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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-08
THE DROWNING OF J. H. HANEKAMP.


STATEMENTS OF TIE OFFICERS OF III ATHLETIC
CLUB-NO OPPORTUNITY FOR RESCUE UNTIL
TOO LArE-FUNERAL OF MR.. HANEKAMP.
The death of j. III. Hanekamp of the New
York Athletic Club by drowning in the Harlem River on
Sunday has been made the occasion OF criticisms
upon the OF other members OF the club who were
near OF the accident at the time In order 70
refute the charges which have been made OF neglect TO
render assistance their comrade D. Henry Knowlton
President OF the club Richard c. Fellows, the Vice
President; W. E Sinclair the Secretary, and r. William
RAhborne the Captain, make substantially tie follow
ing statement:
Mr. Hanckamp, in company with several members OF
our club Sunday July A. rowed 10 High Bridge IN the
club barge and parOOk OF very hearty meal with
his companions. Almost immediately aiterward The
crew returned to the bOat-hOuse, distance OF 2i2 miles,
rowing at a very brisk pace IL beng o'clock In the al
terno6n OF the hottest days Of this season. Very
soOn after arriving Mr.. Hanekamp with two conpali-
IONS Messrs Delaney and strasGuger went III bathing III
front OF the boanouse, aud had been swlnlhg 10 anu
on the float of the bOathOuse some flshlng, otueIs
engaged In conversation and not noticing the men III
The water Unknown to the men the float, it appears
that, at Mr. HanehaInps request Mr. ou;tsourtvr ho
rs he seemed be tired, when immediately be grdsped
both Mr.. strasburger and Mr.. Delaney, and dragged
them below the surface with him. No cry whatever was
raired for help and those who them disappear sup
posed that they having frolc III the water as Is
struggle evidently took place under water Messrs De
laney and strasurger thinking that they were as9
had only strength enough left to reach the oat just az
Mr.. Hanekamps body appeared near the surface SINK
ing immediately.
This was the first ntmaton Of any danger TO those
upOn the float and the O The accident was lntd
atey covered with boats. and men were diving through
the water the drowned man. but TO no avail
the body not being found for some hours
aflerward No imputation Of cOwardIce can
rect heavily of thcm the hero Of nearly dozen
yescues from water Mr. Curtis no longer ago than
last Winter having rescued feIOwbeing IRON drown
ing The other gentleman Mr.. stead ~ too well known
aud respected To require any vindcatiOn. AS To Mr.
Cone IL Is only necessary 10 say that lie was not present.
at the scene until after the disaster.
The funeral OF Mr. Hanekamp took place yester-
day afternoon at 1880 H. from his late residence, al
No. 3Oi East Twentyrstcs There was large attend
snce of the friends Mr. Hanekarnp, including the
members of the NewYOrk Athletic Cui the members Of
the Glass of the College Of the City O New York.
and "A delegation from the NewYOrk Produce Exchange.
The Rev l.. Bnrtsen of the Roman Catholic Church oi
Epiphany Ociated at tine services, AFTER winch the
inteTnent took place In Calvary Cemetery.
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CARE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The Board of Education held its first July
meeting yesterday afternoon, about twothrds of the
members being present The report OF the superintendent
of Truancy stated that 115j of truancy lad been
investigated. OF this number 339 children were kept
from school by satisfactory and the residences of
1893 Others could not be found These figures leave 623
truants and nonattendants, OF whom 557 have been
p,aced in school again. committed by police justices,
and GO Withdrawn from school Commissioner Wood
presented report in which it stated that the houses
Of nlfame In Woostcrst. III the vicinity of Grammar
School Ne TO- had yet been closed, only the pren-
mary steps toward that end having been taken Mr..
Wood proposed to take immediate and summary action
towards the abatement of the nuisance Resolution
was passed providing for tho appointment OF special
committee OF the Beard 10 take sch action as they deem
proper towards the suppression Of such denoraLns i'll
iueuccs about any schools.
The conrsc for furnishing the varons school buildings
under the control OF the Board with coal for the wear
ending June l. 1873 awarded to James d. Lcary, at
an average price OF SO 543 per ton. The Board then
adjourned,
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A LAWYER CHARGED WITH swINDLING.
o.. LII. Nm Alu,nn of No 70 Didnn- {

Un July z MuTy AIIlIaH OF NO. TO II'ISt-st
served with warrant, retrrnable before Judge
Smith OF the Essex Market Police Court for an alleged
assault upon Mary Fandan Of No. 90 Ridge-st. Mrs
Altman claims that George Pepper advised her TO 20 to
lawyer named Nathan s. Levy who would get her out OF
her trouble Mrs. Altman, she states, called upon
Levy and was informed by him that for s. he would
undertake the She paid the money and Levy had
the adjourned. A few days afterward he obtained
S12 from her. under promise of fixing things
with the Judge, and of getting for the arrest
Of Mrs. Fandan. Mrs Altman, however, was brought he
foro the Court yesterday the original warrant Upon
her explanation Justice Smith summoned Levy before
him, but allowed him to upon parole pending exam
nation.
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upset The COMPANY could do no more than TO engage
the best men they could find and then enforce all the

upset The Company could do no more than TO engage
the best men they could find and then enforce all the
rules
John j. Slater of No. 555 Unions, Brooklyn, VINO was
one OF the persons wounded by the collision and was
supposed to be In very great danger on Tuesday pre-
the have hopes of his recovery without the loss
OF his foot The internal injuries are said to he COM
pletey under control Slater spoke very cbeerfuly yes
terday, hut had no remembrance Of the collision after
seeing the conductor hastily through the car In when
he was sitting and which the first car OF the train
Funeral services held yesterday afternoon over
the bodies Of Philip Hartman OF No 429 broadway
Brooklyn. f. d. and b. Thurmer OF No. 1O2 broadway,
who were killed by the collision The services took place
at residences of the two men, and wero witnessed by
largo number of persons Both Hartman and Thurmer
were members OF Copernicus Lodge, +. and A. NJ, ana
we're buried with Masonic honors One.ha OF the Lodge
with it's quartet body OF Mr. Thurmer to the
Greenwood Cemetery and the other half with the quar-
tet Of Schiller Lodge escorted the body OF MI Hartman
to the Lutheran Cemetery.
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FATAL ARRAY ~ MORRIsTOwN. N. J.
On Tuesday evening fatal ARRAY occurred

in Morristown, n. j., among drunken Irishmen.
ana Michael Boston, aborcr 90 years or age was shot
and fatally wounded by Michael Kinney The two men,
who were friends got discussion and from words
came to blows and Kinney went home vowing he would
kin Boston, While there, it Is said, he loaded his re-
volver and coming back presented the weapon at the
breast Of Boston and fred The ball struck him in the
abdomen, inst below the lungs. Kinney attempted I?
mn awav but was arrested by Officer Dempsey and
taken before Squire EastOn who committed him 10 the
COUNTY Jail to await result OF Bestons injuries, which
were pi onOunced fatal.
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TWO SUICIDES BY PARIS GREEN IN NEWARK.

James Kinnear, 40 years old, of No. 400
Halsey-s Newark, N j., died from the effects of Paris
green, taken Sunday evening on account of domestic
nfeicity Kinnear and his wife had separated, and
Saturday he visited his wife and remained until the
day In the evening while talking to the family, KIN
near swallowed all OF Paris green aud died yester
day. Dissipation said to have been the cause of his
misery.
The wife Of Joseph We'll Of No. CO Walnutst died on
Tuesday evening from the effects of dose OF Paris green
administered by her own hands Ms. Well who was
about 80 years old had been invalid for several YEARS.
aud was subject to fits OF desondcncy IN one OF these
discovered until i've hours afteIwaid SIZE had previously
made several attempts " take her NE she leaves TWO
children.
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CHARGES AGAINST POLICEMEN.

A large number of delinquent policemen
brought before Commissioner Dsbeckcr, yesterday
Patrolmen Mathew j. Tobin and Patrick Bohan OF the
Twenty-seeond Precinct Police charged with en-
gazing fight, at Forty-seventhst and Tenh-ave, on
June 20 Patrolmen John l.. Knox and James Lay burn
of precinct the fghting but did not arrest
the men, For this charges preferred against them
also Several witnesses were subpocDaed but dd not
pear and the were adjourned until to-day.
Officer Sheridan OF the Eighteenth Preginct Police was
charged with having called Ohtcer Nicholson also OF the
Eighteenth Precinct POlee, "a Matchmaking English
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Nevertheless the same reckless waste occurs In each
city. The wacr-works which supply New-York exceed
IN extent and excellence those Of any other CITY III he
world, and send into the city even more water tnal
enters the waterways Of London. I'm spite OF the fact
that the population OF London nearly fOuod mat OF
Ecw-York Yet for emergencies thA city to-day has no
spare water. . l., -
The only eectual way OF stopping water waste IN my
opinion to make charge for the water actually used
by each This IL also the only Just method
II has often been tried and always with satisfactory re-
suits In Liverpool for example In fourteen districts the
comparison between the constant supply service WIN
meters the without meters showed an average
use per head, without meters. OF $500 gallons per dty
while with the meters only 1872 gallons per day were
used. ~
think a fair daily allowance per head would be 10
gallons with an equal allowance for public ue, such as
fountains, street sprinkng sewer flushing &c on such
basis, computing the legitimate tax ~ 10 cents per
1910 gallons, and allowing four persons I? a loIoOt
house. the charges by meter measurement against eaSn
house would be 29,2O0 gallons per annum which, at 10
cents per gallon, would be "a 49, against the present
minimum OF 50 81 saving of 90 per cent 10 slni
householder But the advantage Of the economy thus
caused is cumulative The present water supply updef
meter measurement, would suffice FOR the population OF
Che next quarter Of century and with Increased p0pn-
lation share the BURDEN the individual tax would De
further reduced.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT REMOVALS.

At meeting yesterday Of the Board of Fire
Commissioners Charles Gdersleeve, Chief Clerk OF the
Bureau of Combusblcs, and W. b. White, Secretary to
the Board, were removed. The removals are TO take
effect July Is. Commissioners Vincent C. King moved to
reduce the clerical force OF the Board but his motion
was lost Commissioners Purdy and Hatch voting against
IT, Mr. King states that there a number Of useless
clerks in the employment OF the Board.
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POLICE NOTES,
SENTENCE OF AN ITALIAN CRIMINAL.

Michael CarOmanti, age 56, an Italian bar-
Der, born in Sicily, sentenced by County Judge
Moore In Brooklyn, yesterday, to imprisonment for 10
years Penentiary lie was tried and convicted on
charge Of cutting Herman Pardee with razor, at the
saloon Of the latter, at No. 10 Hamiltonave. on the
night OF May IT. The prisoner has served five years at
Sns Sing councreting, and ~ months In Boston Tor
stabbing man that city He is also suspected of nav
Ing taken part IN the assassination Of Senior TOrrno on
some vacant at Bedford and Flushngave ON the
night OF August II, last year.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

WAsHVGToN, July Photographic dispatches re-
cevsd The Navy Department this morning report the
nns OF United states vessels follows; The Shawmui
arrived at Port ROYAL G., yesterday from Key West the
san Francisco the 4th inst from
Ia rl Mexico the Kansas arrived at Pensacola yesterday
from New Orleans the Ben arrived 40 Esqumalt on Mon
day Francisco and the Plymouth lett Key West Tor
the Rio tiIanle the day
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MRS. ATOCHA,s REPORTED DEATH-A CORREC
TON.

To The EdttOr OF the Trt6Nns.
SIR: The announcement in the evening pa
pers the death In Boston Of the widow Of the late
Judge AtQeha Of New Orleans is mistake. Mrs. Atocha
and her daughter in this city and quite well
They have but recently returned from Judge AtOcha's
funeral in company with his mother. Please make this
correction and obliIe, yours respectfully,
No. 30 Wall-st, July T. j. A. BEALL.
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THE ESCAPED CONVICT HAMILTON CAPTURED

Detectives Kennedy and Ferl1s OF the FOIlot
Central Office arrested yesterday the notorious william
Hamilton alias shang Iawley," alias "shang Morris
and took him before superintendent Wallng Hamilton
was one Of the party of convics who escaped from sing
Sing State Prison May II. Hamilton, "steve Boyle,
Peter McKcnna. Charles Fowler, and william Sullivan
on Nay II were work the track OF the Hudson
River Railroad freight train was passing and the
conyics Jumped on board, ovcrpoweTed the engineer
fireman. and train hands, and deacing the locomotive
steamed toward Td1y After they ba gone short
distance the cylinder heads were blown from the loco
motive and the cOnvicts took t. the woods.
vigorous search made for the escaped conVlcts
Their description sent 10 all parts OF the country
and 10 Canada. Detectives have been the watch for
the fugtves the escape but until yesterday none
Of them have been captured. Detectives Kennedy ana
Ferris knew Hamilton at once as the man they wanted,
and took him into custody Hamilton said that lie knew
nothing the other ugitives and refused to give any
information that might lead TO their capture lie Is TO
he taken back Sing Sing. He nndcr sentence Tor
burglary the time his escape and has long time to
serve in prison.
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HOME NEWS.
rHERxoNErER, YESTERDAY AT HUDFUra II
BROADWAY.
ean,77 Noon, s2,. sp.ma 49, Midnight H.
Aysrsse III =? same day, 1874, 727s'.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

Metropotfdn Hoiel-Senator J: Rodman West OF
rn,siana state Senator b. woodin OF Auburn, ana As
sembyInan r. vosburgh Of Albany Fga hrsnns moe "
g. fanes OF louisiana Congressman George W.
nare Of Vernon the Hon Henry r. Blow, Commissioners
Of the District of Coumbia the Rev. w. Baker OF London
ana Edward L. Plumb u. g. Consul General ~ ne
City OF Mexico HOFFMAN RouseaC sressman am, W; w.
Ks;chan and District H. B. Payne OF "ikesDarre
Penn GlIsev House Lieut.. Gov William Dorshemes Oi
Bufalo 49, Wndsor Hotsi-James f. Joy, Presihent OF no
Eicbgan Central Railroad Company Breport HOUSE.
obef Garrett OF Westuinster Hoe-Pr d.
ar Of TrOy.
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thiefD Officer Sheridan admitted that there had been
hard feelings between himself and Nicholson but pc naa
used the expression in reference TO an ocer Mbo was
dismissed from the force several years The case
was eerred 10 the full Board Of Police Commissioners
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ARMY ORDERS.

WASHINGTON July Capt. Frederick +. White
head ComInssay OF Subsistence has been r,t
In this city oriercd 10 duty Depot C0mnssy hub
ssience = kort Leayenw0rth, Kan
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OUTDOOR SPORTS.
LONG BRANCH RACES.

CONTESTS OF THE THIRD DAY OF THE FIRST MEET
ING-THE MONMOUTH OAKS WON BY COTTRiLLs
AsCENsIoN-PURYEAR's GRINsrEAD TAKES THE
MANSION HOUSE SHAREHOLDERS VICTORY
IN THE sTEEPLE CHASE
There was decided falling off in the at
tendance at the Monmouth Park races Yesterday INC
programme for the third day of the first meeting was
very Attractive and included contests for the
Oaks Stakes and the Mansion House Stakes which had
total value Of 800. The hurdle race also caused uc
interest large majority Of the 1000 people present
went down from this city the steamers Jesse Ho't
and Plymouth Rock The attendance OF ladies was small
and was drawn principally from the Long Brahch ho'cS
and cottages. As the sky was threatening .'e'c
was no display Of toilets, and every aspect
OF the crowd quiet and somper. iho
shower set in Just the third race but the sport
Was not interrupted The Plymouth Rock landed the
returning passengers in this city at an early hour last
evening The accommodation being ample, there YVES
none of the crowdng at the piers and jostins winch
occurred on the first two days OF the meeting.
The betting all four OF the day was bsS inc
first race, a selling race was taken by Ayres u h'i'-
cfes Erastus Corning who sold with the neid III thc
pools After the race he put up at auction ana Did
In nv his owners TheMonmouth Oaks Stakes were taken
by Cottris Ascension who rated second choice IN 'S
race great expectations were placed on ROBINSON MORGAN
g. Co "a imported Australian FLY out OF Mazurka shc
ran well and secured third place. As was gen
orally expected the Mansion houso o''"'s w.
at tho mercy Of the Puryear stables, ku'ner'
ford making the pace, and his stable companion
Grinstead taking the race. Trouble was the favote IN
the hurdle race and DiavOlo had almost an equal num-
Der of hackers. These persons were dsgusted' as
Davolo lost the race by what was called very poor
riding as he appeared to he the freshest horse at the
finish and camc rapidly up soon as he was given Ills
head The track was very heavy, but good time was
made
TIE SELLING RACE.
The first contest selling for all ages one ana
a quarter miles, purse of S400; the winner to be
sold for 81 600; II entered TO be sold at $|oo' I'VE
pounds be allowed; to be sold at Sooo' Ten Pouhus "
he allowed There were nine nominations and az many
tarters Astral was largely the favore in the auction
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Stampede had The advantage at the send-oH followed
by Rutherford, IOaser third Countess fou tl and Grin
stead last SampcIe RuthcrfUrl kept their relative
positions during the first mile, while Countess ana
Hoaxer ran behind neck-and-neck for the two miles
riustcad rapidly forward the horses entered on
the last half mlc and coming up with bis stable com
panOn, Rutherford, who second, boh ran Tor tie
ad aid soon lappcd and passed Stampede, GTHstg ad
taking first place in 44Olo; Rutherford second and
Stampede third.
TIE HURDLE RACE.
The'fouIth contest hurdle race.of two miles, for
all ages Weller weights eight hurdles, for purse OF
800; 5000 to the FIRST $50 to the second and 5 to the
third horse Five horses came the post, selling fol-
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1t was not announced that Chanbetains Scramble
would run until after the pools sold The flag was
dropped at the first attempt at start and Ascension
soon appeared In 'front.' Robnsons imported Australian
dy second, Fine Work third, Katie Pearce fourth ana
Scramble They maintained these relative positions
mast the grand stand after which the Robinson Ally lap
ped Ascension, and they neck ami neck for short
distance. On the back stretch Fine Work was third,
Katie Pearcc fourth, and Scramble fifth. IA the hls
entered on the homesrctch Fine Work and the Robinson
FLY were pressing hard after Ascension, who took the
race in 2:4Gl Fine Work second and half lengths
behind and the Robinson Dlly third two lengths behind
Fine Work Katie Pearcc fourth, Scramble last.
MANSIOS HOUSE Stalks $.
The Mansion House Stakes, valued al $1,000 were
added 10 sweepstakes OF $50 each play or pay forfou-
yearod colts and FLIES, foals Of 1871 tho second to
cevc 5000 and the third 800 ont of the skcs distance
2l2 miles. There were Is nominations, which made the
stakes worth 81 600 Five horses started, and sold in
tln unnls a lInsn unLrs.
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DAMAGE CAUSED BY A FALLING TOWER.
A STORE N FULToN-sT. INJURED IN THE DEMOLI
TIOv OF THE OLD BRICK CHURCH.


TION OF THE OLD BRICK CHURCH.
About $50 a. IN. yesterday the foundation
OF the building No 1903 Fultons way on the east
side and large portion Of the wall of the first story fell
n For some time the worknen engaged in taking down
the old Dutch Church at Fulton and Wiamss., HDoin-
ing the building No 1O3, had been engaged IN taxing
down the tower and had reduced It's hight to little
more than fifty feet To facilitate the labor and eeono-
mize time the of the tower AT the base. had
been taken away and large square tmbers placed in
sition to support the tower The timbers were SET on
fire and allowed to burn away until the tower should an
The fire was burning all of Tuesday night ana yesterday
morning the tower fell As the worknen had not allowed
sufficiently for the space from its base To the ncghins
building wall of the latter crushed III by the
heavy weight and force of the falling mass.
The opening in the building s about - by 20 eet ana
fears are that further portions OF the wall
NAV fall away The first floor is occupied by T. g. Sci
lew a dealer in office and library furniture Much dam
age was done the stock which lay IN that portion OF
the store The loss stock Is estimated AT iom cOoto
80 600 That on the building is also large AS the
building several stories in hight fears are entertained
that further damage may result The aDoIers engaged
there work with great caution
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The uruIn tapped when the horses were anything
but in line. StockwOod the first to clear the iils
hurdle, Deadhta al following Vesuyius third, Davolo
fourth and Trouble last Deadhead and St5ckwOoI took
tie hurdle together and at the third hurdle TIo
bic followed hard St0ckw0Od, who had gone 10
ond place. Trouble and Deldhcad took the fourth bur
die together, and almost neck-anl-lcck until the
uonestretch and the last hurdle reached. Dayoo,
who had been waiting At fourth and fth place, now
gained third place, and made brush for the race but
was far behind 10 Overtake Trouble, WAC passed
under the wire bare head III advance of Deadhedd,
Uavoo bird and vesuvius fourth, with Stockwood
eral lengths TO the rear. Time, 4OO4i.
TO-DAY's RACES.
The races Of the fourth and last day OF the first Mon
mouth meeting tlkc place to-day. The first will be
for the July stakes for twOyearods threequartes Of
mile There are 81 nominations. The second race Is "A
dash Of miles, for all ages for purse 81 800 The
fourth race IL mile-andialf dash Tor beaten horses,
for purse Of T1OO.
Pools sold in this city last evening on these races.
and all the poo-rOons well attended as the
storm had abatd. AT JOhnsOs most VI the pools were
sold on four-Ie for horses OF all ages, for n
purse 81 600 Wildidle being the fayOiite At the
Turf Exchange several pools were sold for the l2-nlle
race for horses of all ages. At IhODass p0Or0Oln the
July Stakes, threc-lhrter mile. sold best The following
tAbl,s snow the pools sold al each Of the three places:
PURSE FOR al 900 FOR ALL AGES.