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The evening world., 1894-02-28
"ABOIT TOW ~"

Had Mr.. John II. Russell been candid
enough to announce About Town at
the Casino merely as n fourth edition OF
"The city Directory" no expectations
would rave been loudly smashed. ana all
would have been well. Nobody ever
thought OF expecting a plot or any coher-
ence In 1.-THE city Directory" Mr. Rus
sell, however, ostentatiously announces
that his comedians are illustrating "a
sketch Of everyday lifc' In About
Town" and that II IL nm English version
Of Adolph Philips "Corner Grocery Of
Avenue A." II "A manager insists upon
these Misrepresentation he must nat
urally not he annoyed II they ar" lis
oussed. Nobody asked Mr.. Russell TO
make such statements. II" made plenty
of fame with The cry Directory" and
that never purported to be- anything but
tomfOolery. Perhaps the conference OF
"About Town" was urged in Difference to
tn" Casino, once, alas! the home of comic
| opera. The nearest approach to about
Town that the poor old home has had
was "rncle Celcstin.'
AS n variety show, very little fault ran
be found with About Town" 1t has
some good although not very new
specialties. and some very clever people.
II Is also short and II can be laughed Mt
and enjoyed. 1t canno he successfully
discussed as II sketch of everyday
lifc.' but IT can he favorably alluded TO
rs an agreeable hodge podgc OF every
day songs. AS soon as the speciality
people cease their spcCialtics, n lcadcn
tediousn"ss haunts the stage. There Is
scarcely n laugh apart from thu special.
ties. although all the people work very
hard. The first two acts, moreover, ,nl
In II very unprepossessing manner. Thc
curtain comes suddenly AMI uncNpcc,-
edlv, and this shocks the audience. for
II shows them how very little there -,
TO claim attention. why not some final,
in the shape of n noisy medley? The
end Of the first act is particularly weak.
Dan DAILY contributes his usual loose
limbed dances. and sings a number of
songs in his own inimitahle way. jacques
Kruger Is the barber. Wisham Cameron
a bank clerk and Wills +. Sweatman. a
darby servant, who Is very unfUnuy.
Dave Warheld gives clever limitations
OF Salvini and Bernhard. which would
be more amusing were they a little more
Legitimate, and Miss kelsl sings very
nicely. although a good comic song
would be more appropriate than still AS
the Night" "l.inger. Longer. Love-"
sung by Rosetta and the Ladies'" is per.
haps the best thing in About Town"
II is ~CharminEly given, and Is distinctly
worth hearing II is subsequently bur
lcsqued by Messrs. DAILY, Cameron, Mack,
Warfeld, Seaman and Jackson.
Miss Amelia Glover dances in a half
The evening world., 1894-02-28
WILL THIS END THE CASE t.

James ]. Dooley. Chairman Of the
Board OF Inspectors IN an election dis
trict of the Second Assembly District.
was the indicted inspector on trial yes
terday In the Court OF Oyer and Ter
miner FOR violation of the election laws.
1t was a serious case; one OF the worst
yet brought before the court. II was
shown that Republican votes had been
cast. but in the count they had wholly
disappeared.
This was a district In which a prize
was offered FOR the best showing tor
Maynard n against Bartlett. Was the
offer OF the prize a temptation to the
inspectors to commit frauds? Was 1t, m
fact, a bride held out to the inspectors?
1t is possible that Dooley, who was
found guilty after a deliberatlon by the
Jury lasting only ten minutes, may get
seven years imprisonment.
VIII that be the end Of the case?
The evening world., 1894-02-28
FIRST WIFE IN POSSESSION.
Chicago Women Drives nm Omaha
Couple from Home.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 2S.-F. A. Pierce.
representing the Pittsburg safe house of
Thomas Barre x Co. and a woman
claiming to be his wife. have left Omaha
under peculiar circumstances In pIerce's
house, at 52ll Harvey street, Is a chi
Cago woman, VINO says she Is the lawful
Mrs. Pierce. She arrived ON the scene
last week, and after locating her nus
bands domicilc. she proceeded there ami
drove the couple out, taking possession
herself. she H. now armed with a re-
Nu.vcr, and threatens to XIII Pierce II
he attempts to Gust her.
Mrs. Pierce No. >, whose maiden name
was Mary Adams. is said To he at Cen
%trevil!e, la. and Pierce is somewhere In
the sam" state. Mrs. Pierce No. | says
she has been or the track OF Pierce for
SIX months. and has at last succeeded In
locating him. She. was married 10 him
eleven years ago in New England.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Chicken Jelly.

Put the chicken IN to cook in two
quarts of cold water. and boil until the
meat Will shred and the liquor is reduced
to a little less than a quart; spread a
cloth over a colander and strain the IL
quor through into an earthen dish; salt
TO taste and set away to cool 1t should
be SKINNED once or twice while cooling.
when cold you should have a clear, Arm
Jelly. which is delicious served In slices
or IS a sandwich between hin buttered
slices OF bread or crackers. A dainty
sandwich is made by trimming all thu
crust from n thin slice of fresh bread
which is spread with the jelly and rolled
If solid food can be eaten the chicke
meat may be cut into small pieces an
added to the liquor. being careful thu |
all the skin and bones are first remove |
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Tariff Makes No Price.

To the Editor;
Yankee gets of the old sophIstry OF the man
In China buying a machine cheaper that 1t can be
bought here. Well, the man in China has not
got money enough In his clothes to buy decent
grub. As a salesman. | often sell a man In
Chicago cheaper than | do a man right here,
because | want his trade bad enough to pay for It.
and that system will exist. tariff or no tarir.
Tariff makes no price: competition does that.
But extend that competition to cheap foreign labor
and the loss will come of the mechanic and the
salesman. Much OF the goods | sell has but n
per cent. profit. yet there Is a so per cent.
tariff on II. So please don't talk that old lunacy
about the manufacturer, making the tariff. VIII
Yankee please tell me on what goods, outside
OF a patent or fancy article. there is 100 or 200
per cent. profit. there is a lot Of capital looking
for that snap. We can't make anything there is
any PROFIT in but what competition steps in and
cuts 1t down to hard pan. We'll, Yankee" don I
worry. The manufacturer IL catching IL now.
but somehow or othe. the mechanic and myself
seem to be catching It too, BY and by, when we
are as poor as the Chinaman we'll buy things
cheap also, II We can raise the cash to get them.
r. q
The evening world., 1894-02-28
SHOT The BURGLAR.
Burnes Wouldn't Surrender to
the Policemen.
Pursued Through the Streets in the
Early Morning.
lie and Two Companions Were Rob-
hing n Cigar Factory.

Patrick BUrn,s, eighteen years old, of
33 East SiNty-hfth street, was shot in
the nigh, shoulder 10y "A policeman early
this morning wh!l. he was trying to
escape after an attempted burglary.
Eurnos, 1t is said by the police, is a
member Cf a company of criminals
banded dnler the name of The Rock
Gang" He Is also said to be director
in-chicf f the criminal movements OF
thu mysterious "McNally Trio of whom
the police have heard so much and
know so little.
and Sevcnty-six.. streets. within three
doors of Scventy-tifth street. is the tene-
mcni.house cigar store ana factory OF
+. Muchlenthal. At l.3O o'clock this
morning Policemen Barry and News
corner, where their posts adjoin.
IAN quiet asked Barry.
quiet as death" replied his brother
policeman.
lust as they spoke a crash of broken
glass came from the direction of Sew
enty-1fth street. In the darkness two
men were discovered running in opposite
directions. A chase was given. but the
men disappeared in the direction of the
rocks" near the river.
The policemen realizing that search
would be useless, returned to the tene-
ll' Nv rs lltN approached II, IL tllTu
man walked from a hallway.
Surrender called one of the police
men
and the man started to run up the
street. The policemen were in hot pur-
suit In an instant.
When the fleeing man got TO Seventy
sixth street. he turned in the direction
Of First avenue. He was leaving the po-
licemen behind at every stride. so they
drew their revolvers. Barry. fired, but
A., ,,1s, man iM, s sbn, ran Tbs Then mean N reS chatter e
and at the corner of First avenue was
caught.
Don't hit me- he begged. I'm shot"
The st~ation-hOuse is close by. and
when the prisoner was taken there no
evidence Of a bullet wound could be
found. The man, however, insisted that
he was hurt. Sergt. Casey thought the
animation. II was not until the man
was thoroughly undressed that the
wound was found in his shoulder. He
was surly, and refused to say whether 1t
was the first, second or third shot that
struck him.
The man didn't want to give his name
they knew it was Burnes he gave the
rest of his pedigree. He refused to say
who were with him.
Then the, policemen went back to
MlchlenthaIs factory. They found that
the lock had been broken off the door
OF the salesroom. AMI a lot of boxes
of cigars Piled up ready to be carried
away. In tho room there were 100000
cigars, and If the burglars had not ac-
cidentally broken a big pane of glass
they might have gotten away. with the
greater part of them. The house has
been broken into twice before.
Burnes was taken to the Presbyterian
Hospital. where his injury is not regarded
as serious. The police hope to catch the
other two men to-day.
Policeman Newschaffer says that Burns
comes from u family of criminals, and his
father and brother are now in prison.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
BALLOT REFORM.

Although 1t Is given out that a sharp
contest is pending in Albany over the
Ballot law amendments on the issue OF
Inc blsnket pastors, 1t is understood
that a~@friendly understanding has been
teached by the party leaders.
The Sheffield bill and that prepared by
ex-apeaker Sulzer are similar in all re-
spects but one. The Sulzer bill provides
for the blanket paster. The Sheffield
bill provides for an official paster our
inches square. but to entitle n voter to
use II he must nave made oath when he
registers, of his intention 10 vote for n
candidate for some office whose name
will not appear on the ballot.
The Sheffield bill will pass the Legis-
lature and go to the Governor. It is an
open secret that Prof. Collin, whom
Gov. Flower Is accustomed to consult
on constitutional questions, entertains n
fixed opinion hat the Sheffield bill is
open to constitutional objections. 1t Is
rufnored hat a strong opinion has al
ready been prepared presenting that
view Of the question. II the Sheffield
bill should be returned from the Exec
utive Chamber with such an objection.
II Is said that the Republican leaders
will then favor the adoption of the
Sulzer bill. which is thus likely to be-
com a law.
Both bills simplify the present law and
are decided improvements, the sole dif-
ference etwee them being the blanket
paster provision. Outside the constitu-
tional question. It Is quite certain that
the abolition of the paster would re-
move the excuse for raising money In
elections. and that is doubtless the con
sideration that influences many of those
who regard the paster as an evil tina,
ought to be dispensed with.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
TOLD by 4 COLORED PREACHER
4 vivid Description of the Inst Day
and Its startling Effect.

The most wonderful sermon | ever
heard said a business man to a writer
cred by a colored preacher In South
Carolina, in II slave pen which had been
utilized as IA church shortly after the
war.
II happened to drop into the large
gathering of colored people one night and
was informed that a new preacher was
about to he tried. The minister arose
back Of a pulpit that had been improvised
from a barrel turned bottom upward, on
which was II lighted candle stuck in IL
bottle. He began TO read the Bible. but
stumbled at every word, spelling some
throughout before p~ronouncing them. a
maa In the rear said: Go ahead with
your sermon and the preacher ceased
reading.
He stood MP at full length. and in the
linn, pickering light of the lone candle
looked more like an aspiration than a
man. His subject was The Judgment
Here came in that wonderful imagina-
tive quality for which the colored race is
noted.
III going about during the war he had
SO he began by giving a vivid word pic
ture of the hosts of heaven lying in
their tents asleen the night before the
Judgment day. Then Ne worked up to
pare for the descent upon the sinful
world.
Of battle with the great commander in
front. Then he described the stiffness
that reigned when all was ready, await
ing the command TO advance.
by this time the whole c~onEresation,
including himself. were sitting with
nerves strained. excited in the extreme,
and as the preacher described the tramp,
tramp. tramp OF the mighty host APP.
preaching the earth ! saw several mem
hers, terrified, get down under the
coming from the distance, VINO reported
Death on a white horse as having APP
pcarel far away.
when the preacher described the com
mander detailing a squad of his sol
diers to go capture death a terrified
moan came from the audience, Finally
he brought the army of heaven down
to earth Just before daybreak, and had
them resting on their arms awaiting
Gahriels trumpet. He pictured at length
how, quiet everything, was, and then
tated the huglc call. which so terrified
and completely unstrung his audience
that the greater portion of 1t arose hur,
riedly and rushed out OF the building. In
all nv life | have never heard of a SER
mon that had such a startling effect upon
a congregation"
The evening world., 1894-02-28
THE AMERICAN EDITOR sCoopED EN-

English editors don't know much about
Journalism beyond reporting Parliament
tary proceedings verbatim, writing edi-
torials as long as the moral law about
borough elections. and indulving in large
geographical blunders like calling Chi
cago the capital Of Jersey city. and
Brooklyn a part Of the Great Staked
Plains. Anything that looks like real
live news creates as much CONSERVATION
IN a newspaper Office over there as a
spluttering bomb does in a Paris board
ing-house.
Recently, when William W. Astor, who
Is now an editor of the most approved
American pattern, though he does his
editing In London, announced in his
Pail Mall Gazette thai Premier Glad,
stone was going to retire, the British
journalists CLIMBED down off their trI.
pods and got up on their hind legs ana
howlei about sensationalism. 1t was
the old American way OF taking They
cried. There was absolutely nothing ir
II, don't you know.
We'll, Gladstone Is going to retire from
the Premiership. The American edito,
was right. Like ali truly alert Amerl
can editors he shifted the news from
Mafar ana set 1t before his readers two O
gthree weeks ahead Of all contemporaries
lt has been a great lesson in moder
journalism to the other London editors
They should know now that it is a fool
ish thing TO wait for n piece of news I
knock an editor down and trample a,
over his PROSTATE form before he give
II recognition. News is news, whethe
1t deals with present, past or comm
events, and the journalist who in thes
hustling days doesn't have his spec
The evening world., 1894-02-28

When the present Rapid Transit Com
mission goes out to give place to an
other, II such a thing Is to happen, the
new board must be one appointed on
no partisan nor factional lines. 1t must
be a body representative of the business
energy. foresight and integrity which are
to constitute the backbone OF Greater
New York. II must he made up Of men
who have practical ways of dealing with
practica! plans. who understand the
rights and privileges OF capitalists and
who will not surround real rapid transit
plans with such conditions and limita-
tons that capital IL discouraged at the
outset. In short. The new Commission
must be one which will appreciate the
demand Of the hour, and will make at
least an appreciablc effort to he equal to
the emergency.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
ROBBED HIS STARVING BABE.
How n ShiftIcss Pennsylvania In
currcd Whitccaps' Wrath.
Try Associated Press J

BRADFORD. Pa, Feb. gS.-Whlte Caps
took 1t upon themselves Monday nigh,
u punish John Bryton, a shiftless fellow.
who lives a; k!uzul, and refuses to work
and support his wife and children.
A few days ago his baby died Of starva-
don. Mrs. Bryton begged a cup of milk.
hut her husband drank it, and the in
tlnt's death occurred soon after.
The White Caps came that night.
stripped Bryton, and securing a tub of
cold water, gave hin a bath with I've
for soap. Then they hoGEsd him with
hickory whips until he begged for mercy.
He promised t. leave the country and
never come hack II they allowed him Il
20. They granted his request, and at
layhreak he left The wife Is being
cared for by ncighhors.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
AS A DOCTORS FRIEND.
Alfred Gnutier said to HIVE Sc
cured Goods by Fraud.

Alfred Gautier, Of ll6 East Thirty
second street, was arraigned at jefferson
Market Police Court this morning and
held under bonds for examination Fri
day morning. on a charge of obtaining
goods under false pretcnses.
Henry MiGnerney, OF ISL Rlecckcr
street, a wine dealer, was the comulain-
ant, and, II Is stated. that other com
%plainants Will be on hand Friday. The
prisoner. II is said, has been obtaining
goohs under the pretense of being II
doctor, II forged letter from whom he
would present to obtain credit.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
1853 East One Hundred and Ninth st
Government Railroads.
To the Editor:

TO The Edltof:
VIII THE Evening World kindly let one OF 10
constant readers know the reason why the United
States Government cannot conduct the business Of
railroading, mining and telesraphing cheaper, give
better accommodation to the public. and pay thu
employees better wages than the private COM
panies that are now hliing their pockets. whils
the rest OF us do the sweating7 II the people will
only give more thought to these matters they will
soon wake up to the necessity OF crushing thess
monopolies, When the Government is In control We
will not hear OF underpaid railroad employees and
starving miners, and the poor will then get coal at 4
reasonable price. Coal is one of Gods gifts any
way, why should the coal barons control the out.
put instead OF the people? Give us Government
coal. Government railroads and Government tele
graph lines. w. RANDOLPH
Brooklyn
The evening world., 1894-02-28
FOR HORSEWHIPPING A GIRL.
Miss HopinGnrdener Fined S25 by n
Westchcstcr Magistrate.

Miss Rose H~oplngardener, nineteen
years old, the daughter OF a prominent
farmer of Westminster County, was fined
sos yesterday In Westminster for horse
whipping Miss Colby Morgan. a pretty
siXtcen-year-old girl.
There has been III feeling between the
Young women for some time. owing, IT
is said, to a good-looking young man.
Monday afternoon the u women
we're Cuasting on Gore Hill, and had
"A h~air-pulling match.
In the fight Miss Hopingardener drew
the horsewhip, which she had concealed
beneath her dress-skirt, and piled 1t Wig
~orously upon Miss Morgan's face and
neck.
Miss Morgan reported the trouble to
her father, who had his daughters as
sailant arrested.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
THE CAREER OF A SW|NDLER.
Walter Guy Furnald an Apt Pupil
of Sharper Hurt.
Romance and Robbery Strangely
Mingled Within "A Few Years.

SAN FRANCISCO, F,b. 2S.-Walter
"a. t-urroLl ,yh, f. r,u hrnipd the
'"' '"',''' ""' " ,n,
bars or inc city prison. chart'u WIN
having stolen the jacobson trunk CON
t,fuirg sl0 on unrtb nf diamonds. has
'','"'7 ''''" 800
hhi Il '~h"'N'rou career
Some yrirs ago l]'Irnaii started for
I,,,.,ro ,i,b e. Dn I'm TIM, shin ne foil
III win NllllAm W h"''' " ""'o'''"
card sharp anu conhicnIr md". mart
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Filthy ~Ferry-HOuses.

70 the Editor:
You would bestow a great blessing on the peo'
pie compelled to cross the Roosevelt Street Fern
were you to inform them that trafhc on that line
is getting to be unbearable. The waiuns-roon
on the New York side is extremely nlthy. and tS'
odor is something fearful. These. together viii
the fumes OF the vile pipes that are allowed to y
smoked, make II intolerablc. When waiting f@
a boat the place becomes almost sunocating with
ventilation has been shut on. l thought perhaps
was alone in my complaints. but when ! hear
rrumbling voices from several OF my FRIENDS
Csome Of whom cross the bridge to avoid the nui.
sance. ! thought that II would be possible to abats
ii through the aid of your valuable columns.
r ]. SLOANE
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Grocery and Ten Clerks.

To the Editor:
| saw a statement in your paper OF the 27th inst.
NJ 4 committee belonging to the Grocery and Tea
Clerks Association. claiming to be the first and
only Grocery and Tea Clerks Association in the
city. The last part OF the statement is true. the
first wrong, In 1864 the Nesey street clerks or
ganized to assist their less fortunate brothers on
G.and, Pearl and Catharine streets and the Bow.
cry to get their employers to close at 6 P. ".
the same as the Nesey street houses. In 1875 the
west-side clerks organized for early closing. !
think both Of these associations were In vogue .
few y,ars before my German friends left Father.
land. In 1881 the two English speaking sections
then in existence amalgamated With the Germu
branch for carly closing and gave them the prtvt-
lcge to put the car before the horse by calling Il
the Grocery and Tea Clerks Association. whereas
seventeen years before 1t was the Tea and Groceu
Clerks Association. One OF the originals.
JOHN REED.
l53 East One Hundred and Ninth street,
The evening world., 1894-02-28
The Kissing Question,

To The Editor!
In reply to that quartet Of gentle fairies. 'vio-
let, InCz, Minnie and May" about the young man
kissing and wasting bis arms around them | will
say: Most assuredly he or any other man will
do such things without being In love with them.
Iut when he Is caught doing so he should have
sense enough TO Justify his action by saying he
had a right to strain his own hone. Kissing
is a capital punishment that all men Ike. whether
It is favored with or without love, Therefore
you must know that men will
Seize maidens In their arms,
Blushing with their tempting charms;
And 1t would. We think. be snugger
OF to kiss and tightly huggsr.
All. there! been there.
ROMEO
The evening world., 1894-02-28
STABBED WITH A PENKNIFE.
James Shea Severely Cut In n Row
with Patrick eOnar

Patrick Leonard. thirty years old, of
"a West Thirty-hfth street. and James
Shea, Of 236 West Thlrty-hfth street, got
drunk yesterday and quarrelled. In the
row Leonard stabbed Shea with a pen
we're wound. When Leonard was ar
rested by Policeman Carney he gave the
oficer considerable trouble on his way TO
the station. Leonard was arraigned In
terday and held for trial In 1900.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Lobster n In NcwburR.

The meat should have been cut into
small, delicate slices. Four tablespoon,
fuls of butter should be put in the dish,
and when that melts the Holsters should
be added. 1t should cook slowly for five
minutes; then two t~ablespoonfuls Of
brandy. two of sherry. two Tablespoons
fuls OF salt, n quarter of a t~easpoonful
Of pepper and a slight grating of nut
meg should be added. When It has sim
mered five minutes longer the well-beat-
en- yolks of four eggs and half a pint Of
cream should be poured over the mixture.
Aftei a minute n a half of stirring the
lobster Is ready to serve.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
CONNECTICUT MOONSHINERS.
Tire" Waterbury, Distiliers md
Their Out6t Captured.

WATERBURY,, Conn, Feb. @S.-Uritel
states officers raid'l an uno2cupied
house on South Main street late last
night and arrested Samuel Popklns, G.
lyman ana Simon Ark5witch on the
charge n maintaining a whIskey stiIl.
Tae officers also seized Two furnaces. a
number o: maSA tubs and W barrels OF
whiskey.
The men have been doing a thriving
business. selling to the cheap saloons
Of Waterbury and vicinity. Popkins gave
the officers u lively chase before he was
captured. They VIII appear n the United
states Court at Hartford today.