The evening world. Newspaper, August 8, 1901, Page 1

WEATHER-PAIR TO-NIGHT AND EDITION FRIDAY. { “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, THURSDAY , AUGU 8, 1901. OF THE SECOND GAME Gpecial to Thy Erestne Wor POUGHKEEFPSI x. Ys, Cresceus's exhibition was a failure and 6,00 people w potnted. Starting about 419 and 7 iby a running horse, he made ¢! mile In} 2.66 1-4, finishing amid faint applause and xroans from the crowd. Explaining bis poor showing, George H. Ketcham, his owner, sald: “My horse did an well as any reason- able man could expect under the con- ditions existing. The track War noft and I was compelled to take the posl- on of A mecond horse in a race all the way around, “I got the word before I expected tt and rn the start was poor. The day in what a horseman would call a co! ove, that is, the alr ix very muggy and tacking in the heat that ts de- sirable for fast trotting. “In spite of the secmingly slow time Cresceus wan more distressed when he finished than he has been at any time thig season, You could see that by hie throttbing muscles and distended veins.” MYSTERY _ INWOMAN’S "SUICIDE, Deep Secrecy Thrown Around Death of Mrs. Jennie Marx. KILLED HERSELF WITH CARBOLIC ACID. lice “Hear There Is a Suicide,” Give Degetle hionable Houne, Mrs, Jennie Marx, forty-eight years old, committed suicide this afternoon by drinking carbollc acid at her home, No. M11 Weet One Hundred and Thirty-sixth street. The case was reported to the Coroner by Dr, W. W. Talley, of No, 137 ‘Weet One Hundred and Thirty-sixth mreet. Considerable mystery wan thrown around the suicide and no one at the house, which 1s a handsome three- story brown-stone residence, make any statement whatever, ‘The Sergeant at the West One Hun- dred and Twonty-fifth mtreet station waid he had heard there was a suicide, but declined to give any of the dotalin, The poltceman on tho post where the guicide was committed said to an Even- ing World reporter that the matter had not been reported to him as {s customary in such caacs, FALL ed WEATHER FORECAST. + Forecast for the thirty-six re end! 8 P.M. Friday, Aun. 9, for New Yorks City and ty: Fale to-night and would Wide Vestibules om the Pennsyl- vanian Ratiroad T: All through trains of the Pee Rall reed are, euelpped ‘with improved wide vestibale Thousands of Enthusi- astic Sportsmen Were Bitterly Disappointed at the Poor Perform- ance—His Record of 2.02 1-4 Not Broken. “What do you think of his condition?" was asked, “Ho is as good an ever and I have no fear of the result of his meeting with the Abtot at Brighton Heach next week.” Mr. Ketcham received $1,090 for the xhibition to-da: Crence! Pediaree. Cresceus {x a won of Robert McGregor and was bred and {# owned by George H. Ketcham, a leading citizen and mill- jonatre of Toledo, 0, Cresceus is not a handsome stallion to CRESCEUS DID MILE IN 2.06. look at elther in color or conformation, QUEENSTOWN, Aug. §.—The White Star line steamer Oceanic, Capt. Cam- eron, which walled from Liverpool yes- terday for New York, vin Queenstown, arrived: hora this morning, She reported having been In collision last night In the Irish Channel with the steamer Kincgra, of Waterford, Ire- land. i The Kincora sank. were drowned. The collision occurred in a fog. bow of the Oceanic was damaged. The Kincora was a coasting vessel, trading between Waterford and Lim. erick. She had.g crew of fourte The Oceanic brought the seven survivors to Queenstown, Seven persons ‘The the only damage suatalned by th Oveante consisted In a few dents to her port plates, She proceeded at 3.60 PLM. The collision occurred this side of Tuskar at about 1.3) in, the morning. The fog was very dense, Tho Kincora was struck amidships, | Later details of the collision show that) i} cedea that the chestnut stallion ts one of the greatest of living racers, Mr. Ketcham a few years ago was a thin threa Ike th holla the wonder, He wa and ten vi Under the soon becam ninetle: succes young man, paie of face and ened with consumption—not much florid, heavy-set_ man who now ribbons behind his trotting: seek outdoor sport driving trotters. John Splan’ he driver, and tn tho Igned) Mise Lida ling her at a jong advined t re ago begal early with great price to H. ever. Ketcham has «riven many wood ones eaceus, whom he has has been nis to victory, but now Innded at the top, expectal rid freat Record. performances ire as fol- but he has learned the art of trotting to perfection, Every horseman m the country con- Cresceus’s lows: Three-year-ol4 record. 2uy Four-year-old record 203% Id record LON 2.04 Seven-yeat-old record Duy Amount won (approximated) 335.000 ried in Gai u « Races won 20 ted in 1g won 77 IOCEANIC SUNK : IRISH STEAMSHIP. Cy White Star Liner Sent Kincora to Bottom— Seven of the Crew Drowned. All the pnasengers of the Oceanle were]! 6 | () in bed at the time and there was some commotion until Capt. Cameron ussured then there was not the least cause for arm, Headway was kept on the Oceanic i After she struck the Kincora in order to alve the crew of the lutter a chance to clamber on board the Oceante. ‘The boats of the White Star liner were lowered to rescue every man possible. The Kincora sank very rapidly. The f Gceunle remained In the vicinity of the 4 colilsion unt daylight, but nothing was then Visible beyond some floating wreck- 4 age. The Kincora was a steel screw mer of #3 tons, She belonged to the Waterford Steamship Company. Among the pasnengers on the Oceanic 4 Eugene clly, Mra. W. E. D. Stokes, William Zeller, William War- tre Lieut.-Col. the Hon, Lewis Payn Dawnay and Mrs. Dawnay, Mr. and Mra. Jamex J. Corbett, Richard Carle and Ethel Barrymore. The damage surtained by the Oceania, it in cabled, will not prevent her f-o- At ceeding on her jonrney, MISS CAYVAN’S CONDITION. Sint Lave Intirintes Actress May Recover—ltumor of Dea\ (Special to The Evening World.) BOSTON, Ayg. %—Concerning — the alurming reports in regard to Mine Georgia Cayvan’s present cond?tion tn a mnitalum and her’ rumored death, Sra, Cayvan, of No. (40 Bast sixth street, Bouth Boston, a alster-in-law of Mies Cayvan, saya that If the Intter were dead ahf should certainly know It, Bhe was reticent about saying any- thing in iregard to Mi Cagwan'sy Present condition, but intimated that the family had hopes of her ultimate recovery. The two nlsters of Mins Cayvan, Miss ‘Alice Caywan and Mra. Tomas Barlow, are at present stopping at Onset. GREY SHOT HIMSELF. Fired Ballets Into Mouth, Breast and Hand: ives, Alexander Grey, fifty-three years old, of. No, 6 Trinity place, attempted Biiclde this afternogn by shooting him- and Hudaon self In je was Hoxpltal. the mouth, brogst and. taken to the treet ‘Brer at the front of the 18 of the eountey. Tis" Limited: leads ‘toe tise 5 DEATH SENTENCE APPROVED. rivate Fouts Will Ne Hanged For Murdering Girl. WASHINGTON, Aug. &—For the firat Ume since the outbreak of the Spanish war President McKinley has approved the death sentence In the case of an en- Usted man, The case ls that of Private Phineax Fouts, Company K, Nineteenth Infantry. He was convicted by general court martial at Cebu, P. |. of the murder of Geneviva Torres, a natlye Filipino girl, by stabbing her to death with a sword cane In her home, at Mandaue, Cebu, 15, 1900, The court sentenced the accused to be hanged. “FLORODORA” GIRL BETTER. Mise Waters May, However, Have to Undergo Operation. Miss Drina Waters, the prettty Eng- Msh girl who fs to dance in the ‘\Flor- odora” sextet when whe recovera from an attack of appendicit:s, !s much : LA Proved in the, Post-Graduate. Howpltal tinder the care of Dr. 1. @ No. 637 Fifth. avenue, tie nald to-day that she was om wat better this morning, but that cannot tell yet’ whether an operatl ia absoluely neceanary. Lado Love, of Dr. Love received a telegram Miss Watere’s father, in Colorado, thas where Mr, Waters bas ainiag imereets, “jared the y popped out. walked sth Bos st | incinmath th iAMES atons § {Louis 4 1a Washington 6. MAR en Easte sie Barnes. 3, 1 Ph a 6 0 6-2 —- New Yorkers After Being Whitewashed by First Game Wake Up and Play Good tng World) (Spectal to The F: POLO GROUNDS, Aug. 8.—Beaten, but not) disqraced, although white washed tn the ‘rat same, the Glants took up play tn the second half of the double-hender against Brooklyn witli re- newel hope Thore were "s,000 present whei the second Kame began, and {t was an en- thi elastic crowd. The Glants showed reat {improvement Ir the first game over their recent play and their defeat really savored of hard luck. Nelson played a star game at second and was cheered at frequent in- tervals ull the afternoon, Joyce Is Cheered. Just at the conclusion of the firat game a big cheer of welcome went uD ‘The Batting Order New York Brooklyn. Van Haltren, cf. Keeler, rf. Sheckard, If. Selbach, If. 3b. Dolan, cf. Kelley, 1b. Di Daly, %. Gansel. 1b. Dahlen. Bowerman, c. Irwin, 3b. Nelson, Farrell, c. Mathewson Hughes, p. Umptre—Dwyer. from the right fleld bieacherites as a ‘tout, amooth shaven chap, with square- sot Jawa walked past on the way to the grand stand. With him was Secre- tary Fred Knowles. “Hello Scrappy! Good for you, Scrap- py!" they yelled, and then to everybody tt wus 'Bcrappy Bll" Joyce. When he reached the grand atand he Brooklyn Ball. n got a rousing welcome and doffed his cap. It became known that Davie would still act as manager of the team, but that Joyve had been told that his ser- vices might be needed any day, and @ good offer made him. Cheered Davis, Too. When George Davis came to bat, the” last man up in the ninth inning, Joyce started a round of applause for him, The crowd took it up cheerfully. The crowd yelled for Mathewson and he was sent to the slab, with Bower- man for backstop again. Firet Inali Hua wan wild on the start and sent Van down on a pass. Daly fum- bled Selbach's hard roller over second, (Continued on Fourth Page.) MIND OF OOM INNING TO FAIL. BEG LONDON, Aug. §—Oom Paul Kruger’s mind is failing, and those who have re- cently aeen the President of the Trans vaal are of the bellef that his complete breaking up 1s not improbable. At Rotterdam hia mental condition 1s @rousing serious apprehension, and everything ia done to conserve a reatful tate of mind, though those who sur- round him know that ts a well-nigh im- possitde task. So acute haa become hia condition that a specialist in nervous — ‘hin beloved land displayed magnificent avoicism, received the hardest blow in the death of Mi It struck the Kruger. ‘id African lion” in a from her»: vital spot. Separated President ot Transvaal, Worn by Reverses of War and Crushed by Wite’s Death, Shows Signs of Collapse and Specialist Is Sum- moned from. Berlin by Telegraph. |teagues of nea, and with nq intimation of her condition, the news came to him with the sudden deadiiness of « bullet. It struck the old man’ joart. He auf- fered it with the Christian rit that marks the Boer under all trying cond AUL — It was God's will, he sald. But the seared and griszied face of the old man seemed to begin to lose Its strength In the pathetic linen that grew, upon It. A man of few words, they became fewer. His is a great sorrow, and keener, too, because of the age of the man and the troubles of a brave people which weighed upon his mind. ‘A visitor who saw him a short time fter Mother Kruger’s death, said that {t would not be surprising if there eoon followed a phyaical as well as a mental- break up. It in doubtleas beginning te develop now. ‘The: old man bearing the grief and hope of the Transvaalers and the hope- less grief of his own Is one of the most pathetic figures in history. When he began to show shadowy indications of the disuatet, those who watch by. him ahed {ears In secret. They sam what was coming, but gaye him ne ication of their sollc:tude. EXCURSION TRAINS IN BIG COLLISION. PITTSBURG, Aug. 8.—Two sections of an Auantic City excursion train collided near Confluence, Pa., eighty-four miles east of Pittsburg, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Ul o'ctock «this morning. The trains left here shorty after § o'clock this morning. At Confluence the first section stopped and the second sec- going at tne about tion rounded the curve, rate of thirty-five mil. into tt. ‘The enwine of the necond section and three care were wrecked and traffic was delayed several hours. The injured were Temoved to the hospital and the others continued on their way to Atlantic City. The accident 1s supposed to have been cauned by a mistake in signals. Ten people were reriourly Injured and a number of others allghtly hurt. SERIOUSLY HURT. non, Pittsbers, Pa.. Fireman Two Sections of an At- lantic City Express in Crash Near Pittsburg Many Passengers Are Hurt. | J. HW. Davin, Newoa arm bro- ken jy brates Mre. J. H. Lew! cut on head a A. G. Shaw, Pittsburg, badly cut " Lemont, , Pittebu: Helen head cut. Mise Dora Hartsctt, both lege fractured. J. EB. Stillwagon, Co witle, Superintendent of water werks, arms crushe & Connailaville, Pa., despatch says there were three big sections of the express. ‘As the third section neared Confluence the engineer suddenly saw looming up before him on the same track the rear end of the second section, It was then too late to avoid the dis- er, and the engineer and Areman of the tnird section Jumped. The third sec- tlon ned into the Pullman car of the rear of the s ton, telescop- ing it ne people In the car were mifhgted with the debris. Measages were immediately sent to Connellaville and a special train of thre passenger coaches made up and hurrt Po the scene. On-boart were three phy- wicians. The injure! were brought to this city. With the exception of the Areman all, It is thought, will recover. Neweastle, TEACHER GETS MANDAMUS. for Princtpa Justice Bischoff in the Supreme Court to-day gramed the application of Will- , A echool teacher for twen- Jam J. Gold: ty-two years, « writ of mandamus compelling City Superintendent Maxwell to place his name on the eligible Mat furnished ¢s the school different boroughs for the appointment | as principal Goldey claimed that an he had recotved fn ieense in 1875 to teach as a principal Supt, Maxwell was bound to place his name on the eligible Itat, On behalf of the respondent it was comtended that rection 1,051 of the new charter provided for the making of two ‘sta—one under the directt of persons eoparate the Board of Examiners of Meereed by It for due examination, and the other by the City Buperintendent of ‘all persona lcennat prior to the charter faking affect and of all persons express. xamination. Wire rrbintor’s ame. bas teen, Justios diseases han been summoned by tele- graph from Berlin. ‘The interest in his condition, both in England and on the Continent, ts keen. Oom Paul, who had borne up under the reverses of the war, and even when he was compelled to leave the capital of - ‘aya, omitted frem the epecal Name on Eligible | hoards of the] Hat transferred to the School Boan! for the boroughs of Manhattan and the which he might be appointed EX-GOV. NEWELL DEAD. Was the Execative of New Jersey from IN3T Until 1800, ALLENTOWN, N. J., Aug, &—Wallam former Governor of the State rey, died to-day at his home at this from old age. Mr. Newell was elghty-three years obi, He became Governor in 1857, hav- ing been elected by the Republicans, and served until 1800, Dr. Newell served in Congress with Abraham Lincoln, and was the Preai- dent's family physician while he was in ‘the White Hous afterward appointed by Preshtent Hayes aa Gov- fernor of Washington Territory. When elected Governor of New Jersey he walked from hls country home to Trenton in a blinding snow. storm to take the gath of ofes, = | A. Newei New ‘KEARNY SUDDENLY DEPARTS. Commissioner Passenger on Same Stenmer with Andrew Freedmaa. Canmissioner of MDlic Bulunsp Lighting amt Supplies Henry & Kearny sailed for Europe to-day on the Deutschland. He will spend hie vacation of a month in Paris. Hia departure was unexpected. His ‘as not on the parsenger lat names varrived at the steamer n fem ments before she sailed. ‘At his. office the Deputy Commis- eicner has been doing the work for ental days, the Commissioner sup- posedly having Fens to Ei rope! a on Fk go. Str, Kearny will be a fale fAY"passenwer of Andrew Freedman em the etcamer. 4 0 FOOT TORN OFF. Hugh Morgan Beeame Entangio® in a Tua’s Rope Coll, ugh Morgan, forty-five years phuuhheeiwie, N.Y. had hie torn off by @ coll of rope attac! I t Seventeenth Her Norin iver, this to the New. Yori mo \ a