Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-07
Our New York Dispatches.
Stay of Proceedings in the Foster Case
Suicide-AnOthcr Fat Sob for McCIeI.
Ian-Gen. CaVada's Case, etc.

NEW YORK, July 6.-The New York reform
league yesterday petitoned Gov. Hoffman that
the sentence of death against Foster for the
murder of Putnam, be committed to imprson-
ment. The petition speaks of capital punish
ment as deliberate, official murder, while the
state, by legalizing and protecting dram shops,
is at least Jointly responsible for the murder.
Judge Pratt informed a reporter late last night
that he had decided to grant the motion of
Fosters counsel, and that an order to that
effect would be field to-day in court. Coupled
with the order, however, viii be a stipulation
that the points raised must be argued upon the
first day on which the general term meets.
The writ of error in the Foster case was made
returnable November 9th. Foster refuses, by
advice of his counsel, to receive reporters or visi
tors or converse at all upon the new phase of his
situation.
The horse plague in much more malignant
form has again broken out in the stables of the
horse railroads and stage companies. Several
private stables including that of A. I. Stewart
Co., have suffered badly.
The tailors union voted last night to continue
the strike in Russel's shop on Broadway. A
motion to withdraw from the arbiter union was
lost; also proposition to erect Il large hall for
the use of the union
The Orangemen met last night at Military
hall in the Bowery to decide whether the society
should or should not parade next Wednesday.
Some of those present advised that the parade
be given up, urging that it was disgraceful to
perpetuate upon American soil feuds of another
country This view, however, found few adj
herents, the great majority being in favor of
carrying out the parade at all hazards. The au-
thorities, it was claimed, would be compelled to
protect them in case they paraded. One of the
speakers said that when the Fenians gave up
their procession and st. Patrick's day be not
publicly celebrated, the Orangemen would allow
the glorious 18th to remain uncommemorated,
but not before.
About seven O'Clock last night, a canal boat
captain observed two men struggling in the
river. After reaching them they were drawn
into the boat; one was already dead, but the
other after few moments recovered, and stated
that he had been crossing to Jersey City in
ferry boat when, seeing q man jump overheard,
he sprang after him,-thOse on the ferry boat
not ncticing the accident. The rescued man
fed on reaching the Jersey shore. The drowned
man has not been identified.
Mrs. Oppenheim, German, Madison street.
was burned to death last night by the explosion
of can of kerosene oil, which she accidentally
knocked on the stove.
John NJ. Dowd, of Thirty-fOurth street, for
merly of Augusta, Ga, and worth nearly a mil
lion dollars, most of which had been lost in
speculation in this city, committed suicide in
Madison square, last night, by dose of lauda-
mum.
The new steamer of the White Star line, ''The
Republic" launched at Belfast, Ireland, on the
4th is the third new steamship of that line. The
Baltic will arrive at this port next month.
The dock commissioners decided this after
noon to begin at once the constructions of a new
pier, five hundred feet long by sixty wide, at the
foot of Fifty-seventh street, East river. The
work will be under the supervision of General
Mcclellan, and will be the first pier under the
new system.
Secretary Belknap declines to interfere to
prevent the extension of the Brooklyn piers
one hundred and fifty fleet into East river,
as Harbor Commissioner Blunt requested, Gen
eral Humphreys, lchief of engineers, having
certified, after an examination, that no necessity
exists for interference by the general govern
ment to protect the interests of navigation.
President Grant gave favorable hearing to a
petition presented to him yesterday by a num-
Der of ex-army officers, asking the intercessiou
of this government to save the life of the Cuban
General Cavada, and referred the matter to the
department of state for consideration and ac-
ton.
The receivers sale of the Novelty iron works
began to-day.
The trial of Naval Officer Latin, this port,
for perjury in the testimony given previous TO a
suit in Herkimer county, will occur next week.
Latin and his friends claim ability to prove the
prosecution malicious.
Burglars robbed H. B. Clafin's residence,
Brooklyn, of $500 worth of silver, furs and
clothing, on the night Of the 4th.