The evening world. Newspaper, February 23, 1903, Page 1

° f \ i BY BELLBOY WHRATHER-Fair to-night; colder to-morrow, RACING # SPORTS GENERA ON PAGES 6 SPORTING NEWS L & 7. arid, |NIGHT EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. 9: EW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY PRICE ONE CENT, TWO HOTELS WERE LOOTED ‘Messier Admits He Robbed _ Guests at the Hargrave and Hubert, and Police Believe He Is One of Gang of Thieves. SAYS HE “WORKED” ALONE. ‘Two Sets of Detectives Sought Him and He Was Caught with Another Man at His Lodgings—Both Held. ‘With the arrest to-day of Louis Mes- aier, eighteen years old, a bellboy in the Hotel Hargrave, at No. Geventy-second street, charged with robbing a guest of the hotel in which he was employed and also one in the Hotel Hubert, at No. 120 West Fifty- seventh street, the police believe they have captured one of a gang of hotel thieves who have been scouring the country. John Cullen, twenty-twq years old. who says he is a telephone operator, was arrested with Messier, in the lat- jer’s rooms at No, 48 West Forty-fitth street. Jewelry to the amount of $3,400 has been recovered by the police, they say. Messier was arraigned in the West Side Court and held In $1,590 bail on the charge of the Hargrave Hotel robbery ‘and $2,500 bail on the Hotel Hubert rob- bery charge. Cullen was held in 3300 pail. The examination of both men ywill occur to-morrow. Messier Admits Gu Messier told Magistrate Breen that he was guilty and said he was ready to pay the penalty. His father, the police say, Is the superintendent of the Me*so- politan Life Insurance Company, at Lafayette and Ward streets, Salem, Mass. Young Messier said that Cullen is in no way connected with the rb- beries, and declares that he has been operating alone. "Che police, however, insist that Cullen 4s also implicated in the thefts and say that they will have a third man under arrest goo, who, they say, has been connected with the prisoners in the rob- beries of ‘hotels all over the castern portion of the country. A Surprised Quartet. Detectives Price and Collins, of the Central Office, had been looking for Diessier for a long time. On Jan 2) Capt. Langan, of the Detective Bureau, re, ceived a complaint from Manager "Thomas Pheien, of the s{ubert Hotel, who said that two of his guests, Fred- erlcy Kly and Mrs. Edward Long, had been robbed of jewelry and trinkets valued at $2,400. Phelan sald tnat co- incident with the disappearance of the jewelry ho had missed Messier, who was then @ bellboy in the hotel. The detec- tives finally located the pellboy in his yesterday sgeured a warrant st <om Magistrate Breen, in the West Siae Court, ‘When the detectives went to the bell- boy's rooms, how r, they found that Detectives Douglas and Coleman, of the ‘West Bixty-elghth street station, had receded*them and had arrested young Uifssier and is companion Cullen, The Robbery at the Hargrave. Detectives Douglas and Coleman had een called to the Hotel Hargrave at midnight to investigate the robbery of @ guest named George H, Purser, who complained that jewelry to the value of ,060 had been stolen from his room while ho was at supper with his wife, ‘Mr, Purser said that he and his wite had ‘left thelr room at 6 o'clock that ening and had placed the key of the room on a hook at the end of the hall, @s was customary among the guests. When they returned, about an hour end a half Ja they were startled 1) find that the drawers of the bureau fn tho room had been ransacked and ell their jewelry taken. Tho Jewelry, the detectives say, be- aps to “Purser, was found in wwer in Messler's room and in his Several pawn Uckets for the stolen from the Hotel Hubert mere also recovered. fleuthing Phat Was Not Needed. Detectives Price and Collins were much fact that they did { The detectives fad hired a room next to the one oc- ‘coupled by Messier and his companion, fo scoure evidence against them, and for the past week had you! t's fontreal college, and always pre- gented good recommendations to who- ever loyed him. ‘On Cullen was found, the police say, ‘two baggage checks of the Reform and 4 ptar-shaped badge with the words “International Detective Agency’ on it, th men, the police say, gave the Re- m Club 4s one of thelr references in @pplying for a position. —————_—— Bark Vanadis Wrecked, FLEBTWOOD, Eng., Feb, 2%3.~The Ruselan bark Vanadis, Capt. C. Karis- which eailed from Ga., Jan. SF ite chara ‘will were ———_——_—_ 112 West} Club, | of GOURT HITS HARD AT THe XDODGERS Justice O'Gorman Holds that No Resident of This) City Can Escape Taxa- tion by Voting in An- other State. SPENCER ESTATE MUST PAY. Judge Declares that Wolcott G. Lane, the Trustee, Is Not, Acting in Good Faith by Vot-| ing in Connecticut. . | | According to a deciston just handed! down by Justice O'Gorman in the Su- preme Court no man or trustee of an es-| tate who is a resident of this city can escape taxation by going to another! town or city of another State and caus- | ing his name to be placed on the tax! lists or voting lists of that town. The decision is in the case of Spencer against | the Tax Commissioners. | The sult was brought to have vacated! the assessments against the estate of| the late Lorillard Spencer and also against Charles G, and Willlam A.| Spencer individually, In his dectsion Justice O'Gorman says that neither of the Spencers is a resident of New York City, and that Charles G. Spencer has not had a resi- cence in this city for many years, Mr. Spencer has in reality had no home for the past twenty years, having spent his time travelling, principally. in. Europe. His latest visit to this city was four years ago. Not a Resident of New York. Justice O'Gorman holds that accord- ing to his declarations there is no juris- diction for holding that he is a resident of New York. “He ts not required,” says Justice O'Gorman, “to establish a residence In some particular place in order to escape taxation ‘aere.” As to Willam A. Spencer, Justice O'Gorman says he {s a permanent resi- dent of the city of Paris, France, hay- ing lived there for several years. Mr. Spencer has visited this country only twice in twelve years. As to the trustee of the estate of Lorillard Spencer, however, Justice O'Gorman says that there is no doubt that he {s a resident of New York and that he has control of the estate in ques- tion. Justice O'Gcrman says that while Wolcott G. Lane, the trustee of the es- tate of Lorillard Spencer, lives with his family in this city and practises law here, he has a pretended residence at Lyme, Conn, This fact, declares the Judge, cannot affect the jurisdiction of the Tax Commissioners in the present case. With the exception of occasional visits to his mother’s home there, Jus- tice O'Gorman says that Mr, Lane stays in } York, “These occasional vi 5 do not estab- ph a residence there,” says Justice O'Gorman, "Causing his name to be placed upon the voting lst and tax Hist of the town of Lyme and his ex- pressed“intention to vote there are but declarations which are opposed and overcome by his conduct and habits or ite."" Not Acting im Good Fatih, —, Justice O'Gorman further holds that while Mr. Lane has removed securities to the Siate of New Jersey they are still under his control, Commenting upon Mr. Lane's conduct, the Juatice says that he {8 not acting in good faith After reviewing the facts, Justice O'Gorman holds that the individual as- sessment against Charles G, Spencer is cancelled and that the te assessment against Walcott G. Lane, as trustee un- der the estate of Lorillard Spencer, {s sustained. STOLE DEAD-WAGON HORSE. Root Found Job as Helper to Morgue Driver Too Slow. 'The police of the city are looking to- day for John Root, a young man who was formerly helper to the driver of the ‘s dead-wagon at the Harlem Mor- Root, who got a small nd f his services and had sleeping quarters in Harlem Hospital, where the Morgue 1s situated, took one of the horses used to haul the dead-wagon, and, after selling it toa second-hand ¢urniture dealer for $50, disappeared The larceny of the horse took place last Friday when Root was told to take bim to a blac! ith. Root started away with the horge in the afternoor e didn't Ket Pack at night: A search was made for the horse Friday night, and a more careful one on Saturday, No trace horse or man was found, Finally, this morning, the police found the horse SULTAN AGREES at the establishment of a second-hand furniture dealer on Bast One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street near Third avenue, named Lasher, They are still looking for Root. Marcont! TURIN, Italy, Feb, %3.—Naval Lieut, Solasi, @ collaborator of Signor Marconi in hie wireless telegragh work, was mar. ried here this afternoon to Baroness Ida HARRY C. FRANCIS. WILLIAM ELLIOTT MAHER \FIVE OF THE STUDENTS AT WHO HAVE DIED IN TYPHOID FEVER EPIDEMIC. DSO ~ CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH SPENCER. TO TE REFORUS Macedonians Get Relief in the! Terms Insisted Upon by the Powers, and Peace Is As- sured in the Balkans. THE MOSLEMS LOSE POWER. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 33.—Tew- fik Pasha, the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, notified the \ustro-Hungartan and Russian Ambassadors this afternoon that the Sultan had agreed to adopt the scheme for reforms in Macedonia. This insures peace in the Balkans and relief from obnoxious Turkish rule to which the Macedonians have been sub- Ject ‘The reforms flemanded by the Powers recommended that in addition to the appointment of an — Inspector-Gen- eral of Gendarmerie for three years, with ample powers to act independently and to requisition troops in case of emergency, and the reorgant- gation of the gendarmerie and police under Huropean Instructofs, that Chris- tians be admitted into the gendarmerie in numbers proportionate to the popu- lation, without being required to read and write the Turkish language. Amnesty was also demanded for all persons Wao have been arrested for poli- Uval offens The scheme for administration and financial reforms 4n Macedonia, as pro- posed by the powers in the note, be- sides planning a more equitable collec- tlon of taxes, provides that local ex- penses shall be a first charge on the of each vilayet. In the event being a surplus this may be sent to Constantinople Measures werealso demanded for com- pelling the Albanians to respect these laws ‘The appo! tment or recall of the In- spector-General in change of the gend- armerie is given to the powers, ‘Thus virtually detaching from the direct control of the authorities in Constan- tnople. OHIO RIVER LIKE A SEA, Swollen by Floods and Steamboats mnot Land. PVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. from tributary streams have converted the Ohio River Into a sea, In some places between here and Paducah, tho river fs fifteen miles wide. sand of acres of wheat are under wats On the Indiana side, opposite Owens- 23.—Floods boro, the land | Covered for a@ distan of seven miles, nats cannot land at many % the river, Eleet, LAWREN Feb. 28.—Col Paul K. Hawkins, of Springfeld, was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Le- gion of Spanish War Veterans at the national mpment here to-day, From Hialto to Aleohelic Ward John Kernel, forty-four years old, de- imeelf as an actor, living at ea sorying taimaol! the oo om ‘aicobolle bel ‘CORNELL UNIVERSITY JAMES C. CHARLES J. SCHLENKER. CONGRESS KILLS SHIP SUBSIDY BILL Senator Hanna Defeated in Attempt to Get House Committee to Act Favorably on His Pet Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb, 23.—The Hous Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries to-day voted not to report the Ship Bubsidy vill to the House, the vowe being 10 to 6. Those voting to report it were Congressmen Grosvenor (Ohio), Young (Pennsylvania), Green (Massa- chusetts), Fordney (Michigan), Wachter (Maryland), Littlefield (Maine). ‘Those voting against it were Representatives Hopking (Llinois), Minor (Wisconsin), SMOOT NOT YET [FOUR KILLED IN Stevens (Minnesota), Jones (\Washing- ton), Republicans, and Spight (Missis- sippi), Small (South Carolina), Davis (Plorida), McDermott (New Jersey), Bel- mont (New York) and Snook (Ohio), Democrats Congressman Vreeland, of New York, Wage not present. ‘This action of the House Committee kills the bill for all time. Senators Hanna and Frye made atren- uous efforts with the committee to se- cure a favorable report but failed. IN THE SENATE.) DYNAMITE CRASH, His Credentials Presented, but|Several Others Injured by Ex- plosion Which Wrecked Build- ings in Pennsylvania Town. Ordered Filed with Protest Against His Admittance. PITTSBURG, Feb. 2%. were killed and a number Injured In an WASHINGTON, Feb, 2%.—Whiley brief patrioulc ceremonies were being held in the Benate to-day prion -to the opening of business, Senator-elect Reed Smoot, of Utah, entered the Chamber and took seat beside Senator Kearns, also from Jtah. When the routine work was begun, Senator Kearns presented the creden- tials of Mr. Smoot, which were read Benator Burrows of Michigan stated that miles south of here, to-day, A gang of men working on the Balti- more and Ohio Raliroad were thawing out dynamite when the explosion oc- curred. Four were killed ovtrigh', ordered filed with the protest, Castieman River and badly mutilated. Four persons explosion of dynamite at Rockwood, 100 RUNAWAY SCARES B'WAY CROW. Horses Dash Around Thirty- Fourth Street Corner, Caus- ing a Panic Among Hundreds of Women Out-for Holiday. ONE MAN IS BADLY HURT. A runaway team drawing a wagon of the Imperial Laundry created great ex- oltement during the busiest hour of the afternoon at Thirty-fourth street and Bro were thrown into James A. Jonn- street, Brooklyn, man, ‘0. 179 Oakland injured tuck by the horses and tool, “He was picked 4 unconscious and sent son, Was severe Johnson York Hospital, where tt that a shoulder blade was broken and ‘thar he had received inter- injuries Nhe collision of e horses with John. runawa to dash upon the crowded — when it struck the man and stu Wililam Gritith, the drive wagon and stuck’ to hix xeat endeavor~ ing to the team, He was thrown by the si stop, but escaped with a few brulse: walk mbled. Wa in the —— FEVER oUUURGE OPAEADG: (TAGA IN GREAT PANIC New Cases of Typhoid Are Reported Every Day, Fourteen Cornell Students Have Died, and More than Half of the 2,900— Have Fled and Others Are Leaving. University Authorities Fix the Blame for the’ Sweeping Epidemic on the City Water — Supply, Their Experts Reporting that It Is. Saturated with Death-Dealing Impurities, © Fourteen students at Cornell University have already fallen victims to the typhoid plague at Ithaca. : and other deaths are expected daily. A total of nearly one hundred have been stricken up to the present time, including those who have been discharged — as cured, and others who are convalescent. Sixteen of the townspeople have died of the fever and. the death rate is increasing at an appalling rate. f | Five hundred others are stricken down, and among these there are certain to ke many deaths. (Speolal to The Evening World.) ILHACA, N. Y., Feb. 28.—The death roll among the stue dents of Cornell University from the scourge of typhoid fever has already reached alarming proportions, and there are to-day no less than fifty-four cases the outcome of which is uncertain. Fourteen _ student deaths have been recorded within sixteen days, three of — these occurring in twelve hours, i Three more deaths were recorded yesterday. They were F.- FE. Swartz, who succumbed to the malady here; George Hill, whe made the fatal thirteenth in the list by passing away at his home at Gouverneur, N. Y., and William J. Reinhart, who died at the ” home in Paterson, N. J. ‘ | Up to the present only one young woman student, Miss’ Charlotte E. Spencer, has fallen a victim to the fever plague. , Despite the fact that the university authorities are inclined to the belief that the crisis is past, there is no denying the fact © that the situation at this famous seat of learning is appalling, Every day brings forth its dread list of new cases, and the phy- —_—_— WEATHER FORECAST. the Forecast for New York Wale tor day for vioinity: slightly colder; west to north winds, HA! HERE’S A MYSTERY! lice Look for the Body Man—Can't Find It, The police of the West Forty-neventh street station thought they had another murder mystery this afternoon. A tele- phone message was received by Sergt Northrup, who immediately detailed de- tectives on the case, ‘The message sald that a body of a man had been throw on a scow at the foot of West Forty- seventh street, , The police, who investigated, found that dredging work is being done at this point. ‘The stuff taken by the dredge in thrown into the snow. They searched the refuse, but could find nothing re- sembling & man's body, ———-— KILLED BY FALL FROM “L. A Spark from Engine Hit Lynch ta the Eye and Caused Him to Drop, While making repaira upon the Man- hata’ structure Michael Lynch, of Bixty-ffth street and Third avenue, lost his foothold early this afternoon. i i te the street and was inetantly’ Wes jammed. Capt. Ferris, dashed upstairs. were allowed to go. Can WS ek AIO IAS 4,000 HOLIDAY MERRY-MAKERS SEE WEST-SIDE POLICE RAID, ° Four thousand persons out for a holiday saw the polise rai No. 236 West Thirty-ninth street this afternoon. So great wa\ the crowd that the bieck between S.venth and Eighth avenue: The bluecoats were led by Inspector Walsh an of the West Thirty-seventh street station. The broke down an iron Lar which held the basement door an The piace raided is known as the Princetonian Club, but th police say it is a pool-room and gambling-house. Six of the me found were taken as prsoners, but 192 persons in the room 4 RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS, Fourth Race--Major Mansir 1, Hayward Hunter 2, Erne 3, Ubsenealsd § ha cit [eight hundred students had fled to their homes. sicians of Ithaca are toiling night and day in their efforts to bring relief to the suffering. “at Confined as this fever pestilence {s to 80 small an area and so Iimited @. population, it je nearly as sweeping in its destruction of life as the “Black> Plague” of India) The fearful swath that has been cut in the student ranks ‘has led to a pante of fear at the university, Already more than half of the 49 students hve fled from the pest-ridden place. THE EXODUS CONTINUES. fy Y Nor is there the least evidence that the exodus will come to an end while” each day brings !ts frightfu! record of new cases, Every outgoing train for the las. week has been crowded with panic-atricken students, On one day three deaths occurred In their ranks. In twenty-four hours ho less than It was on Jan, 26 that the university officials first observed the presence of typhoid fever in the infirmary. Due regard was paid to it, but no one knew what the morrow had in store, When it dawned, cloaked in a garment of warning, it was too late, ‘The scourge had a foothold, With each day the numiber of cases increased at the university until the crisis came in a@ cycle of three days, Hight students were stricken on the first, ten on the second and eleven the third. Then it was that a pall fell on the university and panic struck the hearts of every one in the institution. 1 DEATH ABROAD IN THE TOWN. While this was transpiring on the “hill” conditions were no less serious, {n the town, where up to to-day the death record stands at sixteen, St were falling on every side in their lodgings and [thacans filled the City H ital, A ‘ Where it would stop people were afraid to ask. Friends would meet in the streets one day to speak of the passing of some one who had been them only @ few hours before, and the next day they themselves laid low. Ry this time Cornell bad announced Its plan of action, and the th) community, thoroughly aroused to the awful danger that conf ‘took steps to stay the spread of the fever and care for the strl fead was opened for the Clty Hospital and already $1,600 ecibed, A physicians’ fund, opened three days ago for the viding medical ald for these too poor te procure it has REALIZED THEIR PERI. tn bie, See