Weekly commercial herald., 1885-11-20

Chinese Merchant of New York, Etc.
New YORK, Nov. 12.-Charles J
Osborne, for many years a prominent
figure in Wall street, died last night Of
kidney disease, aged 46. During tht
Black Friday panic of 1869, he was
Jay Gould's most trusted hacker. The
fortune left by Mr.. Osborne is esti
mated at from 100000 to $8,000,.
600. He leaves a wife and son.
The police were notified last even.
ing to search for Mr.. Leslie w. Rus.
sell, Of Canton, N. Y, formerly
attorney general of the State, regent
of the university, and few years
since prominent candidate for the U.
S. Senate. Mr.. Russell was last seen
at the Coleman house Tuesday morning.
Saturday and Sunday nights he is said
TO have been in prominent Broad
way billiard saloon. No trace of his
movements have been found from
that time until Monday night, at II 80
when he registered at the Coleman
house.
The Herald says: "O'Donovan
Rossa wants place in the custom,
house. He places high rating on his
abilities and nothing less than the
deputy collectorship of the port will
SUIT him. He called at the custom-house
yesterday and loudly announced his
intention of securing deputy's posi-
tion. He wanted to see the collector,
but the collector wss not in."
The Chinese merchants Of this city
have sent President Cleveland the fol-
lowing address:
'To His Excelency, the Honorable Grover
Cleveland, President of the Unit States o
America:
cat meeting of the Chinese mer-
chants, of this city, held November 10,
1885, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
"After many outrages had been COM
mitted upon our fellow countrymen in
lawleSs districts by desperate, ignor-
ant and wicked men, it gives us (Lhe
Chinese merchants of New York )great,
unspeakable pleasure to learn that the
president of the United States of
America has issued his official procla-
nation to protect our people, redress
wrongs done to the injured, punish
maletactors and prevent, by his great
power, repetition Of the actions
which have caused much suf-
fering and death. We desire
express our gratitude and thank
the president for his righteous
course, his courage and loveof justice.
We assure him that he has increased
our admiration and veneration for his
fearlessness and wisdom and our re-
spect and obedience to all his laws,
We also assure him respectfully that
our countrymen in the United States
endeavor to be good, peaceful, honest
and law abiding citizens, and that they
are always anxious and eager to obey
and enforce his laws. and so promote
that prosperity and peace which are as
dear TO them as to great officers and
writers of his land. We instruct our
scribes to interpret this into English
and send the same, with all expressions
of esteem and veneratioD, to his excel
lency the president.
"Given at our municipal chambers
the fifth day Of the ninth month Of
the eleventh year of the reign of the
Emperor Kwing Suey." ..
The will of Rev. DR.. Steven Tying,
who died Sept. 18th, was admitted to
probate yesterday. The estate is
worth $4,000, All his personal prop
erty, except his library in the Tectory.
of st. Georges church, he bequeathed
to his wife. The library, less one hun
dred volumes, such as Mrs. Tying
chooses to select. is given the divinity
school of the Episcopal church of
Philadelphia.
Areception was last night extended
to Mai Gen. Newton by the Xavier
Club, in honor Of his success in the
He'll Gate explosion.
Gen. Hancock and many other well
known gentlemen were present.
Capt. Jennie Wilson, of the salvation
army. who married II. S. Moore, Of
Elizabeth, N. j., in May last, having
husband, Charles H. Frye, in Bellows
Falls, VT, was acquitted of bigamy in
Union county, N. j., court yesterday.
She testified that she believed decree
of divorce from Frye had been granted
her when she married Moore. The
trial attracted great throng of specta-
tors and the verdict was applauded.
A cablegram, received from Coron-
ma, states that DIR. A. j. odds,medical
missionary Of the Lalahoe, Syria, mis-
sion, of the Reformed Presbyterian
church, was one of the passengers lost
on the steamer SynOn, which was
wrecked on the coast of Spain October
9TH last.
A Notorious Desperate Arrested.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 1l-News
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