The evening world. Newspaper, December 15, 1905, Page 1

7 wv WHATHER-—Snowstorm) Saturday snow or sleet, RESULTS EDITION | _PRICE ONE ON ik ‘CENT. SAYS HU GOV. HIGGINS HIS ALBANY WATCHDOG, WEEPS HARRIMAN Warned Thomas F. Ryan He Would Use Political Influence Against Him—“Any Decent Man Would Have Done the Same,” HARRIMAN, SAYS GOV. HIGGINS AND NIXON WATCHED OUT FOR HIM, Edward H. Harriman to-day before the Legislative Insurance Com-f) mittde dragged in the names of Gov. Higgins and the late Speaker of the Assembly, 8. Fred Nixon, into the Equitable Life scandal. Under protest he admitted that they hed been his watchdogs at Albany to inform him of the appearance of any legislation intended to favor the Alexander faction as against the clique he was in. WITH TEARS IN His EYES HY BEGGED THE NEWSPAPER MEN HOT TO PUT THESE FACTS IN “SENSATIONAL MBADLINES.” \ ~ B. B, Harriman went on the fnyurance witness atahd to-day to pay his Fespects to Thomas ¥, Ryan. * wi He told the committee plainly that he doubted Ryan's motives and his ot philanthropy. He declared that im place of his possessing political influence ‘with Odell, |! ‘the former, Governor had political influence because of his relations with Wim, Harriman. } Under protest, he aid that Gov, Higgins and the late Speaker Nixon wero the men at Albany with whom he had arranged to kebp him advised Pegerding insurance’ legislation. ) | Harriman was absolutely cold blooded, Every word that came from “Hips was designed to complete what was the financier’s evident getting éven with Ryan, \ ' When it eame t@ the point of being forced to give up tho'names of Gov, |, Witte outing emake, w fash of Are } Higgins and §, Fred Nixon it seemed that the attitude which Harriman aa. ~ sumed had been studied out before hand. Tears that came into his eyes, a | gob that came into bis voice were, to say the least, theatrical, It was the general opimion of many, who have known Harriman for a good many years, » that behind the inctdent there ix some carefully latd plot. Harriman began his story by say!ng that he had first heard of Ryan's purchase of the Equitable Life on the afternooon of the day the deal was , made, He telephoned to Ryan and asked him jf the report were true that he had got hold of Hyde's holdings, “Mr, Ryan asked me to co-operate with him,” Harriman went on, “He gald that the consummation of the deal with Hyde depended upon the elec- tion of Paul Morton-—his nominee—as Chairman of the Equitable Rents ot Directors, Mi OOUBTED RY AN’S SINCERITY, ! “TP doubted Ryan's sincerity of purpose at that time. "He asked me,for a conference, and fifteen minutes after the telephono interview I went to his office. * “When I asked Ryan what he meant by getting into the Bquitable sit- uation he told me that ho bad never done anything conaplonous and he ’ thought the opportunity had arrived,” _ Harriman admitted that he had probably sald that he would use his po- | 4 influence Ryan. ~ “T woutd not say that I did not say what these gentlemen clatm. It was on ‘my mind, When I challenged his purity of motives im the situation by asking for a ehare of the Hyde stock and he refused to give it to me I was p00 pompelied to doubt. Sh re ere wove Re der the clroumstances.” > “Lam not @ philanthropist and no motives of ThUaachrony moved me," | b s81@ Harriman, “I was as much interested in the general ajtuation as was] * SY ar, Ryan or anybody else. If his bernie nie Sy ' + '{ let & hundred co-operate with him, ‘he ie E Gidn't want one-man power in the “situation, and + ction mic oan anon Mr, Ryan must UP CUSES PA Trinity Building, on Lower Broadway, Has a Lively and Exciting Scare. Broadway halted a crowd of several thousand and Tent @ touch of tobasco to a district already frenaied by Tom Lawson. stands ag @ huge monument at the end of the Trinity Church lot, wes following on the heels of flarm, Smoke was filling the upper hallways and men, women and office- boys were clamoring for elevators. The fire started in 4 wire fue, pro sumably from defective Tt) t was discovered onthe ninth floor, the smoke began to through the edges of an iron door, ‘In hot and smoke was filling all the up- hallways. ‘The fire leaped to the top of the flue) whti} it reached the nineteenth foor, | * Circulation B Books Open to All,” i i MEN HIT | hurt Inside the Trinity building, whtoh i fiaif minute ‘the iron goor waa /red| | 7 ul | “ Circulation Books Open to All,’”. a RESULTS EDITION _NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1905, Sketched in Court by Staff Artist Powers, of The Evening World, ‘HOCH, ae BY RUNAWAY CAR | MUST DIE CRIES ISTE FIRE 9 FLIGHTS, toasting Dove Down Amster dam Ave, Car Is Hurled from Trag¢ksat Curve. One Hun this afte ‘Two were air its mad fight 4: one of he will "al in of Manhattan brid jeposi ting: EC RE. the sar, John Lar to work te ‘the par shot ah omentum at dvery foot, dred and tlophon street; clove to the » two t any were Peter lesa | meterdam avenue, The Tie car hit them brits ime, Sheehan was ¢rush a truck and the, car, Past ribs were broken, his wea wi me ieee scoarery tt ternal tured and he sustal Injuries, ay F m revover, and Te hel pid pi taken to the beecent of aa where Ol svenus ere: it ane es he aa A Thi avefiue car coming down Am- sterdam avenue got beyond control of the motorman on ‘the steep grade at and Thirty-first street mn anr ran away, ‘kK by the car in the street, and was 60 badly Injured that | mun ‘Two passengers were also a car truck the sharp curve at One Hundred and Twenties ie peg: py nti Jumyped the tracks, The the runaway came when the feom under the car at * aime | oa hong men were at work. ot ro ud Aniirew Mur- brogkc pi of No, 119 Wnbur averie, Long at the sa | : ra oer Lal iS Operations tormey Healey from Assistant ict ot how junder en the case af Johan ie greatly and pi face ‘ogninat the wi nett that) “You are a lar, & Mar, Tf I Rot belteve. it le became more o and a for & veritivation of n the ering Preis time Hooh Mee x ere, very je Hun- ‘He did not peer a es ‘have nothing to say; noth! if it must comer See, it mute of, bis ‘=the Wh rg en, simp; 0 the hill juries were wag he and tae stuck to the oar i! through thi away, store ai “ARREST IN NAFTAL CASE. (SBURY PARK, Deo, 18.—Frark Pardone, an Italian, wai uae here late this afternoon on suspicion in connect Naftal. He formerly had a candy stor ae Be meres yt eold out a 9 sold out a short time ago. ‘ __ MAY END BIG RACING WAR, ‘ITY PARK RACE TRACK, NEW CRLEANS, Dec. 1§.—Cur Brown, toa private ielegram received here to-da’ OUT "TTSALE "Blue Beard!” Rag Rages When | He Leartis High Court Affirms Death Verdict. CHICAGO, Deo, %—A tolephone mes- Sage was received to-day by States At- States Attorney Barnett, who ts in Springfield, ol to the effect hat the Supreme of the State had attirmed tne in Hooh, for wite jeath. ‘When he foreived the news nite per Pre ne shouted! is not true, ompased the re- messenger came back quiet lightest eno. id sald in bis ‘ontinary tone: at all. 4 have are Cg oe et ‘one of those that en ‘he oer eae ourve ft 0} red, iit’ A inj! tthe MEL PLOT COST ABE KAFFENBURGH, FIRST WITNESS ON STAND. ____ PRICE'om ONE CENT, cf $65,00 UNCLE JIM MORSE | GAVEFORTUNETO UPSET WEDDING Rand Declares to Hummel Jury that Boston Ship-Owner Was Behind Al- leged Conspiracy to Annul Neph- ew's Marriage and Paid the Bills. ‘Assistant District-Attorney Rand laid bare to-day the conspiracy: by which it {8 alleged Abe Hummel and others had annulled the marriage of Charles W. Glorse, the millionaire banker, and Clemence Dodge Morse. He revealed, for the first time officially, the source of the mine of wealth that maintained Charles F, Dodge in Texas for nearly a year, ‘The money was iy by Capt, James T, Morse, an uncle of Charles 'W. Morse. “Uncle Jim’ !s a Boston ship-owner, Tt was he who set in motion the ma chinery that ends with Abe Hummel before the bar of justice, and it cout him more than $65,000, BEAT POO NS HAAN GETS BAK HS YORKSHIRE LAD Corrigan Claimed Him Out of Selling Race at ” City Park. t NEW ORLEANS, La, th Horsemen today were fe | unique angle in racing at /City Park, oh Sb Raward Corrigan, the principal stock. murdel/holder and manager of the course figured as the claimant of a horse out of @ selling race. He and “Little Mike” Daly put in simultaneously claims for the Hayman colt Yorkshire Lad after he had been beaten in a selling race yesterday. The claimants drew beaten igi a horse and Corrigan he returned tl Ht i itayvan f frise ald 113,000 zt hat the claim ‘wae tolls Woe Lad was bs ee ra t) Rac ain'a Devil (4 to Cone Btave 6 to 1), second; Honeywell thine 1.21 8-5, ven-eigintiha of a mi! won; Modred ‘chen i Tom Crabb, thin. ‘Time e-half tur laura Hunter (7 to 6), Ry af Woodclaim (place 8 bo 1), in the Gity Park track to a turiman wh the Western Jockey Club, The sale of Brown’ Ciyik Same» Saceetae 08 it wed only the Other day that that he wa: phen A! sell his bu Orleans Jookey CI Keg Brown is of ‘irae wr Now eas sines and oth long standing, PR Stone third. Time. FOURTH RACE—Pume to" ana 7 DA to 6 tnd 1 foe % (Wishand), 8 to 1, % 10 Grosgrain and Follow the Flag ated ran, RESULTS AT FAIR GROUND, |! FIRST RA ington place), » 3% Times Yate furlongs. 1), 1; eo (8 eee Place), 2; Arsenal, & Anes THIRD RACE-—One mile whe . teenth, Oa to Oh Tor to or we), 2 rr iment 65 ¢5. y — FOURTH RACE~Malater @ to 1) 1, Collector Tenn (4 to 5) 2, Peter Paul i THREE CAUGHT IN THE WAKELY RAID ARE HELD. Three of the prisoners arrested in the raid Dy Deteotive-Sergt. Costigan’s Vice Squad on the alleged gambling resort over Jimmy Wakeley’s sajeon. at Forty-second street and Sixth ave- nue, Tuesday afternoon, were held for the action of \the Grand Qéry to-day by Magistrate Cornell, in the Tombs Court. ‘They were Chatles Welde. alias White, of No. 38 West Fifty-second street, acoused of being the manager; William Gramarpy, of No, 98 West eee street, end Frederick Willy, No, 108 West Forty-sixth street, and abetting rged with in- ers, were @a- lo s {We lerfering with th vara See Attorney Corri woul be Veammedingety. ftp b 4 hed rand eee ty and 4 pass re ate | eet, Sukey “Unele Jim" didn't like the marriage | of Ais nephew to @ divoreed Me pald Humme) $15,000 to get rok sans, voree at aside and then, when postin cdme, according to. Mr, Rand, he pald more than $80,000 to keep Charles PF, Dodge away from: the. jurisidigtion of the counts of New. York. The trist is now. in full ewing, and the beginning of the taking of testimony shows that It will be the -most in bornly fought) action the local © have seen for years. Object pe between counsel, wey frequent from the start, The Aetna, m+ mel’s nephew, Abe H, nen Ham : fused to answor many questiong, as it Would tend to Ineriminate him, . Nathaniel Cohen, « young lawyer, also {n Hummot's office, also declined to an- ewer many questions on thie came ground, Uncle Jim Morse was in District-Attorney Jerome, pty ou For the first time since his marriages, & year or moro age, Juror Bernard Michael was away from home all night. / jast night. Mr, Miohnel was worrled about his baby at the opening of court ¥ and whispered long and earnestly, @ re~ quest to Justloo Rogers that he bé per- mitted to go home at night. The re- quest was refused For his opening address to the jury QUT OF $50,000 Gideon and Others Made a Killing on Two-Year-Old Deux Temps. A. dig kuling, which. would! have net- ‘fed tose in the mecret at least $160,000 if the telegraph wires between here ang 'New Orleans hedn't broken down for time, was) pulled off in thie city yesterday, when the two-year-old .colt Deux Temps won the third race. at Falr Grounds, New Orleans, In spite of the misfortune of bad wire service At the critical moment those behind the killing got away with about $0,000 in this city alohe, and several pool-room bank rolle ate crippled today as & owned by the well- “Kansas” Price, He has been prepared for a killing for some time and finally was placed well in the thint race yesterday, The books * | operating at New Orleans are wary, Ai Assistant Distriot-Attorney Rand dw % ed and therefore not a dollar of the rght | caryea + panegaln at the d card he black office coat he Pact f a ioe AD und reaerving thelr play for (Continued on ‘Thlrd tinued on ‘Third Pash.) mi the pool-rooms about the country, but principally in this elty, Barly betting on the race here was recess «GETTING REDDY FOR ‘was taken pretty generally until just be- Ct Seececs: PANIES STAN to 1, Between the second and third races waa the time fixed for laying Pre-leown the bulk of the money, because Typothetae Gives Employers" Side of Trouble with Book and JobgMen. believed that the ies ‘would id 4 4 it In view of the Impending strike of the printers employ@d li the book and job " whops in New York, the employing printers, represented by the Typothetae, issued a statement this afternoon de- talling the preparations they have made to carry on their business during a strike and setting forth their side of the case, This statement says; “The closed shop and the eight-hour day demanded by Typographical Union No, 6 cannot and will not be flranted, Tho question which this demand brings before the printers of New York ls not one of hours solely, The Typothe- tae has been acceding to one demayit after another for & number of yours, | ahaa increasing wagis, decreasing and suffering new sive restplo~ wnt] now the mit has beew A. of those in on the good thin ravi Gideon, Charley Cash an: Josephs, i SNOW IN BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE, Dec. %—The first heavy snows! of the season began here today and at 1 P. M. two Inches bad fallen, The Woather bu- reau caloulates that the fall will be four Inches by night. THE SNOW, THE SNOW, THE BEAUTIFUL, &C., DUE HERE TO-NIGHT, The first real snow of the sea- ton will be here this afte . The local Weather Bureau has recelved a despatch from Wash- ington to this effect. Norttieast storm warnings are displayed from Baltimore to New York, High rOrtheast winds with enow |) may be looked for this afternoon and to-night. There are disturbances over Alabama with slow northward movement, an example of present time th hot put his owns machinery until t that puts re hia ‘duty hire or dle They must bo y ghirged by A Forman, wind ? be a member of (he union. keyboard of f Mas fd for or set) ile, re of the composing ote foren “7 4 sisted by a che tap | lected @ that! cy ckctolae sh thal nt i tors aod that the for 4 ment. forget any of the besa A for the @ that he las The at oom are run