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yl! by Hudson County Committee. NOW NEW SIGNAL SYSTEM Umproved Rules Explained to Divi Road. Committee. urgent demands has been Indorsed by the committer, and all the Hudson leg- measure. Senator Hudspeth, at his office tn Jer- ey City, ald to-day that he expected Wo get his bill out of the Senate Com- mittee on Railroads to-night or to-mor- Fow and he would then push it to fnal passage, | “There will “be opposition to it, of ‘Oonrse,” he sald, “as there always Is to ‘bills that call for reforms that will dbst ‘the railroads money, but the fact that the Pennsylvania Company, one of the Most progressive und carefully man- @ge1 corporations in the country, has Mound it wiee and expedient to put threo men on all their Wooten engines, has Qisarmed much of the opposition, 1 think the bill wil! pass.” Mayor Henry M. Doremus, of Newark, Antereated jn the Hudspeth Vills and firm in the bellef that they should bo Passed, “Anything that will tand tothe safety (ef the pubic will meet with my hear Support,” sild the Mayor, “If the pa: wage of theoe bille will afford mown wafeguarding the travelling public they should be pagsed. If it ix neces- #ary to ‘have three men in a cab, and tt @ppears from all the ev! 46 such need, then the Legiaiaty officers of both roads was held in Phila- deiphia yesterday. Division superintendents, a whi © expected 7 and lessen the chance the New Jersey Central Railroad. i} Liberty street, Mt was denied (hat the ew ‘book of ules which will be issued on March 1 fg the result of the, Weutfleld wreck. A “rep tative of Vice-President Bester dene! hia on Baturday asa “little love feast Wh en his attention was drawn to the he corrected himself and said: “This book of rules was adopted Inst book @ printer ever © The new materially “Oh, yea. The up to date, dut material. and the interested in them, “Every division of the system has a Board of Examiners that Instructs thi employees, and the meeting in Philad prin was held tn order that these gminers might make themselves millar with toe changes and the Inter- pretation of them.” ae Objectn to Boycotting. A motion was made before Vice- Chancellor Pitney in Jersey City to-day to compel C! Clerks’ Association, of Dover, show cause why he should not be re- the are not public would not be and bis business seriously with, interfere BRING LARGEST RETURNS. 1,112 BUT 310 morning’s World. . New York Papers Combined. What did he say to you when you d him to behave’ Justice AGENTS IMPROVERS m oat te plied Po- ARTIFICIAL JANITORS on ay is words aln't a fi 0 porters to hear. PION ERs: 4): JANITA AEDS L know what you sald," remarked tho BAKERS ... KITOHEN WORK | Justice, turning iver, "It is BNDERS LAUN DRESS J What you fellows aay ‘to some Stone you've come cho OAC SMITHS Lelia 7) crushing to death. After you've fin- BONNAZ ...... MILLA lished your ch remarks the man BOOKBINDERS . NECKWE 5| who escaped Ws sorry he wasn't 1, | Killed. I fine you ’ 10) "You seo,” whispered Clerk Noble, OPRRATORS bs Me mi the punial nt Ot the erime OSTRICH YEATHER HANDS .... PAINTERS PLUMbens PORTERS PRESSERS PRESSMEN BALMELADIDS BALMEM! BKIRT HA SLEEVE 1A OUR APE TATLORERSHS TALORS TRIMMERS TINSMIT HS TeCKERS UaePUL Mw VARNISHERS WAIST HANDS... WAITERS . WAITRESSES , WINDOW ULEANERS,, ERMAIDS 1S FAVORED : ~ ‘Senator Hudspeth’s Bil, Which Was Framed at Evening World’s Suggestion, Indorsed sion Superintendents. Despatch. | ers and Other Employees of the| ‘The crusade started by The Evening ®World for a third man tn the engines of | ‘the “hog back” pattern has been taken ‘up by the Hudson County Democratic | ‘The bill framed by Senator Hudspeth fat the instance of The Evening Worll's @ Amiators have been urged to support the take such sfeps as wil) compel the rail-| all, or most all, the judictal stands I Toads to y the necessary crew. [| tt | em in fs paswage of one of| “My. first {mportant cow was ‘these acts when Mrs. rophy sued Mrs, Haggerty’s | An entire new system of signals and|oow. Sukey, for cating her illacs train operating will be Inaugurated on |. "tatferty's rowdy cat was. another Read! jersey Central lincs on |case. Rafferty complained that his} 4 a result of the Plainfleld /rowdy cat broke all his dishes, and that disaster. A mortiig of the operating |2e wanted St arrested for disorderly con- trainmas- ters, Jespatchere and all who have to do With the movemeat 5 ealled in to hear an ex new rules, bed the meeting held in Philadel- that the feast was a little il-timea October and has been in the hands of joes not differ from the | was known in the neighborhood as ‘tha | rules that have been in uke since 18M, | Buck goat,’ although that {# not its wex. when the present book was issued."” “Barberi claims the goat fs his, that Mihere have been some changes?” hal tt is only olghtcen months old, and that was asked. he raised it from infancy, having arles McFaul, of the Retalf Jee tO, strained from interfering with the b: | ene had bean denies oan of JohnH. Martin, a butcher, of | Panpinen® had been dented him, | hat place. The case ‘was laid n, “but of course you mustn't tell Unt ed. 19. An carly closing associa’ that Bate in a poet; it would kill him Hon was organized the leeks of | puiltically th Gong. Island Clty.” "he @emands, He alleges that in conse- |Mdled tv the reporter, ; Quence of this refusal he was boyeotte There Has Been Worse, but Not World Wants Paid Help Wants in this Paid Help Wants in the 13 other | hat tent a rave decision," anid the +4) truck driver, “it's a raw one.’ Telephone 1{ me bows dat I'm stun, 1 tive-npot.’ dv it now belting the Hour of the Pourth Drink, court adjourned a —_— .T{kaown farmer residing near B MISCELLANEOUS 239 TOTAL sovenserennb tas THE RAYE AND REASON DCE. |Pearls of Thought Wrenched from the Oyster df Magistrate ful Long Island City. OBSERVATIONS AND THINGS. |Decisions on Which His Temple of Fame Is Rapidly Mounting Sky ward, with Some Comments on the Side. He Is a merry little man, fs Magistrate Luke Connorton, of Long Island City He Is under the average helgnt, in- clined to be stout, has blue eyes, a heavy, red mustache, clipped to a straight ede, and a rublcund face “Judge, your decisions on domestic widespread fame. | “Now, betweon you and me," sald the Justice, “the domestic questions we: easy, but the lve stock cases are baf- fers. “My decisions that wives who stay out after 10 P. M. should be spanked have been the source of many bitstering reso- lutions from women's clubs, but the! husbands of America uphold me. “My decision that no wife should go to a ball unless accompanied by her husband also attracted widespread no- u Thu fact 4s, that the young matrons of the haut ton of Long I#land City! haq been rather overdoing balls and dancing. here was a protest going up from ail sides, and tt was ttme to call a halt. “The young bachelor set who were] dancing attendance on the young ma- tron attending dances objected, of) course, Hut I told them to get wives of thelr own and see how they“d like it. “My decision that no man's daughter was too old to be spanked if she dis obeyed her parents wilfully has also been commended and supported by the partion interested on the paternal side, um glad to say that the conservative olement of the community ty with me in duet. “EL wag as incredulous as you are and sent Polleeman Walsh up to the plac at Rafferty It Js the honest truth rowdy cat attacked him and he had to call for assistance. “We bound It over to keep the pe. OMeer Walsh pressing the case of dl. orderly conduct and vesisting arrest, A Goat Case with Complications, The only gvat case I have tn hand at present Is the celebrated one of Buck Va. Harber. “The case of Buck against Barber! is one in which Buck charges Darberl with the larceny of a goat “Buck claims’ the goat was born in his house and is now two years old. He positively identifies it aa the one now In Barberi's Jol eeael path and has esses to prove his contention hese witnesses swear that the goat adopted tt when it was a little kid. “The Koat has further | comptlcated matte y becoming a mother since the case came up. 1 shall have to decide the case next week, It is the sole topic In the smart set over here. [ shall call in several ex- erts on goats, bortunately these will be hard to fins. What we need | Clerk Pate Noble, with some py poetic Justice," sald who ‘had entered “rT know w you mean,” said the justice, “Rhyme “as well. as reason? But It won't do, §t won't do.” “Did you see the beautiful poem Pate wrote about old Pat McGee stealing a pudding from the top of a canal t Uiat Was tied up here at the ra- y basin?’ ter had to admit that this Often, Coaxed a little more, Mr. Noble, who} is a good looking, well-dressed young ma f thirty. recited as followa; “Qld MoGee, tn a trice, swiped the pudding of And be abrieked ' At this Junctur try could be committed, ed and announce lise against the truck driver was | Out tn. the ourt-room the prisoner was quickly arraigned, He was a surly looking tough an ingrowing brow face, ‘iid know. he Was # copper? sin plain clothes. Why didn't he show his shield?" growled driver, howy |He hod been held up at the ferry for refielng to keep in ine endangering lives and ustig shocking language when remonstrated with The fine ft the offense, And hands bis rare decinions down based on common eenne, 8 HUNG HEAD DOWNWARD. Achoolboys Rescue Jersey Farmer from a Perilous Posttion, Araemas Terry, and Q weil onarda N. J, met with a singular and it fatal accident in his stable Sat- 5|urday afternoon, aged Uisvovered by achoalboys, assing, Who manake who werg to rescue him Connorton’s Mind in His Faith- | and live stock questions have given you |a HEART- | i ® > Hil } & i \ | [ } | il) | | l | | PS \2 | Alli | ii TO-HEART AND AN ASIDE WITH MAGISTRATE CONNORTON, LONG ISLAND CITY’S SOLON. ~ TOE ORLD! MOND: CA foRNARS: 94044800006 Oo 23:849006468 =< BURNED HIS BODY TO HIDE CRIME Woman Confesses to Murdering Her Husband and Accuses Sixteen-Year-Old Daughter of Being an Accomplice. CUT CORPSE TO PIECES. MONTICELLO, N. Y, Feb, 9—1no confessions made by Mrs, Latayette Taylor and her sixteen-year-old daugn- tor Ia toll in a most graphic manner of the murder of her husband anq the whastly methods used to dispose of tne body. Not since the murder of old man Hal- liday by is young gypsy Wife nine years ago, only a few miles from tne Taylor home, has there been such a crime in Sullivan County, known for «enerations as the “cradle of crime.” Without railroads and with high moun. tains and only small towns, this has been the stronghold of many gangs, who have been known as brigands. ‘The Fed- eral oficers have captured many moon- shiners here, and for many years the express and railroad companies found (this @ Mecca for the looters of their stte Taylor, a farmer, who made miscrable existence on a mountate- side farm about a mile from the village of Centreville, disappeared on Jan, 27. He had lived there for many years with his wife and her daughter Ido, by a previous husband, ‘Taylor drank as much as he worked, and Mrs, Taylor enjoyed the reputation of being a termigant who gave him litte Test, Both Confeanscd, The day after his disappearance Mrs, Taylor tried to sell one of his horses to her own uncle for $10, ‘This caused suspicion which has resulted In the ar- rest of the woman and the confessions by her and her daughter. Ida said in her confession that Taylor had come home drunk and that, as was usual on such occasions, he quarrelled with her mother. She saw her mother get a revolver she lad purchased only a few days before and shoot ‘Taylor in the head. ‘Taylor fell to the floor and tried to getup. The girl says she then saw her mother shoot him twice more and say: Th taat’ll keep him stili a long re um Ida, who was in bed, sald Aer mother went out of the house and returned with a hatchet and sald sho was going to cut up his body and burn ft Mamma had lots of work to get his clothes off,”” the girl continued, "but after she dit get them off whe started ut of an rm Sho broke the bone With the hatchet atier several blows, but she had to u the butoner-knife, aa there Was som thing she widn't cut, I wanted to out of bed and run away, but sho me stay there,” Several mes me thet T must not say anything about what she was doin own to Stove, ped him into pieces sno tex in the stove and had freah Wood severai ht to do it, Waen raked the lots of heavy ughed these up "AS 8 threw ¢ to KO ¢ and muy be itr Whon. pla Jai here Mrs ‘Paylor made: a ¢ |ston, in. which she tells sub sane” story Am. (hat huge ot that ‘she band atter strike her f to him hat her daughter as. sisted her tn cutting up the body and burning it Mra Taylor sald that after she had shot her husband she was afraid people would think # Was not justified and MIRDE Cause her trouble, so. ehe decided th destiny. the. body. Bae went into kreat detail and explained almost each strols of the hatchet and the duil butcher knife, miny she had not fniehed the, tink wien daviight came Halliday’ ved on a fatm atin iar that of Tay His gyvay wite Kil ed him by Ming him "onthe head ita wn axe Then #he shot five bu le into hia a body nd bi 1 the body une +7] He wan hanging nome darnoss when | si {he How of her kitchen, | ho slipped and fell in such a monnor the plac. to ask for information eon. 5 that hin feet Were caught on a crane | a farm. Mrs. Halliday tur 1g | Meee, Inaving him hsuglig howd down: | them {nto the house and shat and killed jwusd: die hung in this position for |baih af them, denuded them ut thot | £5] sume time, unable to draw himself \p, | clothiug and Jewelry and concealed thely and knowing that if he fell hls neck * inthe barn. would be broken, He was rapidly loa- filer Mrs. Halliday’s rrest gypsy {]ing wonsclousicas wheo his plight was | bands from all over th ered fn Sullivan County, lu Une (0 wave his lilo. Mh bad, uised and strained, m0 eee, i. ye ae Heved an effort was to b cue her. But she was Au >) ay CHANTED A HYMN DURING THE FIRE. Organist Played and Averted a Panic in the Sunday-School Room. JOHNSON'S SLAVER CAPTURED TOOK Henry Watts, a Negro, Con- fesses that He Shot Him in Flushing on Saturday. (Spectal to The Bventng World.) NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 9.—Peals from the organ in the Fins: Presbyterian Church Chapel, in Broad street, were mingied with cries of “Fire!” yesterday afternoon, and a great crowd gathered in front of the edifleo while the engines clattered up to the doors and the flre- men rushed {n with picks and axes. Perhaps a stampede for the exits would have been made by the children who were attending Sunday school in the place had it not ween for the pres- ence of mind of the organist, who, when he caw e blaze in the middle of the chapel, continued to press the keys a3 if nothing unusual was happening. The flash of Mght and rush of smoke from the windows of the chapel. were Henry Watts, a negro, who on Satur- duy night shot and killed Alexander Johnson in Flushing, was arrested to- day by Detective Keelan Jn a restaurant at No. 417 Carlton avenue, Brooklyn, Watts admitted the shooting and sald ho threw the pistol Into Newtown Creek, He was taken to the Queens County Jall, Watts was identified by a crippled arm, According to his story, the murder was the result of a quarrel over seventy- five cents which Johnson claimed Watts owed him, “He kept nagging me for the money,"” said Watts, “and threatened to split my head opcn if T didn’t pay him. He finally came at me with an axe, and to save my self I shot him, Then I took the revol- ver and threw it In Newtown Creek." Ccaaraa aN po oR ERED seen by the firemen in No, 1 Engine FREDDIE LOST AGAIN. [iiss palm 1H te bouts ‘rom one of the chanteliers there had Princess Salm Saim's Nephew [Been Mane, Sttise (Te Hake Failed to Arrive on Zeeland VINELAND, N. J., Feb. 9.—For the second time within six months Frederick C, Johnson, of Vineland, the favorite nephew of the Princess Salm Salm of Prussia, has disappeared. On Jan, 24 Col, and Mrs, Edmund John- son, of Vinend, received word from the latter's alster, the Princess, that thelr son Frederick’ had heen found and that he sailed that day for home from Ant- werp on the steamship Zeeland. There was great Joy in the Johnson family over the news, When the Zeeland arrived at New York there was no Mred- die, ‘The lad's father made inquiries at the office of the steamship company and was informed that nobody by the name of Mredertck C. Johnson had taken pas- Sage on the Zeeland, In September last Frederick left the house of his aunt, the Princess, at Bonn, for his Vineland home. He dropped out of sight at Antwerp. Te was discovered In South Africa and brought back. ——« Whether Freddie got lost this time at Antwerp or came over and succeeded In losing himself in New York 1s not known, tho gas, set fire to it. wero quickly in flam and before the firemen arrived some of the girls began to scream. ‘The organist, who saw there was no danger, played “Nearer, My God, to Thee," and this had the ef- feot of dispelling the fright of the chil- dren, They bogan chanting the words of the hymn, and when the firemen ar- rived were more interested in the music and song than the blaze, which was quickly extinguished, ——$—<$—<—<—___ STABBED BY BOY OF 16 Luigi Taroco Wounded by Joseph Belinsky, Who Escaped, Luigi Taroco, sixteen years old, @ tallor, living at No, 126 Madison street, was stabbed in the back to-day by Jo- seyh Belinsky, of No. 283 Madison street. Belinsky, who {s also sixteen, had a quarrel with ‘Taroco at Broome street and Bowery, Taroco was attended to by ambulance surgeon and taken home, The dried leaves Bellnsky escaped. B.Altmant@o. will offer on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, 15,000 Yards of IMPORTED BLACK DRESS TAFFETAS, regular prices $1.35 and $1.50 per yard, at 78c. (Rear of Rotunda,) B. Altman & © will place on sale to-morrow (Tuesday ), WOMEN'S HOSIERY of fancy Lisle thread, Black Lisle thread with embroidered instep, and plain Black Cotton; regular price 45c,, at ° 30c. per pair. Elghteenth Sireet, Nineteenth Sireet and Sixth Aven SCINITTBERCER REPORTS HES Police Captain Sends Word He | Is Unfit for Duty After Read- | ing Dr. Parkhurst’s Defense | of His Record. i PHILBIN SIDES WITH JEROME. | After reading what Dr. Parkhurst | said about nim tn the morning news-| papers to-day Capt, Schmittberger, of the West Forty-seventh strect station, | who 1s denounced by District-Attorney Jerome as unfit for the office of Inspec- tor, reported sick, ‘This 1s considered etrange because Dr, Parkhurst assures the people of New York’ that althourrh Capt. Sohmittberger was a self-oon- sed police crook prior to 18M he has been an honest man since he "squealed to the Lexow Committee. According to Dr. Parkhurst in an open letter to Commisstoner Greene the denunciation of Capt. Sehmittberger is uncalled for, He has been doing his duty without fear or favor, has not been “collecting from criminals and has been trying to live down his past D he absence of Capt, Schmitt- the West Forly-seventh tation the precinct will be com- manded by Sergt. Thomas Flannery orld reporter who called at Capt mittberger’s home, No, 116 Bast Sixty-first street, to-day was told that tho ‘captain was in bed suffering from a bad cold that has bothered him fo "8. His physlelan, Dr, dition Is ne There was a gr around headquarter Capt. Schmittherger sick just at this time. Capt. Schmitt- berger sald a days ago that he had been getting only three or four hours’ ep a night it pretty s t to gat Capt, Schmmittbeng and also refused to outlino his ction in the way of appomt- Schmtteberger to an {nspector- He was asked if he had anything ing Capt ship, to say about the Parkhurst-Jerome con- troversy, and finall: naded to make this statemen’ “The discussion between Dr, Park- hurst and Mr. Jerome js intensely dnter- esting, Lots of valuable information Is belng given on both sides, I am simply a listener and an observer. After a time somebody else may take a hand in the controversy, but at this time I am say- ing nothing. He was asked {f he would make public a reply to the open letter addressed to him by Dr, Parkhurst concerning Capt. Schmiitberger. He sald that was a mat- ter he could not disouss. Formen District-Attorney Philbin was a caller at irradi footed to-day. He said he had come to pay a visit to Gen. Greene on a personal matter. When asked what he thought of the charges made by District-Attorney Jerome against Capt. Schmittberger, he replied "I ineartily indorse all that Mr. Jerome has sald about Capt. Schmittberger. To my mind it would be greatly detrimental was pe! IN MMOEBY PISTOLS. Samuel Hopkins Adams, of New York, Gave an Imitation of! Club at San Francisco. DINED IN EVENING CLOTHES. | (Sphcta! to 7? SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, Hopkins Adams, one of bright young magazine writers, had an experience Mest night that he will never forget. He danced to the crack of six- shooters aftey the approved te: oot fashion, It happened in this way Mr. Adams, who has beon here for a week, fell Im-with several of the local} Uterary Hghts who arranged to give him @ dinner at\the) Bohemian Club. ‘They wanted ft to be dut of th their efforts were \suocess fe authority fdr t All the chap to attend, and when Adams embossed invitation (he conse he owed it to his Viosis tow he glad- * Ho belloved that ex- culate ‘shirt fronts were and he altired himself accord. Hie learned\latey that his style | ‘ess Was barr | Burgi Punple Cow fame; nd Lieut! Howland were| win bo among the wilde and woolllest at the himself, | | 1. Mr. r Hs who write were asked Adams highly club when Adams presented and, yelling like Apadpes, they d him into the red room. Not one pr Wore an evening dress\ but all spor the comic-paper apparel of the frontier] red shirts, top boots and ac: sombrero: ‘What does this mean?” asked Adams tremulous! | “Another tenderfoot," was the giceful] answer, Adams was just beginning to feo! that the clawhammer was only the hallmark of our civilization when ih: aggering chorus d to the c! 0 tenderfoot for The fugillad inthe club. home in high notified the police that @ s committed, and they tr created a big sensation everal s was d to break After {t was all over and Mr. Adams's serious brow had been explained away he sald he thought Westetrners were de- aldedly unique. FELL DEAD AT THE SWITCH. Goets’s Last Act Was in the Line of His Duty. Charles Goetz, thirty years old, of Van Winkle street and Tonnele avenue, Jer- sey City, employed as a switchman in the Waldo avenue yards of the Penn- sylvanta Raflroad, was found dead near his post by a track-walker. Heart dis- ease caused his death. e Goetz had pulled a switch for a pas- senger train, and then fell dead. He the best interests of the Department ire man like Schmittberger ld be appointed to the rank of Inspector." Self- Adjusting Mortis CHAIR, in oak or ma- best grade seat and cush- Golden Oak Chiffo- nter, highly pol shed. § large 6,98 dravers, AIELEVATED STATION 4 104! STREET GHAnt H{OPEN SATURDAY |S UNTIL 10. PM. [i velour, spring ions; formerly | sold at $21; now $ 13.25 In solid mahogany also, for $19.75 Well finished Oak SIDEBOARD, with bevel mirror, 3 draw ers and double cup- pboard; special price this week, 121st Street: Corner 121st St. og SUNY ( Eat hogany finish, E27 Wan Aste ( upholstered in had a desth grip on the lever of the switch when ey body was found. 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