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The evening world., 1894-05-31
ARRESTED WHILE At MASS.
Insane Francis Phelan Again Sent
to an Asylum.
Thinks His Brothers Devils and II
Is His Duty to Kill Them.

Francis Phelan, thlrty-two years old, a
religious crank for the last seven years,
living at 2l7 East Seventy-eighth street,
was committed to the insane pavilion at
Bellevue Hospital to-day by Justice
Feitner. at the Yorkville Police Court.
He was arrested while at mass in the
Seventy-eighth Street Catholic Church
this morning by Court Officer Robert
Vail.
Phelan, until seven years ago, was a
telegraph operator in the employ of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. He
was taken with the idea that he was St
Francis. and for a time was kept con.
fined in the Amityville Insane Asylum.
\" he appeared to be n harmless luna
tic his relatives took him back home.
amt sIuor then he has done nothing
hui Sd, "a thu Seventy-eighth street
"hurrh daily FROM morning until night
nul IliN.
W,lnin the past few days he has tax:
"H tn notion that his friends and
lrn-h,ra are devils, and that II was his
dI1y on earth to eXtermiuate them.
Fearing that he was becoming danger.
Gus, his mother had hin committed.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
BEGINNING OF THE TRIAL.

The Commission appointed to try the
charges against the Board of Managers
of the Elmira Reformatory held its first
meeting at Elmira yesterday.
This Inquiry was conceded by Gov.
Flow mainly because the managers.
who had alreadv been found guilty of
official misconduct by the State Board of
Charities after a long and patient inves-
tigation. made oath before the Governor
hat the inquiry of the Charities Board
had been prejudiced and partial. that the
evidence did not sustain the conclusions
reached and that the verdict was illegal.
untrue and unjust. This at least was one
of the excuses made by Gov. Flower for
yielding to the demands of the political
bosses for the protection Of the managers,
Yesterday Mr.. Coudert drew out from
the managers the fact that they had
never read the evidence or the report ir
the State Charities investigation and hat
only sworn to It's Illegally, its untruth'
fulness and its injustice under the advice
! of their counsel. 1t was also elected thai
the suspension of Brockway during tn,
first trial had been n mere sham.
It is evident that Lawyer Couder Il
earnest In his management OF the prose
cutlon, and 1t Is to be hoped that tn,
new trial will be short, sharp and decis
i've. The cause of humanity demands
that the attempt to screen the Elmiri
torturers shall be defeated and that tn,
abhorrent reign Of terror at the Reforma
tory shall be ended forever.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
STABBED HIS FATHER TWICE.
Said lie Was Beaten, and Had Run
Away from Home.

Christopher Hermann, eighteen years
old. a shoe clerk, of l59 Avenue Il, was
held In 5000 bail in the Tombs Police
Court this morning for stabbing his step
father, George Hermann, of the same
adGrtss.
TIE boy had been ava from home
for some time. and las, Thursday he re-
turned to get some clothing. His father
flOuld not give them to him. and n
i..t followed. in which the boy stabbed
him t~wiCe-ouCe In the breast and once
In the left wrist. He then made his es-
cape and kept out OF sight until this
morning. when the boys uncle pointed
him ont t. Policeman Redmond, az the
Leonard street station, at the corner
q Canal street aud broadway.
The boy ran up broadway TO Broome
street. and through Mercer to Spring
street. whore the officer caught him.
The injured man was taken to Bellevue
Hospital. where he stayed several days.
The boy SAYS he could not live at home
because his father beat him so,
The evening world., 1894-05-31
BULLET-PRooF GARMENTS.

The alleged success OF the Mannheim
~tailor's bullet-proot coat suggests some
curiou thoughts.
Now, II some m could invent some
sort IL garment that would protect peo-
PIE against the missiles of investigating
Committees. what "A demand there would
D. for II In this country How eagerly
The EImira ~Reformatory managers
wpI!1 avail themselves Of its use. to
ward N the p!nging bullets Of Lawyer
Cy-cerr's qUettlyEa What Il demand
there wpylg be for the article ~ Police
headquarters and hat a relief would
Spu-u-Law Grange experience - b."
could supply E-Inssi' with one. The
Legislators wny vytrc ~ TIE i'yI's Sell
airy bill woula ls! 3d. az gfullt waf-fyh'
and not a United St.les Senator w.--t
Le found without ~, sp'ar-t'a
Let the Alaunnelm lulIur pl'"rI nts fer
tile mind 10 this huEEoaIui ..l . -,
succeeds IN p]srfeutinF rucr a. ,pt' ~
mail he Will not oniy rral,z, a tVrLun,
but will receive u, hOInoB' W eN"'y
legislator, every pgVlc official every
bank director and every poliucal Lost
and heeler IN the Uu4tvl States.
The evening world., 1894-05-31

To the Editor:
Thomas ]. Sanford ~disagrees with "s. d. D."
In his definition OF wealth. The important point
Is not a correct definition OF wealth. but how can
we obtain III With good health and free access
to all natural opportunities. wealth would soon
define itself. He also states one Of a dozen fall
iacies with which he Is familiar that exist In the
= ngle Tax system. He speaks OF a farm on which
oil had been discovered. and says that under a
Single Tax system the farm would increase in
value and the tax also would be Increased.
Would not the sam, thing occur to-day under the
present system? When the supply OF oil failed
the farm would revert to the original value; 30
would the tax. No one would be compelled to
pay more than the rental value Of the opportunity
used by him. This value might decrease as well
- increase. as in the case of a used up oil we'll.
I would advise Mr.. Sanford to read Henry George
on the subject. He will then be In a position to
see the weak points in this question and to clearly
poin them out. when an attack Is to be made,
always be thoroughly loaded with the subject.
Henry George will furnish thoughts for both
sides, and Is. as well. a model in concise. logical
reasoning. Y. X, Yonkers, N. Y.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
FOR SOCIAL PURITY.
Lessee Hammond Orders Fur
nished Flat Tenants to Move,
II They Do Not He Will Dispossess
Them To. Morrow.
They Rent from Another Man and
Refuse to Obey the Command.

The better class OF people residing on
West T~hirty-ninth and Fortieth streets
between Seventh and Eighth avenues
are a~nxlously awaiting the results of
Charles Hammond's attempts to purify
the nelghbornood. He has notified
thirty-one OF flats to move by
tomorrow. Mr.. Hammond IL deter
mined that they shall go. and the tenants
seem equally as determined that they
will not.
Hammond is the lessee of fourteen
houses. some CT which Charles A. Moi
fatt. of 2l3 West Thirty-eighth street,
has rented. Mr.. Moffatt sublets them
furnished. Mr.. Hammond does not
charge II at these people keep disorderly
houses. but he wants them out and will
dispossess them tomorrow II they do
Many of the residents Of the locality
who We're seen by an Evening World'
reporter to-day were far more out
a ak along either of the streets at an
hour when business men are returning
from their offices would be sufficient to
convince ore of their character.
Police Captain Price, in whose pre-
cinct the flats are, said to-day that since
the cleaning out CT the Tenderloin Dis
trlct the wcmen are scattered all over
the city in lighthouses.
There is no doubt that some OF
them are in nearly every precinct In the
city, he said, but how can you get at
hem? / notified Mr. Hammond hat
some IF the people in his houses must
go. and presume his present action Is
he result.
1T is impossible to get suffi evil
ience against d!sorderly people in fiat
houses to secure a conviction. They
hire furnished flats by the week from
the janitor or agent. II the flats were
not rented furnished, this Objectionable
class coul not get in. as they cannot
AFFORD to furnish the places themselves"
Mr.. Moffatt claims that he Is a yearly
tenant and csnnot be put OFT. The
people that he leases furnished flats to
are respec able. he says, and he has ad-
vised Their, not to move
II ose OF the tenants that were seen
by an "lIvening World" reporter said
there vas no reason why they should
move. They did not recognize Mr.. Ham
tnond's right to order them to vacate,
and they would not do so until legal
action was taken by Mr.. Moffatt.
The evening world., 1894-05-31

To the Editor:
I cannot refrain from remarking the Christian
like spirit In which the Rev. Madison C. Peters
replies to the young man who was seated down
by the door. Without so much as expressing the
~slightes, regret or apology. he sweetly remarks
hat his sermon that evening was on liars"
I doubt II the young man needed the sermon. for
1t Is evident, badly as he wanted a front seat,
he did net tell the usher he was "a little hard o.
hearing" Who knows but he had Just bought
his Easter suit, and to be given a back seat
would naturally put him on III terms with him
self. provided he was so. which I consider | have
no right to infer: and l am certainly afraid that
1t would not be with the best hearted cordiallty
that the anne young man would be welcomed
into the pulpit alongside OF DR.. Peters. l would
not want to be mistaken for the young man
should I happen In on Sunday night. Before rush
Ing into print It would be well for some repre-
sentatives OF Christianity TO count ten. or even
twenty. MORALIST. Brooklyn. n. Y.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
AN INVESTIGATION DEMANDED.

The Lexow Committee has now an OPP
portunity to investigate a matter not In
cluded In Its police programme, but Of
very grave Importance, and which "
promptly and vigorously exposed maN
prevent the contamination OF an infam:
Gus crime.
The bill raising the salaries of the po-
lice force two hundred dollars a year
was introduced. OF course. by Il country
representative In the Legislature. Sena-
tor Coggeshall, of oneida. 1t was OPP
posed by the authorities of the city gov
eminent. including the Mayor. the Comp
%troller. the Corporation Counsel and the
members OF the Board Of Estimate and
Apportionment. Protests were submitted
against 1t by the Chamber Of Commerce,
the Good Government Clubs and the tax
payers generally. But the Republican
majority and the Tammany representa-
tives stood by Senator C~ogeshali. The
bill was passed and was approved by
Gov. Flower.
The merits Of the law are not now in
question. Blu IT is known that the pass
age OF the bill was secured by the use
and promise of money. 1t is alleged
that about forty thousand dollars In
cash was sent to Albany when the bill
was introduced and II is now stated and
not contradicted that an additional
eighty or eighty-five thousand dollars is
to be raised by an assessment on the
force of twenty-five dollars each man,
that being the amount agreed to be paid
provided the bill became a law. Some
of the men object TO paying the assess
ment and have appealed to Supt. Byrnes.
who promises to give the matter his at
tention.
The Committee has a plain and an i'm
perative duty to perform. Bribing the
Legislature is declared to be an in
famous crime" So is the taking of IL
bribe.
The Committee should take up this mat
ter forthwith. 1t Is not only one OF the
most serious charges that could be made
against the police. but duplicates also the
Legislature. Of which the Lexow Com
mitteemen are members. and especially
reflects on any of them who may have
voted for the Salary bill.
A prompt Investigation may besides
stop the contamination of the crime by
preventing the levying of the assess
ment.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
A Dime Will Do Good, a Dollar
Will Do More Good.
Carelessness in Nursing That Re-
suits in lnfartile Disorders.
The Simple Methods of the Free
Fund Physicians.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS.

THIS is the n~s, season in the history
OF the Sick Bnblrs' Fund that the free
physicians have had the opportunity of
preparing their little patients for the hot
weather AMI getting them in condition
as the athletes say-to resist the various
summer complaints that harass n
plague child life. II H. always n salts
faction to save trouble and prevent suf-
fering. and the staff doctors consider 1t
"A privilege to be able to treat the babies
before the alarming second Summer.
Instead OF having TO wait for disease
to develop. children who are cross. who
feel bad and look Ill are taken in hand
and put in repair. Warm. sleep-iniucing
baths. comfortable clothing, wholesome
foods, regular outings and infinitesinhi
doses of mcdicine are, prescribed, or,
perhaps. an ill-useG little stomach Is
Numbered, and in IA surprisingly short
space of time the pale. restless. crying
child sleeps half the time and laughs and
grows fat the other half.
At this season of the year some fear
full plumbers are made by thoughtleSs
nurses. An odd day or two Of sunshine
Is mistaken for Summer time; children
are allowed to run barefoot; flannel gar
ments are cast aside: housekeeping,
with its attendant ar.uIghtR, Il impness nd
Irregular meals. Is undertaken. and when
u storm OF IL tOIl WtNt tDllitS iloIlE, tlt
old people get chills and pains and he
delicate little ones fevers.
Teach mothers intelligence In the care
OF their families one of the health
officers says, and there Will be less sick
ness and fewer funerals"
That is exactly what THE Evening
World" physicians are doing now, and
their efforts will count In the noble en-
deavor of the sanitary service to keep
down the death rate Of infants and young
children Babies who would otherwise
get a dose of soothing syrup are put In
iianrcl petticoats. Instead of DROPS bot
ties OF steri,i2ed milk are prescribed;
mothers are given instruction In prepar-
ing wholesome and inexpensive foods,
and by these rational methods ever so
many wee, scrawny specimens of NOR
tally are put on the list of Convalescents.
The FUND begins It's second months
work tomorrow. 1t has "A good start.
and the prospect of "A splendid and
generous support. Everybody has the
privilege of helping to care for and
cure the sick babies. Every dime Will
do good and every dollar Will do more
good.
send your subscription to the cashier
Of The World" n give the free doc
tors the best chance they ever had
to make the sick tots well and keep
the well tots from getting sick.
A Little Message of Mercy.
To the Editor
Enclosed find 81 for the Sick Babies Fund.
M~ORRISANIA.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
HIGH BEARS WEDDING
He Leads Blushing Holy Blanket
to the Altar in Brooklyn
Ceremony Of the Pale Faces Fol-
lowed by an Indian Dance.
owboys Join the Racket and
Amazed Oricntnls Look On.

Mr.. High Bear and Miss Holy Blan-
ket. Of Buffalo Bins wild West Show,
were united in the holy bonds of we'd
lock ut II 80 O'Clock this morning. at Am
brose Park. South Brooklyn.
1t was the original intention OF the
high contracting parties to keep the af-
fair as quiet az possible and to surround
1t with the solemn dignity of a civilized
Christian function To this end no cards
were Issued. and only the immediate
friends aid la .ly associates of the bride
and bridegroom were invited.
High Bears name on his native heath
is Mato Wangata, while along the
messy banks of Wounded Knee Creek
the dusky bride answers to the call OF
Tasina Wakan. Both are Ogallala
Sioux. and their homes are o four
miles from the scene OF the Wounded
Knee fight. High Bear was a peace
AXE and non-combatant during the
Sioux war OF lS9O-9l. He is a member of
Red Clouds band.
Holy Blankets father Is one OF Little
Wounds right hand men. and she is
closely related to that redoubtable chief.
Despite the fact that High Bear
deports himself like a wild. untutored
savage in the daily raid on the Dead
wood coach and assists in a Sioux war
dance, he Is possessed of what he calls
IL great heart" which, like the organ
of his more civilized brother. beats re-
sponsive to the tender sentiment OF
love.
His first meeting with Holy Blanket
was on the railroad tracks at Omaha.
The young squaw had never seen a
steam engine before n unwittingly
stood In the centre of the track directly
in the way of IA siX-wheel mogul loco
motive, High. Bear, seeing her danger.
grabbed her by the back of the neck
the platform.
Subsequently he was attracted by her
physical projections and declared his
passion. Holy Blankets little heart,
beating in sympathetic gratitude, re-
sponded In orthodox fashion.
| High Bear Immediately drew n half
years salary In dvanc and bought
twenty cayuses. or COW ponies. which
he sent to he young squaw's father
in far away Wounded Knee Creek, in
South Dakota, n the engagement was
mad
The. ceremony was performed by Rev.
DR.. Lloyd. OF the Reformed Church.
South brooklyn. in the presence of the
entire camp: ~ -,
,0gallalas formed in a ring around the
happy couple and Immediately scattered
all %pretense at a quiet. dignified we'd
ding. The Sioux wedding dance is my
thing but quiet and dignifed. The In
dams had not had such an opportunity
for, a high old time since leaving home
and they improved the occasion for all 1t
was worth.
The cowboys and Mexicans Joined the
dancers, while the Orientals in the show
looked on In amazement.
Finally. after several bucks had fallen
exhausted. Major Burke stopped the
racket.
Mr., and Mrs. High Bear were escorted
to their tepee amid the congratulations
of the camp, and the honeymoon was on
The evening world., 1894-05-31
INDIANS FOR CONEY ISLAND.
Headed by the Man Who Is Said I"
Have KILLED Gen. Custer.

Twenty-Five Sioux Indians from Stand
ing Rock, N. D., arrived here this morn
ing in care of Major James Mclaughlin.
Indian Agent.
They were bound for Coney Island and
will form the inhabitants of n Sioux
war village to be located there for the
Summer, and which viii give an idea of
what Indian life was prior to the cow
boy days.
The Indians marched across city Hall
Park. followed by large crowd, shortly
after s o'clock and crossed the bridge
to Brooklyn. Rain-in-the. Face, who. 1t
has al Ways been charged. Is the man
who killed Gen. Custer. stood in front
of the Pulitzer Bulding a and
gruntcd.
Heap high house" he said; then he
grunted again
There were several squaws in the
party. among them Chischilla, a twenty
eight-year-old dwarf. who stands only
80 inches high in her moVcaslns and Is the
pride of the party. They have Sitting
Bulls historic cabin and many wal
relics. An agent of the Government vii
remain with the Indians. while W
Kent Thomas will be the manager.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
NO MORE BROADWAY TRAINS.
Unusual sights of the Past Few
Dpy- Due to Accidents.

Trains OF two and thr.n oNrf HAY.
been u on the BroadNJy Eri!runI
wi'nin the past few days. lJ W.T. ro-
ported that the road was experimenting
with n View to running trains to relieve
the heavy traffic, as Is done uu he
Third avenue line and in other c,'lcs.
Supt. Ne""ll. OF the Iiroadwuy line,
sail this morning that no trains would
be- run regularly on that road.
MANY OF the cars" he explained,
'havc beer supplied with new APP.
planes for holding the cable. BctuE
new they do not work vel! sometimes,
and when they lose the cable the dis,
ahled cars have to he pushed along by
another car uutll they reach a point
whore they can take up the cable again,
run Ca~s singly under thirty
seconds Roadway. and that H. "a much
as the crowded condition o; Broadway
will stand"
The evening world., 1894-05-31
Eggs within EGGS.
To the Edito'

To the Editor:
Everywhere Is life expanding. growing. burst
ing. Its forms ~decaying but renewing: II Is the
principle OF creation, the light OF the world.
The whole universe. from the largest boundary to
the smallest microscopic atom. is as an egg.
From the ~globules OF mist up to the spheroidal
earth and to the distant and still larger
spheroids, all Is as an egg-on egg within an egg
all full OF life. All earthly forms spring from
germs. We were once but little germs, lying
dormant In Gods secret storehouse. He touched
us by his own laws Of love. and In an instant
We sprang into life, endowed with every attribute
that would be ours through our existence. Those
attributes we can never tear wholly from our.
selves, though We may curb and guide ad
govern ourselves by the laws OF reason. thu,
directing our growth to forms of beauty and holy
symmetry ONE OF THEM.
The evening world., 1894-05-31

Many records were broken yesterday
IN various tines OF sport and in the at
tendance NJ various fields. Eecordk
were also broken in the gathering Of the
sporting news Of the day, the demon
Etraflon coming In the well-nigh per
zeet Sporting Edition OF THE Evening
World" Aside from the regular re-
ports OF news associations, more than
1900 words VI special matter came over
the telegraph wires, to ill the columns
Of that edition IL was the only com
plste evening newspaper printed in New
York that day.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
A Loaf of Bread Weighed.

To the Editor:
After reading the letter OF "A. Z. L." who
signs himself zone who knows the bakers trade"
I dropped In a large store where they keep all
kinds Of bread. l asked the proprietor II he
would weigh n nve-cent loaf OF bread. He did so.
and It weighed 15 ounces. He also told me that
he had often weighed bread. and he told ne It
was nearly always a little short OF a pound.
Now, the readers Of THE Evening World can
easily see who knows most about the weight of
a hve-cent loaf bv weighing a few. The people
are charged i've cents a pound for bread simply
because they have got used to that figure. II. is
not right that the public does not have the ben
eft Of the low wholesale price Of -four. And even
at the extravagant prices the bakers do not make
their bread to weigh full weight. There can be
no argument about this. All any one has to do
Is to weigh a fve-cent loaf. XX..
One who does not know the bakers trade, hut
knows he has to Jay nve cents for a pound loaf
Of bread and eight cents for q l 3~-4-pound loaf.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
Are Her Feet Growing?

To the Impractical eye there is little
change in shoes for feminine wear. but
1t is still a fact that small feet are get
ting more scarce every day. Women
now find themselves wearing a No. s
shoe who formerly wore a No. 4. Amply
large shapes are just now the thing,
made with low. broad heel. pointed toe
and a straight edge or buttoned lap. In
contrast for dressy wear are hose with
arched instep and Louis Quinze heels.
Patent leather oxford ties for Summer
will divide favor with russell leather ties
The evening world., 1894-05-31
Etiuuette of the Hand.

A lady never extends her hand to a
man whose acquaintance she is making.
She may or may not shake hands with
a lady who is introduced. but she must
not give her hand to a strange man.
A low bow is the elegant form of salu-
tation. a cultivated woman will not
shake hands with any man, no matter
how long she is acquainted with him,
unless she respects n admires him. A
gentleman never extends his hand to a
lady first. To do SO would be presump-
tuous and subject him to n %snubbing.
A man shows his breeding the way he
eats his dinner: a woman shows her
breeding the way she receives people.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
A London Dry-Goods Community,

At a great London d~ry-goods house all
the saleswomen are expected, nay, are
obliged to dress in black. There are 200.
but not a 'saleslady" nor a "forelady''
among them. They make derision Of
these terms. which are so commonly
heard in this city. The firm also ems
ploys six or seven hundred young men,
All the unmarried employees live OF the
premises. and this plan is found to operate
satisfactorily TO all concerned. The
young men wear black coat. waistcoat
and necktie. Years ago statesmen in
London dry-goods houses were not al
lowed to wear a mustache. but there 10
more liberty now. and they can adorn
their faces as fancy dictates.
The evening world., 1894-05-31
WORLDLINGS.

Two hundred people are killed by lightning
every year in the United states
DgrlnY the htty years between 1890 and 1870
2sy vessels Of the British Navy were struck by
lightning causing a loss Of $3.50. 900 and killing
Or iujurlug $50 men.
Giants usually have weak constitutions. and
are shorter-liysd than dwGrfs.
It lie figured that every man, woman and child
In the United States eats an average Of ti-2
bushels OF wheat a year In the form Of bread
OF breakfast cereals.
The steam engine IL l& years old.