The evening world. Newspaper, September 8, 1902, Page 10

Gives $50 Each to 138 - Unfortunate Resi- dents of Manhattan and the Bronx. ONE MAKES FUN FOR ALL. Negro Pedler Who Lost Legs Two Years Ago Cheers Up the Other Sightless Persons in the Line. The annual payment by the city of $0 fm @old to each of the worthy indigent blind residents of the boroughs of Man- hattan and the Bronx was made to-d: At the Charities Department Pier, at tho foot of Eaat Twenty-sixth street. There tre 68 names on the Met af those to be paid, and of these all but forty, who are invatids, appeared in person to claim their money, Most of those who are the recipients of the charity'are very old. The long lines of bent figures, their seamed faces aglow with anticipation, their etghtiess eyes staring, formed a pitiful epectacie But in every gathering there Is a comedian, and in this case the gloom was lightened by Charles Brooks, a blind negro peddler, who lost both his legs years ago, Despite his a Iction, he Is the soul of jolMty, and his senee of ume: is made the’ snore mpressive from the fact that he speiks German like a real German. | Brooks ciroulated in the crowd to-day cracking Jokes and renewing old friend- ships, for many of these bind have been | calling for thelr $0 for many years. Wherever he went the gloom was light- ened by his flashes of wit One In Up to Date. Marty Hicks, of No. 118 Perry street, Jean old pensioner, put she showed her- Self to be up-to-date by appearing un- der the eacor: of a messenger boy Mary is alone in the world. When sie recelyed a card telling her of the date @ad place of distribution of the money, fhe tried to get neighbors to promise to eacort her to the Pler, All were too busy. The expedient of calling a men- senger occurred to her and a messenger, Julius Levy, was secured. The sensation of the day was caused by Mrs, Catherine Ahearn, of No. 97 Baxter street, who appeared in a cab. ‘The ariver, John Duffy, who has a stant in Chatham Square, agreed to take Mrs Ahearn to the Charities Department pler | and return to her home for a dollar. It was his understanding that the (rk) would not take more than an hour. It was Iste in the afternoon before Mrs. Ahearn got her money and Duffy had to ffllcted of all the unfortu ined up on the pler to-day, wan Valerie Mandel, a THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1 More Than Sixty Thousand | of the Little Ones Will Pe Obliged to Take Half-Day Courses Owing to the! Crush—Schools in Down- | town Districts Are Over-! crowded, While Those in! the Newly Developed: Regions Have Seats to: Accommodate More. ee Lack to the }) 8 eewenener ements Back! back! school! Back to the books and the slates and the rule! Back to the pencil, back to the ink! and in newer direct, rl, of No. is6 East Houston ree! eis blind, deaf, dumb, par- alyzed, Members of her family carcied | her to’ the desk where Paymaster Tim- | merman was handing out the money. | Widow of a Colonel. | Great deference was shown by the city employees in charge of the distribution to a very old lady who was weeping as she sat apart from the others. It was said that she Is the widow of a man who served as Colonel in the civil war and died a few years ago, leaving her In poverty, She has since become ‘otally ie fi any of ive bind woren carrie babies in thelr arms. Some of them were accompanied by little children who acted as guides. Nearly all the old men had boys leading them. One pathetle case was that of a man and his wif’ bkind, but able to fee! thelr way ‘along the streets. ¥ One by one the dependent blind ap- Proached the desk and secured the. sti- nd doled out by the city of New York m 31 o'clock |i the morning unill the approach of darkness the ine moved slowly through the per, Te row Mr Timmerman will visit th mex of the forty invalids and present each of them with $0 in gold. Commander Is Most Incom-| petent Policeman in New) York—Denies “Influence.” | Magistrate Crane was angry when told in Harlem Court of t Ment attributed to Capt. Moyr which the captain is quoted as it looks as though this prison using political influence “welt. The prisoner referred to was John Vix. orto, proprietor of the Lion Hot to-day e starr: | was to save him- at raided Saturday night by dete, Capt. Moynthan's command and sx men and elght women were arrested. ‘the detectives were told that they made the most idiotic arrests in the city and the prisoners were discharged. Later Deicc 3 reported to Capt. Moynihan that he nad seen Nicho- las J. Hayes, the ‘Tammany leader in the district in which’ the rald was mad fo court. The captain declared th \Vigorito was a mem: s'8 po- * i club and the: one of the back splay. ds, on was al come an statement, herate fal " 4 an uttered a delth "Neither Mr. Hayes nor he ti. anything to do wi disc prisoners. They were di OF Wamt of evidence. Capt. Moynihan m0et In ent police office: Boat Incompetent police officer in — ‘PRINCIPAL KILLED. OWN, N. 'Y., Sept. &—Ham- rong, principal of the schyol Was strock by an Erle Iali- In at Howells to-day and |. He was a member bar and for nine eA ile <i ying: | No. 2218 Second avenue, whose place was| out of the West Sixty tives of} ton arged | Bluecoat Disappeared with Money She Gave Him io distrle t } while ther seaie in some of the schools the towns and villages t CRANE SAYS CAPT. POLICE CULPRIT DEVERY TO BUILD MOVNIHAN LIED, SOUGHT BY WOMAN, A SCHOOL HIMSELF. AT HEADQUARTERS. of Brooklyn, CROKER SNUBBED | He Declares This Precinct! Mrs. George E. Scott Says ‘'The Chiet’’ Says if the City’ Calls to See the Commissioner Wont Provide for the Young- sters of His District He Will! and Has To Wait Ten Mine utes to Be lold There Are Call a Cab. See that it Is Done, | No Orders for Him. Mrs. George E. Scott, of No. 214 West) Chief Devery threatens to bulld al Fire Chief Croker reached Fire Head- One Hundred and Eighth street, 1s look-| Schoo! of his own for the children of quarters at 10 o'clock this morning, He ing for a policeman who, she says, dia-) *e Ninth Distriot Went at once to Commissioner Sturgis’ ‘ 2 £ If he does, he ea tt will be dévoted office, but was obliged to stand for ten en LA Sie villas yee EIven to those Who are crowded out of, the minutes outside the ‘brass rail that him with which to call aeah and pay «Ny schools and those who are “crowded | keeps the publi ftom encroaching on Bia ia engageninowiln ldckinglbyer hel lmenctent the Commissioner's privacy. Meanwhile @ifterent platoons. of police an they gol we haven't had a school built in the! he chatted with.several friends. The nth street ata-| NIMH for so long that I can't remember) Chief was then summoned to Mr. Stur teying. wo identify. the man whom tIme,"" said Devery to an Evening! gis’ office, and was ¢loseted with the phe accuses, World r rter at his home in Arverne|ja:ter about ten minutes. When he Mrs. “Seott jorted that she was ‘Ris morning, Jemerged he was asked what the Com Veaken slek on hy ond street bee Hen tired of seeing the children run | ad to Bay. |tween Columous and Amsterdam ave around on the street, or, what ts wor nere Were no orders for | nues and sat down on a doorstep. 8: N ne vrded into rooms that "s reply, and he then Ing « pollceman across the street she M4 and remind me of Gootw oMee on the fourte called him and said she gave him $10, alee and™even It I'm: not t usied himself for telling him to call a cab for her nd Tite sasen Tu bulld a school my | letters. He then te | self for the children. [beycthesderyer. “nr epAlivauael mal Sturgis was asked if 't |PYyne declared she walted a long time ,,.\f I'm elected you can bet that 171 8 to simply tell a man and the policeman not return. “°C, that schools are built. © were no ord: and the poll i ae odwin and Sheehan formed Chief that IT had Paen she sent a boy for a cab and was members of or him: to sald - ‘taken home. When she was able ard of Education and they Strugis, 1 question | went to the police 4 nted one bie stiff. Well, he's got 4 8 to the his. family | “You understand,” she sald to the elldws don't the educate the ate the little ating sergeant, “I do not wish to get anybody | :atln [in trouble, but I do want that money (back, if Loan get it.” —a ow ; That's rlght young ne the way Educate [CONNORS NOT BEATEN. Mrs, William P, Connors, Syra-| in th |cuse, wife of the manager of a iaun- dry in Mount Vernon, has just learned \that her husband was a | in the workhouse on BI undergoing @ ten-da. drunkenness. Mrs. Connors sa: husband had been badly beaten t police of New York and she would have an investigation made —— KING LAYS CORNER STONE, MADRID, Sept. 8,—King Alfonno yes. y laid the first stone exten- ttom | it Pp A harbor ‘works at Bilbao, . of Caria © yen Be les dd Ninth that's ‘all, The o any” more present. His spe week sha a whisper, of a specialist. ne MADRID, Sept. children, fell up they will know don't even gly nm has put his throat pe that he oan hardi nd to-day he ae ADVISES CARLISTS NOT TO RISE, 8. Spinieh pretender, haa sent a lette & Carlist Deputy Vigo teprpenting LIBRARY DEDICATI how to vote | Jarvie Memorial Library, erected erenkeh tte to nt street ind Austin Reh MAME Abhes d, N, J, at a cot of thom new desks| by James N. Jarvic, the coffee Just walt until I'm elected, | oh of Wall street, w York, will be cated on Sept. 18 ‘The bullding ts of Devery need not f sof stone, It was erected by Mr. Jarvie attacks from him for ho memory of his father and mother, the last} Mr. and Mrs, Willlam Jarvte. In such bad k naking M. V. Ponchon, who had been for sev- eral years connected with the editorial anagement of the Courrier des Htats- nis, of this city, died during the trip of the steamship’ Bretagne, which ar rived in this port ¢rom Havre. chon had. Deen & sugeret from consum jon, al wen! ago, to be Denefited —Don Carlos, the rously deprecat! ing in the interes will be hundreds of vacant “I MS ‘Ss Oary OF S J. Arnie detaied? /eare rvacent | $ STATISTICS OF SCHOOL SITUATION I which were don't | united In Groater Now York just before | imber of children on rolls a year ago. the w for the olg clty to pay for. | PEON, ; ‘ think. var Sin Crowded oat, |} Hethaated number this year 490,000 Mr Maxwell says that no child over On part-time classes a year ago 54,000 Qeererenene: years old will be turned away. At the end of June term (whpn attendance was low) 34,873 been no child over glx denied| § Children denied admission at end of June term. 3,220 More than half a milion chitdren of | adieissfon to the public schoolein’ a} $ Adaftional scuts provided by six new school New York got up bright and early to- | dozen years, hut the very Mttle people morning eile ay iin oil cll Sa tea lana -. $200 day, and made things buzz in countless | have been either crowded, three into the y homes until! schoo! time, for this is the | seats meant for two, or put In half- Additional sittings in new schools to be completed between »pening day for the public schools of | time classes, and this will be done again now and Jan, 1.. rin 7,400 the olty, and from 8 to 9 o'clock the| to-day, for in certain disirtets there is mber of seats expected from new buildings begun and pro- streets and avenues of the five bor-| gveat congestion, and fully 50,000 pri- jocted ani to be done a year from now 32,500 oughs were thronged with bright-eyed,| mary children will have to be content eager boys and girls, all full of | with hat days instead ef whole ones tn | ment, and all sure they were glad | the class room at the close of the last school year. AS) ‘The law says that all children between was beginning again these there {¢ a constantly fa-| th was an Increase of n the eight and twelve years must attend the Bre are seats enough umber of youngsters under six| number knocking for entrance to ihe le schools, and they must be pro- the childre the old who will be assigned to k schools to-day, and sittings In the new d with seats and given an education, houses In the greater city, if only they |i s where the beginning of « schools for only 8.200, nearly 18,000 must | Prom tw to fourtcen they must be were logatted Just right, as Superti thon begins with play that develops the | be added to the number of children on in school at least half the time and may dent of Schools) Maxwell says, But{ wee ones and makes them fit for the, half tho, making more than 60,000 chil-| not absent themselves at all except there are more children than seats in| classes in the primaries. dren in half-time classes at the begin- when they are employed earning some- the downtown district# of Manhattan There were 45,000 children on half time ning of the new year thing, From thelr fourteenth to ALF A MILLION BOYS AND GIRLS THRONGED THE SCHOOLS TO-DAY. All Over Six Years of Age Are Practically Provided For — Wadleigh High School Is Opened with) Accommodations for 2.750 Girl Students and! They Make Room for} Others — Kindergartens A-Plenty for the Tiny) Little Bits of Children. \ | teenth year children must be either | hool or employed. in s | So that when the children over cieht | | have seats the law ts fulfiled, and there has never by A time, the school | \authert tes say, when children over eight |w denied full tuition In the public] schoo Six is the earllest age lawful for children to be admitted to the| schools, but mothers of large families send even vounger ones than these to school as a sort of day nursery, and every effort Is made to provide room and tultion for all comers, New High School Open. For the first time in the history of the city the Board of Eduvation Is going to | have a regularly established system of supervision of the public schools. Dr. Lederle has appointed fifty Inspectors to keep vigilant watch ror contagious dis- eaxes, espectaily those of the eye, ‘This 2orps of Inspectors began In Brooklyn to-day with a ciose Inspection of every to the schools. In this eved a considerable reduc- in the number of contagious mala- wil. be aecomplish: The Ws nfo a one “Hunt th and One Hundred nth streets, west of Seventh avenue, opened thi ‘forenoon with 2,150 girl students. The students of this schoo: had been housed in sections in elght publi school touges, and the rooms they have thus occupied are no: free to children of ‘the’ elementary classes, JEROME. AFTER ELECTION FRAUDS, Something Is Going to Happen in Carroll and Murphy's Districts—Police Also to Re- ceive Attenti6n. District-Attorney Jerome tn a talk to- Jay said that he had turned over to AS- sistant District-Attorneys Schurman and Sanford the matter of the allewed registration frauds in the Firat and Twenty-ninth Assembly Districts, re- spectively Col, M. C. Murphy's and John F. Carroll's districts, and that they would today examine a number of witnesses, ‘The matter would not be presen‘ed to the Grand Jury immediate'y, however, although it would be followed very closely, Something happen shortly, he added. Mr. Jerome sald charges against Capt. Greeden and his wardman, Dowhes, would be ready to xo to Pollce Headquarters to-day, tor tral on Thursday. ‘Ihe District-Attorney also said he hoped to bring Capt. John J. Delaney, of the Bast Thirty-ffth Street Station, to trlal before the Police Commissioner very shortly, It was In Delaney's pre- sinct that Mr. Jerome's assistants and would he expected the County Detectives raided an alleged poolroom at the Sherman House, East Forty-second street, in which affair James McCoy was shot, as alleged, by County Detective McLellan. x-Wardman Regan, who was dis- missed fro mthe force by Commissioner Partnidge, and whose case is In General Sessions, is another who will In all prob- ability be brought to trial short), charged with perjury. R tt lal 5 eonsider. Heri He is n’s former Captain, John D, Her- Why, who has twice been tried in the courts for neglect of duty, will also be read the story that policemen are the pay of the gamblers, getting $% a | day to act as “lookouts,” and replied that he had not. Neither had he seen a published statement to the effect that napector Harley and some plain cjothes men wire watching a. gambling-house, be run by “Lou” Be ve Thirty-fourth ainestae | eee ete “I haven't seen the story," said the District-Attorney, “‘but it 1a well known Hou’ Betts's house is doing bust- What do you think of Inspector Har- ley's efforts to watch the house," he was asked “I haye not expressed nor do I care to express any admiration for Inspector Harley's manner of performing police was the reply. ee PRINTERS ON A PIONIC. The Wor'd chapel held tte annual out- ing at Zehden's large Casino, Col- lege Point. The attendance was unusu- ally large. ‘The various sportin were hotly contested. Te Nall SE MAKES A NEW RECORM. The steamship Oscar II, of the Scandinavian - American ‘line, arrived jhere from Copenhagen,” © Chriatiania and Christlansand, having made a new ;Tecord from the ‘ast-mentioned port ; Her thme was nine days and five hours, She brought 218 cabin and 1,108 steerage passengers. JAMES McCREERY & CO. Fall Opening of Novelties, Silks, Velvets, Colored and Black Dress Goods, Trimmings and Laces. Tuesday, September oth, 1902, Twenty-Third S treet, DUNN CHARGES CREAT FRAUDS. Ex- Sheriff Questions the Right of 505 Men to Vote at the Coming Primaries. ALL SUMMONED TO Court. | All the Alleged Illegal Voters Must Show Cause Why Names Should Not Be Stricken from List. NEW BRIDGE RELIEF PUN Interchangeable Sys- temof SwitchingSug- | gested to Stop th Crush. MAYOR LOW INTERESTED. Committee of Three Experts to Pass on the Feasibility of Engineer Poulson’s Ide —Declared Best Offered. Wholesale charges of fraud in connec- | Mayor Low to-day received a delegas tion from the Manufacturers’ Associa~ tion with the coming primary elections have been filed before Justice Steckler by tealaninente Bie itins Peat batedesd former Sheriff Thomas Dunn and his|toa or the Brooklyn Bridge. coor coungtl, The Court has ordered 505 pet-'gation wan headed by Andrew ¥. og rons whose names are registered 8 fon, chairman, and accompanying them voters in the Twenty-sixth Assembly |were resident Greatsinger, of ‘the District to show caus why they shoul@| Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit Road, and not be stricken from the rolls, These orders are being served to-day. No law- yer can recall a case where so many orders of the kind were issued. Orders requiring John R. Voorhis and} other members of the Board of Elections to show cause why they should not strike the names of five hundred al- leged {legal voters from the list were ano Msued by Justice Steckler. All the orders are returnable on Wednesday next. Special Laws May Result. Lawyer Jacob Marks !s counsel for Leader Dunn. He said the proceedings would undoubtedly have the effect of causing special legisiation to amend the present Primary law, s as to pro- tect legai voters and insure honest elections at the primaries. Sherlff Dunn was surprised when tn- formed that hls opponent, John J. Walsh had secured over S00 out of 2,200 enro'led voters. He at once went to the Board of Elections with his counsel und found that in many of the blanks filed by Walsh voters the signatures were allke, Mr. Dunn got David Carvalho, handwriting expert. to make an examination. Carvalho reported that more than 560 of the enrolment blanks were signed by John H. Sheeran, Thomas Scanlon, Frank Danda and Morris Weinberg, whose appointments az Commissioners of Deeds were made a,tew months ago, »Hach respondent Ix entitled to a sepa- rate’ hearing. and should they all appear |gineer, was explained to the Mayor. It | would be side-tracked and Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal, The new plan, which had been pre- pared by Nels Poulson, a prominent em ~ practically consists of an interchang- able system of switching by which trol- ley cars can be loaded and unloaded without interfering with traffic and re move the present element of danger to! passengers at this end of the bridge. Mr. Poulson polnted out that the new plan gives over 56.000 suare feet, which {s all used for car service and over 9,000 square feet {s left for platfarms. ‘As there will be a loop which will be elevated, no tracks will have to be crossed and no moving cars to dodme. By this plan the cars could enter tho terminal coming from Brooklyn et the northern end, discharge all the New York passengers on the outside, and, when empty, switch over to @ parallel track on the Inside, then make the loop. It will go to its respective station either on the outside or Inside track on the opposite side, take its load of + passengers, switch over to the centre trunk Iine and then proceed to ite dest!- nation, a By this new plan a number, of cars ers discharged on a long paraitel plat= form, and each car then be ran over to the main track, where, on the south~ erly side of the bridge they would Lite be sidetracked and, after bash full complement of passenge: out e In line and Droeeed to Brooklyn. % ‘The proposition seemed to run out on the mai 3 with thelr counsel and witnesses no} court-room {nthe County Court-House will contain them, Two Loads of Papers. It required two carriages to convey the papers to Justice Bteckler for signature and cart them back. Twenty men have been employed arranging them and are; serving them on the respondents named| to-day. Fifteen men wer engagd for several nights and days in doing the nec: essary writing to prepare the papers for service, and ft took twelve glris and & wholo day to compare the printed copies! with the original documents. Each set of papers consists of forty-two pages and each page is fourteen Inches In length. Frauds Before Grand Jury. Fifty men were taken to District-At- torney Jerome's office to-day In response to subpoenas in connection with alleged primary. frauds, The men all came from the First and Twenty-ninth Assembly, Districts. ‘Assistant District-Attorneys Schurman an: Sandford had “charge of the ex- amination of the men, who were called because of Information furnished by for: mer. Police Commissioner, Col, Michael C. Murphy, whose seat ts being contest- ed by “Battery Dan” Finn, ‘Col Murphy and John F, Carroll's Inw- yers, Blumensteln and McManus assist- ed the assistant District-Attorne: In the examination. Mr. Jercme said the primary frauds would be presented to the Grand Jury some time this week. the Mayor, who remarked that @ very interesting plan.” Camtolecloaer Lindenthal sa'd it wai {ts feasibility. : i President Greatsinger declared tt math better than any he had seen to Tt was finally decided to eubmit plan to a committee of experts, one to be suggested by the Bridge Commis sioner, one by the Brooklyn Transit and one by the Association, all of whom, after 7 names are suggested, will be appoint by the Mayor. a LAST WEEK OF FIREWORKS, Next Saturday evening will be tip last night of Pain's Fireworks at’ Manhet- tan Beach. Performances will be : every night In the week, except Sunday ‘+ o and Monday, giving a last chance to those returning: from country of witnessing the finest fireworks that ever has been shown. Thu night will be devoted to the Cat benevolent socteth it —_$———____ TYPHOID IN PATERSON. Since the first of the month twenty six cases of typhold fever have been re- ported to the Board of Health of son, N. J., most of them from the cinity of No, 2 Jackson street, whi one of the clty wells !s located. Stern Brothers ‘To-morrow, in the Millinery Department & sr FLOOR Women's Trimmed Hats for Early Autumn We An extensive variety, $2.05, 3.75, 4.95 in all the newest styles, Women’s New Autumn Shoes Low “ut for Walking and Dress of Calf or Kidskin, of Imported Patent Leather, $4.00 t $5.00. 10° 198 | 48° | 126 Women’s & Men’s Handkerchiefs Women’s all-linen laundered handkerchiefs, % and 1 inch hems, ‘Women’s linen hemstitched and scalloped edge embroidered handkerchiefs, Women’s fine linen embroidered handkerchiefs, Men’s unlaundered all-linen handkerchiefs, hand embroidered initial, Value 950° Boys’ and Youths’ School Clothing At the following Special Prices ° SAILOR AND RUSSIAN BLOUSE SUITS, plain serges, cheviots and mixtures, 3 to 12 yrs. IRON CLAD DOUBLE BREASTED SUITS, cheviot mixtures, extra pair trousers, 7 to 16 yrs, ENGLISH NORFOLK SUITS, of navy blue cheviot, hard serges, Scotch tweeds and mixed cheviots with bloomer trousers, 7 to 16 yrs. YOUNG MEN’S FALL SUITS, of fancy mixtures, blue and black chevjots, well tailored, ; ‘ $9 9 re best quality serge lining, 15 to 19 yrs. “Value $12.06 ° 5 * TROUSERS of English corduroy, navy blue toy 5 a cheviots and mixtures, 3 to 16 yrs, Value $1.00 SOS West Twenty-third Street.