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}INIGHT EDITION. GENERAL SPORTING N Oo PRICE ONE CENT. N PAGE 6 EWS Che “ Circulation Beoks Open to AIL” NEW YORK, FRIDAY, EN aM ind LO) peer ae er ON PAGE 6. [“ Ctrealation Books Open to All.” } SEPTEMBER 12, 1902. PRICE ONE SS CENT, RUSH TO COLON AND PAN. Commander Potter, of Ranger, at Panama, Cables Situation Is Serious. Ul he. y CINCINNATI ON THE WAY, BattleshipWisconsin Has Also Sailed, and Marines Will Be! Landed to Guard the Isth- | mian Railroad Line. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Secre- tary of the Navy Moody this morn- ing recelved the following cablegram | from Potter, the | Ranger: “Panama (received) cipher me sa. this morning (saying) revolu- tionists near railroad line. Situa- tion serious. still open, (Signed) “POTTER.” The c.blegram was not dated. The N Department also received a despatch from Commander McLean, of the Cincinnati, announcing his de- parture from Cape Ha Colon. Commander of Transit across isthmus ien for Later a telegram was received trom Eiear-Admiral Casey, commanding the : Pactle station, stating that the big } . ——rbaLtle-ship WY¥sconsin left Bremerton to- day and, after taking on coal at San Fransisco, will resume her long voyage down the Pacific coast. = JS MONTGOMERY MAY JOIN OTHER SHIPS. The cruiser Montgomery, now in the Brooklyn Navy-Yard, has. re- ceived sailing orders that will prob- ably take her to the seat of action in the Colombian revolution at Pan- ama. She fs to replace the Cincinnati at Cape Haytien, and this is taken to) to the Isthmus of Panama, The re- . Pairs on the Montgomery have been _ hurried, so that she could take part with the Machias in the Haytien ) demonstration, but advices received to-day indicate that she; with the Cincinnati and Wisconsin, two much more powerful ships, will protect American anJ other foreign interests in the Panama waters. STRIKERS’ MOB ROUTS, POLICE Yanks the Armed Guards from Trains and Drives Back Non- Union Workers. (Bpecial to The Bening World.) ¢ WILKESBARRB, Pa., Sept. 12.— “Riotous strikers to-day attacked and "routed two forces of Coal and Iron Police who were escorting workers to the Prospect and the Henry col- Meries of the Lehigh Valley Com- pany. They injured several non- union workers and fired upon the guards. , Phe company was making an effort to start work at the Prospect Colliery and the strikers had been on guard all night to prevent it. As a special train carry- ing the workmen approached ‘200 strikers looked the way. The cars were stopped + and boarded. The guards tried to beat back the strikers, but were yanked _ from the cars and driven toward the colliery, It was in this attack that the ghots were fired. While one division of rioters attacked ‘Phe guards another drove the non-union “mén from the cars, kicking and beat- ing them, The workers were hustled “fomeward and warned not to try to “¥eaco tho breaker again, A few minutes later a similar attack was le upon the men when going b> / Work at Mineral Springs Colliery, owned — the same company. ine guaids wes Srarpowered and’ the’ workers “driven ff Jacobs sent @ strong force of to: the and they man- indicate that she will proceed at once “t TEDDY ROOSEVELT, JR. FINED FOR BEING FAKE POLICENAN . Brown Foolishly Tried to Earn an Honest Living Dressed as a Policeman. DIDN’T THINK IT A CRIME: For trying to earn an honest living by ‘impersonating’ a policeman, Benja- min Brown, of 0. 94 Madison street, Brooklyn, an unWwitting violator of the law, was sentenced to a year's im prisonment to-day by Justice Courtney. ‘At the Intercession of the man’s father the Justice changed the punishment to a fine of $250, John ‘Leonard, proprietor of the Park Circle Brewery, offered to pay any fine which the court might impose Brown is a young man, of good pa- rents, who is in hard luck. His father js Adam Brown, a Jeweller, of No. 60 Broadway, who lives at No. 64f Carroll street, Brooklyn. iid Ries hen the coal strike was declared Brown: was employed as a driver dy Daniel Wilkes, As coal became scarce Mr. Wilkes was compelled to discharge his employeey. Brown has a wife and three children. He went to John Leonard, proprietor of the Park Circle Brewery, and wsked for work, He was employed to keep chil- dren away from the doors and the trewing plant, He was a faithful” worker, and, Mr. Leonard, believing It would be mor€ im- posing ‘to have Brown in uniform, oougat him one of blue cloth, fashioned ’ that worn by the pofice of the Equipped in this and a big metal , Brown maintained order. Policeman Donegan saw Brown in his new uniform, Le soon found that Brown was simply an employee of the brewery company and promptly arrest- ed_ him for impersonating an oMcer. Policemen about the brewery knew Brown had never intended any wrong- doing, but he was held in $600 ball tor tria Mr. Leonard went to court and per- sonally pleaded with the Magistrate to release Brown. When this was \re- fused he offered his entire property, valued at $200,000, as security for Brown | and secured ‘his the trial took pla MYSTERY IN MAN'S DEATH Edward F. Qweet’s Nude Body Is Found on Fort Hamilton Beach. lerse on ball, and Edward F. Sweet, an insurance broker at No, 66 West Broadway, was found dead to-day on the beach at Fort Hamilton. . His body, naked except for a pair of swimmng trunks, was discovered by a policeman. Near it lay his bicycle suit all his wheel, which was his almost con- stant companion. On the third, finger of the dead man's right hand was a plain gold band ring, on the inner rim of which was en- graved “E, Sweet." On the handlebars of the wheel was a plate with the name “Sweet engraved on it. Cards were found in the pockets of the bloyole coat printed thu EDWARD F. SWEET, Insurance ‘Broker, 68 West Broadway, New York. He had been boarding during the summer with Mrs. Boyd, at Ninety- ninth street and Fifth avenue. She knew little about him. She said he was about: fifty-five years of age and fre- | * quently’ rode down to the beach on his wheel of a morning and took a bath. At No. 68 West Broadway, the Gidds Building, 1, was found that Sweet had jeekroom in the office of A. R. Biiiott, & publisher of medical books and an ad- vertising agent. Sweet frequently did not appear at his desk, but he was his own “boss and never explained his ab- ce. ‘Mr, Sweet's widow, who \s).a daughter bridge, Masa, is TEDDY, JR, NOW ‘WANTS T0 HUNT BlG CRIZZLIS. President's Son Says He Will Go After Much Larger Game Next Time. SURE HE WOULD BAG IT Says in Interview on Train Bearing Him to This City He'd Like to Kill a Moun- tain Lion, . His face browned to the color of saddle leather, Theodore Roogevelt, jr, is on his way to Oyster Bay trom a two weeks’ hunting and fish- ing trip through the Dakotas and Wisconsin. He is a picture of rugged health, and his only objec- tion to returning was having to re- turn to school at Groton, Mass. He wore a big white sombrero when interviewed on the train bear- ing him to this city, and now, wants to join his father in hunting pumas and grizzlies n thé Rockies. “Hunting on the praries 1s good," de- shot prairie chickens and things out | there I want to go to Colorado and shoot mountain lions and griszly bears, Of course, I had a good time, butl would have preferred a trip in the Rocky Mountains. ‘It certainly is a pity to go back to school. We just had enough of the trip to make us want more, “We shot more things than prairie chickens, you can bet on that. Next time we go it'll be for bigger game, and if we have the-same luc welt bag 100. 1 waw’ something in the newspapers hebout the: farwatn. ‘objecting to cour shooting, That was the first I.-heard of it. Everybody treated us very nicely. "When we finished our hunting trip we went to Lac de Flambeau, Wis., where Marvin Hughitt has a fine fish: Ing \lodge. I could fish for a month there without getting tired of it. “How big were the fish we caught? Well, some of them were so big you wouldn't believe it If 1 tald you." Young Roosevelt was greaily impreas- ed with his hunting trip and particu- larly with the life of a railroad official. He tikes to travel in private cars and sald he would rathey be president of a railroad than President of the’ United States, lke his fathei —<—>+—__— WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ¢ day, for New York City vicinity: Incre: to-night with pro! ers; Saturday show: er; variable wind |] northwest by BROOKLYNS VS. ~-GINCINMATES Last Game of East and West clared Teddy, jr., ‘but now that I have |" Series Played] rn SERGEANT, 9-5, WINS | GOLDEN ROD STAKES. ~ BROOKLYN WINS Three Horses and Jockeys Mix up and Fall in tHe Second, Race—None Hurt. Belle of Troy, 3 to 1, Won Handicap from, Ethics — Advance Guard Is Fourth, Fifteen -to One Shots Take First Two Races —100 to | Shot Is Second. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Fleeing Venus Sweet Nell 2, Meddling Mary 3. 1, SECOND RAOCE—Rockey 1, Grail 2, Potente 3. THIRD RACE—Sergeant 1, Lady abator 3, Jonephine 2, FOURTH RACE—Belle of Troy 1, Hthica 2, Douro 8, FIFTH RACE—Sta: Ground 1, Floro Pomona 2, The Referee 3. SIXTH RACE—The Rival 1, Eminence 2, Articulate 3, Gpsctal to The Brening World.) SHPEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK, Sept. 12.—There was only one stake on the card at Sheepshead this afterndon. It was the Golden Rod for two-year- olds, appropriately named since it was to be run over the grass course. It brought out a fair class of two-year- olds at weights that promised a close and exciting race. In the other race the fields were very heavy and speculation in thom for this reason. very ttle speculation at ad these days, for the public has been pretty badly bent by form re- versals and the unpleasant part of it @ll ie that these reversals cannot be legitimately accounted for. There was good attendance this af- ‘To-morrow is “Getaway Da: there is anything in the su; hition’ if on at tached to No, 18, then it will be a hard etd for some one. To-morrow {8 not oply the 18th di of the meeting, but 1s the 18th day of the month. It will take more than a couple of ‘thirteens however to keep the crowd away from the betting ring. On Monday” the scene shifts to Gravesend, ere it is to be hoped that paral: stables will arte their horses more. respectably ‘a striking dist nee form, Da) wenn trac! -day was in superb shape and the weather cool and pleasant. Joe Ullman's book drew in for the Gravesend meeting to-day. | ‘All hope for Starter Mtegerald’s re-| covery is now abandoned. A_ report ‘eached the stewards after the first) race that the sufferer was slowly sink- whree horses and their jockeys fell jn the second race, but no one was In- red. FIRST RACE. For maiden fillies two years old; five turlo: Betti at Washington Patk Before Good Crowu. The Batting Order, Cincinnati. Broo! niin, If. Sheckard Beckley, ib. Keeler, r Crawford, rf. Do! Maloney, ‘cf. Dahlen, Kelley, ab. McCreer; Corco! Flood, Ste Irwin, 3b, Bergen, Ritter, c. ' ' Thielman, p. Hughes, p. Umpire“Mr. Irwin, (Bpectal to The Evening World.) WASHINGTON PARK, BROOKLYN, Sept..12—The fourth and final game of the serles between Brooklyn agd Cin- cinnati was played at these grounds this afternoon. : It was the farewell appearance of Smiling Jog Kelley and his outht, and as. they are anxious to win as many games an they can before. returning home, they went at the Trolley Dodg- ers determined to beat them. “Foxey" Hanlon and hia men were also bent on winning the last game and were out on the diamond practicing for fully two hours before the game tanted. ‘The day was another delightful one, and rooters turned out in good numbers, Hanlon js much disturbed over the crippled condition of his team, and when asked how they would line up he said: “1 really cannot tell you. Some of my players are in such bad s! that Iam tne ay who will who will ee. ee Keeler, Flood and MoC have been suite for some time wi! sore while Bee not recov- poe ey from his attack of typhoid “*Gagt: Keeler, who hea been out of the — Starters, whts.. Jockeys. St.HIf.Fin. Str. Place Redfern 9 7 1% 15 6 M'hotland.10 8 2% 107 40 110,M'haels § 2" 38m) 110, Odom... 2 344%. 7 2 Tron... BY BT Bk 1 Awe TIO 5 2! ita. 110, Brennan 6 8 7 300 100] Fair Lass, 110, J, Martin. 1 5) 8 15 6 Hymettus, 110, O'Connor. 3 4 9 13-5 3-5 A. Hath 110, Furman 4 6°10 50 30 10 13 500 ii 1 30) 100 Tioga, 110, Lyne. Wook be Glorious, 112, Lan % 10 Sweet Alice, 110, Sh rr Tconoclant, 110, Greamer...17 17 17 © 30) 100 ult Blanche, 110,Pick'ng.18 18 18 200 100 Start good,” Won driving. Time—t1.01 1-5. Florite, Meddling Mary and Miladi ‘Love rat he: and head to the stretch, followed by Anna Hathaway and Fair Las: en they straightened for home, Meddling Mary and Miladt Love showed In front. At the furlong pole Flying Venus joined the leaders and In a hot drive won by half a length from Sweet Nell, who was half a length in front of Meddling Mary. SECOND RACE Gelling; for three-year-olds and up; one mi ck Starters, whts,, jockeys. Martin: 8. Hit. Fla, wt Bi 6-5 oa 1 'D,O’Connor.10 “9 34 102, L. Smith § 8 1 Wonder! é 5:2 » 3 8 . Richard, 96, 5-2 Lee King, 99, Rice 8 Start fair, Won driving. Time—1.40 4-5, Brandy Smash made the running, fol- lowed by Malster, Rockey and Potente, They raced in very close order to th far turn where y Smash and Malster quit, Rockey then took the lead and showed) the way to the stretch, where Grail came through. The latter was never to reaoh Rockey, who won by a length from Grall, the + beating Potente ft lengths for the place. the turn, Lee King, Prince Richard and Jim Tully nixed up and fell. Luckily none of the boys were hurt, Michaels and Rice rid: (Continued on Sixth Page.) > New York—20 Hours—onicago ips eee sty eee es Saami oe or CINNATI SKGOKLYN -. (Continued from Sixth Page.) ihrow ounder forced Kelley at sec NEW YORK |. ORANGE A. C At Philadelphia—Pittsburg, ' Sixth Race—Great Star 1, SERGEANT MAKES record for that distance. caper, committed suicide in avenue and Fifteenth street, b was found to-day, but it is bel ago. Near the body was foun writer had t Garnett left a widow. who wins, L. |. He received a visi TWO MORE POLIC: O'Reilly with drunkeness. KAISER WILHELM 5 THREE AMERICANS. His Majesty Specially Inter- ested in President Roose- velt, Mayor Seth Low and Andrew D. White. RERLIN, Sept. 12.—Emperor William in saying goolby to Major-tien. Cor- bin, Major-Gen. Young and Brig.-Gen. Wood to-day remarked that he was specially Interested in three Americans He admired President Roosevelt un- measuredly, He admired his versatility, courage, power for hard work and In- sight into the needs of his country, His Majesty added that he watched Mayor Seth Low's administration of New York, because he thought tt im- portant to the commercial world that New York City should be well governed The Emperor also said he was very sorry Andrew D. White, the United Gtates Ambassador, was leaving ls He had the moat cordial feeling for him persona ecause of the man he is and for his ‘services in fostering food will between Germany and the Tnited States, (His Majesty sent some personal mes- sages to President Roosevelt through Maj.-Gen. Corbin and asked to be re- membered especially to ‘Miss Alice,’ as he called Mias Roosevelt. HAS FAST AUTO HABIT. Stillwog, a Late & for Record Tim Bicycle Policeman Mallon, of the West One Hundred and Twenty-ffth street station, saw an automobile containing a man and three fashionably dressed wom- en ‘speeding along the Riverside Drive at the rate of twenty miles an hour this afternoon After a stern ohase he overtook the swift-golng auto. Arrestel ‘The man, whose name ts Charles Still- wagin, was arraigned before Magistrate Crane in the Harlem Police Court. The him. women appeared to intercede f Stillwagin came to this country about @ week ago from es Tripler, a weal nch auto manufacturer, thy Ou Sunday Stliwagin was arrested by Ajax, the lightening bicycle “cop,"” on @ onarge of ih ng ir te ae ae ean the case Sermorrey. 53 bi Sixth Inning—Crawford reached second on Dahlen’s wild Maloney singled. Kelley singled to centre. and on Do- an’s fumble boil Crawford and Maloney scored. Corcoran’s struck out. Thielman was thrown out by Flood. Two runs. NEW YORK. 4; ORANGE A. C., 1. -1000 001 5; Philadelphia, 2. Ne SS AMERICAN !.EAGUE GAMES. i At Baltimore—Washirgton, 15; Baltimore, 1., At Boston—Philadelphia, 4; Boston, 5. ————— th LATE RESULTS AT HARLEM. Fifth Race—Philo 1, Florestan 2, Tangent 3. - th AT BUFFALO. i ; ergeant, winner of the third race at Sheepshead, covered the six and one-half furlongs on turf in 1.20 4-5, been contemplating suicide for five days. ago. Itis said they had a quarrel. ——____+$¢-_— Commissioner Partridge to-day dismissed from the force Patrolman Francis J. Hughes. who was charged by James Sergeant, of the East Sixty- seventh street station, who hot at Miss May McAllister, after 0200 0-4 01 010000 —5 ond. Steinfeldt walked. Bergen 000304 0 0000 0-1 tas Loone 2, Baronet 3. q vy NEW TURF RECORD. shan a new Drive Residence to Charity Desig nated by the Prelate. JOHN G. GARNETT ENDS HIS LIFE. John G. Garnett, formerly city editor of a New York news- a room in Ross’s Hotel, Sixth y taking carbolic acid. His body ieved he killed himself two days d a note which stated that the is living in their home at Baid- it from his brother some weeks EME DISMISSED. Sapt. MORGAN. REWARDS HONEST NEWSBOY Financier Gives Lad Who Fol- lowed to Give Him Change | an Extra Half-Dollar and | Toid Him to Buy Peaches. That J. P. Morgan believes In re- warding honesty in others was shown to-day when he gave a little newsboy an extra half dollar for going several blocks to hand him change from the purchafe of a newspaper. As the great financier was driving to Friends of Bishop Potter’s bride- to-be, Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark, say she purposes abandoning her mag- nificent mansion at the corner of Riverside drive and° Bighty-ninth street, and will give the house to some charity to be designated by the Bishop. For the last few weeks the Bishop has been visiting Mrs. Clark at her summer home, Fernieigh, on the] 4.4 shores of Otsego Lake, and there, it is said, they have been planning with great care for the dispositon of their town and country houses, when the union shall have combined the two valuable estates. Among the close friends of both it has been known for some time that Mrs Clark, contrary to the general impres- oughfare, claimed daughter of William Waldorf Astor, died of consumption at Cliveden to-| day. his office a newsboy recognized him. The boy ran alongside the carriage and shouted: ‘Hey, Mr Mor'gan, here's a coal strike extra!” Something In the paper caught Mr Morgan's eye, and reaching for {t he| threw the lad a half dollar. | ‘The carriage never slackened its speed ‘The boy clambered on behind and when | It’ stopped in front of Mr. Morgan's | office he handed out # cents change. | “Here's your change, sir,’ sald the} }iad, as Mr. Morgan stepped out “What's that for? asked Mr gan, groffly. “You bought a paper from me at | Laverty street and [ couldn't give you your change,” answered the boy “Never mind the change,” said Mr, Morgan, Putting bis hand tn his pocket he took out another half dollar @uch he gaye the boy, telling him ta buy himself some peaches from a cart stand- ing near by. Mor- FRAUD IN NAGLE’S DISTRICT? One Hundred Complaints of False Registration Made. John F. Cowan, who ts contesting Percy Negle's right to the leadership in Harlem, filed with Assistant District- Attorney Schurman to-day one hundred complaints alleging false registration. (He also filed @ complaint charging that Percy Nagle assaulted Willlam C. L. Gearon end Batex Heath at One Hun- dred and Thirty-firet street and Madison avenue on last Tuesday. Assistant District-Attorney Schurman ed wud for paverel lodging- ae ia i hl a lh The body will be taken to New BISHOP POTTER'S BRIDE — GIVES WMLLION QOLLAR MANSION TO THE POOR, reached suddenly, Out was the out- growth of @ long del! relative advantages and the two mansions. if ‘The suggestion that the drive house be devoted to one of the Bishop's many charities gave the final impulse to Mfrs, Clark’s preferences, and thus the cholce was made, After her marriage to the Bishop she will go to | Washington Square to live, ars ago. ing residences on. that penis building ~Feason give Up the house is said to be that ff disappointed In its appearance. An- other reason {s attributed to the Soldiers lors’ Sreoved tn Riversice Donte just across — dri: ‘rom the mansion. Non Clark. fought the ereotion of ument for several clair that the larg would obstruct, her view of the : leprive her o: “Nhe was successful in holding un, the monument for some inished eventually, and was unvetled fast Memorial Day. sion, had expressed a preference for Bishop Potter's house in Washington Syuare asm city residence. ‘ ’ n the The decigion to abandon the palatial | Wort, Was fi home on Riverside drive was not W. W. ASTOR'S DAUGHTER GWENDOLINE’S LIFE ENDS, Died To-Day of Consumption at Cliveden, the English Estate of Her Father. LONDON, Sept. 12—Gwendoline,; York for interment in the Astor burying ground. Gwendoline was nine years old, Mr, Astor's youngest child. | She had. been | her death had been expected daily since t over the tions of Only Two Years, than a private house. for Mrs. Clark's Gram ie Monument that bas been months. ht and air. being il for some time and OIL WELLS SPOUT FIRE 100 FEET INTO THE AIR, —— Man Who Caused It Is Horribly Burned and Loss Is Great. BEAUMONT, Texas, Sept. 12—Three trying to level up the burning area. Losses a y $300,000, a large oll wel 4 probably four are on fire. Hi wells and proba ara Pads alles 2: One im spouting oll and gus 10 feet IMO) Sinery. The fr Bpespinitoe. the air. Another, which can: | sticking a lighted lantern Into a settling tifled because of the heavy k. He was burned spouting burning oll from a Two others are leaking gas on the out- side. of the casing MILLION MORE FOR PARKS. ‘The flora Texas well ts the flery spout- er. Other wells burning are A, B. Woods’ and one of the Brice wells. Neither of the latter is serious’ so far, Higgins steel storage tank No. 2 be-| ment for 18 a request is |made stom came ignited by flying embers and ts) the appropriation of + still burning, though it Is being care~ lowenen oF us jb fully emptied through the bottom. A ae : smaller storage tank for Higgins & Co. collapsed at noon. About thirty burned forty wells affected. derricks been It ts ave a not thous that any more of them will | orushed to «i ignlte. Five hundred men are-at |Department Than Present ¢ In the estimate of the Park Departe $$$ Crashed to Death, — Andrew Lowbert, while work 5 Past Forty: Estima Greater Allowance, an It

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