The evening world. Newspaper, March 18, 1901, Page 1

J WEATHER-FAIR, FT Fi 0 PARES I PRICE ONE CENT. culation Books Open to All.”’ NEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH Is, 1901. | “Circulation Books Ope n fie All.’ | PRICE, ONE CENT, GREAT AIRE SWEEPS ST. LOUIS; — ACRES OF BUILDINGS AFLAME: GILMAN WAR BEGUN IN CROWDED COURT. Judge Demands Sworn | Testimony to Late! Millionaire's Resi- dence — Heirs Say They'll Soon Oust Mrs. Hall. “Mrs. Hall has been bluffing all the time. ‘If she doesn’t put for- ward some claim of a tan- gible sort she will be oust- ed from the big house in Black Rock. Once we are in possession she'will never get back unless she shows good proof that she is en- titled to go back.'’'—SAM- UEL S GOWDY TO EVENING WORLD. (Special to The Evening World) BRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 18.— Samuel S. Gowdy, of New York City, | attorney for Alfred Gilman, one of the full-blood heirs, said this after- noon that Mrs. Hall had no claim to the estate other than that based on cher three years’ service in the mil- lonaire’s employ. With keen emphasis he nme the; [eee ininisiminininie ete! ieislesiceineieiit sintement quoted above. The administrators appuinted} by the Court Inte this afternoon :-o, to Black Rock to-morrow to take poz- session of the bix house and the valu- ‘able personal property left by Mill-| fonaire Gilman. All those now {n possession will have to vrcate. MRS. HALL 18 SOW IN Pos- SESSION. ! ALL THE PERSONAL EFFECTS, THE PAPERS, CASH, &C., INT ‘HOUSE AT THE TIME OF M MAN'S DEATH WILL HAVE T ACCOUNTED Fon, ! ' i Important papers have been found iat black Rock by Edward 8. Percival, ' reprerentative of the blood heirs. He has been here a week “eearching the mansion high and low ‘for testamentary evidence in the ‘ great will case. | News of the find leaked out this| ne afternoon. The closest secrecy is being muin- tained as to the documents’ contents. Edward T. Percival waid this after- noon: “What has been discovered will Not be put forward at this time. Withholds Secret. “IT have been here ten daye, 1 have hunted for a wiil or other papers that would show how my uncle w his entate divided. “I can only say that the result of my earch will be told in court. But prob. ably not to-day." Probate Judgq Nobba heard at 4! o'clock this afternoon evidence on tho disputed point of George F. Gilman's} lewal residence. All the statutory art Cull-blood heirs of the millionaire Were represented by attorneys, and Mrs. Heten Hall, who elalms title decids to all the estate, also had attor- teys present. So great was the interest in the hear: | hg and so numerous the crowd of at- einineicicivint ibis N HALL IN COSTUME ieee lateral intnininl Sitters eieielnt POLICE BILL SURE jay and had a lone President of the Brooklyn itanid 1 1 Were together for n TWELVE BIG CHECKS LOST. | m tre Certitted—Call | Twelve checks, « \ 3, Inducred for de A Natonal bank m «|e Ne ave been reported lost. <1 said that vero -Javenue, The ren H. M. BROWER IS DIVORCED. torneys, claimantn and apectators that the Judge held the sesston in the City Gets Decree in Sali—They Wed in Council Chamber. In opening the hearing Stiles Judson! said that the attorneys assumed the | court would hear at this time only the relatives of full-hlood kin. All these heirs, he sald, asked for th (Continued on Second Pa Te aenrevent Paeum ‘Bromo-Galnine ja and Grip. o cause, O° Mrower, «wealthy Branch, N Braneh Inst. su days’ acqualntan VREELAND SEES RATCLIFFE. MR. ROSSITER. Metropolitan and B. R. T. Presidents Conference. | | i | Son-in-Law, Owes $7,000. Edward J, Rateliffe, the j Playing at the Manhat tre fe etuted that his amounted to $1 in wea Pwhile his fabilides were £ Rate |man oft | SERVICES FOR MR. YZNAGA. } i vault in Woodii hy omleiate ul burial wi bide With Me ral ot niga The ch Was prosent of Mane as well ws partners, —— A BANKRUPT. | Actor, Once De Lacey's now ‘Lavera’ Lane,’ thin afternoon made An application to he adjudged a bank- rupt in the United States Court, Brook: lyn, through his attornes, Fredertek I, gother there, World rr pass: the Governor will len tt and it will become a law whether it would ference on the inetd to ha 3 Senator Platt and Gov, Odell Houghton, pastor to-day, reading , Paradtan’ Hoiting, Pred wil thing abo: “NO WAR INVESTIGATION, SAYS LORD CHILD'S HEAD AND ARM FOUND IN STABLE, | | RESULTS AT NEW BOY KILLED IN POWDER EXPLOSION TO BECOME LAW. Senator Platt So Declares Himself After Lunch and Consultation with the Governor. be presen wee, the and tt wi Piatt ntter | yernor of the State is late Te was Jecheduled to review the St Patrick's | day parade, bur was not on time Mle bearing fits si wtur he wayvings pank and th ineurane company Cex Oder. | neamures—w ry of State that they Gov, Odell returned to Alb. had t this after onsidered here that the veret Journey to » last Saturday talk Tt de said that the Verner were in co nee for more than two hours at on of the downtown clubs and lunched ¢ cret 20 a9 ty his absence Mr. Plate repiving to an. bvening orter's question, sald eurtls Dil will be presented in «few dave: It will lirst ume in the history of hamber whe the Senator was asked oa State Constant poiitan district pe he refused ty particular.ze rowent to his hote; shortly after- But wh wight he etarted for rday on the 639 4. M re aS AORAR ARERR AAAASERAAERAEEE ODELL'S SECRET —_|$ weaTHeR FORECAST. 3! TRIP TOSEE PLATT. ALBANY, March 15, jor the thirty = Ing nts PM. 1 » » » e a > » » pity—Pair toeniahes pudines crensing ¢ rain probable n nyy Ww fresh to brisk «| ne yesterday, Gov exeCUVE ¢ er tiiw morning, iil poise ta all questions « to his wherea ‘To all in os the moneyed," ‘Train phery.'* i selttr cp tieleal BR Susirvie A Diacialal EK SERAAOR EDS OEEESEREEE ASEEEEEEEEESEREES SERSIEEDLAEANSSED Ls Toss tn the divorce sultof Mrs May Paine, being heard before J Freedman, in Supreme Court to-da hus tears for an absolute d eon wks ther, ex-Portmaster of Newt s aah J. as co-respo t te Mt Osean: When 1 oan ard \ k you had beon here and n enna {rhe nad with what you salt m Mrs is at you called me ' Tam not w o SS fel Hundreds of Persons in Panic on the Streets anda Number Injured—Reports that Several Per- ished Not Verified—Property Loss May Run into Millions. Fire swept one of the busiest sections of St. Louis this afternoon and wiped out sev- eral manufactories and dwellings. The property loss may run into millions. Hundreds of persons, panic-stricken, ran about the streets and could with difficulty be controlled. Many had narrow escapes from death. Two were carried from a building | probably fatally burned. Many suffered slight injuries. There were a number of brave rescues, a crowd caught in a side street being saved wth much peril to the tiremen. A number of persons were said to have perished in the flames, but these reports could not be verified. The tire started in Cherokee street, in the river section, and an area six blocks long and two wide was swept by the flames. LIPAINE WEPT AT WIFE’S LOVE POEM. Pathetic Scene in Divorce Suit When Old Love Was Raked Up. RERPDPRADAARADADE AEADEADOHEOR SSO PEADLERORODAILAOD MRS. O. V. D. PAINE, Whose love verse brought tears to husband's eyes in court, 9Os0~ +08 99999 $9966399000990999 90000009000090900% There wos a void in my heart that you could r let, Had 1 loved you ast remaine! at nd loyal wife MAY PonM NY MRE PAINT When the above poem wan read dg, On ar Van Dyke Pains, overt” face with his hands and broke | Every one in the court wan affected | Mr. Moss 1 ty reait rome vere The poem, Mrs, Paine watd, wos = PP ITE Aer ty her husband when she micats years Kc SRIEMEHAIhea: ianlic Mtr Palsessm| Mrs. M Tiel a Reyes Hundred and Tair va eS atl ella sulng for as y the re ‘m9 ind the husty PIciiiiiiieiiisiititisiiiisiiiisisceiititiii tried would always have (Spectal to The Evening Worl.) ST. LOUIS, March 18—A disastrow fire broke ‘out here thin afternoon, an¢ in half an hour's time five acres of property was ablaze, causing a heavy lon. The fire ts supposed to have startec In the ice-houso of the Anheuser-Busct Hrewing Company at the foot of Chero- Keo street. Arn Caught. A strong bréeze, was blowing at the time, and before the engines arrived the fame had communtcated to revera, lumber yards on the north and then te the United States Arsenal, containing quartermanters’ stores, Next the fire leaped to a long row pf tlacs on the cast, which were soon Ir fan ‘The tenants ran from these anic. {t Is not known whether any lives were lomt. 9 A general alarm was turned In, Lit tle could be done, however, to stop the spread of the flames which, in a short timo threatened the bottling and ship- ping bulldings and cars of the An- heuser Brewing Association. ‘The fire spread over a territory bound: ed by Zepp atreet on the south to Ar senal on the north, De Kalb on the wee and the river on the cast. ‘Thin territory ts six blocks long ant two wid ml was covered by dwellings lumber yarde and repair shops, &c. ‘The flames continued to spread and the heavy pall of smoke and intense jeat kept the firemen at a distance. It 1s known, however, that the follow: ing buildings had been destroyed: Toe. houses of the W. J. Lemp and Ant eusee- Busch Rrewertes, lumber yant and re pair shopa of the Missouri Car anc Foundry Company, shops of the Stan- dard Barrel Company, Stubt Pickle anc Vinegar Company's plant, three two: story dwellings, scattered cottages bulldings of the United States Engineer ing Department used for building and repairing barges for Mississipp! River work, ed States Arsenal used for storage of army supplies, South Bide Hunting and Bout Club house and sew: eral bow ees. ly Burned. There were a number of persons rea m the dwellings that Were de- and men in the various works death. Twe one puliding es (were report- in the tlre-awept lo- fe that the po ontrot thems eo ttre was tem: side atrret, but je amcertaineds averal Mugs er the police ,| DRIVEN TO DEATH BY ASTHMA [\ra. Siinerstetn Committed Sale le by Inhaling Gas, Mrs vinuting Bu was itty g from The Train of the Century,