The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1902, Page 5

NEW WEST POINT NOW BEING BUILT i Improvement Which Will Soon Transform It Into a Magnifi- cent Military Post. UGLY OLD BUILDINGS TO GO. ims Are Kept Secret, Although On Them for Months and Havo! Them Completed. ‘Work has begin on the $51.000,.000 1: provements that are to maxe West Polnt | the magnificent military 5 ured In the accompanying {lustration, For ae many years the = ding superin- tendents have been pounding at Con- gress foradequate ters for the young men who are studying to be off in the army, but not Ml the last session fi Was any attention pali to the requests, Of the $5,000,009) appropri $2,000,000 In | available, and the roiten piles of brownstone that have sheltered the cadets for generations will soon be razed to make way for modern bulldings. The tmprovements contemplate a new ehapel, a new riding hati to take the Place of the antiquated bullding down under the hill, additions to the academy, a new cadet store, new bar. racks, additions to the gymnasium, which is at present too small to xccom- i Modate the cadets and a now cadet #vard and social assemb)y building, In- eluded in these improvements will be New bath-houses and other convenionces mow sadly Jacking. The most important of all the pro le Posed changes is the erection of aj new barracks to take the plice of| the old buildings, These prison | structures are a disgrace to the) United States Government and have * been for years. Only the strict discipline and careful direction of the Academy have served to keep the young men who occupy them in good health unier the most unsanitary conditions. To live in the barracks as they stand at present 's Uttle short of martyrdom. The llustration gives a good {dea of what the new West Point wili be like. Itwill be noted tha: the great plain nd parade ground will not be touched for building purposes, There is plenty of room in the reservation on ground al- ready occupied by buildings or avail- able in other locations to leave the broad stretch of level land on the hill- top undisturbed. When the new buildings are erected West Point will be a worthy home for the cadets, and the work of the ar- ohitects will be in harmony with the wild beauty of the site. A more im- portant consideration Is that the health of the cadets will not be endangered by the old, out-of-date buildings. —LONCED FOR A PEST WAGON, Mr. Sullivan, of Staten Island, | Set His Heart on Possessing | ‘an Abandoned Small-Pox + Ambulance—and Got It. HAD TO BE VACCINATED. The ambition of James D. Sullivan, @ contractor of Staten Island to own @n ambulance has resulted in the forcible vaccination of himself, his fam- flyand same of his neighbors, for the @mbulance that Sullivan hankered for i end got—was the Staten Island small- pox ambulance that carried forty cases last winter and never has been fumi- { gated. \ ‘About the ambition of Mr. Sullivan there are humorous elements despite the gmall-pox feature of It. His ownership of the ambulance came about through @ purchase possibly without paralel— that of an abandoned garbage crema tory. This crematory !s located at New Brighton, Belng of no use to the city— although it cost $10,000, it was put up at auction a few days ago and Sullivan pane it for ho abandoned garbage erematory was the small-pox ambu- lance, Sullivan, not content with his bargain in getting the building, prompuy exed the ambulance, which was Parked with blankets and other bedding, \d removed it to a barn on his prem~ Then. the aristocratic residents of ®nug Harbor heard of the smuall-pox balance they complained to Dr. Wague, head of vhe Health Depart- Ment of the Borough of Richmond. He gent to Sullivan for the ambulance and livan refused to give it up. esterday a sauad of mounted police- eh Was sont for the ambulance. Mrs, ivan, a large, muscular wooman, met the’ policemen, planted ‘herself be- en the shafts of the ambulance and ed to budge. The vehicle was ed out of the yard, with Mrs, Sul- ivan between the shafts. She would not give > until she reached the atreet, when tl mbulance was taken to the eadgua. 4 of the Board of Health. + ‘On account of the danger of infection = vaccination of the Sullivans and all A i hey have come in con they annexed the ambulance w. Srdered. ‘Two vaccinators, assisted by a of policemen scraped the arms of fhe Sullivans and many other residents ‘of New Brighton to- VERDICT AGAINST EMPLOYER Clerk, Falsely Accu Awarded Damages in Suit for Vindication, ‘A Verdict for $16,000 for false impris- @nment was granted Byron Rawson, of Mount Vernon, against Francis H. Leg- @ett & Co. of New York, in the su- Work Begun on the $5,000,000 |: Architects Have Been Working! NEW WEST POINT, DRAWN FROM THE OFFICIAL PLANS, AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN THE WORK THAT WILL Eee tie STABBED BEST FRIEND TO DEATH Then Thompson Morton Unsuc- cessfully Tried Suicide, and Motive for the Crime Is a Mystery. BOTH SOCIALLY PROMINENT. (Special to The Evening World.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 20.—Thompson Morton, who stabbed to death his best friend, John W. Barriger, jr., remains apparently indifferent to the enormity of his crime and absolutely refuses to talk of the case or explain to the police his motive. No recent murder in St. Louis has created such interest, as both men were prominent socially. Morton is a civil engineer, but {s at Present unemployed. His victim was also an engineer in the employ of the Memphis, St. Louls and Southern Rail- read, They were supposed to be the best of friends. Yesterday morning Morton went to Barriger's office in the Granite Bulld- ing. Barriger called cheerlly for him to come into the private office. For a few minutes the two men talked in low tones and then Barrlger ran into the hall. Morton was clinging to him, brandish- ing a long clasp knife and before others in the office could reach them they fell together and Morton bu the knife jour times tn his victim's body. Then ay he was dragged away he tried to kill himself by swallowing bichlorid of mercury. He will recover. “You needn't take the trouble to have him identity me." he said. ‘1 did it." Barriger qied ‘thirty minutes after he Was stadbed. The murderer refusos to make any statement, He says an ex- planation would only involve others and make more trouble. . Barriger was a son of Col, John W. Barriger, U. 8. A., retired, and a brewer ot Lieut W.'8. Barriget, vow in the Philippines. “He was married, to Miss Balth Beck, a society bulls of St. Louls, four years ayo. Sho and a child survive ain. EVEPORT, La., Dec. 20,—Thomp- SHEEXon, the principa: in the killing John W. Barringer, Jr., at St. Louis, is well known here,» where he is proml- nently connected. ‘His brother-in-law, Clerk of the United Walter Jackson, Is Brute Ciroult Court. so 1s connecter marriage w! He fominent family, “When. seen Yast hight Mr. Jackson could throw no Ught on the tragedy, Untll within’ the last week or two Morton has not heen In Shreveport for two or three years, He was an athlete of ability, {s about thirty-five, unmar- ried, and a college man. MAUDE ADAMS WELL AGAIN. Actri im Able to Appear, b Arrangements Are Uncertain, Maude Adams has recovered from her Indisposition of the summer, according to an announcement by Charles Froh- man, her manager. While he {s un- certain about the advisability of having his star appear again this season, he has decided to start her regular season next October with a new play at the Empire Theatre. Miss Adams has been living with her mother at their country home at Ron- konkoma, L. I, since her return from France a month ago and has been busy- in sel: INE Glog Heeachommehora duties ana For her Christmas shopping she has come to town fora few day: $$ SANTA READY FOR EAST SIDE ACTOR ROSE HAS ACROMEGALY. This Disease Attacks the Base of the Skull ‘and Subsequently Prevents Proper Action of the Brain. ITS VICTIMS BECOME INSANE. According to the doctors who have examined him, Harry C. Rose, the actor, who shot and killed his wife and who 1s now a prisoner in the Tombs awalt- ing trial, has acromegaly. This is one of the most pecullar diseases of the many to which the human physical body {s heir. Its invariable companion is inwanity, and it Is the insanity through which the attorneys expect to have Rose committed to an asylum. Dr. Walter H. Conley was one of the physicians appointed in the commission to examine Rose. Dr. Conley is consid- ered a leading allentst and neurologist For nine years he was on the staff of physicians at the State Hospital for the Insane at Buffalo, and while there observed and treated thousands of cases of insanity. Among all of these, he s he observed not more than four, or possibly five, cases simllar to that of Rose. “Acromogaly is a disease primarily of the brain and then of the bones,” said ‘HE WORLD is oc silat " A—Chapel (proposed) B—Bachelors’ quart C—Memorial hall. D—Oftivers’ mess, -TAbra ers, co Ma ee : SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 190%. G H 1 Riding hall (proposed). Academy . sed), 5 (proposed), Post ST FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IS K—Hospitat L-Odwervatory, M—Cadet store (proposed). N—Barracks. = (propos ; MPLETED. $O9OO5900O000OO co & P—Gymnasium. - (addition). K—Cadet guard and social assembly building (proposed) Dr. Conley to a reporter to-day in his office at No. 110 West Thirty-ninth street. “It was not classified until 1886, but previous to that time it was, lke appendicitis, an unknown thing in medl- cal solence, although it doubtless ex- isted. “The first symptom ts a swelling of the base of the brain, known as the medulla oblongata, This in a short time affects the bones of the face, hands and feet, but no other bones. ‘They start to grow abnormally. This growth is more noticeable in the feet, where the toes soon grow to be as long as the fingers. “The faclal bones become greatly en- larged and change the entire appearance of the face The bones in the hands extend and enlarge until they are out of all proportion to the rest of the body. “In the few cases I have seen there hag been no oure. “As the base of the brain continues to enlarge It cramps the cerebellum and cerebrum sections of the brain until there is no longer room for them to perform their functions and the victim becomes worse than an idiot and im- decile. Thoy lose all reasoning power. “Bometimes this insanity may take the violent form and the victim may be a raving maniac. In others he may, be docila and without the slightest power to act, one way or another, He loses all will power. “I belleve that Rose was aMicted with acromegaly several years ago and that now It Is just beginning to seriously affect his brain. He undoubtedly has the disease, A person thus afflicted may live for anywhere from twelve to twenty or twenty-two years.” ——=—__—_ OLD MOTHER FOUND SON. He Read of Her Predicament and Soon Hunted Her Up. ‘Through the publicatian in The Even- ing World of the story of the mother- love of Mra, Dorris 8, Rex, the old woman who sought shelter at the home reparations Made by Hungarian |of Mrs, Mary Flagger in Newark, she Literary Society to Give Toys. ‘The annual Christma: toys and clothing to the ohildren of the east side poor by the Hungarian Liter- ary Society will take place at {ts club- rooms at No, 272 I 8 o'clock, Dec. 24. The fund set aside for this purpose | falling from a scaffold. In nes tgnor.n is the proceeds of the Hungarian Py ant Ball, which Is given each Year's eve. held on Dec, 31 Sulzer’ Court at White Plains before Justice Gaynor. Rawson was a clerk at Leggett's for twenty-four years and ee 8 Go exter, Beat a ‘at once brought It tor supery tts, which Is Casino, Second avenue and One Hun- dred and Twenty-seventh street. The honorary president, Counsellor Morris Cukor, acting us Santa Clay ise the di wi istribution of tin In charge of the Ladies tas sedtety, Se went ts distribution of | had searched so earnestly Bast Tenth street at|S90nse to a letter from her son in New | his street addre: The one this year wil be] wandering about for more than a day, Harlem | asked for ald at the home of Mr was reunited with the son for whom she August Rex read that his mother was in America and met her at Mrs, Flagger's home. The mother came to America in re- which he sald he had broken his leg by of the conditions here she did not bring in Newark, and, after F # TRIED TO KIDNAP | MARGARET TAYLOR 7; Effort Made to Entice Little Girl Away from Home Only Few Months After Her Return. CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 2.—It is re- ported that another attempt has been made to kidnap little Margaret Ta rs the elght-year-old child who was stolen by her aunt, Miss Clara Taylor, four years ago and taken to Europe, Margaret says she was playing in the yard of her home when two women came up and cried to her: argaret, Margaret. Why, there's aunti she cried, but instinctively she turned and ran into the house to her mother Mrs. Taylor rushed out, but only caught a glimpse of the two women as they were hurrying away. Margaret's motner is greatly disturbed, She says the women were undoubtedly the two who called at the Col e Hill SD School, which Margaret attends, and asked to see her. The teacher told them to return after class hours. Litue Margaret Taylor was kidnapped in 1898 by her aunt, Clara Taylor, and her grandmother, Mrs. Frances Lang- worthy Taylor, Clara Taylor took tne child to London, and suter, on learning that her idendty had been discovered, she fled with the child to Bardighera, italy. Sie Was arrested there, M Taylor went to Italy and brought home his child. He sald he had calied on his sister 1n San Remo Prison and felt sure she Was demented, The woman seemed to have an abnormal love for her niece, Miss Taylor and Mrs, Taylor were con- victed of kidna but the sentence aw never enfore ntly Miss Taylor came home from i REQUIRED SIX MEN TO HANOCUFE HIM, Boston Prisoner, in Jefferson Market Court, Bites One At-| tendant—Surgeon Required. Quinn, of Boston. ‘ton, and, striking th: in the fac Quinn grappled with a much larger man being handled rough: assistance, wer, August Rex embraced his mother and Inwisted that she should now make her home with him. But the old woman said that, si did not need her now to nurse him, she would return to her in Hamburg, where she has ithe handcuffs on him, he bit Court that he w dressed by a surgeon, Harris was finally etl ve, starte detectly him, than Harris, when si ubdued, on officer, accompanied by a d with him for t ai he depot. Michael, allas "Possy.” Harris. who! was arrested several days ago at Whe re- quest of the Boston police, was ar-| ralgned in Jefferson Market Court to day and turned over to Detective John As Quinn with his prisoner reached | jured the vestibule of the Court-House Har announced that he would not go to Bos- ° , attempted to escape, nd though was everal de- tectives and court officers came to his Harris fought like @ tiger, and it took! the combined efforts of six men to put and even Officer Woods ooliged to have his then so by and th FIREMAN KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH, \Two Other Men Badly Hurt in Freight Collision and Several Cars Were Burned. FPLEM!I 2 was Killed in a collision betw t at White Wireman J. A train, was ena fre House ain of the freight nd the In- Decker, of internal) veked ont who was train was cars traucka ratfic Ar. carn took fire and gev- nd have re. » for the ! Left Unconsctous by Th BORDENTOW N. J. en, as beaten snd left YULETIDE Many Needy New York World’s Guests 0 One thousand needy families in Greater |New York will receive from The Even- World one thousand Christmas din- ners, ch dinner will be suMciont for a family of six and will contain the most (deliclous Yuletide fare possible to ob- ‘tain. The dinners will be packed in baskets and delivered at the reciplent: homes on Dec. 24. Christmas ts a day on which all— rich and poor allke—should be giad, and when families should feast to- gether, It 1s the season of peace and good will, of family reunlons, of cheer to the inner as well as to the outer man. F The Evening World, realizing that many persons who richly deserve such Christmas blessings are ‘too poor to provide them in these days of high- priced foods, desires to make up for this deficit in every way in Its power, In the earlier years of its existence The Evening World accomplished this purpose by holding Christmas trees in various parts of the city, where toy candy and warm, serviceable clothes were given to poor children, During the past three years, however, the plan of giving dinners has been adopted, as being of more practical value to entire families. The children have not been forgotten in making this change, as is seen by the items of cakes and candies on the menu, But children and grown-ups allke will rejoice in the whole feast, from the soup to the plum pudding, In order to make sure that all the dinners will go to families most needing such Yuletide cheer, the distribution | will be conducted solely through the |Charity Organization Soclet ting In {conjunction with the Brooklyn Bureau FEAST _ TO 1,000 FAMILIES we ers Will Be the Evening n Christmas Day. || THE EVENING WORLD’S || CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR THE POOR. One Thousand of Which Will Be Delivered Free in Gaskets on Christmas Morning. | Soup. Chicken, String Beans. Bre: + Potatoes. White Onions, Plum Pudding. Cakes, Candies. Coft Each Dinner Will Be Sufficient for a Family of Six. the Assoclation for Im- proving the Condition of the Poor, the of Charities, St. Vincent de Paul Society Paullst Fathers The agents of these various philas- throple associationa are in touch with the poor in every district of Greater New York, and they know better than could any outsider needs of each family, These agents will report to their societies the thou- sand families which are to be The Ivening World's guests. The names of these families will not be published. The Evening World sends each and every of the dinners with earnest wishos for the happiness and increased welfare of the recipients, and the hope that the coming year may prove the xladdest and most prosperous that any of them have ever known. and the FORGED MARRIAGE LINES. | Brown Framed the Certificate and Hung It on the Wal Belleving that he had deserted her and had married another woman with- out securing a divorce, Mrs, Grace Reilly Brown, of No. 4 Bast Fourth street, Manhattan, caused the arrest ¢o- day of William J. Brown, a restaurant waiter, Brown was living at No, 197 Hoyt street, Brooklyn, with Kitty Char- lotte Mass, and on the wall was wnat purported to be a marriage certificate, When arraigned in the Adams Street Court Brown confessed that he had forged the marriage certificate #o as to satisfy Miss Mass's relatives, and that he had not been married the second time. While in court, Brown, collapsed and was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital, where ft was sald he was suffering from heart failure, He wil recover, and his wife then promises to prosecute him on a charge of abandonment SHOWS “HOW TO WIN CASE” Lawyer-Author, Arrested, De strates Knowledge of Subject. Henry Hardwtck, a lawyer, of No. 20 Broadwoy, who was an assistant of District-Attorneys jows and Olcott CHRISTMAS A Timely Warni and wrote a book entitled “How to Win a Case," was a prisoner In the Centre Street Court to-day, charged with dis- orderly condust. He showed that he knew what he was writing about, be- cause his case did not come to trial, though a snort aMdavit had been made against im. The complainant was Dewitt C. Mor- rell. a lawyer, of No, 4 Pine street. Tie two ten’ met at Broadway and Vesey street, and engaged in an argu- meat that resulted in Mr. Morrell mak- {ng a coniplaint to a policeman, who «ar- treated Mr. Hardwick. Mr. Morrell was determined to. press the charge. but changed his mind later, and Mr. Hard- wick was discharged, Neither man would tulk about the cause of the trouble IRVING NOW THEATRELESS. © Where He Won His Tri- mphs to Close and Be Sold. LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Lyceum The- atre, Sir Henry Irving's playhouse, is to be closed and the ‘property sold, according to a decision reached yeater- day at a meeting of the shareholders, ‘Phe eminent actor will cancel his agree- ment. Extensive repairs and improve- nents ordered by the building authori. ties, which would involve the expendi ture of a large sum, caused the action teken by the company. SHOPPING ng on Some of Its Dangers. During the season of Christmas shopping great care should be taken not to unnecessarily expose yourself to colds that are likely to result in grip and pneumonia. The excitement of the day ts quite likely to cause you to overlook the sudden change from hot to cold, coming from the close and suffocating air of the big stares to the street. Then there is great danger from disease germs where so many people are gathered in close quarters. Doctors declare that this is one ex- ©) planation for the annual increase of sickness at this season, While this article is again written to call your attention to the value of Father! John’s Medicine in curing and pre- venting colds, grip and pneumonia, fc will be of value to you and may save your life If {t causes you to be careful and avoid the dangers we have pointed out—they are real dan- gers. And if we cause you to avold the patent medicines, 99 per cent. of| which contain nerve-deadening and) poisonous drugs, by again warning you against them, it will be the means of saving your health. Father John’s Medicine is not a patent preparation—it was prescribed for the late Rev. Fr. John O'Brien, of St. Patrick’s.parish, fifty years ago by an eminent specialist, 2 the comparative | Work for a Few Weeks Maurice Grau has yielded to the oou sel of his physician and will rarlly step out of the active ment of the affairs of the Metro} Opera-House, It is denied that seriously ill, and Dr, Charles saya he will be back at work in weeks. Frank W. Sanger will have charge of his affairs during his absenes tram the Opera-House, ne strain of overw as been telle ng on Mr. Grau for a long time, he has steadily refused to give up. ast he got ‘his affairs into such @ fon that he could step out for a he decided to take the needed rest. He is at his hom he reftees to meet any but soc ers, NOT DUE TO CLIMATE, Catarrh Is Found Everywhere, 5 eat Catarrh ts at home anywhere and everge ere, While more common in cold, change< able climates, {t ix by no means confined to them, but is prevalent in every State and Territory of the Union. + The common definition of catarrh fs ® chrontc cold in the head, which If long neglected often destroys tho sense of smell and hearing; but there are mahy other forms of the disease. even more obstinate and dangerous, Catarrh of the throat and bronchial tbe, as catarrb of the stomach and liver, are almost as common as nasal catarrh, and generally more difficult to cure, Catarrh is undoubtedly a blood disease, and can only be successfully eradicated an internal treatment. Spr: washes powders are useless ax far as reaching ‘the rea] seat of the disease is concerned. Dr. Melverney advises catarrh sufferers te use a new preparation, sold by druggists, called Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, because actual analysis has shown these tablets to” contain certain antiseptic qualities of the) highest value, and being an internal edy, pleasant to the taste, convenient harmiess, can be used as freoly as a well for children as for adults, An attorney and public speaker, who bag® been a catarrh sufferer for years, say! “Every fall I would cated a cold E would settle in my ‘head and throat and hang on all winter Jong, and every winter! it seemed to get a little worse. I was mt tinually clearing my throat, and my» Ps became affected to such an extent as to ine terfere with my public speaking. Pere “I tried troches and cheap cough . and sometimes got reliof, but only for short time, until this winter, when I iy of the new catarrh cure, Stuart’ Tablets, through a newspaper ad’ ment. Two fifty-cent boxes which I at my druggist’s cleared my head and {a fine shape, and to guard againet a of my old trouble I keep « box of the lets on hand, and whenever J catch @ i cold I take a tablet or two and ward off serious developments." Stuart's Catarrh Tablets deserves to the list as a bouvhold remedy, to check break up coughs and colds, because many other catarrh and cough cures, tablets contain no opiate, cocaine or any Jurious drug Brooklyn’s Premicr Restaurant, R THE 8, 10, 12 Nevins St, (Johnston Building), Al SHANNON’S Carter's Little Liver Pil Must Bear Signature of a ae Is what comes of ad wr emoty one id Wants.