The evening world. Newspaper, October 3, 1903, Page 10

ATTACK A CAR Five late Seize Con- i ductor at Eighth Avenue Line 5 Uptown Terminus and One : Stabs Motorman in the Hand. THIEF IS KNOCKED FROM CAR WITH AN IRON BAR. Police Capture Three of the Desperadoes, Who Are Held in Ball of $1,000 Each— Hope Soon to Arrest Others. Five bold highwaymen, their faces hidden by handkerchiefs, made a dox- erate attempt to hold up an Eighth r @venue surface car at Eighth avenue a @nd One Hundred and Fifty-elghth Street early to-day. ¥ Motorman Thomas Gargan, twenty- 4 six years old. of No. 317 East Thirty- Seventh street, was stabbed in the hand aes, while resisting the highwaymen, and 9 ‘One of the robbers was struck with an 7m tron bar and knocked off the car by Con- @uctor Charles McCarthy, of No. 813 Amsterdam avenue. Three of the desperadoes were oap- tured. and the police say they hope to get the other two. he highwaymen made their attempt fn true Western style, but they evi- * dently ‘had colinted the motorman and conductor easy prey. In this they were a mistaken, — haa The Eighth avenue lire ends at One Hundred ani Fitty-cighth street, there being a switch there where the cars arriving from the south shift over to) a the downtown track: The “L' station fs overhead, there being several tracks covered with unuved cars, and the dark- ness {s Intenso on the strect underneath. Five Jump on Car. There wore no passengers on the car, and Gargan, the motorman, was just switching over to the downtown track when three men, thelr faces partially : concealed by handkerchiefs, Jumped on the forward end of the cur. At the same y time two men, also disguised with hand- s kerehiefs, Jumped on the rear end of ee the car and tackled the conductor, Me: Carthy. The three men in front ordered Gargan stop the car and #hut off the lights. One of them held a révolver to his head and another thrust a long knife .gainst his. breast. Gargan could see no policemen near there. but be had seen two of them standing under the “L” station at One Huncred and Fifty-sixth street, and instead of obeying the comman! of the Righwaymen-he turned on the full! power and started the “ir on a run do! ny the track, At the same timo he began| to pound the gong with his foot ani fought the men off as well as he could “Phe highwaymon, seeing his intention, ( attempted to grab the co#roller from his hand, but he’would not let go, and) finally the man with the knife staboed him in the right hand, with which he controlled the brake. In, the mean time the two men who | had tackled McCarthy had ordered him to throw up his hands, They were un- armed and he refu pushing them away from him, while he stooped and bbed up an tron coupling bar that lying-on tho rear platform, The {wo (rushed him and he struck one of rs a blow with the bar. Thw dlow Aiinded on the rodber's head and breast and knockéd him off the car, He landed na heap on the ground and seemed be stoned. His companion, seeing lcCarthy was more than they bargained ‘for, Jumped of the car and ran buck to ‘Bis companion. Policemen to Rexcuc. The two policemen at One Hundred And Fifty-sixth street, looking up when S(ED ROBBERS COTTON JUMPS CN POOR CROP REPORT Excitement i in the Market When Government Figures Are An- nounced, and Bears, Who Were Aggressive, Driveri Back OCTOBER ESTIMATE 65.1. Prices Pushed Up 20 Points on Live- ly Trading, in Which December and January Share Prominence with the Present Month, Cotton prices soared on the Cotton xchange to-day after the monthly Government report was published. 1t had been predicted confidently tnat the conditions would be 68 per cent., so that Wien the report showed but 65.1 per cent. prices Jumped from 6 to 20 points and tha storts rushed to cover. The excitement was intense and tre niarket ae wild as at any time duritg the Srown corner. At the openiag Oc- tober cold at 9.18; December xt 51; Janasry, 9.9, and May, 9.39. At 1015, the time that the Govesnment srt Was made public, the floor uv? the ange was quiet and every bri ver was va'tipg. Two minutes after trik ers were falling over one a her in the r efforte to cover their si s. Octe in. a few minutes was up to 943, December to 9.47, January to 9.47, May to 9.50. It was noticed that on the tise Theodore H, Price was a seller, while W. P. Brown bought cotton freely. The Price followers contended that the Brown following bought on the crop news and did not consider that the spin- ners were in so bad a shape that they could not buy cotton at the present prices, but would have to walt for lower figures. Prices later sold off a few points, but hold better than the sellers had ex- pected. When it is considered that the condition is bettr than last year and but little below the average for ten ye the crop is not such a bad one. In speaking of prices to-day Theodore Price sald: Cs “The Bureau report indicates a con- dition of 6.1. ‘This In 7 per cent hetter than last year, and witle an increase in we «f 4 per cent., the Indicated ‘on 18 I per vent betrer than last year. his would give us a crop of about 11,709.00, which fa tho figure foreshad- owed by my correspondents in the re- port I published on Sept, 2s, rs, world's probable consumptive require- ments of American cotton this year at present prices and ad about 4,100,000 bales of cotton muat come in sight and be marketed during the next two montis L do not belleve that present prices can he maintained.” sod very stendy with . M4; December, eneral ton Monday moult be very. feverish, and Irregular, ‘The buying by W. P. Brown caused soine of the shots a grea anxlety. for Mr Brown, har } #0 much lately that he Is belle le. almost UncalleBessitimel ke DEPUTY CAPTAINS Sergts. Wilson and Hays Sent to West Side Section to As- sist the Regular Police Com- manders. fhey heard the clanging bell. saw the struggle. They’ were John Devunney Alexander Knierin, both of the W @. Hundred and Fifty Bration: Ax they ran to the car the | three highwaymen on the front platform | » Jumped off and dashed up the steps to | the “L” station with the evident Inten- Yon of running across the viaduct into the Bronx. ‘The two ofhcers pulled id fired a couple of shots as they dashed in pursuit. They ¢gaptured three men on the "L" station. “When they returned to the car with thelr prisoners Conductor McCarthy told @f the two who had been on the rear atform. A short search revealed the ¢ both of these had managed to ‘and the prisoners were taken to One Hundred and Pitty-chiru on vas bleeding profus Pete A DONG Sean staphey eon mbulance was se but he refused 0. go to the hosplt e wound was eased and he continued on tis trp jownto Mthe station the three ave their names as Joh: an ineteen years old. of No and Bamasse ‘oodle West Oj stree vanes narist Bolster, nineteen ak 2919 Kighth avenue, and William ils twenty years old, of 243 Eighth eman Alexander Knierin, who as- : fed in, the capture of the rosbers: new m out of the school of Instruction ree Heiner Held in $1,000 Batt, hen arraigned before» Magistrate paler in the Hariem Police Court, this | 5 ing, the prisoners pleaded’ not ity and were held in $1,000 each tor n a on Monday. qaahe policemen, 10 ie Magistr ‘ expected to get other meme the gang. to which the prisoners oped to get the young mea tieway when fie thee prisoners folman Bevanney, of the Went One Fitty-second street sta- traces with the prisoners Will aay. twenty-one years old or logon per nes arrested ning on suspicion o} the hold-up. "polis fan was Tgnorant of the matin TS INCENDIARY FIRE, ous fires within a few }st example fet by the ndon and Rer- ' Groene to-day ants of Un assist eth captains eet and stations. ‘The men appointed Sergt. James A. Wilson, of the t Thirtieth Street Station, who will have his duties at the We West enth Sireet Station, and Si Corne- Mus Heys, of Trenort, who will be moved to the Wert Thi Street Stetion to asstat Capt. Bu The duties of the Heutenants will be to assist the captains at all dimes and to have absolute command fn. the © {the captains, Nelther will be ex- pected to do desk duty a: any thr Commissioner Greene also a that h ewill a: nine sergeants and fourteen patroimen next week. ‘here are only four vacan: cles for captains, and ¢his will only | move up four sergeants and four patrol- men to the sergeant vacancies, but there is money on hand now, and the Commis- Vantage of it to appoint five extra ser- geants and ten extra patrolmen, Roundsman Stephen 8. caught coming out of a sa by Deputy Commissioners Bosteln. 1 per and Davis, The Deputy Commis sloners were comng from luncheon, and at Bond and Elm streets spied the roundaman. “hWat do you mean by this?” asked Mr. Ebateln, Walsh's explanation was not satis. factory, and charges were preferred against him. BANK MERGER IN EFFECT. Weatern National and United Siates Joined with Dank of Commerce, The merger of the Western National “This is certainly far in excess of the|* IN TWO PRECINCTS | | better than even those who expected a +] good statement anticipated. sioner explained that he would take ad- | {! THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1903. : ; STOCKS FIRM, BUT THE TRADING DULL New York Central and St. Paul Led in the Market, Which Was Narrow and Controlled by Professionals. STEEL WAS HELD UP WELL. Metropolitan Also a Prominent Feat- ure, While Union Pacific and At- chison Figured in the 7. ding— Bear Tip on B. R. T. Under the lead of New York Central and St, Paul the stock market closed strong to-day. The news during the day had little effect on prices, which opened off, following London's lead, but good buying by commission houses a followed by fractional ¢e- before the bank statement | was {sd there was a rally that car-| ried St, Paul to 141, Union Pacific to 71 6-8 Atchison to 64 3-8, and others showed like advances. When the state- ment came out prices sold off, but ral-| lied again and closed close to the top. The feature of the day was the con- traction of business and the specula- tive apathy, The market was narrow and professional, but the traders were afraid to take any decided stand over the holiday. The cotton report was without effect on the Stock Exchange and few pald any attention to it. Proftt taking in the Eries caused a de- cline of nearly a point. There was no news to cause this decline, but so much of the stock was bought low down on the tps that were freely ctroulated | when Mr. Harriman’s entrance into the directorate was made that It was to be expected that some of the stock would bw again thrown upon the market, Just before the close a bear clique. which has been fighting every ad of Missour) Pacific, made ana upon the stock and forced it down 1 cent, The Steel issue: opened eral Elect held firm all day. strong on the report of excell ean And made a gain of 3 polnts Metropolltan was strong and closed with a substantial net gain, ‘The tp) fit Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit was tog) lower was freely clreulated. It was sald that the Rockefellera had thelr eyes on the property, hut wish to buy It at figures. Despite these reports the k held well The total sales of stocks were 241,00 shares and of bonda $2,337,000, was t busl- & Quotations. ewt_and cloning Amal Copper ake 41M ‘smelt & 43 RPE REEL E BANK STATEMENT GOOD. leavy Deerense in Loans was the Went Feature The bank statement to-day was much The fea- ture that pleased Wall street partieu- larly was the $414,600 decrease In loans, It was heligved that in view of th nt of th® $5,000,000 to J. P. Mo by the A conversion syndica that the loan account might show a increase. ‘The decrease in deposits mado the re- serve required $1,096.15) less than last week. As the loss in cash was $1,061,500, the decrease In surplus reserves was cut down to Dut $431,800, leaves a surplus of $13,9% $1,819,200 for the same week of and of $15,509,026 in 1901 ment fo! + $4144.00 4,180,800 sa 1,162,800 LONDON TRADING GOOD. American Stocks an Exception— we Dull and Irregular, LONDON, Oct. 3—Money was fairly nt In the market to-day and were easy, Discounts weakened, partly under the influence of the ship- ment of gold from India to London Business on the Stock Exchange was oheerful. Consols were buoyant on easier money, but closed slightly below Bank of the United States, of New York, into the National Bank of Com- merce in New York City became ef- fective at the close of business to-day, and on Monday morning the combined banks will do business under the name of the latter at the offices of the Bank oon of Samuel Stance, Ty are believed by t endary origin. ad at 10 out after Commerce, in Nadjau street. During the afternoon such of the banks’ ef- fects, records and treasure as will be needed at once were removed to the or: bank. “The Western National went us at neon, the close of beh the best quotations of the day, Americans opened with an uncertain tone, and dealings in these securities were restricted, owing to the unsettled and closing of Wail street doubts concerning the » statement. ‘They closed dull a war. ‘The Grand Trunk traf strengthened the quotations stock, Prices closed easler, yah Tis he PLAGUE IN RIO JANEIRO. RIO JANBPIRO, Oct 3.—Some cases of bubonic plague have been discovered Sta hae yeater: iN of that JAMES McCREERY & C0. China, Glass and Silverware. A most elaborate stock of bric-a-brac, high art Bronzes, Potteries, Porcelains, Clocks, Lamps Some of the most beautiful and Curios is now on exhibition. pieces are “Koube” Bronze, of Japanese Bronze, Silver Cloisonne, Sevres, Dresden, Hadley’s Worcester or the curious The Nouveau Art influence is shown in mahy of the tinted metal candlesticks, the bronze clocks and mountings for the exquisite Bu Teplitz Vases. ckhorn as liqueur stands, ink wells, ete., French glass set in gilt and silver floral frames, and numerous ornaments hand- somely painted by well known artists are among the “objets d’art” that make the ideal wedding or congratulatory gift. Sterling silver or fine plate-ware is introduced in many exclusive patterns, as are the dinner sets and household china, The Cut Glass is unusually extensive in its variety and the quantity on exhibition. These designs are singularly handsome, mostly exclusive and extremely moderate in cost, Such a display, except in the museum or art gallery, can hardly be duplicated Patrons are respectfully invited to make a visit of inspection. Twenty-third Street. Stern Brothers | eau Stern Brothers Desire to call the attention of those contemplating new LACE DRAPERIES to a very exclusive assortment of IMPORTED LACE CURTAINS. Estimates and Sketches submitted for special work including Panels, Vestibule Curtains, Stores Bonne Femme, Bed Sets, Tidies and Bureau Scarfs, which are made in their own workrooms. Special attention is alsocalled to “FLANDRES,” an entirely new and exclusive lace for curtains. West Twenty-third Street In their Upholstery Department are now showing the newest designs in fabrics per- taining to Hangings and Coverings. , Replicas of Rare and Antique Tissues, interesting to artistic tastes, are included in the collection gathered from the various European markets. Drapery Decorations of every description exe- cuted to the entire satisfaction of the most critical, Special Designs and Estimates Submitted for all Orders, West Twenty-third Street MAGISTRATE DIDN'T FEARED WHIPPING, KNOW “THE” ALLEN SO GIRL RAN AWAY But Everybody Else in Court Did, and Pool Accepted Him as a Bonds! “Forti “The” lease of Ja: Sixtleth street, held for examination in default of stealing #3. When All man for Magistrate Pool if the surety was ac- ceptable to the Court. “Who Is “Mr. replied the “Alen! Allen! Where is he?" “Here I am," answered the man, “1 don't M ident stra. Yes," ani Is it fortified ‘Some 1p: ‘have no trouble een when they a smile, SPneh 1 your oame, 1 rule of thee kee rt you ‘aid ‘t falr Allen Market Court to-day to obtain the re- Allen, of No. in court that does?" ‘This inquiry provoked a general iaugh, and in answer Alien said, here knows me, trict seventy-one court many ‘a time. of t he asked if he owned a house. man on Strength of ified” House. Who Cared for Her. Fearing punishment was in the Jefferson mes J. Dowd, of No. 43 West $00 bail on the charge of left hi day afternoon, being oui len offered himself as vonds- Dowd Clerk Anthony asked irning most of the lay own daughter, he?” inquired the Magistrate. | age, % Sixth avenue,” sai cher nose: e “Just aa soon as I get st clerk, Crows to the children, rs, Sui t once. She did not return. know you, Is there anybody ————$___— “Everybody I've been in this dis- years, and in this cou bec of the weaiver was favorable all eer belt as New rice wheat, 8 1-8. Ve Pool was informed of he @ would-be bondsman a: swered Allen, » Dut my fabs in replied Rien with ag oe pOple BAY 80, ‘want to, court th ary upper ready am going to punish both of you,” paid did not wait. but left the house it The po- lee have given an alarm for the chil Motherless Child of Nine Years Had Been Threatened with Punishment by the Woman for miscbndiict Susle McDirr ran away from the home of Mrs. Crowe, No, 552 West Twenty- ninth street, leaving no trace. nine years old and nas no mother. As Susle's father is a workingman he home of Mrs. for her, home after Mra. Crowe found that in her absence Susie and her who is about the sa: bad been tearing up things ge Susie is Yester- THE WHEAT MARKET. Wheat opened higher to-day, due to the steadiness of cables; but the ad- vance met such free selling for long ac- ‘hat tt quickly subsided, partly cosines in, corn. The an offset to the steadier hiaacen erlces ase May corn, ipioaesd May TO-MORROW’S SUNDAY WORLD. English Beauties Seeking Revenge on Title-Winning Yankee Heiresses? |, A, Threatened ‘‘Invasion’’ of America by British Maidens of Noble Station Who, Piqued at the Way Our Girls Have Captured English Titles, Will Set Their Caps for American Heirs. Who Some of These English Beauties Are. The Actor and the Mayor Who Are Going to College. They Tell Why. The Chief Executive of a Connecticut City and a Star Actor Explain Why They Are Seeking Higher Education in Colleges. Who Was the Most Popular Summer Girl of 1903? Miss Natalie Schenck, Who Has Been Voted the Queen of the Season at Newport. A Messenger Boy for 32 Years, Who Did Not Become President of the Company. The Strange Story of a New York ‘‘Boy’’ Who Has Carried Messages All His Life, Married and Raised a Fine Family. One of the Wonderful Happenings of a Great City. How to Have a Beautiful Figure. Further “‘Yogi’’ Directions for Women. Mrs, Harriet Hubbard Ayer’s Home Page Even More Attractive and Instructive than Usual. How the Automobile Has Revolutionized the “‘400’s’’ Method of Entertaining. Distance Now Being Next to Nothing, Owing to the Speed of the ‘‘Go-Cars,’’ Social Geography Has Entirely Changed and One Hundred Miles to a Dinner Engagement Is Not Unusual. Joseph Choate, the First American in Europe. Something of Interest About Our Ambassador to Great Britain, with Some New Photographs of Him. Will J. Pierpont Morgan Pay a Fortune for This Picture from lowa? The Romance of a Painting Owned by a Western Farmer, Who Is Bringing It to. the Multi-Millionaire with the jHirm Hope of Disposing of It. The Bluebeards of Brooklyn. Story of Most Remarkable Organization in America. A Society for Disposing of Its Members’ Skulls. Its Strange Secrets Now Unearthed for the First Time. A Little Instrument That Is to Make War Bloodless. The Latest Invention to Make a Battle Merely a Pastime. 7] i