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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-12
Sudden Death Of Hon. Daniel L.
Cushing.

Cushing.
Hon. Daniel Lewis Cushing died
very suddenly at his home in Que
chez Thursday morning, of heart
disease. He retired "Wednesday
night apparently as well as usual,
but passed quietly away in the early
morning.
MIR, Gushing was born in Hartford
Aug. t, 1881, and was the son of
Theophius and Lucinda Richardson
Gushing. He was educated at Nor
wlch and Newburv, and after his
graduation went to Rochester,, \.
V, as civil engineer for the New
York Central railroad. From there
he went to Grinnell, Iowa, where he
was employed in the construction of
the Rock Island and Des Moincs
road. This was before steel rails
had been laid a hundred miles west
of the Mississippi, In Grinnell he
married his first wife, Sarah Paxton
Bailey. in September, 1856, She
died in May, 1866, soon after he
returned to Qyechee where he has
since resided. Nov. Y, 1867, he
married Ellen +. Clark of West
Hartford, by whom he had six chill
drcn: Edwin Lewis, Henry Clark,
Annie Louise, Daniel, Frederick T.
and Mary Porter, all of whom sur
vive him. Henry is book-kcepcr
in the Woodstock National bank.
For several years Mr.. Gushing has
been superintendent of the Hartford
wooden mill in which he was Il stock
holder. He has always been Il lead
or in public enterprises and devoted
to the interests of the town of Hart
ford, which he several times repre-
scnted in the legislature, and has
also been a member of the state SEN
ate. In the village of Quechce he
laid out "Cushing" street, in which
he built Il number of houses. He
was one Of the most prominent and
influential men of Hartford, an ex.
cellent business man, popular in
social and mercantile circles, and
one who will be greatly missed by
the town for which he did so much.
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The Age until
Jan. l, 1897, for
$1.25.

There wouldn't have been any
milk in Il cocoanut if some dairymen
had had the construction of it
Texas Siltings.
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\ sheriff from Nelnont rcplcvincd
the trotting horse Leicester. 2.I7 IL,
Monday night at Il stable in Hart
ford, Conn. | lie acted for Edward
ID. Thayer of Brandon, who has a
mortgage of $1,000 on the horse,
which is owned by Charles B. Hall.
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MARRIAGES..

In Bethel. Oct. 3, by Rev. S. A. Parker.
Cnml - T. YES and Miss Nellie C. Durkee
of Pit III id.
In We BridgewAtcr, Oct. 1, Amos But
Ter aud Miss Aruilla Grover. :.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-12

Deans Rheumatic Fills absolutely cure
Rheumatism and Neuralgia. Entirely ycgc-
table. Safe.
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BiR T rs.

In Hartland. Oct. 4. d daughter TO Mr..
an Mrs. Frank Crandnll.
In Shcrburne, Sept. %, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Frrl Lamphern
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For several years | have recommended
your Castoria,' and shall always continue to
do 20 as it has invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN +. PARDEE, y. D.,
l@jth Street and 18th Ave. New York City.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
SEEKING STREET FRANCHISES.
linton Railroad Company. Of BroOk-
Ign. Rcrcws Its Applications.

AT the meeting of the Brooklyn Board
OF Aldermen this afternoon the Union
street Railroad Company received It's
arplication for franchise to construct
and maintain "A trolley road on Union
street Brooklyn. They offered sGo,W0 In
casa and per cent Of the gross re-
ceipts The route to extend from Ferry
place, near Hamilton Ferry. to Hamil-
ton avenue. along the latter to Union
street, ana along Union street to Ninth
avenue and the Prospect Park Plaza.
In the petitions II IL stated that the
Supreme Court has declared nun and
void the franchise already granted for
tnis territory to another company. The
matter was referred ~ the Railroad
Committee
Alderman \. Il clarke has received n
Ch illcHro from SuperN sor J. W. BOYD
asking m 10 get up baseball team
10 meet the Supervisors on Friday.
MHN 81 Alderman Clarke Is hustiing
around trying to iind enough bail play
erS to accept the challenge.
AT the opening of the meeting $, II.
Mllenhcrg, prominent Republican
politician of the Third Ward. asked
President Wallace for perm ssion 10
present to A'dcrman-at- Large Jahn n
beautiful Ioli and diamond studded
hadgr. The request was Erantcd, ana
the badge was presented N neat
speech.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
STEVENS, & co. FAIL.
short on Cotton and wheat. the
Firm Goes lnder.

stevens Co., brokers. OF 81 Broad
street, announced Their suspension at
the Cotton Exchange this afternoon, and
II Is said. have made an assignment to
George Corl.ss, former member OF the
firm.
A; their Offices a crowd of spectators
how.ed for their money. None of the al
le'.' N''f 'Naen members of the firm
could be seen.
i'ne ,.,, member whose name Is
known on the street is James II. Ste
fens; He Is a member of the Cotton
anL Produce Exchanges.
Ihe firm was represented in the Chi
CaEp Board of Trade by Lamson Bros.
co. They are said to have been short
on both cotton and wheat. They had
thousands of miles of telegraph wires
ana ii Is rumored that they had secret
wires in the offices of number of big
stock Exchange houses for whom they
did business.
On the Cotton Exchange 1t Is said they
aid large business Oh small capital.
Among the people who filled Their
offices were many old-tme patrons of
bucket shops.
1t IS alleged that a rich New Orleans
man by the name of Lawrence Plant
and Frcnchman named lie Due are in
tereSted in the concern.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
LABOR DEMANDS A VETO.
The &1,OOO.0OO Park Fund LegaIi.ci
b. sharp Trick.

THE Evening World" in It's issue Of
Friday. May II. announced that the Leg
islature had rmuggled through a bill
to legalize the manner In which the
sl,Ooo,oo0 Poor Relief Fund was spent
by the late Park Commissioners. 1t
was said
II tho money was lawfully and honestly spent
It is unnecessary to legsliIe the methods OF Its
expenditure. II 1t was unlawfully and dishon-
estly used II is q scandal and wrong TO Legal
ze 1t.
In the Central labor Union yester-
day. George Tombleson called atten-
ton to the passage of the bill. 1t has
not been signed by the Governor. Mr..
Tombleson characterized the uiii as an
attempt to vitlate the Indictments now
pending against ex-Park commissioners
Clausen. Tappen and Straus.
The bill, No. l40l, was introduced by
Senator Mcmahon, and Is dated May 3.
1t was read twice, and by unanimous
consent the rule was suspended and II
was ordered to third reading, printed.
and rushed through before its real OBJ
ject was discovered
The Central Labor Union. on motion
resolution denouncing the bill as a
piece of pernicious legislation. and cal
culated to bring contempt upon the
Legislature OF the State, and to destroy
the confidence Of the people In the law
making power.
A copy Of the resolution was ordered
to be sent to the Governor with n re-
quest that he withhold his signature
and apply the veto.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
TO HELP MARKETMEN.
Dock board Looking for Open Piers
ucIO,y Tenth street.

The urgent p!eadings of number OF
New York merchants whose business me-
cessitatc facilities for docking small.
crafts along the river front, have
aroused the Comm ssioners of Docks to
the necessity of providing such require
cable.
At special meeting of the Board.
held last Friday, a petition signed by
80 merchants doing business IN WASH
inGton Market. complained that they
had been driven as far up the North
River as West Tenth street. because no
place below that was open to the dock
Ing of canal boats Or other small vessels
from which they receive their merchan-
i.se.
Accordingly. Commissioner Mlnks and
'hict Eng ncer Greene We're app1intei !
= committee to !nvest.gate the matter.
tomm'sslontr Monks, whose long cXpe-
rience "a dock builder has gwen him
thorough, practical knowledge Of the
would devote his entire time for the
next thirty days t, vigorous investiga-
tion Of the matter. With a view to an
ultimate solution OF the problem. Hr
said that he and Engineer Greene had
Already begun their arduous task and
had spent several hours along the
North River front south OF Canal street.
This section Is monopolized mostly by
ferry companies. who have held exc.ii-
sive privileges for years. and will neces.
sarily accentnate the difficulty of the
labor
The evening world., 1895-05-20
WILD RUSH TO BUY WHEAT
Even Veteran Operators Couldn't
Tell What the Free Was.
Over I2,OOO,O0O Bushels Sold Up
to Noon-Pricc Jump.

The extraordinary power of the public
when IL gets n speculative craze was
strikingly illustrated in the Produce EN-
change this morning when transactions
In wheat up to II O'Clock amounted 10
over l., ,o0o, 600 bushels. and prices jumped
a cent over the final curb prices, or
5-sc. above the official closing OF Satur-
day.
1t was case Of exc,tcmcn: rarely
Witnessed on the floor of the Produce
Exchange. The pit was packed fun of
brokers with pockets hu.sing with
orders and messenger boys constantly
bringing more. and all SAYING huy
wheat"
As the gong struck the storm hurs
forth and for a few moments even vet
cran operators couldn't tel what the
market was. Prices varied lie. in dit-
fcrent parts of the ring a. the same
blocks OF wheat were bought N at
pirce so long as they compiled with the +
nraHas msna. ,Eat Su''" Was Wy" " Went the
pr,ce. the huge hand on the quotation
al moving ke the second hand ON u
stop watch, until the multi tnae of eNN,,
cited watchers all over the floor could
scarcely believe ther eyes.
JIy wnSh woers s Es n'sivg "p'Gn far want wen
~ orders Then 1t dropped lie, but
constantly arriving orders kept 1t boun-
cling around bctween q i-2c, and 76c..
and finally with rush / returned to
the latter figure at L. o'clock.
The fact that cold weather has aga n
spread owe the West ami Northwest
had "A good deal to 40 with the stirring
up OF this new outside buying craze.
but the bulls say II Is their year, ana
this Is only the beginning.
The corn market was Influenced by
| the reports of damage of frost. and pri-
vate dispatches say that some corn VIII
have to be replanted. although the
| great corn belt l. all right, The first
sales were made at an advance of &c.
July selling here at IS SAC. and Septem-
| Der at SO lee.
The cotton market took another ur
| turn to-day. the early months showing
an advance Of two TO three points, while
later months were about seven points
| higher. After this there was slight
| reaction and then a steady market The
| early sales included June at 6.s5 6.Ss
| July 693 a 6.96; August. 600 7O2. Sep.
| tember, 704 a 7.07: October. 10 "A 7l2
| November. IA 715: December. 10 q
72l: January. 725 721; March. 1886 q
i.27
CHICAGO. May a0.-The visible suppl,
| when posted showed a decrease OF 2.
| SO 100 bushels. a million lower than wa,
expected. and this with heavy country
| buying, and an advance of 8 l-2 at st
| Louis, caused July TO mount TO "A 7-S o
ais above Saturdays final figures: bu
| free selling to take profits at the ad
| vance quickly caused a reaction to "A is
The evening world., 1895-05-20
M'LAUGHLIN PAPERS MISSING.
Commissioner Roosevelt Wants to
Know About His Rapid Promotion.

N"o" Huout HIN Naplu t'fOmOtlOus
President Roosevelt, OF the Police
Board, said this morning that he was
investigating the alleged haste wit /
which Inspector Mclaughlin was pro-
NOTED to his present position. He had
asked the Civil Service Board he said.
for the Inspectors examination papers
and was Informed that at the time of
McIaughlin's promotion they were for
warded to Police Headquarters. and had
not been returned.
a search at Headquarters so far has
also failed to reveal them. They are
either. II at all. In the office Of the chief
clerk or the Chief OF Police. President
Roosevelt said that the search for the
papers would be continued, and that, 4
they were not found within a reasona BILE
space OF time. somebody else would be
investigated.
Lee Philips, secretary of the local
eva Service Board, sad to-day that he
did not believe that the examination
papers when led to Inspector Nc
Laughlins promotion We're perfectly
regular. Mclaughlin was the only appli-
cant for the position at The time, and
the examiners were Lee Phillips, Hugh
Bonner and Supt. Byrnes. The examine
tion was held Oct. 3, 1892, and the In
spector's percentage was 9S.35.
Mr.. Phillips said further that when his
department moved into the new Criminal
Courts Bu lding the records were packed
away, ard he has not had tine yet to
get them Strengthened out. They are
!ng, but clerks will now be put to work
to find the papers f they are there.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
ADMIRAL MEADE REBUKED.
Retired by President Cleveland,
hut with singing Com mcntx.

WASHINGTON. May 2o.-The Prcsi-
dent has retired Admiral Meade on his
own application, and In doing so has
administered severe rcbuke to him.
The Admirars Application was made to
the Secretary Of the Navy May 8. and
by him forwarded to the President. who
to day returned Il to the Navy Depart
mant. with this Endorsement.
EXECUTIVE MANSION May 90 's5
the within recommendation IL approved. and
Rear Admiral Richard W. Meade Is hereby re-
tired from actual service In the Navy. pursuant
to section l.i33 u the Il $. The President re-
grois exceedingly that the long. active service Of
this oher, 10 brilliant In its early stages and
often marked by honorable Incidents. should, at
It's close be tarnishri by conduct at variance with
a commen ishle career ami inconsistent with the
example which an oficer Of his hight rank should
furnish Of srborl nation and submission to the
restraints Of wholesome discipline and manifest
propr!ety. GROVER CLEVELAND
The evening world., 1895-05-20
COL WARNINGS ACCOUNTS
His Street, Cleaning Outlay to b
Investigated Officially.
Figures to BE Subm tied mt the NcxN
Session of Committee.

meeting of the Special COMMITTEES
appointed by the Mayor at the last
meeting Of the Board of Estimate and
Arportionmcnt to investigate the ac-
counts of the Street Cleaning Depart-
ment. was held in the Comptroller's office
at noon to-day.
The committee, which consists OF
President Jcroloman. of the Board Of
Aldermen: President Barker. of the Tax
department, and Comptroller Fitch.
went into session behind screen over
In one corner of the Comptrol.er's Of
ncP.
Col. Waring was on hand with Plum.
ger" Walton to answer any questions
which the Committee might ask.
Neither gentleman was called, how
over. After the executive meeting. Col.
Waring was called behind the screen
and told what acton had been taken.
and instructed to act accordingly.
The Committee was organized by
eIecting Pres dent Jeroioman as chair
man. Three resolutions were. adopted.
one was that the Comptroller have pre-
pared an accurate statement, down to
rants for payments n the street Clean
ing Department registered in the FL.
nance department
Col. Waring was also requested 70
give the Comptroller a statement OF the
amount of Indebtedness of the city for
street cleaning up ID and including May
1885, not yet registered in the Comp
trollers office.
A second resolution requested the Com
missioner of street Cleaning to inform
the Committee, without delay. II any
diminution in the working force OF the
Street Cleaning Department can be made
without impairing the efficiency OF the
Department.
The third resolution requests that
no n eL al n add ('OrnOrA.
tion Counsel Scott to the personnel Of
the Special Investigating Committee:
The Committee adjourned until next
Wednesday morning at IL O'Clock.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
10 FIREMEN INJURED.
Flor de FumNr Cipnr Factory In
IlnyuuR Destroyed.

HAVANA. May 2o-Fire broke out at
2 o'clock this morning in the well-kno"n
tobacco and cigar factory known as the
Flor dc Fumar, which contained large
amount OF stock belonging to Estan'ilo
Before the flames were under control
damage estimated to amount to $4,000"
was done.
While fighting the fire eighteen flremen
were injured. two OF them will die from
the result OF their injuries. Two hun
dred persons have been thrown out Of
work as a result Of the destruction OF tn :
factory,
The conn,grntion Is believed to be Of
incendary origin. The police are search
Ing for man who at different times has
sent letters to the proprictors OF the
Flor de Fumar threatening to set fire 20
the factory unless money was sent to
him. The factory and stock were not
insured
The evening world., 1895-05-20
STOCKS YIELD M0OEakTELY.
Realizations Bring About a Gentle
Fall in Wall Street.
Income Tax Decision Has No Effect
on the Market.

Despite the receipt OF lower quota
tiors from London and an advance in
the posted rates OF exchange. the share
speculation was In the main strong this
morning. Under liberal purchases for
both the long and short accounts. an
Improvement of IA to is per cent.
was recorded.
The feeling was confident. and reac-
tons of very moderate proportions
brought In buying orders from various
quarters. The belief that important
deals" affecting the coal roads and
Northern Pacific are on the :apis has
stimulating effect.
There was rise in the price of North
ern Pacific bonds this morning, and a
drop of 2 to 20 1-2 in the preferred STOCK
and 3-s 70 in the common. as u result
, OF the announcement exclusively made
! In 'The World" yesterday Of the plan to
reorganize the Company.
The steamship Etruria, which arrived
from Europe last evening. brought $685.
900 bai gold consigned TO August Bel
mon; & Co.. for syndicate account.
Foreign exchange was firm. Posted
rates were advanced frcm 4.sG l-2 to
As7 l-2 for bankers long sterling, and
from 4.ss to 4.sS l-2 for demand.
Money l ll-2 per cent. on call.
Commercial bar silver declined to 66 7-s.
Mexican dollars are unchanged at SO.
AT the Board 10000 ounces sold at G7 SIS.
fhe gross earnings of the Louisville y
May were Si3.5l5. an increase of $l2.92O.
From July. l. 1894. to latest date the
gross earnins, were sl6,sS7.5ss, an In
The total eastbound shipments BY the
trunk lines from Chicago last week were
4o.33 tons. against 1891 the week be
Mlehissn M gam Central S;g 9Sf s975 Wapa.S, i XIV
Lake shore 1927; Panhandle. 5,l96; Bal
timore & Ohio. 1909; Grand Trunk S,452
William J. Hoffman on Saturday Sc
cured an order from Judge McAdam, In
the Superior Court. directing the oregon
Improvement Company to show cause
why 1t should not furnish him with a
stock list. The order Is returnable to-
to secure a copy OF the stock list, but 1t
has been impossible for them to give
this list here: inasmuch as the books
Stocks yielded moderately under reaii-
sations. The reaction was equal to Il
1-s. Sugar and Chicago Gas leading
and louisville, New Albany & Chi.
cago were strong at the best figures yet
attained.
Handy & Hartman will ship ,0oC
ounces of silver to Europe on the
steamship Lain, sailing Tomorrow
Mr.. c. p. Huntington, President of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, and the Pa
cific Mall Steamship. Company. sails for
"Wednesday. He He expects to be absent
about two months. 1t is probable that
while in London he will confer with the
Central Pacific bondholders and stock
holders.
The announcement that the Supreme
Court had declared the income tax un-
constitutional had no affect on the
r,arkets for securities. which were
Father sluggish, and IN the man lower
Some of the companies had already
Jet aside certain sums of money to NEE,
The tax, and VIII now be able to use
the money for other purposes. The de-
cline from the highest was IA to ! J..
per cent. .
The sales of listed stocks were 2S2, ,00C
y9hares T.. 40 unlisted department 81, ,SOt
1hares Of Sugar wesS syaded in.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
HER BRAIN EXPOSED.
Rema arknbIe surgical Operation On
n Fractured skull.

Louise Maton, OF Goa Dean street.
Brooklyn. vas discharged from the
Homeopathic Hospital, Brooklyn, this
morning completely recovered from an
accident. the r, suit of a remarkable sur
gical operation.
Mrs. Mahon was struck by locomo-
live of tn. Long Island Railroad Com
pany on April 2S. Her skull was ba ily
fractured. A piece OF the bone was
ahmed into the brain.
nrs. ClarS Burnham and John II.
Schall lifted the depre 'sei skull clear of
the brain and removed the chip of b nc.
A hemorrhagc of the brain was
checked in time The doctors reg r
Mrs. Mahon's recovery as a trIhe short
of miraculous.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
KODAK.ED THE ClEVElANDS.
Camera FicndS Get Snnp ShOts Of
the President nnd wife.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., May 20-Presl-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland drove down
from Woodley to-day, and arrived at
the White House about l03o. AS they
drove up to the front entrance. pho
tographer with a kodak GENERA. from
one of the upper windows. took snap
shot at them
After Mrs. Cleveland had entered the
White House the President stood for II
moment taking win the coachman
about the horses. and the man with the
camera obtained another picture OF him
Snap shots at the President and his
wife have heretofore been discouraged
n, the White House.
The evening world., 1895-05-20
WARlNG ON THE TRUCKS.
4 Higher scale Of Life Has Demand.
cd Increased Expenditures.

The department OF Street Cleaning to-
LAY PROMULGATED the following daily hint
to househol iers.
II VAS the other day reported from Albany that
the bill suthorlslng the standing Of private trucks
In public streets had passed both houses under
the pressure VI the truckmen. 2 80 OF whom had
pctitiunci for H.
This bin cannot become Law without the
approval Of Gov. Morton II has hrst to he acted
upon by Mayor Strong. who has called a public
hearing on the subject tyr the afternoon OF Mon
day May 81
II the hili does become a law the streets will
again be open Tor the storage OF private vehicles
The people generally and the Imen OF the tene-
ment house districts especially. know what this
means
The evening world., 1895-05-20
DIED IN A STATION CELL.
Another Case of Suspected AicOhoi-
ism Proves Fatal.

John J. Gavin. a laborer. died In a
cell OF the East Sixty-seventh street
police station this morning. An am
bulance surgeon from the Presbyterian
Hospital, who saw Gavin a few min
utes after death. said that he could not
state authoritatively the exact cause OF
death. Alcoholism. It Is believed. was
the immediate cause. however.
The prisoner was arrested for In
toxication at Q o'clock last night by
Policeman David Egan, who said that
he found Gavin at Sixty-sixth stree,
and Third avenue helplessly drunk. The
prisoner vas, however, sober enough to
Identify himself and give his pedigree,
which was entered in the police blotter.
DOorman Gaffney said that he went
to Gavlns cell at 5.45 o'clock this morn
Ing and had a talk with him. When he
made a second visit. few minutes
later he found Gavin dead. The Coroner
was notified,
The evening world., 1895-05-20
DR.. PARKHURST'S MYSTERY.
lie Fits Through Police HendauRr-
tcrs Like u shadow.

DR.. Parkhurst made another mysteri-
OH, visit to Police Headquarters this af-
ternoon Last week he walked through
the corridor spoke to no one. and then
went away.
This afternoon he went into the big
building hurriedly. and up the stairs to
ne second floor. A moment later two
reporters followed him. and made "A
careful search through the departments.
including the offices of the Police Com
missioners. but no one could be found
who would say he had seen DR. Park
hurst or spoken to him.
In few moments DR. Parkhurst came
down the stairs. All he would say was:
There is nothing in my visit. Really
nothing"
The evening world., 1895-05-20
TENDERLOIN PATROL WAGON.
Inspected This Afternoon and VIII
DO Dut! TO-NIHht.

Commencing this evening. patrons Of
the West Goth street police station VIII
be given free transporta; ;on in 4 patrol
wagon to the station from all points In
the precinct and from the police station
to the police court
The wagon Is said TO be :he handsom-
est in the Department. ani but for the
gilt lettering on its Sides could easily
BE- mistaken for m!l.ionaire's e1u!page.
Ii VIII hold nineteen passengers, a
driver and a guard. 1t cost about $3.50
All the Police Comm. ssioners and
Chief Ryrnes inspected Me turnout this
afternoon and expressed themselves as
highly pleased with II.