The evening world. Newspaper, November 30, 1903, Page 2

Prisoner, After Confessing the Killing of Chicago Peace Guardians, Admits Having Caused Deaths of 16 Others. NOW UNDER SENTENCE TO S16 IN JANUARY. Prisoner in Jail in Pennsylvania Town Says His Victims Were _ Slain in Kentucky and States In the East. CHICAGO, Nov. %.—Chief of Polten Nell t day stated that Charles Kru fer, in jail at Greensdsurg, "a, has wmfuese} t: the murder of 1'1.cemen Pennell ani Devine in Chicaso. » <Ageordipg’ to Chief O'Netll, Kruger has 'sizo confessed to the murder of sixteen “othar Reracne in Kentucky and tn \ iat phe prisoner was arrested ve eharge of burglary originally, ii has — Wwentenced to be hanyed Jan. 14, les. vi the r was loath to say Kru; me tonveasion, ftted tf it w fe story “he ell and Devine, hic: committed murders in 4 » is preparing a his- of his crimes to be puolished after execution. Sheriff a he) written to the poltce authorities in Various places mentioned in Krug: | pretension, and expects. replies th | ruger Was convicted of the murder Hi. Biever hy sentenced to he ) M WESTERN GRAFT ExCity Attorney of Grand , Rapids (Mich.) Telis of Water Deal and Accuses Many Public Life. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Nov, 99,—The 2 , the former City Attorney, in Confession of the bribery of munict- ' oMeials and others in conheetion| Ie . Ide was appointed receiver “with the notorious water deal, with by Judge Holt in the United States Cire phavipg received $200 fo his work, was| cuit Court. His bond was fixed at $100,- berun to-day in police court. 000, ‘The petition that led to his ap- Galdyury testified that he offered peintment as filed by Russell A. | Rirns $200. in addition to $100 wiler| Bower, iver of the Ansonia Brass Burns told him he had alren re | ana Ce pany. at Burns scorned the offer at first. |” Assoc with Mr. Cowles's concern eatened, so Salsbury swore, he plac of the shipbuilding plant Chat he would tack on a referendum (iy Oe PINE Ot nda are. the Copper: Slative to the biil wanted by the pro-| pracy Manufacturing Company, EB. T+ Moters unless he was given $5,000. | Mossick & Co., Ichabod Williams & Sons Finally Galebury told him to put in hog bil and to say nothing about the 009 until it became law, Intimating ‘ho would be further rewarded then, $290 was raid to Buras in Salsbury's Office In the City all, witness testified. Salsbury testified that the water deal Qret came to his attention in June, E190, when Thomas F. McGarry, a local iis told ‘him that he had some ents who wanted to got a contract to] p Vfurpish the city with water, and thut (Ghore wotld be $5,000 in it for him \Balsbury was driven into the deal, so ecause of a $15,000 sho n in wheat m, of New York, ash. The money was sent by H. A. Paylor, of New York, the money Jn the deal, to the State Bank “My sdle purpose Ww gto Ket "said Salsbury, my bank account. “it Thad goth ey at that time I would have + the shoriage an dthere the water would have ended.’ ttorney MoGarry, however, the a wanted lsbury. he testified, but tr © from ee agreed that Salsbury should “f ury also implicated Dudle , @ member of the Board of Pub- ore, e Board of Put Yoting f verLater 1 the had negot ne parties directly. and myself took needed ae of the $7 atelon us that 1 had Rie on election re @lvijed the money. he said. bh “ ween YaTious persons, Including several y lisbury also implicated Samuel N on, collector of Internal Tt and William. Anderson. President of le Fourth National Bank, who, noe is, Wanted $10,000 each.” Lemon interested in ono of the severat water | wat were on at one time, so} Bee ead nod came to, tie “omen | ing that hé bad paid the M. $10, and wanted to know how much. it| get the Counc! "| fin. that it would take $2 ' 18 “He wanted ne but £ told pin that he wanted $10, "JO STOP AT PLYMOUTH. Wright, Vice-President of Stgemadip line, said to- rt eran from Live: that Ine would | t' plymouth. to ‘carry | litte prematur ange for all of gue | op Ply- but nothing "conan of State Senator David BP. | the urns. who was charged by Tant K, /plant 1s closed and 1,400 men, Baisbury, week a ult City. Jenkins, of the firm of © Bnd agreod to'go into the deal for $25.00 | s. man | with sion of these a creditors’ committee was cern was in difficulties, In a etate- ment to the publi de in the latter tof the week, t n laid its con- Prix 4) | Steet SEER TNT: THE WORLD: BURNING OF BROOKLYN’S FAMOUS OLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHED DURING THE bLAZE TO- DAY.| TOWNSEND-DOWNEY FIRM IN A RECEIVER’S HANDS Henry E. Ide Named by Judge Holt to Take Charge of Affairs Plant Is Arn rosult of the revelations growing) mit of the Shipbuilding Trust hearings | Townsend - Downey — Shipbutlding of Shouter Island, went tity of a receiver to-day. The with two ‘pay due, are looking forward to r Christmas. and A. 8. Williams & Sons, of Jersey by Fra B. L. Messick & e that the Town- y be declared in- y Mr. Cowles ra that the capltal stock of the npany te $3,600,000 and that there 1s yponerty in the yards and offices worth | Fle requests that the vessels on be completed In order to in- In another efMdavit yalue of the stock of the Action {n the Townsend-Downey mat- swe out of a creditors’ meeting offices of the concern last Representations were made Down, «1 others connected | business, and at the couclu- | rel by M with 3. Stanwood Menken, | of Philbin, Beekman & Men- hairman, ume known 0 that the appointed in Wall street @ ‘Townsentl-Downey matances | ning the ation and disruption of the Ship- Trust, labor troubles and gf material Agured. This state- repeated to-day. 1,400 Men Are tile. jon to a combinatli ng things up until Saturday AUBENS TELLS OF RUNCIE AND WOOD Former Member of Cuban Junta Says the General Talked to Him About Magazine Artiole Reflecting on Gen. Brooke. and Shipbuilding Closed, afternoon, when that} ay coulil Ro. pay day, bub ne t to the men wh The follow! they were told money was Hed after rLico wits oxted on the : + the @NASHINGTON, Nov. a0—The Senate ne temporary embarrassment of the! te y Aftatr ‘ aend-Downey. Shipbuilding Com: | Committee on Military Affairs to-day Ix directly the result of losses and) Po%med Its hearing in the Wood case. y in performing contracts, iucurred| Major Estes G. Rathbone was the fiest through the abominable conditions p valling in the labor and material mar- ket during the past two yours ne exorbitant demands of the wot witness. He was called for the purpose of submitting a list of witnesses he de- sires to have summoned for the purpese f supporting certain of his ohanges fled ngainat Gen. Wood, Howard $8. Rubens, of New York, for- merly a member of the Cuban Junta. was called, and submitted to a lengthy examination, > construction, has to operate to ad- | vantage, Dhose dificultles and the fact that the Ht of the shipbuilding industry has completely destroyed by recent ‘elations regan! the promotion of| TUls Cestinrony tended to corroborate United Stains “Shipbuliding Com:| the statements made to the committee pany ‘has for a time prevented the car-| ny Major J. Runcle in reference to the ying out of tho legitimate plans of thia | ir owicage Gen, Wood is sald to have Mxplanation of the Company. | had ofthe Runcle magazine anticlo criti- TWAIAADEDOWNGY) LREIGARO OF olzing unfavorably the admintetration c Jd this afte noon of Major-Gen. Brooke as Governor- except tenn ut General of Cuba, One of the most Important statements made by Mr. Rubens was that Gen, Worst visited him after the publication the thing into aatiefi shape so U can resume from ” all dos oy ENE EG of the Runele attigle and that the con- an early date. 1 do not «now Mr. Ide pins eeiy Ri MamAliy DUEL heels INigHiy. necomie tlon showed that the General had mended on all sides as a com knowledge of tt, Mr. Rubens efil man, and his appointment 1s Wood admitetd that he had told Runcle that the article put him satisfactory to the creditors and stock- boldera alike wood) in an awloward position. Mr, Rubens also told the committee that when the break occurred between Ranele and Gen, Wood he brought them together and tried to patch up thelr dlf- fs ferences In a manner that would exon- *) erate Runete of the onus attached to his name by the report made to the War polntment of & temporary ea iver te the result of an amicable des the part culties that we can Our present Fesult of a tunate cireumsta 1 tyerything. Will shortly be stratmhte out. TI have been so busy with Department b¥ Gen. Wood nage of affairs that | am not In close, phe witness also sald that when tana toreaye bate wo Runcie wrote to Gen. Wood begeing this ter Isard to-day, but we have two small jobs under way’ there.” him to set Runele right before — the Prealdent, Hunter, vot the, New aay countny and that Runcte showed him the etl rar” not he believed labor) letter. Troubles had anythig to do with the| He told the contents of the letter to Townaend-Downey troudles, hevdia. t9/ the committee and It supplied the miss- iacuse the question, saying he did not) ing inks in the correspondence that hac hocaisa oper ty Penge previously been filed with the committee with the Rathbone charges, ————— bilities Are $500,000. HIT AT DAKOTA DIVORCE LAW 8. Stanwood Menken said this after- Decree Vold When Residence Is Ww noon that the Ilabilitles of the concern Are a little in excess of $800,000. ‘The aa- set he placed at more than that figure. “In the aMdavit asking that the po a the s are more than $ ire a pond. of $103,000. To have Acquired to Bring Sult, a bund of, say $109.00. woul) DES MOINES, ‘Ia, Nov. $0,—Judge Ree guy a. the trust) sames A. Howe, of the District Court, -Dowhey Company was] to-day held that a decree granted under S of the Shipbullding Trust.| gig Dakota Devos e Statutes, If it is proven the non-resident ltigant resides not mem mt SLOAN'S SUIT TBC ON STAND | IN COURT AGAIN, IN MCARTHY TRIAL PARIS, 3 was heard to-day in the @ ‘od? Sloan, the American Jockey, against the French Jockey Club for $40,000 damages for being warned off the turf In connee- tion with Rose de Mat's winning thy Diane at Ohantilly in May last A decision 18 expected about the midy of An with there merely for the purpose of securing Is null and yotd lon was rendered in the agan wherein a whlow sued to recover her dower rigits and was re- isted on the ground that her husband had divorced her prior to his death, The t holds the Dakota decree to be in- ease, = Cor va —— SHIPPING NEWS. The trial of Timothy J, McCart the walking delegate who 18 of extorting $%0 from the Lobel An- ston 7 e- AL MANAG row TO-DAY. General Bexsions. THE Tibes am Tee. Wat f eph Barclay, General PM, y, ‘testified that Mc * rike on the and on the a2 last, He waid that itter 4 MeCarthy com- ints kor m \t er the tel ind told him of the workmen. having HAMILTON FISH DOING WELL. Undermoes an Operation for Appen- a at Min Home, Hamilton Fish, Assistant Treasurer of the United States in this city. underwent an. operation for the removal of tis Wad aoa 194 Ae be home, ———— STUDENTS ESCAPE FIRE. 10:33| policies were not renewed. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1903. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, BROOKLYN, BURNED! (Continued from First Page.) in the “gridiron” above the stage. There was an explosion, followed by a burst of flame that swept halfway out over the big auditorium, The fire authorities believe that a calcium gas machine exploded and that the fire spread to other tanks stored about the stage, The noise of the explogions and the terrifying sweep of flame caused a panle among the women. James Weir, jr., found that escape was cut off by way of the stage and was compelled to hold back by force the women in his employ, Hv» was familiar with the lay of the Academy and by guiding the frightened females up two flights of stairs and through a series of hallways he was enabied te get them to Montague street in safety. The scrubwomen und cthey house employees were at work in the front of the house and es- caped safely, The stage hands wasted no time in getting out through exits with which they were familiar, DRAGGED OUT IN THE NICK OF TIME. William Stratton, in charge of the electricians, was at work on the wir- ing system back of the stage, and it was Some time before he could make his way to the auditorium. The flames were close behind him, and with safety In sight he fell, overcome by smoke and heat. He was dragged from the building by his son and two other employees who had been hunting for him, Andrew Jackson, Frank Anderson, Frank McMahon, George Blakely and David Benjamin were caught on the third floor. Escape by the stairway was cut off. They found a fire-escape and made their way to the ground in the rear of the building. There was a rumor soon after the fire started that men were at work in the cellar who had not been able to escape. Those in charge of the house and of the decorators who were working on the dinner preparations say that ‘NIL their people escaped. The janitor, who was in his apartments on the second floor in the front of the structure, heard the decorators give the alarm, and escaped with his family in the nick of time. As he hurried down the stairway he heard the roar of the fire sweeping through the building and the breaking of window- glass in the rear. A cloud of smoke followed him into Montague street. Policeman Thomas Tierney, of the Adams street station, was standing at Court and Montague streets when the decorators ran out of the building. He saw smoke pouring from two upper windows that were open, and, knowing that a fire once started in the great structure would spread rapidly, turned in two alarms, By the time the fire apparatus arrived the interior of the building was a furnace and flames were shooting from every window. |BIG TURNOUT OF FIRE APPARATUS. Successive alarms brought ail the available engines and trucks in Brooklyn. Fire Chief Purroy made a record-breaking trip to the scene from this borough. Until he arrived Deupty Chief Murray and Deputy Commis- sioner Laimbeer were in charge of operations. There was a delay at the beginning that might have meant the wiping out of the Court square section of the borough had it lasted a few minutes longer. The water in the hydrants was frozen and the pressure was bad. The big doors on the ground tloor of the Academy were locked and the fire- men were unable to break them down. It became necessary to carry hose in through a ‘remote entranco and up winding flights of stairs and by means of ladders, The puny streams had no more effect on the flames than if the water had been thrown on in bucketfuls. The futility of trying to extinguish the fire in the Academy was soon recognized. e All the efforts of the firemen were confined to saving surrounding prop- erty. Streame of hose were turned on the Public Library Building, the front of which was smoking. Employees of the trust companies in Mon- tngue and Court streets put all money and securities that had been taken out for the day into the big fireproof vaults and carried valuable papers to banks and deposit vaults outside the danger gone, RESIDENCE DISTRICT THREATENED. Residents of the rows of dwellings in Remsen street immediately back of the Academy removed their more valuable effects. Scores of volunteers helped carry to safe places the treasures in the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. The first building to which the flames spread from the Academy was a two-story brick structure to the east, occupied by John McGroarty as a cafe. The fire ate into this building from the rear, driving out those in the bar and restaurant with scant ceremony. This two-sory bullding stood between the blazing Academy and the building of the Manufacturers’ Trust Company, an old structure and one almost sure to go if the flames should reach it. Firemen were ordered to the roof of the McGroarty building to check, if possible, the spread of the fire toward the Manufacturers’ Trust. Four firemen with a hose tarted for the roof on scaling ladders. They were half way up the front when the stage wall of the Academy was seen to bulge. A roar from those watching in the street warned the firemen and they jumped, Fortunately the jump was not a long one and they landed without injury. As they reached the sidewalk the great Acad- emy wall fell out, completely burying the McGroarty Building. The fire- men escaped the avalanche of bricks by inches. LAST OF THE OLD ACADEMY. The falling of this wall appeared to check the advance of the fire, which burred itself out inside the Academy with ravenous rapidity, The roof fell ja scon after this, the other walJs toppled and fell and in a little more than an hour after the first alarm was given the sito of the largest amusement hall in Brooklyn was a pile of blackened bricks. The rear end of the People’s Trust Building caught fire, but the blaze was fought from Remsen and Clinton streets and did not spread to the main structure. There were many small fires on roofs In the neighbor- hood caused by sparks and flying embers. Hugh McLaughlin remained on the front stoop of his home until the fire was under control and his house was out of danger, He sald that he was sitting in his house when he heard three explosions that sounded very loudly. He went to his rear windows, looked out and saw the Academy ablaze. His family left the house for a place of safety, but he remained behind on guard. ‘The insurance on the Academy expired last spring and was not renewed. It is estimated that the loss to the stockholders will be close to $100,000 on the building alone. The loss of Income from engagements already entered into for the winter will be very heavy. The I¢tter Carriers’ Ball was to have been held in the Academy to-morrow night, and on Wednesday night a big church fair was to have been started. M’CARREN MEN BEGIN TO HUSTLE. Bofore th@ fire was out the committee In charge of the dinner to Sena- tor McCarren was hustling for another place in which to hold it. The As- sembly in Fulton street, near Pierrepont, was the first place considered. This hall, while spacious, was not considered large enough to accommodate tbe throng invited to eat in honor of the new Brooklyn Democratic leader and it was decided to held the spread in the Hotel St. George. The fire blocked the cable line along Montague street, running to the Wall street ferry, and marooned hundreds of brokers and Wall street clerks on| WHO lived in Brooklyn. Representatives of the insurance. companies are congratulating them- selves that they raised the rates on the Academy a year ago and that the ‘Their offices are in the vicinity of the building, and they were close observers of the fire. They say that the water mains in the financial section have been in the ground from twenty-five to forty years and are totally inadequate. It was twenty minutes after the alarm was given, according to the Insurance men, vofore a real stream of water was turned on the fire. Deputy Chief Murray m1 2 MARSHALLTOWN, Ia, Nov. 30.--The | HIP Led main building of the Jewell Lutheran psney Collere, wn lowell Junction, (was de; Gecrgetow stroyed by fire to~ ort, Me. Mandal ia. ig miesing. Several stus Liverpool denis had narrow escapes. ‘The loss on the buiiding ly estimated at $25,000; In- surance $12,000, A Gua) INCOMING STEAMSHIPS, bve eat, Athitan Deon Mas feos: Qase fer Piles, Protrud! admits that after the enginore had becn connected for ten minutes the maxt- mum pressure was only 160 pounds, which is considered inadequate. The insurance men say that the same condition of affairs exists in the Fulton street shopying district, Many companies liave ordered their poligles cancelled in the Brooklyn business section ‘because of the poor water supply.) blonde Mabie Syrce at sito: bad hy Mocueren dinner food b PINK SILK WRAPPER WIFE GETS ALIMONY) V2-#eear Depe. Useful Holiday Gifts Rupert Hughes, Who Sued Her Fancy Collar and Cuff Sets for Divorce, Settles Case Out of Court and Agrees to Pay ie eee a Substantial Sum. 456-500. BI. .00, $1.25 2 eac, Silk and Washable Stocks, 25C., 50C.,.75¢., $100 each. Author-Sculptor - Playwright Rupert Hughes has withdrawn his suit for ab- solute divorce against his wife, Agnes Hedge Hughes, and hereafter will pay her substantial atimony. What the ex- tct terms of the settlement are none of the “parties will divulge. Lyman Silk Stocks Spalding, attorney for Mrs. Hughes,| wi says that the couple will live in. this with large bow, all colors, city, but apart, and ¢hat they are to 50c., 75c., $1, $125. Bulgarian Stocks and Sets, $1.25 to $2,95 each, Hand-made Lawn Stocks and Sets, $1.25 to $4.95. Hand-made Silk and Chiffon Stocks, $1.00 to $3.95. Persian Scarfs and Squares, g5¢. to $6.95. Fancy Coque and Marabout Boas and Muffs to maichai Ostrich FeatherStoles & Boa A complete line of all the latest Fancy Veilings to match the gowns. Also thei new Ombre Auto Veil, Lord & Taylo 3 Broadway & Twentieth Street and Fifth Avenue , alternate in the custody of their six- year-old daughter, Elspeth. The suit was ¢ried before Justice Glarke, in Part I. of the Supreme Court, and in the evidence it developed that Hughes accused his young wife ot having, known eight different men His ehlef witness was a French maid, who (old a weird story of a pink silk whap- per, “cut very low at the neck and open all the way down the front,” which Mrs. Hughes, she swore, invariably nad on when she recelved gentlemen callers At the end of the case a letter was introduced by the sculptor, which a writing expert said was in the hand- writing of Mrs, Hughes. It was al- leged that this had been indited to Campbell Crowell, one of the octet of co-respondents. 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