The evening world. Newspaper, September 5, 1900, Page 1

) EDITION | PRICE ONE CENT, SHOOTS Early Morning Tragedy in a Third Avenue Raines Law Hotel. Two men mort wounded with buls) , three others seriously hurt and an ambulance badly wrecked It the net rer oul! of Martin Weldman's attempt to clean out the Sharon Hotel, 19% Third avenue, while crazed with drink early jhte morning SWeldman haw a fractured skull, ine filcted by a sound police clubbing, Me} ie nineteen years old and lives at 60} Raat Sixth etreet The injured, yeatdes Weldiman, are JAMES ALLION, bartender, twenty- four years old, of 227 Weat Twen- Heth street, shot in month and abdomen, I er, twenty en years of 231 Greeawich shot in the mowih, He oan- mot talk, rave dan. wer of lookjaw, ALBERT sTON| lance driver, fractured arm M. J. SULLIVAN, lett werlet broken, At Lo'cloek this morning about twenty men and women were in the back room of the saloon, which {# reached through WRATHER—FAIR AND WARM, | “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ TWO MEN. |POWERS IS __ SENTENCED Life Term for Man Found Guilty in Goebel Mur- der Case, (pect! to Tht Rvening World) GEORGETOWN, Ky, Bapt, bo through the hall to the street door At the entrance he met Policemen Pettine ill and MeGarry, who were rushing in to Investigate, Again Weldman raised his revolver and pulled the trigger, But the chambers were all empty and the hammer snapped only on the revolving eviinder, Pettingill, who had run up to the man, t brought his night stick with all hie strength on Weldman's head. Phe voy fell ike a dead man, his wkull fractured for four Inches where the club hit him, In response to a hurry call an ambu- lance from Bellevue Hospital, with Btone for driver and in charge of Dr. Sullivan, dashed down Seoond avenue to ‘Twenty firat street, where it crossed to Third avenue, Sut av tt reached the Third avenue corner car 42 came along at the unual early morning speed, Neither the am- balance or the car could check Its peed and the car struck the vehicle squarely between the wheels, It mashed through it as If it were paper Stone was od fifteen feet through the air and fell uncnsclous, while Dr Bullivan fell backward. The horse wae not injured and stopped after tt had run twenty feet, Atond waa carried to the cut and Dr, 1 hallway from the street, when Weld- min came In, He looke older than his nineteen years, Ho was not known to the crowd and sit down alone at @ table, where he ordered a ainss of beer, Kone the manager, wae walking avout », keeping order and seeing that ra were attending to the wants © customers, Juddeniy, without @ word, witnesses 1, Weldman drew a revolver, Kano w it and started toward him. In an ‘ostant Weldman began fring. FIRED AT RANDOM, Three times he fired, two of the bulle! fying wide among the crowd of shriek- ¢ Women, Chairs were overturned and es upset as the crowd made a rush to pafety, The third shot struck Kane in the mouth and he fell Allen, behind the bar, rushed out at the firet shot, By the time he reached the keene the third shot had been fired, and Weldman, brandishing the revolver, was making a rush for the door leading to the hall, Aw tho bartender confront: 4 him, without any preliminary he be- gan to Are agatn, He was hardly a foot from Allen then and both shots fred took offect, one In the mouth and the other in the abdomen, Allen fell, and Weldman, jumping over his body, rushed BRITISH TO BUY MINES. —~—— Seven Million Dollars to Be Invested in Colorado Property; LONDON, Sept. 6.—John Hays Ham- mond, the American mining engineer, walied for Boston on the Cunard tne sleamer Saxonia from Liverpool yeater- day As the representative of a syndicate Gompored of Wornher, Beit & Co, and J. B. Robinaon, the Bouth African mag: nates, and J. Plerpont Morgan and other capitalists, Mr Hammond has ne to examine @ group of mines in Jolorado. { he reports favorably the ayniicate has agreed mines referred heb nan $7,000,000, Se tiles JOHN D. FLOWER LEFT $75,000 TO RELATIVES, WI of the Financter, Drawa a y Ago, Filed ToDay, The will of the late John D. Flower War filed in the Surrogate’s office (o- day. Tho value of the estate Ie placed At $75,000, The value the personal Property la unknown. According (0 the provisions of the will 1 It te asnerted, to plirchame ihe price named to, the the teatator’s widow, Mrs, Abigail Flower, revelves, bentdes | content. of the family home, horses and oar riages, one-third of the residue of the extate, ‘The remainder js to be divided be- tween Mary A, Flower, Catherine Kip and Nathan Flower, the children of the testator. number of small bequests are made to other relatives. The will was drawn In May, 1s, me BOY IS MISSING. Wilbur 0, Fowler, ten years old, is missing from his home, 67 lismere place, Tremont, He has dark hair, fair Five tien and wore a blue sult and Sullivan, after attending to him. bound up his own broken wrist and went to the acene of the #hooling: Another ambulance was sent for, pleked up Stone on the way and took ail the injured to the hospital A LAWYER'S CLERK. Weldman said he wae 4 lawyers clerk, but did not mention where he was employed Kane declared ho had never reen Weldman before and had no words with ht All he knew was that the young " rang up and began to shoot A pathetic scene at the hospital was when Allen's young wife called, she was not allowed to see her injured hus band, Bhe had to be removed by main force, Weldman lived with his mother and sister, It was learned py the police that he ts employed In the law office of A.C Shonaterne at 111 Broadway, Misa Weldman, a stenographer, said torday her brother was quiet, reserved and was not @ drinking man, He was keot from home at night often serving Powers wan sentenced to prison for the remainder of his Ife by Judge Cantril to-day. Powers waa by ville by Hearn Court ought here from Loule- fheriffe Nuter and tnken at once to the Ho looked pale and and Was House hagaard. ‘You have ‘heen found gutlty.” aald the Judge, “by a of the court of the crime of belng accasnory before the fact to the asmaeaination of Wille jam Goebel and that Jury hae Axed your punishment at imprisonment for the re- mainder of your natural life in the State penitentiary, Have you any@rea- fo Why such fontence should not be panned?" "TL have reasone, but I will not e them at this Ume,"’ answered Powers. Judge Cantril then pronounced the sentence, A bill of exceptions was filed by Gov. Brown and judgement was suspended for sixty daye for action on the case by the Court of Appeals. Powers was ordered back to Louleville for safe keeplog, LOST BETS; TOOK LIFE. Track Follower Took Poison’ and Blew Out His Brains, jury The body of wn unidentified man war found thia morning in a vacant lot at Jackson and Ruckley street Long tetand Chiy The man hid first swallowed parts Jareen and then blown out his brains Nothing was found in hts pockets that would leat to his identification, In bis left hand was a paper containing the entries for ra at different tracks, The police think that he Killed himself heeause of betting losses, He wis about forty years old, and had fark halt thustache tinged with eray Ave eubpoena "TD bolteve”’ she said, “Martin went into that Y ce to werve @ subpoena and was attacked,” Ahe never knew that he carried a re- volver, NEW BUDGET $100,000,000. Big Increase Over This Year Asked by City De- partments, The estimates for the etty budget for 1901 are being Med. and call for a heavy Increase In the appropriations, the ind! cations being that the total for all de partments will run above $100,000.00), President Holahan, of the Board Puoile Works, avks for nearly twice much money as that Department war allowed for the current year, and #aye that he needs $467 435 next year to carry ott a olan of reorganization of the Topo: graphical Bureau. ‘The appropriation fOr 1900 was $290,000. The Polloe Board asks for $11,743,909) OF Amalnat B1L827,000.42 for this year, Of this 112,000 Is necessary for the increares salary let comelied by the graded sys. tom law, For the Bureau of enone ae Amalie, $465,000 hie STT6OD) |e aniced, year: The Fire Department for Wants $1,086,916 Manhattan and the Bronx Ast $2,748,112, oF an ine D for payroll, $20.00 for ap) p $76,000 for a new fire boat, Kor Brooklyn nd Queene $2.917,09% |e avked, and for the Queens volunteer firemen $76,001. Por Richmond Borough $0,000 te aeled Commiscioner Keathig wants a double Appropriation for highways, He aske FOr UH.040T ae aglow! $22KONUT, OF thik $200.00) 14 for new paveemnt in Man hatan The Department of Publle Buildings Tights and Supplies asks Cor $415,405.16, L sea a 16, wn Jommissioner Lantry wants $807.74, as Againat §797,6i5 for the Department of Corrections in 1990, District Horney Gardiner wants $27,. M0 and the Distrlo pattorney for Kings c sun inks for $87.90) The Park Departme at $8,617.40 (oa and aie including Roney Ie and Park, " as ‘all they s for Wi6,- TER 5 ask for, H.C.F.KOCH’S SUDDEN END. Head of Big Department Store Died in a Sara- toga Hotel. H.C, F Kooh, head of the big depart ment store of HC. F. Koch & Co, on West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, between Lanox and Beventh ave nues, died suddenly (hie morning in the Grand Unton Hote), at Saratoga Mr. Koch had been absent from ¢ olty for several weeks he made the trlp through the Thou Islands and up the 81 Lawrence Ri Ww mM Alexandria Bay several days ago he euffered an attack of heart dis but rallied and went to Saratoga ond attack today proved fata) Word of tile death reached the eity and at once caused the big uptown ewtablinh: ment to clone ite doors, The body will rrougat thin evening to the Kook residence, at MP laenox avenue Mr. Koeh's death will be mourned by at army of employees, In whom he took a fatherly Interest ( Mough raised a Kepubliean he With Mrs, Kooh nd r A be voted for Grover Cleveland in 188 and had since been a Demoerat, He was non partivan in locwl Affaire and took great Interest In the Good Government move lment, He wis a member of te Aston and [lederkrane vlube oe HISSED IN REPUBLICAN NUTMEG CONVENTION, Attawk Howls nad Jeers (ipeclal lo The Kee HAVEN, Con Btate Con on Meleww Men Beings New Haven, ne World Bept NEW Hepublicar today George BP. Moly Warner were pla tion a# candidates for Governor Ex-Henator Chandler, of Thompson, talked a row by his attack on ‘the Mo Lean men, He was hissed and howled at Fe the delogater: MoLean was nominated on the frst ballot, B, O, Keller was named Cor aeo- ot Nand place, ee The vention met he and Donal before the conven iW YORK, WEDNI USDAY, a ear ee shi’ VEMBER 5, LM jae “Cire lation Books Open to 4 AMI.’ ad w ODELL IS NAMED IN RECORD-BREAKING CON ENTION BY REPUBLICANS. “BASEBA ‘LL. CINCINNATL. Loot i | f) | ft] — 43 NEW YORK, 2 9 AM GAME D2 id CHICAGO AT B HI IXTH RA ) GAME Platt’s ‘Slate Went Through at Saratoga To-Day Without a Hitch — Woodruff and Old Ticket Re- nominated, (fperial to The Brening World) CONVENiLON HALL, SARATOGA, Sept. 5 At 12.91 this afternoon the Repub- Hiean State Convention adjourned, having nominated Platt's slate and carried out the orders of the Basy Boas tn two hours and sixteen min- utes—a record-breaking feat ‘This time included speeches by ex- Gov, Frank 8, Black, Candidate Odell, Chauncey M. Depew, Gov Roosevelt and others, The only speech that aroured enthusiasm was that of Depew, The others fell flat The Governor entered the hall at 12.10, the delegates rising and re- maining standing while he came BAY 'DEPEW FIERCELY ASSAILS BRYAN. Calls Him ‘“Charlatan” Through His » The Kvening Worl CONVENTION HALt BARATOGA, Bept Benator Chauncey M. Depew haniied William Jennings Bryan withow hefore the Republican Co to-lay, He wras offered him | iT Woodrutt Lieutenant w vigoroun attack for! Presiden (ipectal gloves Demooralt nominee the United Btates. It was no sparkling with « after-dinner jo ' ence, bil w yinegat nominee 4 muine Ww alirred much applause “There in nothing,” mall Kenator wien Col Bryan can say in hie elem for the exclusive ownership of the pra of the things taught in the Deolara Indepe (hat tam on more brillanti® waid vind a by Bepublioan siateatne “Hut when Col Hryan wen Kt twoky, at the time when under an famous election law, the State war be stolen by Bie felemidn cron ihe officers who had been lawfully as elected by the Democrat! bowrds, and gave Ris sanction and We welght of hin mreat authority ana Democrat to the thieven where was bis idea of consent of the governed THE KENTUCKY ROW. “These olttzens of Kentucky, who were to ba deprived of thelr rights and gov- erned without shetr consent, were not | fea pee Ale | and Says “He Talks Hat" — Bitter Saratoga Speech. rightly tribes Paeitie had perform red yearn \n iinenshiyy When the Ocean erned vention party, tte oa ubverte cvninabil ‘the brow 6 thorns, ¥ maniiy op irtied | ig w retui ang | hard por years, « word to may of thin te been suffering, In favor of litting [foo! | Wo shall wot crnelty bh of an arenipelige the but they wer 1 herole the battie f men wh service for a hun with away » had It wtury thelr tak or ate a ‘ime tha ertain for fuot press down ween jut Hhhhs era a erone of mold and yet he has not one Satter f yenes suffering, if t¢ haw (Continued on Second Page.) ik ili aA Pao ce tM bi down the als! There was not a band present, The ovation given Gov Roosevelt Given Second Place, CHAFFEE TOLD OF PEACE PLANS. * Our General Ordered to If Powers WASHTNOTON, fept. 6A cablegram Chaffee in ree been sent to Gen mation having reached here to that ef+ fect, some of the authorities now be- love the powers will agree to joint oe- supation of Peking until the entire Chinese question ts settled. LONDON. Sept, b-No offletal pro- nouncement t# yet forthcoming here In reward to the deciaton of the powers, but the consensus of opinion continues summeative of & compromise on the prow nosale now under consideration In the meanwhile there fe little au- thoritative indication that the Dowager Hmoress ls ready to treat for peace even if the allied powers reach an agreement in reward to the best means of opening negotiations On the contmry, many Shanghal ru- mora summest that she le carrying on her anthforeian polloy with increased neal, reported Imperial decree from TalYuan-Pu ls #ald to be deflant and unrepentent atid to contain the statement that the Court fled leat the Fimoeror might be killed during the flehting between the Boxers and Chris: The latest was remarkable, delegates and audi.) (/90* and thus leave no one to continue ence cheerlig and applauding The Republican State Convention was called to order at 10,18 o'clock to-day and the nomination of the Piatt slate was rushed through with- out a hiteh, Odell was nominated for Governor by ex-Goy, Frank 8, Black in a strong speech in which he declared there was no {save of Imperialism and that the Democracy was hopelessly in the) minority. Simons, of Brie, seconded the nomination, Woodruff was placed in nomination by United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew, whose fleree attack on Hryan was one of the few dramatic things of the Convention, He was wildly applauded for the points he made THE TICKET. For Governor, B, Odell, Orange Lieutenant-Governor — Woodruff, of Kings ecretiry of State Donough, of Alb ony Jn, of Timothy L. John T Mes Comptroiler=William J, Morgan, of Erle. State Treasurer—John P. Jaeckel, of Cayuga Attorney-General-John ©. of Oneida State Engineer Jefferson The most Interesting feature of the session was the appearance tipon the platform of Frank §. Black, Theo- jdore Roowevelt and B, B, Odell, jr Cornelius Vanderbilt made his maiden speach at a political meeting | when he cast the vote of the Twen lty fourth Am biy District He said In a cleat yous heard all over the ball, “Pour votes for Hen }jam- B Odell “THE DAY'S PROCEEDINGS AT SARATOGA CONVENTION. vy Hone Davies, Edw. A. Bond, of Atirnetion yell the dreds Whe tr the alt * <w ONVENTION HALL | SARATOGA, Sey | i " " Ma vor al aring tunes sy tx uck wan one rat He was applauded tte here orgs W. Ald od th iu f heads togethe Bonator Platt arrived at 1.10 k (Continued on Second Page) whi ase! the “ancertral worshtp.” iw decree la also paid gl exhort @ MURPHY’S Mx-Benator Murphy went over to Hrooklyn torday and had an intereatin seance with Hugh MelLaughiin. The burden of (heir (alk Was the nomination Murphy had not created the desired im- pression on Mr. Melaughiin. He tried persuasion, then threats, and parted from the Brooklyn leader in a glum humor It was 1146 o'clock when (he ex-Ben- Ator drove up ina cad to the auetion which i 1 the versation, talking a he was persuasive, owitive wig hie b Jaome en mow Jed briefly Mel CROKER ON | THE TICKET. ays Odell and Woodruff Will Be Beaten—Vermont Result Pleasing. Dew M wer anid at there was a loas of 10 pa cen: sn the Republican vote in Vermont Prepare to Quit Peking So Decide. union of the vicsroya to "avenge the'tne juries Infifeted on China” by the powers, sponse to hin query of yeaterday. Ha is advinet of the pendine negotias LE HUNG CHANG STIRS tions for Joint oseupation of Peking LONDON CHINESE ENVOY, |Jolnt withdrawal therefrom and ine structed to remain until further orders He ts ordered to be in readt for ve Him to Get Bagh to Ao» prompt retirement if that courae ts aalesce in Nossia’s Plane, adopted LONDON, Sept, 6The Chinese Mine In view of the fact that Russia hae) ter here, Bir Chin Chen Lo Feng Lal not yet posttively ordered the with-| admita tho correctness in a gel drawal of her troops, no oMetal Infor | #ense of the cable moxaage sent to him, } according to Bhanghat advices, by La Hung Chang, in which the latter te quote ed an saying “Our St Potersbur@ Mintater has ot chin hore also eaye he has nent a powerful memorial to Lord Ballebury urging him to adhere to the Russian proposal to withdraw the allied forces from Peking, aa he, @ir Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh, belleven it will pave the way to a speedy settioment, BRITAIN ORDERS A FOURTH BRIGADE TO CHINA, Horry Orders Sent to India for Troops to Depart at O AOMLA, BRITISH INDIA, Bept. b= The Fourth Brigade has been ordered to proceed to China forthwith, BHANGHAT, ‘Tuesday, Sept, About 1,00) more British Indian troops me been janded here, making alto th 2,00 of eis troopa and 1,000 camp fole lowers at this port. THREAT TO MLAUGHLIN. ae Oe Coler Vigorously Discussed by the Ex-Senator and the Brooklyn Leader. head frequently in the affirmatives them in the uve, It was evident that Murphy was not meking headway, for he grew emneeas of Comptroller Coler for Governor. The) ingly eloquent and geatioulated vigor; conference lasted two hours, and at It) ounly termination the indications were that! Pinally he assumed a threatening att tude, He #hook hia finger in erry lin's face, pounded his fet on a dealt seemed to be laying down the law, He continued in that favhlon for thirty minutes and was very warm bit Unoomfortable as he rose to legw®, ur McLaughlin accompanted him room on Willoughby street the front doer of the auction room MeLauahlin's headquarters. he was leavt saying MoLauahiin wae out at lunch, DUI] "1 gin entirely for harmony, amd BR fridge Commissioner Shea, who W# push | want to see (he warring factions get tee ing Coler's nomination, was presest | wether,” with ex@herf Creamer and a fow Senator made no response ff others, thin and hurrted away, A messenger hurried st for the] After his departure Mr bey Brooklyn leader and returned with him neomel out of sorte and refused w@ in a shortt Mix-Benator Murphy Wal} what the topo discussed waa, Nelthes rdlal in bis greeting, but Melaughlin| would he aay @ wom about Coler, Was hol effusive-he never tr Friends of the Commptroligs take the, The two retired to Mobaugnlin’s pls) Ht hand Hard leant, are vate office, leaving th ) thelr actions were plainly visible s vielt ava ‘David B, Hull te jay is tiken as exe cratic vote. ‘Thag) votes proparty dime try would have 1 the Demoe very much, ange of 2 \ alr 4 me A ob tributed lected Bryar Mr. Crok s Vermont showed 1s, veket tf che resale ty the eximtence of am and t @ change He wee mhedt from | Mackey be the (uh the didate was To Cure Tal droge ah. ‘Ow