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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
FLORTD1'S TOTE.
A Re-Canvass Giving the state to T1lden By
Ninety-four Majority.

TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 2O.-Ciov. Drew having
approved the act Of tho Legislature requiring
the Board Of Canvassers 10 make n canvass of
tho electoral vote in accordance with the de-
cision OF the Supreme Court in the case of Blox-
ham agt. The Secretary of State. decided in
January. 1871 and in the case Of Drew. decided
Dec. %. 1876. the Board met yesterday in obed-
ence to the law. The canvass was then gone
into. and all the returns found TO be regular
were counted. and footed up "a i3i for the Tilden
electors. and "a $40 for the Hayes electors The
act requires the board TO make and sign a GER
tflcate giving tho whole number of votes cast
for each elector. and requires the Secretary OF
State TO cause certified copies OF such certificate
TO be transmitted to the presiding officers of the
Senate and Assembly Of the State OF Florida.
Tho quo warranto case before Judge White
reached an issue yesterday. Tho respondents
pleaded. first. that the Hayes electors received
majority OF tho votes cast; and secondly. that
the Canvnssing Board SO legally counted and
dcclarcd'an adjourned without day. and their
existence ceascd. COmplainants demurred to
the seconR plea, and the demurrer was sus-
tained by the Court A jury to try the issue
was waived, and the case Is submitted to
the Court ON the question of fact raised by the
first plea.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
WRECKED ON IN ERIE BRiNCH.
An oil Train Smashed TO splinter. ON the Ho-
boken Meadows.

A. Engineer Lewis Of Engine AS OF the
Wcchawkcn branch Of the Erie Railway reached
tho down grade on the Hobokcn meadows.
with his train OF twenty oil ears. yesterday
afternoon. he heard n grating sound. lie
thought it was owing 10 the lack Of oil on the
axlcs and paid no attention. The train was
running fast and was backing toward tho tun-
mel under Bergen Hill. Suddenly the huge To-
comotivc shook, and he saw from the lookout a
mass of cars piled one upon the other lie re-
Ner-cd the engine Immediately and did all he
could 10 save the remaining cars. For over
thirty feet the oil from the broken barrels ran
IN streams, illling up the holes in the leo made
by the shattered tmbcrs. Piled up on strips ~
wood. bolts OF iron. old huors and br0htn
st'vcs were the crushed and bent carriage OF
four ears.
On the loft Of the roadway stands the frnmc
house Of RITZ barhrr. a lahorrr. He was with his
family at dinner when the crash came. and onr
OF the cars raised from the track. fell with
crushing force against the building. The win
dows were shattered.
The work Of raising the olstructions was CON
tnued until late last night by the light of i'm
n"nSe OIL lamps on either side Of the track
IN lustrions women aud boys were scoOping up
the Oil and water.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
LOUIsLiNl's DUdL GOyERNMEyT
No Change In the Presideat's PoIicy-A De-
mand for Federal Interference.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l-The Democratic
members Of Congress from Louisiana. who.
with Col Burke. yesterday called upon the
President. and had a conversation with him
about Louisiana affairs. are satisfied with the
result of their interview. the President hav-
ing intimatcd no change in the policy re-
garding the two State Governments.
Indignation has been received here that the
Nichols Government Of Louisiana. through
Judge Houston. has enIOined the old Kellogg
State tax collectors from turning over their
moneys to the Kellogg State Auditor. Johnson
who was returned Ms elected These collectors
are now in New Orleans 10 make
their final returns from their several
parishes Gen; Augur having yesterday rein
stated the old state Librarian removed by
Nichols. II is believed by the Louisiana Repub-
leans in Washington that proper mainten-
nnce OF the statu quo will require nterpositon
10y the national authority. in the latter ciise as
well as in that Of the Librarian. The moneys
required to subsist the Charity Hospital and
public SCHOOLS and the administration Of the
State. Marshal Ptkin has just presented the
matter to the President and urged that to
mnintain the statu quo and to conserve these
public. moneys from being sduandcred. action
should be promptly taken 10y him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
BURGL1RS DISCOTERED.
An unprohtnbie saturday Nights Work
Abruptly Endcd on sunday.

When Farchild 4 Co.'s wntrhmnn visited
their gold pen manuacory at 10 William street yesicr
day afternoon. - found the office hoor covered with
burglars tools ofeycrv description, and when lac heard
inu,tcps overhead hc into the street assistance
Capt Petty and squad Of police Officers surrounded and
searched the huilns The door al n John street. winch
ad oins the prcmiscs h0i been entered with skeleton
Keys ami tho stairway hetwrcn the third AMI fourth
stories covered wilh CLOTH tlnrn from c pru sr-
Ncr mnnnnctpN ~ thc lnm STORY, =" maec t!o Woih
nui-,lcs- Ins,hlc Through brick wall twO leot
hiI hulr eighteen lnr hes IN dluH the
h0i,twuy. and another Of the same sile through
~ Mnplrn PARTITION the workshop The outer
door OF -nn ~,ord hhnl saic m TN. ioum hAd boon
dtcl trou.h AMI the bolt removed The burglars cNi
IDENTITY drOldrd IA leave TINS the ltrgcr
llririM 60 = patent. IN the niro below th.rrny max
ui grt take The prnVf iunoi over ptiln
eind gold in hr used by the Nplkmcn IN the mhnulac-
of gold pcu-, hu the Latter hpld nnins value.
when the wat lMAn ri, rrd the door tp burglars Ind
lust arranged their tnis Tor WORK ami ct them without
making scratch the Va,aIrd thIuukh
Le slinc passage by Whl,h they ,ntsTri
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
GIBBs l. LIMBERI'S MISSION.
Meeting ofthe American Temperance Union
Held 4 nder Disad,nntnges

President ]. b. Gibbs OF the American
Temperance Union opened the meeting in
Science Hall yesterday afternoon by saying that
the reading OF the Scriptures would have 10 be
omitted. because the Secretary was absent. and
he always brought the Bible in his pocket.
Science Hall is the place Of meeting of the Lib
era Club. and no Bible could be found in the
building. The lovers OF temperance present
shivered with cold. and three unplancd upright
tmbers. introduced last week to support the
weight Of snow on the roof. yet rested on huge
larksorews. The President promised that the
room should be made comfortable nnd uitrnr-
tive fOi next sunday and that the society would
Blbln of s own The RcN. Mr.. Hut 'hlngs. tho
lightning calculator. then offered a prayer.
The President complained that he had bern
misrcprcsrntrd in the newspapers What he
had SAID last Sunday wns that there were some
drinking men among those who wrote for the
newspapers lie had sand that some OF them,
not all drank too much tor their own good.
feet II Is working. An editor told mo last
week that he wished We would start temperance
meetings down town somewhere IN the neigh
burhOOd Of Printing House square"
The audience was cntrcatnd t. furnish n BIZ
blr. or any part of one, from which portion
of the Scriptures could b" read, but nobody
hnd one. Then an appeal was made ior
next meeting. Prof. NJ krnlle sang song.
accompanying himself on q novel instrument
called Il piano-hnrp. Ms P'rklns gave rcr-
tniOn very accepiahiy, Then Dr. j. L. BOyntOn
delivered an address.
Next the President introduced DR. Lambert
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
GETTING RID or THE SNOU.
A sundays Work In Upper HrondwHy The
tncovertns Of the Pnvements.

Five hundred men, with picks and shovcls
began cleaning Broadway yesterday morning.
from Fourteenth street 10 Thirty fourth. The
immense banks Of snow formed by the railroad
plOughs in Union square had been converted
into solid ice 10y Saturdays thaw succeeded by
the sharp frost Of yesterday morning. Every
stroke OF a pick broke of large chunks a single
one requiring the strength OF two men TO lift IL
into cart. The rrogtes WIS rapid. and by
noon the men had loosencd all the fee and snow
on the square and in broadway 10 Thlrty-fourih
street They then began in Fourteenth street.
and will to-day clean Twonty-ihirl street md
Fourth avenue. Several hundred horses and
carts We're employed. Mr. Brrgh WAS around
all day, examining IN" horses. H. ordered
many removed from loaded carts. on account Of
sores or lnmrne~-.
Lat On Saturday night lahorors were SGT to
work in Nassau street hy the Street Cleaning
bureau. TIE pavement was covered with ice
and mud soN"n or eight m hes in thickness.
ana th" comp . ton WIS tough and hlri 10
break. Ats \. VI the men ceased and left i'm
m"nSr pli's ~ T." between spruce street an |
Maiden hnr. Thr thoroughfare is impassahl"
for vehicles. Early this morning the Street
Cleaning Bureau viii have the ice rilrtel away
narrow streets down town. In Barclay Worth
Warren. and Lispennrd streets small gangs
slow. Around Washington market there were
niew men tickling the ice with picks. Tn, ltll-
ian residents of Crosby street made spaSmodic
attacks upon Ia" snow in front Of their dwell
inss. Just Tor practice Apparently. AMI 10 bother
the Blocker Street Railroad Company. which
they consider their natural enemy.
Al! the rallrOad companies yesterday were
clearing their tracks In Greene street the snow
thdwed on saturday and covered the rails with
water. which frozc last night and greatly imped-
"d horse car travel. The crOss-tOwn lines were
Washington square Park was sheet OF ice
yesterday. ana boys were skating On IL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
THE UNION TRUST FORGERY.
JULIUS Ki.T TER AND BiUMfN AND A
$4,000 GOLD CHECK.
Court Opened In Maxweirs BEDROOM, and
Bonds Taken by Justice Dury-Browne
Under Lock and Key In the city Prison.

julius Kelter was arrested at late hour
on Saturday Keltcr is the man who tried to
open an account Mt tho National Exchange
Bank with the 500 gold check bought Of W. r.
Hatch 4 Co. He was taken before Justice
Duffy Of the Tombs Police Court yesterday,
and. In default Of 5000 bail, wns sent to the
House OF Detention. He is wanted ns witness
against Browne. He has been living at 1.257
Third avenue. He il jew with dark beard
and eyes. and haggard look. He trembed
violently when addressed by Justice Duffy.
His story is that he obtained the ~ 500 chock
from n man named Louis Bauman. who was to
have been his partner in the glass business. He
does not know where Dauman lives. or indeed
anything about him. He has not seen him
since he returned the check after the National
Exchange refused to take his account
The police say that former partner OF Kel-
ter's named Isaacs. served a term in State
prison. Their belief is that Bauman is a myth,
and that Keltcr got the check from Browne. or
some OF Brownies associates.
Yesterday morning Mnxwcll's bondsmcn. Jno
ID. Maxwell and George j. Forrest, Commits
sioner ot Emigration, appeared at the city
heavy grist OF 1875 cases. he took carriage with
these gentlemen. drove ~ $50 West Twenty third
street. and opened court in Maxwcll's bedroom.
The bonds were signed. and the two detectives
who had been on guard since Thursday were
relieved. MAXWELL lay in the bed, his leg bound
troubled. The bonds werc'for $4,000, real estate
security: that offered by Mr.. John u. Maxwell
being the house $50 West Twenty third street,
while Mr.. Forrest offered twelve lots on Twelfth
avenue. between Eighty-fourth and Eighty
sixth streets. Justice Duffy set down the exam
ination for saturday. Jan. ~ at o'clock. Max
well > friends are confident that his innocence
will be made apparent They think. however.
that he was imprudcnt in taking so large n
check from stranger without inquiry. But
they urge that Browne is very plausible. and
that Maxwell is a victim Of misplaced confidence.
Browne did not furnish any bail yesterday.
and Is still under lock and key in the city pris-
on. His case is now in the District Attorney 5
hands. 1t il not thought he will be able TO fur
nish tho bail required. unless his brother. Of
Hemingway 4 Browne. Boston. comes to the
rescue.
The detectives think there is n regularly or
! ganized gang of fifteen or twenty in this busi-
/ ness one OF them Is an expert counteifclter.
/ Mon are now beng shadowcd who have held
rmlncntly rcspe, table positions in society and
/ in the church. II is hoped that the head centre
| OF the gang will DC captured within the next
! forty-cight hours.
The police yesterday lodged another impor-
/ ttnt witness in the House Of ID ."ntion. They
/ do not wish the name printed at present.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
TON B.iLLENTINE's BiRROOM
A Drinker who was Fatally PounJed-A Po-
lice Raid on IA Th.eye. Resort.

Oscar Taylor, negro, entered Tom Bal
lentine's barroom. at Brooine and Thompson
streets on Tuesday night last. As he stood at
the bar. drinking, all.ntine. armed with a
heavy polceman's club. stepped up 10 him and
said You're Capt NJ 'Donnell's stool pigeon
you're tho man who soll US out" Taylor re-
tortod, angry words followed anl Ballcntine
beat Taylor sensclcss with the club On Satur-
day two negro men went to the Prince street po-
lice station. supporting Taylor between them.
His head had swollen 10 an enormous size and
his eyes were closed. Dr Cook said that ori-
svpelus had attacked him, and thought hc must
die. lie WIS taken to BHllrNht Hospital.
The police sly tAat Bullnntinn's place. nl-
though licrnr'i 10y IN" Commissioners Of tx
gsr, has long been dl-grace 10 the Eighth
Ward. II wH- the r'hlri Of StNnll who cui a
mans tlrlnt in South Fiith avenue; Ike Hatch,
who Killed Phtr1lmun Byrnr- james Jackson.
VINO murd rrd woman; ana George Williams
and Bnly Henry, the murdrrrs. Almost every
night negro thiryrsura arr .-tNl th 'rr; and Bal
huinr. to protect himself amt ms Customers
had II well guarded. Yhora ARE three cntrAn 'rs
-onr IN Broom" siIc t. thai his powerful
sprns lu d., uni Two in Thompson
sir..t. guarded w hrayy iron lars that
DIZZY ordinary attempts to force an entrance.
lMll"hi D. N'sN llA Var 'mNun HllneN- sent 'rlos.
CWf NJ Donnoll or either of hlH detectives.
murphy ur ErynlllS approach. a -lpnn -
Mrsr crowd ~ m"n ana women gathered in the
pnarn Arrg', l;Hniali. Watching hi- oppor-
tunity, followed "A customer IA. gave an alarm
rap. nnd waited for nSs stance. a plmoon of pa
trOlni"n arrived, ulf pla'" VIA, aurrOuuled. and
twenty Ave persons were arrested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
THE T.fX ON BfNkS.
Action OF the Baltimore Board NJ Trade
the New York BANKERS Appeal

BALTIMORE, Jan. 2l-At meeting of the
Baltimore Board Of Trade yesterday an appeal
was read. signed 10y the President and Cashier
OF every bank in the city. calling attention TO the
action Of the New York Chamber OF Commerce
and the American Bankers Association in ref
crencc to the tax on bank capital particularly
that imposed 10y the Government. which was 50
oncrous that It's effect was To curtail the capital
committee reported RESOLUTIONS asking for
the repeal Of the tax on capital ami deposits
hut declining to advocate the removal of the tax
on circulation of national hanks asked for by
the American Bankers Association. on tho
ground that the National Ban6iug ltW admits Of
4 hhndsuin" quid pro gno for that sp"'iilr TAX.
The resolutions were unanimously ordered 10
be presented to Congress-.
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il is said That the failure Of the King "oi Of The
Lobby, Adam Boyd IA Bergen county sub
Filing in and out of Macs room, you will find
Mayor of Newark ex; s6erifr Reynolds. OF the
same place bankless banker; Judge Rankin.
who in Philadelphia ward politics. demon
straied the survival Of the llttcst, by going out
chanan. and kept onward and upward in the
ale until now he varies his irksomc legal prnc-
tee with the duties of II newspaper correspond
eN member and Clerk of the House ard cN-
eycrything known 70 Trenton Judge Sharp of
check list ia no more apocryphai; Young Win
ton OF lackensack. who has cssaycd to win his
spurs or something in the lobby; now ~, nd
tcrdon, who If grateful to Mac for that rare act
of modern friendship. a commercial endorse
mont and perhaps for other favors TO come.
But here are as many as any inluri for
cigner would care To- meet in one headquarters.
Round tho corner in the state Street House,
Ash" Green, az he Is called among his friends.
has headquarters to himself He has cnur-
teous manners. and q better spread than Mac.
ness. Ills brother Bob. who is also n New York
lawyer | believe, will be there on Monday night
as sober as the Judge. So will Banghardt, the
bill. by which the new through line to Philadel-
phia was established. and which wns an amend
nocent bill TO which Tom Scott had no objec-
tion, but which cost him heavily afterwnrd.
McMichAcI OF Burlington Will he there on Mon
day night. because he has dreamed during tho
week that that way tho ConptrOllcrship lies.
Ben Lee. too. clerk OF the Supreme Court,
thinks that he now dis cerns the fortune of the
fight to be with Green, and will take the Held 10
secure reappOintment.
But there will be little time 10 lingcr in each
headquarters before the caucus meets. The
National Hotel will be full Of Hudson county
people. and Mcpherson flavor will be recog
nzahle at the bar and In the corridors. Ask
one Of them TO show his check list after the
caucus begins-he won't show IL hefore-and It
will bc about thus: Hudson. 7; Esscx, Pas
sale. Bergen, /; Monmouth. 2: Warren. 3;
Of the Al members OF the caucus. This vote
I l.tl. Mn ha nrat hull.f ha .y,ita
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
What Might Follow should Turkey Disre-
gard the Armistice.

LONDON, Jan. 2,-Despatches from Con-
stantinople say that Gen. lgnaticif. at the meet
ing of the Conference on Saturday, nf-
ter abiding to the Efforts he had made
to avert war, declared that if tho Porto should
disregard the armsticc or take any action hos
tile to Montenegro and Scryia; or if the Chris
tinn inhabitants of Turkey should he subjected
10 any hardshps Europe would trent such pro
ccrdugs aA proVO'Ation. ana would ONn-
slider what course ought 10 be adopted. He
also hald that the European Ilenlpotentiarios
had rerriNnd petitions from tho Christians OF
Ma ndon ln,Asaly. Epirus, and Crete. II had
been Impossible 10 consider thrso pnprrs. Hs
the scope Oi the conference waS limited. but he
WIS anAin inus tp say TINT they had becn received
All the plcniput'ntaries have tu4semblcd at
the Austrian Embassy. and signed the final
prnlonol oi the Conference.
Tine Ambassadors OF the European powers
have requested audiences with the Sultan, for
the purpose of taking their lcnve Tho Sultan
VIII probably roceive them to-day
Chateau 1AgaroSse. pure, dNlpte clarts in
a, pt and eaahs Victor AAuaaT. no Headc str~
adj
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
Holding IA Wake Over n Dead Pig.

Francis Fitzsimmons, William Reilly. John
Curry. and Thomas Duneary boys were before Justice
Bxhy In the fny seventh Court yesterday Ass
their offence. Onieer Muldoon said Last evening VIM
Watts butcher at 4oi Second avenue said TO me lat
boys had Just stolen his stall pig that he had
buchered for of his best customers In the rear u
4o9 Second avenue Is what is known Dick Turpn alley
While groing my way through this dark passage heard
voices singing an air that is usually sung at Irish
wake. stepped In 20 who was dead, and, TO my
surprise the boys that Mir Watts said had toe his pfo
were In the room. In bed In corner peepind
from under the what supposed glance wn6
The subject OF the wake But the broader and
the nostrls wider apart than any human I'd eveR
seen, and 80 | thought would take second look ]
pulled down the cover, and there Mr Mattss pig"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
FRINGE AND GERMfNY.
The Erect Of the Hostile Uttcrances OF the
German Press.

LONDON, Jan. 22.-Rcutcr's despatch from
Paris says the recent hostile utterances Of the
German press have caused very serious i'm
preston there The French journals advocate
Il strict attitude Of non-intcrferen'e in regard
10 foreign affairs. They deny that any extroor-
dnnry measures Of army Organization are ON
foot
The Standards Paris despatch says the recent
killing of "a German sailor 10y some French ~ca-
men ut Smyrna Is unduly magniilcd by the Ger
man press into an international difficulty The
French Government has ordered an inquiry.
and Will give every satisfaction. The AFFAIR was
the result Of drunken brawl.
The Posts Berlin despatch says that the Jee-
ing OF resentment against France because of
her supposed hostility at the Constantinople
Conference continues undated. both in official
circles and among the general public
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS.
DASHES HERE AND THERE BIZ TBD
SUNS REPORTERS.
Distributing the Theatre Fund-Care Taken
10 Inquire Into the Condition of tho Per.
sons Aidcd-Ncnriy 200 ON the Keller I.sses

The distribution OF the Brooklyn Theatre Iere
Relief und has led to many letters Of inquiry addressed
THK svN The whole amount of money In tho hands q
the Finance Committee Is sJ2 ~. IL OF this sum ss.s
sos 2i has been expended. leaving f26OO7g7 In hama
The charity is all under the direction Of Mavor Schroeder
Daniel Chaun,cy. Thomas Carroll the Rev. A. r. Pue
nam Col william Il. Sim, and sheriff Albert Dapgc "
the 2i7 families who lost friends in the theatre rc 100
arc receiving aid In every the committee have in
quircd into the condition OF parties aided In of
persons Of moderate means where, for instance, houss
Is owned by the family the funeral expenses Of the dead
were paid, and 500 given with the understanding
that was to be an end Of the contributions As fast
the committee hnd that they relieve themselves %
the support Of family by paying gross Of small
amount, they do so The expenditures reach about 500
week The Mayor thinks that 10000 has been raised
In all throughout the country The New York managers
have not yet made return Of the money they received
1t is expected that large share this part the iund
will 20 to the families Vi Murdoch and Burroughs
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How not to he saved.

The Rev DR.. Storrs. in Brooklyn. yesterday.
spoke cloquenty of the growing disposition among cuA
tured and intelligent persons to believe that long
they abstain from the sins Of the world they win
be cared for by God Ills infinite goodness the close
OF their lives The reasoning he coniendcd fallar
cous and dangerous II contrary 10 the cNpcfc nee
OF mis- world which showed that all munhco nj aud de.
hZ ul results obtained uulN hN strong, cOntnuOu1
edra,or Had been Guds plan To save the world by
any such means he would not have employed the plAq
" redemption IN the death OF Christ The hchct uAe
lie meant We should idly pass through lite without striv.
ls To ~ tram our hearts and souls IN the image Of devo
unn, love. aud purity l. To convict tod ui unwi~dOi
The theory conadics the very essence vi the dOctrno
U lkltla
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
JudIcInI Pralsc of Mrs. MIggIna.

Mrs. Nellie Higgins WAS arrested on Saturday
msht ny Oiccr Phandcr Weeks Tor refusing TO oawap
from the entrance OF dance house at Broadway ana
Thirty ninth street She had repeatedly tried to entee
but had hceu rut by the prnpri, Yesterday she
told Justice Murray that her huhand was IN the dance
hOu~c when she went there and that she had dcteH
mined not to 20 away until she had got him out ~
am very sorry said the Justice. ." that you were
arrested admire pluck. aud your patience, toaI
You ought ~ have gone Tor linn with a club.N