The Portland daily press., 1881-04-16
NEW YORK.
Good Friday in New York.

Good Friday in New York.
NEW YORK, April 16.--Good Friday was
celebrated to-day in all the Protestant Episco-
pal and Roman Catholic churches throughout
the city, with appropriate services which were
attended by large congregations. The produce
and cotton exchanges were closed.
Down town business to-day was generally
suspended. Large crowds in holiday dress was
in the street. The weather was fine.
Cutting Freight Rates.
There Is some excitement here over rumors
that fast freight lines operating over the New
York Central are cutting rates in spite of Com
missioner Fink's manifesto of Tuesday forbid
ding cutting. A meeting of trunk line man.
ayers is called at Vanderbilt's house tomorrow
to discuss the situation. lively time is ex-
pected as the New York Central was party
to an arrangement that if any trunk line
should make rate below the recently estab-
lished tariff, give rebate, or in any way vio-
late the pool arrangement, the joint high CON-
mission would order the other lines in the pool
to meet such rates. 1t is believed the trunk
line pool is in danger of being broken, and
that the Baltimore 8 Ohio and Pennsylvania
are trying to break 1t.
The Sugar Question.
The suit of Welsh & Co., sugar imnorters
against Collector Merritt, to recover alleged
excessive duties imposed on the importation of
sugar, was continued this morning. The court
decided to admit all testimony touching the
Dutch standard and as to how it originated,
Mr.. Sherer,. government chemist, was called
to the stand, and testified that the Dutch
standard only enabled sugar importers to dis
cover color for commercial purposes, and that
it was necessary to use the polariscope to test
the percentage so that sugar importers could
determine its value. Prof. Collier. chemist of
the department of agriculture at Washington,
described the process OF sugar manufacture.
Escape OF Bank Robber.
John T. ,JOurdan undar arrast horo for a.,
past three months charged with robbery of the
Middetown (Conn.) Savings Bank, escaped
from Bellevue Hospital yesterday afternoon
and is still at large.
Threw Vitriol in Her Face Because She
Wouldn't Marry Him.
Jasper Martin, young man of Huntington,
L. l., was arrested to-day. He had repeatedly
fuslng to marry him and last Friday met her
on the street aud threw vitriol mixed with ink
in her face, binding her and disfguring her for
life
"The Man With the Iron Jaw'' Arrested
for Robbery.
John w. Blanchard, the variety actor known
as tho MAN with the Iron Jaw, was ar
rested here to-day charged with robbing Mr..
SWEET, the manager of his company in Phila-
delphia recently of SLIGO worth of diamonds
and $50 in cash.
Buffalo Hat Factory Burned.
BUFFALO, April 15.-The hat mandatory
of Stafford, Foul & Co., was burned last
night, destroying stock valued at 500. 900.
The loss on the building, which was owned by
.. M. Matthews, editor of the Evening Ex-
press, is $4,000. The establishments of
Hrchfeld & Co. and Hiram Eastern adjoining,
were injured by water several thousand dol
lars.
Ravished and Murdered.
WEsTpoRT, N. Y, April 15.-Nancy Boyle,
10 years old, has been missing six weeks. To-
day her dead body was found in the school
house near here, she having evidently been
ravished and killed. Great excitement pre-
walls.
Med Buntline" Accused of Bigamy,
KINGSTON, N. Y, April 15.-Colorel e. c.,
gudson ("Ned Buntline') was surprised last
tuesday by the appearance at his residence in
Stamford OF a lady claiming to be Mrs Lavan-
che L. Judson. his legally welded wife, She
exhibits marriage certificate to the effect
stated, and several legal documents from
Judges Denohue and Barrett of New York
City, which apparently substantiate her clai m.
She has also package of letters from Colonel
Judson, in which the writer recognizes her as
his wife. She claims to have been married in
1858. She tells long and strange story which
will be made public in few days. Colonel
Judson denies that she is his wife. He was
married, as the record shows, to Miss Anna
Faller at Stamford in 1871 with whom he now
resides: She feels keenly the sudden appear
ance OF claimant upon her husband.