The evening world. Newspaper, January 9, 1900, Page 2

IN erness, and ' Housekeeper, Perish. BURNED TO DEATH. "7, govern: slept en fave, Morgan Jellett, hease- te death while ire } ‘The city home of Mr. Joseph Pulltzer, if 9 end 13 East Fitty-fifth street, was de- | gtreyed by fire this morning. ‘Mira, Pulliser and her three youngest ehGidren escaped unhurt. 9 Mire, Morgan Jellett, nousskeeper, m4 Miss Miizabeth Montgomery, gover- meee, were overcome by xmoky in their Foome on the third floor and were burn- ef to death, Their bodies were found by the firemen after the fames were ‘under control, Mr, Putitser ie at Lakewoo!, N. J. WHR one son. The eldest non is absent at Harvard. Mra, Pulitzer was asleep with her two Gaugiters, Misses Edith and Constance, (em the eecend fieer, On the floor above was the nurse, with the three-year-old baby. ‘Mrs. Politzer was awakened at 7 by | Berackling ndise. She detected the smell al of smoke and almost immediately after- ward the electric fire-alarm sounded. Ag SAVED HER CHILDREN. ) Mire, Pulitzer ran to one of the doors ‘of the room, but found it locked, The other was open and, taking the two children phe started downstairs shout- Ing the alarm. After placing Misses Faith and Con- Y the third floor and found the nurse with the baby in her arms about to get out Of the fire-escape. The woman was hys- terteal. ‘Mrs. Pulitzer quieted the nurse, took the baby from her and together they Went to the street through the emoke- filled halls. ‘The family was sheltered at the home of Mra. Samuel Thorne, next door. Most of the servants go: ou! by way of the fire-escapes in t John O'Connor, the second butler, had & Marrow escape. He on the top floor with Herbert Jacobs, an under but- Jer, He was aroused by Mrs. Pulitser’s eriea, FLAMES BARRED THE W ‘The two men opened the door, The omoke in the hallway drove them back Flames, too, barred thelr way. They Get out on the window ledge and dropped '_ te the balcony on the fourth floor, ‘Thence they dropped to the roof of the i Remt house, No. 14, the residence of Alex- enter Mattiand, | O'Connor says he was overcome by the @mmeke and sank down when he reached @*plnce of safety. His companion re- ‘vives him and assisted him 10 the street. ‘The fire was discovered by James Rane, « watchman employed on tuild- tees under construction in Fifth avenue Be saw smoke coming from the rear of Me house, and running 10 f Peles “Fire!” in the basement window Samer, the hourema Bervatory on the par Was ina biaze The hovseman at @bunded al! the electric Bouse. _— SENDING THE ALARM. ‘There was adout eight minutes’ de ) OB eending out tho alarm. The first en- ' te arrive was No. §, from the Bast street station, under Mt was closely followed by from Porty-third street, near Sixth with Battalion Chief Binns, who ly turned in & second, then a @lerm. By this time the flames thelr way to the root, through ie eamtre ef tne house, Fire Chief Se? was s00n on the pcene and took charge of the work. extension ladder thirty-five-foo ladders were f¥em these and the roofs of Dulidings the fire was flames were confined to the rea he fr ran to the con ¢ floor The place alarms in the he -. a 7 B Captain Lantey, of the Kast sefeet station; Deputy Chie Path etrort, | eats _ Miss Montgomery, Gov-' stance in the street she hurried up to| bol F TRE vemme Miller Was in 'Court, but She Did Not Testify To-Day. Mrs. Jellett, | Expert Fraser, of Philadelphia, ve way and they |foweth floor, when | |fell to the floor below amid « tangle of {timber and debris, They were rescued | by the crew of Hook and Ladder No. 21 All Were more or jess bruised, Liaw Hauck moet severely, but he insisted on continuing his work. IDENTIFYING THE DEAD. ‘The body of Mrs. Jellett was found in her room and identified tn the Bast Fifty first atreet station by Walter Jackson |the footman; Thos. Burton, coachman They identifed her by her hair and two plain gold rings on one finger of her left hand. Mrs. Jellett was a widow som and daughter living Word has been ae: 9 them, | Not until 11 o'clock did the firemen. while wearching the ruins, come \pot the body of Miss Montgomery. Tho bodies were removed to the under. | taking shop 510 F | street, this | The house contained 4 valuable hip |tortcal library and many o |tected works of art, Nothing way saved | ‘The loss te about $31.0», and has a in Toronto. | st Beventy-seoond fterne carefully Mrs. Pulitaer’s jewels were in a eafe! in her room and may be saved ‘The house occupied three city lots and was just east Fifth avenue, ‘The entrance was of carved stone In the style of renalesance It was bullt of | brick and granite and was four stories | Him height, An extension formed the con-| vervatory, The house has bee | etvely described | other magazines exten in architectural and Th md day of the ninth week of OTHER RESIDENCE FIRES. Roland 1 Molineux opened j Mr Pulltzer'a ts the fourth pr this morning with an alr of expectancy , ! \ | Fesidence at which there has been long | Notteoable ‘4 | Tt was thought that handwriting em- fire within little more [SF Hie rem Are erithin ttle more (hen) oe” would be temporary élepensed | @ year with, and te dev ) more inter. ( ™, 1998, at 6.90 in the morning, 2! eating witnesnes ' ag street, (he imma Miller was tn a front neat, and line Seventy-third of Charles MH. Raymond. keneral agent Mra of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, | ftogers, daughter of Mrs Adame, was tn was known that Florence Eva, caught fre from a ilefeotice fue Mrs line city, having reached New York from | Raymond and her sister, Mrs [anac | Hartford last might } Newton Underwood. were kill! by | She wes accompanied ty Mr and Mre | jumping from windows, and a cook, | Mrederick E. Hovey, the former having Mrs. Harriet Fee, wa murned to death nthe fat with Corman and Mra | Nine others, (netuding Mr Raymond, | Rogers when Mrs. Adame died | Were more or lesa seriourly injured ry sald he understood = Mre | ' The iow: disastrous private dwelling | Rogers would y. but he wae fire tha er Visited this city ocourred not certain, She was not in court when on April § 180, when fy ons the Recorder (ook the bench | were burned to death ne of Koch and Heckmann, the letter-bor Wallace (Andrews, £ & sey | men, were in attendance and the usual enth street number of curtous women. MOLINEOX GUILTY SAYS NEW EXPERT: Emma Miller and her frie aged in the ted writings within i100 of the in the admitted writing Jit is most di Moult to forge a gap," eosald and «ince i these two sertes ¢ exiib! ears such marvellou he length of t wo { r eo me that these two have be written by differ. reom The mean average of the breaks in jthe admttred handwrittig, he said, w |4.9) millimeters, That of the disp handwriting w 1 millimeters. At the request of the Mecorder t Jexpert explained thar a milimeter was | “937 or ab 4-100 of 1 | " measured this iny space af paper and It ts almost impossible.’ sald the ex- pert o draw so that you can see It, so smal! a distinetion as exists between rages a' the breaks are prac: teally the same, doea it not?’ sald The witness looked confused for a mo meni, and did not answer Wouldn't you say,” remarked Fore. nm Martin, “that to @ layman the dis- er ure the same, but to a sctentist That is my answer,” replied the ex- Carvaiho whispered earnestly to Weeks. CROSS-EXAMINATION. cfoss examination Mr. Weeks me Drey “ 1) was my system which Bertiiion | used. aya letter from him to me proved Yow, | but Want this system there this the method of measure Bertilion method, used in t tem he misapplied,” retorted interrupted somewhat tld Mr Weeks he had no (19 mevition that case at the pres: me. ne matter for a court of law here anid the Recorder you in thar Mr. Weeks. blandly dhe had already Your yee for any of the other 1 do not wish 0" and the superticle tation th do consi more importance ¢ an ne that every man ve tremor, sald Mr : Vt mean anything of the snapped the Suffering with Rheumatism Exhausts Nerve and Strength PAINE’S Celery Compound CUR H. R. Perry, Sr., Freestone, Cal., writes : “T have been troubled with rheumatism for over twenty years and had tried the ‘most skillful physicians in our State without any relief when I began taking Patne’s Celery Compound. Before I had used half a bottle I was relieved. It cured my rheu- |matism permanently, and I believe it will cure any case of rheumatism.” It only to people capable of ment. We may govern the ‘lands under any form we please. He concluded with an eloquent eulogy of American bravery and enterprise and IN EMPIR “sueiice WAR A DR !the New | Beveridge Tempts the} Deserters. | In the war between the Equitable and Senate with Real |the New York Life insurance Companies, * * ¢ Life With Poor Sight Is a living death, but none need suffer when there are the right glasses to be found at the right optician’: Professional testing, 9 to 5, FRANKLIN D, SEWARD, XPERT OPTICIAN, |137 East 23d St,” 3.0 City College ry uomaire. Peters ye {Beecham’s Pills no which the Equitable captured nearly Nugget. ! sour hundred of the New York Life's so- Oure Siok Headache! fora erday, the tide turned to-day | | t jin favor of the latter company. and act like magic on a weak Special 9 The Bvesing World ) Up to noon at least 7 per cent. of the} _Stommeh and disordered liver, cents and 2cents, at all drugstores, Peete eer er ereresore ¢ Jesorters of yesteniay either notified the ‘company's oMficers in person or sent tel jarams asking that their resignations be destroyed and asking to Be continued as lamployees of the company on the old terms. Senator Bev- WASHINGTON, Jan eridge’s speech advosating the holding of the Philippines was the chief feature of the Senate debate on Imperiaiiem to- day. It was his maiden speech. His statements showed that the Ad-| snus sudden change of heart was due, ministration has decermined (0 ake the /aeg: to the amnoupesmemt by the Com. HELP C. Vi offensive, It will no longer defend | in. inet the payment of “ngtie,” which Al shooting Hiberty ute Filipinos it will fs an additional compensation to . ive reasons for eon Among there| 14° nusiness controlled thinks 2 RISING! reasons are gold and ddgnination teein aller twe weaie’ an tantead . or Rewer! tee roux’ this out] ot ater five years: pall pate snes | suasive powers of Second Vice-Presi- dent Perkins and Superintendent of Paid Help Wants {of pure gold which ‘The cause of thin fire has never been witness wri nt tny "tang Toar’ NEW EXPERT CALLED. sersato- as ansiher expert” ANOTHER BANK TELL was due fective fue, the other tha; | Mr. Osborne was a quarter of an hourlwemt on the a. 2 ER. it was the work of an incendiary for|iate in reaohing the court, and a sigh — PP Fy art ark 4 Th tn, tr. paving. | spite of disappointment went up from the onarncteriges al the writing, such ae| Hank, of Newark, was ca aint Among the dead were Mr. and Mrs. | searchers after exottement when Mr. jthe alight attempts at amentation, | eateepoon when Expert Frazer was ex Andrews, Mrs. Gamalte! C, St. John, ais: |Collins arose and called for Prof. Fraser. | the sien ending in the tiny flat oval ihe sald that Moti ‘ ter-in-law of Mrs, Andrews, and her| The professor ts a handwriting expert! “Pourth, the tmaginary base line is well | positor In. his bank tanme Miq eh” ode 73 children, seven-year-old Orson B., three. | from Philadel and it looked very! maintained, but the words camatantly | anuinry. ¥ : year-old Wallace, and thirteen-months-|much like another weary day of opinions | begin below and begin above. aut Id you constantly cash his checks " ing thone fi ? old Frederick St. Jonn. and deduce “PPh, the exaggerated capltale—large| thane (NONe (Our rears? A. A few of Phe others who perlshed were rervants| Dr. Persifor Prager is also au author: (and piain, | fut you were familiar with his of the family. lity on chemistry and geology. “@iKth, the capitals are chiefly lange | hand bl ve hm Sparks from thie fire set a curtain) He said that he had made @ careful] tower case letters, lie A Ne (redtviduanl ok entuar with afire in the home of Alfred J. Adame, (¢t@mination and comparison of every] Prof, Frazer went on with his teat! | bank m he 2 Rast Sixty-ninth street. Mra, Mary [handwrtting exhibit tn the case, sepa-!mony without Interruption, untit he had| 126 aiid he had made f long and care. Laughlin, the housekeeper, was burned rately and collectively, with the addresm] given twenty-one reas for his | ntniee ie handwriting ex- io Gbads te ihe’ tee jon the poteon package duictions. He spoke rapidly and pom! "In your optiton are Exhibtt A and Have you come to a conclusion as} siy,)s }the admntited exhtiite written by th —— who wrote the Exhibit A?" Weeks never said a word during it/Mtme hands NEW WARSHIP IS FAST, | © ACCUSES MOLINEUX, (2! For some Sime coe survra Rave Me Math de ' f nr helt atten i" fter awhile | for hia opinion on p ate! IT have come to the conclusion that few of them | “Did ve ow th and th onoedet hand: dally In jor . i. ‘ mined by | the showed | wan | 5. And tt Corian? A wan another | | wn " he same ha 4 eum wrote} NEWCASTLE, England, Jan ® Th Awa the + signed Barnet? A jechawe United Staten or ' » by the ' te the con- ia e | the Hragilian te writl jpurchased by the Gov Mate br he reasons for arriving from ernm: shortly the beginning {at your conclusions” «aid Mr, Collins Doked pu — of the War Wilh Spain, wae given | DE Prager read his opinion. He maid ad made draw: epee ee i 25"h! BRIBES IN ENVELOPES ba emstul Meta! trial off this port tow | nea foes : wee oF she lines ¥ ay. eques , f mane: aii tural conceded writing She developed a spees of aut ‘ ne natural . und that showed thoroumn sew einen knots There are thtriy-two characteristtes |; tnaceurate as news and @X-| 66 the poison address.” he wald, “that any other drawing made by hand t sen: ceeded her contract conditions ve induced me to the belle? that] The Recorder admtited them, but ‘The Albany is a sister ship of the| Mee Mioiineux wrote the address on| Warned the Jury to pay “no more atten Seandal. Now Orleans, and nas a displacement of | ™m™! pes lon to them than { CUE | WASHINGTON, Jan 9 —Ex-8tate Sen- 3.600 tons. ¢ henge see is tracings |ator Whiteside, of Montana, continued —— | all of oI had dee examine! by Dr, Doddy. the | hie testimony: before the Benate Com- CABINET AND developed by high-power microseopee. Lo@cial bactertologisi of Penneyl¥ani®. [mittee on Privileges and Elects There are three chief reasons for my | Prof. of the Col- jons to-day * Phat t delphia, Dr ee ent we ee Hemist of the same. and lege ovine Samuel Sadier in the Clark case He identified two envelopes exhibited Let. | rimilarition existent which may Be 968 / Beot “Hendersun. of the Pratt Institute, ; ter , etl oy the naked exe. Second, There are al Hrockivn, and they. corroborated. ms [ebloe he said had contained money given Ree corner many small detafis in sient de-| find! to him to hold for members of the te . jab te the tte ‘such an a], Weeks objected to this line of evidence. | Legisiature WASHINGTON, Jan 9—At the cant. Hos ete eae an onsen ab ithe | PAs ces ee Gaal taint ene Jateral | They were marked by initials and net meeting to-day the subject of tne at. | right-hand side of the line. he jines in the poison otherwire, which, Mr. Whiteetde suid ‘of the ad-|hat been placed on the envelopes at the leged corner in hemp was discussed in with the eerrations connection with the | variations In che slant itself, Sites cries time the money was deposited in them 5 requertta to excluded the real Cornish from lock court to recess Petsue aces eee Uelted ead line ok fr ine Wee ee 8 one —_—_ wd * | I seteedent {38 cond pi) “at ng do 1 nd ony evidence «ah of verte] MROBIO-MINDED WOMEN. | REGULARS BACK ROM CUBA Pauuppine port oven atl of the |tremor, Wis writing is remarkably Fraser resumed the stand thie| can be spared mo | otradly The number of women pre —— esrenary, tas 3 The Fa Ther } sharecteries | Lacemal The Pitteenth Ietantrs, Wives ot! the, deposits f ‘TE | che handwriting of the defendant are as eniapered| SRC Officers and m Maseot Ar. National Bani Wade {0 | rotlowe co cea tive on the Sedawiek. “The irregularities of the upper and A rantom feenl| ‘The Fifteenth Innfantry Regulars 234 gy lower parts of letters that extend above | one of the ted exhibits, and from Nevvitas, Cuba, arrived on the Bazsi|or below ine lines. | These diterences | aleplared a Tong table of relative marae: ranapor: Redawick to-tay at Pier '}are marked and may he noticed in ali itoments Of iat Senitted * Pacific street, Brooklyn. There are at |the "Fa ne.” “p's.” Me. Tie measurements conisted of the] men ant (wenty-nine officers, iwo hat of the entire word, , A ee : | “Newt is Loe exigmeration of the stems te rele ers notlee) particularly in initial letters. } “Ehem GoupeD- deo enema ovat Adveriisemests Cr THE WORLD © “Case fo outs, com ec the leneth | ralion nine officers’ wives ‘There were also ne . a taicon, very, tired. he silaellves cay Agents Buckner at a meecing of agents in To-Day’s one eh. [hts forenoon World. DEWEY CLAIN IN COURT, | Be Paid Help Wants in Argument Hei Whether Mis "gee Get GAMA es iv for the Thittezn Other wai tht. New York Papers WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—The claim of Combined. he American] Admiral Dewey and hie men for bounty |... Py 4 FIounee It 9 @ Provts| Scising out of the dest a APPRENTI 4 ARTIFICIAL FLOW: a ads chan G Shot er ne) ore fleet In Manila Bay was argued be- a 9 orn He made this serious statement fore the Court of Claims to-day. BASTERS American opposition to AS war bi William B. King and Herbert &@ Mt BONNAE ; wens been the chief factor in prolonging It] appeared for the clatmants, and L BOOKSINDERS ..... 6 Ae Had Aguinaldo not understood that IM], pradt, the Assotant Attorney-Gener. | BUTTONHOLE MAK COMPORITORS 1 Amerten, even in the American Con-} 4) for the : 2) KITCHEN WORK... 1 egal ia age beth gc . o ‘The question st lesue is the amount of 4) LADIES’ TAlLone., Knower that i was, prociatmed on the] tM@ Dounty (o Be paid under the statute aildaxens ; ‘ 4 widing for 600 a head for ev 31 NURSE stump and in the press of a faction tn ae ing pith Pecthyrcg I al ee » the United Sta! that every shot his) pegs Agee: ry a i hye bl be fetal ‘ misguided followers fired into the breasts = ae des ee # peor % of American soldiers was like the volleys eas) where peed enemy te 4) PAPER RULER fired by Washington's men against the] *4perior. SALPSL Dies polvrtes of King Georgs, his insurrection] The contention of the claimants was 2] satmexesy a would have dissolved before it entirely | that the force of the enemy was super- | srEwooaPnane crywtallized.” jor at Manila Bay, and that there te due o WCaNRE Lk The Filipinos, the Senator sald, were] Sal8.0, of which $191,000 is due te the | TAILORS nildiwh, and stupld as caribou bulls | men. vo 18) WAIST HANDS He advocated “a simple and strong” . 3) WAITRROES ———= PUBLIC HEARING ON TUNNELS ON JAN. 29. The new Board of Aldermen held its Mayor government with « Philippine office tn power except that of discussing measures with the Governor-General, which council would be the germ for future legislatures, 9 in practicn! government; Amer: done since the Gilroy ‘e rs provin na like Sotinett ;| resolution authorising if possible an American resident in each | for the initia! work on district ii TR tie mad the Declaration of xy dsase hed no tearing om the