New-York tribune., 1886-01-06
AFEE FOR EACH BODY BURIED.
ACTION OF THE NEwTowN HEALTH BOARD.
UNDERTAKINGS INpIGNANT-A MEETING IN BROOK


ACTION OF THE NEWTOWN HEALTH boAho
uNprRrAKERs INpIGNANT-A MEETING IN BROOK
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AT a specal meeting of the Newtown Health
BOARD held on December %, ii was decided that
after next Sunday no body of any person dying at
sny place outside that town should be inferred IN
any of the dozen more cemeteries wlthn lts
limits without permit from the CLERK Oh sne & heM W.
obtalned on the payment of 81. A violation ottnIs
rule was made punishable by fine of 500, which
to collect The members of the Board stated at the
time that this step was taken for puIeiy sai,i@.x @
reasons but of course 1t was well understood thas
it in part reprisal for damage alreauy IauIeu @
by the cemeteries. As over thirty thousand podies
are annually buried III the several cemeteries the
revenue thus derived would be large. a.,
This action reused great indignation among tne
undertakers of this city and Brooklyn, and IT was
generally denounced by. them as unlawful and
Some'h'TS6 Snt T6ey '"v wrote to the State Health
board reference to the matter n sodnntarI ana a
stating that the only burial permit required was
from the health authorities of the place where the
death had occurred and that such one % had always
been honored at all cemeteries. No fee was ever
charged for permits and he knew OF no authority
for requiring payments for them. " But, he added
in conclusion. local health boards can enact san-
tary regulations governing burials III their own
domain .,,o r,aortoLorS
but the final phrase is construed by the Heatn
Board as favorable to its side OF the case me
members of tine Board say that they will permlt no
officers will be stationed at the cemeteries next
Sunday 10 carry out this order. No concerted ac-
tion has yet been taken on tne question Hy t one
Tuesday evening, which is the regular meeting nght
OF their society. In the meantime they Will pay the
fee. A prominent uptown undertaken sara iaS' eve
ming: .,,,u,, .h.t ,ho ueo,tb Roard ;s
OF Newtown Is taken up ~ Seams
hardly fair. i believe that they nave perfect
right to impose this tribute, and Tor one snail pay
The superintcndents of the various cemeteries
said that they could say nothing until their truS-
tees had taken action in regard to It,
The Brooklyn undertakers held special private
meeting in Everett Hall last evening: but refused
what decision sE had Is IN list Of S
principal cemeteries in the town of Newtown
Calvary, st. Michaeps. Linden Hin. Methodist Ger
man EpsSepo 1nress s Rodif schoem part Of
Evergreen. Union Fields. Mount Ohve part OF for'u-
The application of the st. Michaers Cemetery,
Association for an additional grant OF one hundred
and ten acres III the town of Newtown for cemetery
purposes. was discussed at the meeting of the
Queens County Board OF Supervisors yesterday ana
denied.
DID MAYOR WHITNEY BREAK HIS WORD.G
II. b. scHARMANN DECLARES THAT HE DID-THE
MAYOR SAYS HE is 1NsULTED.
The new Brooklyn Mayor, Mr. Whitney has
already found that there are thorns in his way ana
that the sole power of appointing the heads 0I de-
partments is by no means easy TO exercise, he lt
beset throughout ms once hOnTs & ey sm anpsa 20 ali
possible motives to influence the Mayors action
An exciting scene yesterday surpassed any thlng
known in the City Hall since the days OF the famous
Shannon deal" A number of lager beer brewers,
headed by H. b. Scharmann, called on Mr. whitney
at noon TO urge the appointment OF Peter +.
Huberty as one of the Excise Commissioners, as a
representative of the German AMERICANS OF the
city. many of whom were led 10 vote ior Ml; III. !
candidate made to him that he would consult MIN
about the appointment of Excise Commssioners. as
Mr. Sclarmann received a letter on December ~,
from the Mayor-elect saying that he would appoint
John Schlemann as one of the two Excise Cofnihls-
sonsrs A. hs h1ay %1, ySsnded to PSe Mayor
signed by all the brewers of the city. Mr. whitney
said that he would receive it with pleasure.
Mr. Scharmann who was evidently greatly en-
cited began to accuse the Mayor OF bad faith
toward him. He said that he had reason to Delleve
that the brewers would be consulted about the APP
pontment, from q conversation with MI; Whltney
two days after his nomination.: lie told hls col
leagues that Mr. Whitney would DO as well oS as IL II
not better than Mayor Low, and gave bis word 10
the effect that they would be consulted IN the ap-
polntment r. H.. .;o,od In ,,our
lettor to me,' continued Mr.. Scharmann, ne Will
net be satisfactory to MS and | shall feel tnat my
word has not been kept we want GeIman-
American appointed as one OF tae Cohhssiohcis
according to your agreement"
The Mayor retorted that he never promised to ap;
point the man named by Mr. schal1nann' but had
promised to consult him and had done 90.
You have not" angrily returned the irate
brewer. I" and my name is as good as that of any
man in Brooklyn"
a. Mr. Scharmann grew red in the face the
Mayor grew pale. He walked up to the brewer
and SAID AIN sorry you should come mere mere 70 'eli
me l lie. am so astonisheG that hardly know
what to say. You have nsulted ne"
You can take it as You hke," sald Mr. sonar
MANN and he repeated what the Mayor toid nm
before the election The Mayor again asserted that
he was astonished and insGlted and would have
nothing more t. say to Mr. Scharmann. lhe enoits
of the others pacify the Mayor were frutcss anu
he dsra M THAT ai n%s %as "P%ans no
proper man ne would not make him a Coinnlls-
sioner But he did not propose to be insulted OF
brow beaten by any one and would appoint no man
that Mr.. SchaImann wanted.
HELD FOR ABDUCTING A YOUNG GIRL.
Minnie Vancaryzeele, the pretty thirteen-year-
old Girl who disappeared from her home. No 21o
Tasf Tbirty-fonrth-st. on Monday, and who was
believed TO have been abducted, was found by the
police yesterday She had been told TO take mes,
SAGE to her father, who is waiter IN the Hotel
Normandic but she went instead to the store OF
Simpson, Crawford d Simpson ia Slxtn-ave ana
inoured for gold watch which her father had
lett there 10 be repaired Beng tod tna' t ye maon
CAPTAIN Williams sent an officer with a member OF
the family TO look for the girl. Lato IN the afleI-
noon they met Minnie and young woman WIN
blonde hair walking along Sixth-ave: MINNIE said
that She had been taken to house by tho woman
and kept all night. The woman SAID that she
was Kitty Wight, respectable married woman
living at No. 1O7 Clinton place; ,.,
met this plrl in Fourteenth-St. last nlglt, Sne
said. land she was CRYING She told Inc she had no
home to 60 to, and she was wet ana hungry
took her home with me and gave her 1000 ana
shelter for the night Captain Williams declGeu
TO detain the woman until the case had been m
yesticated Minnie said that she met Mrs. wright
in F0urseenth-st. and went with the woman VIII
lingIy AT the house in Cllnton place. sle sald,
to drink and she afterwar,Hw to Sleep Henry
Wright the wOmaD's husband. was arrested list'