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GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ‘ON PAGE 8. ad = ON. “oe 9) ee SS NEW YORK, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1902. “ Cireulation Books Open to All’? | PRICE ONE CENT. PRICE ONE CENT. BANK CASHIER I ASUICIDE. Charles G. Dale, Officer in New York County Na- tional, Shoots Himself at His Home. HIS ACCOUNTS ALL RIGHT. He Suffered from Insomnia Ow- ing to Him:clf, Charies G, Dale, cashier of the New York County National Rank and a mem- bef of one of the most prominent Staten Irland families, shot and killed himacl¢ early this morning In his home in Manor rond, West New Brighton. 4 According to Dale's friends he had been xreatly overworked this summer owing to the absence of President Le- land and Vice-President Jennison of the bank at the same time. One was on his vacation and the other was taken {11 This threw double burden on Dale. The result was that he beean to worry. Saffered from Insom Tt is sald that “5 he had been unable to sleep well. He had walked the floor at night muttering to himseit about the problems that con: franted him at the bank, H! nervous- ness was so great that he siept alone. His wife and daurhter slept ja anotner room. They were awakened this morn- ing about 6 o'clock by the report of a pistol, Mra Dale ran to her husband's room and found him dead on the floor with a hole in his head. She had hys- terics and her screams and these of her daiixhter aroused the netghbors, Thera WAR an effort made to hush the matter up’ but. of course. this was impossible, ani the pollce and the Coroner were / firaily notified. Vice-President Jenison aid this morning that he knew of his own knowledge that Dale's accounts were all right, He said he was so sure of {t that he would order no special Investl- ution. “1 haye’a system in this bank,” he sald, “by which I receive dally reports fvom all the officers, I know of my own knowledge where every cent Is. and it for sey oral ow 3 would have been Impossible for Dale. | even had he been so disposed, to have stolen any money. “He was a splendid man and his death {es a great shock to me, All we know of ft here Is what a friend of mine tele- phoned me from Staten Island’ He called me up and told me that Dale had killed himself. We have heard nothing from Mrs, Dale or any members of Dale's family. Rose from Low Position, Tale came into the bank in 1882. He started In a minor position and worked his way up. He had the confidence of all the officials of the bank. He had done great things and we expected great things of him In the future, His } family Ife was happy and his business { future bright. “There was absolutely no reason for him to have killed himself. ‘The only explanation is that he went suddenly insane. “He was at the bank on Saturday, and eft here an hour after the closing } tn the most cheerful frame of mind. He spoke of returning on Monday, and certainly nothing was further from his mind than death when he left here. “Knowing as I do that his accounts are all straight it would be absurd for me. to, start any special inquiry, and 1 therefore shall not do so. It 1s un- necessary. Dale was about forty-five years old. had a wife and a fifteen-year-old \) daugnter.. He lived in the old Hillyer | manaton In the Manor road, a beautiful place, surrounded by gardens and fine He bought it at auction last He was very popular in West Brighton. For years he was one the most prominent of the volunteer remeh in the place and was one ot \{pme leading Mason ‘ & Prosperous Bank, i "The New York County National Bank (ts one of the most prosperous in the Votty. While It has only $200,000 capital \'ae does a large busincss and has been ‘\peying regular annual dividends of 30 {per with occasionally an extra en of 10 per cent. added, The tock Is, now held at $1,500 a share, par being $100, )\ ‘The bank was founded as a State In- Cetitution in 1855. Ten years later it ‘was made a national bank. Being situ- ated at Fourteenth street and Elghth ye, In the heart of a busy mer- cantile district, it has been very con- /\venjent to merchants and has profited \bandaomely. ‘Francis L, Celand, a son of the for- jmer President of the institution, is i President: who became ca: ‘about two y go, succeeded Francis ) ‘M+ Breese. He had been in the employ i the} bank for many years previously. at ik Diew York. To-day! Chicago To- z ce ae ing to Overwurk, and Walked | . Floor Many Nights, Mutter- flcH WOMAN FILS ROBBERS. /Mrs. Clara Stephens, Wife of Millionaire, Fires on Burglars Who Try to Enter Home at Mamaroneck. COACHMAN IN THE FIGHT. Absence Prevents Thieves from Careying Off Gold-Mounted Har- ness Worth $1,009. Mrs. Clara Stephens, the wife of Ben- Jamin Stephens, a millionaire resident of Mamaroneck, fs considered the bravest In Westchester County to-day because on two occasions she has led an attack ona gang of burglars who tried to rob her stable on two siiccessive nights, woman thelr plans On Saturcay night a gang of three rob- bers were sunprised by Mra, Stephens while they were carrying away $1,000 h of gold mounted harness, She shot at them three times and must have wounded one of them, as a trail of blood was found over the path they had es- caped by. Last night the same gang was discov- ered in the stable by Alexander Scott the coachman. He had a desperate | vattle with one of the robbers, who was masked, Scott had a lighted lantern {n his hand, and this was knocked in jthe hay, and only through the quick | action of the coachman, who selzed It and threw \t out of a window, was the ble saved from being set on fire. hen the burglars jumped on me, | said Scott, “and knocked me down with a club I managed to get out of the jcame out of the house and fired upon | the men. dow and we gave chase across the law followed by Mary Sheehy, a servantadd Mrs. Backus, a friend and the two | Stephens children, stones at us and escaped."” Mr. Stophens, who was away, han been visiting in New London, ‘Dick’, Don- nelly, the cross-country #ider, and se’ eral prominent residents have procured firearms and will guard the Stephens place until Mr. Stephens comes home. MARINE. HOS PITAL | Thirty-five Patients Carried Out, but the Fire Is Subdued Without Causing Loss of Life. The Mari destr fire body was injured. ‘The wards In the left wing were oc- cupted by convalescents and at the dis- covery of the fire they were removed to the verandas to be out of all immediate danger. leftwing of the United States Hospltal at Clifton was partially ved by fire this afternoon, T others were wheeled out in Invalid chairs, The nurses stood by them re- assuring all that there was no danger. ‘Thirty-five: In all were taken out. The firemen tore away the partitions surrounding the flue, and although the smoke spread in volumes through the building the flames were kept confined to the immediate proximity of the burning chimney. Dr. Viasche and his assistants helped the firemen in thelr work. It was due and other attendants that a pante did not occur in the other wing, there were many very sick pattets. The building is of stone and has in all about one hundred inmates. —— SENTENCES FOR RIOTERS. Court Deals with the Distarbing Gle ¥ Element, SANDY HILL, N. Y., Oct 13—Max Adams, of Brooklyn, a non-union mo- torman, who was arrested Friday for causing a disturbance at Glens Falls, was sent to the Albany Penitentiary to-day for three months. Charles Mar- tndale, of Glens Fasts, who was ar- rested on a charge of interfering with the Guardsmen on the night of the riot, gave ball in $2,000, Bert. Stickney, of Sandy Hill, formerly a member of Company K, Glens Falla, who was arested at Stillwater, charged with dynamiting a car att week at that place, waived ex: the cate goea to the Grend Sure ro-dane He was admitted to ball In $1,000. Soldiers patrol the village streets nightly. a Gen. Grant Back from Manila, BAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 13.—The United States transport Logan arrived to-day, twenty-nine 4 Manila by. way. of Nagasaki” Brig” Gen, Frederick Grant is on board.” —— The Busy Man's Train, Toe Pounaylvanis, Spsctal to, Chleago; eaty 20 ——— “Black & White,’ Bost Seoteh. Tea bouquet @ taste are delightfully pleasing. Her Quick Action During Husband's |. and by shooting at them she frustrated): barn and called for hep. Mrs, Stephens | They jumped through a win- | ‘ae burglars fired | SWEPT BY FLAMES : as caused by a defective flue. No- Many hoppeb out on their crutches, | to the splendid conduct of the nurses | § where | HERMIS WING ~STIKE ANE Crack Three-Year-Old, Car- rying 126 Pounds, Beats’ Advance Guard and Other Star Performers in the Mamaroneck. TwO 30 TO | SHOTS VIN, | | Coruscate Takes the Second} and Lord Badge Lands the| Fourth—Bad Day for Ta‘ent) —Track Slow. | THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE-Brunawick 1, Po- tente 2, Mercer 3. SECOND RACE—Coranonte, 1, Peart Diver 2, Florham Queen 3. THIRD RACE—Hermin 1, ranted 2, Advance Guard 3. War- | FOURTH RACE—Lord Badge 1, Kulght of Harlem 2, Barouche 3. | | mt | | FIFTIN RACH-Old Hutch 1, Fried | | Krupp 2, Satire 3. SIXTH RACE—Zoroaster 1, of the Went 2, Daly 3. | (Specfil to The Evening World.) | MORRIS PARK RACE TRACK, Oct. 13.-The track was still heavy at Went- cheater early this afternoon, and for | thig reason the fields suffered consld- | erably from withdrawals, A hundred men were at work on the course with rakes and harrows and a fast track | was hoped for before the day ended. | |The weather overhead was all that| | could be desired, but there was not the |,slightest suspicion as to the presence ‘of the cold snap which Is satd to Be due. The card was very Interesting. The {Mamaroneck Handicap had a splendid) feld of entries, the list including Hermits, | Advance Guard, Herbert, Articulate, Royal and others, and though none of these had been withdrawn up to the tlm i Star FROM ASH. A. J. “CASBATT. J. P. MORGAN. THESE TWO MEN HAVE BROUGHT THE COAL STRIKE TO A CRISIS AT LAST. FELL TO DEATH (WOULD SLAY NIECE NOW. De Bradsky, a French Aeronaut,| Aged John E. Law, Indicted for and Companion Dashed to} Attempted Murder of Agnes Earth After Sailing Over} Mafis, a School Teacher, Paris for Two Hours. Freely Acknowledges Guilt. SUPPORTS HE CHARGES . CONSPIRACY. CAR BROKE. PARIS, Oct. 1%—De Bradsky, the aeronaut, and a companion were killed John E. Law, a tall, dignified old man, with sharp gray eyes, was arraigned be- GEORGE F. BAER. (Copyright by Gutekunst, Philadelphia.) fore Justice Cowing, In Part I., General by falling from a dirigible balloon this Sessions, this afternoon. to plead to an morning. ; Indictment for assault in the first de- 19 Bradsky's balloon started trom the| gree He jooked hart at the Court aerostatic station at Vaugirard, &| while the indictments was being yrad. It charged him with discharging a! pistol at Agnes L. Mafia, a young school teadher, living In the Bronx, on the Sept. 22 jest. na asked the Judge. He Fired the Shot. “I am golity," ¢ame the reply after moment's pa “P am seventy-one yoars old and have'lived at No, 991 Bos- ton avenue. I fired a shot at Agnes Mafis, and I am sorry it did not take effect. Agnes Mafia Is my niece, and suburb of the city, at 7.55 A. M. on 6 trial trip. After preliminary manoeuy- ring with a rope attachment Bradsky released thé bailoon and “proceeded southward at a height of 300 to 400 feet. ‘The two propellers of the machine ap- peared to work well. The rudder, how- ever, Was not quite successful. ‘At about #20 the balloon had returnet to abeve the point of departure, and of the first race it was believed that would be.| much na} ut interesting because win-| so hard to plex. ‘The attend: ance Was very large for a Monday. ! Much comment Was i on the rul- | ag of of Jockeys Heiff and Heary in| France, but in absence of definite | knowledge as to facts no one cared to) exptesa opimuns, ‘There ts much specu: | tation as to what the Metropolitan Turf Association will do in (he case of Bo! Rose and J. P. Korn, buokmaker's, who | are sald to been expeded | from Fra ‘n are members of the rd was not FIRST RACE, | | six furlongs. SINE Fia, rt tok, 4 35 [Potente, 108, O'connor... 73 28 3 110 3 5 R Lge $| 8 2" 6 8) 6 4% Gt TF 1 iw H 3 [Valley Forge. $f artiac. "2 4s § | Anecdote, §; Milburn..... & 8 10 Pay 10 2 Creamer.....¢ 9 9 IL 49 45 fair, Won ridden’ out. Time—1'15, Tremar raced to the front a hot pace, followed by Malden, = wick and Lady Radnor. They held is order to the stretch, where Brunswick closed on the leaders and stalling. off Potente’s rush in the last sixteenth yi a and cut out won length. Potente lengths In front of Mercer, Wh, ‘W2 badly, closed very strong. |’ “2% off SECOND. Rac Malder torfonge, lle tW0 years oldi’ Ave and a hey Starters, whts., Joc koa ped Pearl Diver, 100, Redfern 13 7 32 °R gl Florham Quoen.109,Bolsen 10 10 3 3) it i ne ® BM Gt Cramesvilie, 112." Odom. eg 4 8% oD Nuit Blanche, 109, Min » Sweet Marjorie, o 8 6d 18 ma 1) ab 1.10, by ‘on Sontag and Mil raced he: and head to the atretch, where Corus: cate came through and won by a neck from Pearl Diver, who came from far back. Pearl Diver was two lengths in front of Florham Queen. THIRD RACE. Mamengneck Handicap; mile and quarter. 2 6 farranted, "87, Redfern, 2 Advance Guard, 124 040m 6 6 2 Herbert, 116, smith . 1 H 100, Martin.. 4 al, 100, Lynes, a1 5 Beart good, Won handily. Time—2.08 1-2 Royal made the pace to the back- stretch, where Herbert closed and the (Continued on Eighth Page.) ———— aN WEATHER FORECAST. Foreenst for the thirty-stz hours ending at 8 P. M. Ta day for New York City and vi- cinity —Increasing cloudiness afternoon; rain to-night probably Tuesday; clear- ¥ and cooler; brink Ny hh south: ifting to west. Peers then it gradually mounted higher and higher until {t disappeared in the clouda. Pho Prefect of Pollce later received « despatch announcing the fall of the bal- loon near St. Denis, five and a aalt miles from the centre of Pazis, and adil aha entered into @ conspiracy with others to lure my old wife away from me. | “We had lived together forty years, and loved cach other. They came b | tWeen us. I am an old man and it will PHILA guarded, d this ‘BAER REEL ‘noon. the R ‘The ent TED | Generally Believed that the President’s Labor Antagonism Would Cause Him to Resign. DPLPHIA, Oct. 12—In a secret j meeting, the detalls of which have been President Baer was | ing ale re- as some- ught Ing that Its two uecupants were killed. ! not be long before I shall start on the|Tectorate of tne road was alsy The disaster occurred ut about 9... tong journey from which no. traveller | ‘lected When the balloon was over Stains, nea?! returns, and I want to go to prison for! outcome of the meeting St, Denis, the ropes attaching the car to|fve years. I am not a fool, nor am I| thing of a surprise. It was thoi the balloon broke from some unknown | insane,” that on aczount of the antagonistic at- He stopped speaking and stood erect, lke a soldier waiting for orders, “Have you consulted counsel?” asked the Court. World IM AL “I do not need counsel, If T got my liberty T would kill them all.” ‘The plea was entered and the old man was remanded for sentence, Judge Cowing ordered that an invest ration of the case. be made. Low wa indicted by the present Grand Jury. cause and the car, with its occupants, De Bradsky and Morin, were dashed to the ground and the aeronauts met In- stantaneous death. The balloon Itself disappeared In the clouds. “Subsequent advices confirmed the re- port that the disaster was due to the breaking of the. wires, not the ropes, suspending the car, which fell, burying the aeronauts beneath It into the ground, They were crushed, their legs were broken and thelr ‘aces were Mr, at the me Those who pledg ceedings, polly Is in harme Baer throughout would be given a chance election would appear to show that his y with the wishes of | t a majority of the directors of | ng by vi attended to secrecy con! bloody, but they were not disfgured When the balloon arrived over Stains the aeronauts called to some workmen in the fields, asking the direction of Pantin. De Bradsky and Morin were seen moving about the car, Suddenly one of the wire ropes broke, and then another gave Way, and the car, weigh- ing 8% pounds, crashed to the ground. ‘The bodies of the aeronauts were taken to St. Denis. CONFESSES TO FORGERY. Buokkeeper Selfridge, Sentenced for Raising a Check, John Selfridge to-day pleaded guilty to larceny ta the secpnd degree before Judge Cowing the Corfrt of General Se: sions. He had been employed by the Geneseo Fruit Company as a bookkeeper. A check for $50.19 was changed to one for $5,000, and against this. the bookkeeper attempted to draw on his personal ac- count. He was arrested before he got any money. Ex-Mayor Edson wrote a letter asking clemency for the prisoer, who belon to a good Chicago family. ' Selfridge w sentonced to not less than one nor more than two and one-half years. LOST DIAMOND IN NEWARK. New York Lawyer Told Police He Was Robbed in a Hotel. NEWARK, N. J., Oct, 13,—George H. King, a lawyer, a guest at the Imperial Hotel, New York, notifled the police here to-day that he had been robbed of a diamond pin valued at $250 in the Buf- fal Hotel early to-day. The proprietor claimed that King left the hotel and was gone some time be- fore he returned and announced the loi of the pin, The police are making an Investigation during the day. his cab and rode away. some 3. ee AT ST. Louis. PA ees Coal Fou STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. ews that a vein of coal has been found in Round Hill, about « “ht miles: from Stamford, has excited the people in that neighborhood. An investigation ts to be made to determine the value of the find. Fe Caxe' a Cole tn Day | man whe, can throw'much light.on the ae i -witness in the intérests of justice after he cannot be very injurious to his i. 3 Vet LATE RESULTS AT WORTH. Sixth Race—Sctch Plaid 1, Irving Mayor 2, Lad to resign. ton to Mr, presi He { his o they “WHAT DO.| KNOW OF GOAL?” SAYS J, PIERPONT MORGAN, As J. Pierpont Morgan was on his way from his offiee to the Union Club this afternoon he was asked if there wa anything new to report ftom the various coal conferences he had held Fourth Race—If You Dare 1, Buccleuth 2, Kindred 3. Fifth Race—Brutal 1, Kunja 2, Antolee 3. ZELLER MAY TESTIFY IN MOLINEUX CASE. Assistant District-Attorney lames W. Osborne said late this afternoon; have. strong hope*that Zeller, the Newark titude toward organized labor taken by the coal strike he The B. ii “What do I'know about coal?” he thundered, 2s ‘he got into F Fourth Race—Jack Demund 1, Scarlet Lily 2, Rolling Boer. Fifth Race—Ethel Wheat ], Dr. Stephens 2, Inspectas Shea. ly Meddle- | ineux case, Will b€ &| private compartment. So far as beansee} chairman friend Molineux.” MINE OPERATORS NOW HEADY 10 ADVANCE WAGE ———_+4-—____—_- BUT—Managers of the Combination Still Re- © fuse to Recognize the Union, and That ~ Alone Stands in the Way of a Settlement — of the Strike. : aa Result of Important Conferences Held by Coal Operators in This City and Philad phia To-Day Leads to Well-Founded Repe that the Anthracite Difficulty Is Abo Ended at Last. A persistent report that the coal strike 1s practically settled boostet failing market in the closing hour on the Stock Exchange to-day. It is that the presidents of the coal roads, knowing that a settlement is in i went into the market as buyers after the conferences in the morning, gf early afternoon. eee: The report specifies that the coal presidents have agreed to yield the demard of the strikers for an advance in wages and shorter noers; that they remain fixed in their determination not to recognize the On this basis, it is said, John Mitchell has informed J. Pierpont +ean that ke will favor sending the men back to wore, arguing union {s strong enough to get what it wants there is no necessity that Ene operators should formally recognize it. 4 MITCHELL WON'T DENY IT. 2 The Evening World called up President Mitchell at Wilkesbarre on thf — tion with the strike. He was asked if he would affirm or deny it. “I can do neither,” he said, “because I have not heard of it.” Mr. Mitchell refused to confirm the report that news of the_bi of the strike. 1s to come from the coal regions and not from this city. sald he ha@ not heard of it. : There was a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Erle Railroad afternoon, At {ts conclusion Chairman Thomas, who had presided, to the Morgan banking-house, where he was joined by Charles Steele, o1 of the Morgan partners, and P. A. B, Widener, of Philadelphia, iy The three men went into the private office of J. Pierpont Morgan at 4 | o'clock, It was remarked that Mr. Morgan, who had not left his office sitiee his arrival in the morning, was staying far beyond his usual time, and jie | does not remain in the financial district late in the afternoon unless be baa, | matters of great !mportance to attend to. : RECOGNITION OF THE UNION THE SNAG, After a fifteen minute conference between Chairman Thomas, of tBe Brie, and J. Plerpent Morgan, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Morgan left the build {ng at Broad and Wall streets. Mr, Thomas went to his office and Morgan to the Union Club, Neither would talk of the result of the One of the coal operators said this afternoon that If it were not for question of recognition of the union the strike could be settled in an hour “Don't you believe that any settlement has been reached,” he said. “The settlement if the union ts to be recognized, and it appears that the miners © will not talk settlement any other way.” ms {PORTANT CONFERENCE TO-DAY. Immediately after the hasty conference held .to-day by the coal op ators in the office of Chairman Thomas, of the Erle, President Trut of the Lackawanna, sald: “This has been a very important conference and important develd ments may grow from It.” ee It {© reported that as a result of this sudden conference and of others held at the same time in Philgdelphia between President Cassatt, of the, Ponnsylvania; Baer, of the Reading, and Senator Quay, the coal operators” who are now in New York will go to Philadelphia to-night and meet Mr, : Cassait and Mr. Haer there to-morrow. AN The local corference was attended by Mr, Thomas, President Olyp and Vice-President Wilcox, of the Delaware and Hudson; President of the New York, Ontario end Western; President Truesdale, of the wana; President Walker, of the Lehigh, and John Markle, the independ operator, of Jeddu, | CONFERENCE LASTED AN HOUR, These men met at the invitation of Mr. Thomas, sent out this mo The conference lasted about an hour, At the end of that time all off coal Presidents went to their offices with the exception of Mr. Fowler Mr. Markle, who went to Delmopjco’s downtown place for luncheon, wig P, A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, who has been visiting Gov, 5to Harrisburg, appeared at the office of J. P. Morgan shortly before ro this afternoon. He spoke a few words to Mr, Morgan and then went the street tc the office of Hollins & Co, In a few moments John came hurry)ns up from Delmonico's and into Mr. Morgan's ontice, . a few words with the financier Mr, Markle went across to the oft Hollins & Co., shook hand with Mr. Widener and both Thomas, of the Erie, and John Markle,-ti