The evening world. Newspaper, December 25, 1902, Page 1

‘SPORTING NEWS ON PAGES 4 & 5. “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, THURSDA EDITION y, “DECEMB NO ENGINES: FOUR BURN Young Mother Tries to Es- cape wish Her Baby, but They Die Together in: j Flarnes. OTHERS KILLED Boarders in Wild Panic Save Their Lives by Dashing Out Without Waiting to Put On Any Clothes. {Special to The Ey OGDENSBURG, N. fire in a boarding-house conducted by Julius King, about a mile from the lit- tle village of Piercefleld, near here, four persons were burned to death anda Deo. %.—In a dow, although badly injured. The of the famliy and boarders occupied tie | floor above. Mea,’ Govern attempted to excane through a window with her youngest ehiid, but was unsuccessful. and the charred bodies of the woman and her baby, clasped in her arms, were found in the debris directly under the window ‘The others were burned In their beds. ‘The boarders, of whom there were four, éscaped in their night clothes. ea CAS BLOWS SIK WEN DOWNSTAIRS They Were Fighting a Blaze _Denis When the Explosion Oc- curred. Aa Ne ESTS FLED INTO STORM. near the street A fire Hotel St. Dents, Eleventh Broadway, this morning caused an explosion of gas that blew six firemen down a flight of stairs. and Policeman Dubois saw smoke coming | from the top floor of the six-story building at No. 53 East Tenth street, oceupled by variovs firms in the manu- facture of women’s xarments. Acting Chief Purroy arrived soon after the first alarm and ordered a water tower erected In front of the burning building, Lines of hose were attached, and then it was found that there was insufficient pregsure to send the. water into the sixth floor, It was for such a failure as this at another fire that Chief Croker was declared incompetent. Chief Purroy, finding the tower a fail- ure, ordered Liew, Walsh and five members of Qngine Company No. 72 to take a hose to the top floor of the build- ing. They dragged the hose, being fol- lowed by men of Compantes Nos, 33 » and 56. When they had reached the second floor there was a terrific explosion on the fifth floor, sending the windows Into + the street and shaking the structure, But thelr order to go to the top had not Wean. countermanded, and the firemen dragged their hose on up through the floor where the fir explosion had been, through flames and smoke which from the strect seemed impenetrable, until they reached the sixth floor. Walsh had just ordered a man to run to ths front window and signal the engines to turn on the water when there was an explosion in the rear of the top floor so powerful that tt sent the six flremon head over heels to the floor below. Several of them were cut and brulsed by the force and others dazed. ‘Then Purroy countermanded the order and called the men down, although - they were preparing to try again to reach the top floor. Manager Taylor and his son had ap- preclated the danger and had warned thelr patrons. Many became excited and went into the streets in thelr night clothes. But there was no panic and more easily frightened were soon calmed, and they witne: the subjec- tion of the fire from the hote! windows, After the fire had been burning more than @ haif hour and after the explosion occurred Chief Purroy sent in a second TO DEATH, IN BEDS. number seriously injured, ‘There is no fire apparatus of any kind {n the vil- lage.and the house burned to the ground. The dead are: Mrs. M. J. Gov- ern, Mr. King’s elder dauchter; her two UMtle daughters and her sister, Ida Govern. King and his wife, who slept on the ground floor, escaped through a win-| Next Door to the Hotel St.) SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS GIVE AWAY 2,250 XMAS DINNERS, THEREBY MAKING GLAD THE HEARTS OF 12,500 POOR PEOPLE. | GETWEEN ‘U’CAR AND PLATFORN, A Man, Heavy with Christmas. Cheer, Evicted from Ninth) Ave. Train, Becomes Wedged and Has to Be Chopped Out. | |PASSENGERS ARE INDIGNANT. i ote | A trainiond of Christmas ‘passengers Jon the Ninth avenue “L'made such a | demonstration to-day over an accident which befell one of their number who had been ejected from the train that ja aquad of poltce from the Church 'street station had to be summoned. The elected passenger was Richa Meredith, of No. 49 Watts street, The guard who put him off was Rich- nelder, of No. 461 West One| and Forty-eighth street. Meredith, plentifully saturated with | Christmas cheer, was riding downtown, | train reached the passengers and when landt street station Si {out on the platform and into a bench. | he giant then came back, rang the} bell, closed the gates and the train started, Just then Meredith staggered | vp, selzed the gate and asked to be tuken along. In a tr and he fe! the cars swept him down Tl between the train and the platform, becoming wodged fast before Petals could. be etopped, Meredith was bleeding freely and appeateu tu be ee ozen persons shouted for police, others got axes to cut away the plat- form, and by the time an. officer ar- rived Meredith had been chopped out. The doctor from Hudson Street Hos- pital said that there were no serious Thjuries, but that the man escaped by a mirac! A those who gave their names Ineuses were We W. Falrchiid, & id merchant at i n and 'D. H, Rood, o . 309 West at No, amo s was and t No: roalwey. “Woe vere so indignant," sald Mr. Fairchild, “that every one demanded Schneider's arrest, but the police took no action. ‘Meredith was intoxicated, hardly knew where he was, In fact, but he was not acting offensive nor interfering with any one, it was standing quietly on the platform.” —__—__ PRESIDENT TAKES A HORSEBACK RIDE. WASHINGTON, Dec. %.—Snow, which began falling late last night, gave Washington a genuine Christmas ap- pearance to-day. Public and private business was practically entirely sus- pended, Interest centred in the hap- penings at the White House, Early this. morning the President and the members of his family repaired to the brary, where presents were exchanged, and the many boxes and packages which had come from out of town opened, There were a large number of callers and many mitts in the shape of handsome ftoral pleces were recelved. Soon after breakfast Theodore, jr., and Lieut, Ferguson, of the Rough Riders, who is a house guest, took @ jong horseback ride, returning in Ume to join the reat of the family at luncheon’ with Commander and Mrs. Cowles. 12,000 MEN ARE ADVANCED. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Makes « Christmas Prene PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 25.—Employees of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts Railroad have been graned a cr oent, increase In. wages, effective The company employs about 32,000 aimost all of whom will benefit by the raise. —<—<——_—_. Daisy Carleton Acquitted. BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Dec, %.—The jury in the case of Daisy Carleton, caarged with the murder of Mrs. Joseph icaile, has rendered & verdict of aot chneider push the Intoxicated man ? the President, |! VANDERBILT'S HEART 1S WEN, Otherwise His Condition Is Satisfactory, but Physicians Dread Possible Complications from This Cause. The Christmas present which Drs. fYnt and Janeway gave to the family of Cornelius Vanderbilt to-day was this baveth. ivfued at 11 o'clock this rayrn- Mr. Vanderbil¢ continu-s to improve slowly His temperature remuins sta tionary a! a siz y level than after formant. ‘*Mr. re has ranged about 103 1 days. In the been a little higher. “Mr. Vand ‘3 heart is also the of anxiety Its action on 80 Weak Ws to necasst- Mstration of digitally All through his gre has tate the large ness worry to his a hus to fa Dr. Flint left the afcer a fifteen-minu He found the phy red tne V t nought {t best not Y aald Mr. Vanderbilt was aken h He doing well. DEAD WITH STAB WOUND IN HEART James Flynn’s Body Picked Up in Yonkers Street and Car- Ned Home While Wife Was Hunting for Him. COMPANION UNDER ARREST, (Bpeclal to The Evening World.) YONKERS, N. Y., Dec. 25.—James Flynn was to-day found on the street murdered. Flynn left his home last evening in company with John Me- Glerre} to do some Christmas shopping. Hq had not returned at midnight and]? his wife became worrled and started out to look for him. During her absence her husband was brought home and left in their rooms, Meanwhile McGlerrel had told Police- man Madden that a man had been killed in a saloon in Nepyerham avenue, Mad- den went with him to the saloon. Every one In the place dented that any one They then went » near by, and found his Dr. Van Pet’ called, and id the man had » dead some he time. ‘The officer then started to question McGlerrel, but the man refused to an- swer. He tried to rush past the officer, but was arrested and locked up. Several frequenters of the saloon are being held ding an investigation, Flynn had two stab wounds—one in his} breast and one in the heart, ‘The police| are absolutely In the dark as to who tho| murderer 18, Assistant District-Attor- ney Weeks is at Police Headquarters assisting the police murder. in clearing up the * countered. atl¢ in ;|veans old. HIS BLOW FATAL TO HIMSELF Mouth, Cutting His Knuckles, and Now He’s Dead from Blood Poisoning. result of the blow. How the man whe was hit fared Is not known. In striking his antagonist Anderson cut his hand on the teeth his knuckles en- The man struck was white, and the biue gum theory cannot apply, but nevertheless Anderson's hand began to swell almost Immediately. Ho 4 to Hudeon Street Hospital The doctors said he was m blood poisoning and that necessary to amputate the Was too late TILFORD NEWSBOYS SNOWBALL POLICE, Some of His Little Guests Re- turned as New Lads for Sec- ond and Third “Feeds.” dinner to 70) 1 this afternoon, The bill of fare c 1 of everything from turkey to ple, The newsboys were Intent upoa having a merry Christma and for an hour before dinner time they amused themselves by snowballing the passers-by, One complained squid of pollee was ‘The newsboys, howevei all startled wh the corner, merrily as they had ‘y body A a ‘billy soon routed | the fled upstairs wh ares few rapa of newsboys and he ain By r ng the street had a thind. and sometim MRS. M’KINLEY DINES WITH HER SISTER. reacht second d[nn nd's death take a holiday din from her own home. y with her sister, Mr old Sax ks Mrs. 3 is her daily visit to t band and from there the Barber home ton her h she will drive to WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six ———————— Stewart Gets Watch and Chain, Pores M, Stewart, Superintendent of Bulldings, was given a gold watch and chain by the employees in his depart- ment. John O'Connor, Chief Construc- . @ presentation speech. Bir. briefly. i int hours ending at 8 P. M. Friday for New York City and vicin= ity! Partly cloudy and epider to-night; Friday fair and cold- in becoming fresh from west to-night, Increasing Friday morning to brisk. Anderson Hit a Stranger in the HAND AND ARM SWELLED, fight a week ago and died to-day as a SALVATION ARMY of Their Own Crowd the Grand Cen Anton Andowon, of wotp mar Away Family Dinners in. Baskets. street, hit a man In the mouth In a }| The distribution of food sumclent for 12,500 hearty meals was begun by the Salvation Army at 10 o'clock this morn- jing in the Grand Central Palace. It jwill continue until 2.250 baskets, each |designed to hold enough food for the Christmas dinner of the average poor |family, have been given away. | Commander Booth-Tucker, whose wife tis to-day conducting a tin San Franei arrangemes ord wholesome—even fancy. the year for the poor. Commander Booth-Tucker. have responded to our appeals in a mos! astonishing way. We nevér before re: estved so much money in donations, Many wealthy men gave boxes on the streets were enormous, Aniong the pennies we found bills run ning from $1 to $100, and many of them, sienilar y had charge of the Brigadier Scost called for at 10 o'clock and started singing God from Whom All Blessings w.”" which all those In the building ped In, ing to his means. stoves. But to-night the great army leas—those who There Was No Speechmaking. Woaen the doxology wae finished Com- jer Booth-Tucker arose and said We want no speechmaking. ‘Phat Is hot why we are here. We wish you alt] Uecause they have a Nappy Christmas and a bieased New| Nothing but the blue ated will be fed at a reall Then the members of the Salvation in ithesGrand) CentrallBalace; Ariny commenced giving out the bas- ner for 2,500 To-Night. In the lines came the poor, the edivatlon Anny the halt and the blind. None i ho 2 j ky for a hom the: George ntor, wil sing a posed by herself, conta a chicken, If a fine roast ot beef was preferred, there were many of that assortment, In every basket the ristmas hym) A feature of th oletures of the a jr assion Play. | RAVING LUNATIC BREAKS OUT Late this afternoon a raving lunatic broke into a tirade) the children was relleved when they saw that he had escaped that the Waldorf." against corporate wealth in the ladies’ parlor of Astoria. He danced about on the costly furniture and tore his hair, sack suit, and wore a derby hat. identity is a mystery. He was not a guest. errewreisepanceeeesttie pines tersreneeee dont LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. Fourth Ree—-McChesney 1, Old Hutch 2, Federal 3. FED 12,000 TO-DAY Those Who Had No Christmas Feasts tral Palace, and 2,250 of Them Took The Salvation Army had prepared for the one feast In “This year breaks all records.” sald he people t large sums and the cuntributions to the kettles and It seemed that each had given accord+ The basket dinners are for the poor who have a@ place in which to prepare them for families and those who have of tha would starve to th with one of the basket dinners no stove, | mptuous dinner has prepared a These will be! ais 2,500 towiaht. were turned away. ; : that none SEY Shaeeen wrranked) the men and women who have no/ valet Holding Uckets pre-}s mes, Among the wealthy patrons and viously distributed by the Salvation ¢ : patronesses of this caarity who will at- Army should receive baskets, but the elites wi of the aH one that was expected re nnhareaer ys 3 rate Daniel folkles, Martin nit, B would he enouah for all appltear Cae ee tee it Ke awunke dames Was the Feast of the Year, | Douglas, Mr. and L. 'Saterlee 5 a fant and Mrs, Henry 3 THipyexy (Dlake Javthe/Muliaing ba mmdier ihe dinner there. will be a mu-| of food were plled. They stood In great] giant entertainment, when Catherine | pyramids, everywhere, Most ot Rooth- Tucker, the Commander's vening will be moving IN WALDORF-ASTORIA PARLOR, Inand at the streets, and 1l was sald at Major Woodbury’s bureau that He looked like a Frenchman—tall, well-built, swarthy and, * smooth-shaven, He was about thirty years of age. He was fashionably attired in o dark blue Raglan overcoat, over ab'ask He was immediately seized by the house cetective and «xpia: seven stalwart porters and with difficulty gagged and bound. He was removed to Bellevue Hosptal in an ambulance, re- strained in a strait-jacket. He was put in a padded cell. His | SUBWAY TO BE PROTECTION OF aoe NEXT CHRISTMAS rt With Snow Covering Tracks and Demoralizin Traffic on Surface and “L” Lines Co! Rapid Transit Tunnel Will Be Finished in Year. : Unprotected Third Rail Once More Proves ‘an Annoying Feature in Local Traffic, but General Public Is Not Travelling—Woo: bury Starts In to Clear Away the Snow, This is the last Christmas that New Yorkers will to depend on the elevated road to get to Harlem. year from to-day snowstorms and sleetstorms may bi laughed at instead of wept at, because then the subway be running and one may get to Harlem in fifteen minutes. William barclay Parsons, Chief Engineer of the Rap Transit Commission, makes this announcement to the lic through The Evening World to-day. It is the brig spot in the otherwise gloomy problem of transport: which confronts New York. 1 That the city is in a really hapless fix on account of th general-failtire of the transportation companies to handle the traffic was emphasized especially to-day in the case’ of 3 Manhattan through its third failure to make its muche vaunted third rail work in the snow storm which cant down on the city last night. Had there been any doubt that the electric system was a failure f the experience of the two former paralytic strokes suffered by the lines, that doubt was completely dispelled this morning before ¢ of snow had fallen, With a calm, little Chrietmas snow storm at the ordinary surface car leaps in deligit, the elevated found more: {t could do and proved itself an elaborate failure, a “gold brick” Ohris mas present for Mr. August Belmont, who has leased the system for 908) years, and caused a few hundred thousand disappointed patrons to mu as they were turned away from the stations: SNOW CLOGGED THE THIRD RAIL. “Peace on earth; good will to all men except the management of Manhattan Elevated.” oe The snow started about 2 o'clock this morning and by 8 o'clock electric elevated trains were having trouble. ‘The thin layer of snow om third rail prevented the current from being picked up by the sliding of the cars and the trains stood still most of the time. Until 5 o'clock the “owl” trains tried to run. That was the best t could do—just try to run. After 5 o'clock most of the lines gave it up. train left the Ninety-third street station on the Columbus avenue line at - | 6 o'clock and after a half hour of the most gorgeous pyrotechnics on part of the sliding shoe and the third rail and the most eloquent cussing ‘the part of the motorman it reached the station at Fifty-third street Eighth avenue. There the motorman, who had exhausted his profane cabulary, said: “This thing moves like a century plant grows. dinner here.”” At 7 o'clock the ticket choppers were placed at the stairways to stations on the Second and Third avenue lines and turned away all would ride on the elevated. Occasionally the Sixth avenue line would enlivened by the spurt of a train out of some station, but it gen | stopped before it got to the next station. SURFACE CARS REAPED HARVEST. The surface cars ught most of the people downtown and took the: others uptown, The Metropolitan had their great snow-ploughs out and there was no eppreciable delay in the service. By daylight the snow ccunted fully an inch fall ancl it was confid sald that Santa Claus was abie to use his sleigh and reindeers. Last it was fenred that old Santa would have to use che elevated. but the t \ | | | T'll eat my Ch i ae nvenience. ibis Major Woodbury, Commissioner of Street Cleaning, and his assistants. were rejoicing ‘hat the snow waited until to-day instead of coming day. With traffic as light as on Sunday the department will have @ ff he ‘usin streets would be cleared by to-morrow morning. Concerning the tie-up of the elevated system the management, to »e interviewed, said after the first paralysis of the system three ago that through the failure of a contractor the cars had not been pro with an arrangement which would sweep the snow, sleet or other. insulatie from the third rail. The people suffered the inconvenience, accepted fl om and waited. M Later a very ordinary storm again tied up the whole system. that time many of the cars aad been equipped with the rail-cleaning ment, and they were as useless as the cars without them. Newspapers, resenting cho people who suppor: the road, sent reporters to Manager § dffice, to the offices of various other officials, and at each place am | slanation was 1etused. The officers of the company would offer no ex ané make no promise, except the general one that “the roads are all r as usual,’ which was said when the whole system was at a standstl} this in the spirit of the words of the management's il! : “Tne public he ~ pee 4f the company has made any effort to provide agali ?