Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-08
NEW YORK.
Tho Finnn ctnI AHaivs of the Prince
of Waies= ATS Debts AtnOu1lt To
$4,000, 900 municipal Affairs =
Murder.

letter says a report has suddenly gained
currency that the long expected crisis
has occurred in the financial affairs of
| the Prince of Wales. and that the min
istry have made up their minds to pro-
pose to the House of Commons, at the
next session, to pay his debts. The sum
named is e6a0IOoO sterling-foar times
the sum voted in 1887 to appease the
creditors OF that pattern of royslty, who
afterward became George the Fourth.
There are certain to be two powerful and
contradictory sentiments; one that the
honor of the nation is concerned in pro-
/ yiding for TIE dsbts of its future King;
the other that these debts are of char
acter which ought te be paid out OF the
accumulated fortunes of the Queen.
The latter view rests on the fact that
the Queen has been receiving ever since
the death of Prinoe Albert the whole Of
the income calculated at her accession
TO support the expenses of the court IN
an unusual degree of splendor; that her
majesty has, however, lived during this
period for the most part in retirement,
and that the eoet of drawing room
leyees aad that royal pageantry has, ia
fact, fallen upon the Prince and Princess
of Wales, whose income has been I'M
equal to such burden. The existing
debts, or a considerable part OF them,
have, according to this theory, been
Incurred in the discharge of these du'
ties; hence it is urged that the Queen,
who has had and kept the money given
her by the State for such purposes,
ought to pay them. The Prince OF
Wales has 100000 year, plus the rev.
enue of Cornwall, which now amounts
to over elOO,OOO per AMMAN.
Governor Dix states that he has not
vet come to any conclusion in the case
of Magyar Havemeyer Hon. John Rel-
lev says that if judicial investigation
should be ordered he would show a state
of affairs in the police department one
year ago, under the rule OF Commits
sioners Gardner, Charliek and Smith,
that would astound the public; he would
show that conspiracy was formed by
these Commissioners.
A murder occurred last night in the
eastern district of Brooklyn, growing
out of the conflicts which exist between
the members of the Plasterers Union
and non society men. An abutment
is in course OF erection at the corner
of North Seventh and Fourth streets
and the owner had hired some
non-society men short time ego to do
the plastering, as they agreed to work
ten hours instead Of eight hours day.
Numerous threats have been made
against them by the society men during
the past three days, and especially by
number Of masons, who we're working
eight hours on some buildings near at
hand. Last night three Of the latter,
James Rillduf, Thomas Mclaughlin and
John Kinston, quit work as usual
at FIVE o'clock and sterted for
the building where the non-society men
were at work, determined, as they stated,
to teach them lesson that would pre-
vent them from acting in opposition to
the wishes of the Union. Arriving at
the honse they began an assault upon
the men at work. Rillduf led the at
tack and struck one Of the men, while
Mclaughlin knocked another down.
Rillduff was elected from the building
and was about to strike with a stone the
person be first assailed, when Frank
Slack, the Waterman Of the premises,
who had thus far been a spectator
Of the fight, seized plasterer's ham
mer, and striking Rillduf upon the
head killed him instantly. All per
sons at work in the building were ar
rested and Slack was arrested soon alter
ward. Later in the evening Mclaughlin
and Kingston, who joined Rillduff in the
assault, were locked up. An excited
crowd Of society men collected around
the station last night, and bad to be dis
persed by the police.
The coroner's inquest in the case OF
John and Annie Powers and Ellen Burke,
servants, who died about two weeks ago
from the effects Of poison alleged to be
in the chow.chow which they had used at
dinner, has resulted in verdict that
they came to their death from the seei-
dental Introduction into their food Of
paris green, which bad been freely dis
tributed throughout the kitchen to kin
insects.
The suspension Of large dry goods
house is announced in the Evening Post.
The following lie the bank statement:
Loans, decrease. 81 ,47s. 300 specie, IN
crease, SAG 800; legaltenders, increase,