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Castoria.

"C4storia is sowell adapted to children thSs
recommend it as superior toany prescription
known to me-
Fl. A. ARCHER, II. D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the childreR's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits CT Castoris has won look with
favor upon it,"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DtsPKNsARy,
Boston. Mass.
ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres,
u-ray Street, New York City.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
The percentages Of the League clubs
TODAY are:
THE BELAscos REcoNclLED.
David and Frederick Summoned to
Their Dyin: Mothers Bedside.

David and Frederick Beldsco left the
city last night to attend the bedside OF
their dying mother in san Francisco.
Yesterday morning .Dspld received a
| telegram from San FTsncisco announc-
ing that his mother was dying.
He then thought OF Frederick. who
was the youngest son. and a favorite In
the family, and who was confined on
Blackwelrs Island for failure to pay s.
per week to his wife.
His heart relented, and he went to
Lawyer Egan, attorney for Frederick 5
wife. and arranged terms under which
the prisoner should be released. What
those terms We're is not known,
Frederick came over from the island
last evening, and the meeting OF the
brothers at David's Office was most al
.ecting. They wept and fell into each
others arms. a,
The brothers took the pix o'clock train
on the New York Central last evening.
David IS widely known az q play.
prominenre is largely due to his DO.
nestle troubles. He IL an actor and
stage manager. He has been TOR weeks
prisoner on Blaekweil,s Island, be.
ordered His wife Is known on the
stage as Grace Wallace. and, accord
rsmotest need OF the S. D week her hus-
band was ordered to pay her.
She is said TO have a luxuriousiy
appointed fiat In slxty-hfth street. and
| 10 be passing the Summer at the High
| lands OF Navesink. She has been ire
| gIcntly seen among tbs, attendants At
| the roof gardens recently.
4 short time ago Frederick Belasco
| made complaint that his wife was un-
duly intimate with weil.known the
atriral man. She Immediately rets liated
- having him Arrested on the ground
| Of non-support.
| hsi him sent io B.ackwelrs Island for
| contempt OF Court, under the isr,
There is no doubt that David would
have done something to- release him, hut
about that time the brothers had a fan.
| Ing out They met one night at the
Casino stage entrance and had a fight
| David had somewha the better OF the
rally, as Frederick carried q black eye
| for a while. David inmediately issued
I public announcement that, he wal
| through with his brother and would moi
be responsible fol any OF his oh,iEa q ons
David has been set opEthat point, ant
offered nothing to arrange terms unde'
which Frederick might be released from
the island until yesterday.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
BAUMGART'S UNHAPPY LIFE.
Police Think He Again Attempted
to XIII Himself.

Paul Baumgart was taken to st. Vim
cents Hospital at o'clock this morn
ing from 2G2 Bowery. The ambulance
surgeon who made the superficial ex-
animation thinks that the man Is a
sufferer from heart disease. but the po-
lice are inclined to believe he attempted
TO commit suicide.
A lodger rushed out of the house at
262 Bowery just before o'clock. and
told Policeman Pollock, who was near
by, that there was a man in the house
who was very Ill.
exclaimed. well, he's done 1t again.
has hep"
NO" moaned the man. mot done 1t
again. am very sick" An ambulance
was then called
Just one year ago Baumgart who is a
waiter. twenty-eisht years old was found
one morning in the lodging house at 2ss
laudanum. 1t was Policeman Pollock
who vas called al that time, too. Baum
gar; mad written letter, saying that
his wife had deserted him. and he didn't
came up in the Tombs Court, for he didn't
take enough laudanum to kill him, the
strongly in his favor She told a pathetic
story of lonely man mourning for A
truant wife. Justice Martin was affected.
and discharged Baumgart with a warn
ing. Baumgart went back to live In
the lodging houses.
After that Policeman Pollock met the
man often In the street; They spoke
always CT the same thing.
You haven't tried to Kill yourself
since. have ysu?" the policeman used to
ask
NO. no; yet" Baumgart would In
Var!ab'y reply.
While the ambulance was on it's way
to the clearinghouse this morning the
policeman looked mad. HE left letter
before, and ! guess there's another one
| here some where" he remarked
Sure enough, under newspaper on
little table, there was letter. written
| in German, addressed 10 Baumgart $
father. 1t spoke about the wife OF Baum
! CART, ANA said she was dead to him. Con-
| tinulns, 1t said:
| IN eat as long as have anything to eat
but as soon as / have nothing more to eat
| viii die ,,,,. .L,,,
there Was any evidence OF laudanum
bur said c.oser examination would
| have TO be made at the hospital.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
TO CHOOSE A MAYOR.
Chamber of Commerce Has a Com
mittee of One Hundred Plan.
Modelled After the Brooklyn system
that Elected Schieren.

Mr.. Gustav II. Schwab. OF the Cham
Der OF Commerce and the German Amer
lean Reform Union. admitted this morn
ing that an effort was being made by
members OF the Chamber of Commerce
to organize a Committee of One Hun
dred to take charge of the Mayor
atty campaign. Further than that Mr..
Schwab would say nothing.
1T is too early to talk about the mat
ter yet" he answered. when pressed
for details.
The Chamber of Commerce movement
is the outgrowth OF a meeting OF the
Vice Presidents and Executive Commit
tee of that body held some time ago, by
invitation OF President A. Il. Orr, and
he Is probably responsible for the sus-
gestion of a Committee OF one Hundred
1T Is a Brooklyn idea. Mayor Schieren
was selected as a candidate by a Com
mittee of One Hundred. Mr.. Orr Is a
resident OF brooklyn, and was promi-
nent In the reform movement over there
last year"
A petition Is being circulated for the
signatures OF one hundred solid men who
WIFI stand sponsors for, the political bu.
reau OF the Chamber OF Commerce. The
names so far obtained are Withheld. but
rumor has 1t that Cornelius y. Bliss and
Cornelius Vanderbilt have authorized
their names to he used.
The entrance of this new element into
the canvass complexities matters all the
mere. AS II is not known what the
plans and obj Gets of the Chamber OF
Commerce political managers are 1t Is
uncertain what action the Anti-Tam-
many factions. with organizations at
their backs will do.
The Independent County Organization
Is ready. however. to unite with any
combination that will defeat Tammany
Hall.
In the absence of ex-Mayor Grace in
Europe, none of the leaders OF the State
Democracy here is willing TO say what
the organization will do. 1t is the State
Democracy's intention to send a con
testing delegation to Saratoga, and that
Is taken to mean that the Grace faction
will run a straight ticket to sustain their
claim of being "A regular Democratic or.
ganiZation.
1t is also tolerably certain that Mil.
holland, unless he Is called off, will run
straight ticket. II the regular Republi.
cans combine with the anti-Tammany'
ties
The evening world., 1894-08-24
A NEGRO IN HER Red.
Attempts to Assault Mrs. Torrsy
When She Awakens.
The Woman and Her Mother Fight
Desperately with the Intruder.
He Is Finally Driven Away and Cts.
zens Are Now Hunting Him.

MERCHANTvILLE, N. j., Aug. a..
Mrs. james Tcrrcy is the comely young
widow of Mr.. Torrey, who when alive
was cashier of the Philadelphia National
Bank. She resides with her mother and
son in Il comfortable house on one of the
principal thoroughfares.
Mrs. Torrey Is both respected and adj
mred by all who know her. When shs
awoke at o'clock this morning she
found some one in her bed beside her.
She thought IL was her young son Jamss,
who has been i'll. James occupied a Ss1
in the adjoining chamber. Mrs. Torrey
thought the boy had came into her room
during the night and had gotten into
bed with her.
She shook his arm to arouse him, but
he did not reply. The room was half
dark. nevertheless Mrs. Torrey quickly
recognized that the arm she held was
not that of her boy. She dropped &c
quickly and sprang from her bed In
terror. At the same moment the form
beside her jumped up and proved to Be
burly colored man.
He grabbed the young woman by the
throat. She struggled with him. In
their struggle they upset the table. The
noise Of the struggle and the crash OF
the falling table aroused Mrs. Torrey's
mother. who rushed into the room. She
lighted the gas In the bright light she
saw her daughter In the grasp of the pow
erful negro. The negro seized the young
woman In his arms, threw her upon the
bed and attempted to assault her.
Mrs. ,Torrey and her mother fought the
and they tore his flesh with their finger
nails. The noise brought in Mrs. Tor
rey's young son from his sick-bed, He
quickly went to the rescue Of his mother
AMI grandmother.
The negro by this time was getting
the worst OF the struggle. and, seeing
the boy come up to reinforce the two
wrenched himself loose from the two
women and escaped.
IL Is evident that the purpose of the
negro In entering the, room. was not
burglary, for two pocketbooks and .
gold watch lay on the bureau undis-
turbed.
The negroes intentions were mani.
testify of the vilest nature. Upon enter
ing the room he had fixed the windows
and doors for an easy exit 1t is prob
his getting into the bed with her.
Mrs. Torrey is now sick in bed and 10
Frustrated from her dreadful experiences.
hunt was then instituted for the
looking for him. He had quite start
on them, however, and has not yet been
caught. ff
1t is not unlikely that lynch Law may
be resorted to II he Is caught before the
authorities get him. The citizens have
coney and that OF Marie Miller. Both
murders shocked the entire country.
| They we're of the most brutal ordofs
Both murders are still unayengedS
The evening world., 1894-08-24
willie" Days Record.

William D. Day. widely known among
athletes as willie" Day, the crack
runner of the New Jersey Athletic Cub.
was born in Elizabeth, N. j.. Dec. 10
1869. He was feet 1-2 inches in height
and weighed stripped for a contest.
about liz pounds.
His first appearance on a track was
in the handicap games of the Twelfth
Regiment. Dec. II. 1888, when he finished
third in a one and half mile race. At
the A. A. U. meeting in Madison Square
Garden, a short while afterward, he
won the one mile handicap from the one
hundred yard mark in 4.37 is:
He finished good third in several
subsequent contests, and his first VIC
tory was at the handicap run of the
Pastime A c. over the Fort George
course, Feb. Fl, 1889. He then became
famous as a cross-country runner AMI
secured the championship on May 4, 1889.
on May II of the same year he. won
the three-mile run at the N. j.. A. &.
games in Is minutes 20 40 seconds from
scratch. and his great tWo-miie steepie
at the Staten Island Athletic Club
games. The time of this famous race
was 10 minutes and Al seconds. June Il.
ran second in the three-mile run to p,
u. Skillman, who won in 10 minutes IL IL
seconds.
o't =. 1858, was tne udte VI
steeplechase performance, when he made
a record of ten miles In 81 minutes
3S 20 seconds. This was at the National
CROSSE Country Association games. A
we tx later No 2, he ran four miles in
20 minutes q 10 seconds behind the best
amateur record, held by F.. {. Carter,
His record OF 50 minutes 30 20 SECONDS
ten-mile time of W. G. George, the Eng
lish champion But George himself ad-
mtted while here that his time In Eng
land was not better than Days perform
ance here.
Then Day began attacking records in
earnest May u. 1890 he ran IL miles
in 7.02 Al, the best American time ever
miles in SIS / o. which also stands as
the best amateur performance at that
distance. His performances at greater
distances achieved also the best amateur
records, and are MS follows: May IT, 1880,
2 miles in 9.32 S-5; May 80, 1880, IL miles
same day. 8 miles in 1879. On Feb: 10,
1890, he had run . miles on board floor
| in Brooklyn in l5.12 20. He ran miles
| in record time a the club grounds NOV.
| lG 1889. making the distance in 2Ol5 49,,
| his time at "a miles being 1901, also
the Staten Island Club games Oct; rs,
| 1889 is still the American record, 52.3S IS.
Day was young man Of apparently
delicate physique, and puzzled athletes
and trainers, who vainly tried to figure
wherein lay his wonderful speed and
endurance. He was careless in train
ing, not working faithfully, in prepare
fornlances. He was an inveterate
smoker OF cigarettes, which, he used to
say. had strangely not affected his
| mind.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
RUN OVER ON WALL STREET.
Little Alfred Buensod Probably
Fatally Injured.
Pushed by n stranger, lie Fell be-
fore II Wagon.

Alfred. the eight year-old son OF Henry
Buensod. janitor OF the Wilks building
at Is Wall street, was run over and prob
ably fatally injured shortly before noon
to-day In front OF the Sub-Tr"asury.
The boy was crossing Wall street dag
onally from the north side evidently
making a short cut to his house. There
liz a steep down grade ut this point. and
when he was midway across Il wagon
drove rapidly down the street.
Coming from the direction opposite I;
that taken by the boy was IA tail, we'll
dressed man. who gave the boy "A shove
lust as the wagon came along. The boy
fell. and before the driver could bring his
horse to a halt both wheels passed over
the lads body.
The boy was carried, shrieklng with
pain, to Wilson's pharmacy, | Wall
street. Among the crowd attracted by
the accident was the little victim =
father, who at first did not know that
the injured boy was his son. When he
caught sight of the little fellow, who
was then being carried into the drug
store, the father exclaimed:
My boy! My poor little Alfred, what
have they done to you
Buensod fell upon his knees beside his
son, who was grooming most pitifully.
and called to the boy. in endearins
teTI1s. Nntn tne bON tdlIe0 10 recognize
him his grief broke iCrth in "A fresh par
oxysm OF sobs. He insisted upon taking
the hoy home, ana two fashlunably
dressed young brokers carried the lad
there between them, the father follow
Ing.
Ambulance Surgeon Cutter, of the
Chambers Street Hospital made an cX.
animation of the boy. and found that
he had received a fracture of the rib
and serious Internal injuries.
The driver OF the wagon, Patrick
Fahey II pickle dealer at $50 Mulberry
street, was arrested and locked up In
| the Old slip station-house. On-lookers alb
solve him from all blame. and say that
II was all the fault of the well-dresscd
stranger, who hurried away In the
crowd after he had pushed the boy.
Lawyer BidwelI Killed by n Horse
ny Associated PresS.)
| WlNsTED. Conn. Aug 2t.-Lawyer W. W Bid
well aged seventy, of Coulnsvilie. this state wa!
killed by a runaway horse on his farm this morn
| Ing Death was instantaneous.
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would be killed. A few days later he
was arrested on the charges of embez-
element mentioned.
A weI-known gentleman, residing at
Bergen Point, who is an intimate asso-
ciate OF the dead athlete, stated to an
Evening World" reporter that Days
financial troubles could have had noth-
ing to do with his suicide.
Inc boy was bounded to DEATH" he
said. shortly after he got into the
woman scrape he began drinking, some
charge Of embezzlement against him
grounds for civil action.
In addition to that. Willie's brother
stood ready to make good the amount.
He ran away to Rockaway after being
shot at, and wrote TO me from there that
he would return and face the matter.
matter never bothered him at all.
What worried him were the contempti-
bic paragraphs that have appeared in
one of the daily papers, instigated by
the brother of the woniIn in the case.
"Wiilie's father Is eighty-four years u
age. and his mother over seventy years
old. His suicide means death to the Old
folks. Prior to his departure for Rock
away he was feeling very badly over his
difficulty. and it was feared then by some
of his associates that he might do some
thing rash, but when he wrote and said
ne would come BACK ana lace the tr0u-
BILE we all felt that he would atone for
any thoughtiess wrong he had committed
and that would end the matter.
His brother knew Of his trouble, but
In New Orleans, and has always been
popular in Bergen Point. notwithstand-
Ing the persistent notices that have APP
peared TO the effect that he was losing
cast socially and all that sort OF rub
bish.
willie Days death Is directly. due to
the bounding Of one man, and he Is
generally known to the members of the
athletic club"
The evening world., 1894-08-24
THE WARD MUST. SUE.
Decision of Justice Bartlett In tAo
Scudder Estate TaAqle.


Scudder Estate TaAgle.
Justice Bartlett, in the 6urisme
Court. Brooklyn, this, morntng handed
down decision which II designed to
clear up a tangle in the estate Of the
late William C. Scudder. Of Huntington
l.. I.
Mr.. Scudder died intestateI on Arri1
a. 1886. leaving an estate valued ~
about 10000, mostly ir suffolk Coun-
ty property. His heirs were his moths
er. Mrs Mary Skidmore. who died Nov.
2. 1888; his wife, Elizabeth; two brothers,
Henry and Israel, and sister, Nary
who Is now the wife OF Abel G. Vail
on Sept. 49, 1898, Henry Scudier weo
declared insane. Douglas Conklin was
appointed guardian Of the estate. which
was left in the care of Mrs. Vail. some
time ago Conklin began an action IN
PARTITION in order that his ward could
get the benefit Of his share Of the ess
tate.
Judge Bartlett holds that Conkiin cans
not proceed in that way. He says he
must make the lunatic the p.aintih In
the suit, suing through Conkiin. as hia
guardian. He holds that a guardian OF
a lunatic's estate cannot sue in his own
name for a partition of property In
which his ward is the interested party
The evening world., 1894-08-24
JAMES C. CARTER ELECTED.
New York Lawyer Honored ny the
Bar Association.
u}y Associated Press }

SARATOGA, \. Y. AUG. 2l.-The
American Bar Association this morning
resumed the consideration OF the re-
ports OF the several committees. The
resolution providing for the appointment
Of a committee to go before Congress
and oppose any legislation relating 70
pntents that are considered injuriuus
was reconsidered and tabled The Assu
citation now proposes to refer the matter
10 the newly formed section, composed
entirely OF patent lawyers.
The Committee on Nominations re-
ported the following officers, who were
elected: President, James c. Carter, OF
New York; Secretary, John Huxley. ot
Baltimore, Treasurer, Francis Rawle, OF
Philadelphia; Executive Committee, .the
above, and also John Randolph Tucker
OF Virginia: George A. Mercer. OF Geor'
gia; Alfred Hemenway, of Massachu'
The evening world., 1894-08-24
TOTTEN'S AFTERTHOUGHT.
Employed 10 Purchase Property
lie Kept the Deed Himself.

Mrs Lizzie j. Canda, wife of John NJ
Canda, of the firm of Canda & Kane.
building muerial dealers OF New York,
is to get possession OF piece OF prop
erty on Thirteenth street, BROOKLYN
which had been withheld from her by
John Totten, real estate agent by de-
cision of Justice Bartlett in the SUI
preme Court, Brooklyn.
The papers in the case show that on
Feb. Is last, Totten was employed to
buy the property at auction by Mrs
Csnda Totten paid $3.50 for the prop
erty. and took the deed in his own
name.
Notwithstanding several requests for
the deed, Totten refused to make the
uroperty over 10 Mrs. Canda. claiming
that he bought II for himself.
Judge Bartlett scores Totem in the
following strong language: MIR, Tot
lens recollection as to some matters
was 50 confused and contradictory that
| cannot resist the impression that the
idea OF claiming the property for him
self was an afterthought."
The evening world., 1894-08-24
SMASHED THE PLATE.
The First Shell Fired Demonstrated
Its Superiority.
(By Associated Fregs.,

SANDY HOOK. N. j., Aug. 4.-At the
proving ground the test Of the Chase
CAN'T plate took place this noon in the
presence Of a number of distinguished
VISITORS who witnessed the fight OF shell
against armor.
The dimensions Of the plate are five
feet by six. and ten and a half inches
thick, and II vas to be tested In compe-
tition with Harveyized plates. 1t was
mounted and bolted against strong
oaken backing. The pro1ectiles intended
piercing shells of eight-inch calibre.
The first shot fired broke the plate In
three triangular pieces. The shell went
through and WAS found imbedded In the
oaken backing just back Of the plate.
Another shot was fired, which broke
the top section OF the plate in several
pieces and went into the sand butt.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETS.
II Hears a Tribute from Lawyer
Hoye to NewtOwn Creek.

LONG ISLAND CITY, l.. T., Aug. "a
The State Board OF Heath Is now in
session In Mavor Sanford's ONCE in the
City Hall. 1t was expected that the
Board would convene at 10 o'clock this
morning. but il did not do so until nom.
The members present were Drs. Edwards.
chairman; Or: 3o,Iponohuf' DIR. Barnes
As soon az the preliminaries had been
arranged Lawyer Stephen Hoye, repre-
senting the Seventeenth Ward Citizens
Association, got up ana addressed the
Board. He told them all about the vie
doors that arose from Newtown Creek.
before been smelled under the canopy OF
Heaven. He said that his Associa tior
was determined to wipe away ali those
State Board did not do Its duty. The
Board Is still in session.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
REJECTED LOVER SUES.
Want. Damage. Tor Having Bes>s
Thrown Out of the House..

Thrown Out of the Hcase.
NEWARK. N. j., Aug. A-Lawyee
Frank McDermitt has, on behalf 81
Adolph Gutkais. a photographer. OF 2o9
East Eighty-fourth street. New York,
begun a suit for damages against Albert
Lechner and his wife, Of So springneid
avenue. this city. ~
Gutlsais was engaged to be married
II Is alleged, to young girl, BI14
Giles, who lived with the Lechners. He
came to see his betrothed last Wednees
day night accompanied by Mrs. Giesr
the mother of the girl. Since her arrival
in Newark it seems that the girl has ex-
perienced a change In her feelings for
Photographer Gutkais, and wanted Ia
have no more to do with him. When
Gutkais appeared on the scene she re-
fused to see him. She and her sister
were in bed when their mother ana
Gutkais came to the Lechner ,domicile.
The latter insisted that the girl should
get up and entertain him as usual. but
she refused to do so. Lechner was po-
iitely told to leave the house. This. 10
Is alleged. he wouldn't do. and finally
Mrs Lechner concluded to throw him
out. She sailed into him in lively style,
II Is stated, and when the CONFLICT ended
the photographers face was scratched
and his clothing torn. The suit whtcn
he brings will be heard on Aug.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
HASN'T RECEIVED THE NOTE.
Said to Have been Written to Clark
by n Suicide

When John Swift, formerly OF Brook
lyn, committed suicide at Richfield
Springs on Thursday, 1t was said that
he left note addressed to his friend
Robert Clark, of 20 Broadway. this city.
Mr.. CLARK is employed in the offices Of
the Standard Oil Company at that ad-
dress. and when seen to-day by a re-
porter for The Evening World" said
he had not received the note, and de-
clned to say anything about Swift, who
married Utica girl year ago.
On Wednesday last Swift and his wife
Swift became Respondent and shot him
self In the Scotch cap factory where he
was employed.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
MURDERED IN HIS STORE.
MehItretter shot Tire" Times by &
DISCHARGED ETIpIO!ee,
lBN AssolIlIel NTts.-l

BUFFALO, Aug, Zi.-CaH Lower, a
Pole. walked into the tailor shop OF
Mehltretter Bros, at 3s7 Broadway,
this afternoon. and putting a revolver
shot three times at Alois Mehltretter.
All of the shots took effect. The in.
Jured man was removed TO the Fitch
Hospital. where two bullets have been
extracted. Chances for recovery are
slight.
Pole was caught by a plucky shoe
maker as he was running away and
turned over TO the police. He had been
discharged by the arm. He was prob
ably insane. ..r.