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

EDITION PRICE ONE CEN NEW YORK, ‘THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1903. al “Circulation Books Open to All.’?_ ‘PRICE ONE psc | CITY VOTES MONEY TO PROBE THE GAS TRUST'S METHODS, Finance Committee of Board of Alder- men Favors Application of Commis- sioner Monroe for $51,000 to Enable: Him to See that Gas of Proper Qual-| ity Is Supplied to Consumers. The Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen met to-day and decided to report favorably the resolution giving to Col. Robert Grier Monroe, the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, the money he asked for to en-; able him to inspect the gas supply in the various borough’. | A communication was received from Col. Monroe at Tuesday's meeting of the Aldermen explaining the sections of the charter which put upon the department the duty of making such inspections and declaring that the Commis- sioner could no: make them for lack of funds. He asked $51,000. A resolution approving an appropriation of that amount was on that date referred to the Finance Commit-, tee, with the request from President Fornes, who is much interested in the matter, that they report as speedily as pos- ; sible. Hence the action to-day. ORDINANCE ALSO BEING PREPARED. “An ordinance that will act as a curb for the extortion- ate practices of the Gas Trust. will bé introduced ‘at the meeting of the Board of Aldermen next Tuesday... “The application of Commissioner Robert Grier Mon 1x toe for $51,000 to enable his departmént tosee’ that the Gas Trust furnishes a proper: quality of gas to the citizens’ of New York, passed to-day by the Finance Committee, will be approved at that meeting of the Board.” William O'Connor, the legal expert designated by President Fornes to devise the plan of procedure to be submitted to the Board of Aldermen in the gas extortion matter, made the above statements to-day, He continued: ‘Commissioner Monroe's request for $51,000 has the approval of the majority of the Board of Aldermen. President Fornes will hasten its adop- tion at the next meeting. “President Fornes and I have examined closely into the situation and have practically decided upon what course shall be followed. “It is necessary, the President informed me, ihat some form of city legislation is demanded, that a curb may be put on the gas companies, The Evcning World has pointed the way in this matter and deserves great credit for the work it has done in agitating against the methods employed by the gas corporation,” Va —Sae INSPECTOR FINDS AMPLE . PROOF OF GAS EXTORTION, Since The Evening World began tts, crusade against the Gas ‘Trust and itt extortionate practices the in this city have learned existence of Jastrow Alexander Examiner of Meters. Mr. Alex business has increased more than cent. and the fast meter ts. being lo at the rate of scores a day. The tests made by Alexander's men) show that the trust has added many thousands of dollars to its already bulg- ing treasury by means of fast meters. But these tests do not account for the exorbitant bills. A meter that ts 20 per cont. fast would only Sncrease a bili one- fifth, The fast meter denoted that for to be fai condemned ab A Consolidated C corapany, Bieter, had measured mas for by Mr. | Forty: fouctis to be 9 per Moeller, at N. a aveaus. Was 1 per cent: the meter of Fallon, at No. 176 Sullivan street, showed by the test that the Fonaumer. had been paying 2.0 for every 2, ie feet of fd ih Use ou months, perhaps years, the consumer| Other fast mete has been It does not explain | ani sixth al Thomps and Ti py Atty ae rs why @ consumer's bill for November be-| East ing 44.50, the bill for December should atreets Fe be S14. get: attyen Alexander's men have tested nearly | 3 0 suspected meters since The Evenin ve World's crusude began and’ of this Dacl t number a large percestage was founa a substential { | | ODELL’S LASH EFFECTIVE, York | NEW APPRAISERS NAMED. Three Ass! is for New | Two ef the Five A District A imted by President, | Mebelied Back WASHINGTON, March 12.-The Pres!- cy to The dent sent to the Senuterto-day the fol- ALBANY: afarch ti FIGHT BEGUN |having promised to support all of his Not 200 or 300 per cent. | 2 fast, af the Dills would seem that they Ps 5) ovehs of Greater New York: TH date in 1%e thei | of only 2% ov et MM in 1900 ON WlGnER LICENSE BILL Senator Raines Introduces Measure Raising Liquor Tax 50 Per Cent.. and Saloon Men Open Attack. HURRIED ACTION TAKEN. | Legislators Who Are Opposed to the: Act Whipped Into Line by| Gov. Qdell—The Conflict Will’ Be Bitter. (Sped'al to The Evening Word.) ALBANY, March 12—Serator Raines| to-day introduced the higher lcense bill incresding the Iquor tax 80 per cent. in every) part of the State. It was’'im- mediately referred to the Excise Com- mittee and a Joint hearing will be given | by the Senate and Assembly committees next Wedtiésday. The {htroduction of the measuré by Sen§tor Raines to-day was the aslgnal for the beginning of. the fight by the Hqnor, dealer and allied — iriterests against it. 4 Although practically every Republi- can ih both~houses of the Legialatura hes. with the exception of Assemblyman Evans, of Onelda, been pledged by Govi Odell to: Support the measure, the liquor men sey itvlg not sure yor passage. ‘They say in the frat place that Odell | has practically broken faith with them, ' ‘he gave the representatives of the | Flauoe Dedlerp’ Association to under- anly lwp Wheks ago: that higher eenee ‘Wan aot to be thought of. . Fight tas Began. The. Governor will feel. thet ot sti sbatteriée and lt te wal ig has already been ts Ninn ae him trom his parbele Senatora and Agsemblymen are recely- Shy’ proxésts ard argumentative: midiiyes| from ihélr conpUtugnts. In; the saloon trade and many outside of it, asking them to take q stand against the bill, Letters are coming from the hop grow- fs, real estate and business men in other nes who claim they will lose Yhrough the large number of saloon, Kerpers who. will'be forced out of bust- hese by the measure. The legislators aré jn a tight fix. A number of them are personally opposed to higher Hecnse and sympathize with the Ilquor mon,. but: they have been whipped into Ine by Gov, Odell, and t measures, gannot balk at the 5 per cent. increast tp excise tax, The fond of $20000 which the Mquor men dre reported to be rauing to fight the megsure may come in useful and a rensatfohal finisn be given higher 1.- crue, | There is no dowbt that the hearing nekt Wednesday wil be une of ‘the hot- test on, rebord here. | o Speake ‘for Sil. ! Gov, Odgli discusnli higher ii- cense measure to-day | decent, law-abiding citizen in ip aware by this time that the| if 1t has done nothing quccesded in reducing y the. number of places wh fe said, has driven out of busin that were menac often stated, without figures to) @ it. that’ the sd-called ‘Raines Ia: 1s have Inereased in number yearly. That {s absolutely untrue, for heré are he actual’ hgures in three of the bor- “On the Ist day of June, 1900, there Were 1,910 declared hotels in the boroug! of Manhattan and the Broax, On the same date In 191 there were only 1,835, | a reducuton of 30 per cent.; the same | were: 1,300, increas | i 1901, bur crease of 29 per cent. from the num In Jiine, 1900, there were 1, slectared hoes in the borough of Brooklyn, and on the Ist day of June, | ‘sol, there were 881, — reduction, of #, per cent. On the let day of June, 1902, thers were 726) a reduction of &6 per cent, from thé number of 1900. “Now, tthe the criminal ‘statistics mince the present law weént into ef and It will be found ¢ commit: 8 for dru: from’ bao tn ‘tin tp duction of neat further, rn lowing nominations; the Republican lash hi anahe) Aegon Sprraisers | fully demonstrated. Fiver Assembiymen Amos napp, defied the caucus last night and de- George Robinson, clared that Goy. Odell could not force{ them to support his mortgage tax wat increased Myuor tex bill. ‘They ‘were WEATHER FORECAST. Messrs, Ruehl and Patton, of Erle, ahd vneadebadl. 3 Bvans, of Onéida, who opposed’ the. ex- Forecast for the thirty-six was. prone po. ANA, CONAN, ros ik bourse ending at 8 FP. M. Friday [| shied at the mortgage tax proposition. for New York City Gov, Odell sent for ieee aig say and Generally tat: days Mght to east winds, of, mer: ct of New York— George Bawtor and pouled | en a sk aah mal teen burglaries avers | eapeet youla¢ | after Mr, Morgan’, jfrom the White Hou ‘of him, but Mr. Mor 4). MORGAN COES TO SEE PRESIDENT Financier Gets a Call to the White House and Meets Leading Senators on Visit to the Capitol. SILENT AS TO MISSION. WASHINGTON, March 12.-J. Pler-, pont Morgan and party, consisting of, his daughter and Mrs, Markoe and tre other women, friends of Miss Moran, arrived in Washington shortly before noon to-day from Jeky! Ieland, The party 1s stopping at the, Arlington, but pursuant to Mr. Morgan's custom, none of them registered, and-all Krowl- edge uf thelr plans was dénied at’ the hotel, It ts known that, was out at | ume, After paying several calls, Miss. Mor- gan and the women in the party. ce- turned to luncheon at the Arlingion, byt without Mr, Mo: gan. Further than to say that he wag his way to New York Mr. Morgah Would bis. visit, f an virited the Capitol for a short time and saw a number of Séna:| torr; including Messrs, Aldrich, Haina! and Gorman. It was stated that the| mit of the magnate had’no significance Sa a SPECIAL EXTRA. PANIC AT FIRE ON EAST SIDE. ‘Fire etarted in the big tenement-house, No. 948 First ave- nue ite this afternoon and caused a wild panic among the fenarfts. The flames whch originated in the cellar spread to thé top floor with amazing rapidity. _- With the arrval of the firemen te building from cellar to roof was ablaze.. Ladders were quickly raised to the windows and at least a score of the inmates, who had been trapped. , Were carried to the street. Several ambulance calls were sent ‘fh and soon a corps of surgeons were on the scene. Women and children were on the fire-escapes when the fire- ‘men went to their rescue, and amid the cheers of a-big crowd sarried'the imperilled onés to safety, atte building was completely vet, ‘STAND HIS TRIAL. Goncerning pend.ng businens In the Ben: Oe Demurrer to Taaneniani Charging Him EW HAVEN MEN t FAVOR A ASHE = , Railroad ls for Tie; t NBW HAVEN, (March » “W—1t was otated- to-day, of unquestioned authority that the trainmen snd -conductore: of| 1 the New York,, Rahal Haven ang Hart: Ung | the) demurrer, Pee ford Railroad located in New York and Connecticut Have ‘voted In favor of # strike on the road, The remult of the. vote in Massachu| Union of Norts America, hood, of Tyalimen, who |. of the Bwitchm city and has called members for to-morrow ne Oat fon hab “| riled the! demurrer’ to :. { againat gas ay mer District-Attorney Philbin presented the Cag’ to the Grand Jury that found @ Marks with Conspiracy has Been Over. Teuled and Piatt eaEpey Ny Will Now Act. sday Jus- i over jodietments racy found two years ago isa J. Scannell and William L. |. .TH requires the District-At- orney- te proceed against both defend- b thelr canes ‘tor trial a ‘an’ miata aeainat the otaet er and Marks alleged larities In thé purptiags of ftment, si y the cliy was det ond indictment agdinst Scannell [him with neglect of duty, For- Ine decision handed fee Boott, of the Buy c gued before Justice Scott and papers have been in his hands even since. Notice of the decis‘on was served on Hdward Cazro.!; Chie Clerk of-the Court of General Sessions, this afternoon. When Informed of the decision Dis- teiet-Attorney Jerome sald; “The action of Justice Scott’ pleases me, Mr. Scannell on trial at once. The de- cision will be a surprise to ‘nim, 1 have no doubt.” ‘The demurrer was arkued by De Lancey Nigoll and John D. Lindsay before Jus- tide Soott ‘In ‘the Criininal Branch” of the Supreme Couit. They alleged an absence of facts and further that the new charter repealed the wot forbidding the letting of a contracts to other than the lowest bidder: -In-his decision Jus- tice Scott overrules both these argu- ments and cites éxtentive authorities. Mr. Marks, whom Scannell favored in the awarding of supply contracts, pre- |Sented the former. Fire Commissioner with his fast trotter, The Abbot. or, con the tidictmenta, ‘They were & great pte Scannell fought bitterly to quash the | peo! and finally succeeded In get- The case was ar- “DOC” FLOWER, ‘ARRESTED TO-DAY CHARGED WITH s WINDEING, AND, ONY OF THE WOMEN WHO ACCUSE AIM. Beeps ec a ena 2 paar} ———|This Testimony Caused the Arrest of Both SCANNELL MUST I shall make preparations to place | LOWER AND HIB MAN MELOY TAD AN TO BRIBE, The Mining Stock ck Monier Charged His Partner with Obtaining $2,500 from Him Which Was to Be Used, It Was Said, as a Bribe for Capt. Titus, of the a Bureau. Partners on the Charge of Conspiring to Bribe a Public Official—Flower Had Been Arrested Earlier on a Charge of Swindling, Surprising developments took place to-day in the war being waged between Dr. R. C. Flower and Andrew D. Meloy, former manipula. tors of mining. corporations, which have brought the two unenviable notoriety, and as a result Dr. Flower was arrested for grand larceny and placed under $2,000 bail. Meloy was one of his chief accusers, and Dr, Flower had n@ sooner furnished bail than he turned around and made an affidavit in which he accused Meloy of biddkmailing him by inducing him to give $2,500 for the purpose of “‘briljing’” Capt. Titus, of the Detective Bureau, to allow them to continue to solicit subscriptions to mining companies, ‘A wartant for Meloy was immediately issued upon this affidavit, in which he was charged with mtsappropriating the $2,500, Then the District-Attorney stepped in and secured another wat: rant for Flower, charging him by hisown confession with an to bribe a public officer. GIVE $2,600. ae ore r Lied swore to a, Mr. Garvan he charged. Aim in 1902 Andrew D. Meloy came to him and told him that he would have to fix the detective bureau and Capt. Titus before he could do any business or float any of his schemes in New York. He told the doctor, however, that he could fix Capt. Titus and the bureau by paying him 92,600, He sald the matter was urgent, and the only way he (Dr. Flower) could pesca from a serious predicament was to turn over the money at once. ‘The affidavit continues that Dr, Flower gave the $2,500 to Meloy; a he left his ofice presumably to go to Police Headquarters. baa |making a holler. A warrant was going to be issued against you. I’ ewe: |him the $2,500, though, and fixed it up all right.” nee FLOWER TURNS ON HIS PALS. After Dr. Flower had signed the affidavit he sent for about @ dozen, law. iat lyers, among them all the members of the firm of O’Hannon, Hanateker, | fs ‘Stuart @ Silk, of No. 235 Broadway; Joe Moss, Lawyer Mille, and his | Jewell Flower. Through their ald he secured affidavits corroborating the one he had! | made attested to by the following: John 9. Manfell, P. L, Looker, ‘Willian lu. Donneily and his son, Then with his fleet of attorneys and several) | members of the District-Attorney’s staff he went before Magistrate Barlow, |for the purpose of securing a warrant for the arrest of Meloy, who was | brought to the court-room upon the request of Mr, Garvan. These affidavits were presented to Magistrate Barlow, who promptly granted a warrant for the arrest of Meloy on the charge of misappropriating © | $8,600. In granting the warrant, Magistate Barlow said: ‘Not only will I grant a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Meloy, but I will | make ont another warant for Dr. Flower, for by this affidavit he has con- tessed that he paid $2,500 to Meloy for the purpose of bribing a public officer, , | which he should know under the statutes Is a crime, It is well known that. |in a previous difficulty, that brought these men before a Magistrate, Capt | Titus swore that he knew neither Dr. Flower nor Mr. Melgy, and had never been approached by either of them," MELOY PITIES THE INVESTORS. After Meloy had been notified that a warrant had been issued for hit arrest, he struck an attitude of resignation and sald plaintively ; “Too bad, too bad, Now, hundreds, Yes, thousands, of Innocent persons will be made to suffer fr this, for while we are carrying on this war what will becomevof the Lone Pine Company? The only thing that can save the” poor stockholders from serious .osses on thelr investments is the appolut- ment of a committee to take charge of the mine and run it, I will earnestly, © advocate some such action.’ Before he could carry his sympathetic outburst any further he was am) - rested by Detective-Sergt. McConville and arraigned before Magistrate Bi low. Dr. Flower joined him at the rail, ‘The Magistrate then fixed Dey) 55 Flower's bail on the second warrant in $3,000 and Meloy's at $1,000, | Dr, Plower beckoned to Mrs, Cornelia Storrs, his bondswoman, *he present in ce nd she came forward to qualify as surety, Meloy pulied out a roll of bills about a foot in circumference, | one of $1,000 denomination and handing it to Lawyer Gleason, his | bade him run to the City Chamberlain's office and deposit it as cash jit was but a few minutes before the closing time of the City © | office the lawyer had to sprint all the way, but he made tt ail he was somewhat apopleouc when he returned with the ball ‘, a id