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A HUNTER'S POINT TRAGEDY.
One Night Watchman Kills Another Un
der Mysterious Circumstances.
THE SLAYER'S STATEMENT.
How Denis Ryer Says He Came to Shoot
Patrick Taft.
A STRUGGLE FOR A PISTOL
Two Shots and a Dead Man
Left Alone.
Long Island City was thrown lulo ft grout stato ol
excitement yesterday morning by the intelligence that
? frightful murder bad been committed in the Ireight
depot of tbo Long Island Kailrou I, tbc victim being a
night watchman named l'atrick Tutt What loni addi
tional Intensity to the excitement was the remem
brance that sotuo years ago a watchman .u tbo employ
?f the company was killed by a deeper ulo who was
allerwurd captured and sent to State Prison lor lite.
It appears tb.it iho first person who learned that Talt
had been killed was one of tbo employes of
the road, uamcd D. M.Carter On going to Work,
iboui hull-pest six, be buppouod in bo passing the
Kerry 6lrcet door ol the olltco of the freight depot,
and knowing that the watchman did not leave the
premises uutil seven o'clock, he trlod tho knob ol the
door. Not finding the door locked, he walked Into tbo
building, und noticed that the watch mail's key was lit
the loci, on lha iu>id<>. The oftiee proper occupies a
(pace about teu feet square, which Is divided oil iroiu
the insiii room by a board partition. The door leading
to the freight platform, whore Carter bad to work
ia Just outside ol tbo snuthern front of the partition,
and in order to reach it ho bud to piss the oilico door
ilo found the first door locked and uoiiced that the of.
lice door was closed. Thinking that the watchman
bad fallou asleep Inside bo opened the dour. The llrst
abject that attracted Ills uiteuiion was Talt on his
tnves with bis head resting on his lull arui, which was
rxteuded on a chair to the right ol the door, bis right
tun lying over the arm of the chair. Carter,
boheviug him to bo asleep, was about to awaken bim
by giving mm u push, when immediately behind the
kneeliug uiun lie descried s pool of blooiU 'I his dis
eovrv startled him, and on going nearer Tuft be saw
that he was dead. Ho immediately gave an alarm, and
In a lew minutes several citizens uud a police officer
were on the sceno, tbo Coroner among the number.
*>n raising tbo prosirate form of tbo watch
man u cursory oxuiniuatlou showed that lio
bad been wounded in tbo upper lip and
lhat his shirt and co it. on tbo left side, were stained
With blood. The body was quite cold wliea found,
Ihowing that the unfortunate man had been doud
?u?ne time. What struck everybody who had answered
lue alarm cry given by Carter was that there was no
evidence of any struggle having takcu place. Ivory
thing in the ortlco was In Its usuut place, and the at- !
laches of the road, who had been summoned shortly j
alter,
tii k Dtacoraav of the c;:
eas made found that none ot the drawers had been
tampered with aud that all the hooks and papers
hud be<'ti lelt undisturbed. Tho mystery which
?urruunued the caso was made all tho greater
Irum the lact that the pool of blood on
the Hour was several feet behind the spot where
the body of Tuft was found, nor was there any
evidence to show how lie had met his death, whether bo
had been shot or slabbed. A thorough examination of
the room ulter the body hud been removed, however,
?bowed conclusively that he hud been shot, (or a
bullet was picked up' outside of the oillce door
sud tho truck of another was discovered In the par
tition near tho door. Where the shot could have come
!ruiu was a mystery, lor (lie indentation made in the
wood was precisely tho saiuo that n bullet won d make
If Bred lioni the ceiling. The lanllghl over the door
was opeu, and It was generally supposed that whoever
bod done the shooting must have taken aim through
It. liut even this was deemed to bo unreasonable atlor
awhile, for the bullet would not have taken tho
directum iho hall did take which had Imbedded Itself in
the partlt on. ! he body of the dead man was liually re
moved to au undertaker's, where a post mortem examl
datum was m ido and tho body viewed by a jury i tup.iii
tllcd by Coroner Darren. The result ot tho post
mortem showed that a bullet had entered the left side
of the body Just below the hearl, and that it had taken
au upward aud inward direction, and that another had
struck the poor fellow in tho upper lip. The
shot ueae tho heart was, of cour.-o, the one
that caused death. As tho day wore on
ho excitement over the tragedy became vory great,
n 1 the police and tho ofllcers of the ward bad as uiucU
* they cou'd do to keep the freight depot Irco from !
lio crowds Hint threatened to invade It. Speculation
*u* rile as 10 how such an atrocious crime i
could have been committed In eucb a neighbor- j
houd, without Iho noise of the pistol shots '
attracting tho attention ol even tho watchman who
wi re ou duty iu the eugmeer*' department and on tho
whurl. ouly duo Icet distant from tfie place where Tall )
was louud However, the poller set about to work up
ihc ease, and, learu ng that Tuft aud a follow watchman
named Don is lit er, with three men In m New York, ;
had ooen drinking at the City Hotel barroom, near the
firry, late on Sunday Bight, they determined to get I
b'.lu 'if the New York' rs. Had tliet done so they ,
arould have only gone on a wild goosu chase, lor
TV* If Aft W'UO mil TIIK HLOOIIV DKKD
furrendere I him-cll to Captain Woods, of the Long
Island police, at Astoria, uln ul eight o'clock In tho I
morning. He wus no less a person than Ileitis liver, |
the wharf watchman in the outplay ol tho rail
road coin|>any. K.ver simply loid the captain
that It was no wlio bud killed Taft, that tho
?booi ng was ecclivnta . and tint no one regretted
It mure than he. Iho details he did not give, tho ;
officer preferring to wait till he had .-ecu his ooanscl
lie ere I Wealing "It that had taken place between hint
tnd h:> vie:tot when tbeshooungtopk place. A lli.n.w.n
reporter called at the Astoria station hnase last even,
ug on learning that Kyer had surrendered himself, and ]
found Captain WOt>ds and several ol Ins elllocrs sitting
near the stove 1.1 the m tin room. A short, stoat man, i
gray bearded aud gray headed, and with by no means a
forbidding countenance, was chatting wllh them as the
reporter entered, and w ho was introduced to him as
liter. Tho reporter tdd him lie would like
to bare his version of tho -hooting, but ho
?eplied that ho would prefer to wait until i
?e coald sec bis lawyer, whom he expet ted every mo
iieni. lie finally, however, altera ihiio general con- j
rental Ion. answered the questions put to him In a I
rank and opeu manner. He M-wmtd to he quite ul
'retod at limes, and evidently realixel tho creadful |
position In which he was placed.
st.vtfvikxt of thk ai.LKdsn Ht-ansaao.
"I will lelifoo," Mid Rvcr, "now it u!l huppenod.
Tall and 1 had been down io the corner?I won't deny
that?and had taken a drink ; hut wo were ni l drunk, !
either ot uc. I had taken itottnug to drink all ttuy; '
ol that I am certain, and 1 did uoi drink enough that
mghl to make me druuk. 'full, I do um think, wus
what maybe culled intoxicated The -hooting took
place between three und lour o'clock in the I
morning. It was toy custom to go iuto the oitlce at ?
night tune occaaionuilv aud have a friendly chat with
Tall, lor we were both friends and never had any dlf- ;
Oculty ir?m Hie tune wo became acquainted. ' Tins
morning, between three and lour ovices, as I said be
fore, we were In the office. Wo had been in
there about an hour or a ili'lo more
I should think, talking about business a hairs
rcaeraliy. Ho wisa sitt.ug on a high >t. ol mar the 1
leek on the north side ot theotr.ee, lacing me. and I !
?coupled a chair to tho riant of the door as you enter, !
aiy bock being toward the weight ptatlorin My re
volver is a largo one, and it has always been my habit
when sitting dow n in the olflco to lake it out ol my
bind pocket and place It on the desk. When
I sat down this Htne I look it out as
usual and put it on tho desk. We h el
been talking a considerable time about one thing aud
another, when, during tho conversation, 1 said some- ,
thing that b? seemed to take great offence ai. and. in a |
moment ot apparent lar/ he jumped from the stool on
which be was sitting and made a grasp lor tbu re
volver, exclaiming, Thai's my pintol.' I Instinctively
clutched nold of tho revolver by the hand o, as it lay
belore me, with mv right hand resting on tl He en
doavored to wrench It IroUi tno. and leering that if ho
got It he would shoot mo, ho seemed In such a rage, 1
aid my best io pall it out of his hands. While huggiug
to keep possession ol it It in some Way or other
Went off. Tins spincwhal alarmed me, lull Tall per
Si?led in his endeavors to take it from me.
Wo were both at this time using our two hands, and,
mi he waa a strong man, 1 knew 1 had to do my host to
kvep bini from getting poest sslon ot ik I could
ecarcely tell how long the struggle looted, tl seemed
very long to we. hut It muat nave lasted only a tow
minutes. At uuy rate, a tecoud shot was
discharged during the lassie. wneu he tell on the
lour, partially on Ins side, finally rolling over and
failing on his nack lledid notexciaim that he wassbot, '
?or did 1 see soy appearance ol blood ou hie lace or on I
his clothing, but he asieil ma not to leave him, sav
lop, "^tuuU by tne;
I pokoivk voc
for whit you have tloun. " 1 than raised h m up and
placed tiiiu lu tbo position io which bo was (ootid?that
is, I took him over toward the chair 10 which I had
bean tilting. He was thco on hi* kcoe* aud lie laid
Ins head down ou his arm hi the chair, and nevorauid
a word alterward. Wbon I found ttut he
wus dead 1 took up tuy lantern aud other
things, closed the door nut went down to
the yard. I alterward weulout of the Kerry atreet
door, aud when I reached home I told my wile
what had occurred, and she suggested that I should ao
and surrender myself to the police at once. Keeling
that I hud not kil.ed Tail purposely, that bla doatli
was purely accidental, I concluded to do ao, aud I
started to hud Captain Woods, In the company of
OlDcer Mi'Unlx. to whom I made no revelation
as to what I wautod to loll the Captain,
simply leading hi in to tho beilel that 1 knew touic
tnlug which would enable the police to get ahold of the
mull who had done the shootlug. On tho Captain's
coming tram his house when Mennix called and told
linn that I might bo able to give lulu some luformaltnu
about ihu killing of Tuft I told him Irunklv that I had
kilted him by uccdcul aud wanted to give myself up.
DIAUMAM OF TUX
T.ie following diagram ol tho Irvglit depot and its
. urrouudings will a lord the reader a clearer idea of the
Main Freight
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II ? !? uiraiiei* Into partitioned olHee fruiu main building.
C? Window facing Kerry street.
11?Wludour overlooking height platform.
K?Ihairwiiv leading on to pTutlorm.
K I ?Shelf windows from dusk.
O?Chair where Kyersat.
11 ? Stool wliero Taft -.at.
K?K.ulranee to height platlorm.
Til K DKADLV 1IKCOI.VKK.
The only question which Ityer relused to answer,
nnd wlucli the reporter did not press, was ns to the
subject mutter ot tho conversation which bud re
sulted In Tail's getting so enraged, as Ityer
hud claimed Ins victim hud become. "1 don't
care to speak about that," was Ins reply;
"the luct is. wo were conversing about a good many
things, and I said to liini it Wus all very well lor hn'n
to tuik, that bo hud au oiMce to stay in and " At
this partial explanation Ityer stopped utid said nothing
more about tins particular feuture of their conversa
tion. Ho emphulically denied that bo and Tall hud
ever hud any quarrel, nnd snld that neither of
tuciii hud exchanged any harsh words belore Tult
sprung Irom tils scut to get the revolver. "His sudden
rage," he said, "greatly surprised me, and I could not
understand It; lor the remark 1 made he took us
otlcuslve to himself, and it was not so Intended."
Captain Woods, in whoso presence the conversation
between the reporter and liver was held, and
wlio, ou receiviug from him tho revolver
with which tho shooting was done, handed
It over to his sergeant, produced tho weapon so that
the reporters could have a look at it It was a largo
s./e six-barrelled Coil's old style weapon and the Ssr
gtaiil staled that when he received tt thero were two
exploded cups ou It and one barrel unloaded with no
cap. Ityer, in spoaking of tho revolver, said:?"I
always kept oiio barrel unloaded, loaving the hammer
over'thal barrel, tlnly two shuts were tired."
WAS DRINK TilK CAL'SK OF T1IK Xtl'llDKR?
liver lias been In the employ ol tho J.oug Island
Railroad about seventeen mouths, aud bears a good
reputation fo lar as the reporter could learn. Ho
was once a deputy wurdeu of tho Tombs in
this city wheu ex-Judgo Coulter was War
den, aud was. previous to being employed |
by the Long Island Railroad Company, supermini
dent ol tho stables ol tlio Street Cleaning l>epurlmcnl
when Hugh Gardner was Prosiueut ol tho Pollco
It urd. He is tlttv years ol ago and has uo children.
His victim wns u lino looking man, about thirty years
of age. Ilo had been married only throo years und
leaves a wife, nnd cltlid Ave months old. He
had been in the employ of tho company
upward ol niuo yours. llu seemed irom
the conversations tho reporter held with the railroad
employes, a general lavonto und hud an excellent rep
utation. "lie was loo quiet a inun," said out of the
employes to the reporter, "to get into a row,
aud fi>r my part I don't think he was killed
accidentally. He never quarrelled with any
body." ilo llie reputation of Ityer and Ins
victim what they may have been. It would seem that
thsy wcro both drinking on Sunday night In the City
Hotel barroom, near tlio lerrv, wnli three men from
New York, Tho barkeeper states that llycr nnd theso
three men got into a dispute about polities, and became
so noisv thai he had to order them to go out, which
they dbl. Tall ut the lime was oil the sidewalk, talk
ing with an oltlcer. It was furthermore stated to alio
reporter that llyer and a man uamod Walsh, n mail
carrier in the employ ol the railroad company, got
Into a quarrel ab ut one o'clock in a barroom near
tho depot, when Wal*h tool Ryer ho wns too
old a mail to tight him, whereupon Tall
took olf Ins coat and exclaimed that he was not too
old for Walsh to light. The men were finally separated,
it Is said, without coming to blows. This story is ;
given lor what il Is worth, as there Is some doubt .
about Its being true In every respect. !
It may be sud that liver's only ex- ,
plana ion why lie did not glvo an alarm when j
lie lound that Tuft was dead was tnal he know "it
would create a great luss," aud ho saw uo necessity
lor It.
Tho Inquest In llu- case will be held on Wednesday
next Tlio body ol the unfortunate man was conveyed
lu his late resiUcuco in Grccupolnt yesterday evening.
A PATHOL BOAT llUN DOWN.
At h' ll-j asi flvo o'clock yesterday afternoon, whilo
Roundsman Itack ami Odlcers llaml and lthodcr, ol
the Twenty fourth precinct, woro on patrol In it small
boat oppostto Koosevell street, their boat was run
down by the tug S. .1. Christian. 1 ho boat was partly
demolished, but the ollicors wero rescued by the tug
boat. Roundsman H ick and OIBcor Khoder received
slight cuts on the head.
A DESERVING APPEAL.
The ladies of the .Soldiers' Keller Association desire
to provulo a Thanksgiving dinner for the disabled sol
diers and for the widows aDd orphans of those who fell
In ilio late war. Although this association has no
established home, vet Irom threo bundled homes of
these patriot soldiers comes the annual appeal lor aid.
The ladies look hopefully to those srlio have assisted
Ibem In past years, and to til others whose sympathies
are over enlisted id bchall ol the enabled soldier.
Coiftr.buttons ol provisions may t>o sent, November
28 and 20. to tho armory ot tho Twenty-second regi
ment, Fourteenth Street, west of Sixth avontio. end
donations ol nionny to Mrs. John A. Kennedy, Frosi
(lent. No. lid West Twenty-second street, or to Mrs.
William K. Muvcmeyer, Treasurer, No. 335 West Four
tceuih st.
CADET MIDSHIPMEN.
VACANCIES I* THE CNIIED STATES NAVAL
ACADEMY.
Annapolis, Nov. 24, 1870.
There are at present, as Indicated by the new Naval
Acudomy Register, issued a tew days since, a number I
of vacancies of radit midshipmen in the Naval Acad- |
emy. An unusual oversight or neglect In the Register 1
is that some twenty cadets aro down In tho Register 1
without the States Irom whence they aro appointed.
This makes It inipostlolo to dctcrmino exactly the
number ol vacancies; but, ''counting them out," there
ure the following appointments to bo uiado:?From
Alabama, .1; Arkausaa, 1; Connecticut. 1, Florida,
1; i.oor.ln, 4; Illinois, C; Iowa, it; Kentucky, 7;
I.out-tana. 2; Michigan, 2; Missouri. 1; Massachu
setts, 1; Mississippi, 2; Maine, 3, Maryland, 1; Min
nesota, 2; Norm Carolina, 3: New Vork, ?; New
Hampshire, 1; Ohio, 6; Pennsylvania, 8; South Caro
lina. t; tcuiiesseo, II; l>xa*, 2; Vermont, I; Virginia,
2, Wisconsin, #; Arizona Territory. 1; Dakota Ter
ritory. l; Montana Territory, l; New Mexho t erritory,
j. Wiismngtou territory, 1; Wyoming territory, 1.
t he preci-o Congress onnl districts troin which those
vu. uuctes aro to ho bllod can be learned irom tne
Secretary ol the Navy. Each Congressional district,
including the Territories, Is i-utttleii to one cadet inttl
Strip man at the academy. These are nomlnatad by the
Congressmen, and appoin>sd on their recommendation
by the Secretary ot the Navy. Every candidate uius( be
between lourieen and elgbtaen years ol age, nml will he
reqeired to p,st a mental and physical examination
before lie cau enter the academy. Tho nature ol the
examination can he learned by application lo the
academy. IfCougrosamen do not Oil their vacancies
by ilie Hi of July of each year then Ihe secretary ol
thv Navy Is required to supply them Twenty-live
caiT'i er.ginoer* are annually appointed In tne navy.
Those who de-iro these appointments (eandid.no* must
lie between the yours ol sixteen and twenty) must send
their applications In the Secretary ol the Navy, who
will authorise proper ones to go to Annapolis to bo ex
amined on the 6th ol fepteinbcr ol each year. The
twenty-five most proOclenl will be commissioned ns
cade: engineers lu the United Slates Navy.
One ol the singelanties el our present naval system
Is mat, while there Is allowed by law but one cadet
irom ilio District ol Columbia, It has lour, and Knodo
Island, that hsa e riabt to but two has three.
1 THE PRESS AND THE PULPIT.
TBE FOBMEB OCTDOKS TUB LATTER IN IT8 IX
ELUENCE.
Yostcrduy tho Methodist ministers considered the
comparative influence ol tho press and the pulpit and
l)r. It. M. Adams, ul Brooklyn, opeued the dlscus.-iuu.
Ho took what he called tho unpopular side?that is, the
side wuich recognizes and gives due credit to the secu
lar press lor whatever 01 good it coulaius. 11 It should
be hsscrted ibut the press is more powerlul and Influ
tiai than the pulpit It might be difScult to prove the
proposition Nothing is absolutely small; everything
bus soiuo measure of lulluenco on morals and
religion, tho crops, railroads, politics, Ac.,
are each and all intluontial In their sphere and to an
extent more or less appreciable. They Indicate as a
spiritual barometer the rise and (all ol the moral
temperature. Take, lor instance, said Dr. Adums. the
present muddle lu politics. There is scarcely any re.
vivul going on tow in any of our churches because of
It; and, whatever be the tone ol tho secular press, It
lias its iulluence on the popuiur luiud. It has pecu
liar advantages and facilities lor reaching the popular
mind. You can llnd the press ut every street corner,
en every railroad car or steamboat, and at every
ferry, hotel or other public pi ice. It mukes profes
sion, too, ol tho highest religious culture, and thero is
a certain (orco und power in it that reaches the public
nund. There is only one thing ihat inierleres wlih Its in
fluence, and that is tliut th3 public dors uot fully be
lieve In lis professions and its teachings to any great
extent. Hut, alter all, tiic secular press commands tho
best talent ol tho community, and when it is uerosyary
to bring news irom tho distant parts ot tho world no
stouo is lolt unturned. Take tho caso of Tweed, ior
instance. When it was knov. 11 ilut he was expected
hero a corps ol reporters wcro kept down ut rsamly
ilook and Highland lights lor a foriuight or more to
gel the earliest news ol h.s arrival. Surely (he chil
dren ol this world are wiser m their generation ihuu
tb<i children of Hgn\ The secular press tresis all sub
jects, ov< 11 religion, in the same spirit. Kieh men, no
matter how rich or religious they are, receive no more
consideration than the poor. Tho pross cuts to the
quick every time. The Doctor reierred to some of
our contemporaries, und romnikod that the late Dr.
j Kady's able piper on ??Missions," read before tho
Bvungelical Alliance in this city thrco years ugo, was
i constructed out of luutcriul supplied by an editorial lu
j tho Tnhuvr. There is a certain crispness, he said,
' about the way in which the secular papers trout sub
! jects that appeal to ihe average mind and which ac
counts very largely lor Its influence on tho public
mind. It is the most commanding and tho greatest
lorco in this hind and, perhaps, in the world to-dsy.
Hilt while the press lollows rather than leads public
opinion It docs so as the rudder does the ship?it
guides and controls that opinion. You cuu go through
tiie community and easily tell what papers arc read.
Thero is a cerium distinctness in reading that loaves
lis Impress Upon the people, and evury subject is
treated ol ill tho press.
BOLDXKSS OF TilK SKC'l'LAK I'KKS.x.
Ono of tho cruatosl luflucucos winch the secular
press exercises is lu the line of its boldness. It has to
be bold lo make its influence lolt. Tho press must oe
positive also, lor neutral papers have very luilo influ
ence in the community. The press is working in tho
line ol ufliriiiuiioiis ami not of deiu ils. The religious
press is l.ir below iho secular m influence and power,
becaes) tbe former lucks directness in us treatment of
questions. Wo must bo religious, and the religious
press must grind uut just so much religious news
every week, but it is necessarily strung oui very thin.
Ii is considered good enough reading lor Sunday. It is
very bold in condemning other people's sius, while It
hides its own. That, suid Dr. Adams, is iny indict
ment against the religious press. Comparing, then,
the pulpit with the secuiur press ibe Doctor remarked
that we liad to got up on it luddcr, as it were, totluaoul
what some ot our great preachors say. The pulpit lucks
the mighty lorco which condenses things and enables
us to see all sides ol a subject. There are many who
uoiiovo that tho sbculur press Is more religious than
the religious press, or even than the pulpit. One man
u short tunc ago told lum that while he took all the
religious papers tho secular paper that he took was
more religious than any.
A Voice?Was ihul the Sun "
Another?No; It was tho Herald!
The pulpit lucks tho element that makes the secular
press so powerlul? boldness. Tho press Is daily mak
ing its impression on the people while the pulpit has
only ono day lor lis say. It has pleased Hod, oy the
foolishness ol preaching to save men, and lie believed
u great deal ol it is loolish preaching. Boldness in
preaching Is an ? fleet, the cuuso ol which is that groat
lilting up of a mau until ho can sec nothing hut Hod.
All el?e is small before turn. And what the pulpit of
to-du.v needs is to be lilted up where other thinga shall
upprur us nothing in comparison with Hod. It needs a
boldness that is born ol the things of the world to
Mmc. Now the question Is as to tho comparative Influ
ence and lorce of those two, the press aud tho pulpit,
wheu they go together. Is it not Uod's order that the
pulpit shall bo the moulder und leader ot Ibe publlo
mindf Tho late rebellion was brought about by tho
ministers rather than by the press or the politicians.
And Abraham l. tuoln publicly thanked the Methodist
Kpiscopu! Church lor saving tho nation. Now, tho
pulpit is ouly at Its middling power, w hile the |5rc?s Is
ut us maximum. The puiplt needs to bo luted up
where it shall roe only Jesu-. Tho flro-lippcd tonguo
Is an enormous aud unquenchable power lu this world.
The secular press is ahead ol the thought ol the ago.
It grasps everything aud makes all subservient to its
own idea. Now let tho pulpit take hold ol every ad
vantage in Us possession and then superadd lo lh;g t ho
endow mcntol Hod's spirit und it shall ho tho moulding
power in lb s world.
THK WORLDLY, KlKSHLY AND DEVILISH PRESS.
It rot her Parsons divided he secular press inio tbeso
thrco classes, uud I o look ui> tho fleshly or tho liceu
tlous press lor his theme. Unless great men can bo
sent into our great city pulpiis he did not know what
was to become of little parishes like Ins own lying on
tile borders. Throe hundred story papers ol
the class that lie condemned are taken and
read In hts parish, while only oigluy roll
glous papers arc received. .Seven of tho slory
papers ol this city send out weekly 3t;0,000 col
umns ot reading, wiuie all tho religious papers send
out uuly 1 fll!,iHilt it is a8ionishiug, and u great deal
ol the former is ol the ragnmuflln stylo ot stories,
hud our young peoples minds are being turned
by it. He has exmnuied books in bis
awn Sunday school library and bud fouud
nothing in tile papers Indicated to exceed in lioness
the mutter contained in thoso hooks This kind of
Ineruture is like the Egyptian plague ot frogs. The
devil Uns laraornudiviie.es every Sunday than tho min
isters have, und more hours are rpcut in roudlngtlns
trash I bail in livaring the Uospcl ur reading the Bible.
Dr. Adams huvlng relerrod to the influence which Cal
vin exercised in H nova and Knox in Scotland as Il
lustrations of the power which tho pulpit might ex
ercise oil the mind of the community, Brother Dick
inson remarked that in thoir day tho Nnw York
Hkkai.d did not omsL No mau could excrclso
the same influence to-day as they did unless
the secular press was on ttieir tide. The
Rev. Alexander KcAlisler remarked that the ten
dency ol every cluss und order is to magnify Its owu
ofllco. He wus disposed lo question whether eitlior
carry the Influence they claim If the comparison
wus lo be made between a demented pulpit and an
Intellectual press, tbcu I lie press was more Influential.
Hut II tba comparison wus between u demented press
and un Intellectual pulpit, then Hie pulpit was tho
most powerful. Bui II it he denied that we have
neittier, he hud seen l oth. Highly per cent ol all the
reading of ibis city is Action. Mr. lIcAllster thought
the | ress should give more intention to this subject.
A resolution was adopted expressing the pleasure of
the meeting that Bishop Hums Is coming to reside
hero. The ml-sionary secretaries were asked anil
ngr< cd to provide u missionary sermon next Monday
morning.
THE MAIN MALPRACTICE CASE.
The funeral of AI.co I). M >iu, the young woman who
died from the ellocu or Injuries produced by a third
party, took pluco yesterday uitcruoon Irom her bus
buna's residence. No. olO Atlantic street, lirookiyu.
On Tuesday lust sho was taken very sick, and Dr. Hor
ui iiico, of Kulton street, who was summoned, found
that un opctatiou had been |k?riormed and that the
woman could not recover. Ho informed her of the
fuel aud urged her to reveal the iiuiiib of the person
Who hud committee the crime. She acknowledged
that she had submitted lo ail operation, but would not
give the name of the guiltv party. Mrs. ilary Dunn. A
ticrmuu underlie, was subsequently arrostoil by Cap
tain l.euvey, ol the Third prcciucl. at No. 20!) Atlantic
avenue, on suspicion ol being implicated In tlie oritne.
Her daughter, sixteen years, was also armsled. Yes
terday tint priaouora were admitted to bull m tint stiui
of f .'.doO. Coroner Slinms will bold an inquest In the
caso to-morrow.
THE BATUNNE HOTEL WAIt.
Justice Dlllow.iy, ol Oreeuvillo, hold an examination
yesterday afternoon In the caso of the persons charged
with rioting In liuyonuc, In front ol I lie VYlllow Haven
Hotel. Mrs. Miller, the landlady of the hotel, has em
ployed ex-Assemblyrnau Carey as her counsel, aud tbo
most vigorous measures are to bo takon lor the
punishment of the gang who tried to drivo Mrs. Miller
and her ooarders from (be hotel. It was testified that
several persons tried to lorco tho inmates to loavo by
threatening to sot the bolol on tiro II thoy should per
sist In remaining within. Ufllcor Allen Is
severely ceusurod lor his alleged connivance
with tho rioters by arresting Mr. (Icorge Miller on
an old chargu of soiling liquor without a license.
Miller is slowly recovering Iroui a severe illness, ami
It was found-ncceMary to nelp him into u cell alter ins
arrest. Thut ho should bo thrown into a eell In Ins
prostrate physical rendition is regarded oa an outrage,
charges will be preferred against Allen lor ins inhu
manity and practical sympathy with the lawless gang.
Miller was released at midnight through tho eflorts of
his counsel, who procured au order lor his reicusu
from Recorder Meyers As there wus no per a n at
I'ulice Headquarter* the counsel hail lo go lo the
house ol OtHcef K ivan&gti. who took the paper and ro
leascd Miller. Had lie been left in ihu eell ail tngtit it
la believed he would have died, as, in addition to m*
phveical debility, the ceils ate poorly ventilated and
are not honied. ' A very bitter iceliug In* been eugeu
dcred among certain Utuille* who have taken opposite
sides In this matter.
INSURANCE ASSETS.
A FLUTTER I? THE OFFICtS?EFFECT OF THE
DEC LIME IN ILEAL ESTATE?ISO ME AMAZING
FIGURES?WHAT TH'S AGENT8 HAT.
Tno article published in tne Hkkai.uoI yesterday
showing the vast amount of money invested by the
ll(o and Ore insurance companies of ibis city in real
estate was the general topic of conversation In tnsur
ance circlea yestsWvy. Of course, the (acts were fa
miliar to directors and presidents ol these institutions,
but policy holders were very much astonished by the
revelation. The figures published yesterday showed
tliut the lile insurance companies alone bad
$135,000,000 invested in real estate securities and the tire
companies $13,000,000. To these snould be added the
merino lusurarice and the trust companies and men a
full Idea of the situation may be obtaicod. Tbe fol
lowing are the amounts invested by tbe marine in
surance companion
11' at Eilate
Xante Of Company. Securitien. Real Enfate.
Atlantic Mutual $17,000 $350,000
Great Western 30,000 ?
luion Mutual 110,150 130,000
Totals $153,150 $380,000
The real estate tnveaiments ol tbe New YorR city
trust couipuuios are as follows:?
Meal Kt'ate
Xnme of Company. Securities. Real Estate.
Farmers' Loan and Trust
Company $22,500 ?
Mercantile 031.373 $5,600
New York l.ile lnsurauce
nnd Trust Company 1,969,302 465,000
National 50.000 ?
Ilea) 1 .state 415,710 133,51*0
Union 16,000 ?
United Mates 2,413,000 303.1X10
Totals $5, >>53,074 $044,506
By uniting these figures with tbe totals of the In
vest menu ol tno Lie uud fire insurance companies, its
published in yesterday's Hkrald, the following would
| ho the recapitulation, reaching au amount at once
! startling and dangerous when tho great tall in real
cstalo is considered :?
RECAFITUL.ITIOX.
Invented in Real Real Estate,
E. tatr Xecuritiel. Cunt V'atne
> Idle assurance companies.$131,311,730 $13,908,282
: Fire insurance companies.. 11,043,374 1,404.331
I .Murine companies. 153,150 380,009
1 rust companies 6,353,1)74 044,504
Totals $138,362,330 $14,317,150
; Grand total ....$ 155,110,388
This sum Is invested by companies dolug business
In this city und chartered by tho State. Deducing the
ralo of loss from these assets ol say tweuiy.live per
cent, and the companies would have appeared to
maintain a loss ol over $41,005,000.
WHAT IXSIKANI'K MUX HAY.
A Hbkai.d reporter conversed with sove-ai Insurance
meu on the subject yesterday. It is a very lender
point, and many pooh-booned the question, uud re
marked, l,It won't a Hoc t our company; all our securi
ties uro worth more than we have loaned upon them.*'
Then they view any publication ol figures calculated
to show their lluauciul condition us an attack
upon them, and it appears thai tnuny ol
the Insuranco papers attempt to obtain longer
advertisements by threatening to expose the condltiou
ol this or that company. Ono ot tne duoctors ol the
Muluul company said mat il alt (he corporations were
us careful as Ins institution In making loans they would
not lose anything, us ilioy loaned not more than lorty
per cent ol tho real value of property uud only ou first
mortgages. Ho believed thai lew ol the companies
wi re now lending it dollar on real estuio. In (act, lat
terly there was nothing apparently sale from d> cliue
but United States bonds, and the lorthcomiug report
of tho companies to the Stute Superintendent would
show an immense increase of investnieut In the na
tional securities.
TDK DCCI.IMB IX HKAL KSTATE.
The value ot the best claos'ol real estate in this city
lias acc med, so rem estate agents say, over tweoty
livo per cout, while "speculative property" has de
clined In many instances over fifty per cent. I his Is
particularly me ease with uptown, Central Park nnd
Film aveuce lots. Several insurance companies hav
ing mortgages on which the property owners have de
faulted in mo payment ol premium, have ollored the
property for sale, and tho amount Did has not beeu
sufficient to cover the amount loaned, so the companies
huve hid in tho property and aro waiting lor heller
limes.
The strong companies claim that they can afford to
wait belure attempting to realize on the securities, and
in this way ihev will stem tbe adverse curreut. Ex
actly where ibo property lies that the securities cover
it is difficult to tell. The companies ulami that not
more than one-hall ol it Is in ibiu city, and that in
other parts ol the Union real estate has not undergone
such u terrible decltue us in New York, and therefore
their investments are safer.
TI1S OOMI'AXIKS HAKK XO CIIAXOK.
Ono thing is certnln. Tho insurance companies
In presenting their lists ol assets do not make
any ullowunco lor tho decline. Prices put
upon buildings In war times are still main
tained, and were It not so there would in many
tuslauces be a serious deficiency on tho balance shoet.
A short time since the Equiiahiu's stockholders wore
Icelnig shaky In regard to tbo cost ol tho building on
liroadway, und the effect ol the decline in its value.
Tho couipauy proved, however, that tbe rent ol the
olficvs muiie a good profit on the Divestment, so that
tho trouble did not extend.
Tho Lie insurance companies are far more safe from
any public storm ilmu the bauk*. A run upon ths
latter institutions always reveals any weuKliess ut
once, but the torincr organizations huve lime gud op
portunity to tido over a teuton of misfortunes.
THE BAILUOAD WAli.
THE POLICE PROTECT THE LABORERS AM)
THEN BTOP THEM?AN APPEAL TO THE
COCRTK.
1 lie troubles connected with tbo Fourteenth Street
Railroad ?ttll continue. Early yesterday morning
Superintendent Walling gout word to Captain Byrnes,
ol the Fifteenth precinct, to protect Mr. Jacob Sharp
in laying down the track on Kourtcuuth street and
urrcsl any pcraou who attempted to Interfere with the
work. Men were-pul on the road during tho morning
and continued to lay tho truck lor tho new extension
?II day uumolesled. Super.ntendont Walling issued
the ordor Hint he did lo Captain U.vrnea on account of
the following injunction which was issued by Judge
Lawrence, of the Supreme Court:?
The llleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad and
the Christopher uud 1'caili street Railroad vs. Tho
Mayor, Ac., uud Contra! Cross Town Railroad.?It ap
pearing satisfactory to me by the complaint in this ac
tion duty veritied, and tho uihduvil ol JaooP Shurp an
nexed Iherelo, tint sulhcieiii ground exists lor an lu
Junction as prayed lor in the complaint, and u written
uudcrtakng having been given on th<- purtoi plaintiHs
us required by luvr, 1 <u> hereiiy order il.mt
the uviendanta, each and every ol them,
and all their ollli ers, attorneys, servants,
Ac., and all other persona noting by the authority ol
the delenduuts, or any or either or them and ull of
llictn, and ail police olltoers ol tho city ol New Vurk
be uud they are hereby absolutely enjoined mid re
strained until the lurcher order ol this court Irom iii
terleriug In any ninnucr with the plaintiffs in the con
struction of the railroad track aud extension inoii
tioncd in the complaint, and in chapter 1 D.I, ol the Laws
ol 18711. and (mm doing any act, mailer or thing, or
Irom taking any other proceedings, the eflect or ten- |
dcucy ol wliieii may be to obstruct, hinder, de ny, or lu
manner interfere with tho construction, tnaiuteu nice
or operation of tho said railroad or extensions, aud let
the defendants show cause at a si eoiai tvrta ol
this court. In be held nt Chambers, at j
tho County Court House, lu the city ol New York, on
the llrsl Monday ol December, A. D., 1870, at twelve
o'emck noon, or as soon tiicrtalter as counsel cun lie
heard, why this Injunction shall not be o< nttuued dur
ihg the peiiJuuuy of this action.
ABRAHAM Ik LAWRENCE,
Justice Supreme Court.
Dated N'ovssuikr 27, 187(1.
The tuen employed by the railroad companies went
on with their work until about lialf-|n-i six o'clock
last uveulug, using a strong calcium light to enablo
them to see when darkness had sot in.
About hull past live, however, Corporation Counsel
Whitney, uccompauiod by His llouor Mayor Wickbiitn,
proceeded lo Judgo Lawrence's house and ontaiucd a
niodliication ol tho injunction which had been lssu< d.
The billowing Is u copy of the modification:?
St riu Mi. Court, Cut or Nkw Yoitk..-1'lie Bleucker
Street an i rulion Kerry Rallfoud and iho Cross Town
I ami Christopher Sliool Railroad vs. Tho Mayor. Ac.?
I That said injunction, dated November 27, 1870. in
granted, albl uiiou sucb order aud on inolloii by Will
i Km C. Wnitney it is ordered tout aald injanetloa be
i and is hereby mn.tilled bv making same returnable on
I Ilia 2?lli ol November, 1870, ut hall-past eleven A. M.,
ji or us soon thcrealter us couu.el can ha hoard, and (h it
said injunction ordered be and is hereby modillcd us
[ follows: ?
i Thai plalotlll'sshall until the hearing and lurthor order
| ol Court, retrained Irom in.erlcriug with tho siruet
mentioned In complaint, nnd in cnuiitcr ltd) lu Laws ol
1 1878, uud during said term retrained Irom construct
tng or attempting to cousiruct tho ruilroad tracks or
tiMeiis.uus mentioned in said compluiLl in cliuptor Lu
ol Laws of 187a ABRAHAM It. LAWRENCE,
Justice .Supreme Court.
When this was obtained Captain Byrnes was notified
of ita Issuance and luatructed to compel tho laborers
to cease their work. A platoon of policemen were
sent to the scene of the labor and the work was
at once stopped. Nothing more can be doue in the
matter until it appears lu the courts.
A MUUDKKOUS AFFRAY.
i Carl Wartrlorll, an elderly uiau, w ho keeps saloons
at Hie corner of I'ark avenue and First street, Hobo
ken, was struck over tho left eye on Saturduy night by
a glass thrown by Frnuk McCatlrey. He remains In a
very critical condition. Tho iissuiIrui was arrested by
I Police Officer Black and belJ by Recordsr Bubu?i?dl in
default of nail lu await result.
A CLEVER SHARPER.
THE EXPLOITS OF MB. E. A. ALEXANDER, A
PSKCDO GENTLEMAN OF FKOPEETY?HX8
TRICKS UION HOTELS, HACKMEN AND HOUSE*
KEEPERS.
At mo clu.o or lout week a gentlemanly dressed per
son who was frequently seen in boiel corridors aud
who for some time past has inleatcd places ot public
resort disappeared irons bis rooms in the St Nicholas
Hotel. Very opportunely, loo, was this step taken, as
the malingers ol that establishment had just como to
Tlew hint with suspicion and to crave a settlement of
his bill. However, when ibe hotel clerk sought him
with the ItiieutloQ of submitting bis statement of In
debtedness and requiring the liquidation of the same,
the gentlemanly boarder bid vanished, leaving noth
ing but his overcoat to appease the wrath and satisfy
the claims of his creditors. This article was held in
hopes of its owner returning in quest of it, but he
had evidently scented the danger and was shy of ven
turing. Mr. K A. Alexander was the name he wrote
upon the register, and while inquiries were set on tool
rulative to his whereabouts there came various ladles
to ibe hotel tu quest of him. wbo. It appears, huvs
bueu very adroitly victimised by tbe missing boarder.
The story of one of tbciu will suffice to explain tbe
m tJut operandi of this gentlemanly knave.
On Friday an adverttsemt-ut appeared In tbe papers
stating that a gentleman of property required the ser
vices of a housekeeper and those of a gardeuor and his
wile, the lullcr to attend to the dairy, Unexception
able references wore looked lor from applicants, and
lnc sumo were to be lurnished by the advertiser. In
reply to Ibis a respectable lady, wbo was lookiug for
tbo position of housekeeper In some botoi or family,
wrote, giving her relereucos and soliciting an Inter
view. Tito advertiser answered bor communication,
giving his card?'*K. A. Alexander, at Ibe St, Nicholas
Hotel"-?and piumistng 10 cull add see If alio was
qualified lor the position. On Saturday Mr. K.
A Alexander appeared, faultlessly attired aud wearing
un overcoat ol iioticcnbly Hue material and lasbionublo
cut. lie conversed with Uio applicant, told her that
he was a gentleman ol moans, was the possessor ot a
Cue country residence and waxed eloquent in his de
scription oi a con-ervatory, which seemed to engross
bis uticntiou and which he ventured to say was the
Unest in till (be country around. He also spoke of two
Utile children ol whom bo was the falhor, and referred
cu-milly to the governess, wbo was an old lady of
many endearing qualities and who was also the ouly
per.-i>n with wli )iu the housekeeper would be brought
hi contact. Kvcry additional statement of Mr. Alex
anuur seemed to augment the desirability of
Hie situation, and the applicant was very
much gratillod to hnvo such a proposition
made to her, especially as tbe terms offered were ex
ceedingly liberal. To gain tune lor deliberation, how
ever, alio aid tbut she would not enter Into uuy agree
meui until she was luinished with reltalilo relereucos.
At 1111- Mr. Alexander assured her ihut he was widely
acquainted in the city aud bail a largo circle or personal
friends in the St. Nicholas Hotel, to any ono of whom
ho rould refer her. This was calculated to satisfy ber,
but sno requested time to confer with bur sister. Mr.
Alexander accorded ber tills on Condition that she
would communicate with him before Uvo o'clock on
Saturday evening. Sbo consented to this arrangement,
and, alter submitting the proposition to ber
lriends, concluded to uccopt It, and lolegrapkod
her acquiescence, at the sauio lime inquiring
how soon sbe wou id be required to leavo tbe city. To
this he answered ib.u be would leave at ten A. M. on
Monday umt wished ber to go away with tbe gardt ner
aud his wife wnoui he bud employed. Ho himself
was to accompany thorn. On Sunday morning, how
ever, Mr. Alex ander appeared at the home of iho ap
plicant und said that the storm would be likely to rum
Ins conservatory and she must get ready to leave with
li m ihut afternoon. Sho demurred a little at this,
but finally agreed to It. und about lour o'rlock
Mr. Alexander drovo up to the door In a currluge.
lie bud not his over, oat on bint now, aud sho
remembered that at hi- moruing call tbat part of
his upparol was missing, although iho ruin made It a
very desirable garment at the time. She forebore,
however, to draw any deductions from this shedding of
rmracut on the part oi Alexander, and prepared to
accompany him to ibe Grand Central depot, where he
said the garuouor and nis wife wero awaiting ibetu.
The currluge drovo away, and the lady, wbo is not
familiar wltn the streets, was uoablo to notice what
direction it took. The ruin wus coining down last, too,
nud when they reached a large wliito building, wiiicb
bo said was the depot, the wus unable to assure herself
whether it was or not. When the csrriage drew up
Mr. Alexander alighted and turning lo bur inquired if
sbe had any small change. She wus surprised at such
u question,'hut alinu-t Involuntarily tukiug out ber
pocketbook she said she bad a little and asked how
much bo wanted and what It was lor. With a quick
movemout Alexander snatched the pockuibouk iroin
her liaud, at tbe sumo time saving:?"Ob, I'm oniy
going to buy your rutiroad ticket I'll put It in this
und return it tu you, as I huve to look alter the
baggage." As ho tpoko he turned around
und entered iho building. The ladj^ though
surprised at the excessively bluir manners
and peculiar conduct ot Iter employer, did not at first
suspect his Intentions, but as tlmo pa-sod, and ho
failed to return, sho bccatno anxious and called tbe car
riujio driver.
"lit thU tlio (iraml Central depot?" she asked.
"Not much," returned the driver. "This is the
Filth Aveuue Hotel, Tweuiy-lliird street entrance.
How long Is that gentleman lneud of yours going to
wail ?"
"Ilo went In to buy me a railroad ticket," she said.
'?Don't ) 011 know him I"
"Know him! How would 1 know him? Ho engaged
me in Iron! ol the hotel over un hour ago, and he
hasu't given me a cent yet."
Inquiries were ibun sot on foot, and It was found
that Mr. Alexander, whoso luco whs familiar to the
door boy of the hotel, hud entered from 1 wunty-third
street and nurried out through the iiioadwuy entrance,
leaving tbe duped cubmaa and the victimized house
keeper to wan for him tu vain. The latter yesterday
went 10 too SL Nicholas Hotel to Inquire about Alex
ander, and there alio encountered Cvu other ladies who
bad buen victim.zud as she had on the .-amc day and in
the same manner. The hotel clerk looked grimly at
the empty overcoat on tne rack una felt that the St
Nicholas might also ha regarded as a portion of the
sharper's prey. The goniicuiunly Mr. Alexander is
now much sought alter by tbo police.
COMMISSIONER FOWLER ACQUITTED.
THE TBTAL CONCLUDED BEFOBE THE BBOOKLTN
COMMON COUNCIL?-HE DID NOT DI80BEY THE
LAW, NOB DID HE CONSPIRE WITH THE
BESBBVOIB CONTBACTOU8?THE VOTE.
The trial of Commissioner William A. Fowler, who
was suspended September 6,1870, by Mayor Scbroedor,
as a member ul thu Board of City Works, on charge of
uou leasunce in oillce. ended yesterday. The trial of
the cuso has occupied seventeen days, aud a vast
amount ol icsiimony has been taken sbowiug tho con
nection ot the Commissioner with tho construction
ol the (1,4(10,000 storage reservoir ut Hempstead.
Tho prosecution has labored to show that thoro
wis no necessity for tbe reservoir at all)
that llioro was collusion bctwocn defendant
and the contractors, W. C. Klngsley and A. C. Keeney;
that proper competition was not Invited lor bids lor
the work, mid that the amount paid for excavation oil
the rcsirveil was excessive. The delcnca wus a gen
oral denial. Tho cost of the somewhat unusual trial
lias been large, testimony bciug taken verbatim and
printed in lull. It would require a two-thirds vote of
the Common Council to reuiovo tho suspected Cotn
tnlstiouor. who Is a domocrttt, and as the republioaus
have a majority of four members lu the present Board,
which consists ol twenty-four Aldermen, no little
party lecliug bus been awakened pending the
final result. For n long whilu tbo republicans
expressed confidence In their ability to securo
upon the evidence which they promised to produce a
siillluieut number ol democratic votes to < tied the re
moval ol .Mr. Fowler. It will ho observed, however,
thai tin ininotity party was reinforced from the ma
jority, that the suspended uillci.d was reinstated by tho
vole ol the Auiermen.
President French culled tho meeting to order, when
Alderman Burnet moved to divide tho two general
Charges on which the ease is based, and that cacn
Aidertuan give lux reasons lor his vote. Carried.
Tho Clerk then read:?"Charge First. I charge that
the said William A. Fowler nas been guilty of non
Feasance in nihuc, in perxisiuuily rutuslug to* obey the
directions of the Common Council, when he was re
qu.red to obey the same by law."
Aldermnii Burnet reviewed the charges at length,
mid said thai ho did not hud thu net of the respunueut
In rogaul to tne resolution ol tbe Common Council
Hi us tar culpable. Too respondent "was not permu
ted, by Ins suspension beiuro thu oru r was entered
aad the inaBdainus grunted, to either eoiupiy with or
Ulsouey I ho orricr ul the Supreme Court."
Alderman Rowley ,-alJ thut ho hold tho cuargo Is
proven, nnd so voted.
Aldcrmun Aruut voted not proven and Aldorman
Martha the same way. Alderman tluuu.r voted not
proven. Aidcrmuu i.riswold, proven; Alderman Don
ovan, not proven, Alderman Hay voted proven; Al
durmun Ucurdon, not proven; AIdcrmou l'arkcr and
Acker Voted proven; Aldermen Colir.il, (iutbrio auU
JeanuKm, not proven; Aldermen Williams, French,
Fisher, Sigrlsl nnd Hill voted proven.
Ihe Clerk aunouueed too voio on tho llrst cdarge?
Proven, 10; not proven, M: Aldermen Burnet, Aruolt
audCuiiroil, three re|uibiicaiia, voitug with tho mi
nority.
Tne question ns to tho si coud charge was then pot.
Tha charge was "tiiui said Wii'inm A. Fowler liaa dis
obeyed the dirert ons of the Cotmuou Council for the
purpose Of I cnelil'iig William C. Kinvslcy aud Abnor
0. Keeney to the uijuiy ol thoeity." Several of Ihe
Aluettnon again explained their votes, tbe resell
being?Proven, 10; not proven, 14.
Atuerman Frite. who uad been absent when the vote
wat 11kuii ou tho Oisl charge, was given permission to
he recorded as having votod "proven. "
Aldermen Ackur and Hill, repnbiiosne, voted with
the demociats on tho totter eliargo.
President Frouch aunonnced that the ohargea not
being proven the cseo fs aecor.iiBgiy dtemUsod.
I tie aiinounoemeut woe received with upplmioe. and
Comameiouer Fowier woe surroendea oy hie Irtenue,
w ho congratulated bun upon the result. He will re
aume his duties in the Board ot OUy Works to morrow.
A JOURNALIST'S OBSEQUIES
FUNERAL OF DANIEL JOSEPH KIHWAN?IHI
SERVICES AT ST. JOSEPH 8.
Tho life of tno Journalist?the worker on tba daily
pros*?is pissed In tbo full blaze of public events, wit#
the glare but rarely falling upon bis entity. Ho ll
part 01 everything which arrests public attention, but
Is seen ot tbo world only by deputy?through Ihe lines
he writes. Few who read tbo thrilling stories, the
humorous or pathetic Incidents ol the times, the
rough campaign, the political feud, tho great crime or
the great good deed, pause to picture the patient man
with pen or pencil sitting down to body them lorlb.
lie Is hiddou, with few exceptions, behind his
work, and elms so to hide htmseir. But he moves
upon' bis mission through the world with s
brisk subs'antlallty; bo touches Angers with the
highest and lowest of humanity, and aomewhero or
other ho has an anchorage in society where
be is known not as the writer but
tho man. He Is to tho world at largo
an influence, a sound, Ihe vibration of a atriug, over
which ihe w ind ol tlmo passes, drawing many delicate
aliude* of tone. When tuctt a worker passes away the
Uriel obituary notice tells the story of s snapped
string Its music has ceasod, but In the unbroken
tumult ol the harps that lacl Is scarce noted. Around
the journalist's bier the mourners are often lew. The
little home circle he was loved in and a sprinkling of
the cralt sav larewell and ho Is forgotten. Stat nomt
nit umbra. ' If to tho lolling of his passing bell could
gather all whom h.- has seen laco to face, shaken by
tho hand and brought before the world, what a follow
ing he would have! It is s special doligbt to plclurs
tho poet, tho dramatist or the novelist surruuuded by
ihe weird, the bouultlul and tho odd croaiurcs or his
imagination; but tbo mustor ol real mou an t women
whom ihe journalist has luado famous in lolling their
stories would lorin an interesting spectacle.
In the unprotsnding church ot St Joseph, In this
cliy, thcro gatlicrod yesterday a congrogation ol
mourners at the mortuary services over the body of a
young reporter. Daniel Joseph Kirwan, which almost
"realized this Idea. Hit brilliant reportorial pen had
ottcuer been dipped in the milk of burn-in kindnesa
lhau in gall. AS "Dan" was belovod In the prolosslos
so "Kirwan" was widely esteemod out of It Thors
was something or native kindlinoas lu the man which
fixed his pleasant lace In men's minds. Those whom
he professionally mot on tho heights ot society snd
down through Us facilo dcsceuts to the very val
leys of siu and shame seem lo have fell as if they had
known hi in for yours and that tlioy would be glad
to know liim again. Hence, when tho high priest,
l? his sombre robes of black and silver, turned Irotn
the altar to tho catafalque whereon tho llowor
laden cotlln roslod to breathe a prayer, he
lookod down tho black draped church upon a
lull congregation, which was quiet, scdats and
sad, but composed or strangely homogeneous, elo
monia Tho mass was Intoned; the celebrant prlost
paid an eloquent tribute to the man that was; the last
prayers were chanted, and while the curling fumes of
inccnso lloated gently on the air the mourners passed
slowlv up the aisle to look their last upon tho dead
There were tears, real tears, for a dead reporter shed
by men of hard natures and hard prolessions, and
sighs and pitying monosyllables from men of higher,
gentler natures and cultured pursuits. It was only
thecoffln of a young reporter of tbirty-threo years,
who had started in life a poor boy, with a limited
stock of learning, who, by sheer study and a force of
character not always oxertod to tho full, that Ihe men
ot so many dispositions and callings passed by with lln
gorlDg stepand dimmed eyes. There were fully a hundred
of hi* professional brethren in tho throng who need
no chronicle here, but in the other uundrods wore men
whom uo one know or cared to know, but who came
to thank the dead with a pityiug glance for some ser
vice which had passed for months or years perhaps out
of tho memorv of him who rendered IL Well known
laces woro recognized. The acts or the reporter's career
wore typified in them. They camo by. as his life went,
in every variety of social standing. Among them were
a L. M. Barlow, telling of legal battles and great rail
road schemes, P. S. Gllmore, telling ..I the blare of
orchestral marches; cx-Congrcssman William R. Rob
erts. telling of tho statesman's wordy battles with an
echo ol Fonlan raids; Joo Tooker. recalling plctores of
Assyrian ballots aud stage effect; Justice Kasmira and
Police Clerk Finley, bringing manifold vlaions of t j^
Utile dramas ol tho courts; Harry Hill and Billy
wards, with reminiscences of tuo "lancy" stripped and
panting .n the fistic r.ng; Captain Kennedy, with the
visible terrors of the law to evll-doera; M^or
llaggorty, with tbo last apt campaign anecdote fallen
dead upon his hps; Edward Stokes, with the shadow
ol three prisons, a leurlul tragedy and a lovely woman
behind him. now weeping lor "Dan" as he novel
went for hlmsell; Eugene Durnin. recalling Old Tam
many and the inerry Amcr.cu* C u . days; Ed. Don
nelly a persontflcutton of new Tammany and relorm;
Mayor's Marshal, John Tyler Kelly, representing the
po.enltal olllcial; Philip McDowell, ox-CHy Hall clock
winder; Alderman John Koll.y, tho incarnation o
ward politics; Dents O'Donohuo, tho young man o
social city life; ex-Asaemblyman Peter Traluor, ol
hard political strivings up at Albany; Commissioner
Brcnnan, with a shadowy train of the poor and trans
gressing; Thomas Pittman, Dents Spelnssoy and Jo
soph Stiuor, throe young lawyers ot d.llerent lather
lands, and so on through almost every walk of Hlo
that Is known uud many that are unknown. It was
touching and suggestive tribute.
Tho coffln was borne down tho alslo preceded by the
pallbearers, with the tall aud siulwart forms or Colouol
Iloberis and Joseph ElliOtt, ihe one brown and the
other auowy bearded, at their head, and with tho lorn
relatives Allowing those who bore tho dead. There
was scarcely a dry eye within the sacred edlUce^ The
funeral procession moved away beaded by fifty ol
the dead Journalist's follow craftsmeu marching two
and two to Wavorlcy place, where llio ranks wore di
vided and the lost salute of uncovered heads was given
to him who had gone to fill his last "aetnil."
Ths remains were Interred In Calvary Cemotory. Ths
following were tbo pallbearers :-WIUIatn R, Roberts,
Jo-eph Elliott, Jobn A. Grc.n, William H. St.nor,
Thomas Robinson, F. F. Mlllen, J. B. Flshtr and
Harry MacDoua.
THE DOUBLENESS OF THE BRAIN.
Dr. T. S. Lambert lectured ut Stnlnway Hall yoaler
day alteruoon bolorc a limited number of the Toach
ors' Association on the "Doubleaoss ol the Brain."
The subject, said the lecturer, was the most Interest
ing and valuable to toacbors that could be brought bo
lore thetn. Wo And trom nocesslty that our brains
must be dual. It doct not muttor whether the mind la
the activity ol tbo brain, or whother It acta of Its own
volition it Is all the same j Its duality remains. Should
the machinery of tbo right brain bo paralysed Its luno
tlous would be performed by the left brain in every
essential rcspocL There should be two head centres
to control us. We have two eyes and why not two
brains? Tbo brain that is used In the proper way dfr
volopcs very rapidly, and when It does not rocolve tb?
right treatment it remains dwarlod and Inferior. Dr.
Lumbcrt dwoli nt length upon his now realm of lunc.
Hons, us shown in his chart of systematic physiology,
uiiutomy and hygiene. His romrence to gangliallon
and nervation?that Is, the activity ot the ganglia and
nerves, attended by consciousness or not?was lis
tened to with great interest. The nutrition
uccessary to prepare the ganglia for theli
changes, acts or lunuiions, aoine of which ars
attended with couiciousucss in Its various form* ol
sensation. emotion, Intellectlou and volition, also re
ceived attention. Tho proper education ol the hralni
was then relerrcd to. Tho nerves are set across ths
bruins, but nro not a unit. Duo or tho other of ths
bruins, right or left, can be used nt leisuro. Tbe uss
ol tho let! hand will tend to develop tbo right brain, and
tho use of the right baud will cultivate the left brain.
80 will the use ot tho right or left foot. The kinds ot
lood and their preparations especially adapted
to tits nutrition of the brains, in case of
teachers more particularly, was then alluded ta
The teachers were told to eat enough, to cat all they
could digest. As brain* slider, *0 do stomachs. Kucb
should select food ndaptdd to himself. Kggs, Irosb ami
rich, arc to be sought. Oyster*, sardines anu lobsters,
when liked, aro excellent brain looa. Oatmeal la the
most advantageous ofthe grain loods. and broiled beef
siu^oe and roaaUhcel are excellent and unaurpaaeed.
The practical hints of tbe lecturer embraced many and
valuubio poiuts.
A BAD HUSBAND AND SON.
John J. Kuppler, a saloon proprietor on the Petereoa
pl.tnk road, North B.rgen, N. J., hai disappeared,
leaving his wile and chilnron In dosiltnte circuaa
nance*. He la believed to have been uccoutranled In
Ins (light by a woman namou I.ucy Urowu, with whom
lie hud become iufuiiiated, aud ou whom ho spent a
large amount ol inouoy. lleb.ro Kuppler ran away he
induced hi.aged t uber to mortgage hie property and
lend in in the proceeds. The mortgage will eoon bo
lorucloeed aud the old man rendered homeless. Kup
pler leaves behind him debts amounting to MVeral
thousand debars