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The evening world., 1893-10-31
HANGED HIMSELF WITH SHEET
Decker Feared He Would Be In
volved IN a Scandal.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Oct. I.-John
Decker, siYty years Of age, committed
suicide yesterday at his home, - Pres
ton street, West Philadelphia, by hang
ing himself with a sheet.
In the same house some four months
ago Charles T.. Hover. Il Southern
railroad promoter, ended his life by
inhsling Illuminating gas. There was
considerable scandal attached TO HoweT's
death, II being SAID that he had sew
eral wives His death was followed by
legal contests.
Jessie Murdaunt alleged that she mar
ricd himl last November. he thereby
making her wife No. 3. 1t also turned
out that jesse Mordaunt was "A much
married Woman having been welded to
a man named Mordaunt, to another
named Hussey and finally to Hover.
Decker owned the Preston street
house and became mixed up in the scan
dial. II is believed that smarting from
mental troubles and fearing that he
would he dragged INTO the litigation he
ended his existence.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
MRS. COOK SOUGHT DEATH.
She Made Two Attempts After esr
usband's Nu'clds.

The guests of the st. George Hotel, in
Brooklyn, had not recovered this nom
ing from the high state Of excitement
into which they were thrown by the SUI
eide of Samuel G.. Cook. early last even
irg, followed 10y attempts 10y Mrs, Cook
to Kill herself.
1t was learned this morning hat Mrs.
cook had tried 10 get hold Of the pistol
her husband had used, when this at
tempt failed. she wanted 10 jump from
the seventh story window.
Mrs. Cook was sim very nervous this
morning. y trained nurse was at her
bedside to see that she iid not again at
tempt to do herself violence.
he causes when led to Cooks suicide
beyond the fact that l'e was interested
In some litigation concerning the owner
ship Of a zinc mine in Missouri. are a
mystery.
Lawyer Dykman, who was associated
with Horace T.. Deming, OF New York,
In the care OF Cooks legal affairs, re-
The evening world., 1893-10-31
M'lEOO TELLS HIS PLANS.
How the New England Road Is to
Enter New York.
Depot to BE Near Third Avenue and
149th street.

BOSTON. oct. 3l.-The directors of the
New York and New England Railroad
Company are holding an important
meeting here to-day.
The meeting was called to order at
ll.lj with President Mcleod in the
chair. All the New York and Phila-
delphld directors were present. The
most impor tant business to be brought
to the consideration of the directors
was the completion of the extension into
New York city, with regard to which
so many rlmors have been in circula-
ton during the past month.
Mr.. Mcleod announced at the opening
of the meeting that he had in fact Sc
cured an entrance into New York by
way of the New York, New England
and Northern Railroad and he pre-
scented the details of the contracts to
the directors for their consideration
Tn" only question that remained Tor
item to consider was the raising OF the
struction Of his extensions, and 1t Is
said that subscriptions for this purpose
have been already obtained for the
necessary amount of capital.
The directors authorized the President
to make traffic contracts with the New
York, New England II Northern, also
f2r, tn" construction of a line between
Min Plain: near the. New York state
INV. dlll INV l'Ih hN ~ ~ :
mcnt with the Manhattan Railroad COM
pany for AN entrance into New York
city for tho New York and New Eng
lan1 Railroad for both passengers and
fire Snt.
The Ryan Il Mcdonald Construction
Company viii build the new road and
turn It over completed to the stock
holders of the New York, New England
and Northern; IL per cent. of the stock
of that company will pass to the treas.
ury Of the New York and New England
Railroad Company. The Ryan \ Me
Donald Construction Company will fur
nish all, the money to buiid and equir
the road.
J. T. Odell was elected Nice-President
of the New England in place of +. II,
Prince. Mr.. Odell was previously gen
eral manager of the Baltimore and Ohic
road.
The connection of the New York and
New England road with the Manhattan
Elevated will be just above the New
York. New Haven and Hartford freight
terminals near Third avenue and ON,
Hundred and Forty-ninth street.
The elevated road will probably con.
meet with the new line in IA union depot
for payS,r gers and express at that point
Tie freight terminals will be iusi east,
ward, at Port Morris and Hunts Point
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fused to throw any light upon the matter
this morning. He refused to even tell
what the suit was about.
Cook was II son Of the late Abner q.
Cook. of Oswego, y. Y. His father nc-
cumulated a fortune In the coal business
and invested largely In II zinc mine in
Joplin. Mo.
Owing to his poor health. Mr. Cook
placed his son, Samuel G.. Cook, in
charge. Through young Cooks misman-
ageInent. 1t is said. the property ran
down; and at his fathers death he
found that all the property had been
left to his mother. The property re-
manned under his management, and it
Is said that he mortgaged it to its full
value.
The property was sole a short time
ago. and Cook tried to huv" the sale
set aside. Cook was married in Cali
fornia about ten years ago. His do
mestic affairs became complicated and
he and his wife separated. -Four years
ago he married his present wife, who
is an elocutiuuist and is said Ia be very
beautiful.
Cooks mother is related to Wheeler
II. Pcckham. President of the Bar As
ISOLATION.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
WANTED 500, 900 fRoM BYRNEs.
Crank Reilly Calls on the superin-
tendent and II Locked Up.

Sept. Byrnes had a demand made upon
him this afternoon by another crank.
whn wanted 100000. which. he asserted.
had been given 10 him for safe keeping
several years ago. The mar had never
he was known through his letter writing
mania, as similar demands had been
received bv the Superintendent nearly
a year ago.
The man. who was poorly clad. and
gave every evidence of having passed
several nights in cheap lodginG-houses,
made his appearance at the Mulberry
street building soon after +. NJ.
p-toCtive-Sergt. Mangin was at the
desk in the outer Office. The man said
he had important business with the
Superintendent. to whom alone he could
communicate II. There was nothing In
his appearance to indicate that lie was
n crank, 50 after a little mere question:
iuE he was allowed to entnr,
Il want $lOO, OO0," he said on seeing
the Superintendent. 'Some time ago 1
hand YOU i75,olu clicked you out OF
l 600 men MS being the very best to keep
that money for me. The amount has
- .. md | must have
it at once. I want $500 of it in
Tho Superintendent promised to honor
the demand, and allied In a detective.
who led the man to the execution
chamber" There he said his name was
p plS. Hs R Ee.rssd Z Pp5'9 siyc f his y ~
tell anything more about himseIf,/
Reilly had no cap OF az kind,
but when searched seyersT hundred
(oOnanued on Ivra III
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Mar with a Kink in His Brain
Demands $1,000 Of Ia
spector Byrnes.
CUBAN CONSUL IN PERIL.
Scare at Police Headquarters
Over the Receipt of a Sup
posed Internal Machine.

Sergt, Pagan. of the East Thirty-hfth
street station. was behind the desk at
II o'clock this morning when a Wild
looking man entered and in a fierce
voice demanded 5000. The man, who
was fairly well dressed, kept both hands.
buried in his overcoat pockets, and iti
looked as II a revolver might be ex-.
hihlted at any moment 1
Seeing that he had a crank of the vio-
lent order to contend with the Sergeant
turned the matter aside by saying that
he did not ave quite so much money
with him. He promised, however. that IL
the man would call again later in the
dav his demand would be satisfied.
The crank left after making a threat
that unless the money was forthccm ming
On his return there would be trouble
At exactly 1870 o'clock the man again
made his appearance and renewed his
demand for 5000. There was no one in
the police station save the Sergeant, and
In orcer to gain time he invited the
man into the waiting-room. The two
were talking business" the officer eye
ing his man suspiciously all the time,
when Patrolman John Rose tune
i owe this man 5000 Pagan said,
with a sigh of relief. 'Oticer, take him
Htto.S%" 70 '"9 'u"N an" see '""' ne se'F
Rose realized the situation in a mo-
ment and courteously Invited the man
out. The crank. who was overJoyed at
the prospect of getting the money SO
easily followed. They boarded q Fourth
avenue car and ne Conversed quite ra-
iiunally with the officer on the way up
town. As soon as he came in sight OF
the Norkville Police Court, however, he
realized that a trick had been played
upon him.
lie refused TO enter the building and
then a rough and tumble fight resulted,
IN" policeman, who was the stronger
man, being. victorious. Pending the arr
rival Of Judge Grady the fellow was put
in the prisoners pen.
After a few moments Patrolman Rose
Followed the man into the pen for the
purpose of getting his pedigree. In
St2ntly a scene took place, the like of
which has not been seen there in a long
time. n
With a yell like IA tiger the crank
sprank upon Rose and buried his long
cav like nails in the policeman's face.
The. latter, who was soon bleeding
draw his club, but he could not DO the
latter.
The Two men struggled for fully two
minutes before Policemen Bond and
Hartigan, who were amazed spectators.
sprang to his assistance. Even with the
three policemen at him the man mad
. fierce resistance, and the courtroom
WIS in an uprOar.
Finally the man was subdued a little
Cnd he was put back. Some time later
man hrouGht before him. Then the
sg.I e was repeated. He was committed
fo Illumination as to his sanity.
The mar gave his name ts John Dreit-
had spent last night at the Windsor
II, Il. He is thirty -one years old.
Nheu searched. a heavy clasp-knife
and "a razor were found in his pockets.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
VA CCINATED 1923 LAST WEEK.
Record Broken oy the Corps OF
Doctors--A New Case.

The Board of Health v]accinatoIs are
inoculating the employees In the follow
ing business houses to-day: Hall's cigar
cite factory. 2ll East Thirty-sevcnth
street, the Eagle Pencil Company, 10
East Fourteenth street; Kahner'S fac
tory, 202 East one Hundrcdth street;
Henry Heide's candy factory, Franklin
and Hudson streets.
The attaches of the Bartholdi Hotel.
TWentS-third street and Broadway, are
also being ~vaccinated. The employees
OF the great house Of Tiffany Il Co.,
Prince and Mulberry streets, will be
treated with virus to-day or tomorrow.
The largest record Of vaccination
partment was made last W week. The
total number of people inoculated was
II. 233. OF these 13,1ll had been vaccinat-
cd at least once. The remaining l,l29
had never been treated with virus.
Joseph Lettino, seven months old, of
III Elizabeth street. was taken to tn
Reception Hospital to-day sick with
smallpox.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
ALL TIRED OF LIFE.
Matthew KYLE Kills Himself with
a Dose OF Poison.
Joseph Arnoux Shoots Himself in
Central Park.
bernhard Puts u Bullet Through
His Head Other SELF Murders.

Matthew Kyle, nfty-hvc years of age.
one of the oldest and best known resi-
dents of that district, died at his home
at 1890 this morning from II dose of
tincture of opium, taken with suicidal
intent.
MIR. Kyle had lived at High Bridg for
over thirty years, and built one of the
first OF the many concert halls IN that
district, He became very wealthy, ami
increased his wealth 10y lucky invest
men'S IN real estate, He X said to have
accumulated NOR" than $1nO,UWO. lie had
real estate in Jerome aV nnur amt that
neighburhoud, u ran three iuSDptts
ON the river.
For the last two years he has been in
il-h,alth. For three months he mas
been suffering with mylaucholia. sun
day he appeared more cheerful than
usual, and said he felt unusually well.
He retired as usual
During the night he was taken i'll.
ana Dr. Ferguson, of "a FIRST avenue.
was called. lie decided Immediately
that Kyle was sutterlng'f from a dose Of
opium. kylc fingered in great agony till
this morning.
In the trousers pockets of Mr.. Kyle
was found n case containing tire" three
ounce bottles that had contained tincturc
of opium. There was also IA note writ
ten in bad English and addressed to no
one. 1t stated that he was about to
commit suicide because he feared he
was about to BE- dispossessed.
tie said in the note that some years
ago h" had signed some papers for a
man named John kunce, and that he
had signed all his property away, al
though kunCe told him at the time
that they were worthless.
1t Is believed that Kyle was insane
with worriment over his nine children,
one of whom IL now in the Elmira Re
formatOry.
AT the house Mrs. Kyle denied that her
husband had committed suicide. The
drug was purchased ~ the drug store of
D.. 4. Benson, 1874 Third avenue.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
LIFE TOO HARD FOR HIM.
Joseph Arnoux Slot himself
Central Park.

The body of a man, identified by let
tiers in his pocket as Joseph Arnoux OF
IS Clinton street. was found by Park
Policeman Armstrong in Central Park,
at SiXty-ffth street, south of the trans
verse road, at $50 o'clock this morning.
There was a bullet hole in each TEN
pie. Clutched in the dead mans hand
Was IA 3S-calibre revolver, w Of the
cartridges Of which had been fired.
The man was dressed as a successful
clerk, and appeared To be about TWEEN
tS-eight years Olo
His watchcharm was a strikingly CON
%Spicuous so Ivenir of, the Wor..s Fair.
mutations diamonds showed that
his love for glitter had not oeen graft
An envelope, crushed and .9rn. bore
Thirty-stXth street, New York City"
In i, was this letter:
" Dear Sir. | XIII myself because life
is too hard fol me. have too much
l go : the other land where ] expect
to have better luck. Your friend.
Jos. ARMOUR.
Armour from his mother in Marse.les.
1t was written IN French. and urged him
to keep up COURAGE, An incIoSure was.
from Arnou%'s brother, 1t was Of
The Marseilles address given by them
was Rue de la Madeleine, "a.
The body of Arnoux was taken to the
Morgue.
At SO Clinton street 1T was learned
that Armour had occupied "a furnished
room there. The landlady is Mrs. II. i.
Let's, who says that the man came there
about two weeks ago he. said his
name was Joseph ArnouX. He paid a
weeks rent III advance for n furnishc
room on the top floor, He BROUGHT with
him q trunk and several packages,
Last Friday Mrs. Let's asked him for
the next weeks rent in advance, which
he promised to pay Saturday. He left
the house and did not return.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
MONACO WANTS THE Fight.
Mitchell and Corbs,t Might Put Up
Their Fists at Monte Carlo.

lOSTON. Oct. 3l.-Charley Mitchell.
who came here last night. says regard
ing his chances Of a hight with Corbett:
1T is $1,000 To "A peanut That they will
not let w meet at Coney Island, and, as
far as New orleans is concerned, |
II Kirk the ChanCes of our being allowed
to fight there are very slim.
Il received a good offer from Mr.. At
k.rsOn to day. He cables me Can bring
of the fight in Monaco. Big purse. OF
s'Gring terms. VIII forward matters
If desired
II nblcd Mr.. Atkinson that his offer
WIS satisfactory. Monaco is of the
southern coast of France. and there
are more Americans thcr" than any
other nationality. Curbett ought not
TO be afraid to fight there.
II am now in fairly good condition,
and wOuld bee ready to meet Curbctt
in four OF five weeks"
The evening world., 1893-10-31
CORPSE in A TRUNK.
CHASTITY Discovery Made by a Chi
cpgo RaVgape-Ms er.

CHICAGO. Oct. Stat 1890 this morn.
Ing two young men drove up to the Rock
Island Depot in a closed carriage. The
two men carried a large trunk into the
depot and had it checked to Columbus
Junction, la. The men bought tickets
10 ~Ainsworth. la.
y few minute later Bagguge-Master
Valentine, in moving the trunk, thought
something was rafting inside. lie in
StantIy came to the conclusion hat the
trunk contained "A human body.
The trunk was broker open, and the
haggage-master was Mortified to find
the body Of II man. He was about fifty
years old, and had a brown beard,
streaked with gray. ON one of his toes
was a tag, such as is used in hospitals.
The police are Of the opinion that the
two men We're medical students, and
that they We're taking the body to Iowa
to disseCt it.
The body looks as II 1t was recently
taken out of IA picking :at.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
SUICIDE IN A BREWERY.
Joseph Bernhard shoots Himself in
Ehre''s Driving Room.

Joseph Bernhard, a iahorer, committed
suicide at ID o'clock tins morning. while
at work in the drying room Of George
Ehret $ brewery. Ninety-second street
and Third avenue. He shot himself in
the right temple with a 3s-oalibrc revul-
yer. His body was taken to the East
Eighty-eishth street polic"-s;aticn.
bernhard was a German. folty-scven
years old. and married. lie lived at
1913 Third avenue.
The only motive advanced by Mrs,
Bernhard for the suicide Of her hus-
band was mat h" had been a sufferer
from rheumatism for two years.
He was employed at the brewery as
n "sternewir,h." That is what a man
Is called who distributes beer among
the employees.
Bernhard vas found lying or n pallet
formed of hOrS" blankets. He was not
then dead. but del before a physician
could reach him.
He leaves. besides n widow. one son.
who is employed by Il wcst-side roofing
company.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
The BILL GOES ever.
Efforts at Immediate ConSidera-
tion Fail in the House.
RepeaIers Could Not Overcome Mr..
BANDS Objections.
The Measure Promptly Transmitted
from the Senate To-Day.

WASHINGTON, oct. Si.-There was
no delay in transmitting the silver Pur-
chase Repeal bill, as passed by the
Senate, back to the House for that
body's concurrence in the one simple
amendment.
At 1850 to-day Secretary of the Sem
ate Cox appeared At the main door of
the House with the lon~g-loCked-for bill
and umendment in his hand. MIR. Oates
dem. Aa.) was on the floor at the
time, and was interrupted oy the Speak
er, who said: The gentleman from Ala
bama wiz suspend while the House re-
ceircs n message from the Senate"
Instantly there was great silence
throughout the chamber and Assistant
DC0rkeepcr Smiths voice was perfectly
audible to it's fun extent as he intro
duced the Secretary.
The formal acceptance of the bin and
message followed. and hen the House
resumed its routine business.
The only special feature that marked
the incident was the hand-clapping with
which Representatives Fitch, Hendrix
and Dunphy, of New York. received
Secretary Cux's official announcement
Of repeats success in the Upper Cham
Der. The silver men laughed derisively.
Mr.. Bland had stated that he would
not allow the unanimous consent 10y
virtue of which alone the bill could be
considered to-day.
However, Mr.. Livingston. of Georgia,
arose and asked unanimous consent tc
consider the Silver bin to-day and to
take a vote tomorrow at 3 o'clock.
Silver men had been laboring with
Mr.. Bland to get his consent to this ar.
rangement.
Mr.. Rland was not persuaded. and or
his objection TO immediate consideration
the Repeal bill Went over till tD-mor
The evening world., 1893-10-31
SUICIDE OF 5R1KEN HEARTH
Miss Mcdowell Found Dead Near the
House Where Ske Was Debarrsd.

ALLIANCE. o., oct. 81 Miss Rcbocca
Mcdowell was found dead at noon sun
day IN the real Of her uncie's-Tnumas
NlNoU's-hOme She had been away m
the West visiting, and before -oing sh"
had had trouble with her uncle's people
She returned "rday night and they
would not admit her.
She disappeared. and not uutil she
was found SUNDAY was it known what
had become Of her 1t is not known
whcthtr she committee suicide or died
Of a .uk heart. She was twenty
eight years old and a social favOritc.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
PRIZE BEAUTY GOES FREE.
Miss Foote'S Throat to Horsewhip
G'ichrist Doesn't Count.

Miss Alice Ella Foote, the prize beauty
known as Queen Bess," vas in the
Gates Avenue Police Court, Brooklyn,
,nis morning to answer the charge of
threatening to horsewhip young Alfred
Gilchrist, Of l25 Vermont street.
The complainant was the only witness
called. He told about receiving "A letter
from Miss Foute. in which she declared
that he was talking about her and that
she wuuld horsewhip him on sight. He
admitted that a Mss GOSs once at
tempted to horseWhip him.
Justice Connolly decided that there
was not positive proof that Miss Foote
intended using a horsewhip, IL dis
charged her.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
RESULTS AT GLOUCESTER.
Edward F., at IS to /, Takes the First
from 70 war AID BLACKBURN.

GLOUCESTER RACE TRACK. oct,
3l.-The results Of to-day's races are as
follows;
First Race-Six and one-half fur
longs.-Won by Edward f., 10 to | and E
to |; Bolivar, second, . to | for place;
Blackburn third. Time-l.29.
Second Racc-Four and one-hd,f fur
longs Won by J. +. e.. : to = and . 10
.; Nocali2c, second, s 10 , for place;
Extra third. Time-O.5S Ia.
Third Race-SiX furiongs.-Won by
Bobolink . TO | and 2 to /; Chartreuse,
second. . to : for place; Text third,
Time 20 IA.
longsE.W1on' nv WestchrsteT 6 ia / and
| to >; Simrock, second, s to for place;
Crochet third, Timc-l.4 40 ga.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
OUTGOING STEAMERA

SAILED TODAY.
Allrr, Bremen
Mobile. London.
Excelsior, Ntw Orleans.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
FORT or lew YORK..


Steamer Mo gan CITY, New orleans oct "a with
merchandise to I T Van Sickle.
Steamer Kni"kcrh0cker New Orleans oct %,
with mcrchandis, Il l. ; Allen
steamer SaSmyth Rio Jaucirr oct. l. Victoria
10 - Lucia %, with merchandise to Rusk 4
JeyOnS
STEAMER Culver Sartos oct. 3 81 Lucia %,
with merrhandisn t. Busk q JtvOns
Steamer urNnn'a Glasgow Oct.l" Neville 20. with
merchandise IHl passengers 10 henderson Irus.
steamer Chicago Antwerp oct u. with mer-
chHndise and passengers to Sandcrson & son.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
Cable Brew tie D..

Aiyiocs from odessa say that cholera continues
to spread In the Crimes. Twelve doctors. twenty
four hcll surgeons and Thirty sisters have gone
there
Kari n0dmor. the landscape painter. is dead at
Paris. "" vas Of foreign origin. being born at
Zurich In 1909.
II Is stated IN connection with the Italian imam
cial crisis that LeghOrn is unable to pay her
instalmont " the debt due. This amounts To
about 100, 600 lire,
The evening world., 1893-10-31
Governor OF New Caladonie Wounds
His Onpo~snt n u Due.

FAIRS. oct. 3l.-.N duel has been
fought between Emil Luf5n, Governor
of New Caledonia ami CASTOR Merry.
owing to an article written 10y the la,Irr
in the Libre Parole.
NJ Merry was severely wounded in the
lcft side.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
BkNKRUPTED BY GAMBLING.
Son of Sir Robert Peel Declared an
i~nSolysnJ.

LONDON. oct. 2l.-Robert Peel. a son
of Sir Robert Peel. was adiudgci a
bankrupt to-day with liabilities placed
at t5l. 0O and no assets.
Mr.. Peel attributes his failure to ina
hility To- raise further loans and AS
cribes his insolvency to betting and
"a mbling.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
The Last OF the Military Tourna-
ment COMPANY.

The last ~ the horses, arms and sccoutremcnts
used hy me English Military Tournament Com
nauy were a]urrioncd on at Tattcrsalls Repository
this afternoon The total amount realized from
H." sal" Wac Sb.O"". EN-Sccrc'ary W. G. Whit
hrrs's were purchased hy tho officers OF Troop A.
The evening world., 1893-10-31
Disabled Bark Arrives.

Tho narR 81. ama als rosol lr'o port to-day
~ a Nrr.hlup .'"I ner from savannah She was
Hrr b 3 boz ..--I a." 90 III, southern 'aas, and
'aAr II into savannah 10y tAt steamer saratoga