Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-14

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News, etc.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-President Cowan, of
the aldermen, states that the Joint committee OF
investigation will make official reports of the
city and county accounts on Wednesday, with
out fear or favor. He says the reports will as
toniSh the people, as they contain facts and
names not mentioned before in connection with
the frauds
Rev Henry Ward Beecher delivered a strong
sermon yesterday on the purity of the ballot.
He said the greatest of all danger was the iu-
difference Of educated men to the ballot, and
that there was more danger now from gigantic
moneyed corporations than there was from
slavery. The promiscuous hanging of men to
lamp posts will not correct the evil. Reform
alton must commence in the church, in the
schools, in the household. We must redeem
the ballot or there is no use Of talking of re-
formation. He believed that prominent men of
both parties have conspired TO make the ballot
venal. The civil service of the nation is stand
ing threat against the liberty of the nation.
The custom house is bribery shop, and ifthese
vast places are to be put up for sale, this gov
eminent cannot long exist. Conscience must
be applied to politics, and the pulpit must teach
the conscience of the people. To be good
Christians the people must be good citizens.
Sefgovernment is not failure We must not
give way to cowardice. The experiment must
be fought out Selfgoyernment must not fail,
and by the help of God it shall not fail. There
were several outbursts Of applause during the
sermon.
The board of apporlionment Ihas authorized
the issue of school stock to the amount of $780,
600, at per cent.
The commissioners of the sinking fund d.
reCted an issue Of a million dock bonds, against
the vote of Controller Green. Tweed was not
present till the proceedings were over. Green
made large number of removals from office
to-day.
Stephen Maloney shot Simon Garyin fatally
during quarrel at the New England hotel last
night.
Michael Byne fatally stabbed John Burke DUR
ing quarrel, in Eleventh street, yesterday.
j. L. DemoreSt and two sons, Erie baggage
clerks, were arrested for Swindling both the COM
pany and passengers.
John Campbell was held for trial yesterday
for shooting Ellen Foy in the Bowery, Saturday
night. lie alleges tina. he was only defending
himself from several women and confederate
pick pockets.
Vim. IsaacS, clerk in Evans silk store, and
two pawnshop keepers were arrested, the former
for stealing and the latter for receiving $4,000
worth of silk.
Peter Schubert, clerk of Il real estate Office on
Tenth avenue, is missing, and is believed to have
been murdered by Tenth avenue gang. He
collected large sum of money on the LIST inst.
and paid it over to his employer early in the af-
ternOon, but he has not been seen since that eve
ming, when he took walk after dinner.
John MAIN was suifOcated and burned to
death last night in Clinton street, by the eX-
plosion of kerosene lamp in his chamber.
An old woman named Mary Sullivan was
burned to death in Cherry street, yesterday.
She was bedrdden, and accidentally upset
lamp.
Tie Herald suggests Horace Greeley as the
successor Of Sweeny as park commissioner.
1t is officially announced that the German
steamer Franklin, at quarantine, has forty cases
of cholera on board There were twenty eight
deaths on the voyage. Nearly every one aboard
was more or less affected. Most of the cases
are seriOds, and further deaths are probable. A
rigid quarantine is enforced, with every effort TO
alleviate the sufferngS; but care is taken to
prevent spread of the contagion.
Members of the Brooklyn investigating COM
mittee say they have evidence showing that
about four thousand fraudulent votes were cast.
They are sanguine that the cauvassers will be
compelled to give certificates of election to a
majority of the republican,. candidates on the
county ticket, and all the republican candidates,
including the mayor, on the city ticket. The
report will be ready about Friday, when war
rants will be issued for ballot suffers Mayor
Kalbtleisch processes that he is satisfied that he
obtained more honest votes than Powell or
Booth, and he will contest the right to the office
in the courts; that, if Powell takes the seat an
it is believed he will be elected.
Bliss FeDtOn republican, says his resignation
as chairman of the Brooklyn water board has
been at the disposal Of his friends for months.
Clinton Furnish, member of the republican
general committee of Brooklyn, has commenced
a S1000 900 libel suit against John McDiarmied,
fellow member, who charges Furnish, as an
inspector of elections, with counting him out
for an office in one of the wards.
Henry c. Cooper, in the naval service was
held in $4,000 bail, charged with placing can
celled stamp on the manifest of the ship
Rhoderick Dhu.
1t was agreed to-day that unless the govern
ment was ready to prosecute the Cuban General
Jourddn early in December a noile prOSeqUi will
be entered.
James O'Brien, convicted of manslaughter in
the third degree, in killing Charles Casey, was
sentenced to four years in prison.
Henry Myers received similar sentence for
forgery.
The Miner counterfeiting ease has been as
signed for trial in December.
Marcus A. Herrick, prominent member of
the stock exchange, is dead.
The Broadway widening assessment matter
was argued in the supreme court; decision re-
served,
The following is correct account of the
cholera at quarantine. Steamship Franklin, of
the Baltic LlOydS line, arrived Saturday night
with number of cases of cholera on board She
sailed from Stettin, Oct 10th, touching at Copen-
hagenl Oct. 18th, and Chrstiansanetl Oct. 10Th.
AT the time of leaving the latter port, she had
twenty-five cabin and 611 steerage passengers,
and a crew of siXty-seYen men, Ten DAYS out
the first case of cholera made its appearance
among the Storage passengers, and when the
steamer put into Halifax to obtain coal there had
been nearly 100 caSeslIof cholera and choleraic
diarrhea, of which forty proved fatal. Since
leaving Halifax, one death has occurred and to-
day twelve patients suffering from cholera were
sent to the West Bank hOSnital The well mas
sen9ers were also transferred to the United
States transfer ship Delaware, lately fitted up as
receiving ship by the quarantine authorities
The Franklin, after the transfer of passengers,
was ordered to the lower quarantine, where she
will be thoroughly disiniected and detained un-
til it is thought safe to allow her to come to the
city.
The executive committee of the Evangelical
alliance have adopted the report of the deputa-
ton to Russia. They are to have a reception
after the arrival of Alexis. A committee was
appointed to consider the eXpediency of invit-
ing all the alliances of Europe to hold the next
general conference at New York.
terrific scene with gang of burglars Oc-
Cured in the house of Albert Daggett, Williams
burg, Sunday morning. Mr.. Daggett's mother
was held in bed by man holding a large knife,
but she raised an alarm which brought assis-
lance from her son, who fired the contents of a
revolver at the robbers The fire was returned,
and the thieves escaped with $500 in booty.
Fourteen additional cholera cases from the
steamer Franklin were admitted to the West
bank hospitals.
AT the afternoon meeting of the officers of the
army OF the Cumberland, it was reported that
free passes would be given to members over rail-
roads to the place of meeting. The members
after adjournment visited Gen. Sherman Cor
dial greetings were interchanged.
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