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The New York herald., 1879-07-14
THE MAENNERCHOR'S DEPARTURE.

The passengers room of the New York Central
Railroad at the Forty second street depot on
yesterday evening the scene of a queer muster,
farers unacauainted with what was afoot. Some
times singly, sometimes in pairs. and again in
groups, there strolled inside number of
burly and much bewhiskered persons. clad
uniformly in busters of strange shape and
ample dimensions and in round white hats, with
rims of unusual girth and spaciousness. These in
truders generally carried satchels and they invari-
ably saluted another with heartiness that be-
spoke the warnest good fellowship. There was
among them occasional fair one, clad in cambric
and silk. Onlookers were puzzled about the Free
masonry displayed amazed at the busters.
feminine attire and deeply impressed by the
numbers in which the corners assembled
The gathering that of the Beethoven Maenner-
chor, which fitting northward. The society
has long been solicited by kindred organizations
throughout the central and northern parts of the
State to pay them visit, and this believed to be
time most auspicious for the purpose. The first
pcin. they stop at il Rochester. There is q
brates the twenty fifth anniversary OF its or
ganization. At its solicitation the New Workers.
have hastened their departure and. to take part
in the observances OF the occasion. After singing
given by the society. They stay a second day III the
place and then 60 Buffalo, where they give another
musical tertalnment and to be received by the
local singing brethren. and then they proceed
TO Niagara Falls, and there repeat the programme.
The Beethoven Meannerchor OF New York is COM
posed of two hundred members. Fully one
hundred and seventyfive left by yesterdays train.
Over half dozen special cars had been chartered
were settled in them. Then csrne q cloud of nc :
Quaintances to bid them u goodby.
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BROOKLYN'S "L" ROAD.

DIscoNTEST AMONG THE woRKMEN AND FEARS
OF vIcLENcE--THE FORCE TO BE PAID OFF
TO-DAY AND DISCHARGED.
Mr.. Bruff. president of the Brooklyn al" road
went from the House last night to the head.
quarters Of the road Reid avenue with tho
money to pay all the laborers the past weeks s wages
tomorrow morning. He was accompanied by well
armed policemen and fully equipped to
tack. He had spent the day in the hotel as
sisted by the clerks of the company in making out
and arranging the accounts and it was almost dark
before these were completed. Some of the men en-
pioyed as laborers on the works wanted to be paid
on last night but others made trouble as they had
done the previous week, demanding double
the pay the management was willing to give
them. Mr.. DruG seeing that a serious dis
turbance threatened refused to pay
any of them. and dismissed the crowd until Mon
day morning. To meet the emergency, he went over
last night. carrying with him the funds and under
protection against any "frebrands" that may be
among the men. For more than week past rurnors
have been doating around in Brooklyn that
emissaries from the Kings County company
had succeeded in getting large gathering of
their friends engaged on Mr.. Bruff's road, for tie
purpose of interfering with the men regularly
ployei there and dcmoralizng them much
possible. The first instruction given these disturb
ers, IL said. to prejudice them against
the BruG road and point out to them the
easiest method of getting all the other
into the feeling. some OF
these rumors went farther, and declared
that the enssaries from the Kings County company
had been instructed perform their work in such
manner to permanently injurc the road and rem
der the structure unsafe. The plot was diabolica
one, and il determined 10 slit IT to the core.
At trst faith was put in tho scandalous
reports that were 1ying around but when the
men went 10 bc paid last Saturday week, and the
managers noticed the efforts made by few men TO
get ali the laborers into trouble with the road, 10
was determined TO hire detectives to examine the
whole subject. This done, and IL learned
~ wiiic NJ injury done 70 thc rail wrv scrious
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CITY NEWS ITEMS.

Eleven COWS and one horse captured by the
police of the Thrty-seco precinct Saturday
night and driven to the pound.
The police last night arrested liquor dealer In
the Twenty-eighth precinct, two in the Tenth and
three in the Sixteenth. for violating the Sunday law
The.man who found dead in Reservoir square
on Friday night has been identified as James Ker.
nan. aged sixty-nine years. gardener. Of No. 32l
East Forty-eighth street. Deputy Coroner Mac
Winnie made autopsy and found that he died
from asthenia.
Mrs. Annie O'Rourke. of Thirty-ninth street and
Second avenue. jumped into the East River. at the
foot of Thirty street. last night with suici
dal intent. but rescued by three young men
despite most desperate resistance her part. She
was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she acted
irrationally that she pronounced insane by the
physicians.
William Macon, said to have been recently re-
leased from Sing Sing was last night q prisoner in
the Twenty y-secOnd precinct station house charged
with entering thel stable of Hugh McEntee OF
No. sos West Forty-second street. and stealing
a horse and wagon. valued at S225. Shortly after
the theft McEntee met Macon and accused him of
it, whereupon Macon knocked him down with a
club and was subsequently arrested by Officer
Cottrell.
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SUBURBAN NOTES.

Permits for the erection of twenty eight new
buildings were granted during last week by Brook
lyn's Building Bureau.
The body of nude youth. about nineteen years OF
age found floating in the bay. at the foot OF
Elizabeth street. Bl ookiyn yesterday.
The Citizens Law and Order League Of Brooklyn
have succeeded. through their chief agent, Captain
Oliver Cotter in abolishng 1888 places for the sale
of liquor in that city.
John Grath five years of age Of No. 199 Conover
street Brooklyn, was drowned yesterday by falling
overheard from a lighter at the foot of Sedgwick
street, that city, The body was recovered.
An investigation OF the books of Henry Bente. the
clerk of the Lighthouse Department who was m
ployed at Tompkinsville. shows that the amount
alleged to have been misappropriated by him is
much smaller than al first anticipated.
A petition is in circulation requesting the Gov
ernor to pardon ex-Coroner James Dempsey, of
Castleton Staten Island who was recently convicted
perjury in the Richmond County Court of Ses-
sions and sentenced to one year in the State Prison.
An unknown man. about twenty-eignt years Of
age dropped dead last evening in the saloon Of
James O'Connor No. 525 Fifteenth street, Brooklyn
He had dark hair and mustache and was dressed in
q dark coat and vest and striped psntaloons. The
Coroner was notified.
The COW stable in the rear Of No. 149 Throop ave-
nue., Brooklyn was destroyed by fire last night and
the premises in 'front.' and also Nos. PIG and 218 Hop
kns street were more or less damaged. 1t was after
midnight before the fire was under control. The
total loss is about $4,000, insured.
The Newark telegraph war, which broke out on
Saturday continues. but active hostilities have
ceased. The telegraph men threatened to put up
the poles as fast as the city authorities cut them
down but thought prudence the better Part Of valor
and desisted. Last night detail OF police stood
ready to prevent any further erection Of poles.
Margaretta Stratton. of No. "a Bushwick avenue.
Brooklyn has brought suit against Joseph Krebs
saloon keeper the corner OF Old Bushwick and
Johnson avenues that city, to recover $4,000 under
the Civil Damage act for the utter ruin of her bus
she says become a confirmed drunkard and burden
upon herself and seven children.
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FOOT RACE ON THE 81" ROAD.

People living along the line of the Ninth avenue
''L road were treated to amusing spectacle last
evening. Officer Nugent. it seems. pacing the
sidewalk in the vicinity of Fifty-frst street
when sound OF footsteps overhead caused
him to exchange his measured tread for a
double quick IN the direction of the staircase
leading to the station at the Clearing three
steps at every bound he reached the platform
and discovered the sound which had aroused hir, to
proceed from the shoe leather OF gang
of small boys who had invaded the sta
ton. presumably to secure the contents OF
the safe. Singing out the leader of the
party, the officer made dash to him, but the
lad ducked and evaded the official grasp. Then
springing to the track below he started off down
the ties as if locomotive were in his wake. two
hundred yards dash followed. with two entries. the
youthful depredator having start OF ten SECONDS.
But the blood of the Nugents boiled in the
blue coats veins, and with stretched nostris aud
grinding teeth he ricochetted along the railroad
track like shot from 300-pounder. He had
gone only three blocks when his right hand
grasped the flying boy and stretched him hors de
combat The homestretch was made at different
pace, and IL was meek-lookng lad indeed who gave
the name Of James Holmes in the Twenty-second
precinct station house just ten minutes Later in
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A BRIDEGROOM IN JAIL.

Lawrence Schuester. youth OF eighteen and a
bridegroom of five weeks. is confined in the Essex
County JAIL Newark. N. j.. charged with perjury in
connection with his marriage. 1t appears that on
Pangster Monday schuester. in company with q
maiden of about twenty-four years named Lizzie
Kessler went tho residence of the Rev. Mr. Kern.
OF the Blum Street German Methodist Church. to be
married. The pastor objected to perform the cere-
mony, stating his belief that Schuester not
twenty-one years old. The youth swore that he
The couple went housekeeping. and last week took
up their new residence in Prince street. Now Mrs.
Schuester's stepfather. Frederick Fell, comes for
ward and charges that the young husband is only
eighteen. The will be tried to-day at the Special
Sessions before Judge McCarter.
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RUSSIAN GOSSIP.

ATTEMPT MADE BY NIHILIsTs TO SECURE SOLO,
vIEFF's BoDY-CURIoUs FACTs-LoYALTY
THE WHILE CzAR IN TURKEsTAN.
ST. PETERSBURG June %. 1879.
Immediately after the execution of Solovief the
body taken by soldiers to be inferred one of
the many islands the opposite side of st. Peters
burg proper formed by the Neva aud its branches
as it debouches into the Gulf of Finland. The island
in question is called Goodai is mostly covered with
water in the spring and autumn, and, of course. is
fozen in winter and in is partly covered
with water The crowd who folow ed the soldiers with
the body not allowed to 60 to the islana but
they looked on from the adjacent sites. A pit was
dug, If the corpse to be inferred in that
place. The body was. however. not placed in it, but
covertly removed to another pit that had been
previously prepared In this the body was placed
and the ground covered up neatly that an
officer who was present could scarcely identify the
exact place of interment.
ATTEMPTING TAKE THE BODY.
In the afternoon OF the same day four young men
went over to the island in a boat, landed found the
spot where the body had been buried disnterrcd IL
and proceeded to take it toward their boat. They
were. however. noticed by the forema OF
some laborers who were working not far
men carrying might be the corpse of the per-
son who had been executed that morning, started in
pursuit. Ine young men tnereupOn dropped the
body to make their escape. The workmen, not
knowing at first whether to secure the body the
young men. thought it would be easier to the
dead body than the active young men, and accord
ingly did 20. What to do with the corpse the
next question: They decided to take IL to the
police station. four to Ave versts distant. The
proper authorities were then comm muncated with
and the corpse taken back to be reinterred. A
watchmau has since then been stationed there night
and day the grave. None Of the young men
have been discovered The above is told by ono OF
the Ministers of state.
LOYALTY TO THE cZAT IN TURKEsTAN.
The Goios of June IL relates the following incident
that occurred in the province of Kuldja ton the bor
ders of TurkestaD) as proof OF the loyalty aud de-
votion OF the native inhabitants in Turkestan:-
When the news was received there Of the dastardly
attempt the life Of the Emperor q religious
vice held which was largely attended by the
native Dungans and Taranchi At the conclusion of
the service some Of the chief natives questioned
Colonel Wartmann, the Russian commander at
Kuldja in reference to the attempt and he related to
them the particulars he had received by telegram.
Then said the potablcs why docs the white Czar
live in st. Petersburg IL there are such bad people
there? Let him come TO us. We Will not allow him
to be insultcd, and are all ready to sacrifice our
lives Tor him.
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MARITIME MISCELLANY.

Pursers Weld and Gale, Of the steamers Niagara and
Gamma respectively have thanks for repeated avors
BRIG DAuPmIN uIayl, Rex. from New York for Port
Prince. with general cargo, while passing Bermuda
tho night Of July struck the rcofs of the West
but gotten of In few hours with assistance from
the and put into ST. Georges As the vessel
making water the captain deemed II heat 20
bottom examined by yer before proceeding his yoy
age who reported the vessel chaicd the p
shoeing gone She has been taken tho slip
cargo board and two panks port bgc badly
chafed and In place nearly through She repair
ing on the 10TH aud would proceed In day or two.
srKAxrua T AcKrRxAs, Luckenbsck sailed from Ber.
muda July for Now York aud on that evening she
found 10 be making water which increased notwhstan
ing the pumps kept going She was headed back Tor
Bermuda and hndtng that IL was up to tho fires and
s,ili increasing Capt laekenoack seeing no chance
crew. about Pm. 70 miles from Bermuda., The
down short time after she abandoned The
after wearisome passage with rough sea reached
ST GEORGES In their boat abon IL O'Clock Sunday
nu in exhausted condition Heavy were espe-
renccd by the tug after leaving Bermuda, aud owing
the pitching and rolling is supposed that the topsdcs
were worked opcn causing the leak
SMACK EASTERN STAR C3ls1 TONS of Grronpor allock.
while bound up Long Island Suund night OF stb with u
cargo Holsters for New York nv large
steamer wich sunk her In three minutes Grew taken
the and carried to New York saving only what
they stood In.
NEWPORT, July 1l--Fishng steamer Jemma Boomer Of
this port, colided with schr Hedges IN coming int
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pains were being taken to get the workmen into q
dispute with the directors.
AN AFFIDAVIT.
1t has been the custom with Mr.. Bruf to appoint
men recommended by ticket from members of the
Board of Aldermen: The regular wages paid these
81 % day and they appeared contented
with that Presently a demand was made by small
number Of men for So day. and. on inquiry.
from the other establishments. Mr.. W. Fontaine
Bruf and Mr.. II. b. Fioyd-Jones contractor Of the
road. made the following affidavits before notary
public Oh Saturday last:--
sonay appeared this 18th day Of july 1879 " Fontane
Pn ad the
the, road, who, being duly sworn. deposed and
edge edge that an organised ''' combination has been
roSs
vsw Of breaking up such and to
they have by and with tho advice OF counsel
engage in future only such be relied upon to
conduct themselves il the interest of their employers IL"
Accordingly this afternoon the following notice was
THK BRookLrS ELEVATED RAnnoaD,.
x,. S.IuEpAm =. MAN July ygpcyed I edo on the
works requested to attend at tho conacors once,
morning. July II, 1873 o'clock when payment
will be made Il ir FoYgriSE ~ < fstris{ sEy piEn
RoBxIr B. FLoYp.JosEs Contractor
being made up six O'Clock this evening" show total
Indebtedness 70 the workngmen Of under $o0o and for
in possession s70o in In view however.
able trouble and violence should be attempted
until MONDAY morning at seven O'Clock, when,
before stated every man will be paid of In full
Signed1 W. FONTAINE BRUFF.
ROBERT b. FLOYDJONES.
Sworn before this 18th day Of July. 1s79-M. c.
EARLE, Notary Public. Kings county, New York.
l. NJ c. Earle Notary Public in and for the county of
Kings State of New York. hereby certify that have
the money tho possession Of Mr. W. Fontane Bru and
Mr. r. b. FloydJones and counted 1t and that the
posted in safe for the purpose OF having It
hand pay the employees Of the Brooklyn Elevated Rail
WI with Monday morning,
NJ g. EARLE, Notary Public.
July IL 1879.
Mr.. Bruff intends discharging the whole force en-
gagged on the road this morning and engaging new
set of men. Mr. Wilson. one OF the first stockhold-
OF the road. said to reporter of the HERALD last
night:-'.The blocks of stone going down =
foundation for the road entire and solid,
They have been made octagOn that cart wheel
may strike them and swerve off without touching the
iron. These stones going several feet of
crete, broken stones and cement and if a railroad
can be made to hold that one will be all right. Afew
'.hrebrands have got among the men, but
they will be weeded out without any serious
annoyance. The construction will go forward with
all possible despatch. and the public may feel con-
dent that no conspiracy shall be allowed to impair
its strength
The police in Brooklyn have been appealed to by
Mr. Bruf, and care will be taken that breach Of
the peace occurs to-day while the hands receiv-
ing their money.
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AMERICAN PORTS.

sss for S.w ar s::
sSSsss%sS dsorsss"sn nS sad sailed sailed for or Bostcn LOUISA ~
Saes-Schr Mary Weaver. Boston ,,- ,,
Pendsr, West i.r,spoo; United States; Matthews $.
Msody ops"s %
muds; / Q 6 Wiahart, Carlton. rhiadsiphia
CHARLESTON. July io-Arrivsd, schr waterne. Kelly
saiedrsrig Caroline Eddy Warren, Boston; schrs
Pedro A Grau. Bates Msggie Cain, Trust, and Elliott
i@h-ArIiyed steamers Gulf Stream. Ingram New York
Cand sailed for fernandina) Falcon Doans BAi'more
saed-stean,ers Charleston. Woodruff. New York; Cal
'fF; FosTskss SoSEoE July ,sr..,od in bark Amin.
st sfIi. July S Mllo. New
NEW ORLEANS. July ls-Arrivsd. steamer Aleisrs.
S a asd zs
Bordesas; scnrs Robinson Roaen; Cephas sssrrsts
wsi ss1sSsR 9ss fy ai .srii Him. o;s:. s:@ s::
.ssf Bss::
Taunton for New York; Curtis Goodwin. Bartlett. Fall
ssiei-sehr storm stsab. Bristol for Phiiadelphis
,ehr Artist ohvs Tor new
new LONDON July IL aArriysa sshr: Kate CALLAHAN;
sproua Amboy for do. Cheso New YORK for DO: C!ar.
es for Do % RondoSs for Nan Nan,
sSsss Il" Collins do for boser Tyler xmSoy
Ts% AmGa Ss iss ssSnoa ss a Riley Riley
and S4FH' Fl S% sS':Gr en Id. Latham
ter Boston tand sailed for Phiisde phiaL
PHILADELPHIA. July l3--Arrived. steamers Allen
town Mills New bedford; Virginia. House, Charleston;
bNrks Dudley Johnson st Pierre Elise Mshiide
(Nor) Sundcscn, Rio Janciro.
PO,TLAN d. July ll-Arrivcd, bark Jennie A Sweeney,
Lake philadelphia; schrs Charlotte Fish, CLARK Daricn
Ca: Martic Holmes Burr, Baltimore; Seth Todd, Nor.
wood Philadelphia Helen Maria Boardman Boston doss
main sail during heavy blow In Boston Bay. -,
sa ssq ETs%Oss sa nns srn%
bee. t. load for New York. =. .
SAN FRANCISCO. July 5-Arrived, ship Black HAVE.
Howland, Hong Kong; bark Maipu tr), h@igny. hor-
deaux
saiied-ship Continental. Clark. Liverpool
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OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS.

ANrwRRP. July 12-Arrived barks Nova Scotia Br). Ls
Cain. New York; Freya (Nor) Anderson, do; Libortss
GER, Abrecht, do; 18TH ship John Berry, Brown. do
Sailed lth ship Berteaux Br), Post, New York. bark
Midas tBr), Mckenzie. do.
BREMEN, July l2Sailed ship Bremen GER, Moer. Bal
timoro; bsrks Europa (Ger, Kmme do; Johann Kepler
(Ger Spe, New York.
BORDEAUX. July ll-Arrived bark Amalia (Aus), CHA
vello, New York.
CRooKnAvEx, July I3 10 80 PINOT steamer Germauis
Br, Kennedy from New York for Queenstown and Liver
pool
cRoNsrADr July s-Arrived. barks Artillerist CGor.
Giese, New Orleans; Elios (Aus). Cosulich. Boston.
DEAL, July l2Arived, bark Belgium (Br). Greene Now
York for Ipswich.
GLOUCESTER, July l2-Arrived, bark NJ 4 Cam (BrA
Cam, Baltimore
HULL July I2-Arrived steamers Lepanto CBr> Rogers
New York Yeddo (Br). Owen, Boston.
HAMsURG July 1i-Arrived, barks Lefeld (Nor), Even.
SEN New York; solon tNor). Olsen. do
Sailed 11th, ship N B Palmer Nor). Larsen New York.
HAvnE. July 13-Arrved. Amerique Fr, Delors
New York.
KINGRoAD July f2-Arrived. steamer Lovaine (Br, Nc.
Cauley Baltimore.
GIBRALTAR, to July 12-Arrived bark Zo Giorgio (Aus)
Bsbich, New York.
LIVERPOOL, July l2-Arrved bark Luis Marines Obj,
Breton, New York.
MoviLLR. July I3-Arved, steamer Moraviau (Br) GrA
ham, Montreal for Liverpool (and proceeded).
PLYMOUTH July 13-Arrived steamer Lessing GER,
voss. Now York for Hamburg (and proceededl
QUEENSTOWN July l2-Arrived bark Meteor (Nor Peder
sen, New York.
Arrived 18th, 40 AM. City OF Montreal (Br),
Condron, New FORK for Liverpool (and proceeded.
Sailed 18TH ship Walter d Wallet (Br), Hatfield, Now
York.
RocHEvoRT. July 11-Arrived barks Hattie (Br, Mo.
Fadden. New York. Edwin tsr), Smith, do.
ST NAzAIRx. July 11-Arrived, steamer Morglay (Brl
Ward, Philadelphia.
WATERFORD July l1Sailed bark Sheila (Br Robinson,
Philadelphia.
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A FUGITIVE JUSTICE CAUGHT.

county, y. j., and fugitive. captured in Brook.
lyn at quarter to twelve o'clock last night by De-
tives Bowe, OF Jersey CITY, and William
line, of brooklyn. He was tried in
tho Hudson County General Sessions, to-
gethor with Alexander Spauldipg, for conspiracy
to extract money from one Philo Patterson by
means of q false arrest and trial. Both
vlcted Laird being allowed TO go in $4,000 bail
TO settle his business pending sentence. On
Saturday he moved his family 10 Ho-
vance. During the night he hired another
trucktnan and moved to No. rs spencer street. On u
former OCCASION and before he held office, Laird be-
came involved and made his escape la large trunk
which was cared to Cunard steamer. During his
absrnre IN England he compromised tn" matt"r.
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R3-NOTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS IN THE
COAsrING AND FOREIGN TRADE.-Captains officers
Of vessels engaged the coasng foreign trade observ
ing the displacement removal of requested
to communicate the fact the HERALD that may
brought publicly to the attention Of the
letter addressed To the editor the HERALD New York
city, giving accurately possible the and posi-
of displaced buoys the of their removal will
suffice in all observed along the Atlantic and Pacific
of the American Continent When they observed
Of European countries tho Mediterranean
requested that information be either by telegraph
or letter London office Of the NKw YORK HERALD 46
Fleet street. London to the Paris Office 81 Avenue do
rOpera Paris Where tho telegraph used dispatches
may addressed Bennett 46 Fleet street. London
Bennett 81 Avenne de rOpera, Paris" Where of
observed in of countries beyond
reach of the telegraph in Asia Africa captains
may communicate with upon reaching the first conven
lent port will cabled Of charge
to the HERALD and published.
n9- Persons desrous OF communicating with vessels
rivng New York do addressing such vessels
of HERALD yacht pier No. East River, New
York Letters received from all parts Of the world and
promptly delivered Duplicates are required
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NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND CAPTAINS

that by elegrsphing the HERALD London Bureau ad
dressing Bennett No 46 Fleet street. London or
Paris Office addressing Bennett 81 Avenue de rOpera
Paris the arrivals at and departures from European
Eastern ports American and all foreign vessels
with the United States the will be cabed to this
country free of charge.
Captains arriving and sailing from French and Med
ports will find the Paris Office more
cal and ex peditous Tor telegraphing