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The evening world., 1894-05-26
INVESTIGATING ITS COLLAPSE
Atlantic Avenue Building Disaster
Inquiry Higgins.

Building Commissioner Wesley C.
Bush, of Brooklyn, this morning began
to investigate the collapse of the build
ing at pol and 203 Atlantic avenue, owned
by Frederick B. Latimer and used as a
storage warehouse. The disaster oc.
Cured yesterday afternoon, and one per-
son was killed and several were in
jured.
A gang of twenty men are at work
on the ruins to-day searching for any
bodies that may possibly be buried in
tractors who were known to have been
in the building at the time 1t col
lapsed have been accounted for.
Mr.. Latimer was besieged this morn
ing by persons whose furniture was
stored in the fallen building.
An Inquest on the case of Emil Eric
son. who was killed, will be held next
Wednesday night.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Round About Town.

The body Of a one-dsy-old female child was
found in the North River at the foot OF Twenty
third street at Z o'clock this morning. 1t was
taken to the Morgue.
Coxey. sE.. is thinking thoughts In a quiet
cell In the District Of Columbia, but Coxey, jr,,
bobbed up serenely in this city yesterday. Coxey,
jr, was christened John Brophy, but that title
proved too plain for him. Coxey. il, organized
a squad OF sword-swallowers around East Sixtieth
such a commOtion In that section that Policeman
Michael escorted him into the august presence OF
Justice Feitner in the iorkville Court this morn
ing. CoHey. jr, was discharged with a lecture.
Justice Hogan held a reception for wife heaters
In the Essex Market Police Court to-day. Willie
Wilkinson, OF 81 Henry street, objected to his
struck her in. the face. He was held for trial.
Henry BuchholI is an ex-member OF the Brazilian
police force He threatened to XIII his. wife.
Gertrude. and compromised by smashing the fur
niture. Three months.
Farmer Dunn's weather menu caused Mrs,
Johanna o'Connor to postpone hanging out her
a result OF this delay 1t Is alleged that Frank
Charlie, OF SCI Third avenue, sneaked into her
propriated a pocketbook containing something
over 50 In change. Charlie denied the charge
and was remanded by Justice Feitner In the York
Wills Court.
Joseph Murray, OF 500 East twenty third street.
mel Margaret Warren. OF Dry Dock street. in 4
saloon in East Twenty-ninth street. In March last,
$50 In cash. Maggie admitted her guilt in Essex
Market Court this morning and was held In
81, 900 ball for trial.
Ex. Alderman John J. Morris, the millionaire.
q p~aralytic stroke, Is no better to-day. His condi-
tIon viii not permit Of removal to his home.
John smith. nineteen years old, of 40 Broad
way, brooklyn, ran over Mrs. Margaret Leonard.
Iixty-nine years old. OF ss Goerck street, while
irving a heavy truck yesterday afternoon. Mrs,
Leonard lies su II a S critical SsIo oU %ithoa, b s.i GO IN E.ssT
Aarxet Court to-day TO wait the result OF her
INJURIES.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
NEW JERSEY.
ADJOURNED TILL OCTOBER.
New Jersey Legislature Passed the
County Judge mn nt 4 A.. NJ.

TRENTON. n. j., May 26-Thc Legis-
iature adjourned at 4 o'clock this morn
ing until noon on Oct. .. n Ercess of four
months. This action could be taken only
Wheh the messengers sent out for the
absent members OF the House returned
WIN Assclnblymcn Edwards, Murphy
SailnSer, who were wanted to make
up the thirty-one votes necessary To
pass the County Judge bill.
n roll-Gall on the bill began at 10
o CLOCK ana continued until the seCre-
taries tired themselves out. Then Speak
er Holt sent out messengers after the
absenteeS.
Inc members In the meanwhile slept
IN their chairs or occupied lounges In
tht committee rooms.
After final r%oll-Call Speaker Holt re-
signed ana ~eN-JulEe Cross was elected
70 MS place. A|Sscmblyman Hickman.
the Democratic leader, on behalf OF the
members of the House, presented MIR.
Holt with a diamond stud.
Accomplishment Thomas Murphy was ar
rested by Scrgeant-at-Arms Watson. OF
the House of Assembly. at his home in
Newark late last night. He was taken
70 Trenton on the l2.47 train to attend
the closing session of the Legislature.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
HIS FAMILY MADE ILL.
Young Complains of the Fertilizer
Fought by His NeighbOr.

BABYLON, l.. l.. May 26.-A. D..
Young, a wealthy manufacturer. and
w. H.. Gunther, a ~furrier, both of New
York, own adjoining Summer residences
on Awaxia avenue, Bay Shore. Mr..
Young has frequently complained to the
Board of Health that his family had
been made i'll by the stencil arising
from the carloads of fertilizer which had
been dumped close to his premises. The
fertilizer was bought by Gunther for
his garden, and he refused, 1t Is alleged,
to remove 1t when Young requested him
to do so.
As the Board of Health has not taken
any action 1t Is probable that the matter
will be taken to court.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BRISSON WON'T BE PREMIER.
Leader Refuses 10 Form n
Fr-nch Cabinet.
fDy Associated Press !

PARIS. May 26.-M. Brisson has de-
clined the task OF forming a Cabinet, al
.eging the failure of NM. bourgeois and
Peytrll. who represent less advanced
ideas. as his reason.
1t would thus appear that a purely
RADICAL Ministry Is impossible. and that
a Dupuy Radical Cabinet II Concentra-
ton Is more likely to be successful. In
such n combination II is possible thai
MN. Brisson. Bourgeois, poincarre.
,avalgnac. DelCasse, Doumer MERCER
and Kerjegu may have portfolios.
If the present plans fail, President
Carnot will send n message to the Cham
bers announcing that he will not he n
candidate for reelection to the Presi-
dency,. and n stopgap Cabinet may be
formed In order to attend t, current
affairs,
The evening world., 1894-05-26
SET BACK FOR LEIGH.
His Scheme Ia WORRY the Park
Commissioners Fails.

Mayor Schieren, of Brooklyn, to-day
vetoed n resolution passed by the Com
mon Council two weeks ago, which had
been introduced by Alderman LEIGH,
providing for the resembling of a former
resolution which authorized the Comp
troller to transfer uneXpended balances
In the Park Department account for
1893 to the general account of the De-
partment for 1886.
sired to have several men placed at
work In the Park Department. Because
Commissioner Squier refused to do so,
the Alderman had the resolution passed.
Just to embarrass him.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
WILL INVADE HACKENSACK.
Five Hundred SILK strikers to walk
Again from West uoboken.

HACKENSACK. n. j.. Nav os-
Deputy Sheriff Bcrtholf and his aIdes
were on hand at the silk milk again
TO-DAY to protect the weavers from
moiestaion by the strikers. The
JEFFERSON w"aNers were escorted from the
Main street depot by the poiIce Wv
When the West Hoboken four hundred
left here yesterday they threatened to
return next Tuesday. bu Constable
hundred are expected to walk to Hack
till Monday. say
ShcriH B,ogert had not heard of this.
reauy IN case OF an
me Hackensack strikers Will not he
allowed to return to work. Their places
nave been hlled by Paterson people.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
CLIMBED A TREE TO HANG.
"cfnGcl First Drove Boys Awny,
and Then Committed Suicide.

NEWARK, n. j., May 26.-Ignatz
Weinsel. sixty years old, of 10 Boyd
street, climbed into "A tree in Dempsey's
woods early last evening with a coil OF
telegraph wire in his hands. Two boys
watched him climb. Stopping at the
fork OF the tree WeinRel shouted:
You boys go home. I'm going TO
TAXI Il rest in this tree
The boys went away. but returning
some time later they saw the mans body
x by the neck to the telegraph
wire. His feet touched the ground, and
he had deliberately strangled himself
to death.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BEARS HAMMERED SUGAR.
But the Bulls Met the Attack and
Sent Prices Upward.
In Some Cases the Highest Figures
of the Week Were Reached.

At the opening OF business at the
Stock Exchange this morning the bears
renewed their tactics OF yesterday.
Sugar being hammered down to l0l, a
drop OF | 3-S from last nights closing.
The object of this move was to shake
out holders OF other stocks, but the
scheme failed to work, and before many
minutes had passed the shorts were
once more on the run.
They were first punished in New York
Central. which bounded up Ia, to 90.
on cables from London that the regular
quarterly dividend of ia per cent.
would be declared. II would not be at
all surprising IL the foreigners had re-
ceived such assurances from the Van
dcrbilts. and 1t Is not the first time,
either. that they ia received advance
information.
Sharp advances followed in other spe-
c%iaities. and, with few exceptions, the
highest figures OF the week were at
tanned. The bulls seem to have the
market well in hand, n are freely pre-
dieting a stu further Improvement dur
Ing the coming week.
Should there be n favorable devel-
opment In regard to the coal strike.
there is little doubt that the matter
would be promptly taken advantage of
to force the shorts to cover.
Lake Shore rose ! "a, to l32 -. Bur.
& Quincy rs, to rs 5-S: Bait. n Ohio 1-2,
to q IA; st. Paul "a, to 60 3-s: Rock Isl.
and /, to So IA; Missouri Pacific 5-S. to
q 5-S; Northern Pacific pref. 1-2, to 10 3-s:
Reading l-2, to H.. and Western Union
Us. to 81 5-S. In the specialties United
States Rubber jumped 1. to 81 1-2.
OF 1897. 425 in surplus reserve. which
now stands at ST, 8Ol, 700 against
s25. 439, 1926 a year ago. and s24, 612. S25 in
1892. The banks this week lost only
81, 400, 900 in cash. despite the heavy
gold exports to Europe. The latter were
Offset In part by receipts OF large
mounts OF money from the Interior.
The following are the comparative fig
The evening world., 1894-05-26
HAS SERVED THIRTEEN YEARS
Petition for the Pardon Of n New
ark Burglar.

NEWARK. N. j., May ga petition
III oeing circulated urging Gov. Werts
n the Court of Pardons to release An
Grew Connors. who was sentenced to
thirty years in State prison for attempted
burglary. While several confederates, on
July 4. 1881, set off some fireworks on
broad street, opposite T~raphagen's lew
cry store. Connors and several others
broke INTO the place and had opened the
safe when discovered.
oohnors, who was the only one cap
tured, was tried before Judge McCarthv.
VINO was noted for imposing heavy sen.
fences. ~Connors's friends think that the
,hlrleen years he has passed in prison
Is suHlcleht punishment foI his crime.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
NEW LOW WHEAT RECORD.
Favorable Crop Reports Send the
Price Down to 81 DIG.

Wheat broke sharply to-day on the
strength of favorable crop reports at
home n abroad, which scared the
longs and encouraged the bears to sell
freely. July sold down to 50 s-l6 and
closed at 81 SIS. This beats the previous
low price record by 3-l6. Corn and oats
were quiet and easier.
Cotton was steady and without mate
rial change in prices, first sales being
at 7.0j for July, 70S IA 100 for August and
7.l2 for September.
Coffee contracts ruled steady, but s To
Is points lower on selling by local
longs. Sales included June at 1875:
July, 14.65: August. 14.25: September.
l3. 80; October. 1880; December, Is. Is.
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The stock market was irregular near
the close. but in the main speculation
was firm. Sugar, Lake Shore and New
YORK Central ran off ! rs. ! IA and IL
respectively from the highest figures of
the morning. Distillers rose to p.
As compared with the final quotations
of Saturday last Sugar shows a net gain
OF 6 per cent, Chicago Gas . is and the
general run of stocks 1-2 to . l2 per cent.
Northern Pacific preferred IL down | 3-S.
The sales of stocks were 70. 200 listed.
In tn" unlisted department 2S. 400 shares
or sugar and 1880 Lead were traded in.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
GIVEN POISON BY MISTAKE.
Kist Takes CarboIic Acid Instead
of Castor OIL, but VIII Live.

BELVIDERE. n. j.. May 26.-John G.
Kist, a w~ell-known business man of this
place. came near losing his life yester-
day through the carelessness of his
wife In administering a wrong lose OF
medicine.
She gave him carbolic acid, instead Of
a dose of castor oil. as was intended,
but an emctic was at once admins
tered and Mr.. Kist is recovering.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
THIEVES IN CHURCHES.
Pickpockets Robbed People Who
Attended Anniversary Services.

The Brooklyn police are looking for
a gan of pickpockets who reaped a
small harvest yesterday among the peo-
pie who attended the Sunday-school an
niversary in the various churches. Lena
Sutton, of 446 Hancock street, was
robbed Of ST In the Tompkins Avenue
Congregational Church.
A young man, who said he was Miller
Callahone, an electrician, of Fulton,
N. j., was arrested yesterday after
noon as he was leaving Plymouth
Church with a new frock coat belong
ing to Bandmaster John Ellis, of "a
with the Sunday-school scholars.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
HinMered by wind and
Fog.

LONDON. May 2G.-The Cunard
steamer Campania, Capt. Hams. which
cleared the bar about $40 =. NJ. May
10, on her voyage from New York, AR
rived at Queenstown at 2.39 this morn
INK. The Campania encountered strong
easterly winds and fog during the pas
sage, and as IA result she IL about nj
teen hours behind her record Of : days,
II hour and ! minutes. made In No.
vember last.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BULL Is STILL ALIVE.
Letters Found In His Pocket Told
Of His Intended Crime.

NEWARK. n. j., May 26.-Edward
Bull, who brutally murdered his wife
and then cut his own throat, yester-
day. is still alive at st. Michael's Hos
pital. He IL unconscious. and the doc
tors are unable to tell whether he Will
live or not.
Two letters were found In Bulls coat
pocket which foretold the terrible event
n Dia med Wtlloughby az the cause
OF all the trouble.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Robbed by the ,JanitOr.

Leopold Huber. twenty-five years old. was held
In 81, 900 bail for trial in the Harlem Police Court
this morning charged by Mrs. Emma Edgar, OF
81 West Ninety-third street. with opening one OF
her trunks and stealing some clothing. Huber
was janitor for the hat-house in which Mrs.
Edgar had apartments. When arrested he made
a confession. His wife. who was also arrested,
was discharged.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
SOME PEOPLE ARE MISSING.
German Steamer AIwine Seyd
Wrecked ON narren Island.

SHANGHAI. May 2G.-The German
steamer Alwine Seyd, trading In China
seas. has been wrecked on Barren Island.
Several OF the passengers and crew
were saved. but numbers of people are
still missing.
The Alwine Seyd vas a vessel OF 55s
tons register.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Death of an Unknown Man.

An unknown man was found unconscious on the
stoop Of 2oS West Thirtieth street early this morn
ing, lie died while being taken to the West
Thirty-seventh street police station. He was
about thirty years old. 5 feet 10 inches tall, wore
. black coat and vest and gray troussra
The evening world., 1894-05-26

James Downey. twenty-five years old. a Iahorcr.
living on West Nineteenth street, near Eighth
avenue. was struck and instantly Killed by A
southbound Hudson River Railroad train at 6 30
this morning while walking the tracks at Ma.
combs Dam Bridge.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Accepts IL Cincinnati Call.

HAcKETsTowN. Nj, May 2G-The Rev. DR.
Meeker, a leading Methodist clergyman u the
Newark Conference. has notified the official Board
OF his church that he has concluded To accent
the call rendered MIN By a Cincinnati ,hurrb.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Thought II Another Murder.

Considerable excitement was caused around
Harlem this morning by a report that the police
had found the m%utIlated body Of a man some
where In tina, section, So many persons called
on Capt. Westeryelt that the latter got tired an.
sNering questions. The story grew out Of the
finding of a human hand Srtterday. which had
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Magic Iron Tone

is TN ideal m drink.
Served at fountains with soda
it is incompatible. 1t must be
remembered that the average
summer drink is just so much
syrup and water, having no
medicinal properties, and
which only serves to provoke
instead of to assuage thirst.
But
Magic Iron Tone
not only quenches thirst. it
gratihes the longing for
something that will 60 to
the spot it sparkles and
bubbles along the palate and
the throat it gratifes the
parched stomach and imme.
diately clears the films from
the brain. 1t dispels the de-
spondent. depressed feeling
lnseparable from WEAKNESS
and overwork it lightens the
load the system seems to be
carrying, causes tie eye TO
flash. the mind to spring into
activity. and the nerves and
muscles to jump from a fac
cid to an elastic condition.
The evening world., 1894-05-26

For sour stomach and all
other conditions resulting
from constipation. go by the
book on Beecham's pills.
Book free, pills, 2sc. AT drug
stores: or write to b F Allen
Co. 36S Canal st. New York.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Mr.. GLADSTONE IMPROVING.
Grand Old Ian Progressing To-
wards Complete Recovery.

LONDON. May "a bulletin issued
this morning In regard to the health OF
Mr.. Gladstone says that he is making
excellent progress towards complete
I'VE
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Thief In His Bedroom.

Abraham Nussbaum. who lives on Kings High
way, near Gravesend avenue, Brooklyn. notified
the police to-day that some thief had stolen a
watch. chain, ring. revolver and $40 in money
from his bedroom.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Broker $. r. Warren su.pends.

The suspension OF s. p. Warren a Co. was
announced at the Consolidated Exchange to-day.
Only a few hundred shares were sold out under
the rule" and the Arms liabilities are small.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Schooner lahore Nenr NORFOLK.


TUV NasVTTHTVu TTVSs7T
NORwALK. Conn, May ?6,-An unknown two
masted vessel. supposed to be a South Bay. l.. L..
oyster schooner. went ashore on the south side
Of Surhell Island yesterday. She lies In a dan
gerOus position,
The evening world., 1894-05-26
MUST BRING S6O4,OOO.
Minimum Price for Nicaragua
Canal Company Fixed.


Judge Lacombe, in the United States
Circuit Court, this morning issued an
amended decree, fixing $6O4, 900 as the
minimum price for which the property
of the Nicaragua Canal and Construc-
ton Company shall be sold. This order
is based upon Receiver Thomas B..
Atkins's report.
The Court fixes SIS, 900 as the amount
to be paid In spot cash at the time OF
the sale; the balance of the purchase
price to be forthcoming within ten days.
Should the receiver be unable to dis
pose OF the property at the first sale at
the price fixed he is authorized to sub
s%equently accept n bid of 800. 900 or more.
II the property Is bid in by a stock
holder of the Nicaragua Canal and Con-
struction Company the Court orders tbs
such stakeholder shall have the right to
deduct from h purchase price the
amount of unpaid dividends to which he
Is entitled as a stakeholder.
h q O'Clock Edition and the
Sporting Extra OF The Evening
World contain more sporting news
OF interest than can he found In
any other evening newspaper.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Mining Btseks.

The following are the closing quota
ions Of mining stocks at the Consoli-
dated Exchange to-day;
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-26
THE ELECTION IN VERMONT
Marks q Step Toward National
Prosperity.
With Democratic-Populis Defeat
Will Come Renewed Secur-
ity to Investments.

The Vermont election, with it's
overwhelming republican majority,
marks another return from the move
mcnt against the very conditions and
necessities Of national prosperity
which eliminated in Clevelands S cleo
tion in 1892 and an income tax in
1891
| is perfectly clear now that the
first dcmocratc-populist tariff drawn
as a step toward free trade contains
an income tax intended to reach some
large incomes and large incomes
alone. that the attack on protection
was part Of a movement and attack
against all the successful business,
| trade and manufactures in the, coun-
/ try. The protective tarill was at
tackled, not because any one believed
that it made manufactures any dear
er to the consumer, bat because man
uiacturing returns 4 working proht
to the manufacturer. The high
wages rcaprd by the factory opcrat'
i've could not excuse, in the minds OF
p0rlIsts and tho democrats who act
cd with them. the moderate profits $
Of the manufactures and capitalist.
The attack on the factories Of the
country in the Cleveland campaign
was part Of the general assault on It's
banks. on its railroad corporations,
on its loanablc capital as represented
in mortgages, and on its sound cur
rencv. All these tools and instru-
: nlcnts Of an honest struggle for nor
est profits were attacked by the dem
ocratic-populiSt party in its various
; alliances and aliases.
The attack reached food tide III
1892, and capital. alarmed at the on
,nlly!lt on its investments in mills,
mines, factories, mortgages, banks
: and railroads, has Withdrawn froH
every possible enterprise. Loans have
> been called in. building has beer
7 checked. railroad building has beer
; stopped and the expansion of t1H
, country halted in all directions. Tlt
: effect and influence Of the democrat
c-popullst campaign was most strong
: 1v rrlt in rural communities like Yer
/. mont: but in Vermont. as in ever
: other election this Year. these com
= muni1ics Hrc rolling mp republican
= Inajoritics. With dcmocratjc-popu
I ]jsf drfcat will come renewed Sccurit
: to capital in all it, manifold invest
ment3. and with this security vii
come the return Of prosperity. = ~
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-26
DUBOIS ON THE POpUL|STS
Best Interests Of the State De-
mand Their Defeat.
1t is Fiat Money Party and the
Greatest Real Enemy
Silver Has.

Senator +. r. Dubois has returned
from Washington and was interviewed
by reporter of the Statesman, to
whom he stated that he was firmly
convinced that the best interests Of
the state demanded the defeat Of the
pOpuliSts. lie held that the ,,opullst
party was not a true silver party;
that it was for fiat money, and that
bv assocating the silver cause with
the idea Of tiatism, it made itself the
greatest enemy with which silver has
to contend. Eastern people, he said,
are not nearly so much afraid of sill
yer as they arc Of the fiat doctrine Of
the populists. The senator contIn-
ucd: 81 am glad to get home again
we have had a very trying time IN
congress during an almost continuous
session Of thirteen months. | shal
enter heartily and earnestly into tho
campaign now engaging the attcn
ton of the people Of Idaho. | have
no doubt Of republican success, be
cause the interests Of Idaho aud re
publican supremacy are identical
Populsm is local. With a young ant
growing country like Idaho, lillet
with ,ndcvelopcd resources, the reo
pie must know their interests dcman'
the aid and support Of the great ia
tional parties. The silver qucstIo
; is an important one to rs, but no
: moro SO than to the rest OF the cOul1
trv. Either the democratic or tn
republican party will solve it. Ih
, DODulist party cannot, because it WI
: never be anything but a local party
, In addition to that. the populist part
is an irrcdccmablc paper money pa
tv, 1T is for the free coinage Of 81
yer ONLY as an incident and stcppn
stone to fiat money Every populE
, victory hurts the silver cause. tWl
!, now be the duty and effort OF ever
republican to carry the Legislature
the senatorial fight will not cnt'
q into the campaign. / am satIslt
y that after we elect a full rcpubIlcd
Legislature, Idaho will be rcprcsentt
! in the senate by a sound silver rcpu
lican and protcctionist. .--Boise State
n man.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-26
4 Grave Outlook.

The state election in Maine on Mon
dav was a more sensational dcmOn-
stration than the national election Of
1892. 1T was more unuSua IN It's
character and more revolutionary in
it's Indications. 1t s.!oWs a feeling
on the part of the republicans in one
of the oldest states Of the union that
there exists a reason for an cXtraor'
dinary protest against the politics
ruling at Washington, and on tht
part Of the democrats a Illuminating
confession that they cannot say no t(
it. II it foreshadoWs Il general spreat
of this indignant disgust at TIT
achievements Of Il so-called demo
cratic administrator that knows NJ
law but itself, and that is not warmed
by single spark of American democ
racv. then the outlook for the part
now burdencd With it is indeed grave
New York Sun (dcm.).