The evening world. Newspaper, April 3, 1903, Page 1

t > ~ STEAMER AT SEA SPORTING NEWS ON PAGES 12 & 13. PRICE ONE CENT. | OBLOWN UP. |? IN A BARGE, €xplosion on the 1 C Fitzpatrick Sends Vessel to the Bottom and: No Trace of the Crew. Workmen Entombed in WILKESBARRE, Pa., April §.—South Wilkesbarre shaft, of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company was this af- ternoon the scene of an explosion, which, according to all accounts. obtainable, is one of the worst that has occurred in the anthracite region for some time. “The explosion ocourred in the No. 3 Uft of No, 10 slope and seventy men who went’ Into that portion of the mine to work are entombed. Following the explosion there was a omve in and’then the workings caught fire. " Aittempts have been «made to reach the victims, but to no avail, the afteriamp and as being too heavy. One effort to reach the affected part of the mine was made through the No. 3 slope, but this falled, the rescuing party when they ibed reached a dis- tance aboyt half way, down the slope ‘being forced ¢o retreat by the gas. BOUND FOR NEW BEDFORD. Sailed from Philadelphia with Cargo of Coal and Reported Lost by Tugmen—Two of the Victims Are Known. (Gpecial to The Bvening World.) ‘NEW LONDON, Conn., April 3—The tug Gweopstake, just arrived here, re- ports the loss of the barge J.C. Fits- gptrick off Long Island last. night. ‘The barge's boiler blew up and she hank immediately with five.men who were aboard. George Davis, captain of the barge, thought to be from Philadelphia, and John Nelson, of this clty, were among the victims. The names of the others have not been learned. The barge J. C. Fitspatrick, in tow of the Sweepstakes, was bound from Philedelphia for New Bedford with 2,400 tons of bituminous coal, She was pwned by the Boutelle Transportation Company, of Cleveland, O. ‘The cause of the botler explosion is tot known, the barge ‘sinking with her pmtire orew before amilstance ald teach her, ‘The vebsel went down off Southamp- tom, Tete SED BURN (@peoial to Ths ALBANY, April 3.—Now it is the but it is the same brazen grab bill . {sition in New. York City. Pyvitos e ebtrinan ofthe Beanie toseprionena ss aes esas eget | raphe please, of the past, Two viens Cass Coasters Report Sighting Blazing Wreck, Sup- posed to Be the Freighter John J. Hill, of Philadelphia. detend | it before the The Metropélitan are @ part of it. q allway Street reil: ange privileges if the Wilcox grab is = ; ‘Phe steamers El Cid, from Galves- ton, and Bl Monte, froth New Orleans, which arrived to-day, both reported having passed on April 1 a burning steamer. “The El Monte, whieh sighted the derelict ninety miles ‘south by east of Braying-Pan, Shoal ‘lightship, stood -until_morning and found that the Nowe! been abandoned. All the bonts were ) The officers were wnavle.to ifentify the steamer, The ‘El Cid “passed the vessel in latitude 62:08 longitude 77.56, ' Capt. Baker, of the El Cid, reported ‘that thé passed close to ‘the burning ves- el, which was “evidently lumber laden. #@he had burned aft, and the stern was joubmerged, - the bow being high out of waner + Apparently the bill will be passed, ROSENBAUM CALLS GREENE AS WITNESS Sleuth Charged with Extortion Will Ask Police Commissioner to Testify for Him. gone. Police Commissionér Greene and Dep- uty Commiésioner \Piper have been served with subpoenas to appear Yorkville Police Court next Monday térnoon to testify in the case of Lo C. Rosenbaum, charged with extortion. ‘The Chief.Clerk of the Police Depart- ment has also been subpoensed to ap- pear with certain records. Rosenbaum has acted ag a stool pigeon for the Police Department and for the Distrigt-Attorney. His object in calling the heads of the department is to show that outsiders are employed to et evidence and thet he has been #0 employed. Rosenbaum caused the house of Mre. Mary De Marc in St. Mark's to witho steqmer wat painted green on the Bull and black on the superstructure. Sicamme)) Bros, the consignees of cargo of the steamer John J, Hill, say the description of the burning steame: corresponds with thet yessel. The Joa! J. Hil lett Jacksonville, Fis,, March 26 tor New York, and should have reached ness against two roundemen of A MONSTER ICEBERG. | ir'chareess “°™ "PO 8 f° Bardinian with Hundreds of Passen-| FORTY IN PERIL Carrying Passengers Rune Ashore and in Danger of Breakl Che ‘“ Circulation Books Open to All.”? O VICTIMS OF MINE EXPLOSION.) ALBANY BILLS | .... THAT ARE BAD. oo -Working for Wilcox Measure, Which ‘Takes’ Place of Goodsell Grab and _ Gives Everything to Railroads. | defeat, the promaters bul aad put forth bes) combination measure in the @ single backer sh ue Goodeell-Grady-Wilcox grab has dated to is back of this and other bills which |. reilroade in Buffalo and other parts of the State also will gain accede. family, of New York. Her at ae Gas-Filled Colliery and Rescuers Driven Back by Noxious Fumes— Flames Are Also a Menace. Not despairing of finally reaching the men in some way two foremen heme taken 4 selected gang of expert men Into the mine in ap endeavor to wo thelr way to the seotion where the ex- plosion 1s supposed to have gocyrred. Care of lumber to be used’ as brices the plan jaf the resourers to con- struct air courses, and in that manner rive the foul air before them ‘Thia method, tf followed. will consume con- aderadle time, and it may be hours before the entombed mei are reached. ‘Thousands of people, <ttracted by the news of the acoldent, have flocked to the scene, and the hills east of the colliexy are covered with people. ‘This mine ie one of the most gaseous in the entire valley, and has long béen regarded as q dangerous operation. ‘The cause of the explosion has not been learned. Brening World.) ‘Wilcox grab instead of the Goodsell, which has aroused a storm of oppo- of the Goodsell measure have | Cmte: oo opecarserend and livedin Sse pone ote goa ae They osa |’ 1, Gia, 07, Ghandoned lmet, alter of abolion transter whether légal or eriminal, are made were lowered ints <he shaft, ft being SOCIETY WONDERS WHY. : Mrs, Hoyt and her beautiful niece were @) on the-bebt-of terms. eG aes miipat 0) RUT edad YORK. & FRIDAY. APRIL 3, 1903. ‘MRS. JOHN KING VAN RENSSELAER, a WHOSE AUNT. TURNS AGAINST HER. —MRS. HENRY S. HOYT, | Weatthy Old Lady Publishes ‘a Warning that She Will Not Pay Debts of Mrs, JK. Van Rensselaer. Young Woman Is Noted in So-/| cial Circles—Aunt Scorns the “400” and Leaves Every Sea-' son to Avoid Them. to. The Prening World.) NEWPORT, R. 1, April &—An after- | noon néwspaper publishes over the sig- neture of Mrs. Henry 8. an an- nouncement that she will no longer be responsible for bills contracted by her, niece, Mra. John King Van Rensselaer, of New York, and that hereafter trades- men are not sto extend credit to any, one using her name except upon ai written order. The announcement has caused & sen- sation In/ Newport that wil ee extend 4 New Xork, as it was supposed that. Mrs. Van Renssalaer hes been maleiag | her home with hér’ aunt for several , JOCKEY BURNS HAS abe ery A NARROW ESCAPE bas oly vagally ote iteriuge Fell with Him. in Second Race, but Tommy Hung @. to His Neck and Finished Uninjured. Hed ‘a Paintel” Acetdent. Mrs, Hoyt ~ ts-nit age, About three w: ang fell ort tha Olle SaaS ‘) Frank Foster (5 to 1) 1,.Dr. Saylor (1140 6) 2, Pageant 3. SECOND RACE—Four furlongs.— | Orlza (6 to 1) 1, Woodshade (4 to 1) 2, Transmigration $, THIRD RACE—Seven furlongs.— aniintioe. | RACE TRACK, WASH- IN@TON,-D.C., April 3.—One of the the tashioniables have! ‘Van Rensselaer 1s the’ mdbt. cards of the testing (4 to 1) 2, Little Boy 3, passed, bumitie¢es | hief among supporters of this measure is the lobby. Money almost ry ‘No, S31 Nassau street Sho, is an. noon, | without limit is available to put it prong the Legipiature. TOOK RESCUERS FOR BURGLARS. Warned that Flathouse Was On Fire, Woman on Top Floor |w Yelled “Thieves!” A tenement-house fire in the Bronx to-day which lookdd sérious at one time, became a serio-comlo affair before it was over. The fire was at No. 633 East One Hun- did and Thinty-fifth street in the traced it to Royner’s flat, where no one| , was in, She began rousing the other tenants in the building with the belp of @ man nased Garrison. Mra. Cecil Rosenberg, who a rege on rod top floor, looked ‘her door and yelled them to go away, denouncing them ye burglars, Mre, Jennie Cabinet, who taking @ anoose on her bed in the next apariaehl, thought it waa a ca fevsinded he or Ly earls, Bhs wont te the LY) e mapper 196, te pai 08 | by Mr: CFickmora for the ree? of Tacegoers: this’ after- Ik was a capa. which promised large awards to those fortunate enough to solect winners. In every race there were two or three horses that &p- bapred 0 Dare ea tnase comnn. aood| TIFTH RAE—Prancer: (@ to. 1) baiting ipod speculation and add, con-| 1+ Hosshpyllis (18 to 1) 2, Michael siderable seat to the racing. mas 3. The weather was cloudy @uring the] greater part of yesterday, and was again cloudy ‘this morning, wo that the track gas much slowor getting into. condl- on than Jt. would bad it, been posed to a hot sun. It was in excellent condi- tion, though not at its best. The attend- lance wus large. The crowds have been more numerods “at” this’ éoring. meeting) usband te in the real éstate. -~Meistersinger (10 to 1) 1, Tommy Foster (6 to 1) 2, Animosity 3. uncommonly, handsome ‘women, and: social leader, One.of Her pons), en cheese store in New York. leer is thoress, ‘and is related. by marrige to ‘wome of the rat’ tamiiles of the metrop- olis. Hoyt is the aunt Redmond, who sailed for Europe with his eister on Wednesday. ing feeling against the admission of Western bookmakers, who too often “|prove disturbirig factors. At the same time the M. T. A..cannot expect to make thelr association an exclusive monopoly in the East,’ It is said that there will be a hot time at the next meeting of the M. T. A. Her Mind In Poisoned, Mr. John King Van Renbeclaer wae found at his real-estate office this after- noon. Mr. Van Rensselaer gave the solbewine: explanetion of the trouble in FIRST RACE, pitas the past four years,” he said, |thao et any other, ‘The mame, is im- Six. furlongs.’ “ te at this my wife has been, Ui ing #4 Newport Prorion, is ror Phin semuerin, ste taking care of Mrs, “About ten days ago she came to the, olty. to visit the family of Edgar “4 Richards, at No. M41 West Bighty-e! a, £, tte ee tle: diel bie oan’ o r ren ous dal er sais her fap tid Mrs. wort arbelebaed te ida WOMAN'SGEMS STOLENON CAR [<== A woman who gave the name of Mrs. .L. R,. Maehi. reported! Frstinnty. 4" to the police that she was robbed this afternoon: ona Sixth| Ciara: it avenue elevated oar of a necklace containing 72 pearls, a ring) Gelato tones with two diamonds and $260 in cash. provement. Tormorrow will be one of the banner, day: 6 & very mood card wii be’ prosehtad; WIth” siecial features, attractive to the Washingtonians, ‘There is much talk of trouble in the ranks of the Metropolitan Turt Associa. tion, but the chances are that there is Tear | pe ba Be, ances There is a grow- 5 el 8-5 on ng 9-10 1 4 3 6 ry Won driving. “ime-1.14 55. rer deer tg anne front and set ff last, lepton Oe the run home Dr. closed, put could not cat ‘onter, who, wee TT ieagee ana ‘The two- f; old race furnished the gave her address as No. 16 West Sixty-eighth streete. Tannin: was etme fee i a eter thi ins Maehl boarded the car at Forty-fourth street. “She had] sudasn'y a'small chatelaine bag fastenéd to the waist band of-her skirt. foie ‘She. had) ridgen-but‘a>block' when she found 'the bag: was open| hance "rose and’her, valuables. gone. ming, *SUNTE: RESULTS -AT BENNINGS, Sixth ‘Race—Sir’ Florian-1,,H.' L..Coleman 2, Benokart 3. } AT MEMPHIS. >. Fourth'Race—Witful'1; Banter'2,Judge Himes 3, ~ "ID horror, _ th at the aight. Burns “clung perstely. and then. by y “i awune hack onto his ho: t ed in the waddle, It wi iganeational bit of riding eee While this hanoening oe heared! 1A the” dewnh bid een Oe head ‘oodab! afte — te f ; RESULTS Colonsay (6 to 1) 1, Lord Advocate: FOURTH RACE—Seven fyrlongs. | 3/ out of his pocket and half reaching it across the table. ») nis pocket, opening it and counting out twenty one hundred jose or| Brinley, Then the Assistant District-Attorney quietly notified th kc DISCOVERY STAGGERED HIM. i | MILLS’S LAWYER ANGRY. n-| of the firm of Howe & Hummel, appeared as ‘his counsel. "| had given these indictments to @ detective to see what he PRICE ONE CE) 000 SRIBE i OAVE OR. FLOWEE George Edward Mills, Law Partner of the ! of Indicted Mining Promoter, Arrested Af He Had Handed a Detective Money, | He Thought Would Go to Assistants trict-Attorney Garvan. FELL INTO TRAP THAT WAS SET FOR HIM: AND HELD‘IN $5,000 Lawyer, on Signal from Mr. Garvan, Photographed as the Money was Paid. the Original Indictments Charging Fiower with Grand > Larceny in M Stock. Operations. ‘a . George Edward Mills, law partner of the son of Dr, Flower, fell into a very cleverly arranged trap to-day. As. he was arraigned this afternoon before Magistrate Pool tre Street Court charged with attempting to bribe 4 trict-Attorney Garvan to turn over to him the original i against Dr. Flower in return for twenty one handel According to-the story told ‘by. signed to Mr. Garvan's office, a few sane }|days after the Grand Jury found several indictments against Dr. Flower accusing him of grand lar- ceny Mr. Mili came to him and asked him if Mr. Garvan could be approached. Brinley led the law- yer on and he finally insinuated that if the ofiginal indictments against Dr, Flower could be ob- tained the chse would fall. Brinley told Mr. Garvan of the lawyer's |proposal and it was arranged be- \tween them to entrap him, | The next time Mills called on Brinley the detective told him that Mr, Garvan could be fixed and that he could have the original indict- ments against his partner's father for $2,000. Brinley made an ap- pointment with the lawyer to meet him and Mr. Garvan in Haan's taurant, in'the Syndicate Building, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, when would give him the original indictments against Flower for $2,000. MILLS IN A GOOD HUMOR. . The trio met as arranged and sat down to a small table. Mr, was smiling and fairly bristling with good humor, and they had~ been seated when he began crinkling some fresh new gold certific gestively. “T've got the stuff,” he opened with an engaging smile. “All right, produce,” returned Brinley, taking a bundle of Assistant District-Attoracy | Garvan. te “Here you are,” said the lawyer, drawing a small flat Then he passed the money over the table, placing it in the dotectivas i at the same time receiving @ bundle of indictments, Just at this moment Mr. Garvan jumped up*and signalled to tographers who snapped Mr. Mills in the very act of passing the that he was under arrest. Mills wa; comsletely staggered upon the 4iscor*ry «! bir down leaned back in his chair agape with astonishment and pale with fear J trembled as.if with ague as he was being taken to the police court, When Mills was taken to the Criminal Court building he wag ducted to Sergt. Walsh's office and searched, Walsh turned out oF prisoner's pockets one $1,000 bill, three $100 bills, one $50 Dill, two. bills, one $5 bill, four $1 bills and a handful of amall change. U structions from Assistant District Attorney Rand the number of tl bills were taken and they were returned to the lawyer, According to Mr, Rand, besides this money ¢ numbey of papers incriminating character were found in the lawyer's pockets, These \ a taken charge of by Mr. Rand, who refused to disclose their mature, “When Mills was arraigned before Magistrate Pool, Benjamin trict-Attorney Rand presented the formal complaint. Ste(phardt 4 the trap into which his client had fallen as an outrageous plese of “| was informed some time ago,” said Mr, Steinbardt, “that ME) vas them.” Bven the Magistrate emiled at this remarkable statement, after dwelling on the fact that Mills was @ reputeble member asked that*he be paroled In his custody, Mr, Rand objected’ the Court fixed ball at $5,000 and set the examination ang i(k: LK: Brown Colleges 6. TELEPHONE: NONE DEAD. The men.entombed in thay: p me a eee : oddly \ i morning. Mills seid he would furnish bail before night, Low Rate Tour to Washiagtes, vald