The evening world. Newspaper, February 4, 1904, Page 1

‘Managers of Princess and Madison AND OTHER SPORTS| “PRICE ONE CENT. ’ “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ | NEW YORK. THU RSDAY F BRU ARY a 1904. PRICE ONE CENT. MAY. HAVE BEGUN JAPANESE WARSHIPS READY FOR BATTLE. Pe ty HDHD H HOO ADS PHPDPHPLSS HHL 9 TS FPDPDF999IYIHS 39-9999: $ 3 e > ISshimas YaKUmMo- Tvec@® OF THE JAPANESE FLEET F2DOOOO Square Say They Have Not Yet Been Officially Notified of Order to Close Issued To-Day. Six of New York’s playhouses will be dark to-night because of the alleged refusal of those in control to obey the orders of the, Mayor ‘to make the changes recommerided by the ‘Building and| Health Departments. 4 ‘The Mayor took instant action to-day when he heard that the managers had ignored his orders. The six places ordered closed are: GRAND OPPRA-HOUSE. HURTIG & SBAMON’S MUSIC HALL, in Harlem. MADISON SQUARE THEATRE. PRINCESS THBPATRE. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, formerly Mrs. Osborn's playhouse. HUBER’S FOURTEENTH STREET MUSEUM. MAY DEFY THE MAYOR. ' The Shubert brothers, who control the Princess and the Madison (Gauery ‘Theatres, said late this afternoon that they had not been, officially motified that their theatres could not open, and that they had no intention wf closing their doors. “But if you are notified to close what will you do?” asked an Evening | World reporter of Charles Miller, representing the Shuberts, “Nhat bridge we wii) cross when we come fo it,” said Mr. Miller, The attitude of the Shuberts may lead to trouble. The Mayor has said jatly that not one o: ihe condemned theatres can open to-night end Com-| nissioner McAdoo said this afternoon that the Mayor's orders would be} parried out to the letter if it took the entire police force of the city to ac- lish it. Representatives of the managers of the six playhouses condemned by the Mayor flocked to the City ilull this af oon to see if some compro- \mise could be arranged. The Mayor's answer to all of their pleadings was Naconic, “No compromise,” he said. nd then you can open.” MAYOR ACT?) PROMPTLY. ‘Phe order of th yor was issued to-day immediately after a @onfer- pence between Health oc.uissioner Darlington, Corporation Couns! Delaney {and the Mayor, held at the City Hall to-day. In addition to ordering Dr. Darlington to close those places at once, the Mayor sent word to Police Com- H “Go ahead and miake your theatres safe missioner McAdoo to give Dr. Darlington all the poljcemen necessary to see | Mr. that his orders are obeyed. This order to Commissioner McAdoo is said to be due to a story which reached the Mayor that some of the managers meant to résist his orders and to fight him in the courts. not be trifled with. The Mayor's decision is best told in a letter which he sent to Dr. Dar- lington within fifteen minutes after the Health Commissioner left his office. LETTER TO DR. DARLINGTON. hig lettor is as follows: Dear Sir: The joint report of the Fire, Health and Bu itlag Departments, made on the 2d inst., on the inspection of the theatres * of this city, showed that the following named theatres are unfit for * ue; ‘The Grand Opera-House, Hurtig &Seamon’s Music Hall, Huber's al | dome. | quiries near the p! ‘The Mayor says he Lda DRUGGED AND ~ ROBBED N-EAB3 Miss Srdaant ken Accuses Driver of Vehicle of Using Chloroform on Her and Taking Her Purse and Jeweis. Miss Clayborn Sheldon, twenty-two years old, of No, 258 West . 'Thirty- eighth street, told a story to Magistrate Barlow in the West Side Court to-day which resulted in the holding of John Moffatt, a cabman who lives at No. 35 Washington street, in $2,000 ball. Miss Sheldon claimed that after driving her! all over town Moffatt chloroformed her and then stole her purse and jewels. “I hired him at the corner of Cort- landt and Greenwich streets,” sald Miss Sheldon, “I told him to drive me the shortest road to the Hotel Ven- It was dark when I got into the cab, After riding for a long time and up and down dark’ streets he brought the cab to a sudden stop at Broadway and Forty-ninth street. Jumping down from the box he opened the doors and demanded $100 from me. I told him he must be crazy: Then he placed a hand- kerchief saturated with chloroform | over my nose. The first thing I knew | after that was that I was on Broad- way near Forty-ninth street. “He took my silver chatelaine! bag in fer_ purse and a lot of enameled gold watch was gone and several eticks pins were missing. I reported the case to Police- man Dundero.” Dundero has been looking for the man for the last few.days. By making in- where he gaged by the, young woman h out that Moffatt had a stand at the Liberty street ferry. Next day Moffatt did not appear, but to-day Dundero found him going into No. 671-2 Dey street. He was arrested charged with robbery. MRS. MAYBRICK IN A HOME, in Convalescent Retreat Until Released, LONDON, Feb. 4.—Replying to a ques- tion in the House of Commons to-day, Home Secretary Akers-Douglas con- firmed the reports that Mrs, Florence Maybrick had been removed from Ayles- bury Prison to a convalescent home, whore she will remain until summer, when she will be allowed her freedom, and said that she had been granted license under the Penal Servitude Acts. “In accordance with the wishes of the puthorities of the Home and with Mrs, Maybrick’s own earnest desire, wntch 1s, I think, entitled to consideration,” added Akers-Douglas, "I do not ‘propose {to make public any further details as to the time or place of her release.” ——<————— She Will Rem WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-elx hours ending at 8 P, M. Friday for New York City and vicinity: Falr and continued cold to-night; Friday fair; fresh westerly winds becom- ing variable. rete gos ete ee (CHEATING PRINCETON re em Hilh Reonoiersaais: |; __STUDENTS EXPELLED me Freshmen Bought Examination Papers in! Advance, It Is Alleged, and Were Prompt- ly Dropped from Rolls by Faculty, PRINCECTON, N. J. students of the Fresh been expelled from Pr sity on the charge of «: Feb. 4—Five| proached several students and offered an cass have| the papers for sale. One of ‘thes eton Untver- | students reported the matter to H. H. ating in ex-| Henry, a Senior, who is CChairi..an of chasing the papers-and using them to pass their examiations, On the recommensation of the com- [mittee the guilty students were dis- missed from the collége by the i The affair has caused Intense exc in college circles, and nothing talked of, each on the charge or larceny. It is| alleged that Thompson secured copies of the examination papers that had been prepared for the Freshmen through his son, who is employed in a local print- ing establishment. Kinney ts tecused of having ap- t 8 , | they had attended the funeral of Mrs Guthrie's mother. They had been away | several days, and Mrs, Guthrie made a fire in the kitchen range. She was pouring water into a kettle when there was a tremendous explosion. The range was shattered and pieces. of tron. were blown in all directions. One of the pleces struck Mrs, Guthrie in the right hand, lacerating it badly She was knocked down by the force of the ex- plosion and» was found lying on the floor by her husband. The explosion is at- tributed to the freezing of the pipes. KITCHEN STOVE EXPLODED Water Pipes Had Frozen and Wom- an Was Badly Hart. By the explosion of a water-back in the kitchen of James Guthrie, at No. 143 Ferry street, Jersey City Hetghts, to-day, Mrs, Guthrie was severely in- | jured and the kitchen was wrecked, Mrs, Guthrie and her husband had just returned from Morristown, where POLICE STOP OPENING OF THEATRES. Squads of poice appeared to-night in front of all six of the theatres which the Mayor had ordered closed and warned those in charge that they would be arrested if any attempt was made to open the playhouses. The appearance of the police at the theatres just about the time for the doors to open startled the theatregoers. In ordering out the squads Commissioner Mc- Adoo declared the unsafe theatres would he closed if it took the entire police force to enforce the order. UNITED STATES NAVY TO Ger THREE NEW WARSHIPS. tleship, two armored cruisers, three scout ships, two colliers and two marine boats.- : | STEAMER CATANIA HAS ROUGH vrvir® The steamer Catania from Santosr Rio Janeiro and Bai dos, with seven passengers on board. arrived het e to-day = sormy trip. High seas broke over the vessc.. onic. udder chain an did other damage 2 ——_———*+ LATE WINNERS AT NEW OI.EANS, edman 2, Foresight 3. ger 1, Velos 2, Gravina 3. pie $06060604)9000. sonetatanmnenas (JOCKEY 1S HURT AT NEW ORLEANS | Gannon Falls from meen Mount in IF GLAR'S ‘Army Aboard Battle-Ships Which Left Port Arthur Heads for Chemulpo, While Mikado’s Fleet Blocks the Way to Landing of Troops — at Strategical Points. DEFINITE ACTION AT TOKIO AFTER CABINET CONFERENCE. Ultimatum | Supposed Sent to St. Pete When: Hope of Peace ts Abandone ee Hurried Ashore for Action from Steamers and Fighting Plans Were Laid. LONDON, Feb. 4,—8.17 P. M.—A delat to Reuter’s First Event and Two Other! Telegram Company from Tokio says. Horses Pass Over Him, Ren-; 1Satchel (7 to 1) 2, Bengal 3, dering Him Unconscious. aminations, the Undergraduate System Committee, John N. ‘Thompson and Thomas Kin- | An investigation was immediately made THE WINNERS. ney, both residents of. Princeton, have | and {t Is said the Committee found that SSeS been arrested and held in. $1,000 bail| five students had ben guilty of pur-| FIRST RACE—Pronta (3 to 1) 1, e SECOND RACE—Travere (7 to 2) 1, Ben Howard (5 to 2) 2, Sid Sil- ver 3. THIRD RACE—Fort Plain re to 1) 1, Sadducee (4 to: 5) 2, Joe Goss 3. FOURTH RACE-—Lev Dorsey (3 to 1) 1, Exclamation (7-to 1) 2, Bond- age 3. (Special to The Evening World.) NEW ORLEANS. La., Feb. 4.—Jules Garson of. New York, has bought the r-old filly Miss Galore, Galore-Contenta, from Bob ‘Walden for $1,000. Miss Galore ts @ half- sister to Charentus, She signalized her WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The House Committee on Naval | f=" Affairs this afternoon agreed to the construction of a new bat- |}. \ debut on the turf yesterday by Rallop- ing over a fair fleld of youngsters H, D. Brown and “BUI Flynn, of Texas, created a tremendous sensation in the crowded lobby of the St. Charles Hotel last night by engaging inya fist fieht. Brown owns Alamode, which won at long odds yeste: Flynn Introduced Brown to a.man named Lehman, who bet considerable money on Alamode. Brown and Lehman had a settlement in ‘the hotel, and when Flynn asked Brown to divide with him the owner of Alamode landed on the Texan's jaw. Wynn retaliated, Weather and track conditions to-day were perfect and the racing was spir= ied. Eighteen books weer {n line. John Fay cut in for the firet time. Jim Murphy, the largest operator here, cut in for three daya Wednesday and sold his stand to-day. This is the first time he has been off since the meeting com- menced. Murphy has been laying @gainst the favorites, and it looks as thouga they have “trimmed” him. FIRST RACE. One mile. was the usual jam at Urehin fell and Pirate's Daughte him, When the clond away Gannon was out on the trace jockeys scramb! Gannon was c: room in an Satchet had the early speed in the race and ted until well into the last aix- teenth, when Pronta came with ie catching the leader tring Soe inet few wwides and won by & turn their feet ‘while to the jockeys condition. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS SAIL f 5 oo BOS 1 fa wo ja the first 0 ifs lying stretched The other two “The general impression here is that all hope of peace is” gone. “The Elder Statesmen had a conference this afternoon at which the Emperor was present, It is believed a weighty de- {cision was reached,” SEOUL, Corea, Feb. 4.—Six thousand Russian troops hate sailed from Port Arthur and will endeavor to land at hen the port of Seoul, to-morrow This big force is declared heading here on the Czar’s big fleet which left Port Arthur, and the immediate landing of the men will be tried, on the plea that Japan has already sent a large body of troops ashore. Japan will oppose Russia’s move, and a clash that is Togardag as inevitable will in all probability start the war. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 4.—Russia’s warships which sailed hurriedly under secret orders from Port Arthur, may be expected to appear at Ohe- mulpo, near which spot a number of Japan's fighting vessels are said to be cruising. In view of the critical condition of affairs and the probability of imme, diate war the first sea battle will likely be fought in Corean waters. ‘There is danger of a clash any moment, and the Coreans, realising this) are in a state of panic. The deepest depresdion prevails at all the meee where eventual massacres of foreigners are apprehended. The Europeans also have taken alarm and are sending their families ey Shanghai. Advices received from Seoul to-day state that every steamer from Japan conveys to Corea many Japanese officers dnd soldiers in disguise, and their presence in such numbers is regarded by the Russians as being a secret oc- cupation of Corea. TROOPS AWAIT WORD TO FIGHT, At all other points Russia and Japan are lined up for war. Along the Yalu River the troops of the two nations are facing each other. The sudden activity is due to the policy of Viceroy Alexieff, who, having been given discretion in the matter of beginning wer, is making all prepara- tions for thé first strike. The satling of the Port Arthur fleet and the stripping of the cruisers at Viadivostok for action, Wuile the note to Japan is held up, 1s considered as pointing to but one thing: Russia's reply to the Japanese note will be one that Japan will not accept, and the failure to accept it will mean war. TOKIO, Feb. 4.—Should Russia choose to provoke war pending the ar- rival of her reply to the Mikado’s final terms she will find Japan fully pre- pared to meet her at any point. The Emperor held another conference with bis Ministers to-day, at which the entire situation was canvassed thoroughly and orders of great moment were despatched to the Japanese commanders + ener FOR FAR EAST FROM SUEZ SUEZ, Psypt, Feb. 4.—THe Russian battleship Oalabya, the transport’ Sarafoff and three torpedo boaf destroyers sailed to-day for the Far Bast, TOKIO, Feb. 4.—The Japanese commercial agent at Vladivostok was) notified Wednesday by the commander of the Russian garricon that he Wy) might st any time, in accordance with orders from St. Petersburg, ha } to proclaim a state of siege. Consequently he desired the agent to preparations for the eventual departure of Japanese residents. Should ai wish to temain they will be ordered to repair to Habarovel, .