The Portland daily press., 1873-10-22
NEW YORK.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-It is stated that Jay
Gonlds broker in London has disappeared with
Siu0,0O0 of profit made on Erie stock, which
Gould was relying upon to offset the losses
u,'ue here since the panic commenced. 1T is
also reported that the missing broker has car
fled oil the funds of several other New York
speculators, whose agents sailed for London
saturday to investigate the matter.
Political.
1t is stated that Apollo Hall has make over
lures to the Republicans and negotia tions are
ticket
The city Liberal Republican Senatorial con-
eehtlon last night appointed committees to con-
IeT with the organizations opposed to the Re-
pubcans
The LbeIal Republicans of the 9th Con.
gresslonal district have endorsed S. S. Cox for
Congress.
Kate stoddard,
Kate Stoddard nightly terries the inmates
OF Raymond street JAIL Brooklyn, with pierre
lrg shrieks and cries. The keepers say the
wretched woman has become almost raving
maniac. Some say she is putting it on to in
troduce the insanity defence.
Disaster to Canal Boats.
Poughkeepse despatch says great indig-
nation is expressed at the conduct of the cap
tain and pilot of the steamer Aida. They say
that when the steamer and the canal boats in
tow arrived at Haverstraw bay the wind was
blowing gale, and notwithstanding one or two
boats broke from their fastenings no attention
was paid to them, but instead, some one on
board the Aida cut the main hawser which
kept them together and set them adrift
The greatest panic at once ensued on all the
boats, and the shrieks of the women and child
rem could be heard above the roaring of the
storm.
The disengaged boats, all heavily laden, were
driven by the wind and tide up the river, and
striking the steamer Syracuse, forced her with
her tow against the dock at Verplauck's Point,
tearing away all the piles and crushing in the
sides and bows of many vessels.
All the women and children who were on the
tow huddled together on one boat and were
with great difficulty got on shore where they
were kindly cared for by the villagers.
The Aida passed down the river and the Sys
racuse collected her tow. Six boats were lost
laden with apples, lumber, marble, lime and
grain. The shores near Stony Point were
strewn with lumber and thousands of APPLES
were floating on the river
New Testimony i'm the Stokes Case.
There has been new testimony in the
Stokes case until Monday, when Patrick Logan
who was court officer during the first trial of
Stokes, in rich brogue, related conversation
with the hotel servants who are witnesses for
the prosecution, while he was carrying them to
the house of detention. 1t appeared that the
witnesses called into numerous drinking places
and in conversation Thomas Hart and John T.
Redmond acknowledged accepting $1,000 for
their trouble and Redmond told him that they
were supplied with copies of their testimony to
commit to memory. Witness never drinks any
thing but soda water and sarsaparilla. He told
about these conversations to John McKeon, but
though one of the keenest lawyers in New York
he failed to take the hint. He next told Mr.
Dobrosses, (Don Passosj, and on the 4th of
March reduced all this to writing from the tab
let's of his meomry.
This testimony took every one by surprise.
The District Attorneys efforts to shake him
entirely failed. He admits coLcealing the sto-
ny for year, As to what the hotel boys told
him, they told him, he says, when he had them
in custody as Deputy Sheriff. His reason for
not telling was that he did no want to be made
a witness; but he expected the jury to disagree.
and as the last resort, if Stokes was in danger
of being hung he intended to go to Albany and
tell Gov. Dix all.
After this the District Attorney brought out
that Logan was discharged from the police on a
charge of not doing his duty in the 18th of July
riots. He exclaimed that he saved from club.
bling, by brutal policeman, poor old man,
waiting for admission to the dispensary, and
that officer accused him of interfering. Logan
swears that he saved the old mans life, and
that there is no other charge against him.
There was further testimony for the prisoner
on the Stokes trial. Josiah f. Pitts testified to
seeing Fisk in the Erie office on one occasion
taking pisto! from under his arm and passing
it to his pocket.
Adeline Barker, respectable looking old
lady, called at the rooms of the Morse ladies'
Saw gentleman whom she did not know until
she heard him say to one of the young ladies'
with whom he was conversing: "pll send him
to higher court than he ever was in-the cur
-Pl shoot him as sure as my name is
Jim Fisk" The young lady said: "Oh,
don't shoot him, or the galows will be your
end" He Replied 'Pll shoot him; I'll wipe
him OUT There never was gallows made for
Jim Fisk I'm crOSS-pyanipatiOn witness STAT
cd tat Iisl. Liseod both young ladies' as soon
as he arrived. This circumstance attratted the
the ladies asked what detained him. He said
the Stokes prosecution. But he would wipe
him out. He said: 81 am prepared for him."
One of the young ladies said: "Oh, you are
jealous of the loss of Beauty In the exam
inaton by Tremaine the witness added that
when Fisk said II am prepared for him. he
put his hand behind him. He also said Il
have little rascal here
Other witnesses testified to the threatening
remarks of Fisk relative to Stokes.
James Brennan, who swears that while in
the house of detention that Thomas Hart and
j. L. Redmond told him that they did not see
the shooting, and that they were to be paid for
their testimony; was cross-examined. The
witness admitted to stealing watch.
Easily Pleased.
One hundred guns were fired in City Hall
Park this afternoon in honor of the Democratic
victory in Ohio. A large banner was displayed
with the words ''New York democracy greets
Ohio upon her victory over the debauched and
corrupt national administration
Failure of Life Insurance Co.
In relation to the failure of the National Life
Insurance Co., it is stated that the recent in
vestgation of Superintendent Chapman of New
York, showed its realized and unrealized as
SETS the most of which consist of premium
notes and loans, TO be only SJ42,000, while its
admitted liabilities were S714,0Q0 thus showing
a, afsf,it of nt nf
available cash assets will beg realized for the
widows and orphans Of the insured.
Railroad Accident.
The Albany passenger train and the New
York passenger train reached TriOali bridge al
most simultaneously last night The night
was intensely dark with heavy storm of rain
and wind. The signal light was extingushed
by the wind and each engineer was ignorant of
the presence of the other near the bridge.
Both trains started over the bridge and when
near the centre came into collision, smashing
the head lights of the locomotives and parts of
the machinery. A truck was also thrown
against the grders of the bridge. None of the
passengers were hurt
Senator Boutwell, on Finance.
Senator Boutwell, delivered a lecture on fl
pance and the panic, and its remedies, toni ght
at the church of the Disciples He considered
the equalization of currency with coin as more
important than q resumption of specie pay
ment, which was not practicable nor desirable
by the banks, but he expected government
would consider resumption practicable. He
then considered the causes of the recent finan-
| cial crisis We have $70O000000 paper cur
,rency. Some demand contraction to resume
| specie payments, Others demand expansion so
| as to relieve the country from the present en-
barrassmeat. The causes of suspension of
| specie payments were the depreciation of the
| credit Of the country and the excessive volume
| of paper currency over the actnal wants of the
| country, and he contended that specie pay
| ments cannot be maintained by paper currency
beyond given point. Another reason for The
suspension of specie payments is the balance
of trade has been largely us for many years.
| The inability of the country to resume to-day
| is due to exhaustion of resources by the war.
| followed by the Chicago and Boston calami
ties. The present year promises better condi-
| tons between this and foreign countries. The
large speculation iG gold on Wall street should
| also be considered