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The evening world., 1893-12-14
CRUCER'S CLOSE CALL
Just Escaped in Time from His
Burning Country Home.
Family Plate, Jewels and Paintings
Destroyed.
No Firemen at Bayville-His Loss
Over 5000, OOo.

The handsome country residence of
Col. 8. v. r. Cruger, at Bayville. l.. l.,
was completely destroyed by fire at
z o'clock this morning. entailing a loss
of over 5000, 900. The fire originated from
the CRATE in Col Cruger's sleeping apart
ment.
He awoke to find the room in flames.
and had great difficulty in escaping with
his life.
There is no fire department at Bayville.
A messenger was sent for the Glen Cove
Department. but the distance between
the two places is so great that the fire.
men did not attempt to cover it.
Col. Cruger's residence was in many
respects an ideal country abode, and one
of the most complete in America II
commanded a magnificent view of Long
Island Sound. INC was situated on a
blum some sixty feet above the water
line.
view of comfort. 1t was two stories
high. with a frontage of 200 feet. and
was fifty feet deep. 1t stood in the cen.
tire Of q tract OF and of sixty acres,
The house was OF the Doric style OF
architecture. The. main entrance led
into a spacious hall, which ran the entire
depth OF the house. In the centre was a
the right On the left was the concert
and ball room.
Most Of the family. paintings were
there. n ali were DESTROYED; they IN.
Phillip Livingston, one OF the signers Of
the Declaration. of independence.
Thu family plate, tewelry and furni
collection Of cur,os and relics. were al
destroyed.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
SAVED FROM STARVATION.
Evening Worlds" Appeal Brings
Aid to the Jordan Family.
Little Martha Buried-Food, Medi-
cine and Money Sent.

1t was with a lighter heart and a re.
newed feeling of hope that John Jordan,
of 20 Knickerbocker avenue. left his
home this morning to resume his search
for work.
The awful suferings and more than
distressing condition of his family. was
told yesterday In THE Evening World"
and its appeal went home to many SYM
pathetic hearts.
Martha, the beautiful little three-year-
old daughter, who died on Sunday, was
given a decent burial by Undertaken
Brophy, of 81 Grand street. in Calvary
Cemetery yesterday. The other two hill
dren, who were very sick with scarlet
fever. are now pronounced out of Ian
ger, and food and clothing in quantities
have been sent to the house by kind
and sympathetic %neighbors.
Mr.. Jordan had left the holse long be-
TO-, e an Evening World' reporter reach
ed there this morning. but his bright
Joy and gratitude she thanked The
in their behalf.
said, you have been so kind to MS in
on" time of need. If II had not been for
your timely visit, | don know what we
should have done. But It is different
our Martha was buried yesterday,
and DIR. Campbell, of South Third street,
visited rs last night and attended our
sick babies. He came again this morn,
surely recover and the other had more
than q fair chance TO get well. But II
was the food that did more good thar
all the medicines,
Kind. friends have sent us groceries
aud fuel. and two gentlemen who would
not give their names brought us big
we have enough for the present. but al
we desire is thai John can find work:
and we can repay some of our kind
~neighbors."
voman's story. X cracking Arc hlazed
in the stove, and vegetables, coffee and
meat We're cooking, The children VIM WIN
but little clothing to keep them warm
were better clad, Fresher and better
bed-clothinC had heen Furnished and tbs
s~cantily furnished rooms wore a more
comfortable appearance.
Just rs the reporter was leaving tbs
house a mail-carrier came in, and hi'
visit brought m0rS Joy t. tie h r ntS''s so, %,
letters 10 Mrs. Jordan.
The first opened bore the, sin pie sir
nature Of Florence, and inclosed was $
and wishes for happiness. Another con
tanning the same amount was signei IS
B." Sixth avenue pr. L. Mclean
a veterinary surgeon OF n and rs Nevin'
signature added s. more Al were cred
tied to The Evening Worlds appeal.
But fortune I'D no. sto0 here for tue
then Otto Wicke, a large wholesale drug
1877 and 1879 Myrtle avenue, ard 20
Enickerhocker avenue. called, and press
ing a bin in the woman's hand. tpll
her to call at any Of his stores, and any
thing she needed would be given he
free of charge.
A number of other contributions hay,
been received at The Evening World
office. including a bundle of clothing an
a check for So from William II. Cannon
a teweller, at IS Park Row, and 81 from
III. E."
The evening world., 1893-12-14
DR.. OzIAS is INSANE.
Hts Wife Will Take Him Back to
Missouri.

DR.. Ncwe III j.. Oz!as. twenty-seven
years old, of W~arrensburg. Mo, who has
been a student at Bellevue Hospital for
the past three weeks. has been declared
insane by DIR. Stuar Douglas, of Belle
Hospital.
Ozias was taken to the insane pavilion
yesterday afternoon to he examined as
to his mental condition. The doctor was
discovered in the Columbus lodging
house, G6 Third avenue, yesterday after
noon. pasting paper over Imaginary holes
in the ceiling of Il room he had rented.
His excuse was that robbers in a
room overhead hal cut holes through the
ceiling and were trying to get his money.
OGlas lived with his wife at 240 East
Twenty-thirt street. When she learned
Of DIR. Douglass decision this morning
she said she would return to Warrens-
burg, Mo-, with her husband. His father
Is a wealthy farmer there.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
EXIlED BY PEIX0TO.
Governor of Pernambuco Among
100 Citizens Sent Away.

Governor of Pernambuco Among
100 Citizens Sent Away.
The steamer Turkish Prince. Capt.
Flott. arrived this morning from Per-
nambuco, having sailed from that port
Nov. %.
On Nov. 10, three days before sailing
date, P~ernambucco' had been declared
under martial law by order Of President
Peixoto. The greatest excitement pre-
vailed. and ar outbreak was expected
daily.
On Nov. p. 100 political prisoners
were taken aboard the Brazilian
steamer Unno. and taken to the Island
of Fernando Noronha. on the northern
coast of Brazil. Among the exiles was
the Governor, Juan Marianne. who had
been arrested and imprisoned a few days
previously.
The widest excitement prevailed after
the departure of the exiles. Groups of
citizens We're to be seen in the streets
who openly declared against Peixoto. de-
nouncing him as a dictator and despot.
Capt. Flett said he heard a rumor to
the erect that one man, an Englishman,
had been killed, bat 1t was aid that the
British Consul would take no action.
The man was killed after S p. M. after
which hour non was allowed on the
streets except at his own risk.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
THREE MURDERERS HANGED.
Angelo Zappe, Charles Luckey and
Ralph Crossmirc on the Gallows.

my AbsOCldteu fFeSS.J
PITTSBURG. Pa, Dec. 1L-Angelo
zappe. convicted of the murder of Frank
HeImstetter. was hanged at 1855 o'clock
this morning.
He stabbed n killed the latter during
a quarrel on the Fourth of July last, in
which a number of Italian families took
part. His brother, Joseph, was convicted
of the same crime, but his death SEN
tence was m to life imprison-
ment.
Prominent Italians interested them
selves in behalf of the brothers and
formed committees IN nearly all the
leading cities of the country to aid in
the defense. New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburg and Chicago contributed to the
fund. and in a short time $1,000 was
raised among the Italian residents of
these cities.
ROCKVILLE, Ont, Dec. 14.-Charles
Luckey was hanged here at s o'clock
this morning. He walked smilingly to
the gallows and protested his Innocence
to the last. After two trials he had
been found guilty of numbering his
father, stepmother and sister at New
Bliss, Oct. s, 1892.
Crossmire. who murdered his mother al
Farmers Valley, Nov. 10, 1892, was
hanged at 1902. Fourteen int later
he was pronounced dead
The evening world., 1893-12-14
Lord@Tayl~
Broadway & Goth ST.
CAPT. GOBLIN RESIGNS.
Tired of the Chickering's in Company
G, Seventy-first Regiment.

Capt. Israel J. Goblin. of Company q.
Seventy-first Regiment, has wearied Of
the constant chickering's in his company
and sent in his resignation. The Cap
tain was fined $50 and ~reprimanded last
Spring by a court-martial or the charge
of enlisting a minor, although he in
sisted that he did 1t unknowingly.
Second Lieut.. Ernest H. Ball has led q
small party in opposition to Capt. Goblin.
and the Captain Inundated him by de-
failing him In charge of two raw re-
cruits. The lieutenant had to drill this
awkward squad two nights a week, a
duty usually done by a non-commis-
stoned officer.
1t is said that Balls friends have al
ready canvassed the regiment to find
out II he can be elected to succeed
Capt. Goblin, but with indifferent sue
cess, as the Captain has the sympathies
OF most of the men.
First Lieut.. Simpson. who was elected
over the head of Ball through the infu-
ence of Goblin, will probably succeed Co
bin If the RESIGNATION Is accepted.
In the hearing to-day an inmate OF q
disreputable house in San Francisco was
named as correspondent.
Miss Bateman's name was not men
toned until Lawyer Hummel called the
Judges attention to the previous charges
against her and asked hat she be ex-
onerated. The request was granted.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
HIS WIFE PROVED FALSE.
Lucien Decaen d'Audiffret OBJ
tains a Divorce.
The Decree Granted on the Statutory
Ground.

Judge Bischoff. OF the Cour OF Com
mon Pleas, to-day gra lted Lucien De-
caen d'Audiffret a decree of absolute d.
vCrce from his wife. Louisa. upon the
report of "A referee who heard the case.
The exact Identity OF the parties to the
suit is not mentioned in the papers. but
from their various places Of residence
1t Is evident that 'hey are wealthy poo
pie.
The couple were married in Paris.
France, April II, 1877. the wife's maiden
name being Courtaes. and lived together
until September l6 last. Their Winter
home was at IL West Twenty-ninth
street, where the husband still resides,
while last summer they occupied "A cot
tage at Normdndie-by-the-Sea
There they separated. and Mrs.
D"caen d~'Audinret went to live at
paying her bills until he discovered, as
sworn TO before the referee. that she
| ad been intimate with a man named
Graef.
1t is alleged that she was guilty OF
improper conduct with Graef at the
Hotel savoy during October last. where
the couple registered AS wv. II. Barnett
and wife. ~Tarrytown." Anna Bauerfeld,
a former maid at the Savoy. testified
that she waited on the couple when
they occupied an apartment there.
The wife was represented by counsel
before the referee. The d'Auiffrets have
resided In this city nine years.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
SOCIETY MAN AND EMBEzzLER
Playing the Races Rufus A. e. Voor-
hecs, jr., of New Orleans.
Ipy Assoclated PreeAl

NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec. li.-Albert
F.. Voorhees,, jr,, clerk In the Office OF
the Louisiana state Board OF Health,
has been discovered to be an embezzler.
Investigations made show that his short
age will be between $500 ana SlO.OOO,
of excellent family. being the son OF
Judge Voorhees,.
Some time ago he began playing races
and had wonderful luck, a COO to / com
led TO his ruin. Two weeks g he wrote
a confession. directed 1t to the presi,
dent of the Board of Health, and placed
It in the hands OF a friend for delivery
after he had left the country,
The evening world., 1893-12-14
he WANTS S25, 900 DAMAGES.
Marine Says He Was Maltreated In
His Own Store.

An action has been brought In the
Supreme Court by X. G. Marine, who
does business in Fourteenth avenue.
Newark. to recover SIS, OOO damages from
L. Paladina, Herman Copello, Adolphus
Cohen and Felice Malferrari.
The addresses of the defendants do
not appear. AS they were not in court
to defend the action, Judge Ingraham
appointed a Sheriff's jury to ascertain
what damages Marine Is entitled to.
Marine alleges that on oct. II last,
while he was In his place of business,
the defendants entered and struck him
In the face. dragged him about and
threatened his life until he opened the
safe. Then they took everything OF
value and departed.
He says he would not have opened the
safe. but that he was in fear of hi.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
SUICIDE WAS MRS. CPFLAUS.
Qnarrelled with Her Husband and
Then Drowned Herself.

NEWARK, y. j., Dec. 1.-THE body of
the woman who committed suicide last
Sunday was identified as that of Mrs.
Mary CpfaLs, slxty-slx years old, wife
of John Cpnaus, a saloon-keeper on Fiji
teenth avenue, this city.
Tine body was identified by the husband
and Louis Ryder, of 400 South Tenth
street. The couple had lived together
lily.
sunday Mrs. Cphaus suffered from neu
ralgia, and after a slight quarrel with
her husband went away and committed
suicide by jumping into the Passaic River
at Belleville, n. j. The woman tied a
handkerchief over her eyes and walked
INTO the river.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
LETTER CARRIER A SUICIDE.
Kiowen Was Dependent and Drank
Poison.

The suicide of John Kiowen, a letter.
carrier, t~wenty-seyen years old. of $40
Halsey street, Brooklyn. was reported at
the Coroners' office this morning.
Kiowen had been respondent and act
ing strangely for a week. Last night he
went to the drug store of H.. P. Annable,
$40 Tompkins avenue, and purchased
some cyanide of potash. He said he
wanted 1t to fix an electric battery.
After going home he mixed the poison
with some water and drank it. He then
told his mother what he had done.
DR.. Rockwell. of 405 jefferson avenue
was called, but Kiowen died shortly
after his arrival. He was attached to
station b, in Brooklyn.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
Help Wanted-MaIe.

wANTEE-Experienced cigar salesman for city
trade. Address Commission, box 467 World.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
MELLO'S FRIENDS MAY SUE.
Lawyer Isaac Angel Confirms the
Story of "A Test Case.

Lawyer Isaac Angel, of the Mills
Building, confirmed this morning the
story that friends of Insurgent Mello in
this country were thinking of testing in
the Federal Courts. the legality of the
expedition which was recently fitted out
against him in this city. He said he rep
resented a syndicate. and was studying
up the question.
At the Brazilian Consulate and at the
office of Charles r.. Flint & Co., all
knowledge of such a movement was de-
MED, n he idea was ridiculed as abb
surd.
United States District-Attorney Mitch
ell was also of the opinion that Mello's
supporters had no ground to stand on in
such an action for damages, as the in
surgents were recognized by no power,
and an expedition against them was not
directed against a friendly nation, but to
assist II.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
A VETERAN OF THE STAGE.
Charles r. Thorne Dies In San
Francisco at Four Score.

A despatch from San Francisco to-
day tells of the death OF Charles Il.
Thorne, the veteran actor and manager.
Mr.. Thorne was eighty years Did, and
made his first appearance on the stage
In this city. where he was born. In 1890.
He was the father of Charles r.
srsessses al al t the T tT1fn,ea soS Ss1Sr' TS % =
and his untimely death are within re.
cent memory Edwin f. Thorne and
William Thorne.
Mr.. Thorne was twice married. the
second time In 1888. and since the latter
date he has made HIS home in San Fran.
cisco. During his theatrical career he
h frx a in tbe m w S1Id' fHery Gig'l'z3 ust G9nn IN
India, China and South America.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
TO-NIGHT'S MASS MEETING.
The Anti-Tammany Gathering Prom
ises to BE an Imposing Affair.

The Anti-Tammany Gathering Prom
ises to Be an Imposing Affair.
The A~nti-Tammany mass-meeting to-
night at Cooper Union promises to be an
imposing affair. 1t will be the firing Of
the first gun for next years great munl-
cipal contest.
A great many of the district organisa-
tions of the Independent County Organi-
Hitherto anti Tammany movements
have been sporadic, like isolated cases of
measles, and they died in extreme in
When the P. NJ. L. died the voracious
Tiger was represented with a satisfied
smile, illustrative of his delight after hav-
ing eaten the canary"
The Independent County Organization
movement promises to b. lasting. and
the reverse of the disastrous ending of the
p. NJ. L. The Independent County Or:
the iaat canary %deVouring the Tiger.
The heavy guns Of the friends Of good
government viii be trained on the VIE;
take deadly aim. and they, promise to
stronghold crumble with their hot shot.
Al the business interests and profes,
will act as Vice-Presidents of the meet
ing.
Among them are Civil justices steckler
send. Lawrence Hutton and j. Cheeyer
Norris, William l.. Culbert and Walter
Eyre Livingston, Julius Hamburger.
President OF the Free Sons of Israel; NJ.
Roosevelt SCHUYLER; w. Frank cannon,
Ernest Harvier, journalist: Alexander
Bremen and John Hunt. President and
Secretary of the Musical Union Pro
tective Associations; Joseph Beckel,
Alonzo l.. Tuska CESAR Cont. Gilbert
Livingston Beeckman, Harry Content, a
cousin of Comptroller Myers; John P.
Spirit Gazette; Albert Sullivan Meaton,
w. H.. Ebling. the brewer; Herman II.
D.. Klinker. Walter w. Bahan. Frank
p. Murtha- eX-Assemblyman Michael
Madigher and Samuel Mcmillan.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
JACKSON ACCUSED OF FRAUD.
Arrested in Worcester, Mass, or
Complaint of Steiner a. Bros.

Supt. r. rnes has received information
II the arrest In Worcester, Mass. OF
julius jackson. who Is charged by Jo-
seph st liner G. Bros. fur dealers,
OF 81 Mercer street. with fraud
jackson ana his brother. MoritE. were
In the fur business at q Mercer street,
and the former Is charged with remov-
ing goods that had been attached by the
complainants TO secure a debt of 2,375.a5.
1t Ia allie yed hat after the alta chment
waI obtained the Jacksons represented
that they would settle with Steiner &
Bros. II given until after the celebra
tior Of the Hebrew New Year. which
BEGAN the next day.
They repre- scented that as orthodox He.
brevfs they could do no business during
that sacred festival.
i. is claimed that they Their took ad.
vantage Of an extension of time to re-
NOV the goods.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
TURNED HIS FAMILY OUT.
When Mrs. Yekcns interfercd HofT-
mahr Beat Her, Too.

Hugo Hoffmahr, a machlnlst. Of 22l
South Third street, was held In the Lee
Avenue Court. Williamsburg, to-day, on
two charges of assault. on complaint of
Mrs. Hoffmahr II her co-tenant. Mar
garet Yekens.
1t Is alleged that the other night Hon.
mahr beat and choked his wife and finally
grove her ana tneir three chlidren into
night In a statlon-house.
Mrs. Yekens says that when she pro-
tested Hofmahr knocked her down and
Jumped on her, and would probably have
killed her had It not been for the inter
ference of ~neighbors.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
LAUDED THE SIXTY-NINTH.
Congressman Cummings Calls 1t the
Mother of the Irish Brigade.

Memories OF the prowess of Gen.
Thomas Franci Meagher's Irish Bril-
gade In the battle of Fredericksburg and
other contests were revived last night at
the annual banquet of this famous corps
OF fighters at the Hotel Hungaria. Men
prominent In the judiciary, in military.
political and social circles were grouped
around the mahogany, and the speakers
spoke in glowing terms of the. valiant
deeds of Meagher's Brigade.
illusions were mad to the Sixty-ninth
Regiment by Congressman Amos Cum
mings, who said that that regiment was
even II reduced to a battalion the Sixty
ninth would yet become as fine a regi-
ment as ever paraded the streets of New
York.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
LEAH'S LOVER SENT TO JAIL.
Breach of Promise Suit Delayed by
His Obstinacy.

The trial of the breach OF promise suit
brought by Leah Citron against Joseph
Becker for $4,000 damages was brought
TO a sudden termination by Justice Ehr-
Itch, of the City Court, to-d2y.
When Becker was put or the stand to-
day he admitted having promised 10
marry Leah. and san he was willing
to marry her now.
Beyond these admissions. neither the
counsel nor Judge could Ee' any inte!li-
gent answers from Becker. Justice Ehr-
Itch finally ordered the case placed at
the end Of the calendar. anc sent Becker
to Jail.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
Stabbed by n Friend.

Michael Connslly. a plasterer, twenty-five years
OF age, OF 23i East Eightie,h street. was held
in 81. 900 bail in the Harlem Police Court to-day.
charged with assaulting John Sheehan. a Isborer,
OF 1880 Second avenue. The two men met last
night, and during a quarrel Connally drew a
pocketknife and struck sheehan on the head. In
nicting a sevrre scalp wound. DR.. Fox, OF the
Presbyterian Hospital. dressed the mans injuries.
He was able to appear in court to-day.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
DROVE THEM INTO THE STREET
James Hunt, just Out of Jail, Abuses
His Wife and Family.

NEWARK, n. J., Dec. lA-James
Hunt, a leather worker. ~forty-eiEht years
old, was released Monday last from Jail
where he had been for fifteen days for
drunkenness. He went on a spree Tues
day and last night went to his home at
23S Warren street. and turned his wife
and two children into the street.
They were u wandering about the
streets almost frozen to death by Police
man Dollery. Hunt was arrested and
the woman and children taken bach
home.
Hunt was asain sent to jail this morn
Ing for drunkenness.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
NO OPPORTUNITY YET.
Klebisch's Accuscrs Deny Being Tn.
able to Prove Their Charges.

NEWARK, N. j., Dec, III. b.
Faichney, William 1. Middleton andrAl-
fred f. Meeks. of the Kearny Improve
ment Society, New Jersey. which is
prosecuting Hotel Keeper Charles w.
keeping a disorderly house, deny that
they lay failed to prove the complaint
and that Klebiscn was discharged. They
haven't had a chance to prove or dis
prove IL. as the trial hasn't taken place.
1t Is set down for Monday evening next.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
PetrcZ Held for Trial,

John Petrez, of Bayonne. N. j., who shot JohI
Joe Fernina, OF Bridgeport. Conn. Nov. IL in .
quarrel at rs Colgate street, Jersey City, was held
to-day by Judge O'Donnell. at Jersey City. for ex,
animation upon a charge OF assault with intent 4
kill, Fernina was released yesterday from thl
hospital. PetreE denied the shooting, and said tina
Fsrnina stabbed him In the shoulder. lie shows
the Court the suL
The evening world., 1893-12-14
Old Employee Accused of Theft.

John Dryer, tventy-siS years old. OF 2?l North
Second street, was held in the Lee Avenue Court.
Williamsburg. to-day on a charge Of larceny. For
the past thirteen years pwyer Was employed in
the Central stamping Company, The specific
charge against him Is that be stole hftv pounds
Of block tin on Friday last. The superintendent
says, however. that the record q pNytrs theits
runs back for = period OF about two yeArA
The evening world., 1893-12-14
POLICEMAN NO. | DEAD.
James !. O'Connor Was the Third
Onicer SO Designated.

James J. O'Connor. policeman No. /.
died last night OF consumption at his
home, III East one Hundred and ThIr-
tenth street. O'Connor was the third
policeman to be designated by the No. |
under the present organization Of the
Department,
lie was appointed To the force in 1879.
AMI had II most honorable record. lie
was attached 10 the Mulberry street sta.
Ion up to six months ago, when he was
transferred to the Old slip station.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
Deserted by His Wife,

II. Epstein, a cloak maker, at CO Grand street.
Who lives at 40 Madison street, is seeking for
his wife, Annie. who lett him Dec. 8. taking two
Of their children. For two years Epstein worked
months ago, lie believes his wife has gone back
there to join some lover.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
Railroad Man Accused of Forgery,

Wy N0TVTTHNVV TTVNNT
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. N-Col. George
J. Rice, late contracting agent Of the Cincinnati
southern Railroad In this city, and formerly
President of q railroad terminating at Elmira. y.
v. was arrested here yesterday on the ,harge oi
forging the names Of prominent merchants to
notes amounting TO nearly 1000. His friends
claim that bis mind Ia unbalanced.
The evening world., 1893-12-14
Mrs. woram TO BE Tried Again.

Mrs iiilah Woram. wife OF Policeman worsm,
o; the West one Hundrodlb street station. who
Las twice been tried Tor aiding Henry Bentley
IN a criminal assault upon her hhecn-y ear old
daughter, Elizabeth, was an early visitor at the
Attorneys Office this morning. II Ia said
that Mrs Wuram VIII soon be brought to trial
again. The jury disagreed In both the former