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A PART OF THE COST.

Washington. June 27.-The attorney
general today sent to the senate through
the secretary Of the treasury a request
for deficiency appropriation of $125, 900.
This amount is to be used to meet the
expenses incurred by United States mar
shals in arrest and punishment Of Cox
eyites in the west for stealing trains.
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BLUM cRoss-ExAMiNEb,

Portland, Or. June 2I-In The con-
spiracy trial today Nat Blum concluded
his testimony and the cross-examlna-
ton was begun. His evidence did not
materially differ from that given in the
former trial. The cross-examination will
probably last two days.
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THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
The Bill Ready to Report to the House
by Committee.

Washington, June 27.--The house COM
mittee on commerce today approved the
Nicaragua canal bill drawn up by the
subcommittee and ordered It reported
to the house. One important amend
mept was made in the full committee
giving the government first lien upon
the canal so that there can fhe no
chance of loss through its guarantee Of
bonds. tlsff
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A HAPPY CALIFORNIAN.

London, June 27.-General John Hew-
stone. OF California, was today formally
released from a charge Of nlanslaugbter
in having caused The death Of George
Burton Street. musician, Nay %.
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PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.

The State Convention Commenced or
Yesterday.
Harrisburg, Pa, June 27.-The demo.
cratic state convention was called tC
order today. Robert E. Wright, of AL.
lentown, was elected temporary chair.
man. In speech he said revenue re.
form must come before congress ad.
journs.
Mr.. Singerlay, of Philadelphia, was
nominated by acclamation for governor
John S. Killing, of Erie. was nomi-
mated for lieutenant governor, and Ex-
Judge Joseph C. Buchef and H. J.
Slcan were nominated for congressman
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IT'S time to think of Fire Works and other things to cee-
brae 4th ofJuly with We've been thinking them out
for weeks We've got everything that's just right for you
too Right in variety and right in price We ought in
justice to ourselves to charge for them than do
but we won't We've always lead Fourth Of July goods
and we do still
GRIFFIN & REED
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at large.
THE SENATE.

Several Amendments to the Income Tax
Adopted.
Washington, June 27.-In the senate
the income tax was under considera-
tion the entire day. Aldrich offered
an amendment to exempt savings banks
organized on the mutual plan, for the
benefi. Of their depositors. 1t was ac-
cepted. Vest, in the same connection.
offered an amendment which was
agreed to exempting mutual savings
banks conducted for the benefit Of de-
positors In the state OF Delaware.
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THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS.

Toronto, June 27.-The returns from
yesterdays elections show that Sir Oil
yer Mowat will have majority over all
in the house.
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SANTOS EARLY TRIAL.

Lyons, June 1.-THE trial Of cIasaro
santo the assassin OF President carnot,
is to take place July 2s.
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cARNoTs SUCCESSOR ELECTED.
The National Assembly Elects caslmler
Perier President.

Versailles, June 27.-Casimier Perier
was this afternoon elected president Of
the French Republic by the senate and
chamber Of deputies. sitting as ma
tional assembly. The assembly consists
Of SS4 members, Of whom the senators
number $50. The first ballot gave NJ.
casimier Pervier 451 votes. clear ma
jority OF only seventeen.
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Denver, June 27,-No through trains
are RUNNING on the Santa Fe owing
to the Pullman boycott. The company
is determined not to move trains with
out Pullmans.
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Les Angeles, June 27.-All Southern
Pacific and Santa Fe trains which have
hitherto pulled out Of here with Pullman
cars attached, were tied up today on
account of the boycott declared by the
American Railway Union against the
Pullman Car Company.
The evening world., 1894-08-14
With her THROAT CUT
Theresa Lieluch Attempts Suicide
and Leans Out of a Window
Men Going 10 Work Startled at tho
GhastIy Sight.
Blood from the Wound Trickles
Down the Side Of the House.

Persons who passed through Plymouth
street, Brooklyn, ON their way to bust
ness about $50 o'clock this morning were
startled by the appearance of a woman
leaning out of one of the upper win
dows at 23G with her throat cut.
The woman's face was ghastly, the blood
from the ragged wound In her throat
tricklcd down the side of the house and
there was a pool OF blood on the side
walk beneath her.
Several men ran UP the stairs ana
dragged the woman in from the win
dow. She wa3 hanging out 50 far that
she was in Imminent DANCE. of tum-
bling out head first. The woman was
unconscious.
An ambulance was sent for. and the
woman's wound dressed.
William Lieluch, who lives in the
apartments where the woman was found
said she was his sister-in-law, Theresa
IieluCh, twenty-seyen years old.
A carving knife, stained with blood,
was found on the floor near the win
dow. The woman had attempted sui
eide
terry. Ambulance Surgeon Jacobs said
the wound she had succeeded in making
was not serious.
The young woman was placed under
arrest. When arraigned in the Adams
street Court n few hours later she was
held for examination on charge of at
tempting suicide.
The evening world., 1894-08-14
THE COUNTY SAFE,
Lawyer Meyenborg Goes Out Of
His Way to Collect a Bill
Only for 1900. 80, bit Twill MAXI
Fees for the Sheriff.

The Kings County Tressurer's once
In the Courthouse, Brooklya. is to-dy
In the hands of Sheriff ButtIins.
Shortly before noon Chilli Clerk Scds-
wick, Of the Sheriff's ofi&, walked into
the County Treasurer's office, which is q
few doors below the Shcrifrs office in
the main corridor of the Court-Houss
and served an attachment for $2,70ou
on Deputy County Treasurer Harrins.
ton. The levy attaches the safe. book.
papers, tables, desks and anything else
of value in the office.
MIR. Harrington and Clerk Sedgwick
are old friends, and Harrington laugh
ingly told Sedgwick that he could carry
the ten-ton safe right out with him II
ne wanted to set the County Treasurer
and his effects on the street
The attachment and the proceedings
connected with 1t came about In a pc
culiar way. few years ago Kings
County advertised for sale certain bonds
The East River Bank, of New York, bid
In S25O,00O worth of the bonds. 1t after
wards refused to take them on the
ground that the county had overstepped
Its debt limit.
John b. Meyenborg was at the time
counsel to the Board of Supervisors. II
come within his province to take cart
Of little things like banks refusing q
take up county bonds when they biz
for them.
Notwithstanding the 5000 per annuyl
he coll ected to DO the work himseH
Meyenborg in this instance called VIII
lam Q: Dewitt to his assistance. MI.
De witt fought the battle for. the
g! So1nty and put, in his little bill for
s2O,O0 after the bank had been ordered
by the courts to take the bonds.
Meyenborg could not let a good thing
go by. SO he filed bill for $4,000 for ex-
tras In the same case.
Last June the courts cut down Mr.:
De Wits bill to $4,000, and allowed
Meyenborg s2.7oo.Ss. Mr.. Harrington
said this morning that the Judgment had
never been flied, nor had AIeyenborg
asked for his money since June until
to-day He said that as soon as County
Treasurer Adams returned, the matter
would be investigated. and II It was
found that Mr.. Adams must pay the
bill he would do so.
No one around the Courthouse could
see how 1t was that the matter had
been placed In the sheriff's hands unless
II was to give Sheriff Buttling a chance
to mulct the county of his fees.
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PERHAPS She IS A PRISONER,
Russian Refugee Frederickssan
Grieves for His Faithful Wife.
II She Is Held He Says He Will Go
Back and Surrender.

Nicholas y. Frederickssan, an Ameri-
can citizen, and who, as already told
in THE Evening World" escaped from
a Russian military prison at st. Peters
burg and arrived here on the Paris last
Saturday, is still looking for his wife,
whom he left at Bielgorod, Russia, on
July Is. This morning I'rederickssan
met the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II.
at the North German Lloyd pier in
Hoboken in the hope that Mrs. Freder-
iskssan might be on board. He eagerly
scanned the faces of the passengers as
they came down the gangplank, and
when the last one had gone ashore
sadly remarked:
she is not here. She may come TO-
morrow. If she doesn't come soon,
and ! find out that she has been ar
from prison, shall return to st. Pc
terSburg and give myself up"
Frederick san said that his wife must
have heard of his escape not later than
three days after II occurred. She was
living on the estate of Gen. Rebander,
and the General would surely have no
titled her that he had gained his free
dom.
MY wife is the niece of the famous
Cardinal Forester, Of Germany. who.
while Archbishop of Breslau made such
a, vigorous hight against bismarck and
the old Emperor when they were per-
scouting the catholic priests. Ny
father-in-iaw. the Cardinals brother.
was formerly a catholic priest, and was
at one time private chaplain to Ger
man noblemau When lie married my
mother-in-law. Of course he had to
leave the priesthood
Mrs. FredericAssan was educated in
Catholic convent at Joliet. III. She
Is in very delicate health, and accom-
panied her husband to Russia in the
hope that the climate there would
benefit her. Frederickssan has not
heard of her nor from her since his
escape on July u.s. and Is ut loss to
know where TO look for her He said
that under the Russian law his mar
riage outside OF the Greek Church was
not considered legal and had the Rus
sian Government been able to prove
that he was Russian citizen he would
practically have been without a wife.
In conclusion, Fredericksssn said that
he thought hc had a good case for
damages for false Imprisonment against
the Russian Government, but he Us
anxious to get his wife back before
thinking about bringing suit
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TO BREAK DEvERY?
Police Board Could Act on That
naturalization Charge.

Police Captain William S. Devery has
placed himself at the mercy of the
Board Of Police Commissioners by his
characterization In refusing to permit
the physicians Drs. Hamilton and
Fisher, to examine him, in obedience to
the order of the Board.
They may dismiss him from the De-
partment for this offense. Even should
his family physician, DR.. Becker. certi-
ffy tomorrow morning, when Capt. Dew
ery's trial Is called, that he is too III
TO appear. the Board has the power to
break him then and there.
VIII they do It?
That Is the question that was being
discussed by little groups OF bluecoats
gathered at Headquarters to-day. either
to answer minor charges before Com
missioner Sheehan, who was sitting in
judgment. or to appear as witnesses
before the Commission.
Capt. Devery wants the Commission
ers to dismiss him for insubordina tlon,
so that he can escape trial on the gray
er charges OF bribery, and other criminal
offenses," says Mr.. Wellman.
MIR. Wellman stops here. Only by his
tone can u he guessed what his views
are. But his tone says plainly that he is
opposed to letting the recaicitrant cap
Whether Mr.. wellman controls or
directs or influences the action of the
Police Board Ii another matter. Presi-
dent Martin has refused to discuss the
subject. Supt. Byrnes says he doesn't
know anything about 1t. Commissioned
Murray says 1t will not be known what
the Board will do until tomorrow morn
Ing, when Capt Devery's case will be
called tor trial.
The charges against Devery are
backed up by a cloud of Witnesses, most
OF whom had already testified, under
oath, that Devery while in command in
Eldridge street committed some OF the
most astounding acts-acts which,
proven before jury. would send him to
State prison.
IL the allegations are true. William s,
Devery collected a handsome fortune In
: side OF year from the violstors OF the
law. and In return for IL granted them
the protection OF his policeman In The
continuance OF their nefarious business
II seems hardly possible that the Police
Board Will permit him to escape by dis
missal for the comparatively small Of
Tense Of disobedience. TO 20 free 10 enjoy
the opulence gathered In his alleged
partnership with crime.
Capt. Cross, the Adonis" visited
Headquarters this morning. He wore
brand-new uniform and a smile tina
betokened no fear or worrlmcnt of his
conscience. He greeted acquaintances
heartily, naturally, but he declined 10
say word about the charges OF crimi.
nal. as we'll as improper acts, against
MIN. He said he had heard nothing
more from Col. George Bliss his coun-
sci, who has written that he Is too Ill Ia
take up Cross's defence Tomorrow
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CORN AND WHEAT ACTIVE.
Cotton Goes Up Almost Eight Points
Mt the Opening.

Corn was the interesting feature in
cereal markets this morning. There was
considerable trading both here and IN
Chicago. Prices huctuated rapidly. De-
cembec opened here at IS 3-ic., a decline
Of lie, sold up to IS 1-4c., declined 10
opening price and then worked up to
Sc 1-4c. again. May opened at 55c., de-
cline Of lie, then rallied 3-sc., lost ana
then recovered 1t, the price at noon
being IS 3-Sc. IS lie The boom seems
t. have petered out at the West, al
though the country Is still buying con-
siderable corn.
Wheat was fairly steady. prices OPEN
ing at decline of about 3-Sc OF cent?
September selling al first at 81 Sac, De
cember at 81 l-se. and May at 66c. Then
the market sold up about lie oats
were dun and nominal, and provisions
were quiet and uninteresting.
Cotton was higher, and for time
there was lively trading. chiefly for &C.
count of shorts who desired to cover:
There was an advance at the opening OF
about s points. August starting at SIS;
September, 6si; October, 6s4 6.s6; No
vember. 692 6.33; December. 6.97; jan
uary. I0i; March, 7.lS; May, 7,29.
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TO INSPECT NEWTOWN CREEK
state Board of Health Committee
Begins an Inyestigntion.

The Committee OF the State Board of
Health, consisting of Drs. John Ed
wards, F. o. ponough, Cyrus Edison and
w, I. Jenkins, appointed to investiga te
the Newtown Creek nuisance, met at
the Murray Hill Hotel to-day. william
A. faber; Charles l.. Phepps and others
were on hand to testify to the condition
OF the creek and the depreciating effect
not heard.
pr. Edwards. Chairman OF the Com
mittee thought II was advisable for the
Committee TO visit the creek and per
Sonal'y examine II before taking evil
dence. They started at noon and will
devote a day or two to taking observa-
lions; after which the residents OF the
location will be heard on the subject,
chairman Edwards said to an EVEN
ing W rld reporter that the Committee,
acting under Gov. Flowers instructions
would make fun and exhaustive re-,
port ON the subject. containing what
they deemed proper.
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that you can call to corroborate you u
this ptory, or. who ever saw you pay
money 20 Clark or see you place money
for Clark on the shelf?, .,d
admitted that she had never paid money
into Clsrks hands. but had put II wnere
he couli get It. She didn't know whether
That satisfied Mr.. House, and then
Mr.. wellman astonished everybody BY
moving that the trial OF Hughey Clark
be suspended. that Of sergt. o Lneoess t 1er
first witness against him.
And this was done In spite OF the dozen
objections entered by Friend Il House;
Mrs Thurow's testimony was similar
In Liebcr's case to that against Clark;
the only difference being In names anu
dates. Lille Sanders, Annie , Lewis;
Rachel DAVIS Sarah snyder ana nac Mre
Thurow went bail for them, serst. Lie
bers accepting her bond. the customar!
where the sergeant could get 1t. accord
fashions to The trial OF sergca Mt
Lebsr was sSPendedd u, nnS Mrs. Tsar
ow's story OF ball bonds and bribery;
in turn, after the dozen points OF on,
taken, and each time Mrs. Thurow
was sworn afresh to tell the truth
Mrs. SThurows bailed I.ottie Schroeder
or Renner, and Rachel Davis; members
OF her household, at times when SerSt;
Jordan was In charge. and she testihed
that once when she visited the station.
Sergt. Jordan sent her into the back
roc @fter ne p WSie 'ei she ar added sergt
Jordan brought the book for me to
sign, and that time ] laid the, money
down on the book, as sergt, Jordan held
To tMr, House Mrs. Thurow said that
Rachael Davis was present In the back
room of the station-housc when she
put thu s. on the book, and that Rachel
WAS present under subpoena.
This story was new. He stormed a;
tho witness and she admitted that she
had never tod about that g, n Ne
OF II and told 1t to Mr.. Wellman's sub
pocns-server: Mrs. Thurow couldn't tell
WHY sac gse she t wes w,n.ss beforc
the Lexow Committee nor while she was
u witness against Capt. Doherty, only
she hadn't thought OF II.
.Sergt. Patterson took Sergt Jordan's
again repeated her story with the new
defendant as the heavy villain.
beiisd out by Mrs; Thurow while, sargt.
Parkman was on desk and Mrs rhurow
testified that she left the s. fee" for
the Sergeant. Once she bailed two
plFlS lOKstneT, ana tnHt tiTe Snt IfIt
$40 son the shelf two feet from Sergt
Patterson. but she didn't know whether
the Sergeant got the money.
Mrs. Thurow was sworn. again for
the nth time. and repeated her story.
this time against Sergeant McKenna,
1.-THE bold headed" and this round of
Trials had made one whole turn. Then
II started OH another turn Of the quln-
tuple trial
Mrs. 'Thurow said that on one occa-
SION, when SerSt. McKenna was at the
desk. her friend, Mr. Schierman, went
with her to the station and signed a bail
bond for one OF her girls,
Sergt McKenna said to me:
II suppose you know what you've got
to dor
II said, certainly ! do. Then l put
the s. on the shelf and went away
Returning to the trial of Sergt. Clark,
Mr.. Wellman called Inspector Alex. $.
Williams to the stand.
The Inspector Identified the items OF
ball from Augusta Thurow in the Four
teenth Precinct blotter as In the hand
writing of Sergt. Clark.
The evening world., 1894-08-14
Bit INTO her NOSE.
Mrs Ford Says that Her Husband
Scalded Her.
Children Interfered, and He A.
tackled Them with a Knife.
Also Tried TO Brain His Sons with
an Axe.

Mrs. Mary Ford, of Clarkson avenue.
near Nostrand, appeared before Justice
steers In Grant street Court in Flat
bush this morning as complainant
against her husband Michael She
charged him with treating her brutally.
The woman's legs were scaldcd, flesh
had been bitten from her nose and her
face was badly bruised. Fords head
was swathed In bandages, he had two
black eyes and a number OF bruises on
his face.
Mrs. Fords story was sad one. She
Is the mother of ten children. On Sun
day, she said her husband while drunk
began to beat her. She says he next
threw Il kettle of boiling water at her.
The kettle struck Mrs. Ford In the
body and the boiling water scalded her.
Mrs. Ford fell to the floor, and her hus-
band, she says. caught her by the throat
and nearly choked her to death. She
screamed for help and managed to es-
cape from her husbands grasp.
He caught her again. however. and
she says. buried his tecth deep into her
nose, biting of about TWO inrncs of the
flesh and portion of the bone.
Her children heard their mothers cries
for help and came to her rescue. Ford
the children. declaring that he would
kin them.
The ,cnil1ren rushed from the room
and slammed the door lust as their
father hurled the long kniie after them.
The knife, true to it's mark. struck the
door. point first, where 1t quivered for a
moment and then dropped to The iioor,
leaving a quarter of an inch of the
blade embedded In tn" panel.
Ford. thwarted in his desire to kill his
wife and children. rushed hatless into
the street. Mrs. Ford was put to bed
and attended by a physician.
When her two eldest sons. Andrew and
John, came home, Mrs Ford told them
OF their fathers assault. Ford returned
"A litle later and the two boys set upon
him. They beat and kicked him UNI
mercifully.
Finally Ford caught up an axe and
rushed at the boys Andrew caught the
handle of the axe just az 1t was de-
acending over his brothers head The
axe was wresteI from the crazed mans
grasp and he was pushed out OF the
house.
Justice Steers sent Ford to Raymond
Street Jail in default of 500 bail and set
the examination down FOR saturday.
The evening world., 1894-08-14
WALKED WITH A BROKEN LEG.
Allen Says Long Island Hospital
Surgeons Turned Him Away.
They Declared There Was Nothing
Wrong with Him.

Joseph Allen. n maChinist, thirty-three
years old, of 1877 Allen street, went to
brooklyn yesterday. where he was en-
ploycd on new building. While at
work In the middle of the afternoon he
met with fail. He only went down
about six feet. but he struck upon "A
iost in such "A way that his right hand
and right ankle were injured. and the
pain was so severe that he took a car
for the Long Island Hospital.
AS he walled in unlided, although
limping and very pale from the shock.
the surgeons were not much impressed
with his condition. They worked his
hand and ankle, and discovering In "A
rapid and superficial examination no
evidence OF serious injury they tod him
to & home. He was dismissed, he says.
without any dressing upon either m
Jur"d member.
TIL" pain was excessive, and he felt
certain that he waa moro badly hurt
than the surgeons knew. He tried tn
avoid the exercise NJ either damaged
limp. ana al houRh he took a NUMBER
of street ears. h" was forced to walk
several blocks to reach his home in thil
city.
This exercise aggravated the pain in
his ankle. and by tn" time he reached
home his foot was swollen out OF all
proportion. and he was in torture from
II. by his wife's advice. he was driven
to the GouVerncur Hospital. and there
begged that thorough examination be
made.
The surgeon promptly announced that
Aliens ankle was cleanly fractured,
while his hand was severely sprained
The walking to which the unfortunat t.
man was forced must have been ag-
onizing. as the broken ends Of the bone
rubbed together, and his recovery will
be greatly delayed in consequence.
Allen was transferred to Bellevue
Hospital. where he told his story to an
Evening World" reporter this after.
noon
The evening world., 1894-08-14
SCIENTISTS GATHERING.
BROOKLYN VIII he Ovcrrun with
Them T0-Morrnm

Hundreds OF scientists from all parts
began to gather In Brooklyn this morn
ing for the annual Convention OF the
American Association for the Advance
ment OF Science, which Is to convene
tomorrow morning.
Ten American mathema teal societies
met In the Polytechnic Institute. ON
Liyinsston street; this morning. Papers
OF New York; Prof. Frank Moliov' on
~ y!h,6n College; Prof F. Hastings,
Columbia College; Prof. w. SchieEei of
Germany; and Prof II. s. White, OF
AZ the meeting OF the Geological So
eiety Prof. N. 8, scholen. of Harvard
Papers were read by ]. f.. Kemp,
=. y. Hoyey. Charles w. Rolf, W. ii.
Sherzer, e. Howarth, ]. w, Spencer
and Prof. N, 8. Sholer.
There was also a meeting OF the So.
sisty Tor the Promotion OF Agriculture
Paul Du Chaillu. the African ex.
plorsr, will lecture TO the Association
Friday night on viking Age"