The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-11
NEW YORK.
Suicide of a Brideyroo N,

Suicide of n Bridegroom. sl
New YORK, Nov. 1O-A. Y. Zachos was
married yesterday noon, and concluded the
marriage festivities at o'clock by emptying
three BULLETS from revolver into his head and
body. He was alive at late hour last night,
but will probably die to-day.
The Coopers.
The coopers' strike continues. The bosses
say they do not object to the pay demanded BY
the werkmen, but they will not submit to the
arbitrary rules of their society, which endeav-
ors to regulate the shops. ap a
The WOODEN Trade.
1t is stated that at meeting of the principal
wooden manufacturers, held here, it was voted
to reduce the manufacturing one qurrter for
the next three months. m
81 Notable Speeches. srgs8fa
At the annual meeting of the Mercantile Lii
brary Association, last evening, speech was
made by Vice President Wilson, in which be
responded for the president, saying it was hard
to be called upon to speak for a man who did
not always speak for himself. He said that
after all deductions that may be made. the
country will be fortunate if the next eighteen
presidents are equal in ability, character and
public services to the last eighteen He said
that the opportunity of the president was the
grandest that could be given to mortal man,
and trusted that in the years to come, perhaps
more than in the years which have passed, they
will administer those great offices for the
American people and will bring glory and re
nown to their country and endear themselves
to their countrymen 81 siiJ5 fsrgff
Governor-eect Tilden also made Speech
claiming that IN the interest of good govern
ment it was the duty of every merchant and
every good citizen to be politician, and every
man who is not a politician is not fit to be AN
American citizen. He claimed that after much
experience and observation there is much less
of depravity and fraud in politics than in
trade ~
Mayor-elect Wiekham also made speech, in
which he urged all business men to take an en-
lightened and practical stand in municipal
affairs, and thus prevent irresponsible people
from becoming reckless. l4:sc l +.
% The Scandal SHIFTS. ~
In the City Court Chambers, Brooklyn, this
morning, Judge Nelson, on application Of the
counsel for Beecher, the counsel for the other
of proceedings in the Beecher-Tilton suit until
the argument was heard on an appeal for
granting bill Of particulars. Francis D.
Moulton aud Theodore Tilton were present
during the proceedings.
The counsel appeared in the morning before
Judge Reynolds in the City Court Room, and
entered plea of mot guilty. in the libel suit
brought by Miss Edna Dean Proctor against +.
d. MoultOn. iuf39 i .stt4aie1rf
t The Police Justice LAW.
The law passed by the last legislature re-
moving the police justices of this city, and lau-
ried before the courts by one of the justices
who was removed, on the ground of Its uncOn.
stItutionality. 1t reached the Court of Appeal,
which is the court of last resort, and that court
has decided to day that the law is constitution.
al, so the new justices win hold their seats.
The Election Murder. 5m
The inquest on the political murder Of last
Tuesday was resumed to-day Sheridan who
was concerned in the shooting, was held in
$1,000 for trial
The Coinage. @ .fJ
The Assay Office received three and half
tons of silver from the San francisco refinery
to-day, for deposit, the largest amount ever re-
( be converted into 30 cent pieces at the Phila-
dephia mint, and its supposed destination is
South America.
e9 plain Talk. s.'.'i3s.a A'
One of the New York aldermen, in debate to-
day, said there had been enough buncombe
about beggarly economy for the last two years.
If they wanted genuine reform and economy,
let them go into the departments and weed out
the Broadway gamblers who are on the pay
rolls, as in the fire department. and the bogus
workingmen's representatives at $1,000 a year;
as in the finance department; but let them not
doing extra work without compensation or
without thanks. al-t ~ Daa .'e 81
.so ae Various Matters. a4
The Commissioners of Emigration have re-
solved to put up another hospital for male pa
tients only. ~ F ai- si.eif3 s3a
The coopers' strike keeps the police of Brook
Ign on the alert, attacks being apprehended at
the docks in front of the warehouses lying be-
tween Fulton Ferry and Red Hook and the
sugar houses of williamsburg. ~
Adolphus Schaffer to-day recovered $S7, 900
in judgment against the North and South Rail
road of Georgia, for violation of contract.
Valentine Scholord, found guilty of an at
tempt to murder his wife, in Jersey City, was
remanded for sentence. 1 1853 isn08' -