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The evening world., 1894-05-21
THINKS he SPIRIT.
Reincarnation Beliefs Of Lawyer
Stephens Aired in Court.
Miss Merely, Whom He Had Ar
rested, Tells the Story.
She Says He Claimed to Possess q
Prophets Soul.

Miss Florence McFeely sat a prisoner
In the Yorkvllle Police Court this morn
Ing. charged with the larceny OF 81
worth of wearing apparel from the house
OF II. clay Stephens, lawyer. go West
Eightieth street.
Lawyer Stephens In his complaint said
that the robbery was committed in No.
vember last. when the prisoner was u
domestic In his family. He had been
looking for her ever since. but only
located her last night at a spiritualistic
seance in Carnegie Hall, where he had
her arrested.
Miss Carrie Twigg was the medium,
and the detective who had been called
In watched the proceedings up to a
point where the oracle took a watch
from a man and said that she could
tell by feeling the instrument that it's
owner was a journalist of great merit
and ought to be running n great New
York daily. Then he approached Miss
Merely. and after q moments con-
versation led her out.
This morning, In court. Miss Merely
told an Evening World reporter that
she vas not a domestic. but had been "A
guest and seamstress with Mrs. Ste
phens. She says that she did not steal
wv NtotilhB hltIltlpIti, bul tIlht IL
was loaned to her. She says that she
wrote Mrs. Stephens a postal card
Friday evening, telling her that she
week. Week. Miss sf."rH Mt FEE !9a says t arsi', she has
been Ill almost all the time since last
November.
The trouble is all due to Mr.. Ste
phens's eccentricities," said she, He
does not 70 that far, nor do /. We both
believe In a life beyond this and the
ability of spirits to return to this earth
with manifestations OF their existence in
spirit land"
Miss Merely then went on to say
that Lawyer Stephens believed himself
to be the re~incarnated spirit OF the
seven-year-old son Victor was Jonathan,
the beloved friend OF David. He ad-
dressed his wife and the defendant by
He auarreiied with his wife over her
scepticism. Miss McFeeiy sided with
the wife. and Lawyer Stephens ordered
he Wh fenm she the wse9o4t5Gf,way. Mrs.
gave, her the clothing, which she Is ac-
that the lawyer Is so far gone In spir-
itualism that he will lie abed for twelve
and making weird noises.
Lawyer Stephens had not appeared in
court long after the case had been set
Lawyer Stephens and bis wife, with
a friend. Miss Augusta White, who lives
In the same house with Stephens, APP
peared before Justice Feitner later.
Miss White said that Mrs. McFeely
took SIS from her grip while she was
Ill.
Lawyer Stephens's wife then took the
stand. but instead OF supporting Mrs.
McFeely, she claimed that the latter
stole the dress.
Justice Feitner decided to parole Mrs.
Merely, and told Mrs. Stephens and
Miss white to make out an affidavit,
and II the evidence supported 1t. he
would issue a warrant.
Mrs. Merely refused. to make pub
lie her address. She told the detective
that she was living with some friends
and did not want to disgrace them. She
gave her address to the detective and
told him any time he wanted her she
would come Immediately. She promised
to return the dress In a few days.
The evening world., 1894-05-21
SIX ANARCHS SHOT.
For Completely in the Attempt to
Kill Gen. Campos.
Two Vol!eys Required to Complete
the Execution.
A Rainy Day at Barcelona When the
Reds Met Their Doom.
ny Associated Prcss.)

NY Associated Prcss.)
BARCELONA. May 21.-The six An
archists-Codina, Cerezuela, Sogas, Ber-
nat. Villarubia and Mir-sentenced to
death. after having been convicted of
completely In the attempt Of Pallas to
assassinate Capt.-Gen. Martinez Cam
pos. n Of being concerned In the
Liceo Theatre bomb outrage, were exc
cuted at 4 o'clock this morning, outside
the Citadel Of Mont Juich.
The prisoners passed the night pre-
vious to their execution In the chapel OF
the fortress after force had been EN-.
ployed to compel them to dc 30.
Rain was falling heavily this morn.
Ing when the condemned men were taken
from the chapel through a s%ubterranear
passage to the place of execution.
Sogas n Cerezueia Joined in the
prayers Of the priests who accompanied
them to the place Of death. These mer
were the only ones Of the six WHIT
seemed to be impressed with their i'm.
pending doom Their companions shout.
ed Al kinds OF revolutionary cries while
on the way to execution.
Troops were drawn UP outside thu
castle walls, forming three sides Of Q
square. The fourth side was closed In
by the wall of the Citadel. The SIX
Anarchists were placed standing in ONT
line. with their faces to the wall. Stand.
ing at a short distance behind the con.
At the first volley only four OF the
convicts fell dead, and a second volley
was necessary in the cases Of Sogas and
Codina. There was no disorder.
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STRIKERS REINFORCED
CONTINUED rom Nrs Puoe

earn more than 50 or "A a week. Under
the order they are compelled TO pay
cash down for the new suits. while the
the Company deducting 81 per week
from their wages. 49,
1t is also asserted by the men that
some of the officials are making money
at their expense. AS evidence Of this
they point out that 800 new UNIFORMS
now at the Superintendent's office: The
measure of none of the men was TAKEN
and as some of h strikers are sly,
f~ooters and some very small; II Is SAY
there would would b e great difhoul'y In get
The so suits. it is said, were supplied
by a man named NICK Gown. an Eastern
District clothier,. who is a brother-in-ia"
Of Supt. Newkirk.
A committee OF the striking employ
M sss; se~A'I seRseri Gf |Sff | Af &. HCi.
combeb, M. Gaffney and Joseph Kelly.
called upon Mayor Schieren at the Guy
Hall shortly before noon, and REQUESTED
him to take some action against the
railroad corporation In, their favor. 49,.
his power to bring about a conference.
with a view to settling the trouble ny
The Mayor had power. they said. to
compel the Company to run IT'S cars en-
schedule time; to prevent o tne ~ pS com'
pei the Company to so conduct Its busi-
ness as would not endanger human IRE.
Mayor Schieren told the men that ne
sympathiIed with them. and wished ne
could end the trouble. He said. now
his legal power In the matter: He
would consult with Corporation Counsei
Mcdonald.
The evening world., 1894-05-21
EURYBIA ON THE ROCKS.
Commodore Pryer's Flagship De-
serted at New Rochelle.

NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y, May a.
The storm Is one of the worst that has
ever visited this vicinity. All night long
an easterly wind blew at the rate Of
fifty miles an hour along the coast. and
the Sound waters were dangerous to
small craft. In Echo Bay the Eurybia.
Commodore Pryer's flagship. OF the Cor
inthian mosquito fleet, was deserted by
inE cssR R T Il a now % WeSrs early f.. his se mSrn,
the rocks near Potter's Beach.
Mr., Pryor left for the East Saturday
morning. TIL mate said he did not have
sufficient anchors to hold the boat.
When offered an anchor by the captain
Of h Livingstone, a three-masted
schooner. he refused to return II TO the
Mr.. Harriman's Lethe is on Mosquito
Fleet Beach with her side stove in. The
catboat Ada lies high and dry on Har-
rison Island badly damaged. The town
is gone. and c. Oliver Iselin's float AT
Al View, Premium Point. is somewhere
The sea wall Is badly damaged and
the flower beds on Point Fairing, on the
Sound, are obliterated. Ten rowboats
owned by T. b. Nissan are lying on the
main shore all broken.
The limbs Of trees are scattered on al
the roads, In some places impeding
travel. A heavy maple which stood In
front Morth Of r George Gro6, tr;'s, place or
crashed through the plate windows OF
the hotel. On Postmaster Molloy's place
Premium Point. several trees were
blown down. one of which crashed
through the roof OF his barn.
AT Upper New Rochelle and through
the farming district great damage ha,
been DONE. Farmer W. G. Seacor saw
the fruit crop Is done for in this district
Advices from Larchmont state tina
everything is, all right at that place
The. Trio. belonging to the New Yorl
Athletic Club, drifted over to Little Ger
many and Is anchored there. The boat
house belonging to ]. w. Elliott in Pei
ham Bay was smashed to pieces.
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TO OPEN MANCHESTER CANAL.
Queen Victoria Will Preside at
the Gala Event
Steps Taken to Purify the Pent- Up
Waters.
(By Associated Press.)

icy Associated Press.)
LONDON May H.-Queen Victoria left
Windsor Castle for Scotland this morn
ing. On her way to Balmoral she will
stop at Manchester and formally open
the great Manchester Ship Canal.
MANCHESTER, May 21.-The most
extensive preparations have been made
here to receive Queen Victoria upon the
occasion Of the formal opening of the
Manchester Ship Canal. The streets
are profusely decorated. and all the reg
ular and volunteer troops of this city
and Its vicinity will turn out to welcome
Her Majesty to-day. Several addresses
will be presented to Her Majesty. both
here and at Stafford.
Tonight all the streets of Manchester
and OF the towns along the line of the
canal will be ablaxe with illuminations.
Every precaution has been taken to pre-
vent Her Majesty or any other person
suffering from the effects OF the pent up
waters Of the canal. They have been
described as huge settling tanks for
sewage, chemical and manufacturing
waste n filth Of every imaginable de-
scription. poured in from an Industrial
area u~nequalled anywhere for extent"
AS a permanent remedy for this state
of affairs costly sewage works are pro-
tected throughout the watershed, and
the water Of the canal has been con-
siderably purified for the occasion by
pouring into 1t a powerful an~tiseptic.
BY this means the canal water be-
tween Irlam and Manchester has been
rendered reasonably healthy for one
day at least.
LIVERPOOL. May 21.-The ships in
the Mersey are decorated, from stem to
stern, In honor of the opening Of the
Manchester Ship Canal. The great
canal, which has converted Manchester
into a seaport, was commenced Nov. II,
1887, at Eastman Ferry. on the Cheshire
side Of the Mersey. The cost of the
canal has been about SIS, 900, 900.
The evening world., 1894-05-21
SMITH APPEAL IN ORDER.
Presbyterian Assembly Recon-.
mended to Entertain II.

VI s''N"f
SARATOGA. N. Y. May 2l.-After
devotional services and other preliminary
business, the Chairman of the Commit
tee on Bills and Overtures reported the
receipt OF an overture from the Presby-
terry OF New Albany on the personal
purity of members OF Congress. 1t was
referred to the same Committee for re-
port.
The judicial Committee presented a
report in judicial case No. I. which des-
ignates the Smith case. The report was
that the appeal is in order. the papers
having been duly filed. and 1t was rec
commended that the appeal be enter
tanned.
II the Assembly votes to entertain the
appeal. three hours are given to Prof.
Smith to present Ills case. four hours
to the Committee OF Prosecution, an
additional hour to Prof. Smith. twenty
minutes to the Synod OF Ohio and two
hours to the Assembly.
At the close of this time the vote In
to be taken upon each allegation Of error
and ground OF appeal separately. 1t was
then decided to make the consideration
OF this case n special order for Thursday
next at 10 O'Clock. to continue till An.
ished. having precedence over all other
orders.
The hour for consideration OF the ques-
tlon of Seminary control having ar
rived, the floor was taken by Thomas Nc
Dougal, OF Cincinnati. VIII, announced
that he desired to explain the third rec
ommendation OF the Committee.
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means OF boats. The tide rose to the
pls forms of the bridges hat span the
Elizabeth River. The furious wind
caused havoc to shade and fruit trees,
telephone and telegraph wires.
Another great tide was on this morn
ing. and threatened to spbmerge the
tracks OF the Central Railroad. between
here and Newark. and the Ions bridge
between EliZabethport and Bergen
Point. on which the main line OF the
New Jersey Central runs.
Considerable damage was done to
trees and crops ut RAILWAY by the
cyclone. The Railway River was
over it's banks at IL o'clock, and
was still rising. People living In the
vicinity OF the river were moving their
goods TO places OF safety.
The evening world., 1894-05-21
AT ROCKAWAY AND CONEY,
Hog Island Submerged, Hotel TN.
roefed and BuIkhend Gone.

LONG ISLAND CITY. May 2l.-Lony
Island. from Norton's Point to Montauk.
felt the full benefit OF the wind and
waves. Along Rockaway, the wave
were higher and fiercer than In months
before. Long before high tide last
night, the water was pouring over Hog
Island. and before Q O'Clock the island
was almost entirely submerged. A num-
Der OF bathing-houses, which had been
put IN place by enterprising owners,
were demolished and swept away.
The tin roof OF the big United States
Hotel. at Rockaway, was carried aWaV'
The wind got under one corner and
rolled IT up like paper. Skylights were
blown down In all directions. doors were
wrenched of and trees Frustrated. So
about the Rockaway coast.
Coney Island felt the full fury of the
gale. This afternoon the gale swept
across the island with a fury which
threatened to carry away many OF the
fimsy structures there. The spray from
the tremendous waves was dashed fully
nfty feet into the air.
Al nigh tide the big bulkhead at this
place was washed out. Some of the
beach hotels are completely surrounded
tween Manhattan and Brighton beaches
Is cut OF. The railroad tracks In this
vicinity are under water. All along Tho
north shore the damage was not great,
The wind this morning blew at tn,
rate o. htty miles an hour. The Brigh'
completed, was entirely washed away
between midnight and this morning
The sea was so high that the water Il
runnlng over the beach into the meadow
the TOOL OF Balmers bathing pavilion
was damaged during the night by tn,
The evening world., 1894-05-21
NELSON'S NARROW ESCAPE.
The Forty-Foot Fishing smack Al
most Foundered in Heavy Sens.

The FOrty-FOOt Fishing smack Al
most Foundered in Heavy Sens.
The little forty-foot fshing-smack
Franklin d. Nelson was badly knocked
about by the heavy gale OF yesterday,
and her crew consider themselves ex-
ceedingly lucky to be lying at the Full
ton Market docks this morning.
The Nelson is commanded by Capt.
Charles Jansen, a Norwegian. For three
lays UP to Saturday last she was fish
ing inshore, twenty-five miles north OF
Delaware B~reakwater. That day she
lifted her anchor and headed for New
York, with 400 bushels of sea bass. an
unusually large catch: Head winds were
encountered and the Nelson beat SLOWLY
up the Jersey coast, making short lacks,
Yesterday afternoon the gale became
terrific. Sail was shortened until a dou-
b~le-reefed foresail was all she could
stagger under. and that was hnaliy
Under bare poles the Nelson was
tossed wildly about. Just before dusk
Yesterday. an unusually heavy sea
broke over the port bow and threatened
to send the gallant little schooner to
Davy .Jones's locker.
Louis Hansen. one OF the hands. was
caught up by this sea, swept from his
feet and dashed towards the lee rail-;
which is only a foot high. He grasped
the gunwale OF one OF the dories, dashed
amidships. and hang on for his life.
Just as he was about to let go his hold,
under the awful tension on his muscles
from the force OF the seas sweeping
over him, another sailor grabbed him
by the slack of his trousers and dragged
him to the mainmast, where he chung to
the running gear until the vessel shook
of the tons OF water which overwhelmed
her. His escape was a narrow one.
The tubs, lines, oars, water-casks and
boat-hooks In the dories were washed
overheard and the loss Is considerable.
The Nelson dashed OF under bare
and rode out the night In safety with
both anchors out.
Capt. Jansen said he did not see any
other smacks last night. The Nelson
was lowed from Red Hook this morning,
Il being impossible to beat up in the
teeth OF the easterly gale.
The evening world., 1894-05-21
MAsQuERADED As 4 WOMAN.
Charles Williams Sent to the City
Prison for Six Months.
Is q Bookkeeper and Is Said to BE
Well Connected.

A tall man, wearing a woman's dress,
was arralgned in the Tombs Police
Court this morning on a charge Of dis
orderly conduct.
The man was Charles Williams. forty
i've years old, Of 312 Market street.
Newark, N. J.. HI was captured
in the lavatory Of the South Brook
lyn ferry-house, at South Ferry, about 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon by Detec-
tive Madden. of the old Slip station.
Williams was dressed in mourning.
He wore a black skirt and waist, and a
double-breasted leg-of-mutton coat and
the conventional veil. which hung down
to his waist. A pair Of black silk mitts
covered his hands. He wore a pair Of
ciohtes We're OF the feminine order
throughout. A heavy black wig was on
his head.
Williams says. he is a monomaniac.
and since that time he has been insane
worn his dead wife's clothes to be able
to associate with them.
Williams has used the garb for two
purposes-one of which Is to be able
to mingle with women and thereby
Last Summer Williams was sent to
Raymond Street Jail. Brooklyn. by Jus
tice Newton. of Coney Island. on a
charge OF incorporating in women's
clothes. The complainant was Harry
Brownell, a conductor, who is now a
ticket agent at the South. Ferry and
who recognized him yesterday.
Inspector Mclaughlin says Williams
Is a b~ookkeeper for a firm in this city
and Is highly connected. The fellow
has, the Inspector says, been mas
~querading as a woman for eight years
and has been arrested in several cities
up the State.
Justice Martin sentenced him to six
months at hard labor in the City Prison.
As he sentenced him the Justice said
II am sorry that I canno send you
TO Sing Sing for ten years"
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Round About Town.

The condition Of eI-Fire Commissioner Morris
who has been seriously III In hospital. has i'm.
John Rhoin. OF ga Sixth street, was held n,
trial In Essex Market Court to-day for strikins
MS hrother-ln-lAw, Gustave L.eEermAn, with !
smoothing iron, ~" 9
Peter Ketly, a cooper, OF s., Howard ,,ro,,
was held In - 500 In Essex Marke, Court for
highway robbery On Chatham Square last nigh
he asked August Leehee for a light and then
For an unprovoked assault committe y.ster
day Peter Smith, a longshoreman, o, rs /.
uouverhenr street, was held Tor trial in Ease,
Is an ex-conyiet,
Because his mother refused to bring him nj,
breakfast In bed George Estling, Of iSS Ayenu,
Q, beat her this morning. He viii serve al,
months on the island.
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PROPOSED IRON ORE TARIFF,
Aldrich Uses It to Club the Demo
cratic conservatives"
Tells the Senate that New England
Reformers Have Been Cheated.
ny Associated Press.)

Wy NheOCi9teu fTttsD
WASHINGTON. May 21.-In pursu-
ance Of the order adopted last Friday,
the Senat met at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Only twelve Senators listened to
the prayer Of the blind chaplain, and
an order directing the sergeant-at-Arms
to request the attendance of absentees
was necessary to drum up a quorum.
At 1890 the Tariff bill was taken up
at the metal schedule. The FIRST amend
ment was that reported from the FL
nance Committee. placing a duty of 40
cents per ton on Iron ore, including
manganiferous iron ore, also the dross
or residuum from burnt pyrites.
Mr.. Aldrich (Rep., r. IT, Immediately
took the floor and drew a graphic pic
ture OF the anomalous position in which
he claimed the proposed duty on iron ore
placed the Democratic party in New
England. For six years, he said. the
Democrats OF New England had fought
their campaigns on platforms demand.
ing free raw materials. Three years age
Massachusetts. Everywhere. he said
Mt. Mills had taken free raw materials
as his text. He had held up the glow.
Ing promise OF free coal and free Iron ore
when the Democrats obtained control OF
all branches of the Government. He
had gone further. He had advocated
free bar iron.
Massachusetts had no Democratic
representation in the Senate. Why was
not Mr.. Mills here to champion her
cause?. He was not even in his seat
What had become of the promises held
out to New England? He was not com.
missioned to speak for the Democrats
OF New England. but he knew that the
p~eople-some of them-had been deIuded
ny these promises. He read some reso.
buttons nASGa1 IN tina vnnD- AEo.I.
democratic Club OF Massachusetts, the
controlling organization in the Demo,
cratic party In that State, declaring
placed on the free list the ground upor
which Massachusetts, Democracy had
Fought It's battles would be swept away
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my Trade

willtake anything l give them;
they believe what | tell them;
and | mean to sell them what
| make the most on" That
is what one grocer actually
gives as a reason for selling
washing powders-imitations
instead of the original and
best washing compound
Pearline. If grocers and Gus.
toners were all like these, the
millions Of women who are
now blessing Pearline would
still be doing useless hard
work. But when you come
across such a dealer, don't
let him put you off with any.
thing except Pearline. 40,
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STATEMENT DELAYED.
r" He Made When Extra Park
Work In Finished, Says Ola usen.

President Clausen was asked this
morning whether the Park Board would
give the public an itemized account OF
the expenditures for park improvements
under the special 1000. 900 appropriation.
MT. ,Ciausen replied that the statement
would be made when the Board got
ready to make II. and not at the demand
OF n Newspaper. He was pressed for
a definite sLswer, and said a statement
would be prepared when the extra park
work was finished. A few days ago Mr..
Clausen said II would take about forty
days. There are l.200 men at work yet.