The Portland daily press., 1872-05-23
NEW YORK.

StOAcs lrlaIs
NEW YORK, May 22.-Edward Stokes was
arraigned to-day. His counsel asked for an ad-
Journment until Monday 30 decide what course
to pursue, but Judge Ingraham granted it de-
layed until tomorrow morning.
The Methedist Conference.
At the Methodist General Conference this
morning the balloting for the additional Bish-
ops TO those elected yesterday was continued
and at ten o'clock the tellers retired to count
the votes. In the meantime discussion took
place In reference to the reports of class lead
ers. At eleven the teller returned and an
nounced the votes as follows E. G. Andrews,
20; Gilbert Haven, 2O9. These two were de-
2 votes; John I. Walden, 100; e. o. Haven, 127
y M. Eddy, 96; and M. Reid, 49, Ballots were
then cast for the remaining bishop. The cleo
ton OF bishops was concluded by the choice of
Jesse L. Peck, who received 205 votes.
Buried i'm n Bank.
ii. A bank of earth buried two boys last evening
In an excavation for new building on Brook
lyn street. One of the boys was taken out dead
but the other was uninjured. lt
Fatally Stabbed.
During an affray in a beer saloon in johnson
street, last night John Merkley fatally stab
bed Jno Keyser. The proprietor of the saloon
also had his skull fractured with paving
STONE. Merkley and a man named Cummings
were arrested. m .-,.....s,. r., - -
The Labor Troubles efsa-u
The excitement among the workmen in this
city still continues. Although the demands of
the carpenters, masons, bricklayers and plum
bers have been agreed to, the pattern makers
cabinet makers, upholsters and sash makers are
holding hourly sessions with every prospect of
success.
A Cheating Tailor
Warden Tracy, keeper of the ludlow street
jail, presented bill for six months, from June
to December, 1871, which amounts to $27, 1873
and swore that each item was correct Comp
troller Green caused an expert to examine the
accounts and it is said that the claims was
found to be too large by $7,735 Tracy submit
ted finally to having the bill cut down.
sal 81 Refreshing Reading.
= The reports of the commander of the steamer
Kansas, which conveyed the Virginus out of
the reach of the Spanish frigate Pizarro, is re-
treshlng reading. AT one time it looked libe
tight. White, Boston boy, cannot refrain
from breaking through the cold conventional
ties of official correspondence, to let the Secre-
tary know the feeling that worked in his Yam
kee bosom. He says 81 cannot conclude the
report without expressing to you with what
pride looked upon the officers and men of this
vessel as we steamed out of the harbor as they
stood on the sanded deck armed and equipped
at the loaded guns. / could read determination
in the faces of all. Every man would have
done his duty Should an engagement have
taken place, leave to those who believe in Dahl
gren guns and American man-of-wars-men
to conjecture what would have been the result. -
The Tariff Bill
"A special from Washington says that the
Senate Finance Committee to-day agreed to
strike out the section in the tariff bill authorz-
ing the payment OF one-third of the duties of
customs in legal tender notes.
ft Texas Pacific Railroad.
The annual meeting of the Texas and Pacific
railroad took place to-day. Thos. A Scott was
elected President, Henry G.. Stebbins Vice
President and Edw S. Pierpont, Treasurer.
The Strikes Again.
The rumor yesterday that the carpenters in
tend to strike for 81 per day is gaining creden-
ceas. They have not gone to work and their
committee is still in secret session.
Some of the German cabinet makers. uphoIs-
terers and furniture manufacturers and dealers,
held meetings to-day and resolved to resist any
arrangement to abridge days labor, while
others have granted the demand of the men
for the eight hour rule.
The sash and blind makers return to work
tomorrow on the eight hour system in all the
shops except two. t
ro Court of Impeachment.
ALBANY, N. Y, May 22.-The court of i'm
parchment met this afternoon. Judge Bar
nard was present in person and by counsel,
time was given for the preparation of special
pleas for the defence, and the court adjourned
to Saratoga, July 18th. Judges Allen and
Peckham previously asked to be excused from
sitting in the court for the reason of their con-
nection as counsel with the proceedings en-
braced In two of the articles, but the request
was refused. ID
The Turf
The first race at Fleetwood Park for "a
horses, was won by Grace Bertrand in three
straight heats, in 232 Ia go and $50 "a.
The second race for 2.25 horses, was won by
Judge Fullerton, beating W. a. Allen who
took the second heat, Huntress Sea Foam and
Byron. Time, 2.25 "a, 2.25 1-8, 2.27 and 2.29.
Murder.
Thomas III. Armstrong stabbed his aged
mother, at No. az East 14th street tonight, in
hicting a mortal wound