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The evening world., 1894-09-14
BROOKLYN NEWS.
GAS RATES TO GO DOWN.
Still Further Cuts Expected by the
brooklyn Commando.

lnere was rumor about Brooklyn this
morning that the price of gas was to be
reduced again from 80 to so cents per
thousand. as a further continuation of
the gas war which was started last
spring, and which brought the,price down
from Sl.25 to 80 cents a thousand feet.
me cut was started by the ton Mu-
nicipal. which recently made deal with
j; Edward Addicks. and secured control
OF the Brooklyn Company
1t Is said now that the fight is to be
against the Nassau Gas Company.
Inc rumor was started by the news
that the Nassau Gas Company was lay
ing mains In the streets below Washing
ton avenue, which is supposed to be the
territory OF the Brooklyn Company.
For several weeks past agents from
the Nassau Company have been can
yassinS the houses on the streets below
Washington avenue. from De Kalb ave
nue. 10 F'ulton street, urging Gust omers
or the Brooklyn Company to take gas
from the Nassau concern. In each in
stance they promise the consumers an
other cut in rates.
me Brooklyn Company, like the Full
ton Munieipal Company, is now controlled
oy the standard on Company.
to-day that they will fight to the end,
ana Keep gas just as low as any other
company In the city.
III was stated this morning that at the
next meeting of the directors OF the
companies controlled by the Standard
OH Company the matter of further
cut VIII be considered. II either COM
puhny makes cut IN the price all the
others In the city will be compelled to
The evening world., 1894-09-14
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD THIEF.
Young Traub Treated the Boys
with His Zig Roll of BOOTY.
Special to Tho Evening World.


LONG BRANCH. N. j.. Sept. a.
Last evening Edward Traub, eight years
old, son of Albert Traub. of this place.
entered the house of s. p. Benedict on
Third avenue. and stole $3.50 from a
pocketbook. which Mrs. Benedict had
left lying upon the table.
Young Traub was taking some pears
from tree in an adjoining yard. He
saw Mrs. Benedict go out into the yard
and when she got out of sight he en-
tered the house, emptied the pocketboot
of It's contents and escaped.
When Mrs, Benedict returned to the
book had been tempered with and picked
II up and started for downtown TO the
store. After making several purchases,
she opened the purse to get the money
and found II entirely emptied.
Her husband. who Is shoe clerk in
Jacob Steinbach's store. made the rob
berry known to Chief OF Police Layton.
Half an hour after the report was
made, Officer Henry Lankeman OF the
West End force. came to the Town
Hall with young .Traub
Shortly after the boy had committed the
robbery he was going through the town
fiourshing "A roll of bills before a large
with the money. He had offered ten
dollar bill as payment for fare on the
horse cars between Long Branch and
When the boy was arrested only 341.b
was found upon his person, leaving
about SOS. which the boy was unable to
account for.
Chief Layton is making an investiga-
ton and thinks some OF the missing
money has been stolen from the boy.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
NEGLECTED. IN DEATH.
bodies of Trautmnn and Miller I'm.
claimed at the MorEuc.

The body of Charles E. Trautman the
ironworker. who was killed during the
storm on Monday night, while working
on the extension to the Hotel Savoy,
corner of Fifty-ninth street and Fifth
avenue, by falling or being blown from
the eleventh story to the basement, Is
still unclaimed at the Morgue. 1t will
be buried in Potter's Field tomorrow
morning.
Trautman was only twenty-five years
old, and was foreman of the night gang
employed by Contractor Lamare. Keeper
White. of the Morgue. thinks It strange
that the contractor or some OF the men
who worked with Trautman have not
called at the Morgue.
Trautman is said to have worked for
Lamare for six years. He was unmar-
ried, and lived at 209 East one Hundred
from that place has called for the body.
The body of another workman who
was killed by falling from the fifth story
TO the ground floor of a building in course
of erection at ll9 West Twenty-third
street last Tuesday afternoon is also al
the MorEue, and unless clalmed to-day
will be buried IN Potter's Field. 1t is
that of Charles Miller twenty-five years
old, Trainer, VINO was employed as a
laborer by Contractors Ryan and Miller
Two men called at the Morgue to-day
and said that they had learned that Mil
Ter had a wife and child living some
where in Yorkville, but they We're unable
to find them.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
BURGLARS CAUGHT At WORK.
Maiden Sisters Handled Roughly
In Their Handsome Home.
Ono of Them Thrown Down Stairs,
the Other Beaten.

A man who Gays he is John Cosgrove,
of 142 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, was
held for the Grand Jury by Justice
Tighe, in the Butler Street Police Court
Brooklyn, to-day, on the charge OF
breaking into the house of Mary Jane
and Sarah Mitchell, of All Fifth ave-
nue., and stealing a quantity Of jewelry.
Cosgrove is thick-set and about forty
years old.
The Mitchell sisters are we'll along in
years, and live in a handsomely fur
nished house. When they entered the
house by the basement door at Z. Nj.
yesterday they found everything turned
upside down and in great disorder. The
sisters went up to the parlor floor Find
ing no one, Mary went up to the next
foor and In a room in the front OF the
house she saw two men rummaging a
bureau drawer. When they, saw her
one OF the men said to his pal;
Shoot her Shoot her!
BY this time Sarah was mounting the
stairs. She is quite corpulent, and
climbed very slowly One Of the men
made for Mary, while the other dashed
the left eye which staggered her The
burglar who started for the stairs met
Sarah about half way. He ran against
her at great speed, at the same time
Ing to the bottom of the staircase. The
burglars jumped over her body and es,
capped to the street. Mary followed
them, crying:
Help! Help! Burglars!'
Policeman Bennett, of the Fifth ave
nue. station, responded, and started to
look for the burglars. DIR. Wild was
summoned to attend Sarah, who was
lying unconscious in the hallway.
Bennett captured one of the men In
a back yard on Sixth street, near Sixth
avenue. In the prisoners possession
were found two watches. gold earrings,
gold bracelets, two pairs of shears and
$50 In cash. Mary Mitchell identified the
man and the jewelry.
The police find that no such person as
Cosgrove ever lived at 142 Atlantic ave-
nue.. They think he is New York
crook.
Cosgrove pleaded not guilty, but re-
fused to cross-eXamine the witnesses
against him
The evening world., 1894-09-14
KNOCKED OUT A POLICEMAN.
Omcer BOwcs Had nm Exciting
Battle with n Giant.

Officer Bowes, with his head swathed
In bandages, appeared in the Even
Street Court Williamsburg, this morn
ing, to prosecute John Fines, forty-one
years old, of 4Ol Oakland street, whom
he charged with asaultlng him. Fines
was held for examination.
Last evening Fines was creating
disturbance in front of 102 Clay street
while intoxicated. and the officer came
along and arrested him.
Fines Is a big, powerful man, and he
grabbed Bowes around the waist, lifted
him In the air, and threw him into the
gutter. stunning him for a moment.
Bowes quickly revived, however, and
attacked Fines. The latter got the
officers revolver and struck him over
the head with it, knocking him down
Although weak and hardly able to
etand. the policeman chung to Fines.
he was again knocked down, and this
time lay unconscious on the ground,
put Fines was arrested by other Of
ncers before he could get away.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
EACH FINED $40.
Crandall Could Not Swear Nellie
Had Robbed Him.

John Crandall, who says he is a pub
Usher. with an office In the Bennett
Building, and residence in Brooklyn,
and Nellie Farrell. who was found I'M
conscious on the street with him early
yesterday morning. were re-arraigned
to-day in Yorkville Police Court. When
Crandal recovered he found that his
sl75 diamond ring and about $40 in money
were missing.
He accused Nellie Of theft, and the two
were held for further examination.
In court this morning Crandall re-
peated his story of yesterday. He met
Nellie and another girl after leaving a
train at the Grand Central Depot. They
had several drinks In a neighboring sa-
loon, and he knew nothing more until he
recovered after the policeman found
him on the street. His diamond pin and
money were missing.
Justice Mcmahon asked him II he
would make an affidavit that Nellie had
robbed him. He said he could not.
Nellie denied that she had robbed Gran
dali, and did not know who the other
woman was or where she could be found.
The charge of robbery aga inst her
was dismissed, and she and Crandall
were fined $40 each. The fines were paid.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
The JAPS HEMMED IN.
Said to Have Lost 1900 Men on
a Corean Expedition.
Chinese Try to Lure, Men from
British Military Forces.
Thirty Lives Reported Lost by a
Fire at Chung King.
(By Associated Prekl.l

SHANGHAI, Sept 14.-If the reports
received here from Corea are to be be-
!ieved, the Japanese forces operating
against the Chinese are likely to be
hemmed in. Dispatches received here
from Fusan bring additional confirma-
ton of the reports that the whole Of
Southern Corea has risen against the
japanese.
1t also seems to be confirmed that the
japanese force of 1900 men that attempt
ed to march from Fusan to Seoul have
met with disaster serious enough to COM
pei 1t 10 return to the former place with
200 Of its men missing.
From this, 1t Is Judged, that serious
fighting must have taken place.
A force of 1000 fresh troops has ar
rived at Fusan. in order to protect the
Japanese settlement at that place
against an anticipated attack upon the
part of the armed bands of Tonghaks
gathering in the neighborhood.
Gen. Lin-YungFu, a prominent Black
Flag chief Of the province Of Amman.
has received orders from the throne to
depart as soon as possible for the
Island Of Formosa, where he is to act
as Assistant Imperial High War Com
missioner.
A disastrous fire. attended with con-
siderable loss of life, is reported to have
occurred at Chung-King on the evening
OF Aug. Is. The confagration is said to
have ragged all night and before mid
night the whole of the southeastern por-
ton of the city was in flames. About
thirty persons are known to have per.
ished.
1t Is roughly estimated that the loss
by the fire will amount to fifteen million
taels about ,12,000,0O0).
About ten thousand buildings were
destroyed, including part Of the Taotai's
Yamen Getty HalD and three Chinese
temples. No foreign houses were burned
The Taotars wife. who Is In feeble
health, succumbed to the shock.
HONG KONG. Sept. A-Chinese agents
are offering brides to the soldiers Of the
British garrison in order to induce then
to desert and enter the Chinese service
The commander of the British forces al
Hong Kong has issued an order warning
the troops against listening to the ad.
vances OF the Chinese.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
NEW JERSEY.
FIRE A BURGLARS WEPON.
Aged Mrs. Whitman Tortured for
Her Hidden Money.
Her Feet Burned with Lighted Pa
per by a Masked Thief.
tBy Associated Press.)

PORT MORRIS. N. j.. Sept IA
masked burglar entered the house OF
Mrs. Caroline whitman. an aged woman
living near Dorchester. on Wednesday
night and tortured her with fire in a
fruitless effort to make her reveal the
supposed hiding place of her money.
She was awakened at midnight by a
rude shake and found masked man
standing by her bedside. The burglar
demanded her money, and upon her re-
ply that she had none, struck her over
the, head with the butt OF his pistol.
This treatment failing to extract her
supposed secret, he twisted slips OF paper
and lighting them, held them under the
old woman's feet. until she writhed in
agony.
Twice he repeated this, finally leaving
his victim helpless and alone. She was
found yesterday morning by her son,
but In such a condition OF agony and
terror that her life is despaired OF.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
THIS FLASK DISCOVERED.
Cobblcr Madden Caught Smuggling
Liquor Into ButtIings Jail

Sheriff BILLY" Buttllng's staff Of
keepers at the Raymond Street Jail,
through the recent exposure in 1.-THE
World" showing the ease with which a
prisoner could obtain liquor while in the
institution, have suddenly become vigil
liant, and last night caused the arrest of
man who attempted to smuggle a
flask of whiskey to a friend.
The prisoner Is Hugh Madden, a poor
cobbler, twenty-eight years old, of 81
Prince street. He was visiting a friend,
and possibly, II he had taken the keep
ers into his confidence, as Francis
Woodward did while a prisoner in the
jail, the flask would not have been in
tercepted.
Madden's friend was in Jail several
days, and yesterday he went to visit
him. At the door Madden was met by
Keeper John Bell of 115 Front street.
and, searched. Keeper Bell found the
neck Of the flask protrudng from the
visitors stocking.
He brought Madden before Warden
Shanley,, who in deep voice, Madden
says. asked him If he knew what a
grievous offense he had committed, or
that he had broken the law.
Madden was held for examinatio by
Justice Walsh, in the Adams Street
Police Court this morning.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
HER WOUNDS NOT FATAL.
Chenowsbi Held for Attempted
wife-Murder

LONG ISLAND CITY. Sept l4.-Win-
lam Chenowski the Bohemian cigar
maker of q Purvis street, who yesterday
during a drunken spree tried to kill his
wife by shooting her with a shotgun.
was arraigned before Judge Duffy, in
the Long Island City Police Court to-
Jay on a charge of attempted murder.
IN SnehowskIs pockets last night was
found seven barrelled revolver.
Inc doctors at the hospital have ex-
lracted six grains of buckshot from
Mrs Chenowskl's abdomen. and twenty
Tour from her thigh. She is resting easily
To-day and VIII recover
Chenowski, when arraigned. had moth
ing TO say. He was held without bail
10 await the result OF his wife's injuries.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
COREA'S MINES NOT RICH.
Engineer Janin Says the Country
Needs Japanese Protection.

Louis Janin, jr., we'll known mining
engineer, Is at the Gilsey House. en-
route from London to San Francisco.
with the ultimate intention of proceed
ing to Australia.
Mr.. Janin has been all over that queer
and much contested country. Corae.
There have been recent reports OF great
mineral wealth in Corea that would
make its possession worth fighting for.
- have examined the gold resources
Of Corea," said Mr.. Janin, in mines
operated by Japs in the southern prov
ince of Pu San, and also in the district
north of Seoul. found nothing of suffi-
Client value to encourage development.
The wealth of Corea lies in her agri-
culture. The Japs are the most active
of the people there, while the natives
are a poor lot. A Japanese rule or pro-
tectorate will benefit Corea, while Chi
nese supremacy there is a real imped-
iment to advancement"
The evening world., 1894-09-14
MISS STEVENSON RETURNS.
She Refuses to Explain Why She
Left East Orange.

EAST ORANGE. N. j., Sept. 14.-Miss
Florence Stevenson. who has been away
since Tuesday, returned to her home
this morning, and later appeared at the
store OF n. ID. Hall, where she Is EN-
ployed as bookkeeper, She refused to
say where she had been.
The same day Miss Stevenson disap-
peared Charles Lathrop. n clerk In the
store. got leave OF absence and told his
friends he was going to Connecticut to
spend his vacation.
Some one reported having seen Miss
Stevenson and Lathrop together In New
York and 1t was straightway reported
that they had eloped.
Lathrop has a wife and child. He is
supposed to be in Connecticut.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
FOUND DEAD IN A WAGON.
No Marks of Violence on This I'm
known Mans Body.

Policeman Nash, of the Twenty-fifth
Precinct. at $50 o'clock to-day peered
into an ice wagon which had been left
over night at the corner OF Sixty-third
street and Avenue A, and saw man
lying there. apparently asleep. Upon
attempting to rouse him he discovered
that the man was dead. There were
no marks upon the body to indicate
The dead man was about feet
inches in height, stoutly built and of
light complexion. lie was dressed in a
blue suit OF cheap material. a search
OF his pockets resulted in finding only
a piece OF paper, which bore the name
and address; MIR. John Manner. 34I
East SeVenty-siXth street"
The evening world., 1894-09-14
NEW JERSEY.
A BOGUS DOCTOR HELD.
Griffith's Satchel Contained In,
eliminating Evidence,
A Check for $500 from n Scranton
Woman Among His Effects.

John j. Ollnger n worker in dynamite,
returned home yesterday from Sandy
Hook, where he was engaged at the
gun tests, to his apartments at 90 New
ark avenue, Jersey city. Last evening
his bell rang and his wife answered the
call Olinger went into the hall. and
was Just in time to hear his wife say
to n man: "Call some other time. My
husband is at home now"
Olinger put on his coat and hat and
followed the stranger to Henderson
street. Ollngcr who Is n Mason, gave
the stranger u Masonic sign, and the
latter answered by peculiar hand
shake. From further signs Olinger soon
found out that the man was an i'm
postor. He caused his arrest and when
taken to the station-house he said he
was DR.. James a. Griffith, of 1893 Third
avenue, this city.
He had satchcl containing a guam
tity OF pills. more than dozen letters
from married women in different places,
and check for $500, drawn on the
der of ]. A. Grifiths and signed by
Mrs. Sarah Everett. The man finally
admitted that he was an agent for DIR.
J; Allen, who. he said, had an office at
Grifiiths was arraigned before Justice
Potts this morning. Mrs, Olinger n
pretty mlddlc-aged woman was In court
and said she thought the man was only
a peddler Grifiiths admitted to Justice
Potts that he was not doctor, and said
the pills were for himself as he had heart
disease.
He contradicted himself again, and
said the pills were for nose-bleed. A
prescription found in the satchel was
examined by Or. W. p; Watson; OF the
nounced 1t to be for a criminal purpose.
Justice Potts fined Grifilths 500 and
sentenced him to thirty days in Jail
The Judge withdrew his sente nct
shortly afterwards, as he said 1t was
not heavy enough. The specific charge
against the prisoner was violating Il
The evening world., 1894-09-14
FIVE YEARS FOR BURGLARY.
O'Hara Goes to state Prison--YOunE
Pierson Escapes Easily.
Especial to Tho Evening World

ELIZABETH. N. j., Sept. 4.-Thomas
OHara, alias Michael Malloy. OF Phil
adelphia, the burglar that broke into
the house OF Stewart b. Todd. OF West
field, two days ago, and was captured
after a desperate struggle by Mr.. Todd s
two sons, was sentenced by Judge Nc
Cormicl6 In the Union County Court TO.
day to five years In State prison.
Walter Pierson, the young Brooklyn
lite, who locked himself accidentally In
"A Pennsylvania Railroad freight car IN
which he was stealing a ride. and then
set fire to the car in order to get out
escaped with the light sentence OF ten
days in the County Jail.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
ROBBED ON A SCHOONER.
sailor Gray's Pocket Picked While
He Slept on Deck

Andrew Toltson. twenty-seven years
old, OF 70 Hanover street, Brooklyn,
was held this morning on charge OF
robbing William Gray. of Portsmouth.
Va. sailor on schooner that is now
lying at the foot of st. Paul avenue,
Jersey city. on the HaCkensack River.
Gray said he was on deck taking a
nap. when Toltson came along and
picked his pockets of watch and some
money.
John Wilson. of 800 Van Brunt street,
witnessed the theft and awoke Gray.
Gray chased Tolts0n and caused his
arrest,
The evening world., 1894-09-14
STOLE SUMMER HEADGEAR.
Field Charges Tavrisli with Keep
ing IT Straw HINTS

James Tavrish was held for examina-
ton on Sept. It by Justice Tighe, in the
Butler Street Police Court, Brooklyn.
this morning, on the charge of stealing
seventy-seven straw hats from John III
Field. of 4S4 Smith street
Field says he gave Tavrsh the hats
to sell and he failed to return the hats
or the money.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
1T FILLS The BILL

"a dose of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pei.
lets. Sick Headache, Dizziness, Consti-
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, ana
all arrangements Of tho liver, stomach
and bowels are promptly and Perma-
nently cured.
Glen Edston, Marshall Co., W. Va.
Dr. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. ":
Dear Sfr-Two years ago | was pale and
The evening world., 1894-09-14
SHE HAS TWO HUSBANDS.
Mrs. Larch Says No. : Knew No. 1
Was Her RiGhtfui spouse.

Mrs. Anna Larch, OF los East Eighth
street through her attorney. Leopold W.
Hamburger, has made application TO
Judge McAdam, OF the Superior Court,
for alimony and counsel fees pending
the decision of a suit her husband
John Larch, has brought against her
for an annulment of marriage, on the
ground that she had husband living
when she married him.
In her application Mrs. Larch admits
that she had a husband living when she
married Larch, but alleges that she had
been separated from MIN for a long
time. and thought she had legal right
TO marry again. She further alleges
that Larch knew all the facts In the
case and Insisted upon her marrying
him.
The motion is returnable next Tues
day.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
Making Ii Clear.

(From the South Boston Nsws)
Fortune Teller-You will marry a dark,
pretty girl inside of year.
Fortune Seeker-But you told me that
two or three years ago when was here,
and l amt married yet.
Fortune Teller-Did |? Well, you see,
I referred to a different girl. when you
was here before.
The evening world., 1894-09-14

emaclated. food fer
mented in my stom-
ach. A physician
pronounced my case
"CatGrrh OF the
Stomach" but no
could not help me.
] lived a month with
out solid food and
when ] tried to eat
] would vomit. At
this time i began
taking DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. and
In two weeks l was
d e oil eddy better.
|HE. N NNH
The evening world., 1894-09-14
Isidore Robe Reported Missing.

Isaiore Robe forty-two years old Of Sl4 East
Forty-siyih street. Tor eleven years foreman at
Frederick Opperman. jr's brewery. $50 East
Forty-dnh street has been missing from his
home since last Tuesday, Ills notified the
police Of his disappearance o.day He said his
father had been acting strangely Of late as II
mentally deraugcl. lie imagined he was being
persrrutrd By hts fellow -wOrkmeu.
The evening world., 1894-09-14


Republican Hall. Fordham, 18th to
- ztth lnclunive.. ....,...........,....TP PM
AZ each place designated for holding primary
elections the polls will remain open until p. NJ,
ana until every person qualified to vote and
present at the polling places at p NJ. shall
have had an opportunity OF depositing his ballot.
CHARLES 8. FAlRCHILD Chairman.
WILLIAM +. HULL, Secretary
The evening world., 1894-09-14
Young Trainwreckers in Court.

Sylvester Barnes Alfred Purcell, William
Gray and Otto schliohllng. the boys who were
arrested yesterday on the charge OF attempting
to wreck a Lehigh Valley train at the Chapel
avenue crossing In GreenyiIle. were arrsigned
before Justice Macs in Jersey City to-day. He
adjourned the case until next week, ana In the
meantime the police will investigate the case
more fully. Capt. Nugent says the boys prob
ably stole 4 ride on the freight cars and put
the stones the track to have some fun.
The evening world., 1894-09-14
HARD FIGHT WITH FLAMES.
Fire Threatened 10 Destroy Fac
tory Section In wiIIiamsburE.

Inc Fire Department of Williamsburg
was Kept busy last night with a blaze
wh'ch threatened a whole section of the
cry Tor time. but by hard work 1t
was kept confined to a few buildings.
ana the loss there is trlfiing.
,Ia names were discovered in the
M eKR'ihg mill Of F. schindeller & Son, IL
bniidioen street Their loss is 500. The
piad , ,g and McKibben street, occu-
H VAL Oy Doughty & Schiller, nickel-plate
hIIna and Henry Notes sash and
TENN TENN d factory; were damaged to the ex-
faotory S,oOo. Joseph Wichier's shoe
damay, = 70 70 Boerum street, was
managed to the extent of $500.
an Es aIs,.lss tsH,e, apRe.lzer refrigerator,
The evening world., 1894-09-14

'f17 IutH IOOh '-UOIden
health. and never felt better In my lie.
have q better color. eat more. and have no
distress after eating-having gained thir-
teen pounds since began taking them.
Yous truly, NARY ANGUISH,