The evening world. Newspaper, March 8, 1904, Page 1

) 7 v Lh it place. “a pee Worthington. .o Pll a WN Mi POLYGAMY SECRETS ON WITNESS oTAND They Admit to the Senate in the Smoot! They Lived as Plural; Wives in Defiance of-the. Laws of the Church and the United States. : Case that WASHINGTON, March” 8.--The peculiar moral standard that woverns the polygamous Mcrmon was well illustrated in testimony given before the | Senate commitice in the Smoot cave to-day by Apostle Lyman, who has two wives and lives with both. . He admitied that he ku@w that this action was contrary to the law, and contrary to the rule of the Church, but said that he expected to con- tinué living along as he had been living—with both wives. “Yuu take the rule of the Church ator Hoar. “1 do.” replied Apostie Lynian, who is in line for succession to the offi: now held by. President Josepi: Smith. “Then,” sald Senator Hoar, God ‘and Of the law of the land?” your Lyman adniitted this to be true, but excised himself on the ground ben, he ‘could. not justly refuge to live with * The testimony of Charles E. Merrill he was the son of his fathel by his fat: mérpled-him to his second wifé one yéar after the edict‘against st (1 was issued, 5 ah Mabel Kenmeay: resumed the “sand today. Mr, exes Arid Wiections. Me. Worlhing- 9: phe Gefenge, continued” thé Whation, of the *with¢as, and ini julred-as to thé réasorfs: for her mar- e beth ut Juarez, Mexico, insfead of at the Mormon seitlement at Diaz, whete she lived. Bhd said: she. Knew of no reason and hdd pur information regarding an at- tetpt ta. have the ceremgny performed elsewhere. She ddded that she did not tell ay one that the man to/whom she to be married had another wife, und so far as she knew those perform- in the ceremony did not know the mar- ¥iage. Was to be 4 plural. one./ Later Mr, Worthington asked) Mrs, Kennedy If she did not know that ap: micadon bad been made to A>ostic’ ‘Teaudalewand that he had. refused to conduct or 40. author! riaye. “What did he ‘le said it could not -bé-done, as all that had been done away with,” said | Mrs. Kennedy, nt Worthington called attention to| t inconsistency of the statements, | Worthing- }not know a request to he the word of God?” asked Sen- are itving in violation of the. law of and support both wives. who has two wives, showed tha er’s third wife, and that hid gether, and he asked why shehad said ahe deen- nidde nather to perform» the: cePpmen :r9' Not Pleadaat fp Think. “4 don’t Know ae § r bappenea to any that." sald the Wei Continuing pif Fix raeith done ema: tol “1. was not pleasant for mé to thine hbout those things, and T tried to put thein anide, 1 tHied to forget all 1 could about it! } in response to furth "questions fron | h Mr! Tayler (he witness anid her mother told her of the requust to Apostle ‘ean: dale and that she hud no other knowl, edge of the attempt to get him.to per- forn; the ceremony. ‘WhanltsE. Merrill, 2 son of Apostle polygamist. In, answer to questions concerning his own marriages Mr. Mer- rill said he was married first in 1857 to a wife that died in’1898, and then he married his “legal wife,” Chloe Hen- drieks, in i8fl, and had five children by her. He married another wife in { — (Continued on Second Page.) AM POOL-AOOM “ANID IN HARLEM Inspector: sath ond and His Potioe-| semen: Batter Down the Doors * at No, 256 West One Hundred and Twenty-first Street. i ‘Another screw was put into the ya ‘xt Harlem this afternoon when Pol! Inspestor Bmith and nearly, a score of policemen broke down the doors of what is known as the Ganesrogrt Club, 9t No, 286 West One Hundred and Twen- ty-first street. ‘This 49 three-story brownstone front and: ie one ofa long row ‘of othets ‘of a simflar character. | It! {is in “oentre of a fine residential digtrict. ging the raid Inapector Darrow, a mem- ot ‘ne: Dernonal staff, to secure evi- 09. He obtained enough information niduce Magistrate Baker to isque a t arid. his policemen descend by mils and ‘armed with thie the “ in, they had to brerk down the thé front entrance and the ), In the room on the first bins folind a stout partition and ind this were racing charts, tele- ne booths and other adjuncts ofa ee he yo, meh in. th WOMAN'S BODY FOUND IN WATER) She Was iNaebtadly Dressed, and in Her Purse Was a Card Bearing Name “Disbrow & Co., Richmond Hill.” The Rockaway Beach police have a mystery in thor finding of the body of a handsomely dressed young. woman in the surf at Arvertie. near Rockaway Beach, this afternoon, The body was discovered by Robert P. Murphy, of Far Rockaway, who noti- figd- the police, “It was laying on the sand with the breakers falling over it and had been’in the water but, a short time, There were no Indications of vio- lence. about. twenty-five unusual beauty. She ‘Was about five feet.four inches tall and weighed 1% pounds, Her skin was of a dark olive tint and her features regu- Hev hair wad a dark chestnut and Hey. ted. i coat, Hned wtih eating Dolka dot dress, black sik ‘bite corsets trimmed wit lace shoes, the bods; = church from the loft between’ the cell: ing land. thé noktn ‘gower: street. pt posi eleven regents PEALIPIODI IGP ORE DEH OE LOG ot FIRE IN PAULIGT CHURCH os POD wEdDS Ca \j- Da i Sa St St titan eb hatte POPPED EGDEPDODD? Quickly Gave the Alarm, and Firemen Had to Tie’ Ropes Around , “Bhe! iri Waists After They Mounted Towers | to Attack the: Flames, . 1 at eine rte siisett a woman praying in, the Church’of St. Paul the Apoatie, at Gixtieth.street- apd Colum- bus avenue; saw'attioke pourthg into the Bhe wave the, alarm, which was quick- ly taken’ up by the passers-by On the] be seen the fire would be « dim-| cult-one to Akht. The towers which are far above-the gtond Was the vantuge. point, for the, firemen, to work, from Dragging thelr ale) and hose insi the church they it e' tower and*With Fopes ‘fasteried round their ‘waists in ‘oase thelr precarious footing wate ayy used thelr ‘axes In destroying thec@bver of the flames in order “to” pour ‘ina stream “or {Woof | water.” Traulgh order, the aarertaats got the” The en ho were quickly on the sets amen thiat_ although no. flames | ccul i | covering away and beggn to play the Streams upon the burning section, The fire had already gained some headway | biit/as soon he combined efforts of | the men ,were. directed to the source of the, flames the fire was extinguished. -Father- John’ Hughes was just about entering the church at the time the | fifteen women who were at:thelr pray- DOELL SIGNS THE EDUCATIONAL BILL Dr. Draper Will Head the: Brewery Worker, Running Along- New Board and the System! Will Be. in’ Operation” Next! Month. . ALBANY. March SirGov, Odell sixned: the Educational Unification bill wis at- serpent Seo Dr. Andréw 8B. Draper. President 96 « Minols Univer , formeriy . Superin- tendent of .Publle Insteuction of th ay. a bourd ol hich, with the Commis: the name ie wi ery i A. reer 34 kioner of, Education, ‘wil administer the rT} ee but was caught roy arrie” educational systerh’ of ne Stute Afier + Po -mtationed there. Another m: end April: | Will’ be as folld { ™, giairway and CF oi ra it fob weinat, Disertet, “Cunries A, Guritings, i ark revolver, ys pollen ine asier the finding of the |and Kagenw-A: snithin, nib bf alt piece cane Dub unden tee th aiichmosd ti ine Ths, eater opr . nd Hinatedeehd Teun: Hu ‘i deaoript Janiy: | Charles. Funnels of: y. coma all eerd they. ‘aay, t) | fay TRL oar | peakin’ no member of ' board) "Tro: representative in .prese; Pe ita ee 3 ts the atte WHO ARE tants seseuaer sass }tirtng in the run ‘home and -wore WEATHER—Fair to-night and Wednes@ay. 110°CLOCK 2 NIGHT EXTRA to Al.” | | PRICE ONE NE CENT. PANESE | MILITARY STORES BEING MOVED TO TRE FRONT |) ~ BY JINRIKSHA. MEN, + bbe bd OF axed WN a BOM TEE bee HOSTILE FLEETS INE UP FOR Bld BRITLE AT oth z i i rs (Special to The Evening Wortd)) NEW ORLEANS, March S$. vorites and outsiders succeeded in carrying off | re bi en here to-day. The talent won he victories of Carl Kabler, 1) 1, Yellow Hammer (7 to 2) 2, latte ines: Ne Dorsey and Colin George 3. | Mown Hay,,who were the favor) ms mah | their, respective mces, SECOND RACE—Carl Kahler (3 FIRST RACE. |to 1) 1, Palmist (10 to 1) 2, Neither Mile and seventy yards. Betti lone’: rite: a ane (ae At i! THIRD RACE—Stella Allen (4 to ou steidorn. gr 10 5) 4, Falbala (4 to 1) 2, Miss Galore 3. Reman, on Biagie 3 —_— og oer | FOURTH RACE—Lev Dorsey (3 ih! to 1)™1, Veetry (7 to 1) 2, Morning Fort Warden caught Yellow Hammer nim | "FOUR FAVORITES WIN —ARGES AT NEW ORLEANS i ‘Carl Kabler. Stella Allen, Stella Allen, and New. Mown Hay Win in Succes- -sion and Talent Get Back Some of ‘ that mag sega Pt probably imminent. “heir Losses of the Previous Days. “|, a ahem sonora airmcegs mua eerceOreae Trev iaraey. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Port Warden (3 to joan 3. FIFTH RACE—New Mown Hay down, und atter a hard drive won, going (1 to 2) 1, Wreath of Ivy (4 to 1) 2, ly away Yellow handled and he carried’ Ch Hammer was po ade too much use Of. ‘lie Fisher off his feet t Gus Heldorn was a} firet three~ contender to the stretch. The winner | was bid up $95 by Willlam Hueston and) 1, retained: Komombo 8. SIXTH RACE—Tancred (2 to 1) Lou Woods (6 to.1) 2, Circus érm were rushing out. He ran to the SECOND RACE, GUNS : altar at, once and eaved ‘the Hlessed | | Sv furlonee Mir i; | to close a” big gap. to’ lind in’ second 5 ; , ¢ a tT, | to. close Secrament, Some valuable vestments SUMICHE yas 4.5| place In the final axteenth upd finished | Were Saved. It Is feared, however, that | Pal 228" 9 4) strongly.» Those behind the frat three | the three great_stained windows are bi Eliwere complétely outclassed and never multed. afi ire vattiable and the Fe A} gured prominently. in the raining. mont beautiful inthe clay, Fy & SIXTH RACE 10! where the “started was a One Infested by pigeons who had long made |carcrmilar, i0 he gn Me savas Betting thelr home there. Tt is, neiieved that 2 ton, Puller ® Hy, some. boys-in- quest of emge had got into Won aleventy. Time- the loft und..dropped a-maich there. Kahler had all th Chief Binns took charge of the fire|atood a drive from the senktaion and buttallions, directing thel stretch to stall off Palmist. who was mA place on the north tower-}hix neerest attendant all the wa: “he: Feaerves of ‘them Went. Sixtysel hel Neher One ran aT around her Meld 2 d Forty-neventh street stations were) jiu] iahed strongly. passing out Icicle | | Tancred-- given =4 farses ie urn soon after the alarm] for t'4?d money in the final stride. Sad- | Hicks walted | 1 Clreus Girl to the mid A e ontaide. e got Up to a contending |her‘inty submission and won wih tn Uspelbecitheny tp) chges nition Zor, the turn) but faded away Lou Wood beat! the run home. ‘ placé by half a AIS. LIFE CRUSHED BY HUGE HORSES side of Team, Fell Under the! Hoofs and Was Trampled to instant Death, Fis gata: st. " eray horses trampled ackeiahiaidiee Gena is ea date} peRLIN, March &~Lieut, ¢ After a brillant career and a mate O01 pne-paved | Q t ned the end of his fortune, aye yard ot, the Joseph E he police saying I had dtank with Mr. |@ecay of fortune, took his lust money “He Won the Iron Cross aa tht ate vet h rep ‘and: First Melles Saturday Inst till 11 o'clock P. | and gave a splendid dinner in 19.197 of 187-71 with France, aieeribayi tae dress in unknowns els man. His fion. Then Morning “Star made MT never made (ue statement to any~ | his nineteen-year-old daughter's birth-|duughter of a rich Lotel-keeper, theres Te Wax nealati 7 Gi ut the winner also disnosed of her] body. Mr. Melles left my muste store at | by Ni irailen reper ; river. In nreakne tine team to bar and Veatry miso caught her tiring and| 11 o'clock P, M. Saturday ana that waa | 48%: Beseke then poigoned iis wife,/h* Nuving to leave the service, as Ne ihe liorsex were hitched to a wore hey do nd wouthe piace In the] the Inst I saw of Mr. Melles. Youra| daughter, two sons, reapeotively twelve sel ithe 4 ‘brewery wagon and Grehl Was ‘art vi fina. stride. others could*not t pea | newspupe! Dient ri ing elitr eswloy truly, 8. KAUFMAN, | and sixteen vears old (cadets ata mM-] sing Taeatenant wr iehl ran alongside the tea up with the proceswion at Nee eet, March 8.1901. pro yisere sie Aras ; ne [the Tdeutenant wrote well, but the {Winn 39 th h the journey aaied Sree agi is Y nee batty ae fs Hdl ho inal paper was not successful and he bow ie nes’ Be TIETH RACK re jide of potas ste Yvcame sales agent or 4 manufacturer en tually dtd e n the mouth of each in th ne ae : control. Diehl toa forewteh th FOR SAFER BUILDINGS. i OF a pill after thes had gone te (tz then manager of a map-maleingg slinped on the wet kt¢nes ‘and rolled nn — lenterprise. He lived beyond his means theminwar: Nad berene Gra wadeaaNe: An ordinance framed to give the| man could be got from hadvogithe B mi Supernitendent of Hulldings authority ot danger the Ife lind been pounded. {iy mak to stop peremptorily the construction Outen Lang fret gh ir of any bullding he deems unsafe, ard | aide ei es and pas BOL THIRD RACE, Four furlongs. Bette Pip Brarters, whts. Jocks S Allen. 110, Fuller’ 818 Fatbale. 102, Ls ingston ae Mins Ga} 105, Robbins 4 2° Gigia Gayiner.02, Perrine 1 Cabrie Potter, ‘ot, « i 4 3 O49 Doh, Allen outclassed and outran She opened up a winnmg quarter and wag eased; Palbala took a wide! rn into™the stretch, but wore down ‘aitle Potter and Miss G: un home, FOURTH Rach Six! and one-half furlongs rt et Niment.in $3 Start bad, Won e pker Moma. Hay had two lengths ine start and showed the ath Wreath of Ive Fries went up and by To the Editor In the contractors if. they bnatructioy n mal feces te "Bs spe referred to ea WNOEBLT WKS FATHER POIS STAKE IN PARI PARIS, March $--At the Saint Quen # to-day the Prix Barveur was won William K, Vanderbitt's Quon: Ego ——— | DIDN'T DRINK WITH MELLES. of The Evening Worlds sixth edition of power to. Instruct the police tu arrest leobeyed his introduced to-day by | rend & ‘wich would have béén egid at auction Vladivostok Squadron and Mikado’s Ships +! That Bombarded that Port Are Likely to Come Together at Any Moment and There Will Be a Terrific Fight to a Finish. CZAR’S SQUADRON IS ABLE TO PUT UP STIFF DEFENSE. | ‘They Are Up-to-Date and Though the Ene- my’s Fleet Appears to Be More Formid- able There IsNot Much Disparity— Another Effort Made to Bottle Port Arthur. Associated Press.) ST, PETERSBURG, March 8.—The whereabouts of Capt. Reltzenstein'™ Vladivostok sonadron ts carefully guarded by the military authorities, but there 'la a strong !mpreasion here that when the seven Japanese warships — uppeared off the harbor Sunday and yesterday the Russian squadron waa outside, perhaps down the coast co-operating with the Russian land force |S ma moiith of the Tumen River. Russigns were oltelde and the Japanese definitely ascertained: off ‘Viadivostok to prevent the Russians’ return, giving battle if tae Rus- sians are caught in the open "sea, All the’ harbors along thp coast ih which the Russians ‘might seek refuge are frozen, and the squadron must evehtu- ally be forced to return. to Vladivostok for coal. Although'the Japanese squadron {is superior in numbers and guns, con | sisting of a battle-ship and four armored cruisers, two of which are believed }{o be the Tdzumo and the Yakumo, and two unarmored cruisers, the four armored cruigers under Capt. Reitzenstein, the Rossia, Gromoboi, Rurik and Bogatyr, are among the finest vessels in the Russian navy, constituting as sister ships a homogeneous fighting unit. on A naval service organ here argues lengthily that the present Japanese’ naval disposition presages a movement on a large scale in the Sea of Japan, and the paper accounts for all the Japanese ships except the battle-ship Yashima and the armored cruiser Tokiwa, one first-class protected cruiser and five second-class, reckoning the battle-ships Fugi and Shikishima, the armored cruisers Iwate and Asama and the protected cruiser Takachibo as being injured. 2 . v JAPS MAKE SECOND DASH TO BOTTLE PORT ‘ARTHUR | PARIS, March 8.—A report has reached here that the Japanese have made another attempt to blockade Port Arthur. The report says that the | experiment of sending merchant ships into the harbor entrance and sink- |ing them wes repeated. No particulars have been received. The previous ‘attempt at blockade was pronounced a failure by the Russians and the | Japanese admitted that it had not met with the measure of success they ‘had anticipated. \CZAR ORDERS ST. LOUIS FAIR BUILDING DOWN. ST. LOUIS, March 8.—The-framework for the Russian national pavilion — at the World's Fair was torn down to-day on receipt of a cablegram from | St. Petersburg by Contractor Lecouer, who has been in charge of the work. Work on the framework of the pavilion was well under way. ‘The cablegram was from the Depattment of the Interior, briefly order- | ing such work as had been completed torn down. | | | ONS i. ALL HIS FAMILY ee Bankrupt and with Murder and Suicide | Planned He Entertains Them at Circus and Dinner and Then Kills Them, The polsontug ccurred last night, all) for thirty years. the members of the family being found — laist night tiv Beseke famtly had @e dead to-day, box at the cirous, .At 19 o'clock diy The sheriffs had taken chagew was ordered tn from « caterer, e everything In the house, and“label was especially gay and tender been on Beseke’ pressed his wife and his three of champagne, furniture, toner