The evening world. Newspaper, January 13, 1904, Page 4

MUD DISEASE thy Condition of the Streets Responsible to a Large Ex- Mortality of the City. GRIP, INFLUENZA AND MEASLES THRIVING. fic Places to Be Prosecuttd. NEW VORK IN GRIP OF EPIDEMICS. Dr. Darlington. Health (Commis sitting with his Advivory pRoard, hes discovered that Ni in the grip of four . They ‘1-Measie-. 2-Influenza, ‘Grip. 4—-Pneumonia Remedial action, to be suggested by the Health Department to thy Iproper municipal authorities: (1) No expectorati-n on the sidewalks, Mm vars or public buildings. (2) A igh cleaning of streets and al) pmunicipal buildings. G) General Jayation of the city. opt: are ankle deep with slush all over © “the city are helping alofig the plague of 4 jonia and Kindred diseases that ‘hold New York In their grasp. Miles 5 miles of the principal avenues have Anot been touched by the snow remove! forces since the storm and none of the palde strects of city hus Seleaned guve those used for heavy traf 4 fic, Phe snow hax gathered Kerms inn erable, the crossings are canals of Ooxy mud, the sidewalks are elippery Awith slime, gutters and sewer opening: are clogged. and disease lurks in a mill fon pools, The Sireet-Cleaning Depart ‘ment officials tell of mountains of snow Femoved, but not one-ffnth of the pop- wlation of the city has seen 4 squad of aroW-shovellers at work Three days ayy the Street-Cleaning Commissioner suid that Third avenue was practically clear of snow from Mhatham Square to Harlem. In one a@tretch alone on Third avenue. from : f Porty-second to Fifty-ninth street, the }uMow has not been touched—but the atreet is “practically” clear !oPhix condition exists all over town, ex- pecially on the cast side About the only way to avold disease tn New Vor’ Just now appenrs to be to remain in the house and keep the windows cloned: é of snow The Grip Here Again. Dr. Darlington, the new Health Com $ misstoner. In discuseing present condl- 3 tlons, sald to en Evening World re- porter to-day: “The great 1 appalting increase of pneumonia sis tndeubtediy due to the prevalence of |n‘uenns, grip and measles. They are all factors working to the general production of pneumonia ‘All of these are communicable diseases. Pneumonia is undoubtedly so; of that there is no question. The greater ver- centage of new cases are bronchial oy pneumonia. to measles, there were ig WO new caser lant week. i “As pneumonia is a communica Meare {t must be fought as such, Wx- S pectorating in the streets must he stopped. Handkerchiefs are cheap enough for the use of ull. That is ene way of preventing tho sputum from disseminat- {ng disease. We have to fight this ept- demic at once, and we will take all necessary and proper measures to wipe it out.” flow the Death List Grows, Hore are the latest ficures on the sub- fect. For the week ending Jan 10 there Were 5 deaths in Greater New Y ye to pneumonia. For the correspond: | tng, week last year there were 22! In ‘Manhattan alone for this same week during the present year there were 22 deaths, which is twenty- , one thore in all of Greate: % Pew York » year ago. On Suiday the © glatistical records were swelled by 148 df Geaths from pneumonia. Monday brought 14, and Tuesday's 199, skme threo days a year ago show re- 4 spectively 115, 10, and 154, you #ee, there is no sign of abate- aid Dr. William H. Guilfoy, who department which - } Keebe teb on all distases and prepares parirnntc reanrds of vitality or mortality with the same cold szlentific mind. At Uiih meeting of the Adv Roara Jnst-niebt wore present Drs. E. G. Jane- ® Soeeph OY. Bryant, R. H. Derby, 7. Miteholi Prudden, 4. Walter Bran, h. Y, Lonmis, A. A. Bmith, A. Jacobi, Miunievtt, and Hermann Darlington’ remus! é ? Aa meeung th ominent theme was wivercutosis and the wave of meeting it. “but I shail be row morning,” wad Hy MB We Paghied to cate i ceterday and ty were Linck a mixture of mud day the streets d-oogy with a nd snow. The ri ere, While not Bo cold #* it has was damp, That is the most rous climatic condition of ally the is say. The sudden changes air Co warmer but humid er ally produce the first. in- itiens of the alr pas: Thus eding: ground or the “predispos- tors” tie the physicians huve tt, sajabiinned. |e sal's advice for evadin, neu- is a5 follows: AFAR a overfeed. aleohol, Overhent Sour offices or homes 't keep on overconts when im- t ject'1o get A good Aoct xi ie RC ARS Paina op. JEL sed INVENTOR DEAD. B. Murray, sixty-two vears Leonard street, an in- Mr. Murray was Lt ote and ‘tent for the Increase in the). Action in Effort to Reduce the ° - Death Rate—Spitters in Pub-| HATTIE LA MON AND EDWARD M’BRIDE WED 1N SECRET ON A DARE AFTER A MEETING IN RAIN. | ‘MARRIED OW A DARE, Romantic Couple, Who Met in the Rain and Wed at Mid- They Posed as Sweethearts. (Rpeclal ty The Fvenine World) RD, Jay, 18 ward M fouth Ninth etrest, Brooklyn, nd Mixa Hattie Lo Mon, of West Nir ty-third wt New Ye ity. have heen having lots of fun since Sept. 3 fonling their friends and relatives. Though thoy © heen man and wife since that time 1 1 twa clone frlenda and wy Beach clergyman were poof the thet To all intents and purposes Mr. Mee Bride has been vosirting hie Regularly once a week COURTED AFTER night, Kept Their Secret While | DIED ONVSIT TO HIS SICK DAUGHTER ages Robert S. Bosher, a Wealthy, Richmond Tobacco Manufac- turer. Here to Be Near Sick Girl, Carried Off by Pneumonia | wenlthy tobacco va. Rowher. Richmond, Robert § rant who w York by the tines is dauehter. Miss Bille Bosher, died at the Hotel Netherland to-day atter a wook's illness, from pneumonia, Miss show iy suffering with typhoid fever a private sanitarinm and her tather s p will not be made known to hey condition ts greatly Improved came to New York a until her Nika Roxher hie bride with ler and t amfard, wirere he has been employed since August inst | in un Importing house. No one ever dreamed that the vouns | couple were married until vesterd when Mr, MeBlite had to aceount | employer for an absence trom work Then the weoret came out MoRride {< a good looking low, twenty-three years old aon of the late Peter MeRride. He met | Mies La Mon on a “dare xeveral| months ago, One stormy night he w at the Williamsburg ferry in Brooklyn waiting for ® New York bont. Misn La Mon and a friend came along. They | were without umbrellas and, being | dared by a companion McBride a Proached them and offered Miss his umbrella. ‘The offer was accepted with a pretty smite and fe graceful nod of apprecia- a Mon tion, McBride escorted the young Ww an home and thereafter became a ular caller On Sept. 20 he and Miss La Mon, her friend and another young man went to | Bath Beach, After a merry day it was Suggested that Miss La Mon and Me Bride be married before they returned hom Thi furgestion took “dure,” ‘The couple were not to be ‘dared” and they began a hunt ftir clergyman About £ A. M. they found one and the the ‘form of a Miss La Mon is of French parentage er father is a curb broker in New York and is tn very comfortable circum- stances. She is aii athletic girl and an accomplished musician “T haven't made any plans for the future,” eald MeBride to-day. | 'Some- how o> other T can't realize the fact that Tam married.” re GEN. GORDON LYING IN STATE Southerners Pay Tribute at Bier of Georgia's Hero. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan, 13--On a enta- fnlque dtaped with Confederate and the banner of the “lost over his casket, the boty B, Gordo} the flaws Joorgins C) troops of fils own Stat 8 who followed a known his hleftain re- ute of re the dead very honor and Japect that could be paid 1 the flage In tie city the offic {buildings Bre closed and t h hours of the funeral pa Ee ea JUROR DROPPED DEAD. Mad Gone to Lanch After Being Sworn In and Soon Expired, he Evening W: J, Jan. years old, of a former vollector in) this . tn a loneh-room here. te to some friends. Pini i been sworn in ag @ potit Finlean, seventy Jefferson street, Keane Aropped dl jay while ta san had § moned. inarriage ceremony was performed with AU ERI SGAaC ER Coit camOoe r{ floor of the building at Broad ras sworn to necrecy and th street, was entered by Detectives O'Neil | evet fo well guarded that dd Dale, o! ) is perente be nether EP the vbcRE flee and Dale, of the Old Slip station, this | knew & thing about the wedding until afternoon The detectives say they sterday have been wntehing the place for a month ago to visit friends, She ts the yelgning belle of Richmond and created a sensation when she visited the Horse! Show here Inat fail, Soon after reach- | Ing New York tho last time she became 11) and wan taken to a sanitarium. Mr. and Mrs. Bosher oame to New York ax noon as possible to be near their daughter. The change in climate was too great for Mr, Bosher and he contracted a heavy cold, which devel- oped into pneumonia, Dr. Lee attended him In his apartments at the hotel, and hie t sons, Dr. RS. Bosher, 3 Louls Bosher, were hast! finesse nd for sev- been Miss Bosher stantly for her father, and it ix feared it will be dificult to keep the facts from her. Anxiety over his daughter's weighed upon the sick man eral days his death had ered only a matter of time asked c Mr. Bosher was sixty-one years old end was President of the T. C. Williams Tobacco Company until it was merged with the trust last spring. Since that time le had not beon engaged in active} business, ‘Che family is one of the best known in Itichmond, The body will be taken there to-night. NO POOL-ROOM EVIDENCE. Detectives Fall to Make Arreats in) Broad Street Raid. An alleged poel-room on the second week and are convinced that bets on the races are being taken there | On the door of the room {s the name of dose Cabrillo, a broker in Brazillan } clerk who, they say dger on them tried to shut the Inside they found the room divided | into twe rooms by a partition, Behind | the partition were two men, but none paraphernalia of racing. Th a telephone on the wall but n telegraph instruments, No arrests w made. ‘The two men in the place tert atter the detectives entered. | ranklin % OFFER FOR WOMEN’S COVERT JACK) HEAVY it ‘ the tried it Was announced that « Jurors dropped dead a fe: minuies befor Finigan was well known in this city rved a greater part Of the time In abe olty’s employ. County Physician manne ited & permit for the ri Psy ot body, Heart failure wus cause of death, heretofore $3.50 to $6.00, — MACHEN'S LAWYERS, coffees. The detectiven were never able to get Inside the place until this after- | 3 noo, when they squeczed in behind a Women’s Suits. A COLLECTION OF 50 SINGLE SUITS, heretofore $18.50 lo $30.00. heretofore $12.50 to $25.00. NO alterations made on these garments. , Women’s Waists. y COTTON AND WOOL, VELVET AND PRUNELLA CLOTH, f heretofore $6.50 to $8.75. MAKE VAIN PROTEST Court Overrules Objections to Testimony of Assistant Post: | master-General Wynne, and! Exceptions Are Taken. WASTING istant Postm allied Nuiguist N. Jan 1h aster-Genoyal witness In the trial en and others on frauds here to m by ing that tn First wnne As- was} matter: ¢ the purehase of supplies for the tree ce he always luiiness with Mx, Mi jeners! Superintendent. 1 hot a part of hie duties to remally attend to the direction or preparation of orders for Groff fasten-| rs or other supplies, nor did he deter. mine the que ak to whether these supplies were abso Hoceswary or not, tnteas ularly brought to his attention In all uh matiers, ne sald, he relied | upon Mr, Machen Attorney Ikumler made nx vigorous protest against the admission of Mr. Wynne's latter atetem: an evidence, but he was overruled by Justice Prite ard and an exception noted. Continu ing. Mr, Wynne testified that in all matters where no question arose Mr Machen would decide them for the Tirst Assistant Postmaster -General, but where any question was involved he himself decided tt Counsel for defendant took exception to the character of Mr. Wynne's testi: mony. It wae insisted that Machen was not charged in the Indictment with the duty of deciding anything and that the Government ought not to be allowed to KO beyond the scope of its own allega- tions. The Court overruind the point! and an exception was noted Mr, Wynne said he knew nothing of the merits or demerits of the orders for the fasteners, already referred to. He said he never heard of the Groff fas- tener until the tnvestigntion developed. Counsel for defendants served notice that they objected to the entire line of questioning. Justice Pritchard allowed an exception ‘The lawyers got Into a wrangle over Mr. Wynne, the prosecution claiming} that he was being badwered by the de-| fense Court ruled in favor of the though, and Mr, Wynne on bross-@xamination sald regarding the purchase of supplies Mr. Wynne sald that ofce e three ‘aiattnet "aupriy alvisionge wien showed a lack of <...em A com: plex system. He said he regarded © of the most expert men ice and when he received a im he assumed that hen knew what he was doing, vou kno wthat Machen his’ business?" Mr. Wynne was asked “I knew that Mr, Machen knew what he was doing,” was the reply. “Did he know that vou knew your business” Mr. Douglas next inquired was the quick re- “He knows lt now, tort and the p for 0: her testimony had been heard. imon & Co THURSDAY 9.05 6.75 ETS, 1.45 2.05 FIFTH AV. 37th & 38th Sts. court erier was compelled | 1 adjournment was taken after some | ABEEL ORDERED 10 BE SENT BACK ‘Canadian Judge Decides that Gives the Order to Comply with the Requisition. ‘PRISONER IS UNCONCERNED. Betrays No Interest in the Proceed- Inge—His Counsel! Will Lodge an | Appeal Within the Fifteen Days Allowed by Law. (Special to The Evening World.) WELLAND, Ont, Jan. 13.—James |Nealson Abcel was brought before {Judge Wells in the County Court here this afternoon and ordered extradty }to the United States on the charge of |forgery in the third degree. Judge Wells read his decision, in which he re- viewed the cs t length, reciting sev- eral similar cases which involved extra- dition, In substance Heved Abeel ix riding to Ul tradition of he saidd that he be a forger and that vs relating to th fugitives from fo jen uuntries he felt bound to i'n ax a have the is an j taken ew York, where he will be me to forgery or the supposed impersonation of J. Ogden Goelet Abesl showed not the slightest. con- cern He was pale and acted as though inn when remanded to fail, where he be held for fifteen days an allowed prisoners extradited in order to give his counsel time to make an stuyn n said ton World cor- T will appeal the decision. before the Minister of Justice nto on Tuesday next and argue ise. In the meantime Abeel will held in Jail here 1 him, “If the rifirms the decision Abeel will go back. Minister of Justice VESSEL SINKS. AND CREW IS MISING 1 Jan, 12.—Att NEW LONDON. Conn ‘ Wrecking the office of the T. A Company ft was sid this afternoon that) the vessel reported sunk off Milford, in| Long Island Sound, was believed to be the G. M. Brainerd, of Rockland, Me | The Brainerd left this port Monday for, New York Inden with paving st ‘The crew hag not yet been heard from and I is feared they tay be lost. Peter ©. old, of No. Bighth street, to-day in the A station ut Ninth aven . Fourteenth street, and Organs in to-morrow’s sale UPRIGHT PIANOS. Gordon ...... Smithaonia Arion .- Briss? ---- Chickerink « immer + His Case Is Extraditable and| I will not try to} any further trouble.” | I rouna. Splendid Pianos; bargains of the most condition, each worn part being Espace by a new one. will often have ample cause for self- , Any instrument purchased in this sale will be t POSTAL LAWS |Progress League Discusses the | Absurdities of the Present | System, as It Relates to Post- age on Publications. The Postal Progrees League held a meeting this afternoon in the rooms of the Board of Trade and Transportation, to endorse a bill now before Congress | providing for the consolidation of third and four-class mail matter, and also to take such measures ax may be advisable to-day. rangements and in the organization of | _ Before SFEK REFORM IN “NO MORE TROUBLE FOR ME,” HE CRIED Michael Carrol’ Ended His Life) of his horses ated, in Presence of His Wife by Drinking Poison When Misfor-) “Cato lett three children besides Kis tunes Came Upon Him. Sorrow after sorrow piled on the head of Michael Carroll drove him to suicide Coming into his house at No. 1115 Second avenue, he stood before his wifo and, holding a bottle of carbolic | Ogres a Cold inOneDay, | Seid in front of him, said: nis wife could reach had swallowed the poison and fell to the floor writhing in pain, Mrs. Carroll rushed to the street anf eried for the police. Policeman Louis Shauborger re- sponded nnd sent for an ambulance from the Flower Hospittal, Before it arrived Carrom had dled. 2 Carroll formerly owned @ cart and three horses. During winter months he carted snow, but the last cold spell two leaving him with one, That died a fow days ago. and Carroll, with the little money he bid left, hired another horse in order ta widow. A. heart had been daughter upon whom his laced died three yer Ago, and wines then he had been unable to conceal that he was a very unhappy mi {Ustalsve” Bromo’ Cyuinias 2 Deyo him he | goex for the end. No more trou- | G Wa onevery to Insure an {mprovement in postal ar- | ble for me.” ! GIO Fla be. 230 Se ed ase Seo NN | postal parcels system, John Brishen Walker made a epeoch in which he quoted a former Postmas- ter-General as saving there were four {insuperable obstacles to such a law ‘These are: “First, the Adams Express, Company; second, the American Ex- presk Company; third, the Southern Express Company, and fourth, the Wells-Pargo Express Company.” These companies,” Mr. Walker went on, “had influence enough thirty years ugo to direct any legislation they want- ed, and they haye the same influen to-day Mr. Cowles in his speech mentioned | the name of ex-Congresaman Loud, who | ix going to Rome by appointment of the | represent the United ld’s Postal Congress. Loud. Gaylord Wilsh zine, told of tyranny that compels is magazine in Toronta “L save 75 per cent. on postage,” 3 Wilshire said. “by publishing my ma. gine in Cana: \nd this is the ab: ity of ft My mailed matter goes from | orento t6 Now York and from New | York ty London for a quarter f a cen a pound, whereas If Tm the sam matter Sew York addressed to Lon: don the postal eb sare eight cents & pound. COLONBINS ARE LANDING TROOPS WASHINGTO: to-day by order of the Secretar, ‘The following cable has been re- | ceived from Adiniral Coghlan, dated on, Jan, 12: “Report. from. the Mr Cartagena now bout to trans- Cartagena stater tan | complete. 1 of Colombian force m: ast, merely parties of two and three in canoes, Traders Wy that vicinity sav Indians are un- friendly to all strangers, allowing none No Colomblan forces A may twelve dit are so low priced that you will doubtless astonishing description. congratulation. UPRIGHT PIANOS. Wheelock Steinway . $6, $7 and $8 Walking and Dréss Skirts reduced to | This sale includes the odd lots of walking and dress skirts left from the best ‘The follow- | Selling styles. There are only 6,7 and 8 of a kind left in probably over a score ing was posted at the Navy Department joe styles, and very fashionable tabric! tures, all reduced to $4.98" Clearance Sale of Long Coat Suits that were for- merly priced at from $12.50 to $25——Reduced to $9.98 $14.50 $16.50 all told, some of them are handsome model garments. '] | have been gathered together from the most popular suits where sizes were in- port Darien. Troops aren anqullla quite rap- idly now there. | About 125 si Cu of Women’s Winter Garments. Now is bargaintime! If you've a mind to make a big saving now is your best chance. Wo have taken the finest jackets, suits and skirts—lots of which there are but few of a kind left from the season's enormous sel- ling—and reduced them regard- less of value. $10 & $12 Jacketsreducedto $7.98 $15 @® $18 Jackets reduced to $9.98 It is impossible to give a detailed description of these jackets, but every single one is of this season's make, representing the best selling models. $4.98 including plain colors and novelty mix- They The different styles are too numerous to describe-- but whatever suit at, you have the good fortune to buy, you'll get a stylish one~ Open Saturday night till 10.30. Vogad Brothers 424 Ste. Cor. B* Ave. i Upright Pianos. Square Pianos. Grand Pianos. Most Extraordinary Low Prices Probably Ever Asked Anywhere Buy on the easy payment plan, if you prefer. A small amount down, and a little sum monthly. refer to buy outright, very Piano and Cases have been renovated, and whoever purchases one of these instruments aken in exchange for a new one at any time within a year and full value allowed. SQUARE PIANOS. Anderson's Wonderful Painting: “Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.” nificent work, showin, erent glorious day an On view daily in Auditorium, Fifth Floor, from 10 A. M. to 5 P.M. and a bargain. by methods that baffle detection night effects. NNO ADMISSION FEE IN every way a very remarkable and dis- tinguished assembly of instruments go on sale in the Auditorium of the Piano Store on the 5th floor to-mor- row at the Many of the Pianos rgan in this sale has been put in excellent SQUARE PIANOS, Do Meson & Hamlln...... 450 Farrand .... +2 165 Estey « mm Also several others ‘thomed above, lay