The evening world. Newspaper, February 14, 1903, Page 3

WAVES BECKONED ND SHE JUMPED Wysterious Young Woman Ex- plains Her Leap from Ferry- \ Boat by Saying the Water ‘ ‘Hypnotized Her. ®UT FRIEND SAYS SUICIDE. an Early Love and’ Unhappy Mar » . hie and Former Vagaries on the ‘Bj slage Said to Be Responsible for \) Woman's Part. fhe ‘The young woman who jumped from \the Greenpoint ferry-boat Nevada adl- mritted in Bellevue Hospital to-day that her neme was not Fannte King, as she had given tt, but would not tell who he was eMAna I did not try to kill, mysel!,” eho, gait. “I was standing at the rail Qnd was fooking down at the even little waves aa they spread out to join the vwidor wake. weemed to rise up to me and fimen to fall back as though they were ming me to come with them. ay seemed to call to me, and as 1 ‘wtood there I became oblivious to all ‘else, even to the boat on which I was ng. “I must, have been fascinated, maybe bypaotizea, I don't know. I can seo yet—the waves calling tome. They Giptinctly as though they Voices to speak and arms to beckon. I never saw them ithat way before. { Im Water Before She Knew It. I knew it I was in the water. As y was jepaeeres trom from my reverie and scream- {ed for help. That shows taat J did not ' ‘to kill myself.” ak this tnteresting story by the young | Indy ie suported by the statements ‘of others. Capt. Hanaus, of the school- Mary's, was standing on the deck the Nevada docked aid that the young forward the dot aproached its dock, but sas (pon a the boat was je fast ip the young woman left the passengers. neh the Weantit ot ke bear, le len; of the t oe entep ay deliberate! ‘waves ‘i agteading out to Join the wake. “s er overboard Cat, Hannus Welckum and y to rain ‘ ps (boat, in which Cadets William a ‘john Brenner, John Hashagen ead Fred Ferguson jumped. 2." to where the Woman was F| they pulled her enoned with From She « a Gy gees stories about se f ved and was, but all, on | were found untras. of a: Romance. for sey Pveniok of Mrs. Vi womai Poe if "srs, Annie Rooney, Ven alee tna aca poanay, o doubt that Mri ide, and in sup- ‘of ber theory, theory file an old, yet ever ‘of chil ove and jage that came to grief, my best friend.” eald ‘Mine were playmates together. His father the well-known politician and ‘her pa- gents were well-to-do. be until they were married five years ‘They were sweet- elt troubles have often beon aired in the Long Imland City court, for he was so abusive that three times she hadi him arrested. At last she left him. "In September, 1901, she went fo the house where he lived, ‘and when he came Qs ehe throw one arm around his neck, hhe always claimed she tried to throw acid inthis face. He had her ar- but she escaped punishment “Borne the ago she was in Bellevue and way sent to Ward's Island to be treated for illness. To be a char- iy patient preyed on her mind and I Hot surprised that, he wantin te fake er life, When | dast heard from she was employed at a factory. in Hoventieth wtreet and lived in West ‘Thirtieth street.” ‘SAYS NURSE TOOK POISON DRAUGHT. Physician Thinks Miss Rubie * Cross Died from an Overdose of Morphine. ‘An autopsy will be held to-day on the body of Miss Robie Cross, the trained Murse who died lest night at the home of Henry C. Wyand, No, 8% Hast One jandred and Scyentieth street, where @he was nursing Mrs. Wyand, Jn the opinion of the doctor who was called to attend her shortly before she expired, She died trom an overdose of morphine. Several half-empty bottles of morphine iets were found in her room. She js he cnown to have been @ victim to the mor- Phine habit several years ago, but was supposed to have overcome It, From several letters to friends written gbortly before she died tt appeared that ghe was greatly discouraged over what | she considered her til luck, and {t Ls eus- pected that she took the morphine with cldal intent ‘Miss Cross was about thirty-five yours 4. Sho lived, when not working, at Nurses’ Home, One Hundred and Beventieth street and Franklin avenue. (was engaged to care for Mre, Wyand Inst Tuesday. She did not seem well herself, and yesterday she took to her ped. She became s0 Violently fll last might hat a Dr, Stacey was called tn, He immediately recognised her eymp- tame and worked over her for an hour, pt abe died. Rath gi Ban Ret ak RR Re NEW CHINESE MINISTER AND HIS WIFE, WHO HEAD CHINA'S MINISTER HAS GAY STATE Seventeen New Attaches at Washington Embassy Are All Button Men with Blue Blood and Titles. TO SHINE IN SOCIETY THERE. ‘According to advices from Washington the suite of the new Chinese Minister, Sir Cheng Tung TAnng Cheng, seventeen NO SEPARATION FORCASTELLANES strong, which 1s en route from the Ce- lestial Empire to Washington, are all bution men, That 4s, they all have but- more or less distinction. ‘There when the imperial slant-eyed i! did not consider it necessary ude button men in their foreign wie 2 hows A man without a button outs little figure in Peking. He is like a noble without @ aki or a witch to his name in the Russian Court. But things have changed end here comes Sir Cheng Tung Liang Cheng with seventeen men Wearing seventeen varieties of buttons and of as many colors, First Seoreiary of Legation hen Chao-Chang wears a red button and! is besides “first-class expectant Taotal of Kuangs! Province,” whatever that te. | Iiang Ching Kvel, next in order, | sports a crystal button and ts reader of the Grand Secretariat. His wutton is reversible, ‘Then comes Chang Chuan, third-class secretary of the Hoard of Revenue, The | color of his bution 1s according to the | company he keeps, so he carries a bag ; full up the sleeve of his ktmono. ‘Hela Chia Pu, third-cluss secretary of the Board of Works, decorates his blouse with @ blue tutton, He y Wal tutor of the Emperor Chih, Li Kuo Chen, "unattached expectant ‘Tagtal,” is of the yellow-button brand. He’ is ‘a grandnephow of the late Mar- quis Li Hung Chang, Feng Shen, yon of the Ching Sing, ' of the sixth-class bution order (pale pink), ihas been in this coun- tar try bet ‘The a tielve Changs, Chungs. Wungs, ngs, Kiangs and Kiknge rank with the ir buttons from deep green ‘tng that there is any foundation for the | Countess, late Emperor Tung) BULLDOG FICHTS Gen. | Count Boni’s Father Denies that Such Proceedings or Divorce Are Contemplated by Son or Daughter-in-Law. FCRMER COMING HERE SOON. PARIS, Feb, 14.—Count de Castellane to-day made public a statement deny- rumor that his son, Count Bon! de} Castellane, and the Countess, who was | Miss Anna Gould, seek a separation or a divorve, “My son," the Count sald to-day, “leaves for New York on Feb. 26 to bring back the Countess and her chil- dren, As the head of the family, I wish to say that we are all very fond of the will stop this absurd rumor forever." oe AMAD MASTIFE to ak Ten of these are and come here te thelr own expenee WIFE TOOK CASH WHILE HE SLEPT. Two-Dollar Bill Was Trans- formed Into One at Night, and Magistrate Upholds Woman. young study the country at ‘The financta! affairs of Mr. and Mra. Gustav Lang got a thorough alring be- fore Magistrate Connorton in the As- toria, L. I,, Court to-day. Lang was #ummoned on a charge of abusing his wife, Barbura. It wasn't long after the case was called that the Magistrate saw that ft ot the fact that the husband had seized the wife rather roughly by the arm, but the latter's desire to change |thetr restdence that prompted the ar- |rest. “He gifts me no money and I wants 1%, mofe,” Walled Mirs, Lang “I ask you, | ask you, Chudgs, how |eould 1 gif her dle geld ven whe take it | all mein pocket out,” walled Mr. Lang. Magistrate Connorion admitted he had a hard proposition to face. “I goes to sleep mit a $2 bill unt ven I avakes 1t has to ein $1 changed. She Wants to gif n Chudge ve mua money,’ protested Mrs 1s: Ke it out of his pocket as bet id the Magisirate and he dismissed the case U per O'Gorman visited the Wyand to-day and found the morphine we 2 bottle of of wtrvonnls ining bee) © confined cet up rte two years “td the Bet ita returned to letters to friends, found in itten yesterday morn- ‘ bald tt 7 ANOTHER DEAD AT CORNELL. One Student Snermml to TY) ITHACA, M-Three more deaths from typhoid fever have occurred here, Two were of tow presen end the third thud G weal. Nod.” 8 4 ante Aisne nee sy seem, 8 how caves report ar yey etal we eee peed 5 Desperate Struggle in a Long | Island City Saloon, Where the Invader Was Tackled by the; Owner’s Pet. MAD DOG CAME FROM SHIP. A mad maatif ran off a steamship lying at the foot of Tenth stret, Long Island City, to-day and raced, yelping, up to West and Fifth streets, where he sprang through the open door into the wioon of James Clare, was crowded and there was a panicky scattering to corners and the seizing of chairs, But it wasn't necessary, Clare is a lover of bulldog: He owns several. One was in the aa loon. He made « lunge for the mastift and got him by the throat. Down they went on the floor, the bull dog hanging on and the mestiff rolling over trying to shake bim off, A man might just as well try to shake a wart off his nose as for the mastift and 1 hope that my denial | GAY DELEGATION OF “ BUTTON MEN” AND ARISTOCRATS. ARE BRS WOMAN LED THIS CHASE FOR THIEF Fugitive Outsprinted Three Hun- dred Pursuers, but Ran Into tain. HAD ROBBED HIS NEMESIS.) Three hundred persons, ed by woman carrying in her arms a bab: chased yesterday a man accused of burglary through several streets In Bay- onne, N, J. The man, after being tripped and thrown several times by boys, reached a car, only to fall Into the arms of @ policeman, The tugitive, Joseph Pocora, called at the residence of Anthony Tabmisky, No. 83 East Twenty-first street. misky had gone to @ store and on her return met Pocora near the door. She missed over $20 from a bureau and, selz- ing her babe, hastened after Pocora. As soon as she caught sight of the man she screamed ‘Murder! and Pooora started to run. Men, women as a trolley car came along. under arrest, what he had done. A sliver Jury. DIED IN CAB ON ng driven from thi ead today while be station to rid himaelf of the bull, The sea- faring dog grew weaker and weaker as the clutch of bis throat grew firmer, and fnady he ceased to struggle, Then ‘Tim Murphy, armed with a beer bottle in each hand, strode to the centre of the barroom where the dogs had beon etrugeliog and put a quietug on the stranger by beating his brains out ‘The reat of the men gave Murphy a hand and they carted the dead do down to the river front and threw him into the water whence he had come on his mad career, —~ DIED OF, HER BURNS. old Wom Killed by the vloston of « Lamp, Aged Ann Biggard died in the Cum- berland Street Hospital, Brooklyn, to- Exe A ratiroud Ucket made cut MoGrath, No. %0 Broad street, Conn,, from South Pines, North © was on his way to Meriden. ‘The stranger appeared to be in healt when he engaged the cab Mesider A pulled the string that opened the door and waited for his customer to allaht the fare dead, leaning back dn the cush jona body was carried fubbialion In tite Dasement of depot, and in the hope that there migh be some life an om Flower Hopital Dr, Hardy re: rallnoad ticket money and severa! baggage checks, On the first floor of No. nue. Mrs, Biggard was preparing to bed when & iamp exploded and to her clothing. Her screams attracted her children, who smothered (he Games, but net until the old woman had been Ms Cariton @ 0 to i Dh four battleships belng built for Argen- i. Leyes nile in ‘ast i and Italy much the Arms of a Police Cap-| ‘Mrs, Tab- | police!’ | Starting in the Craig house, three bulld- and children joined in the chase, Hait | #teved. & dozen boys caught up with the fugi- uve near Avenue D and tripped him. He a was up in a second and continued his SMALL DOCTOR'S BILLS. filght. Twice more the boys tripped] Scientific Feeding the Way to Reduce him, but Pocora reached Avenue © just ‘Ther. He sprang on the rear platform and ran into Act- | ing Captain Van Horn, who placed him When arraigned before Recorder Lax- arus Pocora said he did not remember watch which was found in his pocket had been atolen from Sylvester Vosineki, as had also $2. He was held for the Graad WAY 10 HIS HOME: Man, Supposedly Henry Mc- Grath, of Meriden, Conn., Ex- | pires While Going to Station. A well-dressed man died in a hansom West Twenty-third street Pennsylvania to the Grand Central Station. to Henry showed that the man had come ina, and 604 | the Grand Central Station the oabman Then he got down from his seat to find to the police the ambulance wae calied sponded, He eaid he thought the man died from natural causes. Besides the man had plenty of Germany Refuses to Bay Warships. German Navy t fire | Department Krad decided not to buy the ae THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVE EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 190o, MYSTERY IN A WOMAN'S DEATH. Police Acoept Second-Hand Ac- count of the Manner in Which Mrs. Howard Received Fatal Fracture of Skull. THE STORY OF TWO WOMEN. They Say the Victim Was Pouring Coffee for a Man Whose Identity, Is Not Known When 8he Fell in a Faint. Circumstances warranting an Invest{- mation have not so far Interested the police of the West Thirty-seventh street station fn the violent death of Mra Mary Howard in her apartments at No. 28 West Thirty-elghth atreet. Mrs, Howard was found dead tn her bed with a fractured skull by Dr. A. H Riedel, of No. 276 West Thirty-etght street, last night. and he reported the with a atory told by certain persons| whose names are not mentioned. Dr. Riedel was called in by a woman he does not know. She told him there was a sick woman in the house. ‘sald that the sick woman ‘aad been pouring a cup of coffee for a man tn her dining-room in the afternoon and that as she poured ft she was selzed with a faintipg spell. In falling her head struck a door and cut a gaeh, This informant told the doctor that the man then ran out of the house and notified two women friends of Mrs Howard. ‘These two women went to the | houso and found Mrs. Howard uncon- ecious on the floor, and after putting her in bed they left and called the wo- man who later went for the doctor, When Dr. Riedel went to the house he found Mrs, Howard dead from a frac- ture of the skull, He notified the police and related the story as it had been told to liti. ‘The police recorded the story and an- nounced that It was evident that the fall had killed the woman, They did not know who the man was, or who |was the woman at the time, nor did | they appoar to be Interested in ascer- taining. he two women friends of the dend woman are sald to have told the woman who told the doctor that the mysterious man held an important po- sition and that publicity would injure iim. Therefore he did not return to |the house to ascertain how seriously |injured Mrs, Howard was, | Mrs. Howard had lived in the house ltwo years and was supposed to keep boarders. Coroner Scholer said he would make an Investigation, DEAD IN BIG HOUSE FIRE. lone Ferson Kill Four Badly | durt and Seven Dwellings Burned. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb, 14.—One per- son was burned to death, two fatally hurt, two others seriously injured and seven bulldings totally destroyed in a fire which visited ‘farentum, a village | twelve miles north of here, to-day, ‘The fire had its origin in the Craig residence, which stands in about the middle of a block of frame houses on Fifth avenue, Bach of the houses had the fi floor occupied as a store, living rooms being above and in the rea | ings on elther side were completely de- A little science in the selection of food leads to good health and smalier doctor's ‘bills, Hl health not only cuts down the earnings, but increases the cost of Hving, too, How many men and women would like to save the biggest part of what they now pay out for sickness yearly? As most all- ments come from improper feeding, it stands to reason you won't need the doctor so often if you feed yourself and family right, and the doctor would be pleased as well, ‘The principal of the well-known Holland Academy at Beckville, Texas, writes as follows: «Having been a& user of Grape-Nuts for the past two years, I beg to offer a testimony of the effect It has had upon myself and tamily, “When I began the use of Grape-| Nuts my wife and I were taking a vesort for our health jn South Texas, u p to this time our Hyves were Indeed miserable as a result of continual bad health, ill tempers and ‘heavy doctor’a billa, One day a merchant of Burkeville, Texas, advised me to |try Grape-Nuts as a diet *| "Doubting that it would benefit me any, Itook home a package, however,| and before 1 had used this box I had begun to see the good effect it had on! (my digestion, So I continued its use After | had used the third package | discontinued the use of medicine alto- gether, as I saw Grape-Nuts was do ing more for me then all the medicine tI had taken, “When | returned home my friends) and neighbors hardly knew me, I had) improved so in health, appearance) jand energy. 1 had my grocer at Car-| tharge order a supply and have con- Unued to use at, “This year my family life has been more happy than ever, and my busi t|ness, which had been nearly wrecked before, is now prosperou “As | am a@ teacher, worried with the care of from 100 to 150 small urehing in our rural school, 1 am sub- ject (o considerable worry and strain upon the brain. Since my daily diet of Grape-Nuta, however, I must say my school work is not nearly so un- ple sant, “Ll recommend {t for a plain, simple full of nouriehment—just the diet, blood clean. wholesome condition and sweeps the country, figuring sor: tions aro onl} blood's impurit ever in a short tine. s0 I could not do the work for Discovery and ‘Pleasant Pellets.” and now T often walk o} ride even.” “For three yoars T brave suffered with that dreaded disense, eczema,” writes Mrs, J. Keepp, of Mapleton, Ore. Dr, and after f had taken fourteen bottles | was permanently cured. Tt haw A year since 1 stopped. tak! others suffering nx 1 did will Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discevery and other forms of disease which are caused by which breed and feed di: Which makes peuple feel as if they wait until your body is foul before you cleanse it, careful to have clean bodies mako no effort to keep. that those who do not keep their bodies in @ urroundings are the first to fall when some epidemic of disease ngerous to the individual than a foul body. But unclean blood is an active threat against the very Hite It ts a matter of surprise that many people who one knows that uncleantiness br who dwell in filthy But foul blood ie tive hindrance ed breeding place for disease, that in many cases where the blood {s impure or corrupt Scrofula with tts Every rather a passive than an it makes the It ts part of Nature's plan for human safet sets a sign on the body in proof of the corrupt current that is flowing through the veins, irritarion, salt-rheum, tetter, erysipelas, boils, pimples and other erap- But often in the earller or simpler stages of the languid, sluggish feelings, which are body ap) Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and scars eczema withit the outward signs of the Impurity of the blood. there are no outware signs of this condition; only dull, matter to the police, who are satisfied commonly attributed solely to the sluggishness of the liver. 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