The evening world. Newspaper, March 25, 1904, Page 1

SEE 10- MORROW’S EVENING WORLD FOR THE BEST ACCOUNT OF THE CORBETT AND BRITT FIGHT © ——> “PRICE ONE CENT, | “ Citculation Books Open to All.’’ NEW YORK. Le MARC H oh. 1904, WAR TO CRUSH rBANBLING 0 60 ON SAYS PADD Police Commissioner Declares He Is Not Dismayed and Will Continue to Cease- lessly Use the Machinery of His Depart- ment to Secure the Best Possible Results. BUSINESS BRISK AMONG THE POOL-ROOM RUNNERS. Six Opened Yesterday as a Result of the Bennings Boom, but Further Efforts to Lift the Lid Were Met by the Police-- Magistrates Blamed for Conditions. If it be truo that a combination of gamblers and Tammany politicians has been organized to down Police Commissioner McAdoo the combination tas a stiff fight on its hands. In a statement issued to the press this after- poon the Commissioner announces that he is not dismayed nor distracted and that he has no|lamentations to offer; also that he has a plan of cam- 4 paign and intends to follow it. ‘The Commissioner was asked to say something about charges made in * // some newspapers that a return to the old graft system had been inaugurated all over the chy. He said that he had not’ made it « practice to comment | on newspaper recitals of police conditions, but this talk had been so in- sistent that he thought best to depart from the rule. The statement he pre- pared in answer to the request of the reporters is as follows any desire to belittle public information of that nature, but because | am here to do my cig faily and determinedly in the enforcement ef the law ie > against these vices." CANNOT AFFORD TO SWERVE. ‘The Commissioner sald that he could not afford to swerve or be dis- tracted by the discordant statements and conflicting views of the press. He everything; but I know 4 grent deal and I am learning more, and I have my own plans of campaign, I am ceaselessly using the machinery of this department to get the very best possible results, “lL cannot come down here in the morning, read all of the articles and turn ithe whole machinery of this department loose in different dirac- tions at the call of every particular journal. I am the man on the bridge, (Continued on WILLIE, IN COURT, MARKED BILL I HAD THE MEASLES) USED TO MAKE RAID He Was Under Arrest and When | Detectives Fotowed the Boy to His Mother Told Magistrate| Whom It Was Given and Two Willie Was Paroled and Court! Men Were Accused of Run- i Quickly Adjourned. ning a Handbook. Rar eae ma hacsre Mae ionte tam: | oreo ey earner) and Hayes, (of) the mer in the Harlem Court this afternoon | West Forty-seventh Street Station, sent with two other boys on the charge of | messenger boy with a $2 bill, marked, econd Page.) “Many of the newspaper articles I have not read. That is not from! | tera stealing pipe from a vacant heuse/and a slip on which was written the ‘Willie's mother was there. She seemed 59 anxious to take her boy home rightiaway that the Magis- trate asked her| why she was so im patient. “Willle has (ha measles, please sir,’ said Mrs, Hale, "and after the doctor told him he muat stay in bed these ys came along and (ease him x0. a jot out of the house, and now I can ee he’s much worse, parole the ‘prisoner in his mother's custody until he Is well,” hur rledly sald the Magistrate. “Hurry hiny ‘home, madame, and bring him) back here when he Ix well. The other cases were put off until ‘to-morrow and the Magistrate recall- ed that he fad an engagement uptown, | — Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. M+ Saturday for New York City and> vicinity: Showers an‘ warmer to-night; Saturday rain and probably thun- der storms, followed by and colder; increasing ea south wi < shifting Baturday A westerly. hulentenememteeneneetaenedl ——————__ New York Herald’s Easter Nambe; aaron 27. Three superb sections in col ull paae lotures, by, famous, artiata i Guia aad Myre ‘eel Sree Sy i », soabiatiiebie ha! oasis De cla HialatL ——_— WEATHER FORECAST. || name of a horse Into Snesson's Iétel at No, 991 Sixth avenue this afternoon, They followed the boy and saw George Doran, of No. 158 West 1 eighth street, and Frank Willams, of No, US West Sixty-third street, take the money. and Willams were thereupon arr ge of rune ning a handbe M’ADOO FILES PROTEST. He Wants tern n Uptown Site, Commissioner McAdoo sent a letter to the Mayor to-day protesting against the Proposed establishment of a new Poltex He ding on the site of the oli str worst posstile location that could hay been chosen, The Commissioner thinks that the new headquarters should be built at a point between ‘Twenty-thii and Sixtieth streets on the west side, Ife recommends that the Centre M, ket site and the present headquart bo sold and the money thus acquired be applied to the purchase of a plot of ground in the uptown. neighborhood When. 20m Act Gin doa and aman perm og on 5 Fi, '# Consumption Cure, *s* PAN a dt anil aie ail lel TAL a Headauar- | Mi FAVORITES WIN ONLY TWO RACES AT BENNINGS ior, Schwartz yeihiees secur | Event, While Paul Clifford Gallops Home in Front in the Fourth Race. JOCKEY SHAW RIDES POMPANO TO VICTORY. When Popular Rider Dismounts the Crowd Stood Up and Ap- plauded Him for Fully Three Minutes, THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE Belle of Milford (5 to 1) 1, Moorhen (2 to 5) 2, Gold Ribbon 3. SECOND RACE—Dr, Schwartz (6 te 5) 1, Incense (10 to 1) 2, Girdie- stene 3. THIRD RACE—Princelet (6 to 1) 1, Mr. Pickwick (15 to 1) 2, Al- paca 3. FOURTH RACE—Pompano (7 to “!5) 1, Scotch Thistle (even) 2, St. Juvenal 3. FIFTH RACE—Paul Clifford (7 to 1) 1, Tom Kiley (8 to5) 2, Mo- Williams 3, SIXTH RACE—Redlight (2 to 1) 1, Cay (12 to ,1) 2, Glarence 3. (Special to The Evening World) BENNINGS RACE TRACK, D. C., March 25.—Vhe card that was spread! lnefore the racing crowd at Bennings this afternoon was one of the poorest Uiat has ever been offered to a racing public. It was not the fact that there | Was a dearth of horses or that the con- lditions were at fault. the fact that there are no horses ready to tace. , like that which prevailed y and which continued to-day will, however, give the trainers a chance to Mt their charges, and by Monday continued: there should be an abundance of ma- a ° b he town, and I terial on hand, Yesterday was reall y" { de not know everything about the town, an do not claim to know| (retest ane any thet teeters have heal for a month, and a greater part of yes terday’s card was made up of horses that ‘had raced at New Orleans and other poini The atiendance fell off a thousand or more, and things were dull and listless in the ring. A majority of the races looked to be an easy thing for odds-on favorites, and where there is no contest can be no interest The track was in better shape than it has been for a month and the weather, which was threatening {n the morning cleared. off was charming. There Was no stake feature, the moat promise 11g race being the second, which brought vogether a fil feld of two-senrcolde FIRST RACE, Six furlongs Retting Srartert wets iockeys, StTit Fin. Bir i Belle of Mil SMeCue 3° tis t 548 ‘Moorhen. 04, Cormack BM bie 2.8 Gold Hibbon,98, ot PE i Vorina, 111, # 8 t Start fair Neasiiys Hme—t.18 Relle of Milford was quickest to move and she made the running to the turn, followed by Gold Ribbon and Moorhen ‘The latter took second place on. the turn and made a bid as soon ag ahe straightened out. The Belle in trouble, however, and won & Iongth from Moorhen, who wa lengths In front of Gold’ Ribbon. SECOND RACK, For two-year-olds; half @ mile StH. Fin Staplers. wets Jockers 1, 104, re this order’ to me throu THIRD RACE, Six and a half furlongs geaern, Matting Starters. ye oBt nose TL HO, Redfern, 20m gh ye PL Salling 53h H MeCafferts. 1 Henderson 4 ott i ie n'sy B ‘ uu t Avan eaatly: Time Rockland had speed and he showed with Princelot and Sprin lowe order to the K hs. from Mr, ished strong and ‘bes and 1 half for the splice. FOURTH RACE furlongs: who tn a longta Startorn wats Joekeya. St HC Fin ompang, My, Bha Itty atlest08 Piha 1. 10s, Corm’k 2 Won eaally, Scotch ‘Thintle, who was in front of St, Juvenal, Thi SA \ mt] Ae URN Shai Rec ures lengths if 2OD-99S0 522% It was simply | peats His Performance of Last Year. March °5.—The National Steeplechase (of four miles and 6 yards) Was run here to-day and was Kirkland was second and ‘The Gunner was third, " Moifaa’s. victory r tiie, Tanke outsider, which started at sovereigns; about al neck separated’ second and " savortiee eedi? received (0 greet Wel: come, Was present With a lar and Leopold de he cheers which greeted the apporr- ance of Ambush IL. indicated where the had placed its money, Inat year, Ambush IL fully top IMs fences. ‘There was an peste a ce SICK MAN FELL IN RIVER. J. U'Connell, in Delirinm, failed to success- snormous attendance. Pwelftt street suction room is worth Kk for them tn Worla Wants—over two million readers i tirst winning Mount, and the crowd ac- inerchant. vessesis, Iashed together, ,would be a ge wits yet within sinking distance of the harvor's mouth, Wilson's Grippe Ant 102, Shaw's | given out at St, Petersburg. ry ; WEATHER Showers t might; pickelag anaes rain, 0 O'CLOCK | vou NG CORBETT AND JIMMY | BRITT AS THEY W/JLL APPEAR IN THE PRIZE BING TO- NEE PERRET RE Pee ee ANG HORSE NOG AE HL JAP SCOUTS FIND A BIG Ambush I!., Favorite for Grand National Steeplechase, Re- AUSSIAN FORCE IN COREA NIGHT EXTRA PRICE ONE CENT. | -IRHTERS READY FORTHE GONG IN BATTLE TO-NIGHT ————___+$-o——— ‘Young Corbett’ and Jimmy Britt Leave Their Training Quarters in Fine Condition and Each Is Confident of Winning Contest, Which Takes Place in San Francisco. LITTLE CHAMPION IS FAVORITE AND BACKS HIMSELF HEAVILY. Odds Change from 10 to 6 to 2 tol on Cor- bett, but It Is Believed that at the Last Moment Much Money Will Come Out to Back Britt at These Figures. TO-NIGHT’S FIGHT. Principals—“‘Young Corbett,” of Denver, Col., and Jimmy Britt, of California. . Battleground—Woodward’s Pavilion, San Francisco, Distance—Twenty rounds. Weights—130 pounds, weigh in .: 6 P.M. Purse—Sixty per cent. of gross receipts; winner to receive 65 per cent. and loser 35 per cent.; Corbett to get extra 5 per cent. of entire receipts. Gloves—Five ounces. Referee—Eddie Graney, of San Francisco. Seconds—For Corbett, Harry Tuthill, Billy Otts and Tim Me- Grath. For Britt, “Spider Kelly, Willie Britt and Frank Rafael, Men Enter the Ring—About 9,20 P. M. (1.20 A..M., New York time). (Special to The Evening World.) SAN FRANCISCO, March %.—All is in readiness for the great battle | to-night. On this last day there has not been a hitch. Both Britt and Cor- i | bett came into town from their training quarters about 10 o'clock ts Larger Body of Troops South of the morning Britt went to his home to apend the day quietly. Corbett went Yalu than They Counted On—Ex-) perts Cast Doubt on Report of Bot-) tling Up of Port Arthur Fleet. SEQUL, Corea, March 25.—Japanese scouts who have. been oper: ating in the north report that they have discovered large bodies of Russian | troops south of the Yalu River. According to their reports, the Russian] forces in Corea are much stronger ti.rn had: been supposed. Two detachments of Russian troops, one estimated to number 300 Ping Yang and about sixty miles south of the Yalu River. ——_——_++ PORT ARTHUR IS NOT BLOCKED, SAY EXPERTS. LONDON, March 25.—A renewal of the report from Tokio that the Japanese have succeeded in sinking a line of merchant vessels bound to- gether with cables across the entrance to Port Arthur harbor, thus bot- ting up the Russian squadron, is not regarded here as conclusive, tne military experts of the newspapers cannot conceive that the feat could ve so easily accomplished as the despatches relate. ‘This bottling up of the Russian ships is sald to have been done duritg a bombardment on Tuesday night, March 22, Admiral Togo's official report of the last bombardment says nothing of an engagement on Tuesday night, He says that his torpedo-boats advanced Monday night and that he bom- barded on Tuesday morning, It was a long bombardment and it is con- sidered extremely unlikely that there should have been a resumption sa soon RUSSIAN SHIPS CAME OUT. In Admiral Togo’s report he says that during the bombardment the Russian battle-ships and cruisers steamed out of the harbor and toward the sea, with the evident intention of drawing the Japanese warships within range of the guns in the forts. Admiral Togo refused the bait and steamed away. If the fire from the forts {s sufficiently feared by Admiral Togo to impell him to keep his battle-ships and protected crulsers out of range of 2 protection of the forts enabled the Russian battle-st | it, and if the prot SCO eee ot the Madviecay a Raltiea law ho: able to see uow seven to Jast long enough to steam ont of the inner harbor, the experts are u If the Ruseian battle-ships and cruisers dared to steam out in the face of the Japanese flect assuredly they would not be held back against such ap unwieldy fleet as that made up of seven merchantmen lashed together. Admiral Togo said nothing in his report—which appeared to cover the engagenient fully—of any attempt to sink merchant vessels in the harbor entrance. The first attempt of that nature was of no effect. Nothing further has been heard of the rumor from German sources of tho blowing up of the Russian battle-ship Bayan, beyond the official denial ~fand the other 200 men, are reported to be pillaging the country around | Anju. The natives, in fear, are fleeing south. Anju is forty miles north of to the Palace Hotel, where a guard was established over his room, and only those nearest to the little champion were allowed to see him. Neither uf the fighters wti! be seen on the street again until they come out of their retirement to go io the ringside, about 8.30 o'clock to-night. Corbett still refuses to tell*what his exact weight will be when he gets on the scales at 6 o'clock, ‘Frisco time. “1 won't raise the beam. That is all that anybody needs to know,” is ll that Corbett has to say, and his trainers cnd his manager are equally reticent. BRITT WITHIN WEIGHT. Spider Kelly says for Britt that the Callfornian will step on the scales and register within the required 130 pounds, He was safely within the limit last night, and to-day is eating only what food is necessary to keep his strength at the top notch. Britt states forcibly that he has not been affected in any way by the re- |ducing process that he has gone through. ‘he weather has been cool all through the time of training, and he has not been baked out as Frank Erne y (Continued ic on nh Page Twely COURT EMPLOYE 30 WORKERS DEAD SUICIDE BY GAS IN FLOODED MINE? oe Body of William Clark, Engineer Escape of ‘den Cava Caught by Rush at the Appellate Division! of Waters from Broken Dam Building, Found in Bed with a) Cut Off and All Supposed to Tube in His Mouth. Have Perished. William Clark, fifty-five years old. an} BRAZIL, Ind, March 25.—The Tems¥e x : of oy he Excelsior Cl engineer employed at the Appellaie Di of a dam at a vision of tho#upreme Court, at Twenty-| Works at noon to-day flooded the mine Afth street and Madison avenue, was | tt with water and tt Is this afternoon found dead from gas| bel that the men have all perished. ‘ ——___— asphyxiation In his room on the top tel, at No. 88 Fourth avenue He was in bed, with the end of a gas tube, leading from an open jet, held in his mouth with ‘tis rigat hand. The discovery of his body was made] eee nin, and Third ave Magistrate Flamm cal laws, Ball wae a chwmbermaid, who detected tie xO aud Dior of gas coming from hie room, An fag aoe ambulance surgeon from New York] SVN" gadie Reeves and Mra + Dukge Hospital pronounced him dead man, employed by the Clark was & Magon, and members of | {ual Soclery.. were. the compiotaae nant you wilved exat- hat fraternity who Jearned of iis death | qshey wald that on Fo 28 they bo sald that they would give his body ue-| drugs trom ‘Trou for Improper purposes cent purial. Nothing of his relatives or| und that he advised them at the tte friends Is known at the hotel, ) to see a midwife whose name