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The evening world., 1895-09-03
TRIED TO SHOOT HIS WIFE.
Then Henry Robinson Entered
Room aud Killed Himself.

Henry Robinson, sixty-nine years old,
living at 1885 Third avenue. Brooklyn.
committed suicide to-day by shooting
himself in the right temple. He had
been despondent some time on account
of i'll health.
Robinson lived In the third fiat and
his married daughter resided in the Nat
beneath. His laughter took her child
to school this morning. and while she
was gorc Robinson, who had been
drinking heavily lately, picked quarrel
with his wife. he went into his bed
room and returned 4 moment later with
a revolver. which he pointed at his wife.
She lodged behind table in the dining
room and he turned ;he pistol towards
Harry Brady. seventeen-year-o
butcher boy.
Brady ran through the door. followed
by the frightened wife. The old man
then re-entercd his bedroom and shot
himself through the head. lie died in
stantly.
George Heden. fifty years old, no
home, committed suicide In Brooklyn
to-day 10y hanging himself to a rafter in
tine stable Of Henry Dykman. " Walcot
street.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
NEW BRIDGE MAKES TROUBLE,
Property Owners Protest Against
the Approach In This city.

The resumption of the public hearing
to determine the routes of the ap-
proach and fixing the gradings to the
proposed new bridge over the North
River. and also to finally determine the
location on the New York side. was
continued this morning before the Board
Of the New York Harbor Lines in the
United States Army Building
Col Roberts, OF the Engineering Board.
presided. and explained the object of
the meeting. after which w. E. d..
Stokes. representing the property owners
residing between Fifty-ninth and Sixty
ninth streets, read paper containing
references to the act. and quoted sec
tons thereof with the approval Of the
Secretary of War; authorizing the con-
struction of the proposed bridge.
MIR Stokes said he was himself n prop
erty owner in the locality about to be
affected by the location of the bridge TO
the extent of $500
Mr. Stokes advocated the ACCESSIBILITY
of removing the New York approach
south of Fifty-ninth street. and added
that there was a syndicate in New York
which had purchased slO.ooo,oo0 worth of
property IN the district.
He argued at much length the theory
that from the constant smoke and coal
dust which wo"ld arise from the con-
s;ruction and eventually the operation
of the bridge would be a black cloud
over the city which could not be dis
PEELED.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
IS He A MURDERER7
brooklyn Police So Charge 1].Year-
OLD Frank snyder.

Frank Snyder, a little blue-eyed lad,
SO small that he could not see over the
Judges desk. was arraigned in the
Adams Street Police Court, Brooklyn,
to-day. on n charge of murder The
little fellow was dressed In knickcr-
lockers and n yachting shirt. and looked
as II he had stepped from the lawn Of
a Summer resort rather than from MUIR
dcrcrs' row at Raymond Street Jail
Snyder, with some companions. was
swimming at tho foot of Bridge street
week aTo while Herman School.
seventeen years old. watched them. The
swimmers. according to the police.
guyed school. and Snyder said II would
he good fun to "chuck the putchman
! over" He suited the action to the
word. and poor school went down never
10 rise. AS he was good swimmer. 1t
is supposed his head struck the pier as
he was pushed over.
| snyder. who is under fourteen years
old. did not seem To realize his position
as he stood in the court. and twiricd
his hat IN his hands. His lawyer. Luke
/ II. Stapleton, refused to allow the boy
to plead. and he was held without bail
to await the action OF the Coroner. lie
was removed to the Raymond Street
! Jail, and placed in II cell in murderers
row
The evening world., 1895-09-03
~ THE WORLD or LADOU.

Philip Kuesiner has been elected Financial Sec
retary Of International stone Masons Union No. 3.
Charles De"se is the newly elected Treasurer
of Carpenters aud Jolners Union No. Sls
The glass workers have come out victoriousiy
In pretty nearly all points in the conference
with their hpssos
Local Assembly E03 X. oi L., brewers and
maltsters. elected Philip Miller Recording AMI
Corresponding Secretary.
The newly elected Secretary Of the blooming
dale Branch Of the Workmrns General Benefit
Union Is Gustave Schneider.
julius King, 1872 suffolk street. has been elected
Corresponding Secretary Of Vest -Makers Union
No .. United Garment WUkers
The once manager elected by Drsnch OF
the Independent Bakers unloB Is T.. Denni. az
West Forty second street.
Tailors' Union No Il is Wolf Gottlieh. Watkin,
street and Eastern Parkway, East New York.
Trades unionlsm and law and order are sy.
nonymons terms, because all are alike inimica
to injustice and oppression John Mci'ride
Lodge No Of the Brotherhood OF Boiler
Makers and Iron snip-Euiliers has elected
Charles Frenz President, Michael J, sullivan.
Recording and Corresponding Secretary.
formed organization OF workmens singing socie-
ties, has elected A.. II. liorr President. ].
Dsh.meyer. Vice President; II r. Biohm, Record
ing Secretary. George Doos Financial Secretary
\. Wolf. Tree
Iron Moulders' Union No. ?55 elected the tol.
lnwing officers William II Denman President
Recording Secretary John Hickman. Finanriai
Secretary; Leanher Whelan. Corresponding Serrc'
tary Henry bendsr Treasurer. william Ram
hsld, DoJrkceper Newton Gordon. Inductor
General Secretary Thomas r KIDD chartered
seven new local branches II the Machine WOOD.
workers lnternatI,nii linton last month, thro,
agreement with the United Brotherhood OF car
peners ana Jon"rs provides thit wooiworker,
have jur.il'ti1n over all mill h.nds except car
penters who may be engaged at mill work VI
millSrigbis or stairbuiders
The evening world., 1895-09-03
DLERMAN,
HE!pELBERe.
& Co..
THIS JOKE ON THE JOKER.
lie Threw n Mans Hat Over . Rail-
Ing and Wns Thrown After II.

william Sty,es and two companions.
all stewards on the steamship Mani
toba, OF the Atlantic steamship line.
threw James Wildermouth's hat over
an iron railing at Twenty-third street
and Eighth avenue last night.
styles and his friends were on their
way TO their vessel. at the foot Of West
TweEty-fourth street. at 1870 o'clock:
They were in pretty good spirits. and
when they met Wildermouth a boiler
maker. living at 5lc West Thirty-sixth
street, they thought they would have
Gome run with him. Styles grabbed
the boiler-makers nat and tossed tt
over high iron railing.
"Go get that hat" exclaimed Wilder.
mouth. Indignantly, as he seized the
joker in an iron grasp.
Get !! your%ssf" % replied S iva the Eisna: }9s11a:
grinnei their approval.
Instead of complying with the su9:
gestion Wiliermuuth lifted the playful
STYLES hiCh in the air and tossed him
over the railing after the hat. styles
fell on his left side and broke his arm.
\ crowd quickly gathered and before
Wiidermouth could make his escape Po-
teth street station. came along ana
made him "A prisoner. An ambulance
was summoned and styles arm was set
in ST. Nincents Hospital
The joker and his friends were in JEFF
ferson Market Court this morning when
the prisoner was arraigned. Styles ad-
mitted that the ARRAY was brought
about by himself and his friends. and
that his injuries were. therefore. the re-
suit of his own foOlishness. He refused
to make n complaint against the boiler
maker. who was discharged.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
HALF MILLION
GUARANTEE PAGE.
New Departure in Wants.
BROOKLYN SCHOOLS OPEN.
Nearly 10000 ChiIdrcn Apply for
SdmissiSn.

The Brooklyn public schools opened
to-day. when something like 10000
scholars were on hand for enrolment.
This is the estimate by Superintendent
OF Public Instruction Maxwell, though
the attendance at the closing day in
June was only 1925
Two new schools, however. were
opened to-day, one at Hamburg ave-
nue. and Cornelia street and the other
at Eighth avenue and Thirteenth street.
Two more new ones will be opened
within a month.
There is considerable change in the
school system course of study THIS year.
In the grammar grades twenty-five
hours of recitation week are had
instead of twenty-three, and an increase
of four hours is MADE in recitations IN
the primary grades.
To-day was devoted to the placing OF
names on the roll, and the actual work
of study Will begin tomorrow. 1t Is
expected that before the month closes
the attendance at the Brooklyn public
schools will reach $4,000.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
UNION OF TWO RICH FAMILIES.
The Engagement Reported from
Newport, Where the Heiress
Is Popular
BRIDE TO Be IS 10 YEARS OLD.
Made Her Debut in Society This
Year and Is a Great
Favorite.

The friends of Miss Gertrude Wander
bilt, only daughter of Cornelius Wander
bilt, have ceased to deny that this very
charming young heiress will soon be-
come the bride of Moses Taylor, the
wealthy and popular New York club
man. In fact. close friends have whis-
pered in Newport that the wedding
will take place before the Winter is
over.
Mr.. Moses Taylor as regards wealth
holds about the same position among
the young men of the day that Miss
Gertrude Vanderbilt does among Amer
ica's heiresses. He stands at the head.
While the precise amount of his posses
sions is unknown, It is certain his
grandfather, Moses Taylor. who died a
number of years ago, left s4O,OoO,OO0 to
be divided among not inconveniently
large number of heirs.
Mr.. Moses Taylor with what he in
herted then. and his fathers wealth, is
probably worth about $20.O00,oO0.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt has an an
nual income of something more than
1000 and will some day be worth not
less than s2o,OoO,oO0.
With these two fortunes combined
Ine MT anu MTS. dyiOI VI iHc iutui u
will by all odds be the richest young
couple in America.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is an at
tractive girl. nineteen years old. 1t
was not until the beginning of the
present year that she made her debut
in society. She is pretty. girlish and
very gentle and unaffected in her man.
ners.
She is said to be one OF the few
young women in the gay world of
Newport who has not an enemy
Moses Taylcr is about twenty-five
years old He Is graduate o. .ale.
While at college he was friendly with
w. II. Vanderbilt. a brother of the
bride to be, and it was there he met
Miss Vanderbilt.
Since leaving college he has become an
active member OF the Manhattan, Met
rocolitan, Knickerbocker, Union and
other clubs. While at Yale he was
President of the local University Club
and prominent In all social affairs of his
class.
While the engagement has not been
formally announced. neither has it been
denied. Society. meantime. is on the
rack of impatience to witness what will
he the union of two OF America
greatest fortunes.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
BROOKLYN.
DElEHANTY ON TRIAL.
A Detective Defending the Escape
Of Prisoner Hall.

Detective Delehanty, of Brooklyn. was
on trial before Police Commissioners
Welles to- day for neglect of duty In al
lowing Edward Ball to escape on the
Fall River boat Puritan. Delehanty ar
rested Ball and William Rels in Bos-
ton for alleged completely in the as
sault on DR.. George Drury, OF Brooklyn.
Delehantv on his return gave out a
story of the boat running against pier
In fog. during when the prisoner
jumped overheard
Capt. Baylens Davies, Stewart llar-
rison, Engineer George T. Merritt.
Matchman Pagan. Mate Nicholas and
Pilot Sanders testified at the trial to-
day that there WAS no collision and that
the prisoners were not handcuffed, but
had the freedom of the boat
They also swore that belehanty en-
deavored to sell Ball's ticket after he
escaped.
In his defense pclchanty said there
was jar when the boat touched the
Newport pier. and he thought IT was a
collision. He admitted the prisoners
were not handcuffed and that he had
tried to sell Balls ticket after the cs-
cape.
An adjournment was then taken until
tomorrow morning.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
A HoUsEKEEPER'S BONANZA.
Genuine Fall bargains offered by
COwperthvait 4 Co.

Fall shoppers and married couples
about to start housekeeping will find a
genuine bonanza in the Autumn bar
gains offered by Cowperthwait & Co.
lol, LOG and los West Fourteenth street.
Cowperttwait & Co. have decided to
begin their annual Fall sales earlier
than usual this year, and have for that
purpose selected a stock that casts into
the shade all their excellent assortments
of former years.
A great specially is made OF all kinds
of carpets. and large supply of every
grade of Moquette. Administer. Gobelin,
body Brussels and tapestries has been
laid in. These carpets were purchased
early in the Spring, when prices were
low, thus saving fully l3 per cent. on
tariff and 10 per cent. on labor. Gus
toners are by this means given fun
advantage of the 2S per cent. reduction.
Five floors of the great building are
devoted TO a sample line OF all grades
of furniture, especially to novelties in
cabinets fancy work-tables. tea-tablss
in all woods. par.or suits. lamps. bric-
a-brac, g..
Tn, basement is given up to baby-car-
RACES, retr.gerators and every sort OF
bedding. There is also a large assort-
ment mere of folding and combination
The main floor is filed with dining
room furniture, as chairs. extension ia
bles and Bullets.
Drawing-room furniture for fitting UP
any house or apartment occupies the
next floor. while the two upper stories
contain respectively bedroom and library
or office furniture.
Purchasers. however hard-pressed they
may be for ready cash, can do no bet
ter than by visiting Cowperthwait's fol
their Fall shopping.
All goods are sold on credit, and term:
are made to suit the buyer. ''s
The evening world., 1895-09-03
A WIDOWS
FATAL LEAP.
Mrs. SeasraI, Delirious,
Threw Herself Out Of
a Hospital Window.
HER SKULL CRUSHED IN.
Had Been Suffering for Some
DAYS from Typhoid
Fever.
PLUNGED DOWN THREE STORIES
Robinson and Hieden. Two Other
BrookIynites, Kill Them
selves.
PLUNGED DOWN THREE STORIES

The Coroners Office In Brooklyn was
notified to-day that Mrs. Mabel Sea .
gram, pretty widow. twenty-five years
old of 81 South Portland avenue, VINO
vas "A typhoid-fever patient In the
Brooklyn Hospital. threw herse,f from
II third-story window OF that institu-
ton xeaserday afternoon while delirious.
Sirs Struck on her head in the area,
fifty feet below.
liel skull was crushed and she died
instantly.
Mrs Seagram's husband. Frederick
Seagram. died eight months ago. lie
was the teller of the Bank of the Re
public. of this city. and left her con-
siderable money.
After time she went to board with
her fIiend Mrs. Carrie REM. at ~ South
Portland avenue, three doors from the
house Ia which Miser Henry was muir
dered.
Mrs. Seagram became Ill two weeks
ago.
She was attended by DIR. Frazer, of
Lafayette avenue. wtyo diagnosed her
malady as typhoid fever About week
ago. upon the Doctors advice she was
removed to .he hospital.
DR.. II. >. Mclean. under whose care
she had been since entering the institu-
| ton. said to-day that the woman had
been delirious several times since she
came to the hospital
Shortly after o'clock yesterday A.
ternoon a nurse visited her and found
her resting quietly. She appeared to he
entirely rational. The nurse left the
| room.
| Three minutes later another nurse, who
was downstairs, saw body clad in
white shoot downward past the window
An alarm was given and Mrs. Sea-
gram was found lying dead on the stone
| nagging under her window.
| Th, doctor think she must have been
| seized with delirium Immediately after
the nurse left the room.
| TO Kill herself she climbed over I
steam radiator, crawled through n small
! opening in the window TO the balcony
| and threw herself over the iron railing
| Mrs. Seagram was well connected, an,
! before her husbands death moved In
| select social set. Coroner kene VII
| holu an inquest.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
HANNIGAN TAKES HIS LIFE.
Swallowed n Dose Of CarboIic Acid
mt His Home

Thomas Hannigan. sixty years old, Of
7 West One Hundred and Eighteenth h
street, committed suicide at his resi-
denCe this morning by taking a dose OF
carbolic acid.
Mr.. Hdnnigan had been Ill for five
wears, and during that time had had
several periods OF mental alteration.
During the past three months he had
been very dcspondent, and since Satur-
day last had showed signs of dement!a.
lie took breakfast this morning with
his family, consisting of his wife and Il
grown up son and daughter.
Afterwards he retired to one Of the
bedroom: in the front part OF the Nat
Shortly a'ter IL O'Clock he came to the
kitchen door. where hls wife and daugh-
ter were. and sad:
Good by. ali; ! have taken poison"
Drs. Mon'rose Richard and HERNIA n
Jareckv were hastily summoned, hut
Hannigan was already beyond their
help.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
WOULDN'T BETRAY HIS FOE.
McCabc stabbed by Man Whose
Name He Refused to Tell.

The police of the West one Hun
dredth street station were last
night notified that a murder had been
committed in the tenement at S33 CO.
lumbus avenue. Two pa,rolmen were
hurricdly sent TO the house. They found
In the front hall hig pool OF blood.
and trail of blood Up the stairs. Trac-
ing 1t as IT led to n room on the third
floor. they found John J. McCabe an
ice peddler. bleeding from deep cash
In Ms right arm and another two inches
long across the che *. An effort had
been made by the wife Of the man to
attend the wounds, but she had not been
successful. The foOr was covered with
blood as well as the furniture Of the
room.
one of the policemen got "A physician,
who said that the man had lost SO
much blood that his life was in danger.
McCabe said that he had been in II fight
with man, whose maine he refused To
tell the police.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
REV. DR.. HOUGHTON.
Must Explain Further His Failure
to Record Marriages..

The Board Of Health this afternoon
discussed Rev. DR.. Houghtons letter Of
explanation. as to why he failed prompt
ly to report to the Bureau of vital
Statistics records of marriages, and de-
cided it was not satisfactory.
Secretary Clark was directed to no.
tify DR.. Houghton Of the decision. and
to request that he appear before the
Board next Tuesday and make any
additional statement he desired.
Should DR.. Houghton fail to appear.
or, II he appears, fail to satisfy the
Board that his failure to make the re-
quired reports within ten days was not
by design, the reverend Doctors prosecu-
ton may follow.
DR.. Houghtons letter was as follows:
THE RECToRY EAST TwENrY-NINTH
STREET,
Dear Sir: With regard TO the delay of the
marriage certificates about which you write
would say that they were mislad and that the
young man who had hitherto looked after the
mslaid ones were found and forwarded.
As regards the ease OF Grissman and Woods.
Young woman had come on to New York from the
West TO make purchases In New York for her
marriage with another man. Grissman-he wal
a former sui,nr. | believe-brought her to me with
witnesses They answered satisfactorily the ques.
tions put to them and were married
soon after the father Of the young woman
marriage. and put me in possession of the fact,
Of the case. He then took the couple to a friend
Of his. one Rev, Tyler, believe, and had then
married by him. HIS marriage was announced
in the public prints took 1t for granted that
Rev Tyler would report the marriage and con
cluded that | would drop out Of the anair, and
think TINT. as a rule my returns, with ths
exception of those about which you write. have
bscn pretty promptly made. Yours very sin
To Henry steinert esq
The evening world., 1895-09-03
TAMSEN WILL BE TRIED SOON.
BoRsts of His Friends that lie
woIId lie Let or Set mt NRught.

When on Aug. IL Sheriff Tamsen was
given until to-day to demur to an in
dictment for permitting Post ONCE Bur-
glars Russell, Killoran and Allen to es-
cape from Ludlow street Jail, his attor-
ney. Edward Gtcsse. said oil The eminent
counsel were out OF town most Of them
In Europe.
To-day Mr.. Crosse asked for a fur
ther adjournment. because Sheriff Tam
sen is in the Catskills.
1t is well known that the lawyers for
Sheriff Tamscn and Tor the Warden
and the ex-kecpers OF Ludlow Street
Jail never expect the cases to come to
trial The postponemcnt. which was
granted on Aug. Il. is said to he the
beginning OF diiatory tactics.
After Judge Fitzgcrah had charged
| the September Grand Jury MIR. Crosse
| stepped inside the D!strict-Attorney $
| inClosure.
District Attorney Fellows glanced at
MIR. Crosse and said:
III you have any motion to make. you
may make IL now"
Mr.. Crosse said: In the case of Mr..
| Tamsen, the Sheriff of the County OF
| New York. | will say that to-day was
| set for the hearing OF argument on II
demurrer. or for making any motion we
might see iit. am sorry to say We are
not ready to proceed. and must ask for
another week"
Col. Fellows smiled. lie had been In.
formed OF the boasts made that Tamseu
would not be brought to trial. and made
! UP his mind to expedite matters.
| II desire to say that | shall move
this case on the ;h!rd Monday of this
month for final action. and it is best
to get all these little matters out OF
! the way some time before that date"
Mr. Crosse asked: "Can we have until
! Tuesdav--s weex from to-day?'
VERY We'll" sad Col Fellows. THAT
! is satisfactory to me but of course the
| counsel understands that the persor
who interposes "A demurrer is supposed
to he able to a.'~ue 1t. and ready tC
| arg II at once"
| Judge Fitzgerald allowed the matter
to go over until week from to-day.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
UNION TICKET PROBABLE.
II Republicans Wish u stnfe De-
mo"rncy Why Join with Them.

The Executive Committee Of Tho state
Democracy viii meet again tom hit -
decide whether that Ogpan.z2 d viii
accept the invitation OF the sts 4 Demo
cratic Committee 10 join the Tammauy
people N elect.ng delegates to the state
convention,
1t is not probable that IL, State
Democracy people VIII fa.l over them.
many. Corporation Counsel Scott sa!l
this afternoon that he DID not think
there would be any trouble In uniting
on a un.on ticket II the Republicans
really want one.
1t is probable that the State Democ.
racy people will hold of urtil they see
which way the cat Is going to jump and
will then get In line. From present in
dications II looks as II they VIII Join
the union ticket army.
The evening world., 1895-09-03
THE TURK HAD A KNIFE.
Curious Franks Of nm Intoxicated
Man In u Tenement.

A man FASTENED into the Madison
street police station about IL o'clock
last night and told Sergt Brennan that
Turk was tearing madly through lO9
Henry street hrand.sh.ng a knife and
threatening to XII the occupants
Sergt. Brennan's Informant was Is.dlr
Rai-r. owner OF the house lie sad tn,
Turk, who was crazy drunk, hired a
room on the third floor. The occupants =
had fled to the street. and crowd had
gathered
When a policeman went to the house
the man was trying to sleep. Bader.
fearing his life In danger, sad he
wanted the Turk arrested. and he was
taken into custody.