The evening world. Newspaper, March 3, 1904, Page 1

‘a [ ‘ Cieculation Books Open to All.’’ | EVENING, & » WHATHER—Clear to-night; cold wave Friday. 11 0°CLOCK PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1904. NIGHT EXTRA PRICE ONE CENT. -MORMONS CONFESS THAT POLYGAMY [a STILL IN PRACTICE Smith, Head of Church in Utah, Ad- mits to Senators that He Violates Law Against Plural Marriages and Has Had Eleven Children Since It Went Into Effect. Declared He Would Sooner Take the Consequences than Desert His Fam- ilies—He Has Not Been Interfered| With, Although He Is Ready to Meet Charges. WASHINGTON, March 3—So grout) accompanied by a plural wife, Edna mith by y 8, whos has become the Interest in the inves-| 3)ilt ae naa teen wien; GiearGa Ligation of the protests made against] that | o n When they had beet phot 4 RrOND, Reed Smoot, of Utah, retaining his seat| “In reply to au question by Senator { Smoot he said: in the United States Senate that ft was h of my families has a home ot its a to-day to post a policeman wa it salt Luke City, ‘and com- patty} vere Paratively near to cach other: Site at the door of the room of the Com-| the manifesto my custom ‘has hear ss mittee on Privileges and Elections, jive with my first wite a but th J have visited my where the hearings are progressing. All persons except those directly interested | fir fe Salt, pauls are Kept out of the room. tion to the. Presid Just before the hearing was begun eat realdence In Lake City, to-day Mr. Smoot received a telegram} Wives with hige Nae eof hin plural from Provo, Utah, stating that itis si8-| the one whom No took te St Louies ee ter, Mra, George 8. Taylor, is dead as Moneta e sitvatselwack the result of an operation, He had no : Mr. Smt s asked co: Previous knowledge of her itiness ais | dae Mormons Meta eneeEninR other axhibited plainly the effects of the sud | it of them had twat a fen shock, ibavler began an inquiry co Knew He Violated ane ae eae President Smith of the M Church was again called to the stand. Questions were directed to ascertain Mr. Smith's knowledge of the polyga- mous marriuges of Abraham HH. Cannon and whether Mr. Smith had performed the services uniting Mr. Cannon and Lillian Hamlin. Mr, Smith said he had seen newspaper reports saying that he had done so, but he dented the truth of the statements. the hou is ured by miedo he sald, contained a chap- my. declaring that praetic He said the book was an and that he had no knowledge nt publications. ‘the marginal pn the chapter on polygamy was en as “Polygamy Right. in the Sight God” Mr. “Smith added, however, most en= Mormon elders ‘The standard he sald, were the of that the use of this book ta ‘ab tirely abandoned by the ing missionary work, works of the chureh Then Me, ‘Taylor asked a number of | PUK tl Lethe cil aa gy ll 4 y i reply to questi rom Chairman questions, which brought out a state-| ws, Mr. Smith entd he wae ment from Mr, Smith regarding his own whether or not the missionaries position under the laws covering polyg- , “tke with them copies of the manifesto se af S00, Muape nding polygamy as an or- 4 de ne church. In atiswer to the questicn whet Mr. Taylor asked how many wives habitation was regarded | Mr Smith had tn 1890, sald Mr. Smith. h us contrary to the law, He was i is questioned In regard to a wife he onswe It was. named Levira, who was divorced from Centinuing hg sald: “This was the] him and died ‘many years d-lore 1s, « 2 und Is the case now. But Lt was Not a “Spotter.” Pluced In this” position”: sald Mr.] str, Smith protested tnat the ques: Smith, “L had a family—a plural fam-[tions were very emburrisiug and try. lly, If you please, I married my first | Mg to Em SREY wite more than thirty-eight years ago. | prif anit Meetedecit und my fast wife more than twenty solely Lam re- years ago, By these wives L have by ble com matter is going do not “spotte Had children und L have preferred to hike my own chances with the law und suffer any consequences the jaw might ‘visit upon me rather than to ubaudon those children and thelr moth- publie, and that Tam a He add anise it 1 ‘informer, W Mr. rthington objected also, but no attention was paid to the protests, ers, 1 rel ler ceased ques is Acknowledged Hin Wives. SC eIA ar ohn or, Cenmed Che auemt ore "Lf have continued to live with them Smee distal oy dim 18% or 18! alnce the manifesto of 1890 and. they] that his wife Levira was not divoy have borne me children since that date, | APN netner pe ald not claim apart 1 was fully aware of what L was doing. Mr, mith declined to unswer the in regard to the property, but had said she was not 1 knew I was amenatic to the law, but, as 1 say, 1 preferred to face that sit- uation rather than to deser, them, “L have not ilaunted the fact that I huve acknowledged these wives and children as my family. The people of Utah have regarded the situation as an existing fact. “These people as as rule are broad- minded and Hiberal in their views and have condoned the offense—if offense it is—rather than interfere with my situa tion ns\they found it. It has been known what I have been doing. { have not been Interfered with, nor disturbed in any way. If I had been I was there to answer the charges. I was willing to face them and submit to the penalty, whatever it might bi Hus Five Wives, “How many children have you had since the manifesto of 19907’ Lawyer Taylor waked, r. Worthington objected on the of the defense and both Senatoi eridge and Foraker again said that they thought as the witness had suid his wives had borne children since the man- ffesto it made no difference how many such children had been borne to him. “T contend that it does make a differ- ence," said Mr. Taylor, “It makes a difference how well the fact was adver- tised that he was violating the law. It makes a difference whether It was two or twenty-two In the effect his ex- ample might have upon others in the ehureh," Mr, Burrows asked Mr. Smith if he had married any wives between the dented that divorced. Mr, Taylor : H, Roberts's y of “The & erts Was nol ton after h Mr. Smitir said he could not remember, In answer to a question by Senator Dubois the witness sald Mr, Roberts was clected by "The Seventy” ind he had no knowledge that any objection had been made to his retention in that high position. Aw to the Seventy. Continuing, he said: “I could not con- sistently object to Mr, Roberts myself, and I do not know of ‘any member who could have done so better than I could,” “Then you place all of “Phe Seventy’ in the same category with yourself? said Senator Dubols, “Yes, 1 suppose sald Mr, Smith. “Do you mean that because all mem: bers of “The Seventy’ are polygamists they could not object to Mr, Roberts?” asked Senator Foraker. “No, not at all," sald Mr. Smith “You say that when you place your- self in, the same caterory as “The Sev- enty' sald Mr, Foraker, “That was Senator Dubols's word, not sald mith. vou answered vou adopted the nonded Senator Foraker, Senator Debois went over the ground and brought out the fact that objection had not been made to Mr. Roberts con- tinuing in office after It had been proved he was a polygamist, , he rt ev “Hrow’ aang? Sth NEW YORK BANKS EXEMPT, uThree,"” _ _— we bts bl five wives now?” sald! pave THI March 25 to Pay Pa; ae Canal Fand, ‘A number of Wall street men recet a despatch from Secretary of the Tre; ury Shaw in Washington to-day saying that New York bankers will not called upon to pay over their sha. the %,per.cent. demanded for the pace “phat Is correct,” was the response. Mr, Burrows ruled that the question sbjected to was in order and directed the stenographer to read the question. Bleven More Children. "How many children have you had since the manifesto of 13907" was read, “bleven since 189," sald Mr. Smith. Jama Canal fund until March 2%, he said: “Each of my five} “Until this word was recelved tt had borne me children, been supposed that all of the banks asked Mr. Bur- | would pay the money at the same time, rows. : (an et “since that time,” the witness re- " Ks |. Green Tradi: peated In answer, “I rather think,” hey given Sin® Ekotange tor eae Seams em has had three slipped rom the Comlo Bection of ou a litte ext Bunda) Id. Hes lift for THIEF CHASE DOWN BROADWAY Policeman Finally Drew His Re- volver, Fired, and the Three Suspects Quit Running in Dire Fear. CLOTHING STORE CUSTOMER ASSAILED. Design Was Made on His Watch, but Attention of Patrolman on Beat Was Attracted and All the Men Were Captured. There was an exciting thlef chase down Broadway late this afternoon, in which three alleged crooks, two Cen- tral Office detectives and a policeman took part. The chase came to an end only when the policeman hauled out his revolver In great rage because one of the crooks had poked him tn the stomach, and fired three shots after the fugitives. This brought them to a stop and they were promptly arrested. Then all of Broadway, which had duck- jat the first shot, emerged again, The three crooks made their first ap- pearance in a big clothing store at Broadw and Thirty-third street, ‘There one of them attempted to extract valuable watch from the pocket of a customer, in time to see his watch disappearing and set up a great outcry. The crook dropped the watch and started for the set up such a bawling of “Stop Thief! ven he reached the street that he soon bad a small army of allies, The tUileves ran down the cast alde of Broadway and at Thirty-first street De- tective-Sergeants Charlton and Boyle, who were on the west side of the street, Joined the chase. The crooks were 1 might have got nv tf that: thes detectives soitod Daly, of the West ‘Thirtleth street sta tlon, at. the corner of fweaty-ninth street and yelled to him to head oft the men, The detectives had thelr own re- volyers ont, but didn’t dare to shoot in the crowded street for fear of hitting some finocent person. Daly made a bold effort to stop the three men, but just as he was about to grab one the crook drow back his fist and landed w formidable punch in the pit of the off- cer's stomach, Made Dal¥ Stage Daly staggered about five feet, then got his wind and was so mad that without thinking of e consequences he pulled out his pistol and fired three shots after the thieves. The shots had the effect of bringing the men to a standstill, Not one of them ventured to move after the third shot was fired. Daly grabbed one prisoner and Charl- ton and je each got one. All were taken to Police Headquarters, where the man who had tried to stenl’ the watch the fact Votleemn | i} i | gave his name as William J. Clark, said he was a salesman, thirty years old, but refused his address. The other men ed to give any information about themselves, and there was no specific complaint against them save that they were with the man who attempted the thert. All hands were sent to thd Jef- ferson Market Court POLICY RAIDS BY Supt. McClintock Goes Into the Oak Street Precinct Over the Head of the New Police Cap- tain There. Supt. McClintock, of the Parkhurst Society, this afternvon made two pol- fey ralds within a stone's throw of eneh other over the: head of Poltce Captain H in/the Oak Street Precinct, The first raid was made in Ann street, just east of Nassau, where there were fifty men walting for the 2 o'clock drawing, PMcClintock singled out three anembers of the Doe family, James Mack, Stuart Robinson and Fred Clark, for whom warrants were out. Theh the party went around to North made out of the crowd of forty. They gave their names as George Edwards, Charles Edwards, Joseph Mack and Pat- rick J. Kelly, All are charged with vio- lating the Anti-Policy law. WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. M. Friday for New York City and vicinity: Clearing to-night; Friday fair, with cold wave; winds becoming nigh north. ‘a Drendtal Cough Os ed Into doorways and behind sign posts | The customer turned just | door, his pal following him, and the victim in close pursuit. Cried “Stop Thiet.” The lone pursuer, an elderly man. | foot, and they | ~ PARKHURST MEN dates. who has only been four days| port Witllam street, where four arrests were|* MISS AMY MARQUI TZ AND FRANK ALLISON WHO ANNOUNCED ENGAGEMENT DAY HE WAS KILLED, Oi _— MEISTERSINGER | ; |Beats Burning Glass and Icicle Easily in the Fourth Event at New Orleans at Odds of 6 to 1. | THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Eclectic (8 to 5) nt Port Warden (7 to 2) 2 Scotch Thistle 3. SECOND RACE-John (7 to 2) 1, Dr. Carrick (7 to 1).2, Governor Boyd 3. THIRD:RACE - luminate (10 to 1) 1, Hegira (10 to 1) 2, Lady’Mistake 3. FOURTH RACE—Meistersinger (6 to 1) 1, Burning Glass (7 to 1) 2, Iuicle 3. t i = FIFTH RACE--The Guardsman (2 to 1) 1, Jake Weber (3 to 1) 2, Prodigal Son 3. ening World.) La., March 3—Al- pecial to ‘The NEW ORLBANS, bert Simons, who bought the speed) ‘Texas two-veur-old Stella Allen for $900 after she had won a selling mace yester- day, lost no time in getting rid of her ‘when he found out that she was a bleeder. Stella has been bleeding In her work. Her dam, Lucky Star IIT., bled and fell down in her last race at St. Lous. Alvin W,, @ full brother to Lucky Stal \1IL, was a notorious bleeder, Tony Licalzi bought Stellu* Allen from Simons. Licglzt also bought Duncan trom Simei TWO WOMEN HURT IN A CAR PANIC Fuse Blows Out on an Eighth Avenue Trolley, and the Re- port of Explosion So Frightens Passengers that They Run. Owing to the blowing out of a Zuse a south bound Eighth avenue car in tof 137 Kigrth avenue this atters nvon, two women were Injured and a number of passengers were thrown Into a pantie, There were a score of passengers tn the car when the fuse, with a loud re- t, blew out. Immediately there was flame and smoke, coupled. with the bluish-white flame of the clectricity, cuused by the damp tracks, The pas- sengers made a sudden dash for both front and rear exits, Some attempted to get to the front, pushing down athers who were weaker and were trying to et to the rear. Motorman Michael Flanagan, West Fifty-third street, stopped the car abruptly, Conductor Henry. Bley, of No, 142 West One Hundred and Thirty- sccond stroet, did the same at the rear ond and helped sevral passengers off the “ar, Among thos who rushed for the for- ward ond to get oft were Mrs, Margaret Bmith, seventy years old, of No, 743 Washington street, and her daughter, Miss Minnie Smith, twenty-seven years vid, of the same address, ‘The elderly woman with her daughter had got to the front platform, when a sudden surge of panle-atrickén per- sons pushed them with violence from the car. The daughter received a frac: tured left foot, The mother had her back injured, abrasions on the face and body, and possible Internal injuries, A hurry call for un ambulance was sent in and Dr, Humphreys fr New York Hospital responded. He re- moved both women to the hospital, While the injureu women were helng attended to Patrolman Rillasser, of the ‘Went Twentieth street atation. secured & all of er and extinguished the flames, The damage was slight, There were No arrests. > of No. ‘om the | kr MOTHER PACE FOR MOVEMENTS OF THE JAPS. PUZZLE THE RUSSIANS e Surprise at the Mysterious Absence of the Warships Leads: to Speculation as to Whether Attempts to Reduce Port Arthur Have Not Been Given Up. (By Associated Press.) ST. PETERSBURG, March 3.—Since the disappearance of the Japanes fleet from before Port Arthur the Russian authorities have been awaiting anxiously the next move of the Japanese on sea. There is an inclination tet® to believe that the Japanese have been discouraged by the failure of their attacks and perhaps by losses they have not announced. It is evident even from the nieagre information regarding the Russian dispositions in northern Corea that the plan for checking the Japanese land Yalu River. Every energy of the authorities is now directed to prevent a blockade on the Siberian Railroad. Twenty new sidings, each of 2,200 feet, are be- reinforcements, war munitions and commissariat stores eastward, there is great danger that in bringing back the empty cars the whole Jine may be stopped, With the siaings now building the authorities hope to be able tu keep the line clear and to send eleven trains in cach direction daily. 1 Mail advices from Siveria say that the army reserve men from thq rural districts seem to be much more anxious to go to the front than the towns- men, Many of the latter are presenting physicians’ certificates of illness. ‘Phe government bank balance March 1 showed a decrease of only $4,000,- 000, The gold in hand amounted ‘to $456,000,000. — HAVE THE JAPS CUT OFF VLADIVOSTOK? * 5 pe h to Mao Fur Chan, South Man- ST. PETERSBURG, March 3,—Three, march to c a “g‘kre now| Churla, close to the Corean border, battalfons of Japanese soldiers | A fleet of ten Japaness warships has back of Vladivostok. been seen off Vladivostok, and the town A fleet of Japanese warships patrolling | js in a pante, fearing an attack, the sca in front of Vladivostok has an town {p sald to be short of pro- visions, and the military officers have 4ven the Russian cruisers back into| Y's ay ON eee Ae the curely:| S180 All stocks and stores. belonging the harbor, YY are as se Aotarlvatennnrin bottled up there ax is the remnant of! «Gen, Pflug. in a despatch yesterday, the Russian squadron in Port Arthur, bsays: Each of the three detachments now| back of Port Arthur consists of 900 men. They have cut and destroyed the rail- rond for a mile and a quurter and have hopelessly ruined telegraphic communi- tion between Vladivostok and the Occupied by 6,000 Men, “Pingyang has been occupied by 6,000 Japanese, who Include 200 cavalrymen, No particulars have been obtained con- cerning artillery. It has been learned that the Japanese bring troops by sea from Fusan to Chenampo (on Pingyang wes! inlet), whence they come to Pingyang. ‘This detachment’ of 2,500 Japane: ‘Between 1,000 and 2,000 Corean troops troops, without artillery, arrived at|/have been sent to Pingyang from Hong Chin, Pluksin Bay, on the north- of Coren, south of Cape Bruat, Feb. 1%, They landed from three steamers, escorted by three warships, at night, ind started immediately on WARSHIPS MET IN SEA CRASH Illinois and Missouri in Collision on Run from Cuba to Florida, and the Former Was Dam- aged. Seoul. Our patrpls on Feb. 2 were within twelve versts (elght miles) of Vingyang. and report that the Japan- | ese have fortified the town, The enemy's |troops are arriving dally, PLACKE'S MANAGER - CHALLENGES FITZ Clark Bali to Post a Forfeit of $1,000 To-Morrow to Bind a Match Between Lanky Bob! Champion of Holland. ! | WASHINGTON. March 3—Rear-Ad- Clark Bell, who was formerly mana- miral Barker cables the Navy Depart- Aust wer of Bob Fitzsimmons and Jack Mur iment trom Guantanamo, under yeoter-| roe, the Butte miner hoa yw: x day's date, as follows Sesoae RHEE Or OF Pee Cee ‘On making passage from Guanta- | 0° aay » the cham- namo to Pensacol the M pion heavywelght pugilist, of Holland, sourl's steam steering gear be | who has come to this country in search abled and she collided with the Illinols. /of a matoh with Jim Jeffries, | damaging the port propeller of th ter but with slight injury to herself. “The Tilinois haa been ordered ta the Navy-Yard at New York to have her proneiler replaced.” Agiter In Placke, und further: states THUNDERSTORM IN ALBANY. | hat ho will make the match with Fits ALBANY, March 3A thunderatorm | simmons just As soon as the latter un. ocurred here about hoon to-day, with | Hounoes his Intention of ‘signing the brilliant lightning and sharp thunder. | Jarticles of agroemen* Rall announced to-day that ts ready to match Placke against Rob Kitgeimmons and will post a forfeit of $1,000 to-morrow to bind the match. Ball Is of the opinion he has a reat he | So ee ee ne ie advance is perfected and that heavy reserves are being brought up to the, ing constructed. Owing to the heavy movement of rolling stock carrying | |BaBY BOY BURNED TO DEATH. aX PERSONS TO BE AARCOTED FOR HOTEL DlakaTt ‘Army of Men Works Night and Day in Fruit- — less Effort to Reach Nine Bodies Which — the Coroner Believes Are Buried Beneath the Great Tangle of Steel at the Darlington. ONLY ARREST MADE SO FAR IS THAT OF AN OBSCURE EMPLOYE Brave Fireman Risks His Life in Explo: Ruins and Reports that He Saw a Number of Dead Men Penned In—Officials Declare Allison be not compelled to suffer the isnominy of an arrest. i Coroner if he would allow him to surrender his client at 8 o'clock thts afters om noon. This request was grantcd. Be te x At 8% o'Clock. the Jawyer called up again and informed Coroner Scholer ‘that Mr. Alligon wag.slukin bed, , i “If that fs so, said Coroner Scholer, “I will go to his beds! ‘cept bail. I must have ‘him this aferncon, 4 “I cannot consent to that,” replied the lawyer, “and I will not tell you~ ‘where Mr. Allison is. If you want him you will have to find him,” Coroner Scholer then turned the warrant over to two Central Office ; |men and told then: to find Mr. Allison, if possible, and place him under | arrest. i The Coroner suppressed the names of some of the men for whom war- — rants had been issued, but said that he had signed one for a Mr. Schaandt- ner, of the contracting firm of Pole & Schwandtner, and for a Mr, O’Hea, the supervising architect ,who had the construction of the Darlington Hotel in charge. . Charles Allison said yesterday that he .eared Mr. O'Hea had bet caught Jn the crash and that his body would be found in the ruins, Neither Mr. O'Hea nor Mr. Schwandtner has been seen since the accident. “te There are seven bodies ia sight in the ruins, but the mass of wieckage . jeso great that 1% Will take a long time to extricat> them, Another name — of a missing man was reported this afternoon. It ix that of Wiflliate — reen, & forema th the fireprocing werk. Ikls brother avtified the’ jus lice to-day that, Green did nt appear at his home last night and that he hac eaid that ‘i's poat of duty was in the csllar of rutlding A body Was removed from the ruins this afternoon and carried out through the Hotel Patterson, in West Forty-seventh street, to the Bast Fifty-first street station. It is supposed to be that of Carl Yasek, a laborer: The office Of Pole & Schwandtner, at Nv. 76 William street, is closed. They were the contractors for the ironwork of the building that collapsed. Detective Sergté, O'Connell and Meehan, armed with a warant signed by Coroner Scholet, watched the place all night for Mr. Schwandtner, but he failed to appear. As soon as word of the accident reached the office yester- day everybody In {t left and the dooors were locked. District-Attorney Jerome, after learning from his~ assistant, Mr. Rand, is that the girders examined by him yesterday were not of standard size for such buildings, and that in many places bolts were used instead of rivets, ” went to the ruins and made a personal investigation. He has decided to jeaie? ide ‘and we Bet ‘ath i: (Continued on Second Page, First Column.) CITY TO AUN CARS SCHOOLGIRL TRIES: OW THE WEW BRIDGE 10 KILL HERSELF Mayor McClellan notified Brides Com-| -pwejyo-year-old Emma Sunbohm, = missioner Best late to-day to high-atrung, ‘mervous) Httte \saconieaaal begin work on tho erection of the tem: |schoolgirl, took polson after school to= porary terminal atructure contemplated day to escape the worry of her for the running 3f ‘ars over the “&€W/xchool tasks and the humiliation of a Williamsburg Bri ize. This was a fathuve. sided upon by the Mayor trreapective of | ny action the B, R. T. may tae w reference to operating cars across bridg he city will iny the ties on tracks, the Mayor sald to-day, and if the several ratin companies decline to operate cars the city Itself will run shuttle trains. Three months work will put the tem- porary switches and luops into positio: By the fall, the Mayor added, the ele- vated approaches and terminals for the elevated trains will be In position. We or ed te | comforting r 1 brooded, .The snack whieh 7 we have decided upon the temporary | 4d, brooded. 10 Oat: ene © Wie propuee' giving the public | Mother had prepared for her ti % i. hea ae nild Mved with her parents at “2 Prospect avenue, a fashionable borhood on the Park Slope, She jhad bad a hard struggle to keep up with Jner class in Public School No. 1, = short distance from her home in Pros- poct avenue, ‘This afternoon she was prised at irecslving. Pda which under ther must take home OF the i= ction of her parents. ‘Quite dispirited and depressed, Emma handed the report to her mother, and not_-recelying As much condolence and e felt she was entith {s structul e 01 couched, and Bama an_opnortuntty. of riding acroas that |Malned almost untow . Je he tabh bridge by July 1," he concluded. i panes een dnnere pee FE 325 5 the unhans child: urose and the house, A lUttle later she returned, | Site: had secured a small bottle, OF eucbo\i, fu (Special to ‘The Evening World.) acid xomewhore, and this he AeMnie 1 Si > BN, N ch &—Three> oom. tf CAMDEN, N. J. Mareh 2—Three-/Ner 00M iow attention’ wad) Wl year-old Willie, Thomas wan Burned 101, .A¢inq hy the chute wlalent rey doatt ‘n his mother's kitchen’ to-day,! A “helghbor called mn amb A line on which some clothes hung Seney Hospital. put. Dr Wi broke and’ fell across the Stove, CHUB L55K° the chl tng the fixe [there was Uttle chance @