The evening world. Newspaper, February 5, 1901, Page 1

wre _ NIGHT EDITION—_All I the News for All Day—RACING# SPORTS WEATHER-FAIR; COLDER, PARES | _ fee “ Circul: Circulation Books Opent to All. zh ] _PRICE ONE CENT. MRS. BARKER, FEARING HUSBAND, COW stl ADDISON CAMMACK’S DEATH ANNOUNCED. Big Wall PORTUGUESE CRY “SAVE US FROM BOERS. Bold Yankee Command- er Blake Leads the Advance. LORENZO MARQUES’ PERIL. Street Operator Succumbs to Bright’s Disease and Heart Failure. England Sends a Squadron in Answer to the Call. LONDON, Feb. 5.—It is reported in Iondon that the Boers commanded by Hloke are threatening Lorenzo Marques, and that Portugal has requested British arsistance. It ts further asserted that 1 |« Uritish squadron has been ordered to Lorenzo Marques. No official confirma. tion of the reports {s obtainable. Later !t became known that the Brit- sh Forelgn OMice had received sem!- oMclal confirmation of the report that the Boers were threatening to enter Lo- renzo Marques and that the local Port- uguese authorities were asking for Brit- The Forelgn Office has heard nothing pments of the last forty- SEAR MO ET RE OAD RIDEC RRA RMETDRIGSATRRDAI BOTS d to in the London bly John ¥. Filmore n command of iw regl- nd Americin Rough ce of the Transvaal. Blake, wh n old West Pointe: first. went 2 ‘Transvaal in 1594 1893. He tn an expert miner, a very we informed Qnd possesses the highest erder of courage, Rumors of the possibillty of Boer ralda on Lorenzo Marques have been current for some time past. A despatch ta the Axsoclated Press from that point yesterday afternoon sald that tn view of the possibility of a Boer ra{d all th ammunition there which had been sur- aere-at Romati Poort ) had been ionded d mmoored in the bay, HANCED FOR “AILUNG WIFE. Hill Pays the Penalty of Violent and Homicidal Jealousy. . J. Fed. 5.—Robert F. Hil, who shot and killed hiy wife, Edith, gn June 9.1900, wan hanged here this morning. He was to have been hanged last month, but was reprieved on a petition signed by many New Jersey women. Hill was a ticket-chopper at Kaighn's Point ferry. According to his own cun- fession he had reveral times deteciod 2.5 wife in acta of infidelity, but had for- given her cach time on her promiac to mend her ways. Finally, while In-linain hall. Seat here, he held his tensely Jeatons, he became convinced| righty levee und dinsussed the street. that hie wife was false and would never!” One of these occasions Waa marred by be true, Ho killed her with a platol and | an incident which brought notoriety triads to Kitt himself. which disturbed Mr, Cammack acutely, — It was May 8, 188. Alexander Taylor, Knightx in, Convention, Jr, the yuchtsman, was convivial apd BUFFALO, Feb. 5.--Siate Deputy John] pestered Mr. Cammack and a friend to W. Hogan, of Syracuse, called the con-| vist the bur. Mr, Cammack. decitned vention ete aie ales of Columbus to| grumy, and Mr, Taylor, after calling onde? to-d: ie" work of eminar; seats was. begun ae the wiine Cd Reser cme yaar pusepveracttye witl ie eau eented yachteman vigorously, al Sttena convention, at ‘The success! of Mr. Cammack in the. onaeests on Ughters a ot “the big figures in Wall street. died} in planning and his knowledge of the this afternoon at his home, 34 West| corporations in whose securities he Forty-ninth street. operated. Few Wall street men have He was seventy-four years old and! yaa his thorough know: amarsel a great fortune, t He was for yeara a nuccessful bear, and gatned the title of “Uraa Maj Me left the Street fn 1896, sold his reat in the Exchange and went abroad, He returned an enthustastic bull and made a great deal of money. He was suffering from Hright’s dixeaxe and a month ago left the city for good. He was constantly attended by a trained nurse and his physician was Dr. George A. Dixon, of 15 West Forty- ninth street. - His sons, Addison, jr, and Hewitt Cammack, who were at school at St. Paul's, Concord, N, H., were summoned home two weeks ago on account of his falling condition Me was no! for his atocx raids, the biggest of w was in 1693, It was car- ried out with the assistance of A. H. Combs, Van Emburgh & Atterbury, Hamilton and other Cammack ileuten- ante on the floor of the Exchange. His fortune ts estimated at $10,000,000. For years Mr. Cammack's evening re- creation was had at the Windeor Ho where he had a favorite lounge in = G. Cammack, for years [ame was due largely to his caution BW Mary Hildreth, to. wi present, he gave Jewel ft Mr. Cammack mired Presi- dent Cleveland, and supported him zeal- ously and practically While se street bear-whence his designation “Ursa Major’—Mr. Cammack erator did not at all times side of the market, He waa con- splcuoux “bull” when it was to his ad-|, Vantage, especially after the pante of | 7 1884, when he reaped x harvest by spec- ulating for a ree after stocks had been “hammered down to a strict zero point. Cammack was born in Kentucky and came here soon after the war. r ite axiom was that money er made by buyin buz by selling. As a rallroad author! ie Way consulted by many, and a gr pars cf Is fortune was Invested in Mex- foan Central. Hlz believed that Mexteo would be the ef commercial development with- $ ia the next fifty years, —_— 2 {Hold « bottle of PALLANTINE'B INDIA PALE LE to the light, a of of elo ba} Q eodiment, net a NEW YOR Kk, ‘UFE SENTENCE CGoebel’s Appeal and Others to during tried ax spoken of an a Wall i murder I again dig batch expe:ted and {t ts fort to-day tha mictty Prominent men 5 aa Wednewany city and vt colder to-night; Wed fates high northwest winds; T U ESD. AY, FEBRUARY 5, |! WU EIGHT SUDDEN BEA FELL IN AREA FOR THE LOUISIANA TRIED SU wee 1HS REPORTED iN BROOKLYN AND WAS KILLED, EXPOSITION. E WITH ACiC fGS A NEW ORL EANS WINN ERS, 1901. WEATHER-FAIR; COLDER, { “Circulation Books Open to All.” ] PRICE ON 2. ‘CENT, Prisoner’s Counsel Makes a Statement Accusins the Rector--Declares Barker Will Be Acquitted and that His Wife Was Terribly Wronged. man.” So spoke Marshall Van Winkle, of counsel for Thomas G. Barker, whe shot. Re John Keller from ambush at Arlington, N. J., on Sunday, to an Evening World reporte: this-aftesnoon at Jersey City, where Barker is now in jail. 2 “Any talk about-Mrs. Barker being a victim of hallucinations is all nonsense,” saic |the lawyer. ‘Her present condition is brought about by the awful secret she carried ‘months, until in fact she could keep it no longer and TOLD A WOMAN FRIEND. “She dared not tell her husband, for she knew that if she did he would kill the: min=: : jister at once. “IT WAS THROUGH THIS WOMAN ‘that the story of th: assault on Mrs. |Barker got to her husband's ears. “ When he heard of it Mr. Barker went to his wife and asked her for an explanas She confessed to him that it vas all too tru. . “Maddened by the thought of his shame the husband went forth and shot the mit tion. ister. “No one blames him for what he did, least of all dol blame him: BLE STORY OF Eee ITIS A TERR FOR YOUTSEY. Slayer Will Not| Be Indicted. of additional indict menta f+] | urging « | Will’ be returned agatnet threw| —— WEATHER FORECAST. Forepast for the thirty nix , ounte weathor for {you that mail to poor peop Judgment several tered to-da: Commercial of bat Weat Twenty> fith strect, # eoeeoe$ | of James W. Hatton reventeen notes. SICK IN SNOW TICKETS. Commissioner Nagle Puts a Stop to Imposition on Poor Men. money immediately. He 3] pguht tg} AN in bie) wer courte) OF SHOOTING. | ““My brother is a good and pure snvieted Ht aR told lun that this tenis, wae SS man. he only accusation is rs. vation u {i Jlay Asphalt Commay's stow omee,{ Another ant xarting tun was xiven]® Barker's statement. unced the scheme LA rs, suying thin is a nefarious p: oaching, In my opinion, a sy vthing lexe than blackmatl terms of your ¢ or perm! q practived on innoc Ste hollers of he rent a tong tet needless for ime tw say ¢ BARKER BAIL. ““Itis a base slander. My. wholé “if refutes the story that | wronged’ Mrs. Barker.” j No matter wha Barker will be ri friends say They circulated a petition thix after- noon to which over one dozen names | ( are already subscribed, offering to Ko -1$50,000 FOR a= THE WIFE’S STORY. “I was ill-treated by the preache and my wrongs have broken my health, and spirit.” ball in the sum of $90,000 Warker's friends clam that they will Garnish rons much more as needed. to ball him Mowe Rey, John of danger « Barker's reteare « He wan taten to the Jal this o Morne AN + Hudson County ‘| BARKER'S SIDE THE SISTER’ Ss STORY. THE HUSBAND'S STORY. ‘My wife told me the truth. Keller is responsible. I'm sorry my aim failed.”” was tiken to the Jail this afternoon and arrived th by bis lawyers, & Van Winkle taken te the Jail and ¢ it through a friend? lawyers, durtug watch he ive thut Barker had not uttack on als wife sooner; "BISHOP VISITS voficinie ot te, THE REV. KELLER: was 6 com He sald that when all the known {t would be ri The aged Bishop Starkey, whose n the wome ted. [tary the Rev, John Keller was, ik from ha Nisting be- | save public proof of his: beilet. husband of Barkers, and Uisi his wife the affair, ard that he would not only (Continued on Second)