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The evening world., 1894-06-20
JUMPED OFF A PIER.
Insane Thomas Shields Tried to
Commit Suicide.
Policeman Cameron Fished Him
Out with Boat-hook.
The Demented Man Was with Others
on His Way to Ward'ssIsland.

While Thomas Shields. an insane man.,
was being removed from Bellevue Hos
pital to the insane asylum on Wards
Island this morning. he attempted TO
commit suicide by jumping into the
East River.
The Bellevue Hospital attendants were
taking Shields and several other patients
to the island. When the party reached the
foot of East Twenty-eighth street Shields
broke away from the group and, running
out on the pier. plunged head first into
the river.
The hospital attaches had all they could
do to take care of the other patients, and
II is not unlikely that Shields would have
drowned had II not happened thar Po-
llceman John Cameron. OF the East
Thirty-hfth street station. was near at
hand.
Cameron grabbed boat hook and,
when Shields came to the surface.
reached out and hooked II into the In
sane mans clothing.
Shields was hauled back upon the pier
and then Policeman Cameron made him
a prisoner and took him back to the hos
| pital, where he was placed in the prison
ward.
The other insane patients were re-
| moved to the asylum without further
! trouble.
Shields lives at the corner of Hudson
| and King streets.
The evening world., 1894-06-20

Mr.. wiman smiled and answered the1P
inquiries briefly. He then inquired -
to Mrs. Wiman.
The party at once entered the court
room. Mr.. Wiman took a seat In about
the same place as the one he occupied
during the trial, and his sons seated
themselves one on each side of him.
Gen. Tracy and Lawyer Boardman, Of
Mr.. Wiman's counsel, were in the room
when the prisoner and his sons entered,
and whispered conversation between
the convicted man and his lawyers fol-
lowed.
Justice Ingraham entered and took .
seat on the bench at exactly 1908 o'clock.
AS soon as the court officer had called
the court to order, Gen. Tracy arose and
moved for new trial He said that his
motion was based on three grounds:
jury; second, that the, verdict was con.
trary 20 law. and. third, that the verdict
was contrary to the evidence.
Tracy then argued for a light sentences.
He called attention to the verdict OF
the jury recommending the prisoner
TO the mercy q the e, Court and also 70
complete restitution as possible. by
turning over not only his own property.
but that OF his wife. 10 the Arm OF r.
Ii. Dun GO. -.
Ingraham consider Mr.. Wiman's former
good character. and also his family,
AT the conclusion OF Gen. Trscy's
speech the Clerk OF the Court called;
"Erastus Wiman TO the bar.
Mr.. Wiman arose and the Clerk asked:
Have you anything 10 say why the
sentence OF the Court should not be law
fully passed upon ycu?'
For an answer Mr.. Wiman shook his
head.
Justice Ingraham then addressed the
The duty l have 10 perform is ex-i
tremely painful, and one l would be glad
The law does not punish for ven
geance. II is not 10 crafty X. q. Dun
or his associates, but the very extstenco
Of society requires that certain aeta
shall not be committed.
In this case there is not presented
II single act OF misdoing under some
constantly appropriated the funds OF
your business associates, and after that
committed forgery.
MIR, Dunn so trusted YOU that he did
not examine your accounts, and you
violated n trust as well as appropriatina
the money OF others.
EVERY word in your letters produce1
here shows that you knew YOU had no
right to take the money you did. ~
"On the other hand, the jury have
strongly recommended mercy, and am
always glad to have the nssistAnce az
the jury In cases OF this sort. ~. .
II am also asked to consider your are.
your former good character aud your
The evening world., 1894-06-20
THIRTY FlREMEN STRIKE.
New York steam Company Employ
ccs Object 10 Extra work.

Fremen in the employ OF the New
York Steam Company went out on
strike this morning, because they were
each ordered TO keep three boilers going
instead OF two, as has formerly been
required,
About thirty men quit work and their
places were shortly afterwards filled by
others, They are obliged to work in
very hot quarters, and the old men do
not believe the green hands can stand
the SHIFT OF eight hours.
The old men gathered in group at
Washington and Cortlapdt streets, and
remained there all forenoon, They
hai been getting twenty-five cents an
hour FOR eight hours work, The ma
jority say they will secure positions on
steamships.
An olhcial of the Steam Company
said the men had not beon asked to
shovel any more coal, but 10 throw II
under three boilers instead of two. He
said the new men were getting along
very well.
Police were stationed In front OF the
building TO prevent trouble. but no
demonstration occurred.
The evening world., 1894-06-20
YALE ATHLETES SAIL.
Crowd at the Wharf to See the
Mighty Men OF.
Extremely Confident Of Defeating
Oxford's Gladiators.
Mayor Gilroy's Son Ono of Their
Feliow-Pnssongers.

Varied indeed were the interests repre-
sented on the deck Of the fine American
linher New York as she sailed away this
forhenoon. Society, the judiciary, the
stage, the field OF athletics. and politics
all had their votaries massed together In
the one common bond OF fellowship which
obtains so strongly on an ocean voyage.
| group who focused the attention
of ag reat many who had gathered to
bid bon voyage to friends bound for n
Continental tourfi was the ten iron
muscled athletes of Yale University,
who cross the ocean to meet the might
est men in oxford 'Varsity's ranks on
the cinder path and track and in the
field.
Towering a full head above his fellows
was Capt. o. w. Hickok. the great
weight thrower. His fair. round face
was radiant with confidence and he
spoke hopefully of the shances Of sue
cess for the team. With Hickok were
Sprinters Pond, Woodruff, Morgan and
Sanford, and Runners and rh 1humpers hnn,, RS
Brown and Hatch. Charlie Sheriff.. the
team as a general adviser.
Capt. Hickok said to an Evening
World" reporter that he expected that
account OF itself.
II think" he added. " that Pond will
secure hte 1OO.yard dash Cady the high
quarter-mile a close race between Pond
and Sanford. / cannot see where j. i.
Fay. Of oxford, will be beaten in the
high and broad jumps, and these events
know, from what American athletes tell
me, that England ought to offer especial
ly good advantages 10 our team. mean
atmospherically speaking. ,... .o
abundance of moisture In the air is
extremely beneficial to the lungs and
runners can extend themselves more
Meyers also said that he was always
credited with doing better work by
two-nfths or u quarter of second when
| in England"
S59 and a portion of stateroom 1862. They
will make an effort to keep from gettin9
stale" on the voyage by doing light
board The commander Of the New oYrk
has taken the Yale boys under his ex-
pansive wing, and they will not lack
for any Of the comforts and conveniences
The team will disband after the con-
tests, July 16 and will do the continent
in pairs at their leisure
In the saloon. He was on board to bid
speed ss YphnE Groy Viii Be- hearey aSseS d
months, and expects to go as far east as
st. Petersburg. The Mayor, speaking
boy would see Croker while in, Europe.
There was no reason why he should, as
not the slightest element OF politics en-
tered Into the junior Gilroy's trip.
Judge Roger A. Pryor, OF the Court OF
Common Pleas, was also passenger
on the New York. He will be gone two
months.
C. oliver Iseln and his charming bride
nee Hope Goddard, were on the New
York Mr.. Iselin said he intended to see
the yacht races on the other side which
Vigilant would compete In.
The evening world., 1894-06-20
SPREE, THEN SUICIDE.
Pastry Cook Rohr's Body Found
in High Bridge Park.
Wife Chided Him When He Went
Home Drunk Last Thursday.
Left the Next Morning and Had Not
Been Seen Since.

The body OF Theodore Rohr. secretary
OF the Cooks and Pastry Cooks As
ISOLATION of this city, was found at 8
o'clock this morning in a clump OF
woods on One Hundred and Seventy
second street. east OF Amsterdam ave-
nue.. Clutched in the right hand was
thirty-two calibre revolver. while n
bloody bullet-hole In the right temple
showed that he had died by his own
hand.
In a coat pocket the police found
three photographs Of the dead man and
an envelope marked, Henry Ellmers,
So Lexington avenue"
The address furnished means of
prompt Identification. Mr.. Ellmers Is
proprietor OF the Columbia Cafe, 81
Lexington avenue, In the building used
as headquarters OF the association OF
which the suicide was an officer.
Ellmers was not surprised, however
grieved he may have bsen by the police
notification of the discovery OF the body.
A letter had been received by the first
nail this morning by Mrs. Rohr, wife OF
| the suicide, who. with er husband. had
| for eighteen months been n member OF
Ellmer's household. inclosing a duplicate
OF the photographs found upon the dead
man. and bidding her an affectionate
farewell.
| Rohr was forty-ilve years old, OF even
temper and naturally good natured. He
was known as an expert In his trade.
and at the time OF his arrival In this
city, a year and a half ago, brought
with him a comfortable sum which he
boarding house in San Francisco,
Having many friends here. his wife
and this with the position of secretary
in the association. made him give re-
luctant consent TO her plan. Recently
| though, he had brooded over what he
and became morose and dissatisfied.
Thursday afternoon he went out, re-
turning late at night, slightly the worse
for liquor, Mrs; Rohr npbraided him. an
again Friday and was not heard OF
again BY his anxious. wife until the ar.
rival OF the brief note which announced
his Intention OF killing n himsef The LETT, IettsF
Pr President Reinboidt, OF the Cooks
and Paqtry Cooks, Association. assured
an Evening World" reporter thai
deeply deplored his comrades rash act
He could account for It only on the
supposition that Rohr, who was eX'
trcmely sensitive, had become heartily
liquor, and, mortified still further by
his wlfes chidng, had sought relief IL
still deeper libations Repentance and
by shooting himself.
The suicide had no children. Mr.. Ell.
ssvss has sa claimed Ss NE Ms, BODY wGGh
and Fifty-second street station, Rohr
will be buried by the Association.
The evening world., 1894-06-20
EIGHTY MEN STRIKE,
Non-Union Hands We're Employed
on the Appraisers storehouse,
Forty BrickIayers and Forty Labor.
ers Quit Work at Once.
Contractor GiblIn Says He Can Get
All the Help He Needs.

Eighty bricklayers and laborers are
on strike at the new Appraisers store
house, which occupies the whole block
bounded by Barrow, Christopher,
Greenwich and Washington streets.
The strike was declared yesterday
morning by Walking Delegate Con-
naughton, of the Laborers' Union Pro-
tcctIve Society. because four non-union
laborers had been employed
The contract for the building was
given by the United States Government
to Michael Giblin, OF l6l Christopher
street. The Lee Fireproof Construction
Company, of st. Louis, which has an
office In this city In the Metropolitan
Building. Twerty-thlrd street and Madi-
son avenue. has the sub-contract.
I'VE have nothing against these sub
| contractors" said Delegate Connaugh-
ton to an Evening World' reporter
this morning.
They have acted very fairly towards
| the men. But MIR. Giblin Is continually
interfering. and he Is really the one
who employs all the men. At least
| nobody Is put to work until Mr.. Glblir
has first passed on him.
Yesterday two OF the non-union mer
came out and tried to get up an argu
ment with the strikers. I suppose the
| object was to get the latter into 0
quarrel In order to cause their arrest
But the strikers are very quiet. peace
able. men. and the scheme would mo-
| work. "
| Connaughton says that he believes
| Glblin's contract calls for the employ
| Inent only OF union men. Mr.. Glblin
| Lee 1f ha Ell -st,F, fro,
| ing firm, ridicues this assertion.
| OF the strikers forty are briCklayers
| and forty are lAborers.
| Mr.. Gihlin says he will k5ve no troubl,
| getting men 10 fill the places OF tn.
| strikers.
This morning there were eight men a,
! work on the building. Connaughton sait
that six union men applied for work
yesterday and fifteen to-day. They wer,
| told by Mr.. Giblin. he said, that there
| was no strike on the building. How,
| ever, as soon as these men discovered
| that there really was strike they re,
| fused to accept the job.
The evening world., 1894-06-20
SHE'S QUEEN OF THE SOUND.
New Steel Fall River Liner Pris-
ella Expected Here To-Day.
She Is the Largest Steamboat of Her
Type Afloat.

The new steel steamer Priscilla, of the
Fall River line. is expected to arrive at
her pier at the foot of Murray street
some time to-day to be put in readiness
| for her trial trip tomorrow.
A large number of guests have been
invited to go on this trip. the manage
| ment having provided an elaborate en-
tertatnment for the occasion. The new
steamer will leave her dock at IL A. NJ.
| tomorrow, and after an excursion down
the bay and up the Sound will return
to the foot OF Murray street at o'clock
+. NJ. The trial trip will be made under
the supervision OF President ]. Il.
kendrick and other officers OF the old
Colony Steamboat Company.
The Priscilla was built for the Fail
River line under the personal supervi-
sion OF George Pierce. supervisor of the
Company, and is the largest passenger
steamboat Of her type ahoat, She is
| River lines famous fleet.
over all 44o feet inches; breadth over
pound, $500 horsepower; tonnage, 5,39s
Her hull Is OF steel on the double hull
| SYSTEM, naNlng IN all "
| water-tight compartments, The paddle
wheels are IS feet in diameter, OF the
| ieatherlng type, the covered steel buckets
being each 5 feet deep and II feet wide
There are ten main boilers built for a
| maximum pressure OF $50 pounds, far In
excess OF what will be required.
The nve decks, main saloon gallery
and dome. contain 36l staterooms, includ-
| ing fourteen parlor-rooms for passen-
gers, and thrty-iive officers rooms. The
| style OF decoration Is that Of the Italian
| renaissance. The quarterback IL very
spacious, and the floor is inlaid with mar
| be mosaics.
A grand staircase Of solid mahogany
main saloon. The walls OF the quarter.
deck are finished In mahogany, with
papier-mache panels, representing ale
| gorical figures In low relief
The dining-room Is one of the finest
| features Of the new steamer. 1t Is richly
| finished In carved mahogany, with cilded
ceilings, and ornamental with great mir
| rors, which produce n magnificent effect
The Priscilla cost sl50O,0oD and is H.
| censed to carry 1900 passengers. She
has also a freight carrying capacity Of
thirty-fve carloads. The crew consists
| OF 206 men.
The steamer Is lighted by electricity
| her equipment comprising 1870 electric
lsmps and Ss4 electric call bells more
than GO miles OF wire being used fol
these purposes.
The evening world., 1894-06-20
VIOLENTLY INSANE.
Young Chamberlain Said to Have
Attacked His Mother.
Fought Two Policemen Who Took
Him to the Hospital.
He Is Said to Be Son Of the Well
Known Merchant.

Harry A. Chamberlain. twenty-five
years old, supposed to be the son OF
Henry A Chamberlain, Of H. A. G. j
C. Chamberlain. merchants. OF 353 Canal
street. was taken from his home, l2t
East Fifty-seventh street, to Bellevue
Hospital this morning violently insane.
At the Fifty-seventh street house II
was positively denied by two elderly
men and a woman that anyone by the
name of Chamberlain resided there.
A servant, however. just previous to
that admitted that Harry Chamberlain
lived In the house. but declared the fam.
lily had gone TO the country
From other sources 1t was learned
that young Chamberlain attacked his
mother last night. and 1t was for heI
safety that he was removed.
Policeman William Killdoff. OF tho
East Fifty-frst street station. was sum
moned to the house not long after mid
night and found the inmates greatly dis
turbed. Young Chamberlain was yer,
violent. and threatened to do injury tc
his mother. whom he imagined was per
scouting him.
The policeman called fellow patrol
young man. while DR.. Edward C. Spitzka
the experht in Insanity. OF 7I2 Lexington
avenue, was sent for.
DE Spetzka Induced the young man I,
walk to the station-house, where al
ambulance was summoned from Flowe
Hospital.
The young man got violent again wher
ordered to get into the vehicle, and strug
gled nercely on the way to the insan,
pavilion at Bellevue Hospital.
On the slip usually filed with the clrel
at the hospital the name Of a patient &
generally given, but in the case of younI
Chamberlain this was omitted.
DR.. Spitka declined to speak OF hi
| patient further than to say that he wa
| suffering from acute paranoia.
He said that Chamberlain had beel
ailing for four months, but that oni!
yesterday afternoon he had been called
to visit him professionally.
DR.. douglass. in charge OF the insan
at Bellevue Hospital, reported the pa
| tient quieter this noon.
DR.. Bull woh Is said to be the privat,
physician of the Chamberlain family
called on the young man. examined hin
| and then left.
The evening world., 1894-06-20
II Might Not he Running Fast, hut
There Was Good Reason for II.

A man was one day making a trip on
the flyer" OF a Wyoming railroad. says
the Converse County Press. Passage on
these trains Is never taken except for
journeys of considerable length; walk
Ing is as easy and much safer for short
distances, on this occasion the move
ment was even more deliberate than
usual, and the passenger called the
conductor to his seat and said
Isn't this motion pretty Slow"
well. we ain't 1ylng. I admit"
May l ask what the trouble is.
them"
"Certainly. We found fine two-year-
old steer stuck in trestle back here
before you got on. and stopped and
helped II out. You know, the rules OF
the road are In such cases that the ami
NAL belongs to the company"
But don't see, why that should make
you run so slow"
why, we're taking that steer to
headquarters; got II tied behind, and II
amt used to leadin'. and don't walk up
very we'll. I'm doin' all l can-got the
brakeman prodding II up with an UNI
brei' and an ear OF corn tied TO the end
OF the bell rope II you think I'm going
to start up and go howlin' along. and
yank the horns OFF as good q steer az
there is in this State. why. you're mis-
taken, that's all!'
The evening world., 1894-06-20
II WILL Be WARMER.
Pantata Dunn Says Prepare to
Roast Tomorrow.
Hot Wave Coming in Advance Of a
Big Storm.
From Over in New Jersey De Voc
Predicts Big Thrn der-Storms.

Elias 3. Dunn, the big Pantata" of
! the Weather Bureau, whose offices are
located away up In the top OF the
Equitable Building. is busy trying to
| manufacture some cooler weather for
suffering Gothamltes to-day. The fatcs
have worked against him. however, for
while he has succeeded in holding Old
Sol incheck to some extent, the humidity
has Increased.
The temperature to-day Is several de-
grees .ower than that OF yesterday, but
the humidity has increased Is per cent.
At So'clock this morning Mr.. Dunn's
| thermometer registered only II degrees,
| while the humidity was 81 per cent.
Hence. New Workers. will sweltcr to-day.
There Is ten-mile breeze blowing
| from the Southwest, which will allay
the heat to some extent.
To-day's heat and humidity, however,
VIII not be n marloer to what we may
| expect tomorrow. There is a heavy
| storm over the Dakotas and Minnesota
which Ia slowly Eastward. This is pre-
| coded by. an exceedingly hot wave
which will reach this vicinity early to-
morrow. This wave is now lowering
over the States In the Mississippi Valley
| uS I>OTtn US minnesota,
II is moving Eastward by the way OF
the Lake region and will dissipate the
cool weather that Is in that region at
present.
\ was cooler this morning over the
Mlddle Atlantic and New England
states. This was caused by last nights
thunder showers, which extended over
this entir esection. The hottest place
In the country to-day is Galveston,
Tex. where the mercury registers SO
degrees. degrees Lando, Wyo, is the coolest
grees.
Pantata" Dunn was very wrat THY this
morning over the fact that somebody
less as weather prophet, has sent out
warning to the effect that the recent hot
weather will be followed by a succession
Ss Sat ,na snundsr. I Ir.sserms. lott He also says that
we viii pass through a tornado "beit."
and the month will close with very cold
northeasterly gales
he warns all captains of sea a-golng
lookout for heavy storms during the last
two days OF this month and the first two
days OF July. as they Will encounter ter
well" said Mr.. Dunn, when told or
this, anybody with any senseat ali
knows that hot wave isnearly always
succeeded by more or less violent thun-
der showers, He might as well say that
there Will be clouds when 1t rains.
This man once before attempted to
show the people what he could do in
this line. and made a beautiful failure
therefore, ! think It about time he
took tumble and uqit."
Building registered as follows to-day:
A.. M''...'............."... z degrees
~ A. degrees
The evening world., 1894-06-20
The Convicted Financier Hea1s
His Fate Calmly and
Without Emotion.
TWO SONS PRESENT IN COURT.
Good Behavior Will Reduce He
Actual Sentence to 3 Years,
II Months, IS Days.

Erastus Wiman, the quondam well
known philanthropist and millionairs.
was this morning sentenced to five yeass
and six months in State prison, by Jus
Terminer. ~
Mr.. wiman. in charge Of Deputy
Sheriff Brown, entered the Court-H House
at 9.45 o'clock. When they reached the
head of the stairs leading to the court
room, they were met by Wiiliam
Dwight wiman and Harry Wiman. ~
prisoners eldest and youngest sons.
Both shook hands with their fatheet
and inquired as to his health. st-
The evening world., 1894-06-20
GALWAY MEMS OUTING.
Excursion TO Riverview Grove, ON
the Hudson, Next Sunday.

the Hudson, Next Sunday.
The annual excursion OF the Galway
Mems Association to Riverview Grove.
on the Hudson. which takes place next
Sunday, promises to be the most sue
cessful ever given by that popular CO.
teric Of lrshmcn. No expense has been
spared by the association, and a num-
ber of well-known people have signifled
their intention to attend. Among the
number are: Recorder Frederick Smyth,
ex-Mayor William Il. Grace, DIR, John
Hogan, John T. Oakley DR.. J. Grimm,
Patrick, Ryder, DR.. James Kelly and
The officers Of the association are:
Matthew C. Flynn, President; James p.
Ryan, First Nicc-President: NJ. j. Ford,
Second Eice-President, NJ. j. spellman,
cordng Secretary; ID. J. Courrelle, Cor
responding Secretary; NJ. A. Carr, Treas
urer, and 7. ]. Lynch. sergennt-at-
Arms
The steamer Crystal Stream and the
barges Columbia and Walter Sands will
convey the excursionists to the grove.
They will start from the Rridge dock
in Brooklyn at . a. M; Market street,
East River. $50 A. NJ: Thirty-hrst
street and East River. 10 A. NJ, and
Thirty..fourth street and North River at
II A NJ
The evening world., 1894-06-20
LILLIAN RUSSELL VERY ILL.
The singer Frustrated After Crit
teal surgical Operation.

LILLIAN Russell is lying seriously i'll
at her home. SIS West Scyenty-seyenth
street. Her illness follows upon Il
critical surgical operation performed
last Monday, She is permitted to sec
no one, Ani will not be wholly out OF
danger according to her physician, DR.
j. W. McKernan, for ten days or two
weeks.
Her husband, Sig. Perugini, sailed for
Europe on the American liner New
York this morning. lie did not In
form his wife OF his intended departure
She has not been informed OF g. as she
as secluded fr, n all intelligence OF the
outside world,