The evening world. Newspaper, December 17, 1903, Page 1

| WEATHER—Fatr to-night ana Friday. ~ Ypdv was taken to Hi . Rallroad pass madé out to A, Lincoln would haye been fired at him and Vail upto” have followed it with both charges from_his.gwn weapon iy an TO BE TAKEN DEAD OR ALIVE. “We cannot take this man without injuring him, perhaps not without killing him,” said the Sheriff, who had been on the ground al) night. “He must be taken at once, dead if necessary, but he must be taken,” said the District-Attorney firmly. Sheriff Preston sald nothing but returned to Aquebogue, where he or- dered all of his men to begin firing. Pistols, rifles and shotguns began to sing @ merry tune around the Reeves house. Hrom every side the bom- bardment was carried on. Windows that had survived, the fusillade of stones early in the night were smashed; inside of the house. plaster and brick from the chimney could be heard falling. . Into every window a per- fect hail of lead was pouring and even Reeves, desperate madman that he fs, didn’t dare to show himself. For an hour the attack was kept up. Nothing had been seen of Reeves during it all, and, thinking he might have succumbed to some of the bul- lets, his name was called out anda demand was made that he surrender. “Never!” shrieked the lunetic from a window in the lower part of the house. “I'll kill more pf you yet, damn you!” Avstorm of bullets was sent at the window from which the man had nereamed his defiance, but he had dived out of range, rnd a moment later ‘the could be heard !aughing hysterically. « HAD TO USE STRATEGY. Deputies Gordon and Vail discovered a small woodshed in the rear of he house. If the madman’s attention could be kept to the front, they | {Continued on Second Page.) 4 Ronght the Steele. Isher NObapeny th em Bteel ‘Company, Mr. Schwa! and bought up. the gontrolling tn in the plant. Mr, Steel. Morgan & Co. had eny thing, to do wath the purchase of this at . From whom did vou learn that Mr. Schwab had contracted to purchase the stock of rR Bethlehem Steel Com- pany? A. On ab came to my_ office and’ told me he had con- tracted to buy the Bethlehem plant. He said Mr. Linderman, ig dent of the company, had told him the plant was for sale. He sa “T will turn It oyer to the Unltea’s Btates Stee) Company, Q. You were afraid of the Rethie- hem plant as a rivalf A. We be- Meved the sale to be advantageous and we were getting it very ch Q. Did Mr. Schwab tet you the pur- chase of the Bethlehem Sompany would be an advantage to the Steel Compan: A. No. He said he thought It would a Uinadvantage. Q. Did Mr. Schwab say he was com- mitted to the purch:se even if the Bteel Company would not take It? A, Yes. Just to Get a Bargain, Why. then, did he buy It without consulting the Stee! Company, of which he wax president, when he thought ® would be a disadvantage to the Steel Corporation? A, He thought It would be an extremely cheap purchase. ‘That is the only redson I know why he hought t '@, You «leo thought It would be a dis- _(Continued on Second Page.+ DIES SUDDENLY | BOY OF NINE YEARS ON AFERRY-BOAT CALLED A LED A FIREBUG Prof. S. T. Ford, a pegs and Little picky lines Williams Adiite Humorist, of Baltimore, Ex-) that a Building Was Set on pires Without a Moment’s) Fire, but Says He Was Play- Warning of Apopletic Stroke.) ing with Matches, Prof. 8. T,-Ford, of No. 16 St. Paul's avenue, Baltimore, a lecturer and hu- morist, died of apoplexy in the upper Geck cabin of the Pennsylvania Rail- road ferry-boat Newark shortly after it Yeft the foot of West Twenty-third street this afternoon. Prot: Ford fad bean one vislt-to this and when he Brooklyn ths @ nine-year-old firebug in the person of Perey Williams, of No. 21 Water street. Percy, who is locked up in the rooms of the Children's Sotioty, says that he !s not a really and truly firehug, but admits ‘that he did set fire to a building by accident. ‘The building is one-story frames un- Willow streete. fire to-day and the pdlice investigat- ing the cause learned that Percy had been\ seen about the place with matches fn his hand. ‘When the boy was ar- rested he said that he was ing with matches in the house and that the fire started before he knew anything about it, ) to. be all: right. deck cabin, Buddenly ‘he startled the other ty jumping, to. his feet and 4, Then he heap to the floor. . B. Young, of this city, who was Ford and pronounced him dead. On the arrival of the boat at Jevtoy City tho WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six: hours! ending at-8 P..M. Friday for New York City and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Friday, with temperature belgw freezing; fresh westerly winds becoming tight and variable, herd éstablishment'on Montgomery street, ‘he identity of Prof. Ford was not Kflown, for some time. A Pennsylvania Dryden, int ‘Treasurer of the United States at Baltimore, was found i nbis, Namie and the a man was at first thought to be Mr. Dryden. Let- found afterward, however, revealed sMdentity. His family has been com- ocupled shanty in the rear of No. 4 E It was destroyed by| No. FOUR INDICTED FOR BANKRUPTCY FRAUD Crusade Begun in United States Court Against Alleged Whole- sale Perjury—All Held in $2,000 Bail. A crusade against perjury in gankruptcy proceedings was inaugurated to-day by the Federal ai thories with the Indictment and ar: the cotton East Fourth street, but wet oto Involuntary, bankruptey Sy creditors ‘on Octoder seceding to the Indictments returned against the four men, Levy and st! wae. were partners, had Mon Aled againet. thet v Annie Cohen and Mol bot | will begin after the Holida, ball At the meeting of the Rapid-Trannit Commilagion to-day: It take under’ considerati tion to extend th the subway fr Sher Vile. rs r Y r fren, sent a san een ‘CABINET DINNER 10 BE wie |of the twenty-foun members of the ben- acl late 10 EXTEND RAPID TRANSIT, | Ret gftecroree, Deb aus harnaanel Galty of Marder Cub st believed thik ext SOP ‘enable peti ti . compete with Belmont lines Sa seating bids. sh LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. ; Fifik Race—Néw York 1, Josette 2, Little Jack Horner 3. ——— EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD MAN KNOCKED DCWN BY MAIL WAGON, B, Wilcox Warner, of No, 341 Stuyvesant avenue, ey aie eighty years olds knocked down by a mail wagon atBroad-| way and Fulton late to-day. He was taken to Hud Street Hospital a broken thigh and internal injuries _ A POLITICAL POW-WOW President Roosevelt Has Invited the New York Leaders to the White House Spread To-Night to Discuss the Coming Campaign. the President's satisfaction with the Jv! general situation that come out of the White House, thoae in his confidence know he {s worried over the outlook. In New York State he is making earn- est endeayors to get everybody in line. Gov, Odell arrived here to-day, and he, (Special to The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, Dec, 17.—There will be more than a compliment to the Cab- inet in the first state dinner at the White House to-night, After the Indies have retired politics will be talked—|. OV, Otel tert had, an experience | Haosevelt politicebearing on the next | meeting. The, talked for moré than an/ campaign. hour of New York Stat affairs. Gov. Odell will be a gutet atthe} The Governor and ‘ie Senator say. dinner, and Mrs, Odell, WilHam jeverything is harmonious, Barnes, jf, of Albany, whom many jhere laughs at the pleasant fiction that People say will. b’ the next Chairman {Senator Platt is still. leader, The of. the New York Republican State | President recognises Gov, Odell as the Committee, Sénator and Mrs. Platt, /real head of the party. It has not been Representative John Dwight, of Dry-| posstble to get from the President anj den, N. ¥., and Mrs. Dwight—Dwight| opinion as to Odell’s reorganization of} delng a strong Platt man—will be there, |the Republican County Committee tn) Ih @@dition, ex-Gov. Murray Crane,| New York. He says he js not both-/ Of Massachusetts, and Gov. Bates, of |ering ‘with the detalls of party man- the same State,, will attend, and other azement tn New York dut Is looking leaders. from various parta of the coun- | for the broad results, and he 1s content bad to let the leaders ‘work out the eitua- Notwithstanding the roby reports eg tion as seems best to them. QUARANTINED AOTORS IN. : * 3, Troupe That Was Weld in-Penasyl- ie vania Town Meach Patersun. PATERSON, N. J., Dec. 17.—Nineteen On July M1 last, Cushing while pilot Bie cette ‘at thelt home, No. that saved Cush!n; the testimony 0 eon Wednemany, that & eon neh ag CUBAN BILL IS SIGNED. ‘Court, Br. | net and Moulton théatrical ‘company, who had deen In quarantine in quaran tine in & passeger coach at Milton, mall: rived < this chiege br yeatet “tag oh Pony hg Reciprocity Treaty Effective. 4 | AVASHINGTON. [aent aigned the Cuban Reciprocity: bill Parag ee geet) cpa te mn: | few minutes before 1 o'clock this af- bers of the troupe Shieh, tare. with bim serge gaged to play at tt Opera-House the House convened to- Speaker signed the pill carry! effect the Cuban Reciprocity using a gold pen provided @ the Cul Minister. ‘The Prevident this aternoon Issued a [> yom i reciting the passage of the Secltring nue, Sierouenty amigated Daorp hey 4 Pade DEWEY FIGHTER CONVICTED. {started in all the races. The beautiful | Weather Everybody | $4, tn the’ Criminal Brabott of the Gupreme | §°7 since Monday njgh{ last decause ® case | paosevelt Loses No Time Making: FS Gitice has considered the details of THE WINNERS. First Race—Lady Free Knight (18 to 5) 1, Sparrow Cop (30 to y 2, Wreath of Ivy 3. Second Race-—Lingo (15 to 1) 1, Zyra (10 to 1) 2, Floyd K. 3, THIRD RACE-Satire (4 to 1) 1, Bessie McCarthy (6 to 5) 2, McWill jams 3. Fourth Race—Huzzah (4 to 5) 1, Mauser (2 to 1) 2, Sabot 3. (Special to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, NEW ORLEANS, Dec. I.—A Ughtning fast track produced some exciting sport at the Crescent City course to-day. Well-balanced fields rovght a large crowd to the track | Six turlonns. PTHST RACE: | Betting tre Starters, wats..tacke StH. Fin, be r On io} Mra, Veikland, debn Devi | * Gants, Out. 108. Prat Siprondale, 99. Aliearette,. 1. tart moot,’ Wow eastiy Myrondale on form looked like the patural favorite in this race and he was \heavily backed. When It came to the funning ihe made a dingraceful show- ing. v{ison got him of well, but the no specd and tra: alo the reat ail fhe w Pee Lady Thine tds ay, ‘The winner turn- Free Knight, which Won easily. “Escalera went to the post Brancing, like /a ‘ballet dancer. ‘She sho lots of carly speed, He Aad atl A cee he SECOND RACE, Seven furtones. ott arters, wi *. yin mayen Sekeve. Bt eae. Str via. 90. tAvingston Flow ide Wi Bh Garter Prat, 104 rnin ovine! in fae 97." rend inmeatead, 1OT” Faker 11 11 3 Start bad. Won driving. Time—1.28 The start in this race was one of Fita- rald’s worst efforts. Ci, ra and Dutch Carter off ‘ying, while the balance were all tangled up he vorite. K., was knocked side- er, Wht up and bad rt of ‘the mpaee teretch. He closed ig gap and with an even break there fs no question but what he would have won, THIRD RACE, REGIMENT FOR DREYFUS: PARIS, Dec. 17.—The Liberte confirms the report thatsthe Council of the War Dreys fusa reinstatement In the army, a tha: the regiment, he will commana, with |: the rank “of Ieutenant-Colonel, bag in the Panama Canal matter. Senators Gorman and Tillman were especially severe. American and fly the Colombian flag from a small boat in which he s one of his offices to shore, Gen. Ortiz, commander of the Colombian forces, was extremely explicit and voluble. and their men prevented an outbreak that might have precipitated war. ${armed sentries. “!her own time in leaving for Colon. the marines she can accommudiate, and trom there will hurry across to Colon, where she will become Rear-Admiral Coghlan’s flagship. the vessels in the Carribean preparing for the winter maneouyres ordered to Colon as fast as they can be reached by cable. to-day and will stop at Colon. armed, but that they have a well fortified camp and are equipped | plenty of provisions and ammunition, was ready for war in case Gen, Reyes, the Bogota envoy to Washin fails in his mission. mais mated ate ceo iy ae Ho ee . f : { Circulation Books Open to All.” | | “ Circulation Books Open to All.’ | ee b PRICE ONE CENT. ; NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECE MBER 17, 1903, PRICE ONE Ne ) | CRUISER ATLANTA ORDERED TO LEA VE THE GULF OF DARIEN BY COLOMBIA COMMANDER. bs $OGO0-96 449999099 H.HF HOOD HGO0S reseoeee INTO SHIP DEAL: = “ ' ry CAPT I Hall Hl Ml Charles Steele, One of His! = { Partners, Tells on Witness: | } ‘ 2 Stand About the Sale of the 3 ! After Keeping Sheriffs Deputies at Bay| Bethlehem Plant. : All Night, Alonzo Tuthill” Reeves, a : : } Who Killed Capt. Raffori, Wounded | ba ge arth rane cl $ ‘gg’ by a Fusillade of Bullets. ff ae i $ ‘ Paid Morgan & Co. $7,000,000} $ $\.. heyilk sare See ee Refuses to Make Any Statement About| 2d Immediately Sold It to, United States Cruiser Asked to Leave the His Actions and as He Is Driven to biel thie i aa Gulf of Darien and Stars and Stripes Jail Asks One of the Deputies to Look is 3 Ordered Hauled Down After Hot Meeting : : @ hearing in the bondholders’ auit |% Out for His Chickens. BedissesihN; United Gtatse Buipoandiag seetessesssvese?) That Looked. Threatening. Fs Company was resumed to-day in the} a thie \ r ‘rade ani ‘ransportation | Be /, RIVERHEAD L. 1, Dee. 17.—After cr: allnight fight) culminating ‘| rooms alin Brosaways SPEC | AL. FX T R A. uw C0, {5 10 { OLYMPIA HURRIES TO COLON ssful piece of strategy by one of the armed guards who had sur-| Charles L. Steél, of the firm of J. + | ‘i : rounded him for hours, Alonzo ‘uthil Reeves, the supposed madman, who| Morgan & Co. was ep ena ning. the AND BATTLE-SHIP TEXAS FOLLOWS, \ murdered Deputy Sheriff Rafford yesterday, was captured to-day in his sale e the Bethlehem plant to the METROPOLITAN : Shouse at Aquebogue. Mr. Steele personally conducted this & Ese toch ihe upper part of his badly shattered home by the cold Bes age Orta nves eivestes iotdeen - —_-— Bogota Government Has 2 000 Men. oe i which poured into the broken windows, the lunatic took Tefuge in the pee en Tevelations ect, ener: RO AD =) a A N Ss Ed Trotter’s Filly, Aided by a Cam p Rea dy for March to Pana j kitchen. There his attention was diverted from the front, while Deputies | nem plant. and prove that Charles M. . . : Flyi Start, Tak s d oe é Gordon and Vail sneaked up on him from behind under cover of a wood- | Schwab merely acted as a dummy in the % B VW AY - ying Start, Takes secon They Declare They Are Ready to ight. shed, Poking his double-barrelled shotgun through the kitchen window |" ‘Rivat Lawyers Do Not Speak. - ‘ Event at Crescent City Track, Gen Re es Fail W. Talk in S § Gordon gave a shout, and as Reeves turnec. around he emptied one,of the} charies M. Schwab, W. b. Guthrie and « and Bettors Lose Heavily. en. y: s—Warm Talk in Senate. barrels of his gun into the man’s body. Bullets entered his back, arm sathath: Resnuelt Usterenmactien te pa . + and chest. | soctate counsel, Hensy Wollman, came] Thomas: F. Ryan and’ Paul D. Cravath, representing the Met- _WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The conditioi of affairs in Colonibla has bee Reeves dropped his own gun, with which he had already done so much |!n a moment later. Mr. Guthrie dnd) ponglitan Street Railway interests. late this afternoon notified} SATIRE, A 4-T0-1 CHANCE, | como serious, the Colombians are wild to fight the United States, and { havoc, faced the other barrel of the Deputy’s gun, then threw up his! other, the peered er a Commission that they wished to bid on the IS FIRST IN THIRD RACE. | American flag has been ordered hauled down by the Colombian m hands, and, with a moan, sank to the floor’ As Gordon and Vail jumped asiior Honit’D.Oiiphany and his ¢ ome and south extension of the rapid-transit sub- authorities in the Gulf of Darien, while a Yankee cruiser has been a } through the window after him he got to his feet again, but made no effort | amination Wan at orice. be fen by Bt I ish to com ete with the Belmont-Interbor- to leave Colombian waters. An, army of about 2,000 © ‘sto resist them. Wiping the blood from his fece, he passed his hand over | (umber of vibe witness sald he was in. this ‘they wi eS th ent subway. TheylLady Free Knight, b Good) "2°" 1s encamped on the western shore of the Gulf of Darien, pi his mouth, blue from the cold of the night, and walked out into the yard, | gout hho had conducted the ne- system, whielt is'to operate the pres ' ths d ady Fr y a fo> an advance on Panama, and the officers of the cruiser Atlanta hed skeen die for Reeves. Had he shown an inclination to ci ipa poimenbrasienaearii cs 3 delaras tie perp va o Se are Rite in Opening Contest, Wins) cirendy had trouble with’ the Colombian leaders. fight back when cornered in'the kitchen, the other barrel of Gordon’s gun raati Yo'pour aitention? Ar Charles Mh congestion. in the-surface idl . Rather Easily from Sparrow 4 ere. pees ihe ued ot "esa pegs Eaten he Not. few, fear that some hot-headed act may: The sc, it was emphasized this afternoon by the warm the Senate, in which President Roosevelt was criticized for his Senator Hoar led in the arguments, In demanding that Commander Turner, of the Atlanta, remove c He was surrounded by @ ing mob of soldiers, and only the even temper of the United States CALLED FOR CONFERENCE, oH Two Colombian cruisers that sailed from Cartagena last week ye landed troops on the shore of the Gulf of Darien and the Atlanta satled | to look them over. A small schooner was sighted hiding behind « wooded boat to investigate, The Lieutenant found that there were 150 Colombien troops on schooner bound for the camp on shore. They were in command of Gen. Rafael Novo, who Teaueeted Lieut. Perrill to land aad confer with Gea. Ortiz, ’ Lieut. Perrill went asnore. He was greeted on the beach by Gen. © and about 200 Colombian soldiers ;who ‘vere delirlous with excitemen ‘They shouted “Vive Colombia” and| uttered maledictions upon the Am icans. STARS AND STRIPES ORDERED DOWN. The whaleboat had a small American flag at the stern and the word Gen. Ortiz uttered was x demand that the flag’be remaved or Colombian flag be placed in the bow. Lieut. Perrill replied that he did. have a Colombian flag, and he emphatically refused to remove the’ car flag. 5 This was the signal for a demonstration on the part of thé Coloini troops. The Lieutenant was alone on shore, his crew a little distance im: in the boat. For a tew minutes the situation looked extremely ticki Soldiers could be seen with arms back from the beach and there was ‘ appearance of an ambush. Finally Gen. Ortiz put in writing a protest against flying uy fag. Colombian waters, and Lieut. Perrill took it to Commander Turner,’ in turn forwarded it to Rear-Admiral Coghlan at Colon. : Another boat, with a mariné guard under Ideut, Manwaring, was ashore, Lieut. Manwaring was allowed to land, but was not allowed Failing to awe the Americans the Qolombians sent a request that’ the cruiser Atlanta leave the Gulf of Darien, as her presence was regarded ag” a hostile demonstration. This request was ignored and the crulser took WARSHIPS OFF FOR COLON. $ The cruiser Olympla sailed to-day trom Norfolk for Guantanamo, $m route to the lsttmus of Panama. At Guantanamo she will take aboard all “at ‘The battle-ship Texas, which has orders to sal! South, also left Norfolie. There is a big fleet gathering at Key West, and it is likely that It is reported in Colon that the Colombian troops are not only The Colombian commanders plainly told tne invaders that Go eos HOAR ANO GORMAN HIT AT. ROOSEVELT ON PAN, the Senate on his res-| Republi of upon the President for] ' cin