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y it} AY Pg EVENING- — E “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | NEW YORK, THURSDAY, t PRICE ONE CEN » EBR t ARY FOR NEW SUBWAY TD GOST $20.0 000 HOW ARTHUR; WHERE HER SHIPS (Drawn from Cabled Descriptions to The Evening World by Artist PPGOEHOETDHHHOSATS “ ee ee AAPAMESE PLOT ~~ CHANNEL. Sores, wire President Vreeland and Thomas EI Ryan Submit Proposition for a New, : Underground System on Both Sides : ‘of the City Connecting with Trolley i Lines. | \3 14 Terminus ts Be at 138th Street and ; Third Avenue, and Route Will Cover Lexington Avenue to Grand Central’: Station and Then Down Broadway. I$ | “la d ond Thomns F. Ryan submitted to the Rapht President H H V° ‘Transit Commission to-day a comprehensive scheme of underground tran- sit, which reveals the promulgation of another gigantic plan of travel for! second onty to the present subway. | millions of dollars will be involved in the present ambitious plan of the fnternrban, formerly the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. This plan was under consideration long before the death of the late William Cc, Whitney. Jeath of Mr. Whitney seems nol to have interfered with the stupendous proposition. Mr. Vreelund’s Jetter to the Commission, as follows, gives the details of the project, the Consideration of which was re- ferred to the Committee on Plans: “The vorthern terminus of the proposed reute is at a point in the Bronx, near Third avenue and One Hundied and Thiriv-eighth street, at the principal business centve of the Bronx, where seven of our surface lines converge. From this point the route extends under the iarlem River to lexington avenue; dowa Lexington avenue past the Grand Central station to Fifteenth street; along Wifteenth street and under Union Square to Broadway (passing wndert the present suliway at Union Square); down Broadway to Chambers street; along Chatnbers street to William street wing Under the present subway and the proposad be 'dge loo), ong Willlam street to Hanover Square, and thence the Battery through Coenties slip and South street; through the Battery (passing outeide of the Rattery loop of the present subway and over the Brooklyn extension , thercof) to Greenwich street; along Greenwich street, West Broadway and! Hucson- street to Eighth avenue: along Righth avenue to Thirty-fourth; street (passing above the Pennsylvania tunnel and through the centre of the new Pennsylvania station at a grade which has been approved by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company), and along Thirty-fourth street (passing ‘he attempt of the Japanes: to bottle a ter understyod when one f wt the rdn wide. Further out to sen the channel MORSE NEED NOT $12.50 VERDICT WHITNEY STABLE TELL OF SCANDAL, FORM, GUEST ~~. The acroas, so that two! Recorder Goff Sustains Ice King Jury in Supreme Court Decides’ Harry Payne, in His Refusal to Give Evi-- that Young Mr. Lowther) dence to the Grand Jury Con- cerning His Wife's Divorce. Most of the Famous Horse Are to Be Disposed Of. Alienated His Wife’s Atfecs| tions to That Extent. Charles W. Morse, jee king and) A jury in the Supreme Court before A | “ Cire Biederman “JAPS TRIED TO “CHOKE” PORT TEN ARE SUNK AP ral IS 10 BE SOLD Executor of His! FOURTH RACE—Miladi Love (9, Father's Will. Decides that) The eutire racing stable of the late to be sold at 110°CLOCK! | NIGHT EXTRA _ {) — ulation Books Open to All.”’ | x CENT. ~ PRICE ONE GUNS AGAIN HANER FORTS kT PORT ARTHUR —_— ot t ; Major-Gen. Pflug, in Command of the Rus- 9 : sian Forces, Reports to St. Petersburg that > : Another Engagement Resulted in Failure for the Mikado’s Fleet—Action Renewed. a eee ae JAP ATTEMPT TO BOTTLE UP PORT ARTHUR MILADI LOVE WINS. AT AGOOD PRICE Takes the Fourth Race at New Orleans at Odds of 9 to.2, and as a Result the Talent Win Heavily on the Victory. | A FAILURE.’ Latest Reports Direct from the Scene Tell’. How the Effort to Sink Four Merchantmen _ in the “Throat” of the Harbor Was Foiled ° by the Terrific Fire of the Russians. WINNERS. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 25.—From two accounts received here ‘to-day, it is believed that the biggest battle of the war is now raging at ; ate eer eae separ tal Port Arthur, The Japanese, with a fleet estimated at twenty-three ves- Beata ‘ sels of war, are making a determined onslaught on the fortifications. SECONDIRACE= Wresthiot aay? . Official advices of the action have been Teceived here. “They an- cj to 5) 1, Cyprienne (6 to 1) 2, Our, MOuNce a repulse of the Japanese. A later report said the action. was re- “hay Lillie 3, | newed. Everything points to the belief of the Russian experts that Port scarey Arthur is impregnable trom the sea. itt apie Halal ample ba After the failure of the Japanese fleet to bSttle up the harbor by ytion 3. | sinking tour Steamers in the deep water channel, the fleet sailed away? | ‘but soon returned Strongly reimtorced, and then the big action was begun. The Japanese fought their vessels with courage and daring amount- ing almost tq recklessness. In the manoeuvring back and forth the ships S lerier ni RACES Prautarieciore) 4, approached sometimes to within 3,000 yards ot the tortifications, firing | count 'em Out (7 to 2) 2, Velos 3 ‘| merciless broadsides and then quickly retreating. Their rapid move- | 3 i ments did much to save them from the fierce reply of the big land guns. | SIXTH RACE—Icicle (6 to 1) 1, RUSSIAN CRUISERS IN THE FRAY. |Agachue (7 to 10) 2, Safeguard 3. The Russian cruisers Bayan, Novik and Askold, the only ones in to 2) 1, Prodigal Son (7 to 1) 2, Mari- tane 3. under the Interborough tunnel at Park avenue) to a function with the, banker, cannot be used by DistrlotAt * Forbes this afternoon awarded) William ©. Whitney is fe cy W the harbor in condition for action, took up a position: at the entrance of { " i} Rpecial t ‘he vening wit iI uh de ’ a a main route at Lexington avenne. It is also proposed to add a loop connec- 1°" Jerome before the present aa Verdier for $1240 for A, Royal Guest | Pablie auetion i the near farure. This) ‘ee : ~ : ees on CRE TRACK, NEW OF ant } or, q t Japanese dared to make a ‘ tlon on Chambers street betweon the east alde line and the west side line,!2ury !n Mr. Jerome's efforts to got at (in bis sult againat Clarence 1s Lowther | Qecision was reached “1 days ago | summi ELdreOi mpipped: his: ble! the harbor, and even Pe ABa tae ate i awake # wed in the face Br ‘The plan contemplates the ultlmate extenslon of the west side line from the bottom of the Dodge-M Hivorce ; for the allenation of Mrs; Guest's #ffee- by Herry » Whitney, who under |” as ‘i ae ee be a of the constant tire from the land batteries they have these three vessel§ i ‘Dhirty-fourth street along Bightb avenue to the Harlem River. jscandal, Recorder Gott detided to-day [oie a }the will of his futher, filed pt Mineola neeniaue ta ’ to reckon with, A i Ban eee 4 } chat as long as the pr jug in which (Mrs Helon Limbeck Guest was the p yesterday, has the right to dispose of | naeittaiaaapectl SIN cia +) 523 o'cloek this afte a despatch was receiv ior- TRANSVER ARRANGEMENT PROMISED. Lee Ee ae ee erate abe pndgel wanes se SSW TAS Ie RW | Rfaraa A 9E Cee Hle plate on uottvor | Lee ns usnni thas OA a) AL 23 Oe ne a eee “The proposed routes are exceptionally well adapted for operation) Grand Jury is merely the secu ef v ley ele hawtd what clarener t. This reported decision of the best apriuters: in the West’ toclew)| Ger. Pilg, Chief of Stafty of Wiceroy "Alexielt, sent uncer torte yes ate, under a transfer agreement with our three hundred miles of surface lines}further evidence aaayist Charles tert x leer sad, Be she had tan wil place the murket at Marion for $5, Marion shortly after | ]t is as follows: Re rere craic Rrldlf midge, (eapectn| GNF GUWeNU/- Cree? eroas Gi Tidget Tow UnECE IT Te eee ee eee eee ere ee ee eee ee a tee tee! “The enemy again attacked Port Arthur from 1 to 3 A. M. and i i r raftic railfyon fre nn) i vals, nmol vem aiwos: all oF t abi Vor fou $764 ) 2 Ay lines. By utilizing the surface lines for loca! traffic and for carrying long-! jury. Is to prevent his ext Muien from nat Lawther: for $79,000 dainages RB FRUVVACS. Heirwea TReMURohuce Uc Teae New k was everywhere repulsed. Details follow. distance passengers to and from the nearest rulway stations {t would bel ‘Texas, Mr. Moras cannot be fore (01a clitrge that he wooed her away from | than ten yearsimade the name vf Whit: | PHARM Ue Tear yeaa lgaee on Bie Later despatches tell briefly of the continued bombardment, but say possible to very greatly reduce the number of subway stations which| answer questions put to him, [ane oy eetg i t Negra anlaroriexoy Sire qase Kd New Urieany 1, He gave away beater Lr ‘ eras fi nike venoce alll ae ii would otherwise be necessary, thus materially” increasing the speed and! “Such power,” sald the Recomter, davae TaLeWiN aL hse urenit [xine | ace over a hundred staisions aust mares | sarner, Print Tuk and several other nothing of the effect of the Japanese tire. he reports all say that the efficiency of the underground service. Jeonteary. tw the defined frnetions OC | gnerm wnuld bw x verdict of $7000 tor] y Ave various Whituey stables init | horsen Iagt night. lar Tugk was in-air is alive with shells, and that many of them are bursting over the: “The transfer system which we propose, by which the underground | that body, and furthermore (he Stat rns ot vothtig “at all: ATE of animale in tiugland whi base i ate va land. If this is true it shows that the Japanese have got within range of lines and the surface Jines would be operated as on» syatem, would estab-|ment made to Mr Morse by Foremaa ne testimony PMEMCC striking victories for their Am Saaioodlt the town. lish means of expeditious communication between all parte of Manhattan|Ueattle, of the Grand Jury, when 3 silo winele hae been herd {UMHEE In sume of the ciaesie events of E AipRe toi hire a ofa) Beas a ; y . Island tor a five-cent fare. Such a comprehensive reault is, of course,| Morse was vefore it, ty the effect | . ciyiiixation that ue yman te US ae Beauvais aoe irdnys und with: | C ANNOT REDUCE POR a aise : aha possible only with underground lines operated in connection with a com.|snything he testified to might be UsME| YT Cin to Beene chumt| De #old, 1t is said, but will be disposea hin morning, aut Experts who have studied the Port Arthur situation are united against plete network of surface linew against hint in wome future telton, WE apnea the APE RR ce the other side, where po di aus atrs the ability of the Japanese to shell the city without exposing themselves “Im my opinion the proposed plan would not only accomplish a most *¥Mictent to induce in Mr. Me a mind | ing mond and deal with the guilty ecwill be smiuiy Rufus Bu yet lio a fire that must necessarily be fatal to some of their ships. It is cal ex Ny loc i he suspleli ithe Was an decused | nan, Durring New : NR: ee Saat OF Uhesfaciites tor lpeall travelloh ManhattansIsiqnd, but) ie sey Sarai tn dls ret HEP sour Weilevert hata Rows ier dlauac Wit Retain Hambark. rok Sew | nown, however, that the Japanese are contident that the city is vulners re woul! : relieve ae songs ot upon certain of our lines, whieh are now] (, snawe' ‘ gomplish the breaking up of this he It is doubtful if the public will ever of Bos- | able at three points on the » le crowded beyond endurance. Indeed. some euch plan offers the on! ; ai the questions submitted to then you hive rea 1 the decision ‘or o bid on the great aiale ‘ z at 3: me s tive means of relieving that congestion. malsconee Ik: ‘Ai Me tay ie District=-AKornes | the Arst proposition. . for whieh MI vicney FRAT RACK | \ fact which cannot be overlooked is that the Japanese once held “ Ory ag made-plolic Incourt. «1k wine aigen. 1. vIt you find that Lowther idl entice oo that other great sire, | Port Arthur ad have the most complete information in regard: to, dis- ‘Our surface lines which converge at the Bronx terminus, and the me asking Wim Ht he could give the | thie wire away, then the tiusband is en- ons ‘ ‘ st ie . foeshes net-work of surface Jines with which they connept, would ping the pro- i gury any Information on Wet cited to sun i) damages ax you believe | mer ne Whitney will keep Lin tances ami ranges trom the sea. ‘The city is narrow and cramped, and i ation. No specific in J : posed underground line within easy reach of a much larger proportion of Dodge-Morse situation he = suffered these animals, it is said. He may keep t fomation wa Ked for ih this. ies: say® that he did not. atien- | some e other fuyorites a | pole 7. 3 ntinued on Second Pi ‘ 0] the population of the Bronx than cau be served by the Rapid Transit line ee Reonten questions 10 Is under] 4, fet eat Se eae som Foie gener Cee aay bead oa 2 8 (Continued on Second Page, First Column.) about to be opened. stoud there was. he Fin jer, ihusliand)) neatly’ lx Itan Mundicap at storrls Park ar os ss — re . TAN 2 Cone Not Ended Yet tre ago-four years before she first with + sixteenth got up NUE LONRT: aus Na GES. Meter atestnrratnetinianan knew Lowther, She has’ told the | some of the old brood mares spay he Mia's “The vapid transit routes which weirecommend, in addiion to offering the ay cut by aus cirenmns her gving away and| some of tne oid trond mares may be ) special advaritages due (o their oporation_in connection with the surface) \orney'® inquiry In ir eh IS BTL SAC Fh a US i Nas ste } aie 3 ‘ leaieieOfithe\ Lodges Morse, | believe: her cowther Is entitted to [in hy memoers of Une yy Why wore Pew f ‘ ‘ are x Mnes, 10 which I have called attention, offer the following additional ad- |x ey efon Grand dues, us announced | your verdict, le Tar as that pari goes. | as fond of the horses as Mr. Whitney |G) Searly 8! her ibirsye” and 4 vVantages which seem to be of controlling importance: n last nights Kvening World, is tot aia nds and > wits analy _ilinaares himself, but we bulls of this grew ‘ ; ! Honma e “L.'Phe lines which we propose contemplate two exceptionally direct! {he matter up and push ie to Ne end Soe rate Chousnitlisretw ioe Nat e and & pope dis-\4 tt) 1 vy north and soutf rapid transit toutes for Manhattan Island, following, in| one ie ytre can musceed in prevent . Mow. | Rated of fram tne block, p fi SCE, tt ere eA DS Wl Mayas the main, the Ines of travel where the congestion is now the greatest, and| ing the Disiriei-Attornes trom Pte che SM ia ee : ne ; provided with jsuch loop connections as will most efficiently distribute the, Mim tently before Une Geraud dues auviilenlcanicest aimennions.(p sold) iia) vast st Jury Gives Damages to Parent train service where It may be needed at the various hours of the day. aii nates and his hiwyers were ong thas would wank 5 4x ' of Schoolgirl) Who Was in “2, They would furnish means of reaching every part of the city to « surt early to-day. As soan@es th ae es ht i! i the 5,000,000 passengers who“are expected to pass annually through the} Couey mounted the beneh he sunny se TR ity > Crash on Newark Line and now. Pennsylvania station, as well as direct communication between tout ("0 Siu du" resin it pare L ; i ( st nich Was LY Tey : i‘ ackawanna Road station and the Grand Central Station Rend hls Meese a y Arr a * ten, ‘The Aecorder read: the resonate ; “g: They would afford direct. underground connection with the/propored {ot tha Grand Jury asking im ty tks mer aniinte are trolley tunnels under the Hudson River Which are to have their termint at)! (he duestions subynitied’ (a Mr SINTER TONES . \ ‘ Cont herewthte 4 es 4 é Morse and then salt ‘ A eS EARL Mpa , ne bony r) f san Met of $5000 Ohristopher street and Cortlandt sireet resnectively, and connection coult Ae caeuipr tolen te Srila! yeaa sare stalled M AST CLONE HEU a tiv Hl ns Hoh BEDE readily be made witheall the Bast River bridges. in ao Car ay tay’ be Wat Hen shiwkied ne te | ts when iw SRN eh daughter BN Hy Her atlligine? tua leveeetown euway lineel Gn: Gharinersetveet adie ncueliia tony oe! vers quit hme] COueL miavted ty 1 he el way, just at the head of the Pusurit Ao " ne Heh Seheal pupts Thifty-fourth street an underground belt line is provided for the lower end! Sens and the on it a witness ap-| BEE 4 Renner ratte Ne " vealiow ay of the Island which would furnish .the much-needed rapid transit connec-| Le Taniatie wowere and’ ic R FORECAST Mr. Whurney began the Wosalan fo m ‘ rey “autent at ‘tons between the east and west sides of the city, induging means for the, is their duty. to tell all tubtes va WEATHE FORECAST. PM crseiog etabin. io) Utne: al: fee id ‘ } " ihe Clift sxing on Feb, 1 di i | elal ret by law. ‘Tae | Sr: 5 ch were Mei WB ae “ R aseifonie of she upp ie side 1 reach the lower weal side without con-, hablar Hintiaatiotdeinente || Forecast fer the thirty-six hours Ol wat ae ie Jag, HRadduicee, 104. AeCce (Tort a ot 4 for $2,000 and mada meeting, tue. cromtown surtace lines, 4 jue the counts order for «|Pending at 8 P, M. Friday for New " | Seat Ones inile Heller Railroad i costefert= oa ‘6. In short, the plan provides a belt line for the southern part of thal esebsler tS Pore \ |] York City and vicinity Fair and Rar | i re p Rill \ rth Jorsey Street Ralle Sty, which could receive. by underground connections the traffle from the) eet ee eet Crime. haw “HH slightly colder to-night; Friday re twan repatd vor ¢ j 5; eer aoa three Hudson River tunnels (at Cortlandt, Christapher and Thirty-fourth! committed. They have no right to “|} fair, followed by moderating PERTORMA Hes «6 SterHOK) When the sort came it found Out onal was ailowely . G perhaps three, e rom Bri nm, and E e 2 H ; a | ain 8! ne Ww Mistribnte this trae to every part of the ye adtaety b Heed a Would uot’ be tolerated by ‘our law. |} strong northwest.to north winds, RpAw Se OMEN, WLARE ae ne Be GE nec t y 2 v rEroul UREA ‘ |] diminisning Friday. Lwak sick with cold, could hardly whisper. : He mn nh June ¢ t he ey , i" 5 ‘i hn Malet ‘ore Me Hota 4 al with fim. # lot Inquisitive Girl Miraculous. We oon io i rae ‘ ‘t ‘ pContinund on Fourth wage) a ee Ase brookivat ye Fup on the lumlde, und the latter coming; Start xvod, “Won driving,