The evening world. Newspaper, May 31, 1895, Page 2

© tnnocent men, women and children in GS ARE vy OATH- BOUND Alliance of Incendia- ries Revealed by One of the Gang TOT MATS TRATORS | Feerfal Punishment for the Be- | trayers of the Oonspir- acy’s Secreta, STERS THE INSTIGATORS. is Issued for Members of the Gang Suspected of Causing West Side Fires, © Following close upon the two-score tly incendiary fires on the ‘west side during the last three comes the startling revelation there are three regularly-organ- city, who im the pay of insurance adju ‘pound by horrible oaths to imperil ives and property of New Yorkers 4 ital torture. | Months ago, during a series of in- fires on the lower east side, “The Evening World” printed the be- Of Fire Marshal Mitchel that those were kindled by mercenary ‘at the instigation of creatures fnsatiate greed stopped at not even the roasting alive of “the eral he trial of Grauer, now in Sing Sing, last February, @ few paltry dollars, and not to their secrets under penalty of only strengthened this | belief, but it remained for the confes- sion of Adolf Hirechkopf, a member of | yea FITCH IS BLAMED NOW. The Comptroll Data Aga ‘The Bpecial Committeo appointed Mid the Mayor to investigate and report upon the financial condition of the Street-Cleaning Department met to-day in the office of the Corporation Counsel, Commissioner Waring and Lieut.-Com- mander Delehanty were present. After the meeting Corporation Counsel Scott said no progress had been made in formulating @ report to be submitted to the Board of Eatimate and Appor- tonment. Our work.” raid Mr. Beott, “has been blocked by the withdrawal of Comptrol- Ter Futen trom the Committee, deh led to furnish us with the ex ures, nor has he given any of the data which he told the, Mayor he had collected about the Delehanty, dumping- boat and the Walton contrac President Jeroloman to-di letter to the Comptroller askin) a the required information wrote a hi by Mon- ng nald he felt quite sure of his’ position: He was 0 positive tl Committee would approve of the Del hanty boat contract, he had advised Constructor Nixon to id with the Work of building the Boat. TAX BOARD DONE TAX BOARD DONE. Thelr Work € jeted, the Mayor WII Name Their Successors. ‘The work of the present Board of ‘Taxes was practically finished to-day. All the tax books except those involving taxes on corporations were closed April 30, and these were passed upon finally this afternoon, Corrections will be made during the coming month, and a new set of books will be opened and sent to the Board of Aldermen on the first Monday in July, and in August the Aldermen will fix the tax rate, Now that the Tax Commissioners have wound up thelr office work it is thought that Mayor Btrong will soon name the new Board. The tei ia of office Com- missioner Tilumenthal expired May 1, and he ia slated to go first. President Barker will in all probabil retited before July 1, while Commis len may be Allowed to mtay a white Jonge Ex-Collector of the Port Thomas Mu phy ie said te have a good chance of be- ing appointed on the new Hoard. oo TO HAVE FOUR CORONERS. Governor Signs Pavey’s Rill Among Other Measures, ALBANY, N. Y., May 31,—Gov. Morton has signed Mr. Pavey's bill providing for tho election of four Coroners in the clty of New York at the election of 191. They are to hold office for two O|the fireman and enginee: thie triple alliance of pillagers, to show conclusively that the instigators Of cold-blooded conspiracy were rob- "Aino Mr. Blake's, exempting, the New orl her Home of the Sisters of the Misercodie from, taxation. bere of tnsurance compant whone in- terests they were hired to protect. * Dia They Set West Side Firest It 1 believed, too, that the confession of Hirschkopf will lead to the arrest of the incendiaries who are responsible for @ome, if not all, of the many fires in the Columbus avenue and Harlem friets, That the police, in spite of their Greens to be little doubt. Schoenhauer, whore real name Police way 1s Mark Schoenholz, the rested Office. ‘been arraigned twice jn York- : : ville Police Court, and each time re- manded back to Police Headquarters by Justice Ryan, without any of the evi- , Gemoe being made public, This was done @ detective to make other te enable arrests. Im the mean time Schoenhauer has ‘been kept in close confinement at Police ‘Headquarters, and has not been allowed te communicate with his friends or relatives. It was reported this afternoon that Bohoenhaucr had also confessed and im- Pllcated several more people for whom Warrants will be lasued. It is said that he furnished a list of places fired, and those who helped him as well as the name of the instigators, joenbolz was closeted with Fire Marshal Mitchell, Acting Chief Contin and Detective McClockey an hour this morning, when, it is sald, the confeasion ‘was made. 7 Warrants Issued. Warrants have been issued for about @ dozen more persons charged with ar- eon, but as yet the police have not 1o- fated the persons wanted. ‘The arrest of Schoenhauer and the Issu. ‘mg of warrants for the others members of the gang are the direct results o| &@ written confession made by Hirsch- kopf, who ts under indictment for arson, doth in this city and Lynn, Mass, Hirsch. Kopf is now in the custody of Fire Mar- shal Mitchel, and will be the chief wit- Ress against Insurance Adjuster Samuel Mileh, whose trial for arson will follow steLaughlin that of Police Inspector fm the Court of Oyer and ‘Terminer, Hirschkopf's confession revealed fied bands of incendiaries in the city, ‘The members of the gangs, known as Yeaac’s, Grauer’s and Milch's, are oath bound and have regular headquarters, ‘The conspiracy is known as the “Dark Geeret,” and each member was duly inl tiated. Bchoenhauer 1s said to hav been the head or “Chief Mechanic" of the gang which fired the west sid @partment-houses, the headquarters of which was in a saloon in Suffolk street. Torture for Traitors, According to Hirschkopf, who fled t Ban Francisco at the time of his Indic! ment several months he tried t ‘burn to death Simon Rosenbaum, wh. ‘Was suspected of betraying the conspir- , im @ fire which he started at Lynn, the baum, who was formerly mechanic” of the Isuacs gan wae frightful burned, and upon his the principal mm then testis member of the ¢: , at who insane by vorture, conspirators suspect: ‘woul so an valuable informatio} -Attorney and Fire Mar. the methods of elr rs, ‘three gange and t ——e Lest Mis Place and Died. member Merman W.. Repper, one of the videst em- pes a at, ble home the fact that there have been three organ- was ‘witness it fe Adsuster Grauer on bis trial last he Henator Wolff's, exemptin, Northeastern Diapenstry ot New Work | t form taxation, —_—2 o—__— COLIMA’S DEAD 187. Only Twenty-six Were Saved Ac- | cording to OMeial Figures, CITY OF MEXICO, May 31.—The total number of drowned of the Colima, wrecked off the coast of Manzanillo, is now known to be 187 persons, Five more have been rescued from the wreck, mak- Ing the total number living 26, ‘The ship carried 213 persons, and to all appearances these have all drowned, with the exception of the 9. Thene are oMciat fgures, Tho lving will be sent north as soon as poaaible, and 17 have already taken passage for San Francis- 2, The accident ts the moi {ta loss of life which h in Mexican waters, a complet lows ui rightful in er ocourre nd the Colima ia ome of its cargo can be recovered by divers, which will probably be attempted. The Mexican Department of War han ordered ¢ with com- lete wre outfit, to proceed from lazatian je ncene of the dinaater to see what can he done in the Way of salvage and to render any assistance neceseary. SAN FRANCISCO, May 31.—An aminer special from Manzanillo a vane number of qurvivors from the { lima ts twenty ‘Three passen and two sailors, who were thought to be dena, to-day appeared at & polnt on the coast below Manganillo, reach here to-night, Thelr’ ni unknown," —— Killed by Falling Downstairs, Mra, Lissle Harper, « widow, fifty yeare old, foll down the stairs at her home, 318 Weat Forty-ninth street, at 7 o'clock this morning, and wau Instantly killed, - — Used a Loaded G Leo Man Fretta and (George Larking, artiste, appeared last night in the Hijon Theatre in Hoboken. revolver, which is =| a | # ey od he’ wilt lone, the alghtor is Was not arrested —— Ip Rich Men's Children, The Women's Political League met yenterday morning and went on, In spite of the holiday, In thelr researches into parliamentary, law. Sey. eral members toy Feaolu- tone were passe’ ameliorate the rich. | aa ate eee Raee iemimeEmmeeeat Hf You Are Tired = | All the time, without special exertion, aa tired in the morning as when you retire at night, you may depend pon tt your blood ts impure and le lack- ing in vitality, That is why It does not aupply strength to nerves and muscles, You need Hood's Sarsaparilla To purty and enrich your bot tow tots at medicine will give you strength and sally. because it will make pure blood, Get “Kineraarion, to ward lot of the children of the € le 0 8 cure habitual constipation, t- o COMING MEN, You don’t know how handsome your little heir is unless you have seen him in one of our 4 . “smart” suits. 3 ancy Cheviot, #4, 85 A A ius tit ont ‘otto os age pega. Noonecan undersell us on these. Mothers who have “shopped” around all tell us so. HACKETT, CARHART anpD COMPANY, Two Stores: Broadway and Cana! Broadway below Chambers Stree! THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, _|ncne TANNIN A CRASH, —_. Father Sheehan's Former Par-|« ishionors in Alarm. The Collision Occurred on the Hud- son River Road. ‘The report of a collision between two traine on the Hudson River Railroad last night reached Police Headquarters) to-day im an unofficial manner. The Police made no report of it. One of the trains was said to have been loaded with several hundred church plenic excursionists returning to their homes In this city. It was said aiso that f the ex- cursion train were severely scelded and bruised, and that they were removed In a Sha Pthe Sheehan's church at Pocantico Hills. Fi Sheehan formerly pastor of Bey gnes's Church in this city and most of thore on the excursion train were his former parishioners After spendin, , the crowd boarded their id, ast ni 10.15 o'clocl ie the y, The train consisted of three cal J an engine. There were, ie Is ila, ‘about 900 men, women and chi dren on boa rincipally women enilaren, Th rain is said to hi stopped at Tarrytown, where more p sengers were taken on, On reaching ‘lem River, the train ute into the main track of the New York tral road. On re hing, ci point. Betw sl ton Bridge and igh Bridge, was fa there was a tong freight train Sanding’ on the main trac! Just before reaching It, there Waa a siding, which it was sald the ee of the excursion train was signalled to run The excursion train was going at a good speed when this siding was reac! ed. The front wheels of ihe engine took the switch all right, but the rear wheels stuck to the main trac ‘he next mo- ment the cab of on the ex- cursion train stru 'relght train with a terrific cras! The train came t the passengers were thrown in a heap on the floor of the cars, The greatest ex- citement followed, it was raid, amon the passenge! and although several women are id to have fainted an more were at nobody ws oy eel a sudden stop and werl- the accident, it was a, Sera Oataly sent to the Girend Central Depot, and in a short time a special engine and cab were gent to the nd the injured engineer and fire- Man removed to thin cit ‘Over two hours Jater a special train was sent to tinafer the excursionists this city, where they arrived at 1 Sotook this morning none the worse for their experience, It was wald that dur. Ing all the excitement a, policeman tn form stood by, but there was no dence ‘At Police Headquartera thin m ing that he had made a re port of tt 1 cab to the Grand Central De-| picnickers were from Father | ‘0 two cable care on Amsterdam avenue at One Hundred and Sizty-second street last night, died im the Manhattan Hospital early this morning. Dermody hanging on the bumper of Hundred and. #rxty-sevon? eof Gripman Drowned Im Lake Hi ALPENA, Mich, May 31.—During a heavy fog last night the Canadian camer Jack, boand down with lum- colli steamer ‘orman, of Menomin ite Mid- die sland, in Lake sank immediately | Thee were drowned, near by and picked the crew. ‘The Norman was valued at $200,000 and insured for $175,000. ‘The Jack is afloat, but badly damaged. —— Horse Ran Away, Hoy Henry Myer, twelve Hundred yeare old, and Twenty-n 79 West One was driv. a nt home, At 10 o'clock his head pained took him to Harlem Horpital, “where We was found his akull wan f Killed While Shooting Craps. ‘The inquest into the death of Charles White, fan electrician, of Elm Park, who wan killed by being struck over the head with a ball game at Brown's Pleasure was adjourned this morning colored, In held on ke the ‘blow. It ‘tn rrelled over a Kame Her Hands Severely 1 During a fire at 9 o'clock this the necond floor Henry street. M) yorely on the eo, The Children Shrink from taking medicine. They don't like itstaste. But they are eager to take what they like— Scott's Emulsion, for instance. Children almost always like Scott's Emulsion, And it does them good, Scott's Emulsion is the easiest, most palatable form of Cod-liver Oil, with the Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda added to nourish the bones and tone up the ner- vous system, The way child- a ° logation of the,allege) ace one ne’ very door of the High’ Bridge polite station: ———— + Crashed to Death on a Cable Car. James Dermody, sixteen years old, of 501 Raat One Hundred and Sizteonth street, the Manhat- tan College student who was crushed between ten gain flesh and strength on Scott's Emulsion is surprising even to physicians, All delicate children need it. Don't de perswaded to aocept @ oudstitute? rott & Bowne, NY, All Druggists. 50c. und $1, Water —nothing but water. need with Pearline. any claim That's all you Don't use soap with it. If what we is true, that Pearline is better than soap, the soap doesn't have a chance to do any work, It's only in the way. Besides, some soaps might cause trouble—and you'd lay it to Pearline. You'll never get Pearline’s very best work till you use it just as directed on the package. Then you'll have the easiest, quickest, most economical way of ov Th and cleaning. Millions "ss: Peatihine BicRMANHEDELBERGEG DECORATION DAY WEEK. wi.|8pecial sale of 6O new stylos English and Scotch Homespun Suits, THESK GooDs WKAR KETTER THAN ANY OTHER FABRIC. COLORS LVER FADE, BR OUARANTER THEM. BICYCLE SUITS 5. to g 50 These prices are not more than about Half Regular Retail Value. Small lots from all our stores, and wholesale on lo at 194 Broadway only. SLITS $7.50, formerly $12 to $15. SUITS 10.00, “ 18 to 20, Stewart Building, BROADWAY AND CHAMBERS ST, 194 Broadway BRTWEEN FULTON D JOHN STS. ‘Open Saturday Help Wanted- Mal WANTED. tr expert bicyele repairer, Pasawic, Nod ‘A man to lop and cleo a W. lana machinint 0 Passaic Machive Work: Birman} nDE BERGE s The Portrait of a Gentleman who, having bought a Serge suit ‘*bar- gain” at a Broadway store, suddenly discovers that a 4 Bedding, Mattresses, ne! wood, brass and iron, MAY 31, BST’D 1807 TSTORES TOGETHER Park Row & Chatham Square. COWPERTHWAIT. Parlor Snits, Bedroom Suita. Springs, Stoves, Buffets, Dining - Room Suita, Ranges, Sideboards, Kitchen Furnishings, Tables, Chairs, Divana, Lounges, Couches, Curtains, Bedsteads in Folding- Beds, Carpets, Rugs, Linoleum, O11 Cloth, Matting, Desks, Mir- rors, Lamps, Ice Cheats, Refrig- erators, Pictures, Clocks, Ward- robes, China Closets, Book Cases, Chiffonters, Music Cabinets, Sew- ing Machines, Baby Carriages, Reed and Rattan Goods and Everything tor Housekeeping. BEST GOODS, LOWEST PRICES, LARGEST STOCK. 50 Cents Weekly on $30 Worth, $1 Weekly on $65 Worth. $6 Monthly on $100 Worth. $50 Monthly on $1,000 Werth. Any Amount in Proportion, Special Terms to Suit Anybody. No Extra Charges, Collections Made IF REQUESTED. OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS, J.D. WALTON, & CO. OUR INCREASED CLOTHING OUR GREAT SALE is rapidly drawing to a close, but while there's LADIES, ve appreciate your English Chevio's. Genuine English Chevio's, never sold wholesale under 274, per yard, Sale price, 1 2 yard, 8TH AVE. & GIST ST, Friday and Saturday. friend bought the same suit here for $5 less. As swift as retribution he got his money back—and placed it her HT TL ARR BROS, Bleecker 8t., Cor. Greene. « 4th Ave. L RR., also Cor. Rector ' For Sale. Ladias"& Gents’ CLOTHING § CREDIT, thi iota ter to Wear of m Seu ue Shea sre Men's Clotainn, ready mase cad to erver, rity. Sal jewelry cn easy call with samples Straw Mattings,) @ roll of 40 yday 297 81.25 MOQUETTE CARPET 1,00 BRUSSELS CARPET. A REDUCTION OF 2 PER CE on PARLOR, BEDROOM and FURNITURE, REFRIGERATORS and BABY 993-995 Third Ave. Dentistry. ERED ATES No More Dread of the Dental Ch DINING ROOM CARRIAGES at SOL HEYMAN & 0., —— YORK DENTAL PARLORS. A Double Bill. To-Morrow, Saturday, June {, Ought to Be a Banner Day with Brill Bros. In addition to our Great Sale of the HILLBORN STOCK wow going on at our Sixth Ave. store (only) we will place on sale in both stores about Eight Hundred Tailor- made MEN'SBUITS in BACKS and FROCKB, made of finest Hockanum Worsteds, English Tweeds, Clay Serges and Bel- gian Worsteds, in light and durk shades, some lined, some half-lined, others unlined. There isn’t a suit in this lot that wouldn’t be consid. ered cheap at $15.00; some are worth a great deal more; but we've placed them on separate tables (in both stores) and toemorrow you'll get choice of the lot « $9.75. MAYBE SOME OF THEM WILL ACQUAINT YOU WITH STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. 6th Ave., Cor. 20th St. SPECIAL INDUCEMENT IR CHILDREN’S RUSSET GOAT SHOES, IN BUTTON AND LACE, Widths A,B, 0, D. E. Children's sizes 6 to 101-2 9,26 For this carved polished Misses’ sizes utoz--- (60 oak cobbler-seat Rocker] Women's sizes 21-2 to6 - 2.00 = la retailed at she colored shoes, wil weet 5 Apraitani child should be with. STRAUS: out them at this time of the year, As a Summer vacation shoe. either Fulton 8t., Brooklyn. EET? MME, for mountain or seaside, they have = Cale housework, to go to countr; no equal, and even for city use 10 West 834 me. yw York. Apply Peete Falees offict ~ ey will prove to be the most dri ‘and economical for all-round SPECIAL SALE. |oxcu, cart *8, °10 ana £12. Trimmed Hats, Toques and Bonnets, REDUCED TO *5.00. OPEN BATURDAY UNTIL 6 P, M, MERITS. OF THE HILBORN STOCK alment of it left on our tables depend on it Furniture—34 Floor. it Will go like the rest wt exactly HALF( !¢)PRICE. generous response to our an- nouncement of this sale. We've divided all of the HILBORN'S BOYS’ AND CHILOREN’S SUITS into 3 lots, and they will be sold as follows : LOT NO. 4 constst Viceanie. School 14; the early comers et at LOT NO. 2 consints of All- Woo ‘Caasimeres and Worsteds in tat Het al Hilborn's prices 35,00, our OAUTION.—HAVING NO AGENCIES OR SRANCH STORES, MY SHOES CAN BE PUR. (AASED ONLY AT MY ESTABLISHMENT, A. J. CAMMEYER 6th Ave., cor. 20th St. f about 200 ser- yes {rom 410 II wet choice of Help Wanted—F male igen epi “whe thoroughty understands In eee lor Exceiaion arg ging Be beak exchanged all ‘sixth Av. & 47 Cortlandt St, (Clone 10 P.M.) MONEY BACK OR GOODS EXCHANGED FOR THE ASKING, Business Opportunities. _ EAST SIDE WALL PAPER CO, : ae lowest 30% Gran to oe A Real “Paresis Club” of Millionaire Lunatics. a Most Remarkable Mineral Spring Here in New York, The Funniest New Fad You Ever Heard Of, A Never-Ending Ocean Mystery Solved by Scientists in a Balloon, A Striking Fiction Story by Grant Allen. The Vexatious Problem of Perfect Bicycle Lamps. O'Donovan Rossa Writes of His Recent Visit to Parliament, Everything New in Summer Outing Costumes for Men in ’95, very Enticing Pictures of New Sunshades and Parasols.