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The evening world., 1894-04-26
REV. FATHER P2E|s DEAD
Member of the R%edemptorist Order
for Thirty-four Years.
Procession Past the Hospital Glad
dened His Last Hours.

Rev. Father Rhabanns Preis, of the
Redemptionist order. died at 1850 o'clock
this morning at the st. Francis Hospital
from "A complication Of diseases.
H. had been ailing more or less severe
~ for the last six months, and went to
the hospital two weeks ago. He had been
In bed there until his death.
Father rreis preached his last sermon
at the Redemptorist Church of the Most
Holy Redeemer, lTS East Third street,
the day before he went to the hospital.
At that time many in the congregation
observed that Father Preis looked very
sick.
Yesterday the Redemptorist commu-
nifty celebrated the last day of the
Jubilee OF the founding of the parish.
The concluding ceremony last night
consisted of a magnificent parade In
procession passed by st. Francis Hos.
pital only n few hours before Father
Preis breathed his last.
Theh ospital itself was gorgeously, H.
Illuminated with Chinese lanterns ard dec
GRATED with flags in honor Of the oc'
casiOn.
Rev. Father Preis was one of the
oldest and best known priests in the
country. He was born Feb. II, 1929, in
HerolZ. Hessia.
He came to this country in 1855 and
vas ordained a priest IN 1863; After :
of the Most Holy Redeemer in Eas
Third street. he became Superior of thu
Church of St, Wenceslaus. in Baltimore
Three years later, at the expiration o
his term as Superior, he returned to hi
New York Church. with which he re
NAMED connected until his death.
Father Preis's health had latterly &c
often been ~dcspaired of that the las
sacraments were repeatedly admins
tered. He had been a Redemptoris'
since 1860. and died o n the feast day
OF the R~edemptorist Order. the feast o
Our Lady of Good Counsel.
Father Preis's sister is the Rev
Mother Theresa Preis, Superior OF tn
Dominican onven OF st. Nicholas. II
East Second street,
The funeral will take place on Satur
day at 8 A. NJ, and the sermon will b.
preached by Rev. Louis Xinnon, c. IS. II
The body will be buried in the cata
comb beneath the church.
The Independent Rifle Guard an
various o'hrr Roman Catholic s~ocietie
In The parish will guard the body da,
and night in the basement of the churcI
until the burial takes place.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
NEUROTIC FICTION's DAY.

Novelists will be anything but pleased
at the cynical remarks OF. Mr., Faux,
who, as n paper puts 1t, is "the mar
at the helm at Smiths library. Mr..
Faux, says. the Pal Mall Budget, who
has had forty years at circulating
novels. and therefore ought to know,
puts down the life of an ordinary novel
at nine months. Some. he admits, live a
little longer. and '"Middlemarch," for
example. travelled about eighteen
months.
Mr., Faux takes a serenely Olympian
view OF blooms" The present neurotic
fiction is mainly written by women and
read by, women. But 1t will have its
day, and then, as many another variety
before II, will collapse and be heard OF
no more. How many regulations will
90 down In five years! We lose our
heads and rush about to afternoon teas,
declaring s%o-a1d-so the greatest genius
" the day, n all the time he (or she)
Is merely awaiting despatch by the
quick and cruel hand OF time.
And the day may come when, like the
poor novelist OF whom Mr.. Faux tells.
he viii take to postcards and other
tricks In order to secure another reader
for himself h a himself.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
POOR NUMBER THREE"
Some of the Trials of the Third
Party to n Love Affair.

Wherever the notion started that three
is a lucky number. l know 1t did MOI
start with the first pair of lovers or
poz.'' as the old magistrate is forever
saying in Miss Edgeworth's pleasant,
priggish little tale. Banged and bella
says the Philadelphia Press, poor No.
8 has been alternately regarded as a
deus ex machina and a frightfui en-
cumbrance. but never as a rational hui
things to which the drawers up of the
Declaration with unconscious cynlclsm
made everybody welcome-life. liberty
s spised It aad p Te9eated Of Of m haRp'e especia Rf;
young ones with attachmentc. the mar
plot and "gooseberry" is the most pa
tient and put upon OF sufferers and de-
serves an epic all to himself.
There's nothing half SO sweet as loves
young dream. and nothing a quarter sc
inconsiderate. The Sorrows Of Wer'
tragic tale yet remains to be written
the Sorrows of Werther's Friends
You-that means me and everybody else
like lovers. of course. and wish then
them better II they exhibited more Of
that love of solitude with which they
are popularity credited.
Who wander with eyes and ears bliss
fully closed to everyday things into tn,
room where you sit peacefully readinl
and under the apparent impression tina
IL Is an u"nlnnaDlteu wilderness COnQuC
their billing n cooling under full frt
OF your blushing countenance? The low
ers, OF course. Who think It looks 81
pointed II YOU go and do their best t.
make you wish you had never beer
born II you stay? The lovers. Who ask,
you to chaperon them-"You would
make such n delightful one" they hint
and hen expect you to creep into a u
shell. q la the devil in the grimmest o
Grimm tales, or that you too. too sole
flesh will melt from view in some othel
convenient The lovers again
With some fimsy excuse you breal
away from them and flee, followed b!
their approving, smiles. Verify, ther
can draw a relieved breath o hea
their footsteps. and like Adam in tn,
garden. you are afraid and hide your
self. But the fatal bono OF attraction
draws them to you as the tides to tn,
moon, and O might take the wings o
the morning and flee TO the uttermos
parts OF the earth with the certaint,
Of having Colin and Phebe there tw,
minutes later, utterly Disguised at find
Ing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in
~terrupted.
We are old by some ill-tempered phi
losopher that we rejoice at n weddinj
for the same reason that we Weep at
funeral-because we are not the persol
concerned. He was wrong. though. TIL
tears OF JOY are for our deliverance, o
which the rice and the. white ibbon ar
symbolic, and the departure OF Coli,
and Phebe for a temporary lodge II
some vast Wilderness, which leaves u
free to resume our daily walk and cor
versation till the next pair of lover
comes along to upset II all again.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
ISLANDS 3 WIDOWS.
Each Claimed the Dead Coney
Island Managers Body.
Swipes the Newsboy Prevented a
Fist Fight Over the Corpse.
His Brother and Sister Finally Sc
cured It and Buried II.

COMFY ISLAND, N. Y. April 26.-
The latest sensational gossip among the
people of reformed Coney Island, is the
death Of Billy Island, a theatrical and
circus manager. who died here Sunday
night of pneumonia.
His body has been the bone Of conten-
ton bctween three women, each OF whom
claimed to be his widow. while gossip
says that he had -four others of the same
mind within ten miles OF here who have
not yet show up.
Besides the alleged wives, there have
been here the les mans father. a
wealthy manufacturer near Meriden,
Conn; his brother, Charles Island,
about TO become n priest, and a sister,
all to claim the body and take 1t home
for burial.
The latter three arrived Tuesday. but
when Billy's father came in contact
with the co~ntending alleked wives. he
Charles Island and his sister, however,
remained, and yesterday a quiet funeral
was held over the remains at the Sey-
mour Club Hotel, Of which the deceased
wa part owner.
The body was placed In the cemetery
at Gravesend. where 1t will remain until
this Fall. Then the scandalized relatives
VIII ahve the body quietly removed to
Meriden and Inferred there in the fam
lily vault.
Island attended the Siddons-Lober set
to In New York a week ago. He caught
cold. and pneumonia resulted. DR.. Hill
attended him during his four days Ill
ness.
Nellie, a concert-hall singer, whose
other name is ms here, lived with
leland and claimed to be his wife. She
ami Swipes. the newsboy. were the only
ones pres INT during the last hours OF
the dying man.
Monday night "Flossie Smith," who is
said to be a very respectable woman, OF
Brooklyn. came here and claimed to be
Islands widow.
A. quarrel ensued between "Flossie
Smith" and Nellie" which resulted In
the temporary defeat of the former.
The following morning a young woman
with auburn hair, twenty years old, who
said she married Island in Newark. N.
j.: Feb. s, 1891. and that she lived in
Flatbush. arrived on the scene. She
and ."Flossie" held a council Of war,
which resulted in a march to the Sey.
mour Club Hotel, where Islands body
lay.
There they met Nellie. the concert
hall singer. Swipes, the Newsboy, was
was no disturbance. The m Mel.
lie saw the new claimant a wordy war
ensude. which was loud and v%ituperous.
Only the Intervention Of Swipes, the
NeWsboy. prevented a fist fight. He
boldly hustled the three women into the
street and locked the corpse securely in.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
POLICE WORK..
Detectives Arrested and Counter
feiters Allowed to Escape.
Secret Service Men Locked Up for
Five Hours in Hoboken.
After Their Release They Caught
Three of the Cviners.

James l.. Stillman, Fred Burke and
George Holmes were arrested for
counterfeiting at 3l3 West Seventeenth
street last night, by United States Sc
crct Service Officers Thomas Callaghan
and Frank Esquircll. Several molds. a
lot OF anthony and block tin and about
one-ha)f n bushel of bad half dollars
were found on the premises. The officers
believe hat some of the leaedrs in the
gang got away, but they hope to cap
ture them before long.
The prisoners were brought before
tinted States Commissioner Shields at
| o'clock this morning, and held in
S,OO bonnd each to appear for
ton next Saturday at 2 o'clock.
officer Callaghan is very indignant
oyer his treatment at the hands of the
There's Capt. Patrick Hayes over
man on earth. and some of his men are
about pn as PAD as ga any I've ever seen: w If
would probably had captured all the
members OF one of the biggest counter:
feiting gangs which has ever operated
got three of the head devils after the
action of the Hoboken police had let
them get away once
According to C~allaghan's story. he and
Esquirell had been shadowing the coln-
terfeiters for over a week, and after
hard work had succeeded in locating
the gangs headquarters.
Last Tuesday afternoon the detectives
ran across three of the crowd In Four
tcenth street, near Broadway. They fol-
lowed them to the uoho'ten ferry and
crossed the river with them. Arriving
in Hoboken, the men Immediately went
to work passing bad coins, principally
half dollars.
CallaGhan obtained one of the coun-
t~erfeits, and started after them. The
detectives followed the counterfeiters
on the ferry and were about to arrest
them, a Hoboken policeman tapped
them on the shoulder, and said he
wanted them. They tried to explain
that they were secret service officers
and that the counterfeiters were on the
boat.
"Oh, that's too thin. We can't give me
no game like that. Come on to the sta
ton"
Capt. Hayes, at the station, would not
accept the detectives statement. He
regarded them as dangerous characters
and laughed at heir secret-service
badges and credentials.
They imr lored him to telegraph their
chief in this city. and he told them to
go on now" Finally after the officers
had been in a cell for five hours. from
s in the evning until ! in the morning,
they succeeded in obtaining permission
to wire thief Scanlon.
on the chiefs arrival, the nearest
magistrate was sent for. and Callaghar
and Esquirell were released at 2.3t
o'clock Wednesday morning.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
PRISON LABOR.
Its Product I'm Merchandise Is Sent
from state to Stnte.

Charity always, seems to end at
ta%tion,", said Ernest L Whitman, OF
porter. "This is especially the case
in the matter OF prison labor, Every
one. | believe, is of the opinion that
1t would be advisable for the reforma-
ton OF the conviCts to be engaged in
healthy occupations of a productive
character, but honest labor objects to
the ruinous competition which is thus
created. and n candidate for office loses
an immense percentage Of votes II the
connected. with convict labor. had
not been in ST. Louis two hours before
| was told of one local industry which
was seriously injured by competition
from the State penitcntiary, and ] could
not help smiling when ! thought OF the
immense quantity of prison-made goods
which are shipped to this and Other
great quantity of clothing, shoes, mat
large penitentiaries Of New England
The goods are remarkably cheap, and
when travelling | often see them eX-
posed TO view, the clothes as tailor
made, the shoes as. hand-sewed, &c,
the public little thinking that the tail
ors n the hand-sewers are very often
nfe-termers In state penitentiaries, This
iSnltys, which is q course, entirely
convict-made goods 10 Missouri and
Illinois. those States return the compli-
ment, and thus, In order to get over a
sentimental objection. two unnecessary
frciRhts are paid. and the railroad
corporations. as usual, get the benefit"
The evening world., 1894-04-26
NO BAIL FOR MISS DEMPSEY.
But Her Lawyer May Secure
Her Release To-Day.
Warden Fox Says She Seems Con-
tented In Jail.

Miss Lavinia H. Dempsey, who Is in
Ludlow Street Jail pending the deposit
Of $500 bail bonds, had not succeeded
in obtaining the necessary documents
UP to noon to-day. She was arrested
Tuesday in the suit of Miss Emma l..
Everson, typewriter in the office of
Miss Lavinia's brothers, Guy c.. and
John Arid Dempsey, lawyers, with
offices in the Stewart Building. Miss
Everson wants $4,000 damages for false
Imprisonment and malicious persecu-
ton.
Miss Dempsey refuses to accept the
aid of her brothers. She says they are
In league with Miss Everson against her.
Miss Dempsey would see no reporters
this morning, but Warden Fox says she
seems to be perfectly contented with her
present lot, and is showing no particular
anxiety to secure her relea sc.
we. are taking good care of her." said
the Warden. and she Is just as COM
Portable as IL she was in her own home.
"Of course, she had to be locked up in
her cell, just like the other prisoners.
during the night but she didn't seem to
This morning her lawyer, Allen Nc
Dermott, from Jersey City, came over
to see her, and they had a long talk to-
- - - 80 Vhsii NV Wv. alli lhol
what, Miss Dempsey told me early this
day."
The bail fixed by Judge Bookstaver
was $1,000. n Miss Lavinia, who has
plenty of money and considerable prop
erty over In New Jersey, is determined
to accept no aid In getting out Of her
present predicament, especially from
her brothers, as long as she Is able to
furnish the bail herself.
Last night her brothers visited her at
the jail and offered to go on her bond,
sign a release to a certain mortgage
for $4,000, but she Indignantly refused
to have anything to do with them.
At the law office of the Dempsey
brothers, in the Stewart Building, this
morning, it IA said by the clerk in
admit no reporters, and to say that
they would have nothing more to dc
with their sisters case. She had re.
fused to accept their assistance. and as
h had retained a iawyer she could
pr Hiss Ev ieke care the OF p netss'f; typewr,te,
and s~tenographer. was on hand, and
seemed in control OF things in the QUITE:
office. She evidently has no fear tina,
the Messrs. Dempsey will dismiss hei
from their employ. even II their sister
does demand 1t.
She is, in fact, being backed up b,
them in her suit against Miss Dempsey
to this extent, that they became he
sureties on the undertaking for $3.50 eacf
on which their sister was arrested.
Sh refused to ave anything to say
to reporters this morning in regard to
was easy. to see from her determined
air that she was going to fight 1t to the
bitter end. Her lawyer is Christopher
Fine, OF ia Nassau street.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
'HINCKLEY SURPRISED.
Harlem Bank Had No Official
Notice of the Garfeld's Action.
Attributed to the State Department.
Clearing House Quarrel.
Is the Committee Prcjudiced Against
Harlem Banks?

The informal notice of the Garfield
National Bank to the Harlem River
State Bank, at 2OO7 Third avenue, that
1t would no longer act as its Clearing
House agent, and requesting that the
Harlem Bank secure another agent. has
proved n great surprise to the uptown
institution.
Cashier iiInckley, Of the Harlem River
Bank, said to an Evening World" re-
porter this morning:
81 am very much surprised that the
action of the Garfield Bank has been
allowed to become public. as we had no
notice that such was It's Intention.
saw Alfrei G. Cheney. President Of the
he merely minated that his bank in
tended to get rid of three small Harlem
banks, for which the Garfield was agent.
one Of the three was the Riverside State
and another the COLOSSAL State, and the
Harlem State the other.
w have received no official notice
from the Garfield Bank. and the reports
printed his morning are the first
Roh!nfon GU is the President of the
Harlem River Bank.
Mr. .Hinkey said that II the report of
the Garfield Banks action was true, he
ascribcd 1t to II dispute between the
state Banking Department and the
Clearing House Committee,
he said there seemed to he a feeling
a%Eiins, Harlem banks on the part of
the tlearirg-lIouse Committee. For cX-
ample. the Mount Morris Bank. which
has n $G,O00.OD surplus, has been trying
without ava for some time to got rep
rcsentation in the Clenring-IIouso. For
some reason or other the clearinghouse
Committee wouldn't allow any National
bank to clear for them.
W a heard nothing from Bank
Supt. Judson about this last phase of
the sltGation.' said Mr.. Hinckly.
81 Jaw Mr.. Preston Tuesday, and men
toned the fast that our bank might
MAKE q change, and he offered no objec-
ton"
Mr.. Hinckley appeared much worried
over the publication of the report about
his bank When asked If the Harlem
Bank could stand II run he said:
Yes, II the pressure Is not too great"
He said hat the banks customers were
principally small depositors.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
FOUND HIM OUT ATAFUNERAL.
Mr. Sprin yer Asserts Her Hus-
band Has Another Wife.
While BuryIng Her Child the Other
Mrs. Springstcr Appeared.

George S%prlngstcr was held in the
Even Street Court, williamsburg. to-
day on n charge of blgamy, preferred
by Minnie Steer %SprinSster. to whom
he was married In 1889, when at the
time he had nothe wife living.
Springster, according to the story told
by the complainant, has been living II
double life successfully for five years
He told the woman that he was IA
travelling agent. and this took him out
of the city IL good part OF the time. 1t
now appears that he spent this time
with his other wife. Kate Kcller-Sprlng-
stcr. who lived at 200 Ellery street. AT
both places ne gave his name as
]Springster. bu at Ellery street he was
known as ulius
Mrs. Minnie Springstcr had one child.
but 1t died shortly before Easter. ana
the funeral occurred Easter Monday.
Among the mourners was n woman, who
looked at the mother in surprise ana
finally said to her:
There must be some mistake here.
That mar over there Is Mr.. Springster,
hut you are not his wife"
Mrs. Springstcr protested that she was.
The two women argued the matter, and
the visitor said she attended the fu-
neral simply because she had seen the
funeral notice in the paper and thought
It wan the child Of her friend, Kate
Springstcr,
con- the way back from the cemetery.
Mrs. Minni upbraidei her husband for
his conduct and he that the
charges were all false and he would
prove II. Within an hour after they ar
rived home he went away. leaving his
wife hCarthrokCn ana penniless.
The woman has n good deal Of deter
mination, however. and she decided she
WnnI1 ind hnr hhulnnt Altar Gntnrul
weeks she located him at 200 t,!lery
street. and SprtnGster was arrested this
morning by officer Carroll. He had
nothing 10 say when arruigncd in court.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
ASSAULTED IN COURT.
Cassidy Had JUS Pressed II Charge
of Assault Against Donovan.

Martin Cassidy, OF 4 Hamilton street,
made a charge Of disorderiy conduct
against Thomas Donovan, 40 years old,
Of % Henry street, in Essex Market
Court to-day.
Cassidy stated that Donovan, who
was Intoxicated last night. paid him n
visit. and because he refused to treat
to a pint of beer. threw "A kettle Of
water over him. Justice Hogan fined
Donovan so.
ON hearing the sentence. Donovan
sprang at Cassidy and struck him n
violent blow in the face. Before he
could strike a second blow the court
officer seized him
Justice Hogan ordered "A charge Of
assault to be taken against Donovan,
and held him for trial.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
IMPRISONED BY SMALLPOX.
When the Quarantine Wns Over
Mrs. Kiernnn Was Arrested.

Justice Goetting, In the Lee Avenue
Court, Williamsburg, to-day held Cath
crime Kiernan, of @ Hope street, on "A
charge Of being an hnbitual drunkard.
Policeman Joseph Kane arrested Mrs.
kiernan last night, although she had
practically been in custody for n week.
When the warrant was first issued
Kane went to the house and found II
had been quarantined because of small
poN.
He could not arrest Mrs. Herman nor
could she escape, so he simply waited
quietly until the quarantine was raised,
then he arrested her.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
Womb Troubles.

Lydia q. Piakhan's Liver Pills AZ cents.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
GOSPEL BOAT LAUNCHED.
Adventists VIII Use II for River
missionary Work.

Wy Nhh"VTHT'N fTFNsI
KALAMAZOO. Mich, April 26.-The
Adventist gospel boat has just been
launched AT Allegan. The hull Ia now
ready to receive the machinery and up
per works. which will be put in as soon
as possible, The BOAT is se~venty-two feet
over all and eighteen feet wide, and is
modelled after the old Mississippi River
stern-wheelers 1t only draws five inches
OF water as II now stands.
When fully equipped II will be taken
down the Kalamazoo, thence to Chicago
and from there. via the Illinois River
and canal. to the Father OF Waters"
1t will do duty as a missionary craft.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
1T WAS ON PAPER ONLY.
A Receiver for the Fifth Avenue Rstiv
Company, a s2,oOO,OO0 Concern.

Louis HnnnemaIn has been appointed
ceiver for III, Fifth Avenue Railway compai
of No. 1876 Broadway. on the application
George H. Davidson. n judgment creditor.
81. O2O, unsatisfied.' The company was
ganized with a capital stock Of ~: OO0u
ostensibly to build a railroad on Fifth aven,
but the concern was regarded Us o p
project 49,, 4,
Thomas b. Musgravc. formerly n Wall ~
banker. Is the President, and Charles NJ. 7.
was Treasurer. The directors are said 70 ~
been James A.. Dennison, Jay Allen, Edw'
V. Loew. Edwin P. Woodward. Altredericn
Hatch and MeSsrs. Musgrave and stead.
1t Is stated that the company Is insoiys
that the officers are unable to protect 10 ~
pointed forth with, that its property will De
through the strife of contending creditoS
The evening world., 1894-04-26
PARK COMMISSION TO GO.
>Robertson's BIII for n New Di-pnr-
tisnn bill PASSES.

ALBANY, Spril Ex-senator Robert
sons bill, aDolishing the present New
York Park Commission, and providing
for n non-partisan Board of Parks, con-
sisting OF two members. has passed the
Assembly-yeas, 70; nays, AZ.
The evening world., 1894-04-26

You read the Evening World!
Do you read the sunday WoTld7
The evening world., 1894-04-26
Royal Arcanum ofioer, Elected.

The business OF the sixteenth annual
convention Of the Grand Council of the
Royal Arcanum OF the State of New
York, which has been In session in
Brooklyn since Tuesday, was concluded
last night. The following officers were
elected: Grand Regent. Justin F. Price
OF Brooklyn; Grand Vice-Regent, j.. 8.
Wardell. OF Rome; Grand Orator. Vim
tary, j. Y. Bicknell. Of buffalo; Grand
Treasurer, George H. Collins. OF SYRIA
cuse; Grand Chaplain, William H. Grit
nths, OF Brooklyn; Grand Guide. William
William N. Howe. OF Brooklyn; Grand
Sentry. Stephen Geilert. Of New York.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
Diamonds in the Meteors.

Prof. Berthelot has pointed out that
in the writings OF Avicenna there rs
mention OF a metallic aerollte which fell
in Djorjan, In Central Asia, In the eley-
enth century which could neither be
broken nor worked up into arms or tools.
One OF the blocks OF native iron found
at ovijak. in Greenland, In 1870, is SO
hard that ii can neither be scratched
nor cut, and Prof. Nordenskiold suggests
that this may be. due 70 the presence OF
Iron.