The evening world. Newspaper, December 24, 1902, Page 1

F* RACING # SPORTS . SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 6. 4 j ——— EDITION if » PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, PRICE ONE CENT. a LAURA BIGGAR, WHO IS SET FREE ON THE CONSPIRACY CHARGE. 1” ROAD CARS p 2, An Order Issued This’ y' Morning Stops the Warm- ing Plant and Passen- gers Travel with Chat-| tering Teeth. | PROTESTS ARE OF NO AVAIL. I {\\\ | Animal Warmth from Close! § , Crowding Deemed Sufficient | Comfort for Those Who Pay, h the Company’s Dividends. { Cold-storare rapid transit the | Programme the Manhattan d | )| Railroad Company prepared for tts ps- | trons to-day, and the obodlen ees saw that thelr sup: were carried out to the letter despite | the lord protests of several \ thousand freezing men, f children. For weeks past the offic “L” read have shruggo’ th in reply to the general clamor for civil- ized transportation. What do th e whether men anid women h: their lives riding on eng on cpen platforms? Put on mo! ‘Why. that would necessitate a ch: in the trainmaster's schedule and also the employment of more men. > That would decrease the earnings of the road. But finally one of the more original officers of this great company hit upon | a happy thought that was put int practice to-day. Possibly this though! was inspired by a knowledge tha {i was Elevat employ- rs’ owl i i hun women als 6 ir shoulders J na- ture endowed animals with the instinct | to huddle together in freezing weather and thus generate communal warmth. Waking this os a basis the father of} this great idea reasoned that if the or- dinary intelligent New Yorker was sub- jected to exposure to zero weather n+ ‘would act upon the instinct and huddle. Double Economy. ADOSEVELT CONSIDERS FUROPE'S INVITATION, President Will Not Be Able to Accept} or Reject the Request to Arbitrate in Venezuela Till He Reads the Con-| ditions Insisted Upon. When the mercury began to drop and drop last night this thought was com- municated to others In charge of tho road's management, with the result that the edict went forth this morning to turn off the heat in all the cars on the | miles of elevated road in thls city order went into effect at G A. M,, a since then the only warmth that any of the patrons of the “L’ succeeded in getting came from the close packing to which they are subjected who travel on “L" system. It was an excellent jdea—from the point of view of the “L" management, It economized electricity and by the shrinkage of Individuals occasioned by the cold made a few more square inches available for the stowage of a few additional “fares.” The first few downtown consignmenis of the Manhattan “L's” human teight protested against the colil but tae trainmen said they le | WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The British and German formal proposals to} President Roosevelt to arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulty have been re-| They are in such shape that the President can accept or de: celved here. opportunity to carefully consider them. Despite the opposition of Secretaries Root, Knox and Moody, President Roosevelt has decided to be the sole arbiter of the Venezuela matter {f the powers present a formal and unequivocal request to that effect. Secretary Hay, who was also opposed to the President, has, after a careful review of the situation, come around to his way of thinking. MUST PASS ON MONROE, DOCTRINE. ‘T.o President's idea is that so important a matter as the Monroe Doc- trine, which inevitably enters {nto the situation, should not be passed upon tery. by any hut an American. It is conceded by the Powers that the interpreta- But the demands for heat were met 'tion of the Monroe Doctrine lies only with the United States, and the Presi- with the reply that the new coli-storage | gent feels that this right should be jealously guarded. To allow even so rule had gone into effect this morning, | : a impartial a tribunal as The Hague Court (o pass upon ft might establish a could offer no relief. ing cars had though, so it was not hour that the cars had sired frost for been heated atl night mil the y rofrtg: were pre a loud an wall of “turn on the heat was heard on every train from Har-em to the Bat- and for any employes to disobey it| meant Immediate discharge. dangerous precedent. But in the lower Browdway offices} ‘To President's opponents in the Cabinet hold that the European powers high officials were congratulating them-|, 000 onims tpn oe i selves on having found a soluti ~|bave claims Inst many of the South American republics and will keep the bothersome problem of utili: this country ‘y adjusting them in the event of a favorable decision of the last cublo inch of space in th Venezuele, e, On the other hand, a decision not wholly satisfactory to without having to resort to undue f erga gh ce friction. Who could justly complain? Did the Powers might produce friction te rye every passenger willingly exert The Navy Dopartment has received no word from Commander Diehl, of the Marietta, concerning his reported protest against the action of 8K not very muscle to wedge himself into jammed ‘ears? It was ul idea and|the blockading squadron at Caracas in refusing to allow the Red D Liner ae eae Company Only.» |Caracas to remain in the harbor yesterday long enough to discharge her | ‘An Evoning World reporter © cargo. No request for instructions have come from him, Bupt. Grape, of the Manha —— Railroad Company, this afternoon and asked him why the company had Issued the order cutting off the heat. Mr. Grape raised his SLEUTH JACOBS COMES BACK| STROBE ALLOWED TO LAND. ars Voluntarily | Stowaway in Luck Because He Had Jerome's Man Ap ‘piled with an ea in Heke to Warrant, Lived Here Two Years. “That is a matter that concerns the Detective Bacobs, who has been doing Hlugo Strobe, twenty-two ars old, a) eompany only and one which I do not} Work for the Distric ttorney, upon, stowaway, was allowed to land from the think necessary to discus Then with| hearing that he was wanted on a char, mer Milano, which arrived to-day} @ wave of his hand and a yerjury, went to the office of Mr. J m Hamburg. cilious elevation of his eyebrows the|? this afternoon and surrendered robe was found by an oj company's superintendent dismissed hig | himee!lf. He was taken to Yorkville when the vess it for Hamburg. He was formerly a aflor on the ship and has ved in t questioner. Above the Law, out on Ine} y Lawyers Danjel) country two ye He wis without | . of the and wishing to get back to & Bon- tea, was helped to hide himself by w, who also provided bim with until one of the officers of the the ¢1 food, Apel y to heat t ot 8 Manhattan ( gambled in a gam: rarer y ordina ping at 3 3 West Thirty-| vessel discovered him. third street, which 18 reported to be the], Strobe was allowed to land because he ssorty of Frank Farrell, He gave a {had lived In the country two years. Apply to the property & ECan ES nay inspector, Mr. description of the house and tts furnts PARTRIDGE PROMOTES MORE accordin, der of th . is nothing told of a panel in the front is no panel. He did not erlbe the stairease, the balustrades or the statuary, Ho told of buying chips. Smith says that chips of th denomination have never been sold tn tho hous gistrate Brann, evidence which, to Samue! Smit oads that w 0 of inspectors out agains, thoxe surface heat thelr cars, and against the roads at o €vidence over to the Bureau of Penal, tles. The ordinance provides that a fine ° hall be Imposed for each offense. Unless the Board of Aldermen take a tion In iad matter Here aveolutely, no way in which the “L" road can b ited to treat thelr patrons. ike i to procend turning our Commissioner Makes Roundsamen of Thirty-eight Patrolmen. Police Commissioner Partridge this afternoon promoted thirty-clght patrol: men to roundsmen, As he did yesterday with the ser- geants, he called all the men into the there in the Yorkville ns ERC) Court, Axed ball at’ $1,500, and a bond | Stanton, jafter having been out twe | with a verdict freeing the j mony than any of the others. jher ears, cline the proposition, but so far he has reached no decision, not having had h | Was furnished by Robert Fulton Cutting. The examination was set for next Fri- aNinen Jacobs wns asked hia, age, ad- reas ana . he Advice of ls wer office of Chief Clerk Kip, and offered, if @ny of them dosired to wait till thers were vacanclés near their homes, to thom to. do so, but none of th up | otter, . counsel, to ans Get leer 19 MeN | rune Page vo seve Sete, ROA: Conan MGS BIGGAR BETS FORTUNE BY AGQUITTAL Found Not Guilty by Jury in Conspiracy Trial and Will Obtain $172,000 Under Bennett Will. DR. HENDRICK IS GUILTY.) He and Stanton Convicted on} Charge of Attempting to Get Control of the Bennett Estate —Mrs. Hendrick Faints. FREEHOLD, N. J., Dec. Just 1.50 o'clock this afternoon when the Jury that since last ‘Tues has been trying the case of Laura Biggar, ox-Justice of the F Dr. C. C. Hendrick for conspiring to ac- | quire the fortune of $300,000 left by Henry M, Bennett came into court. ty-four hours, woman and 2.—Tt was convicting the two men. At first the jury stood six to six on the question of convicting Laura Biggar. From, the first all twelve men agreed that Hendrick and Stanton were gullty. When the jury requested Judge Hels- ley to convene court this morning at | 9.89 they stood eleven to one in favor of | Miss Biggar. Finally, after luncheon | the man who held out against the other eleven gave in. ‘The juror who first sug- | gested that Laura Biggar should be ac- quitted was the first to suggest that the two men wera guilty, He showed more Interest In Latra Bizgar's testi- Had he not insisted that the woman should go {ree all three might have been con- victed, Crowded Into Court. The court-room was almost empty when the constable was told by Fore- men King that the jury had agreed. The news epread rapidly, and soon a crowd gathered. Laura Biggar and Mrs. Hendrick came in first, They eat in the front row, Stanton and Hendrick were brought In by a dep- uty. Stanton sat by Laura Biggar, who, for the first tlme during the trial, wore a heavy black veil, She had the coligr of her seal coat turned up to Mrs, Hendrick sat on the Judge Heisley had commissioned Ea- ward Cashion, the clerk, to convene court whenever the jury came In, so that. his presence was not necessary. ‘The Merk did not take the Judge's seat. He stood up in front of his own desk. ‘The jury fled in and Mr. Casnion called out the names ag a solemn. constable nied each juror, Laura Biggar put left arm “around Mrs. Hendrick’: neck affectionately, as she said cool, my dear," “Gentlemen of sald, Mr. the jur: Cashion, addressing thé foreman, “have agreed on a verdict?’ We haye,”” King replied. “We find Dr. Hendrick and Stanton gulity and Miss Laura Biggar not guilty of the conspiracy.” Mrs, Hendrick Fainted, ‘The foreman was careful not to allude to Laura Biggar as Mrs, Bennett. As the verdict was announced Mrs. Hen- drick fell over in a faint. Lai put both arms around her nec not say anything. She evid happy at the outcome of the trial. he jury was then discharged, Li Biggar went back to the Belmont Hotel and the other two prisoners were led back to the jail. Dr, Hendrick was upset over the ver- dict, although from the time that the jury went out It was pretty well under- stood that of the trio he had the leas nee of escaping. he jury the arch conspirator, Stan a fool and Laura Biggar as a woman easily led Into trouble. The time for pronouncing sentence on Dr. Hendrick and Stanton’ has not yet been fixed, Hendrick Will Appeal. Hendrick when seen in his cell him Dr, “The verdict will never hold, carry the case to the Court ¢ The next term {sin then I shall remain In Appeals Until to see Dr. a merry laura E went. ove Hendrick and wished him Christmas. “T havi sho sail. any plans for the futures’ Dhe will still stands, her dhare at toast fourteen before she full © of the Biggar \ th est alding the of the other heirs, a WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. M, Thurs- day for New York City ana vi- || cinity—Rining temperature and cloudy to-night, with snow late to-night or early ov Thursday || morning; Thursday snow, fol- lowed by clearing and colder Thursday evening or night; }) easterly winds, increasing to brisk, shifting to northweat on Thursday. ———s Short Line—Short Time, andthe way to the West, Pennsylvania J. P. MORGAN'S ‘LA THAT TENANTS SAY WERE TS VANDERBILT 1S MUCH IMPROVED. Physicians Report a Much Low- er Temperature and Give More Encouragement Than at Any Previous Time. TO HAVE A CHRISTMAS TREE ‘The condition of Cornelius Vanderbilt was reported to be very much improved this afternoon. For the first time eince the young mililonaire has been danger- ously il] Dr. Austin Fnnt, jr., one of his jans, came out strongly with a statement that his patlent’s condition was highly favorable. When Dr. Flint left the house, No. 22 park avenue, at 3 o'clock this after- noon his face was beaming and he sald physic ything is very favorable indeed. Dr. Janeway and I will return at 6.30 o'clock this evening and we hope then to have some very good news for you." “Does that mean that the patient's temperature {s falling?" he was asked, “Yeo,” he replied. "It is steadily and rapidly falling." To Haye « Christmas Tree, ‘The report of the physicians was suf- ficiently encouraging to permit the little Vanderbilt children, Cornellus, jr... and Gladys, to have thelr longed-for Christ- mas tree after all. A few days ego, not live, year. Just as the children were coming out of the house for their drive to-day a wagon with a splendid tree was driven up to the door. ‘Two men pulled it out and started up the steps. Corneuus and his young sister saw it coming and there was such a hand-clapping and dancing of seen It he at once, si Cornell: and weak as he Is. day. Had he done so the pollceman gravely responded. Early Bulletin Encouraging. The arrival of the tree means Vandge#ilt family is greatly e aged at the condition of the patient The following bulletin, issued morning, shows how the wind !s blow- ing and gave cause for great hope. Mr. Vanderbilt passed a better night. His temperature {s a little lower and his general condition 1s also slightly Improved. FLINT, JANEWAY. before the bulletin was issued sald thut was improved over yesterday, A runaway team attached to a Iaun- dry wagon belonging to John 8. Harris, of No, 132 East Thirty-eighth etreet, guard at the house. The horse was tear. ing down the street Fiynn ran out and dragged twenty fe —— las Nine Hundred and Twelve Mii ‘ork to Chicago, The Pen: ” ‘cove! train. CAPT, MOYNIHAN ACQUITTED when it seomed that their father oould all thought of the tree was Dantshed and the ilttle ones were told that there would be no Santa Claus this eyes that had their father must have grown stronger was no excited by the ar-| rival that. devalinost forgot to salute the big policeman who guards the house by it would have been the first time, but he aldn't, and this A servant leaving tho house shortly the Impression was that Mr. Vanderbilt was stopped in front of the Vanderbilt home by Policeman Flynn, who ts on driveriess when Gaught bim. Ha was et. ay! ra this distance In twenty hours, A THEN from Freezing, Court. Reading . Erle Lehigh Valley Ontario and Western.. Jersey Central Total . answer to a cinder by the Morgan wrath. the sumu.ons will be made on Friday, the poor, friends as the time to give the barrelled surprise, for when the frien Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. According to the complainants, Bernard keep a drug store on the ground floor of the Morgan flat house apartments upstairs, they have had no coal this winter. sages have been sent to Mr. Morgan over the telephone telling him was no coal in the house and that the tenants were freezing. the complainants, they were compelled to buy their own coal, ‘A sult moro tinged with frony has never been filed. Mr. Morgan at the time when the coal strike was assuming ominous proportions inaugu+ rated a movement to ship coal to this city from Wales and supply it His tenants think it strange indeed that it he could afford to! give away coal to the poor he could not afford to give it to them. 7 TOO COLD FOR A SURPRISE. The Nevelsons do not appear to have become extremely nettled~ Wednesday night of last week, That night was chosen by a party ot Nevelsons a surprise party. ds drove up to the place they were told J.P. MORGAN'S TENANTS SHIVER, SUE HIM. Great Trust Magnate Owns a Flat Building in Park Avenue, and the Tenants Say They Had to Send Out and Buy Coal to Keep oe Got a Summons for His Appearance in MORGAN CONTROLS VAST STORES OF COAL, BUT CAN'T WARM.A FLAT. Rallroade owned or controlled by J. P. Morgan and the dally output in tons of hard coal which they are bringing to New York: Ba Delaware and Hudson.....sesesseceeeeeees eiscesees. sesee cercscccccescescessccceesescsons 53,000 ‘Though Mr. Morgan practically controls this immense daily ship= ment of cocl, he was unable to keep tenants in one of his flats warm. District Civil Court in East Fifty-seventh street, on Jan. 2, 1903, to make in a civil suit against him for the recovery of $250, expended fom coal by the tenants of a flat house owned by Mr. Morgan at Nos. 961 and 963 Park avenue. The summons {s in the hands of Attorney D, we Blumenthal, who says he will serve it, even at the risk of being shriveled A process-server failed in his efforts to serve the summons on Mn Morgan to-day. He was told at Mr. Morgan's office that he was not im and might not return during the afternoon. (Continued on Second Page.) ON THE GHARGE OF BRIBERY, SNOW PROMISED Police Captain Moynihan, w! ho has been on trial for bribery In the Court of General Sessions, was acquitted late this af+ fernoon. The jury deliberated its verdict. a Sixth avenue car. The Alderm 01-0 ALDERMAN METZGER BADLY HURT IN COLLISIO three hours before rendering yocwrey « -¥ N. i{” Alderman Metzger was thrown from a wagon at Forty-sev- enth street and Sixth avenue th is afternoon in a collision with an’s jaw was fractured and he was taken to his home, at No. 353 West Forty-second street, after being attended by a Flower Hospital surgeon. William Ecker, of No. 235 West Sixty-seventh stree knocked from his wagon in the nal injuries. He wa ————_—$—$_«. t. Was same accident, receiving inter- s taken to the hospital. ; LATE WINNERS AT NEW ORLEANS, Fifth Race—Sarilla 1. Mosketo 2, Marcos 3. ++: CANTOR MOVES TO STOP OVERCROWDING IN CARS, President Cantor and the repr and Interurban lines in regard A conference was held this afternoon between Borough esentatives of the.sManhattan to the overcrowding of cars. The railroad men expressed a willingness to confer generally on all propositions affecting public travel. Definite action was postponed until after the publio hi ial! ‘sanatr! ordered by the State Railroad Commissioners for ’ Dabiaia 13S.) Sli FOR CHRISTIS Weather Forecasters Say There Will Be a Regular Old-Fash- | ioned White One with Storm) Accompaniment. DANGER SIGNALS ON COAST. n Chr area kn ere'll be no Ere it Weather the sho Howard Ellis, Former United Minister to Sweden, Dies Suddenly in Front of City Halt” Park. CRIED “CATCH ME, PLEASE? at Mr. and and Harry Nevelson, wha r of law works, dropped dead) hi: G., Renewed efforts to serve and have, Repeated mes- a Finally, say, until, It was a Sie former Minister te” dely known as a lawyer pon in front of City Halk: Broadway and Chamb Elis was sixty-five apparently Jthe year w to this evid nristmas, |WAt! Just before the fatal attack. > the reat], His offices were in the St. the jingling of |!7% with the Cas rand the crisp engaged in the publication) nded powder under aster for rising lat ie local for s stightly pre: to-night, with snow to: + and this shoul |. if the snow promises, to- wi 5 ag ho Ks It Way on runners The Chief Weather Gueeser in WW: ington roing that a #! Is co! due to-morrow. ————>_—_- Use “Black and White” Scotch Whisky id is one ha 3 law pooks. Mr. Hills Jett ® this afternoon in company ais fence sla, pleas partners, Warren ip Broadway. a yi a he fell to the street Bigelow was not quick enough, im "tromendous crowd clocked y until the bod Jertakin G M oh