The evening world. Newspaper, August 13, 1901, Page 7

ENEMENT LAW USED TO BLACKMAIL. Charge that Brooklyn Building Department 1s a Party to the Job. PROPERTY-OWNERS FORCED TO BUY FIRE-ESCAPES. Rope Ladder Is of a Certain Make No Other Can Be Used nder the Law. Houreholdere in Brooklyn have formed the Property Owners’ Protective Anso- ciation, to fight what they denounce as the latest and boldest Job of Tammany oMcials—a grab by the Bullding Depart- ment. They will teat in the courts the right of the department to compel them to disfigure the front of their houses with capes or une an Inside steel wire ladder, known as the unsightly fron fir Harris Safety Appliance. ‘Thene propert Hedges, of New York, all Republicans. In the lant Legislature a clause wa: Placed in the Tenement-house act ym- viding that all houses having three tami- | be equipped with fronts, Senator | erted an amend-| 3 ment providing that In houses of four the front fre-eacape might be avoided by providing a wire | Tope fre-escape apparatus, to be ap- Mes or more should fire-escapes on their Green, it ts alleged, tn: families or tes proved by the Building Department. Brooklyn has more thun 30,000 three- one and brick Story houses of brow each occupied dy three or more famille Early ty June the owners of these] houres received notices that they would conte | of the buildings or adopt the patent de- |? je Building Depart- ment. This device was the Harris wire have to erect flre-escapes on the vice approved by adder, Protests’ were una ‘tooped to I | for the and Tt will be volt 9} ‘ay to avoid disfiguring thelr houges| ranch ait {th fire-escapes was to buy the patent | 1" with | Magnue De adder, They were shown the H. rris| el in| he ened atent, a 1 aire ladder on a tin kned to be fa ader the window on the Inside. reular contained ¢ nent of the department. About 15,000 owners are anid to have) » der rather, te: ‘The cont! gurchased the Ila than put up the th of manufacturing the a ever, and a large numb courts, It is nafd that the Building Depart- ucted ax agent for ating ite tts patent, After ment has practically the Harris compan celrculars and extollin ty-owner would vist the to protest, he would find, on his recur nt of the Harris ing for him with samp distr: scheme until he went tc Department and had cated with th hehe Leora yea WALL ST. MONEY FOR EDUCATION MRS FRISBIE FOUNDS THREE SCHOLARSHIPS. Once a Noted Figure on Stock Fx- the South, y to Smith, V ‘The will of Mrs. Louise Frisbie, who led July 1, wan offered for probate H. Thayer. The document wan written twenty years ago by Mrs. Frisbie, and ts contents were unknown even to the @o-day by the executor, Stephen witnesses. The will leaves $28,000 to Smith, Va gar and Wellesley Colleges, to be used fm establishing scholarships to be known as Connecticut scholarships, tha bene- Bciaries preferably to be natives or long residenta of the Nutmeg State. The will ways chat the young women who receive the scholarships must be residents of Northern States. ‘As many of the bequests have become dnoperative through the death of bene- Qciaries, it 1s Mkely that the total e@mount of the money ta go to the three will be increased materially. Wasser. Mrs, Frisbie was for many years a. familiar figure in Wall street, and she way weil kiown to many brokers, She fwas a succeseful and shrewd operator, ler start was made on money obtained y teaching school in the South, and er continued Interest in education is shown by pee leaving most of her for- tune to colleg Teletet Geing te the Crimean. 8T. PETERSBURG, Aug. 13—A de- owners allege that It {x a scheme to compel them to use the Harris device, They claim to have established a connection between. the Building Department in Brooklyn and the fire-eacape company. The head of the Building Department In Brooklyn 1 John Gullfoyle. The moving spirits in| the Harris company are ex-State Treas- urer A. B. Colvin, of Glens Falls; State Senator Green, of Binghamton, and Job (1d not exactly unde jing. Owners| e office of Buliding Com- Manioner GutHoyle and were shown the iw, Then they were told that the only printed tndorae- Pliance tx sald to be smail, but the price charged for each ladder’ is sald to have been from $15 to 40. The regular iron _fire-excapes | cost from $90 to $5 plain. The protest- ing owners finally Kot together, How: of those wo have not yet complied with the taw| have subscribed a fund t test it in the 8 houre, any walt: ‘of the ladder, though he had never heard of the ve Bullding ommunt- She Frisble leaves $6,600 to L. H. Holmes, of West Winsted, Conn., cond: Uoned on his changing his name to Louls David Frisble, the name of his great- grandfather. Bhould Mr. Holmes refuse to change bis name this bequest goes to “(| Am Glad to See You,” Says the Senator to T. E&.P., ‘and | Hope Never to See You Again,” . It Isn't every day in the week that a United States Senator !s honored by being interviewed by Mr. Thoypas E. Powers, the celebrated artist of The Evening World. When, -there- fore, Senator Thomas C. Platt was asked by Mr. Powers to express als views it was not surprising that he was somewhat flustered, like a girl with her first beau. Mr. Powers Is as harmicss as a Maltese kitten. There is nothing in kis manner at which the most timid child may take affright, yet when Senator Platt was introduced to him—but !t is not well to anticipate. It will be better to let Mr. Powers tell the story in his own simple way. HOW | INTERVIEWED SENA- TOR PLATT. BY T. E. POWERS. T have Interviewed Senator F toe nm himself to me, although he had on a full dress shirt and a straw hat. He seemed to talk very freely to me, but Tam still of the opinion that 3 thing back, for he had his his hip | pocket, where Henry Clews tells me he carries his wallet. THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1901: BLAND AND SUAVE, EVER THE SAME. SENATOR PLATT “TALKS” TO POWERS. PERO SAORELA LEADS CAE EPOREASAOLESOD SOD ORERAFAE EOS A EES OHH ODDA BORD, FU PIFSIVOTI CT TED pretty fair talker w PEBSEASEL O4946040449490608 DOONSOSS OOS SRESE! might appear a bit abrupt, and If he waa at all nervous I thought I would wet h knowing what time the next tide would |Where the Interviewer Woke Up. PLATT BEING INTERVIEWED AT ONTENTA woing to dinner. . Platt will not be interviewed—he Platt wore & with a apringy step. FFSSSISIEIITIIIOS SITITTIFIDIGTTIIS SOSSSSSOSSSOOSIS PI IFG 999s FEIIHTSIE time to answer that hat and he have a short corn crop next year?’ in order to divert his at- tention and prepare hien for what eat T decided to any? n turning over that 1 thought clover seed would de row on Frank Mors's head?" Having then a Jonly propounding | kuarantee of good ‘Taith, 1 Intended to gain his confidence by whispering softly, the Interview all blocked striick me as being exceed- ured him that 1 ret T thought 1 would 5 ymin after he haa] 1 would spring | 1 the rest of th up that quest “Do you think Gov. Odelt Is using you | 4 id_take him a usete | Hf he dtd Police bill Is put | Of course It wou DP1GADIHOS SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. sin Tulare County, Cal., are W. Itailroad,, them by fa . 0 whote wheat lands the ranch. mande an exoroita verick, Magni @ elected Mat Inte v1 fought over oy the rail eniia by t at Magnus ye majority of the Ls hour of danger, but the remain the encroachment of Mied tive, who ts responsible unhurt An indie Maenus ck iy confronted again = aii the trouble, ting of the Ceague ts called the moetiag CHAPTER XX. Diagrace. AST, one quiver of indignation, made his way back upon the stage. The were In wild con- fui Half the azsembly of them were on thelr feet, bewildered, shouting vaguely. om proscenium wall to fo. the rashouse was a tumult of nots The gleam of the thousands of the Mercury extras was like the fash of white ca a troubled sea Keast the audience “Linares! he shouted, striving with all the power of his volce to dominate the clamor; “lars and sianderers! Your paper in the pald organ of the cor ton. You have one shadow of proof to buck you up. Do you choose this, of all times, to heap your calumny upon the head of an honorable gentleman, already prostrated by the murder of his son? Proofs—we demand your poofa!”* “We've got the very Assemblymen themavlves!”” came back the answering shout. “Let Derrick speak. Where Is hiding? If this ty a ie, jet him deny ft. Let him disprove the charge." “Derrick, Derrick," thundered the opera-house. Keart wheeled about. Where was Magnus? He was n slight upon the atage, He had disappeared, Crowding Unrough the throng of Leaguers Keaat got from off the stage into the wings. Here the crowd was no less dense, Nearly every one had a copy of the Mercury. It was belng read aloud to groups here and there, and ona: Keast overheard the words: “Say, I wonder If this ts true, after anz? i “Well, and even tf {t was," cried Keast, turning upon the speaker, “we should be the Inat ones to kick. In any case, It wag done for our benotit It olected the Ranchers’ Commission.’ “A lot of benefit we got out of tne In Ranchers' Commission,” retorted the | other. “And then," protested a third speaker, “phat ain't the way to do—if he did do politica, We couldn't afford to he corrupt. Keast turned away with a geature| "many of impatience, He pushed nis way | actress dr further on. At last, opening » smalt| friends, hts non murdered, hin dishonenty fan old man, dixcredited and nbandoned, Before nightfall of that day, Bonne- ville wan further excited by an aston- door in a hallway back of the stage, no came upon rks ‘The room was tiny. It was a dreas- Ing-room. | Only two nights before It had been used By the leading actress of 4 comlc-opera troupe which pad played for three nights wt Wonneville. A tattered sofa and limping tollet inble occupied a third of the spice. The air was heavy with the smell of ‘stalo Floste (paint, olntments and sachet. faded photographs of young women in M5 tod the) old pic Underneath! the i sell Sere al sush environmen | DEFT SOORE FDDRIM HAGA -MR. PASTOR OPENS SEASON _ON FOURTEENTH STREET. His Reappearnce Evokes Pal-3 pitating Enthusiasm, and Antonio Sings His CORDEWSED FOR THE ETENIXG WORLD. Best Songs. DY PEREISSIOW OF DOCRLEDAT, PAGE & ua xelted group of men outed in his very J) his thin lips at his throat, Would be beneath r, indomitable, elected honeatly, aise understand, alr, a volen from the me power of Authority ‘wax Comd they not read th ta fee In’ Mis vole? epee What a folly He war ritn Tiarran was: kone. ‘The fall season on Fourteenth street | & was Inaugurated yesterday amid palpl- tating enthusinem at when the nccmparable Antonto himself ‘The return of Faversham, of John Drew, of Hackett or of Sothern to Broadway may bo the occasion of | tumultuous demonstration on of folka who adore matinee {dols, but nene of these occasions can compare in real heartinesa and sincerity of expre sion with the welcome that is given Tony Pastor, - Ix Impregnably Intrenched ia the hearts of his followers, and one of his sang as only he himself can sins it, can bring a fuller meed of apprecia- tion than the most artistic bit of work of any matinee hero that ever came down the primrose pike of theatricals. Tony's volce has not the golden ex- cellence of a Do Reszke ot a Saleza, but tt has a golden value just the same, the box-oftice showa whenever Tony Pastor Is a sort of family feature, and three generations of reel- dents In New York have latened to him and forgotten dull care, Both matinee tand swept away In that flerce y anit all in a moment the lant dregs And watermelon ts suc melon patch: ref In the summer poignant cmbarrarament descend new what to say or where to Garnett with a labored attempt at monchalance) murmured a} yhatin what Towa try- jd Gethingm at guess I'll go home.” a” movement. broke up, the men making for the doar. they went out. ko wan Kenst stirring himselt. Misa Etholyn in Clyde Fitch's joverns cai imp hand evening perforin- ances yesterday were crowded, and to render the week a gala one Mr. has given a programme of hikh exce Firat of interest to those of! three generations was of Miss Blanche Newcombe, a daughter ot Bobby Newcombe, who held a place in the hearts of the oid timera dear than that occupied by Mr. Bobby Newcombe the author of that classic which rune: 1am Just a4 dappy as a big sudo That code and 2 iH right afior chate of the venta Derrick remained a long looking at his f mirror that for #0 many xr flected the paint It—bribing Logisiatures, Why, we were | fe thin Atmonniiers of stale perfume apd me—his fall, his ruin. of Integrity and honest had endel here—tn an essing-room, deserted by his years had re- of soubrettes. Eat RIE the quick appree ken, discard . Behrman lived tn a detached house a ‘nome distance from the town, sure a grove of live oak and past nix, as he was supper, a bomb was thrown through the window of hin din- near the doorway Caln, appears with him 1) eucalypt tree: laughable sketch entitled theatrical Oscar Ing-room, | ox tights a! eg orn ie _mir- | leading into the nal le wal amented thi Ir of corsets, The | every ‘window ‘of the house. a re and Heath nearly ralved tho the New York Theatre whon and nearly they delivered th maeives of thelr: bi ed, { night. Their ne, Broadway block had face nonsense hotees Inst night, imself re- rollerien: made fa bal instead lossom Grow is Hiner (To be conetuded.) baie cee and’ yesterday. it, * dled Pine His Gomarahencivel Views on the State Police Bill and a Per- sonal Estimate of Gov. Odell. gulls to take mes- f tween tha two 1 t the ator ts n en he gets warmed and Lbelleved by that time he would quite hot [ made tn nd at < point to Just say this Who Is you Of course Tr wardman, Hed that this remark to rights by Insisting upon ome tn ) and 1 con- paper on Just Now, [had fixed alt thts ¢ ted myself and what was going to happen Uncle Sam Is Robbed partment are sail to have wu huge frauds tn the customs servic before they rang the gone that f «pled Senator Platt argu! Honry Clews, more for the sake rand | MN GUEM Ukr murmure) Senator fy hand with the Ver se " f the gong mitered Hieory Clews was f about ¢ | the oh j questioned until r | eraud of the «ro: RANK FRAUD IN IMPORTS eS OF alla, | | of Millions in | New York. APPRAISERS IN PLOT TO MAKE FALSE RETURNS.| | A. S. Rosenthal & Co., of Greene Street, Mentioned as One Firm That Profited. Special examiners of the Treasury De- arthed by which the Government ham been deprived | FRANCIS WILSON 402, | basta Weeks of millions of dollars which should FRANGIS Wil & | have been collected ne duty | tations of Japanasa silks, n impor- | Examiners of allk Importationa tn the in sald, have heen for years yoin the pay large slik-tm- . drawing large salaries voters, Several 1 to be inv eonection nthal é& 11k Imo! street Abraham S$. Rosenthal and Martin 8 Cohen are members of the frm. Under the stik tarift schedule, goods which contain more than 45 per cent. wilk pay a duty of $1 a pound, while goods containing between ® and 45 per cent. lk pay only $190 a pound, and goods containing a less quantity of silk pay duty at the rate of ® cente a pound or 68 per cent fr value. The ap- prata: this class of koods hax heen for years tn nds of a few men whose honesty was not ntly, Complaints of Importers not reheme who were belng under: the firms that a {ted by the dishonesty examiners brought about an investigation. An of- fetal in the Appraiser's stores who had | been examining silk for ten yearn wan transferred to a different department and a fellow employee was assigned to examine a suspected {mportation of Jan- man returned the tn- ot t. SUI suspictous, Ap- praiser Wilbur F, Wakeman assigned a | third deputy appratser to the work, and his report Is said to have shown that t character bad been the attempted in the return, both as welght and value of the {mportation It ts waid that a double method of vading the payment of duttes prescribed the Tariff law had been 1 welgit of sik far below tn ual welx tee and the quality had be aa of the lowest xr though many pleces of the highest vf alk were contained in the Import ton, One inve entered 80 upon ite f * amount due the Go 0 was estimated by lal examiners to be worth to bring the duty up to $80.0. it is ch ety a year fr firm for pasing Invoices of Jay anese silks, Another In mad to. ha heen went on a trip to Europe by a firm which profited by his work, and a third 1s the owner of valuable real estate quired since hie connection with the partment Aporatser Wakeman sald to an Even: ing World reporter to-day that a num- had in, ‘The frauds against ‘9 becoming so ¢x- Ive action hat frandn “Ine Importation of allks.”” said he. “amounts to millions of dollars ay fraud ainst the put Tam also t nveatigations from { Bull importers On an es) member of the firm of A. 8. Rosen- thal & Co, wax no bh ue charge uk for v Proper time comes we Wil x ull wtatement, but at present we Tre to Wiscuss ise. We huve fled of t rec e goods hat Is all we care to say ty eotorating. Others of Max Elchen, of Hu the Jeffers Early Morn Menvy Low fr Fire in WII penric, Tota manuta ck from to the bulldisg Garden promperous wee Juliene, the anake armer, temperarice object leason at and there 1 ty of ragrtime in the *“Coonvillo burned to deata 4a quantity of hare ness destpoye: ‘The origin of the fire {x unknown. The Jess amounts to about $4,000, importations of Japanese silks | tenaty to be wkd mention no names in connection with the alleged SPITTER WANTED COMPANY. Fichen, When Arrested, Accused gton, Lo 1, was Amusoments. HAMMERS 4a, B way,7' “PARADIS * |Gtass Incloees ria @ Hejunits Taens, Fully Protected \TO NIGHT rar SVENGALIS, BALLET & OF MANHATTAN BEACH bay, Mh CHINA & PAIN'S FIREWORKS A PINAFORE Sit theiau VEMSON DE ANOBLIS. ROGUE, PASTOR’ Se gin. 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