The evening world. Newspaper, April 4, 1903, Page 1

sEarTO SPORTING NEWS __ON PAGE4 PRICE ONE US MU GLOSE HELO UP IN [CRIPPLED EDITION PRICE ONE “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 4 WOMAN VICTIM OF AN “L” TRAIN AND THE POINT WHERE SHE WAS KILLED ON THE SIXTH AVENUE LINE. 1903. 4, » WENCH TEN Deputy State Excise Com- missioner Hilliard Esti- mates that 10 Per Cent. Can’t Pay New Tax. THESE MUST SHUT UP SHOP AFTER MAY 1. {They Are Small Dealers. Who » Supply Poor People, but the State Needs the Money, Says Mr. Odell’s Representative. George Hilliard, Deputy State Excise 1 \5 Commissioner and representative of the Gtate's Excise Department in New York County, admits that the increased liquor ax will drive at least 1,200 of the 12,000 salpon-keepers in the city out of business. That this estimate ts extreme- ly conservative many declare, That it t# highly significant is apparent to all. “There is no question but a lot of sa- loon-keepers will be driven out of busi- meses by the increased liquor tax,"’ said ‘Mr. Hilliard to an Evening World re- bortor to-day at his office, No, 1 Madi- on avenue. “I apprehend that perhaps 10 per cent. of the men engaged in that Vusiness in this city will be forced to get out of business. Perhaps the per- centage will be a little greater, but, based on figures now at hand, my esti- mate is 10 per cent. The State Needs the Yoney . “Well, that's nothing,” added the ‘Commissioner cheerily. “The decrease 4n the number of liquor stores is inevit- able, following an increased license ‘Fate. The State has to have money, you know, and it's money that makes the mare go, I have figured out that "(the inereased tax means the payment to » the Btato of $33.23 monthly by every man engaged in the selling of liquor, in ) Bddition to the amount now raised. Will Force These Out. “There ere hundreds of places on the @ast and west sides of town which can- + Not possibly afford to pay this increased Yate. The places I have in mind do a Jarge pint trade, sell beer by the can. These as well as other smaller places Must inevitably take down thelr signs and go out of business." "I observe that a great hue and cry has been raised against this increased tax." continued Mr. Hilliard. ‘Well, the fame outburst folowed the passage of the Raines law originally, but I notice that the higher tax stands to-day and it will continue to stand. Higher excise 4ax has proven to be beneficial, Higher tax on excise wherever it haw been tried bas never been repealed. When the orig- inal Raines law went into effect fz put a lot of places out of business, but the eilect bas been substantialiy good.” In Effect from May 1. Asked as to what radical changes, If aby. would be effected in his department by the putting into operation of the the Deputy 4 present measure, Commis- gloner replied: “All existing Mecenses expire on May 1 mext, when the new law will go into effect. I do not apprehend any radical ohange in the,department. The present force here ‘s dbie to look after the new situation as it develops, “By the way.’ added Mr, Hilliard, turning to one of his staff and smiling, “1 notice that the landlords of New Work are sympathetically prompted to ~ come to the ussistance of their saloon- 5 keeper tenants and have volunteered to _. Peduce rents. Well, that may help some, tut I don’t believe that landlords gen- erally are in the business for pleasu _ ‘besides. who among them will reduce ‘rents $33.88 a month?" HIS LONG HAND , IS HIS FORTUNE, Old-Time Crook Uses His Slender Digits to Piifer Valuable Let- ters from Boxes. Dotective-Sergeants Dowling! and Fo- arty arraigned before Magistrate Pool ‘Mo taahecme Street Court to-day August * Sohwartse, alias Goldsmith, an old-time ierook. The detectives told the Magis- sprog thet Schwartze was found rifling ii boxes in buildings on Leonard -etrent last evening. More than thirty addressed to proininent firms in the wholesale dry gods district were in Bohwartae's possession, ferret peo yond & one ‘es arm," Dowling told Magistrate [Poot “wad has been to poison for ainiiar r) » Nt sine’ can ges it tn any letter-box and jremove whet mail there ts in the box. se Sk a ae a ie! Pool transferred the case tates Commissioner Shields, has @ long, narrow and Jo BROAD OAY.| BUT HE WON Boy hastine ts for Down- town Firm Is Seized by Two Men, While a Third Wields a Revolver, TOOK $1,400 FROM HIM. Robbery Occurred in the Shadow of the Tombs, While Thou- sands of People Were Pass- ing in Nearby Streets. Warren Smith, a fourteen-year-old boy, employed as a messenger by the hard- ware firm of Sargent & Co., of No. 151 Leonard street, was robbed by two highwaymen in the shadow of the Tombs wall, at Worth and Centre streets, to- day, of $1,400. According to the boy's story he was sent by his employers to the Mercantile National Bank at No. 191 Broadway to cash a check, He went to the bank and got the money in ten, five and two dol- lar bills. Then he started for Leonard street, crossing from Broadway to Cen- tre street through Chambers street. Just as he was passing the south wall of the City Prison he was seized by two men, who dragged ‘him into the vacant store at No. 60 Centre street, where he was confronted by a third man, who held a revolver to his head. Then the two other men turned out all the pock- ets in his overcoat and undercoat and secured every cent of the $1,400. hen they bound his hands and feet“ with a heavy piece of cloth and told him df ‘he made a sound they would come back and shoot him full of holes. They left him lying on the floor and made off. A few minutes after the: had gone he began to try this bonds and found that they were loose, and managed to wriggle out of them. As soon as he was free he ran to the offices of bis employ- ere and told them the story of the holi~up, ‘This was all done, eecording to the boy, within plain view of scores of pe- destrians and within a stone's throw of @ Goren policemen, loitering about the ‘Criminal Court Building. When the boy went back to his office and told the story of the robbery he was taken to the Fllzabeth Street Station and from there to Inapector McClusky's office, When questioned about the hold-up McClusky simply said: “Buch a thing is likely to ‘happen on Centre street on a Saturday. I have de- talled several men on the case.” FRIENDLESS, HE ENDS flS.LIFE Crippled and Misshapen, Frank Fisher, Newsboy, Who Sought in Vain for Affectionate Com- panions, Hangs Himself. DRIVEN TO IT BY RIVALS. / ————— ‘The handicap of a misshapen body, grotesque features and a condition of absolute friendlessness impelled Frank Fisher, a Brooklyn newsboy, to seek the only avenue of escape he knew. He was found dead to-day hanging from a strap In the cellar of a saloop at No. 1256 Bedford avenue, Although Pisher was, thirty years old, he did not look to be over fifteen, He had fine eyes, in which there was al- ways a hunted, appealing expression. Left an orphan in his babyhood, he was shifted around sail be became old enough to take care’of himself, and so he drifted to the streets, He was an affectionate boy, but none would be friendly with him. As the years acoumulated his weight of sor- row he grew gloomy and morose. ‘The other newsboys, vigorous little fellows, with hardy frames and husky voices, made game of him. Sometimes he tried to fight, but his weak body was unable to follow the dictates of his mind. Of late the newsboys around the corner of Bedford avenue and Fulton atreet were vigorously cruel to the crip- ple. He had a number of customers ip the nelghborhod to. whom he delivered popers. The unthinking young bar barians Jaid @ campaign to secure hig customers, and did succeed in getting @ few by reason of the delay incident to the g@ellvery of newspapers on the '®/part of the crippled Fisher, , ‘The boy got wet to the ekin deliver- ing his papers this morning. When he had Gnished his work he went to the @aloon of Henry Both, who had be- friended him on occasions, Mr! Both sew him go Into the oellar. A few hours later @ porter in the place found Fisher “Word. of the jt od, and the former THE RACE, Mre“‘Sid” Paneer Gentle. | man Jockey, Had Broken Collar-Bone, but Insisted on Riding His Horse Over the Hurdles. ONLY FIVE IN SEVEN FINISHED Mrs. Frank Foster at (13 to 5) Won her Sixth Race of the Meeting—Adele Trebla (1 to 3) Takes the Second Event. THE WINNERS, FIRST RACE—Five and a half furlongs.—Mrs. Frank Foster (13 to 5), 1, Illyria (13 to 5) 2, Tugal Bey 3. SECOND RACE—Adele Trebla (1 to 3), 1; Pleasant Memories (4 to 5), 2; Reverberate 3, THIRD RACE—Two and one-half miles.—R. B. Sack (7 to 1) 1, Montrip (2% to 1) 2. All other starters fell, FOURTH RACE—Half a mile.— Grecian Maid (6 to 1) 1, Ora McKin- ney (4 to 1) 2, The Brown Monarch 3, (Special to The Bvening World.) BPNNINGS RACE TRACK, April 4.— “Bid" Holleway ,the gentleman jockey and owner of steeplechasers, gave one of the most remarkable exhibitions of game- ness, cool-headness and clever riding that has ever been seen on-a race track ‘Chis “afternoon. ‘Mr. Hollaway rode his own horse, R. B. Sack, in the Hunters’ Steeplechase ‘and al}’ Washington society was'on nand to see him, * Some days ago while schooling one of his jumpers he was thrown and fractured his collar-bone. But he want- ed to ride badly to-day because he (kes R. B. Sack, 60 he hed his in- jured arm strapped to his side and practically rode the race vore the jumps with one hand. ‘The course was in horrible condition, suppery, full of mud in spots with poois | o of water here and there and with the jumping as uncertain’ as it could ever All Horses But Two Fell. At each jump Eolans "6 eri the réins must have caused him Kee agony, but his exhibition of prick and game (Continued on Fourth Page.) ENGLAND'S OLDEST WOMAN IS DEAD, Mrs. Margaret Neve a Favorite of Queen Victoria, Was Wealthy, tional Figure and Lived 110 Y% LONDON, April 4—Mes. Margaret e, King Edward's oldest subject, dled to-day at her home in Guernsey. She was one hundred and ten years old, wealthy, and known throughout the United Kingdom. Her home on a charming estate was always open to vis- ttors. During the Ufetime of Queen Victoria Qfrs, Neve never missed sending the Queen a@ telegram of congratulation on her birthday. Queen Victoria never forgot to return the compliment end had Mrs, Neve's portrait hung in a con- spicuous place at Osborne, Among the many acoomplisfMifients of Mrs. Neve, who entertained Marshal Blucher shortly after the battl Waterloo, was @ translation which she made of Dante's works into Frenc! She had been a widow for the past helf century, had no children and in Ma would have been one hundred years of age, @he was rema: preserved, TEN SHOT IN FIGHT WITH ROBBERS. oly well Bank Burglars Carrying Bage of Coin Return Fire of Posse and Escape with Plunder, WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., April 4.—After blowing open the big safe in the John 8. Rowley private bank, at Ulysses, Potter County, five burglars had « rui ning fight with a powe of clisens dur- ing which two of the burglars and eight of the pursuers were shot, but not serl- ously wounded, Early to-day two explosions were heard, and énatantly nearly one hundred men were on the streets with guns, ‘Those nearest the bank saw the hur- fa cor Dt ng euay, sje nt tet ole ¥ jing to him, and he was thorou oar, The Preeident thorou the people of Miiwaukee, bu' GRAND JURY IS CALL “BIM THE AFTER BROKERS.| BUTTON MAN” FRAUD —— Indletmente Found, but State’s Attor- -ney Thinks Action. Hasty and ~ Investigation” Follows. CHICAGO, April 6.—Haste in voting true bills for prominent Board of Trade firms here prompted an investigation of the action of the Grand Jury to-day and caused the State's attorney to interfere with the return of the Indictments. The true bills are said to have been voted despite the protest of Assistant State's Attorney Sprogte, who insisted that the testimony introduced did not constitute a prima gd cess. Creditors of Bimberg Say that He Was Nota Bankeupt When He Filed His Petition. Judge Holt, in the United States District Court to-day handed down an opinion on the application made in be- half of creditors of M, Retter known es ‘Bim,’ the button man,” to have the latter's discharge tn vacated. The creditors, two in number, repre- sented to the court that at the time of cated bankrupt, on Feb, 14, 190%, and tn which he gave bis lMabtitties as $11,023, to the atten- incon “he iat nce summoned reman Grand Jucy and’ for two hours, the men were in conference, At present the Grand Jury is sald to be. divided on the question of whether to reconsider the vote or to report the indictments to Judge McEwen. ROOSEVELT FAMILY CAUGHT IN STORM. A Pa President’e Wife and Children Had a Rough Experience and Start Back to Washington Seasick, (Special to The Evening ! World.) NORFOLK, Va., April 4.—Mrs. Roose- velt and her chiidren had a rough ex- perience on the President's yacnt, May- flower, which tugged at the anchors all night just inside Virgnia Capes, while a severe storm swept the coast: , The yacht started. for Washington to- day with Mrs. Roosevelt and ail on board very seaaick., When matter tion of Bee Aiorney 01 possessed of property, which he con- cealed to defraud his creditors, FELL OFF MR. HYDE’S LAKEWOOD COACH. is Balance in Turning a Sharp Corner, The Hyde conch, from New York to Lakewood, loaded with representatives of New York newspapers, was delayed in leaving New Brunswick by an acct- dent. As the coach turned the sharp corner at George and Albany streets one of the party was thrown off. He struck on his head and sustained a scalp wound. A physician bandaged the cut and he returned to New York. He refused to give his name, TRIP IS TIRING ROOSEVELT. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 14.—The strenuous programme Mil- aukee provided for President Roosevelt pfeved.to be very try- any tired out-when he reached his ESrerpeaied the hogpitality of @ impossible for him to con- inue such nerve-wrecking strains, and he is afraid that if they re continued he will not be able to complete his: itinerary. He jopes that events at the places he is yet-to visit: will: not be rowded quite so. closely together. LATE RESULTS AT BENNINGS. Fifth Race—Bon Mot 1,.Dark Planet 2, Lady Rodney 3, _ sixth Race—Lord Badge 1, Daly 2, Bar le Duo 3 fp Sea aN A eae AT MEMPHIS. Third Race—Thane 1, Rightful 2, Rankin 3. Fourth Race—Walterin 1, Mordella 2, Bernice 3, pacha Ty te Sing pe MULE BY A STREET-CAR. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 4.—W. W. Card, millionaire Presi- int of the Pittsburg crew and Bolt Company, was to-day tru ca front of his home, in Penn avenue, Card was eh aaa of the West- & bd R. Bimberg, | bankruptcy, granted on April 21, 1902, ! the filing of the petition to be adjudi-| and bis assetssbut $100, Bimberg was enger from New York Loses SNOWSTORM [5 LOST IN GOTHAM Gets Out of lis Reckoning and Overtakes the Premature Open-Work Hosiery and Early Robin-Seeking the Worm. ALL NEW YORK SHIVERS. Caught with the Summer Goods On When the Snowstorm Came Up Suddenly Out of the West and Turned the Air Chill, WEATHER FORECAST, Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 6 P. M. day for New York City and vicinity: Generally fair and much cold. to-night; temperature free: and probably below by Sunday morning; Sunday fair and cold; high, brisk northwest winds The robin got a swift jolt about noon to-day, when the Snow King, who has been ing his sifter over Chicago, was translated to Gotham, and with a mighty puff swept the spring balm out to blew a snow cloud out of his nostrif® and stung the spines of New Yorkers who had donned thelr summer elementals, Early in the day @ soft, warm rain was pattering down from the cerulean, freshening the budding grass and ca- ressing the tiny fronds on tree and bush, “ht gaid the Metropolis to the moth-balls with woollens and wraps, friezes and furs, ‘the gauze for mine now." Forthwith the young blood and the sprigatly middle-aged of both sexes got | down to summer weight and went forth to their dally toll or pleasure. As *the morning lengthened the rain stopped and the skies brightened and all eyes scanned the horizon in search ot the melting rays of old Sol. Everything was auspictous for the balmiest of balmy spring days until noon, Some Weather Acrobatics, Then as the gayly clad streams flowed back and forth along the highways and crossways the weather god ‘did one ot his surprising acrobatic stunts that turned the calendar topsy-turvy and in @ trice the air was white with snow and the breege crinkled with frost, ‘The maiden with the open-work hose dropped her dainilly clutched skirt about her eblvering ankles and tled her fisnsy ruffs tightly about her neck; the youth who hed replaced woollen with gauze suddenly developed a chill that would done nim proud in a malaria The stately matron who hail joned ‘ver furs rushed for the nearest shelter and eaid harsh ¢hings about the ujheated cars, In the homes of flat dwellers, where only a day ago the janitors had been upbraided for Keeping on the steam, they were con- demned for turning {toff, In fact, all, except those who never prepare for’ any season for at least a month after its rein a bad way. an April sputter of snow It was a real wintry snow storm wiih gray, cold sky, blusery wind and the ite crisp, biting frost This is not @ bliseard, says weather man, as the drifts gather in the tit We merely a all end of the rain storm, he a. Phe tah, was & short one, for the squall soon passel On out to sa. Thy government barometer and ther- issues a warning to all who have been looking for- taking an early Bester ehlne on Phore will be no rain or the birds ets, nor wil there, be Moisture enduah to” take the le out of the ribbons. But tee BI he's cutting. wind frollekinu down from the northwest that will nip and sting and bite. In fact there will be ice forming by early (his evening CRUSHED THBYA “L” ROAD TRAIL Indications Are that She Ended Mer fife Deliberately, but It Is Possible that Tragedy Was Due to the Slippery Platfe at Fiftieth Street and Sixth Avenue, NO DIRECT CLUE THAT THUS FAR CAN LEAD TO HER ID She Wore a Fur Boa, Carried an Umbre! with a Blue-Enameled Handle and Dark Clothing—Evening World Repoi Watches Her as She Springs to Her Dea - A woman, apparently quite young, comfortably dressed, fell or herself from the uptown platform of the Sixth avenue “L” station eth street this afternoon just as a southbound train on which an World reporter was riding reached the station. While appearances indicate that the woman committed suicide, the front trucks of the car practically cutting her in two, there is a possibility that she may slipped from the platform, which was icy at the edge. _ Doubt was cast upon the suicide theory by the actions of the 1 agent and porter immediately after the tragedy. By order of the porter sprinkled buckets of sand along the slippery edge of the ple before the policeman’ on the beat got upstairs from the street, dred and twenty pounds. She had four false teeth ti her right that had been inserted soine time ago. She wore tan gloves: (Gif Around her neck was a brown mink boa, and she carried an’ umbi with a blue glazed glass handle. The umbrella was stamped “New oe THE MOTORMAN UNDER ARREST, The motorman was arrested by Policeman Enright, who run his train to the end of the line, He was then taken to the Best ¥ firat Street Station. None of the other passengers on the southbound train saw the until the northbound train eame to a sudden stop and the motorman | to sound the whistle. In the mean time the reporter had got off. ‘The rest of the passengers, learning what had happened, crowded & gates, but the guards stopped them and the train went on. Persona stroet saw the body lying across the rails under the cay, sha @ lected that blocked the surface lines on Sixth avenue, WEPT BEFORE SRE WENT TO DEATH. From what could be learned on the platform, the women had o plated the act for some time, Probably half an hour previous to P| she sprang to her death the negro porter saw her crying ii: the 7 room. She was alone on the platform when she jumped, and was by the motorman and the reporter for The Evening World. The woman stood about midway down the platform, close to the Because of the slippery rails the motorman was running slower ‘than 1 preparatory to the stop.. When the front platform of the car wes: five feet of the woman she fell across the rails without a sound. It was too late to stop the train, although the air brakes were-on, was doubtless instantaneous, ‘At the time of the accident there was a southbound train yi the station, just about to discharge passengers. A woman standing on front platform of the rear car looked across the tracks, saw the body b victim under the car, uttered a shriek that was heard the length train and fainted. #4 PASSENGERS HELD PRISONERS. Instantly the guards closed the gates, refusing to let passengers: the train was started and run to Forty-second street, Passengers. train that ran over the young woman were also held prisoners cars, and many women ‘became hysterical, because, added to ths surrounding the accident the whistles on both ends of the trai nal to the police, DO nn Sen the pa could be seen from the street, and @ mm crowd gathered. Conductors on the Sixth avenue surface line who waiting to go out on runs, immediately under the spot where the ach 4 their uniforms begprinkled with her blood, Blade was ne in the Lstropaliten car house at Fiftieth street and avenue, rushed out the wrecking apparatus and carried powerful jacks: the “L” platform and helped to raise the car that killed the woman, QUINTARD GETS HOFFMANN FATALLY - JAIL SENTENCE.| HURT ON THE BRID Faces Sixty-Day Term and Must Give|His Team Became WU: Bonds for Support of His Wife, and Dashed Down the Who is Suing Miss Bradley. Incline of the Structure. Adolph Hoffmann, of No, 1 loughby avenue, Brooklyn, whtte a a big truck loaded with @ beer kegs, belonging to “dhe: Burich Brewing Company, to. on the south roadway of afternoon, lost control of the after they had sie down & eastern inoll 4 fms 00 teh, i ia (Special to The Evening World.) GREENWICH, Conn, April 4.—Chas. G. Quintard was sentenced to sixty days in jail by Judge Burns in the Greenwich Borough Court this afternoon on & harge of non-support preferred by his | wife. He was remanded jn the custody of his counsel, ex-Mayor Commings, of tamford, until he could seoure a bonds- , who will g security in the sum His nose was out in a ‘and each hour will add a tingle. ——— On Monday Quintard t# to be tried\in Srobably, tae 7 week for six months, adhe the Stamford City Court on the her “t- lof abandoning his wife for who te