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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-04
SINGULAR FATAL ACCIDENT.
ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER SERIOUSLY I
JURED.

ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER SERIOUSLY M
JURED.
Yesterday morning while a number OF wor kmen
were engaged In tarrlng number Of hoRsheads In
the yard OF the brewery OF Vlgelius Ulmers cor.
ner OF Beaver and Bclvidere Streets Williams.
burg, one of the hogsheads exploded, killing ono
OF tie workmen and severely injuring another.
IL appears that seven men were engaged In
pitching" the interiors OF a number of large new
oaken hogsheads, each OF a capacity OIL about
$50 gallons. The pitch had Just been put into
one OF the tanks and melted by q red hot
bar OF IRON and the head replaced when the ex.
plosion took place, ootn heads, each about six
feet IN diameter. being forced out with great
violence. One OF the neads was thrown distance
OF nlty leet, strlklDg man named Conrad Zeiler,
aged thirty-1ve years and residing at No. So
Adams street. Williamsburg, on the head killing
him instantly. Peter Becker aged twenty.hve
and residing at No. 81 Adams street, who was
standing alongside OF Zeer sustained com.
pound fracture OF the thigh. and was removed in
an ambulance to st. Cltnarlne's Hospital on Bush.
wick avenue. 1t Il beieved that there was water
In the hogshead, which being converted into steam
by the not IRON, caused the explosion. Coroner
Nolan was Gifted.
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THE STATEN ISLAND SUSPENSION
BRIDGE.

The bin Incorporating the Staten Island Suo.
pension Bridge Company was to have been called
up on final passage In the New Jersey Legislature
yesterday. but 1t was necessarily postponed on
account of the protracted DEBATE on the Jersey
CITY charter. The bill Incorporating this company
has been passed oy the New York Legislature and
as soon as the Jersey lawglvers concur
the work VIII be commenced. The brtdQo
VIII be erected ut Constaole's Point On
the one side and New Brighton on the
other. The capital stock Is fixed AT one million OF
The following are the lncorporators Henry G.
Stebo'ns, William Butler Duncan, Dudley 8. Greg.
or, Honorable Nehemiah Perry Honorable Abrsm
,. Hewitt, John o. Green, Daniel Low, Jacob H.
Vanderbilt, Charles Butler, Charles X Hamilton.
Thomas Bond Richard Patrick, John A. Austin.
VIM. ii. Davtdge ano q. X. Hamilton Jr. the bridge
IS To be one hundred and twenty seven feet above
tlue at low water and Will leave a clear space Of
i've hundred teet over the main channel The
corporation Is allowed three years within whtcn
TO commence operations.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF TRUANCY--
THl NAUTICAL SCHOOL AND THE PROPOSED
ARRANGEMENTs-How BOYS SHALL BE AD-
MITTED AND WHAT THEY SHALL BE TAUGHT
The Board OF Education held a stated meeting
yesterday afternoon, at the hall, corner OF Elm
and Grand streets. President Nelson in the chair
A protest was read from Mr.. samuel Stern, ONO.
1O4 Orchard street, against auy interference with
the public Schools OF the city. Tne letter not
In the most elegant style OF composition, and the
reading OF 1t was. on notion discontinued Three
motions were made Tor its reference to dlner.
ent committees-one to the Committee on Warm
ing and Ventilation, another TO the Committee on
Course Of Studies, and the third to the Committee
on Annual Report. The fourth commissioner In
terested in the document had 1t placed on file.
A resolution from the Committee Bylaws,
amending the bylaws so that henceforth princi.
pals or teachers offending may be punished by a
suspension from duty for u not less period than
five days and not Tor longer period than thirty
days was adopted. Hitherto there was no punish
ment named under the Board less than dismissal,
and the main Tor the introduction of the
amendment was to enable The Board to deal dis.
creetly with those principals or teachers who vio-
late the rules in regard to corporal punishment.
The committee having charge OF the allegations
made against John A. Gilmore, Trustee Of the Thir-
having been Withdrawn. 1t was resolved that IN
future no medals prizes OF small value shall be
received for the Normal College pupils, IL being be-
lieved that the donors might have the Intention OF
merely advertising themselves Any respectable
present In furtherance OF the institution shall be
received. The resignation OF william w. Williams
was received and william II. Joees appoin ed In
his place az Agent OF Truancy. Miss Lucy G. Hart
was appointed Vice Principal of Primary School
NO OF the Sevent eenth ward.
The following whicn IS the first report from the
superintendent OF Truancy, was received -
OFFICE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF TRuAscy ,
NEW YoRs March 3, 1870
To BOARD EDUCATION
GtNTLENfN-n compliance with the rules Of your
Board, winch require That the superintendent
shall report NJ each of its meetings the dongs OF him
self and The agents OF Iruaucy,n have the honor To
submit the following brIct -
So short time has elapsed since the Supe rnte
and Agcnis OF iruarcy entered upon the discharge
their duties that little beyond ma gng
details has been accomplished.
The Agents Trucncy with the Supe 10 on
MONDAY March l.. Written instructions issued Tor
their guidance which pointed them their
duucs AMI the school districts 10 which each
assigned n copy OF WHICH II herewith trairsmttcd
1ruancy cards nave been prepared and instructions
issued 20 principals the schools report hy means
and nonattendance that require their inyesga.
ton.
Al the regular meeting OF the Agents of Truancy held
Tuesday. Marcn = reports were received the
agents, who. with tue cN option OF two, simply
ported that they had visited the schools in their
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MUNICIPAL NOTES.

delegation Of liquor dealers, headed by Mr.
Herzberg called on the Mayor yesterday and SUBJ
miiteG protest against the policy adopted by the
Board OF Excise in having warrants OF arrest Tor
alleged violations OF the Excise law bv liquor deal
ers served upon them after court hours. The dele
gatlon contended that 1t was simple persecution
on the part OF the Excise Commissioners
as by arrestlng liquor dealers a. ter half past Tour
In the afternoon the arrested parties were COM
PEELED To spend the night IN the station mouse. IL
arrests mad TO be MADE why not make them at a
time when the alleged delinquents could get bail ?
Tue Mayor promised to look INTO the matter after
he mad heard the Excise commissioners side oil
the story.
MAJOR Stauf. with several German friends, called
upon tue Mayor to ask HIM to use his influence
VITA the Police Commissioners to prevent them
from interfering with certain masquerade balls
that are TO take place soon on the east side.
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AN IMPORTANT TRIAL

RICH INSURANCE COMPANY PRESIDENT
CHARGED WITH PERJURY AND EVASION OF
TAXES.
The Court OF Quarter Sessions in Newark, N. J..
Judge Ellsworth presiding, was occupied the
whole OF yesterday trying most important Grim.
ina case-that OF Henry Ii. Jaques for sllegea
perjury, committed for the purpose OF evaoius
payment OF any taxation. The case is Important
in this, that through II Is iorcbly brought
to iull light q system OF mutual swind.
ling on the part OF rich mon in Essex
county, including Newark, which has thrown the
entire burden OF government and the necessity Of
meeting large annual interest outlay on tho
poorer classes 20, Of citizens As might BE- OK.
psfted the ,lai exci ties Widespread inter
wen filled with spectators. After tue swear.
ing in Of the jury. the prosecutor, Colonel
Abeel, opened the case for the State He declared
that the State would show that the debts which
the defendant set off were created fraudulently
Of having balance BANK ssss s. he nsd
balance OF over $4,000; that when ne said he owed
prosecutor SAID he would snow further that on the
dav before the assessment was made the defond
and fac. It, He gs sS ae cSecs
dated three days ahead to the bank for that
amount. THIS he did to oe able to swear that he
owed the bank $4,000, when, in point OF TACT ho
did not owe the bank one cent.
"A, assessor Thompson 9. Num- OF East Orange, was
swore to the af1ldavit OF his property before him
on May co. 1874.
j. n: Moorhouse, bookkeeper In the National
Newark Banking Company was next sworn. he
swore that he had charge u the individual ledger
OF the uank that he made transcript OF Mr..
Jadues' account SHOWN to him; on the Goth Of May
Mr.. Jaques had a balance OF $c5,58S So to his
credit; on the Goth he had balance OF $3.476 OIL;
Mr.. Jaques' custo marv balance was about $4,000
Here the State rested In opening Tor the dc.
fence Counsellor Guild SAID Mr.. Jaques did not
denv that he in.enned create DEBT for the pur.
pose OF reducing his taxes. He had a right to dc
what others In nign sanding did, but yet he alone
was called upon to explain.
Mr.. Jacques was placed on the stand and sworn
IN his own behalf lie had lived In Essex county
sixty years. was a church member and had never
be ore been accused OF an offence; he owed the
National Bank $50 900 Tor money borrowed on
notes one OF January both, two OF May 10, the LAST
beng Tor $4,000. He admitted that he had ar.
ranged the transactions Tor tue purpose OF evad.
ing his taxes.
The case was still on when the Court adjourned.
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The anne xation OF the Westchester wards with
between $4,000 and 49, 900 inhabitants, at the be-
ginning OF the year 1874. increased the population
ana the aggregate mortality In the city about
three per cent. The aggregate number OF deaths
IN hOspit ais and other INSTITUTIONS amounted TO
1857, which falls nearly 200 below the annual aver
age OF the last five years.
SMALLPOX.
The number OF vaccinations performed was
1S,e45. Every tenement mousse in the city above
Grand street has been visited, and Tree VAGINA
ton has been offered TO the inmates. At the time
this work began smallpox was increasing very
rapidly, owing, no doubt, to the TACT that LOT
about two years there had been but lew vacClna-
tions performed by the Officers OF the Health De-
partment, and 1t has been found that Inc great
mass of the poor people rely almost entirely upon
the department. Tor vaccination. IN the Deal and
Dumb Asylum, Tenth avenue. an unrecOgniZeu
case OF smallpox occurred. Between twenty and
thirty cases followed, and quite a numUer OF these
resulted fatally. In the New York juvenile Asy-
lum IN the same neighborhood, one continent case
occurred, aud on the following day all OF the IN
mates, numbering about 600, were vaccinated,
and there was no further spread OF the disease In
the institution.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-04
UPTOWN IMPROVEMENTS.
Commissioner Martins Statement of the Cost
and Value Of the Works in Charge
Of the Park Board.
THE CITY REPAID BY INCREASED TAX RECEIPTS
A Sharp Issue with Comptroller Green
on the Economy Of Continuing
the Improvements.

Commissioner William r Martin will submit TO
the Park Board tomorrow general statement,
which he has compiled from the records OF the
once and from other sources. He presents in it,
First-A tabular statement showing the whole
OF the moneys appropriated TO and expended by
this department classifying them by years and
by the object Of expenditure including the cost OF
construction and maintenance.
SecOnd-A narrative statement OF the names O!
the commissioners successfully In administration
the work from year to year undertaken, so as to
show how the operations of the department and
the duties imposed upon 1t by law have been eX-
tended and,
Thfrd-A statement OF the proportion of the cost
OF public improvements borne by the city and by
private property, the gain to the city, and com.
pensation Tor rs expenditure IN the increase OF
the value of the real estate affected by these ex-
penditures, and the gain to the revenues OF the
city By The taxation on this increase.
These Will show:-
FirSt-The value OF the results produced by this
expenditure on the part of the city.
SecOnd-The economy OF the maintenance.
Thfrd-The Importance OF the completion OF the
works under the control OF the department.
Fourth-Ihe present reduced expenditure and
the necessities imposed on the present admiuis-
tration by the works planned and undertaken by
those that preceded 1t.
Inc PIcseut Is al dppropTldtc Time Tor these
statements, because the most rigid economy
should be exercised, the expenditures should be
limited to the safe custody and preservation of tire
works and property already completed and ac-
CURED, and 10 the judicious application OF money
on such new works as will clearly promote sound
increase in the value OF property. This poIcy will
tend to settlement OF the land In the vicinity Of
the Park with population, and will realize the
benefit which has been the motive OF every plan
that has been adopted and every dollar that has
been expended up to the present time.
COST OF THE PARKS.
Here follows tabular statement showing the
expenditures Of the department in each year
since 1857, the purposes for which money was
used, &c. From this 1t appears the construction
OF Central Park" is charged with the amount of
$9,3 1923 and It's maintenance with So, 739 9O7
Broadway Boulevard, s2,2s7.5SO and improve
ment OF city parks, $,s1O,4l7 while the total ex.
pendlture by the Board to the commencement of
this year is footed up at $21, 500, 9Oe.
The expenses Of the Board In the last five years
show the following tOtals:-
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DISTRESS IN JERSEY CITY.

The expected deiverance for the laporng claG
in Jersey City has not arrived, and there 10, con,
sequenty. very great suffering among them.
" was Iuy expected that the construction q
the Erie Railway canal would have been com
menced within the past month and 700 or 800 men
employed thereat. This hope proved delusive.
Now the poor aborer turns his eyes to the nev
snip canal in Jersey city, the bil, to constructs
winch Is on the eve o! becoming O law. Meantime
relief societies have been organized in several
parishes. the most efficient, IN every respect, II
that OF the ladies' ana gentlemen connected with
the church OF ST. Paul oi the cross, on Hancock
avenue. The society was established Jour weeks
ago and nye thousand persons have been since
relieved. The average number relieved daily dur.
ing the present week Is two hundred aud eighty.
The Poormastcr Is besieged with applicants Tor
crowded.
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tive districts From these two reports secured,
summary Of which Is as toows:- -
Number OF truants found q be habtual huants 49,;
dren excuses we're given by he parns
the cas- Of habitua truants the informed the
would be glad 80 them removed to some institution
have been PasRsr by me- ho
and nd eareay these and
s sbe advice as hs sa pr
superintendent OF 1ruancy.
The report OF the Executive Committee on the
Nautical school Was received and ordered to be
printed and made the special order for next meet
Ing. 1t gave minute account of the care, gov
eminent ana management of the school, as the
committee proposed IL should be conducted The
following gives, in substance, the rules proposed
for the admission o. boys 10 the schoolshIp ST.
Mary's:-
Application for admission into the New York Nautical
schooL on board The ship ST. Mary,s may be male by
or Of p S3 e % y s
COMMITTEE on Nautical school q the Board Of Educa
should be at least sen years Of age should have me
the shu to Ss
duce written testimonials Of good character and health.
been Convicted Of any crime form q the Examining
sue 1s OF rnod 10 en boys
MI reject any one who has the slightest defect IN sisn
n Respect eonstuonsy unit Tor the hardsnps and
ssry The f be ere required asS
to show that he is able TO spell with far degree OF
write iegibly and to answer questions upon he multi,
tn boy viii be placed on probation for pcriod Of TWO
weeks, when It TO the contrary shall appear.
the bc 'S be
furnished with the necessary articles OF bedding
viii be feaared detray and such Of his old clothing
as is not suitable for ships wear will be given TO
VIII be rstained and gwen V''o' him ' UPON his
school; al articles esonsns scholars viii 6e %srked
structed. under the direction of the superintendent of
geography and English grammar and IN ali the duties
OF seaman they will be examined from time TO time,
or develop any physical disqualification viii be pre-
sened to their rdans withdrawal from
rightly bad will be peremptory dismissed at the end
Of the two years term every boy who has passed
cate with such aid the committee will always gladly
board good merchant ship boys VINO have enioyed
the o, good school edueati9n ana
structed in practical navigation and IN such other
may be found necessary aud convenient
The ommendaton OF the same committee as
to the course OF instruction in the school was as
ioiows:-
..!-scHooL CouRsr-Reading, writing spelling. Eng.
i-Making all knots. spices, bitches bends cenches
serving ropes turning in dead eyes reeving anyards
and rafting down rigging.
2-Learning the names OF an spars' blocks. running
and standing rigging and their uses.
g. Learning the name OF the different parts of sail;
loosing turing reeflng and bending sails.
T. Rowing, sculling and steering boats and handling
g. Boxing the compass. steering by compass and
& Marking log and lead lines heaving the lead and
I. Gsing palm and needle, sewing a seam and work
ing an eyelethole.
O. The coors and arrangements of running lightA
The Board then adjourned.
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TROTTING IN CALIFORNIA.

BAY DISTRICT FAIR GROUND, SAN Francisco.
Fen. 22.-rrotting mile heats, three in five, In
harness; purse, 500.
j. Williams named D. q. Hcnrv.-....
n. i. Smith named 81. IN. Marysvihe
Queen. ..........................l
c. Leigh named - 9. Hope. ........... ) dis.
1ime :35 90 :33-2 :32 u :35-2:35h.
SAME DAY.-rrottng match; mile heats, best
three in five, in harness.
J.. ECkert's b. q. Uncle sam. ! ]
Z. ID. Lusk's q. &. Joe............ ......... z :
Time. ass :36~-2:S6
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CITY DISEASE AND DEATH.

From the report OF the Health Department for
the last quarter Of 1874 1t appears that during that
period the Sanitary Bureau caused 26, 1877 inspec-
tions, including Isl tenement houses. 1850
other dwellings. 500 slaughter houses and many
miles OF sewers and dralns The number OF deaths
was 1912, against 6,7O3 in the corresponding
quarter OF 1873. Deaths IRON contagious disease
were 1902. During the last five years the deaths
hepn iQlOMS.--
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II these works and openings should be prose
cuted ana iinlshed within the coming five years
the ABOVE sum would be charged upon private
property.
The city will receive for taxes on excess of
valuation on the Nineteenth, Twenty second and
Twelfth wards beyond the average increase of
value In the rest OF the city IN the
next nVc years II computed at Sl,Sio.2sS
IN 1874, the sum OF s24.2l, 800; out IL the
values increase as during the five years past the
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dssUIHeu ITHPTVVoTIVH1 NUTk
will be assessed upon private property
Tables showing The streets when have been
opened anu the improvements that have been
made upon them justify this estimate; that IN
the area between FIfty-ninth and Doth streets
eighty per cent OF all the streets ana avenues
have been opened. aud that on sixty per cent OF
them the WORK OF regulating, sewerage. paving,
&C., has cen completed. At the rates at winch
these openings and improvements have been paid
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added receipts will be $4,000. ooo without this
last allowance the account would stand at the ex-
plraton oil The next five years Net gain TO the
city over all outlay. $40, $50 495. and net cost
10 property owners, S92. 9l5, AS.
Inc city VIII then possess In landed estate the
$50 acres OF the Central and the Riverside and
Mornlngslde parks, which would be worth. at the
estimated value OF land their vicinity,
500 100000 besides the great value 10 II OF these
parks In other respects. It Will also have con.
tinual revenue from the Increase oil taxation.
The property owners Will have paid for the
direct Improvement OF tneir properly, and to
make II ready Tor occupation, the aggregate or
Sy3 900 900, and their property far as these i'm
provements can make IL so, will be ready Tor
occupation and become productive.
EFFECT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO INCREASE
TAXATION.
The total assessed valuation OF The land in the
wards above Forteth street is $245 43l IT'S
The amount necessary to complete the works
now authorized and IN contemplation, as above
stated, at 900, Is out three per cent OF the
valuation, ana Is but little more than was gained
10 the city 10y the increase oil taxation in the year
1874 alone.
A table Is given showing the total valuation OF
property in these wards for each year since 1860,
when IL was s42 1874 6i6, to 1874, when 1t stood at
$2i5, 43l175. The rate OF increase has been main
tained since 1870, In spite OF the general deprecia-
ton OF property. Its Increase Tor the next hve
years is thus estimated -
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he following totals:-
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-30

THE FRENCH SHRUG.-A French
man can, under some circum-
stances, convey to a clever certain
ty the idea he wishes to express, by
simply struggling his shoulders,
than could possibly be done
through the medium of words; and
Americans seeing this, and feeling
the force of the practice, vainly
attempt to do likewise. Now this
is about the way the average
American "shrugs it." If he is
asked a simple question, which
could be answered by a plain
eyes" or no." he finds it an op-
perfume moment to make an exhi.
bition of himself, and begins by
drawing up his shoulders as though
he wished to rub his ears with his
collar-bone, throws his head and
neck forward-not unlike a crane
looking after stretches his
arms out from his body at about an
angle of forty-fve degrees, in a
position apparently to pronounce a
benediction, elevates his eyebrows
upward, and presents to the OBJ.
server the appearance of a man in
the last agonies of swallowing {
fish-bone; and with all this execu
ton, about the only impression he
creates is, that you say mentally
"what an ass, or that "the fool
killer has outrageously neglected
his duty"