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The evening world., 1894-04-12
BROOKLYN NEWS.
TO VACC|NATE JACK TARs.
Doctors to Visit Brooklyn Navy
Yard During the Week.
Kept Busy as Bees Attending TO Pco-
pie Employed In Factories.

The Jolly Jack tars and scores OF
laborcrs in the employ OF Uncle Sam at
the brooklyn Navy-Yard are to he vac
cinated by Health Commissioner
Emcry's corps of physicians. About
twenty doctors will visit the Federal
reservation at the close OF the working
hours and will inoculatc all those who
cannot show hat they have been vac-
cinated within n recent period. The
vaccination will be performed probably
on Saturday.
h work of vaccinatinE the scholars
In the public schools is almost finished.
This afternoon the ~vaCCinators will visit
Arbucklcs, coffee mills, at the foot Of
Jay street, and vacciuate about one
hundred men who were not attended to
on n former visit. The mills are to he
closed tonight for several weeks, and
the Commissioned wants all the cm-
ployces vaccinated before they separate.
The work laid out for to-day also
included the vaccination of 800 men and
girls in Green Il Blackwcll'a candy fac
tory, South Fourth street and Wythc
avenue, under the direction OF Dr.
Rirard; the employees at Naclc's shoe
factory. Van luren street and Stuyvcs-
ant avenue. Or. iiiglcy in charge; 20
men In Valentine Bergen CO.'S flour
store, Ii Fulton street. and about 900
persons employed by Sommers Bros,
tin plate makers, Third avenue and
Third street.
Six people were removed to the Flat
bush Hospital to-day. The ywere Joseph
Spindler, aged forty. of 1s4 Harrison
avenue, and his children. Louis, aged
fifteen months: Henry. aged i've years,
and Mary, aged thre" years Thomas Mil.
Ter, aged twenty-five. of 20 br.ggs ave
nue.. and Anthony Schwartzbeck. aged
four. of i37 Marc avenue.
Spindler and his son Louis are III,
and 1t is thought they have smallpox.
but the disease has not developed far
enough to enable the doctors to be pos
tive that they have that disease. 1t
has fully developed in the other cases.
Deputy Commissioner WyCkOff said to-
day that the doctors In charge Of III,
Hospital for Contagious Diseases wer,
doing excellent work. Reports rcceivcu
this morning show that there were sis
reCOvcr!es II no deaths yesterday.
The record since April ! shows II tuta
Of thirty-iivc reCovcries and sever
deaths.
There We're 12S persons in the hospital
yesterday, of whom los were III with
the disease. The others were relatives
or friends Of the patients who are Their.
to care for them.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
SLUMP IN TOBACCO STOCK
The Only Enliveuing Feature Of
q Dull Market.
big Shipment OF Gold Ordered for
Saturday.

The industrials were the feature OF
speculation this morning, but the trad
ing even In this group was light. The
dealings are still characterized by
strength, and the bears are unable to
cover their outstanding short lines.
Whenever they make the attempt prices
are quickly advanced.
As sterling exchange keeps firm there
Is ak OF gold shipments by Saturdays
steamers. but the street takes the mat.
ter IhilusophiCally. and N exports should
really lie made 1t IL doubtful whether
they would have more than IA passing
influence on speculation.
The decision of Acknowledgement VA
lOncy In the Chicago Gas quo warranto
proceedings is awaited with "A good deal
Of Interest. and tie uncertainty tends to
hold business In check. The operations
for London were Insignificant.
Rar silver in Iond m IL unchanged at
Is "a Il. per ounce. commercial bar here
Is steady at G2 5-s, hut Mexican dollars
declined to II.
Money lent at | per cent. on call.
Foreign exchange IL firm, owing to the
light supply Of bills Of all kinds. Actual
rates are u shade higher, bankers sixty
days selling at lS7 il n 4S1 l-2. and
sight bills at ASS - IA ass "a
one of the gold exporting houses has
made application to the Fourth National
tank for $i50,vo to lie shipped by
Saturday 4 steamers.
The only c~nlivcning incident of the
stock market was "A sudden slump In
American Tobacco from ~ Ia to 80 rs.
II was reported that an effort had been
made to market long stock. and n break
Immediately followed In the absence of
outside demand. The general list re-
acted fraCtiOnally.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
SWINDLER CAUGHT.
Man who "WOrk Il Brooklyn Ar
rested In Philadelphia.

Supt. Robert j. Wllkin, OF the Brook
Ign Society for the Protection OF Cruelty
to Children. was notified by the phila-
delphia police to-day Of the arrest OF "a
man believed to be the swindler who OPP
Grated successfully among wealthy peo-
pie in New York n Brooklyn recently
and got ava with several hundred dol
lars.
The prisoner gave his name as Thos,
Linton Plucker, though he says his real
rame Is j. Dallas FORK. and that hc
lives in New YOrk city. In Philadel-
phia he posed as Lord Lionel HarCourt
Hamburg and as j. u. Stuart, a nephew
of Mayor stuart, of that city.
He WAS first heard from in brooklyn
about two months ago, when he secured
possession of several subscription books
Of the Children's Society, the brooklyn
Bureau of Charities and the brooklyn
Association for Improving the COndi-
ton of the Poor, He operated among
wealthy people living on the Hill"
Among those who gave liberal sub
scriptiOns to him We're David NJ. Stone.
of the New York Journal of Commerce.
According to a despatch from Ihila-
delphia PluCker was operating in a sim
liar manner in that city chen ne was
captured. re was arrested at tn" STRAIT
ford Hotel ard placed under S3,O~ bail
for examination. The Philadelphia 20.
lice lain to have learned That his work
in New York and Brooklyn netted him
over 81. 300,
The evening world., 1894-04-12
FURGuEs0N TO LOSE HIS JOB.
Shore Inspectorship Repeal Bill
Passes the Assembly.
d" The Evening World" Saves $27,-
600 a Year to Taxpayers.

The Assembly last night passed the
bill to abolish the office of State Shore
Inspector. The Senate having passed The
bill some time ago, II simply remains for
Gov. Flower to sign the paper, and Boss
Cornelius Furgueson, of New Utrecht,
who has been getting s27. 600 a year for
eight years from the State. will lose one
of his fat jobs.
THE Evening World' some two
months ago discovered the frauds exist
ing in the office of Shor Inspector Fur
gueson. AS 4 result of the exposures in
The Evening World" a bill was intro
duced into the State Legislature abolish
ing the office. Furgueson and his friends
Tough the bill at every stage, but with
out success.
At the office of the American Brother
hood of Steamboat Pilots in South street
this morning there was much satiSfac-
ton expressed by members of the or
ganization that the Shore Inspector
ship had been abolished. Furgueson and
his officers have long annoyed the local
pilots, and they are delighted at getting
rid OF him.
The work heretofore performed by
thoroughly covered by the United States
Government. Lieut.. Delahanty, the local
Harbor Inspector, has "A large force of
men and two steam tugs at his com
mand and performs the work which Fur
gu sons opera buuffe organization has
been making a prrtcnsa of doing, and for
which the State paid $1,000 per year.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
.AF|RE, He RAN FOR THE ROOF
Colored Man Perhaps Fatally In
jured in a Small Blaze,
Was Intoxicated, Lamp Exploded,
and There Was u Panic.

An exploding lamp and an intoxicated
man caused u panic at 3 o'clock this
morning in the four-story frame house
at 26 East Eightleth street. James W.
Oliver. colored, IA furnace tender. was
badly burned. He is now in the presby-
terrain Hospital In "a critical condition.
Oliver lives on the top floor OF the
building with his wife. When ne reached
his home just after midnight he was
intoxicated. lie went to bed leaving "A
lamp burning on the mantel-pirco.
The other tenants were awakened Mt
3.6 A. NJ. by the shock of an explosion.
oliver, still intoxicated. was awakened,
toe. He jumped up and found that me
room was atirc. The lamp had exploded,
setting IRE to the place. Mrs. oliver ran
screaming from the room, and the other
tenants, alarmed by the explosion and
the woman's shricks. jumped from their
beds and made II mad rush for the
street.
oliver snatched u blanket from the bed
md e~ndcavOrcd to smother tn" flames.
Fhey were either beyond control or h,
worked Clumsily, for in IA few seconds
the flames had caugnt his clothing. Then
self.
In the mean time Mrs. oliver was on
the pavement, standing in the rain. sur.
r2und,i by the Shiygrins GROUP 81 haif-
- ~ ''lhllAN NNlN AllpAlSHA lIl'
house WAS OF fire. but no one moved e.
send out an alarm.
John Duncan, who was the first of the
tenants to recover his senses. went ~.
stairs to zee what had become of oliver.
He found the negro rolling on the bed.
He was env"lOpcd In flames and was
trying to eXtinguish the fire.
duncan made an EFFORT to put n hlnnkct
about oliver, hut cra2cl with pain. tn,
man jumped III and ran from the room
In th" rear Of the hall a short ladder
leads to tn" roof. TIP this the burning
man began to climb. But the hatchwHy
was locked and he could not reach ,ht
roof.
The other tenants now appeared. and
blaze eNtinGuishud. The amagc I,
property was only So.
oliver vas badly burned about the
body. All his hair was burned from his
head. The doctors at the hospital thin
oliver inhaled the flames. If he di,
there Is little chance of saving him.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
MR.. GERLACH PAID HIS FINE.
Imposed Because He Failed to
Obey a Court Order.


Charles \. GcrlaCh. proprietor OF the
Court. chambers. at 10 O'Clock this
morning and furnish a bond for the pay
meut of the $40 fine imposed on him
for contempt of Court In failing to ap-
pear in supplementary proceedings.
His counsel was on hand. how
ever. and said that It had been
arranged Yesterday that Mr.. forlach
and his hOndsmrn were to meet ia his
one" AT $50 o'clock tins morning, but
They had failed to do 81.
They have DISAPPOINTED me. and |
have nothing further to say. | supposed.
II curse, the bond would Ice Uruisho!
Wen, IN wait until 1890 O'Clock" sad
Judge Mccarthy. 'auI II th"N are not
here then tn order OF arrest viii
tuni,"
IFut 1t was not Grrrssnry TO tax" Mr.
Gcrlnch into custody. TO" he appeared
At the ShvrIff's u'!Ir" a little later and
paid ST.. ,uyrrIu" the tlLr and costs
Why Nh G-riHuN paid the huo instead
OF furnishing a bond. as hr ~iu;rnIcu
YESTERDAY, was not exclaimed It Is
.aii that Mr. G-rla.h VIII appear AT the
next examination uri"r"i.
The order for G,rlaCh's arrest was is
sued Tuesday afternoons. The arrest
was not made, ON a IIumls. from Nh.
l;orjncn that h" would furnish "a nuuI
for the payment Of thu lin" yesterday
Yrai,rlly mo.u.np Mr. Ger,acA's coun-
90. anne irri before, lulG" Mccarthy n
stated hat uar If IN" runl.n"u W.s uu-
able Ia com dpWHloNn ur,at,sr ut tn"
irclrmcnt weather, and ask / That his
furnish the b nd. JGlsa Mccarthy grant
81 the IVllTNt-
The evening world., 1894-04-12
MOVING DAY COMING.
Needed New Furnishings Are
Plentiful ~ j. & =. humans.

j.. & s. Baumann's big furniture ana
carpet store II Eighth avenue and Sine.
tccnth street Is on" Of the great centres
Of attraction uptown just now.
Thu moving and ronovating season is
approaching and those who ar" looking
~ut for bargains in household goods Of
every description are learning that they
cannot find anything better than Is of
tered at this great bazaar and an the
most advantageous terms, 40 none,
need be paid down
tn extensive sdlcsropms have" Jus,
been prepared tor thu spring opening,
and the assortment ~ goods comprises
everything that can possibly h" needed
in the furnishing II a hpUs" ar Nat.
There Is the greatest variety IN The
way Of carpets nf all grades, and the dis
play Of furniture IL unISulllE attractive"
The goods are Of the best quality, and
include the latest styles and newest de-
signs In every depart nrnt. :"
The evening world., 1894-04-12
A NEW CURRENCY SCHEME.
Congressman Spcrry's PIn for n
nurenu of Interstate Hanks.

'y Associated IrcFs.)
WASHINGTON. April L. Representa-
tive Sperry, If Connecticut, n member
of the Committee on Banking and Cur
rcnCy. introduced n Currency bill yes
tcrday to establish n Bureau of Inter-
state Banks. The essential points of
difference between Mr.. Sperry's plan
and the present National Banking act
ere the basis for circulation and the
provisions for redemption of the notes.
The bill authorizes n bank to deposit
with the Treasurer of the United States
as security for circulation any interest
bearing bonds issued under due authori-
~ of law by the United States or any
State of the United States, or by any
county, or by anv municipal corpora
ton located within any such state"
IT. is provided that he Comptroller
shall pass upon the character OF the
bonds, and that they shall meet certain
prescribed conditions. A bank having an
authorized capital stock not exceeding
$1,000 shall deposit bonds OF par value
ut not less than one-fourth of the capt
tai stock, ana larger banks shall deposit
not less than 5000.
The United states does not guarantee
the circulating notes, as under the Ma
tional Banking act. but holds the bonds
as collateral security and Is authorized
to sell them II the bank goes into liqui-
notes. moreover. shall constitute a first
and paramount lien upOn all the assets
OF the hauk.
Redemption Is required In legal tender
United States coin. on the presentation
Of the notes, ana there is also required
"A rcs,rv" Of - per cent OF deposits in
lawful money Of the United States. 4
central redemption agency Is established
In the office Of tn" Comptroller of the
currency, and tn" banks ARE required to
keep there > per cent. OF their outstand-
iuE circulation for the redemption OF
notes which may drift too far from the
locality whore the hank IL established
10 be presented at its own counters.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
NO ARGUMENT WAS NEEDED.
The Snyders' ALE ations, Al
though Denied, Were Explicit,
Sensational Divorce Suit Brought In
Brooklyn Court.


i"pe'S III ~ 'u' . d uecree Oh
w is". ~ h"isa'e'
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49,. - supreme ''"''' h'''"'s" '
" !" ""'o.'"..u WIN az '''"'',
1ohh H. Sh!uer. IN the Undertaking II
livery business at II. IA and ID Powers
.,r.st prooL,,, H. l., no,,,a, =, ho
s.ree., Brooklyn lie Is reputed to be
wealthy.
He was married to the plaintifr ten
vears ~ rha,, ho,a ,,o oh,I1r,,
- "e' ~ ""' WV
MRS. snyder charges her husband with
cruel and inhuman treatment.
sbo olI.,os thu. /, ,,c,.t 1859 bar
"e' ,"". " ""e"'' i"'' nv,
HUSBAND STRUCK her III the eye ana
called her vile names, In the Summer of
1887 sb.a ~ bo threatened 10 kiu bor
WIN u carving khile' She says that dur-
ing the same Summer Snyder took II
woman nar,.i "Ida" IN , botel in Fair
,a,a. ~
September IL. 1893, Mrs. Snyder says
her husband Kicked bcr out of he'd an
Nil -.
Na''eu her we Names ana nat on ihah!
occasions from 1886 to the present time,
her husband has abused her sbnmcruny
cho ,,,., ,,a. =. ,a..a 49,
The evening world., 1894-04-12
MkANE TO APPEAR IN COURT.
He Must Testify in Person in Mrs.
Paul Bauer's Suit.
sbe Declares He Robbed Her Of a
100000 Estate.

Iohn Y. McKane, convict No. 1893 In
Sing Sing Prison, and ex-boss of Graves
end will be obliged to face Mrs. Cath
crime Bauer, the widow Of Paul Bauer,
in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, in May
10 answer the charge of de~frauding
Mrs. Bauer out of the estate of her hus-
hand. which Is valued at $500, 900.
The case was set dow for trial this
morning before Justice Pratt. Edwin
NJ. Grout and william e. c. Mayer ap-
reared for Mrs. Bauer. and George w.
Roderick for McKane. Both sides an
swered ready.
1t was found very quickly, however,
that Mr.. Roderick, was not ready. He
wanted the plaintiffs testimony all put
in, typewriter, furnished to Mckane,
and after due perusal by the ex-Czar. a
referee be appointed to take his testi-
mony.
such methods. He said that he was Will
ing to go on to-day, providing RoderiSk
taking of Mechanics testimony.
Justice Pratt and Mr.. Circuit both sug-
Rested that the case be sent to a first
Class referee to hear and determine.
Mr.. Roderick would not agree to this.
He said the case was of too great i'm
portance to be sent to a referee. lie
could not consent to such a thing with
out consulting his client. MIR. Grout
then stated that he was willing to have
the case adjourned for two days to en-
able Roderick to consult with Mckane:
Frederick would not agree to this and
moved the case off the term. After con
siderable parleying this course was
agreed to.
MIR. Grout said he would now allow
the case to go on in the regular way
at the next Special Term OF the supreme
Court. He said that he would have
McKane in court himself to hear the
testimony given and give such testi-
mony himself as he desired.
Paul Bauer was a well hotel
keeper at Coney Island. In 1889 he De-
John Y. McKane. were appointed ad,
ministrators of his estate. Bauer died
shortly afterwards. The estate was en-
numbered and was sold in foreclosure.
on a judgment held by H. *. Thurber. .
Mrs. Bauer says that she commissioned
property. satisfy all the claims he held
against the estate himself, and then turn
the property over to her. This, she
claims, he failed to do. She says he
bought the estate and kept the title to
1t himself.
Mrs. Bauer says the property, which is
r%ightfully hers and held by McKane. is
valued at about 1906, 600. and nets Nc
Kane an annual revenue OF $4,000 a year.
From 1890 to the present time she claims
She asks the Cour to compel McKane
to account and adjudge that .Mckane's
relation to the estate is simply hat OF
a trustee.
McKane denies that the property be-
bought it in to protect his own rights,
and that he is the legal owner Of the
right and title to 1t.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
blown into THE RIVER.
Woman Collecting Firewood When
Carried Off the Pier.
Rescued Unconscious, Aged Mrs.
Mueller VIII Probably Die.

Mrs. Charlotte Mueller, seventy-six
ycars old. Of 60 East seventeenth street.
vas blown into the East River at the
foot of Eight, enth street at . o'clock
his morning. She was unconscious
when rescued.
The wind blew a gale along the river
front at that hour. The waves beat
high over the piers and fell in showers
upon 'longshorcmcn whose duties drew
them there.
Mrs. Mueller lives wit hher son Au-
gust, who is n prosperous photographer.
Although she Is old and quite feeble, she
goes almost every day to collect fire
wood along the river front. That is what
she was doing this morning.
James Thornton, Of ~ East Eighteenth
street, was but 100 feet away when he
noticed old Mrs. Mueller at the end Of the
pier. suddenly he heard a wild shrek.
md turning. saw the old woman clinEinS
to tn" stringpleCc. The gale of wind
seemed to have increased all at once and
the woman could not stand mp ,asains, Il.
Thornton ran towards her but before
he could reach her side, tn" wind had
carried her into IL" river n Sne vas
rricd for help, but lost no time in giving
aid.
Thirty feet away there was tied 10
IN. dock a small uInbc raft. Thornton
Jumped on that. cut the rope which
held It and guided it towards the drown
ing woman. when he got the raft To
the end of the pier IN" woman "
appeared. struggling, on the surface,
ana Thornton seized and dragged her on
the raft.
Nv this time half n dozen men had
The evening world., 1894-04-12
Sew York Life Trustees.

At the annual election OF the New
York lItc Insurance Company. held Yes.
trriay. the following trustees We're
ylr'tri: For trustees Of the first class.
term four years. a. II. WEIGH, John Cllf-
Woodbury. I.angdon and George Austin
Morrison, all OF New York city. for
trustee OF the second class, term three
Conn; for trustee OF the third class,
term two wears, David Nevins. OF Bos-
ton. Moss; for trustee OF the fourth
class, term one year. John j, Valentine.
President Wells, Fargo Il Co. Express,
San Francisco, Cal for inspectors of
election, William c. Arnold, John N.
Golding and George II. Henry. OF New
York City.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
WARN|CKE GIVES $1,000 BAIL.
Held for Shooting and Attempting
to Rob Collector Doris.
Burglar Left n Handkerchief Which
Furnished n Clue.

Olaf J. Warnicke. Of 35l Thirteenth
street, wa sthis morning held for the
Grand Jury by Justice T!ghe in the Butler
Street Police Court, Brooklyn, on the
charge OF having shot and attempted to
rob Collector William H. Doris, OF the
Kings County Trust Company, at his
home, 5O1 Sixth venue, on the morning
of March "a.
Doris vas called to the stand first
this morning. He said that he was
awakened early in the morning by
q. powerful odor of some drug.
he received a blow in the face, which
was followed by n pistol shot. The ball
entered his left thigh.
Ivy the light OF the flash OF the re-
voiver Doris said he saw the form Of
a man in the room. He could not iden-
tify his assailant.
Dorris's daughter, Title, the next wit
ness, testified that all entrance to the
basement window. She said that as
500 as she heard the pistol shot she
ran to her fathers room. She found a
dark lantern on the floor and a large
silk handkerchief of a peculiar red and
black pattern, spattered with blood, ly-
ingo on the bed
Detective Peter Mccormick. of the
Fifth avenue station. said he arrived at
Dorris's house about 4 o'clock in the
morning of the trouble. and found that
n basement window had been forced
with a Jimmy, which was found in the
hallway. Mccormick said he discovered
Il footprint near Doaris's back yard
fence. 1t was pointed towards the
house. 1t was ten inches long and three
and one-fourth inches wide. Doris
lives very near Warnicke.
Mccormick said that he learned that
Warnecke had a silk handkerchief like
the one found in Dorris's house. He
investigated and found two handker-
chiefs in Warnecke's possession very
like those found in Dorris's room. Nc
Cormick said that Warnecke first adj
mitted that the handkerchief was his
and afterwards denied It.
Warnecke told him that the handker-
chiefs were Issued to him by the ships
storekeeper while he was at sea on a
United States warship some time be-
tween 1882 and 1850. He could not tell
on what ship he received the handker-
chiefs.
Paymaster Calhoune and St~orekeeper
Baker. at the Navy Yard. the detective
said, told him that during their service
kerchiefs of the pattern owned by
Warnicke to have peer issued in the
Navy.
Lawyer John A. Anderson. who APP
peared for Warnicke, said he was ready
to put his witnesses on the stand II
Justice Tighe thought 1t necessary. The
Justice said he was satisfied the case
and that time would be saved by sen
Ing 1t forward at once.
Charles A. Weeks. a milk dealer OF
532 Tenth street, gave a bond in 3.oN
for Warnicke's release, pending the &C,
ton Of the Grand Jury.