The evening world. Newspaper, April 23, 1904, Page 10

‘COMERSTONE 0 6S HOME LAD Mayor McClellan Presides at the Ceremonies at the New Armory for the Famous Fight- ing Irish Regiment. HAS DONE MUCH SERVICE FOR THE NATION AND STATE The Armory at Twenty-fifth Street and Lexington Avenue Will Cost $650,000 and Will Be Most Complete. The cornerstone of the new Sixty- ninth Regiment armory, at Twenty-fitth treet and Lexington avenue, was lajd by Mayor McClellan this afternoon be- fore a crowd that packed the nelghbor- hood for blocks around. Although It had been expected that there would be a great turn out of people the ac- Sommodations arranged for thetr recep- Yon were entirely inadequate and mogt of them were forced to be content with hearing snatches of music and cheering at the utterances of speakers they coulg | im not see It was a proud and gala day for the Irish of New York. ‘On April 23, 1861, the Sixty-ninth Regi- ment marched down Broadway on the Way to the front and since that day the fighting record of the Sixty-ninth has not been disfigured by a stain, Grouped about the Mayor as he lowered the corner stone into place to-day were "ome of the men who marched away to the front forty-three years ago, and back of them ned up the 1,000 stalwart members of the new Sixty-ninth, ready {f need be to follow the example of the pid. Hiher: is an Escort. The Ancient Order of Hibernians tected as escort for the Sixty-ninth Regi- ment, marching from Lafayette place and Great Jones street ahead of the military organization, At the corner- atone laying the chlef address was de- Uvered by Judge James Fitzgerald ‘The present Colonel of the Sixty-ninth is Edward Dufty, been with the regiment since 1s67. Ie went into It after it had achieved a name in the war of the Rebellion. In later days the Sixty-ninth took part in State af- fairs and on one or two occasions did ood work in preserving the peace dur- ing outbreaks of strikers, It volunteered for service in the Spanish war. ‘The armory which is to arise on the Lexington avenue site will be the most complete in the country. The building. 335 feet long by 205 wide, will have @ drill room 200 feet square. The total expense must not exceed $630,000, As this Js a limited sum the decorations will | be severe in order, but will In no way minimize the beauty of the building Hach company will have tts individ- nal room provided with lockers and ali leading to the gymnasium and baths. One of the features of the building will be the roof, which will be so construct- @d as to be convertible into a roof ®arden for the use of the membors during the summer months, Two shooting galleries, one having a range “€ 90 feet, will be built in the basement. Its Work for the Union, Just forty-three years ago to-day the “Irish Sixty-ninth’? tramped down Broadway to the beat of drums andas enthusiastic a godspeed as ever accom- panied a regiment of volunteers bound for the front. It was a regiment from which the famous Irish Legion and the Irish Brigade afterward sprung, The Bixty-ninth from New York has since that memorable day in 1861 stuck to Its individuality and identity as a tMasure too valuable to let sip from thelr hearts. ‘On the platform to-day will be the oldest veteran of the regiment. He Joined it in 1856, and was on: young men who with his gun shoul- dered walked with his fellows down Broadway to Canal street, and thence to Washington to be given a place in the fighting line. He was Capt, Thomas L, Canton then, Now he is a lawyer, of those and lives at No. ast Sixteenth street, He has a few oid cronies as friends, and they never let hance slip by to fight their battles over a To-day was one of the oc the civil war was reviewed on the plat- form, “I am glad to meet you," said Capt Canton to Mayor McClellan, “I saw your father at Antietam. I was th a. br there yet." also pleased to meet very who had survived the bat- his brother had been killed. ue in which Then they talked of the generation wince passed, and the Mayor heard much about his own father. was with the Sixty-niath when Sumter was fired on, and when Col, Corcoran was under arrest because he Over i : Saturday Morning's World, Saturday Evening's World and the great Sunday World, refused to parade In honor of the Prince of Wales, who had arrived here on @ visit,” said the veteran soldier. “When Lincoln called for men the court-mar- tial proceedings were st and Col. Corcoran was ordered to take his place at the head of his regiment. Marched Down Broadway. “The day we left the regiment met in Great Jones street, because the arm- ory, which was at Essex Market, wax too’ small to hold We marched down Broadway to Canal, most extraordinary scene I have ever witnessed ,and never die out of my heart. the Irish people have warm blood flow- Ing through them. Cheering. shouting, yelling thousands packed the streets. the windows, every place they could find to give us a patriotic farewell, “IT have been in Paris when French- p and down the streets like of it when I ha French Chamber ii ay against Ger- that war was declare many “When we got to Washington we had a chance to see Lincoln. He cane over to our camp one day, and said that he Wanted to see the tine Irish regiment drill, He got out of his car- riage and sald many klad things ¢, us all. Ho was a big-nearted old man, with a hard-looking old face, and al* though most of us were Democrats, once that there wasn't wouldn't do for Then came full Hun, 1 we any- or thir We were there. “When we arrived at the front we were put in a brigade under the com- mand of @ man we had never heard of before. He waa a West Potnter; hard, stern, and, as we thought. very distant. But we soon learned Uiat he was the greatest of them all, barring none, He was Willlam Tecumseh Sher- man, You can bet we too afterward found out that ‘war js hell.’ Became Irixh Brigade. “Upon, our return after our three months’ " enlistment had expired, the regiment came back to New York, and the Irish Brigade was formed, Jong after that the Irish Legion organized, and I enlisted again under Col, Corcoran, who had been released from Libby prison after several months imprisonment. Hack to the front. we the old Sixty-Ninth retadning its we got into jt for falr, » history of that tin Army of the Potom You in the A hand in all the big battle fought. them Spottaylvan th n the were Antietam was the toughest of all. We were at Gettysburg a, North and South A Hattle of the James, Our old © certainly good to us The echo of that - ERE HET ORE HEHEHE ARE ENE ae % Million. That’s the number of Worlds your 14-word Houses, Rooms and Apartment ad. goes into for $1.00 if handed in either Friday or Sat- urday at the 3-time rate. or in more than 1,000,000 copies of The World gua: reception hasn't out of us ye There will be 110 of us to-night at the Marlborough, and we'll say a word or two of it there." As a National Guards organization the regiment took part In’ qnelling the avarantine riots In 1858, the draft riots in 1868 and the quarantine disturbances 2. When the Spanish. war, had nth was ordered got into active Tuek.”” aw they all v ‘urse th said at the time. The banquet of the Sixty-ninth Regi- ment Veterans’ Association Lo-niglt at the Marlborough will be attended by most of the city oMfclals and all of the Po: for slow after-dinner spenk- & speerit i "sof repute for wit und eloquence will ald Jn the entertainment of the veterans. who are not deficient themselves when it comes to song and story, a NEW CHARGE OF THE 600. Candidates of ALO. 1. WIN Take Degrees To-Morrow, The exemplitication of the for degrees of Ancient Ubernians will » tomorrow evening at 7 f fo Hall, Fifty-ninth Hixon avenue, County President MeNulty has received reports from the presidents of the fifty-two divisions of the order and they indicate ndidates will then take the Eres famous doxre of Now Je Wilt by emplify the degrer State street and M Presiaont of deliver addr At the meeting of the County Board of Directors held at Central Hall, Tues- day evening, County President McNulty, Major Edward 1’. McCrystal, Daniel V. y and Thomas Kelly were elected to the National Conventi to be held at 6t. Louls, Moe 0. 6 will hold its anual en- (this evening at Lyric the direction of the Actors: Bal nion a Sunday's World, Morning World Monday and Evening World Monday. teed. JARS ORES | Amal, THE NEW 69TH REGIMENT ARMORY AND THE MOST PROMINENT OFFICERS IN MILITARY ORGANIZATION, YOUNG HUSBAND KILLS HIMSELF 18-Year-Old Frederick Hollman, Fearing Prison for the Non- Support of His Wife, Ends His Life. Fearing that he would be sent to prison for his inability to support Kis wife, elghteen-year-old Frederick Holl- man ended his life early to-day by drinking carbolic acid at the. threshold of his home, at No. 1408 Bt. Mark's ave- STOCKS STRONG AS THE MARKET CLOSED Brooklyn Rapid Transit Led the List in a Late Rally and the Bank Statement Helped the Trading. Stocks closed strong to-day and a little more active than during the early trading. The bank statement was con- aldered good, but had little effect upon prices, although ft did cause a little more activity. Justgatter the state- ment there was a slight upward spurt, which carried Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transtt over 47 and other Issues also slightly higher, but this did not Inst, and prices sagged slightly, although the close was on an average higher thn yestentay, Consolidated Gas, Atchison, the trite- tlons and tho steel Issues were the most active, The trading attracted but little at- tention and the outside news was dis- cussed without any effect upon the stock mark: The general belief is that Tuesday's ships will carry out un- usually day large quantities of xold, ‘To- Goldman Sach , Co. and Heldel- lekelhetmer & Co. each engaged Jd that Lazard about the si the ame Ur t ML other will also make arrangements for shipments, Consolidated Gas at the opening was watched with a great deal of interest, 4a many belleved, now the Gas Grab the stock ms . and evensa in a measure were being sold again by Pittsburg his selling has always had au effect as the Pittsburgers have been right nearly every time. Th now that the recent boom in the steel and iron trade was but the usual spring boom and that the months to come will again ull enough to out down earn- ings below the last month of the first quarter of the year. Realty preferred was active but was not as aggrossively strong as yester day. |day The general situation Is much mixed and even good Judges do not know where they stand, although there are many who freely’ predict that during the ‘summer stocka will sell at the lowest prices yet. Tho total sales of stocks ‘© 72,000 shares and of bonds $1,426,000. The Closing Quotations. Highest, lowest and t changes from yesterday's or from last recorded sales closing are na follows: High, Net Low. Clone. Ch’ ges. 49% ADU Bit ae & oni Halt rook Canadian’ Pacltic Chea, & Ohl pe. Nash Manhattan M St. RR Ko kT Pacific & We K BILL 1S VETOED Mayor Refuses to Sanction Widening of Westchester County Thoroughfare—Calls It Flagrant Case of Attempt- ed Spoliation. The White Plains road bill, which cought to compent the city to pay sev- enty-five per cent. of the cost widening White Plains road from 5 Oto 100 feet, was vetoed to-day by Mayor McClellan, Property owners along the road who ap- peared at the hearing on the bill yester- day insisted that if the city were not to pay the seventy-five per cent, of the cost contemplated in the bill, many of them would be ruined, as the cost other- wise fallingto thelr lot would amount to $2,000,000, ‘The Mayor's reasons for vetoing the bill says “This bill presents, in a very simple and clear form, one of the most fla- grant cases of attempted spoilation of the elty that I have had oceasion to deal with so far. Jt is mandatory, and e: tirely ignores’ the power possessed by the local authorities In the premises. ‘This administration has already adopted the practice of vetoing meas- ures of this Kind, and will certainly not make af exce {t not only does not dite in from other anacter, but is has so Ina aly cases of this rant pre: more 1 ar been than sent ee STOCKS QUIET ON THE CURB. Copners Show Wife and Northern Securities Drops a Fraction, » stocks were quiet to-day, with ving In narrow limits, Nor ern "ities showed a loss of 1-4 per at, At OB 3-4, he copper stocks Ka evidence of Mfe. The bid and aske prices of the principal outside securitles were: ‘ } prices American Can... American Can pt British Columbia; Con. Inter. Marine pt Northern. Securit v York ‘Transit ndard Ol... vurd Air Line, . joard Air Line pt White Knob ——___- COTTON MARKET. The cotton market opened easy to-day with prices 6 to 10 points lower. Bear pressure continued to depress the mar- ket, but df was noted that some wire houses and Europe bought freely on the decline, steadying prices after the all. New crop positions were sup- ported by weather and crop news. Re- ports from Galveston last night that More than nine inches of snow had fallen eventually overcame the bearish- hess of new crop positions and caused October to advance from 11.54 to 11.61} and December from 11.43 to 11.46 after the call. | The opening prices were: April, 13.60 to 13.70; May, 13.67 to 13.68; July, 13.86, to 12.87: 4 tembe st. 13.43 to 1A; : October, 11.55 to 11. 1,48 to 11.50; December 1.40 to 11. Bad Year for a Morgan Line, LIVERPOOL, April 22.—Frederick | Leyland & Co., Ltd, the first British line by J. Pierpont Morgan when forming the shipping combine. in a report for the thirteen months ending | with December, say that after drawing nue, Brooklyn. He was found dying on the pavement and expired before medi- cal ald could reach him. ‘The boy was married before his sev- enteenth birthday. Aocording to his father, John Hollman, the proprietor of & saloon at Ralph and St. Mark's ave- nues, ho had been running wild before his marriage and for some months af- terward continued his reckless con- duct, which resulted in a separation from his bride, Last February he disappeared. Coin- cident with his disappearance Gertrude Carth, sixteen years old, who lived in the same house with the Hollmans, van- ished from her home and could not be found. The police joined in the search, and when the couple were found the boy was arrested. Statements made by the girl, however, led to young Hollman's discharge, Threatened with Jail Sentence. He hod hardly been released from custody when his wife proceeded against him for abandonment. Three weeks ago he was warned in the Gates Avenue Court that he would be sent to prison if he failed to support his wife, ‘The case Was set over until next Monday. In the past three weeks the youthful truggled to get work. He met with ill success, only securing odd jobs as bartender. Yesterday he told a friend that he despaired of success and Would rather dle than go to prison. He said he felt that he would be imprisoned when he faced th e court on Monday and admitted that he could not provide his wife. for for Forgivene: evidently planned his death, as a postal card addressed to his father was found in his pocket. It ad as follows: Papa: You must excuse me for all that I have done in the last two years, I think I must be crazy and will now end it all. I cannot and um unable to get a home for my wife in the time al- lowed by the Magistrate, I think I'll never be of use to myself or any one else. I hope you'll forgive me,” ‘The father of the boy said to-day he belleved his son's mind had failed him, At the home of his wife, No, 1400 St. Mark's avenue, it was said that his fear of prison was unfounded, as his wife de- Heved he was striving earnestly to find support for her. It was sald later that it was not altogether the fear that he would be gent to prison for falling to. provide for his wife that drove Hollman to suicide, It was reported that a woman friend of the Hollman family would appear against him on Monday to press a more serious charge and that Holl- man's father had taken her part, $$ BANK STATEMENT GOOd. New H Records Again Shown Again for the fourth successive week the bank statement to-day showed new high records were made for loans and deposits, The increases in loans amounted to $3,136,200 and in deposits to $12,256,000, the totals being: Loans $1,046,390,300 and deposits. $1,109,374.400, ‘The cash increase was $9,963,100 and the surplus reserves $6.810.100, all of which made the statement even better than had been expected but with mo cheap statements have but litte ind No one pays any attention to them. The statement follows: Loans Denosita Circulation Legal tenders". LONDON STO Americans Cloned Steady After an Uneer LONDON, April 23—The abundance of money in the market tends to keep discount rates qasy, though they stif- fened somewhat. to-day In consequence n rumors. Business red. from in the § week-end sluckne! the settiemen steady, though a. frai t changing of the LI i i newhat ee WHEAT MARKET. Wheat was plentiful in the market to- day on the bearish weather map and prices broke severely in all markets. Corn was weak with wheat. New York's opening prices were: Wheat—July, 88 1 eptember, 83 1-2. Corn—May, 5} 53. offered bid; July: 5 Chicago's opening prices were: Wheat Mi 1-4 to 80; July, 84 to &3 3-4; Ss. , $0 1-8 ‘to 80. Corn—May, 47 8-4 to 471-2; July, 47 1-8 to 47 8-4; Sep- tember, 45 1-#. a New Yorks closing prices were: Wheat—May, 89 3-8; July, 8% bid; Sep- tember, 83 1-8 bid, Corn—May, 63 7-8) July, 53. . GIRL DYING FROM | BRUTAL ASSAULT Skull of Maid in Prof. Hender- son’s Home, at New Haven, Fractured by a Mysterious Assailant. NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 23.—A score or more detectives are seeking the mysterious thug who murderously Assaulted Miss Augusta Peterson in the heart of the fashionable residence dis- trict on Prospect Hill. The young woman was a maid in the family of Prof. Yandel! Henderson, of Yale. Her skull was fractured by a blow at the base of the brain and she is suffering great pain. The physician: have lttle hope of her recovery. The residents in the district where the assault occurred are much excited over the affair, and there are atrong threats of lynching if the guilty man {s found. The asasault took place di- reotly in front of the Yale School of Forestry. Miss Peterson was on her way home from chureh, Struck on the He As she was passing the forestry school an unidentified man leaped out of the darkness and struck her on the head with some blunt instrument. then dragged her body over the wire fence into the grounds surrounding the school. The approach of some one scared him away, but Miss Peterson was un- able to cry for help. When she re- covered sufficiently she managed to crawl to the Henderson home, where she rang the bell and fell in a dased condition against the door. Her sister Is also e: ed by the Hendersons, she who opened the door. 80, Miss Peterson fell in- in a fainting condition. In @ Critical Condition, Physicians were summoned at once and she was taken to the hospital, where it was discovered her skull had been fractured, She has had lucid mo- ments at intervals since the assault, but has been unable to give but a faint description of her assatiant. The faculty and students of Yale are enraged over the affair, and {t will 1n- doubtedly go hard with the guilty man if he is caught, The Chiet of Police of New Haven raid to-day that the detectives had but Mttle information to work on, but that ng stone would be left unturned in thelr efforts to discover the perpetrator. Tho crime much resembles those which terrorized the residents of the suburbs of Boston about @ year ago, There were many arrests made at tho time, but none of those urrested was proved guilty. At the hospital to-day it was sald Miss Peterson was in a critical condl- tion. Your Business Telephone Service Rates are low. NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. 15 Day Street. JAMES McGREERY & GO. Silks, Exhibition of Novelty “Waist Silks,” Numerous colors and patterns. Model Waists made of these silks will be displayed On Monday April the 25th. Five thousand yards of black India Silk. Soft brilliant finish, Lyons dye, 36 inches wide. Suitable for Shirt-waists, dresses, or negligee gowns. 6s5c per yard, Value $1.00. Twenty-third Street, Make to Order at during the Summer. 3h, 0 from the reserve it ts possible pay only the preferred dividend for six months. The reserve is now only $325,000, ‘The falling off ts attributed to the epldem{e of foot and mouth disease in New England last year, stopping shipments of live stock, and to the in. adequacy of Atlantic freights, £, Stern Brothers Window Shades and Awnings Also Furniture Slip Covers, Furniture Re-uphoistered, Portieres and Draperies Stored and Insured Alterations and repairs made if required. Lace Curtains Cleaned at Very Low Rates and Stored Free of Charge, West Twenty-third Street, Moderate Prices SUN TO-MORROW’S SUNDAY WORL In The World Magazine. PERSONAL STORIES ’ ABOUT. NOTABLES. Emperor William of Germany. Interesting details of Emperor William’s joure ney from Bremerhaven to Naples described by an officer of the Koenig Albert, with new photographs. Miss K. I, Harrison. She is Millionaire H. H. Rogers's $10,000-a¢« year secretary and conducts his “inside” deals. All about this remarkable young woman, with the first photograph of her ever published. David R. Francis. The President of the Louisiana Purchase Exe position, which opens next week, sends greete ing to the public through The World Magazine. There's a double page of World's Fair pictures that gives an excellent idea of how it will look. M. Jules Huret. This distinguished French journalist has write ten a remarkable article on the “help problem” in America. He says some very sarcastic things about us and our servants. ALSO STCGRIES ABOUT A Boy Prodigy. There’s a boy of nine in Massachusetts who is ready to enter Harvard. First Mid-Ocean Daily. In a week or so transatlantic travel'ers will find under their plates every morning a daily paper with the stock quotations of the day before. a A Nose from a Finger. The real story of one of the greatest of mira cles in modern surgery. The Caliph and the Cad. A study of New York types by O. Henry. How John Haverty, Hero, Had a Funeral for His Leg. —|New York's Official Divers Who Risk Life Every Day. The Adventures of a Make-Believe Girl Told by Himself. { Newest Things in Summer Suits for the Women olK, In the Editorial Section. Judge Parker Interviewed at Home by Kate Carew. A Remarkable Interview with Baron Kodama, “the brains of the Japanese Army,” by Willian: Dinwiddie. In the Metropolitan Section. McCardell’s humor, Fornaro’s cartoons, the French Twins’ impressions, and don't forget Fogarty; the Coaching Season, the New Spring Styles and the Chorus Girl. In the Funny Side. sut-out—the ‘Funny Side’ pinwheel. A “The Kid—he goes visiting.” “Panhandle Pete as the Living Scarecrow.” Mr. and Mrs. Butt-In, Phyllis, Superstitious Smith and all the other funny favorites. Something of Interest to All in To-Morrow’s AY WORLD. a