The evening world. Newspaper, March 30, 1895, Page 1

<a SUNDAY wos «TO-MORROW “O WILL BE ITS EASTER NUMBER. Don't Think of Going Without It. NIGHT EDITION : “TT1G FALSE!” TO re Disgraceful § a Hearing cenes During Before a Senate Committec. COWING DENOUN CES GOFF’S TALE Capt. Curry Shakes His Finger in Goff’s Face and De- nounces Him. The Investigation begun by a Senate Committee to-day into the condition of affairs in the General Sessions Courts | led to a@ disgraceful scene, involving | Recorder Goff, Judge Cowing and others connected with the courts. Judge Cowing at the opening of the! fession announced himself as “Chief Justice of the Court.” Then he looked pointedly at Recorder Gow. Continuing, he called attention to the different clauses of the Goff bill, and de- manded to knuw why tho Recorder should require $2,000 for office rent when au office was provided for him rent free, Judge Cowing then positively stated hold the {nvestigation In the court-room He ee IIL. of the Cour* of General Ses- * suanes Outside the Bar. Judge Rufus BR Cowing, who haa been the qmaet, bitter. onnenent to the | bi, tovk a seat outside the bar, and id sat beside him. Side Fitegeral N’ COL, FELLOWS AND HIS RED NECKTIB. ely i my first appearance in many thle the bar,” said le of aie Cowing. ice justice Meade sat next to Judge Fiusgeraid On the bench, District-Attorney | Fel- lows aat and ‘chatted with Senator Tgxow and Senato Senator ‘ker studied the faces of the ter tiger ‘heads. on’ the courtroom wal Senator Lexow held a long conference with Recorder Goff in the latter's cham- bers shortly after 10 o'clock. Supt. Byrnes entered the court-room at @ ttle after li o'clock, of the Senators except Senator Parker went out of the court-room, ap- parently to hi ence of some sort, and lock before Benator o'connor entered and tock his seat at the middle of the bench, Recorder Goff came in a few moments later, He sat down at the reporters’ tabl good (distance from | where ua es Cow! ing and Fitzgerald were con- versing. They Never Speak as They Pa: “They do not speak as they pass by,” hummed one of the Senators to himself, as he noticed that there was no recog: nition between the Recorder and Judges At 11.30 o'clock Senator O'Connor rap: ‘Thies aroused the anger of the Recorder, ' that the Chief Justiceship belonged to | Ped on the desk, and said: of is _RECORDER GOFF TAKING THE OATH IN HIS NBW ROLE OF WITNESS. who in beginning his statement to the Committee niade sarcastic and ll-na- tured references to Judge Cowing’s claim. After calling the attention of the Com- mittee to various instances in which the service of court attendants had been ob- Jectionable the Recorder asserted that Judge Cowing, who is a Republican, had removed court attendants In order to make room for Tammany men. “That Is Fa Shouts Cowing. “That is false, and he knows it!" whouted Judge Cowing. The Recorder then, amidst great ex- @itement, pointed to Capt. Curry, a court attendant present, and declared that Curry had always been a Repub- dean until Judge Cowing appointed him and had then joined Tammany Hall. “That Is not e< ing forward and shaking his finger in the Recorder's face. ‘There was an uproar, which the Com- mittee with difficulty silenced. Capt. Curry repeated his denunciation of Goff, and declared that he had been » Democrat all his life. After order was restored Judge Cow- ing was asked if he wished to cross-ex- amine the Recorder, Calls Goff Disgracetul, “I certainly do not,” he exclaimed, and denounced the Recorder's actions as the most disgraceful he had ever witnessed in the courts. Incidentally he sald that he had not sroken to the Recorder for three week: In order to allow the learned and dig- nified judges time to cool off, the Com- mittee at this point took a recess for ai bour. Judge Fitzgerald was in the and manifested his sympathy with Judge Cowing and his antipathy to the Re- order, more violent demonstrations, After recess Judge Cowing was sworn room fm, In taking the stand he stated that | he was not there for the purpose of smirching anybody in his court, and 4 clated that there had never been any Brerk in the harmony of that body until within the Isat few months, ered Curry, spring: | but took no active part in the Wi him by seniority of service, and that the Goff bill was an attempt to confer that honor upon the Recorder. The announcement of the death of Judge Martine caused an adjournment while Judge Cowing was still on the stand. Make-Up of the Committee. The Senate Judiciary Committee, com- posed of Senators O'Connor, Cog- ate, Committee will please come to ‘had hardly done so, when Judge Coming Fens. and addressing him, said: me, as Chief Justice of this to extend to youa welcome in behalf of myself and colleagues. “We thank you for coming. W (Continued on Sixth Page “Pike’s Peak o1 The eer new puzzle, NEW YORK; POLICE BILLS MAY NOT PASS, 2. Senator Staple‘on Says the City Autuori:ies Do Not Approve of Them. QBJECT TO CIVIL SERVICE. He and Senator Limy Have a Talk with Mavor Strong on the Subject. HIS VIEWS DEFINITELY KNOWN, Platt Senators Come to Town for a Conference with Their Chief. Mayor Strong this afternoon made known to Senators Stapleton and La his position in 4 to the police bills. ‘The Senators rd on the Mayor shortly before 2 o'clock to-day. ‘The Mayor invited the statesmen into his private office, and the confcrence lasted half an hour, After It was over, the Senators hurried away from City Hall, only stopping long hough (o grant an Interview to an ning World” report enator Stapieton was asked what he had gathered from his talk with the Mayor, concerning the latter's attitude tuwards the bills as they stood now, “I will say,” as they stand now, are not acceptable to the city authorities and will not pass in their present shape. “Do you mean that the Mayor does not approve them?" the reporter asked, “I did not that, 1 sald that the authorities here do no! approve them as they are now." “What is the objection to them? he principal objections to them are to the clvil-service clauses.” “How about the question of separa ing the Board of Election and the Po- lce Commissioners “There seems to be no need of legis- lation on that point. If the Board of Police ts to be bi-partisan, the Election Bureau would probably be the same. “There is very ittle feeling among the Republicans as to whether or not the Board of Pollca shail be bi-partisan. Senator Reynolds 1s the only one who is thoroughly in earnest about it." Both Senators admitted that they had learned just how the Mayor stood in the mat- ter, but asked to be excused from going Into any more details, They will return to Albany to-night. Senator Stapleton’, statement that the bills will not pass in their present shape is important, because -f the fact that his vote on them 1s practically the de- ciding one unless nelp te secure dfrom Democratic Senators. Senators Stapleton and Lamy came down from Albany last night to see the Mayor in regard to the police bill They were not ready to accept Senator Lexow's assurance that the Mayor ap- of hiv vills. e calling upon the Mayor, Sena- tor Stapleton wae seen at the Hotel (Continued on sixth ¥ Be.) ies of foreign 4 Imported Sold by a, ay Pacite oudway and 1496 3d ave. Produced from vest j Sanarter doable: pri aR SATURDAY, WARCIE 3), g earn Wows AY oo. MORROW °O WILL WELCOME THE EASTER TIDE You Won't Be Happy Till You Get te Some of Judge Martine’s Character: Stig “Attitudes Recently Sketched in Court. MRS. FREDERICK SMYTH DEAD Wife of jhe Ex-Recorder Expires After a Long W Mrs. Frederick Smyth, wife of the ex- Recorder, died at her residence, 15 West Forty-sixth street, early this morning after a lingering {llnes Mrs, Smyth was about fifty years old. She had been confined to her room for the last eighteen months, She leaves one daughter, her only child, # young lady of twenty-five HILL CALLS ON MORTON. rely a Soc! Say the Gov- ernor and Senator. ALBANY N. Y., March 30.—United States Senator Hill called on Gov, Mor- ton at the Executive chamber to-day and they spent fully an hour talking to- gether, Both Goy. Morton and Senator Hill said that {twas purely a sveial call, GRANT NOT TO MARRY. He Denies All the Reports of His Al- lewed Engagement, Ex-Mayor Hugh J, Grant to-day de- nied that he Was engaged to be married, He pleads that it fs not fair to couple his name with ydung ladies whom he may know, He has no intention of marrying at PIER Se KILLED, BY ANE ELEVATOR. Porter aes Lite Crushed Out Agaipet the Ceiling. John Healy, @ porter, of 26 Albany street, while getting on the elevator tn the cellar at 74 Cortlandt street was caught between the elevator and the ceiling and instantly Killed this after- noon., ‘The Coroner was notified. 00 10 [SHOT WINS, | Helen H fends Toro Throughout and Takes the Opening Event. Long Delay at the Post in the e Second Affair. Billy Boy Finally Wins, Four Being Left at Alexander, (Special to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, ALEXANDER ISL- AND, March 30,—The weather was much improved to-day, und as a result the Umited accommodations of the track were taxed to thelr utmost. The feature of the day was the race for two-year- olds, which was the first of the series given by this Assoctatte Fan King 106" (Washbuira) Rama, 104 (Las irr Ann nel Dusen Lan, Helen H, handily by a | was second th third, a head 0.58, 4a half furlongs Start Bily Boy By Jove Lue 108 (Murphy) geshall, Mullis, Lexow, Pound, Parker Street-Lleaning Commissioner Col. Waring Has the Most Pointed Waxed ‘Mustache in ‘America, and All His Subor- Cantor and McMahon, which has com: down to New York to investigate the Court of General Sessions and try to discover a reason why bill should become a la arriving at the Judges’ the Criminal Court Bullding this morn- ing, where the sessions will be held, All of the Judges of General Sesstons had been summoned as witnesses, but it was sald that the illness of Judge Martine would prevent him from ap- pearing and test.fying. Sergeant-at Arms Edward Dowling, for j the Committee, arrived at 10.30 o'clock, and sald that the Senators would proba- bly be on hand at 11 o'cloc! All of the court officers and most of the clerks, stenographers and other em- ployees attached to the Court of General Bessions were on hand, although they i had not received subpoenas, ‘Twould Give Goff the Axe. | If the Goff bill should be passed } all of these men will be at the mercy | of Recorder Goff's axe. He can cut off |thelr heads at pleasure and appoint | whom he pleases. | The Goff bill provides for the increase jof the Recorder's ry to $16,000 per | year, and gives him sole control of the patronage of the Courts .of General | Sessions, ‘The object of the investigation ts to learn the true merits of the bill intro- duced by friends of the Recorder. The other Judges of the Court are strongly opposed to the bill. | Many criminal lawyers were also in |attendance, Senator O'Connor is the Chairman or the Gommition, A number of new are Tegularly. assigne Sessions Courts, were inesses, Senator Cantor was the first to arrive. Senators O'Connor and Lexow entered the rooms together at a@ few minutes before li g'clock. t o'clock It wan apparent that there would not be enough room in tl Judges’ chambers, and It was decided to rR pulantie Me fieok mae + 83,8, Pa Pair. seen eee Solid Miver Thimbics Free OF genuine German Leuudry Yoap wrappers. %° subposnaed F Feporters who | he General ral | It came to pass that one day ye ‘High Caliph of ye Greater City of | Gotham sent unto a far country and did obtain therefrom by reason of cajoleries and soft-spoken words a mighty man, yclept Haroun Al War- ing, skilled in ye magic art of how to dinates Tried to Loo Kk Like Him To-Day. Usinc a sirery crern |cleanse ye highways and byways of} ye town. | And when ye people of ye Greater City of Gotham came to look upon Haroun Al Waring, they mar- velled greatly, for upon his upper lip &rew two long mustachios, which did point ye one to ye northeast and ye! one to ye southwest, like unto ye heedle of ye compass. And ye mus- tachios were of much fineness, and were pointed en as ye far-famed stiletto of Damascus. And, lo! When ye Waring had be- gun ye task of cleansing ye highways and byways, all of his great tribe who did assist him thereat purchased Momet, 109 (1. Murphy) trcerhe Jett at post a BL WL Heft at poat | tier Se G2 deft at post | hours’ delay at the post the | fell, with Clansman, Marble and Wang left standin, yrs were in. straggling orde Joye cut out the running, with Blu . Billy Roy and Pestilence next. In the stretch Billy Boy went to the front and won easily by a length from By Jove, who was a length in front of Blue- bird. Time 1 After oni ly THIRD Ral For two-year-olds; tliree furlongs Batting Starters, welguis and Jockeys, Straight, Place Duteh Girl, 108 (Hany ‘ Irian At. 8 (nts 9 Glenayr. Ws, (Yetter) Frank 105. (Murphy) Duteh Girl won, Frank R. was sec Irish H. was third, ‘Time—0.37. FOURTH RACE, One mile and a sixteenth. Bettin Straight. Fi Starters, weights, Jockeys. 4 1 Winkle, OL (Neal 7 ead (Carter) « FABIA WINS AT 15 TO 1. ate Birdcatcher in the Fi nt Sew Orleans. 1 to The Evening World.) RACK W ORLEAN! 30.—The weather here wae Jay, and although the track Was fast, withdrawals ruined the fourth event, and it was decided off. Another race at seven furlongs was substituted, Scratches In other events only served to improve them, ‘The result First Race—Five furlongs.—Won by Fabla, 1 to 1 and 6 to 1s Bir leatcher, 5 to was second, and Chenoa third, Pime-1.18 Wackball and Pisa also ran. 2 Five turcongs.— Won tt Plot ond 4't to 1 place, wan sec mi ahd Masonic Home third,’ Time—1.02 Dick, Dick White, Art: <., His Honor, bit and Hallow Race (Spec RACE March jy to by Barguard, Ben and a_half fur- i tod and 1 to "yas second and longs. Joe 'T, LOUIS, IL, ‘The races on this track to- day resulted as follows First Race—Seven furlongs.—Won by Proverb, 6 to 1 and 2 to 1; Hercules sec- ond, 5 place; Rock Hill third, Time and a half fur. ™m Time—0.59 1 ‘our and a half furlongs, Ghjo, 8 to 2 and out pl Was sec Mienight third, Pime009 14. ——- For entries aud other sporting mews sce page 7. J Hor (Spe Evening Wort SAN FRANCISC Ma, Rowe ud Jockey Hi San Vranciscy for New York to —— ‘Tobacco ery day we by clothes, m: ps, holding out @ tobacco- the charity quarter, anoint their own mustachi as he had done who was great they, Aud it came to pass that ye people of ye Greater City of Gotham in time did learn to know those men by their mustachios so fierce and fine, for ye like thereof were not to be found in all ye country, And even so hath ye great stores of beeswax wherewith to! faithful artist drawn ye picture. a stroys manhood and the hap * orto: Hac us guaranteed such cases, and It's charity him try. Deautitur book 3 Sterling’ Remedy Co, + oF & Randolph st For Husbands is apd Wives Alike, NATURE'S BEST TONIC, Snerman Park, the ideal homesite of the world, Grand special excursion on Sunday, Mareh 31, and every Sunday theres 2.40," from Harlem. Divis- fon, Gr ntral Depot, from Mott n Station ten minutes later, Ha | wale oftices, an Broadway. ‘%* MARTINE IS DEAD The Judge Had Been Saffering for Over a Month with Peritonitis, WAS SLOWLY CONVALESGING. Last Night He Had a Relaper and Bright’s Disease Developed, His Public Life Began in 1884, When He Was Elected District-Attorney. Judge Randolph B. Martine, whe beg” been confined to his house for e montt with an attack of peritonitis, and Who had been slowly convalescing, @ie@ @t 2 P. M, to-day from acute Brights disease. : The Judge had nearly recovered freee) his first fliness, and he and Mra, tine had already completed plans fer ltrip to Old Point Comfort next weelt.” At 10 o'clock last night, however, ‘| suffered from what the family at the time was a relapse, and De, Dwyer, of 182 East One Hundred Sleventh street, the family was summoned. . The doctor pronounced the Juleve new trouble Bright's disease, The @t tack was not supposed to be serious, and even as late as 11 o'clock this morning it was reported at his Reme, 2017 Fifth avenue, that the Judge was — stil Improving, Shortly after noon more alarming tor could be summoned again the patient expired at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Martine was the only immedigte bedside of her nusband at the time @f his demise, Assistant District-Attorney Randolph 8, Martine, son of the @e- ceased, was not at home, ; Mrs. Martine said he was either at the District-Attorney's office or at the wen: York Athletic Club. As soon as the Senate Judiolary Com- | mittee, which ts Investigating the Gem eral Sessions Courts, heard of the Ges of Judge Martine an adjournment Was taken, Immediately after the —a Judges Fitzgerald and Cowing and corder Goff heid a meeting at which it next Monday, they should immediately: adjourn until the day after Judge Mage tine's funeral, ¥ They also decided to attend the funeral in a body. ¥ Ex-Justice Andrew J. White, whe was an intimate friend of Judge said that it was probable that Judge (Contiued on Sixth Page) “Pike's Peak eo One of the popular Pari Sixty-four Page of the Best News- paper ever issued, — Your Newsdealer want your order te CAREER AS LAWYER AND JUDGE. was decided that when the courts mes. | Mg symptoms developed, and before the @ee- | |member of the family present at the |