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The evening world., 1893-12-07
JAIL FOR STATE CANVASSERS.
Wheeler q. Psckhsm Says They
May Find Their Way There.

The publication OF the decision OF the
General Term in the so-called "Dutchess
ounty case" aroused great interest.
though the manipulation Of the returns
tool place in 1891.
1t was Isaac ii. Maynard who was &C
cused OF ~abstracting the returns after
they had been received in Albany, and
sending them back to be altered thai
Dean might be counted out.
1t was Isaac H. Maynard who was so
strongly opposed by the Bar Association
at the last election, and who was so
badly beaten.
The natural supposition was that the
General Term having decided that the
State Bear of Canvassers was guilty of
contempt in counting the Mylod returns
in spite of an order of the Supreme
Court. the Bar Association might take
further action against Maynard.
But President Wheeler II. Peckham, of
the Bar Association, did not take that
view Of the matter in a conversation
with an Evening World' reporter this
morning.
II shall take no action against May
nard," he said. I'VE do not bring
unfit mans election We work against
him: that is ALL"
In response to a request for his opinion
concerning the decision of the Supreme
Court. General Term, and its effect on
the State Board Of Canvassers. Mr..
Peckham said:
III they keep on with it, they may
land the whole lot in jail-and IA good
place for them"
The evening world., 1893-12-07
ACCUSED BY SLOANE & co.
0cConnen Held on a Charge o
6wfn6linR the Carpet Firm.

William Mcconnell. of Spokane Falls,
wash. was held for examination In JEFF
forson Market Police Court to-day on a
charge of grand larceny.
Mcconnell was at one time the San
Francisco representative of W. J. Sloane
q Co, the carpet dealers. Several years
ago when he talked of marrying he
wrote the firm that his prospective bride
was worth $4,000. and he would be able
20 invest a large part OF this in business.
On the strength OF this statement the
hrm gavt him credit for $1,000 worth OF
goods in 1891. 1t is alleged that McCon-
nell sold these goods on his W ac-
count and Z AIDE away with the proceeds.
a SPECIFIC charge Of one sale OF 50 .VU
worth In the cause OF the present ar
rest.
A telegram was received by the Central
once. police q day or two ago from Supt.
Crowley, Of the San Francisco police,
on which Information Detectives Hickey
terday as he was boarding the white
Star line steamship Majestic, bound with
his vile n two small children for Bel
fast. ireland. his home.
Mcconnell says he was going home to
get more money to invest In business.
He denies that he has stolen money or
FOODS. Mcconnell Is a good-lookihs and
w~ell-dressed man.
His counsel, Emanuel Friend. an
nof.rces his intention OF obtaining a
WI OF habeas corpus. as he claimed the
arrest was Illegal.
Extradition paper are expected to ar
rive In four or five days.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
NORRIS LOVED CAY PARIS.
And he Started for There with
His Employers Money.
Captured at . Frisud's House Clad
II Fine Attire.

Solomon Morris. a good blocking young
Hebrew. nineteen years old. attired in
fine raiment. TO which he was evidently
unused, was held in s1.0o in the Tombs
Police Court this morning on a charge Of
larceny.
The complainant wal Samuel Stamm,
who keeps q d~ry-goods store at 80 Canal
street He took Morris into his employ
~ clerk about two months ago on ac-
oun OF his ability to speak several lar
guages. including German. French.
Italian and English.
Stamm vas delighted with his new
clerk. who became very popular with the
customers Of the store.
Yesterday Morris was sent to the State
bank on Grand street to make a deposit
OF S16, x69 of which was in cash and
the rest In checks. Morris went on his
errand. but failed to come back.
quarters. and Detectives Price and Tsy-
Tor learned that Morris was in the habit
OF Waiting q family by the name of Ben
combie on Elton street, East New York.
Al first the detectives were denied en-
trance to the house. but were finally
admitted and found Morris. whom they
errested- He was hardly recognizable,
being clothed In new attire from head
20 toe. Patent.leather shoes adorned his
'leee n a silk hat covered his curly
He had spent about 500 OF his employ
ers money for clothing, m had also
bought q ticket to Havre on the steam
urday.
He had also a railroad ticket from
Havre to Paris.
IL was in Paris that he received his
the praises OF the gay city TO his ac-
Quaintances,
The evening world., 1893-12-07
MURRAY WON OVER.
TO Succeed P!unktt as the Eight
int TammaLy Leader Jan. ].

The announcement made exclusively
in The Evening World" before election
tnat ex-Pohce Justice Henry Murray
will succeed enato Plunkitt as Tam
mi ny leade OF the Eighteenth District.
has been confirmed. Senator Plunkitt
will be retired after Jan. l, according to
m authority.
Justice Murray has been fighting Tam
may Hall for over u score of years.
He identified himself with the Anti
Snapper movement and carried his dis
trict against Tammany last year.
Generals Grace and Fairchild, how
ever. refused to give him the promo
tion he thought he deserved. He wanted
to command, not to march IN the ranks.
1t Is the policy Of Tammany Hall to dis
arm opposition by inducing such men as
Murray ito be one of us"
Murray will bring with him a strong
following. His son. Civil Justice Murray
and eX-Congressman John Quinn will
leave the A~nti-Snapper camp with him.
quinn too. was one Of the hitterest
foes Tammany had. He was talked Of
as an anti-Tammany candidate for
Mavor in ls92. The McNIanuses. Muir
rays lieutenants. a also received in
Queen ents to join the Wigwam. Assem-
blyman McManus receiving valuable
dock privileges at East Ninety-e.ghth
street.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
Rod In PICKLE FOR BIGLIN.
Will Be Asked to Make Explana-
lions To- Morrow Evening.

The Fourteenth District Republicans
have n rod In pickle for Barney" Big
lin, their leader. Biglin did not take
enough interest In. the last election to
register. His constituents first learned
about their leaders, neglect and indiffer-
ence from the newspapers. They are
going to call him to account. He will be
asked to explain at a meeting OF the or
SANITATION to be held at l47 East Thirty
fourth street. tomorrow evening.
Btglin. who lives al Bel!eport. l.. l.,
says the reason why he does not main
tain a residence In the Fourteenth Dis
trict, Is because he Cannot find a suita-
bic place to live. You know ! have six
daughters he said.
Ex-senator l.ispenard Stewart, a mem
her OF the m on organic ton
OF the Republican Party. is another who
failed to enroll his name as n voter.
The Subcommittee m investigation
meets tonight and the Committee on
Reorganization viii meet tomorrow to
make a report.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
UNDER ClVIL-sERVlCE RULES.
Opinion for the Board of Electrical
Cortro'.

The Board of Electrical Control Is sub
feet To the jurisdiction OF the Municipal
Civil-Service Board.
Corporation Counsel Clark decided so
in an opinion rendered to-day and read
at the meeting Of the Board of Electrical
Control.
The question OF the Boards status
arose over "A letter from Lee Phillips.
Secretary OF the local Civil-ServiCe Com
mission, requesting that he be furnished
with a list OF employees OF the Board.
The State Civil-SeiT1de Board had made
IA similar request.
Mayor Gllroy was OF the opinion that
the Board was not subject to orders
from one or the other, "a the expenses
OF the Board were neither paid by the
city nor State, but were betrayed by
corporations
Because the Legislature designated the
members of the Board formerly 1t was
called IA State Board. Recently. how
ever. the power OF appointing the Com
mlssioners was vested in the Mayor,
which makes II a city Board.
The Third Avenu Gable Railroad was
given permission to lay wires for sig
mailing In case of accidents on the road
In the Empire subway company's ducts.
tina settles the controversy over the
cable cOmpany's right to stretch the
wires In Its own onduits.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER I. 1871
MRS. OAYTON's GRANDSON ?
Mystery Surrounds. the Identity
of the Diamond Robber.
Her Husband Denies ksowing Him,
bat That IL All.

The police OF the West Twentieth
street station refuse to give any positive
information as to the identity OF James
Davis" who. Tuesday afternoon, at the
point of a revolver. robbed Mrs. Isaac
Dayton, OF 3A West Twenty-third street.
OF 500 worth OF diamonds and $50 In
money.
While they refuse TO make public their
knowledge regarding the man. who was
discharged because the Daytons refused
to prosecute nim. the police will not
leny hat they know his real nam and
his connection with Mrs. Dayton.
II was reported that young Dayton. to
resemblance as to be noticed by every
body In the COURTROOM. had admitted to
the police that the prisoner was a grand
son of his mother. but the police Will
neither affirm nor deny this report.
The only positive statement the police
would make to-day when an Evening
World reporter called at the station
house. was that young Robert Dayton
recognized Davis as soon as he saw
him, and told the police that he had
known the prisoner for many years.
Ex-Assemblyman Dayton was seen at
his residence BY an Evening World
" IL !. true that the man arrested for
the robbery OF Tuesday afternoon Is a
Mr., Dayton hesita ted. made a motion
OF his lips as II about to reply, again
hasitated, and then aid:
" vii not say"
%Wm yoY deny the ,,!Tuthfulness of the
No, | will not. 1 won't say anything
about the matter"
Did you know the prisoner before his
81 did not and Mr.. Dayton put par
ticular emphasis on the pronoun
The evening world., 1893-12-07
WARRANTS OUT FOR CANDIDATES
Twelve Indicted for Violation OF the
Election Law.

Detectives Ny Gerichten and Reilly.
armed with bench warrants, are hustling
about the city looking for a number OF
men who were yesterday indicted by the
Grand Jury for a misdemednor.
Assistant Dlstrict-Attorney Lindsay re-
Gently submitted to the Grand Jury the
names of twelve persons. wao ran for
office at the last election, ana who failed
TO file afidavits as TO their election ex-
penses within the time, ten days after
election. as required by law. Indictments
have been found against the following
Mas Gross, candidate for Senator in
the Eighth Senatorial District: William
A, Baldwin. candidate for Assembly In
the T~wenty-third Assembly District;
William Klingenberg, candidate for AS
sembly in the Fourth Assembly District:
Joseph Harwell, candidate for Delegate
from the Tenth Senatorial District;
Jacob Setter. Charles .Losh. Joseph
Tucker, Meyer Levin, Albert Sonnet,
r. C. Wilson. Hugh Sweeney and
Charles INLAND. delegates from the
Ninth Assembly District.
Under the law. q misdemeanor Is pun
ishable by imprisonment for one year OF
q ipe Of 500. or both,
John ufm, with kringenberg. Sweeney
The evening world., 1893-12-07
BARK WRECKED, CREW SAVED.
Thirteen Sal ors Fave a Hard Fight
for Lie.

LEWES, Del, Dec. THE Norwegian
bark Faust, Capt. Ottorbeck. from Aren-
dial. Norway, arrived OF Hcnlopen at
noon Tuesday. thirty-two days from Per-
nambuco, with a full cargo of sugar for
Philadelphia. and anchored abreast the
Hen ana Chickens SHOALS.
AS the northerly gale increased, the
ship commenced dragging. and pres.
entity began pounding on the shoals and
leaking fearfully. She filled so rapidly
that the captain feared she would, cap
size at any moment. and ordered the
crew of thirteen men into he boats,
a few articles of clothing, the ships
instruments and the log were saved.
The thirteen men In the two small boats
had a terrible fight for life for fourteen
hours, and only kept afioat by constant
bailing and skilfully meeting the heavy
seas that swept around the wreck.
The Faust was a stanch vessel or lo
tons register. The vessel and cargo are
q total loss.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
GRIM MINIS DISCHARGED.
But the Commissioners viii Deal
with the Accused Fireman.

Fireman John J. Crimmins, OF Engine
Company s, East Fourteenth street,
whose degradation in having his but
tons stripped of yesterday. by Fire
Commissioner Scannell, as told in the
Evening World's''.6 O'clock Extra last
night. was arraigned on "A charge Of in
toxiCation In Yorkvile Court to-day.
Justice Burke discharged him. as he
considered that a fireman who had lost
his buttons and stood a capital caanc
of lusinL his situation. besides having
81 ent "A nIgl I in "A cell. had been sufi-
iutoNication.
As TO the other charge OF assault on
the girl. Sophia Neutsche, of First ave-
nue.. near Fourteenth street, no COM
plant was made against Crlmmins In
court That matter IL now In the hands
Of the Fire Commission ers.
1t IS expected that Chief Bonner will
formulate charges, and a trial before
the Board viii fullow
The evening world., 1893-12-07
TWO SMALL FIRES.
Hlazes in a Sisecker Street TeIe
inert and fitr mann's Saloon.

At go o'clock this morning fire was
discovered on the third fioor OF the tene-
ment IL BleeCker street. occupied by
NincenZo MARITIME.
Some painters had been at work there,
and the blaze started among some ma
terial they left behind them.
The fire had eaten its a between
the 0oor and ceiling. and the hremen had
TO tear up nearly the whole floor TO get
at the flames, The damage is about 800.
At 345 o'clock this morning flames
broke out In Peter lIartmann's liquor
store, at IS Whitehall street. A defec-
tive fue started the blaze. No alarm
was rung for the fire. as the people In
the house managed to put IL ont before
II had done more than 500 damage.
Mr., Hartmann has a hotel above his
liquor store. but there was no. excite
ment among the guests.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
IRE IN A BAE VERY.
Place Does SO. 900 Damage in
BROOKLYN,

Fire broke out at l2lj O'Clock this
afternoon In the cellar OF the Malcolm
Brewing Company on Flushing avenue,
extending from Franklin avenue to
Skillman street. Brooklyn.
An alarm Was turned in and when the
firemen arrived they found that the
flames were eating their way up through
the first and second floors.
Three alarms brought twelve engines
to the scene, and the cellar was Hooded
with water The fire was e~x:inguished
within Il half hour. and the loss, 1t Is
said. Will not exceed SO 600.
TIL building was but slightly damaged.
That part OF the cellar where the fire
broke out. was used as Il fermenting
department.
Prompt work on the part of the fire
men prevented, what might have been
n serious contiagration.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
0'ERlEN'S DEMOCRACY.
Tho Ex-sherit's Organization 20 b.
Perfected This Evening".

Ex-Sher.n James O'Brien will perfect
organization of his anti-Tammany
Democracy at a meeting to be held in
the st. Cloud Hotel tonight.
: A committee Of fifteen will be ap-
pointed to draft an address TO voters and
to select "A committee OF five from each
Assembly District to organize branches.
The call for the meeting Is issued by
joan Monks, Chairman pro TEN and
James M1rehead, Secretary pro TEN.
The principles OF the O'Brien Democ.
rac% are opposition to the dominant
Democratic faction in this city as al
Present constituted. Mr.. O'Brien says:
We are opposel - thieves. blacklegs
and blackmailers."
The evening world., 1893-12-07
SHE ATE POISONED BREAD.
Lena selsuble Said IL Had Been
Baited for Rats.

A young and pretty woman made her
appearance al Bellevue Hospital this
morning and said she had been poisoned.
She readily save her name. Lena
Se!auble. her age twenty-five. AMI her
address 2S East Eleventh street. bu, she
stcadfastly refused to give any partiCu-
lars regarding the poisoning.
She would Only say tina, she had eaten
bread which had been baitei with poison
FOR rats. The physicians questioned the
girl closely. but she would not tell why
she took the poison.
n physicians cleaned her stomach
with a pump and then called in a police
man from tho Fourteenth Precinct, who
placed the woman under arrest.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
GRUBER IS SATISFIED.
Prefers Deputy Attorney. General to
an Uncertain senatorshIp.

Abraham Gruber, who was the Repub-
lican candidate for Senator in the Thir-
teenth District, at the last election, has
given up the idea of contesting the sea,
of Charles l.. Guy. his successful oppo-
nent.
Mr.. Gruber. so II was reported at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel political ~headquar-
ters, to-day. would go TO Albany as
Deputy Attorney-General in place of
William j. l.ardner, of this city. The
pace pays 5000 a year.
The faithful George Smith. who has
stood guard at the rooms of the Republi-
can State Committee for many years. is
TO be rewarded with the office of Janitor
or the Senate.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
MORE TIME GRANTED.

Owing to the continued absence OF
Lawyer Julien Il. Davies from the city;
argument upon the Injunction which ths
city is seeking to obtain against the
Manhattan Elevated Railway Company.
restraining II from constructing a third
track on the Ninth avenue line. did not
take place to-day. -
defendants, adjourned the case until next
Tuesday morning. despite. the obtecft2na
OF Assistant Corporation Counsel Con:
molly, f>D
The evening world., 1893-12-07
ALTGELO's SENATORIAL BEE.
Rumors OF q Comb,n alton Between
the Governor and Morrison.
DpAssoclated Press.

UrAssocIated Press0
WASHINGTON. Dec. THE visit of
Gov. Altgeld and prominent Democrats
to Washington. in connection with the
unwilling of the Shields statue. has given
rise to considerable speculation in regard
10 the coming Senatorial contest in the
State OF Illinois.
Politicians are disposed to think that
the visit of Gov. Altgeld has resulted I'm
a combination between the Altgeld and
Morrison forces to control the next Sen
atorial contest.
Such a combination will have as its
object the election of Col. William A.
Morrison to succeed Senator Cullom, in
the event Of the Democrats controlling
the next Senatorial election, and the
subsequent election of Gov. Altgeld to
succeed Senator Palmer in 1897.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
OSCAR HAMMERSTElN SUED.
Engins-Buildsrs Claim He Has Not
Paid Them in Full.

A motion was made before Judge Nc
Gown in the City Court Chambers to-day
to advance On the calendar for imme-
diate trial a suit brought by the Weston
Engine Company against Oscar Ham
merstein. Of forty-eight-ho opera
fame, for $3.50.
In Its complaint the Weston Engine
Company alleges that in July, 1892. 1t
entered into a written contract with
Hammerstein to put into the Manhatta
Opera-House for 81, 600 an engine TO run
the electric light dynamo of that theatre
1t alleges that Hammerstein paid $50
on account but declined to settle
the balance and has since sold the en-
CINE TO the Roster & Bal Concert Com
pany.
Hammerstein's defense Is alleged breach
OF. contract. He claims that the engine
did not run without noise or vibration"
as was stipulated. Decision was reseryed
The evening world., 1893-12-07
jim HALL IN COURT.
Arrested for Dam aging a Cab aad
Falling to Pay for II.

Jim Hall, the pugilist, was a prisoner
before Justice Burke, in the Yorkville
Court, to-day. He had been arrested for
refusing to pay Cabman s. Mccain. of
the Grand Hotel. for his hire. and for
smashing the windows of the cab during
a pink tinting tour OF the Tenderloin pur-
lieus last night
Hall WAS driven to the East Thirty
NTH street station. where he spent the
night. To-day he was the personifica-
tion Of "Oh! How different in the morn
ing
The cabman refused to prosecute the
complaint, he having been paid in fun.
and the Court discharged the big Aus
tralian bruiser.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
TWO KILLED, FIVE INJURED.
Kentucky Mir er's House Wrecked
by an Explosion.
OBJ Associated Press.l

GREENSBORO, Ky, Dec. RILEY
Hughes. a miner, threw a wet lump OF
blasting powder on the fire at his home.
near Taylor's Mills, Ohio County. 1t ig-
nlted, and the ire communicated to a
twenty-five pound can of powder In the
room. a terrific explosion followed
blowing the house to atoms,
Hughes, his wife and five children were
~shocklngly burned and mangled. Mrs.
Hughes and her daughter Sarah died IN
a few hours. Tn others are seriously
Injured, but II Is thought will recover.
The explosion was OF such force that the
people FOR some distance around. though'
II was an e~arthQuake-
The evening world., 1893-12-07
TO REPORT TOMORROW.
Repors on Brssran's Ash Cart; Horse
Purcha-ss Agti, Delayed.

Messrs. Wahle and owen. Commission
ers OF Accounts, who have been investi-
eating Big Tom Brennan's purchase
Of ash-cart horses at $3.50 each. did not
nah their report TO Mayor Gilroy to-
day. as was expected.
Commissioner Wahle said this morn
iEg that the report was completed. but
that IL could not be presented until the
~ pewriters had made copies of It. 1t
is a rather voluminous affair. covering
twenty legal-cap pages and ~containinS
over 1909 words. I. will be presented
to the Mayor tomorrow.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
STEAMSHIP BANGOR BURNING,
A Fine New Boat Meant to Run Be-
ween Boston and Bangor,

nv Associated PressI
EAST BOSTON, Dec, The fine new
ship Bangor, recently launched by the
Atlantic Iron Works for the Boston and
Bangor Steamship Company, to PLY be-
tween Boston and Bangor, was discov-
cred in flames AT l02l this forenoon.
The tirr originated in the forward part
OF the steamship and is thought to have
caught from a boiler.
The whole forward part Of tho boat
was on fire when the Department and
trehoAts arrived at IN" scene. and II
destroyed.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
DEvERY en- DUTY.
The Captain Resumes Work in HIS
New Precinct.

The returns from the old Slip station
to Police Headquarters this morning.
were signed 10y Capt, Devcry. the oficial
who yesterday, in the General Sessions
Court, pleaded to AN Indictment found
against him 10y the Grand Jury.
Captain peNery's vacation did not eN-
pire until to-day. but the fact OF his
signing the returns, and claiming half a
days time shows that he resumed his
duties at noon yesterday.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
shpwrscked sailors Arrive.

Among the passengers who arrived on the steam
er Concho this morning were Capt. Thorblorsen
and son. OF the Norwegian bark Tor. which was
wrecked on Nov. I at Nueyitas.
The evening world., 1893-12-07

The steamer StG,tEart arrived from Bremen this
morning and reports that on Nov. - n. steboins,
aged thirty-tNc and boatswain's mate. vas struck
by a heavy SEE and sustained a fracture NJ the
skull aud uthsr injuries. from which be diei on
the same lay. He was buried at sea on Dec. /.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
ONLY CASE ON RECORD.
Rhode Island Nan Refuses Postmas-
tership After Appointed.
my Associated Press.l

WYOMING, X. l.. Dec. ANDREW w.
White received the appointment of Post
master at Wyoming, and arranged to
purchase the stock OF goods in the store
connected with the p~ost-ofice of the
cX-Post-master Col. r. Kenyon. The
newly appointed official was to take
charge OF the office Dec. l, but on that
day he did not put in an appearance.
When Gun Monday. lie declined to
take charge of the Office, and endeavored
to Undue Col. Kenyon to remain In
office. and then disappeared.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
Tried to Rescue Prisoners.

Frank TosTiei. OF 80 Thompson street, was
ssnt TO The island for ak months in jefferson Mar
tet Court to-day. He headed a gang which tried
% rescue two prisoners from Policeman Morris
cohp, OF the Prince street station, last night.
Ihe policeman kept his prisoners, Tony Coda and
Tony Duseta. and they were held for trial for
trying to rob James carolia-
The evening world., 1893-12-07
Held Ub by a Man with . Scar.

John Reilly. alias Flynn. was held In 1900 bail
in Essex Market Court to-day. on a charge o,
holding Up Julius J. Wolf. a clerk In the Lyceum
Opera.House. last night. Wolf was sent on an
srrand to AIS East Thirteenth street and was b.rI
W there by = man with a scar on hts nose. lie
picked out Reilly among twenty other men In a
eAloon a. the one who robbed him.
The evening world., 1893-12-07
New cali.o-ria railroad.

CHICAGO, Dec. III is said that English cap
itAlists have secured the right for a new railroad
from 10. Angelica TO saa Francisco. and that they
vii nald y ytnia Two ysAIA The bonds are