The evening world. Newspaper, January 4, 1901, Page 1

__EDITION WERATHER-—FAIR ‘TO-DAY AND SATURDAY. NIGHT [ $f Circulation I Books Open to All.” i "PRICE ONE CEN + WALL STREET'S RECORD DAY: MILLION S ADE IN STOCKS Capt. ieee and twol B Policemen Are Over- come by Smoke in At- tempting Rescue. +B Ones woman loat her life. three police officers, including Capt. Lantry, were | overcome ,and a three-story tenement- house was gutted by fire at 23 Eamt Fifty-eighth street, late this afternoon. Dr. James Ferguson who, with his wife lives on the partor floor, discovered tho fire. He ran out and-gave the alarm and! returned Oarely in time to rescue his wife by way of a rear window. On the top floor fived Mrs. Thomas Kenny, who wan in her apartments alone. She leaned out of the front window and screamed for help. .Police Capt. Lantry and Polloemen Sheehan and O'Connor, who were near by, ran to her rescue, They ran up the frantsthitrwas; “to ‘the —second “ftoor through a dense smoke and with flames ‘cruckling under (them. Au the top of the second flight of they were stopped by flames, and. staggered down again and into the street, overcome and gasping. It was a stairs | gallant but frultiess effort, for Mrs. % : Kenny was suffocated by smoke. |e ‘The building was gutted, but the wornan's body waa rescued by firemen. The loan jn estimated at Saeko GEN. POSTLEY : DIES IN CAR. Millionaire Lawyer One Was Policeman James F. O'Flaherty WOMAN KILLED IN TENEMENT BLAZE. POLICEMAN’S WIDOW SAYS HE WAS SUICIDE. 2-2 —____—_——— Mrs. James O’Flaherty is Held While De- tectives Work on Case. : MRS. JAMES F. O’FLAHERTY. Bh ¢ upbraid 1 him for leaving hie po: ANGTHie OIL BURNS, ACTO MRS SOPHIE 14 OF COLERS MEN ARE OUT. Comptroller Swings His R FRANK ARM(TAGE WENTLER DEAD BIC RISE IN THE TAX RATE. The Assessment Will Be i of New York’s Oldest [sot to death by his wife during a] shen he pulled hit revolver and shot Axe to Reduce Ex- ,; Twenty Points Higher bitter quarrel or did he commic suicide | |i mrelf, Residents. because of her jealous; Develop thus far In the care penses. This Year. The police have not y certained, | show th y and his wife had { — although sx detectives have been work- | freattent were all about ing on the case since 10 o'clock last that Mre.{ Comptroiler Coler to-day cut off the] President Feltner, of the Tax Depart- Gong Brooke, Rostley One ot ee cnet aghr) cr hunband, but | oflicht! reads of fourteen of his good-| ment, wunounced to-day that the. tax revidents of New York, and for nearly! shortly after 9 o'clock Michael La’ J attentions to; saiarled employees, because he hag not| rate for 191 would be higher by at half a century a urominent member of the local bar, died suddenty at 11 o'clock this morning in a crosstown car at Fif- ty-ninth street and Madison avenue. Despite hie advanced age—he was elghty—Gen. Pontiey took a constitu: Uonal every morning. Wearing a silk hat and a long military overcoat. he left floor. ‘The revolver herty was unco! vf 108 Roowevelt street, coatleys Into the Oak street station and announced that O'Flaherty, hile bre in-law, hud shot himeelf at his home, Ferry street. ran hatless and to she followed him t re they fo sald, Fonn Policeman Dend. inthe tien to he po found O'Flaherty on the} up and down. the He wax shot through the bratit, | terly, she held a threet Way. O'Flas| Her. arms, Dreswet tn Te was sent to enough money to pay thelr salaries, ‘The saving, which wil; be effected by the city, will amount to $18,100 4 year. cations | Mg since, Mt ist wo his post und ater mailed a pollte note to-day, aim th the Hoard of aim $9960 less than last Comp: tliing, had Oak atrees sta Pacing lowed The Comptroller will discharge more men to-morrow. blue picture of grlef, ae house i | Mi ol Dh, why dtd b Th are his home at ‘SIT Fifth avenue at’ 10/the Hudson Street Hospital, ‘There he} do thin? TC told him not t fol Meuse AR VE eae uM ‘ jo ln? i! odo it” « y eta v'clock. Te had walked to Fifty-ninth| died. the his not been told that her husband] ober! MeNamara, deputy collector of @treet and Columbus avenue, where he} Mrs, O'Flaherty, her brother, pinta vad, She believes him to be In the| Clty Record: salary, § i Boarded en east-bound car to ride back] I-ally, and the latter's (riend, Miss’ Lulu wounded, but alive, Otto Stutzbach, warrant clerk; salary, a Mrs. O'Flanerty was taken before] $1,200, 1 @ Pith avenue. Wallace, who were present at the timo, | Mactatrate Degel, of the Centre Street : ‘) i f . Yennc Elliott, of 43 Fast Bixty-second| Were held as witnesses, ourt, this moriing by Capt. Vreden-| Charles W. Hoadley, Inapector; salary, f treet, identified the General and notified] Mrs. O'Flaherty suld that her husband | USM. of the Oak wtreet wtation. | | $1,400 Col. Clarence Postley went| left his post and returned to the house |coraner's eller, sheen bend tte fe ecoe eannelmer.; azstelalt account: and arranged to have hin} 4t 9 o'clock. He aeked her for beer. await the arrival of Coroner Fitzpatrick, | ti salary, $12 Teahideaipadavoon enna tema: ster £ z Zi Sumner Sweet, examiner; salary, $1,200, On the body were found a gold watch ’ cane UU Ey eel Pee and chain, a very valuable diamond’ Y ‘ 03 i , s ting, a acarfpin of diamonds, a gold pen- | puamee H, O'Brien, examiner; salary, ys sold glassex and two revolvers,which | ‘Malachy F, Keane, assistant account- : the police say were not loaded. The | lary, $1,200. General hed also some papers bearing his name, presidency of the Hoffman Coal and lron ~ Company, cent He rerved from hin youth in the State member of the.New York Club and matntained his membership. te was also a. member of the Larchmont Yacht FIRST TRIPLETS} triplots tn ury. avly heathy the doctor mays. He think: Yenya’ the doctor, was called out eater New York in the new refured to resign. In a tettor te of bed lust nigit to | says he has Militia and rose through every grade tol the home cf Matthlas Tomas, an Aus- | fully and will not voluntarily give up the rank of General. During the civilltrian, who came to America eght of | hts position, He also impeaches the mo- | Fereemet for the th war he was offered command of a bri-|nine years ago, and has been a hard: | tyes of tha District-Attorney: in remo sp hours ondine aes} t Ende: rae iSetlined| Us ite did, not retire) working citizen of New York for three |ing nis assistants. Saturday, Jnn. 5, for New til tfteen years-ugo. | years. : _ | Not an hour elapsed after: the receipt ‘My andy Gen. Postley married Misx Henrietta|’ The family live on Union aven in} of Blumenthal’« letter by District- te] venecenn Peep he Kain, of this city, He was a charter| Westcherter, and the wife ina remark- | torney Philbin before. the former. wis bea A fit dolh Deputy Assis | DI | Keyron Hughes hat an interesting incident IS REMOVED. nd Prepeasessing woman, | summary sLamineed from office. Herman Mugler, m. anearenger; salary, 1,000. Henry Wot tn the Brook- Well Known tn Militia.’ lym tax office: malary, RSID ne k Exchange seats are not taxable. e 8 i - “4 Gen. Postley had seen the develop: pulary. $1,200, The case wee thet of William Lemmon ment-of New York from a small city to Benjamin ‘Kortez, exan:iner; salary, | against Tax Commissioner Feltner, Mr. a a “e 200, Lemmon had bee eer ue the “greatest muntelpallty in the world. Perens R. slertette, examining. oterk | n asreascd $290) on hin He¢as born in Eat Broadway, then 4) pp. J. Gorse Simmons, of Weatchenter, | Maurice B, Blumenthal, Aysistant Diss |in Bureau of Arrea ary, $1,280, a ae f fashionable locality. Hisige wus aciive. called up The Evening We the [trlet-Attorney,” whose resignation was |" Willfam ci Mane rk fn Bronz | The desie‘on saye: He kept-up his law practice until ten telephone thin aft on ind dhe jrequested. by Distrlet-Attorney Philbin | (8% Mice: salary, S49. The ycrsonel privilege of this reintor yekra'ago, when he retired to accept the wanted to report the b first thix ufternon, has defled hin chief and Serena jie not capital investet fn his bust RRR RR EERE EEEEEREEEE WEATHER FORECAST. warmer to- mtrict- Attorney freah weat- Club.”? ta that omacely, leven montis and wine | requested py, Dts . nV dus agu he was calle 2 hyune | to welte: out on a nimllar momentous oecusion. ‘That | immnedia Hebi inie! etn ak ramet {time girl was born. The triplets, are sors ;to, Messrs. Blumenthal a Free nsadone. ‘Bee! one: amas ene ener le essen wil be appointed: aa Mr] oA Century, of J.avor Or ganias Bee peass of lungs, in conaiders the atail aa now com: [the Century t Maa Doved adequate to the nevda of the office, Tribute, Jam Coa Med enter To each man whom he discharaed the} for the present timate least % polnte than It was Inet year. The tax rate for 1% was $2.34 on every $100 of arseared valuation. ‘Ihe budget ear In $7,000,000 greater than for last yeur, and this alone wi!l add D points to the tax rate. Br. Feitner also tuted that there was & possiblity Of the Franchise Tax Inw being declared unconstitutional, In which event the tax rate will be atiil further Incrensed. It will be Imposelbie, he admitted, to increage the valuations, because they are almont up to the limit at present. #0 that the additional mommy necessary must bo put an (ne tix rate. In Sz, Fettner's opinion it will be tne sumbent on-hin department to Increase all personal taxen, ——<—____ ’CHANGE SEATS UNTAXABLE. jam Lemmon Gets Favorable Supreme Court Decision. In a decision to-day Justice, Rumn of the Supreme Court, declares thet within the meaning of section 7 of th tax Inw, and for that reason he was not taxable upon tt, and therefore the crder! divmiasing the wnt shoud be preven and the asnessment vacated with cost BOER SUPPLIES SEIZED. tion Taken i Paarl, In Cape Colony, | CAPE TOWN, Jan. 4—A quan mmunition hag heen captured mympatn zere with the invaders tn Near from the i z | nefehhornned of Paarl, a 1 Whe Growth of Trades Univalem, see the .Contury feature ia the Sunday FrRipe, Jan. & %* |RADFORD GIRL RETURNS HOME. 5 POH RG DarDOSHDE-E: mer re Deciares She Was Jeal-'; ous of Her Sister and Went Away to Great Barrington in a Fito Anger. Mary Radford, tne atxteen-year-old heiress who om rousiy disappen from her hone yesterday, turned up this afternoon ut 2%, She sald she had spent the night tn Great Barington, Mass She had fed | from home, she decha because of a bitter quarrel with her el turned to her home. Paying wi ent orter fou roam r hoz sireet, playing wi dederiving het At fret she ford where Urging she to Harrngton ant her trip, Rete secured § had no intents Ing der fathe engugeme Sixth ave THREE KILLED IN EAPLOSION. PIRLAD IL ton wr ns wheal Cote wprons i refiirer had Aving her a) myeson r atout Labor 1 Century ¢ Jan, & tae agure ta the er sinter over the lattor'n: flance Bhe took a train on the New Haven road early Inst Kafer eluding her futher. with whom she had an ens Kagement The night was spent at the Castner rin Gre where ah . she at becaure ement for this t Thi vening sorry for her fight, left th hotel without paying her and re: nett at A ter’ Te the her slater MII fasion uf ved men | Henry atte mar rhe chided Mary when they were ne, ary hotly’ resented the rebuke, and told he i would run awa from ho r A laughiag reply made her ail the more determined to carry wut this intention, A thro f friendy who hat gathered et the Radford home to conde with (We ps nin of the runaway hetr aire rounded her in her piay-room thin afters noon and listened cagerly to her accoun jon, «resort. tm en and 5 room o her t she hi nt I et, ry Compliment Caused Quarr “You ar yer 4/9 hon stable $ MARY RADFORD. (From a Photograph Loaned The Evening World by the Parents.) Ha quarrelied od» whom the & ne dispute arowing remarked Mr, erent? a3 Great Barrington she picked out as her because nt last Summer there, and had ata ribed the beauties of the Massachu- Besides, rhe wald, she found of the tford Ratiro and knew the fare. ther Max Radford confessed bitterly with on New Year's Day. The a compll- he sister’a flanc New York, Win her sts. was young girt b: Bbxty-ninth r xister in soon { be Beil, to. a be Journey Mon vfter 1 AM Gone, Don, sined when « w SHE COT LOST IN CREAT CITY. M ! FOS PePOEROS New playfully. had better look out or you will he older Miss Radford | Hill Gets Control of Ste 9 —»_—— Advances Follow, the Announcement of the Great Northern’ Deal and Market Was; in a Whirl. Huge Largest Sales Ever Re~ corded Result of Rails, road Consolidation and’ Other Powerful Influ= ences. Feito! SOME ADVANCE IN BIG STOCKS. St. Paul—146 to-155 7-8. Nor. Pacific—80 5-8 to 86 1-2, Tin Plate—65 to 59. Sugar—136 to 142. Erle (1st pf.)—61 3-4 to 66. Pennsylvania—145 to 149 1-4. Gt. Nor? (pf.)—188 to 194 1-2, Metropolitan—165 to 169. ‘Thin was a record day in Wall street| The (otal volume of sales reached thei phencenena} figures of 1,873,000 shares, : tf Qgure unprecedented, in the. anpals, the Stock Exchange: ee) The previoua record wax about 2,70h-| 000 shares. The new figure éxceeded} this by over 100,00 shares. In donde; $3,717,000 worth were purchased. The bulla in the stock market to-Gay) turned the tables on the bears A tosged them right and left into confused!” and huddled groups. After the success of the bear raid yesterday the reaction iwt operators were astounded at the turn of affairs and their precipitate rtish (Continued on Seconds PASS yirs2) Page.) $20,000,800N AILROAD DEAL. ¢ Paul, Aided by Canas” dian Capital. ; iSpectal to The Evening World.) «+ ST. PAUL, Mina. Jan. 4,—President Je J. Wil, of the Great Northern, and the Morgan-Reckefeller interezts, have se ured control of the Northern Pacific and the $t. Paul eyrtems, This ammouncement was made to, The. is t by one of. tae highest ommens!s te the Great Neri ern te-day. Lying in 1 q rt { the Treasure? of tae Great > are deposit sips phowing that V0) are er * James J. Hobin Bank of New York. The depositors) were Sir Willam Van Horne, of the Canadian Pacite: R. B, Angus, @ enultfe and cilrector of the Bank.of and Lord Mount Stephen, of . “but how the fact puzzles ine. Your aFe pers ) making the statement that teller - interests rol ofthe Narth Kee. In leas than announcement to doy Mr. Hill from dian capital Was negotiated when «-President Soaugnnessy os the Cas was in St. Maul a month) e men helped Mir, Hu orthern was Ia foun hei ut th balance is Deen used ig stock of the two of money’ is. jerand Morgan, It supplied by syndicate ta J waa not tn m ubl 4t the Nog! inte Weatera has Teas Milwaukee te revord: marke! 4589 Nortacrn wae ta to 00g ims of the. Chemical 2 this af GENRE he ye! ' i tn the J, Un To Cure n Cold Ip-vni re owatoh bo told who had her t Hospital, Take Lasative Uromo-Qu.nine Ta rund the whey i¢ it table Grave's sguauure 1b on’ eee el