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The evening world., 1894-06-29
DID He TAKE POISON i?
Physicians Puzzled BY Herman
Manter's Strange Death.
Unable to Tell What II Was that
Killed Him.
Married Only Five Months and His
Store Boycotted.

Whether Herman Manter. who died at
100 Alien street, this morning. committed
suicide or died OF natural causes Is a
question the Coroner will try to deter
mine. Three physicians who were in at
tendance and the police who Investigated
are Iii doubt.
Manter was twenty-threc years old.
He was a tailor. and until two weeks
ago lived with his wife, Jennie. at 30
Sheriff street. The couple were married
only five months ago
When the tailoring business got so dull
that Manter could not make living he
decided to open q store. When Charles
Helnberg offered to sell him the little
candy store at 100 Allen street FOR $3.50
Manter grasped the opportunity. bought
the place, and he and his wife entered
into possession.
Few customers came to the new own
ers OF the place, and after few days
Manter decided that he had been swim
that he became sick, A week ago he
took to his bed. 1t Is claimed that a
boycott was hanging over the store
place ace BUSINESS did not improve, and
when she would step. into the rear room
where her husband lay in his bed. and
answering his anxious Inquiries say that
business was bad, very bad, Martin
would be visibly affected
The man got worse yesterday. NO
body knew what was the matter with
him He had n fever and drank a great
deal of Ice water. Mrs. Lipschets, a
neighbor said that a physician should
he called to attend the man. So at
o'clock last evening DR.. Kane was
called.
He considered that Manter was In a
bad way. so ne had Or. Price, who lives
in the same street. called In for consul.
tation. Both physicians were puzzled at
Manter's symptoms.
At II o'clock Or. Fishman, OF llS Riv-
ington street. the third physician. was
called. At that time Manter was un.
conscious. He remained 30 until he
| died, two hours later.
Or. Fishman went to the Eldridge
street station later and said that In his
opinion the man had taken some kind
| Of poison. A policeman was sent tc
guard the body until a coroner could be
| called to perform an autopsy.
| Mrs. Manter believes that her hus.
| band died of natural causes.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
Hot Days Spent In the Streets Try
ing to Keep Cool.
One Woman Sitting on . Doorstep
with n Dying Babe.


Read what an Evening World" ply
stefan says about the poor children, who
are Summering In New York:
at Is hard to describe the effect hot
weather has on the little ones In the
large tencments. I see them as go my
rounds. on the roofs, f're-escapes. In the
streets and alleyways seeking some
cool spot. The me theirs with their sick
babies sitting on the steps or on the
side OF the street. anywhere to get the
fresh al.
"One very sad case l met with during
the past week-a poor mother sitting on
the steps of a large tenement, weeping,
her babe dying In her arms. Away up
on the top floor OF rear tenement I
found two sick babies Frustrated with
heat and disease. 81 can but wonder that
there is not more sickness among these
people when ] see the manner In which
they live and the circumstances that
surround them.
zone mother told me that her hus-
band had been without work for two
months; they had four small children.
She was sick, yet she was trying to pro-
vide for them as best she could. As we
do not connne our work strictly to the
babies. I took charge OF this case. pre-
scribed for her and paid for her medi-
cine. have seen her since; she was
feeling better and very grateful.
"Others find who have been in better
circumstances. but owing to the lack
OF work have not even enough money to
buy medicine for their sick ones. |
have met a number of women who
told me they knew their child was
sick. but they had no money 10 have
,lEN-
gladly do all l can for, and many CRATE
ful words md God bless yous' I
hear from them"
Every dollar Will cure some ailing
child and every dime will help to make
dollar. If you can't subscribe n dollar
give the Babies Fund less.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
THE WORLD MOVES.

1t must have given the loyal English
men in the British House OF Commons
terrible shock yesterday to listen to
the remarks OF MIR. Kerr IInrdie. one
of the members, on the motion for a
congratulatory address to the Queen
upon the birth OF an heir to her grand
son. the Duke OF York.
Mr.. Hardie criticised the custom re-
curing the presence of the Home Sec
rotary on such occasions as one re-
garded as offensive by the people.
What did the people care whether the
They had not such high opinion of
the royal blood as to be anxious on
this point. The Prince of Wales was
hauled over the Goals as . specimen OF
the quality of "heirs apparent" and
It was predicted that in due course OF
time the child. now an infant. would
be travelling over the world with ru-
mors OF morganatic marriages in his
train"
A motion was made to stop Mr.. Har-
die from speaking. but at the request
of Sir william Harcourt 1t was with
drawn. and the irreverent member was
allowed to proceed. OF course. the ad-
dress to the Queen was adopted. but
who would have thought quarter OF
a century ago of such speech being
listened to in the British Parliament =
The world moves.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
Washing and Cleaning Gloves.

The sc-called washing gloves are an
excellent choice for utility purposes all
Summer. as they can be cleaned once
and again by washing them in water
that Is more than warm, but not scald-
Ing hot, using a bit OF pure white soap
In the process 1t is best to wash them
upon the hands. as the channels Ia less
likely to shrink in drying. Wash and
then rinse in clear water, and then dry
by rubbing with Turkish or other soft,
rough towel For kid gloves OF light
color. that are but slightly soiled but
not stained. there is no better mode Of
freshening than to wind a bit of oiled
silk around the finger. rubbing vigor-
ously to remove all traces Of the mark.
Any woman who tests this easy way Of
cleaning kid gloves will be sure to keep
thereafter a strip Of silk In her posses
sion. A quarter. or even an eighth, Of a
yard Is enough to purchase at once, as
in fancy dry-goods houses. where It Is
sold, It Is kept moist In large roll. and
Is thus very pliable. Moisten the silk,
however, when using
The evening world., 1894-06-29
Etiauette for Girls.

It Is a lady's place to recognize . sen,
tleman first. as 1t depends on her wheth
er the acquaintance continues or not. I
In entering a room the gentleman Il
ways follows the young lady.
Always rise for an older person.
The young lady always seats heraef
first before any gentleman will do so.
In making introductions the youni
man is always presented to the girl
never the other way round.
Never Introduce any young man q
your girl friends without first asllini
their permission, and then say: Mis-,
D., want to present Cor INTRODUCED MI
A. to you"
1t is sufficient to acknowledge an In
PRODUCTION by a simple bow. unless Their,
Is some special reason for more cordia
forms. Handshaking Is not In good forIl
In an introduction in a ballroom.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
ACCUSED BY HIS DAUGHTER.
Buokridge's Alleged Double Life
Discovered by a Child.
He Was Held for Trial on Wife No.
rs Complaint.

Charles Buckridge. small. red-faced
man OF thirty-one years. was committed
to prison on a charge OF bigamy by JUS
tice Feltner at the Yorkville Police Court
to-day. The complaint was made by
his first wife. Annie. to whom he was
married Nov. "a, 1880, and by whom he
has had six children. Only one Of them
Is living She is bright girl Of thirteen
years, named Marion.
Buckridge is a drummer for butter
house. and gave this reason for not
coming home regularly.
In october last, 1t is alleged. he made
the acquaintance Of Mary. O'Connor.
druggist. doing business at Forty
second street and Ninth avenue.
1t Is stated that she was going down
to her work as ,saleswoman In a dry
hsr Station shs had 20 only nH 'a feaa
cents with her and asked Buckridge,
who was seated next her II he would
tanceship was started. He called upon
her, representing himself as single
man, 4 Is alleged. and after a short
known as Charles Buckley.
The couple went to live In n furnished
room Mt 1902 East SiNty-ninth street. Re
cently tne parepts OF MS second wife
parents over and introduce them. He
| made some excuse and promised that
| he would on an early occasion.
second wife WITH his daughter, Marion
II is stated. and passed her on as his
| brothers child.
Marion thought that everything was
| not quite right and before leaving
the house she told that Buckridge was
her father and not her uncle. or
reaching home she told her mother
what she had seen and gave her the
location OF the house.
Mrs, Buckridge secured a warrant on
| Wednesday. Last night Buckridg,
visited wife No. l for the first time in
! a moLth. and she claims that he
| pleaded to her not to send him tc
prison. saying that wife No. 2 was will
Ing to give him up and he would never
| remain away from home again.
Mrs Buckridge did not relent, how
| ever. and he was locked up.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
Kitchen Timetable.

Early peas will boil in half or TIM
quarters of an hour; they are best
on with cold water; add salt VIII
nearly done.
String beans require two hours
more; the first water should always
poured off.
Lima beans will cook in three-quarteI
Of an hour; put on to cook in hot wateI
Asparagus will boil in three-quarteI
of an hour; use cold water.
Spinach will boil In fifteen minute(
use hot water
Summer beats will boil in one hour
use hot water.
Winter beets will require three hours
use hot water. %
Corn will boil in twenty min,
use hot water.
Onions will boil in one. and hal
hour; use hot water.
New potatoes will bbil in one-t
hour.
Dried corn must be soaked over mis-
Allow to cook one hour.
Summer squash Is better steamed, d
putting II in water makes It too watery
cook three-quarter of an hour.
Turnips require long time to cook
II cut thin they Will cook In an hour an
quarter. but II only cut in halves 1
will take two hours and half.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
Has Her Eye on Him.

To the Editor:
My youss man wrote . letter to 1.-THE Evening
World" asking II he would be wise to marry =
dressmaker' He don't know that know that he
wrote II. and that is why like to see him read
ing the answers. and cycling me eross-eyed to zee
II T eould really be bad his advisers say.
Some said do. but most Of EN- said don't, and
I'll answer for It that he won't: at least, not
this ono. I am a practical housekeeper and a
practical dressmaker. II I am to support myself
I don't want a man on hand bowling for regular
meals no matter how hard my trade 10 driving
me. II my husband is to support me no will
hnd me willing to devote myself to him and the
housekeeping. and able to his money. I'll be
the best Of wives, the best OF dressmakers. But
no woman be both. especially after she q
earned the title Of mother" The women who
try to run a business and bring up . family
are apt to make a bad Job OF both and a physi-
CO. wreck Of themselves. II they're left alone
In the world I say they're brave to try and Ill
their husbands place as we'll as their own. But
when . strapping young fellow asks his wife to
begin matrimony with q double load. and more,
starts in to ask strangers II they think he's
chosen a trade for his wife that will support him
comfortably. why-weil. he can count me out.
Am rishti DEITY NJ.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
flashed Drovvn Potatoes.

Chop two cold boiled' potatoes rather
fine. Take good-slzcd saute pan
an omelet pan IL best-pi1t In two table,
spoonfuls of butter. Wien hot turn in
the potatoes; dust with ialt and pepper,
and with a timber knife pat them down
into smooth sheet. Stand the pan over
moderate fire and cock slowly for
about ten minutes. Now begin at the
handle side of the pan and roll them over
and pat each roll down until you get to
the opposite side of the pan and the lo-
tatoes are in the shape of an onnelet1
Put your serving dish over the pan and
turn 1t upside down, 80 that the unded
side will be on top. and they are readJ
to serve.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
WHAT IT MEANS.

Mr. Croker complains that he has been
pcstcrcd by reporters. He refused TO be
interviewed before he sailed for home
on the Majestic. But he will find two dis
tlnguishcd Journalists on board. who
Will faithfully represent to THE
Worlds" readers an illustrated history
OF his six days trip. and all he said or
did that interests the people Of New
York or can throw any light on the
mystery of his sudden going and COM
Ing.
There IL a conviction in the minds OF
our home politicians that Mr. Croker
comes to resume control OF the Tam.
many orsanization-if he can get It, He
does not like the complexion matters
took us soon as he left for the Grand
prix. and he feared that a stu Crander
prize was likely to be lost to him and
his friends forever II NJ remained away.
Hts coming makes IT more probable
than ever that the straight" Repub-
lican ticket policy will be persevered In
by the Plat Republicans. II Croker
can again seize control OF Tam'nany.
bargain can readily be made to give the
State to the Plattites and the city to the
Tiger. The only doubtful question is.
can Croker again become the supreme
boss, and will Tammany now yield to
his rule however closely he may have
the districts bound up under his hench-
men. Can the district leaders prevent
an anti Croker revolution in the organ
izatiopo
The evening world., 1894-06-29

Beat three eggs very light with an
egg heater. add to them one cupful and
a half Of powdered sugar, and beat
with a spoon until the mixture is
creamy. Add one tablespoonful Of
lemon Juice and beat three minutes
longer. Put two cupfuls Of sifted -four
into the sieve. mix with It two level
teaspoonfuls of baking powder; add one
gill Of cold water to the beaten egg and
sugar, then sift In the -four and bak-
ing powder and beat WELL Pour lit
tie more than half this mixture into
two deep buttered tin plates. Pour the
remainder into a small cake pan. Bake
the part In the plates for twenty min
utes, and In the pan for twenty-five
minutes. The two round plates are for
the pies. and the sheet Of cake may be
used In the basket. II improves II
kept q day or two. Split the round
cakes and hli In with the prepared
cream, To make the cream. put three
giiis OF milk into the double boiler ana
place on the ore. Beat together n .
The evening world., 1894-06-29
MURDER INTENDED?
Spooner and Buckner Boys Held
for Drowning Young Costrillo.
Witnesses Say They Pushed Him
Overheard and Under Water.
Possibly the Outcome Of o Boys
Old Fcud.

william Spooner. thirteen years old,
OF 3i3 East one Hundred and Fourteen tn
street. and Ernest Buckner, thirteen
years old. OF 337 East one Hundred and
Fourteenth street, who are charged by
two other lads with having caused the
death by drowning of eight year-old
Samuel Costr,llo Of 352 East one Hun
dred and Fourteenth street, last Monday.
were committed to the custody of the
Coroner by Justice Weide In Harlem
Court this morning.
The body OF the drowned boy came
to the surface yesterday afternoon at
the exact spot where. according to wit
nesses, 1t had gone down few days
before
These witnesses are Luciano Snlvano.
fourteen years old. OF o2l0 First avenue,
They are the sons of italian laborers.
Mooney, OF the East One Hundred and
Fourth street station. yeste s1ay they
They gave the impression that they
were telling the truth as they repeated
the story Of the drowning to Justice
Welde to-day.
and Bucknet and the drowned lad. they
say were playing on the dock at the foot
OF East one Hundred and Thirteenth
street last Monday; Alongside of the
scow. At the bow Of the mud scow
was a rowboat.
There was no quarrel. the witnesses
all say, but suddenly spooper and Buck;
ner grabbed Costrilla BY his hands and
feet and SWING him overheard near the
bow OF the mud scow. Costrillo swan 10
the rowbOat and succeeded in getting
into II. Then. according to the same
uifnHgsaa SnDpner illnnGf into the lit l.
tie craft and pushed the lad into the
water again.
Costrillo sank Mt once. These. same
witnesses whose testimony would seem
to make Spooner and Buckner deliberate
murderers. say with the same simple.
ity. that at no time had there been any
quarrel between the boys.
Dock Department Buckner's mother /.
n widow. Both lads are said to be good
boys and their parents bsar eNcellen,
regulations.
While there Is an absence Of motive
to prompt l1uckncr and Spooner to com
nit n murder. they furnish what they
think Is motive for Spanger and Sal
vano to falslfy.
The accused boys say that the italian
lads stole their baseball and bat re-
Gently. and since that time there has
been bad feeling between them.
at One Hundred and Fourteenth street
at the time Costrillo was said to have
been drowned, a block away. and that
the last time they saw him was wher
they wer on their way to One Hundred
and Fourteenth street to battle.
They say that Costrillo was ther
struggling with another Italian boy whit
took him from his home to the dock
Spanqer and Saivano admit that the un
from his home The name OF this boy i
not known. but he Is known by sight.
! When Detective Mooney called Mt hi
| house this morning. the boys fathe
| said he did not know where his son was
| Mooney thinks that the father ha
hidden the boy, but expects to find hin
| TODAY,
The evening world., 1894-06-29
PROTECTING COMMERCE.

Dockmasters Monaghan nnd Coye,
who were implicated in Mr.. McLaren's
testimony before the Lexow Committee,
have resigned. Mayer Giiroys deterni-
nation tina; the charges preferred by Mr..
McLaren should be made officially be-
fore the Dock Board. 80 az to secure
the removal OF the men. brought abou:
Monashan's resignation yesterday. Soye
had previously resigned.
This is practical result dua to the
Lexow investigation. 1t Is one OF some
value too. The commerce. OF N. port
Is great deal too teavily hurdenei with
e"actions authorized by law withou, be.
ing subjected - such Illegal strikes
as an Illegal charge OF twenty-five dol
lars for the privilege Of landing good.
after all legal imposItions have beer
satisfied.
The Dock Departments action Is
movement in the right direction.
The evening world., 1894-06-29

Senator O'connor. Of the Lexow Com
mittse. says he would Ike 20 see platt
elected Governor. "BY.. OF course" he
adds. that would be out % the cues
ton" UnquesticneLly Il would be quite
out OF the question. Mr.. Piatt is quite
out Of any question with which New
York has anything 70 do. II Senator
OConnor doe. net raean 10 be humorous,
he IL singuiarly opaque. That It is.
however. q vein OF hcmor which he Is
working lie suggested by his further
remark in the same interview from
which the previous quotation is made
Speaking OF Kew Yorks municipal evils
be says: The only remedy ! can sug,
Eest Is . new CHI Ter. which a Repybl!,
can Legislature. packe5 by a Kepv u,
can Governor. Viii probably g.Y. tbs
city" This point lie certainly calcJlG ts1
to draw the suiil. Of even the Tiogs
boss himself
The evening world., 1894-06-29
Hygiene Of the Eye.

When the eyes are tired. rest them.
A little salt in cool water. filtered
through filtering paper. used as a wash.
will be found refreshing, but a sea bath
or a sail Is the best remedy. Never
Sit facing n strong light. Cross lights,
flashlights and varying colored lights
weary and strain the sight. Reading in
a car is a habit that only the thought
less indulge In. There is some mysteri-
Gus sympathy between the head and
feet, by virtue of which a foot-bath
will often soothe aching temples and
eyes Night work that is not absolutely
necessary IL dangerous, and the best
book that ever was written is not worth
reading in a poor light.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
Comic Duet--Up to Date.

"oh, I am a Captain bold" "And am his Ward
man true"
"And both together wen manage the weather
The troubles that threaten us. two"
II never have touched q cent" For the none,
was given to me"
"And every one knows Uake your thumb from
your rose)
That It came spontaneously
I'm far from a millionaire" edo you see
green speck in my eye!')
III you ask how We got real estate-such .
lot
Strict economy's our rcpiy!'
Protection. never permit" For he Is Z
strict Democrat"
''And green goods or saloons have never beer
boons
To swell our excheauer. Verb. sat-
Pantata" Why. mercy! what's thatT' "sucl
language we really must bar"
For In spite OF temptation to ruin our ma
tion,
We've always remained-what We areI"
ITO prove what We say we are eager" "ohi yes
We are wild to attest"
''And show every land. when We get on tn
stand,
That our force is the finest nd bestr"
LA ToUCHE HANCOCK.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
PRICE OF CLANS MAY GO UP
That Is, IL Policemen Keep on
Finding PenrIs In Them.

Police m John Brown, Of the General
Sessions building, exhibited this morn
ing what he believes to he genuine
pearl. the size Of II pea, which his son
George found while eating CLANS La,
evening.
The nnl resembles very much In color
the one discovered under similar cir
cumStances by Policeman NewschaeGf
the other day. Policeman Brown is go.
Ing 10 show II 10 jeweller to-day. lie
believes 1t 10 b.. worth between $50 and
Brown tves NJ sls W,s' One Hundred
and forty-siXth "trre: lie sent out last
evening and purchased q cents worth
Of clans from r pcddlcr In the neigh
bnrhocd known as Larry" George the
sou. ate several ur the hivalves. hut soon
complained Of something hard In space
between two teeth, where large tooth
hnd been. he eNtrac'si the somethins
with great difficulty nui found the prize
The policeman said this morning that
II would he wise not to make the matter
pubic, inasmuch as II might nave q
tendency 10 increase the price of clans
The evening world., 1894-06-29
WANTS HER LOST HUSBAND.
Mrs. Tobin Thinks He May Have
Been Murdered for Money.

Mrs Mary Tobin. OF School street,
Yonkers, called at Police Headquarters
this morning to make inquiries for her
husband. who has been missing from his
home for the last two weeks. Yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Tohin received a letter
bearing New York postmark and
signed J. Dillon, stating that her hus-
band was in Chambers Street Hospital,
and asking her to cal and see him
She WAS told at the hospital that her
husband had never been there. Mrs.
Tobin fears THAI her husband has either
met with some accident aud is confined
In some institution. or else he has been
fohlly dcalt with. There is no reason,
she says, why he should remain away,
rs his home life was happy.
Tic WAS temperate aaa Industrious
having worked IN Flags hat factory In
y mixers for nineteen years. He took a
considerable sum of money with him
when ne left home.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
SHOT HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Then Negro Williams Was Hanged
to n Pole for His Crime.


GREENVILLE. Tex. June 29.-The
town of Gulphur Springs. thirty-two
miles eat OF here, Is in high state of
excitement over the assassination OF
Mrs. Al Waltz and the shooting of her
husband. who is MORALLY wounded. by
John Williams, a negro, who was once
in their employ. The deed was com
United about o'clock last night.
Mr., Waltz is the proprietor of dairy
two miles south of Sulphur Springs.
While he and Mrs waltz were at the
corn pen the negro stole into the house,
procured shotgun. Law in wait and
shot them Most OF the charge took
effect in the body Of Mrs. Waltz, killing
her instantly, while her husband is so
dangerously wounded that he will not
recover.
The negro fed, hut was captured by
the Sheriff's posse near small sta
ton on the Cotton Belt Railroad. He
was conveyed back to Sulphur Springs
where an immense. mob secured the
negro and swung him from a nearby
telegraph pole. Several hundred shots
were fired into his swinging body.
The evening world., 1894-06-29
MRS. RODGERS ACCUSED.

Elizabeth Rodgers is under arrest at
Bellevue Hospital charged with commit
ting a criminal operation upon her
self.
DIR. F. w. Fabricum. the physician at
tending her could not say thos morning
whether she would recover or not. She
is2 West Ninety-seventh street. She be.
came very Ill there about 10 =. NJ. last
night. and a physician who was sum.
pnoned, discovered her condition and mott
he'd the police.
The woman said she had q husband
anything more about. herself.
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