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The evening world., 1894-07-24
HIS FATAL |NFATUAT|0A.
Grihiths Shot Himself for Love of
Another's Pretty Wife.
She Was 200 Miles Away and He
Cou .dn't Stand The Separation.

HACKENSACK, n. j., July 2.-E
w. Griffiths, who tried to kill himself
yesterday by shooting himself in the
ear, as told In yesterdays Evening
World" is lowering between life and
death. The doctors say he cannot re-
cover.
Griffiths is forty-three years old and
has a wife and two children. one is a
daughter nineteen years old and the
other a son, thirteen years old. Grifiths
was formerly employed as confidential
secretary by the Wall street banking
firm of Brown Bros. & Co. but was dis
charged. In a letter to THE WORLD
stating that he was going to Kill himself,
Grif1ths refers to his discharge as being
unjust, but he stated that he would
commit suicide because of his infatua
ton for the fascinating VIE or Harry
Il. Stagg, a mechanic, and the fact that
she was 200 miles away, where he could
Mrs. Stage has three children. and
until about three months ago lived
with her husband and family in neat
cottage In Hackensack. stage. IT Is
stated. Is to be the heir OF wealthy ex-
Judge William $. Banta. Grttiths and
Mrs. Stage became acquainted some
time ago, and IT is said that he often
called on her early in the day, after her
husband mai gone to work.
one day Staeg caught Gritfiths in the
house; and there was pig row I ISn
Appeared ape He still Visited his family,
but Mrs. Stage has not been seen In
flackensack since. IT is reported that
she has begged her husbands Is forgive y,d
not push the suit for divorce that he
had commenced.
= II ,.,, his s'atsmsn. to The , WSrldr
La Then
AS to the relations which have al
ways existed and now exist between the
lady referred to above and myself It is
however. ts real. God could not have
granted us a greater blessing than to
have freed us both from those who
made us unhappy, and enabled us to
The reason I die is because the one
who owns my heart is at present and
must be for some time lfor reasons
absent from me, and l therefore have
sought the spot where she is to say
good-by' and to let her know that, I'M
der the existing circumstances. the an
guish of remaining In New York with
out her until she can come, bounded as
| am. instead of being 200 miles away
and would be were she able to Join me
at present, Is so great as to make me
welcome death. l have lived for her. so
! have died for her. in truth. love,
what she has told me that she will be
true to me. and will. on her part, keep
the promises that she has so often
made. / know her love for me. know
her affection for me. To me she Is all,
and because OF my love for her | die"
Gritfiths attempted to carry out his
threat about noon yesterday He went
to his ear. fired. The bullet took a
downward course. lodging at the base
Of the brain.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
SUGAR Goes UP AND DOWN.
Uncertainty Over Tariff Renders
the Market Unstable.
Chicago Gas Stronger and General
Speculation Dull.

Wall street operations are still held
in allegiance by the uncertainty In regard
to tariff legislation. Those bulling Sugar
stock are industriously at work creating
the impression that Congress will do
nothing. thus leaving the Mckinley du-
ties in force and enabling the Trust to
go on making its fat dividends. They get
some traders to share their Views, but
the majority of the latter prefer to walt
until they can see for themselves what
the outcome is likely to be:
while animated at intervals. were far
less important than Oh yesterday. The
price advarced "a, to los IL, declined to
lOi 3-S and rose to l05 "a
Chicago Gas came next in point of in
terest declining 5-S. to 70, on the an
nouncement, thai the Chicago Common
Council had passed the Universal Gas
bears made an effective raid on the
strength OF this, and caught number Of
American Cotton Oil fell ., to 25; Lead
IS, to .3s -; Tennessee Coal IL, to IS;
Union Pacific 1-2, to 8 L.: Northern Pa
G Giitic preferred Il. to Il 7.s. and Rock
IS Az b fI i1 81 oancs s se
Pacific -, to "a 7-S.
The Stock TEX Exchange has LISTED ed. the he
mortgage bonds of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, deposited with the
Adams Fitzgerald Committee. This Com
mittee now has majority Of the 3ds
and large amount OF eds and consoli-
dated 5s. The fact that the Trust re-
ceipts have been listed Is regarded as a
severe blow to the opponents of the
Bar silver in London is unchanged at
IS ll6d per ounce. Commercial bar here
is 81 1-2 and Mexican dollars so "a.
Money remains at ! per cent. on call
and at l-2 for 60 days to six
months. Foreign exchange Arm with a
light supply of bills. Demand sterling
is ass IA a ass IL, which admits of gold
exports at profit, There Will be no
that the chances are no gold will be
shipped until then.
The estimates of the gold to go out on
Saturday are unreliable, everything be-
ing dependent upon the course Of ex-
change In the mean time.
Sugar reacted to l04 5-S. but the general
list held firm. Transactions were few
and far between, and there was no epe-
cial feature to speculation.
Tie Southern Railway and Steamship
Association has agreed to advance the
rate On first-class freight between New
York and Atlanta. Ga, from so cents to
81 per 100 pounds. The Association ad-
journed until Aug. 22.
Receiver Wilson. OF the Atchison Rail-
road. said at Topeka yesterday that a
retrenchment plan, based on the reduc-
ton OF wages paid engineers, firemen
and conductors, would be put into effect
in few days.
The exports. exclusive OF specie. from
the port of New York for the week were
S,24l III. against S,s14,7l4 for the corre-
spending week of 1898.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
LET GO, THEN REARRESTED,
Alleged Chinese Smugglers Dis
charged, Then Locked Up Again.

Assistant United States District-Attor-
ney Ball returned from his vacation
and took charge of the preliminary cx-
aminations in the Chinese smuggling
cases this morning.
The cases of John Price and Mathew
Brassel. both white, were called. In the
case of Brassel, the Government asked
for an adjournment until September on
the ground that certain necessary wit
nesses had not been served.
Counsel for the accused objected and
demanded an immediate hearing.
Commissioner Shields ruled that the
prisoner was entitled to trial within a
reasonable time. The case had been ad-
Journed several times and as the Gov
eminent was not ready to go on he
discharged the prisoner.
A similar disposition was made of the
cases of Price and n. G. Wah Hook.
All of the discharged prisoners were
arrested on warrants charging them
with aiding and abetting Lee Fee in
smuggling in a batch of five Chinese
laborers.
Shin Duh and Choy Wah Hook who
are down for examination tomorrow.
will probably be discharged. as the Gov
eminent liz not ready to proceed.
1t IL understood that the evidence
against the discharged men will be
presented to the Federal Grand Jury,
and an endeavor made to have them in
dicted.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
COT CAUGHT IN A MAN-TRAP.
A Tramp Burglar Gets Stuck in
a Saloon Fanlight.
Both He and tho Proprietor Were
About Equally Scared.

In Yorkville Police Court this morning
wild cries of Help" followed by the
sound OF tramping feet. were heard com
Ing from the prisoners pen.
The court officers rushed to the pen
and opened the door. All the prisoners
were crowded together in one corner,
and in an opposite corner a tramp was
hammering an old man over the head
with water cup. Court Officer Barnes
grabbed the tramp and brought him out
before Justice Meade.
The tramp proved to be William
Doerg, twenty eight years old. who was
ICED with attempted burglary. Early
this morning John j. Hickey, a saloon
keeper. of 694 Second avenue, was count
Ing his money in the bar-room, when his
A minute later he saw Doerg climb
through. He did not succeed in getting
into the store. however, for somehow the
fanlight snapped back, and the man was
caught In a trap.
The tramp began to breathe heavily:
Ugh! Help he yelled, as he caught
Hickey got down behind the bar and
tracted the attention OF Policeman
Stockman. of the East Thirty, hfth
street station. The policeman grabbed
his club and began to fan" the tramp,
who began to utter cries of pain and
scripture words, not intended for
Hickey did not see the policeman at
first, and kept up his cries for help.
The policeman finally succeeded in get
ting the tramp out OF his trap and took
This, morning in court he was held in
81 900 bail for trial.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
HOW TO FEED THE BABIES.
Directions for Rendering Milk
Very Easily Digestible
Commissioner Emery Snys II Should
he Sterilized.

Health Commissioner Emery. OF Brook.
Ign. to-day issued circular calling at
tention to the danger OF feeding infants
on non-sterilized milk. and giving full
directions for rendering milk easily Ill
gestible.
The whole subject OF contaminated
milk Is a large one" says DR.. Emery
Milk Is good culture medium for
most known organisms and should in
the Summer months. II from an unknown
source. be rendered harmless by ster.
ilzation.
'"This can be accomplished in a sim
pie and inexpensive manner by boiling
but 1t has been observed that the heat
ing of milk to the boiling point causes
certain chemical changes which so alter
and less nutritious. The same result can
be obtained by heating the milk up to a
point below the boiling point and then
suddenly cooling, the process known as
pasteurization. II several bottles Of milk
be Immersed In proper proportion of
boiling water the source OF heat having
been removed) the heat impaired to the
milk viii be about the right degree-7o
degrees c; or 1853 to 10 degrees Fahren-
germs commonly existing in milk.
The bottdes are not to be opend until
Just before the milk is to be used. and
the milk should be sterilized when. 1t
twenty-four hours should be .sterilized
at one time. The care Of the bottles is
very important. They should be cleaned
and then scrubbed with a bristle brush
and water, No particles OF milk should
be left in them.
The rubber corks and nipples should
soda fer fifteen minutes and then rlnsed
and dried"
The evening world., 1894-07-24
GOSSIP OF THE TURF.

The decision OF the Stewards In the
Logan case will be eagerly watched Tor.
1t Is doubtful II there ever was race
run at the Old track by the sea, even In
its palmiest days. that favored so
strongly of fraud, and the sooner such
startling reversals OF form are met with
stern action the sooner all such queer
looking races will be eliminated. Jockey
Shields made desperate effort. or
course he did. Why shouldn't he :?
Earlier in the day this aspiring
young man was set down for not
properly perseverlng with his mount
Nobody present doubted that young
Shields logged Logan, and so eager was
he to show the Stewards that Logan
felt the "catgut" that he switched his
whip hand purposely to show them
The young mans efforts to get home
first were positively heart-breaking 80
HIMSELF. A very strong "bluff" did
this young Canadian make, and 1t may
Jockey. Alex. Shields owns Logan. A
few days ago this same Logan. that is
outwardly the same Logan. but yester-
heads by Jack of Spades and Armitage
over seven furlongs in LIS 3.4; iester-
day Logan had , against him such a
nags as Llzzle, MIC mac queen anu
The story is easily told. Logan was an
ignominious last, the mile having been
their might and summoned Mr.. shields.
Bookie." Mr. Shields. owner. showed a
bundle of tck sSaxnr nd w Mr su sReS
Jockey, recalled the fac, Of his .srandi
stand whipping act" and "Mr Bookie
showed by his sheets that Logan had
win. and who is to blame? The shieidses
have been in trouble before. and last
year at Washington IT was only after
the hardest kind Of work that they were
reinstated having been o ruled Sa o on for
fault lie?
The racing opened at the Springs yes
terdsy under promising conditions; TINS ms
when we'll under way the game should
be first class.
A despatch from Lexington states that
Eugene Leigh has officially announced
the sale of the horses in his stable.
There has been some trouble between him
take place at Sheepshead Bay on the
first Tuesday OF the Fall meeting.
Jockey Fitzpatrick, the owner OF Joe
Ripley, says that the colt Is almost hope
lessly broken down. He pulled up lame
after the Travers Stakes at Saratoga
yesterday. This will be sad blow TO
'Fitz."
Vespa sian ran a good race yesterday
and will do to watch.
Starter Flynn was much worried over
having left the favorite, South Side, at
the post yesterday, but neither he nor
Doggett was to blame. The colt was in
motion when the flag fell, but propped
himself.
Reiff landed three winners at the
Beach yesterday.
Brooklyn.-There are no IS mutuels
sold at Brighton Beach. They are for
~ and a l-2-3 investment. on Walcott
paid $3.50. That is. the original 81 and
30 cents profit.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
THE SIMPLE WATER PAIL.
The One Always Handy Thing
Needed to Fight n Fire,

With all the rcfinements that have
been made in fire extlnguishing ap-
paratus. the fact remains that the simple
pail OF water Is, even at this day, one
or the most efficient pieces of apparatus
of this class that has yet been in use.
Insurance statistics, indeed. show that
more fires are put out by water pals
than by all other appliances put to-
gether, the only point that can well be
raised against them being that, while
they are generally provided abundant ~
to he of service, the water is very apt
to be wanting, says writer in Cas-
sier's Magazine.
II Is true. also. in measure, that
even II the pals were kept full they are
often borrowed for some purpose and
not returned, so that when most needed
this difficulty 1t has been proposed to
use pals with round or conical bot
toms, which will not stand on n floor
and are not, therefore likely to- he tar"H
not intended, hut this form ,rriu.sl!
diminishes the value of the pail as II
fire eXtinguisher since n man with two
of them in his hands arriving at the
scene of action cannot use either with :
out setting the other on the floor and
losing all its contents,
AS an Improvement on this, SUI
perIntendent in one of the large New
England mills. who had found 1t dim
cult to keep the fire pals full and In
good order. some time ago adopted the
following interesting eXpedtent, of which
We ind an account In some scrapbook
data.
The hooks carrying the pals were
fitted up with pieces of spring steel,
strong enough to lift the pail when
nearly empty. but not sufficiently so 10
III, full pail. Just over each spring.
| In such a position as To be out of the
way Of the handle of the pail: was set
a metal point connected with wire
| from AN open circuit battery.
| So long as the pals We're fun their
weight, when hung on the hooks. kept
| the springs down, but as soon as on
| was removed or lost a considerable por'
! ton of 'ts contents by evaporation. the
! spring on its hook would rise, coming
! in contact with the metal point, thus
| closing the battery circuit and ringing
| a hell In the managers office, at the
same time showing on an annunClatol
! where the trouble was. As the bell con
tinued to ring until the weight Of the
! nail was restored, II was impossible tt
/ disregard the summons, and no more
reason was found To complain of the con
dition OF the fire buckets.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
Why HI DIDN'T SEE HIM.
Meant to Call ON the President, but
Bu.incss INTERVIEWED.

Did you see the President when you
were in Washington" inquired De
troiter OF a Lansing friend OF his, who
had been East on a pleasure trip.
NO, | missed him,
Why, | thought that was your prin-
cipal reason for stopping there"
''It was"
Then why didn't you see him."
We'll" responded the I.ansinger, who
was trying TO avoid details, says the
Detroit Free Press, you see got there
at in the evening and was going up to
the White House next morning, but that
night ! tried to see two Senators and
several Congressman in a little game we
had and by morning ! hadn't anything
II expedient TO take the first train head
ing towards Michigan. Seeing man In
Washington has Its drawbacks"
The evening world., 1894-07-24
BOTH CLAIM THE BODY.
Won Thinks 1t Is His Brother, and
Mrs. Schlcssinger Her Son.

Joseph Wolf, Of 35l LIZ Bowery, and
Mrs. Theodore Schlessinger, of 293 Mott
street, went to Long Branch this morn
ing to identify the body of man found
on the beach yesterday and supposed to
be that OF one of those who went down
on the tug James ID. Nicoll on June "a
Wolf thinks the body Is that of his
brother, Emil, and Mrs. Schlessinger
thinks II is that of her son, Theodore
The former was twenty-one years old,
and the latter eighteen. They worked
together in the London Theatre. They
both wore black clothing when the
NiCol went down.
Only the lower portion of the body
came ashore at Long Branch. In the
pockets were a silver watch, a bunch
OF keys. pocket rule and London
Theatre programme.
Wolf owned no watch, but he often
wore Schlessinger's and IT Is not known
which had it on that day They each
carried keys.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
JAMES E. WARD DEAD.
he WeII-Known shipping Mer-
chant PASSES Away mt Grcnt Neck.

5ames T.. Ward, the well-known ship
ping merchant, of lis Tan street. is
dead. He died of Brights disease yes
terday at his country home in Great
Neck, l.. l.. after suffering since the
early part Of last March.
Mr.. Ward was the head Of the firm Of
James r. Ward & Co.. which has a fleet
OF ten first-Class iron AM steel steam
ships plying between tnis port and the
West Indies. He was born in New York
Feb. %. 1896. and first went into business
In 1856 He was stanch supporter of
American shipping interests and was one
OF the most active promoters of the
American shipping and Industrial
League which did so much towards the
revival of maritime trade
Mr. Ward was widower and leaves
daughter, Mrs. Alphonse IL. Alker. of
this city.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
MOTION FOR kLIMONY FAILS.
Mrs. Nickerson Granted Leave to
Renew II, However.

Application was made to Judge Book
staver, OF the Court OF Common Pleas,
to-day by counsel for Mrs. Marion Alice
Nickerson 10 compel her husband. John
ID. Nickerson, to pay her alimony pend
Ing decision in his suit for absolute
divorce.
When the suit was begun, about n
year ago. Nickerson was ordered to pay
his Wife $50 month. but later when she
was sent to the Insane asylum on Ward 3
Island. the Court ordered the allmony
stopped.
Mrs, NiCkcrson. who was released form
the asylum last month, says she was
Ill, but not insane, when sent there.
Nickerson says his wife Is an habitual
drunkeard
Judge Ropktaver denied the motion.
but granted leave to renew II.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
FLUSHING ENTRIES.
he following are the Flushing entries

The following are the Flushing entries
for to-day:
First Esce-Four furlonss -Cashmerr ll5
Irene and Frolic. los each Nashun colt, lO3
farley, loo LADY Frances 20 10
Second Race-SiI furlonEs Little Willie Hy
man, Jim Mclaughlin. Tumult. Dr. Chambers
Schnorer. 10 each Lou Rhett Florin- Sprinklr
l05 10 each.
Third Race -Four aud half furlongs Olga
Con l.ucey, Hsy-Tay. liz each. Tootsry los
Finance Paragon, lb7 each. May u. Fan king
TO- each Alsnthrscite. s., The Pearl. o. H.
Fourth Rsce-FOur and a half fuTlonss -nen-
dictinr, ia, Soonday, Ben March, lO7 each
Flushing, BandIsia colt, lOa each. Arizona
Bunker nm, lo2 each. Ami. l.. hlly Bee Line
9S each Macy ~ ID.
Filth Race-One mile-RoEer. 1917 Hercules
lOS. Day Break Carrscus. 100 each, Comprador
9S: Red Cross, Watch Charm. S. ID. each.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
ALlMONY FOR MRS. CHAPMAN
Her Husband Must Pay Her $3.50 "a
Week Pending Divorce Decision.

Judge Bookstaycr, of the Court OF
Common Pleas, to-day granted Mrs.
Maggie Chapman, Of 6SS Washington
street, $3.50 week almony pending the
decision of a suit for absolute divorce
Chapman.
Mrs. Chapman alleges that shortly
after the birth OF her daughter, who is
now eleven years old, her husband left
woman named May Pigott.
Chapman is teamster, and does bust
ness with his father at Thirteenth
street and Ninth avenue
The evening world., 1894-07-24
QUIGLEY APPOINTED.
He Succeeds the Late Robt. f.. Con-
molly ms Police Justice.

James F. Quigley. who was the Demo.
cratic leader OF the Assembly In 1893 was
to-day appointed a Police Justice to sue.
coed Robert Z. Connolly. of Brooklyn,
who died about ten days ago.
Mr.. Quigley lives at 81 Linden street
in the Twenty-eighth Ward.
He is personal friend OF Hugh Nc.
Laugalln. and It is understood that his
appointment was secured through the In
fuence of the ex-boss.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
PRESS.

First Race-Nick, Equation.
Second Race-Dutch Skater, Stone
nellie.
Third Race-Malinda, Belle OF Stone
wall.
Fourth Rsce-Blue Garter, cottonade
Fifth Race-Tom Tough. Adelbert
sixth Race-BuCephalns. Flip Flap.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
Fell Three Stories.

Charles Steve. eighteen years old. OF $40 East
Thirteenth strest. fell from the third floor to
the cellar through an air-shaft at 800 Delaney
street This morning. and received Internal In
Iuries He was removed to Gouverneur Hospital
The evening world., 1894-07-24
DAILY AMERICA


First Race-Rough and Ready, Nick.
nellie ''e
Third Race-St Pauline, Belle Of Stone
wall
Fourth Race-Cottonade, Blue Garter
Firth Race-Tom Tough. Adelbert'
Sixth Race-Flip Flap. Bucephalus.
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Hasn't Qunrrelled with Gould.

Nby Associated Prcss)
LONDON. July H.-There has been no
quarrel between Mr.. George ]. Gould
and Mr.. Nat Herreshoff The latter IL
on board the Britannia on his way to
New York.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
Ferry-Boat Disabled,

The ferry-boat Chicago. Of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad route. was delayed for almost half an
hour by her engine valves breaking down There
were s' about two hundred passengers on board
nut there ~as no excitement among them
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JOUR

First Race-Rough and Ready. Nick,
Second Race-Dutch skater. Equation
Third Race-St, Pauline, True Penny.
Fourth Race-Cottonade. Bolero.
Firth Race-Tom Tough, Charade.
sixth Race-Bucephalus. Lijero.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
Zerr of Reading who will be the new
manager Of the team hereafter.

To the Editor:
1 am captain OF a strong team called the
Worth Baseball Club, and would like to play
a game or a series Of games with any other
strong baseball club for the Sick Babies FUND,
all receipts going to the Fund We are uni
formed but have grounds. We are well
known all around New York, and can draw a
we'll -hlled field u we are given the chance. We
saw In your morning World" that there are
some clubs with a good reputation such as
the Monitors, &C. We play any day in the week.
and all the players are waiting for a reply Il
this letter. All letters should be addressed to
CHARLES BURTiS.
10 Park Row, New York City.
We are seventeen to eighteen years OF age.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
To-day's standing of the League clubs

The franchise OF the Reading Club, OF
the Pennsylvania State League. was sold
yesterday by Manager Whitman to b. Ii.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
FOREIGN PORTS.
tBy Cable.b

BREMEN, July G-Arriyed, steamer Elbe
from New York. via southampton,
SIGHTED,
TORY ISLAND, July et--PAssed. steamer Fur.
nessla, New York for Glasgow.
The evening world., 1894-07-24

First Race-Rough and Ready. Nick.
Second Race-Harrington Dutch ska
ter.
Third Race-St. Pauline, True Penny.
Fourth Race-Cottonade, Blue Garter
Firth Race-Charade, Tom Tough.
Sixth Race-L.ijero, Flip Flap,
The evening world., 1894-07-24

A full account Of Wall street affairs will be
found in the 6 O'Clock Edition of THE Evening
World"
The evening world., 1894-07-24
Morning Papers Selections.
AT BRIGHTON BEACH.

M bNIIf TON BEACH,
RECoRpER
First Race-Hoey, Nick.
ter. '." 'Na
Third Race-True Penny, St. Pauline
Fourth Race-Cottonade. Bolero.
Firth Race-Tom Tough. Polydora.
sixth Race-Flip Flap. Bucephalus.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
More Gold Sent Abroad.

The steamer Havel. which sailed for Bremen
to-day. carried $500, 900 gold, shipped by Daring.
Magoun Il Co.
The evening world., 1894-07-24
ARRIVED.

A'A FORT OF NEW YORK.
The evening world., 1894-07-24

You read The Evening worId?"
Do you read the Sunday World2
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SHIPPING NEWS.
ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY
Low WATER TODD

20 md Eastern standard Time. subtract fol