The evening world. Newspaper, December 25, 1902, Page 3

} ” MATE SILSBURY SHOWMAN, DEA Buffalo Ss eatine Partner, Who Was a Popular Actor and Known on Two Continents, Succumbs to Slow lilness. HIS CAREER A NOTABLE ONE. Went to Wer as a Boy and Left the Service Rich—After Losing His Money He Took to the Stage and Made @ Fortune. The funeral showman, Long Branch day. Salsbury “was that which caused his death Mr. Salsbury, who was knowr to fame principally through his interests in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, and who had deen viyled the discoverer of But- falo Bljl, was born in Freeport, 1ii., Afty-reven years ago. When Oftcen years old he enlisted ina Fegiment and fougat throughout the war When the war was over it was com- fronly Feported that young Nace Sus- bury had a stake of i waleh he had Won at poker from But a’y he had spe at t into the show, § a ininor Pochahontas’ pide, M ee A few months ter he xecuted a part wil the Boston ek Company Milam Warren and Avile Clarke After four Pdogis there he ent West h 's Comedy Company, in whi fAnisktion he remained théeg years, ‘tn he company the sume time were James O'Neill, Willlam H. Crane, Nelle MeHenry’ and’ “Billy” Florence. Salsbury and Joh Webster, the hus- band of Nellie McHenry, then organtzod Balebury's Troubadours, with w travelled all over the United S Europe for fifteen years with Fayed success. h he nd nter- ith his company he met Col, B. Cody, and after xeyeral con- ho gotap the Wild West Show, {| two years ago, his health y travelled with the Igo Interested” in the ircus, When he left E bilshed his home in sranch, spending $2,00) in the mont of the north beach, which hax came to be known as ‘The’ Reser- vatton."” He was President of the Long Branch FOUR GENERATIONS AT THIS GOLDEN WEDDING, Charles Hartung’s Christmas Gift Fifty Years Ago Was the Wife Who Will Celebrate the Anniversary with Him To-Day. s artuig and ble wife, fda, tie ts of Dr. Emil F. Hartung, exam- ng iclan for Coroner Flaherty, of Srookiyn, will celebrate Christmas ahd he golden anniversary of their wedding his evening at Turn Hall, Brooklyn. Mr. Hartung, who Is seventy-one years ‘id, is a retired druggist and ohe of the sdest and most respected residents of he Stuyvesant Heights district. Both he and Mrs. Hartung are natives of |Germany and played together when chil- dren in the Fatherland. They came to America before they became of age and were married In Brooklyh on Christmas Day, 183, They now reside at No. 358 Sumpter street. Turn Hall, where their celebration will be held, has been prettily decorated and the affair will be attended by about 150 People, including their three sons, two daughters, eight grandchildren and two arent-grandohtldren. FOUR WIVES MAY COST tS LIFE. Old Robert Dickinson, Tottering Home After Imprisonment on Bigamy Charge, Falls by the Wayside. FROZEN AND LIKELY TO DIE, Property O7 ers’ Association, a mem- ea fh whe G. A. Re the Lambs’ Cub wat tea "Dramatists’ Club. ow and four children. | Mathias Ten Byck, of Oak Tree, N. J., (STOR S LATEST ENGLISH GIFT. $260,000 to London Hospital for Sick Children in Memory of His Daughter Gwendoline —To Build New Department. HAS GIVEN MILLION ABROAD. while making his way to Metuchen, found an aged man lying in a gutter. Life seemed to be extinct, but Ten Byck carefully but quickly Ufted the old man into his wagon. Persons Ten Eyck met recognized the old man as Robert L. Dickinson, the seventy-seven-year-old man with three wives, and whom @ fourth woman ciaims as husband. Dickinson was arrested the day before anksgiving for having more than one wife, but, ag happened once before when ha was arrested on @ similar charge, he was discharged. In New Jersey bigamy is outlawed after five years. He was discharged yesterday after spending about a month In the Middle- sex County Jail. He immediately started for the home of Elizabeth Noe, who he claims és ‘his only wife. He had about two more miles to go whi he became exhausted. He was frozen stiff and Was still unconsclous from the Sold waen he arrived home. His condi- tion Is critical. HER DEATH TtAD IN HIS CELL. Gruesome Method Advocated to Extort a Confession from George Wilson, Suspected of Complicity in Poisoning. PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE. WILLIMANTIC, Conn., Dec, %.—It ts belleved in Ashford that the Coroner's phystolang have severed the head from the body of Mrs. Julia Wilson, for whose suspected pojsoning Mrs. Lillie Manson and George Wileon have been arrested, and that after submitting it to the chemist who Is making the analy- sis of the yiscera the police officials will confront Wilgon with the lifeless head of his mother in the hope of ex- torting from him a possible confession, This unique form of “third degree” torture ig the invention of James Sea- ton, the constable of Ashford, who 1s taking @ leading part in the hunt for evidence, He believes that if Mrs. Wil- son's head were taken into her son's cell and he was forced to look upon it and questioned he would not daro tell a ite, Mrs. Wilson's body was exhumed the second time yesterday, and it is sald on very good authority thet the head was severed from the body. Dr. Wolff, of Hartford, to whom the Viscera was sent Twice Dickinson has been set free on/after the first aerate Wag ex- a charge of bigamy by the Middlesex | pressed his regret ci dia not have LONDON, Dec. 25.—Willlam Waldorf) County authorities. He is a clvil wer] other organs, includ he brain. Ne Aster, the self-expatriated American, Vetere and worked foro: ex-President ie Lor Clergy could, telt nen ee - | Grover jevelan has given #90,000 to bulld a new out- | Grover, Cleveland any Yee evark, His|iven ae corrosive Doleone It wan, to patient department for the Hospital for] ainer wives live in Toftenville, 8. 1: |supply, the ewidence Dr. Wolff wanted Bick Children, in Great Ormond street. |Metuchen, and the woman tolthat the second exhumation and third The new building will be dedicated to| claim him. hails from, ‘Princeton. All eutopey ee a made. the memory of Mr. Astor's nine-year-old daughter Gwendoline, who died in Sep- tember of consumption. In the elght years that Mr. Astor hes been an English subject he has made only one donation to an American Insti- tutlon—$0,000 to the Children’s A‘d Bo- clety of New York, in memory of his dead wife. His total donations to American inter- ests since 1891 amount to only $160,000, and the biggest nart of this sum was for the bronze doors of Old Trinity, placed there in memory of his father’s ancestor, Jahn Jacob Astor. They cost $100,099. ‘In 1894, just before renuuncing the land of his birth, be cabled over $10,000 for tha relief of the New York poor, My, Astor s since contributions to his and are as follows: Jave, Hospital for Sick Children in Lou- things self-expatriation have certificates of marriage. —[—<——_—_— SERVICES AT MIDNIGHT. h Episcopalians Have Elabo- rate Christmas Celebration, At the Corpus Christ! Church, No. 221 West Twenty-ninth street, the annual midnight services were conducted with full pomp. The high Eplacopal ritual was followed, it resembling yery much that of the Roman Catholic celebration with the exception that the responses are sung in Engish and a few minor otal “previous to she services. ansge i ession gt e Bixtycninth, street "a0 she Rich w: Robert ‘Turns ne a ev. monies, They were assisie other ¢lergymen. ral A. crib whi a been erected to the lett “Ot the altar ats tracted @ great deal of attention, the eslebrant ang hag ‘of cerp- donles, in a mild way, ‘3. Wi Body has been be: ut the boyalclane present at exhumation to Yast cheat Xe te Phows the coffin was opened at the top of the grave and that the autopsy was rtormed there. When the physicians Pete they: casrica two large (packages and an attendant at the Toft only the headless trunk in the casket. It is known that several days ago State's Attorney Hun’ ited “to fhe Cordner the advisablilty “or cutting the and sending It to the tnediett Dre Wolk will mot discuss the matter in any way Mrs. Manson ‘atlll, protests, her inno- cence. She hax told Sheriff Sibley that she “never purchased polson and never gave any to Wilson, pumber, of incidents whien the old lady to her. Wilson will hot talk {urtber than to say he ts innocent. But his attendants say that ho Je in a state of terror and versing on a physical breakdown at relating a ‘she asserted ,000, Agricultural le t ik ieee MRS. HENRY E. ABBEY A “ Spa ine Aes cee NEAR DEATH IN LONDON. don for promotin Mun Fille aia: $5.00, Queen V of Ce Ptondon volunteers for South Atri Prince of Wales jubilee dinner ae Res ona for reilef of At. jon Memorial Col- ri $25,009, men Aghting’ In South nibs 080, Gen, Gord de 'Rartoum: $10,009 for_sufterers shanin $5,000," Prince of e In India; Bund; | $1,000, Hee lock tower at 38000. "to watp Buck's Both Ntrisa total, $1,071 CURE FOR SEASICKNESS. Italian Ambassador Finds Remedy in Gi ng Into a Mirror, WABHINGTON, Dec. . @ mirror when the ship 1s being rocked by heavy waves is the cure for seasick- ness ascertained by Signor Des Planches, the Itallan Ambassador. eomanry 0, i seized with lok v being seized with scasickner “ase found higselt Deane rovemen| Irpor, eat ‘the Detter he, became. i ntl a clre was wm ihe explanation ‘of seaalck the ‘sonstantly changing horizon, now low, ‘thi ager looks out at the woe of ver! to feel better, ria's Jubilee nd; Ww British Red Gross Society: jose t for the Sauloment freat le i t eis way Servants’ ‘Fund: §500, Maldoniheasi! oF %.—Gazing into This discovery was made when the Ambassador came v7, from Burope on the Kajser Wilhelm looking Ri a reliection in @ Mlror, He at onco re aoa the tm- continued to gaze In the tonger he look that! the brary. winer sie td any pteataty sits ope fet had retved. , Causes mat lamord spr ir one | he her Bale ond Misa “alice eae ten af chaning ° ates Feya loses thes baal LONDON, Dee. %—Mrs. Henry of death from typhoid fever in her apartment in the West End. Sbe became WL gosh after coming tp London from Brighton three weeks ago and her con- ditiop Ia now critical.» A second nurse and physician were ealled to care for her. Only two callers have presented thelr cards at the apart- ment since her (ness and the once fa- movs woman is now almost along in the world, She was well known on the atage as ———wp. WASHINGTON, Deo, at the White House was a home affair to-day, but none the less a jolly one. Tt could hardly be otherwise with the house full of children, Barly thie mor) ‘ing the President's family gathered in there was an inter-| Of tne to match 4 ai thes ¢ children. the Cabinet, father hy re %.—Christmas Florence Gerard when she married Mr. ‘Abbey 1s reported to be at the point/ Abbey, then manager, In 18%. She left the stage to aqgist him in bis big en- terprises and was a well-known figure among New ¥ork (heatnical people for ten years, Their epparently happy married lite was interrupted aften ten years, when sho lett her husband and applied for paration, She went to London, tn- tending to go back on the stage. Her efforts were not very successful and for several years she has been living quietly in England with her mad, CABINET LADIES GIVE PURSE TO MRS. ROOSEVELT separate gifts. Secretary and Mre. Cor- telyou and ali the White House em- ployees were remembered. re Christmas tree a the white" sve. but Kormit and wok ahi ven ee thelr tree A} heir Se i Nnoxt in. the. eprney dtoneral's iar F) use for ther frien thay any other youngsters who ir Rag ied, t was ope: noua for all, an ay a on young: ayatled a ae fe of ‘the oppor- a ane froila with the WON FIRE FIGHT Firemen Went Out on Pier Be- yond Blaze and Fought While Cut Off from Land—Three Alarms Sent In. VALUABLE FREIGHT SAVED. A three-alarm fire that threatened to destroy the pler of the Savannah line at the foot of Spring street in the North River was put out after doing com- paratively small damage, the quick work of the firemen saving tho wharf and its valuable freight from destruction. The steamship Nacoochee was tled up at the pier and was threatened. Her crew got out her fire-fighting apparatus and, acting on the defensive, saved her from damage, while the fremen worked under an arch of solid flame to fight the blaze back toward the land, The fire started in the ticket oMce and with great rapidity spread toward the river. When Engine Company No. 30, at Spring and Varick street reached the scene a second alarm was Immediately sent In, and after a short ume Acting Chief Purroy sent in a third call for apparatus. ‘There were thirteen chaines, two fire boats and four trucks at_wor) When the flames had spread over the | roof of the pler the firemen were or- dered to go to the water front and fight the flames back. It was a dan- ficrous undertaking. but the men rushed n and within a short time had the fire under control. POISONED CANDY ENT BY WOMAN Police Find Place Where Sweets That Were Sprinkled with Arsenic and Sent to Intended Victim Were Bought. A CLERK GIVES THE CLUE. NORTH ADAMS. Mnas.. Doc. 25.—It was a woman who purchased the candy which, when poisoned, was sent through the malls to Mrs, Beers, of Clarksburg, ‘The candy and the box were {dentified as having beeh sold in the Crystal Candy Kitchen, owned by V. Verfopoulos and G. Frakas, in this olty. A Greek employed in the store has identified the candy and the box as being the same as he sold to “a rather stout woman.'’ He was able to recall the in- sident because the candy was of a cheap variety such a% is sold th paper bage, but the stout woman {nalated on having it put in a box, saying she wished to send {t by mall, The olerk belleved that tule was three or four weeks ago. Mrs. Beers received the box by mall three weeks ago last Monday. When she opened it she noticed a grayish pow- der sprinkied over the contents, And be: coming ‘suspicious, she sho to nelghbora,who advised her not to eat It She kept jt eeveral days, worrying about it, until she finally took the box and contents to a druggist. who prompt- y told her there was enough arsenic in 1@ puckage to kill a dozen persons. ‘The only gevcstptlon the Greek oan give of the woman who purchased the candy was that she was rather stout, It Is not considered Ukely that he would ‘be able to recognize her if he were to sce her agaln. eee “TOM” M'CARTHY HURT. Struck by Trolley Car, He Is Now in Gouverneur Hospital, One of the guests invited to occupy A prominent place at the Chrigumas din. ner of “Tim” Sullivan will eat what little is allowed him on his cot in Gouy- erneur Hospital. Tom McCarthy, on Of the best-known Bowery” pelttical wouers will not be able ee lena the pital’ for many Wesks ag the result oF being struck by a Third avenue car early to-day. Mocarthy, ‘was crossing the street and see the a) SRronetnina car. Motor n Shechan yelled to him, but before har car could be stopped MoOarthy had been knocked down and dragged along | m: the payement. He was picked up al- most llfeless and oarrled to the hospital, where It was found that several bones had been broken, ‘There were bruises all over his body, and the doctors have not yot 7tiates | B the full extent of his injuries, GAMBLING IN A CIGAR STORE Alleged Proprietor In Arrested end Held for Examination, Louls Meyer, alias Thuman, alieged proprietor of the gambling place raided by Capt. Schmittberger's detectives last evening jn the rear of the cigar store at No. 1503 Broadway, was held by Magistrate Flammmor in’ (he West Side Court to-day for examination The complainant agalngt hin was De- tective Robert BW. Uliner, a tarmer law. yer. Daniél Dewitt, the alleged: man- ager of the place, who was wigo under arrest, declared thet Winer had an. ter place and arranged ® poker sumo for bimecth withon the aealet- ance of the managers pf the c oe GRAVE-ROBBERS’ PLOT, It Is Said They Intende, Harrison's Body, INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. %.—Thera has been a story afluat here that the grave robbers now under @rrest were in a con- spiracy to steal former President Harri- won's body the night after he was buried, The mbject was to hold the body for a rewar Gen, Harrison, Tote a retueat tbat his qreve be sealed of jesecration. He anya te #4 qaind Hee ry We ing of bp own whiel attorward | is a i Gino 1m meat coll grave was covered ith a Stone slab of at least e ton woleDe ub, to Steal in Bighteen Moxtha, Ky. Dec. %.— Mra. Stophen Hall, of Lineoln County, has given birth to ie children within eighteen peter. The Halle have been married i cic e aa About St tn lle te, Br and Be arent eet in x ty PERL HONE. "ORS ABLAZE IN COLLISION. Engines Called Out to Extin- guish Fire Which Blocked Traffic on Sixth Avenue Line Early This Morning. PAY AND KEROSENE CAR MET The collision of a pay car and a kerosene supply car on the "L' road at Rector street tied up the Sixth gve- nue line for more than an hour soon After midnight to-day. Late passengers were delayed and hundreds stood shiver- ing In the cold on the platforms, ‘The cars were going in opposite direc- tion on the middle track. The pay car tride to switch over to the outer track, but It is supposed the switch did not vork properly. The suyply car struck it with some force. A lamp was knocked down among the kerosene barrels in the supply car and an explosion resulted. Both cars were on fire when the fire department reached the scene, but it Was with great diMoulty that the hone was Balled up to the top of the struc- ture. ‘The tracks were poorly lighted Sad tie, Arama ware constantly in The force of the oxpiosion threw tho ¥ car from the e@ Was put out an hour before ledred to allow the Passenger trains to pass. Tercera not ea Li no ply Chelattias heat that whether the ey could not to thelr patrons. TRADE RUINED IN VENEZUELA British and German Merchants Complain of Blockade, Dam- age from Which in a Year . Would Exceed Indemnity, HOW CASTRO IS MENACED. LA GUAYRA, Venesucts, Dee, S.— British and German merchants here are complaining over the bigckade. 80 far it has done nothing but ruin their trade. They declare that if kept up for @ year if would cause them a greater jogs than the amount now asked in indemaity from Venezuela py thelr coun- trymen. Meanwhile little harm will pe one the Venesuclans as the country ig neif-sustaining. ‘The svealthy will suffer gome thrgugh the logs of the luxuries to which they have been ac: customed, Afds the Revolntipntets. ‘The only menace to President Castro's Government by the blockade is the ald it gives the reyolutionists. Through their activity a new phase may be put upon the affair, Centro has taken the field personally to repel the threatened march on th ecapital. So far the blockading fleet have cap- tured ten small gohooners off this port. ‘The total value of the vessels is hardly over 9,000, The Dutch steamer Pring Willem II., which sated from New York on Dec. 6, has been stopped by the blockading equadron. Maile and passengers were allowed to be sent ashore but the passengers were not al- lowed to land, as the ship's harbor dues had not been paid, ‘The Red D line steamer Caracas, with one-third of her cargo fram New York still in her hold, has eafled for Curacoa. WASHINGTON, D. C,, Dec, 2.—Preel- dent Roosevelt's decision on the request of Germany and Bngland that he acy as arbiter in the Veneguelan difficulty may be gtyen out gt any time, The re- quest of the powers that he act ag arbiter was not so insistent as he expected and the notes convey an intimation that if he refuses to act some other plan of ar- bitration may be agreed upon. The President, however, is inclined to accept, 25 he is unwilling, as has heen these despatches, to let a falter 8 ean, {nvolving the Monroe passed upon by any but an Dosioneniean. BOY BURGLARS THREW BOOK One Strikes Policeman with It, Another Tries te Trip Him, Avthony Borela and Abraham Abram- owiteh, nine and ten years old, sald to be members of an organization known as the “Red Rovers of the Morris Ca- nal,” were captured while robbing the store of Garlock & Michell, in Glenwood avenue, Bloomfield, N. J. } poilceman saw the youthful burgigrs at work pagking Up books, elgareties, newing BM, &c. He .watehed them few minutes ani then tried the door, whioh he found untocked, Whon he entered the burglars Ired be cacene by ureotting him. One of them ran Between jess, while the other him in ia ey with gn enoy: pacdia. ‘The hove were taken to the police wta- they confessed 10 having 1 Paces airing the They will probably wathen. otr 0 Go past fow days. bent ¢o som ——_— SANTA CLAUS DIED ON XMAS. Aged Fisherma Found by Son Whe Bought Him Presents. Phitp Snedeker, an age fisherman, who was known "Santa Claus" to the children of Gravesend Beach. Brooklyn, died toxtay with hts rubber Goet, ‘The old man lived in a ghanty at the foot of Cebtre place, All days looked Inatit a retin he" droppe don nor, nthe an the, byes Samatee a @one Lexy some prose! Gover t Story that Castre ‘Went to Vietorts te = Ball, CARACAB. Dec. %—It to reported ip & JAMES K. HACKETT CARRIES HIS OFFICE IN HIS TRUNK HAILED Wealthy Lumberman’s ous Murder Leads to Arrest on Suspicion Not Guilty. DAVID CITY, Neb., Dee. oll Walling has a complaint of murder in the first 4 Lena M. Lilie, pin murder on Oct. 24 of ihe | husband, Harvey Lille, a wealthy The woman was arrested, pleaded, 'y, and her bond of $2,000 was hed by her father, James Hal. preliminary hearing will be had when arrested, showed no signs of breaking down, Jer of Mr. Lillie is one mort mysterious crimes ever He was shot early jher with the jin the State aing while lying in bed, The Salt entered his head and he died regaining consciousness. awakened by the pistol-shot that her husband, and saw a man by the bed, pointing the revolver She rolled to the floor just as he The bullet passed through the ed barn door, 200 he en then ran down s comenttt in cash and Lillies purae from her husband's trousers. ale “Lille had dealt oxtensively | fifled, that since August, 1902, The act act Mi a the dividing | wife led to th plot ommitted the. crime to obtein down, revealing above it numerous little oubby-holes, all filled with business doc- among the theatre properties and lug-| uments and every conyewtence for writ- gage a long, iron-bound trunk, to all appearances is much like any other. This trunk is taken straight to Mr. Hackett's dreas! Placed in charge of his sooretary. Instead of lying flat on the floor like most trunks, it is set up on one end in & corner where there is sure to be good Ught, ‘Then it ip unlocked and 4s found to open squarely in the middie, the two Darts belng separated by a thin door. ‘On the left side, there is @ tiny bolt at the top. Upon unfastening this, a desk dust the right height for writing is let JUST HEARD OF WEDDING. But Parents of ¥: gave Their Christmas News. Blanche Victoria Webb. Years old, the daughter of A. B. Webb. ap elevator mansfacturer, Descher street. Brooklyn, and Harry A. Richards, twenty-five years old, @ feed desler, of 76 Doscher street. in the same borough, were out walking last June, etter attending the weddings of some ne On the right side of door there are a series of shelves which are placed all the books a Papers connected with . for this star is a busine man as well as an actor, and is com. Ned to carry with him a miniature usiness office, Few actors are JURY SET WOMAN F She Shot and Killed a Man ood business men, but Hpcwets is is a #hining exception to BRADFORD, Pa. ¥Iner's jury returned a verdict of flable homicide in the case of Mrs, ward Burdick, who shot and killed Ryan in defense of her honor, the men but a few minutes to decision and release the women. business acallngs with him say that he is a keen man of affairs, and that he would undoubtedly have made his mark mutual friends. “Why don't you get marricdt” asked assented, and quick as a wink Hose went to a minister and the the bride 9 of the 00 et When he attacked her abe ‘Her aim was true Lg a dead on the floor of he Com ot aaa 83 Typhoid Cases PATERSON, N. now elghty-three cases of typhoid ‘= People For- Now th for someone just told thelr vohrente However. all shook hands, and everybody Is glad. Christmas present —————>_— Big Yerkes Telescope Burned. CHICAGO, Dec. %.—The new reflecting tolescone of the rerken Observatory, eisai vig yesterday, but there wes sidence ‘oeday, ‘The cases are ail over the city, an of infection has been wos cemroyed bY "ime hows. in: $25,000 NEW STORE 3029 Third Ave, Near 156th St., Borough of Bronx, NOW OPEN, EVERYWHERE. RETAIL BRANCHES. GROCERIES OUR GROCERIES ARE PERFECTION 2 and notwithstanding their_superior quality, which is rarely matched elsewhere, we Compare these prices with those quoted elsewhere. A LARGE »s BASKET, prices below the lowest. POTATOES We are the largest receivers in New York of choice selected Potatoes. Having own loaders in the country who buy nothing but the finest stock, we always receive the You will find them sound, solid and | white. TOMATOES. 5 | Peninsula Beauty Brand. The finest Maryland packing. Large, solid, red- Sold elsewhere for 10c, For This Sale, 4, 8c. CRACKERS. Social Tea, 5 o'Clock Tea, 10c best Potatoes coming to this market. Tomatoes. Full size can. rigoa Brand, very 19% en, Baule “rand. “Aaset Jer~ J Be Butter Thin, LEMONS Choice Messina, new crop, a’ nat imported, ia bet KARe, : Mustard fora : can. APPLES. abasket.... J5¢ PRUNES, Fancy Sunta Clara, dark, meaty fruit, 3 pounds for Baldwin or ) The finest | Maine pack- ing. Tender and sweet. Every can suasagiced: Best Mocha and Jaya. Fancy Red Fancy Golan Santos 2 cans for . COFFERS, ¢ Pound,