The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1904, Page 3

se aia Wal THE’ WORLD: THURSDAY ooRETEE a cl EVENING, MAY! 19, 1904. SOCIETY WOMAN WHO MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHED WAILE WITH HUSBAND AT MORRIS PARK RACES. BOGUS ROOSEVELT POSED AT CAPITOL President Incensed to Learn that Double Was “Snapped” Talking to a Negro, While ?olice Looked On. PEACE GUARDS DECEIVED BY EXCELLENT MAKEUP, Moving Pictures Taken Sup- posedly to Be Used for Polit- ical Effect in, South—Inquiry Under Way. (Special to The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, May 19.—President Roosevelt is greatly perturbed and tn- tensed over an incident which happened at the east front of the Capitol this afternoon, and which, he says, reflects hot only upon him personally, but upon the dignity of the office of President of the United States. ‘The occurrencp Involves the moving picture snapshot of a man impersonat- ing the President under circumstances which have led the Washington police to Investigate the affair. About noon there drove up to the Capitol in 2 smartly appointed trap a man who to all intents and purposes Was Mr. Roosevelt. Several policemen who were standing nearby thought they Yecognized him. Their bellef that he was the President was the more Ytrengthened when the man raised his hand and saluted. Arriving in front of the’ Capitol the supposedly Mr. Roosevelt alighted from: Whe rig and walked up and down the dephalt plaza, in apparent study and Peflection, Presently he was joined by a big, burly negro, who walked beside him and entered into an animated conversation, ‘The police drew nearer, but did not dare to Interfere. They watched the couple {n conversation, when suddenly, to the Apparent relief of the officers, the sup- posed President walked to his horse and <tarriage and stepped in. He was immediately followed by the Regro, pho In his haste dropped a huge teyolver from his hip pocket. Stoppin, jo recover the weapon, the negro jumper fn and rode off at a fast pace. ‘The police had not recovered from their surprise until the two men were put of eight, Just then’ the officers happened to Invk about, and much to their ustonish- ment they discovered a. third person carefully concealed in the alcoves of the main Capitol building just about to carry off a moving picture machine, He had been there during the pere- grinations of supposed Roosevelt and had been basi snap shots of the two men, one white and the other black, as ‘they walked to and fro. Hastily grabbing his paraphernalia, the moving-picture man got aboard on Express wagon and drove oft. Then the Bolice realized what had happened. The White House was telephoned and ft was found that the man who had joked like Roosevelt was not the resident at all, but a person rigged out to impersonate him, ‘The whole proceeding was done for the benefit of the moving-picture machine. It 1s said that the pictures will be ex- hiblted throughout the country. It 1s claimed that they were taken for political effect in certain seotions of the uth, MOTORMAN SET ON FIRE BY FUSE it Blew Out on a Car in Brook- lyn, and the Man in Charge Had to Leap to Save His Life. ‘The nvotorman of open car No, 2081 of the Flatbush avenue line as badly Hinged this afternoon and a score of passengers were frightened into a }tampede by the blowing out of a fuse In @ controller box just as the car reached City Hall square, Brooklyn. The fuse blew out with a joud re- port, followed by a flash of blue flame Phay enveloped the entire forepart of the vehicle. Alarmed by the exploaion and the terrifying cracking of sparks the men and yomen in the car rushed in pell mel! confusion for the street, ‘As soon as the flames burst out about him the motorman endeavored to climb into the car through the front window. His clothing had caught fire and his beard was burning. The window would hot open, however, and he was com- ed to leap over the dashboard. though his whiskers and much of his bair had be onsimed, he refusea medical ass! e and went on with his car. An inspector of the road or- dered him not to reveal his name to the police, ——__ NOT CORRECTLY QUOTED. Brror in Réport About Proceedings of Webster Davin Against Boe A report was sent out to-day of the Proceedings before Magistrate Cornell in Jefferson Market Pollce Court in the case of the complaint of attempted blackmall made by Webster Davis against Samuel Pearson and Wiliam Vanderhooght. The printed report that Magistrate Cornell expressed the belief that the accused men did’ not write blackmailing letters to MHr. Davis and that they are victims of a conspiracy was inaccurate. No such an opinion was expressed by the Magistrate, Both sides being agreeable, the hear- ing Was postponed | until ‘to-morrow @fternoon. When the auestion of ball Mas brought up, Abraham Levy, coun- sel for Mr. Davis, sald that he was willing that the defendants shoi released In custody of their oouneat, oe Ul they could furnish ball at 3 o'clock this afternoon. At that hour bail was Produced, SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY WONDERS., (Photograph by Pach.) O'S: term arr Leroy Janes. SHOT BY BROTHER IN ACARD GAME In Quarrel Between Three Brothers One Is Fatally Wounded in the Abdomen and Two Are Arrested. James Labretto {s dying In Seney Hospital, Brooklyn, to-day with a bul- let wound in the abdomen, and his brother Michael, charged with the shooting, and his other brother, John, detained as a witness, are in Bergen street police station. The three brothers were devoted, and never had. there been a quarrel be- tween them that fs known of until early to-day when they gathered in the sa- loon owned by John, at No, 238 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, Al! night the cards had been dealt and money had ex- changed hands. James is sald to have questioned some play made by both his brothers. There came high words and then blows The three brothers began fighting. James 4a said to have attacked Mich- acl with his fists, and to have got the better of him, when Michael drew a forty-four calibre revolver and, it 1, alleged, fired It at his brother. Three times Michael discharged his weapon. ‘Two of the shots went wild, but the third went true and James fell with a great wound in his abdomen, Hearing the pistol, shots, Policoman Charles Cally, of the Berget street police station, went to the saloon, He found James lying unconscious on the floor, Over him stood his two brothera, Michael still holding the pistol. They were engeayoriug \O Oring the man back to consciousne: ‘Cully placed Michael and John under arrest and sent for an ambulance from Seney Hospital. After James had been taken away the policeman started for the station-house with his two pris- oners, when at the door he was sud- denly surrounded by half a hundred Itallans, who demanded that the two men be set free. The Italians were in high stare of excitement and were tening. ‘earing he Was to be assaulted, Cally drew his pistol and pointed it at the crowd. ‘The men rushed away from him, | and theh fell in behind him and with | oaths and threats followed him to the door of the station-house. There they | by the reserve police, sed upon them with night FELLOWES, JR., MUST PAY. | Jury Decides Runabout Was His Whe ic Wi Smashed. | Cornelius Fellowes, jr, must pay for ‘the runabout and harness he bought of Samuel F, Sniffin, of the W. D. Grand Carriage Company, at the American Horse Exchange last August and which were sinushed into small bits while on their way to him at Saratoga The jury in Justice Davis's part of the Supreme Court so directed this af- ernoon. ay a verdict for ‘ey the price of the rig, $252, wil r \ HERO'S RECORD, 39 LIVES SAVED Capt. John Cooley, of Tugboat Bella, Rescues Drowning Boy After Hard Fight in Whirling Eddies. z Capt. John Cooley, of the tugboat Bella, who rescued ten men from the burning steamship Bremen during the Hoboken fire, has added another rescue to his already amazing record of thirty-eight whom he has saved from death. As the Bella waa steaming past the foot of East One Hundred and~‘Thir- teenth street late yesterday afternoon ; ten-yrar-old Angelo De Rosa, of No. 35 East One Hundred and Tenth! street, tumbled from the pler into thei river, He was caught by the rushing current and whirled far out into the stroam. The boy disappeared beneath ‘the water about fifty feet from the bow of the tug, when John Golden, a deck- hand on the Bella, was made aware of his per!l and jumped overboard. He o@ught the boy as he came up, but the Mbtle fellow wound his arms around the man's neck so tightly that he could not swim. ‘The pair were going down when Capt. Cooley leapeu in after them. The Captain had considerable dim- culty In réaching the man and boy be- cause of the swift current and whirl- ing eddies, When he finally secured Golden by the collar they were 100 vards from the tug. He managed to keep ‘them up, however, until ropes BANDITS CAPTURE AMERIIN CITE Wealthy Man Named Perdicaris, Living in Tangier, Morocco, Carried Off by the Notorious Brigand Raisuli. TANGIER, Morocco, May 19.—An American citizen named Perdicaris ‘and his stepson, a British subject, wero carried off by the well-known bandit Ralsuli and his followers last night, and doubtless will be held for a heavy ransom, ‘The captives were staying at Perdi- caris's summer residence, only three miles from Tangier, when the bandits attacked and captured them, Perdicaris is of Greek origin, but is a naturalized citizen of the United States. He is very wealthy and has lived in Tangier for years. He married an English woman, whose son Is jis companion in captivity. Foreigners are much excited by this bold raid, so near Tangter, and ettribute it to the supineness of the Government in failing to punish the bandits who last year captured Walter B, Harris, the correspondent in Morocco of the London Times, and thelr failure to deal with general lawlessness in the district, Walter b. Harris, the London Times correspondayt et Morocco, Was led ano ambush and captyred in’ June of last year by members’ of the Darromana ‘Tribe, who handed him over to Ralsull. He Was uninjured and was released, after being held in captivity three weeks, in exchange for sixteen native prisoners, Ralsull” has notified Mohammed Torres, the representative at Tangier for forcign affairs of the Sultan of Morocco, that he requires the removal el were!.thrown to them and they were hauled aboard the boat. ‘This’ ts young De Rova’s second nar- row escape from death. A year ago his mother, two brothers and little sister were burned to death Jn a fire a few doors from his presen® home, and he was only saved through the heroism of Fireman Summerhayes, of ‘Truck 14. Capt. Cooley, :n addition to a’ score of single rescues and the rescue of ten men in t he Hoboken fire, saved many lives at the sinking of the Bur- moyne, Te wax aboard the Allea, of the Aflas line, when the two steamships collided, Among thore he rescued at tuls time waa Postmaster-General Pierce, of Jamaica, W. E. LONDON STOCKS DULL. Amertonns ose Gi Made itn Barly Trading and Close Easy. LONDON, -May 19.—Money was in moderate demand in the market to- Gay and the supply was abundant. Dis. counts were steadier, owing to the com- ing Issue of $12,600,000 of treasury bills and the condition of foreign exchange, There was a cheerful tone on the Stock Exchange, but Utule Inclination to do businens owink 10. tho aproach of tne ‘Whitsuntide holidays, followed by ‘the settlement. Console were quietly firm, Home Ralis suffered from profit-taking, ‘moricans opened dull and a litte above parity, relapsed In the absence of Were inanimate, Japanese ‘aecutlties were in bh a aeci les were buoyant, of the Sultan's troops from his district, the removal of the Governor of Tangier rand the release of a number of im- prisoned bandits. When these con- ditions are complied with Raisull will notify Mohammed el Torres of the course he proposes to pursue with the cantives, a UNITED STATES CONSUL 4&CTS IN BANDIT CASE, WASHINGTON, May 19—The Btate Department has received the following cablegram from United States Consul Gummere, dated at Tangier to-day “Mr, Gummere and the British M ister are acting with energy in the kidnapping of Messrs, Perdicaris and Varley. They have sent a special ¢ rier to the court to Inform the Sultan's deputy to ply with all requests th make in this matter and to Insist that the terms demanded by be granted In order to obtain the re- lease of the captives. Acting Secretary Loomis was in con- sultation to-day with Capt. Winslow, of the Navigation Bureay, respecting the despatch of a United States war- ship to Tangier to back up the Con. Sule demands. There are a number of British waranips within a few hours’ anil of Tangier, and it ls supposed tit Mr. Gummere is co-operating with the British Minister there, and there will be ipo hesitation on the part of the in urrying British” Government warship to the scene. Raisuly shail | a WIRES LEGACY \Rev. J. F. Cordova, Eloping with | | Girl, Carried Off $1,500, Be- sides Other Funds He Had Withdrawn from Deposit. TRUNK WAS, PACKED | FOR A LONG JOURNEY.| | Left in Great Haste, Evidently Fearing Frustration of Plans —Trustees Will Expel Him from the Pastorate. v It--To 8 investigation Into the sensational elopen the Rev, J, F, Cordova pnd Miss Julia Bowne, the pretty eligh |teen-year-old daughter of one of the rusteen of hie church, shown that the] minister at d made careful | secret departure from the village j In his study, which he had kept locked for several days, hiv trunk wa ] found. all packed for a long Journes A few: hundred dollars which he had invested inom oat bullding and lown association he withdrew several days Ago, und there Is nu trace whatever of & $1,000 legacy which his unfortunate Wife recelved from. ‘of at deal Felative some weeks ago ani whieh we turned over to her recreant husbutid to place In the bank | Apparently the departure of the | couple was more procattats tut thes ed intended, and ite etuddontess wire die to the growing suspicion. wt, ira tee Mowno “und. his, iitimate. frienl Trustee Carr, attor, It appe traced the doavour a Kueaday night's eoting and there confronted the couple Mr. Bowne was summorod and after | rebuking the. minister, ordered his | @aughter to go home. ‘She didn't go. | but later met Cordova at another ren: | dezvous and went away with hin, 1 Ye original plans of the two been cars it elteved that Cordova would nave taken Ms trunte and. Miss Howne some liggige of her own So far the searen for the couple ha availed nothing. Not the slightest truce | of their whetcabouts since. they. lett New. Hrunswick on tt ht train Tuesday night tina te scovered. | The police of deiphin and Balt! try at shin | re belie Ww rin a beilet that the runaways will sail tor | Europe Cordova’ faa. man; whole enaily identi fled by description, and if. he. shoves himself in public wiih Sliss Bowne, who Is twenty-seven. years hie junior, it te belleved “that he be ¢ plete descriptions of the p: Bent éverywhere, The trustees of the F Episcopal Church will me Con © been t Methodist | t to-morrow and expel Cordova from the past Hig conduct has been a great sho U congregation the gossip. ¢ tof Mise Bo: ork of scandal mongers EXPLOSION WRECKS GUNCOTTON PLANT Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Machinery in the Works of the Petrafoid Company, at Newark, Destroyed. { (Special to The Evening World.) NEWARK, May 19.—A terrific explo- sion of guncotton in the plant of the Petrafold Company, at Nos. oH a £36 Thomas street, this elty, to-day} wrecked thousands of deilars’ hoof valuable machinery and started a con- flagration which at one time menaced the entire manufacturing section In the lower part of the city. The force of the explosion was felt two miles away, and almost every window within a radius of| a mile was broken ‘There were a number of emple working in the buildings when the plosion occurred, but fortunately none) of them was Injured save Mlorenc Wrigley, a fifteen-year-old girl, of No. 67 Dawson street, who was struck by flying debris and so badly hurt that she had to be removed to St. James's Hospital, ‘She first reports of the ex- plosion were that several people had been Killed and a score injured, and all of the ambulances in the elty and the} police reserves were called out. There) was little nerd for their services, how-| wor is ex:| ever. ‘he ilremen had a harder task, as ths flumes spread rapidly, and it was with great diMoulty th they we controlled. | ‘The Petrafold company manufactures: soluble gun cotton and different Iac- | quers and varnishes, A large quantity | of combustible and explosive material | in kept on hand tn the three bulldings The exact cause of tne exp! sion is a! mystery. TH Wrigley girl made a ement to the police that she was in saw a man employed. there throw tity of guncotton Into A furnace. ponice as that the gl fun sin a yard. forty fect awuy, whei) In Belon occurred and conld not vet exten sich an incident. However, | have Rhgid investigation is being made of! e ¥. he Moree report of the explosion re- cel by the police was that It was in the: Armitage Var Works, which adjoins the Petr plant, Chis | proved. to be untrue, ‘The ase wopke were Merhitle fia FIREMAN GONE; ENLISTED? Strange Theory an to Why Ken- nedy Disappeared ‘phe whereabouts of Paul J. Kennedy a fireman atached to Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, 18 commencing to worry the offteals at the Fire Headquarters Deputy Commissioner Doyle was told to-day about the case, which was on the trial ca'endar | | “Capt Wiliam Clark, of the Comp: stated that Kennedy had not rep | for duty sine He believed {ke nedy had Hated tn the United } State oy and gone to tae Philippines, The case waa adjourned. ——— ke GEM WORTH $1,000 FOR $ro, iat dlanell GIRL WIL KEP 1,000 ART Mabel Hite, Actress, Bought a Higneron Picture~ for $10, Vows She Does NOt Intend to Return It. Art ¢ atre handsome! ery, West Twenty-ninth has located the attractive ek bs gowned young woman whe chased # $1,000 Higneron in iis ah llery a few days ago for $10, Be bel Hite, who sings and danéea Vene’ mance” at the | iSnickerbocker An Evening World reporter called | Miss Hite at her home, No, 230 We | Forty-fifth street, to-day, and learned the story of the purchase, and, Incie dentally, the young woman's Intention to cling to her bargain with a peculta nacity im Miss Hite is petite and she has ae | knowing a little wink as ever twinkled over the be of a Jenny Wren, @b” used this fascinating litte contortie and a stamp of the foot when she sala ‘Do you tank T would be such a dafty as to give back my Higneron just bas Jea I was knowing enough to rec [nize a bargain when J saw It. Not a jit. T have given the litle gem tay i | mother fora birthday present I there it Is above the sideboard,” itis the charming young Indy pointed na Wine Cellar,” that a Mr Duft¥e 1 aliery, had sold for $0. aa was a card if of it | nor Happy Returns of the Day, from your attectionate daught GIRL HAD BOMB TOLL CUR Young Woman Student, Daugh- ter of Leading Russian Privy Councillor, Confessed and Was Secretly Hanged. Prussian, May 19.—De- spatches from St. Petersburg state that the plot of a young girl to kill the Czar with a bomb during the spring on May 10 was thwarted by authorities, Js reported to have been se- nged at once, The Emperor always reviews the parade on horseback, taking his post- tion slightly to one side of the pavilion BRESLAU, parade the from which the Empress and Grand Duchess view the pageant, A grand stand Is erected by the munielpality, | tickets of admission to which are pub- Ucly sold, e names and addresses of purchase being taken by the polic Persons seated in the loges or boxes In front could easily throw an object at the place where the Emperor stands, and the authortt in consequence, re- serve the right to cancel the sale of tickets to these if the purchasers are not known to be absolutely trustworthy. It was noticed Just before the arrival of the Emperor that Miss Merezhevaky, the daughter of a leading Russian privy councillor, who occupied one of the loges nearest where the Emperor would sirnd, was acting in a nervous and peculiar manner. The authorities risked a scandal by approaching her and placing her under arrest. A search disclosed a skilfully constructed bomb concealed beneath the front of her dress, She did not deny her intention of hurling the bomb at the Czar, but re- fused to give any Information, She had been an attendant at the oursos In the women's university and ix supposed to have Joined the Nihil- ists. She was taken away by the au- thorities, and it wes rumored immedi- that she had been given a y. afte short examination and trial and hanged at once, father, who !s an aged and re- ted man, Is completely prostrated. “ald the anger of the government all upon him, BORROWS MONEY ON CRITIC'S NAME Swindler Goes Among Theatri- ca! Folk, Who Are Usually Wise, end Actually Succeeds in Beating Them of Cash. Some swindler is fattening his purse using the names of newspaper men n requesting loans from treatrical folk some instances and from prominent liticlans in others Within a week the name of a dramatic sitle has been used three timer and in case money has been oht Twice te ed that he ndler repregen ted f had been arr fast automobiling and lacked a portion of the % that b nposed once that he a d he had dined beyond his ns In each case an nger was sept to the theatre with the spurious late at night ame of « well-known newspaper tor Platt requesting a loan, Tr r happened to be away, and on lls return Wrote the artist expressing re-| reat that he was at home when! © request cam These are the only cases which have come to ight, and it {# hoped that publicity now may prevent others The four letters obtained have been uirned over the police, who have already fnstituted search for the tm- post The game is an old one, having been worked several times before in this city, x PILGRIMS HOME. Mabel.” ae Gem Caaght Her Eye. “I did not go to the art allery 4 explained «Miss Se buy i pleture, “L went there’ to get a cosy corner. guess It was Mr, Duffy who showed me around, He was quite the haugh person and seemed the connolaseur 4 art As [ was looking at the i” jtnd the pictures, my eye fell. on ' ttle pulnting, It lay In a corner { ered with dust and cob-webs. FROM HOLY LAND Mrs. J. G. Browne Dies Aboard ow. Tam not what vou would call |) up on art. I couldn't tell a Corot ‘oo. a Van Dyke, but T know a from a daub, and some little alccer ty. Joo! this picture ‘caught my eye. I the Grosser Kurfurst, but the tha ye home th eancaa ete eee ._fehromos ton tht ate meet Other 500 Delegates Arrive] paid #1” ant £0"tor thom” “ROEM ae eae i eee pate how much, ~ in Good Health. re eto, me auld and Tih take fe right home,’ I said, and he did it a plece of paper. I had a cab wail outside, and IT guess I almost ran at of the store with my little bargain, Five hundred and thirty-eight of the £0 Christian Endeavorers who sailed | igus: gree ‘Ne Picture was worth for Europe last winter returned 0-day Looked as If He Would Cry. on the Grosser Kurfurst, of the Hacw-| “1 qidn't think much more about It burg-American line, landing 1 tlo-| until I read in The Evening World @ boken, Those who did not return on|! had bought a Higneron worth $i Just to be nice, 1 went around to Mr. Smith. He is a very agreed! Y man. He sald he had seen our show |) And admired -me and my wink especlale ||| the excursion steamer dropped off in various European points to prolong their individual tours. 3 a q Mra. J. G. Browne, of Marshalltown, Bis Jin Dutt haat weds ‘ Teele ma 34 Ia., a delegate, died on board ship in| take. He said he was sorry, too, 4 he looked as if \he was going to. oti said T Ilked the picture und quessed ¥ keep it. He sald he would .be ve much obliged if T would retura at. mid-ocean, She was attacked with typhold fever in Naples, and afer in- sisting on returning with the excursion party became worse aiid divd In med- even, intimated that he would ‘ade ic. ueht f dnt give ack, #09 Atlantic. Her body was brouh to] If Fant mie It ROSk: os iaetna ih New York and her husvand notified. enlnes T bought tt Ip what the Jawy, 1 good faith and Intend to hold even if he dves go to law. I Mr. Smith had ‘noticed == wink he ‘The excursionists went to attend the Fourth World's Sunday-School Conven- tion, held in Jerusalem on April 17, 18 | ained, | “| FACTS wouldn't think I was a certainly id not and 19, Fifty-three denominations were represented in the convention, including delegates from every country on the globe, except those in South America. From the United States, g.and and Canada 1,802 delegates. answered th roll, and, as has been published in tie telegraphic despatches, the United States carried away most of the offices. i. K. Warren, of ‘Three Oaks, M wan elected Chairman’ of the Conven tion, and George W. Bailey, of Keokuk, Ia.. wan elected President of the World's Allied Sunday-School Axsocla- tion. ——— Rev. Dr. Da Costa's Condition, ‘The Rev. Benjamin F. Da Costa, wio hes been 111 at St, Vincent's Hospital for the past two weeks since his return from Rome, was reported to-day to be jon as in (he past few Is the Furniture made for show—or for service? Is it made just to sell. and get your, money—or to really give you the permanent service that you want it for? At Little’s you are al- ways certain of quality 65 in of style, certain of fullest possi- ble value. Just now you are; certain of MORE than value, for many of this season’s choicest pieces are offered at even. les than our usual moderate prices: |i These Dressers | Are Examples | ‘of the great reductions we aré | Be Good But one can get relief from the alls} jeaused by COFFEE by quitting for 10 days and using | POSTUM F 0 0 D C OF F E E| making. They are solidly made andl | beautifully finished—and the-sp | | | i prices represent a very great saving: nuine Quartered wers that were $25.00, Quartered If that 10 days shows you some Quartered i Mahog: ‘ 1 s; regular $5, ay | ine artered Oak: aise! |Perhaps you may conclude it’s more 2 Sichoweny - ‘tun to be well than to drink an reg’ lav 90 ate oer occasional cup of Coffee, 9aen iahatans ge aig However, that’s your business, Dressers: regular $0, at } Dressing 'Ta- to $25) |B nes iu atl We ge $8.50 and | ‘‘There’sa Reason” for POSTUM. old Oak Dressers: Soy regular price $15; at | Get the little book “The Road to r waini Ieeh Ot ae, aes Jo. Little 2) squint price $10.50; at. " 90 Solid Oak Dressers r aS 2 $10.59 | Agricultural Building. Sixth Av. | Cor, 18th St.