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ze HT. EDITION. GENERAL SPORTING N ON PAGE 4. EWS “ Circulation Books Open to All.” be I Kb Circulati 2 Books Open to All.’’ ] - —————————————————===_—=—===—— ee __PRICE ‘ONE CENT. PRICE ONE CENT, MILLION WORE 15 DEMANDED FOR POLICE. ‘Commissioner Part- ridge Makes Big De- mand on the Board of Estimate. “TOTAL IS $12,210,838, Board of Elections Asks that $807,400 Be Appropriate for the Purchase of 1,468 Voting Machines. Several more estimates for the Budget for 1903 were made public to-day. President Swanstrom of the Borough of Brooklyn asks for only a nominal in- crease. In 192 he received $1,164,260 and now desires $1,208,396, Surrogate Fitz- eeea coast the same amount as last year, 9) Tn’ the Potico Department there fs an increase of nearly a million dollars. Commissioner Partridge ¢°ks for $12,210,- 838, which {s $916,529 more than last year. The principal increase 1s in the salaries of the Commissioner and force, for which $421,850 is needed. For the in- creases in the clerical force and em- ployees’ salaries and for supplies for the Police Department $166,006.45 and $154,- 609.50 are asked for respectively. For extra telephone and telegraph supplies, where there was no stem last year, $170,- 000 4s:asked. Most of the increases for ealaries are mandatory through promo- tions. The Board of Elections brings up the question of voting machines in Its esti- mate. Without them the board wishes $123.275 for the primary election, a de- crease of $3,000, and $725,885 for the gen- eral clection, an increase of $35,000. If the voting machines are to be pur- chased, $507,400 1s neeaed for them, esti- mated at $650 each for 1,403 machines. ration 380 for to ballot and 3 clerks and inspectors and the rent of an estimated reduction In the cost of ballots, This would make a net cost of This item will probably not be allowed im toto as the Board of. Es- timate has taken action toward the pur- chase of 150 machines for trial. In the Bridge Department Commis- sioner Lindenthal aske for an increas of nearly one-third of his entire ap- propriation for this year. He wants 3409.190.63 more than he now has, making A total of $506,34, The largest increase Is in the maintenance and repairs to the Harlem River bridges. Mr, (indenthal wants an intrease of $90,805. for this) item, making an amount desired of PH.710.” Most of this amount is for ad- itional labor and supplies. WAR ON DEVERY AT SARATOGA. Frank Goodwin Will Contest the Admis- sion of His Delegates to State Convention. WILL GET CERTIFICATE. Attorney P. J. Gleason, jr. of the law firm of James, Schell & Elkus, appeared at the Bureau of Elections this afternoon and made formal de- mand for a certificate of election for William 8. every. The dem:r* was refused, and Mr. Gleason said that he would be on hand = Monday morning when the certificates aro turned over to the secretary of the Executive Commit- tee of the County Committee and re- new his demand, Contest, Saya Plunkitt. George W. Plunkitt, chairman of the Committee on Elections of Tammany Ball, eaid to-day that Devery would get his certificate on Monday. “We have no authority to withhold his certificate,” sald Senator Plunkitt, “and we will'give {t to him. He may go to Saratoga and demand’ admission % the convention as a delogate, but Goodwin will aleo go and make a’ pro- test to: the Committee on Contested eats. Whatever the committee decides Will settle the question, “Goodwin will file no protest to the primary right now, He will walt until after Jan. 1, when the new Executive Committee Is seated.” Devery fot up thls morning with box~ Ing gloves on.” He was really angry: He charged down to the Pump. talked with a fow of his loutenants and then ted downtown to settle his stand- ‘as Tammany leader in the Ninth, am going down to Mulberry street and ‘make a formal demand on the Bureau of Elections tor my certifi ates.” he they are not pro- juiced I'll inandamus the whole bunch uur people in trying INVENTS DEVICE | TO STOP AUTOS. Arrow Will Be Shot Across the Road with Check-Rope Attached. (Special to The Eventng World.) STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 20—Robert H. Austin has invented a device to dis- courage the racing of automobiles along the public highways. He has applied for a patent for the device, and thinks It will be eagerly adopted in cities and towns throughout the land. The device looks Ike a big cartridge shell on @ wooden base. A spring enters the shell, and upon the spring is an ‘arrow, to which $s attached a cable of rope or steel. B. the pressure of a spring, the arrow, with the cable at- tached, may be shot across the street. To make the scheme successful it would be necessary to have lines of poles along the street, to which the cable might be attached, and it would be! |Frank Farrell's Erratic necessary, too, to have persons on the ground to make them fast to the poles, ‘The utility of euth a device was demon- strated last week in Greenwich, when Deputy Sheriff Ritch, notified by tele- phone from Stamford that an auto was racing along the main road at a speed of abot forty miles an hohr, stretched a painter's tackle between two telegraph poles and trapped the offenders, who paid $50 fine in the City Coert here. Mr. Austin thinks there are towns on Long Island whose Joy will be complete when they discover how easy It is to |Keep the ‘mobes within bounds with the new device. NER ST. PAUL ON FIRE AT SEA. Crew Fought Flames for Twelve Hours, but the Passengers Did Not Know It. NO SIGN OF A PANIC. The American line steamship St. Paul arrived in port to-day after a succcasful fight with flames on the high seas, ‘The fire was discovered in the clothes- room, and blazed for twelve hours un- known to the majority of the large pas- senger list, Owlng to the coolness of Capt. John C. Jamison and the excellent discipline which prevailed there no sign of a panic. My. Kava Reta United States Attorney-General Phi- lander C. nKox, who safled for France on Aug. 27 to consult with his assis ant, Charles W, Russell, and direct the investigation of the title which the Panama Canal Company offers tl United States Government, was a pas- Senger on the steamer. He was met at the pler by his wife and was driven direct to the Waldorf-Astoria. “I shall go direct trom New York to Washington, and I expect to get into the carriage, ‘it would not be elther fitting or proper that I should reveal the result of the work of Mr. Russell and myself until I have report- ed to the President There was no representative from the Colombian Government at the conferences held and attorneys of the Russell More Communicative, Mr. Russell returned with the Attor- ney-General, He has been in France for six weeks naking French law, which he to a great extent in the United States of Colombia, He was more communi- cative than Mr. Knox. “If our Government,” he sald, “de- cldes to cloge with the Panama Canal Company there will have to be a new treaty with the Colombian Government, which Is a matter for the State Depart- ment to decide." When his attention was called to the announcement that the Colombian Pres- ident had granted an extension of the concession without the sanction of Con- gress Mr. Russell said: “In ‘no way does that apply to the current concession, which is operative for over a year. In the conferences with Mr. Knox and myself the Canal Company was largely represented by William = Wilsen Cromwell, of New York." French Government Not Concerned Preaident Bo and Liquidator Gautron, of the company, besides a large number of French attorneys, were present at all of tho+meetings. The French Gov- ernment fad nothing to do with the conferences-and was not represented at any time. > Mr. Knox was accompanied home by his son Reedand his physician, Dr. J. P, McGowan, of this city, Although the Cunarder Lucanta and the French liner La, Lorraine were both reported ahead of the St. Paul, the EAPED 10 HER DEATH AT SEA. Dread of Surgical Op- eration Caused Mrs. Speridon to Plunge from La Touraine. LIVED IN VILLA AT NICE. The story or a woman suicide at sea was brought by the French line steamer Touraine, which arrived to- day. Mrs. A. Stapeling Speridon, Amer- {ean wife of a Greek living in Nice, crazed by the dread of a possible surgical operation, threw herself overboard Wednesday night. She walted uhtil a late hour, when only one or two of the ship's officers afid only one passenger were on deck. The passenger witnessed her sutcidal act and gave the alarm.. It was bright moonlight, but the ship was’ running at full speed, and though the engines were “BLUES Wis 20 SPECIAL; ODDS 41-2101. ‘*Dog’’ Horse Gallops in’ First by More Than Eight Lengths. AF RICANDER’S HANDICAP Five Horses Come to Grief in the Steeplechase—None but The Evening World Picks Winners. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE.—Young Henry 1, | Setauket 2, Examiner 3, SECOND RACE—Scotch Buxh 1, Draughteman 2, Silent Friend 3, THIND RACE—Africander 1, River Pirate 2, Fire Eater 3. FOURTH RACE—Blues 1, Som- brero 2, Advance Guard 3. FIFTH RACE—First Chip 1, Eva Russell 2, Harrison 3. SIXTH RACE—Connundrum 1, Andy Williams 2, Ben Battle 3. (Special to The Evening World.) GRAVESEND RACE TRACK. N. ¥., Sept. 20.—With two stars like the Holly Handicap and the Second Special as the features at Gravesend this after- noon the entertainment of the half- holiday crowd wss well provided for. Heavy showers during the night made the track heavy, but the going was not 90 bad as the crowd expected, Still it Was stiff enough to cause the with- drawal of cote & number of horses John A, Drake's crack ‘Colt Runnels was scratched from the Second Special early in the day, but Advance Guard hung on some time in the ho} that stopped and a boat lowered no trace of | ju the woman could be found, The stopping of the engine caused ex- cltement among the passengers, who {Tushed up on deck, fearing an accident away to-night," he sald as he stepped | to the ship, In a letter left by Mrs, Speridon and addressed to the purser she merely men- tioned that she desired her husband to be notified of her death, and gave his address in Nice. Had Villa at Nice. Mrs. Speridon waa a handsome woman of thirty-five. To passengers on the ship she spoke of having a villa in Nice anda residence in Rome. She sald the object of her visit to America was to see her mother, who Is {ll in Wash- ington. She also confided to passengers that she had recently undergone a painful surgical operation and that she was living in terror of being obliged to soon submit to another. But despite her ap- prehension she seemed bright ‘and cheerful and her rash act came as a surprise and a shock to her friends of the voyage. Of her nusband she said little beyond that he was a man of means and that thay had three children, Relatives Stunmed by News. Mrs, Speridon's brother-in-law and a friend, both residents of New York, were at the pler waiting to greet her to-day. They were stunned by tho news and could find no other explani tlon than that Mrs, Speridon was dl traught by the anticipation of another operation, Some of the passengers sald Mrs. Speridon had discussed the subject of sulclde with them, asking their opinion as to whether {t might not be constil- ered justifiable under certain conditions. GREATSINGER 10 RESIGN FROM B. . T. latter managed to dock before either of the others, ‘The passage of the St. Paul was made in the unusually fast time of 6 days 15 hours and 46 minutes, with splendid weather all the way, Ochiltree and Croker, Col. Thomas P. Ochiltree, of Texas, was among the arriving pasengers. He said: ‘In England the American stables are doing verv little, but in France the Vanderbilt staple is doing very well. I saw Richard Croker when in England and was at his side when his Gladwin captured the Portland Plate." WEATHER FORECAST, thirty-six jing at & P.M, nday for New York City and vicinity F and sight change temperature to-night a an insult to the Deople who elected me, and T won't stand It. I have a few aces left and fai play them when the time comes, af pacersar Xi hold meetings In the lec! pa own lega' Tam am enadert | vd courts wil rec ales 3 a Sunday; fresh easterly winds, Head of Brooklyn Street Rail- way System, Who Is Hunt- ing in North Dakata, Says He Will Get Out. A special despatch to The Evening World from St. Paul, Minn., announces that President Greatsinger, of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system, who !s hunting with friends in North Dakota, says he contemplates handing in his resignation. It 1s supposed that he has had a@ better offer from some railroad tn Ene Merit a ir. reatsinger came to Brooklyn from, Detroit, Sitch. “where "he. was che red as tr Mc manager on a steam Ke lroad, succeeded President Rossi- ter, whose m wwement of the road was unsatisfactory to the stockholders. Mr. Greatsinger brought with him a reputation as a great organizer and hacdier of men, but he has met. witt friction in his management of the eee street car properties. It was pss few mon a ago that he had handed § Zs tt Iedtea fhe tme. pom al at ihe The 4 wwenty-Hour Flyer. ° Brooitlyn itn as Feemg-ibied a dauoa) auty' ca 1s the West.” gak if ‘ana Ween, on? 4 as Riemer FSU on ee ce, Tn tus Holly vt the entries ‘remained in be vars " nore cr less fond of the mui In spite of the threatening weather | and the bad track the attendance was very good. The betting was brisk on all of the events. RST RACE. Fr Highwolght Handicap: for all ages; about) ax furiongy itarters, wits, Jocks, St.Half.Pin, St. Place. Betting. Young Wenry, 130, 1 5 Setanket, 12. Rett 1 Bramioer, 110, J jn a 6 tor,” 128, O'Connor. 1 4 4% 15 5 Jack Ratiin, "129, Land: BY 9-5 7-10 Schoharie, 123, Od ne 3 8 Belle of Lexington, 131, aw e747 fy Esnene, 112, Phe: 15 4 Start fair, iy. Time—1.12 3-5, Schoharie, Belle of Lexington and Es- sene raced head and head to thg turn, where the pace began to tell. Schoharie) took a length’s lead and showed the| way to the stretch, followed by Op- erator, Examiner and Young Henry. In the stretch Young Henry came to the! outside and rapidly racing to the front) drew away and won enally by threo lengths from Setauket, who finished strong and beat Examiner a head for the place. SPCOND RACR. Steeplechase Handicap; for three-year. and upward; about two and one-half mil olds Starters, whts., jocks. Sectoh Muah, 138, Harry 142, Carson 6 & 136, Pines 1 18 3¢ 8 fel. 9-10 1-2 Start fair, Won easily, Time—4,58 2-5. Five of the nine entries in this race either fell or bolted. but there were no serious Injuries, Sjlent Friend led until (Continued on Fourth Page.) ee JUSTICE STINER DIES OF APOPLEXY| =; Judge of the Eighth District Municipal Court Expires at His Summer Home at Arverne, L. 1. Civil Justice Joseph H, Stiner died to-day from a stroke of apoplexy at his summer home, Arverne, L. 1. Justice Stiner was ove of the leading Hebrewa of New York, He was prom|- nent In Tammany, a friend of Richard Croker, and presided over the Eighth District Munteipal Court at Bighth avenue and Twenty-third street. Justice Stiner was born In New in 1899, He went to th until he graduated at emy. In 187 he became a newspaper reporter, Two years later he began the suidy of law. and graduated from, the New York University, belng admitted to the bar in 1861, He was elected Justice of the Bighth District Court in 80h" While, on’ the bench he tried many Intricate cases, Justice Stiner was a veteran of the war of the rebellion. YOUNG SEEN GOING, WITH TWO LARGE BUNDLES UNDER HIS ARMS, TO CENTRAL PARK SPECIAL EXTRA. “| WILL KILL MYSELF.” SAYS YOUNG TO. CAPT. TITUS Capt. Titus, chief of detectives, received the folt2w'ng letter There Is a Belief that the Fugitive, Seeing How Quickly the Net Was Being Woven — Around Him, May Have Committed Suicide. Pulitzer. It is believed by the police that William Hooper Young may have killed himself in Central Park. A. Lipsle, a = ‘ate this afternoon: CAPT. TITUS: SEARCH IS IN VAIN. | HAVE KILLED MYSELF: 4, YOUNG. The letter was mailed at the General Post-Office at 10.30 ‘this morning. ; te frp ey BROOKLYN WINS in the direction of the park, carrying two bundles. As soon as Capt. Schmittberger heard of this he ict ( men to the park to look for the bundles. Information: CLARENCE APARTMENTS, NO. 108 WEST 88TH S BROOKLYN ..- NEW. YORK - MORMON WOMAN-SEAYER FOR WHOM POLICE SEARCH. Hafficap nens- | TE, arom photograph oy which Young was iaent.fizd,, BROOKLYNS POUND CRONIN’S CURVES. +2—__— Giants and Superbas Play Last Game of Series Before Small Crowd. !answering in every particular to Young applied to himy for a The Batting Order. empty benches, : Aunt of the Fugitive Says He Constantly Speke: Jon was Just as ansious Bresnanan, rf. inelataetey ; his team was nead in the race for second plac they could actyrd. to have K eae wr: Lathe eR one, tewie: (Bpectal to The Evening World.) POLO GROUNDS, Bept, good rest of two days Johnny McGraw's Giants and Ned Hanlon's Buperbas mot this afternoon in the fourth and final gamé of the present series. : ite appearance from bentid the rain-laden clouds, where St had by den all day, and as its rays wer as warm as in July or August [ field and outfleld quickly dri ‘The crushing defeat the Glants admin tered to the Trolley Dodgers Wedne i fifth street, an aunt of William Hoope?-Your (Where Mrs. Pulitzer was murdered and her body cealed until thrown into the canal.) came to him later led him to instruct his men to look ¢ for Young’s body on the supposition that he sought lonely spot in the park and killed himself. BELIEVE HE DID NOT LEAVE THE CITY, Capt. Schmittberger does not believe that the yor man left the city. A search of the pawnshops shows that: he did not pawn the jewelry he stole from the body of 1 murdered woman. If he pledged them with some one noha pawnbroker it would be natural for that person to notify the police. If he did not succeed in pawning the jewelry he had no money. The trunk was sent to Chicago by express to await {him there when he got fixed so he could start west. But» developments in the case came so fast that it is the police belief that he got scared and killed himself. One of Captain Schmittberger’s detectives, armed with a photograph of Young, went to a furnished room house somewhere on the East Side, but just where it could not be learned, the proprietor of which says that a man” room last night. The man did not get the the room and left, ~~—++---— “BLOOD ATONEMENT” LED - TO THE CRIME OF YOUNG. of the Ghastly Subject. According to Mrs. Willard Young, of No. 345 West Bighty=’ , the acensed slayer i - of Anna Pulitzer was a crank on the subject of “blosd atonement! 3) which he claimed was part of the doctrine of the Mormon Ohi ‘ He was not a Mormon. Although ‘Jt rained all the morning, the grounds were in fair and Acting Captain Sa! day was still fresh in the minds of Mo- (Continued on Fourth Page.) “When speaking on this subject,’