The evening world. Newspaper, January 31, 1905, Page 1

iY » mainly in the hands of a few strong _ WEATHER FORECAST, recast for the thirty-six hours -aniing at 8 P. M. Wednesday for New York City and vicinity: Gioudy and moderating, with tight snow tonight; Wednesday snow, followed ‘by clearing; light to fresh easterly winds, TUESDAY, Jan, 81, Vanderbilt shares held the centre of the stage In Stock Exchange speculation | throughout the day, The general stock market was at first inclined to eng a Hitile on copious profit-taking sales of ‘Union Pacific and other active stocks, but under the ‘stimulus of Vanderbilt @iréngth the whole list gradually ad- Vanoed. Winanclers close to the Vanderbilt ‘throne took part in to-day's trading, ‘especially In New York Central and Qhicago & Northwestern, Bellet in a Bheedy consummation of the much-tal ad of Vanderbilt plan of railroad u! ation gathered strength in consequence of the supercedenceof Presidents In- galls, of Big Four, and Ledyard, of Michigan Central, by President New- man, of the New York Central, Large ' ‘Wall street interests claim to have as- @lrances that there will be important financial developments in some of the Vanderbilt properties within a few Weeks. It 1s significant’ that brokers Jong Identified with Vanderbilt inberests are exuberantly bullish on the “Junior Vanderbilts" just now, There is talk of Prospective refunding schemes which may deyclop valuable “rights’’ In oer- tain classes of stocks, ‘The buying of New York Central was » houses and the impression prevailed ‘on the floor of the Stock Exchange that wome of the largest blocks ourchased were for the Rockefeller interest, Will- fam Rockefeller has made no secret of his policy of enlarging his holdings in the Vanderbilt railroad properties, His fecent election to the directorate of the Valuable Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rall- foad—''the Little Giant—shows that he a in the very inner circle of Vander- it. control, "The heavy buying of New York Cen- tral was followed by free offerings of the: stock -by small. speculators anx- fous to realize. This selling move- Ment caused the shares) to recede from 149 1-4. the high polnt of the day, to a fraction above 143, Union Pacific held its strength on Wery active trading and gave evidence ‘of constant ineide support, The Harri- man-Kubn-Loeb. party. express cont- idence that tho United States Supreme Court wit give them a: favorable de- ‘elsion in the Northern Securitles case, and thelr confidence appeared to be con- tagious to-day, for most of the room- traders bought Union Pacific In expecta- tion of a still turther rise. Northern ecurities on the curb reflected the be- lef of the Hill party tmit toe Outwuwe Of the casey betore the Unitod States Bu- Preme Court will be favoruole to Civar plde, ‘ihe price of Northern Securities a preity close to 150 on comparative- Light transaction. In connection with the manifestation Of strength and activity by the United Btates Siecl shares, ihe fact leaks out that New York representatives of Hol- Tand capital have been buying feraiat ently, although with caution. here is wood authority for the statement. that between $15,000.00) and — $18, of United States Stee! share both come | mon and preferred, have nassed into | he hands pf Holland Investors within | the pas: three 0° four weeks. Much of | the buying of Steel to-day was for for- elm account, Furtherrmore it Is ng tied that the same Holland purchaser of United States Steel are acquiring stock of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Tron Company, There is a current Delief that the shzres of this company formerly held hy the Seaboard A'r TAne ont DRent have passed to the Holland onntialsts. Tho ‘declaration, of the 5 per cent, tvidend on Panama Rullroad stock 1s in pursuance of the United States Cov ernment’s offer lo the remalning in vidual shareholders to buy their stock At par with 5 per cent, dividend added, The Goverment now owns about 0% er cent. of the Panama Railroad Poel: and doatres to obtain possession of the whole of it ‘or a brief period there waa spirited aes {in Interborough shares on the curb, A group of brokers appeared to be making special efforts to “bull” this ptock, and frec use was made of the ‘well-worn rumors of a prospective mer- wor of the Interborough and the Metro- palizin Traction interests, Interborough ‘one BOON after the opening of the market from 191 1-2 to above 202, Met» ropolitan shares in the Stock Exchange wore strong, but showed no sympathetlo y, The netivity of the bond market at resent is a natural result of the out- uring of dividend and interest moneys t the firet of the year, A large propor. ion of the millions that are seeking re- investment are finding a secure haven In. he gilt-edged railroad and other oor- orate bonds, Quotations on Page 4. a REPUBLICANS T0 CAUCUS RATE BILLS, | bengress Membern to Decide on a Programme for Ratlroad Mrelght Chargen, | WASHINGTON, Jan, 51,-The Repab- (lean leaders of the Mouse haye deo ted to call a saucus of the Republican mem= bers of that body to d On tt poe ramme for railroad pate logisivthyn ho call will he Issued in the near fu: lure, ooo PRAYER IN HOUSE FOR RUSSIAN Mate Legisintors Hear Plea (hat i» People May Gain | Freedom, | ALBANY, Jan, 31—At tho opening of | the Acaembly Rev, J, V. Wemple, of | * Johnstown, offered prayer for the Rus: | lan poople, that they might achievo | @ same frecdom u» the pyople of bhe | ted cee His prayer caused uo atlr, EVILS OF 8.8.1, “ARE ADMITTED BY MR, WINTER ——————— "President t of C Company Goes Before Rail- toad Board. PUBLIC WOES TOLD. Many Leading Citizens De- scribe the Wretched Con- ditions that Prevail, Hundreds of victims of the Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit's polley of putting more straps in the cars when better facilities are asked by the travelling public gath- ered at the County Court-House in Brooklyn to-day to tell their grievances to the State Board of Railroad Com- missioners. Long before the doors whore the inquiry into the workings of that welrd railroad organization were thrown open there was a crowd of de- termined men pregent. When the hear- ing was begun there was not room to accommodate all those wha wanted to wel in, but atl who were squeezed out sald they would be on hand to-morrow or the next day, for that matter, to tell how the patient citizens of Brook- lyn are held up, strapped up, gouged, jammed and brow-beaten by the fa- mous two-spot railroad system that is now on the grill of public inquiry. President Winter, of the B, R, T, Company, was put on the stand and questioned by Commissioner Baker as to the handling of cars at the Manhat- tan terminal and the running of bov- tall cars on the Willlameburg Bridge. He was forced to admit many of tho evils which have aroused the ire of Brooklynites to the explosive point, but most of his answers wore evasive, F, M, Baker and Joseph Dickey were the two members of the Commission conducting the Inquiry, Col, George W, Dunn, Chairman of the Board, was (00 ill to be present, The principal of these organizations were the Twenty-elght Ward Associa- ton, readed by Cornelius M. Sheehan andthe Muitifactuvers® “Association, re- presented by George EB, Moor, and James T. abl, In opening the Investigation Commis- sioner Baker, a practical railroad man, said; ‘The State’ Board of, Railroad Commissioners is here to-day ready to hear any and all complaints against the Brooklyn Hapld Transit Companys It there are any ofganizations repyesented here thelr compluints willl be tuken up first,’ Inslats on Improvements, It was then that George Moon, rep: resenting the Manufacturers’ Agsocia- tion, addres#ed the Commission, Mr. Moon sald: “If no result follows these hearings they ure of no value to the people, Wi wsh to necompl.sh something, We with to ave snmething more than a iitle pod im the news- papers, We wish to see coropra- tien holding public franchines live up (to thelr obligations, it after this hearing you find that evil» do exist all we ask in that you recommend remedies und if lthey be Ignored by the LB, R, 'T, that you apply to the Attorney+ General asking him to proceed againat the B. R. T, in the courts, Rudolph Horak, editor of the Borough News, was the next speaker, “I represent," sald Mr, Horak, “the people who"are compelled to use the B, RT. On the ines trom Ridgewood to Flushing and also from Ridgewood to North Beach the company charges two fares, and that works a greater hardship on many poor people who are |compelled to pay one fare menely for riding a block or two, We ask you to protect us against this extondon, The double fare paralyzes the growth of large portions of this borough, It Keeps away persons Who. can't afford to pay two fares and works great hardship on tho people who live here, It often hap- pens that a Brooklyn man with three or four children starts to North Beach for a little fresh alr and when an at- tempt Is made to collect the two fares It means so mich to a father of a large family that he Js compelled to re- fue to pay It, I have seen children | stand crying on the cars because their | day's fun was spoiled, The doubte fare (Continued on Second Page,) NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1905. ‘AMATEUR BILLIARD TOURNAMENT, FAVORITES LOSE Second Choices Get Home in Front in First Three Races— Song and Wine, First Mout Out, Finishes Third, NEW ORLEANS WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Baywood (8 to 5) 1, Over Again (5 to 2) 2, Chambieo 3. SECOND RACE—Favonius (3 to|' 1) 1, Rachel Ward (2 to 1) 2,)7 Frank Kenny . to 6) 1, Viperine (8 to 6) 2, Song Mand Wine 3 FOURTH RAGE—Kisinwood (8to 1) 1, Belle of Portland (18 to 1) 2, Mins Gomez 3. (Bpablal to ‘The Byoning World.) CE. TRACK, / NW -ORLBANS, Jan, 3L—The Falr Grounds track was very deep and holding to-day ahd in worse conditioi than !t has been ot any previous-time during the meeting, As track conditions scratches: were few and big flelds went to the post in most, of the events, Baywood Won All the Way. . Baywood and Over Again divided the fy. on bho first race, the former hiv Ing the cull, The fact that Baywood | o had an outside poaition at the toat it and also that Phillis rode him was reapon- sible for hin being made the chalce, When it came to the Pupils there was only one én tt—Baywood. e @ot Away running and, Kany fy) up a winning lead in the firat fu jed all the way and won easily from Over Again, who was his closes: attendant all the way, Favonius Was Lucky, Sea Shark was made the favorite In the second race on strength of his showing with Joe Jeaser and Lady Charlot in. the fifth race yesterday, At no time during the running was he even dangerous, Frank Kinney rushed to the front when the start came and showed the way unl well around the far turn, where Favonlus moved up strong, ‘The latter cut the corner en- toring the home stretch and this put him fh the lead, He ferpeliet in front the remalnder of the ep and won cley- erly from Raghel War Bong and Wine Song and wine was makin~ bia first appearance in months In this race, He was Well supported on what he had done, and in the early ranning he flat- tered his backers by rushing to the front and showing the way until well around the far turn, where Mayor Johnson caught and passed him, The Jatter drew away without an effort In the un home and was only galloping at the finish, Viperine, ae being taken out of it in the aerial ages, came very strong nearing the me otretch, but In the final furlong Hennessey allowed her to swerve out into the deen going. Song and Wine tired at the end. but man- aged to last long enough to finish third, Kleinwood Under Wraps. Floral Wreath wae the ono selected by the form nlayens to win this race, but she proved a Wisappolntment, She failed 10 show any of tle speed she displayed in some of her previous races, and at no time during the running was sho even erous, ‘The winner turned up In Seinwood, which made a runaway, af: fale of it, leading all the way and win- | ning under wraps at the en Belle of Portiand was as easily the best of the others ind finished strong. sd 08 ato Creaxed) ands whitene maps leaned, hair re. Tared by Cutlcura Wouldn't It Make(You Think ? i If you wanted very much to find a missing person and had searched for months in vain, i, And had sought the ald of the police, without getting any informa- tion, MM, And thei had employed eminent lawyers to advertise for you, and ail in valn, IV, When you had lost three months’ time and spent several hundred dol. lars, some one told you to try World WANTS— Result: The long-missing person found the very next day, ‘This incident really happened, and it made several people think. 7,186 answers received yesterday at The World’s main office alone to wants in last Sunday's World Want Directory. ATNEW ORLEANS EVENING WORLD AACE CHART AT NEW ORLEANS. JAN, 31-697H DAY, TRACK HEAVY, FIRS: Four 469 iy RAG B “Four yearvolde Wa pps fell sa et mh. furteness ood Mone L Rant be wiie £ bb, Treutetae pe i a nd i iH 1” 10 0% ae Bam awa We blinke) \ rT a arg ae DB. Th OB an Ob Blurt po30, Doavtreak. ‘Tratner—L. Mi mon Indes. Hortes. Mayor Johnao Yipe rine. "80 (410) 10% THIRD RACE—Mayor Johnson (18) = entries were made with a knowledge of | .%: CH » Lady in Black nee ust yar. Hinke Mayor Jackeon drew awa; jee fest ast quarter, "5 im stretch without trouble and won In be nie and Wine. evideniay not fe, aad Pal" sf se Te ae ee et eet ir ter, dete é ee ' ‘ rede wars: a ne tle pa Gomes tinie AT HOT SPRINGS. JAN. 81-218T DAY, ‘TRACK aya FIRST RACH—Five and kin Mg furlongs Tine O. 20, 0.68%, ie alten three-year ling, eaal th Sane is ome Won al as by a oY rake Dickson 4 ae 1 1 | LE newer. 10r ler Hi Persinger No at hi Goodenlid 108 8 Macey 110 _ 10, ‘Winner had the speed. Maceona closed fast, Paul Jones's a iy Neweouseed inte bae won tN 6: enon “Bille of Portada van ae at bam * Sorale, OF ra f obouith er riongs, ‘Nim olds and up, Start aan pone. _ Owner von emily; place Nan iy. Rose Court Navarin Gooly Two Hj) Onenetta Hucena 4 Montauk Ratnoride Neda. Lange 103. lacey 98 ‘wictauahin (08 ihe ie 108 . Time—0,05! Ft ood, Ae cali pia er pn BM) Compa 4) Gol, Presto aa pein Be Ho Langworth fis Marasehino 4) Falee Entry ., 400 _Chumtiorla Winnes 74 FOURTH RACH—Six and a hy @ half turlor hree-vear-olde, Start Boor. Won rid St. Gatlen“stariit. Owner-—Miw, M. Baker, elt “Horses, Jockey. Wt. ft. Ameria air ae i pane aif e Bianie “GRANDMA” GILBERT'S WILL,| HIGHLANDERS GET Wh WHITLEY, Famoun Actress Left $10,000—Her Nephew Chief Denefictary, The will of Anne Jane Gilbert, the famous actress who died in Chicago where she was Rita uae title role in “Grandma,” Dec, 2, was filed late to-day. Mrs, ‘ailbert Teer about $10,000 onalty, ‘The chief beneficlary’ Ie ‘thomas Hartley, her nephew, $1,000 Reward! Will be paid by The World for information that will lead to the detection, arrest and conviction of the robber who held up Ernest G, W, Woerz at the pistol point on Jan. 9 in his own home and whom the police have been unable to capture, despite the com- mission since of similar crimes by apparently the same Thalvidiah Description of the Woerz robber: Five feet eight inches tall, rather slim,.and about fini five years of age. His face was narrow and sallow, his eyes dark brown and close together, His eyelids had a way of twitching constantly that may or may. not have been due to the excitement of the situation, He spoke like a man of education, His clothing J. Hy Whitley, @ pitcher of the Vin- cennes, Ind, baseball team, was sikned by Clark GriMth to pitoh for the | New York American Lé season, Whitley is gald to be a prom: ising pitcher and was recommended to Maveger Griffith by. Amber of good , L) a UF § N aley's signed Dont ract was recelv ecret Nahon this afternoon’ esary Abe “MUDDERS” WIN y AT HOT SPRING ‘in Front in Third and Asterlek -_ Beate Favor In the Fourth “ FIROT RAGE-nBrite Plats (7.to 2) Maceona (9 to 8) 2, Paul Jones 3, “SECOND AAG! 2) 1, Navarin (109 Shoes 3, < THIRD. shoeitRimsines (even) 4, Compass ive » 2 Col, Pree yee Tey oe. ose Court (5 to. 1) 2, Goody Two POURTH Saawteriek’! (6 to ay bigeie tb i z Crain 3, Interest to-day and: there wi very large attenddnoe: © ‘waa not exactly a8 oa it, might be'for the air was rdw and the aly was clouded. Second Choice Wine, was Pa, in the opentt >) Rosecourt Rompe Home, Rosecourt opened favorite in the seo- ond race but went back, in the, bottles undera hoary, pier, on Goody Bhoes, who went ito the. post favorite, Nyda ting 8h sh a ta Aun vat soon outrun by et the reat of the Toute. mu ie rent of yy Winner. an easy Baipiesal by “on varin. was) two’ longths in .| Goody Two Bhoes, Memphian Memphian was a hot fayorite in the third, Mand Hildebrand landed {SE easy winner. False Entry, © ton and ‘Nic Longworth were the was "2 | makers to the turn, when Preston went to the front, Memphian then moved ip and taking the lead drew away and won easily by five lengths. Col. ba LL on aiee Het the Inst sixteenth and Comp: i aliget him one and a half lengths for the pl e, Asteriak Won Good Race. Delphic went. to the post fayorite in the fourth, She jumped away In front and {nithe first furlong shut off As- foie making ae latter several hs, Asterii sai closed eee catching tt the ai drew away pad won, eeu bY ihicry eae tae, ed was two Jengths in front. ,of , Dromlo, (GARDNER WINS AT BILLIARDS New Yorker Beats Sohmitts In Second Game by 300 to 108 in Amateur Tournament at Chicago—Highest Run Is 69, (Gpecial to The Bvening World.) €HICAGO, Ill, Jan, $1.—Edward W, Gardner, of New York, in defeating §. Bohmitt In the second game of the billiard champtonship tournament at the C, A, A, this afternoon by a score of 900 to 108, made a run of fifty-nine, ‘he New Yorker outplayed his oppo- nent from the start, although both men were nervons and not at thelr best, Schmitt's highest run was thirty-elght 'Dhirty-five innings were played, Gan- her averaging 34-7 and Schmidtt 8338-5, Sohmitt won the bank and chose the white ball) His first tun netted him 4. Gardner, with a short run of 7, gained a slight lewd over hig antawonigt: With a half dozen, clever shots Schmitt tn- creased his standing to 10, Ganiner was @ trifle nervous and ‘his fifth shot nearly consisted, so far as the family could see, of a long black overcoat which came nearly to his feet, and the collar of which was turned up to conceal as much of his features as possible, His hat was a soft one of gray and was crushed in at the crown, With @ neat draw shot he recovered, and, nursing the balls, made @ good run Chicago Police Chief in eel to Langan So Declares and Sends / Daa mous Clue to Other Wives Here i fe Addition to 20 Bei da: Mrs, Kimmerle Recognized. oe Wanted’ as That of German Count at Her House and Who Had Propo Hlderbrand mpeg Mempivan| Her iy: and ae i ) ORICAGO, Jan. 81, let of Potee O'Neil to-day declared hie belief that Sarianp Adolph’ Hooh, alleged to have been mirried to: more than a oot of women, has murdered’ at least twelve of them, ‘Thin Statement was mate by, Chiet O'Neill fn’ & letter written by him’ to Capt. James J, Langan,’ ot the Deteo- |, tive Bureau of New York, ih which he requested the Polloe Department of that clty to follow a clue given through an anonymous letter received by In- apector of Polioe Shippy trom a woman Uving at the: Belvidere Hotel, New York. In ¢his letter it is intimated that Hooh married two, New, York wor 5 whom he i Auguste nee oni testify againat her ‘husbind and witnesses to the t tained before ‘ection can be Ronin eye aaa a De te ot country, quired In which to procure witnesses to trive’ testimony bare ‘Hooh: sufticlent acon | indict him. mal @tartling Aneriymoue better.’ Information :In dhe hands of Adting Inapector O'Brien Jeads ved gai id to believe that Johann Hooh,.’the aljered Blue beard, who. was prrested at No, 6 ‘West Forty-seventh treet, iqat night on @ warrant from Chichgo, married, two women in Brooklyn whose deaths .were of a suspicious nature, His impression tm based on ah anonymoun letter writ: ten to the Deppotive Bureau more than a week ugo accusing Hoch, who was then at large, of killing two women in Brooklyn, Although an anonymous lotter i, not generally regarded as a truatworthy document there are cfroumstanced ¢on- nected with the delivery of this one that makes it an Important document, The letter was mailed on Jan, 2 at Station Hin Brooklyn and was writ ten by @ woman, r Tn the envelope was enclosed a cllpping from a Chicago paper stating that Hoch was accused of murdering a majority of the acore or more women he had married in the course of the past fifteen years, The writer of the letter Informed the police that ehe was autre she knew the man, Death Certificate Held up. "T think,” she ‘asserted. ‘that: this man under the name of Henry Bartels married two women in Brooklyn eighteen months apart, Both died un- der suspicious circumstances, The death ertificate of one was held up by the Health Department for three days.” Every effort has been made to find the writer of the letter. Advertisements have been placed in the Brooklyn and |' Manhattan newspapers without avail, But sinos the arrest of Hoch last night Tnapector O'Brien has decided that. it will be absolutely necessary to get the testimony of the missing witness, This in grows out of the = 2 = i3t i e 3 rit Ebr g& i f i AT NEW ORLEANS, FIFTH RAGE--CHARLIE DICKSON (60 to 1) 1, ARCH HAM (9 to 10) 2uMAKGNIA 3, i SIXTH RACE—RAPID WATER (1 to 4) 1, BELLE INDIAN to 1) 2, BARKELMORE 3. AT HOT SPRINGS, FIFTH RACE—IMCORHEN (2 to 1) 1, EREMA (at ETHEL DAVIS 3, SIXTH RACE—ANNIE CHAPMAN (11 to &) 1) PI to 1) 2, CORNWALL 3. AT OAKLAND. © FIRST RACE—FORT Ney s li Ha mee HERN : i