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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
CHARGES AGAINST POLICEMEN.

At the police trials yesterday before Com
missioner Erhardt, Patrolman skaln OF the Twenty
ninth Precinct was charged with refusing TO arrest two
men who were fighting at SiXthave and Twcnty-third-
st. on Oct 20. Commissioner Erhardt was passing, ana
asked the officer why he did not arrest The men. In
answer tho officer abused him, wherenpOn the Commits
soncr made himself known ana the officer then arrested
one OF the men on the complaint OF the other, and took
him 10 the Thircth Street Police Station. On the way
10 tho station the complainant escaped and TIE officer
was unable 20 make charge against the prisoner
who was released The case was referred TO the iuu
board.
Oricor Snednurcc~ OF the Tweutv-nntl Precinct was
nlacrd on trial for stopping at the Fith Avenue Hotel
on Nov g. while converting James Purcell, The inc-sen-
Ger ~ the Dcnoc1gtic National Committee, 10 the lhr
cth sweet Police Station. Purcell had IN his possession
fqcsics Republican electoral tickets with the names
Of Democratic electors The evidence showed that the
officer stopped 81 tc hotel at the request Of Coz Drake
DcKGy. the complainant lt Is Thought tGl the case "i
,a dfS1ttis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
INTEREST ON SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS.

SUPERINTENDENT ELLIS URGES REDUCTION.
Dewitt c. Ellis, Superintendent OF the State
Banking Department, in the city yesterday, and
TRIBUNE reporter asked his views concerning reduc
ton the rate OF interest savings bank deposits
Mr. Ellis said 1t something greatly to be desired
The present maximum rate of interest six per cent
The average rate actually paid was about 52 per cent
Savings banks which had large surplus could pay six
per of the interest accrung from the surplus
whether not they always realized ak per cent from
the deposits But the smaller institutions without sur
plus, small one. barely got enough to pay running
expenses even when the interest paid sig or even
could bs obtained in wall-st Government
security at from GIG to per cent, for a savings
bank to make safe investments that would pay
even 6 or Gig per cent. In his opinion the
maximum ought not TO be per cent because per
cent was az much a legitimate SAFE savings BANK
business could bear. He recommended strongly reduc
of the legal rate three ago. ana Gov DIX du
the thing. He had renewed the recommendation
annually since that time. The hard times bad Strength
ened his opinions He did much hope OF getting
legislative action unless the savings banks joined III OD
tsinngt Some wealthy institutions had opposed ana
probably would oppose the reduction They were able 10
pay the per cent and Of course made 1t difficult Tor the
smaller banks TO compete with them. He Thought ~ a
very healthy sign that the failure of few savings banks
had created panic runs on ALL He considered
the outlook improved. Bank managers were In MOOD
he thought be careful and some banks had been
compelled to strength themselves great beneht 10 De
derived from reduction OF the rate OF interest he sad
would be the driving OF idle capital from the savings
banks where il kept as an investment. savings
banks not designed FOR such investments, put 20 u
people OF small means in ACCOMMODATING something
against private public calamity and TO stimulate
habits of economy among the working classes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
CHARGES AGAINST THE U. s. LIFE.

All aCtlOn Ias Uttn UIUUgHU ~ U"''T '11'0I
and sainuel feather in the Common Pleas Court, W. J.
Butler appearing as their counsel, against the United
States Life Insurance Company Of this city and its OIL
GERS and AGAINST the Union Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Maine TIE plaintiffs are old pocyholders II Is
stated who complain of lack Of expected dividends upon
their policies and OF process which it is alleged
the limited States Life has adopted in changing
policies, whereby the policy-hoiders are induced
TO surrender their old policies and receive new
ones on which certain amount OF premium is declared
paid which amount IL said 10 be very small per cont
of The actual surrender value of the policy The COM
pany and its officers charged with appToprGtng To
their own use without the knowledge consent OF the
the OF such surrender value, or
large percentage of tire The object OF Tie Gcton
is further declared be to prevent an alleged ensui
auca or amagamation between the United states LIE
and Union Mutual Life companies. The plaintiffs have
obtained an order Judge Robinson for the examine
ton of the officers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
IMPORTANT REVENUE DECISION.

EXCESS OF DUTIES PAID on TIN PLATES ORDERED
TO BE REFUNDED-LARGB AMOUNTS INVOLVED
In the case of Phelps, Dodge & Co. and
other importers Of tin against Collector Arthur to re-
cover an alleged excess OF duty tin plates the jury in
the United States Circuit Court by direction OF Judge
Shpman, yesterday returned verdict for the pianuis
for S1G.647 IS in geld. ard $1,000 OF interest IN cur
rcucy The test of the construction to be pnt
upon the United States revised statute which went INTO
effect June Do 1874 the importers cOntending that II
made reduction Of ten per cent on the previously c
ising duties certain classes Of goods and the Govern
mont holding that no revision Of the tariff was intended
-Four similar suits 10 recover excess OF duty pad on uh
plates are peoinc and viii be decided by inns ease
The decision viii acct the duty number OF articles
mentioned IN the revised statute of June ~ l14 Ine
OF duty paid by importers OF TN plMes WI
amount to several hundred thousand dollars. VIM NJ
Fvarta and Iahn e Parsons for the plaintiffs Assistant
District Attorney Trcmain for tie Government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
KEROSENE IN PLACE OF GAS.

1t has been reported that the use OF kero-
senc instead Of gas has increased IN ths cy 10 such an
extent as TO affect the income Of the different gas com
NAMES and that reduction in the price Of would be
the result Inquiries made yesterday or Eighth. SIXTH
and Tgird-aves in OF the large retail establish
mcnts show that is burned in many, If not ALL
the tea stores and in many small grocery stores but dry
goods and clothing avoid its because % The
uature OF their goods Some OF the companlrs adm
thar there has been marked reduction IN the amount OF
gas burned throughout the city during ms year Inc
managers attribute this decrease to increased economy
among consumers, and not to more extensive use OF
kerosene. They alicge that the price, ranging nom
50 so 20 50 - thousand ee Is as low point a. VIII
be- reached Inquiries made at number OF places Wbeic
kerosene is sold failed to show that the amount 81 tAat
article sold thus far this Fall is larger than last year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
SCIENCE IN AMERICA.
ADDRESS BY DIR. JOHN w. DRAPER.

ADDRESS BY DIR. JOHN w. DRAPER.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS IN THIS COUNTRY IN THE
LAST 80 YEARS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
SOCIAL CHANGES IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
EDUCATION FROM MEDIEVAL sHAcKLEs-CoN-
DITIos OF AMERICAN CoLIEGEs-wHAT HAS
BEEN DONE BY SCIENTIFIC DODIEs-TH WORK
OF AMERICAN INVESTIGATORS.
An address on "Scienee in America" was delivered
before the American Chemical Society by Prof John
w. Draper, its President, at Chickering Hall last
evening. The hall was filled before the speaker
came upon the stage with members of the society
and their families and many invited guests All the
seats on the floor and Balcony were taken, and many
persons were obliged to stand. The audience
was comprised chiefly of persons OF mgh
culture, and represented some Of the best
elements in the life of the city, All present
showed the most earnest interest in what Prof.
Draper said When applause broke out 1T was
almost instantly hushed by the eagerness to hear
the next word. Promptly at o'clock Prof. Draper
appeared, accompanied by Profs. G. +.
Chandler and Henry Morton, the local
yice-Presidents of the society. Prof Morton
said that as this was the first appearance of the
society before the public it might be well TO intro
duce il. He then spoke of similar institutions IN
Europe and their Importance. and afterward gave a
brief history of this society He referred IN very
complimentary terms to DR.. Draper, stated that
though the society had been in existence eight
months and DR.. Draper had been its president this
was really his inaugural address, and then INTRO
duced the speaker to the audience.
The following prominent gentlemen were present
Prof Silliman Dr. Henry Draper, W. NJ Habershaw,
p. Cassamajor, Elwyn Waller, DR.. Hoffman. A. ii.
Elliott. Dr. George w. Gesner DR.. Behr, DR.. Cold
mark. Dr. Endcrnann, and many others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
sKILLFUL BURGLARY IN BROADWAY.
FuRs AND TRIMMINGS OF TIE VALUE or $1,000
STOLEN.

SNllSlt I'll ~ A't''~AD''-'N'
FuRs AND TRIMMINGS or TIE VALUE or $1,000
STOLEN.
successful burglary was peTpetrlted during
Wednesday night at 30. SOC Broadway. Tho second
story is occupied by Lent Braman dealers In gentle
mons furnishing goods. and the third and fourth stories
bvw T. Znenlia Co. dealers in furs. Phc outer door
10 the hall leading to these is secured at night by
p strong paddock on the outside The policemen whose
duty il is to watch the building noticed that during the
whole night and until after O'Clock yesterday morning
lie psdiock was in place aud undisured. When en-
poyes Of the building nj o'clock yesterday morn
h,g thoy found the outer door open and the paddock
missing The large irUn-ue shutters Of the door lead
irg 10 The rooms OF Lent & Bianan had been removed
b. forcing OF the fastonnes The burglars had then cut
through the wooden panels Of the door, making hole
o. sufficient size for the entrance Of Inside the
rooms the door covered with the fragments Of boxes
which had contained valuable silk trimmings A hole
hnd been bored through the door leading to the rooms OF
W T. Zugalla & Co., ard bar had been inserted by
which the paddock on the Ontde and another lock
The inside OF the door lad been broken, allowing Tree
access to both tie third and fourth stories Here the
same disorder discovered. Boxes containing furs
had been open. and many articles we're LETT scat
tered about ON the floor Only costly articles were taken,
the missing furs being mostly scsShs OF considerable
value.
about II 600 w T. Znglla Co. estimate tLcu loss at
ahOut $1,000. The lice NOS able 10 Cblaiu any
cie To The thieves Police Captain AIares theory OF
IT, burglary that some OF the men engaged Aa0 un-
looked the paddock on the outside door ana entered te
ha shortly after the employees of the bddng had left
and before the patrOmen had begun their watch con-
fere had then reOcked the door and left untouched
uAii a convenient time for opening IL III the morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
MEETING OF THE ALDERMEN.

Mayor Wickham yesterday returned to the
Board of Aldermen without his approval resolution @
nave Westst near GausevoOrt-si, with granite block
pavement communication was received from Corpo-
ration Counsel Whitney stating that the Board had au
thority to limit the time for the completion OF certain
work begnn by municipal departments The opinion
was intended to affect the Improvements now IN progress
o.lr rnl,i IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17

Insurance Companies had withdrawn from the board I'M
the board and the Royal and il was hoped that they
would return after they fully understood the mat
ter. Replies TO communications from the Executive
Committee are expected by cable In q few days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17

At bedtime now, after the little Philade'pnis
boy has said his Now lay me- he adds. 10 u In
thank.G! spirit. Ma, anl glad dont hA'e W sissp
uut IN the shed any more"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
CHANGES IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
woNK OF TIIE COMMISSION APPOINTED TO SUGGEST
RETORMS.

NONK OF TIE COMMISSION APPOINTED 10 SUGGkSI
REFORMS
The Commission appointed several months
ago to propose plan for the better government OF the
cities of the State of NewYork have nearly completed
tier labors and will ready make their report jan
d 1877 At of their early sessions it decided TO
hold meetings. and not TO give the results of their
deberaons TO the public until they presented tothe
legislature in complete form. Simon sterne, member
o. Commission, said to TRBUN Ereporter yesterday
tat there many good for adherlng strictly
10 lie thought would be discourteous TO allow
the members of the Legislature 10 receive through the
public PRESS the substance Of report which the Commits
sion had been instructed TO present to them body 1t
would also lie unwise to subject any of the pro-
posed plans to the criticism Of the press until
they could all be presented together aceOmpa-
med with the reasons for the proposed changes.
Mr. steine said that the work had been
srduous and the results would prove very important but
y Supposed the report would meet with strong oppos
ton. In reference 20 holding municipal elections ON
Hsront day from those National and State officers,
iaG reaeSf e 20 make any positive statement en. s9
taxing the choice OF city officers the sphere of
ys{ poiIes wslca could not easily be done during the
Cd party feeng run go high that men were likely
large number Of officers be voted FOR gave oSnorp,tv
for trading of candidate another and other cor
tcnsr OF the conversation that this was ono of tie
changes which would be proposed, but Mr.. Sterne said
That this MINOR matter compared with others
which they lad considered and would report on.
THE NATIONAL BOARDS RATES OF INSURANCE.
The Executive Committee of the National
Board Of Fire Underwriters closed two days session
yesterday after adopting resolution TO stand firmly by
the Board rates. with such modification subject TO the
tie rules of the board circumstances might 10
semand IN certain places. II believed that the
Lancashire and the North British and Mercantile Fire
The New York herald., 1876-01-20
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

''our Boys has Oassed ts three hundredth success
slve representation ia London.
Miss Adelaide PhIlh Ups. with Miss VioIetta CoyIuq
Miss Matilda Phillipps INgliapietra Tom Karl, BrgS
MIMI Carpl aud Bacsl eCNmmence season Of fItaliai
opera at the Academy Of Music. on February z
'Harred in Haste" Is beinsy played at the ChariH,
Cross Theatre with the author, hS H. J. Byron, in thu
character of Gilbert Greene and hr Hermann Vein
Mr. Warner and Miss Carlotta ADDISON in the cast
"Caste" Is having excellent run at, the BrookyA
Theatre with Mr.. Montague George DfAlroy. Next
week ''fhe Romance OF Poor Young Mr2" will be
produced, with Mr. Montague in the principal past. -
Radical Fool" is postponed.
An amateur dramatic entertainment will pc gvent to
morrow evening at the Academy Of Music in aid Of the
Columbia College boat house fund The total cost
the boat house is $4,000, OF which S. 900 have beer
subscribed by the college authorities and S. 900 by tn
members Of the college This performance is to pro
cure the remaining 81 900
heieni or, ons Hundred Years Ago " new play,
py MI henry Peterson, is Eow in preparation fOl
speedy production at the Chostnut Street Theatre
Philadelphia The scene is laid in the vicinity Of thf
Centennial City, during our Revolutionary struggle
"Young Wives and Old Bachelors by Lucy Hamiitot
Hooper is the title Of another American play accented
by Messrs Gemmll, Scott & Co
The New York herald., 1876-01-20
SAVE THE YOUNG MEN.

Professor r. Ogden Doremus delivered A brIliaa
lecture last evening in the Church OF the Dsciplee
under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian Az
sociaton 1t the hrst OF course established IA
furnish the young men OF New York with pleasant
intellectual entertainments during the evening hours
The auditorium dlled with those for whose bencd,
the work had been undertaken. The pastor of the
church read letter from DR.. Willard Parker urginS
the young men TO abstain from the use of alcoholic
drinks on the grounds that they contained food;
that the heat and in the body ae
using them caused by the efforts Of nature gel
them out OF the system that the asyiums for the
filed mostly with the victims OF alcohol and
the lives Of habitual drinkers, not drunkards,
shortened from fifteen 10 twenty five years by the
OF such so called stimuants.
After the audience had listened 10 prayer by the Rev
Mr. Hepworth, and Joined in singing hymn, the pas
tor introduced Professor Doremus, who called the
tenton of the young men to the temptations of great
city and the liability of the unemployed TO be led
astray, because sufficient opportunities not Of
fered during the evenings to cultivate the higher qua
ties OF the mind. The people OF New York had not
been working up to their full means IN educating the
body mind and spirit OF the men who must II timd
direct the affairs OF the metropolis. New York with
its three colleges had been without telescope until
year ago, and the young New Workers studying tha
science had been compelled TO their pennies and
catch vews Of the heavenly bodies by patrouizng thu
itinerant philosophers
The New York herald., 1876-01-20
ESCAPE OF CONvICTS.

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CYCLONE AND SLIP
PING OFF IN THE DARKNESS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 10, 1876
At nine O'Clock yesterday morning, while three
guards were overseeing twenty five coored convicts at
work on the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad,
cyclone suddenly burst upon them and darkness pre-
vailed almost to blackness Of night Rain poured as
from waterspout amid lightning thunder, the crack
ing OF limbs Of falling trees and general elemental up
roar The convcts started TO run SIX escaping; two
OF the latter shot-one the head and the other
in the calves of the legs pursuit took place on the
subsistence of the. storm. The man wounded
In the legs found ten miles the way lying before
a camp fire in the dense woods Others who had
pulled on their clothing and taken the escaped
from their pursuers almost in state OF An
other attempt at recapture OF the remaining four now
surrounded "a the swamp will be made.
The other evening at dusk the same road colored
convict jumped from the train when coming in from
work. he was badly wounded by the guards but has
not since been beard Of and is supposed be dead
the woods but search has been made for the body
Bill smith. a notorious murderer and robber and
Pryor murderer, who escaped from the Penitentary
by strategem not long since, shot at Bets
town the other day They escaped across the Teunes
R-or a
The New York herald., 1876-01-20
LIBERIA.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN COL
oNIzATIoN socrETY-ExrENT OF THE WORK

FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN COL
oNIzATIoN soCmTY-ExTENT OF THE WORK
WASHINGTON Jan 10. 1876
The financial report Of tho Secretary OF the American
Colonization Society states that the for tho
past year have been $2 $50 23 The receipts during
the last twelve months have been:-From donations
$6,9 32 from legacies ST. Oh S. received for educa
ton in Libssia, $2665 25, and from other sources
s., S7S 20. The balance hand was $672 81 The dis
bursements balance the resources AGO having been
expended for the passage and support OF emgrants,
81 7oS so for education in Liberia Sl327S &C in pay
ment Of debts and interest and SO S34 07 for other
purposes. The report refers TO the safe arrival upon
the 18th Of December 1874 the shores OF Liberia OF
bark containing twentyseven emigrants from Amer
ica not one having died on the passage.
EMIGRATION.
Since the last annual report there had been sent TO
Liberia twenty y-three emigrants Tho annual expe-
dton had been despatched by the bark Liberia from
New York, January l3 1876 containing. among others,
two licensed minister's Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, who expected to enter the Liberian Annual
Conference For the last ftyGve years emigration to
Liberia had been uninterrupted Those reported
make the number colonized since the 8 no. and
total number from the beginning OF 09S exclusive OF
725 recaptured Africans whom they have induced and
in Liberia making grand total of 20 1923 persons to
whom the society had given homes in Africa Several
thousand persons at the present time earnestly
soliciting passage, and other thousands might be
colonized during the current year should means be
provided for the
The New York herald., 1876-01-20
WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Morton on Existing Hor-
ror9 in Mississippi.
DEFENCE OF Mr.. BOUTWELL'S BOOKKEEPING
Opposition to the Centennial Appropria-
ton Gathering Strength.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON Jan. t9 1876.
PROPOSED REVISION OF THE TARIFF-PRoTEc-
TON TO BE MADE INCIDENTAL.
Speaker Kerr and Mr.. Morrison are determined to
make clean work OF the tariff and members of the
Committee of Ways and Means have been engaged for
time with experts in looking over the whole GUS
toms laws and making a thorough revision of
them. They intend to present a tariff in which
at least every article shall bring revenue
into tho Treasury 1t is not intended that
the changes shall be of such radical nature
as to excite just or reasonable opposition, but the
immense number Of articles on which duties
Levied will be greatly decreased, and the tariff pro-
posed will have for its purpose to raise for the
government The protection will be incidental, as both
political parties have, in numerous platforms, de-
manded 1t should be. The statement that this scheme
OF revised tariff preparing by under the auspices
OF the New York Free Trade League is 1t is
not probable that the revision will please
the FREQ traders-indced, it is believed that
they will be opposed to many parts Of
it, Mr.. Morrison holds that radical changes
be carried but that reform and revision,
moving from the lists large number of articles which
yield no duties and seeking serve the country by
the enactment Of a simple and duty yielding tariff, is
absolutely necessary and can be carried through the
House.
1t is understood that this scheme OF revised tariff
will be fully and carefully considered in the Ways and
Means Committee and when it is brought before the
House will be with the full and energetic support Of
the leading democrats democratic measure, on
which, II the republican Senate refuses adopt it, the
party appeal to the country.
The New York herald., 1876-01-20
OUR MONITOR FLEET READY FOR sEA-woRK
ON THE DOUBLE TURRET MONITORS TO BE

OUR MONITOR FLEET READY FOR sEA-woRK
ON THE DOUBLE TURRET MONITORS TO BE
PUSHED
Additional iron-clads being put in commission by
less than fourteen well armed and efficient monitors
will be ready for sea- for any service The Nantucket
and the Wyandotte single turret monitors carrying
11nch and 15-inch gun each, already at Nor
folk and officers and been ordered to them.
The Nahan battle SCARED monitor, is almost ready
for sea Philadelphia and will join the squad
-.
ioh ~ 49, = :.a.is
Orders have been given to push work with tho
greatest vgor tho rebuilding OF the double turreted
monitors Miantonomah, celebrated for her famous
passage to Russia and around tho of Europe the
Terror and Amphtrite-aIl excellent sea boats and
quite capable OF meeting any ronclad that Spain may
send to They carry four 15-inch guns, or a
mixed battery Of 300poundcr rifles and 15-inch guns
and undoubtedly the most formidable clads in
the navy
All the monitors at Pensacola and Norfolk VIII rem.
devious at Port Royal where In conjunction with tho
wooden vessels collected from all parts Of
tho world, the Asiato squadron, they
will be drilled In squadron evoiutions by
Commodore Foxhall Parker, detailed specially
the squadron, steam launches and small boats under
the p9st skllful officers Of the navy. Tho drill will be
carried out in the most earnest with the in
tenon Of putting the squadron condition assume
the offensive In that II should be required Com
modore Parker Is of the most accomplished and ex-
by study and practice TO direct the evoutons and drill
OF the squadron