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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
PRAYING WHEN SHE DIED.
Pathetic Death of Aged Mrs. Geye
in Newark.

NEWARK. N. j.. Aug. 3.-The story N
the sudden death of Mrs. Margar,1
Geyer, of So Jones street, this city. n
a simple, pathetic one. Mrs. Geyer wal
sevsnty-tive years old. a German, hishll
respected in the neighborhood for he
goodness and piety.
Some children playing about her hou,I
yesterday peered in the nice old lady,|
window. Their childish minds were I'M
pressed and their consciences touchsI
when they saw Mrs. Geyer kneelins b,|
fore her bed. her old hands clasped b,I
fore her and her head bowed low.
The children scurried away noiselesslI
so as not to disturb the old lady n
prayer. bur later their curiosity got I'M
better of them and they again peerel
into the window.
There was Goody Geyer, still prayins|
MY! what long prayer!" the litti|
ones exclaimed. Their elders hear
them, and they investigated. The}
could not attract Mrs. Geyers attenl
ton. and a policeman was called. III
forced me door open. and. approaching
the kneelinS woman, found that she wal
dead.
The physician said she had been deal
many hours. She had died the nighl
before while offering UP her evenIn1
prayer.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
HEBREWS APPEAL TO MAYOR.
Mr.. schicren Reprimnnds SerEt.
white for n Remark.

A delegation of Sixteenth Ward citi-
zcns, headed by Banker Lyman Ep-
stein, appeared before Mayor Schieren,
of Brooklyn, this morning to press
charges against Scrgt. White, of the
Stagg street station, for not affording
them proper police protection.
capt. Ennis. Sergt. White and two
policemen appeared to deny the charges.
Scrgt. White denied that he had told
two of Mr.. Epsteln's friends to move
away from the ward If they were dis
satisfied with the police of that pre-
CinCt.
He said they had misunderstood his
language, that he had simply advised
them 20 move away If they could not
bring up their children properly. The
Mayor, however reprimanded Sergt
White and told him that in future he
to any one.
Capt. ennis stated that the Hebrews
In the ward were afforded more police
protection than any other persons in the
precinct. He said he had made between
400 and 800 arrests of toughs for pulling
Hebrews whiskers
Before leaving Mr.. Epstein told the
Mayor that he would at once engage a
lawyer and show specific cases where
the police had neglected to do their
had been stabbed by the toughs in the
neighborhood, arrested and then fined
SO
Before Sergt. White and Capt. Ennis
left the city Hal Mayor .Schieren said:
81 want IT understood that the police
must make no distinction between races
or creeds ] shall see the Commissioner
ana talk with him about the case"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
LIGHTNING HITS A BARN.
Valuable Horse Killed and n Num-
bcr OF Men stunned.

ELIZABETH, n. j., Aug. 3.-DurinS
a severe electrical storm here to-day a
big barn in the Evergreen Cemetery, on
the outskirts of the city, was struck by
lightning and destroyed with its con-
tents. A valuable horse must have been
instantly killed by the electric bolt, as
he was found lying dead when men ell
tered the burning barn to rescue him.
The loss Is over $1,000
Three laborers employed in construct
ing the trolley line of the Consolidated
Traction Company between Newark and
Elizabeth, and who were working just
opposite the cemetery, were badly
stunned and had to be carried into a
neighboring house. Later they revived
sufficiently to be removed to their
homes.
Frank Williams, a lineman employed
in the Central Telephone Exchange here,
was stunned by a terrific shock which
he sustained in the office. The fuses
were all burned out in the Exchange
and the women operators driven >from
their seats.
The fire alarm system was completely
knocked out and havoc was created
throughout the city to the telephone
system. The lightning demolished a big
weather vane on a telegraph pole near
the telephone station. The rain came
down in sheets, the fall being s1-100 of
an inch in twenty-five minutes.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
HORSES STRUCK DEAD
Killed by Lightning and the
Driver Knocked Senseless.
Trolley Car Traffic Interfered with
by the Storm.
Several Houses Slightly Damaged
by Electrical Bolts.

The binding flash OF lightning, fol-
lowed by the deafening crash OF thunder
which startled Brooklynites this morn
ing, was responsible for one of those
queer freaks to which electrical dis
charges are particularly prone.
Genera Cicelia, an Italian. Of Isl Grove
street Brooklyn. an employe of Thomas
II. Mccormick, "a contractor, of 23J Cen
trail avenue, was loading a wagon with
sand at Grove street, near Irving ave-
nue.. Attached to the wagon was
team of half-breed perchcron bay horses
valued at about $500. Ccelia was hur-
rying to get away before the thunder
storm broke. when suddenly he saw a
binding flash and then he became un-
conscious.
Ambulance Surgeon O'Brien. of st.
GATHERINGS Hospital, was bending over
him with ammonia in one hand and
brandy In the other. Cicelia turned in
stinctively to the brandy and soon after
sat UP and explained In picturesquely
broken English that he had taken part
in the day of judgment. He was sent
home to recuperate.
The most peculiar feature of the acct
dent was that both the horses lay dead
In their harness without n mark upon
death. a crowd gathered about in such
numbers that 1t necessitated an extra
force of police from the Cedar street
station to preserve order.
Pedro Suelza. forty years old, of Il
Main street. Brooklyn. carpenter.
while at work on the new dry-dock at
the Navy. Yard this morning, was struck
by lightning and severely shocked. He
was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital.
AT 835 o'clock a three-story frame
dwelling-hou at 3l3 and 1913 1-2 Nassau
avenue. Brooklyn, was struck. The roof
caught fire and the tiremen were called
the names were quickly extinguished,
The structure is owned by John Croge.
Although the thunderstorm this morn
ing was OF short duration the lightning
caused some Inconvenience to Brooklyn
itestes bound for the bridge. All the
roley cars on Fulton street, De Kalb
run at half speed. For several minutes
the travel was at a standstil. and full
speed was not resumed on any OF the
lines until the storm had abated
bolt Of lightning ztg-zagged into the
avenue. knocked the ticker" sideways
and shocked Henry Pelted. a bartender,
who was sitting near the instrument.
Lightning struck the ground in front
OF the fashionable fiat-house 623 Bedford
avenue, ana one of the tenants, believ-
Ing the place was on fire, turned in an
alarm. There was no blaze
When the storm broke. Sergt Joseph
HAYES had started to receive a message
over the telephone in the Clymer street
station-house. and Operator Hugh Rey-
nolds. was listening to the report of a
patrolman. Reynolds was badly shocked,
phone Just as the sergeant reached IT,
Neither the sergeant nor Reynolds went
near the instruments for half an hour
later.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
FOR WATER AND GET Mud,
Property Owners of Jersey Git,
May Call Mass Meeting
Health Onlcer Benjamin. Says Il.
Water Causes Disease.

Complaints still continue to come I,
about the bad water in Jersey City.
Joseph Ellington told Health Inspeeto,
Benjamin this morning that unless IN.
city secured pure water supply n.
would not pay water rent. Mr.. Billineto,
Is large property owner. He said n.
was tired of paying for water and "A.
ceiving mud. and that he Is Willing n.
subscribe $50 towards defraying the .s ~
penses of mass-meeting Of the citizen.
good water supply.
Health Officer Benjamin says that ~.
water Is so bad that it Is, in his ooin,on
causing disease.
Mayor Wanser to-day said the city ". Il.
not in position at present to secure n
new water supply.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
FATALLY HURT ANOTHER BOY.
.ss'l sps ,! ;I9i - i.''f'' - -
X Detectives Put On Young Michael
Lsjohn's Track.
!, James La -Bnffa Was Kicked in the
i;-s~e-' Groin in . Fight.

-n"',f" James La Buffa, aged thirteen, of 500
- i1CarroH street, Brooklyn, is lying at the
an point of death to-day suffering from in
: ACQUIRES said to have been inflicted by a
~ ~ playmate.
AZ .. On last Friday afternoon he quarrelled
ssure ,wnile: playing baseball with Michael La.
fsNt john, of the same age, who lives at
President street and Fourth avenue.
wy Eatchn. II is alleged. knocked the other
20 1Ssinose down, stepped upon him and finally
wicked him in the groin He then turned
~, ~ La Buffa was carried home and put
w 20 bed, but his condition became so seri-
'sS~ ous that. Dr. Groenthal, OF 765 Union
street, was called in. The physician
"A -. do all he could to relieve the child $
- = sumerings, but when he called late last
sA<- LInfeht, he found that La Buffa was suf-
nj s4;tfspipg from peritonitis, resulting from
.<-AT being kicked in the groin.
Ia, x, he. notified the police of the Sixth ave-
hs.,. Gue talon. and Detectives Raleigh and
=. - go y. ely. are now looking for Lajohn.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
STOLE FROM A GRAVE.
BrOde Charged with Dcsecrnting
the II. n. Claim Lot.

Fritz Brode, thirty-elght years old, Of
762 Fifth avenue, Brooklyn. was held for
examination by Justice Tighe, in the
Butler Street Police Court. Brooklyn,
this morning. on the charge of stealing
flowers from the II. Is. Clahln lot in
Greenwood Cemetery on July "a Ed
ward Sampson, of 32lA Twenty-second
street, an employee in the cemetery,
made the charge.
Sampson says hes was walking along
one Of the paths near the Clahn plot.
when he saw Brode with two flowers
in his hand. They were of a peculiar
variety, and did not grow In any other
plot except the Claim Enclosure, In that
section Of the cemetery.
Supt. Cushman says the practice OF
stealing flowers from graves IL becom-
ing too general. Every one caught will
be prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
STABBED BY A WOMAN.
GOldstein Says He Was Wounded
by Becky's Scissors.

Becky Gehnken. tailoress, who resides
on Thatford avenue, near Belmont,
Brooklyn, was arraigned in Gates Ave-
nue. Court this morning on the charge
OF stabblng Heintz Goldstein, OF Osborn
street and Eastern Parkway. Both
work in a tailor shop on Thatford ave-
nue.. and an argument over the proper
sphere of woman ended In harsh words.
Finally Becky, II is said, stabbed Heintz
in the side with her scissors.
\ warrant was secured for her arrest,
but Court officer Webb simply notified
her to appear In court yesterday morn
ing and did not take her into Gust ody.
Becky disregarded the mandate of the
court and Justice Quigley issued sec
ond warrant. Last night she was ar
rested, and this morning she gave bonds
to appear for trial.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
KNOCKED DOWN A MARINE.
Then the sailors Friends Put the
Bold Soldier to Flight.

Police were summoned shortly after
midnight this morning to quel dis
turbance outside the York street gate
of the Brooklyn Maynard. S. j..
O'Neill, twenty-five years old, a sailor
on the United States cruiser Cincinnati,
got into a row with "A marine named
Dunn. Dunn, 1t Is alleged, picked up a
head. laying him out upon the sidewalk
unconscious and bleeding A crowd of
O'Neilfs friends went to his assist
ance, and Dunn took to his heels. The
crowd chased him several blocks. but he
got away.
The injured man was attended by Am
bulance Surgeon Love and removed to
the homeopathic Hospital where 1t
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
GRAFT FOR PlCKP0CKETS.
No Police at the Long Island city
Depot and Ferry-Hopse.

LONG ISLAND CITY. l.. l., Aug. o.
There is considerable complaint on ac-
count OF the number of pickpockets who
loiter around the Long Island Railroad
station Sunday nights, picking the peck
cts OF scores of people coming back from
the beaches. The pickpockets know that
there is no policeman stationed at the
depot and ferry-house, and that they can
do their work without interference.
Last Sunday night over a dozen peck
etbooks, emptied of their contents, and
satchels were found In the CUTTERS.
which had been lifted" from the peck
cts and belts of passengers.
Some time ago the Railroad and Ferry
Company had policeman stationed
there, but the Company refused to pay
him any longer and he was discharged
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
DROVE ON THE SIDEWALK.
Street Was Too Crowded for Knox
4, 81, oaa Who Was Arrested.

Street Was Too Crowded for Knox,
: FL, ,,,,a Who Was Arrested.
ll';John Knox. of 200 North Second street,
WAS held. for examination In the Lee
Avenue Court, Williamsburg. this MORN
ing on charge Of driving on the side
walk ..
: About 0 o'clock last night Knox left
the stable next door to his house In a
light wagon, being accompanied by a
friend. As the street was pretty well
blocked at the time Knox drove along
on the sidewalk from Roebling street
TO briggs avenue.
z Policeman Hotchkiss was standing
near the corner of briggs avenue. when
he saw people rushing into the middle
Of the street, and the next moment the
buggy appeared. Knox reck lessly lash
ing the horse to the top of its speed.
i Hotchkiss commanded him to STOP and
when his orders were not obeyed
grabbed the horse and forced a halt.
Several little children had narrow es-
capes from being run over. and the peo-
pie In the neighborhood were so in
dignant at Knox that they threatened
him with bodily harm.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
STRIKES ANOTHER SNAG.
Nassau Trolley Co. blocked by the
ROcknway Dench RORd,

The Nassau Electric Railroad Com
pany, OF Brooklyn. ran against another
snag this morning in its attempt to grid
iron the city with trolley lines.
Lawyer Isaac NJ Kapper, representing
the Rockaway Beach and Brooklyn
Railroad. secured from Justice Bartlett,
in the Supreme SQUIRT, an order return
Flynn, OF the Nassau Company, to show
cause why his company should not be
enjoined from crossing the tracks Of the
Rockaway Beach road on Rockaway
avenue.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03

Coroner Kene. OF Brooklyn. was asked to-day
to investigate the death OF Bridget Curley
= ged forty-hye. OF 100 Court street, who was
found dead in the yard in the rear OF her home
shortly before midnight. At l1.30 o'clock she
said she going out upon the roof Of an ex-
tension to hang up some clothes to dry. few
minutes later she screamed and her body was
heard to strike the ground. When the other
tenants reached the yard she was unconscious
An ambulance surgeon was summoned. but the
woman died before he arrived.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY
Collector Collins Charged witt
Embezzlement.

Daniel p. Collins, OF 31S Pavonia avsI
nue., Jersey City, was arrested this morn
ing on complaint of Andrew A. DAILY,
who accused him of embezzlins 3l7M
from the Greenwich Insurance Com
pany. 1t Is alleged that Collins, VIII
was a collector for the Company, d
cured premiums for insurance, but a.
Collins was arraigned before Police Jus
tics Potts, and was held in $500 bail b
await the action of the Grand Jury.
rator introduced In 1880, is til orfginai, HS
the retail sale Aug. for st. JONAS Floating HS0
pital MILHAU, 1873 Broadway.A -
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
THINGS M'KANE OVERLOOKED.
Sneak Thieves busy Gathering
Them In Mt Coney Island.

On complaint Of William Leahy. an en-
gineer in the electric light station at
Coney Island, Martin d. Van Buren, was
arrested this morning charged with steal
ing a gold watch which had been left
In his vest pocket. hanging up In the en-
CINE room.
Some sneak thief visited a fair which
Is being held on the iron pier at Coney
Island for the -henefit OF the Church OF
Our Guardian Angels and stole a gold
watch valued at $25
Silvia Hoptia. of Kensington Walk
Coney Island, notified the police this
uporning that thieves had broke open a
tTunk. ~ his apartments and stolen a
;g6Id watch and SIS in money.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
GEORGE HODGE SENTENCED
Ex-BooklSeepcro of the Harlem Bank
Gets Two and a Half Years.

George Hodge, thirty-tlve years old
x-bookkeepe~ OF the Harlem Savings
Bank, who was found guilty OF forgery
in the third degree. following an indict-
ment charging him with stealing about
5000 by classifying the bank books, was
arraigned before Judge MARITIME. in Part
!. of the Court OF General Sessions, to-
day and sentenced to two years and six
months In State prison.
Hodge is married and lived at 34S East
One Hundred and Twentieth street. IN
til the exposure came he bore an enva-
BILE reputation.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
Campaigning at CresskilI.

CREssKILL. N j., Aug 3.-The Evangelists
are holding . camp meeting in the grove here
every evening at 7.ao. except Saturday. and at
10 80 A. NJ. and 4 and p. NJ. on Sundays
under the leadership OF Gharies u; thurman, of
All Christians earnestly invited to attend.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
A Young Burglar Arrested.

August Schmidt. nineteen years old. was held
in the Lee Avenue Court, Williamsburg. to-day
on charge Of burglary. About 2 o'clock this
morning Schmidt broke into Henry Trumpp's
grocery at l04 South Second street. Policeman
Fitzgibbon saw him enter and arrested him.
Schmidt tried to stab the policeman with q
screwdriver.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03

Tho q O'Clock Edition ana tho
World contain more sporting news
Of interest than Gun he found in
my other evening Newspaper.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
Cut His Throat with "a Razor.

Thomas Mclaughlin. OF $50 North Seventh
street. Williamsburg has been out Of work Tor
ZONE time and was respondent. At II o'clock
last night he attempted to cut his throat with
. razor. but the cash he Indicted was sill ht At
the Eastern District Hospital this morning 1t was
said that he will be out In q few days.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
Her Jewelry stolen.

Jewelry worth 5000 was stolen this morning
from the apartments Of Lena Miller of n
Blocker street, Brooklyn.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03

You read "The Evening WOrldr'
Do You read the Sunday WOrld2
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07

iJ VI H-etneihnk ihuAhs.
South from PuntA Arenas, through Cock burn
Channel and east through the channels below
TERRA del Fuego, the scenery is wholly differ
ent. Snow-capped mountains rise out OF the
sea, barren and gray just below the snow. and
green with perpetual verdure for thousand
feet above the water There are black CULTS and
inlets, and narrow channels that seem TO end
abruptly, eraRs where the sea birds build their
nests gulehes and cahOns where torrents come
roaring and sprawling down. Elsewhere. as told
In the story Of the YahgRns, there are rolling
foothills with green MEADOWS among groves OF
trees that wave aud fash in the sunlight on .
pleasant day.
There are glaciers that lie in hollows on the
mountain side and here and there push little
moraines before them in their heavy Course down
the valleys 20 the water. A couple reach 10 the
waters edge aud throw on tiny icebergs that
go drifting about with the tide aud wind
Better yet II one really loves nature, are the
storms, seen from sailing vessel in danger OF
drifting on the rocks hundred leagues from
help. These are fesrsOme Seen from the deck
Of wsll-found steamer, when wrapped In
waterprOofs and furs. they are magnificent.
The gale goes roaring up the mountain
carrying the snow In iuIy masses to the very
crest to hurl il thence in smoky, quiverInE
tongues LOO feet into tho air. The same
phenomenon may he seen on the coast of Green-
land, In the ATsuk nord, but In the Beagle Chan
mel the mountains are nearer at hand, their
sides more pFecipitOus, aud the winds aeTcer
And then there are the "williwaws" the
whAlers tell about, the whirling squalls that
pick up the water as the sand is picked up in
the hoiASe desert and on the plains of Ne =
Mexico 10 form writhinE columns a thousand
feet high. There Is something in the whizz e..5
swish OF wind and water one of these passes
the shin that sfir6 he hlnpH a.,
nature. short OF q tornado or live volcano. can do
American art students ~ TO Europe IA COM
plete their education by copying old time paint
ings OF apostles apostles standing erect In a
boat not large enough 70 accommodate their
feet without pinching and then come home TO
sA0hls about the beauLies Of nature. The picture
OF saint. regard less Of surroundings, may in
spire the soul with religious feryoF Aad teach the
struggling youth 70 put lhAt fsryOF on the canvas,
but II one would paint . landscape that would At
Saes Thrill the soul Sith terror and awake Il 3
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07

n he an able see boat. because squalls called
pamperus that rage there are about the most
dangerous IN the world. After some years SER
vice as lighter the Argentine Government
bought her 10 use ns a freightcr and passenger
boat down the coast. 50 bulkhend was built
In her hold up through her big after hatch, and
the space sbaft that was htted as a cabin save
for e little eubby hole In the stern which was
= store room.
When the transformation was complete there
was saloon 14x7 feet large and feet high be-
tween beams. On each side Of the saloon were
two staterooms, Of which the forward ones were
ntted with four hunks and the others with two
hunks. Since the centre Of the saloon was oc-
cupied by table 3Ifxs feet large. the space left
seemed rather scsnt. especially when I learned
that we numbered ten passengers. Of whom two
were ladies, the wife and daughter Of q French
man, bound 10 Santa Cruz TO open a wholesale
general store.
Pretty soon there was q call TO breakfast and
then we began to realize just how scsnt the
room was Besides the ten passengers we had
the purser. the ships agent, and another man
at the table. and the table was never intended
70 seat more than eight There were six Of US
on each side Of the table that was but eight feet
long. The steward could not pass around the
table to serve the food; he could only
bring the platters and tureens down the
ladder and place them at the head Of the table,
and then the purser had TO do the rest without
aid. However, the food was abundant, and, by
the italian standard, we'll cooked. People who
dent like garlic might have objected 10 some Of
the dishes, but traveller should learn TO like
even garlic We had cold beef tongue with
onion salad, soup, q beef stew called puchero
that includes squashes among It's vegetables,
stewed tripe. beef steak fried with onions and
tomatoes, and we finished with fruit and black
coffee. Il was rather awk ward sitting with ones
shoulders edgewise 10 the table. bat we got 40
aualnted the easier for the discomfort and en-
ioyed the meal.
After breakfast we went on deck 10 smoke.
We found the steward washing the dishes Of the
whole six courses In . single soup tureen full of
water. The amount of water seemed rather small
10 me, but perhaps was mistaken, because when