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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15
THE VAN HOUTEN SUICIDE.

The inquest in the case of James H. Van
Houten, Of No. so Bank-sL, Newark, who died from
stryohnine Tuesday night continued yesterday
william F. Pine Past Grand Master OF Masons Of New
Jersey testified that did not think Van Houten was
responsible for his acts John Ely testified that he had
compared the anonymous letters written to Van houten
with letters written by the dead man. he believed that
all were written by Van Houten After further testimony
tbe cose was adjourned until to-day large number OF
witnesses are yet examined and the Inquest proba
hlv will not be concluded for several days Dr. COvel
stated Yesterday that Van Houten had been in the habit
OF taking stryohnne for heart disease.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MURDERED BY A LUNATIc.
AN INSANE MAN KILLS HIS BRoTHER-IN-LAw IN
sAYVIIJR. T., l.

DA~N~~--'
sAYYILLR, T.. !.
John Atkinson, farmer residing at say
yile Suffolk County, who February has oeen al
aicted with mania that be Turk and conunuahy
fancied that he was fighting the Russians on sunday
evening last stabbed is brother-n-law, John Gorooh,
with jack-knfe, INJECTING wounds from which ne died
on wednesday night Atkinson was more Yio-
lent than usual on Sunday, and walked through
the streets OF the village with large knhe
seoreed I'm his coat sleeve. During the afternoon ne
called AT the residence OF Arthur Kelley evldenty IN
lending 10 kill him, but the knife fell from AtkhsOn
coat sleeve and Mr. Kelley ordered nm on
the premises. Nearly every one whom he met
no told that there would be- bloodshed before morning
INIT no attempt was made TO place him In connnemen|
After taking his supper no went to GOrd0ns house.
Gordon was sitting the front room In the DARK. as
soon as Atkinson entered the house, he began 10 tk
loudIV md dispute with Gordon who, anticipating
trouble made attempt TO reach chair Win Wnlen 20
defend himself he reached for the cnalr, Atkhspn
stabbed the back, the knife blade penetrating tne
left la z. Atkinson then seized an ak when st0Om III
the corner OF the hall and made his escape Ome eI
Wells soon after with the aid OF some Citizens aresteu
him at his residence and on Monday no was taken 70
Yaphank to await the action or the authOrIues.
Gordon who was only thirty five years OF age, leaves
wife and two small children His funeral tOok place
Yesterday. Atkinson is q Scotohman about nIy-t,wo
years of age and has resided at SayVie ABOUT I"eNe
years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15
SALE OF -FOUR PER CENTS CHECKED.

The sale of per cent bonds, it is reported,
was checked yesterday by the passage of the bill by the
Senate making legaender notes receivable for per
cent bonds at once, and on and after October
for customs duties. leading banker said yester-
day: "The passage OF this bill by the Senate has
sensbly affected the price OF god-and its final passage
would entirely cut of the buying demand for gold to
paw the per cent bonds aud would naturally bring
The fours down 70 par and interest In currency"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15
RANKFRs sEFKING RECREATION

Several New-York bankers will go to Phila-
d. C. knight and Charles d. Freeman presidents Of the
Delaware and Bound Brook and Camden and Atlantic
Railroad Companies. Tue party will be composed Of
the Bankers Committee at the Centennial Exposition,
comprising b. b. sherman, George Coe. W. A. Hall,
O. N. Jordan, George f. Baker and Charles M. Fry. Of
this city: l.. c. Knight, George Philler and h. b.
Comegys OF Philadelphia; Enoch Pratt and ]. Saurln
Norris, OF Baltimore, and o. l.. Baldwin, OF Newark.
There Will be dinner and drive on Sunday at Atlantic
city, and the bankers will return home on Monday IL
is proposed have Of this committee every
year until the next centennial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15
A MEETING WITH JOHN BONNER.

TO the EDITOR OF The Tribune.
SIR: Having noticed your article in this
mornings paper in respect TO my meeting John Bonner
IN Kansas City, will state that met Mr. Bonner 10
Kansas City some three months ago. He used TO DC IN
WaI-sf and told me he owed a large sum OF money
there also that he should back again as soon as ne
could raise sufficient TO satisfy MS creditors
was aware that t was John Bonner not having seen
him In long time and only learned that fact on my re-
turn 20 NewYork Mr. Bonner SAID notnhg 10 me As W
the eause OF his failure. Yours respectfully,
Nelc- York, June IL, 1873 n NJ IufILE'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15
PROFESSOR GEORGE W. KELLY.

VAUDEVILLE, Me-, June 13.--Professor George
w. Keey, LID, formerly Professor OF Mathematics at
Colby University aud lately connected with the United
States Coast Survey, died suddenly to-day aged seventy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15
Secured.


Calvin Stevens Powder Stevens and John w. Stevens
lumber dealers at the foot OF West Fortyeghthst have
been adudicated bankupts and the case has been re-
fcrred 10 Register Fcn. The liabilities amount TO
$4,000 OF which S33, 800 Is secured The assets are
merely nominal The principal secured creditors are
the Franklin Savings Bank, $4,000, aud T. j. CMisy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15

A drawing-master IN Edinburgh, who had
been worrying O pupil with cOntemptuous remarks
about his deficiency OF skill in the use OF the pencil
ended by sayngi IL you were TO draw me, for exam
pie tell me VIII az part you would draw first The pupil
with significant meaning In his looked mp In his
masters face, and quietly said, Your neck sir"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15
AN INSURANCE AGREEMENT BROKEN.

Inland insurance men state that the pool
recently formed among few OF the marine
insurance companies has already been broken by
the Etna and Phunix companies OF Hartford,
aud tho National Company OF lAliwaukee. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15

fixed rate OF 40 cents on steam vessels and SO cent.
on sail vessels between Chicago and Buffalo II 81 ma
not maintaned and insurance is being taken al "
cents and under
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-15

uraby poorer his venerable and exalted presence
more adorns and crowns our assembhes but
unsanetmonous saint TO ts calendar The patIlafen Oh
American literature is dead The faithful CHRISTIAN
no more
"Thou'rt gone. the abyss Of -.
Hath swallowed up my form yet on, on ny very n'Ai'
And shall not soon depart"
When the address was ended Dr. Bellows gave out the
hymn-one II Mr.. Bryanfs own composition" Blessed
are they that Mourn" Pastor and congre-
CATION then united in rectIng the LORDS
Prayer after which the benediotion was pronounced.
Beethovens funeral march played the congrega-
ton went out A large number of those present passed
around by the coffin expectation OF seeing the race
OF Mr. Bryant but the coffin remained closed and great
disappointment was expressed by many
The relatives aud the intimate friends who bore eards
OF invitation proceeded at once in carriages to Long
Island CITY, where a special train was in waiting TO
carry the funeral party to Roslyn. Shortly before
o'clock the coffin was borne down the main aisle OF the
church and was taken away in the hearse IL was
attended to the ferry by only one carriage
THE BURIAL AT ROSLYN.
Tho special train left Hunters Point by the Long
Island Railroad at half-past o'clock. The funeral
Marty was small and hardly filed the two passenger
cars provided There were, OF the family OF
Mr.. Bryant. Miss Julia Bryant Arthur Bryant
John Bryant, Bryant Goodwin, Harold Goodwin
Miss Minna Goodwin, Miss Nora Goodwin, Miss Fanny
Goodwin Captain Cullen Bryant aud Miss Annie D. Falr
child. Among the accompanying friends were Chlei-
Justice DAILY Ex-Governor Tlden, Cyrus W. Field Judge
Rowland the Rev. DR. OsgOod, Charles Butler Charles
F. Mclean ]. H. Pat James A. Graham ex7secre'ary Oh
State Iobn BigeIov s. T.. NJ. Barlow Isaac Henderson,
Isaac Henderson, jr i. X. GODDARD ana henry Di'ni
There was also number OF ladies'
The Rosyn Cemetery hes east OF the village about
mile and half mile south Of the Bryant country house
IL is on the western slope OF rambling HIM. and Is in
of handsome trees and shrubs. The paths and drives
show care that country gravoyards do not often get
The Bryant lot lies near the railroad ana
may be seen from the passing train IL
II surrounded by hedge OF evergreen. Within tho in
closure are some fine but not large beech oak and maple
trees There Is mucn shrubbery too for the lot Is large
Near the western side rises the Bryant monumental
tall unpublished gray granite obesk 1t bears only one
inscription, follows:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21
The ToddYgraph.

"Officer Warlow, bring UP Moses
in the bulrushes," said His Honor.
The officer brought up seed-cucum-
bery-looking individual, and placed
him at the railing. ra.l
1.-The officer found you last night"
said the Judge, Lying in the bulrushes
round the Union Square fountain, dead
drunk. What have you to sayp''
"Well, Judge, I'll tell you how it
was" said the prisoner; I'm an in
ventor."
"Of whatP'' asked His Honor. ss
"Of the teddygraph." eT a~
whats that ....-.,-t
"Why, you wind cylinder with tin
foil,n said the prisoner, land drop in
to liquor saloon and take drink.
You have the cylinder under your coat,
and when the barkeeper amt looking
you breathe on the tinfoil; when you
get out and turn crank and repeat
the drink as often as you please"
"A very dangerous invention" said
His Honor. H-. sat77Hq
"By no means" said the prisoner,
I" for it ruins the landlords business,
One drink will last a week"
YES" said His Honor, "but it kills
the imbiber."
But if there are no landlords there
would be no imbibers," said the pris-
Oner.
"That may be so; but what has all
this to do with you being found drunk
in the public parkp'
"rll tell you. Last night / was test
ing new machine, and l think-I
won't be positive-but think l turned
the crank just once to often"
"Very well," said His Honor, II
will send you up for ten days. As you
tarry in classic Blackwell l advise you
to turn your inventive genius to some
thing more useful. Invent dinner
graph, for instance, so that poor man
can repeat a square meal often. Mill
ions yet unborn will bless you, and
your name will go down to posterity
along with Peter Cooper and Florence
Nightingale. IN Y. Graphic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21
POLITICAL.

In letter to the Chairman of the Demo-
| cratic Committee of his district, Alex. II
Stephens announces his intention to stand for
reelection whether the Democrats renom-
mate him or not.
The North Carolina Democratic Convention
on the 18th nominated w. N. II. Smith for
| Chief-Justice and s. A. Ashe and J. H. billiard
Associate-Justices.
| The Michigan Republican Convention was
held at Detroit on the 18th. Ex-secretarv
Chandler presided. G. L. Croswell was nomi-
mated for Governor; Lieutenant Governor,
Alonzo Sessions; Secretary of State, William
Jenny Sr.; Treasurer, Gen. D. B. Pritchard: /:
Auditor, w. |. Latimer. Ex-Secretary Chand-
Ter was made Chairman of the State Central
Committee by acclamation. A platform was
adopted cOngratulating the people on the un-
mistakable evidence that the business interests
OF the country are recovering from the long
depression and on the certainty that this re-
covery is made enduring by the resumption of
specie payments; denouncing reputation; de-
manding currency that will command respect,
recognition and its full value in every market
in the world; denouncing the sentiments en-
bodied and proclaimed by the National Green
back party and the Socialist Communists de-
claring the question of the election of HAYES
and Wheeler was finally settled by the last
Congress; that any attempt to reopen it is
fraught with danger, and the Republican
party will maintain with infexible firmness
their right to exercise the functions of their
respective offices until terminated in con-
stitutional manner.
DR.. d. B. Sturgeon, of Toledo, Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the National par
ty, in an interview represents the prospects
of that party as most flattering. He says it
will put ticket in the field in Maine this year
and expects to elect it. The party is the best
organized in Indiana and Michigan, and is
strong in Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
He thinks the National party will draw its
strength about equally from the Republicans
and Democrats, and says the ballot only will
be resorted to, and all will be counseled to be
patient.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The German Emperor is rapidly recovering
| from his wounds. The forty-ninth anniver-
sary of his marriage was celebrated on the
| llth. Arrests for REASONABLE utterances
among the classes infected with Socialism are
| frequent.
MacGahan, the special correspondent of the
London Daily Ne'Os, died of spotted fever at
| Constantinople on the 9th.
The Orangemen of Montreal have resolved
to celebrate the 18th of July by a procession to
church.
There are $1,000 Russian troops sick with
typhoid fever and similar diseases in the
neighborhood of Constantinople.
A mob of strikers at Quebec were fred on
by artillery and charged bycavalry at the same
time, on the 18th, one of the mob being killed
and large number injured.
Ex-King George, of Hanover, died on the
18th.
The Belgian Ministry resigned on the 18th
in consequence of the success of the Liberals
in the late election, and Hubert Freeve was
intrusted with the formation or new Cabinet
On the 14th the Spanish troops made tri-
umphal entry into Havana amid unbounded
enthusiasm.
The Russians will not permit the refugees
encamped around Varna and Shumla to return
to their homes unless the fortresses are sur
rendered.
The Quebec strikers have gone to work.
The Mexican revolutionary parties are re-
ported broken up, Seventeen revolutionists
were killed in the fight on the 9th, wounded
and 23 taken prisoners; the Government lost
l man killed and wounded.
The mobilization of Austrian troops is as
suming larger proportions.
The Liberian emigrants from Charleston, s..
c., arrived at Sierra Leone, May 10. Great suf-
fering was experienced on the voyage, water
having become short. Ship fever broke out
and twenty-three emigrants died.
OF seyenty-fye meetings of operatives in
the Blackburn (England) region, fifty resolved
TO go to work at the reduction.
One hundred and thirty Socialists were ar
rested on the night OF the 18th at a beer gar
den near Berlin.
Hon. E. w. Stoughton, American Minister
to Russia, writes to the London press repudi-
ating all completely in the proceedings which
form the subject Of the investigation of the
Potter committee.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21

Railroad men pronounce the report of an
intended railroad strike sensational and un
founded.
Baseball on the 18th: Milwaukee 9, Chicago
0; Boston /, indianapolis 0. r..
On the 14th Noah Cherry, Harris Atkinson
and Robert Thompson, convicted murderers
OF the Worley family, hung at Goldsboro
N. G. They proclaimed their innocence to the
| last.
! The National Executive Committee of the
sociallstic Labor party has issued circular
to all sections and members thereof, request.
ing all party members to Withdraw from mill
tary organizations, and urging all sections to
require that no arms Re carried in professions.
Settlers on the eastern border of Oregon
have appealed to the President for arms and
ammunition.
Baseball on the 15th-Chicago - Milwau-
kee q Cincinnati II, Providence 3; Boston Z,
Indianapolis 4.
j. A. Abbott, the Adams Express agent at
Golconda, ILL.,, was awakened by four men
early on the morning of the 18th, who said
they wanted something from his store. He
accompanied them there, and on entering
they robbed him Of about $40 he had on his
person. Then three of them forced him into
boat and taking him some distance down
stream they threw him into the river. He
fortunately reached the shore.
Latest advices from the Idaho Indian
troubles state that the hostiIes are concen-
trating in STEMS Mountain, and Gen Howard
is moving in that direction.
Some unknown person attempted to kill
the family Of D. H. Bailey, Nashville mer-
chant, with poison on the 18th. The dose
was too heavy and acted as an emetic and all
were saved.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21
THE EAST,

| Dennis Donnelly, the Schuylkill Count,
| (Pa.) Mollie Mcguire, was hanged on the It'll
at Pottsville, Pa, for the murder of Mine
Boss Sanger in 1875. Donnelly struggled hor
ribly as the drop fell, and slowly strangled tC
death.
| The failure of the Greenwich On. VI Ma
tional Bank is reported. A telegram from
that place alleges that the bank was run by
ring; that great rascality has been practiceG
by the officers, and that the entire capital OF
| 100000 has been wiped out.
Baseball on the 11th: Boston 3; Indianap
oils 0.
The Presidential party arrived at West Point
on the 10Th. Gems. Sherman and Sheridan
were also in attendance. The drills were wit.
messed by the visitors. The annual hop
was attended by the President and Mrs. Hayes
Gen. Sherman and daughter and others of the
party.
William Cullen Bryant died at New York on
the 18th, aged eighty-three years and seven
months.
The Supreme Grand Orange Lodge of the
United States at its annual session at New
York on the 18th elected Robert Burns, OF
Pennsylvania, Supreme Grand Master, and
John Doherty, of Pennsylvania, Treasurer.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has declared a quarterly dividend of i per
cent.
The boiler of VOLTS saw-mill at Buffalo ex-
ploded on the 18th killing Wolf, his son, and
an unknown man, and wounding several other
persons.
A. B. Stockwell, formerly President of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, is a bank
rupt, with liabilities of over $1,000, 900.
The President, Gems. Sherman, Sheridan
and Schofeld Secretary McCrary and Attv.-
Gen. Devens attended the graduating exer-
cises of the first class of cadets at West Point
on the 18th. Speeches were made by the
President, Devens and Sheridan.
Baseball on the 14th-Cincinnati 4, Provi-
dence 3.
There was a large attendance of distin-
guished citizens at the funeral services over
the remains of William Cullen Bryant at New
York on the 4th. Mr.. Bryant's body was
taken to Roslyn, l. l., and laid by the side of
his wife. 1t is proposed to erect a statue of
Mr.. Bryant in Central Park, to be placed near
that of Mazzini. the unveiling of which was
the indirect cause of Mr.. Bryant's death.
Thomas Blake and Henry Supple were killed
and two other men dangerously injured by the
parting of the tackling used in raising the
cables of the Brooklyn-New York bridge, on
the 14th.
Thomas the eldest son Of Gen. Sherman
has sailed for England to become a Jesuit
priest.
The circular of C. c. Gorham, Secretary of
the Republican Congressional Committee in
Washington, calling for contributions for po.
litical purposes and expressing the hope that
each clerk would contribute not less than $40,
has excited much indignation among the
clerks of the Sub-Treasury in New York.
Minister NOyes arrived at New York on the
18th.
The pork-slaughtering and curing establish
ment of North II Co., at Somerville, Mass,
was burned on the 10th. Loss about $3.50, 900.
The 103d anniversary Of the battle of Bun
ker Hill was celebrated at Boston on the 18th
as general holiday.
The Buffalo grain shovelers went on a strike
on the 18th.
Baseball on the 17th-Boston 4, Cincin-
natl ?.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21

The Senate on the 18th passed the bill in
creasing the pension Of Gen. Shields to s1OC
per month.
The Senate has confirmed Albert II. Leon
ard as U. s. District-Attorney for Louisiana
The Conference Committees report on the
Army Appropriation bill, as finally agreed
upon, leaves the army at $4,000 men. The
section transferring the Indian Bureau to the
War Department is stricken out. The organ.
ization Of the army will remain for the pres.
ent as 1t Is, but a commission is to be appoint.
ed TO consider and report on this subject to
Congress. The clause relating to the use OF
the army as posse comddtus was amended by
omitting the words Except when specially
authorized by law"
The Agricultural Bureaus estimate of this
years wheat crop is 400. 600 bushels.
Washington dispatch Of the 10th said the
President had informed the members of the
Cabinet, with regard to the matter of contri-
buttons to campaign funds and assessments
for political purposes, that he desires the let
ter addressed to one Of his clerks by Schurz
upon that subject to be considered as embody-
ing his own opinions and the rule governing
the Administrator la its different branches
This letter informed the clerk, who had ad-
dressed Secretary Schurz, that he was as free
to spend his spare money in any legitimate
way he pleased as any other citizen, and as his
political principles or public spirit might sug-
gest.
National Bank currency outstanding on the
18th; Currency notes 1922, ,632, 459, gold notes
$1,432, 100.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue tele-
graphed the Collector at Montgomery, Ala,
on the 18th, authorizing him to employ six.
teen men for fifteen days for the purpose of
arresting Illicit distillers who have refuge at
Edwardsville, Cleburne County. The Com
missioner says: " The lenieney extended was
with the expectation that violations of the
law would cease. now desire that the law
shall take its course against all Offenders
The House Committee on Naval Affairs on
the 18th concluded the investigation of the
late administration of the Naval Department,
and adopted resolutions directing that the
acts and conduct Of Secretary Robson and
Hanscomb, late Chief Of the Bureau of Steam
Engineering, construction and repair, and
provisions, and clothing, in the sale and dis
position of public property, in their method
OF making contracts, and in involving the
Government in Indebtedness over appropria-
tions made by Congress for the support of
the navy, deserves the severest censure and
and that in addition said par
ties, as well as all others aiding and abetting,
should be punished to the extent of the law.
The committee, in presenting the resolutions,
state that the evidence obtained Is for the
most part taken from the official reports and
records of the department submitted to the
House
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21
WEST AND SOUrH.

Mrs Coon's residence at Cairo, ILL.,, was
burned on the night of the 10th. Mrs. Annie
Good, whose residence adjoiHed the burning
building, died from excessive fright while the
fire was in progress.
The 100000 prize in the Louisiana State
Lottery was drawn by ticket No. 81, ,079; the
$4,000 prize by S3,5S5-both sold in New Or
leans
Baseball ON the 12th-Chicago l, Milwaukee
O-ten innings.
Gen. b. l.. Bonneville, the Oldest officer on
the retired list in the U. s. Army, died at Fort
Smith, Ark, on the 18th. He was eighty-fve
years old. Washington Irving made his name
famous many years ago,
A Winnemucca telegram Of the 18th says the
up stage from Summit was captured by In
dams on the 18th and the driver killed. Dis
patches received at military headquarters at
San Francisco confirm the reports concerning
the Indian depredations in Idaho, Utah and
Nevada. The uprising is considered almost
universal among the Bannocks, and it is be
lieyed all the military of the Pacific slope will
be required TO subdue the sayages.
Gen. Howard was at Silver City, Idaho, on
the 18th. A Bannock spy captured that day
was turned over TO Howard. Up TO that time
ten whites had been killed by the Indians
Howard will mass his troops on the Winnie
mucca road and take the field himself.