A fight between two elderly residents of New York City's almshouse on Blackwell's Island resulted in the death of sixty year-old Lorenzo Faber.  During an argument about leaving the door open, Faber's room-mate, seventy-two year-old William Santey, responded to a punch from Faber with several return blows with a stick.  Faber collapsed and died of what the coroner said was congestion of the lungs.  Santey was held for the Grand Jury.  (By John Osborne)   

A morning derailment on the Long Island Railroad killed the train's fireman and seriously injured two other crewmen.  The train had traveled from Syosset and was nearing Brooklyn when it hit a cow on the track.  The locomotive derailed, taking the baggage car, the milk car, and the first passenger carriage with it.  The 125 passengers all escaped with nothing but bruises.  (By John Osborne)

In Syracuse, the annual meeting of the State Teachers' Association and the Association of School Commissioners debated the full admission of black children to New York public schools.  Susan B. Anthony and Samuel May spoke for the proposal as a matter of principle while others opposed it on grounds of expediency.  The session adjourned without a resolution.  (By John Osborne)