The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-07
NEW YORK.
The Sentence Upon Edward s.
Stokes.
To be Hanged on the 2sth of FeI
ruary.

NEW York. jan 6.-Edward S. Stokes, con-
vlcted OF SATURDAY of the murder Of JAIME
Fisk, was brought up this morning in the
court of Oyer ami Terminer, to receive his SEN
tence.
MIR. Tremaine, his counsel, made an address
IN relation to the bill of exceptions to the
Judges rulings, which he proposed to offer.
The prisoner was then asked what he had to
say why the SenteRe of death should not be
passed upon him. Stokes, in reply said that
ne had not Intentionally violated any law and
that the testimony upon which he was convict
ed was manufactured and periured.
Judge Boardmas then. in feeling address,
IN wnIch ne alluded to the prisoners youth and
SOCIAL surroundings, seatenced the prisoner to
be hanged on Friday, the 18th of February next
being the shortest time that could be legally
allowed the murderer.
The Storm-Great Damage to Telegraph
Wins.
The storm here and in The vicinity yesterday
was very severe. Hail. slet and rain fell near
ly all day, freezing to treesand everything All
the telegraph wires in the ety were broken, in
| GLIDING those of the fire andnoce departments
and thew are this morning knging across the
streets, and from the cornics of buildings, in
! some cases impeding travel. There never was
| so complete wreck of teleghnh wires in this
city, not even during the Julyriots of ten years
| ago.
1t will cost S15o0OO to rebuilt the police and
and fire alarm telegraphs i'll tbs city, which
were destroyed yesterday.
The Mayors Recomme Ada lions.
Mayor Havemeyer's message recommends
| that the city and county government be consol-
| idated; that the Legislative and esecutive pow
| ers be restored to the Mayor AID Common
| Council; that the variOns commissions be re-
| vised and made accountable to theeentral Gov
eminent, and that special legislsion be dis
couraged. To carry out these refoms the CO.
operation of the Legislature will Unnecessary
The Mayor poll ted denounces the nnrehenSi-
BILE system by which the heads II certain
| departments are made members of tn hoard of
appointment and given authority 10 supply
money tor their own estimates, ndemnba Fl
cally comments Comptroller Green sdminis-
tration of the finances.
Twced,s Trial.
the trial of Tweed, which was to have been
commenced before Judge Noah Davis today.
was postponed until tomorrow, owing 10 the
indisposition of some of the counsel from theil
protracted labors in the Stokes case.
Ex-Mayor Hall
slipped and fractured his ankle bone.. drine
the night. He will be an invalid about a mouth
A Fight Impending.
John Foley has been appointed DeMty
Chamberlain by Comptroller Green, but Cham
berlain Palmer refuses to recognize Foley.
| pointed Abraham L Earle, late County AUD
tor, to the position of Auditor OF Accounts, thu
consolidating the offices of city and count
auditor.
Organization.
The New York city government organize
W tn S. B. H. Vance President of the Adel
| IN an, and VIM. Wade President of the Assi
tant Aldermen.
MrrBergh Enjoined.
Judge j. f. Daily Of the court of commo
pleas decided to-day that that the society fo
the prevention of cruelty to animals had n
right to arrest drivers for merely driving di:
eased horses. and cannot order horses to thei
stables or take them from cars, and granted a
Injunction asked for by the railroads.
| Various Matters.
1t is stated that the verdict against Stoke
has had distressing effect upon Scanned, King
Foster and other murderers awaiting trials i
the tomos.
Two escaped burglars and dozen othe
roughs were captured by the police in raid o
prize fight in Brooklyn yesterday.
! A large number OF people had their legs an