The evening world. Newspaper, December 2, 1904, Page 3

LD EW RD Construstor of Subway, Who Was Slated to Head Port Chester Company, Suddenly Secides He Won't Take Job. “| WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK.” HE SAYS. John W. Gates, C. W. Morse and Other. Capitalists in the En- terprise Greatly, Surprised by, His Withdrawal. | Afier tt had been announced to-day | that John B. McDonald wovld build the Néw York and Port Chester Ratl- | road, from One Hundred and Thirty- third’ street aud Vis avenue to Port Chester. Me, McDonald declined tho! Offer of the presidency of the oon- @ruction company that has been form- ed to push the road through, His de- | termination to remain out of the pro-| ject was a great surprise to Charles | W. Morse, John W. Gates, Samuel Untermyer and C. W, Gotshal, presi- Gent of the New York and Port Chester Natiroad Company. ‘These gentlemen | * deeply interested In the contem- plated completion of the road, The New York Rallroad and Develop- ment Company was formed to-day at a meeting held at the New Amsterdam| Bank,. with 13,000,000 capital, of which) $1,900,000 is paid in. This is a construc- tion. company, and it was planned to} haverit build and equip the road and then turn it over to the New York and} Port Cheater company as Mr. McDonald | turned the Subway over to the Inter- borough. A man was sent to Trenton, N. J, to fle the certificate of incorporation, and i was announced that at a meet- ing to be held next Monday John B. McDonald would be elected President| of the construction corporation. Con- tracts calling for an expenditure of over $14,000,000 have been prepared and it was planned to begin work in the opring. MeDo Keeps Out of It, An Evening World reporter called on | Mr, MeDonald to talk to him about the} Rew construction company Mr. Mo- Donald sald that he knew about ft, but thet he had decided that he would not go Into it as President of the corpora- thon or as the contractor for the road and equipment. regret,” ‘he sald, “that my personal business will not allow me to take the Presidency of the New York Kailroad & Development Company or to take the fonwract for the bullding of the Port Cheater railroad, I have a modest in- terest In the conypany, which I shall keep, I thoroughly beileve in the enter- prise and believe that It ie feasible, Gracticable and will be profitable to Whoever may undertake the work." When Mr. MoDonald’s attention was called to the fact that both Samuel Untermyer and President Gotshall, of | the New York & Port Chester Railroad | Company, had officlally given out the Tevort that he was to head the con- tracting branch of the enterprise the “Man Built une Subway” replied: it was Intended so.’ / But only this forenoon Mr. Gotshall spoke of plans which you and he had Bone over together? | McD was questioned that,” replied Mr. mx help nak ‘ Ha not be able to do mad, “Tow I Street Thought of It, In the meantime the report that Mr MeDonald had allied bimacif with C.| W. Morse and John W. Gates, bitter enemies of August Relmont, had spread through the Wall Street district. Gos- | sip had ft that this was the real reason | for the recent split botween Mr. Mc- Donald and Mr. Belmont. Now that Mr. McDonald has refused to go toto the new company, Wall Street does not know what to think The Port (hester company has not se. cured a permit from the Board of Aldermen to loy trocks and cross streets in the Borough of the Bronx, but Presl- dem Gotshall sald to-day that he was not worrying about that. The New York, Westchester and Torton Rallway Company, & rival of the Port Ghester corporation, has a permit, however. | t Gotahall refusel to believe that. Mr: McDonald had declined the Preaidency of the contracting company. To an Evening World reporter he sald: "Way, he verbally ogrsed within the lawt ten days to take the Presidency. Tis Ws the largest Individual interest It ls larger than my own, Tecan under- stand that Mr. McDonald may feel that he ts getth on in years and for that reason heve no desire to undertake any new work, hut we dil not provose to load much of the work upon him, ‘Ths contreoting company of course will sub- let-the work. It Intended to do #o In the Tirst place, Morse May Take the Job, “Wagowill head the contracting com- pany. now that Mr. McDonald has de- clined ?* “T have mo. official information that Mr, AfoDonald will not take the office, yet the company will, if any event, have a President. Very likely Charles W. Morse will be its President. It is oniy an honorary position, and we thought It due Mr. McDonald. How- ever, Ebelteve thar he will reconsider his decision and accept the office within the nex 7 —_— TWO BURNED TO DEATH. RUMFORD FALLS, Me., Deo. 2-} Matthias Haines, an aged resident of Mexico; & small town a few miles north of Riimford Falls, and his wife were burned to death earlf to-day in a fire | which destroved their homestead other billdings. The fire was ea bv, m gxplonion of Mumtnating and sc 0 pel * had narrow. eacaves, “Hatnew’ ang ve | wife were each about awe, The nroverty thousand dollars Grieg w day: Hatneg and hig! ¢ ty yea © death of her husband, Paton Noble, for- | were driven to cover shortly after mid } bumping sia | se Who Wants a Tenant? They are plentiful, It's only a matter of reaching for them Advertise Your Apartments, Dwellings, Flats and Rooms in the mext great ‘SUNDAY} | WORLD WANT DIRECTORY, Over 1,300 House, Home 4 Real Estate ads, im last Sunday's issue. ; | day sent to the Cliy Prison by Justices | charge of shoplifting, maha to ites bait i: calli Wi Lmao ESPERATE FIGHTING IN THE HILLS MRS, NOBLE AGAIN TRIES TO GO FREE Fourth Time to a Police Court and Still Held, Though Coro- ner’s Jury Has Voted Her Not! Guilty. Mrs, Josephine Leighton Noble was! taken again to-day from the county jail to the Magistrate's Court for a hear- Ing on the charge of having caused the mer clerk of the Magistrate's Court, who was shot and killed fn his apart- ments at No, 152 Twelfth street on the night of Nov. 12, The case was postponed on Wednes- day for «he, third time, because sub+ Poenas had not been served on four material witnesses, and the persons be found A coroner's jury has acquitted Mrs. Noble of responsibility for her hus- band's death, and found that the shoot ing was accidental, Mra. Noble was brought into the court toom 4 few minutes before 10 o'clock by Keeper James O'Brien. Soon afterward her sister, Miss Eleanor Leighton, and Mr, Shibley, assistant to Charles BE. Le Barbier, counsel for Mrs, Noble, ar- rived and took seats by her side. ‘The case bad previously come before Magistrate Smith, but he Js now sitting at Far Rockaway, an Magistrate Healy Is presiding tn the Long Island Shy Court The evidence taken to-day was pag as that given before the Coroner's jury. aE ee, LEITER'S GUARDS FIRED ON. Lively Exchange of Shots at Mine Where Sirike In On, DUQHOIN, Ill, Dec. 2—Guarde at the Dyle Blockhouse, halt way between the town of Zeigler and the pumping sta- tlon, which are over two miles apart, night by an attack from the woods, in which about fifty shots were fired. Ar ateack was also made on the pumping station, which was answered prompt! by and deputy marsiy ant the firing began at the ion a squad of soldiers w sent from Zeigler, and by the ald of searchlight baat the brush around the Plant, but located no on’. At ang her | time “during the night the searchught man sald he had spotted some men at| th * 4 soldiers | . but fo shots were fired machine guns a ) In the town of pompom uns. nich shoot 30 explo. sive whells a minute, have been ordered by Joreph Srecinaidilitinsno isn FAMILY OF SHOPLIFTERS. Mother and Two £ Sentenced. htors Are A mother and two diughters were to Wyatt (presiding), and Zeller ard Hins. dale in the Special Sessions Court on a The orisoners were Mrs, Providensa Montahaya, Of No, % Bedlord streei, ys ago - when ie wor.h » |Columbtia, is head, approve of the 90,- |OV,00 water supply plan of Commis. | ; sioner Oakley, the Boart of Estimate |COMPAny's works vesterday afternoon, [may prepare for its ultimate adoption Plan to Increase the city's water supply Was presented to the mate and Apportionment six weeks ago! and came before item to-day for cdh- | to the hospital, the scalp, which had sideration. whose presence was desired could not & supply from, im thelr possession, |} taal ule vditoow jee o- LOW BOARD TOPAS SCALP OF GIL 0 OMLEYS PLAN STITCHED O A jBoard of Estimate Will Ask Burr Surgeon at Bellevue Hospital) armet with awords and bayonets, and Commission to Consider New Performs a Difficult Operation) Water Supply Scheme and’ on Anna Dougherty, Injured in| Make Report on It. Pencil Works, If the Commission appointed by Anna Dougherty, the seventeen-year- Mayor Low, of which Prof. Blen, of | old girl who had her scalp torn off in j the machinery of the Eagle Penctt Was eald to-day by the authoritles at Bellevue Hospital to have a fighting chance for Nfe. Under the direction of | Dr, George Woolsey visiting surgeon Commisstoner Oakley's report on the Board of Bett: It peyvides for obtaining | been torn completely from the skull, Gee ein? shout | and whieh was brought to the hospital Heo neds are “tertiy | by Dr, Erdwnrn, was placed in position Old Ramapo crowd, } The report te modelied after ep] ond stitched on again. pe made 24 Pros. red ie asso-| The placing of the scalp in position chates appoint ¥ Mayor Low to re Port Of a Water SUPP Whar the rec] Was done very carefully, the position of port wis reach! Mayor McClellan aaid:| ¢y ous b ‘oxl- a areas, Mayor Mech {im:| ¢ varlous blood vessele being approx! portance that for one 1 do noe care to; mated in onler that circuiation ta esume, whidh {s practically all that is y¥ acaon until we have the report Necessary to a cure. The only other Bure Commission. think these| planes c Rnd the fullest iavedtpation cade nem] danger te from’ the posstbliity of the “t aaree with you,” sald the Comp-| flesh not being asepticy but it Is believed jsopus, Schohd Some of the owned by the peel mA shoald go to the Burr) that this danger has been obviated D President Haffen, of ‘The Brons,| The operation {8 oreating interest among the surgeons In the hospital, not jonly from the nature of the case, but | for the fact that the vietim is an at spoke of the Adirondack water supply “It will mean an aqueduct at $600,000 4 mile,” said the Comptroller. You will have to go there eventually be water,” Mr. Haffen replied, ‘tractive young woman and the main The report was sent to the Burr| of her family, her father now Commission. ‘That commission — hag | SUPBOFE of her : beon discharged, but it will. be called | 0¢/ne out of work, and her four younger | into service again to take up Oakley's | brother and sisters. being largely de} plan. pendent on the wages she received. If| successful, it will be the second opera- CANNOT SETTLE STRIKE. tion of the kind tn the history of mest- eine and surgery. Another and almost Roomevelt Tella Steel Workers He | exactly similar case occurred in Indiana Seen No Way of Intertering, about four years ago, and was succens- WASHINGTON, 2—President | fully treated Roosevelt to-day informed 9 delegation ——— representing the Amalgamated Associn-| CASH FOR NEWSBOY’S LEG. tion of Iron, Steel and Tin-Plate| Workers that he saw no way by whi he properly or !egaily could Inter Dee. | | | Jimmie” Barry w Agatnst Rallway Company, bei ny t ol Bhiveste: dens , of Younge- | Bronx newsboy, with a turned-up nose | {own and Girard. 0. The company l4| and. tre: won a double victory in] The strike of the Amalgamated em-|Court to-day, His word was taken | Ployees of the company has been in| against that of the motorman, con progress since early . And! Juctor and « half dosen other witnesses ia been ac ible violence at times. Lc involves dl of the aceldent which took his right | about 700 men at Youngstown and 30 | leg off Just below the knee on One at Girard jeveral hundred others 4 Thirty. h street | have ben thrown out of employment by | undred and Thirty-elghth street, and | the strike of the union mea the Jury found a verdict for $2,000 tn ts favor against the Union Railway Jimmie” testified that he had gone toieinbaeiiiet EX-SENATOR SCOVEL DEAD. ‘ through the One Hundred and Thirty- He Had Been Prominent tn New| cighth street car selling papers, emerg | Jersey Affa Ing at the front door, when the motor- CAMDEN, N. J, ex a.) Man shoved him off the platform and Scovel was fount dead th bed ot fs, be fell under the car and the whgels| home early to-day, He rotired ap- cut off his lee. The motorman, con parently in perfect health last night! ductor and other witnesses for the com. | but this morning whem he did not ap-| pany pear at breakfas: time an lavest gatiyn | ride; was mode and he was found dead in| with one bed. His death t# thoug jimmie was stealing a hada't been In the car at all, but | foot om the corner of the vetoed by heart faliuce | 2 DAY® bees) trot step and one hand clutched on He was President of the New Jergey| ‘he handle he was riding with his Renate In 188} and represented Camden | body swinging back fint against the! County in the Benate du he car, owt of sight of con. | ‘ommisalan: Lincoln Mi old, AROUND PORT ARTHUR— DldGRAM SHOWING LATEST FORL TAKEN BY THE Jars Aaa a : SSIS ATTACK 203-NETER HLL Stoessel’s Forces Make Des- perate but Unsuccesstul At- tempt to Recapture Strong- hold Taken from Them. TOKIO, Dec. 2.—Concentrating al- most all their entire available force In the forts at Port Arthur, the Russians under Gen. Btoessel yesterday made a determined but unsuccessful assault upon %@-Metre Hill, Just captured by the Japanene. The Japanese met the oncoming Russians with the same de- termination and recklessness marked thelr fighting since the siege of Port Arthur began. The Russians, 40 strengthen their forces, drafted sailors from the battle- ships hemmed in in the harbor, The Japanese met the aasault~ with fury, Shell and shrapnel ploughed through the ranks of the ragged, weak and half-starved Russian troops, but on they came, and then be; the hand-to-hand conflicts that have con- tinued since the assault on 2Metre Hill began days ago, The Japanese, ‘outnumbering by many times the Rus- slans, met the oncoming forces, slew many and then drove the remnant back to the laper strongholds of the city, How many men the Russians lost can- not be estimated. That their casualties were heavy there is no doubt. No quar- ter was shown on elther side and none Was expected, No prisoners are known to have been taken. To fall in the fighting line was death, The Japa followed the retreating foes to the edge of the city, Then they retired to their newly captured fortress, 156,000 Ja The capture of 0-Meter Hild cost the Japanese dearly, It is estimated that 15,000 men fell in tho assault, In the fortress are dead Russians and Japan- ese, and all about wounded and dying, The dead are being burned, and where powsible the injured are being uttended to. The Russians are now fortifying the Positions ‘ailable between Manta} Mountain and Liaotl, and the bellet ts | current here that they will make their last stand on these positions, All hope of surrender by the under Stoessel has been abandoned The beliet here is that the Russians wii; Aight whil soldier is lett oulde: arn to shoulder the troops of ban sides that a moc sacre Is predicted when the Rusmis have been driven from their last sro hold. The Japancae have been war that thelr commanders will be held sponsible by the Mikado for any acts cruelty, but it Is a question if the cou: manders can hold the hatred of the men in cheek, The Mikado has ordered that Port Arthur be teken at all cost, and generals are fight p Bigs Positions vantage night a y. It t# belle that the Russians cannot posalbly hold out longer than @ few days. The jinit of their endurance ts fixed at Dec, Li, pasando JAPANESE DRIVEN BACK TO THE TAITSE| ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2-1 spatches from Mukden to-day say th the Japanese out of a new vosition southward of Tsinkhetchen (rear Da Pass). The fighting was short and sharp The Japanese burned thelr supply de- pots in three villages and retreated pur- by Cossacks as far as the Toltee River. sThe Japanese losses were about fifty killed and one, hundred wounded. The Cossacks destroyed a Japanese tel- exraph line and occupied the village of Suidun Gen. Sakharof reports that a Kuselan r Hering force atlacked the Japa. nese intrenched at Lamatun at night. fall Wednesday and drove them out at the point of the bayonet, pursuing them #0 for as the Shak Tver About twenty-five Japaness were bayoe netted. The Russians secured many rifles and equipment ini AMERICAN SU< MARINES SENT TO VLADIVOSTOK ST. PETERARURG. Dec. t~Two American submarine-boots have passed suceenstil teat at Cronstads A very Bo bitter Is the feeling between | ot | CHT SEEKS OW ‘LEFT GAGGED WW ’ IGHTING PLANT GAS FILLED ROOM 52% Room | | that has] ‘ * His Case | Gen, Rennenkampff's forces have driven| | | and will be shipped immediately to vostok by wall, ; Vieds t att) Cilla. Ce eee Board of Estimate to Ask Legis- Railway Station Agent Declared, lature for Charter to Light He was Attacked and Robbed, Streets, Parks and Public but Police Try to Discredit Offices with Electricity, His Story, — ——— At the meeting of Hoard Ee. Special to The Evening World) | night tleket agent of the| diseuesre of the gus a e i . . r ® 1 KM Pennsylvania Railroad, was found at ing situation resulted | Asha? 90 thie morning, bound, gagged. robbed of a resolution directing Corpors d ) alr-tight room with the gus ton Counsel to prepar mendment isn 1 Is cowt was ted around tosthe City Charter, to be intrduced his Ody. confining the hands, and his into the Legislature, permitting t ty hand fef had been tled r his own Its own elvetri ing PLN, moh asa gag. The man was discov- the purpose of lighting ctiy bulld J before he felt the effects of the | a streets amd tark eas A search showed that $1.31 was noe. sh ution was ‘iced bY | missing from the cash drawer, ba kg aes q ip HM one dis) Witmott sald that two men got of Martin W, Litticton, President of{ tough the windows of the station the Borough of Bi while two ers watched outside. pat, Laetlere matter SRWMK, that the) After binding and gagging him, they bo ving into so uy rin H whieh it had nothing to do, declared | MOK the monay from the cash drawer that if it did go fnto tt wanted | and $17 out of his pocket to take the bull by the bh * nd de- 4 dt;| They then thrust him into the room, clare for a lighting pl. axpayer the |@nd turning out the gas, left him. furnish to the individu rellet which was How sought by the! Detectives Pilger and Clancy, who ther,” sald Mr. Littleton, “1 do| Were on the case, discredit not mee why the chy should lend its tt's story and talk of a fake. credit to the company that built They t out that over the ticket Subway for seventy-five of municipal ow window is a secured by two looks were opened ently. They were fot w was found closed » the locks were dis whore they usually and the police say they believe thon of the Os contracts viewed the troubles with the gas ighting companies. He told how the Board of Estima Willmot or an accomplice took the had ‘given the power to the Commis ya, opened the locks and then hung sioner to sign th contract for Welsbach | them up again to avold suspicton Nxuting and how the city would save| ‘They aleo say that the hour at whioh Pe hice ame’ Nght. le sald, as tothe alleged deed was committed |e a i 8 mone of the compa i ffairs hed ext busy one around th tion here, The *d morning newspapers had arrived, with . Sehe | the usual bustle of newsdealers, and compromise effecte: od $00 "| etty patrolmen report in front of the oe easten’! saa ire hin | building every half hour. No one heard ‘lor saw anything, and the patrolmen on [1.34 to 2 einai oe \ 3 i> mY EO Saturday, Dee. Special Sale of Children’s — ‘Shoes, a i made on our Orthopedic Last, - of the best stock and works ” manship we can find, Sturdy School Shoes, ~ of box calf and vici kid, © 6to1n, 934 (0 §.c.sisneaue Patent colt skin, plain toe or with tips, 8% to 11. 11% to2 2% tos, + $2.50 Lord& Taylor, Broadway and Twentieth x Fifth Avenue, Nineteenth Street, iY mes ‘In not Ideal, but it i# a gain. ‘The trouble Is the city Is dealing with a Da coe hg Bes Nig 3 ie eery single person in {ts Imiting contracts is true, s Two years ago we Rought relief by ing the ature to permit us to bald’ plant “here bos: MM|E,JANAUSCHEK’S FUNERAL o drive down the price of gas Comptroller Grout replied thought {t was the board's when the city was being held up by a monopoly. The board, he sald, was the governing body, and it was a’ business proposition - ‘If tls a good thing, why not give that he Mt elt Sebvices Held Over Body of the Dead Actress, The funeral of Mme. Francesca Ro- mana Janauschek took place this af- the \axpayer Individually the benefit_.|ternoon at the chapel of the Campbell supply every one?" sald Mr. Littleton, | undertaking establishment, No. 1 “The city now has municipal owner- | west Twenty-third street. sald Mr. Fornes, “It is building | The services of the Roman Catholic sald by the Rev, Cornelius “It owns ite water supply.” said the |Chure’ was Mayor, Crowley, of St. Serene oe “The timo will come when it will own| There was an address by on all the ferries, | think,” ‘anid the Comp-| Nobles, a member of the Executive troller, Committee of the Actors’ Fund, Stern Brothers Important reductions in High-class Misses’ and Girls’ Apparel Misses’ Suits of Fine Mixtures and Cheviots, plain or trimmed, satin-lined, Heretofore $15.50 to 22,00 Misses’ Paletots of Fine Cheviots, new model sleeves and yoke, lined, blue, black or brown, $9.95, 12,95 Value $15.00 $9.95 Girls’ Long Cloaks, Fancy Mixtures et Plain Cheviots, 5 50, 7,95 some with capes, others flannel-lined, plaited sleeves & emblems, sizes 6 to 14, Value $8.95 to 12.50 $5.50, 7. $3.95 Girls’ Russian Dresses, Fancy Mixtures, plaited front & back, with emblems, sizes 6 to 14, Formerly $5.95 Boys’ Clothing Department Special Reductions To-Morrow $4.85 Formerly $5.95 to 6,95 $3.75 $5.00 BOYS’ OVERCOATS, sizes 8 to 16, ° CHILDREN’S RUSSIAN COATS, sizes 3 to 8, CHILDRIEN’S AND BOYS’ REEFERS, sizes 3 to 12, SAILOR AND RUSSIAN SUITS, various shades of fine serge, stylish mixtures in cheviots and homespuns, Formerly $5.00 to 6,45 NORFOLK SUITS WITH KNICKERBOCKER TROUSERS, blue cheviots and serges, and desirable Scotch effects, Formerly $6.95 Young Men's Suits and Overcoats DOUBLE AND SINGLE BREASTED SUITS, BELT AND BOX BACK OVERCOATS, Formerly $14,75 to 18.90 $12.90 Misses’ and Boys’ Shves CORRECT SHAPES, BEST MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP IN MISSES’ Dongola Kid Button Shoes, with patent leather tips. Patent Leather Button Kid Top, with tips. Button and Lace Kid, patent leather tips. BOYS’ patent Leather and Enamel Lace Shoes, Calf Lace, also Vici Kid | | SCHOOL SHOES, DANCING AND DRESS SLIPPERS AND PUMPS | | Second Floog = | ’ a or ’ | Pen’s Furnishing Dep’t Special Offering To-Morrow | MEN'S WHITE DRESS SHIRTS ) | | of Superior Quality Muslin and Fine Linen Bosoms 05c various styles, also ccat shape with hed cufts, \ | | PAJAMAS of Colored Flan: collars ' 742) | perfect models, s $2, 4D | }} PAJAMAS of Sateen, ru 6 a solid colored effects, fancy trimmed, ‘ ¥ | AD | WAISTCOATS of Angora Wool, ' || solid colors and fancy stripe effects ‘ $0, 75 } West Twenty-third Street : I. Men’s House Coats and Robes. Flouse Coats of double-faced cloth ; coll cuffs and pockets trim: with the reverse side of cloth, $4.50, $5-50, $6.50. Blanket Robes in a large variety of comb nations, $4.25, $4.95, $5.50, $6.75. Imported Matelasse Velveteen Fackets, % $11.75 to $21.75. © English Dressing Gowns, Lord& Taylor Broadway and Twentieth rt Fifth Avenue, Nineteenth Girls’ Winter Coats. ment of Girls’ Winter Coats, jsizes 6 to 14 yrs., of an extra” 7 fine quality of navy blue andy brown cheviot, made in Rus-q aye |sian blouse style, with belt and application of fancy clothe ® |and braid on collars and cuffs," Special at $10.00 each, fat —Also— '100 Fine Kersey Coats, colors:—blue, green, wo and black —a new jam model ; any size, 6to14y | value $20.00, Special, $15.00 each, LordS Taylors Broadway and Twentieth St . Fifth Avenue, Nineteenth § Ph) SUNDAY WORLD Wi WORK MONDA'