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Points of the Proposed Mu
nicipal Reform.
WHERE IT WILL HELP THE CITY.
Greater Efficiency and More Economy in
Hie Dcparlnirnti.
['HE GOOD PREDOMINATING.
\ Correspondent's Views of Governor
Robinson's Duty.
Alhaxt, Mtf 4, 1877.
To thk Eoitoh or tiik Hkrai.d;?
The great importance to the city gfNew York of the
?o.callod "Omnibus'' bill, which passed tbo Assembly
yestcrJ."/. justifies n.e In asking tome *paco id yoor
paper to exatnino tts provisions and to discuss tbo
?fleet they will havo on the muuicipsl government
? uould tbo bill bocomo a law. as I, ot course, supply
you with my u.ime, while not desiring that It shall
appear in print, you will, I am euro, recognize my
legitimate interest in the welfare and progress ot tho
metropolis, and your publication of my communica
tion, if you allow it to appear in your columns, must
be accepted as satisfactory proof that, although anony
mous, it is written by ono who has a right to speak In
behali of the people ol Now York.
The main evils from which wo havo suffered In New
York arc attributable to tho political uso that Is made
of tho city office* and patrouate. The politicians on
both sides havo regarded the money raised by taxa
tion lor tho paymeut of salines aud labor as a fond
that may be legitimately used to promote tho Intorocis
ol their respective parties. Tbo leudora havo sought
to incroa?o their streugib by giving the most active of
their aitborouis employment in tho public depart*
tnen's or labor at tho public oxpenso. Before oloctlon
the candidates for eloctive municipal offices have
tllowed their supporter to bellove that In tho event
of success all who desiro work will bo provided for.
The aspirant* for offices hold by appointment have
generally been induced to pledgo thomselvos to a libe
ral distribution of paironigo in order to secure
confirmation. As a necessary consequence tbo de
partments have beou overrun and choked up with tbo
bangers ou of political cbiols and clique*. The heads
of departments arc no longor pecuniarily dishonest.
They will not steal tho city's moneys by ralBcd war
rants aod fraudulent Toucher*. liut they are, as a
rule, ander so much obligation to their parties, so
Inmpcreil w ith pledge* nud so run down by impor
tunity, that they arc cotupolled to w^ste tho public
funds by disregarding the qualifications and needlessly
?welling tho nuinbor of employes. Of course the
moro political heads of departments we have the
greater becomes this ovil ot burdening the city treas
ury with usole^s pensioners. Ala recent Interchange
of views between tho municipal chiefs on tho subject
of the practicability of municipal economy, bold in
Ife Mayor's ofllcc. It was amusing to soe bow each
official favored a curtailment ol expendituro In every
department of the city government except tho partic
ular one over which bo buppons to presido
Tho ??Omuibus" bill promises a lessening If not a
removal of this evil?first by providing for a municipal
flection in the spring; next, by dispensing with tbo
confirmation of tho Muyor's appointments by tbo'
Board of Aldermen, and again by decreasing tbe pres
rnt needlessly largo number of Commissioner*. A char
ter election in April will not bo to dependent ou tho
political clemcuts Iti the city as one held at the time of
tho goncral election for Governors. Congressmen,
Presidents, legislator* and other political otfloor*.
Local interests and irsuos mid tbe character an.1
capacity of tho candidates will bo more attentively
considered, and tho municipal officer* elected will In
Consequence be more Independent of party machinery
lhan tbey now are. Appointed officer* will not be com
pelled to make bargains with a herd of hungry and im
pudent AMermeu in order to secure confirmation. Tbe
decrease lu tho number of Commissioners will lessen
the Individual demand lor places lor tbe frionds and
adherents of tha heads of departments.
The spring cloctlon commends ileolf to ovory reflect
ing citizen outsido ol tlic professional politicians. It
has born indorsed by tlic Committee ol Seventy wbicb
framed "tho proposed reform charter lu 187'J, by
the municipal commission appointed by Governor
fildcn, of which secret A-y Kvarls was the bead,
ind by, I think, the unanimous voice ol tbo New York
press. The abolishment ol tho confirming power of
the Aldermen is an important step iu the direction <>(
that concentration ol responsibility In the Mayor, with
out which we cuniiot expect etllcie'bl government.
So inr as practical economy is concerned tho hill will
save the taxpayers a considerable sum of toonry ibis
ynr in salaries ol Commissioners and oillccrs
abolished by its provisions, und by the consolidation
ol departments, notably ol the Dock and Kuilding de
partments, thu busiuess ol both ol which cannons
mell done at present without tbe existing expensive
machinery. A direct and very desirable saving will bo
made iu tue reduction ol tne Aldermen'* salary Irom
$.\uoo a year to f'J.tssi. and the limitation of the other
expenses ol ine Common Council to $1,200,
)t doos not seem proper that tho Aldermen,
mnong whom may he lound some profoundly ignorant
tnen, should receivo for bot more than two Mays' work
% week Irom live to ten times ns much salary as is
paid to educated teacners whoie wiiolo mno is em
ployed in arduous duties. I he Board ol Apportion
ment is given me power to revise and redetermine tbo
Estimates lor 1S77 in order to Fecuro tbo advantage of
these savings at ouco. Cut the most important econ
omy m that promised by the Ic*mjuiiik ol those politi
cal demands on the departments which now crowd the
payrolls with needloss subordinates and render it im?
possible to manage tho city olliees as a merchant
would mauage his private business.
A*ldu irom the question ol cconomy I rogarl tho
decrease In tbe number ol Commissioner* as certain
In sdd in the clHcleney ol tlie dopurtinenia Wo have
Due Comptroller and one Commissioner ol I'ubllc
Works. V> hatever is deno .c tho-e ex tensive and im
portant departments is done on tbe responsibility ol a
tingle bead, and when tho management is lucupablo
r vcry ouo Knows where to nlace the blame. I be
lieve the Parks, thu Docks and the Kxciso depart
ments will every one bo benefited by being relieved o(
a multiplicity ot "nouses ' It seems to me
lUo iu every way proper and desirable that
tho present divided authority In the streetM should
cease, that tliu i'ark Department should havo control
ouiy ol tbe spacer embraced lu tbe public parks,
squares and places, and 'hat the control ol nil the
si reels and avenue^in all p iris ol tho city ouisido tbo
liark limits should bo centred in tho Department ol.
I'ubllc Works. 1 may add Mint the abolition of (lie
Dock Department appears to mo to bn especially dt
lirabie. ma-much as at present I lie expenditures ol
(lie department are noi controlled by tbe lloard of
Apportionment. as tbosoof other departments are, and
tbe department is run under a law outside .bo cb .rter
and very loosely drawn. As a bureau ol tbo Public
Works Department the expenditures will ho under the j
supervision provided Inr iu the coarter and tho work
? ill lie dune oy contract.
There are some features ol the bill which I should
like to havo seen altered, I'bo terms of ollir.e of all
heads ol departments should have been made to end
with the term ol the viator appointing them, and lie n
Hie responsibility ol the Kxecuuvo lor tbe good gov
eminent ol the city in all its branches would be direct
and complete. I should buvo liked to have seeu I no
at reel cleaning bu-ine-s taken out ol ino Police De
partment, where it has no right to be. noil placed ug
lier sole control ol the Mayor on the samo principle ot
direct respousiluiity. Ii my memory serves me cor
rectly this policy has been advocated by tbe HKKai.n.
Nevertheless, as tins change has not been made, I be
liuve tbo email contract sytem, with a strict su
pervision over Ihe contractors ny the police,
will at least be an Improvement on our p|i-o?
tnt plan ol political snoot Swoeping, than w litcti
jerlatniy nothing could be worse. I should have pro
I erred thai tbe Obaritiea sii.l Correction Department
kbouid have been placeil under a single besd, instead
ol under two Commissioner*, and tho selections made
lor retention m oibco smack somewhat of political or
personal favoritism. It would imv? been lieiter to
bavo swept awiir all the piesent Commissioners, ieav.
l/ gtbe appointments under ttie new gyatein to Hie
llayor, who could h.ivo leappoitiled such as h re.
larded as g"Od otllcers llili we iiiumi take thu good
with tbe bad, and 1 think in this "Omnibus" bill the
rood ?o lar predominates as to mako it Vorv dosirnblo
that It should bo come a law. Wo cannot
under tbe bent oi circumstances obtain a
city government under the proposed consti
lutiounl amendment* lor two year* to come.
It is foolish to refuse to at uu< e improvo our city gov
em men t as much as we can, to make it moro eOtcient
and leas expensive, beciu-o wo expect t<? bo under u
permanently settled system ol municipal administra
tion in two or three years. 1 hope, therefore, thai ino
Haaat-n will favor tlie approval ol tbo bill by Ihe (iov
srnor If, as 1 expect. It snail be psssod by tlie Legisla
tare Kor my own part, as in i's main features the
bill partially meets Governor Robinson's well known i
news in regard io the increased power sn l responsi
bility ol tho Mayor, the siropl.llcation ol thu much in
?rvofiovernment and the abolition or neadl'ts olllcos,
I do not wll ??> ?>"w 11 C*D 10 rec"v,J *h? Exeou
^it? signaturo. "? I
BACWG IN TENNESSEE.
FOURTH DAT O* THE 8PRINO MEETINO OK THE
NAKHVILIJB BLOOD HO BSE ASSOCIATION ?
DKAMBLZ, UNCLE TO* AND BOD WOOLLET
THE WINNE15S.
NxiuMay 4, 1877.
Tbe Nasbvillo race courso proseuted a dismal ap
pearance to-day to those interested In tho evont
ttiat were announced to onio off. Kala bad
fallen all uigbt, and It was pouring down during tbe
morning and continued without Intermission during
tbe whole progress of tbe running, making the track
deep in mad. The attendance, as a matter of coarse,
w is not as large as on tho other days of tho meeilup,
but at there is no postponement here on sccoimt of
the weather, owners, trainers, jockoys and horses had
to tuako tno beat of the situation.
TUB FIRST HACK
was Young America Stake No. for two-year-olds,
colts and Allies, a dish of three-quarters of a mile, tho
winner of Young America Siako No. 1 to carry Ave
pounds extra. Closed with nine entries, seven ol wbich
came to the post. These were W. Cottrill'a bay geld
ing Tickler aud his obestnut filly Mary K., D. Swtgort's
bay colt Milan, Edwards It Co. 's chestnut coll En
sign, W. T. Llnck's buy Ally Borgamot, John
son fi Co.'s bay colt Bramble aud Will
lain Mayo's brown Ally Silver Maid. Milan
was the favorite at even money against the field. Tno
youngsters had a capital start, Milan, Bramble and
Ensigu getting off together head and hoad. Milan
dropped away at tbe half-mile pole to tblrd pi ice.
Bramble soon afterward went to tbe front, and, gallop
ing away from tho other;, won the race by three
j lengths. Ensign second, ono length in ailruuco -of
Mary K., Bergamot fourth, Tickler Afth, Silver Ma>d
sixth, Milan sevoutn. Time, 1:20.
Til K HKCO.ND HACK
w is for the Association 1'ursu of $250, a dash of
\ two miles, for all ages. There wero but two
starters. Tbeso wore Nick Bakor'n Big Fellow ami i
Dardon .V Co.'s I'nclo Torn. Big Fellow wan tho !
favorite at three to one ovor tbe other, lie took tho :
lead at tho start and hold it lor a milo and a hull when
I'nclo Tom challenged him, men pa.-std him, and,
keeping iu front to ilio end, won by a length iu 3:47.
TIIK THIRD RACK
was for tho Association I'ur.-e ol $160, a dash of a mile
and a quarter ior all aires. There wore five starters.
These were Bob Woolioy, West lloxbury ooli, Aiuauda
Warren, Muhisuck and odd Fellow. Favoritism varied
on this race, first one and then another taking the lead
In the betting. Just before tbe drum tapped Odd Fellow
had tbu call. Bob Woolioy Jumped ofl in tho load, was
never headed, and won tho race by live lengths, Wosi.
Koxbury coll second, Amanda Warren third, llahl
sllck fourth, Odd Follow Atlh. Tlmo, 2:17. Bob Wool
ley foil Immediately after passing under tbe string,
but was not injured
Tbe following are the
HUMMARIIO.
Na.niiviu.is Bm>oi> IIdrsk Association?Spring Mkpt
inu?Fourth Bat, May 4.?Young America S'ake,
No. 2, for two-year-olds, c ills and fliltes; dash . f
three-quarters ol a milo; #2ft entrance, play or pity,
the association to adil $200; second horso to bavo $60;
the winner of Young Amorica Stake No. 1 to carry
Ave pounds oxtra.
starters.
Johnson & Co.'s b. c. Bramble, by Bonnie Scotland,
dam Ivy Lent, by Aucirallan 1
Edwards 4 (,'a 's cb. c. Ensign, by Enquirer, dam
Uinda, by Sovereign 2
Captain W. Cottrill'a ch. f. Mary K., by Daniol
Boono, dam Maggie 0., by Brown Olck 3
W. J. Link's b. f. Borgamot, by Bonnie Scoilaud,
dam Jauuita, by Jack Malono 4
Captain W. Cotlnll's b. g. ilcklor, by Daniol Boone,
<iatu Tick, br Monte 5
William Mayo's br. f. silver Maid, by ilonnio Scot
land, dam Mouic.i, by .Sovereign 6
D. Swieert's b. c. Milan, by Moibouruo, Jr., dam
Alumna, by Ecllpso 7
Tirao, 1 ;20.
Same Day?Association purso $2.>0; a dash of two
miles, lor all ages.
startkrs.
Dardon it Co. 's ch. b. Undo Tom, by LTncio Vic,
dam Maid of the Mill, aged X
N. Barker's cb. b. Big Fellow, by Wsr Dance, dam
Fly, by Mahomet, aged 2
Time, 3:47.
Thejudgcs withhold the purso from Undo Tom ou a
Charge uf trnud.
Samk Day.?Association Purso $1&0; a dauli of a
mile und a quarter, for all agos.
Startrr*.
James Murray's br. b. Bub Woolley, by Leamington,
dam Item, by LexiUKton, ft yours old 1
N. Baker's b. c., by West Koxbury, dam Ada Loon>
ard, 3 years old 2
D. McCarty's ch. m. Amanda Warron, by Marlon',
dam Big Boston, 4 years old 3
D. Swigert's U. c. Mahlstick, by I<ever, dam He.
bccca T. Price, 3 yours old 4
J. J. Merrill's b. a Odd Follow, bv Longfellow, dam
Magnolia, 3 yoars old 5
Time, 2:17.
WEST SIDE PARK.
Two events wore announced to close the May trot
ting meeting at tbe West Sldo Park yesterday.
summary.
Wkst Sum Park, Jkiisky City, N. J.?Trottimo
Friday, Mat 4, in;7 ? Purse ol $100, for horses that
never beat 2:4ft; #50 to tbe first, $oO to tho second
and $20io ibe third horso; milo heals, tbreo in fivo,
111 harness.
T. Ogle's b. m. Richmond Girl.... 3 3 1 2 0 1 2
P. Mnnoe's gr. g. William 1 5 5 4 0 2 1
J. fc. Jarvis' ch. g. Billy Edwards. 2 4 3 1 4 3 3
H. Gilbert's blk. g. Ne-bitj 5 2 2 3 3 r. o.
C. Davidson's b. g. Frank 4 1 4 dr.
TlMli.
(f unrlrr. Hal/. Mil*,
First boat 41,1* 1:22 2:4,sW
Second heat 41 1.22 2:47
Third beat, 41 1:22 2:4ft
Fourth boat 42 1:22* 2:49
Fifth heat 43 1:24 2-ftl
Sixth beat. 42'? 1:28 2:53W
?seventh beat 42 12ft 2:63*
Upon tbe conclusion of tbo seventh heat the Judges,
on account of darkness, postponed the race until this
afternoon at two o'clock. Tbo dhv golding burnt a
bloodvessel, which compelled Ulna to bo sent to tbo
stable.
.^amk Day? Skcokd Rack.?Purso $100; fftO to tbe
first, $30 to tbe second and $20 to the third horse
mile beats, host throe in Ave. under saddle.
William L.vnch'scb. g. Fitzgerald 12 11
William tiailagli>T's b. g. Ben 4 l 2 2
P. Ma nee'* blk. g. Harry 2 3 3 3
J. Morsn'sg. g. Ed. Sill 3 4 4 4
TIMK.
Quarter. Half. MiU.
First heal ? 40 1.21 2 44
Second boat 40 1:21 2-*:i
Third heal 40* 1:21 2 43*
Fourth heat 3? 1:18* 2:40*
FLEETWOOD PARK.
Tho trotting matches nnnouncod to take place yes
terday at Fleetwood Park called together a large num
ber of turfmen.
SUMMARY.
Fi.kktwhoo Park, Nkw York, Friday, May 4, 1877.
Match #100; mile boats, threo in fivo, In harne-s.
S. Bennett's blk. tn. Kilty Ill
H. O. Dob?on's Mary 2 2 2
? TIMK.
Quarter. Half. Mil*.
First heat...* 47 1:31* 3:02*
Second heat 44 l:2rt 2-6ti
Third boat 42* l:2*t? 2:ft?
Samk Day.?Match $ftO; mile beau, to top road
wagons.
U. Thompson's b. m. Little Nell 1
M. Smith's b. g Din dig
Time, 3:05.
RACING AT LONG BRANCH.
The Sportsman say*:?"We are authorized to an- 1
"ounce that Ihe race mooting at Mouuioiith Park 1
will bo held about the usual tune, uuder the 1
auspices and management of gentlemen whoso !
nation and emineuce m turl affairs will com- 1
mand the confidence ol the public. Tho races :
will be run under the rules ol the American Jockev 1
Club, .savo in regard to the slake* which closed hereto
fore uuder the rulos of toe Monmouth Park Associa
tion. We think tno gentlemen iu question will is.-uo
their programme in general terms m xt week, and no
doubt It will bo favorably rccotvod."
HORSK NOTES.
Jny Unuld In driving llie dark bay mnro Qmidrillo
and thn light buy maro Ashley togeiher. Qn.idniio is
by MuJdlntoun and Aiblejr t) Old Ilamblcloiiian.
Tnoy make a very fast team.
Master George Gould drives the bright bay mare
Mollie I?ung on the road ovry flnc day, having Dennis
Tr.tcy with him. Maslor i.eorjie la a capital driver
and handle* Iho reins lu good rhnpe. Molllo Long was
bred In Kentucky. ."be Is (aat.
KdwarU Kearney Intouda trolling bin gray guiding
Snmlhill th<j coming season for tbo purses to bo
?flared.
J oft n Murphv will train and drive the bluek goluiog
New llrook, belonging to Mr. HpauMlog, tbo coming
irottlug season.
Mr. llolllnsor baa sold to Mr. Qoorgo Osgood a pair
of very nice brown coach feonea, 1'rtne, |1,3M
nror>;e N KurgMOl drove his bay colt Don Carlos,
by Moxaoder Norman, a half mile to a road ?><ou on
Wedneaday Imi, at Kleetwood Park, in 1:14.
D. Uoeuchlns is driving bis lavorito black mare
Lidy Alice daiiy on tho avonoes on the other sido of
Iho l'ark.
Hen I'anieis has at his new stables the hay mara '
sister o: Bella, chestnut gelding Nimrod, bay goiding
Floaaura Hoy. by KlUan Alien, and a bay QUy by I,ii
tieOeld Knox, dam the aam ol Nellie Walton.
Browslcr It Co., of Broomo street, have Just finished
a csrrlago for one of their customers which Is an exact
reproduction of a style com:<lored Indtspens-ible to an
Koffllsti country gentleman's establishment a hundred
years ago. This carriage the Hrewsters call a Stsubope
gig. It is a single open seated trap lor two persona,
with very bigii dasher and high curved shaft*, the
body being on telegraph spring*. The running gear
Is painted primrose yellow, relieved with black stripes;
the trimming green cloth, with russet leather sirups.
History repeats itsolf oven in carrtagos.
The stallion Virgo Hainbletonlan looked in flu* con
dition yesterday at his headquarters ui mo Wat-Nong
Grange, near Morristown, N. J., and his three-year-old
daughter. Lady Antrim, the flrst ol his got, looked the
picture ol a fast trotter. She is improving dallv in
lu spoed aud will be dangerous in the Turf, Fitld and
farm Suues. Virgo's Beasou will be a good one, us
ho is fast growing in lavor with breeders. The blood
of Dlonicd and Messenger is flncly blended in Virgo's
veins.
THE fUFLE.
The Executive Committee of the National Riflo
Association did not have a business quorum at their
slated meeting yesterday afternoon, and ihe meeting
was adjourned till next Monday at three P. M. Tho
Secretary, Mr. George S, Snormerhorn, Jr., Is sending
out to all the riflo clubs ol tho United Slatos the fol
lowing circular:?
TIIK INTKIlSTATK I.OSQ ItAXGS MATCH.
I am Instructed by the Hoard of Directors ol th?- National
Kills Association W communicate to the rillomeu of the
Veiled states uotlou that tho interstate match will ha
uiiot at OroedmiMir. Un? Inland, at the fall meet ng ol the
association iu Kepteinbor ue.\t> unoer the following coudi
' Ot'en to loam* of four from all rlile association* or clubs
In any Stale or t erritory ..f the United State, ibat aaay
hava tfflllatod with '.lie National Klfle Association previous
u.o a 'h D..iaeces. 80O. IK*) and 1,000 yards;
Q teen roiliidi. without lighting allots. at each
ranu-o. Killok a??d po?itloDS. auv within the rulo*
Ol the National .Rille Association. Entrance Tee.
i ' wr man Prise, a trophy, to be held for the year iiv tlio
?urcesslni loam, which .hail bo deposited In lome central
nlnre In tho Slate represented by the wlnnlni team, hach
member of the winnliiK team to receive a gold badge pre
sented hy the National Jtille Association.
NOT SR.
The Irish-Atnerlcan Rillo Club had their Initiatory
meeting of the season last ulgln, In the Ashland
House the 1'resident, Lieutenant William H. Murphy,
In the chair. Alter transacting soma preliminary
btytiuess the meotiug adjourned till Friday night uoxt,
at ihe sumo place. . . ? ^
To-day tho Long Island and the New 1 ork teams
will hare a meeting lor practice at Creed moor. Tho
Marksman's Badge will bo stiol for in tho afternoon.
YACHTING NOTE.
yMchl Wanderer. Mr. Sllllniau, N.Y.Y.C,, from Now
port, passed Whitealone, L. L, yostorday, en jroute lo
Now York. .
BASEBALL.
The Alaska* of this city vtsitod Elizaboth, N. J?
yesterday, and playod nino Innings with tho Roaoluto
club of lhat pluco, at tho close ef which the score stood
6 te 6. A tenth Inning was commenced aud tho
Resolute scored two runs, when ihe Alasicas declared
that they oould not soe iho ball on account of dark
nesB. After some ten minutos' delay in wrungllng the
umpire decidod tho guiuo a draw. The tollowing is tho
Rroro IXNINOH.
ciubi. nu 2<L M. 4in. oth. otli. TUi. 8iK. 9th.
Resoiulo.... 2001 0 0 10 J?6
Alaska oooo 0 :i 4 0 0?rt
Tlio game at Chicago yesterday beiweon the Stars,
of Syracuse, nud tho lanious chnmptou Chicago White
Stockings, was a remarkably fine contost aud resulted
aS ,0S:" 1st. 2.1 3d. *'h. UK. Ctli. 11k. Stli. 0th.
rh learn ...0000 01 00 0?1
star . u .o o o o o o o o-o
L'mpiro?Mr. Bradbury.
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
* Tho tenth Held meeting of tho Columbia Collego
Athletic Association, in coujunotion with tho Prluceton
Athletic Association, will tuke place to-duy on the
grounds of the Now York Alhlolic Club, at Molt
llaven. Sixteen events are on tho programmo, and
they cmbraco such it variety of aport that a rich treat
is lu Btoro lor tho visitors. Tho invitation ol Columbia
to lior striior collojic, Princeton, to join with tfrotn id
tho struggles for the prizes offered ia such a now depar
ture that it doc? tho originators ol Ihe project great
credit aud were tho idea to tlud repeated imitation it
would*provo a meal Impetus to athlotlc sports gen
erally Tho flrst event will bo called at a quarter iiltor
eleven o'clock, and tho 10:35 train to Moll llavon,
Haricut road, will drop passengers In good season.
H ARtiKM ATHLETIC CLUB.
This c'.ub will hold a grand athletic entertainment at
the Temple, on 125th street, this evening. Many woll
Known athletes have volunteored their services and a
good programme will bo presented, consisting of club
swinging, dumbbell lifting';- tumbling, bar performing,
/to. Ouc grand feature ol iho cvoiiiiiaWiII be a Gneco
Hotnan wrestling match lor a gold medal, between two
of the club's members.
THE RYAN MYSTER^f.
INQtJEST ON THE BODX OK THE MAN FOUND IN
A NINTH WAltl) QDTTEB.
The inquest on the body of John Ryan, th? cooper,
who was found dying last Sunday tuorniu* in a gutter
in Loroy street, was held yostorday evening In the
Ninth ward station house by Coroner Elllnger. The
back room was crowded by persons interested in this
very mysterious affair, and quite a number of wit
nesses testi lied. Tho tbroo prlsouors? Foal, Poole and
Keenan?wont upon tho stand and related their expe
rience of the night ol tho murder; but, while oc
knowledging that they wore In the neighborhood ol the
scene ol tho bloody deed about tho lime It must
have been committed, ihey protested total ignorance
not only ol tho tragedy but bIho of Rayan's being in
ibe sixmo street with them ?t twenty minutes past
two o'clock on Sunday morning. Tho verdict rondercd
by the jury was that Byan died ol blows rocoivod at
the hands of some persons among wiom the prisonora
wero believod to have boon. Foul, Poole aud Keenan
wero sent to the Tombs.
Several witnesses wero oxamined. Officer Carey
sworo that bo lound tho deceased in a dying condition.
Olllcor Scanlon said thai ho moi the three prisoners
following Ryan, or walking in the same direction as he
was, shortly alter two o'clock on Sunday morning.
Ho asked them where they wero going, and thoir reply
wa? mat they wore waning up to go u> early mass. A.
11. Kegi'l and George Dellerl stand thai tho prisoners
bad beou drinking in tnoir saloons on Saturday night,
and Dellert swore llul Ryan had threatened to licK
a hoarder oi Ins at No. HO Bod lord street. The
man's name was Bigot. At Mr. Dellert's sug
gestion lie went to bed and Ryan wont out ol doors.
Joseph Fool's testimony was thai he and tho oilier
two wero in Carmine sireei, as described by Olllcer
Seanion, hut he swore lUal they parted about hall
past two A. M., Poole going one way, he aud Koenau
another. He addedHearing on Sunday thai Cap
lain Kennedy warned me 1 called lo see him, aud ho
detnlncd ino at tho station house; ou Monday morn
ing 1 had a conversation with Poole, who was in an
.lUjoili nig cell; he ssked ino if 1 gave him owuy j 1 told
him no, that 1 b.id nothing to give him away lor; ho .
toid the Captain that he did not know me when tlrxt
arrested, but he did, and was acquainted with mo I
over three years.
STKAM.S, l? i'OMUVi.'TI.V RsroitTKD.
Detective Noldo, ol iho Ninth proclncl, testified lhat
be wa< locked up iu a cell aborning tho prisoners' mid
overheard the lollowiug conversation beiweon Iboiu
Fot'T?Rillv, give me a enow ol tobacco.
Pooi.r?Yo'tt'ro a nice sucner, to give me away.
Fout I did nut give you away. The coppers was on
to us both.
Pools? You lie?you did giro mo sway. Only lor
you I would not have hit that man.
Kot'T?Weil, we're in a nice box, one dial wo won I
got out of soon. Hilly, what d.d yon do Willi that
slIcK VOU had?
I'ooi.h -t threw it m the river. 1 want in cell you ,
one thing. 1 tlou'i Kmut you to ?poak to Bio any more, i
I am g'Miiu in k?h ?ut ol tin* ibo ucst I can. Ii it j
bndii't boon for Noblo I think I would hurt been <lto- ,
Charged, lor n? posted the CnpUin. Now, Joo, 1 dou't
want you to My any more. Keep muin. 1
Kmc r?All right?, titeatIM If they provo this against i
u? wc will get our necfts strnched.
At tho limu ol kWMt* i I'o'ilo bad a bloody handkor
obiei on Iiis person, lor inn main* on which iio iir
conmed by saying tiiat Jie bad been m a row and was
cut on Monday morning
Altar this wim?r?? Keennn, Poole unit other* worn
exuuluod, but uni'ting or material interest wan elicited
except Irom I'urker, or.e ol tho watchmen on SOch'b
hargo, on the North River, Into ih" house ol which
l'ools broke through a window on ^umUy morning,
about lour o'clock, to get a sleeping jjho e Ho inni
not heon there lor u long tuno beioro. The Jury ro?
tired, returned tne verdict, ana tbo priaonuro wcro
committed willtout hail.
BUSINESS TROUBLES
Dore Lyon ban made application lor bin discharge
Irmn bankruptcy, and Register Kotchum baa t?aucd an
order for tbo creditors to *Uow conso why his petition
should not hu grunted. Tbo matter will como beioro
tbo HogUter lor a bearing on May 24.
Julius Kallmann, ol No. l!Ki William llreot, agent lor
the Mi'iotte Last Manufacturing Company, baa failed,
and thoshvrill yesterday sold out bis eil.-cis.
weorge i. Nieli llnfalo, ibu assignee of William Koa
Ur, S \ \v. Foster and }'i)?lers, Kisuor (Jo., cuiton
manufacturers ol Providuuce, It. I,, who tailed lust
month, bna tiled bid statement of tho n>>?iitli and llubil
Iiioi in inn Court otCommou ['loan. Tbo liabilities tiro
$114,060 Mi aaaoti, |ill,'2V&.
MASSACRES IN BOSNIA.
HOBBOBS RIVALING THB SCENES AT BAT A IE?NO
TURKISH MEKCT.
(Kroin Ihe Manchester uoardlan. April 21.)
Lai'atz, Bosmas-Ckoahax F*oxtikb, )
April 12, 15(77. |
My telegram will already hare Informed you tb?t 1
have succeeded in penetrating lo the sceno of the
worst outrages (bat during tbe last lew weeks have
been committed by the Turks on returned and return
ing Bosnian refugees, as well as on otber peaceful
rayab villagers who ltad never loft their homes. Be
sides visiting ibe burned and plundered Uoiuesteads at
Ochievo, 1 have spent several d*vs in hunting up tbe
fugitive* themselves, part ol whom have found shelter
I hi tbe mountain villages beyond tbo Croatian frontier
| and part within the bospltuble limits ol free Bosnia,
j Aud let it bo well understood?for the Turks and
! their admirers will not bo slow to soieo on
| uny Imaginary palliation lor iboir viliany?
tbut all the outrages o! which 1 write have
I been committed ouiaido the limlta of the district
h 'ld ny the Insurgeois; that they have boen commu
ted solely on unarmed men apd helpless women and
children; and. lurthor, that iboy eannot be looked on
as a retaliation for *ny violence com'miued by the In
surgents, Inasmuch as tlio Insurrection has during tbo
whole winter, and, in fact, ever hi no Despotovicb
look tho command, romalneilstnotly on the defensive.
I have taken down tbo evidence of twenty-one of tbe
victims, choosing generally lathers of families for tbe
purposs, and as 1 saw these at diflerent places, some
on Austro-Hungarian and sotno on insurgont terri
tory, and as on all material points tho ovidonco Is
singularly corroborative, I think you may roly
on tho accuracy of my report. After exam
ining several of the rolugoos nt Srob, on the
Croatian froutler, and others at different pisccs
among tho mountains or Ireo Bosnia (among which,
with this object, 1 huvo made a four days' march), i
started from Sienuza firad, tho extreme outpost of thu
Insurgents in this direction, to muku my way if possl
bio to tho actual scene of the Oohiovo outrages. In
the insurgent camp at Sionltza Urad evory ono con
spired to dissuade mo from my project. They said
that, though the ruins of Ochievo wcro deserted by
tho Turk?, marauding bands of bashl-bazouks still
lurked in tbe neighborhood, and that only two davs
ugo somo haystacks on a height abovo tho villages,
which had hitherto escaped, had been burnod by llioso
gentry. Then the elements wore unfavorable, li was
necessary to ouior tho Turkish part* of Bosnia to cross
tUo Ia Dal z, bui tho ram an.t melting snow had t?o
swollen tho river, always rapid, that the lords had be
coino impracticable. J swam tbo rivor and secured a
guido, who agreed lo conduct mo lo the scene ol tho
outrages.
ONLY RUIWS LKFT.
After a weary ascent and partial descent ol a moun
tain neck wo urnved at ibe scone ol the outrages and
1 found that all that the vurious witnesses h id described
to mo as touching mo destruction of property was
striclly truo. A moro hideous scouo of havoc 1 have
never seeu and never wish io see again. Two homo
steads ulouc remaiood unburnod, saved from destruc
tiou, it issupposod, l>v their Mohammedan landlords
but even Huso wore partially wrecked and entirely
gutted. All the othor houses weru burnt to the ground
tuouKb here md there one or two of the wickerwork
storehouses lor maize, usual among tbo Bosnians had
been mcroly rlllod of thor contents and not'lur
thor destroyed; tbo Turks had loll a fow of
Hie hives lo bo refilled. What made the
havoc even moro melancholy was its two
fold character. Thoro were Utmi iho bluckoucd foun
dations of tho homesteads burned the other dny, with
tho Iresh smell ol tiro upon them, and side by sido
wuh these the debris of iho tortnor villago, burnod by
the Turks on tho 24th orjtiue ol last year. Too foun
dations ol tho former homesteads wero larger as well
as moro numerous than those of ibe huts which iho
returning refugees bad vomured to rebuild, and formed
a striking commentary on the straitened circum
stances of tn? uuiortunate people. In the former
village there wero, II my Iniorination Is correct over
lorty fumillos. In the villago, <ft rather two village*
Juki destroyed I reckoned twenty-one burned huis and
two unburned, which agrees with tbe number ol lamilleB
mentioned to mo by name by a variety ol witnesses.
The havoc was of iho most thoroughgoing kind. Kvery
little article of domestic use thai bud not boen carried
oil?pots, pans, rags of Kicking and clothes?woro
scattered about pell-mell, broken, loru and Irumpled
under foot. Hero and thoro maize or boans had boen
scattered on tbo ground In ibe process ol earn ing the
Plunder off. To discover tho little boards oi money
which the rayab families might possess ihe pillagers
bad in maiiy cases grubbed up iho ourth floor ol tho
huts, ond in one I saw the actual holo from which iho
hoard ol ibe most well-to-do family?amounting, so
my gutdo declared, to ?8 in papor money, but this is
probably an exaggeration?bud been grubbed out by
tbo bashl-bazouks.
TIIKT FOOLISHLY KRTUKNKD.
I will now givo you the results of tho evldenco I
liavo collected from ibe victims ad lo iho actual occur
I reuues at tJreut and Little Ocbievo and two other ham
lets situated In the neighboring Cerljevitza moun
tuts?namely, Klekovacha and Vugaoalz. Regarding
iho Ochiovo outrages 1 have exaunuod thirteen wit
nesses. Three of these?David, Milllza and AnJ.i
Karaiiovlch?I saw ut Serb, on the Croatian border
one, Crogor Pavellch, at Ltpaiz, also within the
(irenzo; ulne? namely, I,aa..r Hinpku, Vid itodich
Giuro Slilpka, Milan Kodlcb, Milan Kurunovich Jovan
Tankoeicb, steian Karanovich. Mlhailo Hodich and
Haze Karanovich?at sienitza Grad, in Ireo
Bosnia; and tbe wlfo of tbo murdered Vaso
Kurunovich ut Boboljusba. also in Iroe Bos
ma. On tbe approach ol tbo Turks, on Jane
24 of last year, tho villagers llod mostly lo
Austrian soil, leaving ibclr boines to bo burned uixl
pillaged. The extreme misery, however, of the refu
gees ou ibis pari ol the Uungurian frontier, iho ap
proach ol win lor and ibo impossibility ol procuring
fodder lor tbo cnltln they hud succeedod in Currying
with them induced ihe fugitives lo crave pormisslon io
return irom iheir Mohammedan landlords?namely
Mujo Kurtaghick, Osman Aga Andjich and Nedjim and
Ismail Begs Kalenovicb, all resident in Kuleii Vakun.
Iho bogs, who uro heglnniug io suffer severely from
the want ol sorfs lo supply their nocds, promised tho
Ochiover* that il they returned they should bo unrao
losiod, and aocordiugiy most of tho families actually
did return and rebuilt their burned cottages. Tho
names ol tho bonds of tbo various families who re
turned and iho numbers ol cucii lainlly wero given me
us follows:?
David K.iranovlcb, 17; Dtmian garanovlch. 10; DJaio
Karanovich. 4; Vaso Karanovich. 7; 1'srro Karanovich, ft;
Mill Karanovich, 7; Ilija KHranovioli.lt; lilau Karanovich
J!: I? VI 8h*r:><?- 2. Mlhailo Koilieli'
II I; Md Kodieto. 27; Marku .Shipka. 17; Olind tinlpka, 111
IlJaro.slilf.Ka.rt; Mkola Shlpka, 13; Fere Shlnka.?; l.uka
Hodich. M; .Milan Tankoiieh. II; David Tankoaleli. H,
Millclt rankusioli, 6; Blase titcnlcb, 8; Mill Stanlch H.
Total. ?11.
OWI.V OKK MOXTII Auo
On Saturday, March lo, a body of bashl-bazouks,
estimated by the villagers at aboiit a huudrod, uuder
tbo leiulersnip of All Uog Trorka, Mujo UcgBlbano
vicb and Alt Bog Kulenovich (who, however, arrived
rather lute in tho day), made their appoarauco In. tbo
lower village. They plundered tbo house and burn or
Ouvid Karanovich, seized all his corn, iho clothing
they found iu tho bouse, and, II his deposition mudo
to iiio is correct, took from him forty-flvo goats, about
lilty sheep, olghleeu oxen and ono horse. They robbed
in the same way three other lanillles. Thcv thou pro
ceeded to ibe houre of tbo village elder or Kuez, the
elected rcprescuiativo ol Iho community who re
ceives u kind oi olliclal seal from ihe Turkish author.
Hies. W hut follows I huvo Irom his wifo. A basin
bazouk seized him on either side, while u third
despatched bun with pistol shots. Another menibor
of me lamiiy, Teto Karanovich, was wounded in the
arm, bill escaped. Tlio head ol tbe murdered Knox,
Vaso Karanovich, wis then cut ofl and carried away.
Tbo women nnd girls wore stripped ol the girdles and
othor ornaments that they possessed, and the irregu
lars were proceeding io outrages ol a morn ahatnoiul
kind when slopped by tho timely arrival ol All Beg
Kulenovich, who succeeded on this occasion in ro
siruunug Ins romifters. Tho Turks then made off with
their booty io Kulon Vukup, currying wuh them in
iritiiuph the neud oi ilio village elder. Another ol my
wnncascs, Oeojor I'ovtchiili, of lloricbevntz, who,
though a Chustian, is employed on various errands
across the Croatian border by iho Turks ol Kulon
Vukup. happened lo bo thero when tho murderous
gang returned The Mudir said thai it was no uso
kicking the lii-ad about the streets, mid thai they had
betl' r give It to the liinour lo bury, which lie accord
ingly dul.
HCKXKS OK RAI'I.IK.
Meanwhile II was mooted thai /night in Ochlovo
whether to lly nt ouc or uot, but tho weather was bit -
terij cokt, A dim bvri, IM iitapHiiMi ntUi wtM
ol Illyra, waa blowing una too snow my deep; ?o II
wiis decided to postpone their departure. Next ilny
(.Sum.ay) tho Turn# appeared njsain, but in Inrger iiuni
tier*. According i? all accounts thero were irom 200
to 3U0 Itedits and Irotn 4<iO to 600 bashi-baxouks. The
lenders were the Ksitnukum ol l'etioviux., the lurkish
Prelect and Hie supreme government oilictnI ol the
district, while All Trovka anil All Kulcnovich rep
resented tho bogs. The troops emtio front Kulen
Vsknp, PetruvnU mid Hula). Then folio vreU a
scene of iimIUciiinitiiiie phiniler and rnptno. An
Attempt wax made to ?eixe the hou*u lathers ol thn
Village, but. warned hv Hie late ol their Knez, tin y all
Huccooded In escaping. Mauy ol lh?- girls atnl women,
however, tell into the bands ol tho marauders; tho
girdles and ornaments were lorn Irom those who still
posseseed them; the more yoitthitii anions thctn woio
set apart lorn worse late. According to tho lowest
estimate ten of them lell victims to Turkish lust; ac
cording to ihe wife of the vill?go older, who prohuiily
knew more than the tnon. about tl11??on. They wero
very rcitcoul about names, and 1 would not profs
this point. Tiio Turks pursued the rciugees to
tho I'nnats, tiring on tbctn on tbe way; ami
ttio two cartridge* that I picked up lurnted a strlK
Intl corroboration ol tbla part oi tho cvidenco.
Tho river was happily tfieu low and easily
fordable, but tho pursuer< cstue up with some women
and children on tho bunk, and Hang Suneona Shipka,
u young woiuun, and u child, Viu Skipku, into tho
water. Both ol tbeso were saved, but one woman,
Muna Karsnovlch, with a baby in her arms, was seized
by thene rulllans, and tbe mothor's arms wcro tnado
u?o ol' to throw her child Into the water, wlicro It was
drowned. Tills learlul statement 1 heard Irom the
lather ol the child, lllaze Kurattovich, and It was cor
roborated by othor witnesses. Another woman, with
child, wns seized, and was so tcrmled that she gavo
birth prematurely. Tho Turks did uot attempt to pur
sue ueyond tho Unuais, (earing lo enter in^urgcni ter
ritory. Afior burning the two villages they mado oil,
laden with all tho stores and movables on whloh I hey had
bocn able to lay their band*. and with law drovaa o(
MlmVanSvtoS?3r* k' tW?W* Tht total ?umbrr of (
at il .u^I .1, T them- M nearly a* I could arrive J
Krirvwh^n ,h P #?*u- iA oxcn ?0(l -7 horses.
ccDtrTlUif* !?* ? lecai" KJOlc ??t?ce. In an adja- |
J nouses were drst pillaged anu then ?
,he ''^-r.amo.y, vutch ??
kinjiL.b ?i J Keuinan?and Toreta aud Vutchim,
de?e? Thi .bLI!#lne,'a,nily' flve ,D ?"? wer8 ??"'
couih and she?n ^ii*' cattle lilted was about 260
Kd?r?.Vuff?,^t2 ?*"" fnd lOborae. Tbo womeu i
le"? ?m cen, nn .(. he U*U4' !,,a- The Pope, who was
! menfu)ned lo ml the Ochiovo wunesses, j
Maria smiii?B? d k Keuman luraily?Mllnii.
tboso?E~SV.?"?"!* MU" Mara-who bad heeu !
cui on and taken To Peuovalfc^ mttrdcrod w" were 1
Thnaa ...J,"111 Jr'^ *?*?? SUBMIT SOW.
?OVea 'Lu ?nS'm.lr^ I?*** U?De "" 111 mr P0W?r
ou a crS'^r S? I? . t rub,"c- *re bul a ,am,)le ot *bal.
Mill ocrurpinJt! bo* been occurring and 18
MiWlaif tbrouK0o?? ">e length au<i breadth ol
Vor^J^T'^ 10 a -"?*'? diamc, ol the
11 ?ucceodiiig the promulgation
been hurn^wf??H 1 ?> 11 on, tnroe peaceful village* buve
cattle h ivriimn f' iindc'ed> oy?r eight hundred head of
? 1. "V1 CB ,ro"5 ,h?'r Christian owners,
root I v h ow m!!n u chlldreD murdered?and in.li!
?n?i 1 y moro ??and lit least a score of juris
imnh . i01""110'1' Multitudes nre now cowerina
tloToi VZi.hLZiYtl!' ?" Cbr'*"?n ??, Ihe indigo**
Hosnmn ^! , * Si?v populations baa been led, the
uiea ?nrt -h , "" ,H'en ?*?Ued by d.'Sj.oraio
i l ? ? ^hat is more, tbo Turkish government is
pumlh8tn0Pr?n*Ji? T' eveu " 11 ha" lhe wl"- e,lhor ??
nr^ i .. ringloaders or to give redress to the victims
or to guarantee ibem security lor tbo futuro.
Tr r.~. ?r . 18 !?0T HLT!""a Jvktii>,k?!>
of orotocois ?^Sh ?* '? monstrous to bubble
snlfrJ? d,l>lomalic atnsnilies, or even ol con
bollor i Erry "" la'erl?reiice at Mum
tile nrovinr^aTn V'rmntc* 11,0 dominant ca?ie in
lo ask ihS ?i??2eW . 0f horror 11 18 mlquiloua
hones that iha hf ff return, or to express bland
? h? tiik i brothers nnd husbands of tiio murdered
There .s o^V?! raVliblod w'" ??"*" their arm*
r?. ? 7 ronjedy lor the .-late ol (tunes in
OTV -orpor'at^n9
tCpJ-r
A SUICIDE'S ESTATE.
BKIiATIVKS HOHTINO OVER THE BPOILS?MONT
OOMEBY'B BLOODTHIRST* EH8TLK?MILLER
AND HIS BROTHEH-IN-LAW.
John W. Montgomery was arraigned yestordnv morn
Ing at tho Jeirorson Market Police Court on a charge oi
attempt at robbery, preferred by lils sister's husband.
William Allen Miller, Professor in a business college of
this city. Th? complainant wai the recipieut of the
following totter. Mr. Miller is a resident of Person,
D0I.I.4I1S OK DKATII.
To Wii.lmm A. Mii.lxk:? Y0HK' '?
do Ur. bv^ JM'VVn"* ,n 1",u,, '?? M
awlVn'.'o* !?rJ
?I'ly I will uilik'^h0 P*y tW? money qultly A pwHcJi
you can arrent mo for thuVut'Wd,," ?" daonfu se'X?
pp z:rry-;z z\ 'ahirrf&rJS
will not accept en? cent Iron ?nil If r rin <
me arretted i will no" rofiiU to io but If th? i. ?"" ,,nvo
turned on me millions ol d.illarf wll oot ?av?iou llfe'l a'm
wh??y,.U read thl. I.tter read It all for ItTay" mate "you
CAl'Tl'HH Or THK LKTTKIt WJtlTKIl.
Mr. Miller, ou receiving tho loregolng lettor, came to
New Vork nnd saw Judgo Wandoil, beloro whom ho
stated his oaee. Judge Wnndell issued a warrant for
Montgomery's arrest, and accompanied by Offlcor Tes
saro, ol tho Court squad, Miller proceeded to tho
rendezvous in Union square Indicated by Montgomery
lu bin loiter. Miller and Ofllcer Tessaro awaitod
patiently Montgomery's coming on Weduoaday
evening, bat ho failed to appoar and both JelL On
thoar,wJ. "o?n?z' taiie,d u,,?a i,,s
ujo wile of Miller, and w*n violent in
his manner to the cxiont of threutenln^
irtn.rf.-n i M?mo ?'u,,ol*M>" unless her busbanu
acted 8n*'*rely in (he distribution of tuelr uncle's
ffS* Jle ,dded thnt b0 w?uM be in Union nqu.iro on
J. i *,U Ui"? 0 clock? lo meut Miller, aud ho
th?m v wo.ula lllBn aua "'O'C fottlo it between
??h?^oVD niornlnj Miller and OITlcor Tessaro
*?r? bo'hl,ln Hie lark awaiting Montgomery's appenr
ance. Miller seated hlmsolf on one ol tho bonobos
and a lew miauies olapsmg Montgomery appeared
and accosted his brother-in-law:? K^'-areu
'.'.?',V.aro,irou ??">S t0 ^oi"' asked Montgomorv.
Noihlug, replied Miller, as be qntetly not mod Ofll
cor Tessaro, .who immediately advanced aud took
Montgomeey tnio custody.
, THR STOkY Or THB KHTATK.
The prisonor and hia broiher-in-law Miller wero
thereupon conlronted boloro Judge Waadell who toot
a lormal complaint anainst Montgomery and committed
blfn lor examination, which is tot down lor Monday
^,ay 7' at ten O cloak. The dispute between tho iwo
,;ir 98 C" u "? a8c,,rlal??<l. arises out of
tho Mill ol David Koa, an uuciool Montgomery, and lor.
morly sonior partner of tho llrm of Rea A Pollock
piunibors, doing business at iho corner ol Corilauui
Jit 3T.UW Ot\ JV'f*018;, Hen no,umined suicide oi, tho
0th of March, 1S71, at No. 17 Jay street, where he then
resided, by cutting his throat with a razor. Tne rni
?d? 10 partnership dimcult.es, although
h ! y f0?1 c,rc?mstancos at the timo ol
his death, .singularly lor a suicide, Kea loll a will
wnrHTn.h^, 1? k"" ",',n tWolru benoliciarlcs who
wore lo sharo In his estato. Among tuoso were the
prisouor, John W. Montgomery, his broihors 1>. \v
uli A. J. Moutgomerv and J. ft. Monigomerv
f ' -v, ^rookhaiii, ol Knoxvillo, Ohio, .sisior
of tlie prisoner, and six ebildreu ol a deceased
brotUor, as also Mrs. Miller, wife of tho complainant lu
this ca.-e. William A Miller and John W. Heu ?oro
named as executors, but John W. Kea lailo.l to quail!*
and th? enure ostate catno under the control ol Will!
lam A. Miller. Miller sold tho real estate, and, as lia
d'TI<lo<1 'be proceeds equitably among tluMe
entitled to il lbo sum realized was (lM.ooU, that
luslve ot the personal eetaio belonging to tho
doredenu At the tune oi tbo testator's kUicido it is
found In a'triinl ^i ,n m?n0y nDd sl*"''llios wero
M.i ?L noVcr Pr"P?r|y ac.ounted lor.
Miller, lhe execulor, on tho contrary, alleges that all
the personal property which ever came under his con
trol amounted to but $5,000, and that amount is now
J"'in }v- Montgomery, the prisoner, was
W?nk?I r0faU 'Courl Uy Mr- Van
Winnie. The latter gentleman slates that Mr Miller
Ibe oxoculor, wys very stubborn and caused a great
deal of unnecessary litigation In the tottlomeni ol tho I
tMato, but his conduct did not necessarily imolv
Iraud. A large portion of the estate leu by the do
ooued aoyolvod upon Miller's wilo, and hence the
Jealousy ol tbo colegatees.
OltlME BEPOKE STAIIVATION.
A young man of sickly appoarance, giving the numo
ol Robert Illvington, was charged at the Tombs Police
Court yestorday with forging the name of Oliver Titus
to an ordor for f &i on Herman Mat Held, of So. 3oj
(>reonwion streot. Tho prisouer pleaded guilty and
said thai ho was sickly aud unable to work. He com
tn,"?C ii?? gCn' ??"'? Prison to slarva
lion. Ho was committed lor trial.
MAIiniAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIED.
Andiikws?Cucduil?M the roaldotico of the brtrie'i j
mother, in Brooklyn, 3d Inst., by ib? Rev. H. M. !
Adam*. Moxtaopk I.. AmnRkWa to Mattib J. Clouuii, I
All ol Brooklyn. No card*.
liosiou papers pieiisi! copy.
Cook??kk.?On Monday, April AO, 1877, by the Roy.
JoR< pli T. Daryoa, D. I)., Lima* M. Cook to sUka K-,
roungoul ctiiuiihler of tho Into i'nur See, all ol Brook
lyn. So card*.
Htiflnlo paporx plniii) copy. ?
Chank?Jon km.?on Thursday, IIay !5, at the rest- ,
dcncB of tlio brhIo'k parent, l<y Kev. .1 H. Twicnell,
Wii.i.iam K. Crash, ot this cliy, to A.vmk I?. Jonkm,
daughter ol Hon. (liiuoel K. .lon>'S, ol liartlord, C'liin.
WiiMTI?Massos.?At Do Kuytor, N. V., on Tues
day, May I, 1*77, by Kev. J. Clarko, Kkmjami* A. Wit.
i.it*, ol Jersey City, N. J., to Ai.tra B. Maxsok. No i
?arm.
DIED."
Adams.? Mra. ASK Adama, agod 70 year*.
Kelntivea and friend* ure respeotluliy Inrltod to in
tend ber lunoral, on Mimlay, at two P. M., at the reii
deuco of hor nephow, Jatneii Kvt-raon, 451 lat ku, Wtil
Inrnkbarf.
Adams ?In Syrucuse, on the 4tb Inst., Hakkiktt
H. Adams, eldest dattgbter of the lata Kev. J. W.
Adama, ot that city.
lUiiKi'.Nuuuo.? On May <J. W. 0. Uaiikrviioko, aou of
John and Matnllda Uahrenbtirg In tbe Kith year of bia
an*.
KolattvuK and fnenda of tbe family are roapectfully
Invited to attend the funeral, trom tbo Kvnngeltcnl
I.nincran (St. I.ucaa) Church, 42d at., between 7th and
(stli nva., on Sunday, May ft, at one o'clock.
Boa*.?Friday, M?y 4. Ukli.a, only daughter of
Throdore una Mary Horn, aged 6 years andl) mom ha.
Notlcc of funeral to-tnorrcw.
ItiiN.iKi.u? At IMaluliold, N. J., Wednesday morning,
I of parairft*, Hkkkiktta S., wilfl of Allrod Dounell, lu
the 67 tb year of lior age.
Funeral will bo held at draco Church, Plalnfleld, on
Sunday, two o'clock 1". M. Traine loavo loot of Lib
erty St., North Hirer, at 0:30 A. M.; leuvo I'lainileld at
6;:i0 P. If.
Boyd ?Snddenly, May 4, 1877, Thoxa* Oi.ark Botd.
aged 3 years mid 0 months.
Holattvoa and friends are roscoctlully Invltod to
attend the runeral, ora ibo residence of t>l? grand*
fatber, Wlllism Iioyd. 335 Xstav.. at two o'clock P. M.
8UB?;oi;i.?In Broaklyu, Friday. May 4, Clarmci
Lavtox inlant *'>n ?i Ahbie U aud Delamor* C Broun.
Relatives and frit nil" of.lho family are respectlully
Invited to attend the luneral, from the residence of ma
emndDareut!!, So. 102 Clinton av., ou Saturday, ilay
j at Ave o'clock P M. Tbe remains will be takon M
Manbassett, L. L, tor interment.
Ki-kcba*.? Iu Brooklyn, on Friday afternoon, May
4 1877 Euwako S., only son of Allred andSarub
1111 re fin in Id ttie iCtli ypur ol his ago.
Relatives nnJ friend* a.e respectfully Invited to at
.?art the itinera , trom the residence of bis parents,
I "e av!, Brooklyn, K. D.. ou ilouday, 7ib mat, at two
'VIrolis -Ou Thursday, May 3, Michael Garolin, a
natuo " county Tyrone, Ireland, m tne 43d year ol
h,R^Si"ive? and friends of the family are ro?pocttul!J
In vited to attend the luneral, Iron. hi. l.W residence,
?r Madison ??., on Sunday, May 6, at two o'clock
F'. n, At Union Port, Westchester. Thursday, May 3,
1S77 Ma?'i* L Cox, eldest daughter of Mre. P. Coo
no 11 y "ud goddaughter oi the late Patrick Currau, in
lbS,&e"nn0dflrien<Uar. respectfully In vitedto at
tend the funeril. ou Saturday. May 5. at lour o'clock
P'cuovis._On 4tli lust., Katk Crown, daughter or the
lato' Robert Crouin, or Aonadale station, Staten
'^RriaiKc. and Irlends of the family are ranpectfully
invited to attend lUo luneral, on Sunday, at half-past
two. iroin hor lato residouco T7 4th uv., cornor wy
k?iVvvNG|riAMk-Un Friday. 4th lust., Fbaxcm Co*.
mnquam, native ol Kilmackshallagou, county Sltgo,
lrTho wi'ff? andlriends of the f?mllyararospect.
tuliy inviieJ to attend the luneral, Iroin bis lato rest,
dmco. 208 East Broadway, ou anuday alternoon,
0.CtTKHiK.-On Friday, May 4, Flora Locim Curhir,
aired 3 vcais and 11 iluys. oa.
Ktiuorui private Irom roiidence ol hor pnrent8 238
President st, Brooklyn, to-morrow (Saturday), at
UD?lvKu")ii.-Al Hoboken, Hrnhiitta Virginia,
wi'low ol the.lata G. K. D'lvernois, aged 79 yea".
The relatives and friends arc respectfully Invited tc
attend the funeral, oil Saturday, the 5tli inst., Irora
St. Mttry'a Roman Catbollo Church, Hoboken, at ten
? Doc it son.?On Friday ovenlng, May 4, Richard W.
Dockson, in the 48tli year of bis ago.
Relative*and Iriends aro reapectlully iniUod to nt.
tend without lurther uotico, on Monday, the 7th inst.,
nt tlireo 1*. M.. at 237 Baltic st,, Brooklyn. Members
of Delta Loci go, F. and A. M., osp'cinlly Invltod.
Paterson (N. J.) papors ploase copy.
Fkoiiwbix.? Max Froiiwbin, pharmacist, agod 38
y Funeral Suunay. May ?, nttwol'. M? from his lato
residence. 7ti Colunibio stroet#
COLLKUKIir I'HAItMAOV.OK TH8 ClTV OF NkwYoRR.?
II em tiers and graduate* ol this college are requested to
attend ilie tnn< rnl ol otir late associate, Max * rohwein,
M UU residence, 76 Columbia su. cornor Rlvmgton, ou
'Sunday a.ternoon^al^two^clock.^^ jf Wtnry
Goonur. Samukl (Jooubt, aged A a native of Blr.
mtnghain, England, 111 tbn New York Hospital, April
'in is7V ol tumor ol ibo ankle. . .
He was buried by ?agle Lodge, No. 53, F. and A. M.t
knrowyhm!y' H? Wi'8 be'0VUd BUBIoK?D KUtDKB.
English p ipors please copy.
Grant.?On Thursday, May 3, of pneumonia,
Ei'gksk, sou or Charlos and Sarah (.rant, agod -1
y0Tbe funeral will take place from the Churcboftha
Pauliat Fathers, on Saturday, the 5tli Inst, at half
past leu A. M. Relatives and frleuds are respectfully
Invited to attend.
Newrv (Iroland) papers pleaso copy.
llt'NT. Wounesday, May 2, Mart Locuja, wife oI
Isaac O Hunt aud daughter ol tlie lato Isaac Styles.
Funeral Irom St. Timothy's Church, 57th su, neai
Rth av. to-day (Saturday), ut one o clock 1. M.
H n m kin son. ? O u the 2d Insv, Eli.a S., only daugh
ter of Mary O. and tbo lato Charles E.,Hutobinson,
aiTho"1relaTivos and mends ol the family, also tht
Trlouds of her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah hadgeburj,
are respectfully invited to att-ind her luneral, iron
tho South Baptist Church, West 2ath st, this (Satur
dav), at thrco P. M. u
Krcwbuaard ?May 2, 1877, nt two o'clock!. M.,
Mr? KLmr \V. Kroosoaarh, iu tbo 66th year of her aga
Funeral will take place Irom her late rosideuce. <o.
14S 141ti st.. Dear i)d av., Brooklyn, on Sunday, May ^
ut two 1'. M. Relatives and iriends of the family an
refcpectlully Invited to attend. n?,_, t
Kklmhk?Cuari.kp E, Krvmsie, of College Point, u
1. suddenly, in San Francisco, on the 2d inat.
KitEirLER.?On Friday, May 4, Brooklyn, Admb,
only daughter ol Ulric and Mary A. Kroitlcr, aged I
yC'?he relauves^lr'iend. and member, ol U.lt. Lodg?
v and A M. No. 461; Evening Star Chapter, No. -.5,
and Nassau Lodge. No. 30, 1. O. of ().
fully lariiod to aitnnd tho luneral, from Ursco ^hapcj
High St., uear Gold st., Sunday, May d, at two o clocl
'"'laxdrm.-Thursday, May 3, Jaxh I.asdkrs, aged
JHf'u?i'ioral services at the resldonce of her g^nd.
daughter. Mrs. M. B. Uoltn-s, 401 Grand st^Saturday
cvonitiii. eifiht o'clock. No tlowors.
Ijk Costtb.?on Thursday, May Krakow Lk Comtk,
cliiost sou ol Honry W. aud Jfflta Lo Comto, agod 8
y?Rciativcs and lrlonds respectfully invited to attend
tho funeral services, at tbo residence, nco'?*'.
Central av. and Magnolia ft. Brooklyn, t. D., on Sun
dav alternoon, at two o'clock. . 4
l/)FTtTs.?Ou Thursday, liny 3, Axnik, daughter ol
Laurence and Maria l.oitus, at the residence ot bor
narents. In the 22d year ol nor ago.
Relatives ana friends ol the family are respectfully
Inviti d to attend tho luneral, on Sunday, May 6, at
two l* M.. Irotn her lato reslaencc, 102 Co.lar su
Lrxrn.-In .Jersey City, May 3, 1877, ol mem
briineotis croup, J. Acrky Lkstkr. only son of John
T and Mary J. Lynch (noo Fit/.pairick). aged 2 yoars.
6 Relati'ves'aiid'friends are respectfully l0. "ln
tend his funeral, on Sunday, May d, at two P_ M., Irora
tbo resilience ol his parents. 679 Jersey av., Jereoy
City, tbence to Calvary Cometery lor Injertnent.
Mkrritt ?On Wednesday, May 2, Mrs. Blandix/
Mkrritt. in the fifiih year of her age.
Burial at Marbletown. Ulster county. V.
j(OTT. of consumption, F.li.kx, wife ot StephoD
Reialfves 'and Iriends are Invited to attend the
funeral, on Sun-lay, at on<* o'clock, Irora her late rest
^*M?'oitATH0?o"n TbuMday^ilay 3, Michakl MoGrath
a nativo ol tho city of Limerick, Iroland, In tho fiOth
^?FuneraI"f'rorn his late residence, ?0 Market st . on
Sun"ay, May tt, 1877. at two o'clock. Friends and rela
ttves wro reBpeftlully invited to attend.
L'tnorick papers pleaso copy.
Osi.ouxn.-On Friday rooming. May 4 ?'Wr? llngor
Ing lllnoss, Mrs. I'hcriir L. Osror.M, widow of William
0hHor"r'olatlvos and friends aro respoctlully invited to
attend her luneral, without farther Invitation, rroin
the residence of Mr. John Wiloy. Harrison st, Orange,
N J , on Moud iy. M?y 7, at hall past two o clock P.
M Oarrlagos will bo In walling at Brick Church sta
tion on arrival ol 1:10 train Irom loot ol Barclay st.
and Christopher st. .
J'kck. Suddenly, on Wednesday, May'-, 1877, joxa
tnA* It Pki r. m the 65th yo.ir ot hle aab.
Relatives and lrlonds aro respectfully invited to at
tend tho luneral, from his lato rosidoncc, 07 W llaon
?U Brooklyn, E. 1)., on Saturday, May ft, at twelve
o'clock M., ami Ml. George's Church, Mushing, Long
Island, at bail-| a.st two P. M. Tram loaves Huoter s
I'omt at 2:0a P. M. No (lowers.
I'uvkm-On Friday. May 4, after a long and pain
ful illness, Thomas Powbrs, aged 07 yoars aud -
Relatives and friends of the family aro respectfully
Invlied to attend the runerul, from his lato residence
lfto North Eighth st., Williamsburg, Suuday, May 0, at
two o'clock P. M.
RocssriaLKii.-^t Fort Lee, N. J , "n
the 2d inrt.. li.A^te of Philip Houry Rockefeller uud
daughter o< the late John P. Wake, of tho abuve place.
Funoral services will bo hold at the residence of r
sistor, Mrs. George W. Rockolellor, at fort Lee on
Sunday, tbo fStli msl., at half-past nine A. M. aud at
Christ Church, Brouklyn. K. I)., at two 1. M. rbo ro
mains will bo taken to Greonwood lor Intcrinenb ttei
aiives aud Iriends aro invited to attend.
Rl'TiiKKroRiK?or pneumonia. Maiiv K., wHo ore,oil
lug wood Rutheriord, aged 63 yoars, 8 months.
Funeral Iroin residence ol her sou. A11r?d L. Ryer,
2.HVJ :id av., cornor llSihst., Sunday, May ?. one 1. M.
Skavkr.?On Thursday, May 3, Patrick Siavkr,
tho 61th year or hit age.
I ho nuiini will ho taken ironi hin reaiuonce, ni
Toad Hill, S. I., on Saturday morning, ni nine o'clock
to St. Mary's Church, Clliton, S. 1 , where a soletu
ma*s ni requiem will bo oil'errod lor the repose oi Ins
rioul; thence to St. Peter's Cemetery for interniont.
I>ut>tin paper* please copy.
Siia.nahax. ? On l'hurn.iuy, Way a, ol pneumonia,
Philip Siunaiian, a native of the |??rij?h ol I'wu?i8i,
county of Kerry, Ireland, in tho 60th your of IiIh age.
t he r??IntiVCD and mends of the family nro respect
fnliy invited to ultoiid too lnnor.il, Ironi >iih Into resi
dence, 74 Haxt< r al., on Sunday, it one o'clock I'. II.
?mitii.?At OrienpolOt, May 2, Joiix A. SmTll.
Tho relatives ami friends ol the family are Invited
to attend tho lunerivl, on Sunday, the filh, at two
o'clock, from his into residence, 7-4 f'rooraan nt.
SrorTKNiitmoii.?At Cruftri, N. Y., on Friday.
luortnnK. May 4, Makia sJtuutkshuiiijii, rolict ol tho
late Jamo* Sinn enbur^h.
Funeral on Sunday, at one I' M. Relatives and
ir i'iiii* ol the lamlly are ru^poctlttlly Invited to attend.
Vax Cott ?On Friday, .May 4, 1S77, Sarah Vax
Cott, wife of tho lain I'ormcnla Van Cott, aged VI
yenrn, 0 months and 17 day*
Relatives and friends respectfully invited to attond
tha funeral, at her residence, _'7o Rlvington St., on
Monday, May 7, 1K77. at two 1*. M.
Watkins.?On Wednesday, May 2, RMS Wathiss,
aged A3 years.
The luneral will tako place Irom lit# lato residence,
'111 Division st., on Sunday, May 0, at two o'clock 1'.
M. The relatives, friends and uiemhors of tbo Ma&onlo
fraternity aro invited to attend tho funoral.
WiLroRO ?On Friday, Muv 4, Mart, the bolovod '
wifo ol Thomas Wiliord, native of Drumshauibo,
county Leitriin, Ireland, In her 77th year.
The roi itives and Iriciids of ihu family are rcspoct? J
fully Invited to attend tho funeral, from hor lato rest- :
denco, 389 Kast 33d at,, on Sunday afternoon, al on* f
o'clock, to proceed to Calvary Cemetery. >
Youxus.?On Wednesday evening, May 8, Rbhfcca F
Spahkk, wile ol George Youngs, in tho 73d year ol her J
.
Hie relatives and friends of tho family are respect- *>
fully Invited to attend the funeral services, at her late J
residence. No. 190 West 64th st., this (Saturday) alter
noon, at lour o'olocic. *
Zkisb?Al Yonkors, May 3, Jamks Zkiss, aged RS. "
Funeral, Sunday, at two o'clock. Trains learo Forty#
focond street deobt at ono o'clock.