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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06

"A missive whereupon hung his fate
directed to Lisa Segrist. For he had
learned to love the shy, gentle girl and
lacking courage to tell her so in words
he had put the substance of his hearts
hope on paper.
From the Tost-oficc he went directly
To old Jcsssup's law sanctum.
"Have you paid out that $40 900 ac-
oording to my orders?" he said
Il paid 1t to-day, with legal interest,
both simple and compound. for five
years" answered Jessup succinctly.
Il orly wish | knew whom 10 thank
for this stepping-stone to fortune"
old MIR. Sesrist, who was sitting by,
looked up queerly. over the tops OF his
spectacle glasses.
what would you give to know, Guy?"
said he
Half | am worth" was the lmpulsive
answer
We'll" chuckled the old man, II can
tell Yuu On Chcaucr terms than that.
was bound over to secrecy for five years,
hut the tine was up last week. Your
mysterious good angel was none other
than my little niece Lisa"
kirkwood colored-his heart gave a
great upward bound. Lisa. his Lisa!
lie turned silently away and left the
ONCE.
"a curious way OF acknowledging a
favor!" cried Mr.. segrist. little tes-
lily.
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CONVICT OPENED THE SAFE.
Joliet Secretary Applies to Prison
for an Expert Burglar.
tBy Associated Press. }

ny Associated PressD
JOLIET, Ill, Sept. 6.-One OF the most
remarkable safe-opening feats ever ac-
complshed in this country was per-
formed last night by Douglass, a TWEEN
ty-flve-year convict at the State prison.
Douglass has noted career as a safe
opener, and has been called upon many
times to open safes OF the business
men in this city. while several safes
OF other towns have been brought to
the penitentiary for Douglass to open.
In every case he has succeeded.
Yesterday Secretary James OConnor,
of the National Loan and Homestead
Association. called on Warden Allen
and said the combination OF his safe
failed to work, and that he could not
get into it. Allen sent Douglass with n
deputy to O'Connor's office. and he
worked for three hours, but failed to get
the safe open: Douglass was greatly
disappointed. He wanted to try again.
and after two hours work the doors
were opened, and Douglass went back
TO the prison happy. He said that he
never failed to open safe.
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HEM" continued Mr.. Jessup. There
say 'thank'e,' and some who feel too
much. My client. l rather think. be-
longs TO the latter class. l do not be-
lleve he Is ungrateful."
Nor | neither-on the whole" said
MIR. Segrlst, repenting him of his haste.
AS for Guy. he went straight to Lisa.
Lisa" he said, Il have written you
a letter which you will probably re-
ceive tomorrow morning. but 1 cam
not wait for II to come now. l have
learned now whose hands lifted me from
the deeps OF poverty and discourage
ment-whose hidden bounty carved out q
new path for me. Lisa. there is but one
way TO pay you; to give you myself
and my whole heart, II you will deign
to accept the poor return"
Lisa had grown very pale and quiet.
NO" she said. II accept no mere
tribute OF gratitude"
But, Lisa, the letter which / wrote
to you before l heard these things-the
letter asking you TO be my wlfe-you
must answer that now" he pleaded, re-
fusing to let go her trembling hand.
You have said no to my second offer
what say you to my first?"
The roses hid returned TO Lisa's
cheek. the soft light to her eyes. as she
put the other hand willingly in Kirk
woods and answered, ~Yes."-Hamilten
Times. n, VI II. L. u
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HER TWO PROPOSALS.
Lisa REFUSED the Second Before Receiving
the First.

"Too much press Of canvas and too little
ballast. 1t Is a pity; he was a good
young fellow enough and this will throw
him back twenty years
Lisa sat thinking with her pansy eyes
fixed intently on the pattern OF the
tablecloth. her red lips apartuntil her
sisters clear. blrd-like voice aroused her
from the temporary abstraction.
Upon my word. Lisa" the elder cried
merrily, II do believe you are In a
trance. Why don't you answer my ques-
tion?"
Lisa started. both cheeks suddenly
crimsoning
I'll was thinking. Cora, What was
It you asked mer
about our ball dresses for tomorrow
evening"
"oh. Cora" cried downright Lisa,
"how can you talk about ball dresses
when-when you remember who was 70
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06

II was bright Winter morning and
'ar' segrist's two pretty nieces had just
.O"e downstairs fresh as Hebe. Very
pretty girls they were, in a delicate,
"on,ahly fashion, although nobody
NJ u,u ever have been reminded by them
me Venus de Medici, and not an
srt'st had ever thought of asking them
d. st Tor Madonna. 1t Is the every
NaS ~, style OF beauty that wears the best.
70 % ne has failed, has hep" said Cora
ner uncle who had just been promul-
HIS the news of the day from be-
b s MS newspaper. What a pity! and
80 so nice and agreeable"
bor aled!-Mr. Kirkwoodp echoed Lisa,
bI Ir cheek losing a shade or so of its
ham, 49, On uncle. how did that
sa,d most failures happen. my dear"
u Mr. segrist. folding up his paper.
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WOMAN PEDDLER HELD.
A Big Crowd Followed When q
Policeman Arrested Her,

Among the thirty-odd push-cart ped
dlers arraigned before Justice simms in
Essex Market Court to-day was Fannie
Jacobs. a widow. twenty-eight years
Old. OF Hester street She held a
three-year-old boy In her arms and
was sobbing bitterly.
Policeman Joseph b. Kelly, OF the
Eldridge street station, who arrested
the woman last night, appeared from
his testimony to be very bitter against
her. This, II was said. was because
a crowd OF about thousand people
followed Kelly and his prisoner to the
stationIhouse and cried Shame" This
Is said to have greatly rolled the
officer.
Kelly said that the woman remained
In one place longer than twelve min
utes. and that she was a common null
sance to the neighborhood. He said the
child had been handed her to excite
the Courts sympathy.
Justice Simms hesitated for some
time, but finally held the woman in
default Of $50 bail for trial at Special
Sessions.
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WOMAN HANGS HERSELF.
Mrs. sorcn HRnsOn's Dead Body
Cut Down by Her Son.

PERTH AMBOY, n. j., Sept. 6.-Mrs.
Soren Hanson, aged thirty-five years,
and the mother of six children, hanged
herself last night while temporarily in
sane. Her husband is in Springfield work.
ing for Perth Amboy firm, and word
was sent to him. He will be home to-
day.
Mrs Hanson spent yesterday after
noon with neighbor, and there was
nothing in her manner that would in
dictate she was insane. She did not in
dictate that she contemplated suicide. Her
eldest son, nine years Old, found her body
swinging to and fro in the old wood
shed back OF the house.
The Coroner was notified. but he de-
cided that an inquest was unnecessary.
The body was delivered to an UNDER
taker, VINO will prepare 1t for burial. The
boy who found the body cut 1t down be-
fore giving an alarm.
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TRIPPED UP THE GIRLS.
Finley Is IL Hard Character Accord
ing TO the policcmnn

David Finley. eighteen years old. of 22s
East Eleventh street was sentenced to
the island for six months by Justice
Simms, In the Essex Market Police
Court to-day. He was arrested by Park
Policeman Nugcnt in Tompkns Park
last night, while engaged In tripping up
girls and women.
When arrested, Finley. so the police
man says, drew "A penknlfe from his
pocket lie was disarmed before he
could use II.
'He Is n notorious loafer." said the po-
licemnn. lie belongs to the Dry-Dock
Gang. and HIS given me lots of trouble.
ON the way 20 the station-h house | was
followed by the gang, and two OF them
came behind me and seized me by the
throat, and almost choked me. | threw
my prisoner down and placed my foot on
him while | drove the gang away, with
the assistance of several brother off,
GERS"
Finley said he accidentally jostled
against the girls, and they fell down.
lie declared that he belonged to no gang.
and that he was never arrested before
In his life
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WOULD SWIM TO QUARANTINE
sailor johnson Imagined Himself
% Marine Freak.

Charles johnson Is a blue-eyed light
haired Swedish sailor. who never tasted
liquor until several days ago, when n
disappointment he met with caused him
to take 30 drink
He drank heavily all day yesterday.
and at night left his home at 2l5 East
Thirty-fifth street, and wandered Town
the North River front to the Battery.
There he was seized with variety Of
odd notions. He wanted to get into
the Aquarium Building, imagining that
admjttance he said he would Mace Rim.
self In Quarantine.
He jumped in the water and struck
out for the Staten Island shore. He
was pulled out by the harbor police and
sent to Chambers Street Hospital.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06
WHO LOST THE BAG?
Willis Holly, Mayor GiIrOy's Pri-
vate Secretary, Claims II.

Willis Holly, Mayor Gilroy's private
secretary, called at Police Headquarters
to-day to claim handbag containing
trinkets and small sum OF money.
He said the bag and its contents, which
were found in a Sixth avenue store.
were the property of a lady residing
temporarily at Rockaway, and that he
put in the claim to save the lady the
trouble OF taking journey to New
York.
Mr. Holly refused to divulge the lady
name. nor would he state in what par
ticular store the handbag was found.
Mrs Gilroy, wife OF the Mayor, is said
to be stopping at RockaWay.
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WANTED IN CHICAGO.
The Alleged "Badger" WORKERS. to
Appear before Gov. Flower.

Justice O'Brien, of the Supreme Court,
to-day dismissed writs OF habeas corpus
issued last week for Annie Belmont,
Charles Belmont, Kitty Raymond and
William Raymond who were arrested
at the Grand Central Depot last week
upon their arrival from Chicago.
The arrest was made upon a telegram
from Chicago. charging the quartet with
having secured 5000 from a wealthy
Kansas City merchant by means of the
badger game"
The prisoners were then taken to the
Tombs Police Court, where they were
rearraigned before Justice Grady.
Detective LOTUS, of the Chicago Cen
trial Office. with Detective-Sergt. Valley,
of his city, was present In court with
requstion papers from Illinois. The
prisoners were discharged into the GUS
tody OF the detectives.
Gov. Flower cent word to Inspector Nc
Laughlin to produce the prisoners before
him at the Gates House. Syracuse, to-
morrow afternoon.
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SUICIDE IN A SALOON.
Disgraced Montreal Man shoots and
Ellis Himself.

MONTREAL, Sept. &C. A. LAPEL
leur, aged twenty-four years, blew his
brains out last evening In the back
room of a Chaboillez Square saloon. In
August, 1893, Lapeilleur, who was a
clerk in the City and District Savings
Bank, robbed .nal institution of several
thousanG dollars and fed to Chicago.
His father sold what little property he
had and made good the banks loss.
The disgrace weighed so heavily on
him that he died In the November fol-
lowing his sons crime.
Lapeilleur returned to the city, but
was not prosecuted. His career was
ruined, however, and he has been out
of work ever since.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06
SAYS JACOB is FALSE.
Annie FinkeIstein Wants $4,000
for Alleged Breach OF Promise.

Anrie Finkelstein had Jacob Barnett
arrested on an order from Justice Nc
earthly, OF the City Court, in which bail
was fixed at $500, in an action she has
brought against him to recover $4,000
damages for breach of promise of mar
rage. She says they met early last
March, and that on March q he asked
her to marry him, and she agreed to the
proposition.
In order to get furniture, she says, she
let him have $500, which she had long
been saving, and which constituted all
her wealth. He has since failed to mar
ry her or to return the money.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06

Adolph Erickson. young painter from New
Haven. appeals to THE Evening World" to help
him hnd lost sister. for whom he has been
advertising unsuccessfully and has searched high
and low. She IL Annie Erickson, twenty-one
years old she had been domestic in New
Haven, when. in the Fall OF 1892 she came 10
New York. Information sent to Adolph Erickson
it2 East ftftieth street. would relieve anxious
brother.
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ARRESTED IN A CIVIL SUIT.
Kntz Accused of Obtaining Goods
by INSTRUMENTATION

Meyer Kata was arrested late yester-
day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Walger-
ing and lodged In Ludlow Street Jail
upon a charge OF procuring goods upon
false representations from Jacob Cohen
e. Co.
The plaintiffs allege that Katz secured
S26935 worth of goods upon a statement
that he had invested $500 in his business
and owed but $500. Tnis, the plaintiffs
allege, was false. and they began a suit
for the amount alleged to be due and
had katZ arrested.
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Judge Priest to Qualify.

st LOUIS. Sept. 6.--Generai Attorney San
f'lest of the Missouri Pacific system. has ten
Gered his resignation to Vice-President Warner
Re VIII qualify tomorrow as Judge Of thu
United States District Court for the Eastern
District Of Missouri. to which Office he was re
Gently appointed.
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Accidentally Shot His Brother.

tDy Associated Press.)
ACNE Fla, Sept. 6.-Miss Ella Dufance shot
her brother Willie in the breast last night, in
fictlng a mortal wound. John Tillis Ella +
lover was at the Durance home, and the young
lady was playing with his pistol when It was
the bullet striking her brother,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06
Found Dead In a NurrcrN.

Kate Fitzgerald. twenty two. OF 5Oi Canal street.
employed In the nursery In the Chidrens Hos
pital. Fifty seventh street and Lexington ave-
INK
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Half Rates TO Pittsburu.

Excursion tickets VIA Pennsylvania Railroad
Sept to li good to return until and incIudi NC
Sept. 25 account q. A. X. -
The news boy., 1894-11-03
ABOUT THE WOMEN.

WOMEN in the state of New York, ex.
elusive Of New York city, own $780,.
324;172. In 571 localities 143, ,713 women
pay taxes. The women Of Boston pay
taxes on s12O,O0O,Ooo.
LADY SOMERSET Is as indefatigable
worker as Miss Willard. During the
last year she held lis meetings, 81
conferences, travelled over 5000 miles
and spoke in 20 counties to about 2oO,-
600 people.
A SISTER of the late Mr.. Spurgeon
preached twice recently to crowded
congregations at the handsome church
in Hampstead road, in connection with
the service. Her manner is impressive
and she bears personal resemblance
to her eminent brother.
AT n recent examination In Philadel-
phia for hospital post open to the best
qualified physician, there were seventy
six men and eight women. The sue
ccssful candidate was Or. Helen Bald
win, of Connecticut, n graduate of We'll
lesley college and of the Womans med
ical college, New York.
Miss MARGARET ROGERS, twenty
three-year-old girl Of Monterey county,
CAL, has already made fortune in the
horse and cattle business. She rounds
up cattle, breaks horses. can plow. sow
and harvest, and is withal a refined
woman who abhors loudness. She is a
charming woman, a good performer on
the piano and has an excellent educa-
tion.-Harper's Bazar.
DR.. ANDERSON BEowS, one of the
foremost women physicians Of England,
has established an industrial farm for
inebriatc women. The test of the prac-
ticability of outdoor life as a cure for
drunkenness will be made under the
auspices of the Womens Temperance
association. Fruit growing, poultry
raising, gardening. bee keeping and
butter making will be among the
branches taught.
Mrs. LYNN LINTON, the English nov
elist and essayist, was the youngest of
the twelve children of clergyman
with limited income. and was Obliged
to get her education as best she could
She not only never went to school. but
she had neither governcss nor tutor,
and taught herself about all she knows.
In spite of her lack of training and the
fact that her father held in disfavor the
higher education of women. she alyvavs
loved study of all kinds. and was es
pecially attracted by languages.
The news boy., 1894-11-03
ADVICE TO A BANK.
One of the Clerks Given a Up About the
Proper Location.

One OF the Clerks Given ZIP About the
ir"Pef ''e'''"',
very see',F man StF"lte'' INTO an
A"s'in DUNK 'i1e o'.'er Gay u"rlhg ousl-
fe's nouns ana gong up I? "innoW
"here he sa" cleTN counting a pack
age ol o'liS' ho"oeo PleaSahtly ana
SAD: -,
otlll a-hahdin Oh II out:
Yes. replied the clerk, still crowd
ing 1t on to people.
'Aint You little too hanly here
right on the main street," asked the
stranger.
'liow so?'
strangers passin' along and scein'
Your sign SO perspicuous like, are liable
to step in ana try to borrow money
amt they?'
Rather liable"
Il thought so. Must take up goou
deal Of time waitin' on 'eiu -
"Yes. it's some bother, hut Il bank
must be accommodating.
Folks drop in and borrer what
money they want, suppose. and then
go away and forget all about it. Aw-
full careless some folks are about bor-
rer'd MONEY!"
Yes. they are,
N'' .'iN' NV
The news boy., 1894-11-03

Some late reports show that Alaska
has been rapidly growing in CONNER
cial Importance. Very few know the
size OF this part of the United States or
appreciate its value. 1t is as large as
England, Ireland, France and Spain
together. 1t is spacious territory,
filed with mineral wealth and likely
in time to become of the first import.
ance to this country. Even now its
fisheries stanl in the front rank and its
production OF COLA increases year by
year, and ir time it may develop into a
new California or Australia. Immigra.
tion is increasing and the statistics OF
exports and imports show a steadily
growing volume. business has grown
SO rapidly that there is u demand for o
revision of the statutes and the enact
ment Of a code to govern the concerns
eS the territory, Cincinnati Tribune.
The news boy., 1894-11-03

way down the ladder to find out If
pap We're below.
The woman was hanging the kettle
over the fire she had just built, but
| pap was not to be seen.
"Sales alive! Ye don't mean ter say
pap went out in the nightw she cried,
when she heard Johns story. "Ef that
don't beat all. He's gone down ter
mans grave, l reckon. Nam she was
| that skeered of storm, she was like
ter go crazy"
Wed better go after him, think,
and the sooner the better" said John.
II reckon we had. Pap's mighty try
in. He ought not to do me this way"
Beside the lonely grave IN the wood
they found him, holding over it bat
tered, dilapidated umbrella, drenched
to the skin, and muttering words of
comfort and protection to the ears Of
the dead wife who he could not realize
was deaf, for evermore, to his weak,
| quavering old voice.
They had some difficulty in inducing
him to return home.
"Mam'll be skeered of the Storm"
he said, over and over. 1t was his
only argument.
But they got him home at last. and
his daughter put him to bed, with
bottle OF hot water at his feet, and
half dozen quilts over him.
~ reckon he's in for spell of sick.
ness" she said to John when she went
out to let down the bars for him as he
was about to drive away. II reckon
when my old man en- the gals gifts
back I'll send for one O. them town
doctors. This hyar doctor in the
mounting is mighty good on neuralgy
and toothache, but i reckon he
wouldn't know jist how ter tackle
pap"
But even the town doctors" efforts
proved unavailing. Two weeks later,
when John stopped at Shelbyville on
his return trip. he made a point of
finding the medical man who had been
called to attend poor old pap, and
learned that the old man had died aft
err an illness of only four days, and
that his grave had been made beside
that of the wife he had loved with
such pathetic fdelity.-Demorest's
Magazine.
The news boy., 1894-11-03

ening," thinking to secure an extrn
allowance of sugar; and was rather
dismayed when the old woman took
up small iron spoon and put into his
cup two spoonfuls Of sorghum. Bu,
he said nothing in protest, fearing ia
offend.
Meow, jist reach en- take; ye're sit.
tin handy" said his hostess.
John was SO hungry that he was
able to make hearty meal upon the
coarse fare provided for him, and, hav-
ing declared himself highly pleased
with everything, was told to go into
the "big house" again while the old
woman washed the dishes and "breshed
about q bit"
AS he crossed the narrow space be-
tween the two houses, an old man with
long white hair came slowly across
the yard from the smouldering fire,
and, entering before him, took seat
by the hearth.
"Thar's another cheer over thar by
the bed, stranger be said, podding to
John.
He was h sorry-loolsing old man in
his patched, faded, homemade clothes,
and with his wrinkled, sallow face,
faded blue eyes, and long white hair;
and he was evidently not given to lo-
quacity, for after his remark about
the chair he kept silent, staring into
the fire in dreamy way, his withered
hands clasped tight together.
The woman-who could not have
hpnn Affp of
she looked much older-came in pres
emily and sat down in stiff wooden
chair on the opposite side of the
hearth from John.
''Why don't you take the roclser?'
John asked, glancing toward big
rocking-chair, with soiled patchwork
cushion, which stood near the one
window.
''She can't" spoke up the old man,
quickly, sudden flash in his faded
eyes. That's MANS"
John looked inquiringly at his hos
tess.
''Ge mustn't pay no heed ter him; he
amt jist right in his mind" she said,
frankly. MAN, she died hyah a spell
.baclt-goin' on four months, reckon;
en- pap, he amt ben jist right since.
He TUX on fearful when she was laid
out. He couldn't pear ter sense it
that she wouldn't come back no more.
Hes mighty tryin sometimes. He
won't let nobody set in that thar cheer,
en- he goes reg'lar every night ter set a
light on MANS grave. Nam she was a
gret hand ter have light soon's it
war dark, en- pap he amt fergot It"
John nodded.
Il saw the light there" he said. Il
wondered what it meant"
There cayn't nobody git him outen
them notions" went on the woman.
so we uns jist let him be. 1t don't
hurt nobody"
Yes, it's better to let him have his
own way" John said.
Soon after this the small household
retired, John being told to go "up lad.
der" where he'd find shalicdown
which he would have to share with
pap.
Was il dream that some time dur.
ing the night he heard the rain dash.
ing aga inst the roof and some one
moving about the loft? Did he dream
that he heard thin, weak voice say:
I'm hurryin'; don't be slseered,
man. Pap'il be thar. Pap amt goin'
ter let nothin' tech ye."
He knew the next morning. when he
awolie at daylight and discovered that
his bedfellow was not beside him,
that it couldn't have been dream,
and as soon rs possible he made his
The news boy., 1894-11-03
FASHION NOTES.

TAN color and blue will be one Of the
popular combination.
SILK muslin dresses. worn ov2r silk
slips. are popular for little girls at
children's parties.
CApEs are growing longer, and. as
the cool days come on. they viii in
crease in length and be of heavier ma
terial.
FUR-IINED circulars arc among the
coming probabilities. They are. of
course. the legitimate outcome of the
present fashion for capes.
CuILDEEN's suits are mad of two col
ors, with hose to match. \ dress of
blue and gray has the yoke, sleeves
belt and stockings of blue. the rest of
the costume being Of gray.