The evening world. Newspaper, February 4, 1903, Page 1

“GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGES 8 & 9. “ Circulation Books Open to All,’’ oma i i Ke) | “ Circulation Books Open to All.’ ] PRICE ‘ONE CENT. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1903. VENEZUELAN PEACE PLAN ACCEPTABLE German _ Representative’s Suggestion that Allies Be Given Three Months’ Preference Is Regarded with Favor, NATIONS APPROVE PLAN. England the Only Country Expect- ed to Hold Out, but United Ef- fort Will Be Made to Have Brit- ons Agree—Proposition to Bowen WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Three months’ Preferential treatment for Great Brit- ain, Germany and Italy promises to be the compromise upon which the al- les and Mr. Bowen will agree as a condition precedent to the raising of the blockade. This is the modification proposed by Baron Speck von Sternburg of the orig- «(inal concession by Mr. Bowen of one ‘emonth, during’ which time the allias ex- clusively should receive the thirty per cent. of the customs recelpts of the ports of Porto Cabello and La Gua It the German Fore!gn Office approves the suggestion of Its representative, Italy, it is expected, will throw her sup- port to Germany, France has intimated her willingness to accept the plan, as have the other claimant nations, and the united efforts of all these nations will be put forward to Influence the London Foreign Office. British Ambassador Told. The British Ambasador was an early caller at the State Department to-day, Where he spent some time In conference yith Secretary Hay. He did not call on Mr. Bowen, but went at once to the British Embass sy. where it is assumed he informed his Government of the * willingness of the United States to ac- cept the German suggestion of three maneha’ pret vy alany reatment for the, piae-ssansoae othe n injster, Baron » Speck von Sternbure. ee two hours of mors| Ux pontenende, wit, Mr. Bowen this fore+ From Mr. Bowen's hotel he went to the Britien Embassy to participate in a Joint conference of the representatives here of the allies, at which the threo months’ scheme which already has be: Tiaomitted to the German, Forcien Ofies as having the indorsement of Mr. Bowen was taken up. Answer Awaited. No antwer has come from any of the powers to the suggestion which their Tepresentatives have submitted for a compromise, but in view of the fact that Berlin already has recelved the compro- mise. suggested by its Minister for a tree months’ period of preferential treatment it Js expected that the Ger- man answer may reach here late to-day or, or. this evening. od , FRANCE WANTS THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE BROKEN * PARIS, Feb. 4.—Opinion in official cir- eles here strongly opposes the latest Position taken up by the allies, as outlined here, which, in effect, it is said, gives them six years priority. There Is neagon to believe that France has ex- pressed disapproval of the plan: One of the chief grounds for this disapproval f that such ‘six years priority, wh.ch is the term mentioned here, ts regarded as virtually establishing a new triple al- Mance between Great Britain, Germany gnd Italy toward Bouth American af- yea Buchs fone ‘continued. co-operation of the caer European wers in South America is considered here as introduc- ing @ broad political factor more im- it than the financial amounts in- ved, “A loading oMcial of the Foreign Oftice to-day that dt was desirable to see triple aanoe agal ‘Venezuela’ as possible, France, fore, would not wive her asecnt to S pian which, would keep, the, allinnce 9 for lx or some other long ‘he. french position favors "a settlement which will not only cover the money payments, but which will also cure the dissolution of the present, gle-German-Itallan alliance, INNOCENT MAN HELD. Burden Not Released After Dis- + > misaal of Indictment, By a cunious error ‘Herman Hurden, wmployed by Charies P, Goldsmith, a Jewellor, of No. 3} Gold street, as gales- man, was kept under an accusation of larceny after he had been held guiltless by the law. Foreman Cudahy, of the Grand Jury, Made a mistake in signing an Indict- ment against him after the indictment had been ofdered dismissed by a unan- mous vote. Hurden was arrested three Weoks ago, charged with having stolen worth of diamonds from Goldsmith, ax rida held for the Grand Jury, which it ordered t ri iday 0 indictment dis- he ‘dlank foros whieh went in WIVES WILL EIGHT Thld BOGUS LORD. Barton, Professional Marry- ing Man, Thrashed by Brother of One of His Dupes ‘and Landed in Jail, BROOKLYN BRIDE IS BITTER. Altar, and Now She Has io Struggle as a Laundress to Support Child. ~ Despatches from St. Louis indicate that the bogus Lord Frederick Sey- mour Barrington, whose right name ts George Barton, and who has a list of allases as long as the list of his biga- mous wivés, has reached a halting place {n his spectacular and interest- Ing career. As “a British peer," he married a Missourl beauty, whose brother discov- ered his fraud and caused his arrest, after a good beating, and now “His Lordship" will serve «ix months in the Workhouse. First Wife Now a Laundreas, Barton came to America thirteen years ago, determined to marry some woman on whom he could live the remainder of his life, But he sailed too high, and while he has bobbsd up occastonally he has generally been down. Representing himself as Lord Freder- ick Sydenham Burgoyne, he was intro- duced in New York and Brooklyn sp- clety, and met Celestine Elizabeth Mil- ler, whom he married. As a testament to his rascality this, probably legiti- mate wife, is now struggling hard in a laundry at No. 1208 Fulton street, Broox- lyn, to support herself and their twelve- year-old daughter. As yet the daughter 18 in Ignorance of her father‘s identity, he never having seen her. (¥ After securing all of Mrk. Miller's money, amounting to about $20,000, he stooped to the petty business of buying furniture on credit and then selling it. With the evidence came before Cudany, take was mot discovered until ‘afternoon boty grsen was calied ples" Agia tat ed. the indictment by ‘which Justice Foster di with many apolo- j| guard. He m Ce} 4nd made on alMdavit that wit Had Long Criminal Record, When brought into court it was shown that he had a long criminal record pre- vious to that. He had served a sentence for the ‘burglary of a house in London. He had blown open safes. He was re- garded as a desperate and shrewd criminal. it was brought out that he hed aly ready escaped from prison by forging a (Continued on Second Page.) —— —— BEHEADED BY HS CELLATE. Convicts Quarrelled Over Re- ligion and One Killed the Other, Wrapped His Body in Is Soundly |: WILLIAM H. YOUNG, geoseoeosooosoootes 929909309 False Promises Led Her to the} : é Blankets and Hid It. HEAD IN SEPARATE BUNDLE. @pecial to The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 4.-~ James Pratt, a colored prisoner, who was serving @ sentence of twenty years for burglary committed last August in Chester, Pa, was killed and subse- quently beheaded by his cell mate, ‘Cornelius Bush, in the Eastern Peniten- tlary to-day, The crime was discovered when Over- seer Smith went to the cell to give the men dreakfast. Smith opened the heavy outer door of the cell and asked Bueh where his partner was. “He won't bother you any more,” an- swered the prisoner, with a grin, as he took the food which Smith gave btm. The overseer, looking into the cell and seeing @ strange bundle on the floor, im- mediately fastened both doors of the cell and summoned Principal Overseer George Dorwac. Both men entered the cell, and in a! recess hidden by a seat found the body of Prau, th waa wrapped securely in blankets’ and sheets, When t opened the bundle they were aturtied to find that the head had been cut off, On @ small table in a corner of the cell another bundle was found, This was covered wiwth an old shirt belong- ing to Bush and contained the head of the murdered man, Bush was immediately placed under ry statement this af- lernoon that Pratt head quar. relled over religion. At an inquest held this erermece the fact developed that Pratt bad been knocked on the head ‘ig @ stool and then Secapintesen,. Bush was serving a two Pipettes hie step-father tn do Phil delphia, a, —————————— pring Tour to California Vie Pennsylvania Hatiroad leaves ¥wb. 19. Gate Special, Round trip rate vel on Pacific Const. avenus, Now a ¥| his horrid rolling head. 0990909000 CERO HIGOIN OO8OOO90064 S HE WAS CARRIED INTO COURT BEFORE THE DOCTORS DECLARED HE COULD STAND TRIAL. SHBOGOHHOS HSH HOOOHOT HOOD ree SOOO 0000. PPPOE OODOLUES SEL OO-LD Stetes: ood ms 4 3 ¢ Som ROPES SEADOO SADIE YOUNG DECLARED WELL BY DOCTORS AND TRIAL OPENS. Although Seemingly So Near a Collapse that He Had to Be Carried Into Court, Pleas for Postponement Fail. Pkas for postponement on the ground that he was physically unable to stand trlal avated William Hooper Young nothing to-day. He was forced to trial this afternoon on the charge of having murdered Anna Pulitzer last September after a number of experts had declared him well enough to stand the strain, The drawing of the jurors began imme: | diately. Although Young's attorney insisted when vourt opened to-day that his client was too ill to be taken from the Tombs because of a threatened) attack of pneumonia, the accused man was finally brought in at the request of Justice Herrick, who wanted to see for himself how the man acted, ‘The murderer was carried in by War- den Van De Carr and Deputy Sheriff Kelley in a chair, He was not a heavy load, for his weight had fallen since his confinement in the Tombs from 150 to a little over 120 pounds. Court proceedings had been stopped for a few minutes to walt the prisoner's arrival. As they came through the door bearing him in thelr arms every one in the courtroom rose to catch a glimpse of the murderer, A Minerable Spectacle, And he was a@ miserable spectacle, whether it is considered that he was shamming or whether his Msery was real. His hair was long and unkempt, His dirty beard was scraggly and mis- shapen, His face had the pallor of the prison, His high cheek bones stuck up like points seeking to crack the dirty white skin, His eyelids hung heavy and the eyeballs rolled, His long, bony fin- gers twitched and hjs head rolled from to side. ‘Your Honor,” he cried, raising his right band and pointing to the Court, while with his left he tried to steady “I have some- thing to say to you. I have the right to speak. I am not insane, Deputy Sheriff Van Deesten grabbed him aud pressed him back in his chair, Young turned on him and with far more strength than one would imagine left in @ man presenting his rightfully weak appearance he bawled forth with @ dirty oath; “Why did you say I was a dirty"’—— Worced Back Into Chair, Again he was forced back in his chair: only to struggle wp with grimaces and more rolling of the eyes and demand of the Court his right to speak. Seen eres nearing looked him over ‘Mr. Jerome end Mr. Hart te him THE YOUNG JURY. No. 1-Thomas McGee, employ- ment agency keeper, No, 144 Haat | Thirty-second street, No. 2—Charles Kirkawa, business, No, 403 Enat Seventy- |third street, No, 3—Clifferd L, No. GS Kast Highty-ninth atreet, and they held & conference in which it was decided that experts should ex- amine hin. Before the decision was reached to postpone the case temporarily there was a long argument in the court-room. It Was reported at the beginning of the day that Young could not go to court. | Dr, Campbell, the Tombs physician, had telephoned Warden Van De Carr that it would cost prisoner's life to allow bin fe. jeave, and that he must not per- Mine ‘District-A ttdrne ey Immediately had Coroner's Physiclan Higgins go to the Tombs ind examine the man, He found him suffering from nervousness such as in his opinion any man about to go on trial for his life might tvave. In other words he was convinced that he was shamming. Doctors Examine Young. ‘Phe examination of Young was begun if at two g'cloc! is afternoon in one of the jury 8, District-Attorney Jerome and ant District-Attorney Clarke had summoned as their witnesses Dr. Austin Flint, Dr, Carlos Mac- Donald and Dr. Charies L. Dana, _ For the defense were Dr. terson, State Commissloner of Lunacy; Superintend- ent ‘Dent, of Ward's Island Hospital for the Insane, and Drs. Graeme Ham- mond, Willlam ‘$ireoh and Pierce Aftee spending an hour and a halt with Young, the dootors decided unanimour- y that he was all right physically, with ‘the exception of a. slight stomach trouble, and was perfectly able to «> on with the trial so far ag his physical condition was concerned. While the men selected to examine Young were alienists, the mental con- dition of Young was not so much under gondideration aa his physjoal condition, During his examination’ Young kept in- sisting that be was not | . Not Insane, He Said, ‘T'm not insane," he gald, "and T have been very well up until to-day. 1 have come across the Bridge of Bighs many mes. But to-day I'm slok and 1 don't think 1 ought tobe forced at this timo to undergo this trla From this he branched off into a his; tory of ‘his case, and the doctors coul not make him keep still. They all de- olded that there was nothing the matter few express, iller, Builder, PLEASE PAY $15,000,000. Dock Commissioner Wants to Make a Few Improvements, Nearly fifteen million dollars is asked for by Dock Commissioner McDougal flawkes for the improvement of the water front of Brooklyn and Manhat- tan. He says he needs the money badly in order to make improvements domand- ed by the increasing commerce of the harbor." His application for an. iasue. of speciutl revenue bonds amounting to $14,- ¥,851.21 was made to-day to the Sink- ling Fund, Mayor Low, who is Chairman * tho Fund, gasped. when the fgures ere annow WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast fur the thirty- hours ending at 8 P. M. ‘Thu day for New York City ana vicinity! Cloudy to-night; colder early Thursday morning; gen- erally fair Thursday and mach colder; winds shifting to went and northwest and becoming high, & F86-4-24-06-6.4 LEPPOLOFHISSHHDGHHOHHDIHHHHODL GH 4-H-05-6066096000 Ps POBOVEOEOHETD 2O9S PENSIONS ASKED |: FOR EX-SLAVES. Senator vane tata a Bill to Pay Bounties and Monthly Money to All Freed by Lincoln’s Proclamation. na to-day President LAnco! the rebellion. sixty WASHINGTON, introduced pensions an’ bounties to all In ALL OVER 50 YEARS BENEFIT Feb. 4—Stnator Han- a bill granting ex-slaves who were freed Wy the proclamation of during the war of It provides that persons over ‘fifty years old whether male or female, #@ cash bounty of $100 and monthly pen- sions of $8 a month; persons between and seventy years old a bounty of $300 and a pension of $12 and under sixty, shall receive a mont and persons over seventy years old a bounty of $500 and a pension of $15 a month. ~ ‘The bill also provides for the pay- {ment of the bounty and penston to rel- atives who may iter of ox-slay of the four captains eligible for the four vacanoies in the rank of Inspector. They are Max Schmittberger, percentage, 88.99; 53 Geo, MoCiiskey, 83.36, E. 0, Smith, 85.155 Geo. Titu places. mission offense, be filled. LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS, 8, 84.1 $e Fifth Race—Henry McDanie' 11, Scorpio 2, Sixth Race—Pyrrho 1, Flaneur 2, Peat 3. POLICE SHAKE-UP MAY MAKE SCHMITTBERGER. INSPECTOR, Commissioner Greene announced this afternoon the names Nineteen captains were examined, among them Miles O'Reilly and Capt. Walsh, who is now an acting Inspector. Commissioner Greene said he was sorry that Capts. O'Reilly and Walsh did not make a better showing. Smith, Titus and McCluskey will undoubtedly get the vacant In connection with the dismissal of Inspector Grant Com- ier Greene sair that in view of the fact that the Inspector isa veteran and fifty-feur years of age he was inclined to be | wnitaker, No. 6 South Seventh ave- lenient, but that h-could impose no lighter sentence for the Sergts. Owen Rooney James Lynch, Nathaniel Shire and Jo- seph Gehegan stand at the head of the eligiblt list in the exame ination for the position of captain, There are two places, ic P. be charged with the Schmittbrger, ARE OI Department Late Thi missioner Greene. Scandals Developed i charged in Years. Inspector Donald Grant, Capt. ment this afternoon, and failing to enforce the excise law. cused of falsifying his reports and Ins; knowing them to be false. In the case of Shiels and Dwyer, West Thirty-third street. This case Wardman Glennon and others who have not been tried are interested in this case, to testify’ against Shiels and Dwyer McAuliffe, who was found dead in Sixth avenue after a night in the Forty-seventh Street Police Station. Department, is on the trail of those “higher up.” Commissioner. CAPT. STEPHENGOI Sergt. Shiels and Patrolman Dwyer Are Also. Summarily Discharged from the Police. Shiels and Dwyer’s Dismissals Grow Out of the miah McAuliffe Case—First Inspector Dis: Shiels and Patrolman John Dwyer were dismissed from the Police Depart~ Inspector Grant and Capt. Stephenson were accused of neglect of duty» in allowing disorderly houses to flourish in the Mulberry street precinct in failing to suppress the disorderly house of Laura Marat, at No, us Capt. Stephenson was tried on the charges against ‘him, and in the trial of Inspector Grant the same evidence was used. One of the witnesses called prosecutions arising out of the prosecution of the Marat woman, Thé action of Commissioner Greene in “breaking” Inspector. Grant, Capt. Stephenson and Shiels and Dwyer created a sensation in the Police It indicates that the present head of the Police Depantment spector being “broke” in many years, It also indicates that Commissioner Greene is paying no attention what. ever to the !ine of conduct marked up by Commissioner Partridge. All of his rulings recently have operated against the rulings of the former reform” OMIOGED. is Afternoon by Com- in the Infamous Jere- John T. Stephenson, Sergt. John 5 ‘In addition, Capt. Stephenson was ac” pector Grant of passing these TeDOrthy i they were accused of neglect of duty has been hanging fire for some time. was the widow of the late Ji He had been a witness in the p This is the first case of a police in- | JOHN T. KELLY 10 MARRY MISS KERR. Son of Millionaire Takes Out a License in Philadelphia—His Father Says All Right. A despatch to The Evening World from Philadelphia to~ John T, Kelly, of No, 19 fifth street, New York, had taken out a marriage Mcense to wed Miss Ida P. Kerr, of the Quaker City, Miss Kerr is said to live at No. 1113 Walnut street, in Phi'adelphia, which is in the heart of the aristocratic section. Kelly is a son of Thomas ‘Kelly furniture dealer at No, 2%} Sixth ave- nue, and a reputed millionaire, W informed of his son's action, Kelly, sr, eaid this afternoon “John is thirty-five years of age, and that.ts quite old enough to know bet ter. He left here last Monday to visit his Uncle George in Philadelphia, He never told me that he intended matri mony, I never heard of Miss Kerr, who may be a very estimable young fady,” ed JARED SANDFORD DEAD, Was Former Deputy Superintena- ent of Instruction of the State, (Special to The Evening World.) MOUNT VERNON, N. Y,, Feb. 4— Former State Deputy Superintendent of Publio Instruction Jared Sandford, of Tarrytown, N. ¥., died suddenly this morning at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth A GRAVEYARD RAIDS TOLD IN COURT. Dr. Alexander, Accused Le Stealing Corpses, Listens” Calmly to Testimony. (Special to The Evening World.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. ¢—Dr) Alexander, charged with complicity im naiding graveyards, appeared in. court with his wife to-day, He did not show — any signs of uneasiness. The first wit ness called by the prosecution | was: Manson Neldlinger, whose wife's body 4% was stolen from a cemetery near New | Augusta Re It Is with the taking, keeping and cane) cealing of this body that Dr. Alexander is charged, Netdiinger's evidence was show that his wife had not been as a pauper and that her body was pot ‘ lawfully tn the possession of the Gens, ) tral College of Physicians and Surgeons, ” of which Dr, Alexander is demonstrator of anatomy, The attorneys for the defense say they will not make any statements to the Jury or in any way reveal thelr side of the case until all of the State's evidence is In, Martin Hugg, for the defense, 7 > declared that thelr stde had obtained) — all the evidence possible, but that they) would hese to guided in a great. measure by the testimony produced by the State, When asked how long In Hila opinion the trial would continue fR Hugg answered “I think at least two Weeks, and minute of this time will be interesting’? The negroes who are witnesses cast were brought to the Court and locked in separate moms during hg nue, this clty, whem: he and his wife wer yolas While Ws, cen wan inex pected, it was Known that he was suffer- ing from 4 stomach affection that might ultimately cause serious complications, if not death. He was & son of Gen. Halsey Sand- ford and was porn in Beneva County in 1623, ‘He became a resident of this ‘city and commenced to pructine law, In 18, yeral times elected Pr hilo 3, bd the vias: the second term of R uty Bu lc Mtntrastion’ « an t 0a eurvives eof Mount Vern Gov. sendent of merved the several years. A wid the heartag MRS. THOMAS L. JAMES 1 Mrs, Thomas L. James, wife of former Postmaster-General, fs critically 11 with bronehiad at the Murray dad) Hotel. Her husband. Wao ts with: a morning that she had ood night. oa as ‘Ga evening, twelve hours