The evening world. Newspaper, March 29, 1895, Page 1

The World’s Easter Number! WILL BE ISSUED Sunday, IT WILL BE March 31 A Notable Publication. =— be Books Open to All.” | PRICE ONE CENT. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS, Building Department and Broadway Cable Road Censured. THE ORCHARD STREET CRASH Inquisitors Say Thera Was Not Enough Supervision in tho Matter. REORGANIZATION DEMANDED. Trolley and Cable Roads Should Have More Employees and Use Fenders A'so. 'The regular County Grand Jury to-day banded in two presentments, one in Connection with the Orchard street dis- aster and the other in reference to the eath of a woman caused by her being @hrown from the rear of a Broadway le car by the jerk at the sudden jarting of the car. ‘The orenertment in the Orchard street mecident criticizes the Building Depart- {ment very severely, and says that had Pre Department exercised a proper bupervision, the collapse would not have ®ccurred, ‘The building, it says, was faulty In sepieaties as the material was far be- the proper grade. The presentment urges that the Building Department be entirely reor- Banized. Plans for Reorganization. It recommends first that the Mayor @ppoint a Superintendent who shall have had ten years or more experience as an architect, a civil engineer or a builder, Second—The Deputy Superintendent Bhould have the same qualifications, Third—That the Mayor shall appoint & chief engineer who shall be a grad- uate from a scientific school or college. Fourth—Two assistant engineers shall be appointed. Fifth—That the clerical force necessary shall be familiar with plans and bu!ld- Ings pertaining to the Department. Sixth—The district inspectors, as at Present constituted, shall pass an ex- amination as to their competenc! Seventh. The Sanitary Board shall re- main as at present for the time being. Eighth—There sha!l be an advisory board constituted as follows: ‘Two architects, one appointed by the Mayor and one by the American Institute of Architects; one civil engineer, appointed by the local Soctety of Civil Engineers; one sanitary engineer, and one mi: nn builder, the latter two to be appointed by the other members; one member of the Board of Fire Underwriters, to be appointed by the Board of Fire Under- writers, and the Superintendent. Duties of Advisory Bon The Advisory Board shail meet at once each week ani be pald $19 each for every session. The duties and powers of the Ecard shall be to exer cise a general supervision of the work of the Building Departn:ent in addition te whichit small ha Appointment of, and shail fix the salaries for all em- ployees of tne Building Department, except that of SH wuild ings. A majority of the I above @onstivited shall be com Ninth—No existing buildi @own without a permit from the partment of Buldings, Continuing the vr Constant Supervision Advocuted. +@ also recommend that no build be erected hereafter, or changes, ¢ alterations n je to an existing buildin without the employment of a duly licensed architect, who shall furnish the necessary plans and specifications same and superiniend the work from first to lust during Its progre 0 person to practieo the of architecture, make plans tions for a building erection purpose and regist “In reorgantz ng would suggest that Inspectors be appo' locating fire-e+ their construct id whove shall a ton build garding the posting of for by law respeetil lowed to be carried floor space." The presentment c. Berry, Foreman, Hyde, Secretary. In the presentment a the Broad- way Cable road the Grand Jury that a law be passed comp cable and trolley cars to h at all times on the rear pla only duty it shall be to give for stopping and starting the car, ast De- port says uniess duly Heensed tort tinent we p class of the sign | |NINE NEW PATROLMEN a Taken from an Eligible List of| Twelve by the Board. Andrews Condemns the Present System of Promotions. Buckley Made a Roundsman—Ap- pel’s Case Gives Over, Commissioner Murray occupied the president's chair at the meeting of the Police Board this afternoon, in conse: uence of the illness of President Mar- tin. Commissioner Andrews exploited an- other of his reform ideas, Comm sioner Kerwin recommended the promo- tion of Patrolman John Appel, of the Broadway squad, to be a roundsman. ough Appel has an excellent record an officer, having been fined only three days’ pay since his appointment in 1881, Commissioner Andrews opposed his promotion. “L believe,” sald he, “that the system of promotions as practised by this Board is wrong and should be aban- doned, “We do not know but what there are other men on the eligible with equally as good records, and much bet- ter qualified for the position of rounds- man than Officer Appel. 1 am opposed co selecting men haphazard, and will not vote fur any promotions until 1 have all the men on the eligible list. fhe best qualified should be given the preferen: Commis Kerwin said zhat Officer Appel was a very worthy and deserving ere are lots of other men on the Commissioner Andrews re- torted, “and the best man in the list in the estimation of the Board, should be the ene to be promoted.” The matter was laid over next meeting, John Buckiey, of the W One Hun- dred and Twenty-second street station, was promoted to be roundsman, He was appointed in April, is a veteran of the Civil War fifty-one years old. Buckley first policeman to profit by the amend constitution, giving veterans the pi erence in promotion jn the Police De pactnent. The second batch of policemen were appointed on probation this afternoon. Oniy nine of the elighbie lst of twelve were choxen. The candidates were subjected to a rigorous cr ‘examination, and re- quired to sign Commissioner Murray's iron-cl The appointees are John B. Lynch, 13 West Thirty-third street; H. J, Smith, 20 East Twenty-second street; Jy M. Gullfolle, 8 Manhattan avenue; ‘Andrew Galliger, Seventy-second street and Eighth ‘avenue; George McCormick, 40 Dominick street; Linden, 148 West Sixty-second street; William Young, 58 Sixth avenue; dames Raker, 213, Bast Ninth street; ick Durr,’ 76 Charles street. T three Kilgennon, & of S4 West § ivan, rst sth Tey were rejected on motion of Com- sioner Andrews, who sald, in the s of Kilgennon and Ahern, t their former avocations had not fit them to perform the d 8 of policemen. It was asce: ined that both mea had been bartenders, * “In the case of until the mes rejected were W. H. First avenue; J. J. Ahern, -fifth street, and J. 8. West One Hundred and * said Com- x, that he be f bis previous bad rec- tment, and further be- ent made in his ap- r ord in the cause of plicatioi Comn afterwards that the ent to, was to the effect that Sullivan could’ not tei when he was bo The bad record red to was when Sullivan was a pol.ceman, in 18s, and resigned from the force Under several serious charges jhe Bourd will meet again next Mon- day, Word was received at Police Head quarter o'clock this morning that Martin would be unable to attend the Police Board meeting this afternoon His a'lment sald to have developed into a severe attack of dysentery and ‘ondition Was such as to excite the sion of his physician, ‘After receiving the message, Commis- sioner Andrews said that. the Board would meet as usual. He could see no reason why the appointment of ten pa- trolmen should be delayed. oe —— « Leonard In Minsing. and spur JOCKEY BOYLE DEAD, oo Killed by a Train on the Trestle Near Alexander Track. “Frenchy the Tout’ Reported Murdered in California. The Hartford, The Kelp, Marshall and Sir Dixon, Jr., Win Ra ‘Special to The Evening World.» RACE TRACK, ST. ASAPH, March 2. ‘The weather authorities are certainly oring the meeting here, for every race day is blessed with warm eunshine and nitld breezes, while at Alexander Island the worst of the elements are hurled down upon the frail little grand stand. ‘The attendance waa larger than on any previous day, and the track was in fine condition, Jockey Hoyle, who was set down at Alexander Island a few days ago for being left at the post with Syde, was instantly killed this morning by a rall- road train on the trestle just below the Alexander Island course, He leaped from one track to escape an outbound train and was struck by an inbound train he had not noticed, Boyle was eighteen years old and a jockey of some promise, He rode for Judge McMahon, who owns Ponce de Leon and other horses. He was former- ly employed by J. W. Smyth, and will be remembered by. Guttenburg race- goers us the boy Who rode Hell Gate, Woo per and others, was received by letter in Wash- that A:phonse Coney, bet- nas "Frenchy the tout,” was ‘red near the club-house on the California, Jockey — Club gro’ “Frenchy” was once Mike Dwyer's ting commissioner, and was one of the unique characters of the turf. igust Belmont’a horses will be from Sheepshead Bay next ay and will arrive at St. Asaph sday. There are some cracker. Jacks in the string, including Bong and Dance, who is a Brooklyn Han candidate, ‘ Aa sh dp \ ARETE ES eS Pt oss el ered FIRST RACE, Hait a mile, Stariera, Betting. St. Hit. Fin. ‘The Hartford, 112 (Keete) - My 107 (Navey).. 5 112 (Doggett). 1 107 (Orant).....5+.100- 8 Chugnut, 107 (StufMet).ccsce 4 Ora Olive, 107 (Reif) a si 6 The Hartford rushed to the front and cut out a merry pace to the stretch, ‘Tarentum was sccond to the turn, where she again ran wide and Summertime got through on the inaide. Summertime gradually overhauled The ‘tford, antl Keefe, who had been taking things easy, was forced to ride to win by half a length. Summertime was second, two lengths in front of Tarentum. ‘Time, 0.49 3-4, ND RACE, Six furlongs. ShCt s. in. iw Kelp, 109 (Horton) 105 Sweet Kate, 5 Trojan, 1b (Cd ye 1 6 Bonntville made the running, followed by Kandor Belden and the others, The Kelp dropped out of {t on the turn and was a dozen lengths behind the tleld. Horton then went to work with Whip and spur and The Kelp caught his fleld in three furlongs. On the far turn he went to the front and won handil by three parts of a length from Bonni- ville, who was a half length in front of Kandor, Time—1.19, THIRD RACE, Seven furionge. 81, Hit. Fin Marshall, 111 (Dogaett) 3% 1a Pay or Play, 101 (Welh).cccd) & iar iin i In Dison, 10) (Keefe) Tight, 10s (Nacey), 108’ (Lamls)« 105, (Ibannkn) attended by Hoey, cut out ing, with Marshall and Pay or ‘This order heid to the far © Marshall moved up into se “e, followed by Pay or Play. Mare went to the front in the last fur- and Pay or Play set sall for him, pal al! won by half a y or Play, who was a Factotum. "Mme—l.29 1-4, . FOURTH RACE, One mite; handicap, Betting. St, Hit Fin Je. 101 (Welsh), 5-2 Ta ag)" 110 «leet - ES SUR. Doggett) 106 (Keefey n T., 112 (Horton) 1 Logan 9 > running, t away in front a Willlam ‘T. jolnes < and the palr ran 1 ths in front of Sir Dixon je far back, Captain. 7. bolted id of a quarter and pulled up, Swinging into the stretch, Willam and Sir Dixon, jr. drew up on even te pader, A furious finish ensued, riding with whip n, Jr, squeezed home a winner by a neck from Wiillam T., wi) Was the same distance in front of Logan, Time—1.43, FIFTH RACE, ering. RACE weights, Jockeys Stratglit nt # idforton i First Buc second 4. longs. 3 to 5; ne=L1 — VIRGIN WINS AT 8 TO 1. ents Panway, Another Outside! First at New Ortea) The Rvening World.) 'Twill be more than a News- paper and Better Than a Magazine. March 31, Out Next Sunday, » SThird Race—Two mile idan, 4 to 1 and 6 te 6; Hotepur, 3 to 1 TRACK, NEW ORLEANS, Again was the weather clear nd the crowd that journeyed to surse found the track In exceltent were four withdraw 1 the event, but the other ra not disturbed to any Kreat extent twa Afair was the feature of | ra. The results | Race Six furlongs.—Won by 13 to 1; Panway, 6 to 1 vnd, and Readina third Rallro. on Ratiwa This make ¢ and first First Dr. ite | Merritt, agrant and Won by ‘Tus. | nunee | Davis | mania He Wes: $10,000 Texas Star, Zeke riless, Bob Wilson, tir Ni ‘ua and ‘Lucasta also ‘Won by Rap- rises ¥ TRACK, March 29, to-day resulted ax follows Race Knight, Ril « The Chine s Excelsion 2toT pl Lilian’ third, For entr news see pages tw Mora to the Sensh Judge Cullen, of Supreme Court, . has dec Ansintany oostay ter in the ld % [“ Circulation Books Open to Al.” | NEW YORK, FRIDAY, WARCIL 20 1895, LI HUNG CHANG, e Statesman and Peace Envoy to Japan, who hes to-d oy obtained an armistice that saves Pekin from present :uin, and Florence d Tippecanoe also ran EAST ST. LOUIS RESULTS. EAST sT. LOU The races on this track Six furlongs, Won 2toland 4 toh Hush third. Becond Race—Four an Won by J Mick Arp. x: Time 0. to 1 place; Which Affects Vine re, Grigh ake munity 1 om che br idy to Voney Island with out change of cars, DR. PETTINGILL ON BAIL. He Gave a Renew Torta. H. Pettingill Detri frat dex John W. Holmes, of street, on the bond required in the ca: PARKHURST SEES THE MAYOR. | “JGROSS DECEPTION CHARGED. : 1 ond of 810,000 and may end the war. TCO MUCH WATER BILL. | | | the BL u » Wo DI wa fay, wh ule belivw jo! andal Officluln View With Suspleton, reported in the ho xome of the ity Albany wo Poll called Axsenibyh BURNS PROVE FATAL. Mary <2 tynit Mecamat Binet PATROL WAGON RUN DOWN. men rs - The World’s Easter Number WILL CONTAIN Something of Value to Everybody. | 4 | Out SUNDAY, MARCH 831. /, The Wor d's Circulation 1s Over 600,000 per day. PRIC clared an Unconditional Armistice, Suppesed to Be the First Otte a come of Li Hung Chang’s Negotiations. ei (Special to The Evening World.) TOKIO, March 2.—The Emperor @€ Japan has declared an unconditional ams mistice, WASHINGTON, March 29.—The news that an unconditional armistice had bees, declared by the Emperor of Japan, was the Japanese Legation, where it was stated that @ cablegram to this effect had been received from the ” Home Government. confirmed at come of Li Hung Chang’s for peace, and foreshadows an early of the war. - —— = FROM MORPHINE POISONING, Coronér Hoeber C of Actress E@ith King. — } Edith May King, an actress, dled sade! denly to-day at her home, 24 West, Thirty-fourth street, from morphine | poisoning. She was twenty-two years 7) old. At the Coroner's office tt was sald that Miss King took the morphine at 8 o'clock this morning .and died three ” hou ter, Whether she took the morphine wit "s physician, Dr. Hu- suicidal intent or not ts not known, Coroner Hoebe ber, is making an investigation. Coroner Hoeber kept the news of the young woman's death a secret all day long, and no slip announcing the fact was placed on file in the Coroners © office, Dr. F. W. Hoover, of 262 West Thirty: fourth treet, was called to her room at 5 o'clock and found her suffering — from an overdose of morphine. She was unconscious and remained so until she died, at 10.4 o'clock, Dr, Hoover sald) It was apparent that she was mot ad-— dicted to the drug. Miss King waa @ _— good-looking brunette. She has net a theatrical engagement in some iy de SRP th HR RR ie por pr nh BGs WS Hite FAK (sg —_ ue Ax Fey Hw Hoover states that when he en- S tered the room where the girl was ly= 7 1g. a man Whose name a large quantity of morphine, “f He hati tried to take the bottle of mor phine away from her, but she evaded | | him, * ——— > ———_ SHOT WIFE AND SELF, mn te n, of New ‘kk, Dead-= Mrs, Brown Badly Hurt, PHILADELPHIA, March 2@—John Ay Brown, thir rs old, of New York / City, shot his wife, Mrs, E. B, Brown, of i) South Forty-second street, to-day” and then committed suicide, i Mrs. Brown was taken to a hospital, where It is stated there are but slight chances of her rn fe TWO HURT INA RUNAWAY, A Tenm Bolts in the Streets of Biiaae beth, eolal to The Evening Worlé.) ELIZABETH, March 29.—An exciting: runaway took place here to-day, tm 7% Which two persons were injured, Here 5 =) | man Hersch, of the firm of L, F. Hemel Atabule r, Wholesale grocers, wagirid-— javed to his x ut the suburbs, taking orders, J ‘i nad woh him Thomas Downey, @ |) man of fifteen, who was driving: of spirited horses, Mf the animals bolted, His ¢ al became scared, and d through the streets, The upset and its occupants: » the road. s arm and he was face und body. N= a Hurt ta Collisten Car. this | trol nue line Finley, the thrown out vught and erely ur Kee Lang: and cut leg sprained, about head lowney’s arm was broken and he bruised. He was taken to the Alexian! Hospit Mr. Hersch was remo’ > his home “and physicians sut red. The harses ran neatly two miles t Were caugat, They were sev on the legs. ‘The carriage was niolished . ‘ —— ——. ago's Summer Day, Chicago had a sing Im Redwood Falls, Minn | poor vr Sonve i ser of a now Sprin Vogel Bros.’ Harlem ave, near lgdth si | Veee 1s |tn Fr | Jy maid to be U ° Mar Redwood F mises to eau gorda store total los sivas 1a the town, ) 9A fire, atarting » eMey” Minn, ts heavy loss. | produce: trom best varietien of joining are on} supertor w Aoable priced 1 block buraing fie hod 4 “ eprint " " eae aii inke le a RE Fe