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THE TlfflJI LAST.
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Mrs. Rose Young.
POLICE TELEGRAPHER CENSURED.
tales ind Practice in the Police Torre as to
Disposition of Corpses.
Coroner Crcker commenced yestorday morning at
air-Ten o'clook the inquest In the caau of Kose Young,
^bo lady who was found drowned at pier 16 Kast River
last Tuesday afternoon. Tho clrcutnsUnces In the
ease and the outrageous negligence ol iho uutliirlttcs
In allowing tho body to remain in the water nearly
laenty-four hour* alter its discovery have already been
related at length A large crowd of citizens wt-ro in
attendance at tho tnqnest and listened to the evidence
With tbo most Intense inleic.it.
T1IK TnnriMOS'T.
Roundsman Cartin, of the Harbor Police, testified to
having discovered the body in tho slip between pirra
11 and 16, East River, about a quarter before two
o'clock P. M.; a lighterman was holding the body with
a boat hook; the roundsman took charge of the body,
lowed It to tho bulkhead at Wall street and made it
??ci in tha nmr! lie sent one ol Ins men to the station
Douse in tbe first precinct to Dotify the olliccrs tbero
to send word to the Seneca police boat; tills was done
at Ave minutes boloro two o'clock P. 11.; the drowned
woman had a pockclboolc grasped in tier hand, winch
wudoss took chargo of and opened In the presence of
others; he found In it a flfty cent silvor piece and some
small coin, with a pawn ticket; the name on tha ticket
was Young; on nn envelope in the pocket nook was the
name Kdward Young; sent another messenger at four
o'clock P. It. to the first prcctncl station house to
notify the .Coroner; did not notify tho Coroner's
ollico at llrst bccauso my instructions aro
to notify iho Seneca whenever a body is
found as soon as possible, and then tho
nfflccr In command takes the necessary steps to have
the body removed; my men had chargo of the body tip
to the limo it was removed; 1 reccivu my instructions
from the captain ot the Soncca; tills Is the llrst body I
have ever lound In tbe water; if I saw a person run
over and killed In the street, 1 would Immediately scud
word to the slaliaa bouse for a stretcher and retnovo
the body there, bnt 1 did not think my orders would
lustily mo in adopting tho sumo course with a body
found iu lUo water.
Thomas IVilsou, tho lighterman, who secured tho
body with his boat-hook, was next sworn. He said
that he bud notified a policeman on the dock, who
eame on the lighter and viewed the body and then went
ashore; then a river policeman catne and took chargo
of the corpse; It had come out Irum under the pier
With the tide.
Captain James Irving, oftbe Harbor Police, said that
>c loll pier 4J North Itivor to r.ruieo along his post,
wltir.lt nivnr lioth rivnra .it nluiiit toi'tv minnf*?a
past one o'clock 1'. M. At six o'clock ho learned that
the body of Mr*. Younc had boon lound and that the
Central l'olico office .had been notified.
.Sergeant Smith, ol the First precinct, testified to
baring roccivcd, at twenty-five minutes past two
o'clock P. M., the following despatch:?
To thh Firm Prscinct, kor I'oi.ick Boat Skxkca
We have a drowned woman at pier 15 Knal Kiver.
Roundsman UUBTI.V.
I telegraphed this despatch to the Fifth precinct; I
received in return * signal, which meant that ttio despatch
had been received all right aud would be attended
to; at a quarter to Qvo o'clock P. M. another
officer attached to the Harbor Police came and handed
me the lollowlng despatch:?
To Ckrtrai. Orrictt:?
Notify Cormier we bare dead body In tbe water at Pier
15 iia?t Kiver.
JAMES IRVING, Captain Twenty fourth Precinct.
This despalcn was sent to the Central Office and
reached there at titty minutes past four P. M. ; I received
no notice Iroin any officer ol the First precinct.
John T. Toal,Clerk of the Coroner's office, testified:?
At Qlty-tlve minutes past lour, P. M , 1 received the
notice from tbe First precinct about the Uniting of the
body; sent back the despatch to l'olico Headquarters
to inquire the sex of tbe deceased; the word was scut
back almost immediately that they did not know; then
wrote the following despatch to the office ot Chanties
and Correction, No. tki Third avenue, and sent it to
Police Headquarters tor transmission: ?
Remove dead body of from Pier 15 East Kiver, to
Morgue.
Signed tor Coroner. J. T. TOAU
look it for granted that tho despatch had beon rent
through as they always are and closed tip tho office,
leaving at about fifteen minutes past live; the next
morning the regular police noilco was drought to tlx
ffice, stating that tho body was at pier 15 Fast Kiver,
but without giving the name, simply saying that it wut
the body of a female about thirty yearn of age. Mr.
foal also lound ou his dealt a note oa follows:?
A body of a drowned woman lying at pier 15 Mast Hirer
found at one o'clock yesterday and is still iu the water. I
Should like to get a permit fur her body.
KDVYAKI) YOUSO.
In making the list of cases for the Coroner 1 placed
this one second on the list; the usual hour for the
Coroner first on to leave the olllro is eleven o'clook
the Coroner left some little timo alter eleven, and it
about ten ininntes after Ihe Coroner had loft the hue
band of the drowned woman cainc in and torn the mes
?ctiger, Mr. Healy, mat the body had been removed
Witness then scut Mr. llealy. to No. 247 Kasl Thlrc
Street to notify Coroner Croker that the body had beei
removed to the Morguo; the husband left the efllci
With the messenger.
Hero a Juryman asked of Coroner Croker, "Did no!
the police authorities have power to romovo Ihe bedj
to the station house?"
Tho Coroner?Yos, as they have done lots of tlmci
Vetore.
James A. McGrath, tho telegraph operator at Folic*
Headquarters, was next called He was ou duty Tuea
dny afternoon from one o'clock to seven ; at live min
Ules past tlvo he received Mr. Toal's despatch to th?
Commissioners ot Charities and Correction asking
them to removo the body; "I was busy at the lime'
laid the witness, "and did not even read the despatch,
placing the message on the table of one ol the Instruments;
about six o'rloek I lookup this message ant
read It through and understood its purport, but sup
posed it was then too late to send to No. 06 Third ave
nuo; Mr. Crowley called No. tW Third avebue al
about live minutes past six o'clock, ami, to my surprise,
got an answer, aud 1 sent two messages, one
from the Twenty-moth and one trom the Sixteenth,
the last being lor the dead wagon; I then asked Mr.
Cox if bo knew what tho sex ol the oody at pier No. If
was and be said ho dui not; I then told the operatoi
ai No. i>? Third avenue to watt a lew minutes. Coj
then telegraphed to the First precinct to tind out ih<
lex of the body and tne answ er was returned that II
Was s woman; I then tolj Cox lo cm I No. t>6 Thiril
avenue again and send this message; ho called lour oi
the message; tho message was ilieu Jolt over until tlx
next morning at tort)-seven minutos past eight, when
1 tent it mysoll."
At this point itic jury took a kci<mn ol hulf au hour.
AKTKIt TIIE UK, K8M.
Thomas Cox, Jr., was lirst culled. Ho is assistant
telegraph operator at I'ollce Headquarters. lie tesli
fled to having received the despatch Iroiu the Kirsl
precinct to the boat .Seneca at thirty-one luinntes p*sl
two o'clock 1'. M., ID which it was stated thai the body
of a dead woman was ut pier No. l."> Kam Itivcr; tic ret
turned an answer that l hey should send the message
to lite Kilth precinct; that sanio evening the operator,
WcCralh, asked hi?ii wneiher it was a man or a woman
St pier No. IS Kast Klver; witness had lurgotton all
Shout recelviug the flrsl message, ami scut atiothei
fliessage asking whether the body was that ol a mau oi
S woman; the reply was that it was a woman; on re*
|emng this answer he railed the office of Charities anil
Correction, but got no answer, so he d'd not send ih<
message lor the uead wagon; this was at sixteen mm
etcH past six o'clock.
My a Juror?Why didn't you send at onee on reccir.
log the hrst despatch, at thirty-ono tuinulcs past two
o'clock T. HI., lor the dead wagonf
Answer?We had uo order; iliat message was only
for ihe police boat to go to that precinct.
James Crowley, >uperiotcud?ut of ihe Police Tele
graph Headquarters, leatllted' that he slopped into the
telegraph ollice at Headqnarters at ton ininiitrs pasl
live P. \|. last Tucsilay; tound Met.raili sending out ?
long orilor ot Superintendent Wulltug's, which It wo*
Beieasary to transmit in more thun hall the stations
M'd MUiiaitlf he bad any unllmshed business on
Vand and loid him if so to attend to it at onco and lot
the Superintendents order go until night, as it was ol
luch a nature lhat It roiilrt ri.mmn ?rar: Mcl.r.ilh lie
lorme.t him thnt all tho worn had been lints bed; at liIlean
reunites paal live wm called by the Sixteenth
precinct; answered the signal and received the mrslage
to send tho dead wagon to that precanrt; handed
the message to either MuUralh or Cos and told the ono
he gave It to to telegraph the otlleo ot Charities and
Correction for tho drnd wagon lorlliwllh; returned
alter a lew minutes' absence about six o'clock; asked
Mc'irath why ho had not sent the message; tho lattei
replied that It waa too late, then called tho Cominls
Honor's olllro and received an answer; told McUrath
to send the message at once: the latter began to work
an tho Instrument aud Mr. Crowley leu the room.
TIIK lll'SflAMOS TMTIXllST.
Kdward Young tcnlued as lollows:?I reside at No.
1 Kurmau street. Brooklyn; ant tho husband of ib(
deceased, Hose Young; last saw tny wile alive on Mm
day altcrnoon, ut two o'clock P. if.; I |mrted wilt
ber at the Wall street ferry, Brooklyn side, alio goin|
across to New York; she went over to visit Wilhati
Mrkoon, at No. l.UI Molt street; site did hot retort
home that nluht; on Tuesday morning I waited, ex
peeling rey Wile noinc every minute, hut nisjut twe
o'clock 1 came over to New York and went lo Mrs. Me
Keon'a, at No. la-l Molt atreet, and ti?iuire<
for her; Mrs. McKcon said alio had left a
jmir.paat nine the nignt he lore and tbn
he bad mil her in a Belt Line car tor the ferry; I thei
NEW TO
fait rery uneasy; returned to Brooklya; my friends
rid vised me to no bock to New York and luquire at
Police Headquarters; I returned to llic ferry and was
there told that there was a woman drowned at tho j
I Wall street ferry, New York aide.
roiunma cHoKsa's naoi'KST.
At tlits time Coroner Crokor interrupted the wltncs |
i with the following remarks:?"I hope tho pre** will |
take this tesimmnv In lull as I havo been severely ,
! attacked by uuo of the daily papers. I wish further to
stalo that 1 buva been accused of forcing Mr. Young to
net as juryman. It will be seen that tins i* lalse. It is
a duty to the public that this testimony should be given p
In lull." I
Mr. Young continued:?I went there and identified
tho body In the water ai being that of inv wile; this '
was between the hours ol live and six o'clock ; I asked i t
the officer to turn the body over so that 1 could see the ' .
j face and he did so, and
I liKCOOXUCKO xv wirt; V
I I asked him if the Coroner was notified and ho suld n
| yes; 1 wauled to know if the body coulu be brought b
out on the dork; he said no one could put a hand on
| her until the Coroner arrived, I wailed and waited pu- 1 *
1 liently on the pier, but no ambulance came; 1 went to a
I the New street statiou house and asked the officer at
j the dusk if he knew that there was a d''ad body at pier
jo; ne lousrn over ui?j uook. ami ai i isi iduuu i?if
entry; 1 a^ked Dim U he ii<ul notified llio Coruuer and t
! b?p?ia L
uk had nothing to do with that;
' 1 wu lo go to the Harbor l'olice; I went to itie officer 8
| in charge u( ihc body, and he told me to go to the
] Coroner, but he did not tell ine where the Coroner _
j could be ioudu; alter midnight 1 left to go home to my
children; the next morning I came back 10 New York '
again, and louud that my wilo's body was still in the r
, water; I hardly knew what lo do; some one on tho | y
street told mo .where the Coroner's offi<-? was, and I
started lor it; arrived at the Coroner'* office some tlmo t
alter eight o'clock; IloutiOauold woman clcauiug out c
the office; I wrote a note aud left It on the desk tit the 3
office, and again went back to the pier w here my wife's 1
body was; at ubout eleven o'clock the dead wagon ?
came, and my wile was removed lo the Morgue; 1 bad | 1
hired a man with a wagon 10 move my wife homo, but ,
the driver of the dead wagon bad u permit 10 tuovu
the remains to the Morgue only, and 1 got into ilio j t
wagun 1 had there, and weut to the Coroner's office \
, again to see the Coroner, but 1 found he hnd gone, and
1 u limn lrom the office got into the wagon with me aud ]
1 drove lo No. 'J47 Third street, where 1 louud the j
Coroner; the mau Iroin the Corouer'a office went up- t
atairs, and 1 remained on the sidewalk; the messeugcr j
; came down and told ine that 1 1 1
could not gkt tuk hiidy ]
until ten o'clock tho next morning; 1 was not satisfied
with his story and i went up stairs uivsell; wheu 1 got
In the room there was a crowd in there and 1 saw a j
1 corpse; 1 saw thai uu inquest was going on ; I stood in |
the crowd and with others was summoned to act on tlio 1
jury; 1 had not spokcu to the Coroner ut tins time, and |
did not speak to the Coroner at alt until after tins 1
Inquest was finished and 1 had signed my name to |
I the paper; 1 aid not know the Coroner, but ho |
\ was pointed out to me by a by-staudcr; alter this
Inquest was all ovor 1 called the Cormier aside and
I slated my case to him and ho came outside; 1 asked 1
him to give me u permit, but lie said that ho could
not do il, but that if 1 would be at the .Morgue at ten
| o'clock in the morning he would give mo a certificate
unci lo have my undertaker there and no delay would 1
occur in removing ihe remains of my wile, and I went
away ypriPtitj bmiibuuu, iiiu uvai muiuuitt *
was at (he Morgue and got the certiorate as
promised; the statement in tho paper (hut 1 was
j lurcod to go and serve on the jury 111 Third street is
not true, una 1 wish to have It contradicted; my wlfo
was a sober, temperate woman; 1 do not know anything
about the circumstances attending my wifo's
dentil, but 1 am of opinion my wile slipped and loll otf
the Wall street lerry side.
At ihe close of tho testimony Coroner Croker ad!
dressed a lew remarks to the jury on tbo points in tho I
case, after which, at a little alter live o'clock, they re- <
ttreu.
Alter an absence of about twcnly-Hvo minutes tho
jury returned with tho tollowiug verdict, which was j
rcud by the lorotnan
Tim VKKmrr.
I We, the jury called to investigate the case of tho
j death ol Hose Youug, Dud ihul she came to her death |
by Mainill drowning. Aud the jury further Hud .
I that, from the evidence presented, the telegraph department
at l'olico Headquarters is loosely mauagod ;
that too much is left to subordinates, and they would
recommend u more strict provision by those in authority.
We also earnestly recommend Ihul olllcers he ;
! more " thoroughly and explicitly instructed In uieir
rights und duties in regard to the removal ol those
found dead, in order to prevent tho possibility ol auy
; such occurrence again, inasmuch as the otliccrs in
cbargo were evidently honest in lliclr belief that lbey
had no right to move' the body without instructions
Iroin the Coroner. It appears that those instructions
were properly and promptly bent, but the delay oc- |
curreii through carelessness id the telegraphic depart- |
merit of Police Headquarters.
THE PRACTICE OP THE POLICE.
As there seems to be a difference In opinion among
police officials as to the action expected of them In !
releronce to the care of the remains of persons found
j dead reporters of the Ukralu yesterday called upon >
the officers in charge of the various police stations '
! below Fortieth street and other police authorities and
questioned them us to the customary actiou in such
cases. In some products the officers promptly remove
the dead to the stutlon liouso and the M org no without
waiting lor u Ppermtl" Irom tho Coroner. This, how,
ever, is only dono in cuscs where the causo of death is
, clear and no foul pluy is Indicated. In other products
> , tho officers surround the proceedings with so much red
I tape lormuhty that the removal of the dead from
I places whore they are exposed to the public gaze and
1 to injurious uctUiu Irotn tuo elements and otherwise Is '
; I delayed bcyorid all reasonable Mine.
| CHIRP CCKKK HAWLKY IXinUNAST.
Mr. Soth C. Haw Icy, tho veteran cuiel clerk of the
i Police Board, who arulted the rules governing Ihc force, '
i alter a critical examination ot the laws, denounced the
j action ol tho police lit relerenco 10 the body of Mrs.
Young as infamous. The rule governing tins purticu[
1 lar rnse ol accidental drowning is us lollows:?
Bfi.K d?Whenever the dead l ody ol an unknown
persou Is luuud in tho wulcr, or in any street, alley,
I park, pier, public, or other piuco lu the city ol New
V?rk hv HP PiltnpR If* Lli?? lioLIf.t* liP o!)Hl?PVllt Kill f?(. :inv
momncr of tho kirco, aucti body ahull bu immediately
[ conveyed by the police to and deposited ul the Morgue.
Nome ihereof ahull be given without delay ul tho
Coroner's otticc, and a report ol iho circumstances of
the ease made to the Superintendent.
{ Kvcrv oihcer turned out ol the School ol instruction
, is presumed to understand tbis rule lully. lunocusoof
, death Irom accident, Mr. Huwley declares, is a neces!
sary to doiny tho removal of tho body to tho Morgue.
It is clearly tne duty of every pulieeiuau iu coses of
\ ! unknown persons accidentally dying to remove the
body to tho Morgue at ouce by tho fastest vehicle that
, cau"be hired, and It ts clearly a violation of the rules
to send it by a "dead wagon." Tne i'olicc Department
, pay all proper expt naes, and Ibis is one ol tbem. The
uoiilicatlnu to the Cormier Is a subsequent Unlv to Im
pcrlortned. In cases ol accidontul death where the
) body is claimed by friends the police are expected to
, ! turn It over at onco to tho Irieuds and uotlfr the Corn>
nor of such action. There is uo law that prevents
; relatives or Iriends taking the body, wherever lound,
[ and without tho jiernnssiun of the Coroner, ti it Is a
I case of accidental death. Kven in cases of
murder or supposed ioul play, tho police should roinove
the body at once to the Morgue, notifying the
t Coroner subsequently of such procoeding, but lliey
should carefully preserve every thing calculated to cx,
plain the cause of death. In the particular case that
1 occurred at Pier 16 Kaat River, tho nusband would have
' , been jusiilled in catling to Ins aid a lorco ol cilixcus and
, rescuing the remains irom the policeman having it iu
. charge. "Had it been my wile or child," aald Iho
t Cli.ei Clerk, "I would luvo had iho body or there
\ would hutrc been a serious fight, and the policeman
; w ho dared to prevent Us removal would bo guflty ot a
I griovou< wrong."
Wlien such assertions are inado by a gentleman of
1 Mr. Iluwloy's familiarity with the law and tho rules
i under which the police act, it must ho cioir to everyi
body that the oflori made by other police olllcials to
shield the hruial policcmau are disgraceful, and every
ono at all implicated should be promptly dismissed
Irom the force,
t I now tiik mil.* is rxbRiiirroou.
Inspector McDermolt said tho |>ohee were obliged In
j i such cases lo govern themselves more by the law of
humanity than by the section ol an old statuto which
Is sup|ios?sl to lorbid anybody, oven lor decency's
suke, to lutlcli or remove an exposed (load body bclure
i it has been viewed by tbeOoroucr.
Captain Irving, in command ol the pollco steamer
Son ecu, whose oiilocrs secu/e-l tho I ody tn the river,
I seemed inclined lo lay tho fault ol the disgraceful do
, lay in removing tho corpse upon llienltlccrs ol ihe first
precinct, saying that his lorce have no telegraphic
apparatus wmi wnitn looy iuuiu communicate ami
I the t'eniral ofllcc.
I .sergeant Uluir, who during Captain Potty's illness
I Into command tu the Kirst precinct. thought the rci
ipuwlfclllty lev with tfto h.irbor police, an.! tint ti.nl
his otlloera removed the body they won la hnvn been
i liable to ccii?uru by tho Commissioners, aa improperly
| interfering.
In most of the other pfeclncts the rblel' officers sta,
ti-ii that they considered their action in such cases
. | ciearly mounted 10 rule tilt's, and that tliey promptly
i | removed all dead bodica iouiid In tho rivers or in
; i si reels, halls, or other public places, either to the
, police station or to the Morgue. A lew, and thoso
notahly IU the precincts adjoining the water, Mali d It
; 1 as their nniloriu rule to allow no removal of or Inter'
! tarrnrc with a dead body until the receipt ol a coroner'*
, ; permit. MM have allowed a^<>rp?- la 1st lifted irnm '
1 , tho wster una deposited lor sahTy on the wharl. uno .
' old sergeant narrated lit* experience aomo year* ago
when lio was a patrolman, watching through u bleak I
i December night over the body of woman which had
been placed on a lieu box, whern he hud to light wiih '
1 desperation to protect the corpse Irom the uttack of
I hordes ol hungry rats,
i | A vyry largo majority of the caplalna and sergeant*
i i who were seen thought there was not tho slightest ncI
! cesslly to wslt upon the dilatory anion ol a coroner '
- I bcioro proporiy caring lor the remains ol a dead person.
driven to Theft.
About lour o'clock yesterday afternoon, while Detec
live* Frost and Corwln were standing near llraney's
> pawn shop, In Fulton street, lirookly n, they raw a man
| enter, carrying a large bundle. When bo canto out or
[ *the uliop tbey followed him and noticed that lio wont ;
i to tbe ury goods atore ol A. O. klbllliewa .V Co., No.
i utfs Fulton Htrcel. Ho was at once arrested and a '
pawn ticket lor twenty-four yards of silk w.ia found
> upon Inni tie gave Ins name aa Philip liar.it, and j
1 stated that be wan getting a salary of only (lo per
1 ; week ; that bo was married aud bad two children, who
t had been aick for some time, and that Ins wife une in
t delicate health. Ho clam# to hare stolen the silk lor ,
i j the purpose of paying n doctor's bill.
>RK HERALD, TUESDAY,
THE HEAD MONEY QUESTION.
DK COM MISSION EES Of EMIGRATION AND
STEAMSHIP AND RAILROAD AGENTS IN A
DEADLOCK?THE FORMER STILL CAR1NO FOR ,
THE HICK EMIGRANTS.
Karl}- yesterday morrong Mr. Forrest and Mr. Stnrr,
?cling lo receive coplraot the decision rendered by the
'niled Slates Supremo Court In tbe case of llio Anchor
>lne n.'aiiiht the Commissioners of Immigration. As
he text of the docision was not received no detlniio
cllon was taken. Tbe agents of iho steuiushlp coinanies
refused to make an offer of $1 60 each, as head
louev. to defray tbe expenses of Immigrants who may
?route a charge upon the county. Meanwhile, iho
teamsbips of the various lines, other than tho Canard,
re arriving dally and lauding Immigrants; and whero
o provision has been made for tho care of the siclt tho
loiuimsslonera of Kmlgrntion havo been compcllod lo
ake charge of them, although no money is in the
lands of tho Board to defray tho expenses caused hy
uch action.
Commissioner Oeorgo Starr was asked hy a Behald
cportor, " What will you do with the sick or disabled
mmigrants who may arrlvo at this port pending tha
eeeption of the text of the decision of tho United
lutlos Supremo Court ? "
Ho replied, " We have no money to pay for their
lonrdor tncdicai attendance. Tlie steamship agents
Iccliao to par the $1 60 head mouc.v, and our counsel,
4r John K. llevelin. informs us that we have no right.
mder the recent doelsion, to collect II, Nevertheless,
is Commissioner* of Kmigration, we will not sudor
iny immigrant to want lor medical aid until we know
vli.it Mo I'uitod Stales Supremo Court ha* decided."
This decision of tho Commissioner waa put to the
est yesterday. The arrivals of immigrants wero as
ollows:?
Cabin. Stcem;je.
ilaltic, trom Liverpool 40 107
Haas, from Rotterdam 4 AC
Jity of Chcstor, from Liverpool.... 32 14C
playpt. from Liverpool fie 14?
Wyoming, Irom Liverpool 21 SIS
Llapsburg, Irom Uretnen 31 24i>
Total 209 788
J Mi I SO TIIK fASHKXOKBS
t>y tho Egypt was .lohann Kindherg, eighteen years old.
l>n Krlduy last ho slipped on the deck ol the Kitypt and
broke his left log. The houc was set by the surgeon on
board, and on the arrival of the steamer Joliuun was
sent to Castle Gurdeu with the other steerage passengers.
The ofllccrs ot tho Egypt did not notify Mr.
Hurst, Its agent, that the accident had' occurred.
and Mr. llurst learned of it first tr<>m u lira aid
reporter several hours alter the young man
had been placed In hospital by the Commissioners of
Emigration. Captain H. E. Jennsom, ol the American
Emigrant Company, viBited the wounded youth In tho
Castle Garden hospital, and obtained from him the following
story:?"My unmo Is Jobiinn Kindherg. I am
eighteen years of ngo. 1 tamo here from the Kinstong
Iron factory, at OMergotaland, Sweden. 1 was going
to the brown stone quarry at Portland, Conn., where
there are some 300 ol my countrymen. Them were
about eighteen or nineteen ot us, all trom my home,
going to the same quarry. The three young girls and tho
two young nu n whom you saw bid mo adieu just now
came In the party. We came with Mr. Olson. He used
to live at my home. Ilo revisited Sweden a lew months
ago, and wc all agreed to come here with him. Last
been washing tho (looks. The wntcr made the declt
slippery. 1 stepped Irom the companion Way, slipped,
loll and broke my leg. The surgeon reset H and did all
he could lor rno." 1 have no irlonds In New York; they
have all gone to Portland. *Thoy tell mo I will be sent
to Ward's Island Hospital to-morrow."
In connection with the legal question It Is Interesting
to note that tho total number ol Immigrants brought
to the port of New York and the amount of money putil
to the Commissioners of Kmlgraliou through tho
Chamberlain of tho city of New Vork, under protest,
by the lollowing numcd steamship companies, between
Juiy tf, 1875, and March 18, 187ti, were as follows:?
i'atseuqert. Amount.
Anchor line 1,801 $2,791
White Star line 1,650 , 2,325
Inman line 2.340 3,510
National line 2,1MB 3.4(13
lied Star line t 830 1,246
Williams ti Union lino (102 1H>3
North (Jertnan I,lord 2,608 3 ,762
American and Hamburg lino 3,124 4,680
Totals 15,184 $22,775
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
The failure of Messrs. Albert Van Winkle & Son, ship
chandlers, of No. 200 Wost street, was annouueed yesterday.
A. Burdctt Smith has mado an assignment to Edward
11. UCllH.
Messrs. H. B. Claflln k Co., Wtlmerdlng, Hoguet fc
Co., Hallgarton & Co., Ftold, Morris A Fenticr, McLean
& Stotosbury, Hardt k Co. and K. Oolborman k Co.,
have llled a petition before Judge Blutchford, of tbe
United Slates liistrict Court, lo jiut Kobert McDonald,
importer of lares, of No. 353 Broadway, Into involuntary
bankruptcy. Mr. McDonald's liabilities to home
creditors will amount to about $70,000.
The first meeting of tho creditors of Messrs. B. O.
Smith, Jr., k Co., bankers, of No. 20 Broad street, was
hold yesterday, at tho ofllco of Itegistcr Dayton, No.
322 Broadway, when tbe bankrupts' Itabtlitios wcic
stated to be about $75,000. Tho only debts proven
were those of Felix Campbell, of Brooklyn, and K. W.
Fargo?the former being $39,99* 31, and tho latter
$717 4fi. Mr. John 11. 1'latt, the ollicial assignee, was
appointed assignee in this case.
At the second meeting of the creditors of Messrs. J. C.
Malison & Co., held yesterday at tho ofllco ul'KogUtcr
Filch, No. 34-"> Broadway, no opposition to the composition
which had been previously oficrcd was entered.
The first meeting of tho creditors of John 8.
Matthews, which was to hove lieen held yesterday, at
tho other of Itegistcr Alien, No. 152 Broadway, was
adjourned until April 10, at twelvo M., at tho some
place.
In the Hurler of Obrcight k Woild, bankrupts, tho
examination which was to have taken place yesterday
before Itegistcr Williams, ol No. 4 Warren stroot, was
adjourned tor one week.
John K. A. l'ower was formerly In the wholesale
liquor business in Ncwbarg, N. V., but In 1873 he absconded,
and until recently his creditors have not been
able to hear anything from liltn or rcali/.o anything on
his indebtedness to them. A lew day s ago, however
through his counsel, ex-Judge Cardoso, Power made an
offer ol otglil cents on the dollar, cash, and a meeting of
his rroditers was called for yesterday belore Register
I.ittle, ot No. 4 Warren street. At the meeting t ho
creditors required that Power should lie present and
submit to an examination belore they decided to
accent the r rolfered comnositIon. and to this end con
eluded to adjourn the meeting for one week 10 enable
Power to put in uu appearance, Power's liabilities
will not exceed $25.oo0
A petition In bankruptcy hag been filed by John
Cour. carpenter and builder, of No. 155 Bast Seventyfourth
,-treet. HI* liabilities amount to $13,401 57,
Which are distributed among eighty-eight crodilors.
Messrs. Ilcrtnan Bach, Isaac Aycr and Moso* Melir.
bach, creditors of l.ewia Bess, have petitioned to
throw bun into bankruptcy. 1 no claims of ibo
petitioning creditors amount to $5,500.
Alexander Burgess has died a petition In bankruptcy
asking to Ih> discharged Irotn his liabilities, winch appear
on the schedule to amount to $1. I'M),000, while no
asset! arc mentioned. from the extraordinary largo
sum at which his Indebtedness |g placed it would bo
naiuiully Interred thnt he was a prominent merchant,
hut hts name does not appear m the cny directory,
and Ins business is not stated In the schedule. His
II ibllities are all due on Duncan, Sherman 4c Co.'saccep'anoa,
which were either drawn to Ills order or
that of tieorge A. I. tic. <>n inx estigallou it appears
that lie was oiki of the clerks of tho firm of [iiuiciin,
Sherman k Co., whose duty it wus to write tho
drafts for the firm. . Among tho holders of the
dralts, as given in fho schedule, ure the follow.
1 iiK: ? Bank of tho State of New York, 170.000;
August Belmont 4c Co.. $70,000; Fourth National Bank,
#50,000; Urcono k Crnnsion, Providence, $35,WW;
Providence National Batik, $35,000; Continental Bank,
$35,1X10; National Albany Kxctungc Bank, $30,000; Old
NuiioiiiiI Batik of Provldeme. $35,000; Itlii.de Island
Hospital Trust Company. $36,000; Metropolitan It.ins,
$35,(HO; K. A. Brown, $25,000; Bank of tile Bepuhlic,
$20,000; I'hn nlx National Bank of Prortdenre. $20,000;
Filth Nation it Bank of Providence, $15,000: Merchants'
Naiionsl Bank of l'rov;oenrc, $15,000; Tradesmen's
National Bank, $15.i*l0; Chatham Natidnal Bank,
$10.01X1; Wtcklord National Bulk. $10,000; Pa die
National Bank of Nantucket, $10,000; James Kddy,
$10,000; Manufacturers' National Bank of Providence.
$10,000; tsiuilh Owen, $10,000; First National Bank ol
Ptonington, Conn, #10,000; National Park Bank,
$10,0iiU. Besides these there aro six banks which hnid
$?.<IOO escli ol the drafts There nre also sixty six
Or&IIB 01 f9,?iw earn una lourircn uraiis 01 $iu,?aaj
each, of which Hit holder* are uokoovtu.
PENSIONERS IN COUNCIL.
The Pension Committee of ilie city nn<l county of
New Yora met at 2<V> Broadway yesterday, with Captain
John Hrestln Hi the chair. H was reported from
the committee at Washington that the organisation I*
complete In erery State, end will closely watch the
action of all Senators and Representative! In respect to
the bill to be favorably reported from the comiiiltieo
on Invalid Tensions lo-m?rrow, and which entitles
every pensioner to draw Ills dolo Irom the d.ito or his
discharge Irom the service, "regardless of the delays
of pension olllcials, claim sgenis anil others," Kesol'utiona
were adopted thanking Mossra. Jinks, Hue and
Willis lor their attention to pension claims, and to the
Hkkai.o lor the information it lumisiiea In respect to
that slid kindred matters.
MINERS RESUMING WORK.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Bailroad
Company resumed work In the coal mlnea yesterday.
During next month only fifty per ocnt ot the usual
product will lie mined. Owing to the mlldneasof the
past winter and the probabilities of a warm spring the
demand for coal Is iluutcd, and busiocsa ta couaequeiitir
dull.
MARCH 28, 1876.?TRIPL
BBATB 01 TOE HJOCS ST.ll.LI01 linUTMUI.
THE Bir.E OP TIIIKTZEN IIUNDUKD FOAL* AMD
MANX FART TBOTTEP.8.
Hambletonfan, a dark rich bay, with two whilo beela
and a aiar In forehead, was foaled In 1S49. 11c w>aa bred
by Jonas tfeely, of h'ugar Loaf, Orange county, and aold
lu tbo fall of the same year, with bis dam, to W. M.
Rysdyk lor $123. llowai never trulued, but as a sire
oI trotters bo stood far above all comiMilliors in this or
any past generation. At four years old be was cxhlb- ;
Ited at tbo American Iuvtltuto Kair, then beld on Third
aucntio, at Hamilton mjuare, whore ho received third I
premium, Dr. Rich's Jupiter taking drat and the Way
stallion Norman taking the second premium. RambleIonian
was then at tbo stud, having trccn pot there lielore
he ?ns two years old. The first colt of any merit
that ho produced was yilltnghum, allerward called
George Wildes, which gavo him groat notoriety; but
Dexter (the king of trotters) following soon
afterward gave llamblctuniau such renown that
niarea from all sections of the count rf
wcro ecnt to lntn, and ttio demands (or ills
services mcreased at such a rate that his owner, Mr.
llvsdyk, raised his prieo service from flOO to $500,
which rate continue I to the lime of his death. During
bis career ut the stud llarublctoiiiaii had 1,843 mares
and produced shout 1 300 foals. The horse was said to
have been possessed ot rousldcruhlo speed; but, liko
Ills sire, Abdullah, he never showed It iu public. Thero
was a story current some years ago that being on Dong
Island, in his four-year old lortn, he was taken on the
Union course, and thero, lu a privato trial, trotted a mile
cry low In tlio forties. Ilut whether lie could trot
fast or not mates liltln dillcrcnco. lie produced at |
loaM 100 smis and daughters that could trot last, lllly
ol his sons being now iu tho stud, getting iroiters in
verv t*taio In the I'nion. Withiti 100 miles of tins j
cliy he leaves iHihuid him such good onus as Kdwaril
Everett, Volunteer. Messenger Duroc, llappv Mculum,
Aberdeen. Socrates, .luy Oould, Itoilon, Electioneer,
Florida, Mlddletown uud a dor.eu others, that urn Improving
the breed ol the trotting horse and increasing
their usefulness and value.
Tho old horso died yesterday morning between mid- |
iilglil and daylight at the ltysilyk ostato at Chester,
and as it was the wish of his late owner, Xlr. Itjsdyk, ;
| that the horse should be burled on the estate, a' gravo |
wus dug lor blm yesterday afternoon behind tho unrn
1 where In lived so long. A large box was in ide lor his
body, and li? will be burled to-day. An odor of $l,ooo
was made yesterday tor Ins hide, which was refused,
I tho speculative geuius no doubt wishing probably to
] exhibit It arouud tho country.
The following was the exact measurement of HamblelonUn:?His
knee was 13b, Inches lu circumference,
i hock 1">? inches, 15 inclios around the smallest part of
the limb au 1 hack tendon above tho hock. From tho
center ol the hip jolut to the point of the hock 41
j inches; from tho point or slille to point of hock, tho
leugth of thigh, 24 inches; Irom point of hock to cen
tre of anklo joint, lo Inches; from ecniro of tore anklo
to contre ot knee, ll \ Inches; from centre ol kuceo to
| top of forearm Joint, 20)4 inches. His nfcck irom
1 the notch :u the vertebra on Uls withers
to the extreme poll 32 Inches, and oa
the underside of lis windpipe was only Id
niches, giving htm the apponruueo of u horse with a
fine crest but very short nock. Ills shodlriors^cxtonded
, forward t%i the point vury lurand very strong and prominent,
giving him a square, massive appearance, and
ono of great poser. From hip to hip he was twentyfour
inches and his back was ol medium length, with
round barrel and powerful hind quurtrrs. The largo
muscles of the quarters came down to within nine
Inches ol the hock, and between the legs behind it was
simply irnuienso. Ills ncek was not thick or heavy,
the withers lint and low, he being higher on the ruuip
than on the withers; but the most notable loalure of
tho shoulders was the compact mass of bono, tondon
I and muscles so closely knit together as to appear as
one, and undistlngttishahlo the ono from tho other.
1 Ills shoulder blades seemed to rise to tho top of tho
: withers, hit* so closely and llrraly was the wbolo mass
united as to give htm great compactness and alrcngth.
His tall was set on very high and the whirlhone and
I buttock stood high and projectod backwards very prom1
Inently. In hcigth ho was about lit hands, l'lio fol:
lowing table shows the toals dropped to Huinhlolouian
since he was two years old;?
J>or. A (it. Mart*. Charge, i'oalt.
I860 2 4 Krro. _
1S.VJ 3 17 $25 13
1853 4 1D1 25 7s
1 1854 ? 88 36 0-j
1866 6 8# 36 64
i860 7 87 36 04
I 1867 8 87 36 03
: 1S58 U 72 36 64
1869 10 96 35 00
180 0 11 106 36 72
180 1 12 98 36 68
180 2 13 158 36 111
1863 14 150 76 02
1*01 J > SI I J"U 14*
181)5 10 103 20) 128
186U 17 10;-) .61)0 7;,
1807 18 72 600 42
180H 19 None?sick. ? _
1809 20 22 600 18
i 1870 21 22 600 10
187 1 22 30 600 20
1872 23 30 600 ?24
i j Total 1,843 1.285
Number of foals not yet reported probably twniityi
four.
>'or the years 1873, 1874 and 1876 Hainbloloman
was limited to thirty mares, at Iho standard rate of
1 $600, and the number ol applications wore nearly 100
tor oach of those years. Tlicro Is a rumor current that
his servloos lor 1875 wero not successful; but prior to
that year the record shows that he produced loals in
the ratio ol about sixty-nine per cent, and hut for tho
ol iho cpisolic, which Msnlled the old horse during the
ravages last winter, his chances lor years' more sorviro
1 might not have been regarded good. Tho following
i w uis pedigroc:?
HAMBI,ETONIAN
Cbas. Kent Abdullah
mare , ? ,
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f | S P
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^ M hi M
* v s "o 3 a 3 p
ojsSk $ ? S B
g 7 B A ? ?. C c"
* o * .** i ? o 5 2
| ' S y 5 S
3 : ? Zr 3 a ?
?i 3 * $ 3 5
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3 B 2 3
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W
I . riGEON SHOOTING.
} A "BENEriT" MATCH ON TUB LONG ISLAND
CLUB GROUNDS.
Richard. or as ho is bettor known "Dick" Pink and
Hugh Carrlck, bolli resident* or Brooklyn, E. U., came
together in u pigeon match yesterday afternoon on tbo
grounds of tho J,otig Island Shooting Club, near Jamaica.
The announcement was mado that tbo event
win for $.">00 a itdo, 60 birds each, 21 yards rise, 80
yards boundary, 1'? ox. shot, and l.ong Island Club
rules to Eovsrn. That there should b? so much money
depending upon this coulcat excited surprise among
the Irlends o< the principals, nnd not a few hesitated to
express their belief that the amount of the stakes was
greatly overruled. I'pon Inquiry it wax found that
such was tho case, as instead Of being for a "cool thousand"
tho match was lor not one rent. It was gott> n
up lu tho interest <>l Mr. I'nik, an elderly man requiring
some assistance, who was onco very* clever wlih
tin-gun. It was thought that a pigeon nhoot would
puy better than anything else and Mr Carrlck consented
to aid the charitable undertaking. It was inadea "gato
money" affair ntid alter the birds ate settled lor the
balance will bo handed to veteran Dick.
Three or tour hundred |>orsons assembled on tho
grounds to witness the coiuc-l. Mr. John Kvans was
i selected referee. Just before the men weut to tho
score there were several oilers of $ 10 to }N on I'lnk,
which were rendllv accepted. Carrlck shot with a
| Parker and 1'iuk wnh a Scott, both ten fango breech
I loader*. The shooting was only lair by cither man, .is
the birds were shout the mcauc?t ever seen on tho
grounds. "Duflcrs" were the rulo, not the exception,
and about fifteen fast, strong fliers mado up the ..inn
i total of derent tilgeoux thai were trappe<L The tn nor
portion hardly nnd strength sufficient to take w ng,
-....I tl.e.sx fhau lunforl on Blntvlv mil nl f!iu?oi* :t xA.ml.i
not have becil difficult to knock Hern over with a cIbU,
Pink won the "match," killing 34 to 31 stopped by
farrick. Tlicra fell to ilia lat or 19 Incomers, IS rlifhl
and 1 left qnnrier> rs and 4 drivers, ilia latter l???in-?
very lair birds. To Pink, 17 incomera, 17 right and
10 Icti quaricrora and 0 drivers.
sea ma nr.
Gaorxon or tiik I/?xo Iium Snomixo Ccrn, xican
Jamaica, I. 1., March 27, lit7d.?Match o( $? (tlio g do
money, he u moro or ie..?); 60 birds each. 31 yard*
rise, NO y.t'da boundary, l'* uz., (hot and Long Island
rue i to govorn.
"I)ick" Pixx-1 1 0? 0 8 1. 0 0 1 0 1, 0 0 1 1 0, 1 0 1 11,
1 100 1, 1 1 1 1 1, 10010, 01 1 1 1, 1 1 01 1, 1 1 1 1 1.
Total, 60; killed, 34; miesed. Id.
Hron Canine*?1 10*01, 111 1 1 1, 11 1 1 0, 100* 0*0,
1 01 1 0, 1 1 101, 001 09, 1 0 1 10, 1 11 1 1, 1 1 1 0 0.
I Total, M); killed, 31; missed, 11).
j Referee, John Krma.
| Time of ahnot, 2U. 06m.
Pell dead oat of bound*.
A HOTEL MATCH TO COMB.
At Dexter'e, near Jamaica, L. I., Mr. Ira Paine erll
' eboot two matcbea with Mr. Qlldersleeve to morrow
Jt SHEET.
The terms are, each to iboot thirty blrila, Mr. Olldersleeve
huviug the use of both barrels to Mr. Paine's
oue. B"tb parties will fly tho treat Imported English
rocks. The distance id one match will bo twenty Ave
yard* nee; id the other twenty one.
MOODY AND 8 AN KEY.
There were but two meetings at the Hippodrome yeitorduy.
At the noon meeting there were 6,000 persons
present, and Mr. Moody preached on the text of the i
l'ubllcau and the Pharisee. There were Id tho audi- !
enco, said Mr. Moody, two kinds of people, Puhlicaos
and Pharisees. Tho I'uhllcan cried out, ' i;0d( j>0
merciful to inc, a sinner," and the Pharisee ;
said, "I have given all that was uocessary to ihe I.ord,
and I am awaiting my recompense. " Iiut there is an
othiT ton which gays:?"He Dial eaaitelli lum-eir
shall be humbled, ami he lliat hiunhlcth himself -liall
be exalted," Mr. Moody s|>oko al length on llic Pharisees
of ihe present lime?thu men who five money
In build churches that their names may bo
blazoned in iho newspapers; the men who
indorse nil sorts of charities thai their names might go
; far tiiiil wide. Ilut the poor I'unltraii thai said "Hod
I be mercilul to me. a sinner," was better than all of i
; Iho.-o.
At the evening meeting, at which Mr. Suukey prc'
sided, there were ahout 7,u00 people present.
The liev. Dr. Klo.i d preached on llio "Enormity of i
Sin." and mado such an ollectlvo discourse that tho
Inquiry rooms wcro lllled as tncy never wcro filled |
be I ore.
Mr. Moody held n meeting for young converts at As- \
soctation Hull in the evening.
MINISTERS' CONFERENCES.
MODIFICATIONS IN METHODIST REVIVALS? J
"ALTAR" WORK A FAILURE?TUB POWERS OF
CHURCH TRUSTEES.
Yesterday morning tho Rev. I). M. Adams, D. D., of
Brooklyn, gave his brethren a common scuso talk on
the modi (leal Ions needed in rovival work, 'flic question
itself was admitted to bo a very practical one,
especially in view of the fact that the Methodist i
Church throughout tho land Is, ns Dr. Adams declared,
in the ntidst of the most powerful revival ever I
known In its history. In Newborg.# Hudson, Sing
Sing, l'ort Jervis and other places In this Elate nothing
like the present revivals has ever been knowu. This j
fact Is largely duo to tho udiplation of Methodism to
the average mind. Its ittncrnucy Is peculiarly suited '
to the roving and chancing disposition of the American
people. Methodism is a last travelling machine,
and, like all fast travellers, It consumes a great dcnl of
: fuel. It Is very expensive, but ho believed It Is the
Lord's agency for the conversion ol the world. Many
of lis peculiar methods are peculiar no lunger, because
they have been adopted by other churches. There aro ;
many persons iu the Methodist Church who ought to
be tu some other church.
IT TKAVHI.8 TOO FAST
Tor them, and they ought to bo in a .slower conveyance. i
In Its relations to men as social beings it Is pro cmt- |
ucntly tilled lor reaching the masses. A stllf Methodist j
pr-yer mootmg is such an anomaly that it bud better
bo placed whore other still tilings are put?in the
graveyard, and be buried out ol sight. There should
| be in all the social services of the Ch'urcli Iree scope
for demonstrations, and ho thought the Hippodromo
| revivalists were missing a great point in r. pressing '
; such demonstrations ol approval as Amen ! ilalelujnh i
1 Ac. Toe Methodist Church is also getting too respect- {
able, and such demonstrations are becoming more and
more scarce in all its societies and congregations. They
aro loo much alraid that the world will think them
J crazy. 'The Methodist was intended lo be a revival
Church, and when It ceases lo be such it has no sight
| In too world. When it lulls In tnis it lulls in its mission.
The preaching of llio Methodist pulpit needs '
mod ideation. It is too high, too Intellectual .or the
average muni, and the ministry is In danger ol inissiug
that simplicity of the Gospel and ol old-lnsMoncd !
Methodism. The grcaiost man shows his greatness
by his simplicity. I'roue.liing I hut is altogether
J aimed at men's intellects lulls to loud to the highest
forms of Christian hie and experience. Ninety-nine- 1
hundredths of men aro moved by the emotions and
j allcctious rulhcr than the intellect. The Mothodlsl ,
! Church lacks to-day what it used lo havo when ho
! (Adams), was a boy?real eloquence. Ho bus board pictures
and passages Irom .Samuel Mcrwin, Mailitt und
outers mui iiu wuuiu ??u iuiuii?u icu uno-n ui uiuu iu
hour again. Hut the
ckkaciiino or to-day nkkdh horr rirlr
m It, It has plonly of-science nod philosophy, but too
little Bible. 11 more ot the Biolo moralities hud been
preached we should not have so many swindlers going
out ol the Methodist Church. Then, again, modillcations
are neoded in the celebration ol the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper. At present It is either rushed
through alter a morning service or after a dabhut h
school session, and lacks the solemnity that should
attend It as a sacrament. And the Methodist mode of
lukiug It Is as lar removed from the original intention
of it as unything can possibly he. Any one who lias
witnessed the observance ot this ordinance in a
i ltomuu Catholic church will see at unco tho
I'opish origin of tho Methodist mode. And
yet there Is nothing that Impresses men more
i lorclbly than the proper upscrvance of this sacrament,
and l>r. Adams would devote a whole service
> to it ana not crowd it in with some oilier servico, as is
I now dona Our Sunday school work needs modification,
especially in tho lessons that are studied. Last
week wu had tho death Absalom; next Sunday wo
have the Ascvusion of Christ There Is no coiidcciiou
between them, or so little that it cannot be traced.
The singing in the social meetings of the Churcn needs
modliiculiou. Instead of lue minister louding there
should he a good choir of young people who would
sing sprightly hymns and give the prayer meetings a
good send-oir and keep itiera aroused all the tune.
Many u prayer meeting has died of too much minister.
There is sucltathlng as gelling a meeting so tight
that It will bo strangled. The liberty of speorh and
prayer should be maintained, and no eno should bo
culled on by numc to speak ur pray except on a
| very special occasion. Tlicro is it great power in
silent prayer, and that should often be Indulged,
lie questioned whether protracted meetings bad been
ol uuy real heuclit to the Methodist Kpiscopal Church.
Camp meetings need improving. They are now too
long, too formal und too expensive. A man cuu goto
Saratoga, Newport, Niagara Falls or any other watering
place and live as cheaply now as he cuu at ding
ding, Ocean (Irovo, .shelter Island or other catup mcul'
Ings. The Doctor touched also on
CBt'rch A roiitt kctlfrk
Ins an eicineni in rovnui unit nuiiurn-anj uncus inoulUcaiion.
l?r. True, Messrs. Willis, Dickenson, Parker, Lloyd
; aud Kocbo engaged In the discussion. A minute on the
laic Mr. French was reui and colored on the minutes
I ol the meeting.
Tlie Baptist ministers dlscussod tlio best methods of
l poitin^ Sunday school children into the Church. Tho
I ltev. lUI-cy W. Ktispp reud au essay on the subjoct. A
I question as to the powers and prerogatives ol church
I trustees was started and seemed to interest more than
the subject ol tho cssuy. The Executive Committee of
: the Conference promised to take tlio question into consideration
and report at an early day.
BROOKLYN'S ALDERMEN.
At the regular session of the Brooklyn Common Council,
held yesterday alternoon, President French in the
chair, a resolution was adopted, on motion ol Alderman
Hay, authorizing the City Works Department to expend
the sum of $.'>,000 to place a temporary lacing of wood
; ujion tho portion of the storage reservoir not yet
finished, the Commissioners ol City Works sent in a
communication selling forth I hat. In September, lHti'j,
the Street Commissioner entered Into contract with
Peter Kiley for grading and puving Seventh avenue,
Irom $ irst street to Third street, and from Fourth street
to Drcenwood Cemetery, for $.> 50 per running loot.
Only about forty per cent of the work was done, and
I yet the contractor, when he abandoned the work, had
received certificates to tho amount ot $33..100, on
which he has drawn $23,1110. For work amounting to
lci-s than $ l'J.ixai ho was paid $23,310. Tlio money In
excess ol what was due bgs been paid unlawlully, but
the Corporallou Counsel is ol the opinion that the
sureties, against wboin suit Is pending, cannot bo held
' liable.
| Alderman Kay offered a resolution, In substance,
alleging that under the administration
of Robert Fury as Street Commissioner
certain fraudulent certiorates were issued to contractors
to grade aud pave certain streets, and money was
paid lor the same: therefore the Assessment Committee
Milium or uinoun ?" mmjn i ?1IU ic|*>rs
the result to the Common Council in ropard to aiieh
payments In the caw* ol dumter alrsct, Held, lluftulo,
hereotb and Utlcn avonuo*, and al*o to report what
ai'lion should be taken to rccovor the misappropriated
money.
FUNERAL OF MRS. KNAPI\
The remains ol Mrs. Kate K. Knapp. wife of Mr.
I theppard Knapp, wore yesterday conveyed from her
late residence, at Kort Wash n;t<>n, to the Rrick
church, corner of Thirty-seventh street and Piftlt avr'
nue, where the funeral services, alter the lorm ol the
| Presbyterian church, were performed by lU-r. Dr.
Stoddard, who paid a louihing tribute to the virtues
o: the derr.'i'od lady. The interment was In Urecn,
wood Cemetery.
MARRIAGES A .HI) DEATHS.
BIRTH.
Oiv^it ?Ob March 16 ?rifa of R Ormihv If f) of
1 a daughter.
MARRIED.
Whitest?Damuort.?Mwch 25, 1?7?, by Rev. James
M King, Thom as Demit MVhitsly to Emma Easiness
i D> bi:ai)h.
DIED.
Biiu-Aymt Rif.t., in Itrooklyn, I. 1., on Sunday,
J March 20, in the 54th rear of hi* age.
Relaurea and friend* of the family are respectfully
Invited to attend tho tuneral, from the llm-m place
I! ?pttM church. Han?on |ilacn, corner of Portland av.,
Brooklyn, on Wednesday, 2ath mat., at hall-past ono
1 1'. M.
llaontK.?In Brooklyn, on Sunday morning. March
I 20, Samam Ann, wtie otJamos W Hrodle, aged HO years.
Rrlalives und friends ol the lamily are respectfully
1 Invited to alt' id tho funeral, from her lato residence,
' ! so .Hauda St., oh Tuesday, March 2*. at two o'clock
i r. ?l
5
Caiat.wr>**?Sunday, March W, A**, wife of ItM
late Jatnea Caiieuder, In the Titi year or her jgr.
RclalivA anJ frieuda arc invited to attend her laneral,
on Tuesday, at lour o'clock 1*. M., at the residence
of ber eonin law AUuson Tredwell, No. 640
Franklin av., corner of I^etlerta place, Brooklyn.
Caseaau.?On Sunday morning, March M at twelve
o'clock M., Kmiija K, eldeat daughter of Andrea and
Carolina Cnssard, in tin- 24tll year ol her ave.
Funeral services will take pluco at St. Jaines' church,
7'Jd sC, near Lexington a v., on Tmaday morning,
Marcli lis, at ten o'clock. Friends of the laintly are respectfully
invited to attend.
Console.?At Morrltania. on Sunday evening, March
jo, \v\, oeiovea wuc ui inuuioa vuuhji, m vuo *.<j
year of iior ago.
Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
Invileit to attend the funeral, on Wedneaday, Mareh 29,
at oao 1*. 11. | thence to Calvary Cemetery tor Interniout.
CofMovT.?At Orange Vallov, .V. J , on the 26th insL,
Kiiwakd Covhoxt. in the 03d year of his ago.
Funeral from the V.illev Congregational church on
Wednesday, .March 29, at two 1'. M.
Coxox?On tho 26th inn.. Kaxni* Aoxes, youngest
daughter of Jam** and Sarah A. Coxon, ared 16 years,
3 months and 16 days.
Kutioral service nt 27 Lush St, Newark, S. J., o?
Tuesday, Mnroh 28, at two o'clock 1'. 11. Interment in
Falrmount Cemetery.
Di roeit?tin Monday, March 27, 1878, Zob J. DcFOl'lt.
lit the 4 Mil ye ir ol her age.
The friends of ihe family are invited to attond the
funeral, trout the residence of her sister, Heliport, L.
1., on Wednesday, at two o'clock.
>'a::kki.i..?In Jersey City, ?u Monday, March 27,
Mariiarkt J., widow of the lato Patrick karrcll, aged
4,'t rears and lu days.
Relatives and irieuds are Invited to attend tin
funeral, on W ednosilav. at halt-past nine A M.. trom St.
PeltT'd church, Jersey City.
Kai'i.kkrr.?At Wn'ppuigcrs Falls, N. Y., on Monday,
tho 27th Inst., Josiaii Faii.knkr, in tho 05th year ot bis
uge.
The rolatlves and fr'cndB of the family are invited to
to attend the funeral, nti Thursday, the JOth Inst, from
Zlon church, Wapplngers Kails, N. Y., at half-past two
o'clock 1*. M, Train leaves Hudson Ktver Railroad
station, at 42d St., at A, M
Kick sr.? At Savannah, tin., on Wednesday, March
22, 1870, Chari.ks K. Fiokkr, of New York city, In th<
21st year ot Ills age,
Kiineral services at St. Ignatius church, 40th St., between
5lh and 'itli avs., on Thursday, the oOth Inst-, at
half past ten A. M
Ki.atkrkrsi it.?On Sunday, Marcn 20, Groros, sou
of George and Mary Klatetnoraeh, aged 1 year, 2 inontht
and 7 days.
Relatives and friends of the family, also Gchrdet
Kreundschafl* IJund, United Brothers' l.odgo No. 356
are Invited to attend Ihc lunoral, from tho residence oi
his parents, on Tuesday, at half jiast-one P. M.
Glkkkon.?At Highland Kails. N. Y., on Marrh 1.1
1876. of pneumonia, Hour Gi.kkso*, native of PoullulT,
Kings county, Ireland, aged 62 years.
Irish papers please copy,
Gorimim.?tin Sunday, March 26, M. L. Gordo*, Id
tho IMllh year of Ins age.
Tho luneral services will bo held at the Thirteenth
street Presbyterian church, between 0th and 7th avs.,
on Wednesday, March 29, at twelve o'clock M. Th?
Iricnds of the family are Invited to attend, also lbs
member* of Atlantic l.odgo, No 178. F. aud A. M., and
ol Jerusalem Chapter, No. 8, R. A. 11.
Milwaukee papers please copy.
The members of Allan lie Lodge, No. 178, will meet at*
tho lodge room, corner 4th and Green sis., on
Wednesday, March 29, at eleven o'clock A. M., to at
? . - ' >-< t?.i? \i i rc.?a..n u?
order of tho master, ('HAS. W. 8Y, Socsetary.
Gordon.?On Wednesday, 22d inst., Jamks Urkntoi
Gordon, of Halifax, N. S., aged 24 years.
His remains wero interred this day in Cypress HIUl
Cenietery.
Hulllax (N. S.) papors pIcaRO ropy.
Graham.--At Newark, N. J., March 20, John C. Gra
ham, late of New York city, In his 00th year.
Notice of funeral liorealter
Hopkins.?At Troy, ou Ttiesday, March 21, Fluiri
W., youngest son of K. W. and Kltza Aun Hopkins, do
ceased, aged 0 years and 7 months.
liemains wore Interred In Greeuwood.
Kavanaiiii.?March 2d, Cathkiunk Kavavac.h, a na
live of Gueens county, Ireland, aged 40 years.
The relatives and friends are respectfully invited U
attend hertunural, Irom St. Vincent's Hospital, at lot
o'clock A. M
Kki.i.y.?On Murch 20, 1870, alter a short illness
Hannah, widow ol ex-Alderman l'atrlok Kelly, aged 54
years.
Funeral will take place this afternoon, at one o'clock,
from her late residence, 229 West IPith St., and front
thence to Calvary Cemetery lor interment. Friends ol
the latnlly are respectfully invited
Kikknkk.?At i'latntleld, N'. J., on Saturday, March
25, ol tubercular meningitis, Ciiari.ks l.KVKRtrn, eldest
soil of Jucob and Annie M. Ktrkner, aged 12 years, 4
months and 14 days.
The relullves and friends of the family are respect
fully Invited to attend tho funorul services, at the Congregational
church, Plaintleld. on Tuosdav, March 20,
at a i|uartnr past ten A. M. Carriages will be in walt1
tng on tho arrival ol tho 9 A. M. train from tho foot ol
Liberty St., N. Y. llody will be taken to Flushing, L,
| 1., for Interment.
Lkipzickk.?tin Sunday, March 20, Marcus Lkipzigrr,
In his 48th year.
Friends, and members of New York Lodge No. 57,
Keaher Shel Hur/.el, are respectlully Invited to attrnd
tho lunerul, on Tuosdav, March 2k, at leu o'clock A
II I-...- I.,. I..I. V??1o t ..TlniTlon
London. Manchester and Glasgow papers please copy,
Lindsay.?In this city, on Tuosduy, March 21, Ai.ke
a.ndku Lindsay, in his itSlh year.
Further notice of the luneral will be given.
Lokd. ? At Newark, N. J., on Sunday, March 20,
Ei.sik, inluut daughter of Samuel and Minnie A. Lord.
Mann Kits?In Jersey City, on Sunday morning,
March 20, Dkiiohaii P. Joiinks, wife of D. s. Manners,
aged 66 years.
Relatives and friends are Invited to attend the f?
neral services, at her lute residence, 173 Harrow st., Jen
se.v City, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at four o'clock.
Moork.?On Sunday, March 20, Colonel VVim.iam B.
i Moo it a, aged Ml years.
Relatives ami Iriends of the family are Invited to
attend the funeral, at his lale residence. No. 338 East
19tti sL, on Tuesday, March 28, at hull-past one K M.
Mom;an.?At Nuudu, N. Y., March 24, of heart
disease, Hrnky A. Moroan, of this city, in the 68ll
year ol his age.
Funeral on Tuesday, at twelvo o'clock, from bis lati
i rysldenco, 261 Wi>st 4-td si.
MrCi.iNAiiAN.-ur pnuemonla, Rorrrt McClrnaiian,
in the 74lh year of Ins ago.
Kclalivesand friends arc respectfully Invited to attend
Ills funeral, Irom his lale residouce, 446 West 45tt
St., on Tuesday, March 28, at half past one o'clock.
URtiiLi,.?In" Brooklyn, on Saturday, the 26th Inst.,
lifer, youngost child of Edmund and I.ucy Orgill, aged
3 years.
Funeral servico at the residence of her parents, cor.
ner ol Nostrum! av. and L)eun St., on Tuesday, at halfpast
two o'clock 1'. M.
O'Hkikn.?On Sunday, March 26, Mart O'Hkikn, aged
72 years.
Frtenda ol the family arc respectfully invited to meol
tho remains at the depot ol the Long Island Railroad,
Hunter's I'otnt, i?t two o'clock P. M. to-day (Tuesday)'
March 28, uud from thouco to Calvary Cemetery, aa
per notice. *
I'akkkk. ? In Brooklyn, Sunday morning, March 26.
Mtav A., wifo of George C. Parker, aged 24 yeara and
j 7 mouths.
The relatives and friends of tho family aro Invite*
! to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 51 Ned
York av., on Tuesday, March 28, at two o'clock.
I Pattkrsox.?Ou Sunday, March 28. Francis DoroL.tss,
youngest child of Francis aud Maggie Patterson,
aged 8 mouths and 17 days.
The relatives and friends of tho family are respectfully
invited to attend (he funeral, Irom the residence
of his parents, 102 .Suffolk it., on Tuesday, llie 2Mb
Inst., m half-past one P. M. Intcrmont at Woodlawn,
Special train leaves Grand Central depot at 2:45 P. M.
Kknwick?On Sunday, March 26, Mrs. Jiukt Rawwick,
in the 48lh year ol her uite.
Koiattves and friends are Invited to attend the funeral,
from her late residence, No. 35 Fort Greene
placo, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, the 29th inst., at twelve
I jj'clook,
ltim.kt.?On Sunday. 26th Inst , Katk, wife of Willfnm
V. G. Klblcl (daughter of Isaac Du Dots, aged 29
years.
Funeral on Tuesday, tba 23th Inst, at 12 o'clock,
fmm 14lsi si., second door cast of Aloxandor av.
Friends and relatives are luvltod to attend without further
notice.
Booms.?On tho 2?(th Inst, Mrs. Sosan, wifo of the
; late Jinnee 11. Koomo, aged 70 years.
Her relatives and friends, also the members of the
Bedford street Methodist Kpiscopal church, are respectfully
invited to attend her funeral, from lh?
church, corner of Bedford and Morton sis., at hnlt-paat
1 ten A. M., on Wednesday, the 29th tnst. Her remain*
will be tnkeu by the 1 P. M. tram, from 30th sk, t?
Tnrrytown lor interment.
Koosst.?On Monday, Marrh 27, Jplia, the beloved
' wife of James Booney, in the 4Mb year of her age.
The relatives and friends am respectfully requested
I to attend her funeral, from her late residence, No. 548
West 520 *t., on Wednesday. 29th insk, ul one o'clock.
Smith.?On March 27, Jambs W. smith, aged 33
Years.
The relatives and friends of tho family, also lb*
inemoer* of Amity ;<odge, No. 323, F. ami A. M., and
j Washington Chapter, No. 212, R. A. M.. are respectfully
[ Invited to attend the funeral, from bis lata residenco,
f No. 145 Htli av.. on Wednesday, 29th inst., at balf-past
one o'clock I', it.
WaanisuTon C'narTRa, No. 212, R A. M.?Co*.
ravtoMt?You aro heroby eiitnnioned to attend an
: emergent convocation of Washington Chapter, No.
212, K. A. M., at their rooms, Itleocker ItniMinc, 274
Wloerker at., on Wednesday, March 20, 1878, at IS
I o'clock M , sharp, to pay the last trthuto of respect
I to our late companion, lames W. Smith. Hy order ol
the H. I*. J. II. 6ARRI8ON, Sccrotary.
Saint.?On Monday, March 27, Jaiiks W. Sana,
Iaged 32 years and 7 days.
Funeral troin Ills laie residence, 145 8th av., Wednesday
at one o'clock. Relatives and friends Invited.
oi.ai.iAC?On Monday, 2tKI? Inat, Makocxkits Astikisr,
infant daughter of Louis and Klla Solollac, aged
7 months.
Friends of the family are Invited to attend the
funeral, this (Tuesday) morning, at ton o'clock, Irorn
tho residence of nor grandfather, Mr. A. doleliac, Na
132 West 4oth st.
?*. i/., vii . uu 41/,
Amhkosk, hod ol DeWitl C. and Kltaabelk A. fSlcveu*
aged 10 day*.
I rasDaaicae.?At the residence or her brother, 38J
' 0th av., corner KM si , on Sunday, March 2fi, Mr*.
Katk Tnauraicas. aged 29 year*.
The friends of the family, also those ot bar brother,
M. H. Nsgle, arr invited lo attend the Mineral, on
Tuesday, March 28, Irom church ol rtt. Michael, 324
at. and'pth av., at eleven o'clock, where a solemn liigll
mass ol requiem will be offered up lor the repose ol her
i son I.
IVn.ma us. ?On March 2d, Rfdsanmi K. Williaus, in
I her 4?Hh year.
IKeintlve* and friends of the family are requested to
attend tho Mineral, on lha 28th mat,, at two I*. M., from
All ifainti' church, lienry aud scainwcl ata,