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The evening world., 1894-05-08
JUNkET FOR THE ALDERMEN.
A Committee Will Visit Albany
to Advise the Delegates.
Roaring Farce Taken Seriously and
the City Pays.

A number OF Aldermen will get a
city on the pretext OF looking after
the city's interests a the Constitutional
Convention. At the meeting of the
Board to-day Alderman Flynn said he
had been spoken to by high dignitary.
name not given. who suggested that a
Committee of the learned and wise men
who sit in the Board of Aldermen be
sent to Albany to advise the constitu-
tion-makers on organic law.
Alderman Flynn did not suspect that
the high digntary is evidently humor-
list, and took what he said seriously. He
made the motion In all seriousness, and
the Aldermen seeing a prospect of a
junket at the taxpayers expense agreed
to 1t. Acting President Noonan will ap-
point the Committee.
ders of fruits. flowers and country prod
uce to occupy space ont he curb line
of sidewalks. with the permission of
the owners of premises, within 300 feet
of all public markets. was referred to
the Law Committee.
The war which has been raging be-
tween the Park Board and the Aldermen
mas ceased. and to-day the first conces-
sion in several months was made by the
Aldermen granting permission to the
Park Board to lay temporary track
from one Hundred and F'lfty-thiri
street and Seventh avenue to the dock
at One Hundred and Fifty-second
James d. Leary's scows on the Harlem
The evening world., 1894-05-08
HEARD NO FOG BELL.
Pilot Keely Says It Was Not
Sornded at Fort Hamilton.
He Takes the Blame for la Cham
payne Accident.
She Was Mile and q Half from
Where He Thought She Was.

"If anybody Is to blame for the beach,
ing OF La Champagne. It is l." said
Pilot James J. Keely this morning.
Pilot Keely made his official report to
Secretary Nash shortly after 10 o'clock
to-day. 1t was very brief, simply stat-
ing that La Champagne went ashore
in a dense fog at Fort Hamilton. Pilot
Keely said he preferred to make his
detailed report to the Board, which
convened at noon for the purpose Of
investigating the matter. So far the
French line has made no complaint
against him, but Secretary Nash, of
the Board of Commissioners. told an
Evening World reporter that he ex-
pected to receive a complaint at any
moment.
They have been put to very heavy
expense" he said, land have no idea
that the underwriters will stand It. un-
der the circumstances"
s sns shs details Of very En smps GasmpaFSn' Ss os sH
explanation Pilot Keely makes Is that
she was a mile and a half further to
the the,nS nSrthward and eastward than he
course changed SO as to enter the Mar
rows.
He said he was unable to make the
port hand In the Swash channel. so he
kept on, making every effort to hear the
Fort Wadsworth fog bell Just before
the ship struck. the man In the fore
chains reported 30 feet of water, and at
the same instant La Champagne's
whistle gave back an echo.
Both these incidents convinced Keely
| that he was getting in too close. He
| rang to stop her, and she struck bot
| tom. Pilot Keely says the ship must
| have been about a knot faster per hour
| than he reckoned on; this would ac-
count for his position. He declares pos
itively that the Fort Hamilton fog bell
was not ringing.
Keely Is thirty years old. and has been
pilot for ten years. This Is his first
serious accident.
The Board OF Commissioners convened
1T y o'clock and were In session one
| hour. The statement OF Pilot Keely,
as to the events leading up to the acci-
dent to La Champagne. was present.
| ed and Is In substance as related above.
No complaint against the pilot has been
lodged by the French line people, and
| they are authority for the statement
that none will be. The Board instructed
! the pilct to remain In town until the
mJtter Is formally investigated. This
practically suspends him from duty in
definitely.
A diver is to examine the bottom OF
La Champagne again to-day. to ascer-
tain II she was damaged by running
ashore.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
.ISSAE RS.THALMAN?
A Member of the Progress Club
Sued for a Separation.
Defendant Alleges that There Was No
Common-Law Marriage.
The Courtship, She Says, Was Begun
ut a Roadhouse.

Justice Ingraham. OF the Supreme
Court, to-day heard the suit OF Sarah
G. Thalman for a separation from
Samuel Thalman.
The suit is brought for the purpose OF
establishing common-law marriage.
which Thalman denies.
Thalman is connected with the firm
of Isaac Somers 4 Co, wholesale liquor
dealers at 20 Nesey street. The plaintiff
claims he is a partner. but he alleges
that he is employed as a salesman on
salary. He is very well known in the
most exclusive Hebrew social circles OF
the city, and is n member of the Prog
ress and several other clubs.
The plaintiff alleges that she first met
Thalman in October, 1891, at Roberts S
road house, one Hundred and Tenth
street and Lenox avenue. She was then
a wlGow with one child. Her first hus.
bands name was Hussy.
She swears that she vas introduced &c
Thalman hv Mrs. Roberts at the road
! house, but admits that she had never be
fore met Mrs. Roberts, and that the lat
ter did not know her name. She SAYS
she was accompanied on that occasion
by her cousin. Miss Matte Mertage, o
chicago. She tlcn lived at lie West
Ninety-eighth street She, alleges tina
.
house TO get "A GLASS of sarslparilla, anc
| that after they had finished drinking It
| while stu seated at table. Mrs Rob
| erts brought up MIR. Thalman and Ben
| jamin stern, of the firm OF Stern Bros.
| tle Twenty-thrd street dry goods mer
| chants and introduced them.
After that she states that Thalman an,
she became very friendly, and in March
! 1892, he proposed marriage. She say,
| Thalman told her that his family woulc
! object to the marriage because she wa
Christian, and that he insisted on
| marriage by agreement rather than Ger
| emuny, so that II m ght be kept secret
| She says she finally consented to the plal
proposed by Mr.. Thaman. and on May |
1892, they entered into the marriag
agreement and began their relations a
man and wife.
They lived. she alleges. at ll9 Eas
! Forty-seventh street, and one child wa
the result Of tre union. The child. sh
alleges. was named Henrietta. at MI
| Thalman's request, after his mother
! About May %, the plaintiff states tina
Thalman's relatives heard Of his rela
tions with her and that they induce,
him to abandon her.
Thalman denies all OF the plaintiff
charges, particularly the alleged mar
riage agreement.
The piaintiff was the first witnes
called. She told Of all the circum
stances set forth in her complaint an
at recess was turned over to Lawye
Daniel Levintritt for cross-examinatior
The evening world., 1894-05-08
TWO FILE EXCEPTIONS.
Masters Report Doesn't Suit Trust
Company Nor G. ID. Roys.

The Central Trust Company filed ex-
ceptions In the United States Circuit
Court to-day to the report of A. II.
Masten. as Master of the United States
Rolling Stock Company.
The objection are based upon the pro-
posed disposition of certain certificates
of the Illinois Central Railroad. Adolph
Stegenwisch. the receiver for the rolling
stock company, says he does not know
what particular certificates are re-
ferred to by the Master as 1t is imposs!-
BILE to determine from the evidence and
testimony what certificates were isued
by authority of the Illinois Central Rail-
road. ..J
Cyrus d. Roys also excerpts to the re-
port on the ground that II adopted 1t
would deprive him of $lS 900.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
D. & n. CANAL co. DIRECTORS
Elected without Opposition and an
Increase of stock Approved.

N'-sU VI SsoCk approved.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders OF the Delaware and Hudson
Cana' Company to-day. the minutes pro-
viding for an increase Of the capital
STOCK were read and adopted.
n ihere was no opposition ticket in the
neld, and the following were elected
directors: James Roosevelt, Robert NJ.
Olyphant. William II. Tillinghast, Alfred
van Santvoord, James A. Roosevelt
Alex Il. Orr, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, John A. Stewart,
James w. Alexander. James r. Taylor,
BENJAMIN Brewster and Horace G..
Young.
Louis windmuller presided. Squire"
WILLIAM Williams, of Carbondale, Pa,
the owner OF one share of stock. ad-
dressing the Chairman, said:
AT the last meeting the President said
my character was bad In the neighbor-
hood where | reside"
The Chairman ruled him out OF order.
and Williams was prevented from MAX
Ing any further remarks by motion to
adjourn, which was put and carried.
Williams was at one time fireman in
the employment OF the Company, and
he told the reporters that he would bring
suit against the Company for running
pipes, through his property without his
permission.
President Olyphant said that Williams
was discharged for good cause, and that
he always tried to create trouble at every
meeting.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
GUARDS WHO Do NOT GUARD.
Escape from Blackwell's Island
Work and Aims Houses Easy.
story of One Convict Out of Five
who Escaped in Two Days.

John Nolan, one Of the prisoners who
escaped from Blackwrll's Island April
80 last, has been rccaptured, He was ar
rested yesterday and sent to the island
for ten days on new charge Of drunk
enncss.
The story Of his escape. as told by
Nolan to an Evening World' reporter
who spoke to him In the workhouse
this morning, reveals a slip shod state OF
affairs on Blackwell's Island.
at was broad daylight when Grady
and I escaped. i" said Nolan. II had Just
finished some work in the almshouse
and was resting, when somebody told
me that a man In SKIN wanted 10 see
me right behind tho dead-house on the
eastern shore OF the island.
II went there and found Grady sitting
in a small skin 1t was little after !
O'Clock In the afternoon. | thought es'
cape would he n little risky. and. white
hesItating. looked in all directions,
but saw no guard. go
when | found that the coast Was SO
clear let myself down into me noat
and we rowed away. The greatest nhn.
ger after we got little distance away
| was that one oi the men in the guard
boats would see us, but somehow OF
| othet nom" or theSe bph's "aPpe"''
to be around.
The skin we were In was a battered
| old AFFAIR. and when we got INTO mid
stream the bottom dropped right gu,
from under IA. | hegan to SWIM; pu,
Grady hung on to what was lett oil
| the boat.
"He was afterwards picked up al
right. for | met him the Thursday httei
! that in New York ! struck out for tht
| Long Island shore and after an hour
| swim got to Astoria.
Who was the person that told yol
somebody in a skin wanted TO SEE
That / really couldn't say. replied
Nolan, evidently concealing the per
Nolan and Mortimer Grady, had beer
sent from the workhouse to do work AZ
the anshouse. when they escaped
chief clerk McCaffrey says that al.
| though the workhouse prisoners are
often sent to work at the almshouse
which Is not penal institution. ther
are no guards at the latter place. The
capes is upon the guardhoats from tn
penitentiary. II would seem, however
from Nolans statement. that these
Guardhoats are not always In evidence
| when needed.
The very next day after Grady anc
Nolan's escape three other prisoner
escaped from the workhouse. They
were George White. Fred Benson ano
The two former let themselves dowr
! from the top-hoor dormitory of th'
workhouse. and took a boat from undel
the very nose of CoXswain John Foley
who, together with the two watch mer
of the dormitory, has been dismissed
from the service. Morrlssey went of
alone in a x-oared boat.
Notwithstanding that these fve es
Capes are matters Of record on the isl
and. the Commissioners of Charities ant
Correction say they know of only three
escapes. and that none other could hav'
occurred without their knowledge.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
NOT THE GENUINE MARQUIS.
Mary Hampton's Admirer De-
nounced as a Fraud.
As Lord Tyrone He Was Rejected
by the Actress.

Pretty Mary Hampton, the actress
who just now is posing as one OF the
few American girls who have declined
to marry into English nobility. will per-
haps he panied to learn that the young
individual who offered her his beart.
hand and title does not possess the
latter
He is credited with being Lord Ty-
fone. Marquis of Waterford. and trav-
elling under the family name of Beres-
ford At the Office OF the British Con-
sui he is characterized as a fraud, as
the genuine Marquis of Waterford is a
gentleman of about fifty years OF age,
ana has never been in this country.
1oung Beresford is about nineteen
years of age, and registered at the Hotel
Metropole as Francis Beresford. Lon.
don. Among the members of the thcat.
real profession he was particularly well
known. and being n pleasant little fell
low soon became popular
AZ the present time the popular fad
sn ~ thc procession is Fruit Breakfast"
SIX or them were given this morning.
one Of these pleasant affairs was given
last saturday at the Hotel Metropolis
by Louis Massen and his talented wife
Marie Burroughs. Miss Mary Hampton
ana ana Beresford were present and. 1t is
guests, and sshe promptly declined
Several members of the profession who
were seen to-day, acknowledged that
they had heard. contidentially. OF course
that Beresford was real English lord
but he did not want II to be genera liz
known
Miss Hampton was not at her apart
ments at the Hotel Campbell to-day
when, an Evening World reporter
called. Four times the same answer
was given. Miss Carrie Turner had
heard that Beresford was a lord. so had
Fred Thayer. Miss Turner's manager
and so had many others Mr. ThayeI
said that Miss Hampton was informed
of the fact and told him so. He knew
Beresford had been paying her atten.
ton.
Beresford left town Saturday. suppos.
edly for California. and before he lef
II is said he blushingly acknowledged
that he was the Marquis of Waterford
The evening world., 1894-05-08
STABBED BY AN UNKNOWN,
C'Icoran Asked u Question md
Was Answered with n Knife.

The police OF the Macdougal street sta
tion are looking for the assailant OF
Patrick Corcoran. a 'longshoreman, of
100 Charlton street. who was stabbed
In the abdomen this morning by an un-
known man in front OF $50 Greenwich
street
Corcoran is in St Vincent's Hospital
in n critical condition. with his brother
he was seeking 26o Greenwich street,
n stranger who stood talking with two
women opposite 553 Greenwich street.
The stranger attacked Corcoran in
stantly and plunged knife into his
right side and then ran away.
Corcoran's brother assisted him to the
station-house and he then went to the
hospital.
The women who were talking with the
stranger furnished Detective Burke with
a description Of him and his arrest Is
looked for very soon.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
BEATEN WITH A BATON.
Grand Marshal Angry because
RciIIy's Horse Pranced.

Thomas Reilly. OF III Bridge street.
Brooklyn, with his head swathed IN
bandages. appeared as complainant In
the Adams Street Police Court this
morning against Michael Buzzo. of ls6
Adelphi street. whom he charged with
assault.
Buzzo was grand marshal OF the parade
OF the ST MiCh,el'S ltHl.Hn So
passed down Hudson avenue this morn
Ing in celebration OF the birthday OF Its
patron saint. Reilly was driving a
horse when he met the parade at High
street, and his horse became frightened
ana SHE'D. He jumped out of the wagon
and stood at the horses head when
Buzzo, who had become enraged at the
way the horse was prancing, beat Reilly
on the head with the baton with which
he was directing the band.
Reilly fell, half-conscious, under the
prancng horse. but was dragged out
by two Central Office detectives. who
arrested BuZZo. Justice Walsh held
BuZZo for examination.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
vail street Notes.

The gold engaged yesterday namely, 800 900.
by laEard Frercs and $500 900 by Hedelbach,
Ick.lheimer & Co. was shipped to-day on the
steamship Trave.
The exports exclusive Of specie, from the
port of New York for the week were S.7S2 Il3,
against 3s,ltl, $40 for the corresponding week
in 1893.
The Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Com
pany has declared the regular quarterly divi'
dend Of 3-4 per cent on the guaranteed stock
payable June |.
Tn. gross earnings OF the AtchiSon system
for ths fourth week OF April were 81 ooS. 35e. a
decrease OF y2S $50, and for the month % 257.
6sl a decrease OF NiI9io.
Tho statement o' the New York Central FOL
the quarter ended March 81 showed de-
crease in gross earnings 81 o |steoS' the opera,
SD $50 charges decreased i2s 653. surplus for tbs
stock Increased t93 6li. and deficit after dividend
decreased Ss6766
Tn. hearing in the Oakes investigation cas-,
has been set for 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning
In the Mills building.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
TO START COKE WORKS.
The Frick Company Engaging New
Men Secretly.
(By Associated Press.

CONNELLSVILLE. Pa, May s.-Ths
Frck Coke Company is making a des-
perate effort to start its works So
cretly. as 1t did during the great
strike three years ago. 1t Is coll
lecting men who are willing to work
and will start one plant at time. II
this Is unsuccessful new men will bo
brought into the region and in that
event there will be more rioting.
The strikers at Hill Farm are becom-
ing desperate and have posted notices on
all the company houses warning the men
20 keep away. The notices are headed
by a skull and cross-bones. with the fol-
lowing written underneath in large red
characters:
Death! All men who go to work at
Hill Farm Tomorrow prepare to meet
your God"
The Company is determined to resume
tomorrow and already has a force Of
deputies on guard.
Deputies were busy throughout the
region to-day serving the Injunction
notices on the leaders to keep OF Rain
ey's property and evicting strikers from
company houses. There was no trouble,
but an outbreak is liable to occur at any
time,
The evening world., 1894-05-08
SHOT AT A HIGHWAYMAN
He Let Go of the Horses, md Fnn-
ming Thinks lie wn. Hit,

GOOD GROUND, l.. l.. May Solver
H. Tanning, stage driver. had an excit-
Ing adventure last night with high
wayman. He is a deputy sheriff and al
ways goes armed
Tanning was :eturntng home from
Riverhead alone He had gone about
three miles. and was in n lonely spot,
when man sprang from the bushes and
caught one Of the horses by the bride.
Then he demanded Fanning's money and
valua bles.
Tanning drew his revolver and fred at
the fellow. The highwayman released his
hold of the horses and Tanning. as they
dashed forward. nred two more bullets
at him Tanning Is sure that he hit the
man.
II Is believed. from numerous recent
robheries. that gang OF thieves is hiding
in the woods In cave or hut, and a
posse will likely be organized to capture
the gang
The evening world., 1894-05-08
COYLE REINSTATED.
To Get His Salary Since Dismissed
from Police Department.

John s. Coyle, who, two years ago. was
dismissed from the Police Department
by the Commissioners. by whom he was
found guilty OF conduct unbecoming a
policeman. was to-day reinstated at a
meeting of the Police Board.
The Commissioners were forced to re-
instnte Coyle by the Court OF Appeals.
which several days ago reversed a de-
cison of the General Term. and decided
that Coyle is entitled to said salary since
he was dismissed. He was assigned to
duty in the West Sixty eighth street sta
tion. commanded by Capt. Smith.
1ne trouble grew out OF n dispute be-
tween Policemen COyle and William Mil
drum, who resigned 1t occurred in
April. 1892 on Seventh avenue near one
Hundred and Twenty ninth street. Dur
in the row Mildrum fired three shots
At Coyle. none Of which took effect. Coyle
defended himself with his club He was
tried by the Commissioners and dis
missed.
The amount OF money Coyle received
as back salary was S2.5675S.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
TALISMAN'S OWNER WINS.
steamship Delaware Responsible
for sinking the TuEbOnt.

Judge Benedict. in the United States
Court. Brooklyn, to-day handed down a
decision in the suit OF Charles II. Win
net, owner of the tug Talisman. against
the owners OF the steamship Delaware
in favor OF the plaintiff.
Septic, 1898, the steamer, Delaware col
llded with the tug in Gedney Channel
near Sandy Hook. The tug was towing
the pilot-boat Edmund briggs. The
fireman OF the tug was killed and the
captain had his arm broken. Several OF
the crew were thrown overheard.
A referee will award damages.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
WOULDN'T SELL THEM BEER.
Then SnIoon-k eepcr White Was
Assaulted by Four Young Men.

Four young men. giving their names
as George Southworth. John Curley.
James Keenan, and John Quinn. were
held for examination by Justice Tighe
to-day in the Butler Street Court, Brook
lyn, on the charge of assaulting Frank
White last Sunday night.
White has saloon at l7S Hoyt street.
He says that SOuthworth and the other
men broke into his place and demanded
beer He says that he refused to sell
them any and that they then set upon
him, knocked him down, kicked him in
the face and in other ways assaulted
him.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
TOLEDO READY FOR MEYER
should He Go Free Here, He'll Have
TO Answer There.

TOLEDO. o.. May s.-New York au-
thorities are evidently fearful that the
second trial Of Dr. Henry c, FMeyer Will
result in acquittal or disagreement, as
Detective Julian, who made the arrest
In Detroit last Summer, has tclcEraphcd
the chief Of Police to have eXtraditiOn
papers prepared.
Dr. Meyer stole a horse last Spring,
sworc out warrant charging him with
horse stealing, and Chief RditZ LEFT pre-
sumably for New York. The authorities
have a clear case against him for horse
stealing, and hope to secure evidence
enough to convict him of murder while
he is serving his sentence for the lesser
crime.
The young woman whom he Is said to
have poisoned here In April. 1885, has
never been identified.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
WHO ASSAULTED MUTRO?
Police of brooklyn Looking for the
Guilty Man To-day.

The police OF Brooklyn are to-day look
ing for a man who assaulted Capt. John
Mutro, keeper OF the pier at Coney
Island. on Sunday and choked him,
bringing on hemorrhage of the lungs
from which he died.
The man went to Capt. Mutro Sunday
afternoon and asked him for permission
to fish from the structure. This was
against the rules of the Company and II
was refused.
The man became enraged at the re-
fusal and in his fury grabbed the cap
tain by the throat and choked him.
The man. who was n stranger, then ran
away.
Soon after the encounter the captain
was seized with hemorrhaRe. and died
before 1t could be checked. Capt. Mutro
lived on the pier with his wife and two
children,
The evening world., 1894-05-08
70 SHOW GOOD CHARACTER.
Otherwise Coney Island Resorts
VIII MOI lie Licensed.

The Brooklyn Board OF Excise offices
were too small to accommodate tho
crowd OF Gravesend saloon-kcepers who
appeared this morning with applications
for licenses. so the hearing took place
in the police trial room, No applica-
observed as on previous days.
Each applicant was given n blank
which he must MI out with the names
OF twenty reputable witnesses, who Will
testify to his good character. or the
100 saloons in Gravescnd and Concy
Island only $50 were ever licensed.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
KEARSARGE RELICS HERE.
LoEbook, Bell and Memorial Tablet
Arrive on the Intrepid.

The steam yacht Intrepid passed up
the Narrows this morning. and shortly
before noon anchored in the East River.
She brings relics of the United States
frigate Kearsarge, which was wrecked
on Roncador Reef
Lloyd Phoenix, the owner Of the In
trepid. and party OF friends were
cruising among the Cayman Islands,
where he found the log-book and bell
Of the Kcarsarge and the memorial
tablet commemoratng the battle be-
The log-book is expected to have an
important bearing on the court-martial
of Commander Heyerman and Lieut..
Lyman. With the bell and tablet 1t
will be at once forwarded to Secretary
Herbert.
The evening world., 1894-05-08
DENIES EDISON'S RIGHT.
Westinghouse Company Says His
Patent Involves Old Principles.

The Westinghouse Electric Company,
In answering the suit brought by the
Edison Electric Company in the United
States Circuit Court for alleged viola
ton OF an Edison patent for the dis
tribution of electricity. deny Edisons
right to the patent.
1t Is claimed that the distribution
and translation of electricity by the
means employed under the patent are
merely the applications Of old and we'll
established principles.
The Edison Company Is suing to re-
cover ROYALTIES for the use OF the patent
at the Worlds Fair by the Westing-
house Company.