Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-28
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR
This Afternoons Dispatches.
associated Tress Renorfs
New Yerk NeuS.


TsE BRoENN NARHEr sAvtSss BANK
INV YORK, May 2S.-The receiver OF tho
Market savings Bank will pay, u is stated.
6ivid,r nj Of . per cent. the realized as-ts on
June L., and Is per cent. subSe qaen:iy
FEMALE ABoRrIoNIsr BAiIEn.
h mhs, baIhs; convicted Of manslaughter iD
VITO ~as grated q new trial, was bailed yester-
IHE METHODIST RooK CONCERN ISvssrraA-
TIoN.
Yesterday afternoon the special committee
appointed o. the general conference o. tnyesft-
cate the charges against the Methodist Book
N".Seth, eeld meeting, a. which the reports
o. the subcommittee were presented. The
Shar man OF the sub corr nilrtec 70 tuvcstIgafe
re Ahsifs OF The bindety department. reported
LAT INC accounts we're IN = most disgrace ful
state. In one case there a blundsr OF : Al 600
against the hinterN, made in footing up a col
umn. II - said Hoffman concealed this bv car
rying over SlG .oo0 nom the previo,s 49, -,
putting I'm S4,OpO, which appears 20 have come
from no where IN particular. No statement
can be found showing a balance sheet n
have beer taken IN twenty YEAR. There
are many things IN the accounts unexplafnal
The reports made % the annual conferences
were not made from the ledger. nor dii they
correspond with the ledger. Judge Cooley,
chairman Of the subcommittee on lratsar re-
ported that the question had been submitted %
tntee master binders a. tothe amount OF leather
required 10 produce the amount OF finished
work turned out by the Book Concern in
tNenty-Cne months, and the average estimate
placed II at more than S,S 600 less than 10 .lmao
charged the Concern. IL was also shown that
hoffman had been in the habit OF selling tbs
leather OF the Concern 20 different PARTIES
There was discrepancy between the amour
OF moneg Hoffman drew wages for hS en-
nioyes and the amount he paid them. pr.
Chieton, senior agent, who was present, eN-
planned that he had relied imp'ici,iy u-on a.
honesty OF Hoffman, and III ne was dishonest ne
NCarletonl was not responsible. After the re-
ctption OF the reports Of the sub-comm ittees
the committee went into secret session.
sPRiNKLING BREAD WITH POISON
Neoree Ellsner, a baker of H0bokru was
committed yesterday, charged with sprinkling
poison on loaves OF bread 20 poison DAVID apl
Alfred Matthews. Ellsner stated thaf his 49,
man had sprinkled the loayes With cream %
tartar instead OF sugar.
THE CITY LABoRERs
held meeting last night At Union ssuare
About thousand persons were present Sey-
eral speeches were made. Frank Purcell san
be would not advise a strike ~ the present time
hecause there were plenty OF men ready 20 MI
the meeting.
SHOCKING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
This afternoon Christian Trafez, a baker
stabbed his wife fourteen times. She was liy-
ing with Franz Liudeman. Lindamau VS. Also
Stabbed Tretez then stabbed himself He il
The only one OF the three likely % recover. lie
had been long time grieving over the refusal
OF his wife 10 live with him and became fren-
Z Sed to-day when she finally refused 10 return.
She preferred TO live with Lindeman because
lac supported her better. Treiez hal been uu-
fortunate in business.
THE TANNANY FRAUDS
AT meeting OF the committee OF seventy last
night the special committee made a report OF
tue dolngS of the committee from its organiza-
lion. The report refers 20 the frauds on the
CITY treasury, and gives figures of warrants
signed by Alderman Conan, acting Mayor in
the absence OF Mayor Holman i'm ISs;S amount.
ing TO about $1,000 900. These warrants were
paid, the COMMITTEES say, among Others. 70 Tas
watson, lngersoll x Co, A. j. Garvey and J.
Mob. Davidson.
THIRTY PERSONS INJURED BY TuE ira
BOAT EXPLOSION.
A. near ascan he ascertsi aed some thirty ner
sons were more or less injured bv the expiosion
OF the steam tug Epsilon yesterday. OF these
sNwere so seriously injured a. TO render their re-
coVery doubtful. The surgeons say that engi
neer Curry can live but a few hours and the
systems OF some are 50 badly shattered that thew
would not recover with even less body wounds
captain Hallenbeck and the fireman, McCor
mex, are the only men of the Epsilon VITO have
not been found. Ii is rumored that the tug De-
vine picked up Captain Halenbeck but the re-
port u not confirmed. Low water in the boiler
Is said to be the cause OF the explosion. Just
previous TO the explosion Captain Halen-
beck remarked that he had the best boat
In the harbor; that she would carry a hun
dred pounds OF steam without startinga holt ar
opening valve, aud that he could not get M
steam enough in the boiler 20 burst a. Men are
engaged in graphing for the bodies The
wreck Wall be raised in few days.