesday, aged sixty. LONG ISLAND CITY REFORM. The special committees having in charge the fram- ing of amendinents to the charter of Long Island City completed their work yesterday by determining the reductions to be made in the salaries of officials and the amounts to be appropriated annually for de- partments, The following is a «ummary of the pro- posed reduction:—The Mayor from $2,500 to $1,500; corporation counsel, $2,000 to $1,200; captain of police, $1,800 to $1,000; sergeants, $1,300 to $400; atrolmen, $400 to $600; justice of peace, $1,500 to i200; superintendent of schools, $1,500 to $s00; sanitary inspector, $1,000 to $500; city clerk, $1,200 to $1,000, The grand total raised for all purposos this year was $100,739 55, and the reductions proposed bring it down to $67,201 64—a saving of $42,447 91, It was proposed to abolish the office of Superin- tendent of schools, but it wax discovered that the city received $400 from the State on account of his salary, and it was determined to retain the office, All fines in criminal cases are to be applied to the Fire Department fu ‘The offices of recorder and civil justice are to be abolished, and a justice of the peace elected who shall have both civil and criminal Jurisdiction, The nutaber of polive is to be fifteen instead of thirty-one. A motion to abolish the $500 salary to the Aldermen was lost, was a motion by Mr. Willy Wallach that no person should be eligible as an) Alderman = who, was not 4 citizen and a er, It | was determined, however, it seven Alder. men instead of fitteen. There are to be no more Po- lice Commissioners, their duties to be hereatter per formed by the Mayor aud # committee of the Co m . ‘The office of overseer of the poor is hed, and the duties performed by the two -large. The duties of the Pabiie Works er shall devolve on the Common Council on binwcts. Com Committee NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. CATHARINE RICHARDS’ DEATH, CONTINUATION OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST My- RON A, BUEL, ON TRIAL FOR HER MURDER— BLOOD AND PROOFS OF VIOLENCE FoUND— THE PRISONER'S STATEMENTS MATERIALLY CONTRADICTED. (bY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Coorrrstowy, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1879, Daniel G. Bowen resumed his testimony this morn- ing, when he was cross-examined very adroitly by Counsellor Morgan, but nothing new or startling was elicited, Bowen was on the stand over four hours, John L. Davis was next sworn. He was the neighbor who called at’Richards’ house on an errand, and who met Buel at the barn and had a conversation with him in the stable where the bull and calves were con- fined. He testified frankly. He seid he saw Cath- arine and Miss Jones at the house about three P. M.; Catharine was washing dishes; passing out he met Buel and went to the stable; next went to the potato patch adjoining the Richards premises; saw John Pugh, who was at work there; both noticed the mare and colt in Richards’ pasture; next went to the hop yard, where Bowen was work- ing alone; then passed down toward the house, and passing the cow stable saw the bull and calves in their proper places, the same as they had occupied when he was talking with Buel a short time before; passed on to the road and went home; when witness last saw Buel he was entering the cheese house. Evan L. Jones, sworn:—My farm adjoins that of Richards; on the afternoon of the 25th, the day of the murder, with hired man, was drawing stone; be- tween three and four o'clock I saw the Richards mare and colt in his meadow; drove them into Rich- ards’ pasture and fixed the fence; the animals were in sight all of the afternoon; last noticed them at a. quarter of four, when they were near the elm tree in Kichards’ pasture. Nathan Burgess, sworn:—Am a fish pedler; was driving by Richards’ between three and four o'clock on the day of the murder; passed the straw stack near the road; saw no one; saw some one near the ‘west end of the cow barn; thought it was Buel; saw no one else about the premises; in passing the house I noticed the windows were down and the curtains up; arrived home at five minutes past four. A LAWYER AS A WITNESS, George M. Aylesworth, sworn:—I voluntarily as- sumed the character of detective, counsel to the Cor- oner and witness for the people at the inquest; closely questioned Buel the day after the murder: Buel grew excited and angry; said he drove the mare out of the meadow after changing his doots, described the route he took and was very contradictory in his statements: found tracks ‘and fitted Buel’s boots to the tracks; found blood on the stable door, also on a new board in the floor; put the bullin a stanchion and experimented to sce if he could free himself; he could not; several others tried it; examined his horns, found no trace of blood; found a strap and rope, alxo a milking stool with blood on it; it ap) like blood; believed 1t was blood. This witness was taken in hand by Counsellor James Lynes and subjected to a scathing cross fire. Both asa lawyer and a witness he appeared to poor advantage. He was on the stand at six P. M. when the Court adjourned and will resume at nine A. M. to-morrow. CHARACTER OF THE BULL. To-day’s testimony developed much that is unfa- vorable to the prisoner, and but one point which sus- tains at all the bull theory. John Pugh, who was at work in the potato atch, testified hat he had worked - for ichards, and thonght the bull was ugly. Bowen testified this morning that # month or longer previous to the iragedy., while driving the bull with the cows to pas- re, the bull turned upon him; that he hit him on ¢ nose with a club; thought the bull intended him injury. This slight evidence of the ugly character of the bull is all thus far developed which suggests the bull as the possible cause of the girl’s death. TENDENCY OF THY TESTIMONY. That the poor girl was suddenly and violently de- patted of lite by human hends is generally believed. ‘he evidence now in not only strengthens this be- lief, but tends to weave about the prisoner a web from which it will be difficult to extricate him. One of the witnesses to-day assured the writer that the strongest facts are held in reserve by the prosecu- tion; that something of astartling nature will be produced when the tactics of the defence become evident. BUELL'S STATEMENT IMPEACHED. The testimony of Davis, Pugh and Jones to-day pretty etfectually disposes of Bucll’s evidence at tho inquest respecting his return of the mare and colt to the pasture and the repairing of the tence, for at the time he claims to have done tnis and during the time it was possible for him to have done so Jones was either driving said mare from his premises, fixing tho fence or saw her quietly standing near the elm tree in Richards’ pasture. Davis and Pugh alxo noticed the mare and colt in the pasture about the same time. Had Buell done as he stated, Miss Jones, who during the afternoon sat at the window, in full view of the alleged repair in the fence, would have seen him beyond doubt. She testifies she did not, but she did see Davis, who, after calling at the house, went through the front yate into the highway. CUMULATIVE PROOF AGAINST BUELL. As to the blood found on the stable door, the fact is not yet fully established. It was shown ‘by Bowen and Aylesworth that these blood marks, atter their discovery, had been whittled from the door and re- moved, As to the fact of blood on the boot and on the new piece of floor, it seems indisputable. Tae reasons therefore are not so plain. More evidence was produced to-day showing the sensual inclinations of the prisoner. Pugh testified that spring, some time betore Catharine's death, he worked for Richards with Buell. The prisoner turned the conversation upon Catha- rine and remarked with gusto, “What a ripping good woman she would make.” These conversations but add strength to those testified to by Bowen yester- day respecting the designs of Buell upon the dead girl's virtue. Yet, notwithstandin; the for- midable array of — circumstautial evidence against the prisoner, his counsel are confident that he will escape conviction. He remains in- variably cool and betrays no signs of fear or surprise at any stage of the proceedings. afternoon he read the morning papers. When he is conducted to and from court by his jailer a large crowd cumbers the sidewalks anxious to view him. His counsel will perv themselves to their utmost to prevent his con- viction. SUSPECTED WIFE MURDER. 2 A WOMAN FOUND DEAD BY HER DAUGHTER AT BAY SHORE, L. I,—INDICATIONS OF FOUL PLAY. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Bay Snore, L, L., Feb. 19, 1879. The tranquility of this piace has been unruffied since the mysterious murder of Thomas Poyntz in the house of Nathaniel Evans, about two years ago, until to-day, when a shocking case of supposed wite murder was revealed. In a miserable shanty ad- jacent to the Southern Railroad, half a mile from the village of Bay Shore, lived Ephraim Henry Johnson and his wife, Hannah, He jis a full blooded negro and she was a Shinnecock Indian. A three- year-old child, the illegitimate offspring of a daughter of Mrs, Johnson by a former marriage, dwelt with them. They did not live happily. Johnson was some years younger than his wife, and is said to have formed an attachment for his stepdaughter, about whom he from time to time talked in a lascivi- ous manner. He was frequently away from his home, and is said to have been with her in Amityville, where shoe resides. He and his wife, who was fearfully jealous, often quarrelled about his attentions to his stepdaughter, and on ono occasion he laid her forehead open with a razor, It was @ common thing of late for him to beat her. They have been married about three but no children were ever born to them, Johnson hal not been seen about the villagee for a few ar past, and it was said that he had gone to New York to ship on board the schooner Emma. His wife also had not been much seen of late, Johneon had been working lately at Ee chopping, aud kept his axe at @ neighbor's Ouse. SOUNSON’S MOVEMENTS. Johnson was away from home for tho last forty- eight hours, and the supposition is that he was at Amityville, He returned this morning, but did not go to work, At ten o'clock he was seen about lis house, and at eleven the murdered body of his wife was found on the bed in their shanty. Johnson was not to be found anywhere, and up to midnight yeaturday no trace of him was obtained, It is said that he has relatives at Westbury, in Queens county, and may have gone there. THE BODY DISCOVERED, His stepdaughter came up from Amityville on the morning train, reachin, ¢ house of her mother at & quarter past eleven. hild then told her that grandmother was asleep, She went into the bedroom and spoke, but, receiving no auswer, approached the be he glance showed her t! her mother was dead. She had evidently been shot in the month. The ball probably penetrated the brain, but its course has not yet been determined, Blood had flown profusely and the body was hardly cold. SCENE AT THE SHANTY, At nine o'clock this evening Coroner Preston ar- rived trom Amityville, A jury had been summoned in advance of him, and, after they were sworn in, they proceeded to the scene of the murder, followed by haif a hundred people, who squeosed themselves into the apartments, Half a dozen colored people were there huddled together about a ve in the kitchen, The stars gleamed through the roof. ‘There was no light save that in the room where the corpse lay. Coroner Preston made a close inspection ot the with the right loft stretched ont at finger length, of the “left hand plated revolver was held barrell nicklo lightly: the thumb was | have dise! behind the tri, in such a way that she could not it, There was blood on her chemise, but not a drop elsewhere on the body. Dr, Preston was of opinion that the body had washed off where blood had been. INDICATIONS OF MUBDER. There were blood stains on the bed. There had, apparently, been great blotches of blood on the floor in five places; but all had m care- fully wiped up and the floor was not yet ary, Blood spots were found on the piece of carpet near the bed, and two blankets Were pulled from beneath it, each of which was blood stained at one end. ‘There were evidences of a Severe struggle having taken place. From the size of the room the parties could not have been more than two feet apart at the time the fatal shot was fired. The body had fundoubtedly been lifted to the bed, and care had been taken to arrange it so as to croate im Snek Senta that the committed suicide; as was hurriedly done and bun- gled, the little three-yeur-old”, girl does not comprehend the situation, She says her ‘randina went to bed and her papa went in to talk to er, She heard considerable noise, but cannot say whether a pistol was fired. She cannot be made to un- derstand what a pistol shot is, There remains no doubt in the mind of ba: one but that she was murdered by some one. Pp lohnson’s frequent quarrels with his wife, he ‘air character in the lace, The post-mortem ie will be made to-day by Dr, SUE aie ae) SPAGNOLO SENTENCED. The third day of the trial of Angelo Spagnolo, in- dicted for murder in the first degree for killing Matthew Drake by stabbing him in Chatham square, on the 14th of last November, drew another large concourse of spectators before Judge Barrett yester- day, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The pris- oner, who sat by the side of his counsel, Messrs, James D, McClelland and William F. Kintzing, seemed the most unconcerned of any in the room, He was placed on the stand, aud confessed to having had an altercation with the deceased at the liquor saloon No. 4 Mott street on the evening previous to Le murder, but denied most positively that he killed im. Several witnesses were called who pepe the prisoner a good character. Judge Barrett delivered a lucid and succinct charge, carefully explaining the differ- eut degrees of murder and impartially reviewing the tacts. The jury retired at a quarter to nine o'clock. At eleven P. M. they came into court with a verdict of murder in the second degree. The prisoner evinced no emotion. On being asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not ‘be passed upon him he shrugged his shoulders and simply said:—I am innocent.” “linguist, Coed Barrett then sentenced him to State Prison for life. TRIED FOR MURDER. A bargeman named Peter O'Rourke was arraigned yesterday, in the Court of General Sessions, by As- sistant District Attorney Bell, charged with murder in the first degree. Some difficulty was experienced in empsnelling a jury, many of the jurors examined stating they had conscientious scruples against cap- ital punishment. In opening the case for the prose- cution Mr. Bell characterized it as one that would show astounding indifference in regard to the taking of human life. Fram the evidence of a lad named Jeromiah O’Connor, of No, 846 First avenue, it ap- peared that he, Edward Sullivan and Patrick Quinn, boys .about thirteen years old, went fish- ing at foot of East Forty-sixth street on the afternoon of the ith of August last. They all stood on a heavy plank, which was chained to the end of the pier. They caught a few “shiners” and cast them upon a ma- nure e that lay near them, with the intention of taking them homo later. The prisoner (O'Rourke) and Patrick Dolan were working on the barge. Pros- ently the boy Sullivan desired his companion Quinn to take the fish that had been placed on the barge, but Dolan seized the “shiners” and carried them away and almost at the same moment O'Rourke took up a brick and hurled it at Sullivan, striking him on the head. The bo: reeled, fell into the water and was drown Further testimony for the prosecution showed that O'Rourke looked on from the barge and made no effort whatever to save the hapless youth. His father, Denis Sullivan, testified that he went to the barge on the morning of the 28th, but both O'Rourke and Dolan aftirmed that they knew nothing of the occurrence of the day before. The body was subsequently found at the Brooklyn Morgue. The paddle wheels of a ferryboat turned it up and it was recovered by the deck hands. Mr. Edmund E. Price, who defends the accused, will open the case for the defence to-day, which is mainly a denial of any in- tention to inflict the wound. INDICTED FOR MALPRACTICE, The Grand Jury found an indictment yesterday against Mrs. Bortha Berger, of No. 161 East Twenty- seventh street, and Frank Cosgrove for malpractice, ‘The accused are charyed with causing the death of Cora Sammis on the 4th of February, Tho trial wid come off at an early day. RICHARD WADSWORTH'S CASE. An indictment has been presented in the King@ County Court of Sessions by the Grand Jury against Richard Wadsworth for malpractice. A war- rant was issued, in connection with the samo case, for the arrest of Annie Plant, as a witness, on the affidavit of Anthony Comstock, agent of the Society for the Supproadjon ot Vice. She is now in Raymond Street Jail, Mr. Comstock is said to have been chiefly instrumental in bringing the evidence before the Graud Jury upon which the indictment of “Wadsworth” was found, Annie Plant, who has been an inmate in the House of Detention in this city, is the young woman who about two months ago acoused Dr. Newton White- head of malpractic A SALESMAN’S SUICIDE. James Hazley, aged thirty-nine years, committed suicide yesterday, at his boarding house, No. 69 Mac- dougal street, by cutting his throat with a razor, He was a native of Belfast, Ireland, where his father was a well-to-do merchant. The deceased received s liberal education, was a college graduate anda fine He was a widower, and has twa children residing with his wife’s parent, iu Ireland, whither they were sent upon the demise of their mother in this city. For several years he was the proprietor of a profitable business in the linen trade, at No. 89 Mercer street. Subsequently he moved to No. 44 White street, but he met with reverses and retired from the business with very little money. He found a position as salesman with the firm of Max vil & Co., No. 47 Walker street, where he remained up to the time of his death. Latterly he had become morose, and was frequently heard to say that ho was tired of life and would end his miseries himself. About four months ago he took up lodgings with Mrs. Bougher, at No. 69 Macdougal strevt. Here ho occupied a room on the third floor, He dined with the tamily at six o'clock P. M., last Tuesday, and soon after retired to wis room. Tuat was the last seen of him alive, for yesterday morning his dead body was found wpon the floor. ‘The carpet was saturated with blood. The suicide throat was gashed from ear to ear, the jugular vein and the winapipe being severed. In his haud was clutched a blood stained razor, by which tne deed had been done. He was fully dressed and had been dead for several hours. Deputy Coroner Miller made an official investiga- tion of the case, but eifciting no facts other than tho above; he granted a burial certific the body was removed to the Morgu SHOT HIMSELF. On the top floor of the tenement house No, 547 West Fifty ninth street yesterday afternoon Peter Breit, an Australian, aged forty-seven, at- teinpted suicide by shooting himself. Breit was @ laborer at the — grain elevator foot dita ta ttle tr pega cure teak discharged. ing Pp he ‘lctermined to end his days. At Roosevelt Hos- pital Surgeon Clay stated that very little hopes of the man's recovery were entertained. SUICIDAL MANIA IN GEORGIA, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Macon, Ga., Feb. 19, 1879, Asiticidal mania seems to be centred in our city, This evening Thomas Knight attempted suicide, Ha took # gun to his bed, and, placing the muzzle in his , pulled the tr r with his foot. Tho load Fein ti but pi & very dangerous wound. Knight is an invalid and morphine eater, and was under the influence of the drug at the time. Last night Henrietta White, an. octoroon, ate tompted suicide with morphine. This makes the seventh case in the city within a month, A PECULIAR WILL. In the Henaxn of a few days ago was given an ao count of the lonely death of Mrs. Elmer D, Skid. more, amid circumstances which indicated poverty, at No, 326 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn. Her death re+ calls a remarkable will now on file in Suffolk county, made by her husband, who was Dr. Franklin Skidmore, of Babylon, They separated some years ago, mutually, and Mrs. Skidmore bound her. welt to sign deeds by which he could carry on nia real es! operations for @ period of ten years. Hy was a large feal estate dealer, About a year ago he died, leaving a will in which he bequeathed his per. sonal property to his housekeeper, Mrs. Bower, and alife interest in his real estate, provided that sh shail never feturn to het husband nor form an al ance with any other man, Mrs. Skidmore took # to have the will contested, but.for sume unexniained Feaxow it went te pons rg ' 2s