The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-19
LAnIEs' DINING HALL, PARLOR AND TO
NEW YORK
III .nEN I'M ANOTHER kCKAFE WsrH
rME GOVERNMENT.

srME GOvEhNMENT.
kAc ratent Medicine FirM I'm which ne
n Interested charged with Break~
ine the Revenue Laws.
HHNrw YuFK, April 1s.--Ex~s5ena ator Barnum
Ass haen earnestly at work during the past
tSfrk erdeavuring tO extrieSte I'iiden and the
I'm Of which he Y reported 20 be q, member
l5spat,rHins have beer taken by all iutert sted
/ N nrpvent the publication OF any details Ut
| Sfhis suantial. JIG may be said here that the
ruyertitnent proposes to prosecute at once to
Judgment the suit against Iilden. based
yylpoh his alleged evasion Of his income tax
prior 10 1870.
THE TRIBuNT's CHARGES.
ii Id reported III special dispatches to the
HfibNfte that v patent medicine firm In which
Samuel j. TiElen Is Interested has been de-
\ fprtea In extensive esasions of the revenue
iawg The matter La under investigation.
a poIIuis COMMISSIONER REMOVER.
Mayor Cooper has received papers from
sfsny. Robinson renewing Police Commissioner
\ NichOlls and has appointed Ohss, T.. Mclean,
I Who. it Ia seid. is the nephew OF y. j. Tilden,
4 10 FtI the vacancy. No communication has
rpt been received by the Mayor regarding
H "Reminiscences sfnith on Erhardt.
A sIyEHE STORM.
A severe storm has prevailed In this city
Ing Yesterday the wind prevailed from the
past. hat last mig hit 1t shifted, without warn
ID ming, teithe nurth, and has since blown from
that direction ut velocity OF from sixteen to
Il thirty n,lns pea hour. The storm on Long
I Island has dane considerable damage. The
eafid from the embarrassment In many places
Y along the Long Island Railroad was washed
over the roadbed. At Rockaway beach there
was a very high tide aud the roar 0f the surf
could be heard for miles along the island In
the city number of cellars flooded to the
depth of several feet, and several acres OF
land uf Dutch Hill are covered with water,
as is klso the case at Fresh Point Junction
and the town Of Newton.
FAILURE
Ira L, Beebe, wholesale dealer In paper.
made an assignment to-day to Byron b. Tag
CART. His assets are supposed to be about
$b0,0en
CHARGED wTTH TnEFT.
VIM. w. watkins, inventor and electrician
Of the Automatic Signal Telegraph Com
pany, was arrested to-day ON complaint OF
charged with stealing papers from the safe
In the company's Office. The evidence showed
that dissensions have existed anlong the d.
srettors OF the company for some time past;
The principal Stockholders claiming that
Dholer and George w. Sweezey were con-
ductinR the affairs TO suit themselves. Ae-
scurtiingly, ait an election 81 the stock
holders Wednesday last they ousted Sholer
fused even to give them place on the board
Of directors. Sholer declared that he would
snot.make room for hfs successor, as by con-
! tract with a previous board Of directors he
WAS perpetual president. Io test the quee-
ton MIR. Watkins entered the Office OF the
company and asked to see d copy OF the act OF
Incorporation, a certificate OF the election OF
the new board of directors. the ballots and
proxies. These he placed In hia pocket and
about sayng he oss wsa had hsf n
larceny had been committed and discharged
Watkins.
.THE rALMAaE TRtAL.
The most exciting session of the Talmage
trial took place yesterday. Remarkable Incl
dents and q very lively debate consumed the
afternoon. and no progress was madein the
testimony for the defense
Moderator Ludlow announced that, satis-
fled that Dir. Talmage and Mr.. Hathaway's
difficulty ,invoived In specification four be.
fore the court. and connected with an old
misunderstanding, could be amieably ad-
insted, he had invited them to meet at his
house. They had done 90 and Become friends
again,
Talmage and Hathaway then each read o
letter.. withdrawing all charges one against
the other and expressing kindly feelings
Deep silence prevailed during the proceed
,ings that followed.
Dir. Spears overcome with emotion. ex-
expressed his Joy at this reconciliation.
The merbers Of the Presbytery did not
SHARE In tlsis feeling. They refused by a large
maiority'to drop the charge No. 4. The mod
orator, mortified that his reconciliation
scketue had fallen through, refused to serve
any longer. The Presbytery then adjourned.
EIRDIE mELn DYING
OfsjoisN information has been received In
this cdtyHhat Bifdie Bell, otherwise Mrs. Bar
rett III Diving from brain fever. It has been
ascertafned that the day after shooting WASH
ington Nathan In the Coleman House she left
l.
time In Jersey City. Sergeant Long, who
was detailed on the case, states that after the
Shooting birdie Bell fled to Philadelphia,
where she now liz. This affair preyed on her
mind. She was driven from her residence
much. got siek and went to bed. She is now
with brain fever and is i'll dying
condition.
TEE New SYNDICATE.
So far as could be learned late this evening
III the matter .of the new syndicate IL was
stated In Wall street that meeting of
bankers had been held at Dsexel, Morgan \
CO.. to-day In refererce to the matter. At
the latter place this was denied, Mr. Hatsh,
Of the firm of Fish Il Hatch, and the officials
at the First National Bank also stated thaS
there was nothing new to-uay 10 AoconlAuhs-
cate on the subject
THE WALKING MATCH.
GTI.NoRF.s GARDEN, ApHl 1S.-Panchot still
leads, but Merritt is working hard 20 lessen
the GAP between them. krohn holds the third
place, piodding along at a good steady gait.
0'Isrien, the fourth man, walks ana runs aG
Panchot rested from 10 to o'clock
20 have a swollen ankle dressed Bets are
made that Merritt will win the first prize. |
The race promises to be close between the
leading contestants. Brodie. the news p0V,
Is La fair condition and spurts occasionally
Roder and Byrnes appear stiff and much ex-
aausted. The score at ] p. n. stood: Panchot
s7D, Merritt s6S. KrOhn 35s, O'Brien 344,
Roden $40 Byrnes 321, BrOdie 3o4
80. m.-Panehot $50. Merritt $40. hrohn Seo,
o'Brien 35I, Roden 335
Ii p. Nor the forty lone that entered the
contest only ten We're on the track to5lnlgnt: s