The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1903, Page 1

“RACING #SP 'WERATHER—Futr to-night; rain to-morrow, ORTS GENERA SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE i _PRICE ONE CENT. L 8. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, $5,000 IN LOST’ BONDS ARE FOUND,’ i... Reported by ~~ h <—— Fa ie i Thomas A. Gardiner to Have Been Stolen from a Hotel Located in New Orleans. TAKEN FROM CLIENT, HE SAID Although Theft Was Declared to Have Taken Place Last Night, It Is Known the Bonds Were Shipped a Week Ago. The twenty-five $1,(0) bonds which Redmond. Kerr & Co. so mysteriously fgnovceed as missing to-day have MyYF uy in New Orleans, They are said to be in the possession tae Hibernia Bank. of New Orleans. to which thw were shipped Feb. 3 tw Chubb & Sons, foreign exchange brokers at No, 7 Pine street. ‘The first news of the loss came: out of when the ticker made the announcement at 11 o'clock to-day in behalf of ReJ- mond, Kerr & Co. When this firm was asked for the details of the loss, Thomas A. Gardiner, one of the firm, told an interesting tale about how they came to disappear, but it had precious few favts in it, and the few points that did stick out seem to be wrong in view of | the information given out by Chubb &) Co. this afternoon. Stolen Last Night, In plain English Mr, that one of the firm’s customers hed He Snid. Jodt.the bonds in a hote] In this city He went to bed ‘after plac- ing them on the table in his room, said Jast night. athe truthful broker, “When he awoke this morning,” tinued Mr. Gardiner, and he notified us at once. bonds, during the night and stolen them. “As we do not know that is the fact Mand ns it is possible the man may have mislaid them, we do not care to make public his name.” The Detective Bureau had not been but soon as an Evening ‘World report- , Rotified of the loss of the bonds, told Capt. Wall street bureau at work. ‘The detectives were refused all information. Search for the Bonds. This afternoon Chubb & Sons said that the bonds had been shipped b: them to the Hibernia Bank, New Or Jeans, on Feb. 3. Later the received. The post-office firm that the post-office held a ordiner sald| con- “the bonds were} missing. ° The man is a client of ors He said that he had made ajfcareful search of his, rooms, but had been unable to find the| and that he had reached the conclusion that some one had got in| Langan about it he got bank no- | tified them that the bonds had not been authorities ‘were at once notified and informed the re- ICEYACHT SINKS, MISFORTUNE TWO IN RIVER. Col. and Mrs. Archibald Rogers} Narrowly Escape Drowning| PURSUES FAI CLING TO FOUNDERED craFT|ASed Mrs. Nelson, Mother | of Mrs. Charles L. Fair, Is Il and Her Son Is) Thrown from Carriage Two Other Yachtsmen Finally Suc- ceed In Rescuing Them from the Icy Hudson by Throwing a Rope to Them. \ \ AN IMAGINARY CHILD NOW.! (Special to The Evening World.) POUGHKEEPSIB, N, Y., Feb. 10— One of the most thrilling adventures in the annals of ice-boating on the Hudson occurred at noon to-day between this city and Hyde Park by which Col, Arohibald Rogers, the well-known New York clubman and yachting enthusiast, and Mrs. Rogers came near losing thelr lives. Millionaire Killed in Automo- Them Into Settlement. 'The renewed fight for the millions of They were sailing on the Ariel, one of Fair, and chief claimant of the estate, is at the point of death at the home of her daughter, Caldwell, N. J. Investigation by an Evening World re- porter disclosed the fact that while Mrs Nelson is @ very. sick woman, she | still clear in her head, and ts not neces sarily In danger of dying. Mrs, Nelson nas been seriously i for] two months, At that time she was re-) moved from the home of another daugh ter, Mrs, Eliza Bunnell, at Union, N. J., to Mrs. Leonard's house, where) she has been under the constant care! of a physician and two trained nurses.| Her advanced age—she is seventy-three | yearns old—gave rise to a great uneasi- ut It Is now hoped that she will recover. Following closely on the heels of the’ news of Mrs. Nelson's serious condition, William B. Smith, of Newmarket, her son, and one of Mrs. Fair's heirs, was thrown from his carriage in Plainfield, and painfuly hurt. He was unconscious when picked up and was taken home in an ambulance. His wife, who was with him, jumped and escaped with slig injurtes, It is not thqught that Smith's wounds are dangerous. Joshua Leonard, Mrs. Nelson's son- in-law. says that a week ago Saturday two men, disguised as women, drove up in a carriage, gained admittance to the old lady on the pretext that they had been sent by Abe Nelson, and be- gin to question her as to her condi- tion. Miss Bolt, one of her nurses, says they even asked her if it was not a mistake to begin the contemplated suit to set aside the agreement. Their real thus being discovered, they runnef of an jce yacht breaks through and the occupants of the boat have ® chance to jump out on the ice before the boat turns over, but in this case a large area of ice broke at the same time, and Col, Rogers and his wife were plunged into the water. Rescued His Wife. The Colonel is a gocd swimmer and he | Struck out for his wife as soon as pos- sible, reaching her before she had been in the water more than a few seconds. Mrs. Rogers was encumbered with heavy furs and was powerless to help herself. | With her, husband’s assistance, she was |adle to seize hold of the runner plank of the ice yacht, which was floating on | the water, ang hold fast till help came, | J. Sterling Bird and Henry Sleight, two members of the Hyde Park Club, happened to dé near with yachts and hastened to Col. Rogers's assistanc: The tee was in a very dangerous co! dition, however, and they could not get within seventy-five feet of the great hole in which the couple, chilled through with the fey water, were struggling. The yachtamen cut the halyards from their vessels and tled them together to |form a rope long enough ty reach the |{mperiiied pair, Mes. Rogers Hauled Out. 6 When the rope was thrown to them Mrs, Rogers took hold first and was drawn out, but this was not accom- plished without much difficulty, as the | tot: ice Kept breaking under her weight, and the rescuers were several thnes in danger of being immersed, too, | AS soon @@ Mrs, Rogers was on sound ice her husband was dragged out in the same way, Both were wringing wet and half frozen. They hurried across the river on foot to Col. Rogers's boathouse, | Where he always has a wagon waiting to convey him and his family up to his ness, It Was Used, Heirs of Wife of|: bile Accident Say, to Scare) : Charles L. Fair waged by the relatives) Col. Rogers's pet yacht of about aver-| of his wife, who met her death in the] ‘ age size, when the {ce suddenly col- a lapsed under thelr boat and the weesel| {ume automobile accident which killed sank into tue water, while the ice| im, 1s likely to be stil further com- eracked and broke away in all direc-| plicated. It, was announced to-day that) | tions, Mrs, Hannah K. Nelson, mother of Mrs. It $y seldom that more than one Mrs, Laura Leonard, at] | trom the bank, that the bonds had not } een received there, and notified Red- Ni / mond, Kerr & Co., cetpt for the bonds signed “Hibernia! Bank, and dated at New Orleans Feb. 5" Chubb & ‘Co. at once employed Pinker- ton detectives, when word was recelyed 41 Wall street, perintending the efforts of his men to rescue the foundered ice yacht, ooo ROOSEVELTS TO MAKE HATS. President’s Wife and Daughtgy to Contribute Handiwork to Bazaar, purpose were promptly shown the door, were quickly driven home and| As a result of this call no one but Ba ind on evening) known friends are now allowed to see Mrs. Rogers had experianced any bad| Sra, Neleon.® Dr, Henry E, Wihite- i from thelr thrilling adventure,| horne, of Verona, who subsequently The Colonel was down at the river su-| examined her, pronounced her perfectly fit to sign the papers on which the suit was brought, The relatives all denounce the call of the two strangers upon the old lady in her illness, and especially for such a purpose, a8 an outrage. That a and fraud were used to y WE No particulars onsolidated 4 per cent, numbered from 4,518 to 4, 8, 572, ATT AND ODELL (Special to The Eventhg World.) ALBANY, Feb. 10.—Politicians are tak- Odell's visit to He will leaye Albany to- ‘ng keen interest in Gov, ‘Washington. night, Republicans predict a sharp Gontest Over New York appointments between The situation is so acute that both Platt and the Governor and Senator Platt, figtae men believe there will be surpris- | Usher. twenty minutes, thereby inheriting levelopments before the Governor's} “Big Bill” was received with tre-| under his will his entire estate. Mr. have aeserted that mendous applause, which lasted for sov-| Beekman adds that the extent of Mr, pas pare Ser to. becom ERE | erat minutes. He made @ short address, | valr's esta erestimates, w York he will be “balked Mrs ower over ‘ork appointments GROUT DOWNED BY GRIP. Womptrotier Reported Not to Be aH 4 Mra Grout to-day, Comptroller ie @ victim of « mild attack of were jonds are described asLouis jana coupon in- LY 10 CLASH. Pete position In the Senate WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—One of the most interesting .of the early Lenten festivities will be a hat bazaar to be given under the auspices of the co-oper- ative sewing society during the first week of March, The feature of ‘this bazaar will be hats designed and made by Mrs, Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt, induce aged Mrs, Hannah K. Nelson to sign @way her claim to the estate of her daughter, Mrs. Charles L, Fair, is charged by her attorney, James EB. Chandler, of the law firm of Beekman & Chandler, against Harvey & Neal, the San Francisco attorneys for the Falr estate. Mme. Des Planches, Mrs. Corbin, Miss Patton and other well-known social lead- ers, These hats will be sold at-auction, Each patroness is pledged to do the work herseli, Bince Miss Roosevelt's promise to president. of the co-operative sewing society, Miss Susan Kean, Miss ‘Roose: velt and two or three girl friends have met at the White House and have de- voted several mornings to millinery, Mr. Chandler asserts that Mrs. Nel- son was falsely informed of the exis- tenve of a child of Charles L, Fair and hig wife born before their marriage, who might be produced in San Fran- cisco to claim the entire estate of Fair and his wife. He says that Mrs, Nelson was made 60 Ill by this disclosure that she agreed mere to make any settlement and would have “BIG BILL” IN JERSEY, taken $15,000 instead of the $125,000 offered her, He Invadens West Hoboken and Is 1 News from France, Greeted Like Conqueror, Henry M. ¥ Ex-Chief of Police Willlqm 8. Devery attended last evening the bali and re- ception of the West Hoboken Polloe Mutual Aid Society, held at the Casino, He was escorted to thp ball-room by Chief of Police McAuley and Capt. Beekman, Mr. Chandler's law partner, asserts that he has just returned from France, bringing with him affidavits of elght of the nine eye- witnesses of the Fair automobile trag- edy, and that these eight agree that Mrs. Fair survived her husband by at least | praising the good appearance and falth- ful work of the entire police force of West Hoboken, EE — WEATHER FORECAST. tpletyoaix or Mw and that it ts between $6,000,000 and ¥10,000,000, FIRE ON CRUISER NEW YORK, dgarette Cai y Thrown Causes Mech Damage, BAN FRANCISCO, Fob, 10.—Fire broke out last night on the battle-ship New hours ending at Weduesday, tor New York 9! york, which is lying in the stream under City and viciuity~Generally J |crders to sail for Honduras, The fre to-night, Wednesday was in the cabin of Paymaster Bali and followed by WRE CKED SHE @ oe oOo iidcbis beh DDS RARER BSERDE AD TWO ENGINEERS» ONL” TRAINS. Bill Introduced” at Albany to Provide for an Extra Man! on All Steam Locomotives and Electric Trains. MORE MOTORMEN, ~ TOO. (Speota) to The Kyening World.) ALBANY, Feb, 10,—Senator Frawley to-day introduced a bill similar to that urged upon the New Jersey Legislature by The Evening World for a third man in the cab of locomotives, The Frawley bill requires every rail- road company in the State operating surface or elevated or steam trains to have two Ucensed engineers or two ex- perienced motormen in charge of each train, The bill provides that these two men “are to remain on duty together until relieved by other employees possessing similar qualifications, and at no time during any trip shall any railroad train have less than two duly qualified en- gineers or motormen In charge. A penalty of $1,000 1s provided for each violation of the act. — LOBBY TRIES TO DELAY THREE-MEN-IN-CAB BILL. (Special to The Evening World.) TRENTON, . Feb. 10.—The lobby leaders here have incuutiously exposed their plans to defeat the bills introduced by Senator Hudspeth, of Hudson, and Wakelce, of Bergen, to provide for having three men In the cabs of the big mogul engines used on the railroads of this State. “Dick” Reading, who 4s leading the lobby, made a plea (o Wakelee for a hearing on the latter's biN before the Senate Committees on Railroads and Canals, This was assented to and Reading immediately began to plan for delay, finally asking that the Mearing be set for Monday week. “Not much,” retorted Banator Wako- lee, “I want those bills out’ nd I am going to have them out Just as soon as I can possibly get them reported. 1 don't propose to have them hung up in committee for three or four weeks to plas The bills will have to ‘There wall pe # can hel ity mee Rafal P Beadle had tobe conte: yy A eben nt with « JA re D STEAMSHIP > MADIANA, POINT AT WHICH FEBRUARY 10, Seetavel ON EH) ANE Seer ieaees OF ROUTE. VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA Sourn CAROLINA, CECMIERS) Frore cedst o) « ve area We ohewira, the peter Fs, penttidas, OOOS OOo 0OO0 2O9AP9O9O99 00900" oo CROWN PRINCESS WOULD-BE SUICIDE? | Louise of Saxony Reported to Have Shot Twice in Effort to Kill Herself While in Frenzy of Grief. VIENNA, Feb, 10.—Die Zelt, a news- Paper published here, prints a story to- day to the effect that the former Saxon Crown Princess Loulse has attempted to commit suicide because of her grief at belng unable to see he: children, The attempt is sald to have taken place at the sanitarium to which she has just been taken. She had forsaken Prof. Giron and had him veturn to Brussels tn the hope that this sacrifice would gain her the desired privilege. When she found that it had not, but that she had thus lost both her lover and her children, she with grief that she almost lost her mind, Details of the alleged attempt at sul- was so vercome SEAS BREAK OVER THE STEAMER AND }| and the dangerous reefs all about made it impossible for any of the rescue Great excitement has been caused by the story, but st has been impossible to obtain verification of it from the Hot- burg. The sanitarium to which Loutse re- tired Is near Geneva. She went there immediately after she got the decision clde are meagre, but it is sald that the Princess smuggled in with her a revol-| ver, apparently determined to use {t it she could not get relief from her grief in any other way, So grent was her excitement at the time of her reported attempt that the from the Saxon Counoll of Ministers|two shots which she fired at herself are refusing to allow her to set foot on| said by Die Zelt to have gone wild. Saxon soil, although her little son,| This part of the story incilnes many Prince Christian, is very ill. WEALTHY EDWARD HEUSTON FATALLY SHOUTS HIMSELF. Edward Heuston, ofNo. 659 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, 2 well-known manufacturer of medical supplies in Manhatt2". shot himself through the right temple at 4.30 P.M. at his home, here to disbelieve it altogether, He was taken to the Eastern District Hospital, where it was said he had no chance of recovery. Mr, Heuston lived in one of the finest mansions in waat is known as the brownstone district. He had been attended for heart trouble by Dr. Lanye, who lives two doors away, Dr. Lange called upon him this morning and found him despondent. He said he would not go to his office to-day because of an attack of grip which aggravatéd his heart trouble. He sent to the office for his mail, Mrs, Heuson went on a shopping expedition at 3 o'clock this afternoon, Sho did not learn of the attempted suicide of her husband until her return home | late this evening. ATE ne SULTS AT NEW GRLEANS, HANDS SAVED. OM WAEGKED OHI? MIADIANA, One Hundred Excursionists and Crew of the Vessel Stranded on the Bermuda Coast— Only Rescued After an All-Day Battle by Volunteer Crews. 1 SHE IS POUNDING TO PIECES. Waves Were So High Amid the Dangerous Rocks That Tugs Could Not Reach the Stranded Vessel and the Rescues Were Only Accomplished After Desperate Work, HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 10.—The Quebec Steamship Company%s steamer Madiana, Capt. Frazer, went ashore on a reef near Hamilton at 8 © o'clock this morning and is now pounding to pieces in a heavy sea, u For eleven hours the one hundred passengers who sailed from New York on a pleasure trip through the West Indies were imprisoned on tite doomed ship and were in danger of being lost. ' Great efforts were made to reach the wreck with tugs, but the e High ing craft to get near the vessel until late this afternoon, when the has. moderated somewhat and enabled lighters to approach. PASSENGERS FINALLY RESCUED. The passengers, terribly frightened and wet with the waves which had beaten over the vessel hour after hour, were safely got into the lighters and then taken to the Government tug Gladisfen, on which they were car= ~ ried ashore without the loss of a single life among passengers or crew. It is thought the ship will be a total loss and@she lies broadside to the wind and a sharp rock. The Madiana sailed from New York last Saturday on a cruise of seve eral weeks throuzh the islands of the West Indies. Hamilton was to be the first port of call, after which the tourists were to go on to Havana, San Juan, Porto Rico, Trinidad, Martinique, Demarara and other favorite winter ~ resorts. As all sailors know, the coast about the Bermudas is extremely treach= erous. The passage between the rocks and reefs leading into Hamilton ig very tortuous and requires great skill and care to make it safely. Capt, Frazer has had long experience on the route and has never had a serious accident before, | NEAR DANGEROUS NORTH ROCK. In making Hamilton from New York it is necessary to sall in close to! ~ ie | what is known as North rock, tn order to pick up St. David's Island light, which stands at the mouth of the channel leading from the open sea om” ‘he south side of the series of shoals and islands which make up the Bers mudas. From what has been learned here, Capt. Frazer got eo far to the. westward during the night, a very high wind from the northwest prevall- / ing at the time, with the result that he missed the light and went ashore’ eho | on a reef a mile and a half to the northwest of North Rock. if Signals of distress were sent up, but it was not possible to do anything toward the work of rescue until dawn, Then the life-savers got to work. The Government tug Gladisfen went around to the scene of the wreck, but found it impossible to get near, owing to the sea and the dangerous shoals | which abound all about. Grave fears were entertained for the safety of the — ship, and had not the wind gone down, enabling lighters to live in the sea, | a terrible loss of life must have followed, ‘The Madiana could be seen lying with @ heavy list to port and the heavy seas breaking over her with such force that she was likely to go to pieces within a very short time, Fortunately the wind went lower the higher the sun went, and by noon it was possible for lighters to live in ee water, RESCUED BY VOLUNTEER CREWS. A number of them, manned by volunteer native crews, went out to the wreck and with great difficulty took the passengers off. The reefs off the North Rock rank with the most dangerous in the ocean. They are of coral formation, and a ship running on them ts Mtere | ally sawed to pieces by the pounding of the hull against the sharp edges of the material composing them, North Rock is at the outer edge of the long line of coral reefs that make the harbor of Hamilton almost impregnable. After passing North) Rock it is a matter of some six/hours for a steamship to navinse the sinuous channel leading into the harbor, | REEF CONCEALED 18 HOURS A DAY. During eighteen hours out of twenty-four the coral reefs around North: Rock are hidden from view by the sea, The rest of the time this rock and others marking the danger spots show, but none rises to a great —_ Gkill of the highest order and a perfect knowledge of the channel are site if these shoals are to be avoided. The nearest point on what might be called the mainland of Be Flatts Village, which is due south, To the southwest is Glbb’s Hull which towers 245 feet above the level of the sea. From the North Rag Flatts Village or Bermuda passage is difficult in small boats, eve bits ——_—_— (Continued on Second Page.)