The evening world. Newspaper, November 17, 1903, Page 3

" SLEUTHS WATCH AT HORSE SHOW Detectives Ordered to Arrest Dressmakers or Others Who, Lay a Finger on Ladies’! Gowns on the Promenade. MRS, HERMANN OELRICHS HAD MADE COMPLAINT. Tiny Shetland Ponies Evoke Much Enthusiasm—Hackneys Judged and Prizes Awarded— Good Crowd Despite Weather. Police Sergt. Funston, who has charge of the squad at the Garden, received instructions from Headquarters this af- ternoon to arrest on sight any dress- makers or other persons who lald on a finger or touched a gown of any lady on the promenade Mrs, Hermann Oelrichs, Mrs, Fish and a number of society women last night complained to the Horse Show officers that several score of dressmakers were making the rounds of the promenade and touching and feeling of the ladies’ gowns In order to discover the exact fabric, or material of the dresses: Sergt. Funston was ordered to make the ar- rests upon a charge of assault and hail the offending dressmakers to the Ten- derloin police station. In the carly morning exercises a score of the tiny horses were led out to frisk about the oval tanbark ring. Many of the shaggy little animals are smaller even than St. Bernard dogs, and when they trotted with dainty Httle short, steps beside the great striding hackneys the sight elicited cries of delight from the few ladies present. The majority of these equine liliputians are the prop- erty of Thomas L. Watt and Thomas 1. Watt, jr. Pony’ Pasture Worth $1,000,000, Monte Carlo, one of these tiny little fellows who Is a mass of fringes of ehaggy black hair, should be known as the pony with the million-dollar pas- ture, This mite of horse flesh has the freedom in summer time of one entire city block bounded by One Hundred and Thirty-ninth street, Seventh avenue, One Hundred and Fortleth street and Lenox avenue. The first of the many enthusiastic borsewomen who exvect to carry off more than one blue ribbon before the show ends to appear within the tanbark in the early morning exercises was Mra. ™M. B. Fuller, driving her pony Ruby to @ little four-wheeled Cart, Mrs. Fuller and her husband, squeezed in the little cart together, were whirled about the ring wita astonishing speed by their lit- tle gem of a horse. ‘A™few minutes later Mrs. J. Bi M: Grosvenor rode dut on’ hér magnificent black gelding Petroleum, which carried off the blue ribbon yesterday from a field of twenty-four high-class saddle ‘horses. Mrs. E, F, Hawley, who has a number of beautiful Shetland ponies entered, ‘was another of the early comers, fore- most among the women lovers of horses who superintend the showing of their own animals. When Bugler ‘Happy Harry" Wilcox sounded the signal for the first event of the day, the preliminary final of six- teen horses suitable to becéme hunters, the Loxes began to fill up slowly. Mrs. F. August Schermerhorn and the Misses Schermerhorn, dre! in dark blue and black walking gowns, were t first to arrive gnd occupy box No. 42. ‘Then the box of J. J. Vatable filled up, with a party of five young girls. Mrs. Grosvenor, after advising with her! grooms, was met by Mrs. Elisha Dyer, #r., and, went with her to the Dyer box, 1. nd Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.. rty of ladies and gentlemen box No. 45 throughout the varly Mrs, Hitchcock camg, . but did not! dy Go- 4 2 ir, and a occuph part of the day, attired in her riding habit, ride her fine chestnut mare, lightly, entered in the first event. Horse Skies at Purple Waistcoat. Thomas H. Hubbard's gelding Torch shied at a purple waitscoat illuminated with green frogs worn by a horsey Aittle man at the ringside, the most ex- elting Incident to the first numoer of the programme. Afer the excitement had subsided the judges selected the fglowing horses from which the prize inners will be selected this evening: Mrs. Hitchcock's Lady Golightly, i. Hub Torch, Crow & Richard vell, LL. . Pa no, jr.'@ Popper de Core Listowel, well, ‘Adam ‘Beck's Grand Night and Watson Webb's Los Alamos. Blue Ribbon for Lord Derby 11. The great Lord Derby II, though not four-year-old breeding ‘stallion, the E. D, Jordan's Plymouth hi ney stud farm, was shown with four of this get and decorated with the blue rib- hs The next event judged was hackney stallions for the challenge cup (value . It was for the it hackney stal- lion in the show and brought out Gen- tleman John and Robin Adair II. As in the preceding event, Mr. Jordan's Gentleman John was adjudged the fin- est specimen the two, the reserve ribbon going to Robin Adair II, tleman John, however, must ge! ‘the cup another year in order to hold it, The champlon prize of $200, open to) mares, was won by Mr. Jordan's four- year-old chestnut mare ntei and the reserve ribbon went to M Jordan's frown mare Madge Kendal. ‘Only three mares were shown, Mr, Jor-| dan's chestnut mare Gitana being out- , RB. Vanderbilt a Winner. In Class 45, horses, carriages and ap- pointments, Reginald Vanderbik had entered his eplendid brown mare, White Oak, and hls beautiful black geldin \Astonishment, driven separately to dar! evimaon and black brougham. In j USighame S per cent, harnsay ib por ‘O r cent., harness ié per cent, and’liveries 10 per cent. tt ‘Aljogether there were sixteen entries class, Of the four priges finally id Vanderbilt ‘two, mn went to Jay the third prize spaayed inter the Into the ling ‘and the shelv: ‘boxes behind wit! with a m ‘Flonty:drested th richly dressed throng, man prominent boxes being yen over y to juvenile parties. The strik- pri Ted ribo! olen Underwriter, of the uy | Sentry. | ; of this event was the splendid hor: manship of thirteen-year-old Miss V: Bloodgood, riding: her spirited chestnut mare Paula. ‘Though the rearings and rlungings of the flery little horse caused many t) rhudder the plucky little stuck to her saddle, smiling and right eed, Other women riders were Mrs, G, Baumann, on her brown mare Jacquira: Mrs. John Gerken. on Towthorpe Queen. and Mrs. W. EB. Woodard, on her little brawn mare Master. Nor were the judges unkind to che ‘Ky little girf. for when she rode out of the ring the blue ribon decorated hor handsome little mount's bridle. Mrs. Wgodard, on Master, captured the red ribbon, Gerken on ‘Towthor] yeen the yellow ribbon and Edwin H. Weatherbee's Spokanetta was highly commended In class 99, in which ladies’ hunters were shown. Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock's Jouace King won the blue ribbon. The Second prize went to I. Ambrose Clark's nd the third to Crow & Mur- uette. ray's DEAD BY HIS OWN HAND, SAT BY DOOR |Body of Suicide in Sitting Atti- tude Was. Seen in His Grocery by Policeman in Passing. William Rebschef, thirty-two years old, of No, 450 Amsterdam avenue, com- mitted sulcide some time between last night and this morning by taking o: allc acid. He was found dead in his gracery store at No, 2271 Broadway. Rebacher was married and leaves a widow and one-child..He had been. ill lately and. bad been under the care of a physician for nervous troubles. In partnership with Gus Levi, he owned the store at No. 2711 Broadway, the firm being: Rebscher & Company. He remained in the store last aight for the purpose of going over @ome ‘ac- counts. At an early hour this morning # policeman in passing the store looked in and saw Rebscher sitting on a fruit stand facing the door, His eyes were open and staring, and the loqk on his face alarmed the policeman. knocked, but got no response, and ther ran around the corner to Levi's house and awoke him, When they returned to the stoi Rebscher was found to be dead. He had mixed a quantity of oxalic acid in 8 glase of water and had dr the THE WORLD: TUESDAY’ HOW THE FAIR- BUT HORSY WOMEN IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN THESE | DAYS AND NIGHTS IMPRESS AN ARTIS€® WHO HAS OBSERVATION FACULTIES. 7Srtre iG coe GP: SOP T% WVENT G, NOVEMBER 17, 1903 SSOOSHSSSEOHOOSHOOTOCHHES © A RUNAWAY CHARGES FALSE, SAYS MAS, O'BRIEN Wife of the Former Sheriff Tes- tifies in Her Own Behalf at the Trial of Her Husband's Divorce Suit. In a@ black sloth gown and a winsome mile, Mrs. Jamen O'Brien became 9 witness in her divorce suit late this afternoon. She delivered her testimony straight at whe foreman of the jury in an dimost confidential tone, nodding and amiling. pursing her lips and arching her brows In expressive emphasis, “I dismissed the maid, Mary McCar- rick, who has testified against mo here,’ she said, “because for two yers she had been abusive, and, besties, sie got intoxicated, and she struck my son Sandford over the head with plates. “Oh, yes; Mr, Sult cailed on me in Saratoga once in 187. After that he called often, but upon Miss Gallagher. He was teaching her to play the harp." Mrs, O'Brien sald she mortgaged her house at the ex-Sheniff'a request. Visits to Stuart House. Speaking cf Mrs, Stuart, who testified that Mrs. O'Brien often visited her house in West Thirty-seventh street with one of the co-respondents and glass. Levi could not account for his part- ner's suicide on any other grounds than Miness, Their business had been pros- perous and Rebscher is not known to have had any financial or other ¢roubles outside ‘of his recent {lIness, PRESIDENT'S. WIFE MEETS HER SISTER Miss Emily Carew, Home from Europe, Will Go-to Wash- ington for a Visit to the Roosevelts. Miss Emily Carew, sisler of Mes. ‘Theodore Roosevelt, for whom the wife of the President has been waiting in this city for several days, returned to America to-day'on the Holland-Amer- ica liner Steetaiam after an eighteen- months residence on' the Italian Riviers. ‘Mrs. Roosevelt wea at the pler-in Ho- boken to meet her sister. The greet- ings were most affectionate. Mrs. Roosevelt went to the pler with Col- lJector of the Port Stranahan in his pri- vate carriage. Miss Carew was accompanied by her friend, Mrs. L. E, Moore, and @ maid. The base wwe of the part checked fi where ex! Mar Wroosevelt, will return with Miss Mrs. Carew this afternoon, acl TORN LINGERIE ON EXHIBIT. —— Y Woman Sald Her Costly Apparel Was Ruined by La eye A large bundle of costty Iingerle, on which expensive laces had been torn and uttons ruthlessly pulled away, was placed before Magistrate Crane's blush- ing countenance in the Harlem Court to-day a# the only exhibit in a case tried before him, Mrs. Ida Jacowlt }» who refused her ad- dress, had John Sples, the manager of to court to ex- oem, laundry, serapo re why her lingerie was destroyed. i Jaid it out in its torn and be- ribboned a) nce fore the court. she exclaimed, the but- ing feature of this junto: audience i { lave 1 the frat pony clans shown ea} aaa wenty entries, The feature 4. ‘ou have pulled away.’ paras: Crane said he 34 not “hr I} axer wan respon: le ai discharged rity He issued a summons, however,. the proprietor of the place $3. once wrote to her to prepare a room for thelr occupancy, Mrs. O'Brien sald. “I never knew her.as Mra. Stuart un- tl the last trial. I knew her ss Mrs. Joseph Eaton, I visited her house often until I learned !ts character, But never with any man. I wrote for a room for myself. My husband Inalsted I should have an operation performed upon me. “I never did wrong with any man on earth, I assure you,” she told the jury | bo: foreman, “Did you ever tell your servants youl § Were fond of Buitit or that you loved @ny man?" ‘Mr. Turk asked, “Certainly not!" replied Mrs. O'Brien, ExJudge Olcott wt! cross-examine: Mrs, O'Brien to-morrow. GORGEOUS GOWNS MAKE THE GARDEN A RAINBOW White seema the prevailing color for) evening gowns at the Horse Show, while| black and dark colors were predomi- nant during the afternoon. The weather] may have had something to do with this, but there was general comment over the absence of bright colors, Mrs, C, B. Alexander wore a pale gray. Eton coat and skirt with touches of Pale blue ,and a gray hat. Mrs. George Crocker was velvet combined with flowered black chiffon over white, handsomely jetted. with shaded red roses and a toqu around the brim, Mrs, Joseph Stickney wore a mole- colored velvet Eton coat, and skirt that cleared the walk, and a round white felt hat trimmed with black and white flowers amd black velvet. Mrs, Frank Sturgis was in a black cloth coat and skirt trimmed with black and white embroideries, and a small toque to match. Mrs. Willlam Goadby Loew's gown was an elaborately tucked skirt of light gray broadcloth topped by a cross- plaited. short coat and a small gray turvan. Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt was in a very dark brown frock, trimmed with picket- shaped bands of cream color, with dots of red, and wore a large brown hat trimmed with small, cream-colored tips, Mra, Reginald Vanderbilt was in black trimmed with chinchilla, and wore ohin- chilla furs and a large, flat. purplish felt hat trimmed with red and purplish- tinted leaves and flowers. Striking Brown Costame, Mrs, Elisha Dyer, jr., wore a brown costume elaborately trimmed with white and a amall toque of shaded purple flowers with a dash of white at the loft, Mrs. De Forest Danlelson was in dark gloth topped by a t-ereen toque. 8h ra, Alfred “Vanderbilt's e was in M el Gerry wore a dark gray nd a round Miss Mab cloth frock braided in gray lark hat. Miss Knowlton was in dark red. cloth trimmed with black pili braid and gold buttons and wore a small red toque| a rather narrow black-plumed hat. There with touches of black. wan white lace at the neck. She wore a Mins Jean Reid wore a long tight-| single string of pearls and sable neck- fAtting coat and skirt of blue broadcloth in dlack| ® topped by a small blue toque trimmed with coque feathers. Mrs. Norman ‘Whitehouse was in brown velvet and wore a small brown velyet turban trimmed with silver. Mrs, James FE. Martin was in blaék, with sable furs, and wore a black hat. Mrs. Irving Brokaw wore a black coat and skirt, the coat showing trim- mings of white satin, striped witn black v 4, and a jetted toque with white ue “plumes, irs. Jules Bache ‘wore black. jort coat was trimmed with bands of red cloth appliqued on black and had touches of black and white. Her shaded red toque was trimmed with shaded coque feathers. Miss Marguerite Loew was In brown velvet, with guimpe and flowing under- sleeves of white lace, topped by a brown picture hat. Mrs, Burke Roche was in brown cloth and velvet, and wore a small brown Yelvet toque trimmed with ostrich tips and brown furs, Cynthia Roche wore A black costume. ‘The military collar was edged with white fur and so were the cuffs. Her rather narrow, soft-looking black hat had white ostrich tips, falling off the back. “tits fmma Rutherford was in gray velvet, trimmed with narrow bands of brown fur and collar and cuffs of heavy white lace. Her gray hat had pale blue Ostrich plumes and blue knots as its cora tion. derfiss Laura Swan ¥ >in violet colored cloth, witu a trailing skirt and blousing bodice and a fiat hat drooping over her very fluffy and low coiffure. Mrs. Gordon Hughes, who was Mise May Brown, of Baltimore, and one of the recent brides, wore ‘a hellotrope colored hat, laden with long ostrich plumes of the Mrs. J. J. c The . J. Va and a broadtall coat. topped by a large black toque, and wore solitaire pearl earrings. Mrs Paul Gilbert Thebaud was in black cloth, trimmed with chinchilla, Her stole, muff and turban were made of chinchilla, and white gardenias were fastened in the fur brim of the Intter, Mra. James Gerard was in black. with a deep collar and sleeve flounces of Irish point, and a large black hat trimmed with white tps, The Misses Nora and Fannie Iselin were in tucked pale blue chiffon and red vloth, elaborately braided, respectively. The red gown was topped by a lange picture hat and the blue one by a polnt- ed toque of pale blue tulle. Mrs, Ollver Harriman was in black velvet, a trailing gown, heavily em- broldered and braided in black. and wore piece and muff. red |Prove binding. e PSOLEDOLOHOOOCO OOOOH Dddo 4 3 £ $ $ 3 3 99995098980 664459450606 4 @ A BUOK-JUMPER THRICE MARRIED, YET NOT DIVORCED For the Fourth Time Dr. James M. Ludden and Mrs. Lillie Winston Will Have the Nuptial Knot Tied. For the fourth time, and without ever having been divorced from each other, Dr, James M, Ludden, of No. 23 West One Hundred and Twentieth street, and Mrs. Lillie Winston, of the same address, are to be married. They hi procured the necessary license for a marriage in Jersey and on next Satur- day expect to have a knot tied that will Mrs, Winston originally was married to James M. Patrick at Ghelby, Tenn. She obtained a divorce from him in j 1887. In 1899 she married Walker Win- ston. A daughter was born to them and 1s now twelve years old. Not long after the birth of the child Mr. and Mrs. Winston agreed to separate, the wife taking the child. Mra. Winaton went to Oklahoma in 1896 and applied for a divorce. She od- tained it, and in October, 1897, she re- turned to New York and married Dr, Ludden, Winston refused to recognize the va- Mdity of the Oklahoma divorei nd brought euit in this city, naming Dr. patton as the co-responaent. The Court refu: to recognize the walidity of the Oklahoma decree and Dr Ludden. and Winston established « in Jersey City, having been advised that the Jersey’ courts would not be #0 Particular, To make doubly decided to go through the form of a commondaw marriage. Each asked the other thé usual questions and they then agreed to live together as man and wife. Again Winston objected. He sue Dr. Ludden for allenati e's affections and” brought. hi corpus proceed! in New Jei to get Possession of his child. held that Mrs, Winston was not a proper per- son ‘to care for the child. Dr. Ludden and Mrs. Winston then were murrled Uy Justice of the Pe: Weed, of Jersey City, The New Jer- sey courts also. ref recognize the Oklahoma decree held that 0) manta Sif ‘Inston were still Mra. Winston continued to be Mrs. Ludden, In spite of the decision of the court, and in October of this year , Supreme ‘Court Justice Cochrane, of Troy, granted her a decree of divorce from’ Winston. This made it possible for her and Dr, Ludden to marry In New Jersey. 5 13 Mrs. FELL FIVE FLOORS: DOWN AIRSHAFT Caught Clothesine and Cousin ‘Tugged on Her Skirts, but “Rope Parted and She Re- ceived Mortal Injuries. Katherine Farrell, sixteen years old, reached into an alrshaft at her home on the fifth floor of the flat houwe at No, 096 East One Hundred and Thirty- sixth street this afternoon to get a can of milk, She missed her (footing and plunged own tnto.the shaft At the floor below she caught and held to a clothesline, and’ was hanging there when her cousin, Daisy Carl, eighteen years old, attempted to save eae Dulling her tira toward the The pressure was too great, parted and the girl fell to ths con tine basemont foor, ur stories below. "the girl struck on, her unconscious when Mp. She Wat ikea up. ent to the > rent fe the Fordham Hospital, where it KAISER BULLETINS CEASE,” POTSDAM, Nov. 17.—The ' following bulletin concerning Emperor Willlam was Issued to-day: “New Palace, Potsdam, Nov. 17, 1002 “The healing process of ‘the left vocal cord of His Majesty continues rogulariy, No more bulteting will be lasued.s | pc i igned 5 qguintat is signe by ‘ ra. woe Peantpore hee: 4: BRAVE GIRL SAVES HER FATHER’S LIFE Philomena Pritchardi Seizes the Hand of a Desperado About to Shoot Her Parent in His Store. ‘That Tomasoi Pritchardi, a grocer, of No. 187 Conover street, Brooklyn, is allve to-day js due to the bravery of his fifteen-year-old daughter Philomena, After being beset by a band of Italian desperadoes, who came into his store late Gunday night. Pritchard! disap- peared. Ie returned to-day, and » prosecute the men who attacked hi and from whose assault he was saved by Philomena, Pritchard! was in ‘his store with his wife . and daughter when four flerce- looking Itallans entered, calling for w ne, The red liquor flowed for a time wit- out any undue excitement, Then one of thé visitors asked Prichard! to ball out a friend who was locked up in a Brooklyn Jail, Pritchard! declined, giv- ing am the reason his lack of Interest in. tho man’s affairs. Then a general quarrel began, Glus- seppe Aljano, one of the quartet, drew a revolver ‘und fired one shot. He was preparing to shoot again in Pritchard's direction. when Philomena ruahed at him bore heavily upon the hand which held the revolver and prevented Albano from 4 shooting her father. Two more shots were fired, but the bullets struck the floor, In the mean time Mrs. Pritchardt Tushed out of the store and came back with a policeman. In the back room of the store they found one Italian and arrested him. When the officer re- turned Philomena was bravely strug- gllng with Albano. He, too, was placed under arrest. Fearing that it was another manifes- tation of the secret order of Mafin, Pritchard! disappeared soon after the fracas, ‘going to the hougs of his brother, on Hicks street. His courage returned to-day and he is now at bis home. He will prosecute the arrested men. Albano and his friend were released on ball LINCOLN’S CANE BRINGS $145 Walking Stick of Martyred Pre! dent Sold at Auction. At public auction to-day the walking cane of tho late President Abraham | ncoln was sold for $145, The cane, which had been hypothe- cated, was put up at auction by Rich- | ard VY. Harnett and Company, of No. | 7% Liberty street. Bidding was and started at $25. Then the bidding | a jump. At $12 the bidding stopping for awhile and then a five dollarralee was heard. | This was linmediatery raise? Ave dollars | tf Oth, | and fo ve dollars, ayedioncer, “4 twice, | J and Hest time, ynd—sol rm, of Ng. 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