The evening world. Newspaper, February 23, 1904, Page 3

~ a te ——— LEFT $3,000,000 Estate Divided by Will Among Members of His Family and No Public or Charitable Be- quests Made. WIDOW, SON AND DAUGHTERS THE CHIEF BENEFICIARIES. Management of the Testator’s Business Will Largely Fall on Dan Hanna, Who Is Named as One of the Trustees. CLEVELAND, Feb. 23.—The will of Benator Mareus A. Han probated to- day, leaves an estate valued at ubout $3,000,000 to his family. There ire no public bequests. The principal benefictaries are the widow. Mrs. Charlotte Augusta Hanna; the son, Daniel Rhodes Hanna; the two daughters, Mabel Augusta Hanna Par- sons and Mrs. Ruth McCormick, wife of Medill McCormick. of Chicago. 1 A sister, Lillian C, Hanua Baldwin, is wiven $10,090, An aunt, Mrs. Helen Con- vorse, gets $1.00, and each of the grand- children $5,000 eych. The widow inher- ite the homestead property, all Its fur- nishings, the stables and the .jbrary in Meu of one year's support. i Several years ago Senator Hanna took | out considerable life insurance for the Denefit of his three children, The “will | provides that these gifts are not to be } taken into consideration in the settle- ment of the estate, The estate in the main is to be di- vided into three equal parts. The first third was left to Mrs. Hanna, to re main as her own during her natural life, and at her death to be disposed of by trustees. The remaining two-thirds is then to be divided into three equal parts and dl- vided among the three childres, share and share allke, But the shares are to be held in trust for the children by the trustees, who will conduct the affairs of each and give to tiem the income from each part, In the even of the dtath of the two daughters, and that they have no chil- dren, then one-fourth of thelr shares is to be given to their husbands and the rematiing three-fourths are to re- vert back to MPs, Anna and her son Dan'el. ‘The executors are not asked to give bonds, It was the directions of Senator Tianna, that all partnerships in which he was interested during his life should be continued the same as if he were still alive. In addition to this, however, he dele- gates the power to the trustees to ter- minate such, partnerships at any time they @osired, if in thetr judgment such @ stop should be considered the best move for the interest of the estate. Under the terms of he will ft is ex- pected phat the bulk of the business will fafl upon the shoulders of Dantel R. Hanna, the son, Daniel Hanna, Mrs, Hanna and L, C. Hanna are appointed trustees, Nothing {s left to charity, Senator Hanna desired that the trus- tees of his will be not required to fur- nish bonds and also asked that no ap- praisal be made of the estate. Probate Judge White, however, declared that such @ request had no effect in Inw and that an appraisal would be made. He appointed Gen. George A. Garretson, E. H. Bourne and Daniel R. Taylor to Mithe trustees ate authorized to con- tinue the business of the estate, ea DICK WILL SUCCEED HANNA. “SweetserS, of Ohio, Says It In Practically Settled. Gen, C. N. Sweetzer, ‘of Toledo, O.,who # in New York on business, told The Evening World to-day that there ts no foubt about the selection of Gen, Dick to succeed the late Mark Hanna in the Uniter States Sena “Gen, Dick,” said Gen, Sweetzer, “will probably be chosen by acclama- tion? All of the Ohio leaders are agreed upon him, I was at the meet- ing in Cleveland where the agreement was reached and Cox and all the rest are satisfied. “Tr wus nO More than pignt that nh. Dick should be awarded the place. He practically stepped aside for Gov. Her- tick last fall, Gov. Herrick has always been an executive man; Gen. Dick has always been a legisintive mait, He will make a good Senator. CARS 10 AUN ON NEW BRIDGE JULY 4 Commissioner Best Says Plans Contemplate Having Line in Operation on That Date— Companies Co-Operating. The plans for running cars over tho Williamsburg Bridge are rapidly matur- Ing. Bridgé Commissioner Best said to- day that the plans contemplated having the cars in operation positively by Tuly 4. “I have already conferred with Presi- Gent Winter, of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, and Col. Heins, of th Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad,” sald the Commissioner, “and these gen- tlemeh assured me that they would gladly co-operate with the bridge do- partment,” Commissioner Best added that the e: Bineors of his department would draw. up a plan which will be submitted to the two companies. The plan will in-; flude, only the running of care from the. Brooklyn to the Manhattan ter. 7 al, and when put In operation would ‘afford Immediate relief, and would oo- le at time a reconstruction to in’ more’ ban te en: ad ter- _ final or through improv. ~ SENATOR HANNA (WOMAN ON FIRE | BATTLES FOR LI Mrs. Frank Louis Nugent, with Her Clothing in Flames, Leaps from Window Into Snowdrift in an Effort to Escape. NOW IN HOSPITAL. IN CRITICAL CONDITION. Blazing Beeswax, Whiclt Was Being Heated on a Stove, Caused Accident in Woman’s Beautiful Home.’ Mrs. Frank Louis Nugent, wife of a wealthy dry-goods man, was almost burned, to death in her residence, the fine old Colonial mansiun at the north- enst corner ‘of Riverside Drive and Etghty-eighth street, to-day, With her clothing in flames, Mrs. Nugent, who is a large woman, leaped from a ground floor window into the garden of her home, and with rare presence of mind Tan across the lawn to the fence on the Elghty-eighth street side, against which she sqw a small pile of snow, all that the rain had left of the last downfall. She threw herself into the snow and rolled over and over in in effort to ex- tnguish her burning garments. Her outeries were heard by her gar- dener, George Armstrong, and he ran from the stable with an armful of blankets, in which he wrapped the un- fortunate woman. A few seconds later and Mrs, Nugent would huve been turned to death, for the scanty supply of snow wus Insufficient to put out the fiames. As it Js, she 1s in the J. Hood Wright Hospital in a dangerous condi- ton, her face, arms, legs and body THE WORLD: 'bURSDAY BV i, eroorns s rhKUARY 26, RICH WOMAN, WHO WAS BADLY BURNED IN HER HOME, AND BER DAUGHTER, WHO IS PROMINEN1 IN SOCIETY. (Photographs by Aime Dupont.) badly burned. Home a Historic B: The home of the Nugents is one of the historic buildings of New York. It was an old colonial residence and has stood on its present site for 110 yeara, it is within a stone's throw of the new Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument on Riverside Drive. ‘The outside is the same as {t always has been, but the inside has been modernized and fitted with hardwood floors. ‘The family con- of Mr, and Mrs. Nugent, thelr son, Frank L., their daughter, Louisa, und a young daughter, Miss E. V. Nugent, who {s a pupil at Miss Ger- rish's school nearby, and a number of servants, Early to-day Mrs. Nugent ordered the kitchen maid, Barbara Basak, a Bo- henilan girl, to melt a pail of turpen- Une and beeswax and polish the floors with it. The glrl placed a pail of the mixture on’ the kitchen range and left {t there to melt. A few minutes later she discovered that the pail was leaking and that the fluid had run into the range and caught fire. Flames were blazing up from several different points and before the girl could do anything the whole pail caught fire. Then the girl,screamed for help, and Mrs. Nu- gent, who was in a nearby room, rushed In, Her Clothiug Caught Fire. She picked up the pail and ordered the girl to opon the window. Then she made an effort to throw the stuff out into the garden. She succeeded, but in swinging: it around a lot of the burning fluid spilled on her gown and in a second she was in flames. Both she and the Basak girl tried to beat the flames out with thelr hands, but could do nothing. The flames sprang up into Mrs. Nu- gent's face and it was all that she could do to protect her eyes. The Basak girl, with her hands badly burned, ran wildly about the kitchen screaming at the top of her lungs. Mrs. Nugent knew that there wasn't another! servant in the lower part of the house. Her husband and son were away, her’ daughter Louise was in her room on an upper floor and the younger daughter was at school. If she was to be saved at all she would have to save herself. Without a moment's hesitation Mrs. Nugent ran to the window and leaped out, carrying part of the framework with her, A number of people on tho street saw her, a living column of flame as ‘she landed in the garden, but be, cause of the high fence they‘could do nothing. Ran to Snow Heap. the garden Mrs, Nugent hesitated tor at tecend, then spled the little heap of snow and made for it. A moment later she was rolling over and over in it, In this way she succeeded In saving her head, but the flames ,raged about the lower part of her body, and It wasn't until the gardener came with dlankets that these were extinguished. Wrapped in blankets, Mrs. Nugent was carried into the house, where she swooned, At no time ‘while she was burning did she lose her presence of mind, and to,that alone she owes her life, ‘Her daughter Louise was frantic When she saw her mother's condition, and going out on the street quickly sammoned a policeman, The latter sent in a for an ambulance and one soon arrived fromthe J. Hood Wright Hospital. The surgeon said that Mrs, Nugent was horribly burned and that the only chance of saving her life was to Ret her to the hospital, She was taken there in the ambulance. ‘The Basak girl was badly burned about theshands, Her Injuries were dressed at the house. Mr, Nugent was sent for and also the ‘daughter at. Mis Gertish’s sehool. When they arriv and learned what had hanpened there was a sad scene at the house. ——<———__$_ WANT. TO BE FIREMEN. Applicants Asked {f They Smoke Cigarettes or Drink, Fire Commissioner Hayes to-day sum- moned before him the twenty-five men whose names head the eligible list for appointment to the Fire Department. Twenty-three of the men appeared, two of these being from Brooklyn, The men were closely questioned by the Commissioner as to thelr hab! especially cigarette smoking and drink- ing. Commissioner tayes then asked euch man individuauy if he had paid or been asked to y any sum of anoney in order to get his name on the eligibie lst for appointment. Hach man an- wered the negative, and i went before’ the earring Wwenty-five men will On, en se ee have an FALL FROM CLIFF KILLS VALE STUDENT Robert John Rich, of Fort Dodge, la, Tries to Scale Treach- erous West Rock at New Haven. (Special to The Evening World.) NEW HAVEN, Feb. 23.—Another Yale student bas lost his life in the fruitless attempt to scale the face of West Rock, the promontory which overhangs the western part of @e city, rising 1,200 feet from the level. The body éf Robert John Rich, aged twenty-two, of Fort Dodge, Ia., a sopho- more in the Yale academic department, was found at the base of the cliff ihis afternoon. Two divinity students out for a walk discovered the body. At first they thought the young man. had been murdered. They did not touch the body until assistance was summoned. The medical examiner, Dr. C. J. Bartlett, came. He discovered that the watch was ticking in the pocket and nothing about the clothing had been disturbed. The body had evidently since yesterday afternoon. no evidence of suicide. Rich roomed in Fayerweather Hall. one of the dormitories which holds many wealthy Yale men, His roomm that he was fond of tramping, and last seen yesterday mornin; father, B. H. Rici, of Fort Dodge, is to be a wealthy business man The body has been brought to an unde taking establishment and the parents notified, Several students have lost their lives by falling from the same treachero\ been there There was PRIZE-FIGHT? NO, BONING EXHIBTIN Magistrate Zeller Refuses to Hold 38 Men Arrested in a Raid by Police in East Fifty- seventh Street. (5 Police Capt. Robert Tighe, of the East Fifty-first street station, arraigned forty-one prisoners in the Yorkville Po- lee Court to-day, charging two of them with being principals in a prize-fight, a third with being the fight promoter and thirty-eight with having witnessed the bout. When the evidence wns all in Masistrate Zeller decided that the po- lice captain and his thirty men had simply raided an athletic school, that; there had been no prize-fight, and no one had broken the law. The boxing exhibtion was held in the athletic school of Jimmie De Forest, at| Madison avenue and © Fifty-seventh street. When the police entered the place Stonewall Jackson, a negro boxer, and Al Sullivan, a white man, were stripped and reitdy to try conclusions. There were thirty-elgat spectators in the room and De Forest was acting as master of ceremonies. The forty-one men were taken to the Fast Fifty-first street station-house and locked up. ‘ “It was only one of my weekly boxing exhibitions,"" explained De Forest in court to-day. “The spectators had to pay $2 to get in,” charged Capt. Tighe. ‘Prove that,” answered De Forest, can't," returned the police captain, “hveryboay dismissed,” broke In the! Court, and the forty-one prisoners filed cliff, TWO KILLED WHEN ENGINE EXPLODED Victims Asleep in. Caboose When Locomotive Blew Up—' Engineer and Fireman Blown Out of Cab, but Alive. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Feb. 2%. Lewis Swatser and John Mahey, of Erie lost their lives by the explosion of a locomotive ow the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, near Kane, Pa. The men were asleep in .the caboose at the time of the explosion and before they could be rescued Mahey’s body was burned to a crisn, while Swatzer died a short time after being taken from the burning wreckage. ‘The engineer and fireman were blown out of the cab of the engine by the force of the explosion, but were not fatally injured. TWO: ACQUITTED OF ISHNEFF MURDER Second Trial of Prisoners Con- nected with the Massacres Results in Year’s Imprison- ment for One Man. KISHINEFF, Russia, Fob. 23.—At the resumption to-day of’ the seoond trial of prisoners connected with the més. sacren here, Kurban and Rotar, accused of murdering Abram Kogan. were ac-( quitted, but the former was condemned to a year’ ijn Aa anand for partiti- tion in the ts. . damage sult was.dismissed, ~~ s to the street. TIED THE DOORS AND ROBBED HOUSE Burglars Adopted Novel Method! of Preventing Possible Dis- turbance and Escaped with Much Silverware. + A novel method for prevention of sur-' prise while they engaged in roDbing a house was adopted by burglars to-day, who ransacked the residence of Moritz Brockman, a wholesale quor dealer, at No, 94 East Sixty-ninth street. After forcing their way with a ‘jimmy’ through the front door the thieves went to the second floor and entered the bed chamber of rM. end Mrs. Brock- man, and adjoining it that of their ft- teen-year-old daughter Daisy, The doors of these roms open inward. With a long rope the burglars slipped a knot around each door knob, so that neithor wor could be opened from the inside, Secure from the occupants of these rooms, who, as it happened were not awakened, the burglars went through the house and took silver tableware, bric-a-brac and wearing apparel. Mt. and Mrs. Brockman recently celebrated ‘thelr silver wedding anniversary and costly’ presents they received were taken, ‘The value of the good stolen is estimated at $3,000. When they had made a clean sweep of tho house the burglars left, as the: had ‘entered, through the ¢ront. door. in they tised a rope, tying the knob of the inward-swirging front door to the knob of the putward-swinging storm door, A patrolman who passed the house in the early’dawn saw the rope on the outside of the storm-door, He untied it and saw the marks of the “jimmy” on the Inner door. He went into the house and up to the second floor, where he found the rope that made prisoners of the occupants of the bedchambers. The awakened Mr. Brockman andthe extent of tho burglary was discovered. The lars are “being sought by the police FORCED GIRL TO SWALLOW POISON Masked Man Met Young Mrs. Parker Near Her Home and Emptied Contents of a Bottie Down Her Throat. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., mysterious attempt at mur has caused wilt excitement eight miles. from this c The In- Jed victim Mrs. Claca Parker, owes her life to the prompt and jous efforts of the physician who attended her, Mra, Parker is elghteen years old, and lives with lier grandmother, Mra. Horatio Parker. She was returning from the post-office and was near home when sho was attacked by a masked man. He pushed his head back, saying “Now, I've got you, Ninta." At the same time he thrust a xmall bottle into her mouth and allowed’ the contents to run out. He then clapped his hand over her mouth and nose, and by shutting off her breath forced her to swallow, After she had done so he picked hor up and threw her inside the door of the house, saying “You'll never live to tell.” Mrs. Parker screamed and her grand- mother ran to her afd.” Tho latter seat tor a physician and Dr. W. 8. Putney, a neighbor, responded He found symp- toms. of arsenical poisoning and promptly went to work. After several hours he pronounced Mrs, Parker out of danger. ‘To-day she is considerably improved, although still suftering from the shock. It was learned that several of the neighbors who heard Mrs, Parker scream immediately afterward heard the sound of somebody lashing a horse, the animal being driven off in the direction of New Haven. No one saw the driver close enovgh to give a good description of him, Deputy Sheriff Mallory, of Milford, has been assigned to the case, and is mak- ing diligent search for the polsoner. Mrs, Parker was formerly Miss Clara Kinzel. She was married about fifteen months ago to Louls Parker, of New Haven. Their married life was stormy, and Mrs. Parker left her husband about ten months ago and returned to with her grandmother. She complained of her husband's cruel treatment and refused to go back to him. “Ninta" is a rickname which was used solely by her grandmother, her brother and her husband. She did not recognize the voice of her assailant, and it was too dark for her to get ood look at him. AL. ADAMS LOSES 1K U.S. SUPREME COURT Appeal of “Policy King” Has Been Denied and He Will Have to Serve Out His Term in Sing Sing. Teb, 2.—A F by polson in Milford, WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The Su- preme Court of the United Stites to-day decided the case of Al Adams, the so- called policy king of New York, against Adams, the opinion being by Justice Day. : ‘The decision means that Adams will have to serve out his term in Sing Sin Justice Day said: “We think this w an unlawful search or seizure or com- polling of this man to tewtify againge himself in the giving in evidence of what the police officer found in execut- Ine the search warrant for the policy tickets.” Justice Day took up the contentions set forth in the petition that the statute was unconstitutional because it made there tickets, when found in the pos- seasion of a man, prima facle evidence against him, the claim being made that they might be given to a blind man or an innocent man, In giving his con- clusions on this subject tustice Day sald “We think the possession of these tickets may well be prima. face evi- dence against a man in prder to give him full right and opportun:ty to show how he came Into possession of them, and in any event it Is within the power of the State Inc of this character to way what shall be prima facte evi- dence in its gourts, We find no error in the judgment of the Const of Ap- peuls of New York and the same ts affirmed.” JOURYMAN ILL IN COURT. Frank Fort Stricken and William Nichols Trial In Adjou Frank Fort. one of the jurors in the case of William Nichols, now being tried cn a charge of subornation of perjury before Recorder Goff in Part 1., Ge eral Sessions, was stricken by an a taok of vertigo in court thia afternoon. Fort was removed to his home at No. 838 West End avenue and the case ad- Journed. * 1 CROKER AVERTS BIG EXPLOSION jFire Chief Builds Wall of Water Between Great Gas Tanks and Burning Factory in West Fifty-ninth Street. MANY RESCUES FROM ADJOINING TENEMENTS. {Firemen Have Narrow Escapes from Falling Walls—Building a Total Wreck—Loss Esti- mated at $250,000. The explosion of three tanks eon- taining nearly 1,909,000 cuble feet of gas and the enormous loss of life and property which would result from such A catastrophe was averted to-day Fire Chief Croker by in a manner even novel to fire-fighters. Flames ‘rom a burning factory opp. site the gas tanks were blown againat the huge receptacits until {t was feared that any moment they would explode. To prevent this the Fire Chief built a wall of water between the tanks and the fire Mrs. Dantel Sweeney, top floor of the West Sixtieth street, n the 0, 800 kened living tenement at aw dows. She found that the big six-story factory building back of her, extending from No, 5% to 5% West Fifty-ninth street, wax on fire. While she got the children out, her husband ran down and turned in a fire alarm. He also found a policeman, and by that time the flames wore ao flerce that the police ran the chances on turn- ing in a second alarm. Tarned in Two Alarms. That brought Chief Croker and addl- tional battali Chief Croker turned in two more alarms. In the burning building were the fne- torlex of a number of concerns, Includ- ing the cut-glass works of §, Straus, a brother of Nathan Straus; the works of the National Umbrella Frame Com: pany, of which Asher 'T, Meyer 1s pre: ident, and others. To the east is the big Cushman bakery and to the west row of tenements. With remarkable rapidity the fire ate through all the floors of the building, but so long as the walls stood there was ho great danger to be feared from the gas tanks, But Chlef Croker was not going to take any risks and spent a-half hour in hunting up the engineer of the gas works to order him to draw all of the gas from the tanks. Each tank con- tained slightly more than a million and a half cuble feet. The engineer promised the Fire Chief he would have the gas run off to the river, but he didnot, and no amount of argument could prevail upon him to dd so, Thirty firemen from Engine Com- panies No. M4, Foreman Ahearn, com- manding; No. 54, Capt. Fitzger No, 28, Capt. Egar, and No. 1, Capt. Naugh- ton, were standing directly in front of the burning bullding playing eight streams of water into it when suddenly, and without the least sign of warning, the whole front wall shot out into the street. It was after this wall fell that the flames swépt across the street and lapped up against the asides of the heavily charged and thin fron tank: “Ht was said that if one tank went all would go and that the concussion would be so great that every bullding within a mile or more of the spot would be razed to the ground, After that the firemen worked with a small but daring audience to watch them. Devised His Water Wall, Seolng that the Consolidated Gas Com. pany had not obeyed his orders to draw the gas off, Chief Croker ordered water turned on the tank. ‘All streams of water were ordered away from the burning bullding, which was now a hopeless wreck, and Chief Croker so concentrated them, with the nozzles of several water towers, that when the nozzles were elevated they formed a huge and perfect curtain, This curtain was so long agd so high that it completely blanket: the fire from the gas tanks, Gradually the fire was burning itself out and the flames swept lower. Then a few lines of hose were turned onto the gas tanks Lo cool them and in a half hour the great danger was passed and then the water eae poured onto the remnant of the Chief Croker roughly estimated thi total damage at $200,000, but Presid: Meyer, of the umbrella manufacturin, firm, lose between a quarter of a million and $300,000, Mr, Meyer, who was early on the scene, made arrangements to take his 40 employees at once to the Phila- delphia factory of the company. ee MORGAN AND BRIDE CHEERED Brokers Greet Married Japanese Girl. George Dalton Morgan and his Japan- ese bride were greeted with cheers by the curb market to-day while on a trip through the financial district The couple came through the str in an electric automobile hansom a as the vehicle turned rapidly from Wal! street into Broad the bride, who was apparently dressed in Japanese costume. was recognized and the noon- day crowd was much Interested, Without stopping at J. P. office the vehicle went rapidly down Broad syeet, Mr, Morgan pointing out the Stock Exchange and other points of interest ‘As the Cah passed the curb markot the young bfokers raised a cheer. Cho vehicle went on down the street with- out stopping. ——>$_—_ ADVANCED BY THE CZAR. ek Cherch Dig: ary in New York Made Bishop of Brooklyn ST, PETERSBURG, Feb. 33.—Areh mandrite Rippa of New York, has been raised cs u Czar to the rank of Broo! a a cat Othe aleutian diocesss Om G early to-day by heat breaking her win- | 5 {d that his company alone would | ew Yorker Who) Morgan's | | steamer was trying to pull her $10,000 WORTH ~OF GEMS STOLEN Believed Jewelry Was Stolen from the Home ot Henry Fal- ton at Mamaroneck While Family Was Dining. ; MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE ENTIRE CASE. |As Soon as the Robbery Was | Known the Police Were Noti- fied, but They Have Refused to Give Out Any Details, Ten thousand doiars’ worth of Jewels ee flee red from thé residence at Mamaroneck of Henry Fatton, an im- Forte. of ostrich feathers, whose place of business is at No. 4 East Righth lity. Tt Is though that the Was stolen last evening while family was at dinner, The vered this morning by Mrs. Fatton Patton lives In a handsome villa Huwthorne Park. The is Pred with a burglar aterm ayaten: throughout and every precaution was Jewolry: th dix | Mr, In loss was house jtaken to guard ag sbbers. Mrs, pation Ht the Jowel ease, wita = ct and the monay, we: fy the burevu drawer as late an 4 kK yesterday afternoon, ‘Phe bu- reau is int } » bedroom occupled by Mrs. Ratton (amily retired avout snd dis ts suid 4) jhave been Impassible for a affected au entrance during the night Without arousing Us Inmates. Ht ds beuevea nat une robery was committed while the Fimily was at dinner or some time ater in the even- ing before the members of;the house- hold had gone upstairs to their sleep ing rooms. it is thought provaole that burglary was the work of a aecond- 4 y Man.” and that he got in a win- dow on the seeond floor aL i; Din) Hp the: pore ary ied rhe os mend ane roperty includes; Dia- UU earesie, aiumond Ga beart earrings, ti solitaire diamond studs, gol waten and chain, a paat ui Be Guimond penuants, « coral aud Mond Yt, A OW breast pin with diamonds, « chain with locket, con Ing Uf 4 cameo surrothided by) a. nas, a diamond and ruby ring, a amMeued diamond ring, a ring with diamonas, a rlag with three diamonds, a sappiure and diamond ring and an opal and diamond ring. As soon as the robbery was discovered the police were notified, bi : was made public by the detectives On the cane, o8 they preferred to keep the matter secret until some clue. t thieves could be discovered The polive of nelhborit @ towns and villages. I been fied and asked to wateh suspicious strange Mr. and Mrs. Fatton live alone in the house with thelr these servants. Th latter are a cook, 2 maid id + coach- man. "The house is situated on the Boston Post road, and there are :aany handsome residences in the vicinity Mr. Fatton had left for thelr p business in New York this mornin fore his wife discovered the ro! Mrs. Fatton subsequently called sap et husband on the telephone and told ve for of the disappearance %f the jewols, he lost no time in taking a al home. On his ar. val here he | long talk with the village ofcials, and an investigation into the robbery’ was at once begun. This afternoon M Fatton sald there were no develo ments in the case, but that every po! sible effort was being made to run down the thief, DOESNT AGRE WITH COMPTROLLER McClellan Gives Board of Esti- Education’s Appropriation. Comptroller Grout will not have th Mayor with him in his controversy with the Board of Education, This became evident to-day when the Mayor an- nounced that he had given his approval to the bill introduced in the Legisla- ture yeaterday giving the Board of Es- Umate and Apportionment the power to reopen the budget for 194 in order that the Bourd of Education's appropriation may be further increased in the sum of $350,000, The -Mayor’s approval of the bill means that he has practically decided aginst every point raised by the Comp- troller in the controversy, | Reom for Econom), He Sa Mayor McClellan made cVOr, UAL he agrees Wi A Wuike clear ‘ sists can be 4 of Education says canuot be madc,"” s the Amyor Lo-aay, “18 the Dune ut Cou- tention, Even i we can agree to cere tain economies It 1s not practical to put to effect before we consider the or 1800. Ket tek at present confronted with the statement of the Board of Educa- tion that It must have money or clos. cation schools and re- March 1. Renters Munt Keep Schoo} f this ts the alt ard the needed money and ke creat! Open, schools open. he Comptroller on the other hand claima that the Board can get along | With its present appropriation if it cuts joff cortain activities—le calls Oem lux urious necessities, I believe, He would so of the German teachers. do not agree that toaohing Ger. man Ix a luxury, I think {t Is a necns- sity. I also regard physical culture as a necessity. The fact is that whatever economies may be practised considered hereafter supply the Board will need money for {ts uses. When the budget for 1905 {s considered, the question of economies | ‘enn be then, disposed of by the ard | of Estimate. ——eeianeserie=t ITALIAN STEAMER IS ASHORE.| | ae i} HAVANA, Feb. 22—The captain of! mate and Apportionment the Power to Increase Board of native T say give! must be! 1 for the present | SEVEN MEN ADRET N BARGES AT SE Gen. Knox and West Point Cut. | from Their Tow Off Delaware Breakwater by a Steamship Which Came Upon Them in Fog The big ocean going tug M. BE, Juck- enbach started from liere to-day coaled ind provisioned for a long crujse, if necessary, in search of the two coal barges General Knox and West Point. which were cut adrift from the tug Wal- ter Luckenback Monday nieht, and are now adrift somewhere off the Capes of Delawere unless they have zone ashore, Capt. Tom Daly. of the Walter Luek- ent + telegraphed his owners in this Delaware Brenkwater ‘that during a fog Monday night while nent Delaware Breakwater he had lost: tHe two barges from his tow. He left here Monday afternoon, towing the Buena Ventora, the Gen. Knox and West Point strung out behind him in the ordet named, Sometime after midnight grher. he was proceeding slowly, feeling hit way down the coast through a fox, an unknown steamship cut actoss his stern and, pussing between the first and xecond barges of his tow, cut the line, setting the Knox and West Point adrift. Ship Kept on Her Course, The steamship kept on ker cours¢ and Capt. Daly was unable to identify ‘her. He hove to until daylight trying: 6@Ulo- vate his barges, but could find not f them. Aires wind was blowing at d he fears that they haye ashore 1 all bands lost. the wet became hopelieh Daly headed for the Delaware ater, where he commun.eated He was ordered ty the time, i vee try his owners, od to Newport News with of Buena Ventura, where he was barges light to load coal. 4 na Ventura’ was formerlse a ship and was the frat pel ny was-tondemned and rted She satried a crew of five men. The West Point She carries a crew of three men. General Knox is also s hooner-rigged, and carries rew of fuir men, Roth Barges Wers 1 Roth of the castaway barges Naht stand Mo if water, ing a big broadside to makes them moro 1 ashore ean their ¢ sufficlent sail “apt. Lewis Luckenback sata that is the nest time in. the history Or mpany that a tow has bees ws were able to ald ip Lis in two by snother vessel crossing hawser, Ho ia awaiting farther” pare Ueulurs from his captain as to the ene tty of the steamship which cau the | trouble, 7 PATERSON ESCAPES 2 THE FLOOD PERILS; PATERSON, N. J,. Feb. that a flood was immin Jsened to-day when tt en that the water In the Passale River was raph flowing toward the sea, ‘Ly spite of truchuna In the channel toe. waren Ithough rushing swittly down stream, did nye choke the river to aay, steak extent, at A large quantity of ice, presumably. from above the falls. eame soma stream and dashed against the plers of the temporary bridge at but aside from knocking some of standards askew did no damage. - ‘There was « shiguc Moow at Avon dale yesterday. Brooks tributary to ———— RIVER FLOOD' SHUTS DOWN FACTORIES, _ NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Feb, > Several factories in the lower part of the city are clored down to-day on accoumy vuluige a gaeuig the bi ee NS SERIO. duce es aV0u Ee CBN DE Pls gd oul, noweys Work in the builaiugs will be resuued, ‘Thore is a great amount of water in the lower burt of the city caused he the breaking un of the ice in the Rari River. The water ran off and Streor? Wore Cooced oy wel as TA vs. The trolley tracks were blocked: nkes of Ice beinx washed onto them by from the viver, There was no ie property damaxe as people alone the, river had ample warning of the rise of the river. oe , FARMER DROWNED IN LAND FLOOD, LONGIS fst (Special to fhe Evening World.) SOUTHAMPTON, L. 1, Feb. 2— Jacob Federson, who lives at North Seat, came to this village yesterday and h Was made to-day. ve and Wagon were founi ice in a nol recurning Federsoa’s he frozen In th by the hite tresacs jwas Iving near in the water, | Roade have heen washed away by the freshet {and cellars and houses submerged. — 7 oo DE RESZKE IN NEW ROLE. Reported the Famous Tenor Wil je Director of Paris Opera, PARIS, Feb, “3—Jean De Reszke, it is reported, will become director of the upon the retirement of M, Gall- ind to that end will become @ ench citizen. H \tHEINAME THaKs MAGE THE | | NDERASRINNG FAMOUS EISENAUER, rely: Khan Made a PHENOM ES As BUCoess"on his ‘Am ishog EVER ETT PIANO, CAL THE \0' 16 POSSESSING WONDERFUL TOMA. Periection in Quality PRICE RIGHT Catalog jor the Asking ALFRED the Want Iine steamer Havana, which has arrived here from New York, re- | rts that he saw the Italian gteanicr onkfield ashore near Alligator Reef) of the Florida coast, An one Wararooms 141-143 5th Ave, J . sane cur navy in the Spadina 7 sold into a coal barge.” fe schooner rigeed. ‘The Arch street the ne blocked with >” the Pasmuic raver bees {ce and overflowed, but no serious 4 age resulted. its