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‘ fisy NIGHT EDITION. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 8. “ Circulation Books One nto All.” _PRICE ONE CENT. COURT BLOCKS THE LEASE OF METROPOLITAN ROAD Justice Greenbaum Grants Temporary Injunction Against Proposzd Transfer to Metropolitan Securities Company—Big Legal Fight Begun by Wall Street Brokers. the proposed transfer. The injunc- tion will prevent the meeting from taking any action. The Metropolitan Securities Com- pany was organized for the purpose of enabling the Metropolitan Street} Railway Company to raise $20,000,000 to be expended in equipping with electricity the various horse-cir lines in this city. From this the project grew until {t embraced a great con- cern, with powers of absorption al- most unlimited. Opposition developed at once. Bos- ton interests in the Metropolitan held aloof from the deal. Threats have been made that the courts would ‘De called upon to interfere and the action to-day in the Stpreme Court Dresages a bitter fight. An obsiecle in the shape of a tem- porary injunction was thrown in the wuy of the proposed transfer of the lines of the Metropolitan Street Rail- way Company to the new Metropoll- tan Securities Company to-day The injunction was obtained from Justice Greenbaum in the Supreme Court by Scharps & Scharps, atto-- neys. representing Harry and Walter Content, Wall Street brokers, and others. It prohibits the leasing of any of the lines of the Metropo.itan Street Railway Company to the new holdng company. The motion will be argued Friday. A meeting of the stockholders of the company has been called for to- morrow for the purpose of voting on DURYEA’S ACTIONS PURELY PLATONIC. ———-¢ -—_____ So Says Starch King’s Son When Charged with Many Improprieties. Justice Gildersleeve was asked In Su- preme Court to-day for an order for the 3 @clock in the morning ghe declares Ha seized her and tried to drag her out of i , bed. tearing her. nlghtrobe into oxamination of witnesses In Egypt in ie ab. behalf of Larre Smith Duryea, who tel fer palicen? cetine ber late the p @ for a separation frpm Chester] In March, 190. at the Hibtecus Hotel, nell Duryea, son of Gen. Hiram | palm aoa ee eee teat race bee ioyea, the millionaire President of the - neglected to take in the Staven Trust. ‘of water left by the bellboy in ‘hat time she sa; he grossly Mrs Duryea ts a daughter of Frank- In Waldo Smith, of Boston's most ex- cuisive set, who has a mansion {n Bea- cou street, a country place at St. Augue tine and another at Saratoga. the 7 insulted her by seizing her face sponge and using !t to. wash his body. Alleges He Called Naw Duryea says, On one occasion, Mrs. her husband arriving home an hour late Dire, Duryea alleges as one specifica- to dinner apd learning that she had al- ton in her charges of crueity that her | /), diner ae Tine (HAY obs ad sale Vuaband made her go to a fancy Uress) waited her a “slob” before the servants, ball when she had meases. He replie@| and when she cried called her a "wa ing cact,”” and issued orlers that no one was to be served with food without spe olal orders from him, At the Hotel Mondamie, Bioux City, he ot mad on she aljeges, and said that he suffers from too much mother in-law, The mother-in-law was one of the famous Bevan sisters, of Baltimore, and was conspicuous for her beauty at the Inauguration of President Lincoln. Your emi suwithi anyinihes in Since the separation Mrs. Duryea has! trousers ar ting,” and that be} Uved at the Earlington. would not have a mma servant he cause you are just the kind of woman Ils Mer Eye-Wit . who would elope with her butler.” Py papers} At & fancy ball, she mays. he accused 5 er ot “tryin ow her feet and ed that! enkles like a fool a a (eek Duryea says that after nuffering ree years wrote a letter: to hi the examination " “Gen. Hiram Darye erapoon-Asser In behalf @ result she sf in the Adirondacks in an at-| tempt at reconetilation, Duryea says that) sAnser Was an eye- Witness in ner of 1801 to some ef the ae ed of, and that she Flirtations, She Says. now living o. Egypt “But inthe firat y Bhe alleges chat her husoand haa gone| says the wife's complain aN het {o:Bloux City to esjadlish a residence In) ant (Duryea) an bey a rate Miri tion with Mra. Harry H Daryes t absence of her husband, and the defen ant and Mrs. HH yea were often alone together in the dark, and openly carried on their filrtation in the pree- ence of the Plaincier. and he permitted | i ma alleges * began almost in Mrs H.H. Duryea ‘to call him by en: Ne ie raoeunys deariug terms, and regardless of the Get out then and there enough It was (Continued on Third Page.) BACKBONE OF WINTER REFUSES TO STAY BROKEN: Blizzard Strikes the Town and Brings Snow, High Wind and Cold. ‘The blizzard came to town this after- Poon. Tt arrived at one of the clock, four days late, out vigorous. Late because it had been scheduled for March 15. You may not have known that a bils: zard was due four days ago. The Weather Bureau didn't know !t. ‘The ordinary citizen didn't know it. William Wright knew it. William is the weather prophet of Brooklyn. Snowstorms, hail carnivals, tornadoes, typhoons and hurricanes furnished on a@uspicion. Address, No. 71A Van Voor- his street. Enough of the Wright Day before yeaterday palm-leaf fans, rickeys, white waistcoats and talk WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast fer the thirt me ach P.M. Ti Clty ana w York | street. Quick work on the part of th men in charge of the station prevented to be a’menace to pudifc: —- SMALL CYCLONE IN MASSACHUSETTS. about the baseball situation. Yesterday, heavy overcoat out from the closet and a seat in the car over the meam pipes. To-day, car-muffs and hot Scotches. And then the bilsgard snow flying through the sky like cornmeal from a r ADAMS, Mass., March 204A high wiad which prevailed all night suddenly an- sumed cyclonic proportions to-day. The spire and belfry on the First Con- wregational Church was Wrenched off, In falling the spire larme cupoa« and a con |wrrertate Passe WOM FROM CAR FALL She and Two Others Thrown Violently trom the Platform. CONDUCTOR UNDBR ARREST Curve Was Approached at Speed Which Endangered Safety of Many. A woman was thrown from the rear platform of a Columbus avenue car at One Hundred and Sixteenth street and Manhattan avenue this afternoon and fstally injured. Another woman and a small boy were also thrown into the street but IN WAY OI. VERY LATEST NEWS | ‘THE HOUSE WITH GREEN SHUTTERS NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 1902 IN BRIEFEST FORM. ODD ACCIDENT iN PARK ROW. A Pars Row biast o wind this afternoon blew a wegor vse. on the horse drawinia tt. The harness broke and tne frightened horse crawic { into the wagon and lay there. block- ing traffic. An electric car was finally hitched to the wagon and drew it away. The horse then consented to move. — 9o MAGISTRATE MOTT PASSES THE Liz. Magistrat> Mott in the Harlem Court ths afternoon got aftter Detective Storjohan. who had arraigned a wom “You've lied to me.” shouted Molt. “don’t you ever brina other prisoner into my court.” eee MILLIONS FOR SENATOR FAIR’S HEIRS. SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.—The Supreme Court of this olate to-day declared the trust clause in the will of the late Senator James G. Fair invalid. The property. estimated io be escaped with slight bruises. The| worth upwards of $20.000-.000. will at once be distributed accident happened owing to the! among he childr2n of the deceased Senator. speed at which the car went around the curve. The jerk was so sudden that the three persons went head- long to the pavement. ‘The name of the injured woman was not ascertained at the time o. the ac- client. She was taken he J. Hood Wright Hospital unconstous, ‘The other victima were Mrs H. O. Heuer, of No. 701 St. Nicholas avenue, and her four-year-old aon. ‘iney went to thelr homes after their injuries had been dressed. The car on which the accident oceurred was No 2. In charge of Conductor Cook It was sauthbound and very crowded. Teo Crowded. The three persons who were pitched off got on the car at One Hundred and Gixteenth street and Bighth avenue. At Manhattan avenue the road makes a sharp turn to go on downtown. The ear Being tov full to allow the new passengers to met irede they obilged to remain oh the platform. Ps bg ductor Cook was in the forward end of the car collecting fares. At a great rate of épeed the motor- men went spinning around the curve and off went the two wonren and the boy. Tbe conductor did not mise them until be stopped at One Hundred and h street to let off some other passengers. Then he jooked tack and saw a crowd gathering at the corner. The onssengers told him what had hap-tthat the elevator at Police He pened and he ran back. Detective Hig- of the y- Af under arrest Woman Will Probably Die. An ambulance was called and the un- conscious Woman Waa sent to the hos- pital, The surgeon who examined her said that ane had sustained a compound fracture at the base of the skull, and that she would probably die. West One Hundtel and Street station, put him oe 1.000 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN BURNING BUILDING. When fire was discovered tas aftesnoon in the basement of Public School No. 2. Forty-sixth street and Third avenue. Brooklyn. Janitor Cumfort and Principal Haskell went through the rooms and directed the 1.000 children to the street. The utmost order was preserved. The basement was wrecked. ee LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. Fourth Race—Imp. Albula 1. Hutch Miller 2. Homage 3. Fifth Race—Pay the Fiddler 1, Free Admission 2. Woodtrice 3. hei oe > CROWINSHIELD NOMINATION CONFIRMED. . WASHINGTON, March 19.—The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed the nomination of Capt. A. S. Crows inshield to be a Rear Admiral. There was no comment. — tee POLICE ELEVATOR TO OBSERVE SUNDAY. Police Commissioner Partridge to-day issued an order adquarters shall not run on Sunday afternoons and evenings. = whe M'GOVERN TO FIGHT YANGER. Sam Harris. manager of Terry McGovern. announced this afternoon that he had decided to match Terrible Terry against re.| Bonny Yanger. the Chicago crack feather-weight. to battle Heuer and hee bey, Harry, were sent) some time in May. This evidently means that McGovern wil! Cook was taken to the Harlem Court} "0! go to England to fight Ben Jordan during coronation week. and charged with assault. He was parnied tn the custody of the company to awatt the resu't of the woman's in- Juries. The motorman was not ar rested. The woman at the hospital is abou: twenty-six years old She was dressed in a ragian.coat and a qray abort walking gown. She is about § feet Inches tall, well bilit, with dark hatr and eves She carried a silver watch with a chatelaine her pocketboor ee had a $5 Confederate bill, a 83 and a ik gold lec a wn f Siron's, So. a2" oRumbue eon which was the me Koster, etter about which there waa no envelope hu: which began “Dear Emma. aro had @ allver-mounted miniature picture of an angel in one of her pockets, TO-NIGAT’S BYENTS, Naonan street. American Scenic. amd His- street. Lecture, New York Uni- verelty School of Commerce, 223 Bast Thirty-arec t. Meeting of the Patriotic Re- FALMOUTH, Mar ete Coven M’KINLEY DOCTOR BILLS LIGHT. WASHINGTON, March 19.—The bills of the physicians who attended the late President McKinley bave been received here and will be trans- mitted to Congress at an early day. It has been variously stated that these bills would assume enormous proportions out of all reason. but from the highes: authority the information is obtained that they are in nowise ex- cessive. oo EXPECT CANALiAN COURT FIGHT. WASHINGTON, March 19.--The legal officers who have been examining the question preeented by the fiigh: of Gaynor and Greene from Savannah to Canada have practically reached the conclusion that they can be reached under the extradition treaty. is expected before the fugitives can be secured i LITTLE VICTIM'S FATHER ARRESTED. Patrick Gallagher, of No. 51 Goerck street, father of a nine-year-old boy who died at Gouverneur Hospital Monday from lockjiw. as the result of injuries received from a toy pistol, wae locked up to-day on a charge of intoxication. His remaining children were taken to ‘he rooms of the Gerry | Soctety SSC FIRE CHIEF THROWN FROM BUGGY. George L, Rose, Chief of the Eighth Battalion of she Fire Department while driving to a fire this afternoon, collided with a furnivure truck at Fourth avenue and Thirtieth street, and was thrown to the pavement. He jescaped with a sligh: injury to his wrists. The driver of the furniture; *o#u% wagon, Thomas Sharkey, of No. 590 Second avenue, was arrested. e+e KAISER AND PRINCE AT KIEL. KIKL, Prussia, March 19. The German battle-shio Kaiser Wilhelm IL, .| having on board Emperor William and Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, arrived here at 6.30 P. M tae firing of salutes and cheers from the naval squadron |\n these waters. a DEAD MAN ON THE SIDEWALK. An unknown man was found dead on the sidewalk in front of No, 23 Park Row this afternoon. He was about forty years old, 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighed about 130 pounde. The bagy ig at the Oak street station. im® “ Circulation Books Opeu to All. A prolonged struggle in the Canadian courts; His Majesty and the Prince were welcomed with ee e —=s RACING # SPORTS SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 8. __ PRICE ONE CENT. ENGLAND WARNED BY RUSSIA AND FRANCE. HS CASE I WON | | ' —_—_— 4 | Against the Anglo-Japanese Pact Served on All the Powers--Right Reserved to Protect the Interests of the Allied Nations. | ST PETERSBURG, March 19.—The Oficial Messcager to-morrow will jLawyer Accused 9 of print :he text of a Ruseo-French conjoint declaration, sent March 16 to the | Murder Criticises | Ausirian, Belgian, British, American, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, | Chinese and Japanese Governments. The declaration ts as follows: the Court. | ‘The alleged Russo-French Governments sre wholly pleased to discer@ | | that the Anglc | a 38 Japanese convention supports the essential principles which, (MOORE IN GREAT RAGB, | accoraine to the reiterated statement of France and Russia, constituted, apd still constitutes, the foundation of their policy Both Governments belleve that the support of these principles fs aleo &@ guarantee of their imtercets in the Far East. . THEY ARE COMPELLED, HOWEVER, NOT TO LOSE FROM VIBW THE POSSIBLY INIMICAL ACTION OF OTHER POWERS, or a repetition’ of disorders in China, porsibly impairing China's integrity and free develop- ment to the detriment of their reciprocal interests. THEY THEREFORE RESERVE TO THEMSELVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE MEASURES TO DEFEND THESE INTERESTS. The prefatory remarks say that Rursia desires the maintenance of the status quo and the a:tainment of complete tranquillity in the Far Bast.” | Suddenly Announces Case for} Defense Closed as Protest | to Ruling. NOT TREATED FAIRLY, THE PATRICK VIEW, RY FRED M. HOUSE, At orney for Albert T. Patrick. GROUT EXPOSES PLUNKITT’S GRAB. ———__—_—_ + 4 ———__ be Declares City Pays Senator Too Much Rent Under Leases Signed by Tammany Official. We rested our case be- allowed the same to explal te ee aaa Comptroller Grout to-day submit-; does pay for Senator Plunkitt’s four properties. ted to the Sinking Fund (ommls-| "75," city pays the Senator for Now sion evidence to support his charge! $12 to 8 West Fifty-second street $1 494-0-0606@406] that Senator George W. Plunkitt) Be on a at caveat reas sioner says the property is not needed PROSECUTOR SAYS Hy 1S SATISFIED. at all and he has no use for it. . For Nos. (24-6 West Forty-eighth street Ry J. W. OSBORNE. Assistavt District-Attorney. a ee | | Senator Plunkitt gets $4,000 rent, but the Appraiser says it should be $2.19 The tax valuation is $12,000, put should be much greater, fo with Nos. 65-7 West One Hi and Thirtieth street, for which the tor charges &.000 a year. The appraise saya It ought to be S297. The tax valuar tion ts $15.00, but ought to be S4emn"s Another bit of the Senator's hares § orms the Sinking Fund oat) “6-15 East One Hundred t he has deciinel to pay| Sixteenth street, for which the city page i adopted a $5,000. Mr Kennelly holds that $2,000 would Be oh property leased to the city The teasea of which the Comptroller! oompiaina were renewed Dec, 3), Just be- fore the last administration went out of ce. The city on Its part agrees to property offic \ieabe the various parcela of | from Plunkitt for the use of the Stree:-) the Department. Some of anes are to 1 19 ton matter Comp! | Cleaning matances, : the| enough. Tax valuation ie $44,000; the minate the) .opraiser's valuation 968,500. apres statement, aiso referred to the nator Plunkttt has aining in ways. are 533,008, f ) lene re HUGH O'NEILL 1S [FOX WITHDRAWS LAD TO REST WIL CONTEST, MANY HONORS AT LEADING MERCHANT'S FUNERAL. | | | | Ather We have won © wee of wot: This man accuse! of murdering Million- aire Rice just after his sentor coun statement was made by the CONVINCED THAT HE MADE A MISTAKE. sel, Robert M. Moore, had suddenly |declared the case for the defense closed Moore and the Recorder had a war] y, of words in the morning session over the testimony of David 1. Short | The Recorder {neisted that the wit- tery Af Charch He =—__—_—_ | ness was not giving proper answers. Mr Moore objected and took excep tions to the Cuurt’s remarks. ae ONe held Hugh the erchant was this the Madison avenue Fifty-seventh * svenue, The Rev tted gate Fitzgerald thie | corder threatened to punish him and] \\ paste, of the se. ef the follow= warned the jury to disregard his} ohur % contemptuous re: The funeral was very jargely att goods ghor who was here were in at marks, n fr. Me as hardly and request thet > prooate by tte pan representations ot at the tine te eo acertained are Jeceased’s “CARFIELDS SON TO GET OFFICE lieget t Jwh | Deanen. Moore This made than « ram seriy twas ea R. + President, will ment Chyile ner to succeed Witle f he will accept It. one time favorably of Harry A. Ga ple ut he wae tole sat the latter would not acecph appointment ny Creery Isaac Siege ! Samuel Adame Then we clared The Court took him ac his word and Mr. Osborne plunged right into the re- butts! with Handwriting Expert Ca:~ (Continued on “Third Page.) and Sam