The evening world. Newspaper, October 23, 1905, Page 3

lh EDITION __ PRICE ONE CED NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2 PROBER HUGHES AFTER MURPHY AND M’GARREN He Will Call Both as Witnesses in Mutual Life’s Dock Deals, WOMAN MUST NOW BEGIN LIFE OVER AS A MAN Miss May Best, of Brooklyn, | Undergoes an Astonishing Metamorphosis of Sex. Political Leaders Believed to’ Know About Tangled Water Front Operations, {n the corporation they will be asked ‘ how it came into the public utility | Joying. | privileges which it is now ‘ols Now York Dock Company ts the concern Wt the Mutual (life Insur- @nce Company and the MeCurdy fam: fly brought Into og through the Mutual Life's subsidiary ie United | Trust Company \ States Mo is the Brooklyn Tt was Whart Company to control p tocks and adjuncts along the water front of Brooklyn Sought to Unload on City. | Information has reached the immirance Inquistors that back of the crash of 1 the MoCurdys and thelr altied In- torcats, the Mutual Life and the United Siutes Mortgage and Trust Company, figs on the city. ‘There Is a tale of the i propoeition to do this reaching to the} p ertiin politieal factors in Provklyn told them that the deal coutd | ba carried throug ye $21,000,000, Thiw is sald to have bee: Mirectly related to the subsequent phase of the mute fwiure of thé company. Recently, tt is rege the lea of disposing of t @unipany's properties to the elty has been revived Orr Said to Have Knowledge. y Alexander F. Orr, of the Rapid Tran- eit Commission, ts supposed also to \ know considermble about the New York WAS A M’CURDY ENTERPRISE, ' © learned this ernoon on | tn fond authority that Charles F, | Murpiiy, lead ~ Tammany Hall, and { Benator rick F. MeCarren, of Brook- lyn, w » called a3 Witnesses shortly before tie Legislative Insurance Com. mittee to tell what connection, if nay, they have had with the New York Dock 2 Company, formerly the Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company, If they deny having ever held a pecuniary interest ought to unload their water-front hold: | Mise May Best, an oatimable woman | of Brooklyn, who has lived the life of | the sex to which she was born for hirty-four years, has been transformed nto A man. A stntenent so amazing as this would | recelve little credence were It not for | the confirmation furnished by the rep utable physicians who have been ob: | |servers of the case and have been lit erally staggered by a change almost without precedent in medical history Miss Best weni into French Bene lent Hospital, at No. (0 West 1 fourth street. two weeks ago Ben then the strange change was creeping over her and masculinity was assuming dominance. She came out of the Inat! tution after an operation some days ago A man, The completion o fthe meta. Monphosis left her a woman in exne- rience and ideals, but a man in form and physlal attributes The necessity for a new environmen A new start in life, was dmpressed por wr by Dr, Claude N. Finley, of No. 12 West Forty-seventh streo’, the physictay Who has had charge of the case, and | she will go to Bt, Louis, there to don| male attire, assume a new name and fi herself for the life which this amaz | ing freak of nature has neceesita‘ed. Secret Couldn't Be Kept. ‘The first realimation of what had | wertaken her completely crushed Miss | Best, and it was agreed to keep the se- oret of her case as long as possible. It Wis Not possible, however, with a girl 89 widely known tn her own circle to Keep the seoret forever, but merolfully fe Aid noe get out until after me had mipleted her preparations to go Weat. | There she is unknown, and the doctors | Who attended her are certain that there Will be still further ohanges in } physteal make-up, making a future rec ognition of her by those who knew her in Brooklyn improbable, In the mean time che girl is Ill at her home, and it may be days before she cin go away Mise Beat was bom in Virginia ty-four yeart ago, but has Brooklyn for many years wi derly Southern woman, a friend of her mother, and the jatter's daughter two Were Inimate friends when MT Dock Company. It ts of record that he apornised its holdings a few years | eng worth ia he did not go ind the Appraisement feature, but sald thay his connection with the concern had been had real esate transactions life Insurance venture, If It beco: pecessary to have the testunur ( Der to clear up the matter he will also be. called During 191 Charles F. Murphy, now Tammany Hall leader, was secretary { of the Dock Department, and for a long ime prior to that and aubsequently he was familiar with all the intr sO! \ that braneh of the muntelpality, What ) he doesn't know about the docks of asked to tel M a Carren Will be aslied to'tel | TWODEAD, ONE 0 ' a A. Relatives of Buffalo Alderman and Dora, his wife, were found dead at thelr home at No, 183 Krettner street couple, was discovered in an uncon: aclous condition and taken to the Emer. ‘a and Their Boarder Suf- ferers in Mystery, BUFFALO, N. Y,, Oct. %—Elias thio morning, A man whose name could gency Hospital. i] \ 4 ’ NHaffa, uncle of Alderman G. J. Hoffa, ’ not be learned, a bearder with the old Arsenic polsoning is suspected as the cause of the fatalities, Tae accident was discovered by S. Elgemann, who has a small shop in the rear of the house occupied by the & . The boarder has been identified Albert W. Berl His condition considered critical, The case has @ mysterious aspect. ay, ion of the dead man has informed olice that his father and step- futher sequently quarrelied. The au- thoritles ae investigating his story and have also sent to the city chemist @ quantity of (graves whioh the victims fall been 4 It js thought they have sprinkled with arsenic cop away Insects. ———— POLICEMAN SAVED LIFE. Owens Worked Over Gas Victim ‘sional School Graduate, Michael Owens, of the Old Blip station, is credited by the phyal- clans of the Hudson Street Hospital wiih saving she Ife of Dantel Pallas, who was overecme with gas thia morn- ig 4. (he Battery Park Hotel, No, @ Woaltohall street, by using methods su posed Lo be known only to egg Uweng was called wo hotel, one | burst the door of Pallas's room @ neigtiaorhood | When he was asked to: | based entirely on his interest in the es: | tate of John KE, Dowdes, whieh had | ot Mr, | With Jes bdaok hair and blue eyes, She attan and Brooklyn Sesutor Mo: | they were chikdren and have grown up together. From childhood Miss mnt was a strong, robust girl with normal fondness for the aports of Mee As she @rew older she would like to have played baseball and done other mannish things, but was restrained by a sense of deltoucy, Tall and Broad-Shouldered, As & young woman she was {all yad-shouldered and very handsome, was strong, had rather large hands vnd feet for a woman and walked wit! A mannish stride. In splie of these things a slight harshness of voice, ana the increasing growth of hair on her face, she never had the slightest stig. plelon of the change in itfe she was underguing, Her ideals remained: tem- Inine, her tases were feminine, chose girl companions, She painted sewed and did all the other things that women do, She had men friends and girl friends and was popular with both There never waa any necessity for her to work for her Lving, but she fre- quently expressed a desire to do some- thing for herwif, She was alwuys re- strained, however, by some instincilve sensitiveaness which she could not her- self explain, Miss Best devoted herself to several women's clubs to which she belonged, to her churoh and to her charitable work, living a@ life of usefulness and endearing herself more and more to her friends. rd Began to Grow, Miss Hest has always been aware of the streak of mannishness in her, but did not think was any greater than had manifested itself in many other women Whom she had seen, She did not think seriously of the matter until a few years ago, when her beard began to grow so fast that jit was absolutely heceasaty lor her id shave every day In spite of this growth she kept her secre, from every one save those who lived with her, The beard humiliated her to some extent, but never gave her the slightest suspicion that she was ut- dergoing any sexual ohange. Tt wag a little over two Weeks ago that Miss Best was brought to a tud den realization of her condition, She knew then for the first time that she was not a woman but a man, She was rostrated by the blow and consulted er physician, who freely admitted that he could make nothing of her case. Dr. Finley was brought into the case and he had Miss Best removed to the French Benevolent Hospital, where an operation was performed whic firmed absolutely what Miss suspected, When the news was to Miss Beat she was MM for a time, She was told, however, that out- side of the shock she had nothing to fear, that asume the sex of a man ey and witohut embarrass. ment, but that {¢ was obviously Impos- sible for her to continue to live as a woman, Will Go to St, Louls, Mise Beat left tho hospital in the clothing in which she entered and went to her home in Brooklyn. There ar- rangements were quickly made for her removal to St, Louls, from which point she wiil make her plunge Into the world as a man, Before Miss Best could leave, however, the fealizaiion of the change that had come over her pros. inated her Saat, and she has been il) The ‘ne who have been con- corned at this remarkable case were loth to talk about It to-day, and beyond gonarauing, It would say nothing, At the French Benevolent ee it was fon ae what Mias Beat been no Information was obtainable found him on the bed uhooneeicus, tarted to work on him after pani | ihe An ambulance eel, and Dr, Cherry aa! the poltceman’s work pa) the who Is recovering In ithe pal her case. Dr, ley would not a they the aa of the case, saying a given in time to a ne he day HAS IT COME TO THIS? E, Powers, KEEPER OF THE OFFICIAL, BEEF TRUST ALLEGES FORCE BY GOVERNMENT /Books Used to Obtain Indict- ments Which Packers Want Dismissed, CHICAGO, Oct. %—Declaring that y the packers were compelled to produce before the Secretary of; Commerce and Labor was used by United States District-Attorney Morrl- son to obtain an Indictment against the packers, and alleging that inas- much as the same issues as mentioned | sloner Lantry 4s the indictment were raised and dis- posed of in an injunction writ Issued by may fir Federal Judge Grosscup, the packers the Lesser Gra who are under Federal indictment here charged with illegal conspiracy again attacked to-day the famous ‘Beef testim ‘Trurt" process. A special plea in bar and an additional unsel | for the packers, The nature of the special plea in bar were filed by former was a surprise to the Govern ment oMejals, although they were aware of what would be pleaded in the ad ditt plea, the issuance of an In- junction by Judge Grosscup ‘Tho special plea sets up assertional Barney Dump. Boat Co, ning investigations by the Com: con miss oni the matter w dent of the 1 el States and finally to the United States Distric here and that the Distri PRETTY GIRL OF 17 A RUNAWAY Ethel Warner Lured Parents from Home Long Enough to Get Her Clothes Away, Ethel Warner, seventeen years old, fe missing from her parents’ home, No, Putnam avenue, Brooklyn, and her ‘athor, T H, Warner, to-day ap- pealed to the police to held find her: On Friday the girl left home in the morning, promising to meet Mrs. Warner at a downtown store later, “| She failed to meet her moter and did not come home that night. On Satur. morning & message was delivred at the Warner home, saying “Come to the Long Island College Hospital at once,”” Mr. and Mra, Warner went to the hos- pital expecting to find told that no such message had been sent from the hospital, and no such rl Wan there, er hurried hame to ir absence she girl had entered the house, packed a sult case with her clothing and disappeared The girl is of dark complexion, dark Ind that during hel haired and laray fof fe for her age, BOY DROWNED W WHILE SAILING TOY BOAT. Seven-Vear-0' fon of Polleen Miley Tumbled into the Pond, Seven-year-old Frank Riley, son of Polloemin illim Riley, attaghed to the New Dorp, 8, I, police station, lost his life this afternoon in the Vanderbiit ey Fs ee old Vanderbilt estate at ‘top ahd hi! BY er were sailing wt fe In the pon in tumbled ey eee water ind vas Tae re pecans ie ome Tyee aR Ae MCLELLAN ODDS TAKE SUDDEN DROP. 300 SYRIANS Slump from 10 to 1 of a Week Ago to 33-2 to 1 Now, with Few Takers. (Continued from First Page.) a Ohrlstmas pre Even the Prisons in It, Income through favoring prisone BOLT IN BROOKLYN SCARES THE MAYOR. |\ penal institution duced to @ syst Tammany Rtplies. has fearned tha \Gharging Mt, Ivins himvelf with from hie standpoint sonversant with Brook- | chamberlain or shortly dumping cows whic monopoly of fait will be dragged down with It ot of Corporations and alleges | compel that the defendants were compelled to testify and to produce certain books and other data, and that thereafter submitted to the Presl- scarcity of scows is own campaign Barney scows, and that in Mar Senator MeCarren Is 1 tory to Mayor MeCle his friends to go t-Attorney -Attorney used the material In seeking indict-| ments against the defendents, Because of these alleged facts, the defendants ask that the indictments be dismissed, n Falsehood, he Ridgeway-Metz combination s | is beyond salvation, WE'LL WINALL OCEAN LINER FIVE BOROUGHS, DISABLED! at ut : Did Not Ask for As- "Phis screed from Tammany Tammany rey Declares His Figures Show Sweep for Tammany Ticket, steamer Potoma F. Murphy said this afternooy that a Tammany poll of a1 the five bor oughs comprising the city has just been completed and shows that the city, county Licket® Will be ¢ HL north and longitude 2% showing two red lights meaning » was steaming slowly carty all five boroughs. "It Js too early “but the figures are & “How about the strong ede sheen in the steamer Ald not ask it tM heavy sea was running at the time, BARLOW FINES FRIEND. ice Would Get) Harbey= | woiished result of Murphy was asked. ut as much chance “Mr. Heart has a of 2 id elected as 1 have, ethel, but were inquired « questioner “Yes, perronally, hy, with a smile, or McCarren has reported! that B lyn will give a Substantial plurality | 41 Thousht “the county tloket, Sheehan was. Tammany Hall He wald that the report that the Greier New York Demacr haa declared for Hearst isa faleh od ee MORGAN, JR., PRESENTED. ST, PETERSBURG, in Harlem Court, when ho fined the laster % for speed limit In toe west | pine | FIVE HELD HERE AS. exceeding whe were presented Lapetort by ¢ an be definitely stated that no In- dustrial concessions will be granted in tig with the big Russian loan Secretary |long been close friends. Dharge d-Affaires Beidy | y pald the clerk and they | joined the. Na agisirate at Ure bench and groups will be on - Joke on himself, | passengers 0 be partioulas ly ‘ ‘ ih the Terms offered by the of fresh beet In New Swift & Co.'s sal ol ending Saturday, Oct, ind. * MOBILE Birt lou HAD BETTER SEE Loes [— 7 IM SURE I DONT Know WitL You RETURNE To WAHLE TELLS TO END FEUDS \eiaunts Summons Promi- nent Men of Colony to Court | and Lectures Them. Syrian colony on lower Manat weeks prompted Mag ke act W preceden He summoned to t It} room & the prominent men of the colony and w the troubles t unohe Nang 1 st ree to a few w # ago the Syrian alan Wis the abode of p and save for wordy arguments between rival merchants or rival editors tr was inknown, ‘Thea arose complications hat no white man has been able to inderstand, as they are of a religious vature and appear to revolve around Bishop Hawaweeny, of who harge of the Syrian Chureh in parts, jot assault h wil out of tie dis | pute that the busi Mf Contre Stree Police Court has bee logged, Mig strite Wale, wha previous to hia ele ation to the bench was counsel for Many promiacnt Syrians, determined to take matter Into * own hands lay whe A new cus ame ore him. He js trusted by the and fe) tha e might have some influence with The thre yndred dark skinned men he summoned to court t 1 semi cle in front of the rate Wahle addressed ¢ ling mast of them time to time Occasionally jected Into his Bngiish addre words of the Syr peaks fue ne Neen to exert htem exul alvts Your cases are postponed unt Yn that date 1 expect ever nme into court here and tell me tat ean made his peace with hie neigl rand tat the vindlotiys troversy | that has caused the drawing of deally ipl dae as bee ae Sie 11 from ” THIS BABY PREFERS TO WALK ON HIS HANDS, DENVER, 0 @—A remarkable ld, from a physl siadpolnt, 8 © elghtm 1 son of William Schnars, of this city, No larger tha average Joo ts years, it has elopment of the arms, yest ul al hough fe favorite amusement is hands and walking that way aoross the room, With his heels in The youngster cannot uso his legs at all, but when he gets on his hands he is ‘ay much at home as a much older iid would be on {ts feet. ‘The thing | that purges the physlsians who have | seen him is the perfect manner in whieh he keeps bie balance, One of the stunts Which the child amuses people with Is ty swing by ti Vhands on a 1 in the hands of his father. We can pull himself up by his. arm mus reveral tlmes and swing th with the rformer YELLOW FEVER SUSPECTS. | 1 being ever persons were taken from the ama liner Allunea, from ¢ tt (Quarantine today and sent (o the Hott ¢man Ishind Isulation Hospital ‘One first cwbin, two second cabin and two members of the crew were found with Mgh tempera- tures The doctor's boat took these off and the Alllanoa proceeded to her pier. Roosevelt arrive | thronged, many persons being from dis- | | tant parts of the State, who had come {9 join in the welcome | was escorted by the militia to a stand |\n the centre of the city, where he de livered an address was enthualastically greeted and seemed ighly pleased with his visit. President's train arrived here at 11.10 |orately decorated for the President's | following the amclioration of quaran | tne conditions, and arrangements are ymavy charges and counter-charges | t the grow g huwle Usgracing yourselves and A ¢ declared, "If thie is] illowed to Fun on the consequence wi — INWELCOME TO ROOSEVELT President, in Run Through Ala- | bama, Gets More Evidence of South's Good Feeling. (@pecial to The Evening World ) | MORILE, Ala, Oot. 2%.—President at 4.9 o'clovk | 1 found the city is afternoon a The President after bing formaliy kreeted by the State and oMfctals A ‘rive to the main polnts of interest | 1 Mobile was followed by a public re- | aption During the President’s stay here he Thousands cheered him as he left for | Puskeee, at wihich place he in due to-, morning | iOMERY, Ala, Oot %—The A. M,, exactly on time, | The President made a short address | of greeting from the rear platform of | ie car and Was heartily cheered. ‘ OZARK Ala, Oct %.—President Roosevelt's special train, after its night | run from St, Augustine, crossed th line from Georgia to Alabama to-da ind the Presidential party will be kept! busy within the borders of this State! until to-morrow night All through the early morning hours, | when the train was making |ts way toward Mobile from Valdosta, Ga., after | a few minutes’ stop in the late part of the night, the special ran slowly | on A schedule arranged to insure the} President a maximum of rest during his sleeping hours. oe |NEWORLEANS READY | FOR ROOSE VELT.|) W ORLMANS, La, Oct, 2.—New Orleans to-day 18 assuming the aspect of the carnival season, Many of the business houses have already been elab- and with the streets thronged » in no longer evidence of either fever or quarantine, railroads are acting promptly vwelng made to restore all trains that were taken off, All the lines have now announced low rates for the President's Visit, and everything points to 4 rust of people into the elty from all over vislana and Mississippi for the occa- Many are already arriving, and mee deserted hotels and boarding sare Alling up. y armored cruiser West Virginia which js to take the President North after his visit to New Orleans, arrived of the mouth of the river to-day and inehored, 15 YEARS OF TORTURE Itching and Painful Sores Covered Head and Body, CURED Im WEEK BY CUTICUR “For fifteen years my scalp and forehead was one mass of scabs, and my body was covered with sores, Words cannot express how I suffered from the itching and pain, I had given up hope when a friend told me to get Cuticnra, After bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment for three days, my head was as clear as ever, and to my sur- prise and joy, one cake of soap and one box of ointment made a com- vee cure in one week, (signed) BR Franklin, 717 Washington St., ena Pa,” ANDY SPREIAL POR MONDAY, Hoste Chips, olate cream MIN vice e reece ohh, 106 Assorted Frutti and Nat Chocolates Lb. ihe SPE anat Mola plate Crea mints Park HAL FOR TUESDAY, ex Kinves,.Lb, 100 r pers Lb, 166 Row Open Evenings Thu tt o'ttoek. 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