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The evening world., 1894-05-17
Fencing Little Ones.

Fencing is the latest fad for little
girls. whose older sisters have long been
experts in the art; even tiny creatures
of seven or eight are now taught to put
zen garde" and make their
thrusts with delightful recklessness. In
fact, the fin de steele little maid Is
quite a marvellous product Of the times
with her riding. fencing, ballet-dancing,
&C. and 1t will be curious to see what
will he the effect of these isms Of the
day on her later development.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
lCEBERGS SIGHTED.
The steamer Lain Reports Passing
Three on May :.

The North German Lloyd steamer
Lain, from Btemen and Southampton,
arrived in port this morning with lis
cabin and 27l steerage passengers.
She reported having had variable
weather. on May 4, while In lat. 4. %,
long. 1872 two small icehergs Were
sighted, and on the same date, in lat
i2.2l long. 5O.Sl, a smaller one was seen.
Among the steamer Lahn's passengers
were: C; L. Armstrong, Thomas Achilis,
Or. O, l.. Won Dera, of st. Louis, and
Baroness Won Rothkirsh.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
THREW COAL FROM A TRAIN.
Alleged Amusement of Il" Passen-
ger George Miller.

George Miller fifteen years old, OF 325
East Ninetieth street. was charged in
Essex Market Court to-day by Special
Detective Stephen F. Dooley. OF the
Second avenue Il" road, with disorderly
conduct.
Dooley said that Miller amused him
self this morning while riding down.
town by throwing coal from train
window Mt pedestrians passing along
the street.
Miller denied the charge. He was held
for examination.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Putty Suhatitute.

A cheap and effective substitut,
putty to stop cracks In woodwoi
made by soaking newspapers in a |
made by boiling a pound OF fior
three quarts OF water and adding a
spoonful of alum. The mixture 81
be Of about the same consistenc
putty and should be forced into
cracks with q case-knife. It will hs
like papier mache. and when dry
be painted or stained TO match its
roundings. when Il win bs almost b
csptibls. :, :
The evening world., 1894-05-17

HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH sTREETER.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

The World" has convinced the armor-
plate fraud Investigators that the Gov
ernment did not send them to PlttsburE
to be guests of the Carnegie Company.
1t remains only to persuade them that
little probing on their own account,
outside OF the run of evidence furnished
by the voluntary informers. would be
quite In their line Of duty. Valuable
Witnesses stand ready to give testimony
The evening world., 1894-05-17
SCHOONER BOTTOM UP.
steamer Neptune Reports sighting
Dcrelict ON May :.

The steamer Neptune, from Montego
Bay. which arrived in port this morn
ing, reported that on May !, on the out
ward passage, in latitude % Sc, longitude
a. 80, she passed a vessel bottom up.
The vessel was about 10 feet long, ap-
parcntly schooner, floating awash, and
visible only short distance. The bot
tom was covered with barnacles. and
the Neptuno's captain is OF the opinion
the derelict had been in that condition
long time.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

1t Is stated that Platt Is to be left out
In the distribution OF Constitutional Com
vention patronage. II Plattism can thus
be left out Of the Conventions work, and
other sorts OF Republlcanism kept from
shutting out the real popular interests
which are at stake, there viii be hope of
a successful and profitable session.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
SHORT OF PROVISIONS.
Schooner Haynes Reports that She
Supplied the Pace.

The schooner Harry w. Haynes OF
Ellsworth. Me-, from Macoris, which
arrived this morning with sugar to Ber-
tram Bros. reported that on May IL.
while 20 miles south of Hatteras, she
spoke the schooner James B. Pace, from
Vera Cruz for New York. and that the
Pace was short OF provisions Tho
Haynes rsports that she supplied the
The evening world., 1894-05-17

To the Editor:
Whose duty is It to remove nuisances from the
streets of this city, For six days the mansed re-
mains OF a dog have been lying at the juno
tion OF Third avenue and Thirtyhrst street. under
the hot sun. 1t appears that the street scavengers
intend leaving this foul abomination undisturbed.
for they have sedulousy avoided Interference
with I. is there a Health Board in your city
when such things can existH M d.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
MEXICAN TARIFF CHANGES.
Vanilla Made Subject to an Export
Tux,

CITY OF MEXICO. Mex, May IT.
The Chamber OF Deputies has published
the following changes in export duties
OF Mexican products; Coffee at the rate
OF $3.50 for every 100 hilogrammes. net
weight: hides and skins as follows:
deer and goats $3.50 per 100 kilos., gross
weight; cattle and others at the rate OF
rs cents per 100 kilos,, gross weight
vanilla at the rate OF 40 cents per kilo,
per net weight.
Vanilla heretofore was not liable to
pay an export tax.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

for the pies, and the sheet q, o,,.
De used In the basket. 1t improve.
Kept day or two. Split the round ..,
and hll in with the prepared cream .aA
10 make the cream, put three 81,
OF milk into the double boiler and n,a S
on the fire. Beat together in m hN.
three tablespoonfuls Of flour, two.,h,, M
OF cup OF sugar, one large egg and h.
saltspoonful Of salt. When this
light and smooth stir It into tho ,1 han,.
milk. Beat well for two minutes ..'il .ni
tne Doiier and cook the cream for f,fts,
minutes, stirring fequently. Flavor NJ,
half a teaspoonful of vanilla or law,
extract. Cool and use. This cream
more delicate II one Tablespoonful
hour De omitted and two eggs he useo
The evening world., 1894-05-17

An investigation OF the Senate scandal
has been ordered. Whether It will be a
farce or real attempt to get at the
truth remains to be seen. Probability
favors the former. Scandals rejecting on
their own number are handled very ten
derry by the United States Senator's.
But the affair ought TO satisfy the ma
jority Of the need OF immediate action on
the Tariff question.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

Fifteen par agraphs of the Tariff bill
were passed in the Senate yesterday.
The battery of public impatience Is ap-
parently galvanizing the somnolent up
per chamber into a sort OF life.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Too Good for Him.
To the Editor;

To the Editor:
IN. D." OF Yonkers, wants to know II he
should marry dressmaker. I say no. for the
poorest kind OF one Is too good for him. and
dressmakers, are too smart to tie themselves to
such dolt as take IN. b." to be. What he
wants is some one to take care Of him. and q
dressmaker Is too neat and smart for that
A B. D. A Brooklyn dressmaksr
The evening world., 1894-05-17
The First Day or the Seventh?

To the Editor
Scripture" has very limited knowledge OF
the same when he alleges that the resurrection
OF Christ was the first day OF the week. See
Matt xviii. 1-6. In not a single passage does the
Scripture speak OF the first day OF the week as
a Sabbath. No scholar OF any reputation now
claims that either Jesus or the apostles kept any
other than the seventh day.
sCRIPTICE So Barrow street.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

According to the morning paper. re-
ports of yesterdays Conventions. De-
mocracy has gained the Populist vote
OF Missouri and lost the Populist vote
of Georgia. and it is hard to tell which
Ii the greater loss Of the two.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Miss Aliens White Hosierv.

Miss Viola Allen. of the Empire The
tire stock company, is unconsciou.
helping to restore the popularity Of whi
stockings. She wears little black str,
slippers over white hosiery. and the ,
feet Ia good. for she has a pretty 70
with a high instep, and the dressing e
hances its beauty. II the splay-foot
girls with long soles and lark-like he,
take to wearing black slippers and VIII
stockings. they will show remarkat
bad taste. Boots. black boots and bla
stockings are the only salvation for u,
understandings.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
A Lace Novelty,

A novelty In lace is made with
ground of three different materials
guipure, net and gauze. Another variety
Is In two shades OF color. cream and
butter or cream and coffee.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
SUES MONTICELLO SEMINARY
storekeeper Under the Han for Re-
ceivinE Note. for Students.
my AssocIatod Preaa.l

ALTON. ILL.,, May l7.-Monticello Semi
nary. the Vassar OF the West. has a
queer lawsuit on its hands. Some weeks
ago Miss Harriet n. Haskett. the princi-
pal, learned that some OF the students
packages left at the store of John
Roberts.
She therefore prohibited the young wo-
men from going TO that store. This boy
cot IL the basis OF koberts's suit for
The evening world., 1894-05-17
A Class of Good-Lookers.
To the Editor:

TO INV f1HIEUT'
Regina M" you're talking through your hatl
! should advise you To ask some Of your ''lemon-
coored" druggist friends TO md for you pho
tograph OF the class Of "a OF the New York
College OF Pharmacy. It will not take you long
then, think. to change your opinion about the
looks Of drug clerks l. F.. One OF Them.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

II they car get before Capt. sampeon's
Board. Nothing less than the whole
truth should satisfy the appointed agents
of the defrauded nation.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
IL Her Mother Right?
To the Editor:

To the Euitor'
am a young girl OF nineteen years. and have
kept company with young man three years.
love him very much. and he loves My
mother thinks l ought TO love her more than
do him. We intend to get married next week.
10 my mother rght1 JENNIE.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
A Set of Glove CIa.n..

a pretty token to accompany a n,
OF gloves is a set OF glove clasps. rha
sets come In sterling silver, prettily a
signed with a fiat space for the owne,
name or monogram. These clasps a
really great comfort to the WON,
whose hands are so plump that she An
1t impossible to fasten the top butt
of her glove.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
LETTERS.

fTxs oo,usa u open 10 everybody tnho mas
complaint 10 nahe, grievance 10 peH'ildte. for'
~otio~ 10 otss ssb,ea Of general fnteres 10 de-
eus sv pubic seyvsos 10 eesno,''edoe, and ''h'
con pw px hoa into kss Dhon 100 torda Long
.eff<ys oannot BE- printed
The evening world., 1894-05-17

Newark believes II has a walking
ghost. There are plenty of theatrical
companies on the road in shady finan-
cial condition which would be glad to
take the article off the city's hands.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Plumnge in the Hair.

A peculir idea for hair decoration Is
the plumage OF the white peacock dyed
in any required color and fastened at
the base was a jewelled ornament. The
eye of the feather is sometimes outlined
with tiny emeralds
The evening world., 1894-05-17

The City Club, in n strongly worded
preamble, has thrown the issue OF mu-
nicipal home rule squarely at the Con-
stitutional Convention. 1t is an Issue
which the Convention should meet
squarely and fairly. y partisan view Of
the matters at stake will not do.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

The United States Senate will not be
allowed to forget that there are ennis
saries at Washington who think they
can buy some OF Its members. Inves-
tigation Is demanded.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
A Nent CrepOn.

In dresses for young girls this crepon
Is a neat affair. 1t Is trimmed with gui-
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Eight Arrests Follow n Murd.r.

IHy AssOcIhted PresAI
SAVANNAH, Ca. May l7.--John A. jackson
one OF the most prosperous young merchants OF
this place, was brutally murdered in bed here
Tuesday night with a sledgs-hammer stolen from
a blacksmith shop. Eight men have been arrest
cd on susplclOn.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Barn and Fine Horses Burnsd.
By Aaaociated Prsaal


cARRoLLToN. Ky. May iT.-LEhtnns struck
tho barn OF James L. Boswell. two miles east Of
this place. Tuesday night and destroyed tho
same. together with seven nnsly bred horsea
Among the horses was the standard bred stallion
osA LAAA for which N.ooe hAA bssa refused.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
A Hint with n Big II.


To the Editor:
young lady keeps company with . young
man. and every time he comes to see her he
talks about his gentleman friends getting mar
risd. Now. Is that = hintf She thinks It iA
BESSIE.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

"Tariff delay at any cost" say the
high protection Republicans. Tariff
defeat at any price" appears to have
been the cry OF that alleged Senate
buying syndicate The calls match
nicely.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Away with the PiIIov-sbam

Big. square day pillows, with rufn|
covers. supersede the old-fashioned stI
slippery pillow shams which suggest
any conceivable degree OF discomfoi
and which more than one masculii
guest, in the innocence OF his heart al
ignorance Of domestic usages, has tri|
to sleep upon 1t to his own misery al
that Of his hostess. The ruffled pilloj
are removed at night and replaced
smaller ones. While many people vi
always prefer plain, white bed cove|
ings, there are some very charmil
innovations in delicate tints and oth|
materials than the conventional Nal
seilles. Heavy linen covers daintl
embroidered in the same or a col
trasting tint are pleasing to the eJ
and the popular liberty silks, whiI
wash beautifully, come in the most del
cate shades, and are almost as light
a gossamer webb. and are especially 4
tractive for such a purpose as well
for draperies. Dotted Swiss muslin
perennially liked for window draperid
toilet, tables and bed coverings.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

Attorney-General olney would perhaps
md that the law could not touch even
q Senate buying Trust.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
"A Little Learning"
To the Editor:

,'BRIEN l5l Pa,chen avenue, Brooklyn.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Asparagus Tops Fried a In Miriam,

Bend and break OF the tender part
the asparagus into one-inch lengtl
blanch them we'll in salted water, drs
and dip in fine cracker dust. then
beaten egg, and finally in bread crunl
Fly, drain, salt and dress on a fold
napkin. laying a bunch OF fried gre
parsley on top; serve apart, sar
made with one hard boiled egg 70
mingled with one raw yolk, musta
salt and pepper; beat vigorously, q
ring in a little olive oil and Tarras
vinegar.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

Mays carnival Of FIRE has left an ex-
tensive collection Of RUINS in Boston,
Brooklyn. New York, Pawtucket and
many smaller places.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
DID You Hear This Beforer

Why do they call youns men who part tAsir
hair In the middle Gen 0rantsr
''ar' HICKS. 0oaAtn. n. =.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
4 5 9 I 9 4
What was the syndicate which thought
Il could buy the United States Senate?

As regards the coinage OF silver. the
voice Of the Missouri Democracy Ii the
voice of-Bland.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

The Jockey Club Trust must envy the
Coal and Sugar Trust their compare
lively smooth sailing.
The evening world., 1894-05-17

Well. Philadelphia gave It to us not
only too straight. but three straight. in
the matter OF baseball.
The morning call., 1894-05-27

TOO apt to provoke overconfdence. which
necessarily leads to negligence of many
LTecauto ns which should always be care
lully observed. 1t is also true that our
steamships are not as thoroughly provided
WIN the Uest Of instruments, and not gen
orally so well found in life-saving and
other requisite apparatuses TO insure
SAFETY as those OF foreign nations"
WIN inns In view it is astounding to
take retrospective glance at the disasters
when sun recur at intervals with fire.
quency that suggests something like des-
tiny.
One Of the first steamers on this cosst
the S0utherner, was lost in the early
ffties when plying as a Pacific Mail shin
She was sent here with the NortberneT
which was also lost and struck on Cans
Flatiery when in command OF Cantain
Sampson. Though an old sIdewheeler the
SoutheTner was worth at least $3.50 COO
The General Warren. a passenger steam.
ship. f0undered on the har of the Colum-
bia River in 1850. when going out to sea.
No lives were lost in tho wreck. which
was not much of financial loss.
The North Heads we're decorated with
the wreck of the passenger steamer
Tennessee in Decembe 1852. when Can.
tain Millis, with the accustomed disre ga I'd
for everything but speed, ran her against
the bluffs in a fog. She was coming from
Panama, ana would have arrived safely If
her commander had waited for the fog to
The morning call., 1894-05-27

nlta lighthouse, where she has since fallen
to pieces. Pilot JOhnson's license was re
vOked, and Captain johnson was sus-
pended for three months. The steamer
was valued at S225, 600, and her cargo at
100000 All her crew and passengers
were rescued.
The Alexandra, sailing under the Next
can nag as a passenger and freight nip
along The Mexican coast, was wrecked on
November 9, 1898, near Alfalfa, through
ignorance of deviation of the compass
Captain GOlding, who took her down 10
Mexico. gave her new masters four
months to lose the vessel, but they were
one month ahead of time.
BY a strange fatality another shin was
blindly driven to destruction on the for
bidding rocks of Point Sur exactly nine
teen years to day after the Ventura was
lost at the same spot. On April 20 1873
the Ventura went upon the Point Sur
rocks. and on April 20, 1894. the Los An
geleS steamed at full speed against them
while an incompetent officer stood on the
bridge. After the steamer struck there
were lost IN the ocean. Both the captain
and third officer were suspended for this
wreck.
The United States Inspectors on exami-
nation have the legal decision as to culpa-
bility of captain in case of a wreck, and
II shipmaster is deprived of bis certifi-
cate he cannot be again employed while
the disability lasts. ID fferRnt policies OBJ
tain in corporations. The English compa-
MES generally reduce a master in rank.
and having thus punished him again re-
store his position. believing him a better
man alter his experience and more eau
ti0us. The Pacific Mail Company has gen.
orally permanently discharged masters
who lost ships, and frequently have thus
The morning call., 1894-05-27

While entering Yaquina harbOr the
steamer YaQuina City parted her wheel
chains and drifted ashore, December 5,
1887 No lives we're lost, but the steamer
representing $4,000 broke up on the
rocks.
The San Vicente of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company took fire off Pigeon
Point, forry-five miles from San Francisco.
December 20, 1887. She burned and sank
in the ocean. Eleven OF the officers and
crew took to the boats and were drowned,
hut the master and second officer, who
stayed by the ship, were rescued. She was
valued as S35OOO.
Captain Lord took the YaQuina Bay
steamship out of San Francisco OH her first
voyage on this coast after she came from
the East. On Decent Der 9. 1888, he reached
the port of Yaqulna Bay and left her there
on the shore. Her passengers, crew and
part of the cargo were saved.
After leaving ManZanillo the Pacific Mail
ship Granada went upon the rocks at
Point Tgupan June %, 1889. All on board
got to shore in safety and the Granada.
worth $500, 900. was lost. Captain Deer
ing, her commander, was acquitted as the
the currents carried him inshore. lie is
now second officer of the Mariposa.
The Pacific Coast Steams hip Company's
steamer AncOn was wrecked at Neah Bay
Alaska, August IS. 1889, W lille in charge Of
Captain Wallace. No lives were lost. The
steamer and cargo worth $4,000 were
lost, The captain was exonerated.
Although only a steam-schooner the Dol
phin wanted to he in the sNim-or more
correctly, out of it-so she went ashore in
ShOalwater Bay, on May is. 1890, with sew
erRl passengers, all of whom escaped With
the crew. The Dolphin was a small boat,
valued at $4,000.
The Oregon Navigation Company's
The morning call., 1894-05-27

from Victoria to San Francisco in August,
1858. ran at full speed in a dense fog on
Point Reyes. A great many passengers
returning from the Frazer River after the
mining excitement we've on board. Cap
tain Barber, a veteran uilot in this port,
was passenger on the Oregon. His story
is that the vessel struck a rock and vas
backed off. butin he panic that took place
many passengers jumped upon the low rcck
only TO be washed away with every sue
cessive wave. Others got ashore by climb
ing out on the bOwsprt and dropping TO
land. About nifty lives were lost, tut the
exact number was not known for want of
correct records.
The steamer arrived in San Francisco
next morning. Soon afterward her en-
CINE was taken out and she was turned
Into bark. She is now sailing out OF this
port
Forty persons lost their lives in attempt
ing to go ashore from the steamer North
erner, which was wrecked January 6, 1860,
near Cape Mendoeno. This vessel, an old
sideWheeleT, struck on q sunken rock in
the afternoon. and was Immediately
beached about six miles above the mouth
OF Bear River.
A line was got ashore with some diff
cuity and by this means many passengers
were saved. although forty, passengers
ana crew were drowned in attempting to
iand. The heroic first officer French.
MADE three trips ashore with women, and
The morning call., 1894-05-27
THE GOLDEN GATE.

Panama to Alaska along the routes OF pas
senger steamers the coast is dotted with
wrecks. and at many a spot human bones
lie whitening whore never human eye will
see. And then across The ocean q like
fatality followed steamers that sailed from
san Francisco, swelling the record of dis
aster to appalling dimensions. Withal
providence has extended Infinite mprcias
marin rs, for in the long list of disasters
only a small proportion were visited with
loss Of life.
in the early days Of steamer travel
along the coast captains and officers were
negligent beyond belief. present-day
mariners have no hesitancy in declaring
so much. There was no fear of a searching
investigation By United States inspectors
or of suspension by the Government, and
then those Old-time sailors could excuse
themselves on the grounds that the coast
survey was Inaccurate, being as much as
thirteen miles out along the southern
shore. Twelve years ago Captain Phillips
Of the navy made survey on the United
States ship IuscaTOra, but matters have
been poorly improved thereby. Steamers
with crowds Of passengers are run ashore
at full speed on rocks. desperate chances
are always taken to observe time schedules
and safety seems to be a secondary con-
sheraton.
THE frequent disasters to Ocean-going
steamships on this coast" wrote an old
captain recently, seem to have been in a
majority Of cases the results of too much
confidence Oh the par OF the commander
and OF paTsimOny on that of the owners.
It is bev0nd question that this coast ia
very much clearer of inDediments TO Davi-
CATION than the Atlantic and this fact is
The morning call., 1894-05-27

lost their best men and promoted others
who have to take chances in navigation
aud whom such reverse has not taught
caution. The Pacific Coast Company has
no rule. and has been governed largely by
the decisions of United States Inspectors
and the personal influence of parties con-
cerned. All companies of course want
the ships to so safely and would permit
no incompetent man in command. The
man, however. with inferior capacity and
a very large bump of caution is often the
safest, especially IL he is aware oil his def
cheney. On the whole the English system
appears to produce the best results.
The burg Bremen transatlantic line
gives tried man command of ship with
the Injunction, "We give you this ship:
NOW, we want you TO bring her back 20 us.
for if you don't you'll never get another"
Four masters on this coast lost two ships
each. Captain Blethen lost the North
America in 1868 and the America in 1868.
Captain Samson lost the Independence in
1853 and later the Southerner The Ancon
was lost by Captain Wallace in 1889, and
he was in command Of the City Of Chester
when she collded with the Oceanic and
sank in this harbor on AUGUST %, 1888
Captain Ven Helms lost the Newbern aud
the Monterey, both belonging 10 the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company. He is now in
command of the st. Paul. Captain Wal
lace is master of the Pacific Coast steamer
Walla Walla.