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The evening world., 1892-02-12
SHIPS PRETTY GIRLS DRA|Ds.
Police Seeking for a Mysterious
Hair-Cutting Fiend.
story of His Latest Exploit Told by
His Victim, Katie Mayer.

The miscreant known as Jack the Hair
cutter" has begun operations again uptown.
and the police OF Yorkvillc, where he has
made his latest appearance, are searching
nigh and low for him.
They have very slender clues to work upon,
however, for his last victim. pretty sixteen
year-old Katie Mayer, OF l7l2 First avenue,
can give but very meagrc description OF her
assallant.
Her father keeps little dry-goods store at
First avenue and Eighty-sixth street. Yes
;crday morning about / o'clock Katie went
out shopping. She stopped to look at some
goods In IL window at 1870 Third avenue.
Many people were passing ur and down the
Katie had very long and thick black hair
which she wore IN two heavy brAds that
reached nearly to her waist. This Is the story
~ had been standing looking In the win
dow half minute, perhaps, when ] heard
| some one come up behind me- and then felt
a sudden tu. al my hair.
=" turned around quickly, expecting to see
some friend who wanted TO surprise me, but
instead was confronted by rough looking
man, who jumped back at the same time |
turned and started to run up the avenue.
~ saw him stunning something into his
pockets which looked like braids of hair.
Then felt at the back or my head and found
IuuJ Wy uhu uctH VII SuOTt. Dy tulo
time the man had turned around the corner
and had disappeared.
~ made no outcry, butswent home and told
my parents what had happened.
"Ihe man whom ! saw when / turned was
dark-halred and about thirty years old,
| dressed IKE tramp. lie wore a rough mus
taChc and the lower part OF his lace was
| covered with stubbly black beard His hat
was a battered derby"
katie's braids had been cut of close to the
head, and evidently with some very Keen
edged instrument, probably razor. How he
could have accomplished his bold robbery In
broad daylight, with many people passing In
| the street at the time, without detection and
prompt capture Is a marvel.
The hair-cutting fiend has not been heard
| OF before In nearly year. March 25, 1891,
| Maggie Dorm, OF 31S East Thirty-ilfth street,
while watching Barnums circus parade, felt
| some one tugglng at her hair, and found that
one OF her braids had been clipped.
| Feb. 3, 1891, n colored man cut or Hennah
| ShannOn'S golden tresSes in Second avenue
| and escaped. Previous TO this, In october,
1850, the hair cutter carried on his opera
| tons In lively fashion on the east Side, and
| In the following year transferred his opera
| tiOns to Brooklyn, when several young girls
| were among his victims
| on several occasions unsuccessful attempts
were made by the hair-cutt r, the girls prov
| lag too quick Tor him. The descriptions oI
the miscreant vary In almost every case, and
the police believe that he resorts to different
| disguiseS in order to avoid detection.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
The Day IN Albany.

Senator Osborne int,oiuccs +, bill appropriating
House OF Refuge lur Women.
A bill introduced by senator McCsrty provides
Tor commission to inquire on what terms Brook
lyn may acquire tho property OF tho Brooklyn
Water Works Company.
McCarthy's bill making salary of Brooklyn Com
mittoc.
Senate hi.l reported (hcCarrens) providing for
appointment b. Mayor Of Brooklyn Of two bridg o
trustans.
senate nasse' Wetster's 80, 600, 900 New York
RennnG htil also his III authorizing city to spend
%ooV'oou ior new pimplng engines.
Assembly Commerce Commltte, reports Sulli-
vans New York and Long Island Bridge bill.
WoTlon's A1scmbly bill reported limiting num-
per OF cohvicts in state prisons that may DO em-
bioyei IN laundering shirts, collars and cuffs.
Wohsters bill, authorizing New York to construct
~ n@ioo,ovo tridze over Harlem Ship CANA to third
reading Ia Assembly.
Assomhly p.sses (33 to ~ Hits hill appropriat-
$50 'o'u'ooo Tor continuing work on CGpito.
nHs.mhlyman stein rointroiuces Senator Can
.ah yesrs hill prov iding Tor ing school
toAeh.rn IN Nuw York CITY.
,SehFte Ju4iaisry COMMITTEES reports Floyd.Jones
.ih pacing III tho hands OF Board the appointing
City. 'N' AA''' VI ''oAs A1'~Au
The evening world., 1892-02-12
OFFICER KEITH'S ROUGH PLAY.
It fastened One Mans Death and
Crippled Roundsman Quinn.

Roundsman John Quinn, OF the First Pre-
cinct police, Jersey City, is lying at his home,
at SO Sussex street, to-day, suffering from a
fractured shoulder and badly battered head,
the result OF skylarking with brother police
man, James Kellt, at q secaucus road-housc.
The two men were on duty yesterday and
Were driven In n cab to secaucus by James
Dorrington. They stopped In a road-house
kept by ex-Inspector John Morrison to get
dinner. While waiting for 1t to be prepared
the men INDUCED in horse play.
kellt, who IL very powerful man, placed
his back to Quinn's, and reaching backward
over his shoulders, grabbed him and threw
him into the air.
Quinn fell to the floor, striking on his head
and shoulder. and became unconscious. He
was taken back 10 Jersey City In o cab and
attended by Police Surgeon John NeyinS.
Police Capt Farrer will make complaint
against Keilt. The latter has severely in.
jurcd several persons by his rough play.
About year ago he thoughtlessly threw u
young consumptive TO the iioorin McCarthys q
saloon on Newark avenue, Jersey City, has
tening his death. For this he was exon
erateu by Coruner's jury.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
LOW FOLLOWS GRACE AND FISH.
Columbia's President Leaves the
Grant Monument Association.

No end OF astonishment was created to-day
among people interested, directly or indi-
rectly, In the Grant Monument Association
by the resignation OF Seth Low, President OF
columbia college, US trustee OF the Associa-
tiOE.
The fact that his resignation has followed
so closely on the heels OF those OF trustees
ex-MayOr Grace and Hamilton Fish Is re-
garded as being OF great significance. Presi-
dent Low. IN Offering his resignation, stated
that he was forced TO do 80 owing to u great
press OF business.
BY many people the withdrawal from tine
Association OF these three prominent men Is
regarded as a forerunncr or the complete dis
soIution OF the Association, and the appoint
ment Ui u body by the Legislature which Will
carry out the original idea OF a hitting monu-
mcnt to Gen. Grants memory.
one OF the trustees OF the Association said
to-day that MIR. Lows retirement was
pro ably due TO the same reasons which
prompted Hamilton Fish 70 resign-the in-
PRODUCTION into the Association OF men who
use their connection with II Tor the purpose
OF personal aggrandizement.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
Estimated that 10000 Persons Are
Out of Work in Vienna.

'TY AeEocIATED PREss.l
LONDON, Feb. l2-The Vienna correspond
ent OF the Graphtc says " The destitution
that prevails here at present is greater than
H. has been In many years Thousands OF
respectable persons OF the laboring classes
are Idle aud starving through the operation
Of the new American tarin.
"A large percentage OF the expert me-
chanics here are glad to emigrate, but are
deferred from doing so by conscription. The
misery OF the poor people in this city Is en-
HANGED by al influx from the provinces OF n
large number OF persons who are out OF en-
ployment and are docking to Vienna in the
hope OF obtaining work.
The total number Of unemployed persons
In this city Is estimated at 10000"
The evening world., 1892-02-12
SIMON BUTTNER SELLS OUT.
His Interest in 3o4 Bowery Trans
ferreo to Bart o. Connor.

While general interest In the dives formerly
kept by New Yorks outlaws seems to centre
Just now In the trial OF Mr.. Tom Stevenson,
the reputed proprietor or the once notorious
resort known as the Slide," ut 157 Blocker
street, the results OF THE EVENING WORLDS
crusade are becoming manifest in other
quarters.
The latest news in dive circles is that Mr..
Simon Buttner, whose former all-night den at
304 Bowery. has been transformed into a
pool-roUm, has disposed OF his interest In the
business and Will retire.
MIR. Buttner's reason for retiring is said to
be that he is tired OF buck1ng against THE
EVENING WORLD" because "the papers dead
on TO us aud Will surely down u.s."
Mr.. Buttner's retirement carries little Sig
niicance with It, however, for he is said to
have sold his interest to Mr.. Bart o. Connor,
whose name has all along appeared on the
southernmost window OF the establishment,
and who is said TO have had an interest in the
place before.
Since Mr.. Simon Buttner's place has been
closed promptly at A. NJ, and the disreputa-
Bile women who formerly frequented It en-
bossy, said to be a brother Of Mr.. Simon Butt
ner, has done but little business.
The - Orpheum was almost invariably
closed by A. NJ, so that to outward appear
ancss the law was observed. In reality 1t
was n " feeder for 3O+ Bowery. When the
"Orpneum y closed the narpieS, who had
secured their victims there, lured them into
3o4. where drunken orgies were prolonged
until daylight
since Feb. l the "Orpheum's concert
license has been withheld BY Mayor Grant,
but at IL O'Clock Monday morning the
!icensee,, Mr.. lgnatz Buttner, Will have a
hearing before Private Secretary Holly.
While the "Orpheum Is seldom the scene
OF riOtuus disorders, The EVENING WORLD has
shown that It Is emphatica!ly place OF assig-
nation and the habitual resort OF disreputablc
women.
These facts and the fact that the "Or-
pheum was. and may possibly become again,
the "feeder" OF one OF The most notorious
dives New York ever knew, form good reasons
why Mr.. lgnatz Buttner's "concert" license
should not be renewed
The evening world., 1892-02-12
CLAIMS HE REFUSED $4,000.
Earondess Says Meyer Jonassor
offered Him That Sum,


A startling feature OF the trouble existing
between the Cloakmakers' Union and Meyer
Jonasson & Co., cloak manufacturers, OF 1858
Broadway, was developed this morning In q
statement made by Joseph Barondess, leader
or the cloakmakers, that during the recent
big strike he was offered $4,000 by manu-
racturer to bring about an immediate settle.
ment.
To an EVENING WORLD reporter Darondess
to-day declared that Meyer Jonasson was the
manufacturer who had offered him the
money, which offer had been refused.
~ was in MIR. Jonasson's onice one day dur
ing the strike" said Barondess, land he
polluted to his books and said :: will give
you $4,000 to settle this trouble. will
also pay your expenses II you Will study med
icine, and you can have all the money you
want declined the offer, as was not SEEK
ing money but the upholding OF a principle"
This remarkable declaration was brought
out by report that JonassOn had charged
Baronde.s with being responsible for the
trouble he is Mt present having with his en-
ployecs.
Meyer Jonasson said this morning that Of
the 600 operators and iinishers who went
turned to work. He declared that the strike
was the result OF the Union demanding a
higher scale OF prices than 1t was possible for
The manufacturers TO pay. He claimed that
lht bpcu l mum van tlylIS W IttLe oul tnc
members Of Columbus Labor Club, OF the
Knights OF Labor, which was In the nature OF
an opposition organization.
Delegate Coan, OF the Columbus Labor Club,
who was formerly one OF BarUndess's licuten-
ants, corrOborated MIR. Jonasson's statements
that the strike was aimed at his Club.
According to Barondess, however, the men
In JonassOns employ have been earning star
walton wages for the past seven months. He
says that Mr.. Jonass0n took advantage OF his
incarceration in the Tombs to reduce prices,
and he refuses even to arb1trate.
The strikers claim that they will win and
say that the presSers now working for
Jonassen will be called out unless he accedes
to their demand for higher wages.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
Terrors OF Freezing Added to Those
OF Starving in Russia.

iBY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
LONDON, Feb. IA despatch from PenZa,
capital OF the government OF that name, In
the southwestern part OF what is known as
Great Russia, says that the thermometer reg
listers 80 degrees below zero and that there is
terrible suffering among the peasants.
A number Of men have been frozen to death
on the highroads, and SO intensely cold is 1t
that birds drop dead from the trees In which
they have sought shelter. The children in
Penza are not allowed to go to school.
quantity OF grain for the famine sufferers
has arrived at Penza, but 1t is impossible to
distribute 1t among the peasants in the sur
rounding country, owing to the fact that
nearly oil the horses have been killed for food
or sold to procure money with which to buy
the absolute necessaries OF life.
Five thousand horses have been killed in
Penza alone, and 1t is estimated that several
million draught animals have been killed
throughout the Empire since Autumn.
Typhus fever, smallpox and diphtheria
are decimating the Inhabitants Around
Penza two hundred OF the peasants have died
from these diseases The despatch adds that
IN the Governments Of Samara, Saratov and
Mini NOvgorod the conditions are far worse
than In PenZa-
The evening world., 1892-02-12
Tho Day In Washington.

Internal revenue receipts to-day, s62l. l.6o+ !;
customs, S7lb, 1913.
House adopts resolution for printing O, 900 copies
Of Presidents ChiliAn m sssage.
Tho West Point military Academy Appropriation
bill passed tho House tins afternoon.
Acting Secretary SpAulding issued . circular to
Customs officers, calling for q mere stringent in-
fore enent OF the Mckinley tariff act IN the mark
ing OF imported merchandise.
The senate Committee on Agriculture aErees to
report q resolution AuthorEiag the Committee 10
make general iuves igaiion as TO the present con.
uitioa Of agriculture In tho United state, and II
shs remedies therefor.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
STEvENSON'S TRIAL.
CONTINUED rom First Pdoe.)
Lawyer House had vainly objected.

Lawyer House had vainly objected.
"Who gave you the money to pay for 1T"
"Tom stevenson"
"You were never the owner OF tho place at
1877 Bleccker streetf"
"No, SIR"
ADD you deliver ice thcrci'
"Ycs, SIR"
"Who paid you for it,"
"Tom Stevenson"
"Did you receive the iicon,e2" asked the
Court.
ayes, SIR"
"WhereY
"At the Excise Board"
"What did you do with TT"
~ took It to the place and gave 1t to Tom
stevenson"
on ncross-examination McGrew said 1t vas
two years ago when he got the license for the
place, but he couldn't remember whether or
not he had sworn before Excise Commits sioner
Koch that he was the sole proprietor anu
owner OF the "Slide."
lie did remember, however, producing be-
fore the Excise Board bill OF sale IRON Chas
B. LuT conveying TO him the hxturcs OF the
slide " for $1,000, and he Identified his sig-
nature to the application for the license,
which embodied many statements that he did
not remember to have made.
"Who gave you this hiIl OF salor' asked
Mr., Lynn on redirect examination.
"TOm StcvehsUn."
Did you ever pay $1,000 to MIR. Lun for
those fiNturesI"
"No, SIR"
did you ever receive a dollar from the
receipts or profits OF the business at 157
Bleecker street other than In payment Tor
Ice sold there by you"
"NU, SIR"
At this point recess was taken.
PROCEEDINGS AFTER RECESS.
Ward Detective Michael j. Cooney testified
that lewd persons freQuented the " Slide"
He had never witnessed any scenes OF i'm
propriety. He could not tell who the pro-
prietOr was.
Policeman Dolan, OF the Fifteenth Precinct.
SWore that he had visited the place several
times. once stevenson had asked hin II he
wanted to hear good song, aud had then or
dered a man present to Sing. The order was
obeyed. Dolan's testimony US to the charac-
| ter OF the place was very damaging.
Policeman George 4. Lecson, OF the Fif-
| teenth Precinct, said he had visited the
aside" on several occasions. lie saw there
| men and women whom he had frequently
| arrested for misconduct on thc street.
The case Is still on.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
Wire News in Brist.

The Monmouth, H., optrs.licuse and four stores
underneath are burned, Loss, s5O,uuu,
Tom Traweek, aged sixteen, oi Monterey, Ala,
shoots and Kills Bal Thomas and Jim Jack son,
both colored, while protesting his brother from
assault,
The excitement over town lots at Oklahoma
has almost supsided, and lot-Jumpers are being
eyicted
Cattaraugus County elects twenty Republican
and twelve Democratic supervisors.
Bob SiEemorc. OF Clay County, Ky, 10 shot and
killed by one oI three men upou whom no opened
nre.
Juan Flores and viotonno Lopez are under arrest
at Lsrendo, Tex, charged with be1ns IArIa NIL
buSterers.
Two murdered American nre found In an old
adobe bUi ding north Of III Paso, Tei,, supposed
victims of renegade lndiAns.
Eleven inches OF SNOW has fallen At Traverse CiLs.
Mich. aud tho storm continues,
Albion W. Small, President Of Colby Universny,
wAtsryIlle Maine, 10 elected Professor oil Social
Science IN the University OF Chicago.
Mrs wIssLow's SoorHisG SrauP u uneI
esled med icins for children while testhng Ace e
The evening world., 1892-02-12
FELL FROM A MOVING TRAIN.
The Mutilated Body Of an Unknow,
Man Found Near Peekskill.
,spEc,AI. TO rHH EVENING woR,

ESPECIAL TO THy EVENING woRro.I
PEgKsKILL, Feb. 12.-The horribly mutt.
lated and bleeding body OF man was found
lying beside the tracks OF the New York Gen.
tra and Hudson River Railroad, near Osca-
wana, at 8 o'clock this morning.
The man was still alive when picked up,
and was brought to this city, where he was
placed in the iielping-Hand Hospital. His
injuries viii prove fatal.
The man was we'll dressed and had the ap-
pearance OF being In good circumstances.
His identity is UNKNOWN. It. Is thought that
he fell from moving train.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
FEMININE TOGGERY SEIZED.

"A iHouSnnu DoIiars worth OF COS.
times Captured on the Teutonic.
In the seihurc-rOOm ut the CUSTOM House
To-day were displayed severa! articles OF
expensive feminine tosgcry which had been
seized from aun& Lclongng to Miss
Odole, WEU arrived yesterday On the S!eau.-
ship Ieutoaic
Among III" tinery were crushed straw
berry costume, PINK SILK SKIRT. PINK and
blue costume, brown velvet coat, q wool
costume. cloth Jacket and blue crepe COS
tume-nll valued at about ~ ,0OJ
Another trunk seized Oh The TeutonIc has
not yet been opened.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
DEATH OF LUDWIG MARX.
he Lost a Fortune in the Scheme
to Consolidate Coal Interests.

Members OF the Stock Exchange were to-
day shocked by The announcement OF the
death OF Ludwig Marx, one OF the Oldest men,
bers OF the Exchange.
Mr.. Marks death, by curious coincidence,
occurred Just twenty-iour hours after the
cOnsummation OF the greatest deal III which
he was ever Interested
He-was an Intimate friend OF the late
Franklin b. GOwen, the originator OF the
scheme TO consolidate the anthracite coal
interests
Thoroughly imbued with Gowcn's ideas Mr..
Marx lost his fortune in the scheme, while
Gowen, too, died before his dream was real
lied.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
.FORE|GN NEWS OF THE DAY.
Did Russian Gen. Won Hafsord
Die as Seliverstoff Did 2
Freezing Added to Starvation in the
Famine District - Raging
AnaI ch.sts.
tnn IssoCIArEn rhKaa.l

PARIS, Feb. 1e.-Scveral Of the newspapers
OF this city to-day publish rumor that the
Russian Gen. Won Has rd, who IT was said
yesterday had shot himself through the head
with n revolver In the Hotel Louvre, was the
victim OF NihlliSts.
The ruulor has 1t that he had incurred the
enmlty Of the Nihilists, aud that ior long
time they have been waiting an opportunity
to revenge themselves upon him.
Yesterday the opportunity came, and he
was assassiuated by a man who mad been
watching his movements for some time past.
1t is not known positively what basis there
Is for this rUinor, hut the published report
agrees ~ some Of its details with those con.
ncctcd with the murder OF Gen. Selivorston.
the head o' the Russian secret police In Paris,
who was shot IN the head In hi, apartments
In the Hotel d. Bade IN November, 1880, by
the Polish NihiiSt, Padlewsiy.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
LOOKING FOR A NEW SUSPECT.
Some Hope that Dunham Murder
Mystery Will Be Cleared Up.
isrrcIAL TO TIRE EVENING "

isrrcIAL TO TIRE EVENING woRLpN
NEWARK, Feb. IA detective from New
York has given important Information to the
police about the Dunham tragedy, and oni-
GERS are now searching Tor Patrick Ryrnes, a
man about thirty years old, who has been
living with Mrs. Dunham since the murder OF
her husband.
He Is supposed 10 be the man who called at
the side door OF the Bellryille road-h puse on
the night ot the murder to see Mrs Dunham.
II may be that she also Will be arrested.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
Expects to Be Minister to Japan.
IVY ASSOCIATED rNnss,

IVY AFkOcTATEU NNNSs.N
Los ANGELES, Cal, Feb. l2.-Major George
II. Bonebrake says he received private tele-
gram from Senator FELTON, wednesday even
Ing that his appointment as Minister TO
Japan Will be made In II few days.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
WRECK AT HUNTERS POINT.
A Market Flat Car Train Crashes
Into Passenger Coaches.

lspvcrL 70 THy yvISIsG voptn.l
LONG ISLAND CITY, Feb. 1.-Two nat cars
OF the Long Island Railroad market train
] lmped the track as the train was entering
the Hunters Point Depot this morning. The
cars crashed into the 0.l0 outgoing north
shore Train, badly damaging two coaches. No
one was injured.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
CHORUS SINGER FROOM REPENTS.
When Arrested He swears to Re-
pddiate tho " Othor Woman"

pudiate the Othor Woman"
The domestic troubles OF Cecil Froom, q
member OF the Casino companys chorus,
were aired in the Jefferson Market Court to-
day. His wife, Aida, OF 800 West twentieth
street, charged him with non-support AID
said he was living with another woman at
222 West Twenty.irth street. Mrs. Froom Is
a member OF Barry Fay 5 company.
The couple have been married eighteen
months and have one child. Froom expressed
regret for his conduct. and upon promising
to leave the 40 her woman " and properly
care for his wife and child he was discharged
To emphasize his intention tn do this he held
up his hand and said: I" swear It,"
Then he and his vile left the court arm In
arm.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
Who Knocked Him Ou. ?

william J. Nelson, OF 322 East Eighty
eighth street, said to lie prizc-hghtcr, was
found unconscious this morning az the corner
OF Fifteenth street and First avenue, bleed
ing profuseiy from several scalp wounds. lie
was taken To Bellevue Hospital.
The evening world., 1892-02-12
Mrs. Florence Ethel Osborne Duly
Held for Trial.
,py ArsCCIATEp PRESS

ipY AFsCC1ATED PnEssl
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Mrs. Florence Ethel Os-
borne was this morning brought from Hollo-
way Jail to the Bow Street Police Court,
where she was arraigned before Magistrate
Sir Jonn Bridge to answer the charge OF per-
jury made against her In connection with the
libel suit she brought against her one-time
friend, Mrs Hargreaves, who had charged
her with the theft OF q quantity Of valuable
jewelry.
The courtroom was literally packed with
friends OF the Osborncs and Hargreaves. and
with others who were attracted merely by
curiosity.
Mrs osborne presented q most pitiful ap-
pcarancc. She was dressed entirely In black,
and when she was placed in the prisoners
dock she wept bitterly, bowing her head In
her hands SO her face could not be seen. Capt
Osborne stood beside her outside the dock and
held one OF her hands in his own.
Mrs. Hargreaves, Jeweller SPHINX TO whom
the jewels were sold) ana Bank OF England
representative were the witnesses.
Mrs. Osborne said she had nothlng to say,
and she was duly held for trial.
1t was developed to-day that the Treasury
prosecution OF Mrs Orborne is based on
charge OF larceny as well as perjury
The evening world., 1892-02-12
Report o: the Revolt OF Troops at
Montevideo Unfounded.
Ivy AskOCIATYD PRR

LONDON, Feb. IA despatch received
here from Montevideo states that the report
that the troops in garrison In that city had
and have peen no disturbances IN Monte
yiueO.
The evening world., 1892-02-12

To Call the Republican Convention.
The Republican state Executive Committee
will meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-mor-
row to fix the date Tor holding the State Con-
yyltlUu.
The evening world., 1892-02-12

Snuggl"d Goods ct Auction.
There viii be a sale at auction Of smugglcd
goods in the seizure room OF the custom House
on March . Among Ii, articles to be sold
are huharrdS ol trunks, 10000 cigars and
soinc Gil paintings.