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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-11
BIC MORTALITY DECREASE.
Health Boards Tenement-House
Census Report Completed.
IL Speaks Well for the Efforts of
the Sanitary Officers.

The tenement-house census OF the city
Of New York, on which the Board OF
Health officials have been at work for
months past, has just been completed,
and the result was reported to President
Wilson this morning.
comparison OF the figures OF lS9!
with those of 1898 shows vast improve
ment in the city's sanitary condition
The fact is emphasized most psrticu-
larry by the decrease In the mortality
rate OF children under five years OF
age.
The figures show that during the first
half of 1893 the total number of births
was 70, i5l, u rate in proportion to the
population of Asl; deaths, 70, I34, a rate
During the iirst six months of 1894 the
number of births was S,lS6, rate OF
2s.sO; deaths, q BOO rate OF 22.O2; mar
riaSes, 1871, a rate of 1876.
During the first six months of the
current year there was decrease of
2.lI9 deaths as compared with the same
period OF 1888 The same period shows
1894. In the number OF marriages,
however, IN this time there was de-
crease of 3S5.
ment-house population, the decrease OF
the death rate is something quite re-
lnarkable, and seems to demonstrate
unusual activity ON the part OF the
Sanitary Department ~ the Board OF
Health. The toll tenement-house
population. ACCORDING 70 the Board OF
Health census In 1891 was l,225, i21, and
in 1893. ,332, 7I3. The number of deaths
in the tenement-house districts in 1891
was 29123, and in 1893. with It's increase
Of over 10000 in population, was only
30 3l5.
The general death rate In 1891 was 23.T1
In 1888, 2275, showing a steady improve
ment in the sanitary condition of the
tenement-house district. The population
In 1891 of children five years old and over
was 1,O6i.7l3, and in 1893. LISP, IA. The
number OF deaths of people five years
old and over was 15,173 In 1891; In 1899
10, t92. The death rate from 1891 70
1893 had only increased 800 of ] per cent.
creased from 100, 7OS in 1891 to 1s0,359 in
1893. The death rate among these in
fants had decreased from s6.67 In 1891 to
1854 in 1883
If all the deaths in institutions, which
could not be credited to the houses from
which they were removed to those insti-
tutions, are charged to the tenement
houses, without adding to the population,
the Institutions death rates would be as
follows:
lssi-Total deaths, including institutions. 32.5t9
Death rate, including institutions. ...... ~. Cd
General death rite OF city............... % SS
lS93-1otal death rates, including insti-
Death rate, including institutions. ....... 81. 60
General death rate Of ity..............., 81. 81
President Wilson and Commissioner
Edison consider this a very remarkable
showing.
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FOUGHT WITH TWO BURGLARS.
Policeman MoNierny Frightens
One and Captures the Other.
They Were Breaking Into John
Larkin's House.

William Hammiff. alias Johnson. a
negro. tw,nty-four years old. Of 2lS West
one Hundred and Twenty-eighth street,
an eX-convict was a prisoner In York
Vile Police Court to-day. Policeman Nc
Merry, OF the West Sixty-eighth street
station. captured him at $50 o'clock last
evening breaking into the house of John
Larkin, at 365 West End avenue.
Hammf mad another colored man in
his company at the time. When the po-
liceman appeared on the scene the thieves
grappiel with him and endeavored to
strike him with a burglars Jimmy"
McNierny drew a revolver, and after a
fight overpowered Hammiff. The other
fellow escaped. In the mean time, how
ever. the policeman had been knocked
down and rather roughly handled.
On the trip to the station-h house Ham.
milf threw away brace and bit, a
bunch OF keys, a screvdriver and a
candle. There was 5000 worth OF bric-a-
brac and silverware In the house. Mr.
Larkin Is in the country. the house being
in charge OF Mrs. Margery Adamson, a
relative.
This morning Mrs. Adamson, who was
out walking when the burglars were al
the house, appeared In court and pre-
ferred charge against Hmmiff, who
was committed for trial In default OF
81, 500 bail
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Rta6trs OF THE EVENING WORLD leaving
ne city yOr The hot months should send ~ hefr od.
a,oMs and hare THE kKENiNG ROkLD mailed
10 htm regularly
THE Police TROUBLES.

Police matters may just now be de-
scribed as "h'gh-mixed." Commissioners
McClave is reported Us about to re-
sign, though his friends deny II, and
Mayor Gi!roy has heard nothing about
the resignation. II he should resign the
Mayor would probably appoint another
Republican In his place. and then the
blessing of a bipartisan Police Board,
for which Mr.. Plat has offered up 50
many fervent prayers, will be realized.
The investigation by the Commits
sioners, to have been conducted by As
sistant District-Attorney Wellmhn.
seems to have come to halt for the
lack OF evidence. 1t Is said that the
witnesses who appeared before the
LexOw Committee have been advised
not to testify before the Police Board,
and have for some reason taken the
advice. They believe they will forfeit
the protection of the Lexow Committee
II they give evidence before the police
tribunal.
This IL to be regretted, inasmuch as the
service could not fail to be benefited by
the removal OF corrupt officers. and II
they were not removed It would be
proof that the Commissioners do not
desire to purify the force. This is just
what the people want to know.
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OVER $4,000 FOR THE BABIES.

The Sick Babies Fund crosses the
$4,000 line to-day. That game Of base
ball played at the Polo Grounds yester-
day by picked teams from the players
of '1i92' and THE Passing Show" gave
IT boost of nearly 1920 Now the Fund
is on the five-fgure course, and II times
were not SO hard and the sources OF
money SO disturbed We might expect to
realize at least $4,000 before the Sum-
mer Is over.
And we may do that anyhow. The
Sick Babies Fund does Its best work
In times like the present. Distress and
disease go hand in hand. The children,
OF course. suffer most. When there Is
no work and no money In the home ex-
chequer how can the doctor be paid ?
This charity not only pays the doctor.
Out It pays for the medicine and It pro-
v1des food and clothing when they are
necessary. THE Evening World s"
corps Of free doctors stands beside the
cradles IN the tenements and fights
death Off
The Fund has saved thousands and
thousands OF little lives. 1t Is doing
noble. marvellous work every day. The
people have made this charity their own.
That Is why 1t iourishes 50 splendialy,
no matter how adverse the conditions.
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She IS TO WE'D Mr.. Schultz
Miss McGrath Drops Her Suit
Against Fatty" Bates.
She Brought Action for Divorce and
Appealed from the Decision.

Annette f. McGrath has apparently
withdrawn her appeal from Judge
Freedman's decision, and abandoned her
efforts to establish her status of wife to
Fatty" Charles F. Bates by the suit
for divorce which Judge Freedman de-
cided against her.
She says Judge Freedman's decision
made her the happiest little woman in
New York.
II am so glad to get rid of Mr.. Bates
that l don't know what to do" said Miss
McGrath. Then she coyly displayed a
solitaire ring on her engagement fin-
ger"
The announcement OF the coming mar
riage Of the fair Annette to George A.
Schultz. once a reporter, then for time
press agent for Oscar Hammerstein's
Harlem theatres and now editor of the
United States Tobacco. Journal, has been
made.
The wedding will take place at the
home of the brides mother, 275 Lexing-
ton avenue, Thursday. July 10, and will
be followed by two-months' honey
moon in Europe.
Mr.. Schultz is thirty-eight years of
age, and Is said to be thirteen years
older than the bride-elect. He has known
her since she was a child, and lived in
the McGrath family six years.
Miss McGrath's suit against Papa"
Bates for divorce was tried in the Court
or Common Pleas, In November. Young
Bates's counsel. Wheeler II. Peckham
said 1t was only to establish the mar
rage relation as preliminary to a suit
already begun aginst Bates. senior, for
10000 damages, for alternating young
Bates's affections from Annette.
Miss McGrath sought to establish her
status as wife by marriage con-
tract" signed by Bates, and there was a
hot contest between experts In chirogra-
ply as to the genuineness OF the sigma
lures.
The features OF the trial, however,
were the daily changes and elegance OF
the gowns fthe plaintiff and the clever
way she worsted Mr.. Peckham in bouts
OF wit and even OF legal lore on her
cross-eXamination.
The appeal Is still pending In the Cen
eral Term, and should the decision be
in her favor she will be restored to her
original position as suite, for divorce
and in the anomalous position of one
claiming one man as her husband while
she is married to another.
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TRA|TTEuR A COMPLAINANT.
Says Holmes Tried to Break
Through a Funeral
He's the Ex-Treasury Agent AMI
Inspector of Much Notoricty.

Charles H. Traitteur, OF One Hundred
and Seventy-eighth street and Wander
bilt avenue, and Harvey NJ. Woods, OF
IS East Third street. members of Stein
wehr Post, G. A. r., appeared in Esso x
Market Court to-day to prosecute James
NJ Holmes, of % Great Jones street, on
charge of disorderly conduct.
While the members of Steinwehr Pos,
were marching through East Houston
street yesterday afternoon, doing las,
honors to a deceased member, Holmes
who was driving an undertaker's wagon
seemed determined to break into theii
ranks. Holmes, according to the com.
plainants. called them vile and abusive
names. and told them that the &c. A
K. day was past"
why, Your Honor" said Mr. Woods
II never saw a more disgraceful thing
in my life. He had plenty of space to
drive along on the side, but he seemed
determined to insult us G. A. r. men,"
Yes" said Traitteur, only for my
presence of mind he would have Jared
badly. I'll tell you how 1t was. We
Houston street ferry. Near Sheriff
street the prisoner who was following
tie funeral for some time. cracking
Jokes at the members in line, suddenly
whipped up his horse and wanted to
drive into our line.
II seized his horse. and with the. as
sistance OF my friend Mr.. Harvey held
him until a policeman came and placed
him under arrest. Your Honor. the act
almost caused Il riot. The respectable
citizens who gathered appeared to be
very indignant at the OUTRAGEOUS inter-
ference with our funeral rites
Holmes said that he meant no harm,
but was In hurry. Justice Simms
gave him a severe reprimand and also
Imposed d fine of So which he paid
Traitteur Is the ex-Special Treasury
Agent and EXCLUSIONS Inspector who
bobbed into notoriety in October. 1881,
when he accused Gen. Julio Campo, his
boarder, with robbing his dying wife at
their home. ll5 East Twenty-e!ght tn
street. The same month he caused to
brought over from Italy by Mrs. Camp
bell-Cacace- Caldwell, because no duties
were paid on them. She declared that
his action was taken because she had
rejected his proffered love. and after
wards sued him for libel.
In December, 1892, Mrs. Louise Grune-
wald. of Englewood, n. j.. compelled
Traitteur to refund her $4,000. which he
had persuaded her to intrust to his care
for investment.
The last heard of Traitteur was in
August. 1893. when he was living with a
third widow. Mrs. John Ittner. at One
Hundred and Seventy-eighth street and
Vanderbilt avenue. for whom he was
SAID to be acting as business manager.
He appears not to have changed his ad-
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-11

slaughter on the Long Island road last
year. No director or manager went to
Jail, as justice demanded. If any suits
were brought against the Company for
damages, road that charges more
than other railroads for less accommo-
dalton and worse management can af-
ford to laugh at such losses. II will not
be surprising, therefore. II the cxpe-
rience OF last year should be repea ted
this year. AS a preventive, 1t will be
we'll for every passenger who sustained
any injuries yesterday to sue the road
for damages. 1t is well to teach this
corporation, early in the season. that II
cannot risk the lives OF its passengers
through stupidity or neglect. with i'm
punltN.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-11

All green foods should be kept in the
refrigerator. The average housewife
serves warm salads and fruits. and
then wonders why the meal is unsatis-
factory. The fever heat that willis
collars and tempers has the same eff
feet on lettuce and a worse effect on
tomatoes. beans and fruits. Ice-cold
greens keep longer and taste better
than foods exposed to the heat. Let
tuce is so very cheap now that only
the hearts or white leaves should be
served. Clean it keep in cold storage.
and serve as soon as taken out String
beans are not good to eat until their
strings come off: beans too old or too
i'll to snap are too poor for q gentle
mans table. Vinegar sharp enough to
make the diner vince will waste the
salad. either use less or take the edge
of with sugar. Spinach sent to table
with gravel in the leaves Is q reflec-
ton on the hostess.
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GOOD, SENSIBLE BOY, GEORGE GOULD.

George Gould makes a first rate
American abroad. As a sample Of our
sensible. ievel-headed citizen he is Al.
His boat Vigilant has been beaten four
times on the Clyde, but Mr.. Gould is
not climbing out on the bowsprit trying
TO explain how she lost the races.
Neither is he shining up the main top
gallant looking for wide space in which
to make a kick about the result
Mr.. Gould was a guest OF the Royal
Clyde Yacht Club yesterday and made
a speech. We don't know all he said
In the speech, but the cable despatche s
state that it made a most favorable i'm
preston. From this we infer that Mr..
Gould did not attribute his defeat to any
other cause than that the other fellow
had the better boat. Bully for him! Next
to the hero who can carry success mod
estly. commend US to the loser who can
take his vanqulshment without squeal-
ing
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CamphOrated Bath.

The camphorated bath is not refresh
ing, as some suppose. 1t is valuable In
removing the odors peculiar to dark
types and people who perspire freely.
Bodily odors are apt to be morn
perceptible among fieshy brunettes than
among thin, fair people, and exquisite
care is the cost of neatness. The fra
grant camphorated bath made with an
ounce of tincture of camphor and tine
ture of benzoln and two ounces Of eau
de cologne. Is also a wholesome disin-
fectant; the preparation is equally good
after the bath
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Baseball never achieved more pop
ular success than that at the Polo
Grounds yesterday. when amateur dew
otees of the game won laurels for them
selves, furnished a fine afternoons en-
tertainment for host OF good friends,
and. best of all. earned nearly $500 Tor
the Sick Babies Fund of The Evening
World" Long life, happiness, prosper
ty and all sorts OF good things to each
and every member of the "1492' and
Passing Show organizations. And
equal blessings TO the fair ladies Of the
stage who ably seconded the enterprise
that resulted so greatly to the benefit
of the Fund and OF the little ones for
whom the money will be spent.
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BEGINNING AGAIN.

The accident to a Manhattan Beach
train on the Long Island Railroad yes
terday morning calls TO mind former
fatal disasters on that road 1t was
caused by sheer carelessness. A switch
engine on Its way to the Long Island
yards was on the same track with the
Manhattan Beach train, which came
into collision with 1t head on. Only the
most criminal ignorance or recklessness
could have occasloned such an accident
on any railroad, It might have led to
the loss OF a number OF human lives.
II was surprising that no one Tas
killed,
No adequate punishment fspowSs the
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14.YEAR-OLD MISS ELOPES.
Sarah BedfOrds Mother Says She
Answered Newspaper Personals.

Sarah Bedford, fourteen years old.
who lived with her mother and brother
at New Paltz. Ulster County. disap-
peared from her home last Saturday.
and her mother declares she has eloped
with some one whose acquaintance she
made through the personal advertise
mcnts in a morning paper of this
city.
Recently her mother discovered that
she had clipped lot of personal ad-
vertisements from New York paper.
Mrs. Bedford took her daughter to task
about the matter. Sarah admitted hav-
ing corresponded with several adver-
tisers, but promised never to do so
any more.
Sarah left a note for fer mother Sat
urday saying she would never return
home. Two little girl friends OF the
missing girl say they saw her take a
West Shore train with a strange young
man.
The matter was reported to Police
Headquarters last night and gen.
eral alarm sent out.
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14O2r and the "Passing Show -
Teams Had Lots Of Fun.
The subscriptions.

A most substantial lift is given 1.-The
Evening Worlds" Sick Babies Fund to-
day by the addition of the proceeds of
that famous game or baseball on the
Polo Grounds yesterday, between the
mines from Il. f.. Rice's "1i92' and Ca
nary & Lederer's The Passing Show"
companies. Although all the returns
have not yet been made 1t is known that
at least $500 has been netted TO the
Fund. The receipts at the gates alone
amounted to sl,124.4O. These figures will
be augmented when the full returns are
handed in. The actors sold several
hundred tickets which remain to be
heard from.
This IL an uncommonly fine showing,
and proves conclusively that the public
appreciates charity which Is truly
deserving. The Sick Babies Fund Is a
most worthy charity. and the comedians
and the pretty chorus girls, the attaches
of the Polo Grounds and the score ca I'd
vendors and everybody in fact who in
any way asscisted in the success of the
game will lind comforting solace In the
soothing reflection that they had
hand in ameliorating the misery In
many a wretched home of the unfortu.
= .
why, that amount will save, perhaps.
the lives of 200 puny. wasting babies.
Treasurer Edward b. Talcott was ex-
tbe active In hi endeayGrs to make
graphed his subordinates to prepare
everything ms Tine Evening World"
wished. Just as II a regular League
Assistant Supt. James II. Smith, OF the
grounds, hustled like Trojan to put
every convenience at the players com
inard. Harry Stevens. through his
representatives, Frank Hart, donated the
money received for score cards. 1915
The result was seen yesterday in a
game that was Drumming eyer with
mirthful features. The comedians rev.
on the aeld. each arrayed H. u weird COS
tune, were ludiLrous in the extreme.
They enjoyed the sport, and they were
Walter. Jones was simply inimtable.
every Inning Of the game. Then. too,
VIII Sloan. VIII Cameron and Capts. Ed.
Favor and Seymour Hess. all lively as
crickets.
What mattered 1T IL "l4sss" nine did
score must be laid at Eugene O'Rourke's
door. AS the Wicklow Postman he is
great. AZ an umpire, his life wouldn't
league. Marshall p. Wilder was also
there In the Interest Of the charity and
helped out. And the piquant pretty
girls Of the chorus, they must not be
spectators and coaxed many half
dollar from the pockets OF the rooters
by selling photos OF the mines and of
the companles. II was grand success.
Talcott and Mr.. Smith and everybody
who helped should feel as proud as
does THE Evening World" to-day
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raw egg is an excellent tonic with
which to begin these warm days. It
Is Strengthening, and tends to pre-
vent that tired feeling SO prevalent ut
this season Of the year. If prepared in
the following way 1t is really a delicious
drink: Put the yolk of an egg into a
dish with a teaspoonful Of white sugar and
a teaspoonful of orange or lemon juice,
and beat lightly together with fork.
Put the white on a plate and add .
pinch of salt. then with broad bladed
knife, beat it to a stiff froth. Now, a.
lightly as possible, mix all together in
tho dish; then as lightly transfer II to a
clean tumbler. which it will nearly fill il
properly made. 1t must not stand in a
warm place, as 1t soon becomes liquid
and loses its snowy look. Any fruit juice
may be used in place of orange or lemon.
or even brandy, IL the doctor has Or
dered 1t, .l.
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BURGLARS ON 4 SCHOONER
The Alice Curtis Visited by a
Gang of Thieves
Three Men Arrested and Held for
Examination.

Edward Stanton, twenty-eight years
old of ia Grand street; William How
ard, twenty-three years old, of II East
broadway, and Thomas OHara, forty
two years old, of 81 Monroe street, were
arraigned before Justice Simms in Essex
Market Court to-day to answer the
charge of having committed a burglary
on board of the schooner Alice Curtis.
lying at pier 81 foot of Market street.
on July last the schooner arrived
here with cargo of merchandise. Her
crew are all negroes, and. as they We're
| unable to discharge the cargo alone,
Capt. Theodore Eden hired the prisoners
| to assist them.
shortly after . o'clock this morning
the cabin-boy was awakened by hear
ing IA noise. In looking about, he saw
the heavy weighing scale that had been
cabin, being moved away, and the body
of man leaned half way over and
he looked into the cabin.
moved e o Very wi" quietly s to " where the cup.
tain was sleeping. and informed him OF
began TO make an Investigation; lion, .,r..,
police station for policemen. The cap
schooner. but were unable to discover
that a coil OF hawser. valued at SIS. was
| missing.
| Policeman Sheehan. while searching
| lance OF about twelve feet, and In.
jured his right foot. The three de-
PENDANTS were found on a lighter. laden
with bricks, which was lying near the
schooner. They pretended to be asleep
but when the policemen entered the
cabin they Jumped up and showed night
They were quickly subdued and placed
under arrest The defendants denied
that they were on board of the schooner
but three members of the crew. swear
positively that they recognized them.
Justice Simms held the DEFENDANTS II
| nation,
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The Absurdity of 1t.

To the Editor:
The sbsurdity OF "A Son Of Neptunes' state
ment that this country is filled with the dregs
Of Europe and the population Of New York con-
sists Of Immigrants and AmericaniEed Enslishmen
proves the value Of his article England. when q
young country. had mixed q race As our own,
Britons. ssxons and Normans. and but few Of
thsir kings or queens possessed the qualities Of
true nobility.
Kind hearts are more than coronets
And simple faith than Norman BLOOD
The United States without q new language. q
king Of limited power all the policemen put to
death forced England to recognise her as q
nation, although "a Son of Neptune does not.
What caused him to leave dear old England to
associate with the 'dregs' found In this country
by him. A SON OF THE REPUBLIC. Brooklyn.
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She Must Have a Ring.

~ tno fuitoTs
Could any OF the readers OF THE Evening
WORLD give me advice how to act In the
following predicament: am a young gentleman
OF twenty-five. and have been calling on q sweet
and estimsble young lady for nearly year ana
half. One evening I proposed and was &C.
eepted. which made me very happy. indeed. Not
having very lucrative job was unable at the
time to purchase a ring. The young lady wants
the ring very much. and told me that I must
give her ring or take my departure. viii you
kindly advise me which to do. as I am very much
worried about It. ANXIOUS H..
BROOKLYN.