davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
OBITUARY.
JOHN HECKER.

Tobn Hooker the well known flour merchant,
Mod very suddenly yesterday morning As was his usual
custom he visited his Office ct No % Rutgersst ye''er
dav morning and appeared 20 be IN better hean tHn
usual Suddenly he complained OF pam III Ills ouo'''
and remarked that he thought he had Pa''"Ae"
OF too hearty breakfast "niio oo"'ols
tc with bis souin-law, Mr.. Bougher, on
this subject ne suddenly fell back In his char anu cA
nred apparently without struggle death having oeen
caused bv heart disease. Mr. Hecker was well known
in bfe "A a phfanthropist and Christian gentleman
He was born in this city on July o. IaI-' was IN
fore in his Cad year, and was d feSiu'"
NJ the Seventh Ward until within the Pa''
few vears During 1885 he iopened the large oaAeIS "
No 5s Rutrersst and obtained sufficient trade 10
base the fortune which he subsequently acquired Ii
connection with brother, George v Hecker' ne, III
,sa erected the Croton Mills. and carried on the milling
business underline name OF Hecker Bro ~ ;n Isso
very popular IN the seventh ward anu tno =" Free
,vas rendered the nomination Dy lno fiVo
soil party 10 represent the dlsllcs dl, ,ba
Congress- During 1854 he chosen 10 te
seventh Ward IN the Board OF Aldermen, ana galneu
good reputation while hllng that Office At the so ot
the panic In the Winter Of 1857. be displayed Al1 ga
philanthropy distributing bread 70 an the ap
plcants, out ,,o, eSPssiaAy yyesded. TRis kind act
was repeated during several subsequent ~. With
lie sent at his own expense, cn1al Suring the
LATE war so that the soldiers might nave tnef eoii
properly cooked; but as the IoIrIIA'a TN ara ma
terial available, their services were not e re
ouired and they returned 20 Ness-iiooni,
Eurng 1864 he was chosen Inspector OF Public 5ca4o
and retained that Office until his death, one or MS sun a
acts on Wednesday last being the sisnng OF Kbich
fbe pavrolls Popular education was subject tnis
engrossed nearly his entire attention. ana ." IA sis
subiect published book entitled - -scien,nT lnong
of Edncationn which work became popular auioIS ~ - :
large number OF educators IN this and other states
the past few years he had exhibited iang a deIuse
no thought was entertained Ot ms sudden nater ue
He was very impulsive in MS ca1y to
arm without being obstinate, ana always reap 80
acknowledge II ever proved TO be IN inc 49, waVs
He strongly opposed TO the innaton OF o of the
and through his exertiOns meeting OF the voters VI -
Seventh Ward was held during last winter. Io a. },
wrote etter to the President the sublect,
upon him the necessity of opposing the measure io'
initiating the currency.
OBITUARY NOTES.
Major Theodore Ii. Schenck OF Inc UHoa
Hcruld died on Tuesday. He was formerly conneo'0u
Wi'h the SewYerk press
Albert p Schurz, young lawyer, who seryeu
with credit in the Army of tho Potomac, died, on "eu
nesday In DOylestOsn, Penn
DR., Hardin, resident physician at the oar'
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
A DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL.

RECEPTION AT THE MANHATTAN CLUB.
ruu policy OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY DISCUSSED
-RrNARKs by AUGUSTUS sCHELL, THE HON.
AMAsA j. PARKER, SENATOR BAYARD, AND
oTHERs
The Manhattan Club gave q reception last evening
at its spacious rooms in Ffth-ave, which were
filed almost crowded with a great number or
prominent men of political eminence from
oil parts Of the country, and tne
latter part Of the evening was devoted 10
revival of the "good old times of the Democracy
aud talk over the political situation Inc aIanSo
ments and appointments were ca niagnii0'Hs
scale. the rooms bearing the usual adornments Oh
flags and pennants and after the speeches had been
delivered. the guests partook Of q collation. Law
isblv spread Among the numerous gentlemen present
including those who accepted the invitation or the
Club. were Senators Ransom Of South Carolina,
Bayard of Delaware, Gordon OF Georgia, ex-Senators
Bradbury OF Maine, Stark Of Oregon, and tltch Oh
Nevada Gov. McEnery of Louisiana, ex-Gov Kan
dolph of NcY-Jersey, ex-Gov. Lawrence Of Rhode
Island Judge c. NJ. Osborn of Illinois, Judge
shipman of Connecticut Congressman George
w Woodward, Messrs. Henry b, Smith,
Stokes Boyd and Charles w. Carrigan of Pennsyl-
vsna, New-Jersey was represented by Judge Naar
of Trenton Robert Gilchrist, H. 5. Little Leon Abb
bett. William II. Camp, Henry c. Kelsey, W. b. Van
NOTtTCn ana " lilldlu D. blAAsus -N-N7A ANA~A "'~0
represented by the Hon. Amasa J. Parker, Henry
G. Murphy. Francis Herman, J. V. L. Pruyn,
George NJ Bsebe. Judge Charles A. Rapallo of the
Court Of Appeals, Eli Perry VI. c.. and Judge Jas
per w Gilbert the Hon. Orestes Cleveland Con-
gresham Robert Il. Roosevelt, Douglass Taylor
Commissioner of Jurors Charles OCOnOr, Judges
Robinson and j. f. DAILY of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas. Brady and Donohue Of the Supreme
Court and sutherland of the General Sessions,
sxIJudge Spencer and Jones Of the Superior Court,
Simon Stern, Orlando p Stuart the Hon. s D Cox OF
Nsw-York, Fernando Wood. eX-Pohce Commissioner
Bosworth. Col. George ". Wingate, William {. Bar
rett Mr Bocso Clerk of the Superior Court Richard
Scheil. Alderman McCafferty, the Hon. John
Wheeler Commissioner of Taxes, the Hon Benja-
min Wood the Hon. Clarkson y. Potter Augustus
Schell ex-state Senator Puietza of Missouri, Gen.
NJ I. Mcmahon, the Hon. ~ :. Sullivan, and COL L.
L. GauL
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
PUBLIC OPINION.

Since both sides to the strife in Arkansas
measure their rights by the will OF the Executive let
the President command the peace aud prevent blood
shed.-tSt. Louis Republican tlndJ
Now the question arises will the Govern
ment compel sanborn and his partners to refuud the
money that they have unawfuy taken! That It should
be done every hOuest man Will admit but whether he
will be allowed enjoy his pluuder Is quite another
thing-Plttsburg Post (DemD
If the death of the Massachusetts Senator
shall the means OF infcting the country the
civil rights bill with its harsh penalties, . may he n
to the whole white the south, resulting in no
benefit 10 the blacks Richmond Wing. DEM.
There seems to be some authority for the
statement made this morning that the Treasury Office
has been rendered 10 the Hon. T. b. Washburne Minis
accept, country would feel entirely confident that
ne wOud guard the Treasury with patriotic fidelity.
Cincinnati Commercial (lnd)
The journalistic millennium has not yet ar
rived but IL general the American newspaper especi-
ally during the past four months has been something
be proud of-somethng 20 rely upon. Neither the
ernmcnt the people fall permanently seri-
GUS error long the maintains its present high
average OF ability, purity, and influence Portland
Press (Ifep)
1t but remains for public opinion TO in
dorse the acton OF the committee and to press upon
Congress Tine necessity OF immediate repeal Of the
sanborn law, and tos urge proprety the retire
ment OF Secretary Richardson and Assistant Secretary
SAWYER from positions they have made ridiculous by
their incOmpeency, n they have not U them by
their yenalty.-lkochester Democrat aud Chronicle
Nep1
Mr. Sumner, as the leader of the Northern
sentiment in 1850, the HOutheruer cordially hated. Mr.
sumner turning with dsdain from tho insolenf az
cesses OF the dominent party IN 1874 he regarded win
Kindness and respect, II not with yencrat1n; and OF all
fe tributes paid 20 ms memory more sincere
tan those contributed Dy the southern oration-I,us
vile couricr-Journal (DemJ
The Washington nflationists, in their furious
disappointment over tue ve'o prected disruption Of
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
CRIMES AND cAsUALrIEs-BY TELEGRAPH

Wood and Bacheman. principals in the recena
duel Louis indicted b. TIE Jaey o Has
coca CogntT. Mas
John ID. Stevenson a nephew Of Gov Brown
ofr-nne-see shot ki'i rsmef J'fn W cs>r
about II miles east Of Nashville on NeInosisy.
49,. Ben Hogan, pugilist was shot at Pctrelis
City Penn morning, While attempting cue funken
n = bis house. lie is lyiDg cnsical condition.
William Scoiied, Peter kalyea, and Joseph
Rlyea Who have recently been conns tggs n ooso. ~
confession.
49,. Officers have been in Boston for a day or two
ab.c1lri from h Grand Centrsi
Depot recently $4,000 Their search
sacce. .sful hey have returned home
go. Miss Betsy Brown was killed at the Ballard
vale Station the Maine s0a Yesterfy While ttsfno
traia, although
isggugH the crossing the
quitei he eng leerO o the o all blame.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
ppooKLyy BUILDER ARRESTED.

The testimony IN the inquest held on the
bodies OF the three persons who were killed by tho fa
ing of the building in Stoclton- Brooklyn closed last
night and nc midnight the jury brought in verdict as
,,Iovs. The said Moses Osborn, Thomas Byrnes, and
qocas Iedwith came their deaths by the falling OF
buidng az No. Ils stocktonst On April a. 1874 and we
further fud that the OF tho building failing
were the improper construction OF and the
moor materials used in the foundation waH''
tbe giving away OF the east stone wall, and the cutting
away of the foor .imbers aud disconnectng them ir
On. ,na We further and that Georze b. Osborn, the
c.nr.etor 4, crilnnlll rcaggnsl4e io4 sle 'a-u- VI
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES,

....S. d. Johnson, Commissioner Of Merrimao
County, " H., die IN HILL n. IL, on "Wednesday
900 The Athletic and Philadelphia mines played
their second chem +onshp Philadelphia Testsfy the ornr
Winning by score Of 3 " l.
- The Hartford and Baltimore mines PLAYED AZ
championship gacA resulted Ia
victory for toe Hartiords BY . score of ~ % =
The verdict in the case of Snyder agt. lhe
New Mutua Insaiase Company Tor e Eios Aans
suyier slO 6OO the Lewis VI srvner - 2OOia ns
s3l 500, Of pohee with iness
AT a session of the Unitarian Conference in
ST. Lous wednesday night speeches maize By ko0er oliver II
K American ursrss
Sonnele bb Of o TIC Jewish sfssagosans
ely T. p Powell recently pastor Of hs
Cor. ne.a.lOaA churches bere
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
TIE FLRE RECORD.

RAILROAD WOOD SHED AND LOCOMOTIVE
DESTROYED.
BUFFALO, NY, May ABOUT o'clock this
afternoon spark from passing locomotive on the
Falls Branch OF the NewYOrl Central Railroad, between
the canal and the lake fred a wood shed Of the New
York Central Road, Destroying the with the tenn
porary engine Canada Southern and Great
Western Railroad. During the hight Of the fire. VIM.
Coldau an engineer Of the Great Western Railway,
with VIM Busrre, a fireman. and Morgan, a watohman
rushed into the building boarded engine No. II Ich
had steam up and brought the through the sheet
of fire ont OF the house. burning himself terribly and the
other Two badly. Engine No. III, also in the ouGlng
nut without stelm Mp. entirely destroyed The loss
on the buildings engine. dc Is about s2OOOO AeaFy
gale was blowing from the lake NJ the time.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
GOVERNMENT FEATHER REPORT
WAR DEPARTMENT. }
OryrCv or THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WARRINGTON, Friday, May 5-l a. u. }
t...u.. -. IL h..IlI

WAR DEPARTMENT..
OFFICE THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WAsHIEGTOS, Friday May e-l a. u.
SJuoDsis f1r Gse past tCenttrfOar hours.
The barometer continues high n the south
arn portion OF United States It mas risen In New
Furia md and ghe Middle states u has fallen IN tle
Northwest, wnere II is low. . .
The tempsrature has slightly on tho SOntn Az
lantic coast thence westward to the Missouri
Valley. . -
vas m New England and the Middle States and IN the
western portion OF the lower lake region.
Clear and sOuthery winds are reported from
the remaining districts. Al, - .,
Louisville.
TIE Lower Mississippi has fallen except mt Helena.
Tie Missouri has fallen at YanktOn, HermanD, ana
BrluswIck, ana risen n Leavenw worth.
Probabilities.
For Nr igldaf Gltd hG Mtdte States ann t0,cer tdke
r,gon generally ciear ccher and south east to soun-
,cst riads pre1ga, run slsgt rSe ~ sen,perGinre
ant fIItsHg barometer. ... ,,
Fjr the south Atlantic and Gulf States, generally
clear weather s0uthcrlY westerly winds, no decided
change in emDerlture and continued high barometer
For he upner lake region and thence s0uthward over
the Ono Valley and Tennessee generally clear weather.
southeast 10 southwest winds, rising temperature ana
falling barometer ~,
For the Northwest generally clear and warm weather
with southerly winds and low barometer
rae Western rivers Will decline slowly during the
Crriu
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08

the building end for the death OF three and Joha
G. Brown tine owner, ia censured for not having CON
petent and able 10 superDtend the struotnrs
and We also recommend 10 the Police Comnis-
sloners to order tho force under their cou-
troi To report daily TO their proper ou'cefs
every building being constructed EXTENDED, the sans
"a ne forwarded 10 the Fire Commissioners having tUrs
uction over tue erection alteration 0f Duidins snd
10 ASCERTAIN whether permit has been given FOR sad
DuIiupeS OF alterations and further recoDmena
tat the fre Commissioners give Instructions % thae
enect To all the precincts and yrih-Drecincts.
After the verdict had been rendered Coroner White
MI bel1 Geo H. Osborn In 5000 bail awa. the action
Of the Grand Jury. n too late Tor MIN 20 obtain
bail, AMI be Was committed 20 RsymGpd-st jaiL
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
LATEST SHIP NEWS.
For oAer Ship yers see Third P95e.l


w.noks Couch Richmond CITY P1ni i1d nor'oh w
mise. pass o Old DomirIon Steamship 60. a.
Bar Plymouth EBg rnkBlm PaeIne d AZ, s@ 1s@
Bark Gio bono (taLl SsBgHncu, Carh 81 iAYs IN ballast
DOMESTIC PORTS
Nsv steamship Reading. from Phllad oha
s,v,SS,T Mar 7-Arrved steamship Amerca FOR Btitmoe
Cen soeT from Hayra Sailed Augusta and James feaAe ~
CH.RLKs-oy c. 7-Arriyed bark BrpreS from rortr-o
N0o-,s- IasM Macomber, Boston.
Arrived steamships Martha stems nm veg
Y1rkt John Shryer Phiadelphia 1ira.ei isaps
Josephine Thomson for NsN-fOk Hcla4 ~"
o1a or Queenstown FanOah bEs IoeaI ior d. S-so S~i
goRTsss Aosaos May -saled steamship P0~haiian Ia
Norfolk. c,,.,,. A.. p.,,.-,.-. no
AVe. the Passes sisa henP.'s
er and lose; ship haTchnout chs Annie l. Conh1 na '"p'
kranE D.. f,r Liz.
erpool; bars HImmet TOR Hare
FOREIGN PORTS.
LONDON Sailed tor hc 1ted states. n2n. s..s y
the Uned
tba gh Albatro
Baona Panzia D.niaa ard Magma Charta
HALPAx THE Cha arrived from Portland
sr ions B. 7-The steamship Trojan of the Anchor Ina
London caerABe1
m her set nde rapid The Flo~ss
OF he ForrsI John, 10 DIE aAs 49,
been hear Of snee sailing s hope Of her u gwen up
DISASTER.
n Globe kdreige, OF bansof.
Boston Portland fan
on errsh haTbor this ra0rning IN snoS sil@ fss
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
CONGRESS AND THE CENTENNIAL.

PHILADELPHIA, May I'll the common
branch of tho Councils to-day the announcement that
the Centennial bill had passed the House created con-
siderable applause and resolution passed request
ing tho Centennial Board OF Finance to take
immediate preliminary steps for contract Tor
the building, machinery. and conservatory. This
resolution passed into select branch for concurrence
but y the time it called up there accurate news
had been received The result OF this was the reference
OF the resolution to the Committee on the Centennial
r,a action OF Congress IL universally denounced here
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08

One Great Blessing Of is the tsefV o' procuns
pe r various diseases carefully prepared and ready - De- 81
it.rsJ J,bu r. Henry Canan Co. Of Ses.i,rk have hss
d nearly one hun red ascles which they mlnuare thor sb'rs
tory there and among these there Of ge''er vaae 10
than Dr. RoGERss vsagrABLH WoRN SYRUP Pleasant Psis
and ELECTIVE Sold every cruz and country store ''h'
crxuAS Co Propfietor5 AMI Colege-plsce. heSfoL
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
IN THIS CITY.

A fire which broke out last night in the
hat cap and fur store Of A. Sally at No. 22o Bowery,
caused loss TO the stock Of about 5000 The adjoining
store No 22e which is occupied BY c. Tannurbaum as
jewelry store. was slightly dlmaced By water. TIE
pDer storv o. No go occupied by Woods Murphy as
an en- zravcI'5 shop, suffered $780, and the building
owned BY a Mr. lcOlm about 1000. The origin OF the
fre Will DO Investigated bY the Fire Marshal.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
INDIAN HosrmIrIEs on THE YELLOWSTONE.

INDIAN HOsTILITIEs on THE YELLOWSTONE.
WASHINGTON, May The following has
been forwarded here:
FoET ELLIS, VI. T, May l. 1874
Assis'dnt Afju,gnt General DEPARTMENT OF DasoIa 81
Paul.
Courers from the Yellowstone party OF citizens report
them retreating up the Yellowstone with frequent
sbdrmishes with tho Indians They turned back near
Tongue River after a ight. and hhvo reached point
about 1876 miles from here one man was aod anu TWO
WJ4.lss, and considerable ssoeA w'T Aus1i lu"seI
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
rnMEgrIr MARKRTs.

NTvOrrRASs Nay TBrsn trne az 81 20 PORK srrer
717 ~ for Shoulders 9 Tor Nless
ses 9ss- Clear Bacon ami higher st9s
scrce; for shoulders l0c for Ce-- hh sis lDse
lO3c Lsr-Msrke almost bare; Hero IL kg.
IZ Sugar speculative demand Good Commo1 Los Fus
Fully Fsr sD9c; r. ne le stry Prime T. tor as.s
higher % Other articles unAAngel te AAZN
EIcAAnse-Neg.Yerk sght. paf; Sterling 646 sd5.41la
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08

The Horse in America, Potatoes on Sod Grounc Tree rsss
g Fizers ior OuoD among the noteworthy 'opios no
n,se the Agricultural Department Of this mornings sEnH EkkLs
page -Nu s~' %
persous interested N rural ahire
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08

Of Indians were reported to have killed their
stock captured. A. b. swErTzER,
Major ID Calvary, commanding,
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08

The Rotten sponge Pads horrible MetA SORES oHsss =
an Frre Pals and Wire Sprngs slperse oI e
souoo rRUss, 6s3 Broadway winch soo1 sa D'i1
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08
Time Proves All Things

Gr,y,co rgBrRA afor many tr nov kl0SieixA
bs be most nurabe the cheapest umbrella made
Beware o coa8teTieits bee trade mafs Inside
New-York tribune., 1874-05-08

Metal Springs, the Pitess Iron Finger Pads ana
wire ,prngs agsaVsIe enagnS the Dr Di' '1e'' SA
.re GRADUALLY culeI BY the ELATIc rRUsA OBJ brotdSy
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-16
Capabilities of an Acre.

]. NJ. SMITH, a market gardener of
Green Bay, Wis, furnishes the HorttcuL
tltrist some interesting statements OF his
experiments in high culture. He has
found the rule invariable, not single
exception to it, that the more he has
spent in cultivating and manuring, the
greater have been the net profits per acre.
Last season he cultivated fourteen acres,
and began with more thorough and eX-
pensive cultivation than ever before.
The result was, that although there was
a terrific drought'-one of the drycst
seasons ever known in that regiOn-after
spending 1896, or 1884 per acre, he had
a better balance than in any previous
year. He appears to regard constant cut-
fiUati0n, especially through drought IN
connection Nth cOptOts mdRu11ng, as all
important. Stable manure is the stand
ard; with such use of superphosphates,
plaster, lime, ashes and other manures
As experience and good sense point out.
money to the best advantage, NJ 49,
marks, "a larger profit may be made by
| LAYING out $500 per acre than with less
After the second year, if your land does
not pay all its expenses, taxes and lO pei
cent. on 81 900 per acre, there is some
| thing wrong somewhere. | have som(
acres of land that did not pay expenses
for two years, but for a number of years
past have not failed to pay 10 per cent
on at least $4,000 per acre. ! expect m!
whole garden to do more than that in
short time" He adds, that he is nov
aiming at 1000 bushels of onions pc
acre, then crop of carrots or turnips, o
500 bushels of early potatoes; or if straw
berries, 1880 quarts, or 400 bushels pc
acre. This amountof strawberries is no
wholly impossible; as we have known
under our own observation, this rate o
two-thirds of an acre.-N. Y. Observer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-16
Congressman Dawes on the Situation.

The following extracts are taken from
the speech of Hon. Henry l.. Dawes be-
fore the recent Massachusetts Republican
State Convention, of which he was the
permanent President:
We are also part Of that great national
organization out Of the glory OF whose past
comes light which illumines the present, and
q voice which is the inspiration OF the iuture'
As we shall discharge our duty at nome, so
viii we be prepared to meet the requirements
of that larger and broader relation Our acuoh
here to-day and its results will reach IN thelr
influence beyond our own commonwealth tn
the remotest lwits of national authority and
national security The voice and vote OF Mas
sachusetts in the counsels OF the nation nave
been unbroken and undivided since the Repub-
lican party has had being Shall they so con-
tinuep
The spirit OF rebellion, always sleeping SO
| long MS Republican rule seems secure, but In,
| stinetively waking into incarnate feroeity at
| the faintest promise of a return OF the Demo
cratic party TO power, has been deluded ny
the spring elections, and has come outfrom III
lurking place full-armed to hunt and murder
the loyal citizen whom he hates. At such {
time Massachusetts cannot afford to breal
| her front and give a single vote TO that partl
with which, by some strange instinct th'
White Lacquer and the Ku-Klux ally them
selves and refuse TO be shaken of. There !
not Democrat in Massachusetts, know
whose soul does not revolt at the atrocitie
daily committed on defenseless Southern cit
zens, and who would not shun their perpC
traitors as he would a lepeT, and yet the inc'
table tendency of things is stronger tina
GOOD resolutions. Political allies must b
political friends until the hunblest America
citizen, in the meanest howell though his fac
be as black as the heart Of his persecuto
shall be armed with all legal weapons TO d,
fend himself in the enjoyment Of every civ