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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
NANAL INTELLIGENCE.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The Secretary ct the
Navy has received dispatch from Rear Aumrh .roS'S
commanding the Asiatlc station under date OF loAo
hama seplenher 81 reporting the movements OF ue
vessels OF that squadron last report He acknow
edges the receipt of the Departments telegram 10 Dim
TO ARRANGE for the protection of American interests IN
China and II necessary, to hasten the arrival OF the
Juuiaa ana Enterprise the Stato1 He did not re-
ceiye oc, information of the riot at Canton until sep
tehcr 2l At that time the Richmond was disabled aud
could not be sent Canton The PaoS has been ordered
there and will bs followed up aud relieved by the first
vessel that arrives. .,
telegram had been received nom the Consul M singa-
more stating that the would leave Batavia at once
for Hong Kong The Enterprise was daily expected at
Sngal The Monoracy supposed 10 De a CneIoO
She under orders to proceed to COrea 10 remove Tue
FsseX which vessel TO TO FOrmOsa 10 LOOK aIcr
some American sailors reported 10 he on that Island The
PaOs was to start September 90 for the Lamock Islands
10 take on board the party which had been watching the
wreck OF the Ashuel It. and then To Canton As soon
ms the Pensacola arrived (Which cable dispatch say
was on October 1O Admiral Crosby expected 70 so 10
Shanghai in the Richmond unless his presence was neces
sary elsewhere. -, -. -. a..
Commander Harrington, commanding the Junatilw hile
al Singapore the services Of that vessel TO take
supplies 10 the destitute at Batavia on the straits Oh
sunda but the offer declined.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
ELDER CANNON on THE EDMUNDS Law.

Ex-Delcgate Cannon, OF Utah, and number
Of Mormon mi. onares were ut this Grand Central Hotel
yesterday To TRIBUNE reporter the former said :
Part OF my business iu EewYork to-day IA to see num-
Dor OF gentlemen of to Europe Their departure need not
alarm tho opponents Of Mormonsm In the United states
The immigration Utah drawn by the abors OF our mis-
sonares does exceed 1000 persons annually but we
look upon the duty OF warning the world an Imperative
one"
But the immigrants your missionaries gather are
mainly those who will be useful to community organized
" yours sT
"Ye, we have moro africans In proportion to populr
ton than any other community IN the world Immigrants
10 this country are, believe a ulo, nnmlrted but
those WHO come to us usually married The VIE ana
children come with the husband.
You AJAX about the Edmund law. u haS worked INST
81. I supposed II would 10 4, enforced nut the "'uS
from II are what expected ~ thoc who urged us
t.-ts- When the prn-criptye element In the Law wa
apparent the people " the Territory -eom'h 10
unite them. As the law stood on the statute hooks II W7
unjust enough looke lt from orr standpoint bnt iht
commits. oarr, went beyond the letter the law III carry
inc oui wn, they thought Ia be IT. spirit Iu"y EXTENDED
h. pualtv al 4ranchisemcnt 10 thOsr even who became
polvr1mi hDfp. tine passage ~ the law o lN2, when
uld. poly eamy crime Tho result VIA thit men lIke
Brigham Nouue'a grandson, who openly opposed oar re-
lon aI drunun "a tho dbrriu' 81 pol aImy, voted
Win g bco,. tl.it friend, OF relatives wcrc, in their
opinion treated uiJu.ty'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
NOMINATIONS ~ BROOKLYN

The committee Of ten appointed by the Brooklyn Re
publican City Convention last week to nominate candi
dates for Ald4men-at-Lirgc met yesterday afternoon 10
III the vacancies caused by the refusal Of
D. T. Arnott @. H. Fox, John McKeon
and George Kinke to serve, upon the ground
Of pressure OF private business The candidate, selected
were Supervisor Thomas W. wood, of the Third Ward
cpublican) John u. Mckenzie, of the Twonty-fourh
ward Rcpubicanj; Ernest SchiIg, Of the Sixteenth
Ward DemocriD; and Albert g. Eas, Of the Thirteenth
Ward DemocTat. The nominees are all business men Of
ability. The two lt4t named are Germans
The Republicans in the XIIth Assembly District of
Kings County In convention In Nrw-Utrcct ycster-
day afternoon, and nominated j. Lott Van Sostrand,
LAWYER. of Nrw- Utrecht, VINO has awOlccu Brook yn
III. opponent T. As-enbl,Inan VI. g. Earl
The Democratic Aldcrmanic District Conventions were
held Ia Brooklyn last evening. In tho Iet Dis
tTict, Aldermen James Kane JOuu McCary and GcOr-e
A. Sterling and John Cus4en nominated. In the
Second District, which 1, strongly Republican, no norni
nations were made and the convention adjourned until
tomorrow In the Third District the candidate. nlucd
wereA ldermanJc'Tson Back, ASsemby mau MosesRngle
William A. Matthias and John ROesch. Both the Flnt
and Third Districts are Democratic
In the Fourth Senate District the Republicans nomin-
ated by reclamation Last evening ASscmblInan Daniel H.
Lindsay for Senator ~ oppose Senator Jacobs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
DIRECTING TO THE AQUEDUCT ROUTE.

The Aqueduct Commission yesterday gave an
other hearing to citizens who are opposed 10 the
Hudson River line of the proposed now aqueduCt
Fordham Morris, who appeared for number of the
residents along the proposed line sand that no cor
pOFatIOn or body beside that of tho State of New
York had been clothed with such power AZ
that given to the AqueduCt Commissioners. The
building of the Hudson River Railroad ~ dammlug
mp tho bays and preventing the ebb and How of the
tide he said had Transformed the locality from one
Of the hcalthiost into breeder of malaria, The
construction of the proposed aqueduot, therefore,
should be- treated with u great deal of caution.
4" Is IL necessary he asked that the grounds OF
many persons should be eat up when another route
posed line Is the best from engineering point
If view, but IA business men the Commission tls
should look to the cost aud endeayoT to accomplish
the same result with the least expenditure and tho
least annoyance Ia the property-owners Nothing
has been said IN tho plan ~ IA the amount OF hnu
damages. Wa wish to know what IL To become OF
the debris which is to be take from the proposed
tunnel. IL il to be spread over the adjoining land
and scatter the sOeds of disease around Ii 80, God
help the neghbOrhOOd. Questions of this KIND
bo tit subjects for damages. We wish to knO"
whether our highways are to b0 preserved
Mr. Morris then read the bids for tho proposed new
aqueduCt III Washington 10 show that the estimates
of the cost OF tho proposed aqueduct LOT thlH Guy
for eXCayating and brick casing were less thah lhe
work could be done for.
Chief Engineer Church, who was examined by
Mr. Morris said that Il would not De safe 10 con
~trct anot her aqucduCt alongside the old aqucduct.
In crossing fhr Harlem River a tunnel would cost
about 500 900 less than 10 duplicate High Bridge
Chief Engineer Newton, of the Department 81
Public Works, was questioned AT length relative 10
the cost OF the Baltimore auucuuct ana the pIOlO'ei
Hudson River route. lie Was OF the opinion ne s''Id
hcretofprr given and that the Hudson River route
,yas he hest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
THE crSE or CHARLES A. BTRNE

Tho case against Charles A. IIyrne, who was in
dirtpd many months ago for perjury and embezhle-
lnrnt was called yesterday IN the Court OF General
sessions before Judge Gildersccvc. The charges
crew ont of Mr. Byrues relations with the propr
tor of "A daily aud of dramatic paper, OF winch
hc was the editor. The defendant was IN court ith
his counsel John -. Townsend. Assistant District
Attorney O'Byrue, To whom the papers IA the case
had been gwen by the ID .strirt-Attoupy. sand that
hc had intended try the ease, hut found That his
duties n Part H. of the same Court would interfere.
Mr. Townsend urged an Immediate trial, saying that
ms presence had been insisted on by the District
Attorney with the understanding that the case
would certainly be- tried. Judge GillcrsccNc sug-
r.strd that Colonel Fellows take Mr.. OByrur's place
i'm Part H.. aud directed that She trial proceed
After 20 few minor sentences had been inflicted IN
other eases Colonel O'Byrnc turned ~ the judge,
and with IAN air of perpleN ,ty, said: Well, really
am not prepared 10 try the Byrno case to-day. ]
have been ~ occupied with other eases that have
not been able to give the papers the necessary CON
-ideratinu." Judge Gild"rsienye admitted that Mr..
O'Byrue had been busily occupied and granted an
adjournment to the second Monday of December.
Mr. Townsend then suggested that there WIS q
possibility that Mr.. Byrne's bOnd,mcu might not he
willing To act any longer IN that capacity. The
Iudgr promised in that case e. take care that the
defendant who appeared ready for trial. should not
he embarrassed. The bondsnen then surrendered
Mr. Byrne and with the consent of the DNtTict-At-
tornry the bail discharged and the prisoner re-
leased on his own rccOgnlZance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
GAZING At THREE MILLIoyYAiRES

A woll-drcssed, gray-boardod man entered the
Common Pleas Courtroom, in which tho Metr0p0l-
ton Elevated Railway Company's suit against the
Manhattan and Now-YOrk companies to SGT aside
the agreement of October 1881, was being tried
before Judge Van Brunt, yesterday, aud asked an
officer if Jay Gould would be present. On bong
answered in the Affirmative n look OF satisfaction
no,sed over hi4 face rs he said: ." have come 100
mile, TO get a look at him, and am mighty glad |
am not going to be disappointed" Soon afterward
Air Gould entered the courtroom and took 10 seat
near the counsel Of the Manhattan Railway Com
many. A few minutes later Russell sage and Cyrus
" field came in aud sat by the side of Mr.. Gould:
For two hours the old man watched the faces OF
tine millionnaires with the closest attention. can
90 home satisfied nOw," ho exclaimed as ho left the
room, " for have seen three men that's got money
euough 10 buy the whole of New-Jersey AMI then
have enough left to buy peanuts for the crowd
The counsel for the plaintiff are General fr9hels
C. Barlow, James &. Carter and Robert Scwell; TOT
the defence, David Dudly Field, A, j. Vanderpo9I'
William NJ. EvaTts and William q. Duer. john H.
BODY, the treasurer of tho metropolitan Company,
was called to the stand. He submitted 10 the Court
tho tripartito agreement OF October %, 1851. lle
admit tod that tine agreement had never Deon SUD
mitted 10 or officially affirmed by the st0ckh0idors
of the Metropolitan Company. The first dlyidenu,
which was due on January l. 1882, under the new
agreement, was not paid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
THE WAlSu-wvHG SHOOTING CASE.

The Grand Jury began yesterday tn investigate
the light in Diapers llquOr-stOre in which the GRIM
mails Irving and Walsh lost thoir lives, Coroner
Martin was asked IL the papers IN the Irving
Walsh case wera ready, and he returned to his Of
flee. and sent them 10 Nh MckeOn. The latter
went before the Grand jury with the papers
and the pistols and bullets that had boon
exhibited before the CorOners jury. Cor,
onrr Martin was summoned before tho Grand
Jury aud gave evidence rs to the inyeStigi-
tion, Police Detective Hickey, who ar
rested Porter Immediately after the murder, was
also examined. llo gave evidence similar % that
given before the Coroners jury. lnspog tor ByrneS
Also visited the District Attorneys office and the
Grand jury room.
Henry C.. Allen, of tho District Attorneys Office in
n lettor to TIE TRIBUNE says, in regard 10 the
Irving Walsh inquest:
with regard to the reflections which have appe red as
coming from me respecting Coroner Martini official
action | nave to say that In my Judgment ~
"A lawyer, the Coroner, being invested with no
udioil functions whatsoever, had no power
under the law assume by the action OF his jury 10 A.
anti any person or discharge from custody amy person
charged with homicide, notwithstanding the jury exon
Grated him His duty ended when his jury certified by
their verdict the cause of death and that they were I'M
allie TO impllcate any person Herewith and the law
leaves It 10 other officials to determine whether person
in the custody OF the police charge OF homicide shall.
under those circumstances, be longer held or discharged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
DEMOCRATIC UNION ON SEN.l1ORs.

Representatives Of each Assembly District
met in Tamnany Hall last evening Ia decide upon the
question Of union in the SENATE Districts. After long
discussion In regard 10 candidates It decided 10 unite
with the County Democracy upon the basis that Tam
many should hold tho districts which Il In 1891
and that the County Democracy should do the same.
NJ. c. Murphy however Is 10 De nominated In the With
District This Is said be y conccsson 10 Irving Hall
though Mr.. Murphy virtually represents Hubert o.
Thompson In the With District Senator Grady il 10 loo
rcnOnlnuted and the County Democracy "a 10 support
him Notwithstanding tho numerous fesoIutnn, II has
passed attacking his record In the Legislature and do
nOuncng him traitor and the tool OF monopolists
Senators DAILY Fitzgerald and Browning are to be re
nominated In the Xth District Scnatnr Koch will
probably be renOmnBted, though there IL much dssas
faction with him on'thc pant of Tammany. George W.
Plunk is Ia be- the candidate In the Xlth District u
left 10 Mr.. Kelly to carry out the terms of tho
deal" Union Aldcrmca and A-semblymcn wa re-
commended but It Is not probable that it will DO carried
out IN the majority OF the districts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
D1yGER AND ALARM IN BRoADWIY.

An accident occurred at Broadway and Nine.
teenth-st. shortly before noon yesterday that
rowly escaped having serious results At the north
west corner of the street bnilding is in pro-
cess OF erection, and scaifod, supported by beams
extending from tho second story affords protection to
beneath At about 11:45 a. m. the northern section
of this scaffOd. ten twelve feet in length, gave
way without any warning and fell to the sidewalk,
some heavy blocks Of granite falling with it. Many
people were. passing at the time, but no was
directly under the falling panks and so was
injured. There was goo'l deal of excitement for
few minutes, however, for the crash led many to
believe that the whole scafold was coming down.
Women rushed precipitately into the street. regard
less of the omnibuses and other vehicles and several
had narrow escapes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
CIVIL, NOTES.

The trial of the action Of the Muskegon Nj
tonll Bank OF Michigan against the Northwest I'm =
ud Lc Insurance Company ended yesterday before
Jndr Shpman ami jury in the United states Circuit
Court Erwin ID. Comstock. who the cashier OF the
bank for many years. found m 1873 to have been
efauter He owed the bank S200 900, and IL had his lie
insured for $4,000 Two years after Consock died and
Insurance uDtny retn'edto pay the money on te
plea that COmStock = confirmed drunkafd ana had
denied before the policy taken out The Jury
rendered verdict the plaintiff for $4,000, the fli
amount claimed.
temporary injunction has been granted by
Justice Barrett In the supreme Court Chambers, on the
oppeaton OF William s. Denny as treasurer Of the Mid
Land Railroad Company OF North Carolina and OF tho
Midland improvement and Construction Company. re-
strainng william j. Best the president OF those c0mpa-
nies from dspOsing OF tins companies books Tue pai
TIN alleged feared tho books would DO dostrOyei
in coyer a misapprOpriatiOn Of funds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23

vort and Philadelphia in charge of officers detailed from
drogranhic Office The offices have been established at
the Maritime Exchanges In those cities partly ut the
solicitation of the Board of Trade and shipping interests
By this means the intelligence received at the central
ONCE in Washington placed within easy reach o. all sea
,a M hand where charts and sailing directions for all
parts Of the world kept revised according to the aes
fnfarastien from foreign photographic offices. ana
where his own charts be corrected To date and in re-
tTn his avn log Is examined and the facts obtained from
hi Renee made available a once TO the whOe
rna,tttme community. The movement VIII DO OF
direet beneht 10 the merchant marine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
ALAN6 GRANT DECISION.

WASHINGTON, Oct 22.-The land case OF the
Southern Minnesota Railway Extension Company asalhS
Augustus Kuner to-day decided by the secretary OF
the Interior In 1876 the land grant OF the railroad WI"
certed 10 the State of Minnesota by the Land Depart
ment for the benefit OF tue Railroad Company k1her
however recently made entry Of tract Of the land ana
his entry was received by the Commissioner OF the Lana
Office who held that the oehcatoh OF lands 10 the sa'o
was irregular aud that the certificates had not the furce
o. patents.
Tho Secretary holds, that by virtue OF the grant aGa
under the act July L. 1855. amended, July 10 the
title 10 the land In contest passed to the state OF Mime
sofa for the benefit of said company when the tract was
certified 10 the State in 1876 by the Land Department
He further holds that, il having been decided by slu
Department 1876 that the land passed TO the stare
under the grant and having been so certified ana Nhdr
such adjudication the lands having been generally sold 70
innocent paitiCs such decision cannot now be changed
III said al the Interior Department that the decioh
the Commissioned sustained would have resulted III 9
loss 10 the railroad companies In Minnesota of about
1000 600 acres of land, and tue decision might also nato
nettled the title to 5DOOOO0O acres or lana ccFou ~
railroad companies in other states
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
pfyy,rLrWn PRE>BrrERLNs.
r,rm ,,Nrr,crCrE or MINIsrgR--ruR HEREsY

.r,rm ,I,Nrr,crrER or MINIsrRR--riR HEREsY
CASE.
Prrrsnrro, oct. ON The Presbyterian
synod today the commttno appointed Ia examine Che
record. Of the Prcsbytrry OF West Virginia reported That
II deserved 10 bo compmruted FOR having discovered
"lsntn.ns mehol and recommended that IL be given
n gold modal for the Manufacture Of PreshyirneS ana
minister, without the trdnu' prDcrs OF passing the later
through college and seminary The facts bringing oht
int r,rop wcro that the Prcdbytery In session In
80 h,d r.c,t,urnIcd J. Ioomi. Could. an elier
.it,ho per.nn for the cen-u AMI aitcrward he ws
lsn.,d i'm dun FORM can idJte not having passed. u
rour-e OF Ministerial uttu ton; also. that the Same
artion bid been taken In the case OF John ". Acfar
land. The report wis accepted.
Mn. camnts, ON tho record, Of tho Huntingdon Pres
hyrry rgoted that tho Prisbytnry erred On allowing the
lev Jonn W white tO withdraw from the PrcsnJ terry
hont cen.lrc aftnr having found Iin unit for his po'l
tion The committee 81 Imrd tuht a moro pronounced
rxrr-41n OF diupprob ttOn should have boon male ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
WASHINGTON NOTES,

WASHINGTON, Monday, Oct. -, 1850
APPOINTMENT BY THE PREsIDENT-The President to-day
amounted Charles T. Mccoy, Ot Dakota, to be Register OF
Tie Land ONCE Aberdeen, Dak vice stephen '" Dun
combe deceased.
DETERMINED TO HAVE His SALARY-CommsSioner
Evans received telegram this morning reporting that
Deputy Collector FentOn at Tucson AIZ refuses 10 0
liver Government property 10 his successors until his sal
any is pad.
SALE OF ALABAMA LASDs-Under the act Of 1888, de-
claring the public lands in Montgomery County Ala
10 be mineral lands the Commissioner of the Land once
has advertised them for public sale on January To- The
ands i'm the Huntsville district mentioned IN the sane
act, will also be advertised for sale.
SIGNAL SERVICE AND THE TINE sTASDAEn.-The officers
of the Sual Service Washington had conference to-
day with view to adopting the seyenty-hith meridian
from which to reckon time, IN accordance win the move
ment to have uniform time standard on all the railroads
in the United States. General Hazen says that the new
standard will undoubtedly be adopted in the signal Ser
"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
THE UOCRTS.

TRYING TO FORCE AN OBSTINATE MAYOR.
Mayor Barnert of Paterson, n. j., recently
objected the material TO be used for pipes In the
stctOn Of several new ordered by the Board
Aldermen and refused to sign the contracts The lera
adviser Of the Board discovered that the Mayor sig
nature wac necessary and the contracts were
cued The Board then attempted 20 Issue bonds for the
payment Of the cOntrotors but the Mayor refused 70
sign them The Board then voted that City Counsel
John w. Grggs should apply TO the Supreme Court for
mandamus to compel the Mayor 10 sign the eOnds In
accordance with this, application made 10 Judge
Dixon yesterday for rule " show canse why such
mandamuS should not issue Tie rule was granted ana
returnable the term OF the Supreme Court The
Mayor who Is Democrat Ia at odds with all the Alder
men, Democratic and Republican, with one exception IN
THE dispute the question He prefers Withheld
pipe or brick Sewers and the Aldermen favor cement
n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-23
HE GIFTS YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND A rINE Oh
$500.


$500.
Maurice Mcnamara, the policeman who was con-
yiotcd last week of assault was arraigned yesterday
before Judge Gildersleeve in the Court OF GenelaI
trial showed that as Mcnamara was taking J0nn
Smith, whom nc had arrested for intoxication, TO
tho police station, on August 20, he became angry
at the conduct of his prisoner and struck HIM two
severe blows on the head with his club. Smith fell
down and in few minutes was dead MCNAMARA
indicted for manslaughter but the jury brought
in verdict Of guilty only Of assault In the third de-
gree. Undor tins verdict the greatest punishment
possible was one years imprisonment aud tine OF
$500, while under a conviction of manslaughter be
might have been imprisoned for twenty years.
When Mcnamara stood at the bar of the court
yesterday his heavy features were stolid rs ever
The District-AttOrney in moving, for sentence
called attention to the lenency that had been shown
by the jury and asked for the heaviest penalty al
lowed by law. The prisoner was asked what he bad
to say i'll reference tn his sentence. Mcnamara IN
a clear voice, but with some appearance OF feeling
said:
ought not to have been convicted. Twas in bad
neighbOThOOd and Captain Petty warned that day
before loft the station to keep dsordoy persons OF te
my right hand and hit him with my left II had been
allowed TO gO the witness stand would have testified
that only struck Smith once.
But the trouble was" said Judge Gldersleeve
quickly, that you swOre before the Coroner that
you did not strike him at all" The prisoner said
nothing, and Judge Gildorslecve continued:
You have had the benefit OF able lawyers enont jury
ana, believe after consideration, an impartial charge
n Won had no intention OF killing, the act resulted
In tae death smith. 10 appears thdt ne WIS WilhhS
along with YOU. lie turned about for what purpose dld
not appear but he did not 20 intend any harm. He
was small man. and under the influence OF hquOr and
rnezs ne produced weapon he In way dangerous
Under this conviction do not feel justified in extending
any mercy beyond that shown by the jury IraIey nap
pens hut there tt call FOR tue seyeTe, penalty
allowed by law. UnlnlIenced by public clilnOr or pas
sion with the kudesi foelug, and with the greatest
spect for the with which yOu connected AMI
which have often had occasion to commend 40 honest
and industrious servants OF the people poorly paid for me
aruOus lbOr- they have 10 perform must neyertI
impose full penalty. The OF tue Court Is that
you b. Imprisoned Tor year in the Penitendlry and
nay "A fine ID 5000.