The evening world. Newspaper, January 25, 1904, Page 1

[rad ~ SUICIDE BY DRUG IN UNION SQUARE ROTEL WEATHER—Colder to-night, INIGHT EDITION EW$500 PRIZE STORY, BEGINS TO-DAY IN THE EVENING WORLD Tuesday snow. “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ EVENING* g ui M — WEATHER—Colder to-ntaht, Tuesday «now. TRA} — PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK. MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1904. PRICE ONE CENT. Simeon Ayers Secur Hostelry, ’Phones to Members of His Family He Wants to See Them and Then Ends His Life. Ae Had for Many Years Been an Ac- countant and Boo Frank Sullivan Smith—Accounts Re- ported to Be All Right. Simeon M. Ayers went to the Union Square Hotel this afternoon, engaged a room and telephoned to members of his ‘family and half a dozen intimate friends to call upon him here immediately if “they wished to find tim alive. Hanford Ayers, his son, upon receipt of the tele- phone message hastened to the hotel and found him dead. after sending tre | messages he went to his room and took poison. Ayers was about fifty-five years old, and lived at No, 61 Kensington avenue, Jersey City. For years he had been accountant and bookkeeper for Frank Sullivan Smith, lawyer, at No, 64 Wall street, He telephoned to Mr. Smith last Triday that he had fallen on the tce nd hurt’ his head. He did not visit the 5, ‘Phone Numbers, At the Union Square Hotel he regis- tered from Jersey City and said that lie was tired and wanted to take a nap. A room was igned him and then he had the telephone operator call up & dozen numbers. Later developments show that he told each of the persons he talked to over the wire that he | es a Room in the Big kkeeper for Lawyer | had gone to the hotel to kill himself, | but there was nothing in his actions | to denote that he was not perfectly rational. He argued with the telephone girl about 20 cents on the calls and then bought three cigars at the counter in the lobby. About ten minutes after he had gone to his room his son hurried into the office and asked for him. When the son went to the room Mr. Ayers was dead. Could Not Revive Him. Dr. Hemingway, the house physician, worked over him and was joined by Dr. L. F. Ayres, of Staten Island, a brother of the suicide, who had been summoned by telephone. Both Dr. Ayres and Hanford Avres said that they could ascribe no reason for the act of self- Jestruction. At the office of Frank Sullivan Smith it was said that Mr. Ayres’s accounts Were straight and that no reason for his suicide could be imaginea unless at might be that the injury to his head when he fell had rendered him Insan Coroner Scholer found that Mr. Aye! had taken ‘aconite. cess. 8 10 1 SHOT TAKES. THE OPENING EVENT Preakness at False Odds Shows the Way Home in First Race, at New Orleans Track—Pros- pects Bright for Good Sport. ‘THE WINNERS. First Race—Preakn>ss (8 to 1) 1; | Agnes rennan (7 to 1) 2; Ralph Young 3. SECOND RACE—Boundling (8 to 5) 1, Typhonic (10 to 1) 2, Russell Garth 3, THIRD RACE—Macbeth (10 to 1) , Erbe (13 to 1) 2, Bluemint 3, FOURTH RACE—Fort Plain (2 to ") 1, Footlights Favorite (6 to 1) 2. Mad Mullah 3. RACE TRACK, NEW ORLEA Jan, %.—The weather to-day was sii ply perfect and the est’ Monday crowd of the meeting spent the after- noon at the track, The outlook for some good racing this week is exceedingly bright. Two stal.cs are down for decision—the De- butunte and the Merchants’ Handicap, ‘The Debutante is the first of a series of juvenile stakes to be run before the meeting ends. It will eb decided next Wednesday. The unbeatable Stella Allen, Viperine and other good ones are among the eligibles, Yort Royal's victory in the Cotton Btaker Saturday has placed 8. W. reett & Co, at the head of the win- aing own here, with over $10,000 to the stuble’s credit. George Bennett will ship his stable to Memphis Feb, 1. ©. R, Filison and his trainer, John P, Mayberry, spent Sunday in| Memphis, Judge Himes. the star of the Ellison Rtable was fired § and his party is confident that the Latonia Derby win fw ti train this year, Judge Yan all the big Western handt- Judge Himes, Capt, Arnold, King Exclamation and the pick of son two-year-olds will be taken Naat after the Memphis spring meeting. ——e FELL FROM FOURTH FLOOR. While at work on the fourth floor of pXo. 1% Mott street to-day Henry ‘hleebenan, of No. 199 Forsyth street, fell tothe yard. He war injured Inter- @nd taken to St, Vincent's Hos. BG WHALE CHASE BY LONG ISLANDERS Old Fishermen at Southampton! Turn Out to Hunt a Solitary Leviathan That Showed Up Off the Coast. abouts into a flutter of body has gone whaling, and if the whale isn't caught its because he has taken fright at the fleet in pursult and ducked to the bottom of the sea The fact that the whale is a “right ono stimulated the Interest In the chase, A “right while has valuable oll and bone on his person, and is worth more to a fisherman than a whole netful of sturgeon to a caviar canner. The [weather Is go the sea moderately ‘yhield, the be in pursuit stanch and {the men old. erienced hands, #0 that it will be! surprising thing if that whale isn din by nightfall 5 P.M. clls are ringing and whistles om the voast to the Sound vund fishermen are bringing oss land on wagons to join in blowing shore. M.—-Whale ducked Hor: ners hurpoon, — ( for Horace, {6 P.M Southeast gale has just [brought a stentorian There she blows luehore, It Ix believed that’ they, are closing in on the whale, Seafoam Mine, No such surface Ray- ‘oans from the fleet 5. “leet und whale mere spots fs ce. Beach thronged wi old men, women ind children. Wh stories ‘thicker thin Saturday's. fog. PimMeulty in keeninz some of the old met apart because of varying versions of chases of the past 6.0) P. M.—Fle expected back $5,000 FOR A MARCH. i} \ What (whale in tow Amount Pald for “The Gon- new iond. opus 4 Chieago piro, Remick & Co proprietors of the Whitney- Warner E lshing Co,, Detroit, for $5,000 cash, iw ane inte | he ly ingly spright hy composition, and the Whit ner Co. Ph showered | ith congratulations from orchestra who eateem "The Gondolier™ fully equal to “Hiawatha, “Soko” and other striking must All the 00d things in music a absorbed by The Whitney-W who are now the large: -popular. music. inthe worl AAP ARRESTED AS SPY FOR CZAR Interpreter at the Russian Lega- tion in Tokio Suspected of Giving Secrets of Fortified Zone Put in Jail. OTHERS BEING WATCHED BY THE MIKADO’S AGENTS. Marines from Russian Warship Attack the Japanese at Viadi- vostok and Beat Down Wom- en and Children. TOKIO, Jan. %.—Takashima, the Jap- anese interpreter for the Russian At- tache, has been arrested on suspicion of acting as spy in the Yokosuka fortified zone. He has been taken to Yokohama for trial. It is alleged that conclusive evidence has been obtained regarding other sus- pects, which -is causing a very strong feeling against such treachery, which is a capital offense in Japan. foes RUSSIANS WOUND JAPS IN RIOT. LONDON, Jan. 2.—The Tokio cor respondent of the Times says advices received by mail tell of the brutal and inhuman treatment by the Russian ma- rines of Japanese residents of Viadi- vontok, A party of marines, accompanied by officers, landed at Vladivostok on Jan. 9 and wrecked twenty-four houses, mal- treated women and inflicted injuries on old men and children. They were not restrained by their officers, anu the civil authorities did nothing to protect the Japanese, ‘The Japanese press, the correspondent cables, {8 incensed over the news, and asks if this is the treatment Japanese are to get in time of peace what would be the conduct of Russian soldiers in tho event of war, The news of the Viadivostok outrage has made a great impression on the Japanese, and the country has no be- lef in Russia's pacific utterances, —-—__ CHINESE TROOPS START FOR BORDER. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 25.—A de- spatech from Port Arti: ays that ac- cording to a Chinese native paper Gen. a, with twenty regiments of Chinese troops, has proceeded from Shan-Pet. Kwan, Chi-Li Province, in order to oc- cupy strategic poluts on the border of that province, Gen. Ma went to Shan-Hal-Kwan in November last with 2,000 troops and HAMPTON, te 1, _q| later that month was reported to have Te came FOkide gio ne cak| 20.00. troops under his command. He afternoon and sent all the oid | W#8 quoted as saying at that time that in the event of war he would join his ‘ with those of Japan. Ma in he minute he was sighted slieine ’ : $2 crushed the rebellid : the news was passed along the coast GH in Soperted. to Nein and from every place for ten miles} at on’ the allied troops ourd boats put out, manned by crews rain in July. 1900. Gen. Ma, Sen eau or. to give him his fail name, Ma Yu E A ned with Kun, Is the son of a border chief, Ma and all the paranhernaila neces Jy deus Ma fought the Japanese at the proper hooking of the mon: The ang. In Corea. and displayed con- Me | siderable abuit re ‘circum- 8S of the old fishermen and the stances, in UG Anges. thes elvis avers are daserted this afternoon. en a RUSSIA SENDS TROOPS TO THE YALU RIVER, PORT ARTHUR, via Cheefoo, Jan. %,—Russla 1s sending more troops to the Yalu River. The Tenth Siberian Rifles and eight fleld guns started from Port Arthur to-day. The intention is to make the Yalu a Russlau river and prevent any invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese. The Chinese and Rus getting along well together. pathles of the Chinese are wholly with the Japanese, and Chinese regulars dts- guised as highwaymen are causing Russian troops much trouble _in_Man- churia, ae ZERO WEATHER COMING. Cold Weather from Medicine Hat Is Due in New York To-Morrow,. Zero weather is due within the next twenty-four hours. A cold wave {s on the way from Medicine Hat, where old Boreas has his headquarters. When New York is well stiffened by the cold the weather man promises a nice, deep snow to stiffen Commissioner Wood- bury. —————— ——— WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. M. Tuesday for New York City and vicinity: Gen- erally fair and colder to-night. with temperature nearly down to zero; Tuesday partly cloudy, fol- lowed by snow; fresh westerly to northerly winds. Ce TY Renee _ Provents Pneumonia, SPECIAL EXTRA. POLICE CATCH WOMAN AF TE LONG CHASe A beautiful young woman and alleged shoplifter. captured by the police after an exciting hide-and-seek game among the crowds in the shopping district, Brooklyn, said she was Miss Mary Watson. recently from Canada. A search of a big box she carried revealed two fur stoles. four silver-mounted belts, four ermine collars, five pairs of gloves and eight shirt waists. She saict she lived at No. 760 Carroll street. This is the number of the “Dutch Arms,” a club. Adams Street Court to-morrow- ren She will be examined-in COURT FREES PRETTY CASHIER. Miss Ciara Schilling. the pretty cashier formerly employed by the airtford Rubber Company, No. 97 Warren street. was arraigned this afternoon before Magistrate Breen in the Cntre Streei Ccurt charged with forgery. She was discharged because the complainant did not press the case. os CKARGES HOLD-UP OF ELECTRIC ROAD. At the concisicn cf the he. ing to-day *4ymiitre on the application of the New Yo chests Peston Aailrond Sompany for a franchise. President Gotts!:ci , the Portchester Railread. whose applicatisn«nas been hung tiv in tke Soard of Aicermen for nine months, charged that it was a hold-up and that the rival road had offered to wi’ vaw its opposition if the Gottshall road “bought out” its interests. RAND MILLIONAIRE ‘ASKS $100,000 14 REPORTED A SUICIDE) ALIENATION SUIT Wail Street Hears that Freeman E. Holloway Coe Arrested in Ac- Cohen, Great Financier of South Africa, Has Ended His Railroar’ k in-Law, Charles W. Bailey, of {atre yesterday when an attempt waa | made to lower it between acts, Life in Johannesburg. Philade'phia. 7 mvaeen.: Coe was arrested late Several Wall street firms received a . to-day by + deputy sheriff on an order telegram from Tondon to-day announc-| signed by Justice ‘ildersieeve in a suit that Freeman Cohen had committed] prought by harles W. Ratley, of Phiin- delphia, for $100,000 damages for allen- ating the affections of his wife. Ball was fixed at $25,000, and Mr. Coe thus saved himself from Ludlow Street Jail. Bailey 1s of the firm of Bailey, Banks & Biddle, of Philadelphia, His wife ts a sister of Mr. Coe, She was Mra. Selina A, Coe Kerr, a widow, when gome years ago she and Balley were boating on one of the lakes in the Adi- rondacks, A physician in the party, but sepa- rated from them for the moment, mi took Mra. Kerr's hat for a deer fired, wounding her so that her leg to be amputated. bailey married her. | Tho se some months ago, and Bailey < that her brother. conspiring with a woman of Philadelphia and hiy private secretary, estranged her from him — WOMAN FAINTS IN COURT. to Make Complaint Against Man Arrested While standing before the clerk in the West Side Police Court to-day, pre- paring a complaint which she wished to make against a man Miss Edith 1. sinh, Of So, 25 Butler tyn, suddenly fainted She into a room off the court-r vived Miss Smith and Oseay Sclinebel, of No, 274 West One Hundred and Fortiett sireet. were taken to the West ty suicide in Johannesburg, South Africa Cohen was one of the most prominent Rand financiers and was reputed to be worth anywi from $80,000,000 to $160, 000,000, He controlled nine of the best mining properties in South Africa and had other large financial interests. Re- cently it was reported that he was in financial difficulties, but later news from South Africa said he had come out of his trouble all right. When London first heard the news of his death South African shares broke a little, and it is thought they will remain unsteady until further information ts learned regarding Cohen's suicide and the reasons that led to it, TWO RUNAWAYS ON BRIDGE. Nelther of Them Did Any Damage and No One Hart. There were two runaways on Brooklyn Bridge to-da: taneously. t 1145 o'clock a horse and bakery wagon owned by Hildebrand & Co., of No. 499 Carroll street, Brooklyn, and driven by Henry Umbeck, ran away on the south roadway. Trolley Inspev- tor Morrell was a short distance away and stopped the frightened horse. ‘There was no damage. At almost the same time a horse and id a ted Refuse the almost simul- wagon, owned by Hugh ‘horney, of | seventh street station to-day by a cab- No, 34 Virat avenue, and driven’ by|man, Both were locked up on a charge ugene Thorney, ran away on the lof fitoxleation, At the station lous north roadway, ‘This horse was stopped. Mise Smith ace’ bel of having by Patrolman Post. There also was) forced her to and attempted no damage. robbery. After. she had recovered fr faint the woman refused tom complaint against Schnebel, were discharged by Magistrate ——— FIRE CURTAIN CAUGHT. BERLIN, Jan. °.—The fron fire curs tain refused to work at the Royal The- a PUBLISHING HOUSE FAiLs. The Boardman Consolidated FP: re- quired by the new ordinances adopted | ing Company, publ et since the burning of the troquois The-] Fifth avenu to-day ned f atre in Chicago. Emperor William was] benefit of creditors to Daniel J. Hi among those present, and he made per-]| The officers are Lee Boardman, sonal inquiri {0 the cause of the| President; Amanda Van Brunt, Secre- curtain nitty to come dow: tary, Malas a capital atocis| |Discovered Her Loss on Steps {HAD JUST SETTLED CLAIM. ' Doesn't Know Whether Bills Were tion Brought by His Brother-) WOMAN LOST S800 ON WAY TO A BANK of Savings Institution and Her| Frenzy Attracted a Large| Crowd About Her. Stolen o- Dropped on Her Way! from Lawyer's Ciitice—Police Are Asked to Investigate. A middle-aged, stout woman wringing her hands this afternoon attracted a crowd on the sidewalk before the Eml- grant Industrial Savings Bank, No, 61 Chambers street. “It tm stolen she cried Clutched tn one of the hands was an open pocket book. ‘My $600 is gone,” she walled to a sympathizing citizen “I was taking the money to the bank.” Policeman William Schreiber, of the Sixth Precinct, questioned the woman and learned that the money had just been paid to ber by a lawyer in settle- ment of a claim, “Are you sure that the money was stolen?” he asked. “1 may have lost it," sald the be- wildered woman, as the crowd grew larger. ‘The package of money was in my purse, twenty-fve $20 bills, ad- ressed to the Mercantile National Bank.” Oh! what shall I do!” The woman refused to give her name to the officer, but took his advice and returned at once to the attorney's office. Late this afternoon the Church street police station reported the loss to Police Headquarters. (TWO WEST SIDE FIRE AT ONE TWME They Were Only a Few Blocks. Apart, but One of Them Dem-_ onstrated that an Incendiary Was at Work. ' Two fires within four blocks of each as un the two other necessitated three al upper west side to-day and lett battalion districts practically without | protection, Neither fire amounted to much, but one established the fact that! theré is a flat-house Incendiary at work | In the negro fat-hous in the West} Sixty-eight street police precinct, The first fire occurred in the four- story flathouse at No. 62 West End av nue, It originated from an overhea stove in the apartments of a Mrs, Far- | rell on the third floor. Mrs, Farrell was not at home and the fire spread rapidly, linally getting into the alrshaft Victor Esperzito and his wife were eating lunch in their kitchen on the fourth floor when the fire them, | erzito got to the street by way of the staircase, H. wife remained be- hind and was about to throw herself from the front window when a police- man climbed over from the next house and rescued her. ‘Two alarms were sent in for this fire, and the blaze was quickly subdued, but the firemen went into every apartment in the house, breaking down doors and smashing furniture. Hyman Zorowitch complains that the firemen broke into two trunks in his apartment in their search for fire and threw the contents out the window. He, wants to have somebeuy arrested, While the West End avenue fire was occupying the attention of the firemen, Mis. Mw itress of the negro tlathouse Nos. 213-15 West Sixty- third street, discovered a blaze in the cellar, She called a policeman, who sent in an alarm, All the apparatus in the district was at the other fire, so engines were sum- moned from other districts. By the time they arrived the flames had gone up the alrshaft to the root and were eating into the apartments. All of the tenants got out by the fire-escupes save | one woman on the third floor, who ap. peared to be crazy from fear., She was Just about to jump with her baby when n reached firesescay firemen carried her down a ladde: erosene had been spilled in the cel- i i sides of th attles that found on where i eighth street preeine TROLLEY FIGHT IN BRONX. New Line Seeks Charter and In Op- posed. } most extre 0 PENNED IN MINE. AND ALL THOUGHT DEAD + Big Force of Workers Caught in a Colliery Crash Near Pittsburg, and ‘ittle Hope that Any Survived the Concussion or Es= caped the Gas That Filled the Place. ; THE MEN PROBABLY SUFFOCATED WHILE THE RESCUERS WORK, - Relatives of the Victims Crowd About the Shaft Crying Out for Them and Doctors — Wait to Minister to Injured—Several Men on Surface Burned. 22.—An explcsion of gas in the Harwick ccai mine,” buried 150 workmen, and little hope is held out tbat PITTSBURG, Jan. near Cheswick, to-day any escaped death. The crash wrecked the colliery, completely cutting off escape and en- the victims 200 feet below the surface, As there was little or no ei after the shaft was filled with the debris the only possible chance ae y. remaining alive is that they made their way to side chambers sup- to be free from gas. : re violence of the explosion, which sent. rocks 200 feet in the air, and fact that itewas impossible to get anywhere near the victims hours after the crash, tcllc against the chance of rescuing any alive. CROWDS AT MOUTH OF PIT, : The excitement is intense at Cheswick and Springdale, where the fam- {les of the miners live. Great crowds surround the pit mouth, and the wails of the women and children of the entombed men are pitiful. post the About remainder on the tipple. explosion, one being killed and another fatally injured. with might and main. Help was summoned from all sources available auld as many are assisting in the work o? rescue as can conveniently work there Supt. George Sheets as soon as he heard of the accident telepnoned to Cheswick and Springdale tur ussistanve. Gangs of workmen were sent ip response and physicians hurried to the scene to take care of the injured. ‘The mine is about a mile from Cheswick, which is fifteen miles from here, and was opened about two years age. The company is allied with teb ‘Allegheny Coal Company and, it is said, was vperated by Cleveanld eapi- errs Sheets stated that he feared the worst, but there was a possibility that some of the miners might have sought retuge in one ot the mine cham- bers away from the fire, and in this way escaped death, ‘The rescuing party has sent to UhesWick lor a sneat, with wmicn It 1s hoped to be able to descend into the mine. After the injured men had been cared for, Mine Inspector F. W. Cun- riogi am was notified of the disaster, and preparations were made to go to the relief of the imprisoned miners. The airshaft had also been damaged by the explosion, and it was two hours before air could be pumped into the mine. As soon as possible the pumping was begua, and was kept up pend- ing the arrival of Inspector Cunningham. EXPLOSION CAUSED BY GAS. : There were many nationalities among the miners. The majority of them were foreigners, aithough there were many of American birth. The ‘Americans mostly lived at Cheswick, The foreigners lived at the settlement. Manager Sheets suid that he believed the explosion was caused by are damp. There was little fire foliowing the explosion. or a few minutes smoke hung around the mouth of the shart. Jnen it arifted away anda, except ror the partially, wrecked tipple, there was nothing to show that several score of human beings had probably gone to their death in an instant. While tie exact cause of the catastrophe nas not been determine@, it undoubtedly resulted from an explosion of gas. If it had been from fire-damp the explosion would nave resuitea as soon az the iron descended into the mine. 1t 18 said the mine satety lampe | rcantred by law were used by all the men AIR CURRENT ONLY HOPE. It fe said the force of the explosion was such that every man tn the limited space under ground must have been instantly killed by the cans usaion, and it is likely that the interior of the mine is badly wrecked and Any of the me ht possibly have oscaped the shock of te i the afterdamp, and mining at any will be brought out alive, The mine being a new one, and the and headings being driven only @ shor distance, reduces the chances of the men {> escape, would practically have no chance after they saw the fredamp them on the roof of the chamber tn a sheet of tame, Fol-— lowing the usual custom of miners, they would throw themselves ou tueit faces, extinguishing their lamps as rapidly as possible, ‘There is always a small, light current of air along the rail, even In the ye cages, and on similar occasions tis ight current nas been known to save the Hyes of the miners. ‘ 10 ani aved. explosion have heen probably suffocated by ly t men think it is hardly 1 vi They coming 10 Ata me fore tre Board of Ale dermon te-das ads and opponent © New Y Westchester and B on Railway, which ix seeking a fron for its lines in the Bronx, was —$—$——$__— iso's Cure for Consumption w! Very little can be done in the way of rescue work until arter the arter~ damp has been driven from the mine by strong currents or alr pump 200 men were employed in the mine, 150 working inside, and the ~ ‘Toe men on the tipple were badly burned by te With the knowledge that scores of lives depended 08 the prompt section Jot laborers at the mouth of the mine an excited gang of men are working ae ropes