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Mr.. CARROLL'S HACKERS.
They May Arrive ut Some Conclu-
sion This Week.

Howard CAROLS most recent asso-
ciates in the work of attempting to run
ferry from the foot of Whitehall
street to Staten Island. are Charles A.
Cheever. whose relatives are interested
in the rubber business; ex-TaX Commits
sioner Michael Coleman, John b. Sum
merfield a Broad street broker in cleo
trio stock: S. b. Laurence, of 81 l-2 Stone
street, and Henry II. Bragg who has an
interest in the brooklyn trolley roads.
These are the men who incorporated
the New York liarbor and Staten Island
Ferry Company, in Albany, last Satur-
day. and their personalities would indi-
cate that Mr.. Carroll means to build a
trolley road on Staten Island, TO run in
opposition to the steam road now in
operation there, II he decides to exc
cute the lease with the city and operate
the ferry.
The incorporators, 1t is aald, will meet
some time this week, when something
definite may be decided upon.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
VESSELS ON FIRE AT SEA.
Two Dangerous Derelicts Reported
by Incoming Steamers.

The steamer Hogarth. Capt. Black
from Rio Janeiro, Sept. 16 with mer-
chandse to Busk 81 Jevons, arrived at
the bar at o'clock this morning. Capt
Black reports that on Oct. I. in latitude
1920 longitude Ills, they passed the
derelict schooner A. ]. Alcott. with her
the mizzenmast gone. The wreck was
floating, and Is very dangerous to navi-
CATION, being directly in the track of
vessels.
The steamer El Sud, which reached
here yesterday from New Orleans while
in the Gulf stream Friday, l25 miles east
of Jacksonville, also passed an aban-
doned lumber-laden vessel on fire. She
was supposed to have been the bark
Otac Nike which was caught in the hur-
ricane few weeks ago. The position Of
this boat also renders her very dan
gerous to navigation.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
BULLET FOR HIS WIFE.
Mad with Jealousy Gram Shoots
Her in the Breast.
hoctors Do Not Think the Woman
Can Recover.
\, Eighteen ear-Old Son Tried In
Vain to Rescue His Mother.

George w. Cram. a carpenter and
,.nder living on the first floor of Hs
East Nineteenth street. shot, and per-
ANS fatally wounded his wife, Rachel
= Al of jealousy at 8 O'Clock this morn
\ hg
\ cram is sixty years old and his wife is
| nty. four
tIe entered the apartment at o'clock
ME morning, and throwing his arm
l.round his wife's neck, pressed the muz-
n n 32-calibre revolver to her breast,
Wing:
III am going tc shoot YOU"
Then he pulled the trigger.
Ebe ball entered the breast, and TAX
L. n downward course, lodged in the
1domen.
Eeorge Edward Cram, an eighteen
Harold son, witnessed the tragedy.
H. rushed to his mothers rescue
j A daughter, Sarah, aged twenty-five,
nm into the street to give the alarm.
linn f. Crahem, of 2i0 West Nine
,.s,h street, summoned policeman, and
The latter arrested Cram.
DR.. Morris, of 22S West Twenty-sec-
and street, was called in. He thinks
that the woman will die. She was
taken to the New York Hospital and
Coroner was sent for to get her ante
mortem statement.
cram was taken to the Jefferson
Market Court, where he was committed
without bail to await the result of his
wifes injuries.
| The would-be murderer Is a dissolute,
worthless fellow, and had been drinking
very hard of late and was under the
Influence of liquor this morning.
The couple have five grown-up children.
Last night Cram left a dirty bundle in
the hardware store at lbs Seventh ave-
| nue. saying to the clerk:
"If anything should happen give this
to my son
The bundle, when opened at the police
station. was found to contain fifty or
more sheets of blotting paper. scribbied
all over with memoranda, dated ana
running over the past three months.
1t was apparently a series of notes
detailing the results of his espionage
on his wife.
following Is a sample:
sert. To-day helped at the household work
She gave the note to Craven through Sarah Keen
In She was nervous and restless all day. FL
nLy she went to get drink. She would
tr,nble like a leaf.
Sunday, Sept. 2--Passed the day in the house.
Nothing to note.
ronday-Tried her best to get the answer.
A Al through these notes are references
70 flrtations from the window ana TO
E.aven, and curses against Sarah Kee-
ban. =.
reads like this
Monday, 2<-If I should die want Sarah Cram
An live with Adam Drumm: my son John Cram
|Nrth M son Smith w. Cram, and to be good
Ind true boy and make good man.
Let stephen Merritt bury me out OF the IN,
|mrance and also act my executor on all
|vo.erty in house, 2iS West Nineteenth, hrst
Seer GEohuE W. IMAM
N. B-I wish the Gerry Society to take my
daughter Sarah. and make good girl OF her
Monday 20. 1894
Cram is thought by the police to be
Insane. He was a soldier on the South
| EN- side during the civil war, and boast,
| ID that he was the first male child
lborn in the town of Weldon. n. {.
He has been arrested three or four
utimes for disorderly conduct and for
Nlbusing his family,
The evening world., 1894-10-08
DIAMOND PIN IN DISPUTE.
JeweIler Claims II Was Pawned b,
Baroness Blanc.

An echo of the career of Baroness
Blanc was heard in the Superior Court
this morning in a suit brought before
Judge McAdam and a jury.
The suit is brought by Edward d. La
Fietra, assignee of the jewelry firm of
Charles Scale & Co. against w. r.
Glover, a pawnbroker.
Early in 1893 the jeweller sold to Baron
ess Blanc a quantity of jewelry amount
ing to several thousand dollars. After
she purchased the jewelry on credit 1t Is
alleged that she pawned with Glover
diamond pin valued at 81 500. The other
the jeweler.
Assignee La Fietra brings the suit
against Glover to recover the pawned
min.
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HIS DUTIFUL DAUGHTER.
Dr. Piliinghdns an Unconscious AZ" 70
His Daughters LOcemakang.

dition to his Lordship, Lady Broad
moor claimed Dr. Pillingham's attend
ance for five minutes every morning at
a guinea a visit, they were not pa
tents to be offended rashly.
So Miss Dorothy Pillingham and the
Hon. Guy de Working had one meeting
TO saw Good-by" after which they
were to meet as strangers. No one quite
knew how they ever met at ALL
"You will neither write to him nor
hear from him." said DR.. Pillingham'
The evening world., 1894-10-08
CHAUVIN'S HOUSE FIRED.
Supposed to Have Meant
to Destroy "a Hidden VIII.
(By Associated Press

DETROIT oct. S.-The information
leaked out at Police Headquarters last
night that an attempt had been made to
destroy by fire the old house in which
the murdered hermit, Chauvin, lived.
The old bed in which he slept was sat
urated with kerosene and set fire to-
Neighbors however eXtinguished the
flames before the hut was completely
destroyed
1t is believed the attempt was made
to destroy the will the wealthy hermit
which the most diligent search on the
part of his administrators has failed to
reveal.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
SHE HAS HYSTERIA.
Maria Winfield" Is Said to BE
Trainer Johnson's Wife.

An attractive >and well-dressed young
woman is in the alcoholic ward of Belle
vue Hospital to-day. with her complaint
diagnosed as "hys;eria." She says she is
Maria Winfield. of the st. Cloud Hotel;
that she is twenty-five years old and her
home Is in Washington, d. c.
A friend who does not want his name
mentioned, told an Evening World" re-
porter that she is the wife of E. II.
johnson, rse-trainer, who Is now at
Narragansett Park.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
Bargain Day."
TO-T1OrrOW.

" was romantic, but impossible. She
!" the fifth daughter of DR.. Pillingham
ourzen street, Mayfair, and he the
son of the Earl of Broadmoor,
an allowance that kept him in
'.Aues and cigarettes, together with a
Oom and the run of his teeth at
I. FAMILY mansion In Grosvenor
broadmoor had put down his
foot, as heavily as he dared.
numbered. mol" And as, In ad-
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HORSES RAN AWAY.
Frightened by Cnble-Cnr Gong
and broke Their Fasteninss.

The team Of horses attached to car
No. 235, of the Second Avenue Railroad,
were frightened by the changing of the
gong of a cable car at Park Row and
Worth street this morning, and started
to run away.
The driver put on the brake, but the
horses broke away and pulled him over
the dashboard. The horses turned in
to East Broadway, where they were
caught by John O'Rourke, a coach
driver and Policeman Hayes, of the
Oak street station.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
BOYS BROKE INTO A STORE
B,th Arrested and Held for Exam
inution.

Louis Cohen and Philip Levine. both
twelve years old, the former of 222 Clin-
ton street, and the latter of 1l6 Division
street, were held for examination on a
charge of burglary in Essex Market
Court to-day.
At o'clock this morning they broke
into Richard STEMS delicatessen store at
81 Monroe street, by climbing through
the fanlight. They were caught before
they could steal anything. They say
that bigger boy was with them, but
that he got away. Agent Dietz, of the
Gerry Society, took charge of the boys.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
DEAD IN A BARRIERS CHAIR.
Borgmeyer Calmly Sat Down and
shot Himself.

Coroner Dreamer and n jury in Will
iamsburg to-day held an inquest over
the body of Herman Borgmeyer and de-
cided that the man had committed sui
eide
Borgmeyer was barber at ST Roeb-
ling street. OF late he had been drink
ing heavily, and 1t Is supposed that 1t
affected his mind.
Yesterday afternoon Borgmeyer took
a large revolver from his desk, sat in
one of his barber chairs and quietly put
q bullet through his right temple.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
DEAD IN A LODGlNG-HOUSE.
CasseII at One Time Edited n News
paper in California.

The dead body of Frank w. Cassel,
fifty years old, was found shortly after
s o'clock to-day in room in the lodging
house at 1876 West street.
Harry Clifford, the proprietor of the
house, stated that the deceased was a
compositor; that he was In the habit of
drinking very heavily at times, and
previous to his death was on one of his
carousalC. His death Is not considered
suspicious.
In 1864 Cassell was the editor of the
The evening world., 1894-10-08
Slight Damage by Fire.

An unoccuped house that is being torn down
a. 3l4 West Sixteenth street was fired by tramps
early this morning. policeman sent out an
alarm and the flames were extnguished before
any damage done.
A slight hrs caused at midnight In the
three-story brick dwelling house. $40 Tenth ave-
nue. by defective electric light wires. Twenty
dollars damage done.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
BOY BOXER DROPS DEAD.
Killed by Blow Over the Heart
Dealt by His Cousin.

TV7''7
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. S.-John A.
Gerahty, fourteen years old, while box
ing with his cousin, Edward Turner,
about the same age was struck over the
heart and dropped dead.
The boys were boxing with regular
boxing gloves.
The evening world., 1894-10-08
blizzard in the Northwest.


MINNEAPOLlS, Oct S-A blizzard ragcd
'nr'ushout North Dakota and Northern Mime.
so,a Iast night The ground in many places il
E,"is indicate that these conditions are general
The evening world., 1894-10-08

Gazette, published in Monterey, Cal
His wife lives In Gloucester, n. j., where
circumstances. The body was taken to
the Morgue and Mrs. Cassell was noti-
fed
The evening world., 1894-10-08
ToadstooIs XIII Four in Chicago
(By Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, Oct s-Joseph Humhai. the mem
bers OF whose family were poisoned by eating
toadstools by mistake for mushrooms, died last
night His wife and two children are also dead.
The evening world., 1894-10-08

| MRS. MISSIONS SOOTHING SYRrP for child.
rem teethlng cures wind collie diarrhpa, &c Doc ="
The evening world., 1894-10-08
SLASHED HER RIVAL.
A Jealous Colored Girl Cuts on An
other'R Nose.

Nellie Cooper, very pretty young
tolored girl, eighteen years Old was
kralgned in the jefferson Market Police
,Ourt this morning before Justice Noor-
ks charged with felonious assault. Mel
The evening world., 1894-10-08
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Thousands OF readers Of The EVEN
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
STATE POLITICS.
Candidates Selected at Nominating
Conventions Held Yesterday
in Our Commonwealth,

NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pa, Aug. 13-
The Republicans OF the Fourteenth
congressional district today nominated
E. NJ. Woomer, OF Lebanon. for con-
gress.
MAUCH CHUNK, Pa, Aug. 13,-Ths
Democratic county convention in this
county, organized this morning with
John Z. Lausr as chairman of the con-
vsntion. Robert Klotz was selected
as the counsy's choice for congress and
was given the power to select his own
conferrees. The vote stood AL for
Klotz and 27t for Laird H. Barber.
Andrew j. Durling. Of Lehighton, is
the county's choice for state senator.
PoTTsvILLE, Aug, 13.-Tne Rspubli.
caus of the Thirteenth Congressional
district today nominated ex Congress-
man Charles n. Brumm for congress.
The nominees for the legislature in the
Fourth district were G. G, Schrenk, of
Pottsville; Ssth Orm, of st. Clair, and
B. F. Stuck, of Tower City.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
THE TRACK FAST.
Grand Circuit Races Open at Roch.
ester Under Most Favorable
Circumstances.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug, 13 The
grand circuit races opened here today
under the most favorable auspices.
The track of the Rochester Driving
Park association was in the best pos
sible condition, and the races Of the day
called out some of the best horses
travelling in classes slower than 10
The great event Of the day was the
discovery of Carlton, son of Don
Carlo, dam Autsnelly by Atlanta This
new one started In the 2 23 class for
trotters and swept ahead Of oil of the
old winners OF this class. Allan was
the choice of the gamblers at % against
the field for 10 and 8 Rex Americus,
the winner of his class in Cleveland,
selling occasionally for 10 But neither
of them was in the race with the speedy
son OF Carlos. In the last heat, which
the young one won in 2 10t Dodge
who was behind him, drew mm in to
save his mark. Gsers made an excel
lent race with Kitty b in the 2 10 class
and won hard-tougbt battls, which,
however, lasted only four heats.
The 2 40 class for 2 year olds brought
out only two starters out Of a ist of
twenty entries. These two were Scott
McLane's gray colt, McLane, and
George Smiths bay colt, Dresch, with
geers up, 1t was a walk'away for
Dresch,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
JOHN II. JONES AGAIN.
Two Hundred BlakeIy Republicans
Indorse His Candidacy for
District Attorney.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

BLAKELY, Pa, Aug. ia large
number of Republican voters of
Blaksly and vicinity met in Cal-
londers ball last evening and organized
a Republican club and named it the
John r, Jones Republican club OF
Blakely.
Harry Meters was elected president.
Alfred Hainss, vice PRESIDENT; Ed.
mund l.. Thomls, secretary, and Q. NJ.
Hathaway, treasurer About 200 voters
were enrolled. John h. Jones, DR..
William L Lloyd ana William Mason
were appointed delegates, aud G. NJ.
Hathaway, D. G. Phillips and J, L.
Knapp alternates to the meeting of
the Republican State league at Har-
risburg Sept. 8.
John r. Jones esq, moved the adop
tion Of resolution instructing the
State league delegates to vote for Ma
jor Everett Warren for president Of
the league and pronouncing Major
Warren as a stalwart, who as president
of the State league, would reflect great
credit on the Republican party of the
state and county.
Rev. j. r. Ellis moved the adoption
of the following resolution, which was
carried unanimously with cheers and
music by the band.
Whereas, John r. Jones, our esteemed
townsmau, will be candidate for the
nomination of district attorney of Lacka-
wanna county before the coming Republi-
can county convention. Mr.. Jones is very
much respected and esteemed in this com
munity, having favored every public
movement which had for its object the
advancement oil our people. He has al.
ways been kind and charitable to the OPP
pressed and poor. He is fitted for the Of
flee by fourteen years OF experience as
lawyer. H9 has frequently represented
our district in county and state conven-
tions with ability and faithfulness. He
has been Of invaluable service to the Re-
publican party. and we believe that this
nomination is due to him. His character
for integrity and honest dealing with his
fellowmen is beyond question, and we be-
lieve that If he receives the nomination for
district attorney he will be elected by an
overwhelming majority. The valley be.
tween Carbonate and Scranton, casting q
very large Republican vote, has never bsen
represented ON the county ticket, and we
appeal to the leaders of the Republican
party and the Republicans throughout the
county Of Lackawanna to give us represent.
alton upon the ticket by placing thereon
the name of ohm K. Jones for district at
toTney.
Therefore, be it resolved That this club
be instructed to do all in its power and to
use all honorable means to bring about the
nomination Of John r, Jones for district
attorney.
Enthusiastic speeches were made by
Rev. David r. Williams. DR.. William
L. Lloyd, Rev. J, R. Ellis, Harry Met
tiers, Edward L. Thomas and many
others
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
THE HOUSE
YIELDS TO
THE SENATE
Modified Tariff Bill Of The Upper Branch IS
Passed Without Opposition.
ANY BILL BETTER Than NO BILL
After Swallowing the Senatorial Dish
of Fricasseed Raven, the Members
of the House Hold Farcical Session
and Pass Bills Indicating Their De-
sire for Radical Tariff Changes
Which Are Impossible Under Sen.
ate Schedule.

WASHINGTON. Aug. A.
IN 7 6 o'clock tonight the senate
IAN tariff bill unchanged, unamend-
IA\ ed, untouched, was passed by
Ii u the house, and the measure now
waits CD y the signature of the presi-
uent or his failure to sign it within
ten days, to be enacted into law. 1t
was passed according to the pro-
gramms arranged yesterday and ratl-
fi,d at a caucus of Democrats this
morning. The caucus met ut III
o'clock and adjourned at noon with
the understanding that the senate bill
and separate measures, placing coal,
sugar, iron ora and barbed
wire on the free list should
be put through the house be-
fore adjournment, but an unexpected
obstacle was encountered in the alb
sence from Washington Of Mr.. Outh-
waite, of OGio, = Democratic member
OF the committee on rules, whose pres
ence was necessary to enable the com.
mittee TO bring in special order for
carrying out the caucus arrangements.
Mr. Cultivate, who was absent on &C
count OF illness in his family, appeared
however, at 2 o'clock, and few min
utes later the committee on rules re-
ported the special order and the house
entered on one of the greatest days in
its history. The special rule was agreed
to after short debate.
AvoTE Is TAKEN,
Then the senate DILL WAS debated for
two hours, and after counter accusa-
tions by the Republicans and Demo.
Gratis and severe arraignments of the
majority by several of its own mem
bers, the bill was passed by vote of
1S1 to 1O5 A number of Democrats
voted against the bill, while the Pop
ulists supported the majority. There
was much applause when the trouble.
some measure was finally out OF the
way. Then tie separate bills placing
coal, iron ore, barbed wire and sugar
on the free list, were taken up in the
order named and passed, after debate
of half an hour on sasn, and what was
probably the biggest day in the history
of the house; from the standpoint of
work accomplished, came to an end.
The ballots upon the various bills
passed were: Free coal-Ysas, 160;
nayE. 104 Free iron ore-Yeas, 1863;
NAYS, 1872 Free barbed wire-Yras,
167; nays, 81 Free sugar-Yeas. 276;
maya, II.
At 1926 the house adjourned until
Wednesday,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
ALTOONA BANK TROUBLE.

Comp icaticns Increase as the Exami-
nation Proceeds.
HoLLrDAYsBURG. Aug. 13.-The un-
certainty over the closing Of the Sec
ond National bank of Altoona has been
increased BY the discovery that 1858, 900
OF Blair connty county funds are de
posted in the Western National bank,
OF Philadelphia, to the credit Of the
closed bank. The county commission
ers had employed the Altoona bank to
negotiate the sale of county bonds for
this amouns
Bank Examiner Miller refuses to re-
lease the credit. holding that the funds
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
PERU PERTuRBED.
Insurgents Activity Disturbs Agric
tnra apd ropo oYnarne

Insurgents Activity Disturbs Agricul-
turs ard Commerce.
LONDON, Aug. "a dispatch to
the Times from Lima, Peru, says that
small groups Of insurgents are scat
tered over the whole country. and that
there is general unsettled feeling,
Commerce and agriculture, therefore,
are much disturbed. The insurgents
greatest strength is in the north, but
they appear to have no settled plans
of campaign. General Cscsres as
sumSd the presidency without mani
festation OF hostile feelings against
him.
The new ministers assumed Office
yesterday and public opinion is
apathetic in regard to the appoint
ment6,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
A GREAT ACQUISITION.

The Uoited States Has a Magnincent
Port in Pearl Harbor.
HONOLULU, Aug. A 4-Pearl Harbor,
which WAS lately taken possession of
by the United States. has Ueen sur.
vsysd, and the commander thus de =
scribes it: THE more / see of Pearl
harbor the more l am impressed with
its military and commercial advan.
tages. I have visited all the principal
harbors of the world and have never
seen one that can compare in any way
with this one. Twenty miles of
wharves could be built there cheaper
than any other place in the world, as
deep water is so close to the Shore"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
FOR The FEDERAL BUILDING.

Appropriation Of Fifteen Thousand Dol
lars Secured for Its Completion.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Represent ta-
tive Scranton has secured an appro-
priation in the deficiency appropria-
tion bill Of $4,000 for an elevator, the
approaches and grounds and the COM
petion OF the federal building at
Scranton.
This makes $265OOO in all secured
for the site and building, and will be
ample to put the edifice and surround.
ings in best condition.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
SUICIDE MANIA.
People Of Bradford and Vicinity Are
Tired Of Life

Tired Of Life
BRADFORD, Pa, Aug. 13 Bradford
and vicinity is just now having Il sea-
son of the suicide epidemic. Last Mon.
day, Hezsl Kirk, Newell avenue
Magdalsne, took enongh morphine to
kill horse A clever physician aud
stomach pump brought her back to
life. On Tuesday, Mrs. George Fisher,
OF Washington street, thought that her
husband did not love her, and shot her
self in the breast. Sheis now lowering
between life and death.
At Mount Jewett, on Saturday.
James Donovan. cross d in love, took
TO drink and then the Koely cure. At
ter short season OF sobriety, drink
followed, and he took lauianum and
killed himself Yesterday at Mount
Jpwetr, Mrs Augustus Nsistrom, aged
20, who has bsen nursing grief for
some time. became dsspondsnt and in
fit Of temporary alteration shot her
self in the heart with a revolver, from
which she expired.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-14
It BROKE UP IN
ALMOST A RIOT.
Exciting Session of the PiuSOl Council Ter
inmates in a Tangle.
JUNKETEERS WELCOMED HOME

Several Thousand Curious Taxpayers
Throng the Council Chamber and
Its Environs and Are Enlivened by a
Saturnalia of Gag Law and Rump
Parliamentary Law That Added
Greatly to the OCCASIONS Pic
turesqueness - Failure of an At
tempt to Go Into Star Chamber
Session.