The evening world. Newspaper, August 13, 1902, Page 1

“NIGHT EDITION. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 6. he “ Circulation Booka Open to All.’ = | “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ ] O GENERAL SPORTING NEWS N PAGE 6. PRICE ON 3 CENT. TUGROAT BLOWN 10 BITS AND THREE MEN KILLED, Crowds Saw Crew of J. D, Kuper, Hurled in Air as Boiler Burst—Two' of the Five Men Injured Will Die—) Lighter That Was in Tow Was Sent Adrift. i Three men are known to have, Valiant, gives the best account of | the disaster. His boat was tied up, - at the cotton dock under steam and | the boiler of the tugboat J. Dd.) in readiness to take out a tow. Hel Kuper off the cotton docks at was in the pilot-house watching the Tompkinsville, S. I., to-day. Kuper make her way down the chan- been killed by the explosion of i ; nel, Rumor has it that Edward) Dee, a deckhand on the lighter! Stanley, which the Kuper was’, “It Was Just about 8 o'clock,” says aT call 1) Capt Roberts, “and the Kuper had towing, Jumped overb und’: just passed Robbins Reef Light. The, was drowned, but the report can-; ferry-boat Castleton, bound for St. not be consirmed, ete was close alongside the tug. = ~| It seu F 5 Three members of the erew of; apuiien' |tbyme etal the wsuper was ! |running at about average speed, and the tugboat and two of the crew) there was no indication that she was of the lighter were injured. Two carr; any more steam than usual. of these men are expected to dic. | “She went up in a second. I saw Tl Spaliy aes (erly. a a cloud of smoke und steam go up, ‘Ae tugboat was utterly de-| then the air was full of iron and molished. Eye-witnesses of the; wood and tug fittings, The bodies explosion gay that the largest of a couple of men were hurled high . iN p n the air, a z pieces oi the craft that came; ont in tie es bern ai down in the shower of debris that | where they came down. ! littered the water did not weigh} “Following the rising up of the more than twenty pounds, The, ld | heard the sound of the ex- | Went Up in a Second, | ard ‘ © the exploss a | plosion, It echoed all along the Bee Cee SD ORCL RS heard! putts, ‘The tag came down in Httle all along the north shore of, pieces in a shower that littered the Staten Island, water for thirty yards in every direc- tion. THE DEAD, LOUIS, of Eighty-sixth Brooklyn, cook on tug saw a boat put off from Castle , ton aud pick up one of the men In | the water. The tugboat Ashbourne, | which was close by, picked up a comple more, 1 put out and took care’! of the tow. A man said to be the! ; cugineer had. been blown clear to the | He was burned with steam | «1 fire and could tell nothing of the | 4 | onuse of the explosi{on. | 1 | Crowds Saw it. The ferry-boat Robert © owded with carsengers, was in slip at St. George about to puli oui! for the wattery when the explosiva curred, Tho noise and the sight of | the fiying debris frightened sone of | the passengers so severely that hry coucn, street, Kuper, JOHNSON, HENRY, pilot and a fog captain, MAYER, 11 NRY. HEL fon serious, + NICHOL Brooklyn. No. deck EDWARD, deekhand | on lighter Stuntey, Prosttlent street. Garrett, i PERDD, tug Ke Tras on Vighter, WHLTAM, Orie rms ISTIAN, on engincer cr deekh The tugho owned by George |deserted the boat and went back to Duper & Bros. a forwarding firm | at No, 22 South street. She was for- very character, at- merly in the Internal Revenue ser-lipacted by the noise and the sight of vice, under the name of the Bristol. | the ciouds of steam anu smoke given Wh:a the Kupers bought her she was! ow yy the explosion, flocked te the overhau! n@ refitted and was con- | scene. On “taten Island the rumor sidered afe as any raft in the spread that one of the ferry-boats | Barbers ; had blown up and wives and children With the cotton lighter Stanley | of residents of the borougi. of Rich- the tug left Brooklyn «t aM! ton who had started for their bust- eorly hour to-day for the cotton | ness In Manhattan thronged the docks, which are close to the ferry | fory house in a iver of anxiety Ul house of the Staten istiae Rapid ul they lcaraed ihe frith Transit Company, at St. George. ; Mato Johnson ix believed to have |, CAPt Frank Bralsted, of the ferry boat Castleton, was looking at the Kuper when she blew up. Hig ac- count of the explosion agrees with that of Capt. Roberts, “There was a puff of steam and smoxe and the tug seemed to melt said Capt, Braisted. ‘I or- dered 4 boat lowered at once, but | been in the pilot-house as ‘hr tug passed Robbins Reef, Some of the members of the crew were at breakfast aft, just off the | galley. The force of the explosion lifted the boat out of the water stern first and the men who were eating were all killed. Capt. F. M. Roberts, of the tuzboat (Continued on Fourth Page.) FRENCH TROOPS BEATEN OFF BY SCHOOL GUARDS. a AWA Sisters of Concarneau Successfully Defended by the People—Schools Barricaded. BREST, Aug, 13.—Th n schools be-\ gendarmex und two companies of in- onging to White Sisters remaln uns) funtry arrived by « special train, sloned In Finistere The Commissary ordered the xehool ‘The expulsion of the Sisters at Concar-! evacuated, at which the erawd # nea was undertaken to-day, Seouts a nk ive the Sisters!’ 1 ‘| Automobiles reached the town at nes udyanced towar’? the school, but o'clock tn the morning from Quimper epulsed and 4 gener d reported that troop» were on the wed ster the troops! (epcnda te buitaing und the Police “y . eee d to breck n the doorway with The tocsin was rung, bugles were axex, but the cesiatunce of the Taapie | blown and boys ran throuwn the streets continued. | hand bells urge crowds gath- At other places burricades were built the ratfeoad miation, ad | Sit! atte Kept watch to notify the peo- t all Pou ‘ wldiers or police wei ‘oaoh- school Several bodies of , PP enRCaROR ‘with him directly he would Imy down rms He said he wanted only amnesty for all Liberals and the fulfilment of prome | ised reforms | mee URIBE MAY SURRENDER. folombian Kevolutionint Said Be Willing to Quit. PANAMA, Aug. 18—1t |» reported Moody Salle ip the BD: tere that before Gen, Uribe-Uribe, chiet| NANTUCKET. Maas, A of the /folombian revolutioniats, left the! United States Steamer De Tuland of Curacoa he had an interview |? Sesretnry’ of with Congyi Heoerra ard eid (bal Ie Tg8o AS Loeday, the Goverument was willing to Weal Londy f : Ft) ‘ ; 3 { |no Information on that point, because The Pencaylvaula Special ollers a ond NEW YORK, WED. ISDAY, AUGUST 13, 1902. PRICE ONE CENT, RED SENT TO | MLL ARULER ENDS HIS LE Anarchist Supposed to, Be Nicola Sganga, of New York, Leaps In- to Sea. CN TH. WAY TO Heese) Sailed Under Name of Scanza, but Papers Left on Steamer) Revealed the Object of His! Mission, | New York police are sertch ng Cor traces of an Anarchist wne leaped into the Mediterranean Sea from th? steamship Citta di Milano, On the books of the steiniship coni- pany he was known as Nico. Scanza, of Philadelphia. It is believed the man's real name is Nicola Sgunga, son of Falvator Sganga, fo merly a barber at No. 943 Sixth avenue. Toe elder Sganga lived at No 0625 Ser enth avenue. ‘The son lived with him, and ts said to nave bre) known | to the neighbors dabbler {fn chemistry. After the bip was docked at Genca two of the man’s compan- sons disappeared careb of the sulcile’s baggage Is satd | rev d that while he lived} elonged to an Anarchist group | sand had been sent to Europe | a royal personage He wvidently d und killed himself, | knowing that his compantons woud Kill | him if he failed to perform the mission Mhat had fallen to bir lot Search Here Benin. Word of the sujctle was cabled to Volice Headquarters by the liallan po- Hee. and similar notice war sent to the ttalian Consulate. Detective-Bergt. Pe- trosiny ts looking him up among the An- urchists of New York. Secret agents of Itallan Conaul-General Branchi are working umong the Anarchists of Pat- urson, An Evening World reporter learned that a barber named Falvacor Sgange formerly lived at No. 825 Seventh a nue, and had a shop at No. $3 Sixth avenue. He haJ a son named Nicola. The son ts forty years old, He was known In the neighborhood as a dabbler in chemistry and as a hard drinker. ther and son had a violent quarrel several months ago. Some persons as- vert the quarrel was caused by the an- archistic views of the son. The father sold his barber shop im- mediately afterward, and moved to a town In Pennsylvania. He gave his son as ave he aters 0 ussass the younger man was In the neighbor- hood two months ago seeking informa- tion about hix father. Under Assumed Name, ‘The man who leaped overboard intu the Mediterrancan called himself Nicola Scanza and said ne lived in Philadel- phia. The similarity of this name with that of the New York chemist leads to | the belief that the suicide is really Sxanga The Ucket which gave the sulcide Passage on the Citta di Milano was | Secured from the Itallan baking firm of L. Tererla & Co., No. 70 Wall street, Vo a reporter for The Evening World a member of the firm sald to-day: "A man who must have represented himself as Scanaa, and who was prob- | ably the anarchist himself, came to| us and deposited the money which was! necessary for his passage to Italy, We purchased the licket for him and turned oO him aud probadly exchanged whatever United States money he ha: for Itallan money. He paid $16 for his Steerage passage on the steamer, We ave a record of the sale, but that 1s all, We have no way of ‘remembering him aw we do this commission business | for dozens of others on every Ttallan boat which leaves New York.” —__— FROST UP THE STATE, ht Fall in Lowla: ear Vil- lage of Ballston, SALLSTON, N. ¥.. Aug. WirrA slight frost was observed at sunrise to-day tn the lowlands near this village. cadena MOUNTAIN ICE CLAD, | MOUNT WASHINGTON, N. H., Aug. | 13.—At the peak of Mount Washington the cold wave which developed yester- day after the humfdity of the preceding hours resulved itwelf Into a freeaing tem- perature, At’ A, M. to-day the ther- mometer registered 2 degrees, ‘Lhe summit presented # bleak appear- ance, Shlenly coated as it was with sleet und ice, While on the long Wooden walk about the hotel the ice formation was Buch that It had to be shovelled away this morning WEATHER FORECAST. for I AeW Vorke20 Houre-Ohicage, rapid se! ie ‘sppresiaies by the busy man of ofsisn, "4s tieth street and Marcher avenue, Court in an excited frame of mind this afternoon, and told Sergt. Hud-/ gins that he wanted a warrant for his father's arrest. his hand into one of the man’s pockets and pulled out a 32 ‘He then made Fundis a prisoner, charging him with carrying coneealed of Street Cleaning Patrick H, 1. Quinn, of Brooklyn, | | NEW YORK WINS AJ POLO GOUNDS—SECOND GAME. cINCINNATI -. ee-e-e-- 10001000 0-2 NEW YURK ...........----21100000 —4 (Continu d from Sixth Page.) sixch inning—Crawlord flied te Browne. MoGann fired seymour out. eitz walked. Bergen flied out. No runs. Brodie ianned. Bowerman’s line hit went to Peitz. Lau- der flied to Crawford. No runs \) SHINSTON PARK—BROOKLYN, 43 CHICAGO, 2. - see 190001 00 0-2 -00004000 -4 F'rst came: Boston. 8: Pittsburg. 6. : 21 /3°---End of seventh: Pittsburg, 6: Boston. 1. At Friladeiphia—St. Louis, 4; Philadelphia, 2. SAS Oa a AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES. 7 At Philadelphia—First game: Philadiphia, 8; Detroit, 0. Second Game—Detroit, 1; Philadelphia, 9. At Boston—Chicago, 0; Boston, 9. At Baltimore—End of seventh: Cleveland, 1; Baltimore, 11. At Washington—End of sixth: St. Louis. 3; Washington. 1. oo LATE HARNESS RACES AT BRIGHTON BEACH. ss The Rajah won the third heat and race for the Horse Re- view Stake of $5,000. Join Mc was second and Gail Hamilton Yhird. Time—2.14 3-4. Mabel Onward beat Franker in the amateur race at a mile| for the silver cup. The time was 2.14 1-4. ee LATE RESULTS AT ST. LOUIS. Fourth Race—-W. B. Gates 1, Ida Penzance 2, Found ¢, Fifth Race—Tulare 1, Bacchus 2, The Phoenician 3. edhe AT HARLEM. Forth Pace—He'en Paxton 1, Old Fox 2, Bristol 3. Fifth Race—Sidney 1, Love Philo 2, Poor Boy 3, + ¢-- WINS $50,000 IN ONE RACE. : ‘i AS CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Steve L’Hommedieu is said t i cleared up $50,000 placed here and in New York on Brigade win in the mud at Harlem. to-day. , = Pe ASKED FOR WARRANT, WAS ARRESTED. Edward Fundis, twenty-three years old, of One Hundred and Seven- Highbridge, entered the Morrisanta | The sergeant slipped -calibre revolver. weapons. + FIVE INJURED IN TROLLEY CRASH. PITTSHURG, Pa., Aug. 13.—Five persons were injured, two seriously, | in a collision to-day on Shetland avenue, between a Centre avenue electric car and a wagon, The injured are: Mrs. Birdie Myers, of Perth Amboy, | N. J., both legs and collarbone broken, condition critical; Mrs. Kate Bellier, | ® sister, of Sheradan, Pa.; Mrs, James Merkle; visiting minister and wife, | who refused their names. | a ete ATTACHMENTS AGAINST THE ICE TRUST. The Sheriff has received three attachments, aggregating $8,000, against | the American Ice Company in favor of Daniel C. McElwain, trustee in bank- ruptey of Emmett F, Slade, of Cohoes, N. Y., on a claim for cutting ice for, the Consolidated Ice Company, The attachments were obtained in Albany | County, At the Sheriff's office it was said that the attachments would be bonded, oo yee THREE MEN ARRESTED IN RAID. An alleged policy shop on the second floor of No. 219 West Hiahiesatn| street was raided this afternoon by Supt. McFarlane and Agent Breen, of | the Goddard Anti-Policy Society. Three men were arrested. They said | they were Thomas Brown, forty-nine years old, of No. 423 West Twenty- third street; Frank Richards, thirty-two, of No, 845 West Seventeenth street, | and Jacob Diamond, of No. 219 West Eighteenth street. | te HOLY WATER COMES IN FREE OF DUTY. | Holy water taken from the well at Lourdes, France, and brought to this| country will not be taxed by Uncle Sam. That decision was reached by Judge Somerville and made public to-day by the Board of Classification ot the United States General Appraisers, A recent importation of holy water was adjudged natural mineral water And duty was assessed at the rate of | 2 cents a gallon, | ——EE SS DEMENTED MAN MISSING FROM HOME. The police have beon asked to look for Christupher O'Toole, 4 demenied man, who has been missing from hie home, No, 350 Madison street, since this morning, O'Toole is twenty-five years old, six feet tall, welghs 175 pounds, has dark complexion and brown eyes. He wore a blue shirt and trousers, | new shoes and straw fedora bat. —————— TO INVESTIGATE P. H. L., QUINN’S ACCOUNTS. An accountant from the office of the Commissioner of Accounts is mak- ing an exhauative investigation of the books of former Deputy Commissioner | The investigation will cover the entire period Mr, Quinn was connected with the Departm nt, particular attention being given to the dumping accounts, GlA NTS BEATEN IN FIRST GAME; FAVORITES LOGE AT BRIGHTON: LONG SHOTS WIN AT SARATOGA | ——— New Yorkers Rally in the Seven Thousand Spectators Ninth Inning of First] at Trotting Races—Fav- Half of Double Header,| rites Beaten in Early but are Beaten by One| Heats—Chase and Wil- Run—Mathewson in Box; que Have Long Race in for Second Game. Hiram Woodruff Stakes. (Special to The Evening World.) BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACK, | N. ¥., Aug, 13.—Four more races, which The Batting Order. New York. Cincinnat! it Kelley, If 8B Beckley, 1b. Mea. are Gra wlord of | meant at least twelve contests, was the McGann, Seymour, % Broale, ef Peltz, % programme at the third day's meeting Bowerman Siainteldt, “3b New York Trotting Association Bteinfeldt. 3b. of the ew Smith, 2. Maloney, this afternoon. Trotting enthusiasts have been brought io the extreme pitch of enthusiasm by the fine sport which the last two days have provided, and the crowd was bigger than ever. Near- ly 7.6% people ovcupted seats In the stands when the first heat was run. | Women folks, who heretofore have not patronized: the track very much, | were out in force to-day. The fine) weather must have been responsible for their appearance. Indeed, It was an | excellent day. The sun shone in all its brilllancy, and scarcely a cloud dotted | the #ky. A atiff breeze blew across the | track and made overcoats comfortable, Specalation Brisk. As has been the case for two days, the betting and sale of pools on the | Various heats was big. No fortunes! Nore deposited on the results during the | farly houns of the afternodn, but E.| Smathers, who profited by nearly $20,000 yenterday, was looking about seeking) fome one who thought differently than he that he might corral such person's iwoney. Of all the races, and among them were two $5,000 stakes, the most Interesting to the regular followers of the trotters and the first event. It was for ccwheelers whose marks are 2.08 Mathewson p. Thielman, p. Umpire—O'Day (Special to The Evening Worl.) POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—New York has become the baseball storm centre. With Messrs. Brush, Robison and Freedman here outlining a plan of campaign against the American League, the latter or- ganization has hurried its agents here to carry the war into the camp | of its powerful enemy. Agents of the American League were among the New York and Cin- cinatl players ....8 morning trying to induce them to desert the new or- ganization, Frank Dwyer, manager of the Detroit Club, made a strong personal appeal to Jake Beckley, of his old team, to join the new organi- zation, but Jake told him the Na- tional League looked to him like “all the money.” | Cy Seymour, Hahn, Stei:‘eldt, Crawford and others gave Dwyer the | cold shoulder. | Dwyer Is acting for Ban Johnson | the «| - rather than the Detroit Club directorate | 0: better for the Baile: me event mas in his mission here, as the latter body | (rclded on the novelty plan and spec only a week ago sent a representative | ating was brisk. Every one of the seven here offering to sell Mr. Freedman a| starters had backers and the bookles did | controlling interest In the club on the | # ‘ushing busine jame Hnes as his $50,000 Baltimore deal. Then there was the amateur race for Brush spent the morning in con- | @ sliver cup. Lowlse Jefferson, who out- co with Manager McGraw, and/ trotted Lord Derby on Saturday, was were outlined for making the one of the starters, and of course she | Giants of 1903 a champlonship team. |raled the favorite. Only two other | Some of the deals under way may be | horses were entered, they being Mabel | consummated within a few days and Onward and Pranker, both good goers. | the team materially strengthened by the | As to the stake events, the Hiram | addition of heavy batters before the ap- Woodruff, for 2.20-class trotters, was the | proaching western trip ls completed. une of greater Importance, for tn it were Manager McGraw was out hard after entered fifteen cracks, The Horse Re- ‘ories this aftérnoon and put his | view had ten crack three-year-old trot- (Continued on Sixth Page.) JEWELRY IN TRUNK BOTTOM, Pas- Leeds Seeks to Prevent Distribution of Re- two vie (Continued on Sixth Page.) Italian Steamer senger Charged with Smuggling Lot of bates on Porto Rican Trinkets. Duties. vatore Crul a Jewller, who gave After a long ar t between Former his address as No. 0 Ma tune, this Socretary of the Jy) eit but who later claim hheako 88 Lisle and Lawyer M his home, was arrested to-day on the | ony s'do and Lawyer Almet Jt dock of the Italian Ine at the foot of humed Lo8 on . bak | West Thirty-fourth street shortly after the: guatice Greenbaass, jn the Sue the arrival of the steamer Nord Amer- Court, to-day reszeved decision ica from Genoa, on a charge of smug- ation by Me. Leads to cone sling. inctlon restraining The inapectors say they found a large | » Me rd and quantity of cheap jJeweiry in the false! frerpand Bahn dis! r bottom of a trunk owned by Criuze, | portion of the funds ur » sca after he had signed and sworn lo &® by the Treasury for vie declaration that he had in his posses: flod in t aion no dutlable goods ey The jewelry, which Is sald to - customs duties Kiso after the} covery be of not lat tH Hal Cane ad ya it ament Crluge | #uieivon vf that land Sy the United sioner Shields ding. | Mr Leeds, who is a | nuggling and i io bondsman OW Street Jail STEBBINGS IS HELD. ident of ty) any. arraigned on a char held in $2,500 ball he was com Ju ' vt th # (nat tour the United Hicwn cus-| acted in getting! the aneschante ei, Wiis WO Stabbed to in CHICAGO, Aug. Jb—Walter Lo sted ts deny (out any agree ings. who on Biturday «t , in which Mt, Leeds” Was | | Walter A. Scott, Prosdent of the th nd wssert that hols Wire Compan the latter so ive Uneriiind wh tae Coroner's Jury Jenant chumentd ae meluded Mr. Leeds did not claim FATHER CARROLL NO BETTER |}, ndant Chanwe Condi- | ohiyn Pastor | ce of the Injunct fo t 4 from pending No Pereeptit Junction tlom of Mspsing of the determination of {Special to The Kvening World) RARATOGA, N.Y 3.—There is no perceptible change in the condition Mt Rey. Father Martin Carroll, of Brook ae lyn, this afte attacked the | pr rlisle and via Fe baste | lum! Plater, at Odds of 20 to f, Easily Takes the Third Race—San Andres Wins the Fourth, but Is Dis- qualified, and Flirtineer Gets the Money, * THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Girdle 1, Grants dale 2, Bontonntere 3. SECOND RACE—Rowdy 1, Clasher 2, Victor 3, THIRD RACE—Plater Friar 2, Wild Thyme 3. 1, Gray FOURTH RACE—Flirtineer 1, Lee King 2, Golden Cottage 3. San Andres won, but was disqualified. FIFTH RACE—Par Excellence 1, Himself 2, The Rival 3, SIXTH RACE-Douro 1, Lux Casta 2, Port Royal 3. (Special to The Evening World.) SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 13.—The Troy Stakes was the single feature at the race track this afternoon, and as it was a selling affair a raft of entries appeared on the programme. No less than nineteen were scheduled to go, with such good ones as River Pirate, Plater, Minotaur, Flying Jib and Tioga to make the stake appear classic. It was sure to be am inter- eating scramble. The rest of the card was scarcely up to the mark of other daye of the meeting, and it cannot be sald, on the other hand, that it was bad. The races were fairly interesting and were speculative mediums. The plungers are just waking up here, Yesterday was the greatest plunging day of the meeting. The weather was in its most charming mood again to-day, A morning just crisp enough to set one on edge, with an afternoon as mel- low as October’s Indian summer. _ The track was in superb condition, (Continued on Sixth Page.) J.C. CARLISLE. IN POST-OFFICE F Entire Building inNew. ark Shaken by Exe plosion Caused by Escaping Gas. ‘Two clerks Inthe General Post-Office ick, N. J, were severely Injured explosion in the large vault in ered-letter department at 180 clerks were slightly injured. ‘Those serl- onsly burned are: JAMES MURPHY, forty-five years old, clerk in the newspaper department, of No. ® Brunewick street. WALTER 8. KLBIN, substitute cleric In the registered letter department, of No, 9 Hunterdon street, They were hurried to St, Michael's Hospital in police ambulances. ‘The ex- plosion was uccompanied by a@ loud re- port. The floors were shakeo and women in the corridors ran Jato the street, fearing the excavation for the founda- of the addition to the office had mined the main building and that it was falling. The police on duty io front of the building turned in calls for the ambulances at once. The explosion occurred In the large vault used spectally for the storing of registered mail matte: In some man- ner the vault had become filled with fle Ung gas from a leak not yet dis 1. No one had been tn ti vault o men opened t the sane time, 5 was not alarm, ) light the Ras. was 4 loud report, and a pillar of ret from tt Vault. Murphy and Klein were hurl k into the main room Tt was reported at the Post-OMce that uatents of the vault were not dam- ——E Rockefeller Buys Landt MALONE, N. ¥., Aug. 1SPhe Mee Lake holdings In the Adirons comprising 6,09 acres of have just been transferred ta York parties at & price reported ooh PATE Saohell hae Soe and Hudson Ratiroad and Willtem efeller are behlad the purghage, — Immediately t t Veal