The evening world. Newspaper, December 25, 1888, Page 4

THE WIFE STILT ALIVE WITH A BULLET IN HER BRAIN, Tt New Appears that She Wan Only Shot Twice — Apparently There Was Some Trouble in the Family—A Bitter Quarret at wry Park a Week A Wan Sokoonmaker Insane ¢ Pretty Edith Schoonmaker, who was shot by her husband, in their rooms 69 Bond street, Brooklyn, last Sunday, is still alive. Her mother is constantly by her bedside, fn the Long Island College Hospital. Her condition is neither better nor worse than it was yesterday. When an Evenina ‘Worx reporter called at the hospital this morning House Surgeon Snyder curtly re- fused to tell anything abont her case. Another physician told the reporter that she had only boen shot twice, and not three times, as was at first reported. Ono bullet is supposed to be in her brain. It haa not been probed for. ‘The other is in the region of the heart, but it has not been located either. That tho girl wife is alive at all isa matter of wonder to the young hospital doctors and her case is beginning to excite considerable jention in medical circles far and near. 6 doctors in attendance on her have no aes of her recovery, however. pinions differ now as to whether young Schoonmaker was really insane when he shot his wife and committed suicide. Rumors are going around that the young bepale dia not live as happily as it has been said they did. Mra. Hohoonmaker, it is alleged, was oft- ines jealous of her atbletic young husband. hile he was not a handsome man, strictly ing, he was a big, well-built fellow who found it easy generally to find fayor in the eyes of the fair sex. a, Eyery one agrees, though, that his wife realiy had no occasion to be suspicious of him. His friends and acquaintances ayer that ho loved his wife better than his life, and her unmerited reproaches at times set him wild. Mr. and Mre, Schoonmaker went to Asbury Ak Inst Saturday night week, and had a violent scons there. Next day they put up ‘at Romain’s Commercial Hotel, on Cookman avenue, When first seon there they reemed to be as gay and happy as two inuoceut children. At the supper table every other guest noticed the woll-matched pair, and perhaps envied m their apparent happiness, Aiter supper Schoonmaker put on his hat fnd coat to goout, “* Stay with me,” his wife was heard to ask, ** Can't do it, my pet,” ho answered, kiss- ing her tenderly. . he turned from bim without a word and went to theirroom. He went ont, but was not away long. When he returned to the hotel he did not go to his wife. He went to the bilhara-room and played many games of pool, It was guite lute when he went to her room, His wife had evidently sat up for him. She was overheard reproaching him. For a few minutes angry words loudly were bandied between them, then lence ensued, ‘They did not look so cheer- ful at breakfast noxt morning. After eating they retnrned to their room and quarrelled 'n. Mr. Romain, proprietor of the hotel, heard part of the altercation. It lasted quite awhile, and Mr. Schoonmaker seemed to be jous, Sehoonmaker finally rushed out banging the door behind him, He went to the const with a friend and remained away all day. His wife stayed alone in the room. When he Pec home. anotber wrangle ensued, while it d the woman suddenly screamed out. ** Don't, Harry: for God's sake don’t ; please don't,” as if her husband had abruptly tened her with a weapon. He alwave carried the revolver with which he did the shooting last Sunday, and it is known that he Reds with him the day they went to Asbury . ‘They returned to Brooklyn a week ago last morning. The theory now is that they treated each other coldly all week, and that this so preyed / on Sehoonmaker’s mind thut he lost his reason and determined to end all bickering and firife forever. He probably made all his planus Saturday, and, without allowing his wife to suspect his intentions, retired with her, then waiting until she was asleep fired the bullets into her. Some people scont that idea, because of the pecan of the young people when found m after the agedy, It could not baye been more loving. One white arm was under his neck and the pretty hand caressed his face. His arin was around her, the hand just Jaid lightly on her bosom. This, experienced people say, is not the ition taken by married people who have n on bad terms fora week. ‘Their theory is, that husband and wife, loving each other devotedly and weary of life, calmly decided to leave it together, and that she allowed her husband to kill her without saying a word, Police Capt. Campbell, however, is firmly convinced it Schoonmaker did the deed while insane, without her knowledge. ADIRONDACK MURRAY ON MILLIONAIRES. He Says There Are Four Things You Must Believe if You Would Become One, [From a Report by the Boston Globe.) First, young man, you must believe that syery man isalier. Yon must believe this and act upon it in order to protect yourself and property against the plots and schemes of foolish planners and wicked plotters. Second, if you want to become amillion- aire, you must also believe that every man is athief. The man of great wealth has what other men want and what they are trying to get from him. A dreadful conclusion to rrive at, is it not, in this land and age, where churches are open to all, and after that beautiful Christ, who died on Calvary, has shown the value of the Christian re- jon. ‘hird, young man, yon must believe that money is the greates! goes, ‘and the chief end of life, You must believe it heart: Reformers love right, soldiers ists their fellow-men, b think of none of th Mone) thong glory, phi. ut you must ese. You must love and be oblivious of the great 8 and motives which have actuated men. ‘Think only of money : Joye it as John Brown teres Te Tek cent Cant spend your- your dyin, y for Degome millionaires, idcaouncahbagssaian Si , you must believe that you will never die. If we could only Daniah the Rove of death how different our plans wel Phd iH a ey would 2 reat deeds imself j ay vt [iy poate manent tmumortel Time dwarfs IfIecould see my days stretching on toa mand years then would I plant them with noble deeds, If I could know th tmy friends would be beside me for ten centuries then would I choose them with infinite care. If I gould know that you would listen to me 800 ears from tone a Yen would Seed you home and gather the fru I culture and scholarly thought, vt °F Sch ‘The cradle and the grave tell it all, and he who would become a milli tot and dream as one wo thinks his deed’ Gan never be interrupted. aside the element of luck then, the who woul man who would bi i baer § og come a millionaire these four propositi: t itis my belief that every one of then | ish he men are not liars. Some lie from en Bcigsloury “and somo been so they? vy, Nature. mel . im A RtES, Bake her alip ecu. devil ae ~ ithing living, #0 hate slut HORRORS OF DISSECTION. ea eee AN “EVENING WORLD” YOUNG MAN BEES QUITE ENOUGH OF THEM. ly Accepted—The Reporter Got Along Very Well Til a FatreHatred Medico Blew Up a Human Stomach to Take Home for Farther Stndy. An Evextxa Won.p reporter chanced to meet an acquaintance who is studying medi- cine at one of the colleges. Said he; **Tam going down to dissect that Jast part on my subject.” “Your last part reporter. “Yes, I've got an arm to do up yet, and that will finish my course, Come along with me and I’)] smuggle you in,” Overcome by a morbid curiosity, the re- porter unfortunately consented. Tho next moment he repented, but was ashamed to weaken. Lhe student led him to one of the largest colleges in the city, Entering the building he made his way to the rear. Along par of circular stairs was mounted, and then the re- porter found himself in the dead room. It was a long, well-lighted room, with about thirty-five marble slabs arranged within it, On ench of these slabs rested @ corpse. lalf a hundred students, wearing white aprons, were bending over the bodies, indus- triously picking at nerves or musolis, Tne reporter gazed In open-n outhed wonder at the calmness with which these young doctors inquiringly repeated the caressed the bodies. Suddenly the student whispered: ‘Don’t be gaping around that way. Do you want to give yourself away ?”’ Thus admonished, the reporter assumed a blasé air and walked nonchalantly after the student who was looking for his ‘‘arm." He found it. It was attached to the corpse of a pretty, but unfortunate young woman. fhe student gazed at it admiringly. That's a dandy subject,??he said, pinch. ing the muscles on the arn. ‘Just feel how | vicely those muscles are developed?” he added, smilingly. “Thanks, no,” replied the reporter weakly. He was bea hricy to feel hollow in the stom- ach, but his friend suddenly gave him a tonic by saying: jay, you want to take care of your pock- ote.” Why?” Because you'll find them full of dead fingers and toes if you don’t,” chuckled the student, “The boys have a nasty habit of playing these little tricks on each other.” The non-medical invader gazed furtively around and looked for an exit. Not to save his life would be to walk past thet row of corpses to the door, which appeared to be the only exit, #ohe had to brave it out. Meanwhile, the student was making his prep- arations for dissecting. He donned butcher's apron first; then carefully deposit- ing his cigarette between the teeth of a hideous skull, he smeared his finger-tips with a colorless liquid, that’s collodion,”” he said.‘ You see if any of that body should get into a ent or abrasion it would be likely to lay me up with blood poisoning." ‘Then securing a board, he placed it benoath the body, and coolly catching hold of the arin he stretched it out fint and deliberately drove a tack through each of the five fingers thus securing it to the board, ‘Then he surveyed it with a look of ratis- faction, and took out his dissecting case, Selecting a long, keen-edged knife, he made two incisions across the hand and one down each of the fingers. ‘Tho reporter grew in- terested and watched him intently. Under the manipulations of his knife the student gradually outlined nerves and mus- cles, occasionally consulting an anatomy which lay spread out on the woman's chest. It was a novel sight. ‘The reporter grew pods and looked around at the other stu- ents, Horrors upon horrors! Directly behind him was a fair-haired student groping around with both hands about the interior of a big ‘longshoreman. A great big lump came up in the visitor's throat, but impelled by a hor- rible fascination he watched the groping student who was softly whistling a gay air. Suddenly the whistle stopped. The student grabbed hold of something, slashed away with his knife, and then flopped the something out on the table with a splash. “* What's that ?” hoarsely asked the pencil- pusher of his friend, “That's the stomach,” the latter replied, and then he asked the other student whether he was going to take it home, ** Yes," replied he of the fair bair, ‘‘ after I blow it SR W) Suiting the action to the word, he inserted a silver tube in one end, the other being tied, and blew until the thing looked like a big football. faintly said the reporter. **T weaken,” “Take me out, He hai seen enough of a dissecting-room to last him a lifetime; and as his student friend piloted him to the college door he thought that never did fresh air amell so sweet, and never before did the outside world seem so bright and cheerful. —_ Piute Jim's Duck [Prom the Virginia (New, ) Enterprise.) An Indian was in town yesterday with a few ducks, He said: ** Putty soon duck all gone—no more. You like buy um, my diend ? Putty soon all gone. No many duck this yeah, Bad yeah for duck, Cold wedther coming now ; maybe one two day snow —no more duck. You buy um duck, my fliend ?” ** But. Jim, plenty of ducks will come over from California pretty soon,” said a by- stander, “No, my fliend,” said Jim, ‘'no duck comin’ from California, No duck comin’ down from Oregon this yeah. Oregon duck all dead; cole winter Jas’ yeah him kill um. You buy win my duck, my fliend ?—Ias’ one, to-morra all gone 7"” An outsider who bore the appearance of a rancher now stepped up and put in his oar, paying to the Indiau: ‘You call them things ducks ?” ** Yash, my fliend—fine fat duck, You buy um—to-morra no more duck; all gone, fly away.” waving his hand to the southward. **You can’t play mud-hen off on me for ducks, old fellow,” said the rancher, ** You call um mud-hen 7” cried Jim wrath- . certainly I do. What else are 1 Look at their feet—look at their sharp * ash, my fliend,” said Jim, '* me see 'em foot, me see em bill, but him good duck, all name. My fliend, you see las’ summer heap dry. You no forkét how all creck, all riber ry up f” * No, I don't forget; but what has that to do with it? These are mud-ben all the same. No, my fliend, him good duck, You see riber all dry up; no more swim for duck; ground, All water dry up but few drop in bottom river ‘wong rock, Duck hiv wear hin bill to sharp point mong stone tryin’ to get water, You see, my fliend ; good duck.” “TL see,” said the rancher. in the Stilwell Cane. Jeremiah Reddin, of 279 Lee Avenue, and Ed- ward Jones,a car-driver, were arrested to-day by the Brooklyn police, and held as sccessoribs in the killing, of young Harry Atilwell, of 327 Sout hird “ktrect, who was found wounded on Flushing avenue on Sunday morn- ing, and who died yesterday in St, Catherine's Hospital. : Se aan : Won't Tell Who Stabbed Him, Cornelius Reardon, a young laborer having 10 home, was found at the corner of Worth street nd park HA at 3. $0 Ri hed Ets wo atab wou @ fe was to Chi t | se mbes treet ureypula mt he re- tomay came by RE EPP ran. him begin to get foot like chicken, walk on | THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1888. NOW BUY UP YOUR ONIONS! —— oo THERE'S A BIG OVERPRODUCTION AND PRICES ARE DOWN TO NOTHING. a, and the Market In Flooded— A Fine Chance to Lay ina Stock of Thin Wholesome Vegetable, It is not often that anything appears in the newspapers concerning the onion, outside of market reports, The wholesome little vege- tablo is not deemed worthy of such recogni- tion. In reality however the onion ranks at the head of the vegetable kingdom. It is an absolute necessity; much more so than potatoes, People could thrive when deprived of all other vegetables as long as they had the onion. Its sanitary qualities are so generally recognized by food experts that it forms the largest item on the vegetable bills of all prisons, hospitals, asylums and small- er institutions, These could get along with- out bread, but without the onion—never! Were it Incking, health would deteriorate, There sre three varicties of onion—red, white and yellow. ‘The red and yellow re- tailed at the opening of the season at $2 and the white at 4.50 a barrel or sack. The white has the most delicate flavor and isthe one most used for boiling. The yellow comes next. Red onions are the coarsest. Yet there is not such a very great difference between them. The great onion-growing section of New York State is in Orange County, the tract extending from @ short distance above Goshen as far as Greycourt. The Connecticut onions are, however, the best in the domestic market. The farmers there have been raising them since the Revo- lution, and they use a degree of care in their cultivation and cure that the farmers of the rest of the country donot. ‘They cure them in underground caverns and caves, ranging them on shelves, keeping them as much sepurated as may be. Last year the price of onions was extraor- aay high, ‘They were scarce As a re- sult there is a great — overproduc- tion this year, The scarcity last year was thronghout, the country, ‘The produc. tion in this neighborhood ‘was very large, but not sufficient to faa the demand. ‘The native crop was quickly disposed of, and when onions were sought at a distance they were not forthcoming. Consequently prices ranged from %6 to $7 a barrel. In view of last Banal experience farmers everywhere planted very largely this year and the acreage was never greater. ‘The elements favoredthem. ‘There was an enormous crop bott in Connecticut and Orange County, the great sources of supply for this market, Crops throughout the country were also un- nouaily heavs, so heavy as to satisfy the most particular farmer, gley, are now all looking fora market in New York, The fore prizes have dropped almost to nothing. Onions bave been sold revently at prices that did not pay expenses. Freight fron: any part of Orange County is 19}4 cents a sack; the commission for selling them 1239 cents. Therefore, onions that do not bring 32 cents put the farmer in debt, Then, out of 100 farmers in Orange Count there are not two who can hold back their stock, ‘They must dispose of them. Unlike their Connecticut brethren they have no facilities for storing them properly. ‘The Connect men do not have to sell un. less they need ready money. ‘The Orange County farmers are forced to sell not onl; on account of the weather, but to get funds to send their stock to market. On account of the low prices prevailing now they regret that they did not send moro to market earlier in the season. Besides the domestio onions, bers of foreign onions are in the market, mostly Spanish. These outside importations resulted very favorably last year, with the result that this year extensive tracts in num- Spain have been devoted to onion culture. There 18 a 10 per cent. ad valorem duty on these foreign onions. In many cases this year they have not sold for enough to pay the duty and the freight hither of 25 centsn case. The case weighs from 60 to 55 pounds. These cases are now selling as low as $2 to 35 cents in many in- stances. Last year some extra fine white onions sold as high as #10 and 12a sack. All domestic onions must be disposed of prior to May, as then the greut source of supply ' is the Bermudas, And tho Bermudas drive all others out of the market. The Bermudas reign supreme until August. Last year they were, however, all marketed by July, owing to the scarcity of th io article, Our New Minister to Spain, [Pcaburg Dispatch's Washington Letter.) While French is not universally recognized as the language of diplomacy, it is almost universally used in diplomatic circles, Mr. Bayard is a good French scholar. Mr. Blaine knew nothing of French, and in his commu- nications with the representatives of many nations he was compelled to trust to an in- terpreter. Although he speaks French fiu- ently, Mr. Belmont will have to trast his Secretary of Legation to carry on his corre- spondence in that language, for his knowl- edge of its orthography 1s very imperfect, His instruction in French was entirely oral. fe was less than two years old when his father was sent to The Hague as Charge d' Affaires, Thin was in 1853, In the following ji ar Mr. Belmont was made Minister Resident. He was a wealthy man, and before he bad been long at his post he leased a castle near the city, where he maintained a handsome establishment. ‘There hangs in one of the rooms of the Belmont mansion to-day a large ol painting of the castle, In the foreground isa high English dog-cart, in which are seated Mr, and Mrs, Belmont, and passing it 8 carriage, in whicn sits the future Minister to Spain and his sister, in charge of a French nurse, It was amid these surroundings young Perry picked up his knowledge of Freeh. He chattered in it as ababy, and in later Phare he found this knowledge useful to him, but in 1858, before he was old enough to have made a study ofthe language, his father re- signed his office and returned to New York, and thenceforward the young man was schooled in good, plain English. Hogs for Speed. [Brom the Detroit Pree Press.) Farmer James Brown and his wife and family last year decided they would move to the great South so as to escape the cold Win- ters. He carried with him some very fine stock, Among them were Berkshire hogs that he took much pride in. He bought a snug farm in Mississippi and set to work to astonish the natives. In that beautiful climate bis hogs throve far beyond his expectations, The next sen- son, finding that be had the finest pair that he had ever owned, he decided to enter them | at the forthcoming fair. ‘The day came. His | peta attracted great attention, The old man | received kind words from many a visitor. It was a foregone conclusion that Farmer James Brown would win the prize, The judges came around and made their awards. Great was the surprise when it was found that the honors had gone to the owner of one of the native hogs of the breed known as ** razorback Thinking there was some wistake Farmer James Brown accosted the judge and asked him on what points he made the award. The answer was : “Speed, sir; by Farmer James Br gad, speed, si own says thero’s money in glory, a Lay Deall in the Street, Footues lying opposite 347 Bory fons) btroet at 7.30 o'clook hia mol removed ete Morgue, ean bi | raising fine stock in the great South but no Officer Book found the body of # man named Seige ANOTHER ORDINANCE RUSHES IT TO ITS WELI-MERITED DOOM, First Abolished on the Twenty-third Street Line, it Must Now Disappe: he Dry Dock, Kant Broadway, Seventh and Ninth Avenue Routes—Progress of a Suce cesnful Crusade, ‘Tur Evexino Wontn's crusade against the bobtail juggernaut goes on apace, victory crowning the movement at every point. As was annonnced in last night's extra Evenrxa Worxp, the Board of Aldermen have ordered conductors for three of the big “‘jigger” lines, ‘The green cars, which run between the Post- Office and the Greenpoint Ferry at Twenty- third street, officially known asthe Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery line, the Ninth ayenue and the Seventh avenue lines are absolutely forbidden by the resolution of the Board to run railroad cars on any of the city’s streets without conductors as well as drivers after April 30 next, ‘There was no debate on the question, the Aldermen evidently agreeing thoroughly with ‘Tue Evenino Wong that the destruction of life and maiming of persons by the bob-tail oars must end. ‘This is the second great stride which has been taken by Tux Eveninc Wortp towards the utter abolition, annihilation and casting ont of the mean, slow-paced, dirty, dan- gerous and useless bobtail car. The cru- sade was begun by Tue Evinrno Worip immediately after the tragic death of Mra Levy under the wheels of a Twenty-third street jigger. Coroner Mossemer was sus- tained ina rigors investigation, the crimi- nal responsibility of the corporation war established, and the result was that a first example was made of that line and the Alder- men compelled it to replace its jiggors by two- horsed palatial cars, each provided with a conductor, The record of this abomination in the city has been a fearful one, and aside from the cases of killing by these cars there have been innumerable cases of broken limbs, bruised bodies and other distressing accidénts, due to the inability of one man to face both ways at once, driving his horse, stopping for passengers, watching the track before and the passengers behind him, and making change through the little aperture in the door of the car. Add to this the inconvenience of climbing over a carlond of passengers to put a fare in the box and the beauties of the “‘jigger"” are re- vealea, All of the lines named in the resolution are doing good business and are ap able to lace conductorson thelr cars, The poople will rejoice with Tux Evesixo Woxup in this Christmas victory, ~ oo “ MEL" FULLER AT WORK, A Pen Picture of the Chief Justice as He Appears on the Bench. [ehicago Tribune's Washington Letter, | ‘There is no more striking figure in public life in Washington than Chief Justice Fuller. As Chicago people know, he is a much hand- somer man, than his pictures, even tho best of them, present him, for there is in bis face something subtly “ fine” which the camera does not fully bring out and which is entirely lost in the average newspaper portrait. His Chicago friends would be glad to take a look at him as he sits in his big chair, with the eight Associate Justices on his mght and left, and since they cannot all come here to do so I have tried to do it for them.: A small man physically, clothed in the loose black gown of a Justice of the Su- preme Court of the United States, he suffers no disadvantage in appearance on account of nis lack of girth and avoirdupois. His flow- ing gray hair, parted well up on the left side and allowed to fall carelessly over his brow and backwards, his expressive eyes, the bit of genial, healthy color in his face, the eye- Glasson worn go nervously and with such a distinguished air, his poise and dignity with- out stiffness, are all admirable. But nervousness is the Chief Justice's most striking characteristic as he is viewed while upon the bench. He finds it impossibe to sit still. His hands are constantly in motion at one thing or another. Often he takes a scrap of paper and folds it and refolds it into a thousand shapes, or he turns over ‘he pages of & book without looking at them, But asa usual thing he is pulling at his mustache like A neryous graduate on commencement day, First his left hand twists and pulls a little at his left hirsute, and then the right, not to be outdone in caressing, performs an_ office for the long gray hairs on the other side of the nervous man's mouth, If you sit for an hour in the Supreme Court chamber you will not beable to note the passing of ‘a minute in which the Chief Justice remains mo- tionless. Hq cannot sit and doze and enjoy life and flit to and fro behind the chairs of the Justices and then doze off once more in unalloyed contentment as Justice Brakley does; nor is he so consti- tuted mentally that he can find delight in scrooching down into his big obair till bis head is almost out of sight, and thus sit with eyes halt cloved hour atter hour, indifferently watching the proceedings, as doos Justice Lamar, The Chiet-Justice ix all alertness and attention, He is not afraid, either, to exhibit actual interest in the arguments of the attorneys before the Court. Sometimes he leans forward with his chin resting on bis two hands, watching and following a lawyer with an eagerness altogether out of tune with the proceedings of the august body over which he presides; but even while in this at- titude, which fora man is usually one of complete repose, his fingers are seen to be moving along his cheeks, as if he were amus- ing himself testing the efficacy of his bar- ber's touch and razor. The Chief Justice sits between Justices Miller and Field, ‘To the latter he rarely or never speaks while on the bench, but he fre- quently consults with the former. Be- tween Miller aod Fuller there appears to be a close fellowship, and the Iowa Justice has been a sort of mentor and adviser of the new chief. When in doubt about thing, or lacking confidence in his knowledge of court etiquette or precedent, it is to Jusjice Miller that be invariably turns for counsel. Probably there never was @ more alert man than the Chief Justice on the bench, Law- | yer like, he is fond of consulting authorities, and occasionally he writes a long note aud sends it by a paye to one or other of the Jus. tices who sit too far away to be whispered to, but he catches every word that is uttered by the lawyers. Nothing escapes him, He likes to smile aver his giasses at an attorney, and gonerally is inclined to rolax the stiff dignity of the great tribunal. ; The new Chief Justice is just becoming reconciled to the wearing of the gown. He greatly disliked to put it on in the first place, |and to this day, he says, he bas a lingering repugnance to it, Another thing he does not | like i8 the formal and hollow rociety of the Capital, but he is sure to get his fill of it pretty soon, He is as fond of home-stay. ing as he ever was, and it is diffi- | cult to entice him from his book and open fire after he once gets into a dressing-gown and slippers. ‘Che coming social round is | sort of nightmare to the Ohief Justice, but still he looks upon his social obligations as a part of bis official duties, aud means to dis- charge them with faithfulness if not with complete relish, He still keeps up the novel reading which he pursued so industriously in Chicago, and I hear he has read ‘* Robert Elsmere” twice over. His opinion of that epoch-making Look would be worth reading. As Chief Justice he is inclined to be the same pisin man he was as a Chicago lawyer, and occasionally in fine weather somewhat aston- enlace SHE I8 MAKING HER CHOICE BETWREN FOUR EMOTIONAL PLAYS. Unlike Langtry and Potter, the Futare So- cloty Star ir Mtrietly American Drennes—She In Ktndying Hard for the Stage and Will Probably Sign a Con tract Early in the New Year, A photograph in Sarony’s window shows the face of a young girl, pretty beyond ques- tion, with hair tastefully arranged and a be- coming dress, cut V-shape in front, diselos- ing a well-rounded throat, the modesty of whose apparel isin keeping with the font. ures, whose expression is demure in the ex- treme. But what strikes the beholder at first glance is an undefinable look of sadriess which hovers around the mouth and eyes. ‘Too young to have seen much trouble,” says the casual passer-by. Yet the face is one which should be animated with smiles— the sad look being foreign to the general con- tour of the face, speaking from a physiog- nomical standpoint. A volume of information is contained in the gilt letters on the frame, which spells the name of Mrs. James G. Blaine, jr. When one reflects upon the trouble, sick- ness and heartache which the original of the picture has passed through during the last six months, the cals wonder is thatthe expres. sion of sadness is not one of despair, and es t the youthful face is unmarked by lines of care. “ There is our future footlight star, ® gentleman, carelessly, indicatin, the pic- ture to a companion—‘*a would-be Bern- hardt or Jane Hading.” Nothing of the sort. A laudable ambition to succeed and please, inspires the youthful wife, but no such wild desire to pose as an imitator of either of the famous actresses, entered her mind, As the days glide by, the time for Mrs. Blaine's first publio a) co draws nearer aud nearer,and now it confidently asserted that before the new year is many days old, a contract, ‘‘ signed, sealed and delivered,” will guide her future actions. . ‘The particular line of acting which Mrs. Blaioe will affect will be the emotional style. High comedy wag her particular choice, she being naturally of a sprightly end vivacious temperament, but efter the trouble she has experienced fun-making is an effort, and smiles are forced. ‘The selection of play has been a serious undertaking to her. Besides reading those so familiar to theatre-goers, she bas been besieged by playwrights of good, bad and indifferent ability, who are anxious to see their maiden efforts or masterpieces, as the case may be, confided to her keeping, ‘assuring her that the principal role is eminently adapted to her. Her choice, however, lies between four 8: ** Arliane,” made famous in England by'Mrs. Bernard Beero; one of Sardows best oftorte ; a jomt composition of David Belasco and Mise Marberry, ora play cut and aliered to eu her by Mr. A. C. Wheeler (Nym Orin- e Bede ts recent illness the press of the country has led to the general idea that Mra. Blaine is a little woman. Those who attend her début will be disappointed in this re- spect. She is tall—not to ungainlinoss, however—square shoulders that would mt many a dude to the blush, londe hair, not of the bleached hue, but more on the golden shade; blue eyes that ex- press volumes when engaged in conversation, and a resolute mouth that betokens the de- termination which she Posowsen, Her figure, always slight, but more 80 since her illness, gives promise of filling out with returning strength, and will ada greatly to her page presence, Unlike the début of Mrs, Langtry and Mrs. James Brown Potter, Mrs, Blaine will come before the public bereft of nusband, but with @ fino, healthy baby boy. A nurse willbe an important factor in her travels, and a goodly share of her trunks will be devoted to faby's use ; in fact, her appear- ance on the stage is due to it crowing specimen of humanity. a Mrs, Blaine will spend Christmas with her parents in this city, as merry a one'as can be expected from her busy state of mind, the anxieties and nervousness attendant upon a débutante. Her wardrobe will be the production of strictly American dressmakers and will be tasteful and elegant, commensurate with the character in which she will appear. Her father, Col. Nevins, is the only one opposed to her appearing in public, but is resigned to the inevita- radually becom, ie, while her mother, already reconciled. to the’ subject. now looks forward anxiously and hopefully to her daughter's success, Tt is safe to assume that thero are fow readers who will not join with Taz Eventna Wortp in peng plucky girl a bright and happy New Year as well as a merry Christmas, oo BROOKLYN NEWS. Mrs. Jullan ited bya Thief Whe Throws Red Pepper in Her Eyes, Capt. James Kenny, of the Tenth Precinct, is to-day investigating an outrage reported to him by Mrs, Elizabeth Julian, of 71}¢ Third avenue. ‘The lady called upon the Captain last night and said that at about 5 o'clock a well- dressed man about thirty yeara old, of tall build and attired in a suit of dark clothes, came to her house, He said he came from the gas company to collect a bill. Mrs. Julian went upstairs to get her pocket- book, ** AsT came down tho stairs the man threw a handful of pepper in my ey He then ef snatched my pocketbook and escaped,” she said, Brooklyn News in Brief, An unsuccessful attempt was made last night to blow open the safe in’ Adam Gente's saloon, 507 Myrtle avenue. Jules Chambart, chief officer of the steamshi, Chateau Lafitte, "was arrested and held. this morning fof) taloading his vessel without & health perm! pes Rene = Patrolman W. 8. Nugent, of the Fifth Pre- roa Miachiy ot ile home, OF Wort SING atrect, during the bight "Ho had only durin been on the force for three years, James Kennedy, of No, 125 West One Hun- advand Trentycaixth erect, was held to-day for attempting fo. pass a counterfeit dollar in fc urr's saloon, at No. 54 Manhattan ° threw the con- the plush cloak of ¢, of 503 Fulton street, as long that thoroughfare last Andrew nharg. of78 President street, 1e- ported. to the pol oe thie morning ry wi ne be ¢ mpanions wero aslecp. a faldcene fat ight wom one got in and robbed hit pa ano malicions ri Some tents of an ink-bottle ove person ius Florence Fra: she was passing evening. m of $31, A Man Who In All Bone, A hnman poker or crowbar is on exhibition at Worth's Museum this week, a man whose joints have turned to solid bone. The ‘*Ossifled Man” the bills cal! him and that exactly describes his condition, for, with the exception tomach and organs tained withi heat wall eyary postion ann boty a" abeos aa attracted despre: lutely bo lis cane id ng, attention from the medical faculty wherever he hes a) Be Bee m examin: yy over 5,000 ans and surgeons. dey surgeons fr the promi nent hospitals in & private examination and pro- the city a hotjced hie case ® mont remarkable one, Bev~ eral gave it as their opinion ‘that he would, barring agcident, live to be over a hundred years old.” - —— Killed by Eecaping Gas, Casper Lunk, fifty-five years old, of 180 East Beventyeighth strest, was found dead on @ WAL Wha" 2e AME adc LAST DAYS OF THE BOBTAIL. | MRS, BLAINE’S COMING DEBUT | GIBLIN PLEADS HIS CAUSE. +--+ HE CLAIMS HE WAS UNJUSTLY CONVICTED OF MRS, GOELZ'S MURDER, He Was lonest Wire-Worker, He Saya, and No Counterfelter or a Tou Contradictory Stortes of the Struggle in the le Houston Street Grocery Store —Confident of a New Trial. Young Charles Giblin, under sentence of death for the murder of Mrs. Madeline Goelz at 162 West Houston street, Feb. 15 last, after trying to pass a counterfeit $5 bill in her hus- band’s grocery store, but whose case is now under appeal to the highest court, makes an interesting statement as to the circumstances which have led him into his present predica- ment. Giblin is confined in Murderers’ Rowat the Tombs, his cell adjoining that of Wife-Mur- derer Patrick Pakenham, He is a medium sized, dark complexioned young man of about 28 years and is fairly well educated. When arrested he was living at 424 West Fifty-fifth street. His statement is given almost with- out alteration as follows: **I came to this city from Worcester, Mass., about a year ago, and only a few months pre- vious to the alterations in Goelz’s grocery store, * During the time I resided in Worcester I ‘was in the employment of Washburn & Moen, wire manufacturers, Of that he They are ® good company for their employees, and I would not have left thero, but my wife was in delicate health, and we decided that the change to this city might better her physical condition somewhat. ** When I left Worcester I brought with me the esteem of my friends and acquaint ances, as well asthe good recommendations of the corporation in whose service I en. ‘* Although I was given no time to prepare for trial, no time like what a man is entitled to when he is about to be tried for his life; no chance to make the necessary provisions for such matters, and aleneh everything*at the trial was rushed through regardless of the consequence to me, I managed to have suffi- cient witnesses present to show that my repu- tation and character was unquestionable. However, I was denied any consideration because of my good record and standing. ‘‘Itis the absurdity of the Goelz’s testi- mony that causes the public to wonder at me having been convicted of murder in the first degree, There is scarcely anything more im- probable or unreasonable than that I would place a pistol behind my back to shoot a wo- man while four able-bodied men were in front of me semeling me with all their power, “That I, under such extraordinary cireum- stances, should place the weapon on a table near by, in full view of my seven antago- nists, despite their efforts to prevent me from so doing, and that a strange man should enter at ipet that particular time, deliberately pick up the weapon, and leave the premises uninterrupted ty, the Goelz’s, although they acknowledged that they endeavored to regain ossession of the sreapon from me, is strange indeed, Yet that isthe way they testified at the trial. ‘‘ That, however, is not consistent with their statement to the representatives of the public press on the morning after the alter- cation. Indeed, their statements were 80 numerous and conflicting at that time that it became a matter of ieiporatbility to ascertain where any truth reste: “Of course it is an undjsputed fact that the lz seized a five- difficulty arose because dollar bill which I tendered as payment for some purchases. Naturally, 1 protested against such an arbit course and declared my intention of calling in a police officer for my protection as well as to regain my proper- ty. This seemed to excite the crowd to a combined attack on me. ** However,at the trial they all seemed, or at least tried to forget, that any one of them led me. They would not, or did not, ac- count for the injuries I received during the conflict. Furthermore, it is quite evident to any intelligent person that I did not in- tend to kill any of the crowd, although my life was in actual danger beyond all question. ““It was impossible for any lone man against 80 many to do otherwise than I did. If Val. entine Goelz, his wife and his clerk had stayed in their own store where they belonged and let me alone, I should not be enronng for their imprudence now. Neither woul my wife and two little babies stand in need of the help which I cannot give them. “But the Goelz's did not mind their own busine: Their conduct forced me into an awful position, and what they attempted by violence in the bakery they have succeeded in fully accomplishing by misstatements on the witness-stand. x “It's tho helplessness of my good wifo and two children, the oldest not two years old yet, that I feel worst over, but God is good and Iam yet very hopeful. I feel indebted to Tre Wortp, both morning and evening editions, for the fairness and consideration with which they treated my case during the trial. ‘The case has been appealed and I hope and trust I will get another trial, as I have good grounds on which to work for a reversal of the decision. I am sure that if my jury acted according to the instructions given them by the presiding Judge, I would not be convicted of murder, “Tsu pote I would not feel my Position 80 koonly {fT ever was arrested beloro, but 1 never have been. Lect those who have seen me say whether I look like a typical tough, as some of the papers alleged when I was tried for my life, : ** Those who are in the right usually obtain justice. consequently I hope to triumph in the end,” PIGGY CAUSED LOTS OF FUN, A Series of Incidents In the Home of a Goshen Farmer, {SPECIAL TO THE EVENING WORLD. | Gosuex, Conn., Deo. 25.—No end of fun and considerable excitement was caused in the household of a Goshen farmer a day or two ago by a pig. ‘Titis is the pig-killing season in this vicin- ity, but this particular ** porker” had objec- tions to jeaying this world in the usual man- ner of his kind. When given to understand that he was wanted by the farmer and his ‘'hands,” piggy made @ dash for liberty. He broke out of the pen and led his pursuers a chase all around the premises, Finally, when nearly winded, he ran into the house. ‘There was no ceremony. Piggy did not stop to wipe his feet, but dashed up- stairs and downstairs, bringing up in the “best room ” under the organ, Breathless and excited, the farmers rushed in to capture the rnnaway. In their frantic efforts they upset the organ and smashed the com) lamp. ‘Then the housewife interfered. She was boiling with rage. In her hands was a mop, and it seemed to her that this was a proper time to drive from the room farmers, pig and all, She used the mop freely, but the exer- tion was too wuch, and becoming exhausted, she promptly fainted, Meantime a young boy had mounted a horse and started for assistance, His horse paoarae frightened and threw the rider into a te! The various incidents have furnished a topic for Christmas talk, and piggy is still alive and merry. ——————————— ‘When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, ‘When she was a child, ahe oried for Castoria, When she became Mins, abe clung to Uastoria, ‘When she had Obildren, she gave them Oastoria, JAIL DELIVERY IN TENNESSEB, Fourte Prisoners Es enpe by Digging a Hole Through the Wall, [8PECIAL TO THE EVENING WoRLD,} Cnartanooaa, Tenn,, Dec. 25.—At an early hour this morning fourteen prisoners made their escape from the CVonnty Jail by digging a hole through the wall in the third story, ‘There were about sixty-five prisoners in the jail at the timo, and they were pre- vented from bed their liberty by the timely discovery of what was going on. None of the escaped prisoners have yet been recaptured, as aries Fire In a Can Depot, An over-heated stove in a car in the Second avenue stables at Sixtieth street and Second avenne caused a fire this morning, which, how. ' Was extingvished ina few minutes, The damage was about $100. ——— Where Death Came Unheralded. The sudden deaths of Charles MeArthnr, twenty-six years old, of 149 Waverly place, and of James Mc ight years old, of 861 West Twenty wore reported at the Coroner's offi Rs Mra. Jay Mrs, Gould is resting quictly this morning, and has hada fairly comfortable night, physician says her condition is unchanged. DIED. MOORE.—Hexny ©. Moonr, jr., at Tarrytown, Deo, 1888, in his 17th year, Funeral at his father's residence, Tarrytown, Wednesday, Deo, 26, at 11 o'clock A, M, Intere ment at Pleasantville, CASH OR CREDIT. JORDAN & MORIARTY, CHATHAM ST, 283.387 42 99169, 171, 178& 207, 207 1-2, 209, il, ats” PARK ROW, HOMES FURNISHED On the Most Liberal Terms of Payment. FURNITURE, RRANGEs, (aRrEts, ware, EDDING, AINTINGS, Guanes, AMPS, FENGRAvines. For the accommodation of our customers we will keep open every evening cil Ds o’clock from now until after the holidays, Everything for Housekeeping. 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