The Portland daily press., 1873-05-27
NEW YORK.
Child Murder and Suicide.

New YORK, May 26.-Jeered and insulted
by crowd of urchins, Joanes Arato, an Ital-
ian beggar boy, turned on and fatally stabbed
one of them named John Galden, aged nine,
IN Mulberry street last night
Edwin young son of Alderman Dudley OF
Jersey City, temporarily insane from over
study, blew out his brains on Saturday night.
Three Men Killed by Tightening.
During the terrible thunder storm which
swept over Long Island Saturday, dozen Ger
man laborers, while cutting asparagus at Fos-
ter's meadow, were Frustrated by. lightning
was killed near Flushing. Large trees along
the entire track of the storm were riven and
torn up by the roots.
Sentenced.
DR.. Browne for the attempted murder of gas
collector Murray. was to-day sentenced to ten
years in the State prison.
Horse Car Casualties.
Five persons had their legs broken or feet cut
by falling off the horse cars yesterday. A lit
car by a driver aud his left foot was cut off.
Lease of a Railroad.
The lease of the Harlem Railroad for four
hundred and one years to the New York Cen
trail commences to-day.
The Atlantic Bank Dcfaulfer.
Judge Blatchford to-day delivered his .decis-
sion of motion to quash the Indictment against
Frank L. Tuinter, late cashier of the Atlantin
National Rank. He denied the motion AT
ter some argument among the counsel, the case
was postponed till Monday next
Trni =.
Judge Fancher to-day dismissed the writ of
habcas corpus in favor of Train. The insanity
investigation commences Wednesday.
Poisoned by Eafing Ham.
The family of Frederick Buckley, of Jersey
City. consisting. of husband, wife and two
children were poisoned it is supposed from eat
ing partially cooked ham, The wife died Sun
day and Buckley is not expected to live.
The Carpcntcrs' Strike,
The strike of the journeymen carpenters has
not become general, though large number of
men are idle and seem confident that the bosses
will have to quickly concede the eight hour sys-
tenn to the whole trade. Many of the employ
ees on the contrary say that the men have tax
en- an importune moment for the present agita-
ton as on account of the dullness of the sea-
son, they can afford to close their shops for an
indefinite period. Scores of nOn-society men
are at work and are promised protection in case
OF an attack. The movement of the society of
carpenters is directed in a great measure
against the ten large planning mills employing
about 6O5 hands, and whose owners recently
determined to resist any attempt to change the
hours OF labor, and to day announced their in
tention to stick to their resolution
The leaders of the men vehemently assert
that every man laboring ten hours must con-
ioIm W tne elSnt nour rule OF leave the city.
A number of loss carpenters and builders pres
ent at the Mechanics and Traders Exchange
this afternoon stated that the trade was stag
nant, with nearly so per cent. of the carpenters
unemployed in consequence of the efforts to en-
force the eight hour law, those at work being
paid forty cents per hour for ten hours work.
which the non laborers regard as an mfr nge-
ment of the eight hour law and are endeavor-
ing to induce others to strike The latest re-
port is that the bosses will hold meeting to-
morrow and that some of them are working
to bring about an agreement to discharge such
men as sent in demand for the eight hour
system,
Various Matters
The time for putting in special pleas to fif-
teen new acknowledgements against Tweed has
been extended to Wednesday, for which taial
of the big indictment is SET
The case of Stokes was, argued before the
full bench of the Court of Appeals at Albany
to-day. Final decision is expected tomorrow
evening. ------------
Base ball-Atheletics 4, Atlantics 8.
Erie Frauds.
ALBANY, May 26.-The report to the Assem-
bly, from Attorney General Barlow says there
can be no doubt that the issuing of bonds by
the Erie Railroad Company and their cOnver-
sion into stock was Illegal fraudulent and void,
but it is impossible now to discriminate which
pany cannot rightfully pay dividends on such
fraudulently issued stock as can be Identified
and traced into the hands of persons who took
it with knowledge of the fraud; but the diff
culties of proof are so great that such suit
would be practically useless. The Attorney
General concludes that the only remedy for such
violations of law, if It can be called remedy, is
criminal punishment of the guilty officers of
the railroad and summary proceeding of for
fixture of charter; and it is no doubt compe-
tent for the Legislature to limit by law rates of
fare and freight, and thus effectually set bonds
to the amount of dividends which shall be paid.