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The sun., 1892-02-21
TRIED THE KNIFE ON BIscH0FE
Shady Astonished nt the wOund He Mads
in HIS ComPanion's Throat.

in His Companions Throat.
William Shady. a cook in Frank Kuntz's res
taurant at 15o Amsterdam avenue. was whet-
ting a carving knife with a thin blade twenty
inches long ut midnight on Friday. Joseph
Bischotr Il washer OF dishes in the restaurant,
was leaning idly back in a chair watching the
operation.
You don't know how to sharpen knife:
it's rs dull as it was before you began" Bis
chof said. jeernGly.
You wouldn't like to have me try 1t on your
throat 2" said shady.
Try it if you like" said Bischon. throwing
his head back.
will cut!" he added as he drew the blade
across BischoTs throat In moment
blood Eushcd from an ugly wound three
inches long and Shady threw down the knife
and rushed out Of the kitchen shouting. II
thought it was the back Of the knife and I've
killed him."
He met Policeman .Wanamacker and took
him back into the kitchen. where Bischoff still
sat. weak from loss Of blood Tho policeman
SUMMONED an ambulance, hut Bischoff re-
dressed at n neighboring drug store. He made
no charge against Shady. but tho latter was
arrested. In the Harlem Court yesterday JUS
tice Wede committed the prisoner to await the
result OF BischofI's wound.
The sun., 1892-02-21
AN OLD QUAKER'S INFATUAzIOM
He IL -, Worth $500. 900. and Wants Some
l0-year.old Child for . Wife.

RICHMOND. Ind. Feb. 20.-Jonathan Roberts,
"a years old an orthodox Quaker. and one Of
the oldest, best known. and wealthiest mon In
eastern Indiana. will be the subject OF inquest
in the Circuit Court on Monday morning. To-
dian be appointed to take care OF his estate.
alleging that he is a monomaliac on the sub
Grlss The olG man is TGrth
ernor OF Indiana. went to school TO him In
an old log !schoolhouse that still stands
city A few months ago Roberts had severe
attack Of typhoid feyer -, When he recovered
sixteen year old child who would marry him
He has found several who haye 80 planned as
Richmond Is the centre Of the largest com:
munity Of orthodox Quakers In the United
States. and tho petition has caused sensa-
tion among them
The sun., 1892-02-21
Tho Weather.

Tho general barometrc depression prevailed ysster-
day all the country from Texas north to Canada
and east to the Atlantic coast with cloudy weather and
rain except for snow northern New York. Vermont.
and Canada. There was second depression spreading
east the Northwest States and causing snow in
the Dakotas and Minnesota.
The cloudy AMI rainy conditions are likely to remain
over to-day and possibly on Monday In the middle At
lantic States.
Dense fog prevailed over tho coast and Sound with
fresh to brisk northeast winds,
The Temperature changed hut very little anywhere.
except to become from 1O' to .O' warmer Mime.
sofa and the DakotaS
1t rancd all day in this city: the fog dense from
the early morning: highest official temperature. 8ae
lowest. So: average humidity. n3 per cent: wind
northeast: average velocity II miles an hour.
The thermometer at Perry's pharmacy in Tar Sun
building the temperature yesterday as toows
The sun., 1892-02-21
EDISON SAYS IT'S "ROT"
He Has the Same Interest Ever in Elec.
trlc Stocks. and He Never Had Control.


inventor Thomas Edison says the story pub
lshed in n lot Of papers yesterday. hut not in
THE Sun. that by the consolidation OF the
Edison General Electric Company with the
Thomson-Houston Electric Company he has
been frozen out OF the management OF any
electric company is all rot"
why. know good thing when get II,
don't 2" he snid to a SUN reporter yesterday.
"Well. then. I'm not opposed to any scheme
that Is going to increase my profits. The idea
Of my being dissatisfied with tho joining Of
the Edison General and the Thomson. Houston
companies is utterly Eidiculous. Why. go to
You You Viii ind that i was ,tIe iirst man
Tor it. my name is the nrst on the list.
! SEQ that / had controlling interest in n
lot Of electric companies. and that have been
didn't knowit Inryer owned more than ton
pared 70 what it was. ! wa: elected a director
Of the big company. l don't know what for.
], never attended q meeting. Maybe they'l!
don't know / won't object"
The sun., 1892-02-21
LOST; A DAUGHTER.
Edith DID Not Como for tho Dog, but n
Young Man Did.


Young Man Did.
WILL MISS c., who left dog with 1anitor Of 100
~ West sad st.: come at once Her mother sick:
dog sick.
This appeal. published on Friday. was de-
signed by Mrs. Coppngs Of 100 West Thirty
third street, a professional nurse. to bring
homo her daughter Edith. also professional
nurse. who left the house on Feb. ostcnsibly
to take a professional engagement The
young woman was very fond OF Danger" n
white poodle belonging to the mother. and
Mrs. Couplings thought the advertisement that
she herself was away and that the dog was
sick might tempt Edith to como home. Tho
first result OF the advertisement was this letter.
addressed-ns blind. it is supposed-to Miss
Couplings. which arrived on Friday morning:
drop me line OF course know It Is forward to ask
such favor. You may not quite remember me for 1t
1 was 3 ."1p.ss s TO in S:
Of Gs or ao y
Ksa kSse ven yourself with Ss.s wishes.
care Of Yam ansnisr Howard Fourteenth street sh and
IN .s.
remember. am at present UNEMPLOYED. and am
should you desire to 30. Apoloylzng for troubling
you. yours, A. b.
This letter was brought by tall young man.
q tall young man called on. Saturday while
Mrs. Coppings; was out and asked for tho dog.
mother called Mt seventy fourth street
and Fifth avenue and was told by the
man in charge Of the typewriting office
there. They did not know his present ad-
dress. Tho man there. Mrs. ,Conp,ngs says. APP
He, too, She says, is q tall young nun.
Mrs, Coppings has appealed to the police to
find the girl.
Ediths mother received telegram last
night. which was sent from the telegraph
office In Sixth avenue. between Thirty sixth
and Thirty seventh streets. 1t read
DEAR MorHEE: will return homo hen l recover my
property.
This refers to $50 she had taken to get some
OF her mothers valuables out of pawn. She is
said to have told n woman in Brooklyn that
she had lent the money to a young man and
was afraid to go home without it.
The sun., 1892-02-21
WRECK ON THE DANBURY ROAD.
The Long leland MIX Train Crashes Into
the Rear OF Way Freight

NoRwALk. Feb 20.-Between S and @ o'clock
tonight the Long Island milk train on tho
Danbury and Norwalk division OF the
Housatonio Railroad. due here at 5:23.
but over half hour late. crashed into
the rear OF way freight No. 1S near George
town. ten miles north Of this city. causing ono
OF the most serious railroad wrecks known
on this line in many years. Engineer John
Ford Of the milk train was buried under tho
dSbris. and is supposed to have been instantly
and Conductor James Keating. who was also
riding in the cab, is so badly sea! !ded by escnp-
ing steam that his recovery is doubtful. The
engine; a pig, mogul, purchased last week.
or more cars on both trains were broken into
splinters. The rails are torn up. and pas
senger trains bound in both directions are
delayed.
sible to learn tonight, but railroad men hero
ere Of tho 9Pinop In that ilaeman neglected
Ford. the dead engineer. lived in Danbury. but
was we'll known In this city, and tomorrow
was to have led to the altar Miss Rosa Flynn. q
South Norwalk girl.
The sun., 1892-02-21
SIZE WANTS HER BOY,
But Misc Reilly May Have Mr.. Mccormack,
His Wife Says.

we'll lldressed handsome woman. who said
she was Mary Mccormack Of 6S Union street.
Newark. applied to the Hoboken police ycstor-
day to help her find her husband and child
She said her husband. Louis Mccormack. was
halter and variety actor. who was be-
fore the public in Newark for some time
Mrs. Mccormack says she learned recently
that her husband had become infatuated with
theatre. She called him to account, and he
promised to reform. On last Thursday night
Mrs. Mccormack has not seen either Of them
since. She made inquiries and i learned M that her
the midnight train for Hoboken. Mrs. Nc
Cormack traced them to saloon and Gn1nrdlng
Lakeland; Two policemen were sent to the
place, with Mrs; Mccormack. lakeland said
as snS as
wife In tho street and left, hurriedlY. He said
he was going to New York. Mrs. Mccormack
but she wants her boy.
The sun., 1892-02-21
THAT DIAMOND RING WHO UxLL
WlN ITf

Intense excitement is caused throughout
the city over the offer OF the proprietor Of the
Neu York and Paris Young Ladies' Fashion
Bazar. IT to 27 Vandewater st.. to give hand
some solitaire diamond ring to the person
who sends In the brightest letter on the sub
ject: :" Should Women Take Advantage o) Leap
Year 10 Eind Ont the IntentiOns Of RefTeaRt
LOre's IN regard 10 MdirunonHf"
See full particulars in, April number OF the
Nrm York anh Iaris Young LddeS- FaShto"
Bdzdr.
Thousands are competing for the beautiful
diamond ring. bome one Will win 1t.
The ring Is on exhibition. for q few days
only. in the window OF Ponds Music Store. rs
Union sQuaro.-Adu
The sun., 1892-02-21
The Gas TuraeA On aaA the New Servant
Dead.

Two months ago Mrs. BENJAMIN Wslft Of e8
west 126th street hired q young Hungarian
girl who had just arrived In tho country to do
housework. The girl gave her first name as
Katherine. Her last name was 80 difficult to
pronounce that Mrs Walft forgot 1t almost as
soon as she heard It. The girl slept In Q room
lit by gas, and knew how to turn II on; She
yesterday morning. with the gas turned on.
The sun., 1892-02-21

PINEv1LLE. KY. Fob. 20.-Bill Davis. alias
Richard Gun. negro who murdered q po-
liccman at Pocahontas. Va. was arrested.
tried. and sentenced to be hanged. He made
his escape from iail and was traced to this
town. Learning that officers were on his
track. Davis took refuge in coal mine and re-
and is armed with a pistol and hundred car
tridges. He declares that he will die before he
will SurrenIor.
The sun., 1892-02-21

She Has a. Affection OF tho Heart, Aexra.
waited by Grip.

Lilli Lehman. the prima donna. is danger
ously ill at the Hotel Normandie with an affeo-
tion of the heart. combined with grip. She
tainted twice during rehearsal Of "L'Afri-
caine last Sunday. and it was thought she
could not sing on Monday night
She did take. her part. but tainted twice
between tho acts. Since then she has been
confined to her room. A fatal termination Of
her malady in the near future is feared
Drs. Torek and Weber have been visiting
her several times day. She was not i'm
proved yesterday
The sun., 1892-02-21
Western New York Enveloped In Fog.

LocKpoRr. Feb. 20. "A heavy fog settled on
western New York. along the lake counties.
last night. and has prevailed NIL day to-day. 1t
is difficult for pedestrians to navigate and I'm
possible to SEQ across the streets :, The fog Is
falls line of the Central Railroad. Old resi-
dents say it is tho heaviest that has existed in
the past twenty five years.
The sun., 1892-02-21

No other line Offers such factiss for through travel
between the East and West the four New York
Central "AmsytoA's Greatest RAilroad."-Ads.
The sun., 1892-02-21
A Case Of Typhus in H.rtforA.

HARTFoRD Feb. 2O.-The italian lad who
was isolated on Thursday evening in an upper
room at the almshouse Is undoubtedly sick
with typhus fever. Yesterday his temperature
reached 1O4f. hut fell TO 1O2h at night This
afternoon, DR.: Mcnamara visited the patient
again. and said there was no longer any doubt
about its being a case Of typhus
The sun., 1892-02-21

No Ono Appears Against Chief or Police
IIackctt, and llo IL Disc charged.

TAERYTowN Feb 20--Chief OF Police Hackett
has been discharged from custody. He ap-
peared before Justice Armstrong this after
noon for examination. No one appeared
against him. and Lawyer E T. Lovett moved
his dismissal. The Court granted tho motion.
citizens met and passed resolutions commend
ing Chief Hackett for his action In shooting
Harmon
The sun., 1892-02-21

=
LOCAL FORECAST TwLSTrFouR BouRs ENDING p 4.
SUNDAY
For southeastern New York. including Long Island
also for western Connecticut and northern New
Jersey cloudy and rain; stationary north
eastsrly winds For Monday cloudy. with occasional
light rain or snow; stationary temperature
E.B DUNN Local Forecast ofncial
WARRINGTON FORECAST TILL ?. Y. SUNDAY.
For New England and Ner Fork, cloudy esaAsv
and OCCASIONAL light rains: norhsaev uinds probably
cloudy and some Nondun
For New Jersey. cloudy weather and occasional light
showers easteriy winds: cloudy weather and Light
rains are probable Monday.
For western New York and western Pennsylvania.
northerly winds and generally fair weather Sunday:
probably fair Monday.
The sun., 1892-02-21

"Elk0" T.. a. w. "EIkO"
Our trade mark your collars cuffs denotes per.
feet form. also superiority of quality and hnish.-Ade
The sun., 1892-02-21

For drunkenness morphine. and opium hAbitues
20 West 2<th st. Hours 9to IL A. H.. TO 6P Y. Com
pstsnt physician In eharge.-Ads.
The sun., 1892-02-21

and small investors viii learn somsthng TO their de.
cded advantage by mailing their address TO George
Frink spencer. 66I Pearl 81, New York.-las
The sun., 1892-02-21

Young a SmyiIc's "Acme " LieOrice Pellets.
All endorse thsm who use them. Ask druggists- Ado
The sun., 1892-02-21

New ORLEANS Feb. 20.-The Central Commit
tee OF the anfl-lottery wing Of the Democratic
party to-day accepted the proposition OF COM
promise agreed to yesterday by the McEnery
Democrats, that tho two Democratic tickets
already nominated be submitted to a Demo-
cratic primary to be held next month. and that
the ono receiving a minority OF the votes bo
withdrawn. This action makes the compromise
final. and reunites the Louisiana Democracy.
The sun., 1892-02-21

The j. Chr. g. HupSei Brewing Co.'S
Manhattan Beer; malt and hops only. 22s T. Ssth ST.
The sun., 1892-02-21

Between tho Acts and bravo lOc.
Half Dime sc. All Tobacco Cigarettes. are the only
Brands made by Thos. n. Hall, Estabd lS3t-Ads
The sun., 1892-02-21

For Boston and the East. sol4 Pullman vsstibulsa
buffet sleepngcAr train, With club leaves Dseekya
and Il I. City every night 81 l1;o6-AdS
The sun., 1892-02-21

"a Garden 81 Sunlight anA Cheer"
fhs Hotel vsudoms's dining room On TOP noos.-lAs
The sun., 1892-02-21

90 with tho monstrous measure offered In ap-
parent mockery to Ireland. He has over and
over again declared that the system OF SELF
government should be substa ntially similar
10 that given to England and Scotland: but
halfours shameful bill is q veritable travesty
thereot. 1t is founded upon distrust OF tho
people nd based upon the assumption that q
vast majority OF tho Catholic Nationalist Irish
men are fools and rogues. At every point the
evil power OF Dublin Castle Is obtruded. and
Wherever there Is a semblance OF popular
franchise 1t is forthwith nulliaed by some
Kind OF safeguard"
The Unionist Daily Chronicle truly says: Like
the hero Of one Of Ibsen's stories. this bill is
worm eaten even at birth" tits too much even
Iorthe Daily Telegraph which for Ave years has
swallowed every Tory pill and professed to
IKE II each time. Either Ireland Is nt." says
the Telegraph. "or she 10 unit to possess and
exercise local self-govsrnmsnt 80 We under
stand II In England. II she IL at. she ought to
hsveit Its reality and substance. Ifshe 10 un-
NJ she ought not 10 bs Knocked with the
shadow it." The 7slsrsph 10 supposed to
represent that section Of the Unionist party
1ea oy Lord Harrington. now Duke OF Devon
sh're. and the Chronicle 10 practically Cham
oerlaln organ; but the Duke and his satellites
nave already expressed modified approval Of
the BILL and. unless the storm Of ridicule and
protest should induce them to change their
views. they will carry with them the majority
oi their followers in spite OF their own news
papers.
1t does not matter. however. who,her or not
few honest Liberal Unionsts and Tories
vote against the bill The British Liberals
and Irish Naionalists will oppose the bill
tooth and nail and will compel the Govern
@snt to withdraw II or to dissolve Parliament
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02
The sullivan Corbett Fight-Ifalf Rates
20 new Orleans via Il. s. O.

Tickets sold September I, and 3 for one
fare for the round trip, good for return within
ten days from day OF issue. Choice Of route
via shenandoah Junction or Cincinnati.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02
INTO AN OPEN DaAw
Three KILLED and Seven Injured ia
Hnilrnad Acn.henl

Three KILLED and seven Injured ia O
Railroad Accident.
NEW HAMBURG, n. y, Sept 2-Runnina
at the rate OF nearly mile a minute the
special mail train No. "a ran into the open
draw Of the bridge over Wappinger's creek
near New Hamburg, on the New Yorl
Central and Hudson River railroad, wreck
ing the locomotive, tender and one car
killing three persons aud iujuriug seven
others. The locomotive made flying lear
over a gap of twenty-eight feet and Landed
on the other side as far as the driving
wheels. The draw had been opened {,
allow the passage of the steamer Youns
America. The list Of the killed and injured
is as follows:
Klled-Edward Best, Germantown, N
y, fireman, fortyhve years old; leaves q
family. John II. Cain, Cohoes, n Y, mai
clerk, twenty-one years old; unmarried
Peter owen, East Albany, n y, engineer
fifty years old leaves a family
Injured-A. V. Cutler, New York mai
clerk r. II. Dutton, West New Brighton
s. I, mail clerk. John Hitchcock, brake
man. f. b. Holley, New York, mail clerk
William Todd, New York, conductor
William Toomey, Rochester, N. y, heat
mail clerk. Louis zorn, Syracuse, mai
clerk
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02
THE PLAGUE IN EUROPE.
Hamburg Has 6Sl New Cases and IN
Deaths Number 2i7.

Hamburg Has 6S1 Sew Cases and tho
Deaths Number 247.
HAMnURG. Sept. 2--1he most trust
worthy reports give tho number Of fresh
cases of cholera as Gsl and Of deaths as ~
The decrease IN the number of fresh casea
since yesterday is A.; ia the number OF
deaths %. These figures do not agree, how
ever, with the reports of the Hamburg Off
cials, who have reduced the number of fresh
cases yesterday 20 so aud the number oil
deaths TO 40. The city government has
thus again declared for the iatuous policy
Of suppreasing the facts, and its repuris arc
received with ridicule. The number Of
burials has fallen from sos 60 3l3.
The flight OF persons who constitute tho
cty's business and society world continues.
About 1000 persons left on the railways
today. All these We're citizens with their
families, as nonresidents practically desert
ed the city early in the week. Most OF them
left in such hustle that their baggage win bo
sent after them. Porters nave left their
posts, aud the transportation companies
are too shorthanded TO handle half the bag
gage Of the fugitives 80 that most families
going away are obliged TO leave behind
what they themselves cannot carry.
The most urgent appeals for help have
come from the suburbs Horn and Hammer
brock, where the people have died by the
dozen since day break. Nurses, doctors and
health officials are said TO have left these
suburbs almost unnoticed, and whole fam
lies have been wiped out without having
had a word OF advice OF prescription.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02

CANANDAIGUA, n. y, Sept 2.-The body OF
Miss Marion Townsend, beautiful young
lady, aged nineteen years, was discovered
in the lake under a boathouse Her rela.
tives received a letter Sunday which read:
IF you find my body bury me with the
chain and cross round my neck and both
OF Jacks pictures Tell him loved him
and would have written him a farewell If ]
had time. am going TO drown myself
Marion Miss Townsend was the daughter
Of William Townsend, of Hartford, and had
been spending the summer with her sister
Mrs Frank Lewis, of this village.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02

A portion of the property of the late
Joseph C. Seeds was transferred to Mrs
Emily T. Young at the surveying depart
meut this morning. The property trans
fcrrcd includes two building lots. sizes
lf0Nlf0 and s0xiOO on the northeastern
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Lin
coin street Another lot TOXIC on the
snme avenue between Lincoln and Union
streets was also included In the trans
fer
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02

BUFFALO, Sept 2-Vigorous measures
nro being taken here TO prevent an invasion
Of cholera. The city is 20 have a thorough
cleaning, and the plumbing Of houses Is to
10 examined and where necessary COM
plotely overhauled. Health Commissioners
Meade asserts that the deaths on board the
Moravia were due 10 genuine Asiatic chol
era. "Cholerine, he said, never kills any
body. It is merely the premonitory symp
toms OF cholera Precautions are also
being taken TO prevent the entrance OF the
disease FROM the Canadian border.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02

BERLIN, Sept 2.-The notices Of the i'm
perial health Office announce the deaths OF
two women aud two men from Asiati,
cholera ia Charlottenburg. No panic is ap
parent IN this city. The emperor has ex
pressed indignation on account of the care
lessness OF the Hamburg city government
and the neglect of the officials TO keep the
country informed Of the dangers to DO ap
pretended from fugitives.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02

MINNrAPoLs, Sept. "A special 10 The
Journal from West Superior Wis. says
that the deputy collector Of customs has
been ordered to returns all papers and i'm
structions relating to the 500 canal tolls
These proceedings are customary only when
the law has been repealed or ceases to be
enforced. Customs officers here regard the
move as sn indication that Canada has
backed down
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-02

NEW YoRK. Sept. 2-John Steiner, OF
Jersey City, while working on the tenth
floor of the building O. Broad street, fel
down the airshait TO the basement he
was taken TO Chambers Street hospital
where the surgeon said he had received Sc.
we're internal injuries.