The evening world. Newspaper, January 10, 1905, Page 2

lowe +, Means ( wea $600,000 GIFT TO CATHEDRAL BYMR. MORTON Former Vice-President | Aids Great Episco- pal Structure. It was learned to-day that the anony- Gilt Of $900,000 to the Cathedral of Bt, John the Divine, which wae an- nounved at the meeting of the trustees ‘Of the oathedml on Mt. John's Day, Deo. 7, was trom Levi P, Morton, ex-dov- MR, J... BROWER HAD JUST Sain — “THE GOVERNOR. oF ConnReneuy Says — IS OPPOSED T0 "L” IN BRONX Fine Arts Federation Declares Park Should Be Proteoted from the Proposed Extension of the Subway. H i 3 At @ meeting of the Fine Arts Fed- eration of New York held last night Tesotution wee attopted es fobibws: “Whereas, The Interborough Rallway planned exten- tons of ity Guuvway 6: in the Sor- ough of the Bronx, which extensions ‘are not designed to be underground nor fn open cuttings, but, in great part, elevated structures of the usual un- sightly ¢ype, @ plan ruinous of ali antis- tho effect of city ntrests and suburban Gistricte; “and, Whereas, One of the proposed Hines is Inid out through a portion of Bronx Park, crossing the Bronx River Hin a > g : i i = & z sR Ha e its vicinity. and which would be en- tirely robbed of ite charm by the pres- i THIS 1s HEL PRESIDENT — cyrus A BAILEY BUYS FOREPAUGH'S At Auction of Famotis Organiza- tion To-Day $150,000 Is Paid for the Cirous by jaines A, Bailey, One of the Partners, od ‘The great Forepaugh & Bells Circus ‘wag purchased by James A. Bailey in Columbus, O,, to-day, for $150,000, News of the sale was received by Thompson & Dundy, in this city, from their agent in Columbus, who had gone there to JOSIAH ¢ POMPELLY, SAYS THAT THE RAINES Law HcTELs purchase some animals for the Hippo- drome, ‘The circus had been billed for auction for nome time, It was the purpose of the joint stock company controlling the ence of an ugly ateel structure and by @ constant passage of trains, “‘and, Whereas, No necessity what- Aver exists for such 9 misuse on one of the city’s most precious natutal posnes- ‘signs, Inasmuch as a detour around the é i : { z | 2 Fe i af hi i A se £ HF if fie Pies EF FE it jolved, that in ylew of the pe cee raat Oat ct moment to the ite welfare ‘of the city, the Fine Arts Federation of Now York ts unreserved- a to the construction of ¢ie- . liway structur Tespect- tole, Board to ite pester ¢0. th hi 0 the honor- of, ‘Transl Com es g i ft zt ig; Hi E | z F ge He ai i i the proposed BRYAN AGAIN LOSES WILL CASE. Mudge Rules that sealea Letter in Meanett Testa: it Canapt Be Brought Betore Any Court, NBW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 10,—A de- cision adverse to the contention of Will- lam J. Bryati was given in the Superior Court to-day by Judge Silas A, Robin- fon, who declared that the famous sealed letter, by which thé late Philo 9, Bennett, Mr. Bryan's personal friend, expressed a wish that Mr, Bryan should have $60,000. from his estate, could not be admitted as evidence inthe case be- fore the Court, ‘This action was brought by Mr, Bryan ag executor against Della A, Bigelow and other heirs, including himself as an individual and as trustee, for con- struotion of the will, ‘Me, Bryan desires a construction by ‘which the $50,000 mentioned in the sealed = § ® 3 ue Fee? h "32 = F3 z 5 BROKERS THAT BANK 8TOOD IN. (Continued from First Page.) sure whevher he could produce the firm's books, but he would try, “You'll have to do a little bodber than hot," put in Me, Untermyer, who asked the Commissioner to direct the letter should paid to Mrs. Imogene witness 0 to Pittaburg, met, Bennett, the ape, a as Eee end bring them back here ie and then be ald ver by her et Theo. adjournment’ ve tken until Ler acid ‘ey ‘the reaiduary 10 ir reine i r oes 1.@ o'ckck to-morrow, the rest of their inheritances iy ny Tha mad‘er will now be taken by Mr. Bryan's attorneys to the Connecticut Bupreme Court on questions of law. Should the decision of that Court be favorable to Mr, Bryan, the case wil] & fet on the facts before the Superior vurt. If the Supreme Court decision {a against Mr, Bryan, gent al Wt ts paid by counsel that the matter will end there, as it cannot be taken to the United States courts, CITY BANK PREFERRED IN NEW PETITION. An amended petition in bankruptey Against the firm of Munroe & Munroe was placed on file today in the Clerk's omce of the United States District Court. It contains a number of new al- legations, and names the National City Bank as a preferred creditor of Munroe & Munroe, H38| One of the new charges ts that: on Dec. 7, the day of the failure, Munroe & Munroe delivered to Qunicy Ward, Do Boese stock valued at $460,000 and to W..H. Beauclere stock valued at $£9,000 to the detriment of the creditors of the firm. ‘This stock has since been at- jn a TWO BANKS MAKE CHANGES IN DIRECTORS The stockholders of the Phoenix Na- tional Bank held thelr annual meeting oc to-day and the new Board of Directors will organize to-morrow, The list of |} Alrectors does not indicate the new con- trolling interest, although !t {s ‘admitted control has changed. Only three of the fourteen directors are new men. They are Robert Thorne, Horace Barnard and McCready Sykes. Alvin W, Krech, President of the Equitable Trust Company; Marshall Weld, of Chicago, and D. Ogden Mills were to-day elected directors of the Na- tonal Bank ‘of Commerce, ely i f were many policemen are 0 cal to the atten- zation, it p tor Make and Forward It to is that -.... dotense erigemnlsstonee Mee-prowiuent: who ceclared ) Were men on me force get- snd that could 1 by men who would co: and & month @ princely Signed .... big show to sell it piece by plece and animal by animal, The death of Mr, Peter Sells, one of the leading partners, last summer, was the chief motive the sale, Thene were three remain! Seirners including Mr, Bafley, W, | a and, Lewis ‘Sells, o Mr. now owns the three big- Buffalo Bill show Forepaugh cus people say that. the reason Mr, Balley paid such. f bigh re for the concern was that the Brothors were in the field to pure! — CAPT. DOHERTY ASKS RETRIAL, Dismissed from Police Department ‘Ten Years Ago, He Now Seeks Vindleation, "Capt, “Mike” Doherty, who was dis miseed from the Police Department during Lexow days ten years ago, to- day petitioned Polloe Commissioner MoAdoo for cetrial, ‘Vindication, he said, 1s all that he fs after, He pledged himself not to de- mand back pay during the ten years he has been out of the department and = prom! not to ask for a pension. Capt, 'y commanded in the old Fourteenth precinct. When he was forved to retire from th 1995 he was pald to be a rich man, He lived in a brown stone house uptown, and after being ousted e usiness as a cider manufacturer, MRS, CHADWICK’S GEMS LOCATED. Customs Mem Say Duty Has Not Been Paid on Jewels Worth 950,000 Held by Creditors, CLEVELAND, Jan, 10,-Oficials of the Customs service haye succeeded in locating more than $50,000 worth of dia- monds and jewels owned by Mrs, Chad- wick, upon which {t Js declared no duty ‘was paid when they were brought into this country ‘from Europe, Most of these valuables, it stated, are in the hands of persons in this city, mmho hold them as seourity for loans made to Mra, Chadwick, As the sume loaned on them generally ‘were far below their appraised value, it ig belkeved that the present holders will suffer littte, If any loss, by reason of being compelled to pay the duty, which the local collector of customs has an- nounced they must do, oe ARE YOUR BILLS FOR GAS OR ELECTRICITY TOO HIGH? Write Below the Complaint’ Which You Destre to the Gas Edttor, Evening World, Park Row, New York, nme My complaint against the (gas) (electric) company penne Pee etree eeeeeeee In the world, the Barnum DOUBLE MARK TO|ALDERMEN IN FASTEN GRIME) ROW OVER GAS Writing Expert: Makes It Out in the Page Murder and Brings New Light by Declaring an bas Ba a “po” (Special to The Evening World.) EAST CAMBRIDGE, Mass,, Jan 10,— An unusually Jarge crowd waited at the doors of the court house to-day, seeking admisa'on to the trial of Charles L. Tucker Mr, Vahey continued his cross-ex- amination after Assistant District-At- torney Bancroft had passed around to the jurors photographe of the hand- writing involved in the trial, ‘The witness took his penct) and cut it with his knife, Mr. Vahey asked him if the pencll\ which made the double mark in the Morton note must have, been cut to resemble his own pencil as he had cut it, Mr, Carvatho said he did not know how the pencil which wrote the note was cut; he almply cut his pencil so that it could form a double mark, His penc!l was now, he sald, in the condl- tion to make the double marks such fas appeared in the Morton note, “Was it an 'L’ that was under ‘L' in ‘J, L, Morton’?” asked Mr, Vahey, “No, I have an {dea what was tho letter under there.” “What was it?!’ “Tt was a 'D,’ I think.’ ‘This is the first time it has appeared that the letter under the “L'" in the “J, L, Morton’ signature was @ "D,'' In his opening of the case District-At- torney Sandereon said that the police had been unable to find a J. L. Mor- ton, but that a ‘J, D, Morton’ once worked in the South Station with Har- old Page, brother of the murdered woman, and that Tucker knew him there, ———— FRANCHISE FOR STREET CARS TO CELTIC PARK. Board of Aldermen: ines ma Reno- lation Authorising the Needed Tracks, ‘The Board of Aldermen this afternoon passed a revolution, which was Intro- duced by Aldernien John V, Coggey, empowering ithe Tong Island dtroot Rallway Company to run a spur from the main line of its road to the front entrance of Celtic Park, ‘The resolu- tlon also’ provides for the renaming of the street Celtic avenue, Electric lights ‘ere now being pit up on the street from the park to Calvary Cemetery, and the park will be used during the suinmer for night athletic meets, Celtic Park {8 controlled by the Greater New York Irish Athletic Asso- clation, ite chief trouble in the past has been {ts Inacceesibility, With tho new spur in, the park van be reached from the Thirty-fourth street ferry in about ten minutes, There ts a running track, a large field for athietlo events and grind stand aa well a8 a ballroom and club-houss at Celtic Pari, } _—. Report of. Committee Recom- mending No Investigation Into Oakley Contracts Causes Hot Discussion. ——— The Committee on Water Bupply, Gas and Blectricity of the Board of Alder- men reported unfavorably to-day on Al- derman Davies's resolution calling for an investigation of the Oakley con- tracts for lighting the streets, ‘The reason advanced in the report for ‘this decision is thet the matter having Teached the courts, tt would be im- proper for the Board of Aldermen to begin an investigation, Upon the Introduction of the adverse feport the Republican members of the Board, headed by Alderman Goodman, protested against dts adoption, He de- olared that such action at this time would be “outrageous,” and he de. manded that it be recommitted to the Comméttees, with the requirement that the Corporation Counsel be asked to vender an opinion as to the powers of the Committee to make an investigation a4 proposed. Alderm&n McCall was prompt to re- tort: “Some yellow journal will be found hollering that the report was sent back to the committee to slumber if we eond it back at the suggestion of Alderman Goodman,” she sald. “And it we do hold an investigation some other yellow journal will jay the claim that 1, 48 @ fake investigation, In view of the fact that the mater has reached the courts und that the courts are boing to decide this whole matter, it Is only compatible with common sense to decline to make any invernigation.” Chairman Reginald 8, Doull, of the committee, said: "The matter Is being thoroughly in- vestigated as It 18, and there Js nothing now to gain by compelling this board to seek another character of investiga. ‘tlon."’ Alderman Wentz, one of the two Re- publican members of the committee, ex- plained that they had decided between themselves that they would make no report at all, President Fornes, evidently in sym- pathy with the wishes of the Tammany members of the committee, put ‘the question before the debate had finished, shutting off other Republican members who were prepared to fight it out on the floor, and his gavel descended with a bang, the ‘'Ayes” for the acceptance of the report being overwhelmingly In the majority, Word reached Tammany leaders to- day that there will be a Legislative in yostigation into gas and possibly into the Pollce Department. It, 1s sald that upon his return to Albany yesterday Gov. Higgins decided that it would be move to send a Legislative to this city, a oo commit Chile Approves Treaty, BANTIAGO, Chile, Jan, 10.—The treaty of peace and amity between Chile and Bolivia has been approved by the Sen- ate and Chamber of Deputies, GAS WITNESS DEFIES GROUT At Resumption of Comptroller's Inquiry Asistant Treasurer of Consolidated Gas. Co, Re- fuses to Be Sworn, At the resumption of Comptroller Grovt’s gas inquiry to-day Benjamin Whitely, the assistant treasurer of the Consolidated Gas Company, defied the Comptroller and refused to be sworn or answar any questions, His counsel, John 8, Garer, sald that the objection to, the proceeding was baged on the fact that more than thirty days had elapsed aince the claims hud been submitted, that there was an in- Junction in force restraining the Comp- troller from paying the claims and that the examination proposed was in excess of the powers of the Comptroller, Ile objected finally to any public inqulal- tion into the affairs of the company, but declared that whatever was done should be done execitively for the Comptroller's private information, “T ahall direct the withess to be sworn and answer questions put to him," sald the Comptrotier, ‘I give warning that T ehall secure an order of arrest if the witness pefuses. I have secured such an order to-day for the witnesses who vefused to anewer here last Saturday,’ Mr. Garer, in spite of the Comptrol- ler’s threat, advised his client not to answer, and the Comptroller directed Mr. Donnelly, one of Mr, Grout's coun- sel, to secure the order of arrest. The hearing was opened. by former Genator Thomas Donnelly, who !s as- slating Mr. Yonge in the Investigation, Mr. Donnelly submitted the claims and ‘bills of the Consolidated Gompany for as furnished the city between Jan, 1, 198, and March 13, 1904, Mr, Samuel Sloan, Vice-President of the Consolidated Gas Company, was called as the first witness, He sald he ‘was Vice-President of tha Consolidated Gas Company and one of its directors, “You were one of the directors of the constituent companies which entered into consolidation jn 188” asked Sena- tor Donnelly. Mr, McClure, Mr. Sloan's counsel, ob- jected to the question on the ground that it was irrelevant, Mr, Donnelly in arguing on the rele- ancy of the question sald that no specific price had been named In the contracts for the period of the claima. He sali that the question was proper because he wished to go Into the ques tion of capitalization, franchise and estimated cost of the gas furnished, It was thelr purpose to learn if the com- panies had lived up to the terms of the franohise, and also to learn If their prices were just on the capitalization of the company, Comptroller Grout, in deolding on the objection of Mr, MeClure to the ne of questioning initlated by Mr, Donnelly, sald that the object was to learn if the company was not now operating under an inflated capitalization or whether its eanitalization was fair, Mr, Donnelly taxed If It were not true that the Comp- troller had rejected the claims of the company, "No," sald the Comptroller, "I have not rejected the claims of the company. On the contrary, I have taken no ac- tion, It may be that the result of thi investigation will determine that ‘the claims are just, ‘That 1s what we want to determine.’ Mt, Donnolly ‘asked Mi\ Sloan a number of questions with reference to the inerging of the different lighting companics, thelr napitallzation, divi- dends, to all of whch Mr, Sloan re- plied: "I don't remembo Secuencia BANQUET TO BE GIVEN TO COMMISSIONER PALLAS. |» Employees in the Park Department to Tentify Their Apprecintion of Mis Kind Treatment, A complimentary banquet will be given to Park Commissioner John J Pallas to-night in the Hotel Vendome. The banquet ts in the nature of @ sur- prise to Mr, Pallas. It has been ar- ranged by the employees in the Various department in the great park system of| ; whoh he ts the head, and is a testi- monial to fis uniform fairness asl kindliness in dealing wit. his subor- dinates, “Mr, Pallas never pays attention to «a knocker,’ sald the Chairman of the committee which planned the banquet, ‘When a complaint $s made against) even the poorest of his laborers he brings the accused face to face with the accuser and gives him a fair chance, In this way he has killed off the tale- SPOOKS TURNED: INTO PARROTS: Witnesses in Husband's Contest _ of Mrs, Egan’s Will Tell Amaz- Ing Stories of Testatrix’s Hal- lucinations and Vagaries, BELIEVED THAT SPIRITS =e USED ELECTRIC WIRES. Aocoused Aged Man of Flirting with Young Girle—Said that | .. Chauncey Oloott. Offered Har Position as Jig Dancer, =” Red devils, eplrit wires, the wraiths * of “old Ned Whalen,” Brophy and Dunn, which tumed into parrots, cats and mice and stole her jewelry, wore | the tremes of the talk of the late Mrw. : Julian Hogan Beqjn with the witnesses | Who beatified to-day in the contest In- | stituted by James gan, her husband, + of her will leaving him ‘#5 in cash” | and the residue of her $100,000 estate to; her lawyers and others. ia) Sister Alvertius, of the Houso of: Mercy, called by David MoClure for the contestants, testified that one Sun- day In 188 Mra, Egan called at the | House of Mercy amd declared that her , husband, twenty years her senlor and nearly seventy, had transferred his af. | fectlors to Barah Templeton, a nelgh= bor's: servant. Accused the Sister, ’ “Then Mrs, Egan dectared that I was | assisting her husband and this woman and was in a conspiracy against her, | She insisted ¢hat I was concealing thelr baby in the institution,’ the Sister testified, "I thought she had been drinking and had her leq out of, the house,” ¢ The Sister afterward visited Mra, | Egan in tho insane ward at Bellevue | Hospital, where ehe repeated her ao- cugntions, The nun did not know that “Marah Templeton” was an imaginary person. | Mra, Mary Maloney, of No. 18 Went | Highty-fourth street, tol of @ visit of Mrs, Egan to her for Ohrietmas week, 1900, when Mrs, Egan was very gurrule | ous, } ““Did you know I have had fine offers?’ Mrs, Egan began one days ‘Yes, the Prince of Wales wante to marry me. There is something in the English law that must be got over, But the Prince will fix it and he wante.me’ to marry him,’ mu “at another time Mrs, Egan said: ¢)! Showed Some Jig Btepa, | “ ‘Chauncey Olcott has 0 Position (0 dance and sing pig hesedg You didn't know I could dance and) sing, did you? Oh, yes, see Chauncey Olvott ning abowe iit eta ‘Then Mra, Bean sl tar fh ae er tt | via wed Mt. Olcott the fi ‘ollceman William J, 5 West Thirty-seventh ise atettat tela how Mrs. Egan complained at tho sta-( tion one night against “Old Ned Whalen" and two others, and was sent to Investigate, “Old Ned” » Gpirit, i Policeman Boylan testi whet ¢ he searched irs Eras ote | te ed out to Ris pen (earned that th ou 5 troublesome th mero socloty = spirit, with wires "AY auld! P'Aan' aoe ky.wiree and H eee mi Mrs, Egan replied, ‘No, y them, but I see the: my nde G4 are listening ny (peat me Banu 0 What ‘we are saying, etimes ti change Into parrots, th and other ‘ent fale and come right in and steal 8, “At this the woman took salt from the table and sprinkled {t about. the room, saying: ‘Salt and water will keep he, spirits ott iad Bhan: aoe "I thought she een Heyy Aud ald He Meta 1 init ir. » oO 6 Met tan if Hospital, next door, tested that In Be | cember, ‘iH, Mrs, Oman called 0 tell | him he was running a % | find that some persons in the ereltal | Pay wires through the wall to bot ry Dr. Austin Filnt, who signed the cers tifeate upon which Mra, Egan was coms 4 mitted to the Amityville ay UR tn 1902, and for which she sued him and Dr, Fitch for $100,000 for damages, will be called to-morrow, | LAs “LION BRAND” COLLans 2 pon 250, Gurra - 260. 6 Fue, AT ALL , ORALERS SPECIAL FOR TUBSDAY, mpagne Wafers..,.,,Lbe | polate Batier Peanut 2OFt CHIMP cretreeeteceeeeeeee Db. 180 SPECIAL FOR WEDNESDAY, LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. 4 Aiethyst watch ebarm, valuable am | On Hein. sultahle roward to finder, | Address 2, B World, | LAUNDRY WANTS—FEMA i racic anlet toner, Hotel | W. 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