The evening world. Newspaper, November 19, 1901, Page 5

THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1901. REDRIVER [$7,000,000 GOLD IN A SHIP’S HOLD. EES PALACE AYOUNG HERO. Fifth Avenue Cheers His Remarkable Feat When Engine Horse Falls. HE DROVE ON SIDEWALK. Tender on Which He Was Seated Would Have Crashed Into Engine and Vehicles. A remarkable feat of driving which challenged the admiration of many horsemen going to and returning from the Horse Show was performed by Ernest J. Grelger last evening at about 6 o'clock !n Fifth avenue be- tween Twenty-ninth and Thirtleth streets, The particulars did not be- come known until to-day. There was an alarm of fire at Madi- fon avenue and Thirty-second the street, companles which re- sine No, 1, whose sta- tfon ts In Twenty-ninth street between Seventh and Eighth avenues. Followed closely by its tender, No. 1 was driven rapidly through Twenty- ninth street, and turned north to Fifth avenue. Just after the engine had made the turn the nigi horse slipped on the asphalt and went down, The tender was clone behind it and turned the cor- ner to find the engine out of business for the minute. To atop was an impossibility, am! the driver of the tender had to think quick- ly. The situation was complicated by the numerous vehicles going to and re- turning from the Horse Show, and the many pedestrians who thronged the sidewalks on both sides of the street. ‘The driver of the tender, a young man. steered his team with a firm hand through the maze of magnificently ap- poirted rigs and turaed onto the skic- walk on the western side of the street. He and other firemen on the tender’ shouted to pedestriane to get back on the stoops, and they did The tender was under such headway that It could not be stopped for a block. Jn front of the Holland House the driver turned out on the street and stopped. The men jumped off and, running ack, helped to raise the fallen horse. ‘Then they went on ic the fire. ‘There was a great cheer from the oc- cupants of the vehicles and their drivers, and many dismounted and throng around the driver, asking his name. Hoe refused to give his name and a hundred or more followed him to the fire to find out who he was. He fMnally consented to give his name. Then several prosperous-looking tnen held a consultation and arranged to get together to-day and prepare a letter to Commissioner Scannell telling of the re- markable driving feat, and asking for the public commendation of the young hero. and among sponded was ee FLED HALF CLAD IN FIRE PANIC. MANY RESCUED FROM DEATH IN NEWARK BLAZE. Families Living Over Barning Nes- tnurant Were Roused from Slecp—Old Man Injured. Hxelting scenes were witnessed at a fire which started in urant at No 42) Broad st N y to-day The floors over the are cupled familles. the occupants were aslecp at the time, and when they were aroused by the alarm of fire there was a wild pante ‘The flames spread upward through the building so rapidly that the Inmates fled for their lives without stopping to Gress and rushed into the street clad only In their night clothes. ‘The escape of some was cut off by the flames and blinding smoke and they had to be rescued by the firemen, who brought them down on ladders from the windows, The only person injured wan George Goden, sixty-five years old, who was evercome by smoke. He was taken to the City Hospital. He will probably re- cover. BURIED ALIVE th CAVE-IN OF WELL. JONAS WELLING, EXPERT DIG- GER, HAS NARROW ESCAPE. vee While Working at Bottom of Fif- teen-Foot Shaft a Mass of Earth Suddenly Pins Him Down, While digging a well to-day on the farm of Peter Stillwell, in New Utrecht, Jonas Welling, thirty-nine years old, an expert well-digger, was caught in a cave-in at the bottom of a fifteen-foot shaft and nearly lost his life before ald came, Welling waa at the bottom of the shaft, while his helper, Martin Casey was lowering a pall of bricks, Sud- denly the side of the well fell tn anc Welling was buried beneath a mass of earth, Casey hurriedly got aid, -and after twelve minutes’ hard work Welling was uncovered and brought to the surface. pecian restored him to consclous- A phi nese, Plo bad suffered a dislocaiiem of hail World’s Greatest Treas- ure Cargo Guarded by Duplicate-Locked Strong Box, the Only Passage to Which Is a Trap-Steel Ladder Watched -by Armed Guard. Seven million dollars’ worth of gold bars going cut to sea to-day with not a carronade to guard It! The North German Lloyd steamship Katser Wilhelm der Grosse is the bearer of this golden burden. No other ship in the world's history has ever been so richly laden. She sailed at 10 o'clock this morning, with nothing in her out- ward appearance to give a hint as to the wealth down in her hold. All that was pur aboard vesterday. The greatest care has been taken to prevent the money being stolen by any one on board while the ship is in transit. The strong box has been made a marvel of security. It was bullt in the after part of the ship near the water. line, and the man who attempts to even get near it now takes his life in his hand. Oda Precnutions Taken. On three sides it ts surrounded by cout bunkers and the door {s hard to find. This door has a patent lock that has never been used on any other door. It was recently invented by a German. Two keys are necessary to open even the outer door, and unless one knows the secret he cannot find the keyholea. To get down to the door It Is necessary to risk all sorts of dangers. Numerous pitfalls have been arranged. On the ladder which leads down into the hold some of the steel rungs have been all but sawed through, and the man who does not know which ones they are and steps on them will go heels over head into the hold of the ship. Onty one man on the ship knows the! trick of getting down that ladder with | On, what a chance for a Capt. Kidd! WHERE THE SEVEN MILLIONS IN GOLD IS STORED ON KAISER WILHEL Cross shows the location of the steamship's treasure room. take precautions ageinst this sort of attack ‘To be exact, the amount of gold in dollars and cents that went out of this country to Europe on the big German ship was $7,082,583.29. It was not In coin safety to his bones, and he is held re- sponsible If any one else learns It. An armed guard 1s always on watch to see | that no one makes the attempt. j The only chance to get the orize would be on the high seas and the worl has become too effete fur exploits of that kind. Too many plra: have siready graced the gallows and s9 wow rifles and revolvers do what great guns failed to accomplish when Kidd and his crowd sailed under the black flag. } Trust to Their speed. ! The nossibility of pirater tackling a treasure whip nowadays has been con- sidered by the steamship lines. C. Clupfel, who has charge of the outgoing frelght for the North German Lloyd Company, sald that thelr shins depended on thelr great speed to encape pirates if any demonstration shou:d be made against them. The crews are all armed and there are a few cannon on most of the ships, ough to stop an ordinary merchant- man turned pirate, but not enough to stop a fellow who was really after be game. A little gunboat could get along- side of the fastest ocean liner and cap- ture it If the men aboard really wanted to. (| Mr. Clupfel admitted to an Evening World reporter that it might be neces- sary soon for the steamship owners to but in gold bare of the approximate value of $8,000 each, Packed in Boxes and Kegs. This means that there were about &5 bars of gold on board. These bars were packed in boxes and kegs. Into each box four bars were packed and into each keg seven. The work was done at the Sub-Treasury, where gold {s just so much merchandiee, like pig tron or Potatoes. All told there were forty-seven boxes containing $1,256,000, ami 119 kegs corf- taining the remainder of the amount. Each package was sealed and stamped with the seals of the Assay Office and of the concern doing the whipping, and the | -r, wax was let run Into the packages #° that the seals could not be tampered with without making ‘discovery certain. No such thing as the substitution of wold bricks for the real ones ts possibie. Representatives of the various bank- ing houses that were doing the shipping were on hand to see that there was no mistake about the amount that was packed, and the steamship company and the insurance companies had men on hand to check up In their behalf. Gold Shipments Expensive. It costs money to ship such a vast treasure to Euro) To begin with the Insurance on such cargo is seven cents per $10. This means an expenditure of OINInG Roem 2D CABIN CHILDREN'S DINING Room nearly $5,000 on the amount which went cut to-day. The freight charges on the gold amounted to over $5,60) and then there was the expense of the packing and trucking and the guarding of It It {s not usu] for Insurance companies to insure more than $5,000,000 worth of } gold on one ship, but there was no dif. culty in wetting to-day's shipment co ered. Several companies spilt it up de- tween thom. As the shippers and tho bear this burien jointly. London and Paris anter took past of the risk from the shoulders of the New York companies. The greatest danger is of course from shipwreck, bu: that ts not likely on a0 stureh a craft as the big Kaiser Wil- helm. Total amount $7,082,583.20. The firms which negotiated the ship- ments were as follows: Baring, McGo Lazard Frere: Heldelbach, 1 City Bank Goldman, Only a email part of t goes to London. The steamer wil ‘first at Plymouth and discharge the London consignment: It will leave at Cherbourg about $5,000,000, which {8 con- signed to Parjs, and the reat will be i sent on to Berlin. conalgnment makes a total of $17,500,000 worth of gold which has left the United States since the present | movement began five weeks ago. Bankers say that the movemant ty due to a variety chief of of causes, which are the heavy balances againat the United States, caused by the de- crease In our exports, and the increase of our imports, the meeting of aterling by our financtere some of in the loana made gigantic their of American held in Europe, and the great scarcity BRIDG GEPORT MAN SAYS HIS AIRSHIP WILL SURELY FLY. Gustave Whitehead’s Machine Weighs but 25 Pounds and Has 30- Horse Power Through Calcium Carbide, He Says. peree e icess son BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 19.—There Is building in @ little shop tn this city an alrehip that the inventor says will certainly fy. His name t‘s Gustav Whitehead and he has already travelled more than a mile through the alr in a ship of his own invention, This ship than teen {mproved upon and the new machine 1s said by the Inventor to be ay near perfect as it can be with the facilities at hand, Whitehead predicta that, within a year people will be buying airships as freely as they are buying automobiles to-day, and that the eky will be dotted with figures skimming the alr. His GUSIAVE WHITEHEAD AND HIS FLYING MACHINE-- machine will also run on land and through the water If his prophesies turn out. The new machine Is dullt Ike a boat. Projecting from the side are gigantic wings and in the rear Is a fan-shaped A the machine and a propeller for use in the water will be added. The section in which the machinery in placed welghx 120 pounds. Instead of canvas, sheet steel, xo thin it weigh arrangement like the ta!l of a bird, There |less than elght ounces to the squar is an engine in the boat that operates the wings and rudder, The power will be generated by calcium carbide, which Is fourteen times stronger than g.aso- Une. Whitehead says that his engine, which weighs only twenty-five pounds, will generate thirty-horse power. Rubber- tired wheels for use on land will be foot, will be used for the wings ano fan-shaped tail. Whitehead asserts that he has solved the mystery of fying In the alr with the wind or against it. He will soa lke a bird: J teach other: ing tt tho right shoulder and severe interns injuries. Welling was taken to his home In Homewood. He will recover, ADVISED THEM TO “MAKE UP” Justice Maddox Dentel Mrs. Marion’s Plea for Alimony. Justice Maddox, in the Brooklyn Su- preme Court, this morning, denied the motion of Mrs. May 8, Marlon for counsel fees and alimony pending the trial of her suit for divorce against her husband, Bidney Marion, the one-legged bicycle rider. The Court suggested that the couple quit quarrelling and live together. Marion left his wife, because, he alleged, he had to darn the socks, mend the clothes and care for the baby. while his wife was out enjoring herself, ived ut No, 77 Cornelia street un- separation. AGED MAN FELL DEAD IN WOODS, search, Bedier left home yesterday to super- intend the removal of a large quantity of lumber, and when he dht not return his famfly became worried and gave} the alarm. Parties were organized Judge Alvin Parthe and George W. Ismisch, they mearc woods with lanterns. At 1 ono of the party explat th SEDLER FOUND AFTER ALL- NIGHT SEARCH. Was Ploncer Settler of Linden- be Had Served Throughont the Civil aWr. pod lls John Sedier, a well-known reskient of tying quietly on hin side, Coroner W, Moore had the body re- moved to the Sedler home, where an tn- quent was held, A verdice of death from heart failure was rendered, Sedier was a native of Germany, but had made America hin home for half a century, He had lived thirty years in 2Nod CABIN PANTRY DER GROSSE. eee ve rete + er WAS PUSHED OVERBOARD. Police Inveatignte ai 1 Were Persons Are xonerated Discharged in Court, Thomas It tugboat, was arral Court this) mornt charge of picide Policeman Samud Balley, bor Squad, who ts x» arrested him yesterday having mae an he trow) vollce person, and a the catast rom an innocent and Gordon. Gordon t and in the swift Uk fforts, were unable The policeman «aod he ha fal in his Invests nat the drowning was accld: transferred from poll omice. w CAR RUNS DOWN PO rrothe or as taken to the Hood —— a fireman oned ev Investigation drowaing on voard a railroad tugovat, attached to the bottom of the body of| which occurred off Cortlandt street in| North River Sunday afternoon Kaiward Gordon, « cabin boy, was Wright He A technica. t Pler A ning, of Heddy erboary LICEMAN. MURPHY LONG MISSING. Disappeared Lant duly, but dunt Murphy, a bean Moris mminsiny Dantel sara old home at Lindenhurst, being one of the pioneer settlers. He served during the entire civil war and waa In the very thickest of the light i ee, at the battle of Gettysburg. Linéenhurst, Ia I, was found dead in| at, the reign years oid. ke thé: woods to-day after an all-night ad ee ‘was sevent: wid loaves low and on 0 6 samt July, This i i disappearance to the police Murphy Ix about five feet 46 pocnde, has dark hair wore «ray striped troisers, white shirt, black derby and twentyeatx om his, ¢ stn che: lace sho nuous 11 | {the Har-! story after | | | i | aboard a} 4 in Centre Street | WITH BAKER'S PIES, EDWARD GORDON, CABIN BOY, FOUND WAGON UNGUARDED . 14 DROWNED AFTER 'STREWED STREET SCUFFLE ON BOAT, AND TRIED TO DRIVE. Whien Was Finally Upset, and at Magtatrate Court, of bakery this. morning i the Driver 810 In Court. In the Weat Hstened to the sad Brann, Side a woman who tried to drive wagon and the innumerable unny things she did with its contents, The exhibition took on Bixty+ ninth street and Cent Park Went. From point to Sixty-ninth street ow rvle was all, 1 street looked emporium charlotte of bread the nie doughnuts brown loaves went Into 4 At rolls twenty-two apn By a mesenger if pou havew bor, | for exaruinatte ' ——— jinsurance on Treasure Amounts to Nearly $5,000, the Freight 600, in Addition to Expense of Guard- ing It. treet rumo leat Was that DECEMBER GRAND JURY. HOW- EVER, WILL TAKE IT UP. by Ansintant District-At- terney Schurman, day t District-Attorney — Sehu la In charge the Investiga- rinine the to the man, w thon to the d sald to lay that to press rand Jury December ¢ en G a dow the bridge “wne new y b and wks, I toll ks ry olttclals that they were old, Shad no means of determin= yuat for | ini. “L do not think It likely new breaks will figure s, We shall depend upon t our ¢ which was made som time In ou seine AzO. PET ALMOST TEARS OUT A BOY'S EVE DOG IN PLAY NEARLY DE- STROYED CHILD'S SIGHT. of thy Dr. Hastings, . Hadly Ultten mal. of We carressing @ pet. puppy i nid Herbert H-known sixe-ve to necessary ether where the » through the tesh. ateye was Injured, it outri wounds had b cauterized Charges to Over $8,-| ected Twice Vester- “FROM VENICE Mrs, Charles F. Sprague Imports Great Bu Iding Piece by Piece. QUTDOES HER RIVAL ter New Home Will Outshine that of Mrs. ‘‘Jack” Gardnety of Boston. - veniag Worll? Mrs, Charles ¥, mber of the famous Weld ly, and wife of the ex-Congressman, asylum, is about to outdo ner in the fad of tm- and installing Italian palaces Sprague the hard- -time palatial plles’fh razed a few week arts carefully prepardd The entire building which also were Sprague, are now on to Boston > matertals thus secured are to Be forming Mrs, Sprague’k home Broo#iine {nto an e that, it ls desired, shan Gardner's In magnificence ture and interior appoint= ROSTC Sprague, a ed by Mrs Way Ownn About 820,000,000, * has, roughly speaking, jabour $: 09 at her command. Mrs. siardnes, walle no direct estimate af her sealth has been made, ts popularly ered- ftel wlth the possession of about ardner, tt is sald. had lone with envious eyes at Myre. rashes Tullan gardens, the finest out- of Ttaly, Se in building an Itallan Mrs. Gardner outdid Mrs. w the plans of Mrs. will leave the balance the other n. greanman Sprague is at present ° McLean Asylum at re but slight hopes of oe in her way, of Boston soclet «ine ocher hand, while mov- Boston's highest circles, is as and admired in. Londons nd Wasaington as she is Will Cost Many Thousands, Architects lattice & Brown have bee; * blanche In the matter o! hundreds of thousands of be required before Mra. sion is finished. residence. <vered with brick. All nishings will be brought fe by, A roof gar- marble, tapestry, furniture the new ballroom will be the of that formerly in the ht by Mrs. re on it, and Mra. of Wood. ONEDOLLAR per week will buy BEST SEWING MACHINE, $20.00. Sold everywhere at 345. at for cir ais Send for Furniture and Carpet Catalogue (in colors) matled free. KELLY’S, - 263 Sixth Avenue, near {7th St. Brcoklyn Store, 470 Fulton St. The Ferachan Sale, 00 Persian Carpets Ox12, 12X15, S65 to $700, VA less than usual prices. Broadway & 20th Sb. vas Killed anit his. body » Pasteur Institute in thts city 1 as to whether the ant- mal waa suffering trom hydrophobia, Ww ry FS ea