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The evening world., 1894-03-07
WARRANT FOR CAPT. BREWER.
He Is Charged with Disposing Of
Mortgaged Property.
Champion Pigeon Shot Leaves
Bridgcton with Unpaid Debts.

ERIDGETON. y. j.. March IA war
rant has been issued for the arres, Of
Capt. John Brewer. the champion pigeon
property on which II mortgage had been
taken. The Captain Is not In town at
present. and 1t Is said he has fed TO cs-
cape the consequences OF his action.
lie had bten i.vtag here for two years
with woman who was supposed to he
his wife. Just before he disappeared he
said he WAS not married to her.
Last year the Captain purchased prop
erty at Lake View. He bull, n nice
cottage and erected cotes for pigeons, of
which he had about 5000. His building
was done on the instalnent plan.
Later he gave n chattel mortgage on
his personal property for s2.oOn to John
Mcpherson. OF this place. In return for a
loan of $l.2Oo. Soon after receiving the
cash. 1t Is alleged. that he shipped eight
boxes of his birds to the Riverside Gun
Club another lot to parties In Seavi.le.
and third to his brother In Glassboro.
Now there are only 200 pigeons left
The woman with whom he lived was
sent to New York about two weeks
ago. Soon afterwards. Capt. Brewer
went to the District t-Attorney and asked
to have her indicted. alleging that she
stole $3.50 from him.
In the mean time. Mcpherson learned
that the house was being stripped OF
Its contents. and on Friday he had n
warrant issued for the arrest Of Brewer.
Brewer disappeared that afternoon.
He leaves debts Of 81. 200 to Mcpherson.
debts to butchers. grocers, dry goods
merchants and others. together with
borrowed money. which will amount to
over $1,000
The evening world., 1894-03-07
brooklyn Brcvitics.

Thomas r. Dowd of the Chcesebrough Arnufac-
turing COMPANY, Of New York. Is suing tho Brook
iyn City Railroad Company for 81. 900 for tho
ioss Of the lie Of his SON. Charles, hoy ot oFh,
years. who was killed ON July %, 1899. The clYs
Is trial to-day.
Antonio Joreva Is on trial to-day for arson he,
for, Judge Moore IN the Court NJ Sessions, lie Il
charged. With setting Are to his grocery store.
~: Flushing avenue. brooklyn, on Jan. ! last.
lie had So, 200 insurance on his store.
Justice ORynor. OF the Supreme Court granted
an order to show cause this morning wriy Fire
Comm Eslonar wurster's action In dkmisslng
Frank bernard and John J. Donian from the Fire
department OF brooklyn. should not be reviewed
by the Court.
John T.. Reilly. who claims that on July le.
1882 be was knocked down by u conductor OF q
car on the Brooklyn City Railroad and I,erma
nentl Injured. sued ibe Company for 50. 900 dam
agea The case 10 on trial to-day bcfora Judge
Osborne In the Drooklyn City Court. ~ 8
Jusriee Caypor, ef tho supreme Court. this
mofuing granted Mrs. Lizzie Volekenning. si3 q
week sllniony snd 800 counsel fses pendins her
sat Tor aspe atitR ,iom her husband, ex-Aidefn,an
charles :. rs;pkenninG y
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ANOTHER FAT JOB GONE.
Superintendent of Public school
Census Not Wanted.

TRENTON, N. j.. March Administers
from all parts OF New Jersey seem 10
have singled out their body OF law
makers this year as good men for evan
gelist work Rev. T.. Mount. a Metho-
dist dominic from Manahawkin, jour
neyed to this city this morning. and the
prayer that he made Mt the opening of
the Assembly. besides being the longest
of the session. was practically directed
against the Democrats.
Mr.. Mount said that the Legislature in
past years had been in control OF men
In league with cohorts of hell He
prayed that the Almighty might give the
members wisdom to enact laws for the
greatest interest of the people of the
State.
The work of reform from a Republi-
can standpoint was continued In the
House OF Assembly this morning. when
that body passed a bill repeating TIE
act creating the Office OF State Superi.l-
tendent of Public School Census. This
office was created in 1892 to give n place
to ex-Assemblyman John j. Matthews,
OF Elizabeth. at a salary OF $500.
The. bill OF Mr.. Walters TO provide an
American flag for every school-house in
the State brought forth a denunciatory
speech from MIR. Thompson.
After a heated discussion the bill was
passed by vote OF 48 to 1.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
SAFE FROM WHITE Caps NOW.
Louis spyerer, Of Corona Effigy
Fame, Jailed as q Vagrant,
Arrested in Brooklyn on Suspicion
of Being n Burglar.

Louis Spyerer. handsome young
man. whose clothes are shabby, although
OF good quality, was held in the Leo
Avenue Court. Williamsburg. to-day, on
a charge OF vagrancy, and went to jail
In default OF $500 bail.
Policeman Bruins believes that Spycrer
robbed n liquor saloon OH briggs ave-
nue., but as the proof was not very clear.
he decided to prosecute him only on the
vagrancy charge.
spyerer is the young man who was
known to the residents of the stuil Long
Island town OF Corona as the German
Corporal" He arrived there from Ger
many about six months ago and went
to live with his uncle.' Henry. spyerer.
Louis speedily won the regard OF the
towns-peorle by his stories OF life In the
German army. He explained that he had
he had killed his captain.
won by these tales OF war. She soon
nephew and when her husband objected,
according to his story. she drove him
out of the house.
The neighbors did not approve OF this
and his aunt in efigy from two tall
They also requested the couple to leave
town at once.
When spyercr was arrested yesterday
he gave a fictitious address. but after
wards admitted that he had come from
Corona. Policeman Bruins went down
there Yesterday ani learned all Of the
young mans history from various people
all OF whom said he would be tarred
| and feathered II he ever showed himself
In the town again.
When Spyerer was seen this morning
he declined I, say what he had been
doing since he left Corona, or where his
| aunt was.
II have had pretty rough shedding" he
| said "but II Is nobody's business where
| I have been or what have done"
The evening world., 1894-03-07
EAOsTONE IS I'LL.
E,-Premier Has a Chill After a
Dinner at Brooks's Club.
|confined to His Bed and Two Ply
sicians Called.
Tho Grand Old Man Says He Will,
Soon BE All Right.
By Associated Press.o

LONDON, March 7.-Mr. Gladstone has
been taken seriously Ill.
Z The ex-Premier walked home from
Hrookys Club, 60 st. James street. yes
terday evening after dining there with
his ,ste secretaries. As a result he con-
tracted a chill, and upon reaching his
home had to be hurried of to bed. A
physician was summoned and he was
put under treatment.
This morning Mr. Gladstone's condition
was such that another physician was
summoned to attend him. and this after
noon one of the physicians In attendance
gave statement to the newspapers
which indicates that the ex-Premder' s
illness is undoubtedly serious. The doc
tor said that the absence of high
fever, however. indicated that there was
no great danger at present.
Mr.. Gladstone insists that he Is only
suffering from a temporary indisposk
tion, and that he will be all right In a
day or so. His physicians will not allow
him to leave his bed. however. until g.
considerable Improvement has taken
place in his condition.
Naturally the report Of Mr.. Glahstone's
illness has spread with remarkable ra-
pidity. and from many quarters inquiries
are already coming in asking for partic-
ulars and expressing the hope that he
will soon be on the high road to recov-
cry.
Mr.. Gladstone late this afternoon
was reported to have somewhat i'm
moved
The evening world., 1894-03-07
BOMB IN BOW STREET.
Or Else Some Practical Joker Is
Fooliug London's Police.
Mysterious Tin Box Found on a
e Window-Sill at the Station.
IL Had Burned-Out Fuse and
Contained a Cartridge.
INV Associated pr,,.


LONDON. March THE police OF Lon.
don in general and of the "E" division
In particular. are suffering from another
dynamite scare: but their previous ex.
periences in this line have led people
to look with suspicion upon any explo.
sive mystery unearthed by the bluecoats
of London.
According to the story told by Supt
Richard w. Stegges. Of the Police
Division referred to. a tin box, SID
posed te contain dynamite or some other
nigh explosive vas found at 73o this
morning upon one of the window-sills of
the historical low street police sta
tpn. close to the Extradition Court.
The tin box Is described as being two
inches deep. ore inch broad and hav-
Ing round hole In It, from which pro-
truded portions Of a burned fuse.
The discovery OF the box was made
by 'ne of the policemen attached to the
station. and he Immediately gave the
alarm. The Inspectors and Superintend-
ent were called and the box was taken
to the yard where 1t was soaked for a
long time In water before anybody cared
to 1ubject It to a closer examination.
The discovery of the alleged bomb was
slgnalled to Scotland Yard, and from
there the news spread that an attempt
he'd been made to blow up Bow street
bomb. IN fact. the startling "find" was
soon, maEnifed into n report that the
alton had actually been the scene Of a
dynamite explosion.
When the box was opened 1t was
fc md to contain cartridge, supposed
to be loaded with some high explosive,
though s~eptics insist that It only con-
tai ed ordinary gunpowder.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
HELD THE SECOND TIME.
Klein Was Twice Arrested for
Stealing n Typewriter.

John Klein, twenty-four years old. Of
2A East Eightleth street. and John Wes-
ser, thirty years old, Of $40 East sixty
second street, were arraigned in York
Vile Court to-day charged with steal
Ing SIS typewriter from the Hammond
Typewriter Company, 4o3 East Sixty
second street.
Klein was arrested Feb. &c with the
typewriter In his possession. He was
trying to pawn II for $40, and couldn't I
explain how 1t came into his possess
locked up two days, as no owner for the
machine could be found.
1t was learned recently that the Ham
mond Company had missed a machine
and Klein was rearrested. He imp,icat-
ed Wesser. who formerly worked for
the Hammond Company. The prisoners
were held for trial.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
BROOKLYN SNEAK THIEVES.
Operations In Widely Separated
Pnrts of the city Inst Night.

A gang Of sneak-thieves operated in
Brooklyn during the early hours OF the
morning. They did their work in widely
separated parts OF the city and secured
considerable plunder.
James Lockwood reported to the police
that thieves entered his rooms on the
second floor OF 365 Marcy avenue with
false keys and stole his watch and
clock valued at $50.
Bernard Strauss. who lives on the
third floor OF 1853 McKibben street. re-
ported that he had been robbed OF a
watch and Jewelry to the value OF 800
Peter Becker was another victim. He
lives on Conselyea street, and jewelry
worth 800 and 800 In money were car
ried away.
William A. Van Densce. OF ss4 Liv-
ingston street, lost clothing and jewelry
worth $50, and Barber Joseph Monzers.
Of 1701-2 Franklin street, Is minus 500
worth 80
The evening world., 1894-03-07
HAD CHECKS IN HIS POCKET.
Jersey City Police Think williams
Ii n Crook.

John Williams. colored. was held for
further examination by Judge O'Donnell.
In Jersey City. this morning, as a suspi-
cious person. Williams was arrested 10 st
night while running along Newark ave-
nue. with a whiskey barrel on his shoul-
der. When searched IN the police sta
ton. twenty-five checks. ranging In
his person.
Some were on the Second National
Bank and we're signed by Charles Smith,
Bank. and signed by j. Williams. In
court, this morning, the man said that
his right name was John Meehan. and
that he had Just left the Soldiers Home,
at Fortress, Monroe. The police think
that the man is a sneak thief. as num-
Der. of pawn tickets were found In his
pockets.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
TRYING TO HUSH 1T UP.
Accidental Death of Bernard Car
way by Poison.

The authorities OF the New York Hos
pitai will not allow Miss DAILY. the nurse
who Is said to have administered poison
by mistake to Bernard Conway. a pa
tient. which resulted in his death, to he
interviewed. They would not even make
a statement about the case to-day.
Conway was thirty-three years old and
was a track-walker of the Elevated
Railroad Company. He was injured by
falling from the structure. The case was
Investigated by Deputy Coroner Devlln,
and the certificate states that Conway y
death resulted from his injuries and the
accidental administering Of an overd ase
of morphine.
The evening world., 1894-03-07

The desk Of the Twelfth Precinct statIcn-Nousc
wns laden With flowers to-day In evidence OF the
esteem In which D.tectiNs Edward Shalvcy l. held
by his many trisnds, It vas the cou;peton Il
Detective Shalyevs thirty year In the Police
Department. he having been appointed on tho force
NsrCh !. lsGi NotNithStandiRg the fact that Do-
t"ctlvc Shalv,y Is one % the old timers In tGr
department he is Sllil good Tor many yeA's more
q service,
The evening world., 1894-03-07
ACCUSED OF ARSON.
John Owens Charged with Start
ing Fire In nn Apartment.

John Owens. OF Pellngton place and
Bushwick avenue. Brooklyn. was held
for the Grand Jury by Justice Connolly
In the Gates Avenue Police Court to-
day to answer charge of arson. On
March l, II is said. Owens was seen en-
occupied at l2+ Vermont avenue. Halt
an hour later the place was found to be
on fire.
Fire Marshal Lewis testified that the
appearance OF the place indicated that
the plaster had been broken from a
closet on the second floor and paper
stuffed between the laths and set on fire.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
WILL HIRE 5000 MEN.
But Contractor Leary Says They
Must Handle Pick and Shovel.

James d. Leary, the Harlem Speed
way contractor, who was accused OF
failing to keep his promise by not put.
ting men to- work on the speedway,
now complains that he can't get enough
men. that is. the kin1 of men he wants.
Mr.. Leary was at the office of the
said:
II will put all the men to work who
really want to work. The trouble Is
the speedway want to be time -keepers' M
foremen and superintendents. They
don't want to go into the bitches to
work with shovel and pickaxe. and
II want men who are not afraid OF
hard work. will employ all who are
willing and able to do a hard days
work to the number OF three thousand
At present have $50 at work"
The evening world., 1894-03-07
SUICIDE WAS HARRY SEARLY
His body Identified by n Fellow
Insurance Clerk.

The body Of the man who committed
suicide Ia Central Park yesterday morn
Ing has been identified at the Morgue
as that OF Harry Searly. thrty-iive
wears old. OF Arlington avenue. East
New York. He was an Insurance clerk.
and no cause can be assigned for the
act.
The Identification was made this morn
Ing by Frank Philer, Of no Floyd street,
VINO WAS fellow clerk oi S-,riA.
The body will be taken to Brooklyn
this afternoon.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
BERKH0UT TRIED 1T BEFORE.
Was an Embessler and Attempted
Suicide in Newark.

NEWARK. n. J.. March 7-Jacobus
J. Berkhout OF RosevIlle. who committed
suicide at Elizab beth. attempted suicide
last Friday at his home In this city.
He cut his wrist with a penknife and
was bleeding to death when his wife
discovered him. A doctor was sent for.
Berkhout had been out OF States
prison for about three months. he hav-
Ing been sent there four years ago on
charge OF embezzlement preferred by
a New York undertakers supply house.
When he was pardoned he Is said to
have gone to work for some firm and
embeZzled a second time.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
COUNTING THE BALLOTS.
COMMITTEES. Looks for Crooked
Work in Thorn pson's District.


Work in Thompson's District.
TRENTON. n. j.. March THE House
Committee on Elections Is now conduct
Ing the investigation of the manner and
methods used to elect William ]. Thomp-
son to the Assembly from the Third
District of Camden. Mr.. Thompson oc-
cupies about the same position in
Gloucester as John Y. Mckane did In
Gravesend. and the Republicans think
1t Is about time that his election methods
should be Investigated.
The district in which 1t is alleged
crooked work will he found has not yet
been counted.
Mr.. Thompson is courting the investi-
CATION apparently. but since the passage
OF the resolution empowering the Com
mittee to proceed he has been absent
from the sessions OF the House and pre-
pairing his defense.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
THEY DON'T LIKE THE BILL.
staten Islanders Object 10 a Change
in Excise Matters.

The residents on Staten Island are bit
terly opposed to the bill introduced In
the Legislature at Albany yesterday by
the anti-Snappers TO upset the County
Board of Excise. L..
The present Board OF Excise was made
a law two years ago and legislated out
OF Office the different town boards who
had been Il disgrace to the County. as
under the old regime there were charges
of fraud and extortion in order to secure
a license. Applicants were compelled to
iers of the Town Boards 10 deal with
them In their various lines Of business.
The change was made at the urgent
request OF the represe entatiyes of the
different churches and many OF the sa-
Icon keepers. The only objection to the
present Board has been that they have
raised the license.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
MAY ARREST SEMMELS.
The Broker Grabbed His Check and
Ran Awny with II.

Lawyer william ]. Curtis, of the firm
OF Sullivan & Cromwell. counsel for
the Consolidated Exchange, practically
admitted to-day that warrant had or
would be issued for the arrest of Broker
Hermann Semmels.
Semmels yesterday took his check for
$500 from a messenger OF the Clearing
House. This check had been deposited
to cover an indebtedness When the
furry in Sugar occurred Semmels. who
was apparently caught In the squeeze,
asked for his check on pretense Of al.
tering a figure. He snatched II from the
messenger and ran away with It.
Semmels lives at 1880 Columbus ave-
nue.. Mr.. Strong, of the Clearing De-
partment said he thought Semmels was
temporarily insane when he seized the
check. ''
The evening world., 1894-03-07
HERBERT GLADSTONE'S PLUM
He II First Com of PubIicI
Works--A New Whip.
Inv Associated Press)

LONDON. March 7.-Herbert Glad
stone. Parliamentary Secretary OF the,
Home ONCE. has accepted the position
II First Commissioner OF Public Works.
made vacant by the choice OF Rt. Hon
George Shaw-Leferve. President of the
Local Government Board. Herbert
Gladstone will not have seat in the
Cabinet. although his predecessor was a
Cabinet Minister.
The Times announces that Mr.. Rich
ard knight Caustor. NJ. p. for South
warit. West. has been appointed second
whip" Mr.. Causton Is now a Lord OF
the Treasury. He Is in favor of Home.
Rule for ireland.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
HoRsE-THIEvEs IN BRo0KLY LYN
Two Cases Before Justice Connolly
49,. This Morning. %.

Two cases OF horse stealing were
brought before Justice Connolly in the
Gates Avenue Police Court. Brooklyn,
this morning. James Hadock was ac-
cused OF having by false pretenses Sc
cured a horse from the stables of Mr..
Francis Vanderwater. at &c Albany ave-
able to get away from the nelghbor-
hood.
Stephen Mcclure. who says that he
met a lonely horse in the vacant lots
beyond the Boulevard, was accused of
starting to take the animal to his home.
at "a Dupont street. He passed the door
of the Twelfth Precinct Station House,
where the horse was recognized as the
avenue. Mcclure was arrested. and this
morning remanded for trial, strongly
protesting that It was the horses fault,
not his
The evening world., 1894-03-07
Detective MITCHELL TRIED.
Commissioner MRcLean Wants More
Expert Testimony.


Detective John F. Mitchell. OF the Ellz-
aoeth street station. who was mysteri-
onsiy absent from duty for nine days.
ana who was supposed to be suffering
ron temporary insanity, was arraigned
to,aay before Commissioner MacLean.
Mitchell said that he had been struck
On the head with a skate when a boy.
id ihmd has had trouble ever since. After
iedying the n-house, on Feb. IL. he
SAD, he did not remember anything fur
ttner until p. NJ. Feb. 20. when he
SSund himself In Weehawken ferry. in
Dr Cassella testified that. in his opin-
nn ION, Mitchell had been suffering from an
acute attack OF insanity.
Commissioner MacLean wants to get
ssppine medical testimony OF value before
intcase ir'e case Is completed. and SO he ad-
The trial OF Patrolman Hugh Nc
rharIland, OF the Nineteenth Precinct.
SSrrarged with having fallen into a
on uhken sleep in the Continental Hotel
VII Mai.h g was adjourned one week.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
$1,000 Blaze in brooklyn.

Fire broke out from some unknown cause be-
tween IL aud o'clock this morning tho top
noor Of the two-story frame dwelling Il Nc
Dougall street, brooklyn. owned and occupied by
Leo Sable. After doins 81. 900 damage 10 house
and furniture, the names spread TO ~ and CT hc-
DougAll street. owned and occupied by Albert II.
Smith and John H. Craft respectively. smith puts
his loss at $3.50 and Craft only 500
The evening world., 1894-03-07
POLICE CAPTAINS WAKE UP.
Several Raids Made aa n Result of
Supt. Byrnes's Actions.

As result of Supt. Byrnes's activity
among police captains. as shown by his
prosecution of Price and Martens. and
the conference held at Police Headquar-
ters Monday. several raids were made
last night In various precincts.
Hattie Miller. the alleged proprletress
OF the house bS7 Seventh avenue. was
held for trial In Jefferson Market Court
this morning. Her arrest was due to a
raid made by Capt. Prices detectives
last night. Two women and a man
custody
The. Nineteenth Precinct police were
also busy last night Four OF Capt.
schmittberger,s detectives arraigned be-
iore Justice McMahon the keepers of
two alleged disorderly houses. They
were Juliette Laporte. of 1874 West
Iwenty-sixth street. and Annie Eric
son, OF lG West Twenty-ninth street.
Both were held for examination.
The Mercer street and West Thirtieth
street. police arrested over 30 women in
the streets of the two precincts. Most
OF these women were fined.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
McCnrthyites May Revolt.
(By Associated Press.

LONDON, March There are symp-
toms Of revolt among some Of the lead
ing McCarthyites in regard to the atti-
tude OF Justin Mccarthy on the question
Of the Premiership. The attitude OF Mr..
Mccarthy is denounced as showing
weakness and as serious error Of judg-
ment. a ,rr
The evening world., 1894-03-07
Domski and Jewelry Disappear.

This morning Peter Domuki. a carpenter. who
resides In Brooklyn. held for trial by Justice
O'Donneli. In Jersey City. on the complaint Of
Febris Andreskavicio. who charged him with
grand larceny. The complainant said he gave
Domski employment on Monday. but that he Ief,
yesterday. and hls employers gold watch and
chain valued at $3.50. four rings valued at $50 and
other jewelry also disappeared watch be.
longing to another Ioarder and $50 In money
were also missing.
The evening world., 1894-03-07
REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL.
Fischer's Election Gives Them a
Majority of One supervisor


Majority of One Supervisor
Republicans throughout Kings County
are Jubilsnt to-day over the election of
Augustus Fischer as Supervisor from the
Eighth Ward.
Upon the election depended the con-
trolling power In the Board Of Super
visors. Fischer's plurality OF 125 was a
big surprise to the Democrats. He re-
ceived q total of 2,0S6 Krombach, the
regular Democrat. 1851: Hanbury. Inde-
penden, Republican, 526; Hogan. Demo-
crat. 297.
Fischer will now take the much con-
tested seat left vacant by the death of
supervisor Stickevers. A.
The Republican Supervisors now have
a majority OF one. with Mayor Schieren
sitting as ex-officio member.
Unless the Democratic members attend
the meetings OF the Board II was said
to-day they would be arrested and made
liable to fine of $3.50 for neglect of duty.
The evening world., 1894-03-07

tn. funeral Of Or, Henry e, Cooper. who died
OF spopleSy at the New York Medical College, In
Twsnty.sixth street. New York. VI Nh'ch he had
been Secretary for twenty year,, VAS held to-day
from thu New York avenue Mflho,iEt Church. IN
Bnooklyn. lntsrmtut WAS made In Greenwood.