The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1904, Page 1

z | ‘EDITION PRICE ONE CEN NEW YORK, _WEDNE WAR IMMINENT AND WASHINGTON ALERT ‘American Marines on Guard in Corean Cap- ital, Where Outbreak Is Threatened, While Russia and Japan Are Rushing Army Forces to the Centre of Trouble, British Marine Engineers Sail in Haste on Orders trom the Mikado and Naval Men Start for Italy to Man New Warships— Japan States Her Case. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Advices from the Far East to-day all have an inoue tone, with Corea the centre of interest, hence the landing of Amer- 0 marines at Seoul has added interest in view of a possible clash in Bhat territory between Japan and Russia. The Coreans are restive and Yhreaten an outbreak. While the Americans at Seoul have not been re- ported actually menaced, their safety is a matter of :oncern which the gov- brnment has given full weight. A despatch received by the French Foreign Office at Paris from Seoul gives the circumstances leading up to the landing of American marines in Dorea yesterday, a detachment of thirty-five men having been sent to Seoul from the United States gunboat Vicksburg, now at Chemulpo, to guard the American Legation. It says: “The Corean army is seriously disaffected, chiefly because of pay ar- rears, and is threatening to engage in an outbreak at any moment, although no actual disturbance has occurred up to this time. As a precaution, the American Minister asked for a marine guard, which was landed. “Pwo British warships, two Russian and one American are in the har- bor of Chemulpo. The naval officers say they will remain at Chemulpo until the crisis {s pver. answer for the loyalty and discipline of the troops, but the Americans arc the only ones-who thus far have considered the ianding of marines neces- sary.” » TROOPS RUSHED TO COREA. Russia has despatched the second Russian rifle regiment to Corea, and | Japan has decided ‘to land 8,000 troops. . Correspondents on the ground believe the landing of troops by Japan will be the signal for opposition by Russia that will result in a battle. The action of the United States in landing marines in itself shows that fn critical state of affairs exists in the Corean capital, and that American nterests may be in peril through riot stirred up by either Russian or Japanese agents at Seoul for the purpose of fomenting trouble. TROUBLE IN SEOUL, WOULD HASTEN CRISIS. Trouble in Seoul would be the spark needed’ to start the conflagration the world has been expecting for a year or more, according to the men who have been watching the situation in the East. It is said the Japanese troops are ready to land at Masampho, and it} ‘they do this act will mean war, as under no circumstances will Japan be| permitted to occpuy a strategical point of the importance Masampha is to} Russia. , In addition to these despatches there is also the information that Japan Is ready to throw 35,000 troops into Corea, and has made preparations to do 80, oes JAPAN’S TERMS, WHICH WILL BE BACKED BY WAR. TOKIO, Jan. 6.—A high Japanese au- thority to-day made the folowing ex- planation of the status of the Far) Bastenn questions: “The statement that Russia has made concessions to Japan js not exact, On the contrary Russla, in the month of October, made certain concessions, which were accepted by Japan, subse-| EXPLOSION CAUSES PANIC IN HARLEM Manhole Cover Is Blown Off at) One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street and Third Avenue, Spreading Terror in a Crowd. quently withdrew an attifude which left jiitue hope in the wi satisfactory agreemen the Japanese of reaching a in the declarations of disinterestedness in Manchuria made by Russia, and (Continued on Second Page.) BELIEVE AMERICAN H. Hazelton, Registered from St.| Louis, but with Relatives in New York, Is Mysteriously' « Missing in French Capital. A large number of people waiting for! PARIS, Jan. 6,—H. Hazelton, who reg- one Hundred and ‘Twenty-fifth street | istered at the Hotel de l'Athcnee as crosstown cars at Third avenue and| trom, St, Louts, Mo., but whose rela- One Hundred and Twenty-tifth street | tives live in New York, has been miss- this afternoon were thrown Into a panic’ ng since Dec. 2. His hat, hotel key And narrowly escaped tnjary when two'and hotel bill, were found on the bank covers of a manhole of the Electrigiof the Seine, but the police have Light Subway Company were hurled! dragged the Seine thus far without find-| {nto the air, The in and have also instituted Aolghboring stores ov the missing man in this + but no trace of Hnuzleton has been Found. es shot from the ma d for fifteen, minute ndx in England and France have tere stopped for u short time and trat-l telegraphed to Consul-General. Gowdy fic was interfered with, asking for news of Hagleton, but though Upon investigation the manhole was! Mr, Gowdy stirred up the police noth- found to be filled with a mass of wires |ing has developed, Mr. Boydn, of New which because of thelr covering of tar. | York, a brother-in-law of Mr. Hazleton, cotton and lead caused them to burn|cabled to Mr. Gowdy to use every ef: dace Fort to find him. The explosion ts supposed to ‘have| mild that noc reson tes kmoun “Tor ‘been caused by escaping gas becoming | the Man's disappearance. Hazleton at ignited by ay electric wire. ST the time he dropped out of sight was known to have in his pocket # letter Hove sehen @ inetfinea tae the police cures! ia, the et. aioe was irdered and tha: rm litto the’ The Corean authorities admit that they cannot/ them and assumed | “The Japanese Government, confident | MURDERED IN PARIS, ti wise’s Cure tor Consumption ale coughs, colds, sore I thm. ° JAPAN'S FIGHTING 443200. TONS AAS SLAM GAS TRAWS OUT AND KILLS MIAN Frank Coffey, Manager of New| York Hotel Restaurant, Found) Dead in His Room When Boy) Went to Call Him. i One man lost his life and two others had narrow escapes in the New York Hotel, at No. 164 Broadway, to-day from ercaping gas. The dead man 1s Frank Coffey, thirty-five years old, thi manager of the hotel restaurant. The names of the other men the hotel peo- ple refuse to give out. When Coffey retired iast night he {left the gus* burning, The gas froze during the night and the light went out. Early this morning the gas was thawed out and of course flowed freely from the open jet. 1 At 1 o'clock this afternoon a friend called for Coffey, and the hallboy who went to summon him found him dead in bea. ‘A precisely similar accident occurred on another floor of the hotel in a room Joccupled by two men. Roth men were takeh out unconscious, but an ambu- lance surgeon managed to restore them, —<————_—$_. BOY BANDITS ON : | - TRIAL FOR MURDER Court Excludes the Morbidly . Curious and Overrules Motion for Delay Made by- Lawyer for Prisoners. | CHICAGO, Jan. 6 e trial of the jear barn bandits, M. Nicdermeyer, Van Dine and Roeski, began before Judge Kerstens to-day, present was the mother of 2 | who has been familiarting court methods by attending a murder | trial conducted by another Judge dur- ing the past 8. The morbidly curious were rigidly ex- cluded, no person not directly connect- ed with the trial being admitted. ‘The specific case called was tha the murder of Frank W. Stewart, ¢ office. Roeski, one of the bandits; Is not a defendant in this particular case. The first step taken by the defen was a motion to seek de of Van Dine. An afiids sented to the effect that the effort h: falled to secure the attendance of Dr. Jumes ©, Ross, who is In Colorado, Van Dine was employed by Mr. Ross Jin Chicago Helmts it is sald that an will testity that Van Dine Kersten* overruled the fendants to p ption to trial at once. WOMAN CUTS HER THROAT. Mra, Frank Neblolo, in Poor Health, Ends Her Life, (Special to The Evening World.) BIAZABETH, N. J., Jan, 6—Mrs, | Frank Nebiolo, wife of a Broad street fruit deale yndent by nf poor |health, slashed her throat a fruit | knife at her home on East Ad street | to-day. | She was taken to the shospital, j she died. ee | WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending zt 8 P. M. Thursday for New York City and vicinity: Generally fair and not so cold to- night and Thursday; light to fresh west to southwest winds. JAPANS NAVY: ‘ COWES STRENGTH COMPARED WITH RUSSIA’ Ss; 56.04). FOnS: (aa NAV y _ 84.000. Tons: “atone SOME TYPES OF THEIR BATTLESHIPS AND THE WAR CENTRE. RUSSIAN ARMY 1,215,154. SPECIAL EXTRA. MADOO WiLL CLOSE DEATH TRAP THEATRES { Police Commissioner McAdoo said this afternoon that he would bring proceedings against all theatres not obeying the ' Jaw as soon as the Fire or Building Department reported to him sufficient evidence on which to act. Mr. McAdoo is not ready to make any changes in the Police Department and does not contemplate displacing Inspector Mc- | Clusky as Chief of the Detective Bureau. eH, LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. Fourth Race—Tribes Hill 1, Lauralighter 2, Bondage 3. Fifth Race—Morning Star 1. Imp. Mad Mullah 2, Dusky 3. Sixth Race—Ethel Wheat a The Messenger, Bard of Avon. NURSE GIRL ARRESTED FOR POISQN CANDY OUTRAGE. ITHACA, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Margaret Cunningham, a nurse-girl (in the employ of Prof. Chamberlain, of the Cornell University, was to-day arrested on the charge of sending the box of pois- , oned Set cones se Wie home to the home of Michael Casey, causing the serious | | 1 50 NEW YORK THEATRES REPORTED T0 BE SAFE: Building Department Inspectors Have Exam-_ amined All But Thirteen of the City Playhouses and Only Found Minor Violations of Law. The inspectors sent out by Building every theatre in the city from the point into Of View of the Building Department Commissioner Whompson to look wil be forwarded to Mayor Met the condition of the theatres of the city to-night, Reports will reported that they had inspected Mfty! trom the Fire Departm of the slxty-three places of amusement} Health Department he in York up to #90 o'clock this! tayor will baw 1. noon and that they had not fowod a single theatre in which t folations of the b t importance \ warrant closing or- Commissioner Supply. and Eleetricity John ‘T, Oakley Joined the theatre death-trap He ordered a thorough inspecti jnctricslighting plants and wires nections in all theatres and pubie Hs in the city. “It fa obvious that fires haye been ¢ casioned by imperfect inmilation,” suid Commissioner Oakley. “I believe that} an oMcial inspection of electric wires i theatres Is needed. It has been discovered that (he of exits printed on tie prog many theatres are 1 spectors will compare towith plan and compel vey Many minor violations were discoy- ered In each case th» inspector servot notice upon the manager that the de- fects must be remedied, In many thea- tres there were traces of recent activity in the way of compliance with building regulations, doubtless caused by the curiosity of the public as to provisions for the safety of local play-goers, fol lowing the Chicago fire. ‘The managers were ne Building ed yesterday Department inspectors und they were ine 8 visited were loner Hayes sent orders men stationed in thentres te lous to show ey part of their aisles i ite Nkentz6ton houses nnd that 2) expressed the ut rite 09 che Fire Dios ots Dost willingness to do everxthing pox NCIBUEAC han nouly sible in the-line of securing absolute] if ‘the theatrical manag e! LESS omply with the law Mayor ny Many Teebutcoal Violattonm, will find a way to ma T gathe ports,” suld Mr|itte may even close the theatres of Thompson, i were many i he minor and technical violations, but} natter of impr nothing of a sertoun nature. ‘The man- Won't Consider Managern. agers have been ordered to comply’ with tho letter of the law and hereafter in- spections will be made frequermly enough to guard against laxity in the enforcement of the provisions of the code,"" A complete report on the condition gt “Phe convenience of the theatre man siblie,” he announced to-day. Eire Commissioner. Hayes (Continued on Second Page.) yesterday * Starters, wht» KOMOMBO Wins THE THIRD RACE Favorites Have a Bad Day at, the New Orleans Track—Fort | Plain Takes First and Lngo, the Second. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Fort Plain (6 to 1) 1, Kings Charm (10 to 1) 2, Cedar | Rapids 3, SECOND RACE—Lingo (2 to 1) 1, Ochlawaha (8 to 1) 2, Circus Girl 3. THIRD RACE—Komombo (5 to 1) 1, Miss Hume (8 to 1) 2, Nellie Wad-| dell 3. (Special to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.—Ideal racing weather mad a fast track had a tendency to make the sport | snore interesting than at ithe] Croscent City course rEe | flelds went to the post in ‘all but one | race. FIRST RACE. | machinery all the classrooms were emptied in a few minutes, the children mrohing, under the muster of their teachers, down the stairs and Into tee | FOUND MATCHES IN THEIR POCKETS. 1 8x furlongs Betting Jocks. Hit. Fin, H Fort Piain, 110, Hig Wie ange Charn, 2 Cedar Tovbstet now ley 3! | The start found th Lolly Dally. motion and opened up a Teud of halt a out dozen lengths others got . King’s Ct after the emaker, but th © eateh him told Jn the run home, and he had noth- ing In reserve when Fort Plain made | his challenge. ‘The latter drew away without an effort in’ the irlong | Jana won in a romp. from | Walden f the | of the! heavily backed. At | as left ac the post and | d showed that he would with an even break, SECOND RACE. Seven furlongs. ting th 10 # 4“ Starters, whts St. Hit Fin, Lirgo, 106 BR 4 1 108 Jocks, ter so Htyni 18, W. Fisher Won dviving at corner teh and i | u Li second money 1 drive. and bea i ngo winning und THIRD RACE, ngs Bix furl 1 40) 103! 400 ' Whe teat came she bing, and running much gamer that Taat and beat her out Ne going nthe fnatb up| te the pont FIRE AT WORLD'S FAIR, ST. LOUIS, Jan. &—Fire in the Edu- (gers is not to be considered when it is’ cational Building at the World's Fair \ question of life or death for the to-day $3,000 damage, ing was threatened for a time. Christie, partment, was thrown from his buggy and severely, injured, Crossed electric- light wires started the The entirp bulld- Chiet | © fthe Exposition Fire De- will be arraigned in the Children’s Court. 4! dumb-waiter shaft. |} FQUND A FAMILY UNCONSCIOUS, down the fire-escape there, taking Mrs. Adair 0 PLPLS PUBLIG SCHOOL nUM FI Se Youngsters Who Found the Blaze in the Girls’ Cloak Room in Building at Amsterdam Avenue and 129th Street Gave Alarm Quietly and Averted a 1 Panic. EVERY CLASS ROOM WAS QUICKLY Two Boys Who Have Recently Been Com- plained Against as Truants Were Seen Running from the Building and Are Arm rested on Suspicion. Two boys found a fire in the girls’ cloak room on the second flonr oF Public School No, 43, at One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street and Am: sterdam Avenue, this fternoon. Instead of shouting fire and scaring the” He sounded the fire alarm throughout the building. As if worked street, where they formed perfect lines, SAW TWO BOYS RUN AWAY, Inst as the principal was turning in the alarm he saw two bors t out of the building, recognizing them as truants whom he had reported to the truant officers. Principal Sieberg extinguished the blaze after the cloaks and hats of” several little girls had been burned and then called the children back to their classes. The firedrill was an eutire success. Then Detective Brastel was called in from the West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street statiqn, and in a few minutes he arrested Arthur Dong van, 553 West One Hundred and ‘I'wenty-ninth eleven years old, of No, 55: street, and Joseph Rezino, fourteen years old, of No. 531 West One Hundred and Thirty-first street. Identifyin them as the boys #hom he had seen running from the bulid- inf, Principal Sieberg said that they had been playing Bes ye for several days and had been reported to the truant officers. In the pockets of the boys was found a quantity of matches. They ad~ mitted that they had been in the school building, but would not say tee had set the fire. Detective Braste! said that from other children he learned that ten yoys who had been truants and who were afraid they would be compelled to uttend schoo! had planned t burn down the building to make it certalu, as hey believed, that they would not have to go to school any more. { The tw boys arrested were sent to the Children’s Soviety and to-morrow ee THRILLING RESCUE AT A FIRE IN IN HARLEM Quick ond heroic work by firemen and policemen saved six children, two women and a man from burning to death this afternoon in a Harlem tenoment Henry Carey and his wife were at luncheon in their reoms, i@ the rear of the first floor of the five-story tenement at No. 550 West One Hundred and Twenty-fiftn street, when they saw smoke coming up from the ceflar. Investigation showed that the wood and coal sheds in the-rear of the bases ment were on fire and that the blaze was eating its wey rapi up the While Carey ran through the house shouting the alarm of fire, Mrs. reet,and told Polieeman Brophy, who turned in an alarm, Brophy went back to the house, He and Carey found Richard Doyle and his three children unconscious and partially suffocated by the smoke In: J front room of their flat on the top floor. Brophy and Carey carried Doyle and the three children down the front fire-escape and then learned that Mrs, Doyle was still In the flat. Brophy and some firemen went back and found Mrs, Doyle in « bedroom suffocated and nearly dead. The firemen carried her down the whole length of the big extension ladder which had been raised agalnst the front of the building.» LHOUSANDS SAW THE RESCUE, The thousands of persons who had gathered in the street cheered the firemen as they brought Mrs. Doyle down, She, her husband and her chit en were carried into a drug store near there and revived. While this was go!ng on fireman Lotterhaus, Phalen and Kipp, of Fire Patrol No. 5, found Mrs. Lucy Adair and her three chitdren, Bernard, fours) s old; F ard, two years old, and Terrence, one year old, unconseiaua x 1 ycom of their flat on the third floor, Smoke from the atr-shatt had” i the rcoms and they had been unable to escape Believing death was inevitable, Mrs. Adair had placed her three children) on the bed and had fallen beside them with her arms about them, It was ty that position they were found, fy Y ALL RESCUED BY HEROIC WORK. ‘The firemen carried them to the rear of the building and carried one fireman taking two of the children, In the cold alr 2 Carey ran to the nd another taking the third child, sve quickly revived. Soon alter the fire was discovered there was a rush of the tena (Continued on Second Page.) x iy & 3 papers