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The evening world., 1894-05-26
AT A REVOLVER'S POINT.
Boitel Covered the burglar, and
Made Him Surrender.

Samuel Boitel. "A cigar manufacturer.
of 30 Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, heard
somebody moving around in the cellar
under his store last night, and. taking a
revolver. he started down to investigate.
Hold up your hands, Boitel com
manded OF seeing a man crouching In a
corner.
The thief obeyed, and Boitel marched
him upstairs and out into the street.
where he kept the man covered" until
Policeman Denly came along and ar
rested him. The prisoner described him
self as John Brown, ~forty-hve, OF "a Full
ton street. He would give no ~eXplana-
ton OF mis- presence In the cellar. Boitel
had 1900 pounds Of Havana tobacco there.
During the night burglars broke into
Terence Nugent's saloon, AZ Grand street,
n stole 10 boxes OF cigars worth $500.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BROOKLYN'S POLICE.
Twelve Hundred Ready to March
in the Annual Parade.
To Start at the Bedforu Fountain at
O'Clock Unless It Rains.
Should Jupiter Pluvius Come Out the
Bluecoats VIII Stay In.

Twelve hundred Brooklyn bluecoats
this morning specialized on their
chances Of participating in the annual
police parade, which was set down for
this afternoon. The men have been
drilling for several weeks and were in
excellent trim for their long march, but
were somewhat dubious over the
weather prospects.
h men were directed to march In
dress coats, trousers, white gloves, Sum-
mer helmets and belts. and to carry
their batons. The rendezvous was the
fountain on Bedford avenue Three
o'clock was the time set for the start
The column was directed to form in
this order:
supt. Patrick Campbell in a carriage.
Inspector John Mackellar. Adjunnt-oeneral
First. Second. Third and a. Fourth Mounted Squads.
Sergt. Bernard Cole. commanding.
A. D. Foh's Twenty-Five Regiment Band.
First battalion. Inspector Mclaughlin.
Second Company. Capt. Short.
Third Company. Capt. Eason.
Fourth Company. color, Capt. Murphy.
Fifth Company. Capt. Ennis.
Sixth Company, Capt. Brennan.
Seventh Company. Capt. Dyer.
Eighth Company, serst. Reilly.
Inree patrol wagons.
Forty seventh Regiment Band.
Second Battalion. Inspector Reilly commanding.
First Company, Capt. James Campbell.
Second TSGls COMPANY Capt; Early
Fourth Company, color, Capt. Druhan.
Fifth Company. Capt. Kenny.
Sixth Company. Capt. Driscoll.
Seventh Company, Capt. Martin.
Eighth Company, sergt. Clayton.
Three patrol wagons.
Fourteenth Regiment Band.
Third Battalion. Inspector McKelvey command
ing.
First Company, Capt. Leavcy.
Second Company, Capt. Hardy.
Third Company, Capt. German.
Fourth Company. color, Capt. Michael Campbell.
Fifth Company. Capt. Dunn.
Sixth Company. Capt. Cullen.
Seventh Company, Capt. K!tzer.
Eighth Company, Sergt. Johnson.
Three patrol wagons.
The line Of march was arranged as fol-
lows: Up Bedford avenue to Lafayette.
to Schermerhorn street, to Clinton street.
to Remsen street. to and across the
Plaza in front Of the City Hall, where
Mayor Schieren and other city officials
had agreed to review the column.
Inspector Mclaughlin said this morn
ing that the parade would be postponed
II rain fell when the time came to start.
If 1t was clear. however, the parade
would take place, and the men would
march to the end OF the route, even IL a
heavy storm should come. on. The head
Of the column was expected to reach the
City Hall about 4.30 o'clock.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
INVESTIGATING ITS COLLAPSE
Atlantic Avenue Building Disaster
Inquiry Begins.

Building COMMISSIONS Wesley c.
Bush, of Brooklyn, this morning began
to investigate the collapse of the build
ing at pol and 20S Atlantic avenue, owned
by Frederick B. Latimer and used as a
storage warehouse. The disaster oc-
Cured yesterday afternoon, and one per-
son was killed and several were in
jured.
A gang OF twenty men are at work
on the ruins to-day searching for any
bodies that may possibly be buried in
tractors who were known to have been
in the building at the time II col
lapsed have been accounted for.
Mr.. Latimer was besieged this morn
ing by persons whose furniture was
stored in the fallen building.
An inquest on the case of Emil Eric
son. who was killed, will be held next
Wednesday night.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BEARS HAMMERED SUGAR.
But the Bulls Met the Attack and
Sent Prices Upward,
In Some Cases the Highest Figures
Of the Week Were Reached.

AT the opening OF business at the
renewed their tactics Of yesterday.
Sugar being hammered down to lO1. n
drop Of / 3-S from last nights closing.
The object of this move was to shake
out holders of other stocks, but the
scheme failed to work. and before many
minutes had passed the shorts were
once more on the run
They were first punished In New York
Central. which bounded up IA. to 90.
or cables from London that the regular
quarterly dividend OF ia per cent.
would be declared. 1t would not be at
all surprising II the foreigners had re-
ceived such assurances from the Van
derbilts, and 1t is not the first time.
either. that they nave received advance
information.
Sharp advances followed In other spe-
c%ialties. and, with few exceptions. the
highest figures of the week were at
tanned. The bulls seem to have the
market well In hand. and are freely pre-
dieting a still further improvement dur
Ing the coming week.
Should there be any favorable devel-
opment In regard to the Goa strike.
there. Is little doubt that the matter
would be promptly taken advantage OF
to force the shorts to cover.
Lake Shore rose ! "a, to 1872 "a; Bur.
e. quincy rs, to rs 5-S: Bait. q Ohio l-2,
to 70 Ia; st. Paul "a, to 60 IS; Rock Isl
and l, to 60 Ia: Missouri Pacific 5-S. to
Reading l-2, to H., and Western Union
5-s, to 81 b-s. In the specialties United
States Rubber jumped 4. to 81 l-2.
Of 1887. 425 In surplus reserve, which
now stands at ST., COL 700 against
s25 .4S9. 925 a veal ago. and s24, 6l2. 1926 in
1892. The banks this week lost only
s., 400, 900 In cash. despite the heavy
gold exports to Europe. The latter were
Offset In part by receipts of large
amounts of money from the interior.
The following are the comparative fig
The evening world., 1894-05-26
CALLS 1T "SNAP JUDGMENT"
Minstrel Vests Counsel Wants a
Doctors Suit Reopened.

lawyer Maurice Meyer says Lawyer
Dewitt G. Stafford obtained a ''snap
Judgment in the City Court in the case
OF DR.. John T. Harrison against Billy
West. OF Primrose & Vests Ministries.
DIR. Harrison sue West to recover. for
professional services rendered to Mrs.
West. the minstrel's wife, who was
known on the stage as May Hanley.
West claims that the doctor included
Mrs. Vests home at B~ensonhurst. and
objected TO paying II on that account.
Lawyer Meyer says Lawyer Stafford
agreed to pass the case from day TO day,
owing to Mrs. Vests absence in Boston,
hut that instead he went before Judge
Ehrlich. on Thursday last, the day set
for trial. and obtained judgment by de-
fault for SlOO.&.
MIR. Meyer moved before Judge New
berger to-day for an opening Of the de-
fault. Decision reserved.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
WILL INVADE HACKENSACK.
Five Hundred SILK strikers IN yynIL
Again from West oboke

HACKENsACK. n. j., MAY es-
Deputy Sheriff Bertholf and his aides
were on hand at the silk milk again
to-day to protect the weavers from
molestaion by the strikers. The
paterson weavcrs were escorted from the
Main street depot by the police.
when he West Hoboken four hundred
lett mere yesterday they threatened to
return next Tuesday, but Constable
hundred are expected to walk To- Hack
till Monday. '
sheriff Bogert had not heard OF this.
noMeVer' but VIII have his deputies
ready In case of an emergency.
the H~ackensack strikers Will not he
allowed to return to work. Their places
nave been filled by Paterson people.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
REUTER- PLEADS GUILTY.
He Wns Indicted for Keeping n
Poker Joint,

ELIZABETH. N. j.. May 26.-Jacob
Reuter-, the w%ell-known proprietor of a
cafe here. who was indicted for running
a poker joint in connection with his es.
taolishment, which was the resort of
some prominent people. went into court
to-day, retracted his plea OF not guilty
and pleaded guilty. Judge Mccormick
deferred sentence until next week.
Fire Chief Astfalt, who was Indicted
Ior a similar %ofense, has determined TO
nght the state. He claims he can show
that the alleged game in his place was
not run by him. ~
Reuter- had no chance to make A suc-
cesstul Defense, as the police pulled his
the game.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
HIS FAMILY MADE ILL.
Young Complains of the Fertilizer
Bought by His Neighbour.

BABYLON. L. l.. May GA. d.
Young, a wealthy manufacturer and
w. Fl. Gunther, a f~urrier, both Of New
York, own adjoining Summer residences
on Awaxia avenue. Bay Shore. Mr..
Young has frequently complained to the
Board of Health that his family had
been made Ill by the stencil arising
from the carloads OF fertilizer which had
been dumped close to his premises. The
fertilizer was bought by Gunther for
his garden, and he refused, it is alleged,
to remove II when Young requested him
to do so.
AS the Board Of Health has not taken
any action 1t Is probable that the matter
will be taken to court.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
HAS SERVED Thirteen YEARS
Petition for the Pardon OF a New.
ark burglar.

NEWARK. N. j., May GA petition
IS being circulated urging Gov. Werts
and the Court of Pardons to release An
drew Connors. who was sentenced to
thirty years in State prison for attempted
burglary. While several confederates, on
July 4. 1881. set Off some fireworks on
broad street, opposite T~raphagen's lew
cry store. connors and several others
broke INTO the place and had opened the
safe when discovered.
who, was the only one cap
tured, was tried before Judge Mccarthy.
who was noted for imposing heavy sen,
fences. Connors's friends think that the
thirteen, years he has passed in prison
Is suHlclent punishment for his crime,
The evening world., 1894-05-26
CLIMBED A TREE TO HANG.
WcinGeI First Drove Boys Away
md Then Committed Suicide,

NEWARK, N. j., May 26.-Ignatz
Weingel. sixty years old. of 10 Boyd
street, climbed into a tree in Dempsey's
woods early last evening with a coil of
telegraph wire in his hands. Two boys
watched him climb. Stopping at the
fork Of the tree Weingel shouted:
You boys go home. I'm going to
take a rest in this tree
The boys went away, but returning
some time later they saw the mans body
hanging by the neck to the telegraph
wire, His feet touched the ground, and
he had deliberately strangled himself
to death.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
SET BACK FOR LEIGH.
His scheme to Worry the Park
Commissioner Fails.

Mayor Schieren, OF Brooklyn, to-day
vetoed a resolution passed by the Com
mon Council I'VE weeks age. which had
been introduced by Alderman LEIGH.
providing for the resembling OF a former
resolution which authorized the Comp
troller to transfer unexpended balances
in the Park Department account for
1883 to the genera account of the De-
partment for 1896.
Some time ago Alderman Leitch de-
sired to have several men placed at
work in the Park Department. Because
COMMISSIONS Squier refused to do so,
the Alderman had the resolution passed,
just to embarrass him.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
NEW LOW WHEAT RECORD.
Favorable Crop Reports Send the
Price Down to 81 DIG.

Wheat broke sharply to-day on the
strength of favorable crop reports at
home and abroad, which scared the
longs and encouraged the bears to sell
freely. July sold down to SO 9-l6 and
closed at 81 Us. This beats the previous
low price record by 3-l6. Corn and oats
We're quiet and easier. .
Cotton was steady and without mate
rial change in prices. first sales being
at 7.O5 for July, 7.0S a 100 for August and
7.l2 for September.
Coffee contracts ruled steady, but s to
10 points lower on selling by local
longs. Sales included June al II. S5:
July, 1865; August, 1925; September,
1880 October. 1850: December. 1915.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BRISSON WON'T BE PREMIER.
Radical Leader Refuses 10 Form a
French Cabinet.

NY NssOcIafcd PreRs.D
PARIS. May 26.-M. Brisson has de
cllned the task of forming Il Cabinet. al
.eging the failure OF NM. bourgeois and
Peytral. who represent less advanced
ideas. as his reason.
1t would thus appear that a purely
Radical Ministry is Impossible. and that
a Dupuy Radical Cabinet OF c%oncentra-
ton Is more likely to be successful. In
such a combination 1t Is possible that
NM. Brisson, bourgeois, Poincarre.
tavalgnac, Delcasse. Doumer. MERCER
ahp hSr'eSu may nane pofatp''1s, ,o,,
Carnot will send "A message to the Cham
hers announcing that he viii not he n
candidate for reelection to the Presi-
dency, and a stopgap Cabinet may be
formed In order to attend to current
n Affairs.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.
Prominent Passengers on Ocean
Liners Who smiled To-Day,

on the Cunard line steamship Etruria,
which sailed to-day. were the Countess
OF Aberdeen. Charles A. Dana, Mrs.
Dana and Master Charles A.. Dana, jr.,
Countess OF Glasgow. w. o. b.. McDon-
ough. C. c.. shayne and Mrs. Shayne.
Cecil Yorke and twenty members of the
Kendall company.
Among those on La Touraine were
Right Rev. c. Frain. Right Rev. Jar
net Sully and Joseph Shehyn, NJ. p. p.
The Anchor line City OF Rome. for
Glasgow. carried among her other pas
sengers st. Clair Balfour and Miss Bal
Mrs. Livermore. Miss Livermore, and
Mrs. Frank Leslie. OF New York: Ed
ward w. Van Wyck. OF Huntington, l..
l.. and Miss Jane Van Wyck, Of Brook
lyn,
The evening world., 1894-05-26
GIVEN POISON BY MISTAKE.
Kist fake CarbOlic Acid Instead
Of Castor OIL. but VIII Live.

BELVIDERE. n. j., May 26.-John G.
Kist. a well-known business man OF this
place., came near losing his life yester-
day through the careIessness OF his
wife in administering a wrong dose of
medicine.
She gave him carbolic acid, instead OF
a dose of castor oil, as was intended,
but an emetic was at once admins
tered and Mr.. Kist Is reCovering.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BULL IS STILL ALIVE.
Letters Found In His POcket Told
of His Intended Crime.

NEWARK, N, j.. May 26.-Edward
Bull. who brutally murdered his wife
and then cut his own throat, y%estcr-
day, is still alive at st. Michael's Hos
pital. He is unconscious, and the doc
tors are unable to tell whether he Will
live or not,
Two letters were found in Bulls coat
pocket which foretold the terrible event
and blamed Willoughby as the cause
of all the trouble.
The evening world., 1894-05-26

The. STOCK market was Irregular near
the close, but in the main speculation
was firm. Sugar, Lake Shore and New
York Central ran off | rs. / Ia and ] 1-2
respectively from the highest figures of
the morning. Distillers rose to "a.
AS compared with the final quotations
OF Saturday last Sugar shows a net gain
general run of stocks l-2 to 2 l-2 per cent.
Northern Pacific preferred is down / 3-S.
The sales of stocks were 20. 200 listed.
In the unlisted department %. 400 shares
OF Sugar and 1880 Lead were traded in.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
THE BANCA ROMANO CASE
Documents Collected by the Prose
cution Probably stolen.
(By Associated Press.

ROME, May 26.-All the documents
which the Public Prosecutor had col
lected in connection with the prosecu-
ton of the directors and other officials
and persons connected with the Banca
Roman. case have mysteriously disap-
peared and II Is supposed that they have
been stolen.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Magic Iron Tone

is an ideal summer drink.
Served at fountains with soda
it is incompatible. 1t must be
remembered that the average
summer drink is just so much
syrup and water, having no
medicinal properties. aud
which only serves to provoke
instead of to assuage thirst.
But
Magic Iron Tone
not only quencaes thirst. it
gratifes the longing for
something that will 60 to
the spot;' it sparkles and
bubbles along the palate and
the throat it gratifes the
parched stomach and imme.
diately clears the films from
the brain. 1t dispels the de-
sPondent. depressed feeling
inseparable from WEAKNESS
and overwork it lightens the
load the system seems to be
carrying, causes the eye to
flash. the mind to spring into
activity, and the nerves and
muscles to jump from a fac
cid to an elastic condition.
The evening world., 1894-05-26

Leopold Huber. twenty-five years old. was held
In 81 900 bail for trial in the Harlem Police Court
this morning charged by Mrs. Emma Edgar. OF
81 West Ninety-third street. with opening one OF
her trunks and stealing some clothing. Huber
was janitor for the nat-house in which Mrs.
Edgar had apartments. When arrested he made
a confession. His wife. who was also arrested,
was discharged.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Thought II Another Murder.

Considerable excitement was caused around
Harlem thG morning by a report that the police
had found the mutilaied body OF a man some
where In that section. So many persons called
On Capt, wcstervelt that the latter got tired an
s~frng questions. The story grew out Of the
finding NJ a human hand yesterday. witch had
l.ut
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Cnmpanin HIndercd by Wind and
Fog.

LONDON. May 26.-The Cunard
steamer Campania, Capt. Hams. which
cleared the bar about $50 =. NJ. May
10, on her voyage from New York, ar
rived at Queenstown at 2.39 this morn
ink. The Campania encountered strong
easterly winds and fog during the pas
sage. and as n result she is about nf-
teen hours behind her record of 5 days,
II hours and Z minutes. made in No
yember last.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
THIEVES IN CHURCHES.
Pickpockets Robbed People Who
Attended Anniversary Services.

Attended Anniversary Services.
The Brooklyn police are looking for
a gang of ~pickpockets who reaped n
small harvest yesterday among the peo-
pie who attended the Sunday-school an
niversary In the various churches. Lena
Sutton, Of 46 Hancock street, was
robbed of ST in the Tompkins Avenue
Congregational Church.
A young man, who said he was Miller
SSaiidhone; an arrs electrician; of Fulton.
noon as he was leaving Plymouth
Church with a new frock coat belong
ing to Bandmaster John Ellis, of "a
Avenue A, who was there marching
with the Sunday-school scholars.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
SOME PEOPLE ARE MISSING.
German Steamer AIyyinc Seyd
Wrecked on Bnrren Island.

SHANGHAI. May 26.-The German
steamer Alwine Seyd. trading In China
seas, has been wrecked on Barren Island.
Several OF the passengers and crew
were saved. but number of people are
still missing.
The Alwine Seyd vas a vessel OF 55s
tons register.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Accepts IL Cincinnati Gail.

HACKETSToWN, Nj. May :6-The Rev. Or.
Meeker, a leading Methodist clergyman OF the
Newark Conference, has notified the ofnclal Board
OF his church that he has concluded to accept
the call tendered MIN by q Clncinnlti Chmrch.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Killed by IA Locomotive.

James DOwney, twenty-five years old, a laborer,
living on West Nineteenth street. near Eighth
avenue, was struck and instantly Killed hy a
snuthbound Hudson River Railroad train at O 70
THIS morning while walking the tracks at Ma.
combs Dam Bridge.
The evening world., 1894-05-26

Abraham Nussbaum, who lives on Kings High
way. near Gravesend avenue. Brooklyn. notified
the police to-day that some thief had stolen a
watch: chain, ring. revolver and $40 In money
from his bedroom.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Mr.. GLADSTONE IMPROVING.
Grand Old Man PrOgressIng To-
wards Complete Recovery.

LONDON, May ga bulletin Issued
this morning In regard to the health OF
Mr.. Gladstone says that he is making
excellent progress towards complete
recovery.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Schooner Ashore Near Norfolk.
(By Associated Press,)

NoRwNLK. Conn. May N.-Au unknown two
mssted vessel. supposed to be a South Bay. L. l.,
oyster schooner. went ashore on the south side
OF sntreld Island yesterday. She lies In q dan
gerous position.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
. Broker $. p. Warren suspends.

The suspension OF s, p, Warren q Co. was
announced at the Consolidated Exchange to-day.
Only a few hundred shares were sold out under
the rule" and tho Arms liabilities are small.
The evening world., 1894-05-26

For sour stomach and all
other conditions resulting
from constipation, 60 by the
book on Beecham's pills.
Book free, pills, 2sc. AT drug
stores: or write to b F Allen
Co. 36S Canal st. New York.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Mining Stocks.

ne following are the closing quota
IONS OF mining stocks at the Consoll-
dated Exchange TO day:
MA AaLaA AA 49,
The evening world., 1894-05-26
MUST BRING $6O4,OOO.
Minimum Price for Nicaragua
Canal Company Fixed.

Judge Lacombe. In the United States
Circuit Court, this morning issued an
amended decree, fixing 100000 as the
minimum price for which the property
OF the Nicaragua Canal and Construc-
ton Company shall be sold. This order
is based upon Receiver Thomas B..
Atkins's report.
The Court fixes s25, 900 as the amount
TO be paid in spot cash at the time OF
the sale; the balance OF the purchase
price TO be forthcoming within ten days.
Should the receiver be unable TO dis
pose of the property at the first sale at
the price fixed he is authorized TO sub
II the property is bid in by a stock
holder of the Nicaragua Canal and Con-
struction Company. the Court orders tina
such stakeholder shal a the right to
deduct from the purchase price the
amount OF unpaid dividends to which he
Is entitled as a stakeholder.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-28
Tribute of Respect.

A 7 IL regular meeting of Frostburg City
"a Lodge, No. SS Knights of Pythias, held
Wednesday evening, April %, 1894 brother
Thomas Bath &. w. Tenant and w. ii.
Davis, Committee on Res buttons reported the
following paper and 1t was unanimously
adopted
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty God in
His Providence to call from our midst our be-
loved Brother, JOHN kerr, ir., we bow in
humble submission to the will ofthe All wise ::
therefore, be it
R,soired, That in Brother Heirs sad and
sudden death this Lodge has lost good and
faithful member ard the bereaved widow and
family kind husband and father.
ResOl"ed, That while we mourn his de-
parture from our midst we tenderly condOle
with his widow and family in this hour of
their atfiiction and devoutly commend them
to the keeping of Him who looks with pity
ing eye upon the widow and the orphan
RcSoi"ed That while we deeply sympathize
with those who were bound to our departed
brother by the nearest and dearest ties we
share with them the hope of reunion in
that better world, where there are no partings
and bliss ineifable forbids a tear.
Res0i,rd, That our charter he draped in
mourning for period of thirty days, and
that all the Brothers wear the usual badge
of mourning for the same period.
ReSol,ed That these resolutions be spread
upon our minutes; copy sent to the bereavcd
family, and published in the FRosTBuRG,
MINING JOURNAL.
GEORGE ARMSTRONG, &C.
JOHN 7. LEWIS,
April 2s X. of r. and S.