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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-20
THE CHAMPION INVESTIGATION.

A LOOKOUT MAN AWAY FROM HIS POST BEFORE
THE COLLISION.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 10. 1879.
The first witness examined to-day by the United
States local inspectors Of steam vessels in reference
to the recent collision Off the Breakwster. the
second mate Of the sunken steamer Champion.
This witness said the Champion had four men op
each watch. One Of these is kept ut the wheel and
another one on the Lookout. When three men
quired to set sail they took the from the look
standing order on the steamer against taking
the lookout from his post. Frank Jackson, who was
at the steamers wheel that night testified that just
before the collision he Paul Hand, the lookout.
engaged with two others in setting sail. This wit
altered the steamers course, by order OF the
captain. five seven minutes before the collision.
THE LOOKOUT MAN CALLED AWAY.
Frederick Richards seaman on the Champion
testified that Paul Hand the lookout. went aloft to
loosen the topsal just before the collisions no one
that the witness knew of was the lookout while
Hand aloft; after this he heard the alarm.
''Sal ahead!' this warning was given by the Look
out Paul Hand but witness could not tell what part
of the steamer the cry came from 1t was forward
somewhere: Immediately after the cry of "Sail
ahead!" the collision occurred.
These witnesses and Charles Ehler, another
man, all testified that 1t the Octavia that ran
into the Champion. None of them saw any lights
the Octavia, though after the collision they did
not look particularly.
LIFE PREsERvERs.
j. p. Mitchell, passenger on the Champion. testi
fed that before the steamer sank he searched for q
life preservsr. or anything else that would afford
him assistance. but could find nothing.
The Investigation then closed for to-day.
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INDICTED INSPECTORS.
CHAIRMAN THOMAS POLAND ON TRIAL FOE AN
ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUD.

CHAIRMAN THOMAS ROLAND ON TRIAL FOE AN
ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUD.
In the Court Of Oyer and Terminer yesterday be-
fore Judge Brady. Thomas Boland placed on
trial under an indictment for criminal neglect Of
duty in failing. inspector Of election. to at
tach to the samples Of the kinds Of
cast. Boland was Jointly indicted with two Of
his fellow inspectors, Hall and Kelly. and was chair
man of the board. close contest was carried on
on election day between George Hall and Jacob A..
Hatzell for the position of Alderman OF the Sixth
Aldermanic district. The election was decided by
the Board Of Aldermen in favor of Hall. and
1t was claimed by his opponent that this
result attained by o transfer or some of his
votes favor Of Hall, and that had the indicted
spectors performed their duty by attaching samples
OF the different kinds Of tickets cast for Aldermen
the alleged fraud could have been traced out. WASH
ington T. Hall, one Of the inspectors had already
been convicted, and the publicity given to that
made 1t somewhat difficult to select jury in the
present case owing to so many jurors having formed
an opinion. Mr.. Ambrose II. Purdy, who appeared
to defend tho accused. admitted his client was
chairman OF the Board and signed the re-
turns which were offered in evidence, and the
prosecution then rendered other testimony the
canvasing Of the votes and the custody Of the
rious returns for the purpose Of showing that no
alteration could be made by parties after they left
the hands OF the inspectors and also to show that
THE neglect intentional and that there on
the returns themselves evidence of fraud, and that
the neglect in the preparation OF the returns
tended well rs calculated to cover up fraud. In
these respects the testimony substantially the
same that given in the case OF Hall and already
published In the HRRALp At three o'clock p. NJ,
additional witnesses for the prosecution being alb
sent, District Attorney Phelps asked for adjourn
ment until to-day, which was granted.
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ANTI-TAMMANY'S ADDRESS.

The committee Of twenty-six appointed at the last
meeting of the Irving Hall General Committee to
draft an address to the people Of the State held its
frst meeting last night. The only business Of inn
portance transacted was the appointment of Q SUBJ
committee Of eleven. the members Of which are to
prepare the address and submit it for the approval
of the full committee. The subcommittee consists
of Messrs Abram 8. Hewitt, Adolph l.. San
ger, William caldwell. Maurice J. Power.
John Fox, George II. Purser. Nelson J. Water
bury, John Il. Fellows. Emanuel d. Hart. Hugh
II. Moore and William p. Mitchell. These gentle
men also to confer with prominent democrats
thro ughout the State and nation to the present
condition Of the party. The address that is to DO
prepared by the committee will deal generally with
the course pursued by Tammsny's leader during
he lat
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BACK TO HIS DUNGEON CELL.

Paul Sturgis alias George johnson. alias James
Kelly, one Of the Eve prisoners who escaped from
Ludlow Street Jail the LIST inst. was recaptured
last evening and again relocated to the custody
of Warden Fitzsimmons. Kelly had been sem
fenced to FIVE years imprisonment for passin6
Eve dollar counterfeit bill on Richard
Jacobi of No. 90 East Fourth street. He was taken
into custody on the 10Th OF September. his trial
taking place on the Goth ult After sentence the
prisoners were consigned to what were supposed %
be the most secure cells in the jail.
Kelly made attempt to escape from
prison one week before his successful effort
On the day of their escape the men were to have
been removed to Albany Penitentiary. They occu-
pied tier Of cells on the first floor above the
ground. Kelly placed in o cell alone. Ryan
and Mccarthy were confined together and Hickey
and MCGEE made themselves sociable In
another cell. Some time during the night
they effected their escape by removing the
iron bars in one of the windows of the corridor.
With the aid Of rope they descended into the yard
of the Jail and made good their escape by scaling
picket fence about thirty feet height. Kelly.
who was tho leader of the party, after hia
escape separated from his companions and went
to Boston. Thence he journeyed to Lawrence. Mass,
where he remained for week. Captain Brogan. Of
the Fourteenth precinct received information thst
he was hiding ia this city. and last evening Detec-
tive Adams Of the Fourteenth precinct. and Keeper
McKenna Of Ludlow Street Jail. tracked him to the
top floor. rear house, OF NO. llo Aul.
berry street. to which they descended from
the roof Of No. 10. Knocking ut tho
door. child inquired cautiously who was without.
Receiving no reply she unbolted the door and Wa
in the act OF peering into the hallway when Detec-
tive Adams forced his way past the little girl.
quickly followed by Keeper McKenna. The
two men made concealment Of their revolvers
when they entered the room. Kelly had been seated
near the window in an chair. but suddenly dis
appeared when the officials presented themselves.
They found him in an adjoining bedroom crouched
the wall. When taken into custody he feigned sur
prise, and said he not the man they were
in search of. He only partially dressed.
his coat aud other garments being hung
dry the hre. He said he had been travelling
the rain all the previous night. He was taken to
the Fourteenth precinct station where he gave the
name OF George Johnson. and his age - twenty.
eight years. He will be transferred TO the Albany
Penitentiary to-day.
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HANGING AS A LOST ART.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. II. 1879.
To THE EDrron OF THE HERALD
was delighted to in your edition OF SATURDAY
last your suppes On in regard to the death penalty
,rdcr TIM editorial head Of Murderer Rights"
Almost all people Of culture in these days consider
banpne-eyen when properly done--as . relic Of the
DARK ACES France and Spain have both superseded
Il by methods which are instantaneous and which
are slilfully put into effect by professional
touers slight examina tion will show that-sxcept
An one or two of the larger cties-hardly q Of
capital punishment has occurred in the United states
for years at which there has not been some bundcr
almost revolving ~ that which recently took
place at Lebanon. The HERALD would do . humane
and great work IL through its efforts the present
means of capital punishment throughout the United
States should be modified to-when society
feels called upon TO remove from its midst man ~
a warning to others and to secure Its own safety
assure the unfortunate criminal 81 least skilful
and an nearly ~ possible painless death. Very re-
spsctfuily, your obsdisnt servant JuDTI61.
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AFRICAN METHODISTS.

The trustees of the Zion African Methodist Epis-
ccpai Church of Jersey City desire to hold meeting
this evening in the church building In Monmouth
street. for the purpose of arraigning their pastor.
Rev. W. Ii. Grmths. and they have placed their case
in the hands OF Counsellor Albert s. Cloke, who
expects to-day to obtain an order from tho
Chancellor directing the pastor to open the
church doors. so that the trustees may hold
. meeting. Mr.. George H. Schanck. one of tho trus-
tees. said to HERALD reporter last evening that the
Board will arraign Mr.. arifiths for closing the
church doors against the trustees for violating the
Church discipline, and, probably on several other
charges. Mr.. Schanck felt confident that the trial
would take place this evening. The trial will be be-
fore six elders from neishboring churches.
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TONS OF GOLD.

The United States Assay ONCE in this city
will ship to tho Mint at Philadelphia To-
morrow morning the first instalment Of specie
for the sl0ooo.ooo transfer order from the
Secretary of the United States Treasury. con-
ssting of eight tons of old gold coin and bullion.
amounting i'll value to $4,000 OO0 1t 10 designed for
reconage into coin of small denominations. 1t will
be followed on Monday next by . second instalment
Of the same amount and shipments will continue
until about $45, 900 used. The Assay once
employees continually packing a. rapidly - pos
sibe. to be able to ship the entire amount in
season. The metal Is chiefly derived from imported
hull inn
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BEATEN AND THROWN OVERHEARD

John Horrigan, aged thrty-two years, and en-
ployed ON the schooner Winters, last night found
on pier North River by officer of the First pre-
cinct He was suffering from q scalp wound and
when taken to Chambers Street Hospital stated that
he was standing on the pier. at about ten o'clock.
when he was assaulted by number Of men. who beat
him in most brutal manner. He was then thrown
into the river by his assailants, who away The
police do credit Horrigsns story. believing
rather that he intoxicated aud fell overheard by
accident. Despite the mans charge. no search was
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-20
LAKE SHIPPING DISASTERS.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 49, 1879.
The Signal corps station at Grand Haven, Mich.
reports to the chief signal officer as follows:-The
heaviest sea of the Is running from the
southwest The propeller Paine. of Grand Haven.
the beach at eight A. NJ and broke to pieces
in half an hour. The schooners Margaret Dali,
Maple Leaf and Holmes. the scow Reese and the
barge 0. D.. went the beach near the north pier
between two and eight A. NJ The Maple Lear Is
going to pieces. Thelife-savng rescued all the
crews. No lives were lost Another schooner. with
her foresail gone. il anchored mile out.
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the barge G. o. D. went on the beach between two
and eight A. NJ. The Maple Leaf went to pieces.
No lives lost.
The schooner Howlette IL anchored one mile out
side with foresai gone
DErRoIr. Mich. Nov. 10. 1872
Advices from Manistee report that the schooner
A. NJ. Luckey. Of Chicago. went ashore north Of the
piers at that place this morning while trying to make
q larbor there.
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TELEGRAPH WAR IN JERSEY.

Five men accused of destroying the poles snt
wires of the American Union Telegraph Company In
New Jersey were yesterday placed undcr bonds for
trial and bills were filed in the Supreme Court o.
the state against the Western Union Company wnicn
is charged with instgating the attacks. damages
are placed Mt SlO< 900.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-20
THE OFFICIAL CANVASS.

The actual work of calling of the returns of the
last election by districts was completed last
night by the Board Of County Canvasserc. The
official declaration will not be made until Friday.
The Committee on Corrected Returns has been in
session daily since the organization Of the Board.
and will make q formal report this afternoon. No
correct total of the vote upon any candidate
in the city and county Of New York
can be obtained until this committee has
concluded its labors. In several OF the
election districts blank returns have been discov-
cred. together with other inaccuracies. some Of
which Will have to be remedied to-day. The only
controversies Of any consequence that have arisen
during the canvass relate to the Eighth Senatorial
district. the Fifth Aldermanic and the Tenth Judi
cial. No material changes at all observable in
the figures published Immediately subsequent to
the election OF November 4.
The Committee ON Protests heard arguments Of
counsel to the objections made by Alderman Cava-
nagh against counting the vote for his opponent.
Goodwin, in the Twenty-secoud Election district Of
the Thirteenth Assembly district 1t alleged that
the inspectors in this district closed the polls for
half hour during the day Of election. After list
ening to speeches from Mr.. Nelson j. Waterbury on
behalf Of Mr.. Goodwin and Mr. ]. ID. McClelland for
Alderman Cavanagh the committee referred the mat
ter to Corporation Counsel Whitney that they
might be advised az to their legal duties.
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DESTRUCTION OF THE PROPELLER GENERAL
PAINE-scHooNERs ASHORE.
GRAND HAVEN. Mich. Nov. 10. 1870.
The most severe gale Of the season has prevailed
hero from the southwest since midnight. The wind
is now blowing at the rate OF forty miles an hour
The propeller General Paine. from Chicago. struck
the bar at eight A. M and TO pieces In less
than half an hour.
The schooners Holmes and Margaret Dali. light;
Maple Leaf. loaded with lumber The soow Rose and
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HE BROOKLYN VOTE.

bHOOhLIN
The socislistc-labor candidate for Governor Caleb
Pink received. according to the official Canvass GAG
votes In Kings county at the last election.
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Fuller Details Concerning the Loss Of
the SeymOur'S Tow.
NINE PERSONS MISSING.
Terrible Scenes on the Gordon
Before She Went Down.
STATEMENTS OF SURVIVORS.


OswEGo. N. Y, Nov. 19, 1879.
The following additional particulars relative to
the lake disaster have been received:-The tug
Becker came alongside the dredge Gordon about half
past one O'Clock A. NJ half full Of water. Immedi-
atey thereafter the tug careened over and disap-
peared. The tug o. Thayer went down about nine
O'Clock P. M. Her captain. Henry Hickler. was
saved; her engineer Is supposed to be lost. On
board the dredge Gordon Richard Arnold.
Patrick Eagan. Billy Logan. S. Logan and
George Palmer and his wife. The water in the
engine room was waistdeep. and at twenty minutes
to five A. M. the Gordon sank. and all on board we're
drowned. excepting Fireman Smith and two
brothers named Hauthan. There were thirty one
persons on the feet when it left the River St.
Lawrence for Lake Ontario. Sixteen were taken to
Sodus on the tug John Hickler. six rescued and
taken to Sackett's Harbor on the tug Seymour and
three who were the scows are missing. The
number Of saved. so far as known. is twenty-five.
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leved from his command than TO accept tho respOn-
sipility of movement he believed to be premature.
In an carrier stage Of his service he resisted tho
temptation Of an ambition by declining what
amounted to promotion. because he able to pre-
fer the public good to his personal advancement.
In the fall OF 1862 the circumstances. related 10y
General Buell. himself. in u private. unpublished
note, follows-
Tho army was Both Of September against
Bragg who occupied Bardstown Frankfort and In fact
as a order 81 is
10 my and his to thy
of the orders that he prepared
tried to dssaade him: told him ,hs, would siss him
all e. . and and Of
that could under circumstances to his
and nSsssss he promised shss any m %'in
witch Se Ssa "a" prspsssd Ta '1' Sosss
he was actuaed IN h. course by condolences in
ing and considered tina, both motives did honor his
HIS ISvrxciBLrrY.
But the quality which more than all others spe-
officially and constitutonally distinguished General
Thomas was his invincibiity-hs heroic faculty for
enduring unwearicd aud successful obstinacy in
defence. 1t cheerful and sweet tempered, al
though OF supreme seriousness and Intensity.
But its chief quality its contagion, by which
propagated its fearessness and hopefulness to the
whole body of his support II was the sympathy of
confidence and self-dcvotion that indissolubly
bound together commander and men and made them
jointly invincible.
General Thomas. in his simple and modest way,
has left on record statement concerning himself
which Will be accepted now without question. In
letter of November 20. 1862 expressing his regret
that he would not be able to attend the reunion of
the Society of the Army OF the Cumberland that year
ut Indianapolis, ho said:-
II was my hearty desire the 10 tho end of
with cheerfuness perform with
zeal aud honesty whatever duties devolved upon me Al
the time IL MAS my constant endeHvor i'm press
those who with me and under my command with "A
scnsc tho Importance of the services they had under
taken 60 perform.
These sentences show that George H. Thomas was
something more and better than merely u soldier
He was patriot. Hc had u country and u cause,
and in their defence no drew his sword. The prin-
cpcs aud interests for which he perilcd his life aud
staked his fame, than the gallant service
he performed in their behalf. great and disun-
guished US was Justify the celebration of this day
ISSUES or THE WAR.
The rebellion of 1861 was founded on fundamen-
tai of the character of the political in
situations the country aud of the relation of the
governments OF the States to that of the
United States and failure to realize the
truth that behind and below both these instru-
mentalites of political action there constitu-
ency that was their originating aud supporting
cause the unity OF which made nation OF all the
people. The false doctrine which embodied
these misconceptions was styled the doctrine
OF States rights, but its real mean
ing and mischief was State supremacy.
Our fret duty and chief love due to the
nation which alone constitutes country for the
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for the increased appropriation. Thus, every
state or Territory receiving It's ratio Of tho
appropriation must provide it's active mill
tia with n complete service dress and cam
paign equipment; it must provide for an an
nual inspection; and it must equip and
maintain at least ono rifle range at which
1t shall require its militia 10 be instructed.
Such provisions are ia the nature Of guar
antccs that If the money is appropriated by
Congress, IL shall not be simply taken into a
state treasury, or put into arms not used,
but shall bc applied In good faith to the
building up of vital and efficient force for
national defence.
In further pursuance Of this idea, there
are provisions for establishing competent
boards, directed To select q suitable pattern
OF militia fatigue uniform and equipments.
and uniform regulations and systems OF dis
ciplnc IL Is carefully provided, however,
that existing scrvicoable clothing and equip
mcnts may be first worn out that distinctive
parade or dress suits may always be re-
tanned and used 10y regiments or companies;
and that the state Legislatures may make
suitable additions To the proposed code Of
regulations. There are also, as we have
before noted, provisions for inspections of
the militia by army officers, and for detail
ing the latter TO act as militia adjutants or
stan officers. There is very important
provision for annual oncampmonts, and an
allowance for them out Of the Congressional
appropriations and there are sundry other
provisions. OF more or less value designed
to carry out the proposed system as framed
by the Convention.
What Congress has to do IL 60 take up this
measure betimcs, and consider it thoroughly
Its foundation In u desire TO build up the
militia, 50 long neglected in many States. is
unqucstionably sound. If any Of its details
are unconstitutional. they must be stricken
out; IL any of them are unwisc or hazardous
or the fruit Of too little knowledge or con-
sideration, let them give way to something
better: but when all needed amendments
shall have been made, the bill should become
n law
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will Congress Aid the Militia,

The bill to rcorganize the militia OF the
United States. framed by the Convention
recently held in this city, is now before both
Houses of Congress. No militia hill OF equal
Importance has been introduced during the
past ten years. 1t demands prompt and
full discussion, and after such increased
efficiency as iudiclous consideration can give
it, it should bo enacted.
The central feature OF the bill is the in
crease of the annual militia appropriation
Of Congress from S200,OOO, which was the
sum established in the year 1903, TO 81 200, 600
Coupled with this provision are others for
80 applying the appropriation that the
active militia. now mere shadow in many
States and Territories, will become an
effective body throughout the country, well
organized, properly uniformed, armed, and
equipped, and capable of performing the du-
tics which the theory Of the government and
the laws on the statute book alike prescribe
Even in the year 1908 the sum at first pro-
posed In the bill for armng and equipping
the militia was "A million dollars; but the
project was then experimental, and
smaller sum was substituted Yet all the
militia laws Of Congress, as Gen. BENET
the Chief OF Ordnance, declared to the Senate
last year, are based on the initial idea that
the constitutional force for the national de-
fence is the militia" In 1903 the population
Of the country was about seven millions; IL
Is now more than six times as great, so that
on this consideration alone the militia an
preparation. should be increased TO at least
million dollars, since that appropriation is
expressly declared in the original law to be
" for the purpose Of providing arms and
equipments for the lrhOle body Of the militia"
ms being the true source Of national defence.
To emphasize this fact it may properly be
recalled that prior to 1908 militiamen were
required 10 provide their own arms and
equipments, and the whole militia system
went TO ruin in consequence. Accordingly,
In 1907 the House OF Representatives passed,
after full debate, Il resolution that PRO
vision ought TO be mado by law for arming
and cquipping the whole body OF the militia; :"
out of which sprang the existing law.
The mort OF the pending bill is that 1t uses
the proposed increase Of appropriation as
the occasion and the means OF rcorganizing
and Improving the whole body OF the mill
tia. II might have been thought enough TO
Insist that If twenty-siX millions a year are
expended on the army, exclusive of West
Point, fertilization, and other collateral mil
lions, the militia could Justly demand at
least ono million. But it il proposed under
this bin that tho individual States shall rem
h"r large equivalent. on their own part,