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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-02
.sNATCAEO HER POCKE7BOOK.
Sailor Erasmo Says He Was Drunk
and Did It for a Joke.
Miss Rulfs Is Cautious and Had Her
Money In Her Umbrella.

Miss Adele Rulfs is a pretty blonde.
living at l03 Maiden lane.
When she first came to America from
Germany she had pocketbook con-
tanning $50 stolen from her on an Ele-
waited train. She never forgot the les
son, so when she started home with S25
OH her person ut 10 o'clock last night,
after visit to friends in IIoboken, she
took the roll OF bills out of her pocket
book and rolled 1t up In her umbrella.
She substituted in the pocketbook for
the bills handkerchief, which made
the portemonnaie look fat.
She started up Barclay street from
the ferry. Soon she discovered that a
man was following close at her heels.
On reaching Broadway she turned into
the Aston House drug store and waited
there for the man to go on.
Thinking he had disappeared, she
ventured forth and had gone as far as
Fulton and William streets when sud-
denly she espied the same man again
on her trail. She halted in alarm, look
ing for policeman, when the man
rushed upon her brandlshing what she
believes was Knife, and SeiZing her by
the shoulders, forced her back and
wrenched her pocketbook out of her
hand.
She screamed. and Policeman Robinson
ran UP and gave chase II the thief, run
ming hin, down In a book. The robber
SURRENDERED without a struggle, and de-
ivcrei the poke; book TO the policeman.
In his pocket was found a large clasp
knife.
In the Tomb Court this morning the
prisoner said he was Mortolu Erasmo. "a
sailor: that he was drunk. and snatched
the poke thook for a Joke
Judge Grady held him in $500 for trial.
Miss Rulis created Il diversion by re-
She Vas Invited to io So both in t,npIish
and German. ana when asked why she
would not subscribe to the common form
OF oath she said that she was a Protes-
tant. and the book wasn't clean any
how. She was allowed to swear with up
raised hand.
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Smith came from Battershall. and that
the orders given by Senator Smith, ac-
cording to Battershalrs statement, were
verbal.
Senator Smith was recalled as wit
ness, and these statements were brought
10 his attention. and he was questioned
In regard to them. Tie swore that the
statements made by Battershall. and
quoted 10y Guillaudeu were entirely
false, and that he had never. at any
time bought any stock from Washing
ton. nor had he bought any Sugar
stocks during the pendency " the pres
eut Tariff bin in tho Senate and that
he had never known or seen Bdttersha!l.
Senator Smith reiterated his former tcs-
timony and swore that Re had never
bought or sold Sugar socks during the
tendency OF the present Tariff BILL
Summing up. the Committee say that
"no charge or charges have been flied
before them alleging that the acton of
any Senator has been CJrruptly or I'm
properly influenced in the consideration
Of the Tariff bill, and no attempt has
been made to 50 influence legislation"
All the testimony taken by the com
mittee is submitted as II part Of the re-
mort
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SAY HE'S An EXPERT.
Secret Service Men Accuse Russell
D. Hoyt of Counterteiting.
Charged with Making United States
Government Notes.
hiefForsythe Considers Ills Capture
Most Important.

Chief Forsythe, of the United states
Secret Service, to-day made what he con-
siders to be one of the most important
arrests that las been brought about
through his Department In years.
Russell ID. Hovt, fne-looking and
Well-dres sej man Of middle age. slightly
lame In his left leg, was taken into GUS
tody on d warrant charging him with
making, passing AID having in his pos
session counterfeit United states Govern
ment notes of different denominations.
Hoyt was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Alexander. When
asked II he knew the nature of the
charge against him he said he knew
why he was arrested, but denied that he
was Il counterfeter.
II have no money" said IIoyt. but
| think IL my employer, MIR. Dunlap, the
halter, knew of my position, he would
come TO my assistance Immediately. !
know of no reason why i should have
been arrested
The Commissioner fixed the examina-
ton for next Monday morning at II
O'Clock and held Hoyt Il: $1,000 bail. in
default of which he was taken to Lud-
low Street jail
The Secret Service officers refused alb
solutely to give any information about
Hoyt further than that they considered
him n very dangerous man. and that
they regarded the case as of the greatest
Importance.
a number of counterfeiters OF silver
coin OF small denominations have been
arrested during the last six months but
the capture of a counterfeiter OF Gov.
eminent notes Is an unusual event, as
there are not believed to be many of
them In the country.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-02
WOMAN SUFFRAGE REPORTS.
Constitutional Convention Makes
Them a Special Order.
Committee Reports Against Railway
Passes for State Officials.

ALBANY, Aug. 1.-The special order
in the Constitutional Convention to-day
was Mr.. Neddcr's amendment, allowing
the Senate to elect a President pro tenn,
and providing that he shall act in the
absence of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
during Impeachment proceedings.
The amendment. with the suggestions
was reported from the Committee of
the Whole as advanced, and leave given
to sit again.
The letter from the Second Nice-Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
against passes for public officials was
ordered printed and then the Commit
tee on Railroads reported favorably the
amendment forbidding any officer of the
State or other public official TO accept a
pass. the Chairman announcing that
some members of the Committee re-
served the right TO vote differently upon
the floor
The Preamble Committee reported ad-
versely on the proposition of Mr.. Goel-
lar to limit the right of dover to two
years, instead of allowing 1t to be open
tor twenty years; On motion Of Mr..
take up the Conventions time. the ad-
verse report was agreed to.
Among the petitions received was one
from the Citizens Union, OF Brooklyn.
asking that the Constitution be amended
so that bone boiling and other nuisances
be- forbidden near public habitations
The Advance Labor club. OF Brooklyn,
petitioned for the abolition of poitical
conventions and for direct nomination
Of candidates by ballot.
1t was l.3O before the report OF the
Committee on Suffrage was brought in.
on the eleven amendments in favor of
woman suffrage There was close at
tention. and Mr.. Goodelle said that the
Committee was unanimous In agreeing
that only two OF the many amend
ments should be discussed. and that they
should be considered on Wednesday
evening next.
All Of the introducers agreed to the re.
ports. provided that they be discussed
on Wednesday night next.
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ACCUSED.
Brownsville's Civil Justice in Hot
Water Again.
Charged with Giving a Judgment for
More than Was Asked.
One OF His Friends Is Said to Have
Represented the Claimant.

If the story Of Samuel Lounsburg, n
proven true by rigid investigation,
Civil Justice Peterson, of the Broad
way Court, will again find himself In
hot water.
Lounsburg mas retained the firm OF
Grout, De Fere g. Mayer to investigate
the action of Justice Peterson In the
alleged granting Of verdict against
him for twice the amount asked for by
the plaintiff and many times more than
the amount actually involved.
The plaintiff In the case was Miss
Gussie Schleifstein. She had worked
for Lounsburg. making shirts. Several
weeks ago she went to her employer
and said she was going to leave. She
had $40 due her for work. Lounsburg
said he would pay her Saturday.
Instead of coming for the money,
Lounsburg says, the girl met saloon
keeper named Frindel. who is alleged
to be a friend of Justice Peterson. and
l'rlndel 10 said to have persuaded the
girl to bring SUIT against i.ounSburs
before his friend Peterson.
on the day OF the trial. July l6 last,
LounsOurg met the girl outside the court
and offered her s2.40, the amount due.
She referred hi to Suloon-kcepcr Erin
del.
When Mr.. Lounsburg appeared before
Peterson, he found that Frindel for
Miss Schleifstefn, had demanded $3.50 as
the amount due his client"
Justice Peterson. Lounsburg says, dis
posed Of the case almost Immediately
and gave verdict to Frindel and the
girl for S22.40
Mr.. Lounsburg was astonished. and
asked how the amount could grow to
such proportions from $40.
"lf you don't pay II by Saturday"
Justice Peterson Is alleged to have said,
"I'il have you arrested
AS Lounsburg was leaving the court
room, he says, two alleged detectives
placed him under arrest and demanded
the money. He refused to give them
the money and they let him go.
Lawyer Bert Reiss, who has the case
in hand says he will at once make the
fullest investigation into Justice Peter
sons action. besides appealing from his
decision,
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PARK BOARD ANGRY.
Reply to the Mayor Regarding the
Speedway May lie Peppery.

The reply OF the Park Board to the
letter yesterday to that body by the
Mayor Is being formulated, and its
tenor will not be devoid of some show
Of acrimory towards Mr.. Gllroy. The
Commissioners feel that the Mayor has
put them In such n position that they
must vigorously defend the driveway
construction.
The protest TO the Mayor was signed
by Messrs. st. Gaudens, Chase and Stan
ford White, men who stand at the head
OF their respective professions. These
gentlemen protest In no uncertain terms
against the continuance of work on the
driveway unless u competent landscape
artist IS put In charge.
Commissioner Bell had another con-
ference with the Mayor this morning.
Later he said: THE Park Board will
defend Its course and will reply to the
Mayors letter in n day or two. ! in
tend TO have something TO say IN the
formulating Of the reply
From another source IL was learned
that the whole trouble is being TO-
mented by u gentleman who once sat in
the Board and was conspicuous chiefly
for his s'ubhornness
The Mayor said that he could not
very well make any comment in the
matter. lie mtima ted, however. that h
would be pleased to have the con.
troVcrsy come TO an cud.
COM missioner THppen is expected
home from Europe in a few days.
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TALK OF AGREEMENT,
Senator Jones Speaks Hopeful,
Of the Tariff Conference. '
An Intimation that Some ScheduIs,
Are TO Be Rewritten.
House Democratic Caucus Call st,u
He'd in Allegiance.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-SenatnI
Jones came out of the tariff conference
committee-room about IL o'clock to-da u
and said that the conferees were still al
work, and he hoped that basis oa
agreement might be found
He said that UP to the present tims
there had been nothing done with a yiev
OF preparing a report, and he could say
that nothing had been agreed upon an,
solutely. He indicated that there mighI
be some changes. but maintained THAI
the Senate conferrees knew they could
not depart far from the Senate bill.
He believed the House conferrces wers
beginning to realize this feature Of thI
contest, and intimated that some schedI
ules would be rewritten.
There seems to be general feeling
among members OF both Houses that n
compromise between the conferrees wild
he reached within day or two.
Chairman Holman, of the Hou,l
Democratic Caucus Committee, conl
ferred with Representative Springer al
to the proposed caucus to-day, and theu|
authorized the following statement:
While the call for the caucu. n
signed. 1t has been considered desira.|
BILE, after consultation with Mr.. Spring.
er, that the caucus be deferred until tho
conferrees reach the conclusion that
there is no hope of breaking their dead.
lock. There has never been the remotest|
desire to interfere with the conferred
In their effort to reach an agreement.
THE caucus was proposed and will bs
held only as a means OF considering n
remedy. when the chance of breaking the
deadlock is hopeless"
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kentigerna Is getting back to her old
FORM She beat Ducat and the others
very easily yesterday.
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RESTRICTING CONVICT LABOR
Gov. Flower Orders BrOOmmak king
ut Auburn Prison stopped.


ALBANY. Aug. Reconnaissance Dow
ling. of the Labor Bureau. reported to
Gov. Flower to-day that there We're
tttvfour convicts in Auburn Prison
making brooms, although the law only
allows thirty-sev prisoners to be EN-
ployed In any one industry. After
hearing in the matter the Governor
ordered Supt. Lathrop to entirely stop
tle making of brooms In Auburn Prison
for the reason that II conhicted with
free labor employed in the business in
this State. 1t is said that the Onondaga
County Penitentiary Is working eighty
sew IN men in the industry.
Supt l.athrop has ordered an investi-
cation of the charge that Mr.. Mills. of
Auburn Prison, is selling prison goods
OF Jther States in this State. He also
81 iered an investigation into the charges
tAat plumbing and hardware goods are
now being made by more than the s per
cent. Of the convlcts In the State. Supt
Lathrop says that when the very small
amount Of material on hand was worked
up the horse-collar industry at Auburn
Prison would be discontinued.
Warden Durston, of Sing Sing, has
been ordered to stop the cuttinS of gran
lite, except that to be used In me new
building to be erected at the prison. The
Governor thinks the Legislature should
provide for working all the prisoners on
the public highways outside OF corporate
villages and cities.
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ACCUSER DIDN'T APPEAR.
Rnubrick's Cnsc Was Adjourned
IntlI Thi. Afternoon.

Major Charles Il. Throcimorton as
sistant superintendent of the stables
of the street Cleaning Department, on
West F'ifty-second street, did not APP
pear AZ complainant In the forkvllle
Court this morning against james Ban
brick, of 200 West SiNtv-frst street
Bandrlrk was arrested on II charge OF
assaulting and annoying Throckmorton
and his men.
On July last a strike was ordered
among the machine workers and wafer
men, and fifteen men went out. The
next day BanbriclS ii is said. visited
the stable while intoxicated and abused
the Major and O'Brien.
Justice Mcmahon waited for some
time this morning before taking up the
case and, as the Major failed to ap-
pear. finally held Ranbrick in $500 bail,
and the case was adjourned until this
afternoon.
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EAT AS YOU RIDE.
Strcct-Cars to Have Fruit Venderl
ns Well as Newsboys.

That new company which is being In.
corporated for the sale of general mer.
chandise On the surface cars of the city
promises to be exceptionally far reach.
ing in its functions. Lawyer Waldorf
Phillips, of the Railway News Supply
Company" which Is the name of the
new enterprise, says the front platforms
OF the cars will carry all the supplies,
and, besides newspapers, confectionery
and fruit will be for sale. Supply wag-
ons will be placed at Broadway and Ann
street, at Houston and Broadway. at
Fiftieth and Broadway, Fifty-ninth and
Broadway, One Hundred and Twenty
fifth and Columbus avenue. and at the
terminus of the IL" road at One Hun
bred and Fifty-fifth street and Eighth
avenue.
Thomas f. Martin has contracted to
furnish 400 uniformed boys to run on the
cars day and night. With Lawyer Phil.
lips are associated c. T. Cole, of Phila.
delphia. and a Mr.. Fletcher.
Contracts have been made to use the
new system by the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company. which controls the
Broadway. Houston. East and West Pa
vonia ferry lines and the Belt line. On
the Third avenue system the supply
company will not begin operations until
Sept. ]. On the other lines Aug. Is will
see the scheme in operation.
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MORE TROUBLE FOR DAILY.
Attachment Against the Turfmun'.
Property stands.

motion 10 Nacate an attachment OBJ
tanned by William l.. Griffin against the
property of thurman William C. DAILY,
who was recently ruled off the turf, was
denied by Justice Barrett, OF the Su-
preme Court. to-day. Griffin is SUING on
an assigned claim of Architect William
g. Hale. of hartford, Conn. for 81, sS7 for
architects services in building a 81, OOO
hotel at Hartford for DAILY.
The attachment was granted on the
ground that he is n resident OF Hartford,
where he owns real property and where
ne lives with his wife. He is said to
have told Hale that he would pay the
claim as soon as his horses should win.
In asking to set aside the attachment
he said that he is fully responsible 10
answer any such judgment. as he Is
worth upward OF 100000, and besides he
Is II resident of GraVesend.
ON the other hand II was shown that
ne has voted for the last seven years at
Hartford, where he has large amount
OF real estate.
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BROCKWAY'S FALSE REPORTS
Padded COnyicts Sent TO Mattea-
wan rr "inpunishel."
ny Associated Press.

ELMIRA, n. Y, Aug. 2-Dr. II. f..
Allison. physician in charge of Insane
criminals at the Matteawan Asylum, was
the first witness called at the trial OF
the Board of Managers of the Elmlra
Reformatory this morning. Or. Allison
produces documents showing the condi-
tion Of tho patients when received AT
Matteawan.
IT. .umbcrs OF these cases the. report
furnished to the Matteawan authorities
stated that the patients were never pai-
died or punished in any way, while the
Reformatory records showed for erch
of them paddlinGs rest cure treatment
and periods OF solitary confinement.
The theory of the defense Is that the
reports at Matteawan were merely the
physician's statements: that he had not
been compelled as a physician to punish
or restrain the patients: that Supt.
Brockway countersigned these reports
in routine or red-tape fashion; that there
was 10 intention to deceive the asylum
DpODlC
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BIG CHARITABLE REQUESTS.
Referees Report Upon Executors
Accounts Filed.

A referees report, passing upon the
accounts of George G. Williams and
John s. Kennedy as executors OF the
estate Of Mrs. Mary Stuart, has been filed
in the Supreme Court. She died Dec. 80,
1891 The executors received $3.50 al
and distributed to legatees 1881 .lo6,
leaving balance in their hands of
$685.. &c.
The will of Mrs. stuart contained
MANY charitable beuuests. Among them
were the fullowins: University of the
CITY OF New York, S75.0N the sum OF
sos. 900 each to the American Bible So
ciety. the Board of Foreign, Missions of
the Presbyterian Church, the Board Of
Home Missions, Presbyterian Hos
pitaI. Trustees OF LenoN Library,
.he Board of Church Erection
OF the Presbyterian Church and the
Trustees of the Theological seminary Of
the PRESBYTERIAN Church mt Princeton.
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FOR THE RIVERTON PLATE.
WEIGH and wOIstencroft Compete
for the Prize.
CBy Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2.-The fifth
match at 100 birds each for the pos
session of the Riverton Challenge Plate.
between Robert A. Welch, of the River
ton Gun Club, the present holder, and
James Wolstencrort, of the keystone
Gun Club, Of this city, took place this
afternoon at The Riverton Gun Club
grounds. The conditions OF the match
We're thirty yards rise and fifty yards
boundary
The first holder of the plate was Fred
foey, Of Hollywood, who, on May 4. de-
tented twenty-five crack shots at the
Riverto Gun club grounds. A few
Weeks later lfoey lost the plate to
George Work. and Work was in turn
defeated by Wclch. Hoey again chal-
Lenged Welch for the plate and was de-
iGated IN a very CoGe match on June T.
VIC birds to-Cay were lively and a
good stii breeze from tho southeast
kept tho two shooters guessing.
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COMEDIAN LESLIE HURT.
DIyed Into Too shallow Water nt
Sen lIin, l.. I.

Edward Leslie Brooklyn's well-known
comedian, met with "A severe accident
at Sea CliM. t.. l., where has been
summering with his family.
While bathing in the Sound he Owed
INTO shallow water thinking II was
several feet deep. AMI II now suffering
from shock, In fact, II ie said that his
injury borders upun paralysis, The doc
tors say it win h" long time before he
fully rCgDN ~.
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PUMPMAKERS COMPLAIN.
They Say that the Time for Filing
Bids Is Too short.

b1us ls TOO snort.
Many OF the pump manufacturers in
New York and vicinity are displeased
with the elton of City Works Com
missioner White, of Brooklyn. In allow
ing them only fifteen days at the most
to bid for furnishing the new extern
sion of the water system with pumps
and machinery.
Some of them even go so far as to
intimate that unknown to Mr.. White
one firm with inside Information from
the engineers department has been
working on an estimate several weeks.
Mr.. White denies this.
The amount of money available for
the extension of the water system Is
$4,000 OF this a large part will go to
the pump manufacturers, and they say
the work is of such proportions that u
Is impossible to put in an intelligent
bid In fifteen days.
The disconnected pumpmakers are also
suspicious of a clause In the specifica-
lions that provides that the Commits
sioner must be satisfied with the quality
of the water furnished before he ac'
ceptS the pumps.
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WANT THEIR MONEY BACK.
CompIainnnts Say that bonds Were
Issued Illegally.

Frank and ]. G. Jenkins. before JUS
tice Bartlett in the Supreme Court
Brooklyn. this morning demanded judg-
ment for sl0.462 against the city OF
Brooklyn. and Ferdinand Roth. Denslow
d Hamlin and Louis *. Houghey. Trus-
tees OF School District No. 8. Of the
ninth Ward.
The plaintiffs claim that in March last
they purchased some school improve-I
ment bonds from the trustees and that
trustees had no right to issue them. :.
They claim that the statutes permit
the issuance of bonds for new schools,
but not fer the building of extensions
to existing ones.
The defendants say they acted per-
fectly right in issuing the bonds.
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STUYVESANT CLUBS OUTING.
Zig Party Participates In the Fes-
tiNities 1T College Point.

The Stuyvesant Club, of Harlem, is
enjoying its annual GU ing and clambake
at Donnelly's Hotel, College Point, to-
day, The m mbers and their guests mum
bering about 1000, boarded the steamer
Meyndert Starin at the one Hudred
and Twentieth street dock at about 10
o'clock this morning. after marching
from the clubhouse, one Hundred and
sixth street and Third avenue, and
reached college Grove about noon
They will be back in Harlem about
$50 o'clock tonight. and after pa
rade there viii be Il display OF firework4
at the clubhouse.
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BOGUS REVENUE OFFICERS.
They Attempt 10 BIackmRil saloon
Keepers and Grocers.

A number OF complaints were re-
ceived by Internal Revenue Collector
Nathan. OF Brooklyn. this morning from
saloon-keepers and Rrocerymen, who
state that they have been threatened
with arrest by men claiming to b.
United States revenue officers, unless
they paid their liauor taxes at once. In
each case the revenue officer asked for
money.
Collector Nathan says he believes the
men are blaCkmuilers. The matter has
been plsced in the hands OF the United
States District Attorney.