The evening world. Newspaper, January 17, 1903, Page 1

SPORTING NEWS. } ie RS #SPORTS ~ ON PACES 6 & 7. PA pores oe A ~ Ae O75 \ Sd TN TO) i PRICE ONE CENT. HOW THE BE 99-9-999DHH9-HF-D9OT-09-0999H9SH99O 95-9 O-9DDOODS Oe @ ON WARSHIP MLS FIVE Two Men Will Probably Die as the Result of an Ac- ~-cidenit-in. the Eight-Inch! Turret of Massachusetts, | VWURIES FOR TWO MORE. #AN JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan, 17.—Five ‘'n were killed and four others were under, two pf them probably fatally, e explosion of a powder charge of zht-Inch gun on board the United Blaies battleship Massachusetts while ‘i target practice off Culebra Island. Details of the explosion were obtained when the Massachusetts arrived here to- day, The explosion occurred in the star- board after eight-inch turret, shortly be- fore noon yesterday and was due to the accidental discharge of a percussion primer while the breech of the gun was open, ‘The full charge exploded in the tur- ret and killed or injured all the crew of the gun, numbering nine men, En- aign Ward K. Wortman, who was in charge of the turret, escaped all injury, though he was standing near the scene NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 1903. NIG EDITION “ Circulation Booka Open to All.”’ LATED FELD TAL ONLY CANDY Mrs. Cummings, Who Plan- ned the Kitten vs. the Cat Out of the Bag (Special to Tue Evening World.) STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 17.~The cat is out of the bag, and so are the mice. . The Connecticut Cat Club has hoaxed the whole United Staten. Mayors have fulminated, humane so- cleties the country over have “resoluted with horror,” grave editors have de- livered themselves of editorials on the degeneracy of the fair sex, and there has been no end of trouble because it was announced that the Cat Club Women were going to collect 2,000 mice and have them killed by kittens for the benefit of those who desired to look upon the spectacle, Now comes Mrs, Homer 8, Cummings, President of the club, who has been having fun with Mayor Leeds for a week past, with the announcement that of the’ explosion. Magnificent discipline was immediately whown by the officers and crew of the battleship. Capt, Harry Lee, command- ing the marine guard of the vessel, and Ensign Clarence A. Abele immediately flooded the turret with water, ani Lieut. Charles F, Hughes and Gunner Kublwein went below to the magazine, picking up powder charges, and pr vented further explosions, while Lieut. William C, Cole and Gun Captain Sone- man entered the turret and withdrew the charge from the other gun, whose breech was open. ‘The survivors of the gun's crew when rescued were burned, mutilated and nearly dead, One man, whose clothing * was on fire, jumped overboard, The Dead. K. J. PLATT, 49 Highth street, Troy, N.Y. & B. MALINOWBKI, &83 Ontario ave- nue, Chicago, Ill. ¥F. H. LOESSER, 313 East Highty-sixth street, New York. RON, Norway. 1, Cincinnats. ANDREW HONDR LE, Walnut The Injured. nN yt, Durham, N. C. YG OBROTERSON, ii’ Boho stzect, We schon, % Cleveland avenue, 4. 8, TACKE, MMiami street, St. is here that it will b eet ete chet emt eyez ral Higginson's ch to asoer- lon, for from vy casualty list It ts’ eermised diaabled 4 turret crew was either s of burning Waste from thi sraa beta hol pted or ta the ‘breech of the ‘The regulations juire that aaa referred to should be ines to the i words of all in a ding tonsition Y SARL, a nut ins she has been fooling him all along. “It js true," she declares, solemnly, “that we have ordered 2,000 mice, but they are candy ones, from a confec- tioner’s, and we will give them away to visitors at the show as souvenirs.’ Any one who says after this that women haven't a sense of humor slan- ders the sex, The women of the Cat Club are full of it, cold day when Mayor Leeds gets the people of this town to forget it. Indignation Boils. and it will be a When the field day for the mice was first announced by the ladies of the Cat Club, Mayor Leeds rushed into print with a pronunclamento denouncing it @8 a most barbaric idea, to which he would never give his consent. He wrote letters to Mrs, Cummings, forbidding Mrs, Cummings wrote sewers, and down. Meanwhile John P. Halnes, President of the New York Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, got into the game. He read about the field day with fury in his heart and sent for all the reporters. “Never will I permit this thing to be ’ he cried with the great- evt indiynation. ‘It is an outrage, a disgrace, a crime and a blot on the State of Connecticut. “The promoters, participants and wit- ecses of this proposed mouse baiting hibition can and will be arrested. It cruel and undignified. Because the proposed trials are to be given by wo- (Continued on Third Page.) WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six Partly cloudy o POODDODHGOHHGHHHHHOOHHD CHEHHHSOH Mouse “Contest,” Lets : STEAMSHIP ST, LOUIS CAME UP THE BAY, WARMLY GREETED BY CHEERING CROWDS—DRAWN BY RIEDERMAN. WILL GUE THE In WH HI) Hy SHOT HIMSELF Theatrical Manager Found Dead with Pistol in Hand and Wife of Another Man Whom He Had Quarrelled Over, Beside Him. DOVER, N. J., Jan. 17,—James T. Eck- hart, a prominent real estate agent of Dover, whose relations with Mrs. Minnie Hill, wife of Oliver M. Hill, a Lacka- wanna Railroad employee, have been the subject of no little gossip, put an end to matters to-day by shooting Mrs. Hill in the right temple and then put- ting @ bullet into his ow. head. Mrs. Hills's bedchamber was the scene of the double tragedy. Violet Hill, the fourteen-year-old daughter of the murdered woman, who slept in @ room actoss the hall, hearing the shooting, ran to the house of Hiram Woof, a nelgnbor, and gave the alarm Wood wus afraid to go to the house and dispatched instead a messenger for Marshal Hagan. Hagan found Mrs. HU lying partly on the bed, with her feet on the floor, her head being in a pool of ‘blood, At the foot of the bed lay Eckhart, his hea@ lyins in a pool of dlood, while a revolver, with two chambers discharged, lay at his left hand. The dead man was left-handed, The story of the double shooting spread quickly, and by the time Coro- ner Surnburger arrived great crowd of the morbidly, curious surrounded the house. In one of the dead man's pockets was an envelope addressed to his daugh- ter Elizabeth, 5 Pubhe attention was first directed to the goings on at the Hill hou on Deo. story was published’ effect that Hill, who works at alght, coming home one night unexpectedly about midnight, and suspecting the pres- ence of his wife's paramour, went dl- reotly upstairs to her room. No one was in sight, but on opening a closet door a pistol bullet whistled past his ear. ‘The next inetant he dragged Kok- hart from the closet, ‘The following Sunday night Eckhart ran afoul of him. Night Watchman Byram, with the husband and twelve other men, went to the Hill house, On thelr arrival Byram and Hill en- tered and found themselves confronted by Mra. Hill, who held @ loaded revolyer jn her hand, The two men brushed past her and escended the stairs, Eckhart, fully dressed, was found. ae lett efter en exciting expert- SDLDDDOOFSGHOSSHDOOHOHHOCHOD $HL:00696000060900000 6: tLVO9OSPGOS HOSS Be C = nies ht MDL SAYS WOMAN SHOT JEROME’S SLEUTH. One of Party from District-Attorney’s Office Accuses Mrs. Scheriere, Wife of the ‘Black Cat’s’’ Proprieger, of Firing Revolver. When the prisoners arrested for com- jvf the Slack Cat, and they were all sent plicity in the shooting of Detective | mand of aie’ Iiatriet Attorney's repre: Sergt. William B, Welsh, of Distrloté septs Mi Srosedare avnien at Kd Attorney Jerome's staff, in the Black | 4 persona not connered. with Cat réstaurant, in West Broadway, last together with Hutchin night, were arraigned In the Jefferson f r h Market Court to-day, John Hutchinson, [avi whieh jod fo ne prlaonere being one of the party with Welsh, swore th } Johnstone, ma t Mrs, Josephine Schoriere, wife of, the proceedings, sc Jerome's staff bi ua Boheriere’s | st right after the court polnts stand o ar ing -s 4 E o proprietor, hud done the shooting. ane ate it ma Dein of gpecial Mrs. Scherlere was held on Hutehlo-! nrod thd revel and he admits that son's affidavit for examination Mon-| Welsh, after a day mornig, Ball in her case was not! holcemsn admitted. Her husband, Prancois, and) r corre Nate ventarday one of the walters who was r.ost prom-| afternoon , O'shea, Hutchinson we Iso Seas yt inently mixed up in the row were @ Continued on. Third Page.) | ROVAL ELOPER CNES UP CROWN Louise of Saxony, Who Ran Away with a French Profes- sor, Gets a Separation and an Allowance. BERLIN, Jan, 17.—The legal repre- sentatives of the Crown Prince and Crown Princ of Saxony have ar- ranged the s for thelr separation, ‘The Princess abandons all the titles, rights and dignities appertaining to her through her marriage and resumes her maiden name. ‘The Crown Prince has expressed his willingness to pay ber #7, yearly, Tho agreement does not mention the right of the Crown Princess to see her chil- dren. ball was fixed at $2,600 and the walter's ‘at $1,000, The charge in all the cases was felonious assault, In case Welsa, who is now in St, Vincent's Hospital with a bullet hole in his neck, should die, the charge would be changed to homtetde, He Alone Saw Shot Fired. The evidenc: t Mrs, Seherlere did the shooting was the unsupported af- fidavit of Hutchinson, No oral testt- mony was taken. Hutchinson refused to make any additional statement out of court to explain how he came to see the shot fired, when none of the others present did, He said the District-Attor- ney had Instructed him not to talk. ‘The woman's attorney would not let her talk, but he permitted her husband to make this statement: Eee GAN OF ASPHALT “When the four men (Welsh, Hutch- inson, Detective O'Shea and Leputy As- District-Attorney Johnstone) nto the restaurant they took # Verocel’s took tire, Neighbors 1 finished their dinner they refused to v4 and extinguished the flames in the full amount of their till, My wi went to the door and said they could not go out until they had paid it. I heard a noise at the door and went there to see what was the matter, ruck me in the face, blacking my and bruising my nose, There was @ souffle, and dur- ing the row some one fired a shot. 1 could not see who it wae, I did not have @ revolver and none of my em- ployees had one. The police searched my house from cellar to garret and could net find one.” Mad Private Ezaminatio: In the arraignment before M. LATE RESULTS A Fifth Race—Port Royal 1, tetra hope leit for the recovery 0 {-G EXPLODES; FOUR PERSONS BADLY BURNED By the exploding of a can of asphalt which was boiling on the stove in the rear of Louis Verosci’s grocery store, No, 225 East Ninety-seventh street, this afternoon, Charles Lutz, the owner of the house: Verocci’s nine-year-old daughter Marie and Mamie and Lizzie Cunningham, who live in the house, were burned about the hands ant face, The clothing of the Cunningham girls who were visiting the ran to the rescue of the children their garments. Mrs. Verocci, who is an invalid, was in bed and was carried from the burn- ing apartments by the firemen, ——$<————— T NEW ORLEANS, Russellton 2, The Black Scot 3, on: Se EDITOR GONZALES DYING: TILLMAN’S FRIENDS ALARMED. te COLUMBIA, S. C.. Jan. 17.—Physicians say that there is { Editor Gonzales, who was shot av. Tilman two days ago. Paralysis has set in and nied ian family has been summoned to his bedside ains! Tillman ig running. very high. His friends are PRICE ONE CENT) OWNERS OF Si. LOU Patrons of the Line, Indignant Over Delays ternational Navigation Company. DAMAGES CLAIMED WILL REACH LARGE SUM IN AGGREGATE Boilers Were Leaky, Rations Were Cut Dov Very Materially, and in Various Other Way Those on Board Experienced a Period M ch Discomfort. sengers on the St. Louis which reached port to-d after a trip in which the patrons say they suf manifold discomforts. As a result, the passengers are planning to sue International Navigation Company for damages. six-days’’ delay. In mass-meeting assembled on Jan. 12 the pass adopted resolutions denouncing the company for the Atlantic in an unseaworthy condition. A committee was appointed to raise funds secure legal advice for the formation of an to sue the company for financial damage resulting the long delay of the passengers. Here are the ances of those who paid money for a quick pass: across the Atlantic and were on the sea for thirteen ¢ That the boilers of the ship were in bad condit when she left Southampton, and that the officials of American line knew it. That there was a short supply of coal aboard, cessitating reduced speed. That passengers were assured, when taking pai in London and Paris, thal the St. Louis would reach sSOCI knew that the time could not be made. ora That rations were cut for crew and passengers,-and that water in the pipes was shut off. That in case there had been an accident to the steering gear or propellers the lives of all on board wou have been in serious peril because of the short coal.and food supply. mee That needless financial damage and personal diss comfort were caused passengers and needless mental anguish to friends and relatives ashore. board. That the captain refused to put into Halifax or | sengers. That second cabin passengers were held for th teen hours on the dock iy, Southampton, herded steerage passengers. \. That when the second Cabin passengers were lowed to go aboard they found that their berths: not been made up since the previous voyage. That the food served to second cabin pass was composed of scraps and leavings from th tailed table of the first cabin, thy That the International Steamship taking money for a passage on-the St. L priser,