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The evening world., 1888-09-08
FOR STRICKEN JACKSONVILLE.
Nancy, Nurses md Aid OF All SsrtS Gener-
0usly Furnished by New York.

Moaey, Nurses md Aid OF All Sarts Gener-
ously Furnished by New York.
The WoRLD's fund for the relief Of tho
Jacksonville sufferers had reached the sum
Of $3.50. 10 this morning. Fl. b. Rollins Il
Co., keeping their list open yesterday,
brought their fund up to S9sb, all Of which
hes been forwarded by Geographic order.
Mayor Hewitt had acknowledged up to this
morning the receipt of So. a45.S5.
AT n meeting of Tammany Hall Committee
on Organization last night tho districts
were called in order, by resolution, for tho
purpose of receiving subscriptions for the
FEVER, sufferers, md 90, 800 was speedily
raised.
There were numerous meetings Of business
men,, ladies' societies, philanthropic assooin-
Ions and other bodies yesterday, at which
arrangements were made and plans discussed
Tor the aid of the Jacksonville people. The
interest and sympathy are widespread In the
city, and the outcome will be very generous
IN all respects.
Not less grateful than the ~pecuniary aid
extended to tho sufferers il the supply of
framed nurses which New York will furnish.
Every day sees new volunteers step forward
IN this line, and provisions Forgetting them
20 the plague-strioken spot are made at once.
bianaGer Ii. Clay Miner is to send. at his own
oApense ten nurses TO be carefully selected
from the Bellevue force.
The attention of members of the New York
STOCK exchange was directed to-day to the
snDsenptlon papers for the benefit of the
SicksonNlle sufferers now ready for signa-
tutesa the rostrum in the Exchange.
I9Euay brought an addition OF 81, ZOO to
Inc mayors Jacksonville fund.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
THE AUTHOR OF UNCLE TOM"
Her Life Passing Peacefully Away mt Hor
sag Harbor House.
ESPECIAL TO THE EVENING woaLD.I

Her Lilo RAISING PeaceiuiiV Away mt Uor
sag Harbor House.
ESPECIAL TO THE RvRNMo woRLD.I
SAG HARDoR, Sept. s.-There was no fur
ther change this morning in tho condition of
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who is i'll here
at her summer residence.
She is still in o semi-unconscious condition
and her life seems to be quietly and peace
fully passing away.
She suffers no pain, and the members Of
her family who have been summoned to her
bedside are sadly awaiting the enc.
Her physician, DR.. George A. Stirling,
says that this is now practically only u ques-
ton of O few hours. for no entertains no hope
whatever Of her recovery, and her strength
is declining every hour.
farmhouse which formerly belonged to
Capt. Louis Corwin. It is on q hill, three
miles from the seashore, and the grateful
ocean breezes waited up to 1t during the
weeks since Mrs. Stowe came here, in Au-
gust, seemed OF first to have q reinvigorating
effect upon her.
There is a lovely garden by. the house. and
tho grounds. the view and all the surround
ings are such rs to give most thorough
delight. Belts of trees partially hide the
house from the passer-by, yet the groves are
not so high but that a wide expRnse Of land
nnd a glimpse OF tho ocean can be caught
from the upper windows Of the residence.
Mrs. Stowe has spent long hours in her
garden or rambling or driving through the
n~eigbboring country.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
JOHN L. TRYING TO BRACE UP.
Ho swears or Drink and Retires to the
Seaside TO Recuperate.
Isrro1AL TO THE N wonLp.I

IsrfcIAL TO THE EVENING wonLD.1
BOSTON, Sept. s.-Since Jake Kilrain, the
heavyweight pugilist, landed in Boston
from his English trip, and especially since
he called at tho Herald Office to say that he
was willing to fight John L. Sullivan, the
latter has made himself scarce, 30 to speak.
He has s~tudiously avoided newspaper men.
because, IA his friends have said, He isn't
prepared to talk, and he doesn't care to talk
till he is well enough and knows on just what
grounds he stands"
By well enough" sullivan's friends mean
that John has sufficiently recovered from the
effect of the excuses he has INDUCED in since
his return to Boston after 1.-THE running
match " with Mitchell.
down In health and with empty pockets,
- swore off " drinking any kind of intoxicat.
ing liquors, as he has often done before; but
this time his friends say II was with an earn
estness never before shown.
Sullivan has been q sick man.. For some
time before he stopped drinking his stomach
would not fulfil its functions. This was O
state of affairs he had never experienced be-
fore.
kept away from the city and has rested at q
private boarding house on one of the many
beaches near Boston. He has not seen a
newspaper man since he won't there. and he
probably will nEt see n until he is ready to
tHtA III va
His friends in New York have written him
to come on and see them and have q talk
about posting none for o fight with the
holder Of the Fox belt. Sullivan Is not pre-
pared TO leave his present abode yet.
He IL not looking all right, but, being a
man who RECEIVERS very quickly from the
effects Of o time he will. no doubt, be
prepared to go to New York by. Wednesday
Of next week and confer with johnson and
others there who offer to back him..
After a challenge TO Kilrain the " Big
Fellow" hopes the public and the news
rapars will once moro repose confidence in
him, and he will give q few exhibitions in
the hope of getting money enough to pay his
training expenses. After the battle 70 over
some OF Sufivan's friends say he will leave
tho prize-rtng forever and exhibit only with
"pillows."
just who will back him against Kilrain no
body Is az yet g. liberty 70 say. ohstiie
cash, but Sullivan has some friends in Bos-
ton who are willing to take q share.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
LOOK OUT FOR THE CYCLONE.
Tho Monster Has started, upd Danger Sig
nails Arc Flying on the Coast.

hoh' - Ss
That obstreperous West indian cyclone
which has been cavorting around the Gulf
Of Mexico for the last two or three days in O
whirligig sort Of fashion, has at last started
of for the great Atlantic, and OF the latest
advioes this morning had begun It's passage
over the Florida peninsula.
This was indicated by the fact that at
Titusville. Fla. the wind had risen TO q
velocity of thirty-six miles IN hour and was
still increasing in force, and that oil around
that region there had been an unusually
heavy rainfall, which is said to be always the
precursor of q simon-pure cyclone. -,
The amount Of rain that fell IN Jacksonville
last night was 2.4s inches, and at Point Jupi-
tor 1.64 inches. There Is reason to believe
that IL the edge of the hurricane gets as far
north as Jacksonville before II leaves Florida
that II will give Yellow jack q pretty lively
shaking up, if II does not blow him off to SEQ
altogether.
Florida his oyclsneship will first take o short
trip straight out to sea, when he will return
to his Gulf OF Mexico antics, resume his
serpentine twisting and finally wriggle back
to the coast afa the n M5sfS Il wi u t stpik e US w,m i
be somewhere in the neighborhood of Cape
Hatteras or south of It.
AT all eveats there is still great danger to
all vessels nlI;ng for the Southern ports. and
danger signals have been flying all along the
Southern coast for the past two days. "The
storm 10 one of the most severe of its kind
that has been reported from the South in
years, asd its danger cannot be exaggerated, !"
says Selgt. Dunn.
Another danger, however, threatens from
the Northwest, and the storm which was re-
ported as gathering In Manitoba yesterday
has developed to such proportions that II
nowextends all over the upper lake region.
It WIS central at 8 o'clock this morning over
M9quette,. Mich, and is moving east at a
raid rate, bringing rain and wind with it.
tie country this morning was caused by this
CORN, and more of it will come before even
ing preceded by warmer weather. Whether
the two storms will meet or not the weather
clerk was unable to state this morning, but
from O meteorological standpoint such an
event is by no means unlikely to occur.
II 1t does there will be Old Hobb to pay,
and the weather authorities want the public
to understand that they will assume no re-
sponsibility for the consequences OF such O
catastrophe.
1t may. be comforting, however, to learn
that nothing more serious than a repetition
Of the March blizzard Is anticipated. The
two storms are still pretty far apart, and
there is some ground for hope that the Mar
quette tornado can be hurried up to Maine
and assisted over the border before the
Mexican cyclone arrives. In such an event
The mercury daliied OF the various alti-
tudes reported below at 8 A.. M. today; New
York, 64; Chicago, g. Boston, 60; New Or
leans, 70; Jacksonville, 90; Denver. So Du.
luth, Sc San Francisco, 80; Chatham, N. s.,
4s; Key West, 80. Frosts were reported all
over New England this morning.
The evening world., 1888-09-08

A happy couple cam to New York this
morning from Bergen Point to DO married.
Where they went to have the precious knot
tied Ia q secret, but IL was undoubtedly tied
IN the proper way.
The two who made the marriage contract
are Rudolph Mulks and Mary Gudekuntz.
both Of Bergen Point. They are both Epis-
copalians and wanted to be married in their
own church in Bergen Point, but whom they
reached the house Of the minister, Rev. A.
Smith, they found no was away from home.
This was rather disappointing, but Rudolph
solved that question In short order.
He would take Mary on n trip to Now York,
they would be married in this city and here
they would spend the first few days Of their
honeymoon.
The way the decision Of the two people to
be married to-day came about makes nn inter-
esting story.
Rudolph Is q German, twenty. six years
old, Of muscular build and good looking,
that he, met and fell in love with
Mary, who IL Mrs. Jones's niece.
Mary is n nicely. formed woman aud about
the same age as Mulks. She has dark hair
and dark eyes that flash and show her spirit.
She was not too proud to work, or rather
she had pride enough about her to do light
work In n private family, and in this way she
put away $50, thinking, no doubt. that
when her Rudolph popped the question to
her and she had answered him In the way
she couldn't keep from II she would, the
money would be enough to get her ready for
her new life.
But Mary was destined to use the $50 in
an entirely different and more generous way.
On the night Of Sept. 4 three men, Edward
Scully, Patrick Hurley and Edward Shana-
han by name, got into an alteration in Mrs.
Jones' house, where they boarded. Knives
were used and all three were cut.
Mulks was present and saw the whole
affair. He was arrested and taken to Centre
vile Jail TO be held as n witness in the case.
No sooner did his sweetheart learn Of his
arrest than she FASTENED to the jail to see if
she could help him out Of his plight, She
found II would require just $3.50 bail to have
him set free, and, feeling greatly relieved in
mind, she went for the $50 which she had
worked 30 hard TO save.
Grocer John H. Bruins was called In, and
on the payment TO him Of the $3.50 which
Miss Gudekuntz had ready, he signed
Mulks's bail bond and Mulks was released.
There was an affecting scene In the little
Centreville prison when the lovers were
united. Mary was al happy as she could
Ibe to think that she was instrumental In
securing her lovers release, and in his eyes
her value jumped UP as high as some of jay
Gould's stocks.
BY the time they reached Mrs. Jones's
house the whole thing was settled and Miss
GudekuntZ was to become Mrs. Mulks In the
least possible time. There wns no delay
about the marriage. for this morning Ru-
dolph and Mary arose carly. scowled a little
at the rain and then started out to get spliced.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
AN EPIDEMIC OF MURDER.
Horrible Crime In Loudon-The
Victim This Time q Woman,

Another Horrible Crime In London-The
Victim This Time a Woman.
ESPECIAL CABLE TO THE KvrsINo woALp.I
LONDON, Sept. s.-People living In Spital-
fields are In q terrible state of excitement
over four murders which have been COM
mitted in that vicinity recently.
All Of the victims were women of the demi-
monde.
The last victim was found in q yard at-
tached to a common lodging house this
morning with her throat cut from ear to ear
and ugly gashes in her body.
The author of the atroc ious deed is IN
known.
The woman's body was mutilated almost
beyond belief. the murderer having evidently
spent a long time in trying to ~disfgure it be-
yond recognition. The heart and lungs were
taken out and placed on the victims up
turned face.
Bow street Is in O tumult about the case,
and the foremost of England's detectives
have been sent IN every trail which is likely
to afford O clue to the mystery.
Tho prevailing belief 10 that some maniacnl
thug with a craving tor murder is abroad In
the city, and that oil the horrible crimes
which for the past month have baffled the po-
lice and terrified the people are the work of
his hands. .
The newspapers have taken the alarm and
call Upon the Government to take ~extraor-
binary measures for the detection of the
perpetrator or perpetrntors Of the crimes.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
COL. BROWNS HOUSE BURNED.

His Country Home mt New Darlington Com
pIeieIy Destroyed This Morning.
GREAT DARLINGTON, Mass, Sept. Sire
broke out here this morning in the summer
residence OF Col. William L. Brown, of the
New York Daily Ne,os.
There was no delay In getting the fremen,
but there being no water supply very little
Sesiu in u the 0 place, wa was I totally " destroy we'd t toe
gether with the stables and other outhouses.
Col. Brown recently purchased the house
from the Major Gibbons estate for $17, 900.
It was fully insured.
The fire is believed 10 have broken out
among some hot ashes in the w~oodhouse.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
LAST edition,
LIFE DISCOURAGED HIM.
so FREDERICK BEARDsLEE TURNED FROM
DESPAIR AND COURTED DEATH.
Ho Was nm Electrical Expert, He Had NJ.
Money md HIS Family Was TO ne
Turned From Its Home In Brooklyn
The Tragedy Of Last Night Revealed
This Morning In n Beekman Street
Omce.

oeNett
The world had lost oil its brightness, life
all its pleasures, for Frederick E. Beardslee.
and he gave up both last night for tho nm
known and unknowable.
Beardslee WIS a man forty-fve years OF
age, a well-known electrical expert, and re-
sided with his wife and child at 17s VIII
loughby avenue, Brooklyn.
Twelve years ago Beardslee introduced the
electric light to the Mexicans and made con-
siderable money. He also represented the
Edison Company at Paris for a time.
funds.
For about nine months he has been in
the employment OF Robert d. Radcliffe, who
Is attempting to perfect an auto-telegraph for
the transmission of messages in the hnnd.
writing of the sender.
His Office and laboratory is on the second
hoor OF 70 Beekman street. and 1t was in this
place that Beardslee died.
One OF Beardslee's close friends Is ]. n.
Guest, another electrical expert, who has an
office at the corner Of Cedar and
Pearl streets, and to him the dead
He said that his employer, Radcliffe.
OWED him q lnrge amount for wages. which he
could not get, and that his family was about
to be dispossessed Of its home for non-pay-
y VI lulu.
Yesterday Beardslee went to Mr.. Guest
ana showed him 100 shares of the Auto-Tele-
graph Company's stock, which Radcliffe had
gwen MIN In part payment for wages. and
MIR. Guest tried to negotiate them without
success.
At 8. so Mr.. Guest asked Beardslee TO 20 10
Brooklyn with him across the Fulton Ferry.
but the latter said that he would remain and
try to raise some money On the stock.
Instead OF raising any money Beardslee sat
down ana wrote n letter tn his uifa
announcing his intended suicide, went
70 the laboratory in Beekman street,
laid himself out on q table with q
pillow improvised from q coat under his
head and died after taking q dose from some
Of the deadly poisons with which the labora-
clothing, who occupies the floor beneath,
discovered the body in this position early this
morning.
On desk was found a sheet of note-paper
ON which was penned in q Arm
hand a request to notify Mrs. r.. ID.
Beardslee. 17s Willoughby avenue, BROOKLYN:
W. F. Beardslee, Ross Building. corner
Bank and Hudson streets. New York; 4. D.
Radcliffe or I. M. Cook, A Broadway, room
4G, and j. Fl. Guest, 1871 Pearl street."
A drinking glass partially filled with water,
in the bottom of Which there was O sediment
of white powder, stood near by.
Mr.. Guest said that he had promised
Beardslee some money to tide him over his
present difficulties this morning, but the
Door fellow must have given up in utter de-
spair.
Guest said that he and Beardslee had q
Joint. interest in an electrical contriyance
which promised TO be remunerative as soon
as they could get the capital to float the en-
terprise.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
ThA IOO-NIIIe Race.

ESPECIAL TO THE EVENING woRLp.l
INTERNATIONAL FAIR GROUNDS, BUFFALO, n. Y,
Sept. 8. The loo-miie race men passed westneld
a. follows, DAmpman, Mcdaniel, Girwing, Mer-
rihow, Eeshblt. blowers, Banks. LEM, Rahler,
Tiny, EldTed, McInlire.
BuFYALo, n. y. Sept. q Men passed Brooton
In following order: Dampman. GirwinR, Mcdaniel,
Merrihew, lenS, Banka. Tiny. Eldrsd. Mclntire,
Kahler.
BUFFALO, N. Y. ,sept. &. Tho mon passed Silver
Creek as follows; DamPman, Msrrihew, Mcdaniel,
LEM. Banks, Tiny, Deriving. Blower, Eldrrd,
twenty four minutes bealnd the leader, Westervclt.
BUFFALO. N. y, Sept. s-Ihe men passed
order, LEM, Dampm.n. Merrihow, Mcdaniel.
Gerwing. Tiny, Banks, blowers, Edred, Eldred
twenty-five minutes behind the leader. The riders
have reached the poorest part OF the course
The evening world., 1888-09-08
COMFY ISLAND ABLAZE.
Fires mt the Brooklyn Chidreu's Home aud
tho strand Hotel.

A fire broke out at about 6.15 O'Clock this
morning in the Brooklyn Children's Home,
at Coney Island. the flames reaching to such
Q height as to be seen for miles around. At
8. 10 another fire occurred at the Strand Hotel,
at the West End.
The means at hand for extinguishing the
fires were inadequate and aid was promptly
telegraphed for from Brooklyn.
At noon 1t was reported that the fires was
under control.
The damage to the hotel was about So, 900
AID to the Children's Home 900. No lives
were lost,
The evening world., 1888-09-08
A Tremendous seu.n,Ion

would have been created one hundred years ago by
the sight Of one OF our modern express trans whiE-
ElnG along at the rate OF sixty miles an hour. just
tliuk how our Rrandiathers would nave stared NJ
such q ppectaclel Il takes \ good deal 10 aatonlsh
people noWadsys, but some OF the marvellous cures
or consumption wrought by DIX riERCE's GOLDEN
MEDICAL DIsCoyKRY have created widespread
ain aEemsnt Consumption 10 at last acknowledged
durable. rho golden MEDICAL Discovery" u
arc nearly gono-it will 90 right 10 the seat OF the
disease and sccompiiah ~ work a nothing ehe In
the world can. ..
The evening world., 1888-09-08
San Francisco Wants a Fight.

Richard X. Fox has received a despatch from
San Francisco stating that the California Athletic
Club Is prepared to offer q purse Of Is, 900 for Peter
Jackson. the heavyweight pugiliSt. of Australia,
and Jem Smith, OF London, to light for, II they
will agree 10 battle In Sau Francisco
The night may be either under London prize
ring or Queensbarry rules, and must come OF
within four months from date Of signing articles.
They offer a similar purse for Charley Mltonel and
Jack Dempsey TO light on the same Terms.
The evening world., 1888-09-08

IrfhoAh ~ ~ s'ENiNu "ohLpi
CRAWFORD HOUSE, n. H., Sept. S-A party Of
ladies walked down the Notch yesterday az far as
the Wiley Brook, where they started to climb up
the railroad bridge.
AT this point the bank Is very steep, ana they
had got about half way up when they found they
could climb no further unaAslslcd. They did not
dare TO attempt to 90 down, and for several hours
they stayed IN their uncomfortable position.
Finally, some gentlemen walking on the track
heard their cries. one OF them procured ropes and
let himself be lowered down 10 them. One at a
time the four ladies and the little girl were hauled
up, very much fatigued and more scared than hurt.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
DEAD WITH HER NECK BROKEN.

MFs. Foley Falls from the Porch OF Her
Home During the Night.
Margaret Foley, q middle-aged woman
living at $50 Grand street, Jersey City, has
been i'll OF late and given to fits OF dementia,
during which she wandered from home.
She disappeared, and her husband and the
police searched the streets until daylight for
her.
At 0 O'Clock this morning her body was
found in the yard of the adjoining house.
She had fallen from the rear porch of the
house and broken her neck.
The evening world., 1888-09-08

Jesse Pei y, q well-dressed Young man OF TWEEN
,y-rour years, went TO Michael RnGlish's house.
1859 Third avenue. tnis morning, ana told the SER
want that Mr. Engl1h wanted his gold watch and
tor money that was in his beat coat pockets.
The u,ri gave Percy the watch, worth $40, and $40
In money, With witch the fellow made of.
Tue trick was discovered an hour later and Percy
WIS arrested, with the plumber IN ns possession,
BY Policeman Mccormack, OF the 1Wenty-third
Preeinet. Al the Yorkyille Court no was held In
81, 600 bail for trial.
The evening world., 1888-09-08

Jennie Joscphs, a domestic, ninteen years old.
was arralgned before Justice White in the York.
vnle Police Court this morning, on q change OF
grand larceny preferred by her employer, simon
Neudorier, q dealer in wool, who resides at Sa0
East Fftieth street.
The girl went to Bloomingdale's store, q Fifty
ninth street and Third avenue, purchased SA
worth of goods and had the bill charged 70 her
employer. She also got $50 worth OF goods from
the drug store At Second avenue and Forty-ninih
street by the same device.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
Hartford Races Postponed.

ESPECIAL TO TIRE EVENING woRLp.i
HARTFORD, Conn. Sept. = Heavy rain to-day
compelled the judges TO declare on the unnniahsd
. 2e race, and also all be,R The track was soft
aud slippery.
i've s~tarters-Eph, the winner Of the nrst heAgt
Oracle b., winner OF The second heat; b. b, Custer,
Charlie M. and Hamletta.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
His YnIor Departed.

[IfOm ne BinohantoH Rtpu6Hcdn.l
Smith TO Brown In 4 sa~loon)-There are two
police officers outside ~inquiring about you. Old boy.
Brown (Giaring towards the ~door)-Show 'em In!
SHOW zhe minions In amt 'fraid TO face all the
p'llcemen In er county.
Sinith-But they are accompanied by your
mOther-In-law.
Brown Ainkiug into a cha,r) Stand by me, ole
fel. Don d'seTt iren' In time or danger, Smithy.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
A Happy Man.

Iron the L,heoia JoUrNal.l
'You seem to be q superlativeiy happy man,
George. When l saw you two years ago you were
smiling all over"
81 had Just been married then"
"And yon are smiling as hard a. ever now"
a'TvO Just secured q divorce.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
seosped tho Boardors, vuIuabIeu.

Thomas Brown, o colored ex-servant in the
clearinghouse Of Mrs. Crandail, No 90 Madison
Madison avenue, was arrested by Detectives Brett
and Hayes, OF the West Thlrtieth street police sta
ton, for sneaking into the house after being dis
charged and stealing umbrellas, opeTa-Rlasses aud
clothing from two boarders named Bates and Ray.
He was held for trial In Jefferson Market Police
Cont to-day.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
Other

Other contributions received a. follows Archie
Drake, "a Van Ripen Avenue, Jersey City Heights,
10 cents; Marx Aschenbrand, 1913 East Fifty second
street, % cents; A. B., 30 cents; George u, IS
cents; X. T., 30 cents; ten employees OF Craw-
ford, Simpson d Crawford, 81.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
burglars RAID a Po.,-Omee.

CINCINNATI, D., Sept S-wyominR roStonce,
In the 50 ourbs Of this city. was robbed last night.
The safe was blown open aud S4OO In money aud
slamps taken out There were no registered or
money letters IN the once.
The evening world., 1888-09-08
That 1. the Ren.on.

[From hs ~ritt'bGy0 ChronieIs.l
"Why cannot q modern playwright equal the
immortal william 2" asked the Snake Editor.
"Because he doesn't know how, I suppose"
replied the Horse Editor.
"No, IT'S because he hasn't the Shakespeare
ance. "