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| SPORTING NEWS ‘ ON PAGES 8 & 9. Che “ Circulation Books to All.” |_ PRICE ONE CENT. “NEW YORK, MOND B JEFFRIES A SCHMITT B OURE WINNER, aNYS FITZ. Lanky Bob, Who Has Fought Both Corbett pansies and the Champion, Says Schmittberger Is Assigned to the “Red Light” District and Titus to ‘ , Boilermaker Can't Lose.| .,. Bronx, Thus Ending a Long Suspense. Summoned to Police Headquar- ters by Commissioner Greene at 4 o’Clock This Afternoon to Be Sworn In. TITUS WAS APPOINTED, TOO. HAS TAKEN JEFF IN CHARGE. Commissioner Greene has appointed Capts. Schmittberger and Titus to the Thinks that Corbett May Stick} ia AE Mls Olspossl for some ine oe u pat oe Me SERANMATTNE eo EEE Tone is sure je Title tl 0 Change Hands this Time. Wanted them to appear before him at Police Headquarters at 4 o'clock to be sworn in, Commissioner Greene assign Schmittberger to phe First Inspection District, which includes the Red Light district, for whose maladministration Inspector Cross is under charges. In- spector Titus will be assigned’ io tte Sixth Inspection®District, which takes irt of the Bronx. “What have you to say?" Schmittver- sked iby an Evening World re- of all the reports about you our promotion will Bob Fitzsimmons, who has held more championship titles than any man liv- ing, picks Jim Jeffries as the winner in the coming fight between the boller- 4 maker and ex-Champion Jim Corbett Fits says that no one has a better tight to forecast the result than he, He has whipped one of the men and heen whipped by the other twice. This he says should put him right in line as 8 prophet and he can see the fight going “ail one way. Fitz, when he looks hack carefully, can feel some of the jabs and jolts that Corbett rained upon him out at Carson City before he landed the solar plexus that took the title away ffom “Gentle- man Jim.” Fite does not have to tax his memory Phair go hard, howover, in order to re- f member the blows that Mr. Jffries de- In fact they are still pretty 4 Bome. of them he can feel to this day. When he counts up alt the Blows he can remember he thinks that JO's were. the most serious and there- fore thinks that the title will not chan hands this time. Another thing, Fitz has been boxing with the champion for some time re- cently, and will train him for the com- ing fight. He thinks that Jeff is even better then he was when he met him Frisco and lost the title to the championship in the eleventh round. He is fully 100 per cent. better now than R pie was then, and Fits does not see how the big fellow can lose. Fitz will lose no time in starting to f work to help Trainer Delaney with the champion and get him in trim for the go. For months he has been giving him the advantage of all he himself knew ‘about ring generaiship—and no one ever puted the fact that Bob was the best «general that ever lived. He has ed Jeff carefully in every move {1 the big fellow is a shifty boxer and to use his head as well’ as his 4s in the ring. ‘He disputes the claim that the cham- pion has been dissipating and says that At will take but little work to get Jeft in the best of physical conditio Here is what Fitz himself says’ about § been said,” the whole e always to was his answer, wal matter to. drop T hav d a all ght home to tell my wife ‘Titus remarked aid Schmittberger. “My ald ‘Titus, “and sioner Greene regarding ment of Schmittberger, he sald: “In view of the nature and extent or the Immunity promised — Inspector Schmittberger at the time he tesvitied before the Lexow committee TI coud vake no cognizance of what had ov- eurred in his life before that time, 1 gould only consider wnat hs conduct during the last four years had been. “There was no evidence that would jus- tify charges being preferred against the man, and as he was at the head of the clvil-service eligible list he was plainly entitled to the promotion, As as last night I went to the Grand Central Station to: ask District-Attorney Je- rome if he had anything against Amittberger, and he said he had not. President Roosevelt did not control me in making the appointment.” At the conference of inspectors at Headquarters this afternoon it was or dered that all captains return by March 11 full lists of all Raines law hotels in thelr respective precincts. —— NAPHTHA BARREL BLEW UP. Neighborhood Was Shaken, Little Damage Resulted, ‘The stop-cock on the tank of an auto- mcbile in the repair shop of Banker Bros, & Co., No. 50 West Porty-third street, burst this-afternoon, the gasoline spattered on a stove, and the resulting explosion set off a barrel of the fluid close by. The explosion shook the neigh- borhood, but did Httle damage before the fire was extingutehed, ——— WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for che thirty-ntx hours ending at 8 P.M, Tues- day for New York City ana vicinity: Fair to-night Tuendays Nght varied! Appout= but I feel sure Jeff wiJl beat Corbett when they meet this time. TI don't think the battle wi] go as long as their _ first fight did. My reason for saying so is on account of the wonderful im provement which Jeffries has shown ence of Hlegance, 4 St. Louis via the with “the comforts (@ontinued on Eighth Page.) —_____—_—_ SHATTER BATTLE FOR AENSPCER LIONS | | | | | | GOTTON DEAL Theodore H. Price, Who Failed Three Years Ago, Again a Dominating Fig- ure in Big Transactions. CLASHES WITH D. J. SULLY. Providence Man Moves to New York and Tries to Force Cot- ton to 15 Cents, While Price Is Unloading. : On the floor of the Cotton Exchange 's being waged these days a battle of | millions that crash extending threatens a around financial} the world if the calculations of the men interested happen toego wrong. Analagous con- ditions prevail in this battle and one of the leaders in it is Theodore H, Price, who failed three years ago for $16,000,- 000, but Is again a power in the cotton market, Price Rea larch cotton touched 1.21 cents this on, an advance of 10 points over] s close, This price establishes | a, being 5 pointe higher than any } quotation for March cotton in the his-) tory of the Exch May cotton sold UP to 10.14, an advance of 6 points aver Saturday's close. ‘Through the day it is estimated that 100,000 bales were t bought by the bull clique. The failure of Theodore Price was due to his bull-like proclivities, He went, down to deteat.trying—to hoost the price of cotton, To-day. he ts found on the other side of the market, @ persistent and resourceful bear. Ar- rayed aginst him directly is Daniel J. Sully, of Providence, R. 1, who ts bulling the local market and stands to win $12,000,000 if events Justify his judg- ment. Indirectly associated with Mr, Sully in the dull movement are Bte- phen M, Weld, Ralli Brothers, of Alex- andria, Egypt, sald to be the greatest commercial house in the world, and a syndicate of New Orleans brokers, The dominating figures in the local market are Mr, Sully and Mr, Price, Their every move !s watched. Millions depend upon their nerve and knowl- edge. ho Cotton Exchange 1s sur- charged with tense excitement and no man knows what m!nute the crash may come. Price’s Remarkable Rise. Not the least remarkable feature about this cotton deal is the rehabilitation of Theodore Price. When the firm of Price, MeCormick & Co. falled in May, 1900, this young man was left without a dollar. The failure occurred on May 24, On May 2% he was to have married Harriet Eugenia Dyer, daughter of the late Gen, Alexander B, Dyer, U. 8. A, = Record. DEADLOCK OVER T. H. PRICE, WHO AGAIN LEADS COT WOMAN HE WEDDED AFTER HE FAILED FOR $16,000,000. WN DELAWARE. State Chairman Allee, Who Was, Favored by Addicks, Chosen, for Long Term Senator, Con-| gressman Ball Short Term. (Special to The Evening World.) DOVER, Del. Mayeh The | ware Legislature this afternoon e the Senatorial by veh 6 It was to have been @ church wedding, Ushers and bridesmaids had been chosen and rehearsals for the ceremony had been held. On the evening of that day of the failure Mr, Price called upon his flancee. “ym a ruined man, with debts of (Continued on Seventh Page) Allen term, cunion waien State Senator Republican) to AR the long expires in 1907, and Congressman Louis Helsler Ball (regular Republican) to the | short term, which ends in 1906. ‘The regulars in caucus at the Hotei | Richardson at 145 nominated ( man Ball as their candidate by a vote of 7 to 1, the single ballot being cast fo r | The Greatest February Advertising IN THE HISTORY OF THE EVENING WORLD. EE EF OF U8 OF 8 OF Ue OF Highest Evening Paper. 10 2174, | an ‘ 1990 189! 1892 1899 1894 1895 (SO)Ze|THE FEBRUARY “@) nen Gy a i he b/ { IABB 1RBA A Gain of 390% Columns Over February, 1902. Twice as Great as the Gain of the Next RECORD OF Almost 1896 1897 1898 1899 | 1902 1903 OO (SO CNR: OI j Allee became ac | a NIGHT EDITION AY, MARCH 2, 1903. PRICE ONE CENT, TON ex-Benator union 8 inated A As J. Anthony Higgina, The yublicans had previously nom- ward Addicks fay red Allee, | 4nd the deadlock was broken on a com- bina’ esed by Addicks, the ja y..be rogar a matter of fuct, Isr of the winners in the Sffair, even though he did not reach th Senate. James Frank Al ay he as one e was born in Dover forty-six years ago. His fataer was a Jeweller and watchmaker, and from him Mr. Allee learned the trade, anv! att rd succeeded hips in the busi Which he stil conducts in Dover After the appearanve of J. Kdward Addicks in Delaware polities in 1889, Mr y interested in po- liticat matters and closely associated with the Addicks wing of- the Republi can party, He was clevted to the State Sqnate-on-the Union Republican ticker {n 1898 and 1903, euch time overcoming the oppositic and regu ' Repudlican Mr, Allee is als ness with Mr. Ad of the Bay State Gas Compan ware, and the Staten Island 1 pany, LIVE WIRE KILLED HIM. in busi Presld: Laborer In Shocked Highbridge, Bistifo Demanio, an Italian laborer, ot No. 1240 Inwood avenue, Highoridge. e at to Death at h street rt Washing. 1o0n, Was Killed with @ live elec- | sanitary work at One Hundred and| , F MARKET, AND AAS ON 100 SWEAT-SHOPS. Twenty Factory Inspectors Swoop Down on the Dismal Dens and Clean Out More than a Hundred of Them. Twenty factory inspectors from the Department of Labor's Factory Bureau went through the sweatshop district in Brownsville, Brooklyn, to-day, The tour of inspection was directed by Supt leary. He marshalled his deputies at the Brownsville police station and sent them out to work in pairs with a polle man in uniform accompanying eaeh ue- tall | In several places where the walls and | floors were found in a fithy condition, the Inspectors stopped work. turned the | toilers Into the streets and ordered the shops closed until they were put in condition. In several shops where Itallans are employed they ci not, tell the inspectors for w working. In thes rk was taken from the ip and sealed up the “Pantata system’ under which ignorant Italians are made to work for bosses who employ them for starvation Wages and lease out their services Over @ hundred shops visited by the inspectors were declared unsanitary and closed at once, the certificates of the proprietors being revoked and the goods! bundled and tagged by the inspectors. Most of the shops were operated by Italians, The inspectors found fire-es capes lacking, the ventilation wretched and walls and floors in filthy condition In many places no paint or whitewash t and bundle by coming in contac trict wire. could be found under the coating of dirt on the walls. 100 SOCIETY MEN AND WOMEN TO TESTIFY IN BUFFALO, March 2.—District-Attorney Coatsworth an Chief of Detectives Cusack la would be necessary, in order to probe the clues leading to th capture of the murderer of Edward L. Burdick, to summon on hundred of the leading society men and women of Buffalo, Thi iestimony of these people is expected to lead to the arrest of mysterious woman who has been seen at social affairs in com any of the murdered Burdick, LATE RESULTS AT NEW -_—_—_—_—— BURDICK MURDER te this afternoon stated that i soe ORLEANS, BURDIGK STRUCK Police Seek Slayer of Rich Merchant in So- Solution of Mystery May Lead to Great Scan | interested in a criminal case as it is in the outcome of the investigation into | the murder of BE. L, Burdick. most to terror, prevails, for it is felt by the intimates of the dead man that the discovery of his murderer will bring forth revelations that will have the — effect of shrivelling happiness in many homes, closures of nastiness it has developed, are becoming impatient at the lack of results obtained by the police, although it must be said that the work the Jaw officers has been diligent. SLAIN BY WOMAN. and investigator who has worked on the case is convinced that the crime |was committed by a woman and that the weapon used was one of the golf- sticks hanging in Burdick’s den, here is a difference, however, in the de+ jductions drawn by the various detectives from tne circumstances. Buffalo had been dragged into the divorce proceedings brought by Mrs. Bur- dick against her husband; that this woman's standing was such as to war- © rant her in knowing that if her name became known she would be disgraced lfor life; that she went to Burdick’s home by appointment to get him to” have her name kept secret, and, failing in her purpose, struck him in a sudden fury of rage with one of the golf sticks; that the first blow stunned him, and as he lay on the couch the woman, with strength born of mo- |mentary madness, beat his head to a pulp. MAY HAVE HAD HELP, a man were interested in the murder. Burdick had a woman come to his house, met her in his den and was caught there by some one interested in the woman or himself, who struck him be- fore he was aware that there was another person in the room besides his companion. is little room for the swinging of a golf stick. This leads the detectives to th» belief that the person who wielded the club was an expert in the use of it. THIRD DEGREE FOR GIRLS. Chief of Detectives Cusack announced that the methods and procedures ot a fashionable dancing club of which Mr. and Mrs, Burdick were members will be inquired into. borne out late to-day when Police Inspector Martin stated that Katherine Koenig and Margaret Murray, the servant girls in the employ of the Bure dick family at > h last Thursday night when Mr. Burdick was murdered would be given the | i “third degree" to-night. \the girls were holding back some valuable information, and it 1s ¢o get mt Thin ts done to break} this that the “third degree” will be worked. are now under surveillance. MRS. BURDICK AND MOTHER BUFFALO, N. ¥., March dick, wife of found brutally murdered at his home in| SNC SFU My acter being called ir Ashland avenue, and Mrs. Hull, ber une morning. mother, length at midnight at police station No. 10, where they were taken upon their re- turn from Canastota, attended the funeral of the slain men. Mrs, Hull was first questioned in Capt Kilroy's Coatsworth and Assistant Superintend- ent of Detectives Cusack. terrogated closely as to all the infor mation she could give , Bhe said she retired before Margaret and knew nothing of what had happened the morning. ‘sounds in the night, beard nothing of any voice whatever, and awoke in the morning ignorant of any tragedy in the house, f Bhe told of her relations toward Mr Burdick, they were ere on hostile vwrme, She the Identity of the murder in the house that aight, and empha tioalty - UOWNBY WOMAN AND THEN KILLED, +—$—_—___ ciety Circles and Summon Fashionables, Together with Mother-in-Law and Widow of Victim, to Murder Conference. dal Involving Many Notables and City, Horrified, Awaits Revelations—Third De- gree for Women Servants. (Special to The Evening World.) Seldom has this community been so intenselp BUFFALO, March In some circles apprehetsion, amounting al- The people at large, aroused by the horror of the crime and the dis- ‘The very nature of the crime makes it hard to get at. Every detective The theory most commonly accepted is that a woman high in society in: On the other hand there is the opinion that two women or a woman and Those holding this theory argue that The room in which the crime was committed is a small one and there The fear of a big scandal in high life was added to this afternoon when That the police save a definite clue on which they are working seems. . 101 Ashiand avenue and two men who were in the house Inspector Martin sald that it was the bellef of the police officials that The women, the police dealang, ++ QUESTIONED BY POLICE, Mrs. Bur-, that she believed no one in the household ° bad anything to do with the crime or. Burdick, who was/' ew of it until morning. fhe re EL Widow Answers Police. Mrs, Burdick was next taken into the Captain's office and questioned at length as to what she could offer to throw light on the possible identity of the murderer, % ‘The police spent two houre i the two women, and at the close of the » conference at 230 A, M, to-day they were driven to a hotel. ; District-Attorney Coateworth said” after they had gon ly “We examined Mn Burdick for the purpose of oo the examination of all those present 1m the house on the nlght the murder: occurred and to ascertain from Burdick, if possible, who, in her ment, might have been actuated commit such @ crime.” Society Women Qalled, Shortly before noon torday &wo heavily velled burried imo © Detectives Cusack’s Ofee, The drove off Immediately without he an wore examined at considerable where they had office by District-Attorney She was in- led by the domestic i Bhe said she heard no that they She deni unfriens positively ly of that #aid ahe could throw no light om] Women ae » = a a jal > Pt