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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
VETERANS PASSING AWAY.

sad and impressive gathering was to be seen
yesterday in a small room at No. 36 Willett
street. At the call Of their commander. Colonel
Abraham Daily. the veterans OF 1872 were
requested to attend the funeral Of their late
comrade, Peter Peck at one o'clock. from his
residence. Owing to the severe snow storm only
eight of the aged able to respond to the
published call. They all wore the usual badge of
mourning. with cockade hat and Grape ON
their left arm Private Peter Peck was known
as q very active soldier in the of 1872, and at the
time of his death he had reached the age of eighty
eight years and three months. Time had whitcned
his locks and enfecblcd his limbs Two weeks ago
his wife. who had been the comfort OF his life for
over fifty years. died ut the advanced age of eighty
six. This loss too much for the old man.
aud grief. added to his bodily ailments, carried him
to the grave. The funeral ceremonies were SHORT
and simple, and the few friends of the deceased and
his brother veterans accompanied the remains In
carriages to Cypress Hills Cemetery. where the inter-
incnt took place.
John Van Dine. another of the few veterans of
1912, died III Newtown, l.. L., on Wednesday. He
eighty years old. He settled ia Newown ut the
close of the and was much respected by all who
knew him.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
FoRT1FYING THE sUB-TREAsURY.

Whenever there is commotion in the city. at
which riot is imminent the United States authori
ties feel the utmost anxiety concerning the immense
amount valuabes stored In the vaults of the Sub
Treasury. During the late labor riots the employees
of the government in that institution were fully
armed and equipped to resist any incursion mob
might make on the government domain but happily
their preparations not put to test. In order
to guard against contingencies of similar nature,
especially since the monster vault for the reception
Of bullion has been erected General Tower. of the
United States Engineer Corps. was detailed by tho
War Department ut the request OF the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to inspect the Sub-Treasury
building in this city, and report upon a plan for
strengthening well properly defending i'll
of attack. In due course OF time he made his
report, which adopted. Within a few days past
a contract signed by the Treasury Department
for steel gratngs bars and shutters to be attached to
the building. besides this three steel turrets to
be erected the roof pierced for musketry as to
guard against and repel attack from the tops Of
adjoining houses. The centre turret Is to be of
tagonal shape At the time the Assay Office.
adjoining the SubTreasury Wall street. will DO
protected. Mr.. Jackson, superintendent OF repairs
and government buildings in this city, made tho
plans for this work and will superrtend the con-
structon. The alterations will be commenced III u
very few days and pushed to completion in the short
possible period.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17

THROUGH FREIGHT TO EUROPE.

The foreign steamship companies and the railroads
are still ut loggerhcads regarding tho Through
freight to Europe question. second consultation
between the committees appointed to represent the
respective interests was had yesterday at No ~
broadway without reaching an agreement. During
the meeting the foreign freighting business dis
cusscd in all its bearings, out none Of the propo-
stions made by either side met with unanimous APP
prevail so II was finally decided TO empower the Sec
Rotary of the North Atlantic steamship Conference to
further confer with the railroad officials with view
of reconciling the existing differences. The sccre
tary will at once discharge the duty entrusted to him
and report the result reached to- the steamship men
at an early day.
1t is said that the railroads seek to control the
foreign freight trade without consulting the interests
of the steamship companies. While the former de-
sire the latter to give them every morning their car
ryng rate they will not agree to ship export freighs
by the vessels that belong TO the companies repre-
sented In the conference II is held therefore, mat
the railroads thus seek TO make OF the steamship
companies by obtaining the terms they viii do bust
ness on for the purpose of subsequently going into
the market with the view OF endcavoring To- ind
sells willing to accept lower rate. The steamship
companies object to this method of DONG business
us they hold IL is too onc-sldcd.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.

ADDRESS ny DIR. FoRDYcE BARKER, ITS NEW
PRESIDENT WHAT THE SOCIETY HAS DONE
About nifty distinguished members of the medical
profession met last evening in the hall of the Acad
envy OF Medicine. No IL West Thirty first street. to
hear the ex-prcsident DIR. s. s. Purple deliver his
vacdctory address, and to install the new president
DR.. Fordyce Barker, for the ensuing term of two
years.
The new President made an address as follows to
his associates of the Academy --"Thirty-two years
ago there public medical society In this city
whose proceedings were reported. or which added to
tho common stock of the scientific literature of
the profession. Tho Pathological Society was
then in its infancy. within this period the
New York County Medical Society has be-
come most useful and active working
body and has brought out many valuable and scien-
tic papers, which been well and ably discussed
before large professional audiences. In addition to
its scientific work IL has, by the laws this state
importan; ethical duties in protecting the
community from dangerous and irresponsible pre-
tenders medical practitioners, and also prescrv
ing tine professional morals Of ali regular and
authorized practitioners. Some Of have had the
opportunity OF learning during the past year how
faithful 1t To these duties and how sharply looks
after any errors in conduct whether committed
wilfuly or through thoughtlcss inadvertence. As
most not all tho Fellows OF the Academy menu
crs of this society," body but feel the great
est interest in its work and regard IL well worthy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
CORONER AND JURY SURPRISED.

The inquest in the of Sarah C. Adams who
died in carriage on her way TO the New York Hos
pital from the Grand Central Depot the night of
the 3lst ult. set down for yesterday but owing
to an unexpected development in the post
poned. The deceased was the wife of John Quincy
Adams, excity judge of Brooklyn and descend
ant of the Revolutionary patriot of that name She
had been invalid for several years, and some
months ago went to Boston TO place herself under
the of a noted practitioner there. While in
that city she resided with her brother. but
finding her health not improving she concluded to
return to her home in Brooklyn. Her physician de-
cidcd that she could undertake the journey with
safety. and she accompanied by hor brother
When ut Springfield she suddenly became uncon-
scous: but Ms this was condition common to her
peculiar maady no alarm was experienced The suf-
fering lady met ut the Grand Central Depot by
of her relatives and ut driven TO the
New York Hospital. There IL was asccrtaincd that
she was dead. Dr. Ludlam, the house physician. for
ware to Coroner Elingcr the result of the autopsy
IL being generally understood that she died from
tumor ON the brain. burial permit was accordingly
granted and the funeral took place few days subse
quently.
This is all that was officially known Of the case
until yesterday. when Coroner Eilingcr and a jury
were in readiness to proceed with the inquest. That
official informed the jury that as the testimony
conclusive to the of death. the postmortem
settling that question. he did not deem IL necessary
read to the jury the result of the autopsy and pro-
cecded with the pcrusal OF that document. After
describing certain symptoms and forms OF the
disease and the nature OF the tumor the
BRAIN the record of the post-mortem stated that
hattencd piece of lead was found between the scalp
and bone tho right eye The outward skin,
however, gave no evidence of the presence of this ex
substance. This fact startled and astonishc
the Coroner and jury alike. The former. In great
surprise. turned to his deputy. Dr. toldschmdt and
asked him II he had been informed OF this phase OF
the before and the latter replied in the negative
The inquest tercupon adjourned to get the tes-
timony Of DIR. Ludiam on this point.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
TEN-DOLLAR WATSON.

THE MAN WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT VENTILATION.
AND WHAT HE HAS TO SAY FOR HIMSELF.
Mr.. b. +. Watson is lawyer. Until yesterday
like Byron. he awoke morning and all at once
found himself famous. 1t will be remembered that
at the meeting of the Board of Education on Wodnes
day he proclaimed to his colleagues the important
discovery that the why the newspapers had
exposed the bad ventilation of the schools
was that patentees of ventiiating apparatus dis
trihuted ten-dolar bills among newspaper re-
porters, with view to getting up an ex-
element about bad ventilation. The HERALD being
DESTROYS OF obtaining for publication the OF the
Journalists who had thus been enriched, and also to
secure Commissioners Watsons precise views as to
the ventilation Of the school buildings despatched
reporter for the purpose OF interviewing that legal
and educational luninary. Mr.. Watson was found in
his Office He is tall, large. ponderous looking
sixty years of age with heavy. bullet shaped face,
long grayish beard, small eyes, thin lips. and an ex
preston OF great dogmatisin and stubbornness. Hc
spoke III loud, hard, grating voice.
lis this Mr. Watson" the reporter politely que
red.
Il have that honor" The great man replied, his
features rclapsng into faint smile.
II should like to see you for a few minutes.
"what about q was the sharp response.
"a matter Of special importance To you and to the
public press. l an from the HERALD, and should
like to talk with you in reference TO your statements
made in the Board Of Education yesterday.
II have nothing to say, the intelligent Commits
sioner returned with great Quickness.
Il thought that you might perhaps be induced to
favor me with the names OF the reporters VINO nave
received tendollar bills from vontiating apparatus
inventors 2"
Mr. Watson waved q large heshy hand at the re-
porter and said with considerable confusion his
race, have nothing say-nothing at all. Please
excuse me-will you-as l am engaged p
Certainly" was the reply and thus ended futile
effort to pin this highly reliable and manifestly
sponsible Commissioner down TO his statements
made ut the meeting OF the Board OF Education.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
LADY STUDENTS INSULTED.

Detective Powers of the Police Central Office,
Brooklyn, arrested Alfred A. Low twenty-four years
OF age, Of No. 191 Clinton avenue that city, yester
day on the charge of insulting young lady students
of Packer Institute After being interviewed by
Superintendent of Police Campbell one of the
students sent and she fully identified him
the person who insulted her. The prisoner was
then taken before Justice Walsh and com
mitted for examination. He removed to
Raymond Street jail in the BLACK Maria" District
Attorney Catin upon learning of the case had it
taken at once before the Grand Jury, when indict-
ment found against the accused. Low is young
man of very gcntee appearance and is respectfully
Hudson. The prisoner who emphatically denies the
serious charge has always borne good character,
and ut time occupied position OF trust clerk
in the Bank of North America this city. The young
mans friends are deeply sreved over the affair. and
using every endeavor to have him honorably dis
charged 1t is claimed by his friends that there must
have been q mistake made In the identification.
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method of disposing OF It the governments nad real
lied more than the appraisement.
THE fEHniBoAr BuhiISGTos;
Mr.. Willis inquired about the purchase or the
ferryboat Burlington ~ Pniiaueiphia;
MIR. Robeson SAID the noat was wa enar.ereu 10y me
department on the re4usitioii VI 'iio Nv
the Philadelphia yard to carry men ana material
when the Phiiadelpnia yara Was removes 10 Leasue
Island They were 10 pay iooo q month Win the
privilege or purchasing Tor s4oooo ana applying any
charter money in payment. Alter two months
the owners uesireo " "ithuIa" inc poa'
or have the government purchase her.
alleging that she was being roughly used,
and she was purehasea Tor $4,000. prior 70 TINS
Mcssrs. Wood, dialogue q Co.. OK whom the purchase
was made. bought dock of the department at
high price, and there was balances due from them
OF $i0OO0 Ine hrm was doins other WORK Tor tne
department ana hau earned larger ano'tn. anu no
agreed " Jake .n.il no.e Us ,neihVra'u, " ~
applied in payment for this work at the settlement
when the bnrington was purchased ~ was arranssa
that Ihe ho.e snouiu pe appnea on IL, ny tae
rurcnasi NY rnymas,er pau mem s..,uVo WHICH Win
the 3IoouU noto ana savo sharter money n'aae
Sos,vn' ieaNhe Sl,ooU sun ous. ne uiougns .he
purchase was not made prior to the law OF 1873 but
subsequently, iounu !. was NOT uhuer ,ha' law. Inc
xlo,ooo should be transferred from the bureau OF
construction 10 the bureau OF YARDS ana DOCKS ano
ny the latter bureau uovsrau in.o .ne mreasur!'
Mr.. whitthorne-in any report made to Congress
dld you ever state thas .ne od snps aoupie ,urres
momtors were 70 De destroyed ana new ones Duiitf
"A. IN every iepor. on 'e m ~ Was ht ta'
they Wouu DC REQUIRED 10 ne sups'ahtiaiy rep"';
not, now was her obstruction authcrizsu! a.
think shc had peen cohaenlheo; she had Deeh KNOWN
10 DC unnt ior use lor s,serai YEARS. -, -
W tan you name Aail uonen ,iae nav oeen ~
built entirely A. cannot name the Vessels;
q. What nave you 10 say IN excuse Oh Puicass al
supplies other than SHIPS engines anu Doiers !! a.
lsuppose they were maue ny bureau oihcers uilusr
what they considerea authority OF law III emereeh'
cies .,.,..o,ss
z. Has 1t been stated by you that the nuep!eoness
or your department. was incurred previous 70 DecT mn,
Der, 1872 when the computations arose. a; me
contracts We're Out peiore. put payments hau hoe
been MADE ana the appropriations WE'RE "ppheo DIS
sta'eq, .o., i, -o,,ou,,,r tho .n,,ro
y.
pration Dill or at any other tmc GENERA, or
Mr. Hale stared 10 congress the Proposeo use Vi ING
oia materiai' a. = uo no.. - ,,;....
y. Diu not MT nae calin iot yp1I
red1ction Oh exPen,ures "A; 10 liol s ,,
~ Diu you Eyer laAe repol. W .o,5iess y, wy
sale OF the double turret monitors! A. NO. because
never mace such SAFE ,, A., .
Du you ever use repor. ~ won aaso, ~ 9
saie % .ne oovern noanoAe an, oane, t5 IN th
suppose tnet were Ieporleu my aio - ,tn 80
register, pu. Wne'ncr III any uos t ,u s
congress- cannot s'a'c Posi'i'eiy "i'ho"' io'oine
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of confidence and support. Five volumes OF
transactions and four of the builetins-n all more
than five thousand pages of printed matter-show
what work the academy has done. The treatises on
various subjects by the Fellows of the Academy are
also very numerous, and have created marked I'M
preston in Europe as well ms America"
Referring to the financial condition OF the insfltu-
tion the Doctor called upon his hearers to begin ut
once to the debt of $4,000 on the building
In conclusion he hoped that the hall of the Academy
shall always be open to the profession from all parts
of the country, i'll which they will be Hospitality
welcomed and in which they will find every
medical work, every medical journal in all languages
every essay and every paper known in medical
literature.
Seven hundred and fifty dollars were at once sub
scrbed by the members present toward liquidating
the debt Of the building One gentleman has offered
5000 toward building an extension to the building
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
HOW SIMMONS WAS CAUGHT.

Squire r. Barrett keeps milk depot at No. 121
West Foriy-sixth street. and for time past he
has noticed that the money left in the till at night
was invariably somewhat depleted in tho morning.
Mr.. Barrett engaged the services of Thomas Flynn,
who secrcted himself ON the premises. About one
o'clock yesterday morning he heard some one
unlock the door. enter and walk behind
the counter. lie sprang up from his hid
ing place. Lit the gas and discovered
Edward simmons. a former employee Of Mr.. Barrett
in the act of robbng the till. summons ar
raigned before Judge kasmrc Mt the Fiftyseventi
street yesterday morning and held In $500 bail
fo
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
1.-THE GREAT EVIL.

The newly organized Citizens Law and Order
League. of Brooklyn, which is composed of many of
the most prominent clergymen and laymen that
city. held its first public gathering at the Middle
Reformed Church. Harrison street. Rev. Edward
p. Ingersoll. ID. D.. president of the league.
occupied the chair. and there a large. cultured
and enthusiastic audience present The main feature
OF the evening the delivery of new temperance
lecture. entitled ''The Great Evil" by Mr.. Will
lam A. Harris. Mr. Harris illustrated his
anecdotes in poetry and prose. He characterized
intemperancc the greatest evil and most degrading
and destructive vice mankind. He traced ts effect
upon all classes from the cradle to the grave, show
ing how boys began to drink account of the
bad example of older persons. and were quickly
engulfed IN vortex OF dissipation; how women
began with the wedding wine cup and the Now Year
glass and rushed madly on to death. How men
began moderate drinkers aud soon found them
selves overwhelmed by mmodcration ending In the
drunkards grave.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
MISS prcKrNsoN's LECTURE.

Miss Anna f. Dickinson will deliver her now lee
turc, Platform and Stage this evening at CHECKER
ing Hall. This lecture will undoubtedly attract q
very LARGO audicncd.
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plEp.

BAnSrs-rn Brooklyn. January 10. HAannr
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WORT place Brooklyn. sunday. January 10. at half
sHEcK.--on Thursday, at half-past eight A. NJ.
Mrs. ELIZA sHrcK. aged ~. widow OF Charles.
Funeral from her late residence. go Rodney stv
Brooklyn, L. d. Saturday, January u.s. at halfNpasf
one p. NJ.
srckELs-At Edinburgh Monmouth county, N. j..
on the 18th inst SARAH SIcKEIs. widow of the late
Hendrick W. Sickcs. in the goth year of hor age.
SIp.-At Jersey City Heights. on Thursday, January
49, JANE SIP daughter Of the late Carrot Sip. In the
Funeral services on Saturday. 18th inst. at halh
past two p. NJ at her late residence. corner IdahS
av. and Academy ST.. Jersey City Heights -
soLE.-suddonly, Wednesday. January Is.
Interment at Greenwood on Friday.
sroSG.--At Goshen. n. ", January IS, BESsAMrN
STRONG, aged ~ years.
Funeral services in the Presbyterian Church in
Goshen. on saturday january Is. at haif-past two
srunsDrRo.--on January ie RoBEnr srunsBERs.
aged 81 years. husband of Charlotte Stursberg.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
suLLrAS.-On Tuesday. i4th inst. ANNA NJ. eldest
daughter of James sullivan. aged ~ years and I'D
months.
Relatives and friends. aud also tho sunday school
teachers Of 81 stephens parish are invited TO attend
(triday) morning, at ten o'clock.
THoMrsoS.-suddenly OF pneumonia. on wcdncs.
day, the 10Th inst CHARLES s. THOMPSON. in the AID
Relatives and friends OF tho family are invited to
attend the funeral from his late residence. i02 Pulaski
St, Brooklyn, on Saturday. the 18th inst. at one
wrrrs.-On january ID, of pneumonia. Mrs. SARAH
j. daughter of late John Is. heyes and widow OF late
jeremiah T. Wells.
Funeral services at half.past ono Sunday 10Th,
from her late residence, $50 West aoth 81.
woop.-On January Is. SARAH J. WooD, aged ~
years. 10 months and IL days. beloved wife OF T. A.
Wood.
services on saturday, January Is at Bethesda
Chapel sd st., between I'd and Sd az halfpa,t
ten A. M.
Zrorao-At Mount Bethel n. j., on Wednesday,
January IT, Mrs. b. zrGIo, wife of Peter zcglo. in
the 65th year of her age.
Carriages will be at Barclay street ferry, New York
Funeral services at Emancipation Church. Mott
ST., near Chatham, at 10 A. NJ.
Daily globe., 1879-02-09
Choice Thoughts.

6 To rule ones spirit, is the first step un-
der God toward ruling ones destiny. *
He censures God who quarrels with the
imperfection of men.--Burke.
By these things examine yourself. BJ
by whose rule ami acting ;whosestrength !;
in whose name; in what spirit; to what
end; for whose glorya
Il has been beautifully said, that "the
veil which covers the future is woven by
the hand of mercy" Seek not to raise
that veil, lest the prospect that hope now
clothes in light, might be clouded by the
darkness of unwelcome certainty.
The man who succeed without ths aid
of education are the exceptions Com
mon men need all the help that education
can give, to put. themselves on level;
and even Of the exceptional men it may
be said that they would have succeeded
stiil better with the advantages Of educa-
tion.- NationalBaptist.
Prayer is intended to increase the de
yotion of the individual, but if the indi-
vidual himself prays he requires no
formula; he pours himself forth much
more naturally in self-chosen and con-
nected thoughts before God and scarcely
requires words at all. Real inward de-
votion knows no prayer but that arising
from the depths of its own feeling.-W.
Ton Humboldt.
Daily globe., 1879-02-09
The End

The course of the weariest river
Ends III the great gray sea;
The acorn, forever and ever,
Strives upward to the tree.
The rainbow, the sky adorning,
Shines promise through the storm;
The gllmmering of the coming morning
Through midnight gloom will form,
By time all knots are riven,
Complex although they be,
And peace will at last be given,
Dear, both to you and me.
Then, though the path may be dreary,
Look onward to the goal
Though b the heart and the head be weary,
Let faith inspire the soul,
Seek the right, though the wrong be tempt
ing;
Speak truth at any cost;
Vain is all weak exempting
When once the gem is lost.
Let strong hand and keen eye be ready
For plain and ambushed foes;
| Thought earnest and fancy steady
Bear best unto the close.
| The heavy clouds may be raining
Bnt with evening comes the light;
Through the dark are low winds complain
ing,
Yet the sunrise glides the height;
And love has hidden treasure
For the patient and pure;
And time gives it's fullest measure
To the workers who endure;
And the word that no law has shaken
Has the future pledge supplied;
For we know that when we "awaken"
We shall be satisfied"
-7'nsleys Magazine.
Daily globe., 1879-02-09
Wit and Humor.
A CoUp DIET!

A COUP D'ETAT.
If little seeds by slow degree
Put forth their leaves and flowers unheard
Our love had grown into tree,
And bloomed without single word.
haply hit on six o'clock.
The hour her father came from town,
gave his own peculiar knock,
And waited shyly, like clown.
The door was opened. There she stood,
Lifting her mouths delicious brim.
How could waste thing so good!
l took the kiss she meant for him.
A moment on IN awful brink
Deep breath, frown, a smile, a tear;
And then, 20, Robert, don't you think
That that was rather-cauQlier?"
London Society