The evening world. Newspaper, March 7, 1901, Page 1

WERATHER—FAIR; WARMER. ) Pho Cie “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, iil re RSDAY, ROPOSES STRINGENT LEGISLATION, LRPRAPRALAORED ODS SEDEEDLESSEAASE SS AORARES EASA OOH FOD NLESS IT RAINS. People of Brooklyn and the Bronx Will Go Dry and Unwashed if Present Alarming Conditions Are Not Changed. The announcement to- day that Brook- lyn within tho past twenty-four hou: has fost 3826.0 gallons of available water has caused such agitation that masa-meetings througtiout the city are talked of and leading e tin the Ramapo p freely, ‘The <upply of water for the past two months has caused the greatest incon: venience throughout the vity, more ¢f- pecinily to the residents of flat houres all of whom have had t shift the requ. Inr wash days, keep huge vessels filled, apd In some t{stances buy water from neighbors, ‘The nit was reached to-day when a ‘ume was circulated that, besides the Sew York main, which was closed ako, the supply In the Bush- volr was also to be tirned nn closing down fa and brewerles in that vection of the city, by which thousands et men would be thrown out of em- ployment w off That would me the fear of robbing vp water supply J wutter also, Cale Deverona woull have befo: Bushwick main, at worst sufferers In the who pay Highest an seetto ly dee mente, apartme opposite 3 4 Chureh, near Fulton str the landlord as been forced to spend hun- dreds of dollars to keep his cenants with , half supply. In desperation hy purchased a pump and gus en wine; but, hough that h Ss Matters and the tenants receive ail that {s wit in the power of lunilord to give, the supply vw <eretchedly small. In tne poorer districts children often have to z9 to school unwashed, i Wasnday comen xemt-periodicaily with no regularity. this, the j c belleve, Is due to Hiiclana who are manipulating the to further, If not the Ramapo other scheme, ‘There wav to-day, in three basing of the Ridgew oreservoir and one basin @f the Mount Prospect reservoir, lexs than a half day's supply for the Borouzh. ‘The water In the Ridgewood reservotr fs pumped from the Hempstead ponds and lakes, while the rest comes frum Mnswipequi, Gravesend and = New Utrecht The pumps cannot supply more than $0,00,00 gallons a day, wh econ: sumption In between $,00),00) and 92,000,- 00). Last year jt was between 98,00,00 and 104,000,000. ‘The only part of the city no€ affected is part of the Park Slope, out by Pros- pec! Park, where there is a high-pres- gure service. On December 10 last Brooklyn's avall- able aupp.y Was 29,329,000 gallons. Yer- terday’s supply was only 39,002.20 gal jong, showing a lose in the storage su; iy in three montha of 134,(00,00) gal ons. SITUATION IN THE BRONX APPALLING ud A general water famine ts Imminent fn the borough of the Bronx, compared to which the local shortage on the hill tops of that borough was a Joyous af- fair. Chief Engineor Birdsall, of the De- partment of Water Supply, said this afternoon: “If we dé not get rain within the next three days thére will be no water for the borough of the Bronx. “There has been only 245 Inches of gain and snow fall wince 191 began, and almost no molature from heaven since ast October and November. “Last yoar there was 11.63 inches of ain fefl in January end February, “Weare ehort about 10 inches In rain fall thus far thin year. “The water in the Willlampburg res- Se ree een feet deep. It ought to “The water stopped running first on the high points in the Bronx, and there war an awful howl We hay exerted Very effort to. more evenly, distribute the water we t We can't Increase the amount sup) d by heaven, and we have got eight small pumps at work pumping from the aqueduct and vart- the: high places. ) gullons : © have only 5,000,000 In storage, and that will run oat tn three day: fanhattan te in no danger of water mine. We h jenty of water In and the future. gations a day. orage of Croton ye_at that rate. situation tn the Bronx Is money to do work . xatd Pngineer Bird- 1 further, questioned, Tet me recapttula e borough of the Tronk meee fifteen. to twenty ml on gakons of water a day. The supply | comes from the Bronx and Byram Rivers, distinct from the Croton 8 tems und using different pipes and con- duits. “The supply has bean about seven mi? Hon gallons a day ‘rom the Willlam bridge reservoir, or half om . There has been no dry year approaching this! Blame for This Terri- ble Condition Is Laid to Politics, Public Stinginess and Na- ture, but No Remedy Is Suggested. since 1G. and even then 1 was not #0 is, We foreseen the cer-ain hort yearn ago, aud io. 1M Collis 9 itte! plane fer a pimp! station and a large main from the Aqueduct. We Kot not :noney from the Tigard ge Estimate. | Mfr Rirdsall then quve the amounts ce vides which he ehowed to be inade-. quate, He ‘continued: ‘If 1901 te us dry as 1900 there will be a water fanine—n Manhattan, too! ‘The city of New York ought to spend $10 000,000 B year just as fast ag she can she catches up in the «atter of water supply." “’M DOWN ON: POOL- ROOMS.”--DIVVER. Ex-Judge Is Angry at Capt. Vredenburgh for Intimation that He Protected Gam- blers in His District. -Judge Divver says he ts down on all pool-rooms. More thr “that he is deeply Incensed over the ‘gure he was made to cut in an Interview with Commissioner Murphy, when it was intimated that a police Captain, on being ordered to close pool-rooms In his district, hatvely remarked that the Commissioner would hear from “Padd, Divver. Circumstances pointed to Capt. Vre- denburgh, of the Onk street station, and up in Divver's district it was freely predicted that. the Captain! would be transferred for his unwise words. But to-day Thomas Foley, believed to be an opponent of Div- ver, called on Commissioner Murphy wis Capt. Vredenburgh, and when) he emerged word was passed along that the Captain would not be mo- lested. Bx-Judge Divver is extremely in- dignant, and to an Evening World reporter: he dlctated a statement: SAY LANDLORD. USED HIS FISTS Women Accuse T. J. McBride, Who Call- ed for Rent. Pollee Court J. McBride, a theat known on Upper Bri nin West One MeBride is the owner of t and Mrs. Ada Smith tives on t floor with her husband, Sho tot trate Mayo to-day thats! taining her Other and h s ni, of Philadelphia, ing. Smith was not at home and the Women had. te g’elock they heard a knoe! the door. They were expecting Mrs. Yard's hus: band from Philadelpala, and Mes. smith thinking {t was he, went to her night clothes. She demanded of McBride what he wanted and he replied that he had called for tho rent. “We are going to move,” nald Mrs, Smith, “and wit! not pay the rent.” Then she alleges that McBride pushed hin way Into the flat caught hold of her. Her yotline sane and id atater went to her avaistance, and Mrs. Smith and the others pay that Mcfirido struck all of them. ‘The screams, they say, aroused the whole hou a good race, and If I ha tell you, or any one els: [led py a "| Strathcona Horn BY EX-JUDGE DIVVER. Dictated for The Evening World. If Capt, Vredendurgti—ne te the man luded to as the commander of the down town precinct—wiil declare to me that such a statement was made by him to) the Commisaivner or to any one elee I! will make {!t so warm for him that he will wish er had been born, He knows, 1 ery one of these thieves and r < why mulet the pub- Uv by running poolrooms know also, that prot tt 1 would never pro- nd that I'd lke to see every hem sent to Jal I was never tn a pool-room but once In my life. and that was a year ago, 1 lke to go to the track; | like to see iimy way there ok made out. "one wouldn't even be a han side of the nicotr 1 appeal to my friends who have known.me for the fifty years 1 have lived in this neighborhood. They will that [ hav er protectat by politcal or other fluence the poolroom aan Of course, there is a bitter Ment on thin district new y have wever yet ught men who ure with Tammany Hall. The men who are fighting me Jdeath, It is alleged, w now and who are responsible for all the Kes published about me are renegade ty Counctiman. Every one of them voted for Roosevelt for Govern- oF and for McKinley and Roonevelt at ¢ last «1 n you expect from such peo- That's all I've got to say unt [ get more information upon the simject, and then there may be a hot time for some one. TROOPSHIP FIVE DAYS OVERDUE. Anxiety for Numidian, with Strathcona Horse Aboard. MONTREAL, March 7.—Conaldornole unerainess ts felt here over the fnet that the steamer Numidian, with the returning from South ‘nt, has not be The Strathcona Horse wan wgnally vred by King Edward wille in land recently, ‘The troopa had made a fine record in puth Africa, and thelr term of service ding, they revohed Landon on their turn Journey the day Parilament opened, They took part in the parade and sub. nequently were reviewed by the King. each receiving a medal, Bofore jeaving Liverpool for Canada they were received by the Lord Mayor and given a big send-off. All the members of Strathcona Horse are Canadians, PRANK LED TO GIRLS SUICIDE. Insane Over Sweet- heart’s Death—Easy Victim of a Joke. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., ren 7 News has been received in this city from Sayre, Pa., of the tragic sutclte Tuesday f Miss Lola Wilson, « beautiful girl, elghteen years old. ‘The girl's mind had been affected since the death of her sweetheart several montis ago and her s the remit of a practical Joke perpetrated by some girl frtenda, ‘The wtria by means of a spea ing tube pretended that the dend man's votor wan calling and the listening vlotim ean! th yr “come with me.” Tn of carbeite ach! and expired in agony shortly after. She formerly Mved in Chester, N. 1. CUT FATHER tate Went All to His Brother. Puiltppl, Jr. was ty by Surrogate ontested by the The will of admitted to probat ‘Thomas. It hi xentor Phillppt and other relatives. Philipp! was a soda-water manufac: turer, He died at the age of thirty- elght, Jeaving $75,000 to hh brother Ja- cob, Hix father, another brother and two alsters were cut off. Law Jaco> Marks, who drew the will, testified to-day that Phillppt told) him he had ‘ne for hin father be- cause he had 1 ti well treated by him in his younger days He wan espe- clally fond of his brother Jacob. a BELL OLOTHING Co. Corner (2ird st. @ 3 ring from By -morrow (FI yur grent sale, orn ne, See prices morro. « pape ‘IMAN’S DEA AL \ MADHAUS ‘ visi: WERCURY T A SUDDEN ' Threatened Gave Place to a Mild Thaw. © Blizzard TO-DAY'S TEMPERATURE, Tiveiness men who after the cold: sniay yesterday went out pr gard weather to-day were agrenably sur prised nt the eudten ria» according to the menth of Maroh are of wind causa more Qircomfort than the tow temperature. Throughout the country # CANT CREET OFF IN WILL. FRIENDS AT PIER Phillipi’s $75,000 Es-/New Customs Angers Throng as Germanic Docks. eventng she swallowet an ounce! changes in the 1 short duration Scores of persona having frienda on board the White emphatically dignation at rules with regard to qreeting passengers am the piers. expresned their persons having relatives or friends on board incoming steamers would call at the office of : Meamahip company and reorlve a pane. ‘Thin they took to the Custom Houne or to the Barge OMice and had it counter stuned by Surveyor Croft. Fewulations friends thee passes from Sur- consequently cannot receive veyor Croft, net Inside the custome line. the steamship panies have lvanta Ratiroe Pallmen care oaly. Speaker Gully Removes POOR JIM.” CRIED — ensicureener IRL lee eae 5 gee sess from the List of Sus- pended Members and Admitsa Mistake Was Made. HE SHOT Dorothy Treulib’s First Thought Great Excitment in the My Inat wish ta—foruet ‘hae been moat u hie Ife and ta now © broken. 2. JAMES CAMPBELL, Thia letter was found tn the of James Campt f who last night shot whom he was ty in blew Sis own braink out | The agirl ts Miss Dorothy Tre at her hedside It was a question ant the nurse's Hed her attempt at @ reassurin “Ne, not Me mnat be dead, Poor, po moaned the «irl, as she again into une Phere ie a miracle way the doctorn Whey pecan to probe for toe hull ton, The lead has lolged in © nartly a vital part of tratr “It te marvelious,” they say girl te not dead “Ry 4 rules of surgical expert . she id be a vietim of paraly sat least Has Hope for bite, Yot mhe reema ona fair way to recov aith be eres orm Campbell was ane! rietan, twenty Was of Jealous Uncle Who Tried to Kill Her. |} ment The letter from Hoaton did tt Jaughter of Albert Treulth, a well-toedo merenant Sh Mount ¥ pital ow bullet which entered he left nar vdeo uniter her ret eve She has a bare chat t noon and jer Orat thought was for the man that shot her How's Tin she awke early to-day. then changed their inten. House of Commons, When the Govern- Measure _ to. Suppress the Irish: Members Was Moved. LONDON, March 7.—Mr. Balfour's new gag law for the Irish members was offered by him In the House of Commons this afternon as an amend- ment to the rule governing the pun- Ishment of recalcitrant members. This amendment provides for the suspension for the entire session of a member who refuses to obey the ker's order to retire. It gives the Speaker authority to call in the ‘police to take such offending member lout. The limit of suspension under | the existing rule is one week for the first offense, two weeks for the second and a month for every subsequent oc- ston. A great crowd packed the visitors’ tllery and police were held within sy call. John Dillon at once re- newed the trouble by making a mo- on that Mr. Jordan's name be re- moved from the list of members sus- pended owing to the riot in the Irish benches on Tuesday night. Speaker Gully had announced that jhe had recetved a letter from Mr, (Jordan declaring that he was actually Boing Into the lobby on division as ved with)ordered by the Chair and had not det of Miss rs He said that he would gladly order the name of Mr. Jordan from the list, as he was convinced there was a mistake, Cheers greeted this an-! nouncement and Mr, Balfour then his amendment the motion Mr, Balfour sury to provide ade= 1 the Spea and whe! him | sixteen, fa noun and aske ry him. She told him not to be willy me melancholy. He ofter Jatms, but eaeh time th: ker's ord- trusted the received a Agree to the in skin) oer 1 sayin) main help- i ea he r wtio committed hts in 2 Camp: crime against the: Houne, 1 the danger and reait Mth ow Ory . so painfully brogght He waited near Mine Treullb's home m. git, Knowing Mine Preulll would Henry CampbelleE sie did t out abou ip the growsly disorderly conduc! * and sald he had ngt © to say tn thelr Justifea- b h suggested @ rs amend Joba Redmond said what wan tural ebullition of He dented ral re= ccurned was se proposal An cessiry, -_ PRE NONEY Marry the COULDN’T SHIFT THE CRIME. le Convieted. Paul OC, Wagner, of N J by a Jury tn sajons this The minimum ser onment Wagner Was charged with «ha nearly & year aKo, ed kt met CoA. Anderson of aw pain after Having drugged tim wot rf oclaimed that if rot comintt abloral. Wag bery had dented, and teatith For nearly three generations BALLANTIN! INDIA PALE ALB has deen the standai Wagner, Who Laid It to Hrother, Mas Drother was quilty, as he sald he had purchased » Usket from him. This the brother ‘| He Is Awarded $9,570 for Destruction of 1 Spanish Fleet. WEATHER FORECAST. ir Forecast for the ¢ Ing ats eM York Clty and vieinity=Pate ond sty hours en Srhdny, for Ne warmer tosnieht and Brie nye lighe WASHINGTON, Mi ry Depart winds net tS a i et for found to of Clans » fresh el a yur | " ree Dewey | punt of prize money | due to aim by the Court } struction of the | in Mantia Harbor May dy A Fiftecn-Year-0 Hroker. Spanish f BT. 1QUIB, March ore C, | 88. —— i Mudge {a probably the youngest broker, eet being fifteen years old, His employer |), Fa ae Sooen recently diaapneared and the boy as (West 234 ft wD s run {he business ever since. 1.58 P.M, 655 FM. and Ps re ik daly. i