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The evening world., 1894-02-28
FITCH WANTS TO SAVE TIME
He Suggests a Needed Reform in
the Making Out of Pay-Chccks.

Comptroller Fitch has suggested a
change in the methods of making out the
pay-rolls Of the Board of Education
which. IL adopted. will facilitate the
payment of teachers and janiturs.
Under the present red-tape system the
pay-rolls are mad out by the Board of
Education and then sent down to The
Comptroller. whose clerks and auditors
have 10 verify them and make out the
individual checks.
As there are about 5000 checks to be
filled out. much time is wasted and the
pay-rolls of other departments are neces-
sarily delayed.
The Comptroller suggests that the in
dividual checks be drawn by the persons
who make out the payroll, and thus
save time and extra work in the Comp
t%roller's office.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
SMALLPOX NOT A STAY.
Warden Durston, OF Sing Sing, IL
Rcndy 10 ReceiNc MckRne.

SING SING. n Y. Feb. 2s.-The two
convicts who were stricken down with
smallpox yesterday are as yet not
critically Ill from the disease. The pa
tients are isolated in a small building
at the south end OF the prison yard near
the dock. away from the shops and pris-
oners.
Warden Durston to-day said that he
did not fear any outbreak among the CON
2icts Of smallpox. The patients, are at
tented by Prison Physician Irvine. lie
will vaccinute all the convicts.
Warden DurstoE says the smallpox
will not interfere with the reception al
John y. McEune. nor any other prfso-
ncrs who are taken to the prison. All
prisoners Will be received as usual.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Mr.. REPLIES OFFER.


WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb. zS.-Sec-|
rotary Carlisle has received an offer of g
cents per ounce for rs, 900, 900 ounces OF SUI
yer bullion now in the Treasury. Tho ofkc<
comes from the British and America
Financial Investment Syndicate. OF New
York. represented by l.. T. Replee. Rep,
ounces per month. with the option %
1000, 900 ounces. One Of the conditions Oh
the offer Is that an export duty OF u Il
coined or uncoined. exported from ths
United States for a period Of Ave years =
Replee refers to Senator Hill. Of New
York. as to his financial responsibility. <
Replee makes could be accepted By tn
Government. for the reason that TIL
levying OF an export duty would be Coz
trary to the Constitution of the Unite
States.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
TO RESTORE RATES.
Trunk-Line Association Represez
ntives in Conference To-Day.

Both passenger n freight departst
ments OF the Trunk Line Associatoey
are holding important meetings 10 -daypA
hoping, II possible, to successfuAiy solvey
the knotty problem of STRENGTHENING out,
the muddle into which the easthoun4'
rates have fallen. .SH
A rumor has been circulated that the
Association men believe they have ar
rived at a successful solution OF tho
on the outside agents who's interference.
mas caused the trouble, by organising q
series OF small pools located at 1mpor<
as Buffalo. St. Louis. Cincinnati. Chica-s
go and Pittsburg, m with whom tho'
merchants and shippers may deal direct..
President Depew, on leaving the Trunk
had yet been reached. He said he had
no doubt some satisfactory conciusion
would be reached. 1879 Nif3
The evening world., 1894-02-28
SAFETY-PINS FOR HEADACHE.
Deming said lie Took from Three
Ia SIX for q Dose.

Charles ID. Deming, sixty-ive years
old. OF 80 South street. was found acting
in n queer name at lGj Third avenue
this morning and was takn to Bellevue
Hospital by II policeman.
Deming had n package containing
about two thousand safety pins OF var
were about to lake the pins from him
he objected s~trenuously. aging the pins
were pills which he took regularly every
day. three 10 six at IA dose, TO cure "A
headache and n pain In his heart TO
which he was subject. He was placed
In the insane Pavilion for examination
as to his mental condition.
The evening world., 1894-02-28

The trial OF James Donnclly, charged with muir
der In the first degree for shooting and killing
CHARLES Madden on May -. was resumed before
Recorder smyth, In Part II. Of General Sessions,
this afternoon. Capt Price, Of the West Thirty
seventh street station, tes,ihei to hearing Of the
shooting. which took place In the hSrroom q
Rclin Innnelly, at Twenty-eiEhth street and
Eighth avenue. Who is a cousin Of the defendant
and related the circumstance Of ponnellys arrest
the same niEht.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
FLOUR TRADE DANGERS.
Irish Complaint that the Americas
STANDARD IL Not Kept.

IVY 1850 lh'th itfssl
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The United
States Consul at Belfast, Ireland, report
ing upon the American -four trade with
that section. points To a serious danger
arising from a conviction that the Amer
lean standards are depreciating..
lie cites complaints that the American
millrrs ar" sacrificing quality to guam
tltv IN their new patents. Indian wheat
promises to maxi II formidable opponent
10 the American stap,e. and It b~ehoove1
American millers to keep ny their stand
lards - the highest point. There l. also
COMPLAINT that the nour is not properly
sacked, and Is thus damaged.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
STRIKE OF B0ILER-M MAKERS.
This VIII Close the Singer Works
Temporarily.

ELIZABETH, n. j.. Feb. g. = The
boiler = makers in the employ Of the
Singer Company at Elizabethport went
on strike to-day because Of a reduction
in their wages OF IS cents per day.
The men were getting s2.T5 for . days
work, but the company put them on
piece work on Monday. n all thsy
could earn was S2.l0 tJ
The Babcock & Wilcox boilers were
manufactured at the Singer works.
The strike OF the boiler-makers throW4>
100 other men out OF work and tempofar
rily closes the concern.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
MONEY FOR QUARANTINE.
commissioners Ask the state for
mn Appropriation Of ataS,i03.

The Quarantine Commission met IN
the Mayors office to-day and adopted
the annual report, embodying n request
that the Legislature appropriate N+s,493
for repairs, maintenance and new build
ings, to toe divided as follows:
Care, maintenance and repairs OF quar-
antinr station, $35. 900. three-story, fire
proof building, S%winburne Island. s6l 900;
closets n coolers. S~winburne Island.
81, 800; closets II coolers. HOFFMAN ISL
and. 5000: mattresses for dormitory,
Hoffman Island. $500: repairs on Hon-
man Island, S4.s05: rip-rap stone, both
Islands. $3.50; extension Of dock. Health
Oticer's station. 5000: two naphtha
launches, 1900.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
AN ADVANCE IN COTTON.
'onee Trading Quiet and the wheat
Market Doll.

The cotton market opened with an adj
vance OF about I points. Mayfhnaily SELL
Ing up to 1855. The local shorts were
frightened at the advance in Liverpool
prices and covered freely. Receipts for
the day are estimated at from 1000 TO
II 900 bales. against 1864 last week and
1902 last year,
prices partially 8 points lower at the
opening. March sold at 30 July at
li7O and October at II. The wheat mar
with yesterdays closing price, or al
50 7-Sc.. sold on TO 6S 5-+I.. and then
went up TO 64c.. thus making the range
OF prices mp to | T.. VI, ~ 81 IA GiC. The
vance
The evening world., 1894-02-28
ALL GIVEN UP AS LOST.
Schooner Henrietta and Her Crew
Of Fourteen Men.

Wy wi TTV"-TT
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Feb. 2s.-The
schooner Henrietta, which sailed four
teen weeks ago on a hand-line trip to
the Georges, was to-day finally given up
by her owners, Messrs. Oakes & Porter.
She touched at Canso Jan. 3 for bait,
and since Their nothing has been heard
from her. She carried a crew of four
teen men, as follows:
Dominique I~'rinilli, captain: LARA
mendy Gabriel, St. Pierre; Desire Il,
Poirier. Albert Johansen, John Reid,
Albert Turner, Oliver Lorscn, Benjamin
De Lanty, Leon Bounett. st. Pierre
Paul Armstrong, Iceland; Grimar Nor
risson, Iceland; Michael Boudrott, Albert
Dajay, Fred Harrison, cook, Germany.
Five Of the men leave families.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
AGED COUPLE IN WANT.
They Are Feeble md the Husband
Hrs Ucen Ill

John Carroll. seventy years old. ana
his wife. Eliza. sixty-ive years Did. OF
1856 West Eighteenth street, were taken
together to Bellevue Hospital this morn
ing suffering from old age, want and
disease.
h aged couple had been comfortable
until some months ago. when Carroll
became too old and III to work. They
have since lived In Il condition OF alb
jtct want. Carroll. who Is suffering
from bronchitis. was placed In a ward
in the hospital for treatment. and mis-
wife, who is simply enfeebled in body
and mind. was cared for at the hospital
lodging- house.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Must Give Up the Certificate.

Christian abrInski. u lawyer, OF sss Canal strs>&
was held on his own recosniEsnee by connis-
sioner shields this afternoon on the cAHrss q
Withholding a pension certificate from JACOB -
served in the navy during the civil war. IA
binski held the certificate at the request Of s4-
other man In Washington. 10 whom the eoloft4
man owed money. Mr., shielda told him he me-
return the certificate by Saturday.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
IN JAIL fourteen MONTHS.
David Hampton Waiting Trial over
n Year. 7

A motion was made before Judge Mar
tine. in PartI. o f,he General Sessions.
to-day for the dismissal of an indictment
against David Hampton, the negro, who
Is alleged to nave murdered old Annett
Ahrens in December, 1892, at her resi-
dence, 42i West Fifty-fourth street.
The motion was made on the ground
thai Hampton has been in the Tombs
for fourteen months awaiting trial. His
counsel agreed that the case should be
disposed of at once.
Judge MARITIME adjourned the argument
until March 4.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
HIS OFFICE ABOLISHED.
short May Fight Against HIS Dis
charge from 10 BROOKLYN berth.

Commissioners Welles. HacSer and
Forester. OF the Brooklyn Excise De-
partment. to-day abolished the POSITION
OF clerk and assistant secretary and
dismissed Dennis short. the incumbent.
from the employ of the city.
Short Is II war veteran, II threatens
to iigh, the matter in the courts. He
says that the commissioners may nbol-
ish the position. but that they cannot
discharge him as long as there II any
appointed six years ago. The office was
worth 81 100 Il year.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
THE CITY CLUBS COUNSEL.
Identity of Mr.. Dixie. Commissioner
MncLenn's New Clerk.

When the Police Commissioners yes
terday appointed Howard T. Okie as
clerk to Commissioner MacI.ean they
with the exception OF MacI.ean himself.
knew little about him
To-day. however, they discovered that
Mr.. Dixie is the counsel for the city
club. and hat he prepared the afidavits
which the club will present to the Senate
Police Committee.
They would say nothing about the mat
ter when questioned on II to-day.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
TELEPHONES ON CHANGE.
Way lie Lawsuits If They Are Or
dcrc6 Removed.

The proposition TO remove the tele-
phones from the Stock Exchange is
meeting with considerable opposition
from the brokers. some OF whom say
they viii appeal to the courts to re-
strain the Exchange from taking such
action, on the ground hat the yearly
contract has been made with the Tele-
phone Company. with the express per
mission from the Exchange to operate
Instrument from the floor.
The matter Is to be brought before the
Governing Committee this afternoon.
But 1t is hardly probable that on "A mat
ter Of such Importance the Committee
will take action without mature delibera-
ton,
The evening world., 1894-02-28
DOMAIN Gets Eighteen Months.
iRy Associated press.l

NY Associated PresS,)
BALTIMORE. Feb. 2s.-Joseph DOMAIN. the
crank, who sent threatening messages to Vice
President Stevenson. and several Senators lately,
was tried In the unlted States District Court, to-
gay, on the charge ( violating the postal laws.
The Jury after a brief consideration returned a
verdict Of guilty, and Judge Morris sentenced Don
jan to the penitentiary for eighteen months.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
S%UFFOCATED IN BED.
White Neglected to Turn on the Gas
ri the Right Place.

Charles j. white. ~thirty-four years old
was found dead in bed this morning
In his room, ) East Fourteenth street.
He was suffocated by gas from a
stove.
White had been employed Tor nve
facturers. whose salesrooms are In the
Fourteenth street building. He occu-
pied a room on the third floor. In turn
Ing OF the gas last night he had turned
the one nearest the stove, and forgotten
the main pipe. When found by Piano,
Tuner Franklin Clapp he had been dead
some time.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Funeral of Thomas Tracy.

III. funeral Q: Thomas Tracy. an old resident q;
the Fourteenth Ward. williamsburg who died on
Sunday Of paralysis, took place to-day rom 81.
Vincent dc Pauls Church, on North Sixth street.
Mr.. Tracy sent To Williamsburg nearly forty
years ago, For many years he lived al lo7 Berry
street. He NAs a shade manufacturer and had .
very comfortable income.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
WANT FIELD RELEASED.
Judge Patterson Reserves Decision
in the Nette Matter.

ApplicP don was made to Justice Pat
tcrson. in Supreme Court. Chambers. to-
day. by counsel for Edward NJ. Field, for
an order vacating his arrest upon the
claim OF Charles Nette for 81, 800.
This IL said to be the only claim
against Field that Is now keeping him
In the Ludlow Street Jail. .
Justice Patterson took the papers and
reserved decision.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
LIKELY TO NAME MULvANEY,
sheriff sexton VIII Soon select mn
Under sheriff.

Sheriff Sexton will announce the name
OF the new Under Sheriff in a day or two
The place will probably go TO Deputy
Sheriff Harry p. Mulvaney.
He is one Of the s~ub-leaders in the
Fourteenth District The position pays
5000 o year.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Kubreth Goes to Washington.

Collector Kllbreth will leave for Washington
this afternoon to confer with Secretary Carlisle on
matters connected with the crs.om-House. u 10
probable that the cashiers otiee In the Customs
Will be the main subject Of the consultation
The evening world., 1894-02-28
TOrOntO's Unemployed.

TORONTO. Feb. 2S.-unempIoye ed men to the
number OF 900 went to the City Hall last night
and attempted to bulldoze the Mayor and Aldermen
into giving them work or money. Many OF the
lacn are Of lnarchistic pro'liyities. and threats 10
ransNck the homes Of Aldermen were banded
about,
The evening world., 1894-02-28
For Keeping D%isorderIy Houses.

Mrs. Mary Meyer, OF 292 Orchard street, and
NeIlie IIeming. OF l4 Orchard street. alleged
d~isorderly house keepers at the above addresses,
were held for trial In the Essex Market Court
this morning. They were captured with nineteen
inmates. ten men and nine women, In n raid
| which the police OF The Eldr' ige street station
made last night.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
ALLEGED Policy Dealer Held.

Charles Wagner, an alleged policy dealer. forty
one years old, Of "a East seventy second street, MAS
held for trial in 5000 ball to-day by Justice Koch,
ut the YurSvIlle Police Court.
The evening world., 1894-02-28

NEWARK. N. j.. Feb. 2S,-on account OF the
failure OF the Governor and Legislature to appoln,
q successor TO Prosecutor Cram. OF Essex County.
Y" Court Of oyer and Termircr Of that county
,hIS morning renppointed him for the balance OF
re december term. lie In turn reappolnted Louis
Hood assistant prosecutor.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
4. u. FIaBg Drops Dead.

c. II. FiaEE, manager o, the Hodsman Rubber
COMPANY, q West Twenty-third street, dropped
dead Of heart disease in the store At il.1o o'clock
to-day,
The evening world., 1894-02-28

So George H. Ward. who was recently arrested
In the Fourth avenue tunnel for insulting women.
vas indicted by the Grand Jury to-day for a mis-
lnnennnr-
The evening world., 1894-02-28
JUDGE M'DILL DEAD.
Ex-Membcr of Congress md ex-
from Iowa.
ny Associated Pre-

ny Associated Prefsl
CRESTON. Ia, Feb. 2S-Judge g. w.
McDil. OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. died at his home In this city
to-day OF typhoid fever. aged sixty.
He was prominent in State and Ma
tional politics, having served as Dis
trict Judge. Railroad Commissioners.
member Of Congress and United States
Senator from his State.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Mrs. Huribert Dies of Her burns.

MRS Ellen Hurlbert, forty years old. who was
oAn'y burned on board Of a canal.boat at the
sSot 2; West Forty-Sixlh street on sunday. died
~ heiieVas Hospital this morning,
The evening world., 1894-02-28
big building for Detroit.
lRy Aasoeiated Prsss.

u T=V TT -----
DETROIT. Mich, Feb, :t-fht contract ~ e
new Chamber Of commHss euiidias entire -
awarded yesterday 10 Benjamin HYDE. Of chIcx|&
RE price 10 stlB. 800. The building will Be tI|/.'
teen stories high. thu nrst four Of brous e1<<~'
Itons- I
The evening world., 1894-02-28
T.. IumIey Suspends.

The suspension OF T., Lumicy was announced on
,hs Consolidated Exchange this morning. me
~lah'litiss are Insignificant
The evening world., 1894-02-28
6y Gblsi

LIVERPOOL. Feb, 2s.-Arrired. steamer Males.
tic, from New York via Queenstown.
SIGHTED. ,
PRAvLE NJ Feb. N.--Passsd. steamer
Massachusetts,, from New York FOR Lontca.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
PORT OF NEW YORK
FORTS.

ARRIVED.
steamer Chateau LAnts, Bordeaux.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06
safe Saline in Deep waters.

Safe sailing In Deep waters.
For waters OF considerable depth and
breadth, where the wind often raises a
nasty sea" it is better to have boats
OF considerable power and sea-gOing
qualities. 1t Is by 40 means necessary
to procure an expensive cutter, with
lead keel and elaborate rigging. A
boy who has not a great deal Of money
to spare can get a good boat. For In
stance, there is the famous Barnegat
sneak-box. This boat is suitable for
either shallow or deep water. She has
no depth to speak of, but she is broad
Of beam, and has, therefore, q large
amount of initial stability" as 1t is
called. Initial stability is always larg-
er In wide boats than in narrow ones.
The racing shell Of the oarsmen, for
instance, has hardly any initial stabili-
ty at all. The sneak-box has a spoon
shaped bow, and this causes her to
skim rel the tops of the waves in
stead of cutting through them. She
makes a great splashing when she has
the sea against her, but she sails like q
ghost. 1t wa from this peculiar type
Of craft that the celebrated designer
Mr. Nat Herreshon got the idea Of the
remarkable bow which he put on the
Gloriana. That form Of bow became
highly popular, and most Of the racing
yachts built since the appearance Of
the Gl0riana have it, or q modification
Of 1t. The extremely shallow fin-keel
yachts like the Pilgrim are simply en-
larged sneak-boxes with a fixed centre
board of much depth and weight.-Har.
per's Young People. .
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

after playing. Al preacher, for exam
nile. might lay down his pen, play e
game of croQuet, and then resume ms
sermon without an unpleasant sense %
interruptions; whereas, after tennis, ne
wonld need have recourse 70 the bath.
.aThe ..chlef points OF excellence" 10
cro0uet are thus enumerated in the ofil-
cial book:
First-Accuracy In croqueting or max
ing one ball hit another from the DloW
of the mallet. Here the accurate eye
and the trained hand are needed, Tor
at a distance Of so feet q ball 31-4 Inch
es in diameter subtends to 9 ve-y small
angle. and q very small divergence OF
the lire of direction of the impingtns
mallet will cause the struck ball to go
wide Of its desired course.
Second-Ability to take position IN
front of arches so as to pass through
them successfully, for the arches being
only 8 IL inches wide give little chance
of passing through to q ball 3 Ia inches
when In q wild position"
Third-"Wirfng"' or stalking" an al
versary's bail Sc as to leave no 9
"onen" or. exposed" This Is lone
sometimes from q distance OF fifteen
O twenty feet; and fourth and greatest
of all is good g~eneralship, for without
this all excellence attained In b three
preceding points will be manifested 10
vain in a hard-fought game. Closely
associated with the first is the ability
to "drive" or ''block" the ball at .
certain angle. to reach q position de
sired. This will be attempted only
when. the balls are near together, Tor
at a long range roquet only 10 at
tempted. It is possible also that Jump
shooting ought to be added to these,
for this at first thought seemingly I'M
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06
plan Of Croquet Ground.


out Of fashionable countenace to become
an adjunct to the rural church picnic
and lawn festival. For the young man
or woman devoid of athletic tastes it
answered every purpose. Any one can
play it without undue exercise of mind
or body. 1t is to tennis what authors
is to whist or draw poker. It is Of
the same average consistency as church
picnic lemonade.
All this Is true Of the old-fashioned
croquet. The new game. which
has been developed by the
ever faithful croquet cranks, is quite a
other matter. Church picnic croquet
is played on a lawn Of any convenient
size, with long-handled mallets and big
balls, striped III brilliant colors. The
hoops are SO big than almost any
degree of skill suffices to drive the bali
through them. But observe the chang
Croquet is now played on a court ex-
longer of sod, but Of hardened earth,
made perfectly smooth BY a special
process Of sitting and rolling and tl.en
sprinkled with q light course Of clean
sand. The corners Of the ground are
"a III 10 6AVWA LII Tile ACSVlllruuy1 lux
diagram. A border incloses the court.
It Is Of maple or other hard wood,
about 4x6 inches, laid fiat to erv as
cushions, whence carroms can be made
as in billiards. To add further compli-
cations, a sort Of ''balk line is laid
down at a distance of thirty inches
from the border, and the ground be-
tween this line and the wooden border
fxsc1c. hrx n nero 7,1o1 +elo.~ D,,%xr, al ID
the height Of two inches, 20 that a
ball driven beyond the line will roll
back upon the grounds. 1.-THE stakes"
say the official rules OF the game fur
ther, .'or posts are to be n inch in
diameter and n and one-half inches
high, situated at the base Of the rise.
at the center of the width OF the
field. The first wicket to be seven
feet from the stake; the second, seven
feet from the first on q line extending
through the middle Of the field. The
side arches are to be five feet from
the foot Of the rise, on a line with the
second arch from each stake: the cage,
or double wicket, In the center to be
eighteen inches long and three and
three-eighths inches between the wires
and set at right angles with q line
drawn from stake to stake"
1t should be observed that the
cages" or wires in prize games are
only three and one-half inches wide,
and, as the balls are three and one
fourth inches in diameter, the margin
for error In driving the balls through
the wire Is only a quarter OF an inch.
Very nice skill and a ~delicately fash
toned mallet are required for such a
game. The regulation Of mallet is Of
lockwood, even or sever and 0ne-half
inches long and two and one-fourth
to two and one-haf inches in diameter,
and the handle from eight to fifteen
inches m'lengfh, q s best suits the play
Ell Individual taste has caused a great
variety OF mallets. The steel Tor brass)
tube is becoming increasingly popular,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-10-06

One Of the experiments made by
those whose business It is to test the
strength Of dynamite, gun cotton and
other explosives is to place two fresh
pluckcd leaves between two plates of
panel steel and explode cartridges ON
the upper plate. The recoil In such
cases II so great and ,udden that the
upper plate Is driven downward with
such force and rapidity rs to catch
exact impressions of the Leaves before
their delicate ribs have tine to give
way to the force of the blow. This
novel method Of engraving y i. Of
the wonders Of the csltury.