The evening world. Newspaper, February 12, 1903, Page 1

WHATHER—TFalr Towight and To-Morrow. “RACING # SPORTS GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 8. ch Clroulation Books Open to All.” aos ie _ PRICE ON E CENT. ANE BW YORK, THUR DAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1903. DRL CHUM © REJECTED I | “THE SENNTE. Roosevelt's Colored Ap- pointee or Customs) Collector at Charleston’ » Shut Out by Committee. \ Vote. STRONGFEELINGAGAINST HIM . South Carolina Senators and, { Business Interests of Charles- ton Had Opposed the Man on Account of His Color. WASHINGTON, . Feb. 12—The Sena } Committee on Commerce to-day agreed | to report adversely the nomination of ate. W. D. Crum to be Collector of the }/| Port at Charleston, 8. C. The vote on i confirmation was 6 to 8. All the Democrats voted against con- | firmation and they were reinforced by | the votes of Jones, of Nevada, and/Roamed Halls of East Eighty- 10D Secale ninth Street Apartment Build- National fegislaiors from the South- e = States express great satisfaction! ing, and None Might Go Out over (he report and believe it will eo or Enter. the appointmen:, | MAD DOG HOLDS HOUSE AT BAY. ‘ By ern the contention over Welch has proven so unpopular to many Scere by, Crum’s appointment was bitterly SHOT AT LAST BY POLICEMAN | opposed by the Mouth Carolina Senators ; and the business interests of Charles- | tor because of his color. | A stray mastiff dog, gaunt from hun- : \ President Roosevelt knew of the op-| er and yiclous. took possession of the position! and went against general senti-| lower portion of an apartment-house at hie ‘ment {n the Carolinas when he named | No. 318 East Eighty-ninth street to-day |) eferum. and kept the occupants in a aie of ie; ; The rejection of the colored doctor! Panic for nearly two hours until a Al /tight be construed as ebuke to him| llceman killed tc. ‘ in foreing the color question so persist-/ ‘The people on the first floor of the | house took refuge in the upper stories and sought to attract the attention of passersby to thelr predicament by call- |!mz to them from the windows. This falling, they threw notes Into the street directed to the police of the Hast Eighty-elghth street station. A num- er of men saw the papers, but they kept on without looking up. They were of the wary kind that couldn't be Jcaught by that old game. Finally a young man who was not averse to an adventure picked up one of the notes and read it. “To the Sergeant of the Hast Highty- eighth street station,” it read, “Please come at once and save our lives at No. 313 Bast Highty-ninth street." Off the finder started to the station and delivered the message, adding that @ murderer must be at work on the premises, Accompanted by Policeman Gilligan he returned to Eighty-ninth street to find No. 318 surrounded by a wondering crowd. Phe dluecoat ran up the stairs, and Anding the front door open,. entered without a bell, A moment later he came running out faster than-he went in and slammed the door behind him, As he did so there was a snap and a big growl. Gilligan drew his pistol after getting back his breath and cautiously returned to the assault He opened the door about an inch and put the muxzle of his oy feceniy, + BROKE HIS NECK. > INA SOMERSAULT i } Henry P. eoaeyl Champion Tum- bler of the Central Turn Ve- rein Athletic Cub, Meets with Fatal Accident. Henry P. Meyn, of No, 68 East End @, who broke his neck while trying to turn a triple somersault forward at the Central Turn Verein Athletic Club | ‘Tuesday, died to-day in the Presbyterian | Hospital ae a result of his injuries. Meyn was twenty years old and o painter, He was the champion tumbler Of the verein. ‘he triple somersault forward !s considered the most dimcult of all tumbling tricks," Very few men have beon able to do it, It had been one of Meyn's ambitions to learn it. Tuesday evening after the regular ex- ereiges in the club, which ts at No. 216 Kas Wighty-second street, Meyn began Praolising the triple somersault, mds warned him against the trict, he called ersuaaively, ta considered very dangerous. lie/ and with a growl , mastift ane failed dumber of times but persevered. | 4€4in9t the opening. There was a sho landed on the back of his neck, break-| of the dog's big body againat 1 MERTit.. He was picked Up by hie coms| NO sens inthe nelentorheca! rades and Dr, Anderson, president or| Where the animal came from. the Vereln, who was present, attended him. It evidently well bred and splendidly pro- | portioned for one of its apectes, ee THIS DOG UNWISELY CHASED ITS OWN TAIL. ‘he Young man Was unconscious. He | as romoved to his home and as he 4id not recover, he Mi to the Prepbyterian Hospital to Te died | § few hours after matter being adialt adniltted, | |pantc among the crowds at Broadway jand Canal strot this afternoon, The | dow first attracted attontion by turning | round and round in the middle of the street, trying to bite its own tail. The ") Bey the time it had re cry of mad dog" was raised. Some boys threw stones at the little animal and {t started on a run down Broadway. Senate Bill Cuts Rates Between’ sree Boroughs and Regulates the! '}* mle club, Cliarges on Five-Minute Talks! jhe po sian sa that newrer, thinking TORTERS " that some kind of a riot was in im mda ee ar ae Date bidys” pnt mi The little black and tan then ran east on Howard street, the iceman and the crowd followin, the had ot as far as No. 5 0 How ird tireot Mo- mankyed to strike the dog on its fe. "The. poll 1 So yeaa, ta Fae, valiotiay” i ii a the, pound, of ‘the. leat ALBANY, Feb. 18-Senator Keenan put jn @ bili to-day making uve of the telaphoue cheaper in New York City. This measure provides that regular suo. Soribere shail be charge: extra tee fot five-minute talks between boroughs, net more than 10 cents can be for borough messages, and that conte eral be the maximum fee for , from one borough to another. CAPT. SCHMITZBERGEH, hed Howard | GREENE ain arr ATTACK ON THE DETECTIVE BUREAU BY SHIFTING SLEUTHS. | | | GEN. FRANCIS GREENE. GREENE HAS SWITCHED ALL THE WARDMEN AND - SEVERAL OF THE PATROLMEN IN THE TENDERLOIN. FIRE ALARM GIVEN BY BY POLLY’ He Had Be how Accustomed to Calling the Family Every Morning When the Clock Struck Six. NO ONE WAS — INJURED. Moses Zipkin and his wife, Yetta, who conduct a dressmaking shop on the second floor of the building at No. 281 Grand street, had @ large green parrot who wes oredited with knowing but one thing, and that was when € o'clock in the morning arrived. When the clock would strike six times he was accustomed to see Mrs, Zipkin rise and go into another room and call her twelve-year-old son, Harry, He. learned this so well that every morning when the clock would strike 6 he would scream: “It's 6 o'clock, Harry! up!" About 2 o'clock this morning Harry was awakened by the parrot shouting vigorously and oftener than be- Get up, get 's 6 o'clock, Harry! Get up, get Believing it was 6 o'clock Harry hustled up and found the front of the house on fire, He awakened the other members of the family and then noti- fled the Hidridge street police, woo turned in an alaem, After the fire, which did $400 damage, was out and there was a pile of debrig .|in front of the place the parrot was miosing, When the wreckage was cleared away the badly dented cage was found and in it wes the parrot, swear- ing like a blue streak at such treat- ment, ‘Dhig language was a surprise tq Mrs, Z\pkin, and as the bird's cage usually hung near Mr. Zipkin's workbench ner suspicions have been aroused. DEATH PENALTY FOR MUTINEERS, '4/Thirty-one of Crew Tried for Murder, and Three to Die, While Others Get Life Terms. MANILA, Heb, 12~Thirty-one mem- bers of the crew of the Inter-Insular steamer Dos Hemanos, who mutiniea in August last at Port Virac, Island of enginver, steward and carpenter of the vessel end wounded the captain, the mate, the senor, Shatner and 7 DEWEY ILL; VICTIM ISA OF COLD. Admiral by Advice of Physicians Cancels All of His Engagements, WASHINGTON, Feb, 12.—Admirai Dewey has been confined to his home for the past week with a severe cold and cough. For a time grip was threatened, but this danger 1s now believed to be passed, By the advice of his physician, Medical Inspector Dixon, of the Navy, the Admiral has been compelled to cancel all his engagements for the present. HERE'S ANOTHER i h | Grose, of No, $7 Columbi 4 - # jlyn, found himsel! arraigned in es Avenue Police Court to-day, ——_. ¢ | Fourth that Has Been Received |; at Bellevue Incubator Within’ oaii a Week, and Only One Has) Died. NEWCOMER QUITE LIVELY.’ tll another one-pound baby turned up at Bellevue Hospital this afternoon. ‘This makes the fourth that has been taken there in a weck, It was stowed away in one of the incubators beside two others who have been there for a week and are still clinging to life. One of the tiny mites, a little Mins| Goldstein, died just as the new comer was brought In, so that inetead of @ full colony of four there are but three in the Incubators The new baby, which, to speak accur- ately, weighs nineteen ounces, was born in Little Italy last night. It ts a boy. Its mother is Loretta Gatta, of No. 411 East One Hundred and Fitteenth streot. It was brought to the hospital by Maria Aramenta all wrapped up in cotton bat- | Ung and rolls of flannel, Although so Uny it seemed in pretty good health and the doctors think it has a chance, But they thought the same of the baby born to Bertha Gold- stein, of No. 18 One Lighth street. It only weighed si teen ounces, but it Hved for five In the tnoubator, and up to tho Ume of Iie death seemed:in aa happy a frame of mind aa ® mite of tals size ought ®nne’ Bellevue doctors are. wondering what is tha matter w ew York's mothers such an in- fux of baby © hospital. TRAIN HIT $1,000 DOG. heep Herder Litt and Jolt, ‘Catanduamas, and murdered the chiet | Ht 1 Geller, ins SAYS HER FIANCE’S A THIEF. Brooklyn Girl Has Sweetheart Ar- rested for Stealing Rings. Following a lover's quarrel, Abraham eet, Brook: the harged by his sweetheart, Miss Rebeoca » of 541 Howand avenue, with aling two diwmond rings he had given , paid to be valued at $185, ‘The youthful swain was held in $500 WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for hours ending at 8 P.M, for New York City and vicinity Generally fair to-night and Friday; fresh to brink westerly winds. COMMISSIONER GREENE, WHO GA VE 1HE : POLICE 7 TWO JOLTS TO-DAY, AND THE TWO CAPTAINS W8O FIGURE IN THE NEW | CAPT. O'REILLY. PLATT LEADER ~ODELL DECLARES President "Roosevelt Receives Acknowledgment from Gover- nor and Harmony in Republi- can Party Ranks Assured. PATRONAGE IS ALL FIXED. (Bpecia! to The Brening World.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—Gov. Ofell’s conferences with President Roosevelt have resulted im the complete restoration of harmony in New York State, Gov. Odell told the President that Senator Platt was the recognized leader of the Republican organisation in the State, and said he had no desire to supersede him 4 In the matter of patronage Senator Platt has promised to do all he can to further the interest of any one Gov. Odell shail designate for a Federal of- fice, Senator Piatt's man, Congressman Hanbury, of Brooklyn, will be appoint- ed Shipping Commissioner, to succeed Col. “Joe Dickey. W. W, Worden, of Saratoga, whom Gov, Odell wanted to have the place, will be taken care of by the President and Senator Platt. He will probably be given a place under the new depari-| ment of Commerce, President Roosevelt told Gov. Odell he! did not want anything to happen in New York which would imperil the success | of the National ticket next year, Many of the minor details of patron- age aye not yet been arranged, but the matter has progres o far that it can be stated on authority of one present at the conference that complete harmony of action exists between Sen- Platt and Gov, Odell. Gov, Odell promised the President he; would work to the best of his ability to promote his nomination ror the Presi- dency next year, The Governor was at at “TNO JLT aE ENTIRE POLIGE URGE A OCA Commissoner Greene Gives the Tenderlo the Worst Shake-Up in Its History, and Fi Makes Sweeping Changes at the Centr Office. THIRTY-ONE OF O’REILLY’S MEN : HUSTLED OUT OF THE PRECI cr Capt. Schmittberger Returns to Duty in th Forty-seventh Street Station and D His Foes to Show Any Wrong-Doing ss the Lexow Investigation. Following out his idea of a military movement'in reformation of the Police Department, Commissioner gave the force two successive jars to-day. First he transferred thirty-one patrolmen out of Tenderloin to other precincts, this, with four plain cl men and two roundsmen transferred yesterday making thirty-seven policemen shaken up in the Thirtieth street station in less than twenty-four hom . Then he shook up the Central Office by ren three detective sergeants to patrol duty, sending patrolmen who had been doing detective work back to fi posts, and shifting a score of men from station-houses- the Central Office. A third sensation was created in the Police Departm bya letter from Capt. Schmittberger to Gen. Greene, | which he challenged any one to show he had been guil wrong-doing since he made a clean breast of police b mail to the Lexow Committee. : | 7 — The men transferred from the Tenderloin have been scattered all over | Manhattan Island, most of them to posts in the lower part of the borough. |An equal number of patrolmen were tranéferred into the Tenderloin’ take the places of the disciplined men. The changes take effect at 70 this evening, Few actions of Commissioner Greene since he has taken office th caused so much comment as this wholesale transfer. The fact that | Miles O'Reilly continues to remain in command is taken to mean that 4 | Commissioner believes he has been trying to do his duty, but has handicapped by his own men. the Capitol in consultation with repre- sentative Republican members of the New York delegation, and campaign plans were discussed. ‘The Governor has not decided whether he will return to New York to-night or| to-morrow. HOOPER YOUNG BREAKS DOWN IN THE TOMBS ‘ bs prison, (ill'am Hooper Young collapsed completely late to-day: in All the nerve and exhibition of will power |detloin a shaking up such as it has not experienced in years, The which characterized his actions and utterances of yesterday had gone and he appeared so miserable thal ie couch and lay there all afternoon, came strychnine 19 accellerate the action of the heart, s9 serious that Dr, Campbell was forced to ept to his Finally nis condition ve- administer | Young then | to treatment, bul his condition ic So serious that it is re doubtful, according to Warden’ Van der Carr, if he cease Hah Laas ail LATE RESULTS AT NEW ‘ORLEANS. ith Tammany Chiel 1, Wunderlich’ 2p Poat J, yee wi Mer: leek bee Me ie os BGR se dala - ! Another move made by the Commissioner to-day was the chen O'REILLY UNABLE TO STOP IT. No direct charge of “grafting” is made against the patrolmen t ferred, but most of them have been in the Tenderloin for a long period, & conditfons prevail on the bea‘s they have covered that Capt, O'Reilly foul himself powerless to overcome. | It is well Knowh in police circles that the collection of blackmail jae Tenderloin since Capt. O'Reilly took charge has not diminished, | tact, in. small way it was spreading, It came to the ears of the |sioner that the police were collecting money from women on the from small tradeamen, from ‘everybody they could get money from, but has thus far been unable to get direct complaints, so far as is known, Conditions under Capt. O'Reilly were so unsatisfactory that he called to dquarwers yesterday and asked what was the matter with li precinct. ‘Senior Inspector Cortright, Acting Inspector Walsh and one or two others: the inner administrative circle, but the substance of his excuse Is belley: 'have been that his men were not doing their duty; that his roum |were not reporting truthfully, and that his plain-clothes men could not jTelled upon, | SHAKE-UP AT ONCE STARTED, Drastic measures were invoked, Of course Commissioner Greene, ft from civilian life, took no steps on his own responsibility. He asked the | vice of Inspector Cortright, and the Inspector advfked bim to give the was started yesterday afternoon, and it is thought in Headquarters that | will continue unti! most of the patrolmen attached to the West Thi street station have heen shifted tv other precinc Tenderloin posts, Every patrolman left was transferred to a new |'This is one of the ideas of Commissionor Greene, it being bis belief | frequent changes keep policemen from becoming too well juainted persons on their posts and reduce their chances of collecting wiht, 'SHAKE-UP OF DETECTIVES REDUCES THREE TO RA Searcely had the shock of the Tenderloin shake-up been when It was whispered about Headquarters that the e1 ure f Office was to be reduced to petrol duty, wit aes ra oo Ol