The evening world. Newspaper, February 16, 1903, Page 1

ON PAGE , GENERAL SPORTING NEWS 6. ‘ Cire —_ be tion Books Open to All.’’ gpa gemma gies = orld, [NIGHT weer ast otis ad 1 EDITION ‘legac ONE CENT. NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1903. “SLEET, THEN SLOP MAKES “TRAFFICWOES ‘Glazed Third Rail Ties Up “L,” One Train Taking} Five Hours from One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street to the Battery. ACCIDENTS IN THE STREETS. ev Pavements Make Horse and Pedestrian Travel Well. Nigh ‘Ampossible and Send People to Hospitals with Broken Bones. Again New York was sleet-bound to- Gay, the third time this winter, and in Ag before, the sufferers were the ‘pat- ft the Elevated road, and the per- delay contintied from 11 o'clock 1 this morning. UL trading were mun with great ‘ton Where the ignorant passenger's Money. was refused and not one where, @ train. nis fare was returned te him. Later in the morning notices were Sixth avenue elevated railroad which read,'“Passcngers who take trains are At the curve between the Bleecker Street and Eighth street stations much ‘rounding the curve. Many stuck halt fay and had to be pushed by the train train fro. mdowntown reached the Dre igeerp ae and Fifty-fifth street ter- thi nt. ‘The next train. to fer that was at 4 o'tlock trin from the Batterv to the termina}, "At midnight a train was stuck on ihe iumbus avenue, and {t could not get wut of there until about 8 o'clock. Alant ovrotechnical display up and down the whole Jength of the various“ lines. @ome respects the most severe. it until long after the rusb seine’ ‘there was not an “‘L" sta- biter he had wa'ted an hour or two for posted up in some of the stations of the Bubject. to delay,” aiMcuity was experienced by the trains behind. Bixth avenue line at 11 ‘hls morning, making five hours for the uphill track at Highty-sixth street and Allthrough the night there was a bril- Discomfort at (‘L” Stations, wi -the whole system wi in a miserable @ondition to handle - the busine In many places the crowds on the plat- forms were so great there was danger of; deine vushed’ off onto the tracks. Sparks from the third rail set fire to the oll-soaked wooden ties on the Har- Yen River bridge at Second avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street blazing ties stopped trains In both treétions and caused a fire-alarm to be | nt in. The ends of a dozen tlds were ned off, but the fire was extinguished efore the bridge was rendered unsafe, Aelay Jasted an hour. Brooklyn the elevated service was t as bad, A four-car train on the avenue line Jumped the track on jyrtle avenue near the Bridge street , Station, = The last two cars were derailed, and Jamong the 100 pasengers the wildest Jexeltement followed. Coincident with he jumping of the track there was a riliiant electrical display caused by tthe charged rail and which threatened to sét te coaches on fire. the Train, it not been the heavy wooden rails next 4/5 the steel rails, the train would have plunged into te Btrect. ‘Throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn many accidents were reported by. tne police. The streets and sidewalks were covered with ice, but from the police F seports it was evident taat these were ‘et 50 dangerous as the treacherous atone doorsteps. Many fell on leaving hopes and were carried back and Fecelved no information con- ‘them. _ Vehicular traMc proceeded only with Stedtest diMculty, horses being on their sides all over the city, “‘Phero Was mush of the spectacular in the ‘storm bepides the electrical dispiay, iwijich was beautiful. The trees in the ‘were costed with ice and in many ‘the whole house-fronts were with ice. has broken down some of she See poles and wires through- the long distance tel- phone say that the trouble} fa not werlous and that there ts ample between all points and yp| rT etny | Ip the tranamigsion of meseugos, \ SIGNS FOR STATIONS. . Weewident Closes Coaling Auresment with United States. Feb. 16—President Palma the n@val coaling station ert “the “morning rush hours came| and William “Kuhl, FIRM FORGED TOTHE WALL BY ROBBERY. William Cossitt Cone & Co. Compelled to Make an Assignment Because of the Dishonesty of an Employee, SHORTAGE ABOUT $40,000. Time to Investigate Affairs of Concern — Cone Missing, but Said to Be Hunting for Help. Following an extensive examination by experts of the books of William Cos- sitt Cone, # broker, at No. 4 Broad street, doing business under. the name of William Cossitt Cone & Co., the con- cern made an assignment to-day to William Bennett. of No, 7 Pine-street. Surrounding this business ai Mculty there are features of an untisual nature. t is necessary to digress a bit fora (proper understanding of the case. ‘There was arrested on Saturday George R. Bristor, an attorney, accused of, attack- ing a boy in Brooklyn. Bristor was con- nected with the Cone firm in the capac- ity, it is asserted, of attorney. Coinci- dent with his arrest and his release on $3,000 bali came reports of the financial roughness in the affairs of the broker- age hou Shortage $20,000 to $40,000. In explaining the cause of the dim- culty Lawyer, Bristor, in an interview. ostensibly given through a lawyer rep- resenting him, accused employees of the firm of defaulting. He said that the amount of the defalcation was between $20,000 and $40,000 and thet it had been accomplished throvgh manipulation ot {the account of tI a Tf ‘ever there reigiared isp anehane lor of men it was the “ome force of William Cossitt Cone & Co, to office was not opened at the usual although there was 4 long line of tomers waiting outside the door. At the time of the opening of the exchanges tha notice of assignment was posted. In the meantime .the employees . wore Kolding an impromptu meeting of . pi test in the reception room.’ On efi so far as the subordinates Palen Shortaye Near, $40,000, 5, admitted pac account the firm ‘of Hasking'& sells expenditures for that were deemed worthy ‘of investigi tion. . One of. the clerks said tha it tne d folind ‘It necessary to make assignment it-would be Tound that je shortage in the accounts, by what- ever ‘means it was broughr about, would be closer to $40,000 than §20,00), Mr. Cone cannot be found. He was in the city on Friday, but neither he nor hia wife has been seon ‘In the apartment- house in which they have their furni- ture smoe vhat time. A oreditor of thp item, said this afternoon that In his opm jon Mr. Cone {s out hunting for, money, @nd that he has been postponing || the crash in the hope that a falling market Assignee Says He Has Not Had] EAT KILLED WW EAPLOSION, Factory Hands Carried Down in Wreckage. of Building, Which Caught Fire and Im- perilled the Force of Rescuers FOUR INJURED TAKEN OUT. FOSTORIA, O., Feb. 16.—Several per- sons wefe killed in: att explosion at the was under full headway when a: botler! in the cellar exploded, causing a ial eral wreck of the building. The walls bulged amd some of .. would reduce his indebtednes: The atmosphere of mys creditors. Bennett, the assignee, | | said taat as he had just been called| into the affairs of the concern he was | Unable to tell. anything of the statue o: the matter, Mr. Brigtor could ‘not be found and no othersof the executiva| officers of the concern evidence. ‘According to ‘Bristor. te Cone hy had no partner for. some th eh Some of £ + form to use Fad firm name. F is 4 ame partne now em ‘ees ‘Tho stavement that Brea: other of Willlam tag a financial interest in The Sign Points the Way. announcing the assignment, was posted apartment, whic! nd comes of a prominent sami, Site Math er is e Coal compaann of - which —— Beating Him and Taking #70. slréet, Court to-day and held for boy a ie the mon "to have fountiews and sa the firm {s dent Leondre V. Fistie, the cashler of the He was not at the office when the sign y. At his home, No, 422 West End downtown to see his Jamyer.' Dae s OiiKe.” Was torn Up. the Consolidated Ex: nd cpines Edward Payso) ae ss Prenidont and: Treasurer’ of the Diamond Frrence V. Powderly, formerly General Labor, is President. - Jersey Man Accuses ‘Two Men fet Joseph Laux, of No! 1% Second atrest, + Were arraigned 4 cai i n, eh erate on a c va ig Wedel BSiunt seis mae bc night ul wu a tN te om af nic, atl MY "to tl a oa het biding Mioatalr and at them hy asset around ‘the cuse was exaspersting to tho| aoeheue n M” Hanger, Little Rock, Ark.; Wee | Ma io ers dont in the crash. Those who could ran to windows, and more, excitable leaned to the street, While the firemen and rescuers were running to the scene the factory caught fire and was soon a mass of flames. There was a desperate fight on «the part of the rescuers to. secure the bodies of the dead before the flames reached them. As those killed,and in- Jured were brought out they were placed on sleds and carried to provised hospitals. The flames were mastere’ after a hard fight and a search begun in the ruins for the victims. The dead were finally mimbered at eight, while four were injured, oo WOMEN MANAGERS MEET They Gather Here to Make PI for the St, Louts Exposition, ‘A meeting of the Women Managers of the Louislana Purchase Commission, of the St. Louis Exposition, began to- day at the Murray Hill Hotel. The ses- sion will ast two or three days. A.maority of the Boal of Managers were present. Among them were: Mrs, James 'L. Blair, of St, Louis, President of the Board; Mrs. W. E. Andrews, Washington, D. C,.; Mrs, Edward Book- water, Springfield, O.; Mrs. W. B. Co! man, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mra, ¥in Ernest, Denver, Col Lagan, Shreveport, “7 New York; Mre, John id | Miller Horton, Buffalo; Mrs. Frederick Mrs. J, Moleombe, Hartford, Conn. Ppt Lauisville, ris re. ane L. von oe ft, Centrevil Fannie 1 te tla i fames Bamund "pullivan, roves, firm, was a partner up to August, tei. to-day avenue, his wife sald Bret he rae ns 6 stle ie Wiliam ‘Cossitt Cone is Palisades Par! me cor apy oF the done of they netlenn Revolution Master Workman the Knights ot j eta of No, 19% @econd ty inet a edvyags Sito nes. he wi as a Lf and the. iat. they hey’ had evox ‘The " aiing he i er 8 |progtamms was effected when the for- lower floors fell in, carrying the. work-! Im-| DAVID BUCKELIN. CROKER WILL NOT COME TILL AFTER » NEXT ELECTION. His Plans, Ohanged for Greene His Presence Here Might Prejudice Tammany’s Chances in the Fight, It Is Said by Friends. Now |t is declared that Richard Cro-|his return before the oampaign would ker is poaitively not coming to America | certainly be misconstrued, with the re- before, the next campaign: He’ has / sult that Tammany might suffer at the changed -his mind regarding the time |,Pol# next election. During the cam- cou Mr, Croker’s intended visit to New ; mer leader realized that the purpose of CIRL FOUND DEAD; A DEEP MYSTERY Her . Body —"Bspovened at a Country School-House in Con- necticut and Acid Bottle at Her Side, STAND BY PASTOR HOWARD. Conference Action, BATAVIA, N, Y.. Feb. 16.—The mem- bers of the Fizet Baptist Churen have adopted, resolutions reaffirming their nd esteem for confidence thet: po pal Rev. eon Wh’ hedged as ut mas tor, hey andcdive t principles of the’ vere o1 the Son of Gad.” loward was recently declared by the Emergency Council) of the quarterly ganference appointed to investighte cer- tain charges against him to have for- Sled big right. to recognition as a gymad of the denomination, HER’ LIPS NOT BURNED. (Special to The » NEW MILFORD, Pretly,slxteen-ve the daughter. of to-do farmer of Northville, was found dead in.an-outhouse connected with the Village school yesterday afternoon. A bottle that had contained carbo! acid awe at the girl's wide. but there was no sign that she had taken any of the poison, Dr, F. A. ine was called from this plage. and on looking tate the tiled Coroner Hi. went to Northvi yoning World.) Conn., James Gaynor, eleven years re “| Railroad in the freight yards cate the belief! avenue, and says be Misa La home since we found, ith oft to rem falng er, arents 7, ot poke Aaa u short thought rho of had fre- sae tite case ual afar RS yrould not way, That ca tate ae tes ae tied James Farrell, fifteen, and John Tomney, tweive, we i "| this afternoon for robbing a caboose “REGGIE” VANDERBILT AND H. K. VINGUT, WHO DIDN'T APPEAR AGAINST BUCKLIN, AND “JAKE” FIELD, WHO DID 1? AIO Ven Serb It TIGER SCORES AGAINST DEVERY The “Best Chief” Served with Notice of Appeal from Deci- sion Favoring Him in Execu- tive Committee Fight. PROCESS - SERVER’S JOKE. “Rig Bill” Devery will not take his Tammany for awhile ‘The time te in- definite. To-day, at hie~home, he was served with a notice of appeal from the decision of the Supreme Court author- izing him to a seat as a member of the ‘Tammany Mall Executive Committee Messrs. Stewart, Wahle and Hoffman, Tammany Hall lawyers, acting for the organization, caused the notice of appeal to be served on the former Chief He was leaving his house when the process-server approached, “Good morning, Chief," sald the server, reaching into his inside pocket and hauling forth an envelope. “I've got a pretty valentine for you.” The big fellow gave the process server a scorch- Ing glance. “Now, don't come any of those old he blurted out. “If you've Rags on me,” factory of the Fox Magazine Company |M® Wii return to the United States. It) paign the opposing elements would | got a iegai paper to serve trot it out, here this iqfternoods Amana. thara ie. |imstated to-day on the highest authority |MFONt by the presence of the former! T) take anything, even if ite n rednnt ported dead arc ithe falloing ; that, Mrs Crokeeinow hea no intention oe eeniera Gate ve Sneegae eo stove, Don't run in that old valentine : ‘ okerisn Joseph Burdge, James Green, the tw) Avink Wantage for America until after |. A"cabiewrm wan recsived from Want- | Fs" Miasons Gompen, Hattie. Pununei ay | Bext election day. ifs, original inten-|age to-day un ‘whlch: Afro Croker anc | The pm man was instantly petrl- Pa Baan tion was to visit America during the] nounce) that he nnd definitely: abandon-! fed by the “Chiefa” candor and me: | Ella Spence. ' his former plan. t A large number of men’ and women | *tter part of next won hange of |. Ths cablegraim. was supplemental to| (DM vically reached forth the togal docn were employed’ in the pplace and work) 2%.'% announced that the chang an exchange of letters on the subject | ment. “Humph!" grunted the former Chief. “Notice of appeal, hey! Well, jet them appeal, but T'll take my seat finally. 1 won't and [ can’t be frozen out." Then as he walked away he turned to the yourg man, saying with a smile, “The next ilme you have valentines to give a follow “send them. through the mati mi ‘private’ ‘personal,’ and ay that if they get ree decision they will appeal to the Court of Appeals, by which time the next primaries will have come and- gone and another leader in the Ninth Assembly District will have come upon the political horizon—per- haps. At any rate Tammany Hill men say Devery will never—no, never, get Dis seat Devery saya: “I'll get the seat; if not this year, then next, or the year after.” FOUR SMALL BOYS ARRESTED FOR BREAKING INTO A bid old; Michae! Delay of the New Yor< Conti at Thirticth street and Ten The Gaynor boy had been missing fiom oa for ten days, and the police had been: asked to look for him. The boys were seon breaking into the car by the policem an who arresied thei. $e LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. Fifth Race—Bud Embry 1, Sue Johnson2, Eliza Dillon 3. Sixth Race—Sapere 1, Kiwassa 2; Doo Wood 3. ROBBED OF DIAMONDS WORTH $7,000. seat In the Executive Committee of |. | monico’s or the Waldorf-Astoria, “REGEY” VANDERBILT UNGE MORE EVADE EROME SLEUTHS County Deine 0 After Trying All pags Serve Him and Other Millionaires with tachments in the Bucklin Gambling Find He Has Gone to Newport. William H. Stafford, One of the Clubmen- | -Whom a Writ Was Issued, Goes to Jerome’s Office—Prosecutor Threatens Take Their Cases Before Grand Jury. County Detectives on District-Attorney Serome’s staff have been all da trying to serve attachments on five millionaires and clubmen to witnesses in the trial of David Bucklin, manager for Richatd G | Among the number is Reginald C. Vanderbilt, who, it was jlate this afternoon, is in Newport, and out of harm's way, had been subpoenaed to appear this morning, but did not do so,” s | Jerome had the attachments issued and said if the men did not appeatid morrow their cases would be at once reported to the Grand Jury merey shown them. These are the nen for whom attachments were issued: ;REGINALD C. VANDERBILT, son of the late Co | Vanderbilt, worth $7,000,000 in his own right, with his mother at No. 1 West Fifty-seventh street; ported to have lost in one evening more than $100,000 — at Canfi eld's; hid from Jerome’s subpoena servers | No. 603 Washington street; lives at No, 17 wer enty-third street; is a member of the Racquet bse fashionable clubs. H. “ARCHIE” pga real estate broker and sh and handsome. H. K. VINGUT, clubman and social favorite; 46 West Thirty-fourth street; Racquet and other swell clubs; family is rich, CLARENCE LUCE, architect, No. 242 Fourth avent best society and club circles. William A. Stafford went to the Criminal Courts Building this | noon and reported to the District-tAtorney. He had a long talk with hime When he came out he told the reporters that he had not ‘been served with) a subpoena until after court had convened this morning, “I gaw in the newer: papers," ne went on, “that 1 was wanted, and I came right over to see Mn | Jerome about it.” When asked if he would turn up next Monday he said he did not knov whether he would or not, jJEROME THREATENS ALL % ia Edward Wasserman, the broker, was restrained by a subpoena and two! detectives from going to Europe on. Saturday. Mr. Lauterbach ald client had been done great harm being forced to stay, He asked that eetimony in the preliminary hearing admitted in the tri ¥ “Counsel for the defense ts willing,” he added, ‘but the District-Attorney has declined to show us any oourteaye” ” this morning he found before him a panel of 20 special jurors, which had been summoned for the Bucklin case, Ex-Justice E. L. Fursman, Forbes Hen- nessey and John Delahunty were pres- ent as counsel for Bucklin. District Attorney Jerome and Assistant District- Attoreny Osborne were present for the prosecution. Mr, Fursman immediately moved tor a postponement of .the trial for two weeks, urging lack of time for the prep- aration of an adequate defense. die de e Flares Up jr “I deny that,’ shouted Mr. Jerome, jumping up. He went on to say that) he thought Mr. Wasserman should be tead from an aMdavit by Mr. Delahunty| forced tc appear in person. Justice Her reciting the procedure go far in the! rick decided that he bad no power i® case. It alleged that it was not untill the matter, uhen ordered the ease 10 that counsel for the defense Feb over until next Monday. lad bee: notified of the motion for trial It was then that the names of loy a sal jury, Phe attorney sald) is witnesses were call that (he Indictment covered @ term Of} i cisure that five of the seven Badal ye san ne coma prepare a| remained away. ‘The Distret-Attorngy far te Seihout adequate time. being | /mumediately proceeded to have his subs) poena servers make aMdavits of pete sonal service on the men for the pose of getting the writs. Jacob Hy’: the Wall street operator, and Dr, D, Haight alone responded. “No concessions will be made to of these men.” said the Dist ney after court. "If they have Deen to any inconvenience it tx the man with whom shay had It i$ no fault of mine, justice after to satiety Fr and desires so that jurisdiction of the cour. the placed under strict sur found and will not be Jeave the jurisdiction of given, Prosecutor Opposes Delny. ‘Assistant District-Attorney Osborne retorted that the case against the com- | plainant had been practically laid bare a: the preliminary hearing, and that, therefore, the defense had known for a long what charges they had to meet, The District-Attorney said that that place was as well known as Del- ‘IT want to giv opportunity to Justice Herrick. “I am disposed to this case go over until next Monday. CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Nathan Doras, a diamond broker, of Philadelphia, was robbed of $7,000 worth of diamonds within ten minutes. after stepping from a train on his arrival.here from Cincinnati to-day... He boarded a’ street car, rode.a half, dozen ) blocks and was relieved of his‘wallet while being jostied’in- crowd, aie hee Seed Ros oe ae Jerome asked that before of the witnesses in ¢he vane be called. “We have had great difficulty in Be- ouring winanees,” he mtd, “eng we