The evening world. Newspaper, October 16, 1902, Page 1

i = ie “Isher, of No 270 RACING # SPORTS GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ‘ON PAGE 10 "PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1902. [ “ Circulation Books Open to Au.” } EDITION PRICE ONE CENT, “NEEDS ONLY “TWO JURORS Ten Had Been Chosen inthe Famous Poison Case When Court Adjourned for the Day. ALL PRECEDENTS UPSET Justice Lambert Scolds a Belated Juror and from the Bench Instructs Him to Set His Watch Ahead. THE JURORS. No, 1—Edward L, Young, No, 217 West Eighty-ninth stree' MEMBERS OF THE MOLINEUX JURY SKETCHED IN COURT AS THEY LISTENED TO EXAMINATIONS OF TALESMEN, No, @-Frank H. Gould, publisher, No. 867 Broadway. No, 3—John Catotr, silks, No, 224 HH. Lovelace, Secre- ers’ Bourd of Trade, No. 179 West ‘Twenty-seventh street. No. S—John Haupt, superintend~- No, 64 Irving place. N. O'Connor, elec One Hundred No. 7—Benjamin J. Snelling, com- minsion salesman, No. 7 West Nine- ty-thira street. No, 8—-Edward I. Richmond, deal- er in botties, at No, 72 Murray otreet. » O-Paul F. Mottelay, Pub- West One Han- dred and Thirty-Second street. No. 10—Jamen L.'H. Slee, bicycle supplies, No, 785 West End avenue, Ten jurors had been chosen when Justice Lambert adjourned court for the day to serve In the second trial of Roland B. Molineux for poisoning Mrs. Kate Adams. Four more had been added to-day to the six selected yen- terday. Only two were needed to fill the jury box. Justice Lambert and the lawyers on each side were highly pleased over the Rood progress that was belng made. Criminal court precedents were all overturned in the selection of the ninth juror—Paul F, Mottelay, a pub- Usher, of No, 279 West One Hundred and Thirty-second street. It was in| choosing him xo quickly that precedents were overturned, In the first Molineux trial two days were used and 112 talesmen examined After the elghth juror had been found and before the ninth place in the jury box was filled, In the Kennedy case it took a day to find the ninth juror. In the Patrick tase thirty-two talesmen were examined for the ninth seat. Court Scolds Juror. Justice Lambert opened the second day trial with an exhibition of his methods, M. O'Connor, the «ixth juror, had delayed the opening of the case thirteen minutes. When he came tn Justice Lambert sion for this delay?” mumbled and the “My watch was slow.” “Well, you set It ahead, more delays of this kind.” , Molineux, on his appearance in court to-day, had more color in his face than yesterday, and when he met his father they shook hands and talked for a rew minutes, Both smiled and were in a pleasant mood. Molineux had a new soft tiack hat and new black shoes Society Man Excused, Wihong the talesmen examined w: Elisha Robbing Walker, ‘a secant, fat c.ubman. je is a member of the firm of Joseph Walker & Sons, bankers, and fa voted In Newoprt and Lenox ‘as a I want no * whip, But he had a very strong opinion and Ww excused, ker wore a tight-fitting whip- tall collar aqd Immaculate ok tle, Upon being excused he “Dm glad of It. I'm ver$ busy." Court adjourned for the noc recess swith nine men in the box and the ‘special panel of talesmen practically ex- baust been sei ol Eummonses ha for 100 additional talesmen, Thes + Gan. to appear when the gerure luncheon. 8! ‘irman the first man c: on the new was excused, as were pan fe wa geveral others who followed him. the day was nearing an end the examination was narrowed down to questions which were vital. One after another they were called and quickly excused, ) The panel of talesmen was exhausted at 4.80 o'clock, and then Assistant iB trict-Attorney Osborne asked that after the two needed jurors are found. to- morrow the case over until Monday morning, ‘He said he was working Ine in the prosecution | hands, Along a certain I whi ey watch had delayed him in the prepara ye, WIT decide that to-morrow,” said he adjoi fate mee rin ee placta “in the EDWARD I. YOUNG. BENJAMIN J. SNELLING. FRANK H. GOULD. JOHN CATOIR, EDWIN H. LOVELACE. EDWARD I. RICHMOND. JOHN HAUPT. RLES N- ovcbnnor. ~~~ GAS MAN STRUCK SAGE FALSELY ‘HER, SAYS WIDOW) REPORTED DEAD: Woman Lying in a Critical Con- dition as a Result of Strange Attack Made on Her in Her Home. HIT HER WITH A LAMP. Mrs. Agnes Green, a widow, living on the second floor of No. 214 Avenue B, is lying In @ critical condition, the vic- tim, she alleges, of a brutal assault committed on her this morning in her apartments by a man who she says |s a collector for the Consolidated Gas Company, of No. 340 Third avenue. According to the woman's story she was taking a bath this morning when a rap came at the door, In answer to her inquiries as to who was knocking, a volce answered “the gas collector." Mrs, Green says she told the man to re- turn in the afternoon and went on with her bath. A littie later, she again heard the man rapping, and so persistent was he that she hastily threw on a rove and opened the door an Inch or two, The man, the widow alleges, thrust his foot be- tween the door and the door-jamb, and then forced his way Into her apart- ments, When she remonstrated with the tn- truder, she says he plexed up a lamp from the table and struck her a terrible blow on the head with it. She sank to the floor and the man went to the xas meter, which is one of the old-fash- foned kind, where a quarter !s put in a slot, and took the money from it. By this time Mrs. Green says she had re- covered consciousness, She staggered to her feet, selzed a ket- tle of botling water from the stove and threw the contents over the man. + Screaming with pain, the man rushed at her, picked up a quart milk bottle and struck her in the face, breaking her nose, loosening several teeth and cutting her seyerely. Not content with this, she says, the man struck her sev- eral violent biows with his fist, and she again fell to the floor unconsclous, and so remained until her son John, eigh- teen, returned at noon for his lunch. After the son had sent for Dr, James, a neighboring physician, who said Mrs, Green was in a very critleal condition and might perhaps die, the police of the East Twenty-second Street Station were informed, and Capt. Fitzgerald sent out several detectives to look for the man, It was found that a man answering the deseription of the alleged assallant had called at Bellevue Hospital suffer- ing from severe burns of the face and He was referred to the dispen- sary, where his injuries were dressed, and he went away. —=——__ WEATHER FORECAST, Forecast for the thirty-six hourr ending at 8 P. M. Friday for New York City and vicinity; partly clondy; Meht variable winds, mostly westerly, ——————___ New York To-day! Chicage To. morrow. Rumors Circulated in Wal! Street Twice To-Day Shown by Mrs. Sage to Be Entirely Without Foundation. HEALTH GOOD, SAYS DOCTOR. | = | Twice to-day Wall Street had the re- | port that Russel! Sage was dead. First it was circulated this morning and was | promptly denied by Dr, Munn. Again | this afternoon It cropned up. A re- | porter for The Evening World who | called at the home of Mr. Sage saw Dr, Munn and Mrs. Sage. ‘They said | the financier was in better health than! he had been in weeks. ‘\ | “This rumor is absurd,” said Dr. | Munn, “On the contrary, Mr. Sage {s| practically a well man, He is up and running about the room like a seven- ten-year-old boy. He has just stripped down like an athlete for me to examine his chest. “Why,” interjected was about t to see his Mrs. Sage, “he! go around to the stable chman when the man came to the he Many a time he has come up on business from his country home When he felt worse than he does today. ! Dr. Munn also sald that It would be perfectly prudent for Mr. Sage to go apd see his chman or where he pleases in a day or two. While the second rumor was flying about ‘Wall street there was « rem: able state of affairs In Mr, Sage's No. 31 Nassau etreet. | It was absolutely deserted after 3.30 | o'clock. A reporter who went there to see about the report found it open and not a soul around. The reporter en- tered Mr. Sage's private office and walked all about the place calling and looking for some one, but no one was phere, | A postnran came in with letters, a! bank clerk came in and stuck a lot of | | WERITO WINS THESTANE RACE, John A. Drake’s Conundrum, with Lyne Up, Is Plunged on, but Finishes in the Ruck at Morris Park. EVENING WORLD TIPS WIN. RESULTS OF RACES. FIRST RACE—Lux Casta 1, Daniel 2, Schoharie 3. SECOND RACE—Kittaning 1, Lady | Josephine 2, First Chip 3. THIRD RACE—Merito 1, Grand Opera 2, Potente 3. ! FOURTH RACE—Redpath 1, Sere! weant 2, Unmasked 3. FIFTH RACE—Lord Badge 1, Ar- den 2, Past 3. SIXTH RACK—Herbert 1, Hanter! Raine 2, Andy Williams 3, RACE TRACK, MORRIS PARK, Oct. 16,—One of the best cards of the season was framed by Mr. Crickmore this af ternoon. ‘There was not a race on the card that did not puzzle the public and experts alike, And where races of thie sort are on the card the Interest Is keen and the finishes red hot. Add to a programme like this weather of the, most charming sort and a track light ning fast, and. there was nothing to be! desired on the part of the racegoers. The attendance was the heaviest of the week. At least 10,000 people stood about on the lawn or occupied chairs in the stand. ‘Th ke features included the New Rochelle, a selling stake for three-year- olds and upward mile, and the Westchéster Highwelght Handicap at six and a half furlongs. These stakes, while {tteresting, did not absorb all tha ARBITRATORS MUST SETTLE THESE POIN1S Coal Board Selected by President Roosevelt Will Have to Rule on the Following Demands of the Miners. Here are the demands of the miners which will be passed upon by the Commission appointed by President Roosevelt, according to the proposition now in his hands: FIRST—An eight-hour day for all employees working by the week, day or hour. SECOND—An increase of 20 per cent. in the wages of all miners employed by the ton. THIRD—The establishment of a 2.240-pound ton iu all mines. FOURTH—Revognition of mine committees in adjusting disputes or griev- ances, FIFTH-~More thorough organization of all skilled mechanics employed in and about the mines. SIXTH—Condemnation of the alleged act of the Delaware and Hudson Com- pany in reducing wages at the Plymouth colliery. SEVENTH—Reinstatement of the colliery firemen discharged by the Dela-| ware and Hudson Company for refusing to work on “swing” shifts. EIGHTH—Revision of the contract system and limitation to two in the num- ber of laborers to be employed by any one contractor. NINTH—Abolishment of the blacklist system. Here are the demands of the miners that the operators refuse to submit to arbitration. They will not be considered bythe commission. FIRST—Recognition of the union. c SECOND—Investigation of opposition of union miners to work with non- union men, THIRD—Systematic examination of working cards at the mines. FOURTH—Right of union minors to strike at collieries employing non- union labor. It will be seen from this schedule that Mr. Mitchell has forced consider- ation of nine out of thirteen demands submitted by him five months ago. OMAN FOUND DEAD IN BED AND GAS TURNED ON, Mis. Thompson, thirty-five years, of No. 52 Manhattan ave- ve, Was found ‘dead in her bed with the gas turned on this papers through one of the little win-! interest. The last race,’ the usual hans ftern>oj), dows in the outer partition. H There was no one to recetpt for them. | The safe, which !s said to contain as) much as a trust company’s vault, d, but that was all. Books papers were scattered about. | After a half hour's walt the reporter asked the janitor wherevevery one was. He didn’t know. He looked through the office and then reported to the superin-| tendent of the building, who locked ‘tt up. —— CHAPMAN RAID FAILS.~ | Captain Got Men and Parapher- | nalia, But No Evidence. Capt. Chapman received a mysterious telephone message this afternoon which informed him that there was a pool- rom in operation at No. 67 East Eighth street, The Captain started for the place with Detectives Maguire and Benning. On arrival at the alleged pool-rom they arrested John G, Evans, Michael Murphy, George Kelly and Edward Johnson, The prisoners were then taken to fhe Jefferson Market Police Court and arraigned before Magistrate | Brann. Ae the Captain could not swea that he had seen any’ bets placed, the men were discharged. evidence the Cantain offered sev- eral racing sheets, which he sald he had found in the place raided, Magls- trate Brann held that this was not enough to convict them. rs The Busy Man’s Train, r ri ha the ‘Pennsytvenia Special (Chteago; DTG es OO RE ena Ss a enough for the season. sition at this s corroborated his trainer, this time of year.” Bet Starters, wha, jocks, St-HIfFin, Str 109, Lyne 6 1 Ub Mart : ie » 8 20 0 1 5 7210 Clorita, 111, Odom 2 4 -% Snark, 90, Force. 3 » Lieachen, '90, Red 367 SO 7 Mount iCisco,86.M.Johavon 7 § 8 — 100 Knight of Harlem, 92,8hea 9 9 9 40 Start good, Won driving. Time—1L.11%. before a start was made, dicap, had a cracking good fleld at a mile and a furlong, and this looked to bo the best race of the day. ‘The proposition to match Hermis, the stern crack, and MeUhesney, the sigtn charapton, is laughed, at’ byl stern turfnien, ‘Hermits would race a hesney_ if he were here in the Bast and McChesney would oo doubt accommodate the Eastern colt If Her- mis were jn Cl . Trainer Johnny McCormick, who developed Hermls into the superb’ plece of horseflesn he now fs, said this ‘afternoon that the propost- tlon for a match at this season ‘could not be taken seriously, . “Hermis Is on the eve of retirement,” ho sald. “To take him West at this time would perhaps endanger his whole future, Iam satisfied that Hermis {s and he has won Bell will not entertain any match propo- eason. Louls V. Bell later in the afternoon He said: "1 FIRST RACE, Eclipse course. There was quite a delay at the when (Continued oa -Teath Page) i ak. = : itt Aaa a ad aN stasis Licata 4 ~ <3 Alexander Young, the janitor of the flat, missed the woman --io open her door. It is supposed she committed suicide, An-ambulance surgeon who vss summoned said he :hought e woman had been dead about two days. t LATE °ECULTS AT WORTH. Fifth Race—Edith Q. 1, Obstinate 2, Scotch Plaid 3. Sixth Race—Banter 1, Auree B. 2, Dramante 3. “$< ——— AT ST, LOUIS. Fourth Race—Fore and Aft 1, Handspinner, Sailor’s Dream. Fifth Race—Henry McDaniel 1, Ed L. 2, Capt. Gaston 3. a ae — COAL DEALERS TO MEET AND FIX PRICES. AMINE PRICE OF COAL AT AN END} BIG OROP TO-DAY, Reserve Supplies That Have Been Held Up Are Now Being Rushed to the Market Be- fore the Mines Begin to Disgorge Their Great Output. Miners’ Conference at Wilkesbarre Decides on a Convention in that City on Monday to Ratify Terms of Coal Settlement Submitted by President Roosevelt. THE COAL, SITUATION TO DATE, Price of hard coal in this city dropped from $2@ to $14 a ton to-day. One sale was reported at $12. John Mitchell formally agrees to accept on behalf of the miners the plan of arbitration suggested by President Roosevelt. | Final adjustment of the question will descend on action of miners’ conven: | tion, to be held in Wilkesbarre, Pa., next Monday. Brig.Gen. Wilson and Bishop Spalding have accepted the appointment to act on the Progident’s Board of Arbitration. - Thousands of empty cars of every description are being whirled to the mines, so that coal may be shipped in great quantities to New Vt OG when the strike is declared at an end. Shippers of coal say there will be an immediate siump in prices of anthra- cite and that the cost per ton should be cut in two in a week. The 10.000 troops on duty at the mines will be withdrawn the moment the strike is officially declared off by the miners. Thousands of messages of congratulation are pouring in to the White House and to the headquarters of the miners at Wilkesbarre, congratus lating Presid joosevelt and Mitchell on the happy ending of one of the greatest strikes in history. All that is necessary to enable the house-" |holders of New York, and for that matter of \the country, to get coal at a nominal price. is the official word from the Miners’ Convention \that the big strike isended. . In any case the cost of a ton of coal will be materially less on Monday next than it is to- day. The dealers themselves admit this and it is probable that the slump may come sooner, Bituminous coal sold as low as $4.75 a ton to-day, while anthracite “prepared” sizes were freely quoted at from $15 to $16, and it was* said one sale was made as low as $1 2. is Samuel J. Smoot, President of the Retail — Coal Dealers’ Association, told an Evening World reporter this afternoon that a meeting of the 175 members of the association would be called on Monday, and that he had no-doubt— a material reduction in the price of coal would be announced then. d “Hard coal is selling to-day for from $20 to $21 aton,” he said, “with soft coal at $8. No reductions can be yet made in price despite the good news from the mines. Prices will go down steadily after Monday.” 4 At No. | Broadway, the headquarters of the wholesale agents, many sales of anthracite were made to-day at $15 and $16 per ton for domestic sizes. There were even large orders © accepted for delivery within five days at $12. Soft coal sold for $5.30. This is quite a drope According to the best Informed sales agents and retailers, there will be plenty of anthracite coal in New York and vicinity in three weeks. to. put the price to consumers at from $7 to_$9 a ton. Whether or not ¢omy sumers will be allowed to buy around these prices will depend alto; it !s hinted, on what \profits the retailers choose to ask. REGULAR PRICES TO PREVAIL, will be a meeting to-morrow of the retail coal dealers 2'tan and the Bronx at the Goal Excnar.ge, Fifty-eighth \reet and Lexinaton avenue. The maiters to be ronsidered are "tices and supplies. It was announced early to-day that the. meeting of the a dealers will be held on Monday,.but the plan was changed, SSMS Sabi sibs ballon At the offices of Williams & Peters, sales agents»for the Erie R Company, it was said that there would be no reduction nor advance prices to retailers from what had been quoted‘all along. * , , “The regular October schedule ig around $4.50-and $5 to