The evening world. Newspaper, July 14, 1903, Page 1

PRICE ONE CENT. ASEBALL RACING # SPORTS . 1 PR 69 Yity Che [preter err ary SIRE SP LEDER ATE | | ‘ Cireulation Books Open to All.” | _ NEW YORK, TUESDAY. JULY 14, 1903. Open to All.’ ‘WEATHER—Showers To-Night or Wednestam GHT EDITION “RICE ONE CEN! WOMAN HANGS (CLOSING WON RESULTS OF ALL RACES AND BASEBALL GAMES NEAR DEATH IN MAN WHO SLEW DEEP CHASM) CHAS. ROXBURY ASTARITA WINS Mrs. St. Johns, 4 Tourist from New York, Falls Into Moun- tain Crevasse While Explor- ing the Yosemite and Is Sus- pended Helpless. iN GREAT PERIL ON A LEDGE FOR MANY HOURS. Night Searchers Fails to Locate Her When She Was Missed, and To-Day’s Party Found Her Far Beyond Their Reach Throngs Watch Rescue. YOSHMITE VALLEY, Cal., July 4.— ‘Mrs. Jehns, of New York City, who has ‘been staying in the valley for a fow @ays, fell into a deep crevasse of the mountains while exploring and was still there at a late hour to-day, her body muspended from a ledge that juts out ver a chasm hundreds of feet deep. ‘The woman has been there about twenty hours, and although too weak to speak in still able to make signs that the 1s alive. A resculng party has been trying to reach her and a paysiclan is at the brink of the precipice ready to attend ber. Mrs, Johns started out yesterday from the Glacier Point Hote! where she was stopping, to walk to Fissure, some two miles away. é She did not return at night, and search was made for her. but without avail. Her fate was the topic of all, and parties were formed to look for the missing woman ‘These started out at dawn, taking dif- ferent directions. No trace of Mrs. Johns was found until toward noon to- day, when a group of searchers, headed by Hotel Clerk Potter, reached Sentinel Dome. © ‘They explored all the mountain passes and looked over the precipitous sides of the cliffs and were about seeking! another locality when Mr. Potter made @ discovery that filled all with horror. Far down the Sentinel Fissure, where ore drop in some places for thou- wands of feet, suspended on a ledge t Jutted out from the steep side, the al- most lifeless form of Mrs. Johns was ween. Ghe was half reclining and half hang- ng from the rock, her clothing ap- parently haying caught in a fissure and held her from pitching Into the abyss. Mr, Potter called out to her, but she fwas too weak to speak, although able by feeble signs to make Mr. Potter icnow that she still lived. After trying in vain to work his way @own the mountain side to her, Mr. Pot- ter was forced to ge to the hotel for help. Provided with plenty of ropes and car- rying a stretcher, a party of eight made its way back to the crevasse, where the work began of trying to extilcate Mrs, Johns from her dangerous situation, Dr. Maurice A. Brown, of Alameda, fcoompanied the relief party and will bender any assistance possible. Throngs of tourists are crowding the Place, toe news of Mrs. Johns's desper- ate plight having been carried through the valley. CRISIS NEAR IN MANCHURIAN AFFAIR. Important Results Expected to Fol- low Conference Between Hay and Russian Representative To-Day. WASHINGTON, July M4.—Far readh- fing in Its effect pn the Manchurian sit- uation was the/conference at the State Mepartment to-day between Secretary Hay and Theodore Hansen, the Russian (Charge d'Affatres, who called, it is un- derstood, to bring important advices from St. Petersburg regarding the ports 4n Manchuria which Russia is willing (China shall open to the United States, ‘This has been the question that has deadlocked the negotiations for some dime. What transpired at to-day's confer- ence can only be surmised, as both of the conferrees declined to discuss the mi ecting. scocaamarely atver Mr. Hansen's de- if. tf " - Bins aca wet, for Mr. Rock. publi a Commissioner. to elias China. and were in conference until luncheon time. Mr. Rockhill's intimate knowledge of the Eastern gained through Pee teih ce there, is duly appreciated ¢ Department, and before unt Cassini's departure he was fre- quently at the Russian Embassy In eonnéction with the nezotiations, tl waa indicat to-day by a State part ert official end sae next few 7. ing to light importan Serciopmente “regarding the Chinese: rican treat, ' Killed Hi with Gas. «Antonio Kronfa, forty-one years old, pominitied, ¢ this afternoon at the Coroner Berry Obtains New and Important Clues Which He Hopes Will Solve the Mystery of the Murder of the Tea- Taster in the Bronx. MISS THOMASCH TELLS FIRST STORY OF CRIME. She Gives The Evening World a Graphic afld Detailed State- ment of How Her Companion Was Slain by a Mysterious Stranger. { Now clues obtained late this on. stirred Coroner Berry to stil) greater efforts to locate the murderer of Char'en W. Roxbury, who was mortally wounded near his home in the Bronx last Fri- day night. while walking with Miss Lillian Thomasch. The Coroner refused to disclose tho exact nature of the latest imforma- tlon, but m2!d he expected ft to clear up the mystery of the murdor of the tea taster, “We are keeping a clore watch on all persons who answer the description of the murderer.” said Mr. Berry, , “Al- ready the movements of several men have been traced, but In most instances they hive been eliminated from the case, We followed the trall of a man who was discharged by his employer last Saturday until convinced that he had nothing to do with the murder. A search is now being made for an’ ex- convict who has been living In Ono Hun- dred and Sixty-first street near Morris. avenue. He hds not been’reen In the neighborhood since last Friday. I do not know whether he had anything to do with “the murder, but we shall follow him until we fasten the crime on him or obtain proof that he is Innocent.” About three months ago, it {s sa‘, this man was released from prison where he had served a term for rob- bery and assault. The manner ‘in which the Roxbury murder was com- mitted has led the police to believe that {t Is the ex-convict who committed the murder, his methods of robbery in the past having been similar to those used in this case Miss Thomasch Tells of Crime. Miss Thomasch went to the District- Attorney's office to-day in company of Detective Luke Gordon and told her story to Assistant District-Attorney Gar- van, Before entering the office she ga The Evening World her firat detailed statement of how Roxbury was slain. “A woman," she said, “placed in such situation as I was, quite Innocently on my part, Inst Friday night, gets very little sympathy. I am abao- lutely innocent woman, but I am left to defend myself like one who has been gullty of some dreadful crime. have been misquoted and made to con- tradict myself. I have but one story. “We had reached River uvenue at One Hundred and Sixty-ffth street and turned north. I spoke of the loneliness of the pl I was timid on account of the dar! I sald, ‘It is a very lonesome place. 1 am afraid.’ “Mr. Roxbury sald we could turn back and go by Jerome avenue. We jdid turn, I saw what I took to be an- other couple about a block away to the south of us. I thought I saw a woman in a white shirt walst and a gentie- man. “Mr. Roxbury said: ‘There; ther couple behind us. You are not af now, are you? Assault on Roxbury. “I answered ‘No,’ and we turned to the north again. We walked slowly—maybe halt a block—when a man came around from behind us on my right side. He turned, and facng us, struck Mr, Rox- bury a terrible blow with a club or something. “lt was about ten or twelve inches long>-1 should judge, “1 was on the outside of tha walk—on Mr. Roxbury's right—and I don't know how It was done, but I felt a blow on my right arm, maybe by the strange man's elbow. “L heard #ome one say ‘You,’ but I don't know whether it was Mr, Rox- bury telling to run for safety, or j whether it wus the other man who spoke, 1 was in a state of terrible fright, and L ran north for assistance, toward some houses I had seen—toward One Hurdred and Sixty. th street. "L never fold any one that Mr. stox- bury sald ‘You, you,’ or {it Mr, Shultz or Mr, ¥, so he is mistaken. I never told any one that Mr, Roxbury and 1 were lea: saulted him. N 1 was ex house in One street. M*, Shultz got some w. 1 gat on the stoop. “tHave you been assaulted? some one asked me when 1 began to revive. sald, ‘l haven't been, but a gentleman who accompanied me—some- body Is beating him.’ “[ see that Mr, Yates of Mr. shuits|} has stated that 1 added: ‘They are rop- bing Him; he has a@ lot of money.’ “1 never said. elther of those things. 1. did not know whether Mr. Roxoury : Sadbibeth GA oath ay "| Cincinnatus held his lead into. STE EVENT | NEW Yo AT BRIGHTON Mexican Stable’s Swift Bath- ampton Filly, Ridden by Hicks, Flashes by the Wire in Front of Sir Voorhies and Gravina in the Glen Cove Handicap. EVENING WORLD’S BEST BET GETS THE MONEY. W. R. Condon, at the Liberal Odds of 2 to 1, Wins Third Race—Tommy Burns Is in Form and Pilots Rowena and Dark Planet to Victory, FIRST RACE—Rowena (14 to 6) 1, Sweet Gretchen (3 to 1) 2, White Plume 3. Time—t1,09. SECOND RACE—Dark Planet (12 to 1) 1, Cincinnatus (20 1) 2, Never more 3. Time—1.49. THIRD RACE—W. R. Condon (2 Thorneycroft 3, Time—t.55. FOURTH RACE—Astarita (5 to 1) 1, Sir Veorhies (15 to 1)°2, Gravina 3 Time—t1.13 3-5, FIFTH RACE—Luminosity (8 to 5) 1, Thistle Heather (5 to 2) 2, Short Cake 3. Time—1.15 2-5, SIXTH RACE—Lux Casta (7 to 5) 1, Counterpoise (9 to 10) 2, King Pepper 3. Time—1.13 2-5. (Special to The Hrening World.) BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACK, L. 1, July M—The card at Bnghton this afternoon was a distinct improve- ment over other programmes of the week; and it promised to furnish some real good racing. The track was in much better shape than any one be- Meved if would be, but Brighton has the most wonderful track in the world when it comes to recuperating after a heavy rain. ‘The going was good if not fast. ‘The feature was the Glen Cove Handi- good field, the list including Bugente Burch, Minotaur, Astarita, Cinquevalll, 6t. Danlel, Invincible and others. There was also a promising handicap. breezes from the the stand and tendance was large. The siee! ase by I. Hiteneock. Jr. fell while taicing & jump this morning and was kjlled. chula was a valuable mare of good class, She was Lt Long-Street and would have been valuable in the stud. FIRST RACE. Five and a half furlongs. 8 Start good. Won drivin; Fonny Side led for a bit, followed by Petunia, Let- ola, Sweet Gretchen and Rowena. They ran this way to the turn, where Funny Letola, Sweet Gretchen and Rowena then raced in close oredr to the stretch, where Rowena went to the fro@® and won ridden out by a length and a half from Sweet Grtechen, who waa three lengths in front of White Plume. SECOND RACE, One mile and a sixteenth, Starters, wehts., Jocks. "se pamcsrane eyes | Nevers Hontand, Karly Eve, Gideon, Light, Turnpike, 9, Ane Ella Bnyder, 100, Micha | Col. Padden, 101, Rodis Neither One, 101, Haack | Courtenay, 108. x. 3S ES ot Seaton Stove reer BE wwmaSoomng-1: Fe Is BS abawwnmewn SF = BES: S Sa8.355' = Beis Byer Start poo Cineini neinnatus rushed away i front and oe, follow > ahs Se’ and mle “Bayase Tey Taoed Butane tuahed throuen the heck ere Burn Wh ark Planet and tookefourth pines the stretch, oatan Nevermore, Aven followed by Dark Planet. In the run home Dark Planet closed on the feaders and in a hot drive won by @ head from Cincin« natus, who was threé-fourths of a Tength {n front of Nevermore. Rostand, who ws fourth, looked to finish third, THIRD RACE. Mile aad a furlong. Thorneyordtt, 13 Tugal Bey. "107, '0'Ne! Carding! Woolsey. 115, he he eabede > to 1) 1, Hunter Raine (4 to 1) a) jumped to the, front and} NEW CINCINNATI...-. -- First Inning—Browne hoisted to S YORK NATIONAL LEAGUE. RK-CINCINNATI - 02 °0:0.1 -10000 Van walked VOUr.. put died at the plate on McGains hot one. McGann out a second. No runs. $e BROOKLYN--CHICAGO BROOKLYN CHIC AGO va 08020-0011507.0 000010 At St. Louis—End of fourth: Philadelphia,.4; St..Lou'- —_—r+ INVADERS VS. DETRO DETROIT .... \NVADERS . AMERI CAN.LEAGUE. IT 0 0 LATE RESULTS AT WASHINGTON PARK. Fourth Race—Bondage 1, Bragg 2, Schwalbe 3. AT ST. LOUIS. Third Race—Kila'1, Lord Hermence 2, Brilliants 3. Fourth 'Race—Helen Print 1, Stand Pat 2, Frank Bell 3. $$ to TUGBOAT. BRINGS UP BODY OF WOMAN; MAY BE THAT “OF COMPANION OF SLAYER OF CHARLES ROXBURY. The churning of the propeller of a tugboat of the Daly Tow-| ing line late this afternoon revealed the body of a woman in| the Harlem River within 200 feet of the spot where a woman’s| blood-stained clothing was found the day following the murder} of Charles Roxbury. The body appeared to have been weighted and did not wnouy come to the surface. The right leg was scen and the police a once began dredging for the corpse. It is believed that the bod us that of the woman whose clothing was found and who wai a possible-accessory to the murder of Roxbury. waiting to, mile omer to The weather was dellahtful, cool Raine nt ocean lowing through Hunter petting ring. The at-| winning by was a len Tohula, owned Thorneycroft. Astarita, 112, Bir Voorhies, Gravina. 108, nine easily by two 1 the from ning easily by two ler hhies, who was three-quarters of a length Iz. in front of Gravina, who came from a at the two dis long ways je Hea Short Cake, Harbor, 1 dig Step, 102, cake oslty won Start fate. name and @ short hea. th and a half in front of Buoy Hempsteat Sart good. closed Six tarlongs. Btarte whts., jocks. sats, “122. Gannon, cap, at six furlongs, and there wes a bunch, heads apart. orders, io Re the st Cogew: retoh, Ca ‘Thorneyoroft, W. R. Condon and ing into the stretch heads the drive W. R. Condon anc Raine drew away, All were ell wes J. Hunter Rat FOURTH RACE. Six furlongs. Hick 108, Re ‘Michael: behind. z under yee firs: ing out of it at the half- others raced in close rdinad Wolsey. Hunter the former tor. | M. 5-3 Regiment, and Private George Cook, of YANKEE SHOTS WIN MINOR PRIZES. ing Part in Shooting Contests at Bisley To-Day. BISLEY, England, July 14.—Capt. A. Bell. of the Second (New Jersey) 10 the First (District of Columbia) Regi- {§ ment, were the only Americans who $5 competed to-day. Both secured minor 4) prizes In the competition at 1,000 and 6 1,100 yards for a prize of $50 offered by 20 100, Major EXge. nd made all the running, win- Bir Voor- secured Eugenia Birch, favorite, was off badly, and never suc- ceeded in making up the lost ground. FIFTH RACE. Six furlongs. Starters, whts., jLuminoaity, 104, Th ther, 104, ‘Coohrai Orr 109, , 109, Hi ‘Won drivi Harbor and Dinah Shi front after the start way to the sti Luminosity, Thistle Heaher and Svort- and in a hard drive Lum nh Thistle retch. by a lengt! Heather a head before Shortcake. 7 Time—1.18 2-6. ad rus! an At that hh. wit SIXTH RACE, i HAY ASKS CZAR TO NAME ARBITRATORS, int from, ent court of to conatit Yenesuelan . Russia's Ruler Will Designate Mem- bers of Hague Court Who Will | Pass on Venezuolan Claims. WASHINGTON, July Hay bas invited the Czar of Russia to the tribu i" alder” hed to the! showed t \4,—Becretary Lievt. Rankin won, with an aggregate of 127 out of @ possible 150. Capt. Bell core of 122 and Private Cook, aw Bach com peti had fifteen shots fe REPORT OF POPE'S DEATH STOPS YACHTS. Wireless and at Once Calls Off Race, (Spectat to The Evening World.) HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, N. J., July 14.—Soon after the TApton racers, = Bhamrock Ill. und Saamzock L, started from (he <ship for @ race this at- ternoon Sir ‘Thomas received a wireless |message from the Erin ying that the death of the Pope had been reported. i;\ ‘Tae eaila on the Shamrocks were at uct lowered and the two ninety-foo! j qlarted back to thelr anchorage at he | point nd Death im Natural Gas Flame. (Special to The World.) WILKESBARRE, ‘Pa., July 14.—Little Josephine Ksiock, five years old, was <d to death to-day near Nanticoke, h other chi ¢ discovered nat- vy. A Httle boy ‘Wis a Bure. o. ress wag Ignited, ence WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-otx houre ending at S P. M. Wednes. day for New York City ana vi- cinity; Fair, exeept showers to- Mae ight or Wednesday morning; Tighe to teeeh westerty winds. abe Capt. Bell and Private Cook Took Sir Thomas Lipton Gete Repor: by IANTS. PLAY LAST GAME IN CINCINNATI McGraw Was Anxious to Make’ It Three Out of Four, and So; Decided on “Iron Man” Mc- Ginnity to Serve Kelley’s Men from Pitcher’s Box. BILL PHILLIPS WAS THE “REDS’” TWIRLER. Billy Lauder, Stricken with Ner- vous Prostration, Is Obliged to Leave Team and Go Home for a Long Rest—Bresnahan Took Up Sick Man’s Position. THE BATTING ORDER. New York. Rrowne, rf. Van Haltren, cf. MoGann, 1b. Mertes, if. Babb, as. Bresnahan, 3. Gilbert, 2b. Warner. c. McGinnity, _p. Umpire—0' Day. (Special to The Lvening World.) BASEBALL GROUNDS. CINCIN- NATH, July 14—The Giants went tn this afternoon-with jaws set and blood in the-eye. Being robbed of yesterday's game by “Rank” O'Day only made them more determined to slash the Reds’ ribbons, and every player was watching the other, all pulling together. One face was missing from the atanch cohorts of McGrawites—the face of/a Ind who has brought unrestrained applause from Coogan's Bluff, Burke- ville, and De Wolf Hopper, namely, the swarthy, aggressive countenance of Billy Lauder. Poor Billy {s down and out. He was/| shipped home this morning care of @ PulJman conductor, and it may be a long time before he will again thrill the thousands with his cleverness at third. Lauder is a sick doy. He has been working this trip with practically no sleep. A droftling sun in St. Louts, com- bined with the vulgar and savage treat- ment tendered there to the Glan| brought on an attack of nervous pros- tration, due also in a measure to the thump on the head that Billy sustained long ago from one of Matty’s curves. Night after night he has walked the street trying to get drowsy. Several physicians treated him, but did no good At Jast, McGraw saw that the boy was lall in and gave him the much needed rest. Here Is where Roger Bresnahan ar- rives upon the scene like the hero of @ | Bowery melodrama. Out of practice and still a bit worried with rheumatism, the Toledo wonder took up third bag yes- iterday, accepted four hard chances | minus an error, smashed a threc-bagger and made one of the four runs, He seems to play equally good in any post- sion and is ever ready with the willow { wand, ‘The papers here this afternoon print despatches from St. Louis telling of @ horrible assault by the Giants upon an inoffensive bus driver, the same who was so drunk that he could mot handle the reins on the last trip to town from the grounds, ‘Acoording to this narrative, Bowerman fractured the poor driver's jaw and Mathewson broke his finger, while Dan MoGann drove tie horses so flercely that they will never be of service again. Babb 1s also portrayed as trying to kill Mike O'Neill, and this story has deen vo widely wpread that Babb yesterday recelved a wire from President Pull demanding a statement of the brutal Babb having been quietly seated Noill swung his left on George Brown's eye. | If Mr, Pulllam accepts @ word as truth | from St. Louis he will be making a m take for the word “truth does not ap- pear in the vocabulary of that benighted village. It was a beautitul day fo> ball play- Ing, the sun was not too warm and a| ‘cool breeze was blowing. Turee thou- sand fans, many of them ladies, out- side of New York more smart-looking Cincinnati. Doniin, If. Seymour, cf. anywhere else, were on hand to hep Joe | Kelly win the game. ‘Bul Phillips, who beat the Giants at] home, had ‘Announced for the slab Yorkers had a great work, but the with Joe MoGinnity , dna} of confider: In the box, and were braced up for a hard fight in spite of putrid umpiring, ———— | SITE FOR BEECHER TEMPLE. | opposite Plymouth Church. was ob- tained this afternoon by Henry Sawyer Snow and Dick 8. Ramsay, represent- ing the Henry Ward Beecher Memortal| sides, Upon land. will be ted tho paid. for = opener: etagpe rene sratemantan mene UE LET Latest Night Bulletin Says that the Su‘fering DOCTORS CEASE TO GIVE HIM Bad Night is Spent by the Patient, Who of depression. 36,08 centigrade, The strength of the angust patient is dimige islling slowly, but continuously. ¥ ‘ tin was issued this evening it was learned that subcutane- ~ ous transudations out of the patient’s thorax have been ob= served and that his hands and feet are swelling. Oxygen: is being frequently administered to keep His Holiness breathing. The camphor and digitalis, which heretofore. have been potent, strengthening the patient, are fast losing. their effect. respiration is deficient. the amazement of the watching world occurred a few hours ‘|ago. The Pontiff’s reason, which had been wandering for many hours, returned, and he spoke with clearness and lucidity, though very feebly. 4 Nazianza, Nocella, Patriarch of Antioch; Tripepi, the Pre+ fect of the Congregation of Indulgences, and Cavagnis, were permitted to enter the sick room, but they did not rew main long. ; CRAWLED OUT OF HIS BED. f land despite the extremely feeble condition in which he has been nearing the unknown, the Pope performed a marvellous: feat this afternoon. his wonderful will, he managed to raise himself in bed and: stagger to his favorite armchair. for him, and he soon asked to be returned to the bed that. he may never leave again. of dissolution. i and to such a low ebb had the vitality of the Pontiff descended at times that -eports were spread that he was dead. am | All processes of elimination have czased and no more nourishment is | taken, |END FAST APPROACHING. “| approaching. The fact that the Pope was able to raise himself and leave his bed is not looked upon as an evidence of any halt in the approach of | death, for dying people often, by exercise of will power, give astonishing displays of supposed vitality just before their eyes are closed forever. necessary to keep the feeble flame of vitality burning during the night, but women patronize the game here than | the reactions that were inevitable were depressing. ' | progressed these spells became accentuateu both with regard to the length: of the hallucinations and the shortness of the lucid intervals. PAST COMES BACK IN DELIRIUM. seemed to relate to the history of events of many years ago, which, unknown to those present, neither Dr. Lapponi nor the faithful Cen! ‘Title to @ parcel of land on Orange| ceeded in comprehending. street, Brooklyn, 100 square feet, and’ paritions. | Pope insists on indicating the presence of some imaginary shadow he not only sees but hears, He eaid; “No! No! Don't you see ag SE A aid nerves to maintain calmnegs and to have his will tr 10 EDGING FAOTs ENO Io IN GIGHT ——— + + —__ Pontiff Is Sinking Slowly but Continuously,” 4 and Later Details Indicate that the Near. Approach of Death Is Plainly Apparent. ANY FURTHER NOURISHMENT, Falls Frequently Into Delirious Fits---So © Feeble Had He Become at Times that Re- ports of His Death Were Circulated. 74 LATEST BULLETIN—Rome, July 14—8 P. M. “The Pope passed a fairly quiet day, but had short perieda Palse, 85, weak; respiration, 32; temperature, (Signed) “MAZZONI, 4 “LAPPONI.” ~~ ROME, July 14 —Immediately after the 8 o'clock bulle« He is unable to turn or raise himself. His Another of those surprising rallies which have excited Four Cardinals, Cavicchioni, the Titular Archbishopof With the light of death blazing in his wondertul eyes, Bracing himself through the force of The effort was too much: To-day marked in the plainest manner the rapid and certain a] It followed a night marked by ravings and hallucinat The organs are gradually ceasing to perform their natural functions, This condition indicated unmistakably that the end was fast Numerous administrations of the most powerful stimulants were The Pope frequently raved in a feverish delirium, and as the His mutterings during delirium were not always intelligible, but they 4, tra sug At times the Pope seemed to see again oi When his attendants try to persuade him to the contrary he rattles the chairs and other things as hy moves.” It is eVident that the Pope is making a great entért and * an Kiet.