The evening world. Newspaper, May 24, 1904, Page 3

YOUNG MOTHER ABANDONED BABY Deserted by Her Husband, Mrs. Clara Schaffer, Aged Twenty- one, Says She Was Unable to Care for Her Little Son. THOUGHT SHE WAS DOING BEST THING FOR INFANT. Woman Hysterical When Child Is Taken from Her at the Sta- tion-House—Held for Further Examination To-Morrow. Mra, Clara Schaffer, twenty-one years old, who said she had no home, was arraigned in Yorkville Police Court to-day, charged with abandoning her #ix-months-old son last night on Inst \Seventy-third street. Louis Harris, a ‘witness, of No. 60 East Ono Hundred and Seventh street, testified that he met the woman carrying the child and that she had asked him to direct her to No. 218 East Seventy-third stroet. Gubsequently he said he vaw her Ko into the hallway of No. 226 and emerge without the child. He foliowed her, fafter finding that she had left the child lin the hallway, and caused her erreet \The woman was held in $300 ball for further examination to-morrow. ‘According to the police, the woman confessed at the station-house that she had deserted the ohild. “T thought I was doing what wi est for the child,” the police say the woman told them. ‘ “T had wandered about all-day. I hated to part with the child. My hui band deserted me, and I got work as seamstress, But I had never been well since the baby was born, and finally I was driven from my home I didn't want to part with the baby, but I thought If I left {t somewhere the baby ‘would be well taken care of. It took me many hours to decile to part with ie” Detective Devereau went to the hall- yway and found that the baby had been disturbed. He took it to the station- @, and when the woman saw it she rst into tears and sobbed bitterly. ‘When they took the baby from her hagain phe screamed hysterically, The woman was locked up and the baby was sent to Bellevue Hospital. Mrs. Schaffer refused to tell the police where she had lived before she became ‘homeless, saying she preferred to bear her burden alone. She is about twenty- one years old. . ——EEE—E HOOKER CASE TAKEN UP. “Bar Association Committee Inves- Ugates Charges Against Ju ' DUNKIRK, N. Y¥., May %4.—The sub- Committee of the Grievance Committee of the State Bar Association. appoint- ed to investigate the charges against Bupreme Court Justice Warren B. Hoker, in connection with the Fre- donla Post-Office, convened here In executive session to-day, Those pres- ent besides the members of the sub- committee were Frederick W, Ste: who represented the Jamestown Bar Association, which preferred the eharges, and Justice Hooker and his attorneys, A. C, Wade and William G. Laidlow. Shairman Huffcut stated to the mem- bers of the press present that executive ;Seasions were held in accordance with jthe by-laws of the State Bar Associa- | tion, Mr. Stevens expressed himself in favor of open sessions and made a plea to that effect to the sub-committee. HO FALURES 1 WORLD WANT TOWN 428 Paid Help Wants in the $8 other New York papers combined, * World Wants Assure Success, AGENTS @) KITCHENWORK, 14 AWNING LAUNDREARES., ° BAKERS LAUN'Y WANTS. 27 BARTENDERS. MACHINISTS .., 5 BLACKSMITH. MANAGERS .. ., 3 BOOKBINDER: MANICURES .... 3 BOOKKEEPERS.. 7| MEN . 08 BOWLS oye NECKWEAR ..., 3 BUSHELMEN NURSES .... ,, 22 BUTCHERS OPERATORS ... 48 CANVASSERS . OMNIBUSES .... 8 CARPENTERS .. 16/OSTRICH FEA- CARPET LAY'RS 3| THER HANDS. 3 CARRIAGE W'DS 12/ PAINTERS .. .. 47 CASHIERS .. .. 6/PACKERS....... 8 CHAMBERMAIDS %1 | PHOTOGRAPHRS 5 CLERKS .... ... 4| PLUMBERS COLLECTORS 4| PORTERS . COMPOSITORS .. 14|PRESSHRS .. .. 14 cooks sees S1/PRESSMEN ..... 5 CUTTERS 4|SALESLADIBS .. 17 DENTISTS . 3|SALESMEN DESIGNERS 4|SEAMBTRESSES.. 4 DISHWASHERS. 18|SHOB HANDS .. 4 DRESSMAKERS.. 50/SKIRT HANDS., 8 DRIVERS .. .... 19|SOLICITORS .... 4 8 ‘ DRUG CLERKS... ¢/STABLEMEN .., ELEV, RUNNERS 8 (STOCK CLERKS. ERRAND BOYS |STHNOGRAPHE'S 4 AND GIRLS,... 8/TAILORS ., .... 24 |MP, AGENCIES 22 | TRIMMERS . TINSMITHS .. .. 5 re GAMBLED IN MY PEIDEOIHLDSIS HF 1O5-O9G4-99949909-094G0ED ® $OO99S6606-4-00% Robert Brennan in Self-De- fense After Being Struck in the Face with Blackjack. A hiry found this afternoon that Po- iceman Arthur J. Malion had shot to Robert Brennan in the Bowery 10, and Coroner Goldenkrans dismissed Mailon from custody, saying that, despite the action of the jury, he did not think the ciroumstances in the case would warrant the holding of the in his opinion, Mallon had shot Brennan in selt-d Policeman Fitzpatrick, Fogarty and Buiner swore that they had eéen the shooting and*thet Brennan struck Mal Wiliam O'Brien, of No. also waid that he bad seen the shooting and that Bren- nan had struck the policeman first. District - Attorney warned Mallon before he took the wit- he had better be care fil of what he said, as it was not bind- ing on the Btate to acoept the verdict of the Coroner's jury and that wha ever testimony he might give could be used against him on a trial. Mallon’s attorney wanted to know tf that was a threat and Chadwick an- swered that no matter what ‘the jury's verdict might be, an indictment could still be brought against the policeman on « charge of murd ter or assault, ‘ Mallon took the stand on the advice and his discharge fol- lowed upon the reading of the verdict. His story dovetailed with all the points of the other witnesses’ versions. said that Brennan had struck himin the mouth with blackjack and thet KILLED HIMSELF IN WAR DEPARTMENT Aged Messenger in Government Service at Washington’ Had Grown Despondent and Ended Life with a Bullet. ington street, , Or manglaugh- of his counsel, WASHINGTON, Stern, @ messenger in the Reoord, and Pension Bureau, shot and killed im- self in the War Department to-day. He was seventy-four years old, and had become very despondent, ‘The only known relative he had Is a brother living in Jerusatem. Stern was a soldier in the regular army from 1855 to 1871, since which time he had been employed in various capac- ities about the War Department, He was a native of Germany. TUCKERS ., USEFUL MEN VARNISHERS ‘WAIST HANDS.. ———— HOUNDS IN MAN HUNT. BOONE, Ie., May 4.—A sheriff's po. with bloodhounds is searching for assailant of Curtis Galpin, who is point of death, having heen shot 0 ‘the b “HARD TIMES FOR US SPORTS.” By T, E. Powers, $OOOODO0-09005-0046: With Jerome after all the ‘thigh-rollers, there is no telling what may CORONER ACQUTS (MRS, GOTSHAL POLICEMAN MULLOR| NOW RECOVERING Testimony Shows that He Shot | Wife of President of Port Ches- ter Road, Who Was Struck by a Stone While in Auto, Out of Danger. — Prealdent of the Port Chester Railroad to-day. She epent a quiet night and her recovery is thought to be assured. Mrs. Gotshall was struck on the head by a atone while riding through East One Hundred and Sixth street in day. dred and Fourth street station, je mak- ing @ search for the youth who threw the stone, but, owing to the reticence of the renidents of the district in which progress. Comminsioner McAdoo says the affair fe the outéome of the feeling enter- tained on bhe east side regarding auto- mobiles, The children play in the streets, and the fathers and mothers are afraid & result they make thinge as unpleasant 4s they possibly can for the chauffeurs that veninre Into thelr diatriot. PORTCHESTER GRAFT CHARGE DROPPED Merchants’ Assooiation Will Not Push the Inquiry and Further —Special Committee Exoner- ates the Aldermen. The Merchants’ Association Commit- tee on Frunchises and ‘Transportation met to-day with the delegates from tne Bronx and other organizations who ant additiong) transit facilities in the uper part of the olty and discussed yesterday's public hearing by the Al- dermanic Commitiee, It was generally decided without any formal motion that the Aldermen had not done their full duty and that there must be no let-up in the fight to secure consideration of ad adjournment of the Port Chester Company's application. When the Association, at the request of the Bronx end affiliated organizn- ttons, took up the matter of the bribery accepted a retainer ax counsel, Public notice was given that he would hear In confidence any allegations of bribery. In a letter read to the meeting to-day ‘Mr. Griggs says the evidence he r quired has not been presented. Wiliam F. King, chairma nof the Association Committee, maid that under those conditions there was nothing for his assootation to do In justice but to rop the charges. He was authorized by & unanimous vote to write to that effect to President Bornes. ‘The report of’ the Aldermanic Investi- wating Committees was resumed by the Boaad of Aldermen‘at the regular meet- |ing to-day and adopted. It states that PEED SE HE 2S DEOHOGL 6H9-8O0O910098O.55 1-9 SOODESTISOCOSOT SSH I WAS EVER AT CANFIELOS— NEVER SAW THE MAN IN MY OPS-2DSD> 244-2 PEORL ESSE 2H FOFOEG 984-428 9906- 46-04-0640 happen finally. BEAT MASHER WHO _MISING WIFE LEF WNSULTED WIFE, HOMETOGET MONEY Relatives of Mrs. “Smith Fear That After Visit- ing Bank She Was Attacked, and Police Are Appeated To. Joseph Kane, Former Light: Weight Boxer, Badly Battered Face of Young Man Who Ad- dressed Mrs. Kane on Street. (Bpecial to The Brening World) WHITE PLAINS, N ‘The police sent out a general alarm to- @ay for Mrs, Chrigtina Smith, wife of Augustus Smith, of No. 60 Westchester @venue, Port Chester-on-the-Sound, who disappeared on last Friday and hes not been seen or heard from by her hus- Joseph Tagan, twenty years old, of 380 Grand street, Mra, William Gotehell, wife of the ‘Williamaburg, 1 when arraigned in the Ewen Street Police Court to-day, cused of annoying Mr: wife of a former Company, ie practicsily out of danger Joseph Kane, well-known light- Both the Court and the boxer Inclined to pity the youth, whore head was bound in bandages and whose n utomobile with her husband last Bun- At the time whe disappeared whe was on her way to Brooklyn to draw some| ex, money from a savings bank In that city, bare beet unas to. trace her emd-it| whoghaan eeathe’ wat dlactateeato ared by her famtly that whi ther been taken seriously fll and ts in or bes met with foul through which he could barely peep. Mrs. Kane ‘is a very striking looking young woman and has been married only a few years to the formar Hght- He {8 naw a prosperous mer- chant and has « cosy home at South Capt Herlthy, of the East One Hun- Becond street, some hospital, Williamabure. Mra. Kane left visit a wick relative ing South First xtrest she Tagan leered at her.and said: there my rose bud.” the affair occurred, has made little near Roebling avenue, ‘The police of Brooklyn and New York have also been asked to look for the missing woman. a DIED AS HE WON : P INOCHLE GAME! MANICURIST LOSES CASE. 1¢ for 829,000 | home last night to As she was pass- Mra, Kane hur- the youth followed and again addressed her. She then turned on hin and sald: “It you don't stop annoying me I will go home and get my husband.” “Send him along," aid the masher, “and T will eat him up.” Kane returned to her home and informed her husband of the 1 Joe told her to walk on one side of} the alreet and he would walk on the In this way they proceeded until they came up with Lagun, who again addressed Mra, Kano, A minute later K demonstrating that he had lost.none of tie skill singe retiring from the ring, happened along just they will be run down by the autos. A» Joseph Steele Stricken with Hemorrhage of the Heart at the End of an Exciting Game with His Brother. was engaged in A policeman Friends of Joseph Steele, twenty-nine years old, of No. 500 West Forty-ser- enth street, learned to-day that his sion for pinochle was the uldmate oa: of his death at his home on Sunday vision of the masher. me SAY WOODBURY KEPT THE STREETS DIRTY New York Thoroughfares Are in Fitthy Condition, Tammany Aldermen Declare, and Com- missioner Is Blamed. as he slammed down theace of trumps ou the table For some monthe Steele had suffered |housekeeper aud mother relates an| with lung trou confined to bix ‘weuk, showed rapld Improvement wan an ardent pinocble player tring the gerioux stages of his Mihews comld not be restrained from playing if t offered himseit the brother of the sick n Sunday even- he two sat down to a gume of jle, and John won four straight his Miduok persisted, Jo- saph Steele became more and more ex- ‘The fifth game proved a sti At the last deal John had 920 Street-Cleaning Commisstoner Bs Sor ruptie obaTeee Tone MW GriaEs, Various members de- clared that the streets were in» filthy condition and had been kept In a di Aldermen to-day. hearts turned trumps, He had seven ad, but neither quee hearts in his hy 1 Kin the tricks exelted- man Dou! voiced #he sentiment of the other Tarimany members whun he said: “Let us give Commissioner Woodbury nd that we are not to be]h mpetent meth- spades, making 100 ce, 1 ° ried: "I'm out!” A parties to further his Inc moment later he fell back in Me chair Ne is giving this city dirty streets | di ata maximum of cost with a minimum Let us refuse to authorine a appropriation ment until he has cleaned the “Waring gave us cl $3,000,000. Woodbury ia giving us dirty streets for $4,090,000." ‘The Aldermanic attack on the Com- imtesioner was oceasloned on his applion- ‘Department. hemorrhage of the hi by the excitement of t n streets for the Yonkers Statesman.) re when your steamer ran on the|brain and the power to “go” longer WORE HIS BATHING SUIT AT SMOKER “Billy” Donovan Found Valet and Clothing Missing, and So Did Other College Students— Man Arrested for Awful Crime | The pitiful tale of a starving wife and ohfld saved Tévingston Gunn to- from going to @ prison cell. Mr. Gunn was haggard, but he wisnt pale and Milggerd, as he stood before Magistrato Baker In the Harlem Court He couldn't be pale, Nature made that tmponaibte, For nome time Mr. Gunn has heen acting as chaimbermaid to a bunch of Columbia College students who ive, eat and are merry at No. 413 Weat One Hundred and Twentieth street. There was to be a amoker Iaat night for “Billy Donovan. Mr. Donovan had done so many noble things that | his admiring associates felt that noth- ing short of a smoker could make him| understand much they thought of im. i Hie Language Was Awful, | Knowing he was to be the star of the night, Mr. Donovan repaired earty to his | chambers and proceeded to array him- |aelf In what collewe training teaches jone to demcribe as “ging rags.” What | he said when he looked tn the clothes closet and found not what he was! | looking for sounded worse than the | name of 2 Greek letter society. Mr. Donovan after the first shock thought of the signs he had read from elevated trains setting forth that dona auita might be hired at prices within the reach of any one ambitious to be a gentleman. But as no one is expected to be a gentleman at a smoker Mr. Donovan nit upon « happy comproratse. He dressed simply but picturesquely in ® pair of bathi \ eipele ro ie tighta, running snoes ALL Thetr Clothing Missing. Stepping gracefully into the din room he found “the bunch” to be 1i- most as bisarre es himself in the way of clothing. Nearly everything that ail of them had ever owned waa missing. 80 was Mr. Livingston Gunn! All the conventional clothing that could be scraped together was jammed and buttoned.and ted on ‘Frank John- id use he couldn’ p On good terms with was elected to trip ov undred and Twenty-fi Mr. Gunn broke down and pointed his starving wife and child in extenua- tion of his crime. U'll we do with him?’ asked the “TL hate to decide, because I've got a td jethess ate nee ene feat Uke an injur A 's take him over tha smoker and have the boys decia Gunn Received with volleys, Mr. Gunn was received at the smoker with great acclaim. He was even a greater bit than Mr. Donovan. When the master of ceremonies ad faased the detective with the biggest cigar in the box, Mr. (Gunu was requested to tell why he had violated the trust re- posed in him, Fine for Gunn, Without any, artl- ficlad aid, such as slow music, he begun & story, af starvation in m wl was sad enough to make a coat eat an ‘emoker Ly rr. -|@imolved into tears. The onty a that saved the honored guest of the eve, from being drowned was his bathing tights Gne by one the sympathetic smokers wrong Mr. Gunn nd and told hi to coure around as soon hey were in bed and get the rest of their clothes, They all swore they'd go naked before they anw his wife and child starve. Then they took up a collection and told Gunn where he could find the most ive delicatessen store in the wthood and sant thelr united love wife and child. n to hi Mr. Gunn and: he was discharged, pacts Mes MRS. STEIN SUES HUSBAND. ——_$— Wife of Ex-Assemlymai Alimony and Separa\ Papers were submitted without ar ument Justice Greenbaum of the upreme Court, to-day. in a motion for alimony In ‘behalf of Mra. Myer J. Blein, who secks a legal ration from Myer J. Stein, ex-Assemblyman. ‘The paper ure senied from the pub io gaze, and neither of the lowyers would Hap @ word about It Pvice with KIDNEY CATARRH DOCTORS AND FRIENDS DESPAIRED— SAVED _ ie PE-RU-NA ||MR. GEORGE KING.| cure Peruna. R. GEORGE KING, Deputy Sheriff of M Rensselaer Co., N.Y a well-known inercha 4 letter from No. 45 King St, he write ‘Peruna cured me from what the doctors were afraid would turn into Bright's Disease, ato: I bad suffered with catarrh of the bladder and kidney trouble. una is a blessing tom sick man. Eight bottles made me a well man and were worth more than a thousand dollars to me. T cannot speak too four years since I w: enjoyed perfoct health since. re King, Catarrh of the Kidneys Cured by of Tro} ‘Troy, N.Y 'y cold last winter ing Only recent medical investigation has revealed the fact that, catarrh is responsible for most of the diseases of the kidneys. Many people don't. get well because they fail to use the Breat oain and discomfort. At times pains in my Mack were unbearable, have a peculiar dizziness in the was miserable. After any remedies T finally took Peruna, the way it took im glad to be able to write y rtatnly will speale a good word f h rrhal inflammation of may be elther acute or cl form produces symptoms of @ serious bature Inence, ‘that saase 1 iapected, but the sease is at once y may come on so sidiously that tts ct ‘At the appearance rikes at once at the very root A book on catarrb heretofore shown. promise at this writing. Custom Department—giving you measure at......-e.-+s Luelite Camden Againat Dabols Diemissed. Misa Lucille Camden, the mantourtst, Hi demanded $29,100 her affections, b st-AUtorney James W. Ridg- Brooklyn, @emanded ttimt tiie way, 0 Faint be Uiamitesed, declaring: iit SPREMNever Waa any mer in. Mew ‘andene slats. Justiee Davis mo or- jered. WHAT THE KING EATS. What's Fit for Him, aia A Mass, lady who has been through the mill with the trials of the ustal | interesting incident that occurred not long ago, She says: =} can with all truthfulness say that Grape-Nuts is the most beneficial of all cereal foods ju my family, young, as well as old, It is food and medi-) cine both to us. A few mornings ago! at breakfast my little boy said: } “Mamma, does the King eat) Grape-Nuts every morning?” | ‘smiled and told him I dtd not! know but that T thought G: certainly made a delicious dish, for a King (ie a fact that King of England and the German Emperor both eat Grape-Nuts.) “1 find that by the constant use of Grape-Nuts not only a8 & morning cereal, but also in puddings, salads, etc, made after the delicious recipes found in the little book in each pack- age it is proving to be a great nerve food for me. besides having com- pletely cured a Jong standing case of indigestion.” Name given by Postum c Battle Creek, Mich. There is no doubt Grape-Nuts ts the most scientific food in the world. ‘en days’ trial of this proper food in place of improper food will show in steady, stronger nervy harper nd. further and accomplish more. (There's a reason, aimee 2 mn each kg. tor the \ FANCY DOUBL when printed in The’ World. The Forty Pieces that we open up to- day are the last of the great special offer in Custom Tailoring. The sale ends with the end of this week, These are the finest of our $18, $20 and $22 fabrics—styles not Rich Blue Serges are among them, It is in all respects the best offer we have ever made. ORDERS PLACED WEDNESDAY will be ready for delivery be- fore the end of the week. We shall try to finish Thursday's orders also, but cannot UNTIL SATURDAY we will accept orders in choice from all the $18, $20 and $22 fabrics—BJue Serges, Cheviots, Cassimeres, Worsteds, T Homespuns, etc., etc, and will make the suit to It's an unprecedented price>and it will command best custom workman ship, a perfect fit and fullest satigfaction. $90 Suits, *102 ‘In the $16, $18 and $20 grades of our splendid Ready-togVear Suits we. are heavily overstocked. Hence we offer choice from the most beautifully gotten up clothes we ever saw Jat these prices—plain suits, smart suits, rich suits, neat suits, including Blue Serge, in all sizes, at.... BREASTED VESTS, $2, $2.50 and $3 goods, reduced to SN WOODS 740, 742 Broadway, ‘102 One Door South A Reason Why. Because The World is regularly read by more intelligent, well-to-do and thrifty people than any other New York paper it is the Dest medium for supplying the wants of the household or the office. A Want Adv’t for board or help: or place reaches the class: of people you want to reach