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NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1883. Timothy Sullivan, whose weapon was his fist, a jury HOME NEWS. in the Circuit Court yesterday awarded $500. George Shendley, age thirty, of No. 87 Waltonat. committed suicide last evening shooting him PROMINENT ARRIVALS self in the right temple with a revolver. He died Fifth Avenue Hotel-Senator George F. Hoar, aimost instantly. Temporary insanity is believed and General N. P. Banks, of Massachus and exto have been the cause of the act. Congres-man W. R. Moore. of Tennessee. W. KelAbout 1,500 people were present in the Brooklyn logg. of Connecticut Hoffman House- Wickham HoffBrecoort Tabernacle at 12:30 yesterday at the funeral of man, United States Minister to Denmark House-Murat Halstead of Cinelnnati, and Sidney Bart Osborne W. Garford, the evangelist. Addresses lett. of Boston Victoria W.G. Thompson, were made by the Rev. Drs. Talmage and Fulton of Detroit Grand Central tel-George Q. Cannon and the Rev. Mr. Lawson. and John T. Caine, of Ujah Belredere House Victor Drs. J.S. Young and Charles Corey, who were Capoul. Hotel Brunswick -Signor Mierzwinski appointed a commission to examine the sanity of Westminster -Jerome B. Parmenter, of Troy. Maggie Keppel, the young woman who abducted little Lizzie Selden in August last, reported vesterWHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY. day that she was now of sane mind, bnt a person of Continuation of Coroner's inquest in Fourth-st. school enfeebled intellect and somewhat defective memory. disaster. Protessor Summer's address on 'Sociology before Mayor Low has refused the request of Alexander Nineteen: Century Club. Johnson, a Republican politician of the Second Presentation of marksmen's badges to 7th Regiment. Ward, to be appointed a member of the Board of Horticultural Society Spring Exhibition at HorticultuElections, to succeed Andrew. Perrv, who been ral Hall. appointed General Appraiser. Mr. Perry has yet Commencement of New-York College of Dentistry at Chickering Hall. resigned the place. Lecture by Dr. John Hall at the Lord Public Reading The Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad ComRoom, No. 135 Greenwich-st. pany yesterday put the ten new carson the De Kalb Packard's Business College anniversary at the AcadAvenue Line. Each car has six windows. instead emy of Music. of the usual eight, on each side. The interior is Meeting of the Historical Society. finished with pauels of various woods inlaid in National Rifle Association Board of Directors. handsome design. The seats are covered with red Meeting: at Bull's H ad Hotel in support of Five Cent velvet cushions. Steam-pipes under the front of Elevated Railway bill. the seats furnish heat. This morning this line beNEW-YORK CITY. gan running all-night cars, leaving Fulton Ferry at 1:52, 2:52 and 3:52 a. m. DYING ON THE WAY TO THE TOMBS. JERSEY CITY. A drunken man, who gave his name as Jacob Harth, was arrested by the Church-st. police yesierJames Boyle, age fortv, a driver in the employ of day. While he was being taken to the Tombs Police Marthies en & Co., sugar refiners, fell from his Court he suddenly fell on the sidewalk and died. truck at York and Van Vorst-sts. yesterday af'e noon and was killed. The wheels passed over his PASSENGERS ON THE ALASKA. chest, killing him almost instantly. Boyle leaves a Mrs. William H. Guion, Stanton Guion, Charlee widow and four children. E. Lewis, M. R. L. Cutting jr., Willy Wallach, Henry G. Hil on and wife, the Rev. Thomas M. There is to be litigation over the possession of Killeen, and W. H. Cilley are among other passenthe vacht Annie, owned by Garrett S. Boice. presigers who will sail for Liverpool to-day on the Guion dent of the City Bank, who is now in the State steamship Alaska. Prison. Boice trans erred the vacht to his counsel, Colonel Fuller and ex-Judge Hoffm'un, in payment TRYING TO SELL THE MERCHANTS' HOTEL of counsel fees, and they had her taken to Bayonne. The Merchants' Hotel, ai Nos. 39 and 41 CortW. B. Williams, receiver of the defunct bank, has landt-st., at auction yesterday by Louis Mesier. The property 18 part of the Henderson esplac d an attachment on the boat. and claims to be ble to prove that she was purchased with the tate and was to be sold in partition. The prices bank's monev.in which case she is part of its assets. bid were not satisfactory to the owners and the Constable D1 laway has been placed in charge of property was bid in by J. McIntyre for them for her until the case is settled. $79,700. THE GRAND JURY FOR MARCH. The American Dock and Improvement Company The Grand July for March was impanelled has been endeavoring for several days to eject a day 11) the Court ofGeneralSessionsandJobn Sloane, number of squatters its property in the South of No. 655 Broadway, made foreman. Recorder Cove, at the foot of Jersev-ave, Writs of ejectment Smvth in his charge repeated the warnings that were obtained, and sheriff's officers were engaged al have been given by other judges against the praclast week in driving out the occupants of the tice of finding indictments in ordinary cases against shanties. The grearest resistance came from women, persons who had not been first taken before a Police and forcible measures had to be resorted to to reJustice. move Mrs. Williams, After she was out out, two LARGE PORK SHIPMENTS TO GERMANY. men were left in charge of the place until yesterday. The shipmen 8 of provisions from this port to when a ganz of twenty men went there to pull it Germany have largely increase d in the last few down. Mrs. Williams was in the vicinity, and when weeks, the desire being to fill contracts for German the door was opened she ran in and, aiming a revolports be ore the probibitory de ree against Amerivera the crowd, threatened to shoot the first man can hog meats goes into effect on March 15. The who approached the door. She was left in possession foreign exports of pork last week amounted to of the premises. She barricaded the door and is pre3,176.1 barrels : of bacon, 6,768,509 pounds, and of pared for a long siege. hams, 212,270 pounds. NEWARK. MEASLES AT CASTLE GARDEN. Eugene Murray, John MoMenamen and Charles Several cases of measles were discovered among Quinn. three members of a gang of burglars credthe children of immigrant passengers who arrived ited with a number of robberies, were sentenced on Saturday and Monday the steamships Neckar, yesterday by Judge McCarter, Murray to seven Polynesta and Wieland. Superintendent Jackson, years and the others 10 nine years in the State of Castle Garden, sent a report to the Board of Prison. William Welsher, Otto Schoene, Henry Health that they were detained in the hospital Lenox and George Holle were also sentenced to there, but were doing well. terms of five years each for burglary. NUMBER ONE THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE LOT. The Board of Trade hel a public meeting last Long before the sun had warmed the cold air yesnight to consider the proposed charter for Newterday morning a large crowd of Government penark, a bill for which, introduced in the Senate by sioners Lad collected in the vicinity of the Pension Mr. Paxton, of Hadson, 18 now pending in the AsOffice in Canal-si. to receive their quarterly allotsembly. Judge Fort and Judge Stevens, who were ments. About fifty persons had spent most of the members of the Citizens' Committee, were present night the street, so as to be at the head of the and explained the provisions of the charter. Vigorline when the office opened. No. 1 was the happiest ous views were expressed against it, and the sentiman in the lot. ment of the evening was strougly in favor of reEIGHT YEARS FOR ATTEMPTING BURGLARY. taining the present charter and opposed to centralJohn Moore attempted on February 13 to enter izing the powers in the Mayor. the building at No. 40 East Vice-Chaucellon Bird yeaterday continued the exas a school for girls by Mary H. and Carrie H. amination in the suit of Mrs. Mary A. Dovell Morris. He was captured by one of the school against Receiver Hobart, of the First National teacaers while climbing into a window. He was Bank, to recover certain property which Mrs. Dofou d guilty of an attemot at burglary and was vell ways was transferred by her to the bank until an sentenced yesterday by Judge Cowing to eight investigation could be made into an alleged defal years in the State Prison. cation of about $100,000 by her son. Louis Dovell. DISAPPEARING NEARLY A YEAR AGO. William A. Thomas, the teller. testified that the The police of this city have been asked to search fact that the bank was getting short was known to for B. James, of Columbus, Ohio, who isappeared him and others. President Cook and Cashier Hadin Baitimore, Md., on May 1, 1882. Mr. James is den had conversations on the subject. The witness seventy-tive years old, tall and stout. with fair comknew that fictitious entries were being made in the plexion and blue eyes. When last seen in Baltimore books. and made some of these himself by direction he intend ed to go 10 Canada by way of New-York. of the cashier. The changes in the books prior to A reward of $100 18 offered by his relative, H. L. the time that Dovell left the bank could not have James. for information about him. been made without the knowledge of the cashier, if THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF A BUSINESS COLLEGE. he had examined the statement book. There will be a graduating class of tifty at the WESTCHESTER COUNTY. twenty-fifth anniversary exercises f Packard's NEW ROCHELLE Daly, who owns; small Business College in the Academy of Music this piece of property on the line of the New-Haven evening. Chief-Justice Davis will preside, and Railroad, being called upon to pay a second assessChauncey M. Depew, A. Oakey Hall, the Rev. Dr. ment for drainage, became despondent and cut his Gottheil, Judge Larremore, President Hunter, of throat on Sunday morning with a razor. the Normal oliege, and others will make addresses. LONG ISLAND. There will be music also. HEMPSTEAD. Marv Smith, who was WORK OF THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the dentally snot at Garden City on February 26, was Charity Organization Society was held last evening greatly improved yesterday, and It 18 probable that at Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison-ave. Last she will recover. No effort has been made to extract the ball. month 5,340 cases were reported by Bixty different churches and societies. his makes in all 50,757 LONG ISLAND hearing in the applicaCases of applicants for charity of which the society tion of counsel for the Society for the Prevention has records. One hundred and thirty churches and 01 Cruelty to Animals to recover the amounts of the societies in the city are now working in co-operation fines collected from the cock-fighters arrested at with this organization. Kearney's pit in that city last week, resulted yesterTHE DEFICIENCY IN THE SCHOOL FUND. day in Justice Kavanagh taking the papers and reThe Finance Committee of the Board of Educaserving his decision. Kearney was arrested and tion held a meering yesterday to determine what taken before the Justice in the afternoon, charged amount it. would ask of the Board of Apportionwith aiding and abetting the fight. It was agreed ment to meet the deficiency in the school fund. to postpone the hearing. Tue committee declined to state the precise sum FLUSEING While Mrs. Barlow. wife of Henry agreed upon as necessary, yet said that it would be Barlow, an employe in Bryant & Grant's factory, between $125,000 and $150,000. A report will be was work yesterday morning near the kitchen made to the Board of Education to-morrow. Blove, ber apron took fire and her clothing was NO CHANGE AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH soon enveloped in flames. She ran into the street, The treasurer of the Church of St. Mary the where the flames were extinguished by some passVirgin, James Burt, said yesterday that the Rev. ers-by. She was badly burned about the body, and William Radeliffe, of Boston, had not been called to her recovery 18 doubtful Mrs. Kannen has made the pastorate of bat cauren as had been stated. complaint to the Board of Education that her He could not account for the publication of the daughter, a pupil in the High School, was recently story, as here had been no difficulty with the prescompelled by one of the teachers to walk up and ent rector and everything was running smoothly. down the school house steps 104 times as a punishment for making a noise while passing down stairs . DR. THOMAS ON SPENCER AND HIS CREW." at recess, As the weekly meeting of the Baptist preachers