The evening world. Newspaper, November 22, 1905, Page 1

WRATHER-—Patr; warmer to-nteht RESULTS EDI RSet: ONE CENT. RINAL] and Thareday, TION CRESCEUS IS SOLD POR BRANCH FORCED INTO FIGHT WHICH ENDED IN DEATH Court-Martial Witnesses Quote Meriweather as | Telling His Hatred. | CALLED HIM A COWARD. Dead Midshipman Was Visited | in His Room and There Denounced. | ANNAPOLI6. Md. Nov, 2,—The court-martial assembled by the order bt) the Becretary of the Navy for the trial | of Midshipman Minor Meriwether on) the charges growing out of a fist fight in which he engaged with-Midshipman James R, Branch, jr., and in which tho latter received fatal injuries, began at the Naval Academy to-day. The accused is defended by Lieut,- Commander James K, Robison, U and Mr, James M, Munroe, of Midshipmen James 2 and Earl V. Pritchard, Branoh, and their evidence bore direct- y on the §yond charge, that of quarrelling with a person in the naval | gervice with an indirect relation to the main charge of manslaughter. Hated Branch, Witness Said, Midshipman Nan De Carr sald out je was next to M & An caltethe and that on the at eb a! ovening of Oct, 1, Meriwether had tol ig oh meanee n had done all t he could make his Meriwether #) ite piners abe while he had been at t that he hated Branch, and was col to make him fight if there was ory, fight in him; that there were onl, few people that he hated, and t Branch was bd i f Sa The next C ifs Oa rt ene hed Ptr hat es rane and Branch hi was all ae rral Msitpman pant ww irom, the nei Mina 0} anes covering the ie ‘ane Tneldent tnt oat ine roo Me wether pat by poets s pei | ‘cain aed od idaleo from Louie is teatlmony was of the utmost iy oh In 1 ry rh sibow and “ie i at ote the feticarorensiat tat jon du wether focused Braneh of acting rly toward him by ey Me of ial ion as midshipmag hargs | Se ee "hoor to. report, him about, ihe matter of a dress sult case containing etylian clothes and charged pense with having a grudge against hy Called Him a Coward, latter Branch admitted. Merl- then sald that Branch was low ae ekeaking coward.” then told Pac welber that his could eee, Dee to leave the , and to this Meriwether an- that he did not care if they did; was not going to be used badly ne. ni tion eontinued, Prit- and Branch told Meriwether one man been at the academy, and sould pot help, Meriwether ve tif he ever reported him he Pe tok it. There was some it the standing of the to a belo and poten ae coe aid bea oat ‘nick b, went to the room te Yatton er eat r hath at i Pe saith not al low f ey pee TARBELL GETS REBATE ON fis OWN INSURANCE , Admits at Inquiry that He Lets No Commissions Escape Him, MISDEMEANOR BY LAW. All Insurance Officials Do the Same Thing, He Declares to Hughes, Gage E. Tarbell, while on the witness) stand at the legislative investigation | into insurance matters to-day, stated) | that he had taken out insurance pol- toles to the extent of $600,000, of which sum $400,000 was on his own life and $100,009 was on the lives of his family. He acknowledged that he had accepted the commissions on these policies bim-' Said that the last polloy of $100,000 was taken wiile he was an officer of the | Equitable Lite through a Newark firm and he took the comaissions himself. ‘This Jed Counsel Hughes to make the r’| charge that rebating had been commit- | ted, Under the law rebating is @ ais- demeanor, and Tarbell only yesterday sald that rebeting was one of the worst evils in the lify insurance business, To-day’ Tarbell suid that he didn’t consider what he hud d@one as coming within the statute on rebating, Other Officials Do the Same. ‘arbell, deplared he believed, ‘gener- ay elon that all offivets of lite insurance o: jes took commisstons And renewals on prong on their own lives, ‘Tarbell'e confession came in conneo- tion with & $15,000 policy which he took out twenty years ago, maturing this month. Mr, Hughes followed up the load Instantly. Q. How much fnabrance do you carry? A. About $08,000 on my own life and the lives of members of my family, Q. Since you have been an oflcer of the Equitable Life, how much of that insurance have you taken out? A. Two lidehipman | policies of $100,000 each, Q. Of course, you pay premiums on ‘that? You deal directly with the com- pany? A, No; I placed the insurance through @ ‘al agent, who allowed | me a o jon, Got All That Was Coming, Q. How much of & commission? A A weneral t's commission of 1 Ih od eo and 71-2 per cent. on renew Ch 8, iy way s Vag ‘the gqneral agent ayo ake aa ERM ad Bones Yani of Nowark, O° through vee 8 did you place the (Continued on on Second Page.) patre aeeniCeT carota FOUGHT KEEPER; ‘LEAPED TO DEAT what. he eS) Witliam Mill, Ar Artist, Kills selt, the agents not getting them. He! Qian’ thee tae pe seal rebating? Ne Ry FOUGHT TWO. BURCLARS FOR LIFE ON ROOF Policeman, — Struggling High Over Street, Saved by Arrival of Others. HAD $2,000 IN LOOT, Theives Caught with Booty Just Stolen from Harlem Apartment. | Two young burgiars br.ke into the | |brownstone four-story house of Mra. Fawoch Bell, at No, 108 West One Hun- “iret and Thirtieth street, this afternoon and after stealing $3,000 worth of jew- elry, encountered Mrs, Bell and at- tempted to beat her Into unconscious. ness #0 as to make thelr escape, She fought and tried to hold them while her maid, @ young girl named Marie, shouted for the police, Policeman O'Connor waa passing the house, and responded to the cries, The maid let him in, and, after signadling for help, he rushed upstedrs, just as the Yours thugs had beaten down Mrs. Bell and started for the roof. They got out through the scuttle, with O'Connor at ttheir heels, He overhagled one af the youtth after crossing three roofs. When he attempted to secure the burglar the confederate came to the thief’s assistance and the two young men dragged OfConnor to. the edge of the roof and attempted to burl him over. But he clung to the roof desperately until Policeman McDonald. his partner ‘on the beat, came to his ald, With clubs and revolvers the two Policamen sabdued the burglars and dragged them to the West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street tation. ‘There they were searched, and $2,000 worth of stolen jewelry recovered, including a fine diamond necklace and diamond sunburst, they had stolen from Mrs, Bell's room, ‘They were held, to be later taken to Police Headquarters, LATEST NEWS OF THE DAY National Grange Elects, ATLANTIC CITY, M Ji, NOV, 2.— The National Grange Patrons of Hus- bendry to-day elected these officers, National Master, former Governor N. J. Beohelder, of New Hampshire; Ne- onal marr pues States W. Gountt, New Overseer, T. C, Atkinson, West Vii: Vreeland’s Arm in in Sling. Tt became known this afternoon that In Early Warm-up Maid of FIRST RACE—Paloro (4 fto 1) 1, Mollie Donohue (1 to 4 for place) 2, Debar 3. SECOND RACE—8t. Valentine (7 to 5) 1, Collector Jessup (6 to 1 for place) 2, Subtle 3, THIRD RACE—Tom Cogan (18 to 5) 1, Woolgatherer (3 to & for place) 2, Follow-On 3, FOURTH RACE.—Kiamesha (1 to 3) 1, Santa Catalina (out for place) 2, Dr. Swartz, 3, SIXTH RACE—Peter Paul (7 to 1) 1, Mistiss (3 to 1 for place) 2, wang, Se Banker 3. FOOTBALL EVILS WHICH ROOSEVELT OPPOSES. Brutality And Foul Play Receive The Same Dunmary Punishment Giver. TA Mar Who Cheals At Cards Or Who Strikes A. Foul Blowln Baxing . Theodore Roosevelt . LATEST NEWS OF ALL SPORTS otmae | about STAKE BY NOSE! tart, ually Timbuctoo Runs Away and ills Herself. came beat place, BENNINGS RESULTS: gema Dixie ceded race, Santa came race, BY PRANK W. THORP. |r" 4)! to The Evening World.) was on hand. The track ee a ane a Peter Fou Royal Window Blow Up. Jace) Weteateres ‘Cal the head of pa. FOURTH b begin] $2,500 tarters. names, O'Neil sie rom Mole | miles Ba farce FIFTH RACU—Mile.—Royal Logent 4 to § and 1 to 3) 1, NEW YORK, YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1905. Should » who was @ scant length tn front of Subtle. KIAMESHA TAKES | Tom Cogan All the Way. THIRD RA CE—The Chevy Un selling; gentleman ri two and a halt miles. yd Mi Laan, act aoe on eb meal d ‘and Bouth y Seat ie ne pont at the 6 running, won tenis Naf g's therer closed him at atretch, ‘put Cogan away and Woolgatherer yore a ree SMS for the Klamesha by a Nose. RACE—The Dixie; three- ‘added; mila’ and three- by’ five Jockeys. Fin, I. ha ginmaba was a hot aver in the Stakes, ant it was generally con- that she could win ‘oaaily, The however, turned out to be @ most pace for a mite and a furlong. Then Catalina raved to the front and showed the way té the far tum, where Kilamesha then closed. Every one look- ed (for Kiamvesha to come away wen i ‘but Santa Catalina hung on. Then It horses ri to a drive and head and head to the finth, 1 Md winning by a nose amid tremendous ex- citement. amend Navajo Was Not Troubled, FIFTH RACE—Navajo (21-2 to} prery RACK. added thres- 1) 1, Father D. (2 to 1 for place) 2| Yeer-olde and upatard: mile and bas Bizay Izzy 3, aaa ieee”... SAM AB Bie a “a a8 Tay! wm 4 jt “ieniaay “Shute, Che Ghar Planter Navajo, a tg ‘thing In ‘the maiden went to the front at the start, all the running, and won clever- from Father D., who was six lengths in front of Blay (Special BENNINGS RACK TRACK,, Nov, %2.—| Iny, the favorite, “i ‘The Washington Jockey Club had per- feot weather for the running of the , | Dixle Stakes this afternoon, but it was Peter Paul In a Drive. Saat Mp, Str, T 6 + 08, sa et at ‘The other races were prt mad Paul A melt oe a drive by n length was nothing particularly at- tomo but the full strength of the/ and tnd e halt tong fev Yashington patronsge was drawn ‘ut fhe steeplechase, 09 chat a apna! NASHVILLE WINNERS, NASHVILLE, Nov. 2.—The races ng, ite here to-day resulted as vio ee weit. chara even), mt to er. 2) Magis front at the start, |4t% 1 ana tary Rar 4, Dr. ay ‘erandah @ to | for 2 Amberita 8, Time—t.41. tah Protest to Roosevelt, sates be reached, but I don't know of any- ‘thing that will claim my attention for [“ Circulation Books Open to All Circulation Books [“ Circulation Books Open to All to Au.” | iid RESULTS DITION, Viel CRESCEUS SOLD FOR $21,000 1 ee King of Trotters Is Knocked. Down to M. W, Savage. Cresceus, once king of the trotting turf and the only stallion that ever) established and held @ world's record, | was sold at the ‘Old Glory” horse sale at Madison Square Garden this after- noon to M, W. Savage for $21,000. Mr, Savage tx the owner of Dan Patch, and bought Cresoeus for stud purposes, o# his racing days are over, A crowd of 2,000 persons witnessed the sale and applauded the horse up- Toariously, There was only one bid made against Mr. Savage—one of $20,000 by Patrick H, MeGulre, of this city. George Bain was the auctioneer. George HH. Ketcham, the owner of Cresceus, had pald $22,000 for the stalilon when ~-GIRL KNEEL AND PRICE. ONE CENT. WAITS FOR DEATH BEFORE “L” TRAI Mary McCarthy Killed at Sixty-sixth Street Station in Sight of Crowd of”. Women and Children Bound’ to Matinees and Stores. » : Mary G. McCarthy, a pretty young woman, of No, 209 West Sixty- fourth street, ended her life at 1.80 o'clock this afternoon in a ghastly and spectacular manner by jumping to the tracks of the “L’’ struétnre at Co- lumbus avenue and Sixtysixth street and then kneeling in an of prayer before the train which swept down upon, her and crus) her. Tne suicide had selected an hour when there is a rush of traffic, of shoppers and matinee-goers, and the southbound platform of the station wae thronged with women and children, They wore waiting for abe xth platform, where\tnere were few ‘ . ‘Avenue train that was approaching the|Then she stopped at the edge of station in charge of Motorman C, H.| platform and glanced up the ‘ oe Palmer, of No, 10 West One Hundred|The train was then about halt a and Third street. ayay and coming down the grade at Hesitated at Leap. full headway, a Tho girl’s appearance attracted some| She walted until there way no oasis Attention, as after leaving the ticket-| Ditty of the motorman stopping the shopper's box she made several short) {"/n. whereupon she: jumped down the tracks, Sho fell at frat, but spurts toward the edge of the platform, herself to het Miees each time drawing back and looking} jor ane taped: ushing tain, about her wildly. he was clad in ale ene ‘asd Ngee Gar baad eka a oe Gand soma) ralene kee of th rae in one hh a which she held firmly Women Scream in Horror, In this eccentric manner she made} “the erowd of Women who looked om her way toward the south end of the | boverad ota tote, he gut ——— And thele cries opel be heart wer rumbie ot tee train’ It ail ovat in an instant, Che tral opped after the first car than half over tn body, Motorman y the emergency prakes, fuses and apie tae in B % fan poiclang we, Generick, ACH WOMEN CAE FR AGES REM == cleats Will Look After Mother of] Dinzer’s Baby Victim After Release From Tombs, | oad MN crowing Columbus avenye heneatl elevated structure wore Goat anete tere and fled seream) 4 homes. A great crowd col ota Me Agnes’ Renaud, whose baby Gustav Dinser killed last September, will be discharged fram the Tonvbs to-morrow or the next day in consideration of her testimony which served to conviet Din- the station, and at the a! Fay 6 Was soon such a crush that Mckean sent for the resery Went Sixty-elghth street station. Many Faint on Platform, he was still a youngster, Until Lou Dillon made her unbeaten | record of 2.00 flat at Readville, Mass,, on Aug. % 198, Cresceus wad the ac-| knowledged leader of the trotting turf, His career was splendid one from the days when, & three-year-old, he began to clip seconds off the world’s, records for his clags. On the gecasion of most of his great | ach*-ements be was driven by tis owns. ‘eorge H, Ketcham, of Toledo, 0. His ownor and driver always had wbsolute contideyce in him, and an- rounced when the great horse was youngster that he would be a world- beater, It was not until after Mr, Ketcham declared that the fine stallion could rest on is taurels that Lou Dil- Association ‘ound the bey Pair of the thern Kansas oc tion guilty of connivance to establish fraudulent record ir, eKtcham wa exonerated by the board, MURPHY COG ON (Lng VATION Tammany Leader Says He Is Not Running Away from Anything. Charles F, Murphy is going away from here, He feels the need of a loug rest, and will take {t at Mount Clomens, Mich. The Tammany leader visited tho ni ® to-day, gathered up his private papers and took them away preparatory to his departure, “T am going to take @ vacation as soon as I can get my affairs arranged,’ he enid, “but I want it distinctly un- derstood that I am not running away from anything. If I am wanted I can some time,” “How about the Krup caso?’ he was A half dozen, women had fala) the station platform, but were by phy siclans In (he crowd, being 8 wree! irs crew arrived it wt Ue of naP an hour to jack up the fo car af the train and reloase t woman's body. In spite of ‘he gine of the police a crowd of Legs A 'y ol ous womer Insisted on witnessing te eer of murder in the sovoml’ degree Assistant District Attorney Arthur ‘train has interested Mrs, Elliat F, Biepard and other wealthy women in the case of Agnes Renaud, and they a Provide for her future after her woharg Mrs. Shepara sent her a big box of |elothing to-day. She will be, given a home whgre none will know of her past, (Shastly work, y and an altempt will be made ty make ".7%¢ body wae Eaton the West of her @ useful member o. Ley. Ot" policemen ee m combed eee threaten iM, Tele “elie gig . that pressed te e Two Killed by Train, von the vetkeant’, found vi Pr NEWBURGH, N. Y., NOV, 2-Clara | Omens name an & Rudolph, seyentoen years old, @ de.gh- ter of Henry Rudolph, of Newburgh, lon came forwarl and cl! his record | one of the supervsors of Orange County, of 202 1-4, Major Delo ster equalled [png sapien Raake aed Taree can rattler’ forge rth to the Lou Dillon's record. f Mr, Rudsiph, were kiled vhis noon fationchouse’ and. identided’ te. body. At one thme the ‘trotting world was e Renwick strevt crossing of the that she has been si led ah hs the e_ fnnouncemmnl at Wes# Shore Railroad. They were driv- @ nervous for resceus noe aa dross the tracks, when thelr wagon | months past, and 0 -@ victim. [eat 08 Oct, ee BR alba struck by ® passenger train, melancholia, LATE WINNERS AT NASHVILLE, SIXTH RACE—FEDERAL 2-1, PAUL 8-1 place STEEL TRAP LOERRSERNGS ne >: POLICE INSPECT FOOTBALL TICKET SALE, Dk see CHICAGO, Nov, 22,—Because of the numerous complants received by the city authorities regarding the sale of spurious tickets, and the excessive prices demanded by speculators for stright tickets to the football game to be played on Thank { i asked. / “1 don't, know anything about the gald that the Mayor him fear rage ing Day between Michigan and Chicago, Mayor Dunne ‘today pe that the police investigate the matter, A