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eS ihe _| “ Circulation on Books Open to.All.”’ "| EVENING} (a aye NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905. ——[= === JHARLES T. YERKES, STREET RAILROAD Family, Including Wife, from Whom ~He Had Long Been Estranged, at His Bedside in Waldorf- Astoria When End Came. ‘Melted by tidings that her husband, Charles T. Yerkes, the street-car friagnate, was near death, his wife, from whom he had been estranged for fome time, hurried from her home to his bedside {n the Waldort-Astoria this afternoon and remained with him until the end, ‘The wummons reached her over the telephone at 1 P. M. Untt] that tie she had steadfastly refused to visit Mr. Yerkes in his last illness, But ng her mind at the eleventh hour #he' came to him as fast as her ariegs could bring her, He died peacefully at 2,16 o'clock, With him Were Mra. Yerkes; his son, Charles E. Yerkes; Charles Yerkes's wife; Mrs. Charles Rondamilier, a daughter, and Dr. Laoaits, he death of the millionaire, follow. = I) a ih before he died hfe son, Charles rexkes, qvas ween in the cafe of the hotel. He sa\i his father was Baad this own A hort while longer, the end came ean Fifteen min- x Fegorter called at the Yerkes man- Hon at Bixty-cighth street and Pirth | ¢ to-day and sent a rhessage 0 MAGNATE, DEAD| 3° ire. Yerkes asking her if phe wished | w peste’ ‘ay statement explaining her fatlore pee her husband. Mrs. Yerkes sent. back. this message 287 AND PARROT Lillian Western, Vaude- ville Actress, Provides for Them in Will. To her péts, & sunerannuated lap- dog, « green parrot and a cage of smoatt lovebirds, Cecilia A. Wolsey, bet- ter known 4s Lillian Western, of the vaudeville @tage, left securities and Properties worth $15,000 for ‘their use and benefit as long as they Bve. Provision for her furred and feath- ered friends was made by Mias,.Wolsey in a will dated Sept, 12, 1905, filed for Probate to-day in Kings County, She died a week ago at her home, No. 1% Kosclusko street, Brooklyn. The fifth clause of the will provides that Harriet D, Gates, Miss Wesley's companion, shall have the use of the Kosciusko house all her life on condi- ten that she care for the dog, the Dy @ wervant: Th it she had not peen time Mr. Yerkes has been tll there; the has no interitlon of going to ‘Waldorf-Antoria; that she is not jutely td @ieguen her reasons for not ig to eee her husband. _ Reached Bitter Stage. dae | @ dying man at the Waldort- since he Was taken {!! has been subject of wide-spread comment in . ‘That there was an estrange- of jong standing was known, but had an ies that it had reached Every effort had been made bby Mr. gon, who is at the dying bedaide, to conceal the true ropeated messages to Mra. Yerk by telephone and otherwise ask! her to visit his fathor for appeara’ Mra, Yerkes had refused to re- went Mr, Yerkes has stated on sev- omastona that Mrs. Yerkes was her husband tn his apartments \e hotel. Many persons conversant ception, but to-day, in view of the ptatement issued by Mrs, “Continued from Beoond Page.) to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel during imVlisposed, and that she refuses abso- ot that Mrs. Yerkes had not we elrcle In which the Yerkes family #uoh a bitter stage. of affair. The young man haa wake, at least, To all of these mes- with the foots helped siong this de- —— parrot and the wt. Miss Gates is bd to be given the Interest from cer- essere ‘Wes for her ntenance | wi ‘eat the whole ‘cetate bode e whole e the Li for the Prevention of Gna: | elty Animals, upon condition that the aoe care’ for such of the pets as may still be alive at that time, biped to care for them until The only other Jegates is Miss Wol- oh, 4 ldo mower Mrs. Mzabeth Wousey? tw, “the late Charles H, Jnited States Army, bakes a rashes “be house at No. ‘2T Kos- Kiowko street, Ko where she pow lives, with all i Welae’ toe tureitere and ings. name of Lillian Weetern ag " as ibe liner ie years, a 4 € eee n, playing ‘upon on many im year she trom the atag mage, aiving ‘upon the Income of her aa practically | ly & recluse, teva ng iy ar er dog, her Parrot and her lone birds. At her ve gta: Wax etl old MRS, “FITZ” SAYS SHE me WILL NOT MAKE UP. |#-« May Compromise With Bob on Property, bul Will Not Live With Him Again.” SIOUX FALLA, & Dak, Deo br Mra, Robert Fitasimmons, ‘wife of pugiliat, who Is alleged to have pises here for the purpose of securing @ di- ‘yerpe, nald Lord “Rob necd not talk of reconciliation to me. 1 expect he will be here sun, Inte }and Tam willing to talk-of compromise in the matter, of property, but will Mayer consent Again to ive with him." sline| DIED. OF FACTURED SKULL. Daughter of Millionaire Brewer Romance. , LOUIS, Dee, 2.—Announcement wn "made today that ‘Lieut, Kdunrd Be ed Btuttgart, Germany, and t Busch, daugtter of Daich, the brewer, will be qitetly married on New Year's and at Rear manaion here, ' which ‘ The fast tet hay’ were amanie. te ; ates tmp eta gn Pee aren en Os father, to be married, cdme J yo ioe re neha Fy } NO object ‘to ' ie replied Mr, | Patton a Car, Bysoh and the} John Mui pa Jenn MUMenn Hind Faomped oe| ANGRY KICK AT MAYOR SSL RECEPTION AWAITS JACK O’BRIEN AND HIS VALET. STONER HLL WINS AT FAIR GROUNDS hot Favofitet-osesto 5 to 2 SI in the Fourth Race on Card, ALR GROUNDS, NEW ORLEANS, Deo, 22 —Holloway waa the opening win- ner here today. The races were well filled and quite a crowd attended, The track was very muddy, W. 8. Price arrived here to-dny. The plungera were very busy and mre be!- tng was done than at any time during the nt meeting. This Is rey due to the presence bf several prominent “ who are open to take all kinds of hota, FIRST RACE—Six and a half fertopas, 8 . Welghts and nd Jockeve. Str. PL Holloway, tet Donald os 45 ney 0 *e. L Brniih 62 1 santa Susnana," "108, MeCabe BR 5 Byelyn 1 6 » 8 Wisard King. 102, Bewall. Ce | Menokeo, 110, Perrine... 4 85 Bana Elitott, 100, Freeman x» 10 by. pelea! acbauneey’ Oloott was in. ‘TMme—1.28, anna, SECOND fac 2B furlongs Botti Starters, wel; nea and Jockeys ber, Viperine, 100, Met Maree ie ae | 4 8h a0 8 us 6 ae ee | | » 8 Hig TeBe | 1g 4 & omg . © @ ‘Wom by. Viperine; Gotowin wae second and Burning Gians third, ‘Time—1.21, THIRD RACE. Starters welghte and Sock ue Pt ere, welhte an ‘ ir, PL Pav chitin 103, 13 Whorler, 114, So. i eu Husson, 104, Dickson. 10 | Beterplats, 100, Bly, 6 10 Bernice, 1 o wv | Paul Clifford ai our running to the etretoh, where Fonmaster closed and won easily by three lengths. Paul Clit ; ford eastly beat Whorler. FOURTH RACH—Six furlongs larters, weights and jock: Phy Wii 0, Bowl. my rvel P.M, Freeman, ha me Prot cue @ f perinn ¥ , Perre fa Sort ‘ot a moar, siren, wh where Cloner Hu, si tor ibe Hig prone fl Hs t for Knight 3. Time—t: WOMAN TRIES FOUR TIMES TO END LIFE, Policeman Gets Tired of Saving Mrs. Goleman and Takes Her to Court, Buffering from Nervous trouble Mrx Mary Colemao, of No. 2% Past Sixty- ia to the cloeed and P, beat Rutn te (10. to bo ace) 2, Lady Free: HOLD-UP GANG DENTIST HELD FORCED DRIVER FOR MURDER OF TO AID ESCAPE FATHER-IN-LAW — | Paymaster’s Robbers with| Coroner's Jury Accuses Their Revolvers Urged | Simpson of Deliberate- MEvoyto Drive Fast. | ly Killing Old Man, That four of the five highwaymen| “We find that James W. Simpaon MINT BOY LEADS OUT FIRE ON OPERA STAGE _ Just at the olosé of the performance of the opera “Gotter- “mm=--rne” this afternoon Mme. Nordica showed great brav cry in jutting out a fire on the stage. Dae of t's girls carrying a torch dropped it and the blazing alconol scattered on the stage. Mme. Nordica while still singing stamped out the blaze at the risk of setting her oldth- ing on fire. She was wildly applauded by the audience, | ah Aa WIRE-TAPPERS RADIED IN TENDERLOIN, | { Sixteen allesed wire-tappers were arrested late this after | noon in the Metropolitan Hotel, Twenty-eighth street an, | Broadway, caught in the act of entertaining a suppose “oome-on,” William Jems. who had notified Inspector O’Brien, { jens told O’Brien he was approached yesterday by James. ; Cosgrove w') told him he could beat the ponies. Cosgrove introduced Jems to a supposed “telophone exchange manay - cer.” Frank Chase, and the supposed victim was taken to. the / Mc'rcpolitan where men were faking bets at a dummy phone, Jems held back on making a $10 bet but promised to bring se $2.79 savings to-day and bet. When he entered thasho- e| parlor to-day with Cosgrove and Chase fourteen menatole owed. The detectives then raided, } and probably suecetded In catching freight train on the Port Reading Rai road. was establidhed to-day by James McAvoy, of Plainfield, a driver for the Boyd Baton Bottling Company, Me- Avoy wae held up by four men with re- volvers, whose descriptions Mit thowe of | the men concerned in the robbery. who held up and robbed Paymaster| aetipera Sohick of $000 near New Brunswick | yedterday afternoon escaped in a wagon | ly designed to atley T. Hori sald Horner @ death of and that the the e} infliloted by » otherwine"— of sach wo shooting and not | Verdict of Coroner's Jary. An amaging story of the tragedy re ;Modred, the Favorite in Fourth at City Park, Runs a Poor Second. FROM THE START LATE RESULTS AT FAIR GROUNDS... Sixth—C, Thompson 2-1, Capt, Brown 3-5 pl. Sincerity B AT CITY PARK, ' Seventh—Chamblee 5-1, Eloarina 4-1 place, Juba. He was driving toward Plainfield at 6 sulting im the death of Bentley T, Hor- o'clock yesterday evening when four! ner, q retired wealthy merchant of men sprang Out of the wnderbrush along | Nowhport, I. I. who on Tuesday night the roadside and stopped his horses had both barrels of a shotgun die- Two climbed into the wagon and held charged into this body by his son-in- revolvers to his head. They Were fol-| law, Dr, J, W. Simpson, a fashtonapie lowed by the othors, who also carried dentist of this elty, with offices in the revolvers, |Century Bullding, opposite the Waldort- ‘The men were Italians, One of them Ag:oria, on Fifth avenue, was heard to- could speak broken English, He ordered qay ar the Inquest held in the Horner MoAvoy to drive on and drive f@8t. mansion on the outskirts of the village. They directed him to take the Soars | After the Coroner's jury had rendered Plainfleld road which uns parallel With ine verdict Jusitce of the Peace ©. B, the Port Reading tracks, | Partridge aommitter the dentist to the McAvoy whipped up his horses @n4 town Kekup at Northport without ball drove for a couple of miles. On the W4Y) until Tuesday for examination, Simpson he passed several parties searching for usked the Court if he could prove that thé robbers, but they did not think t0/ the shvoting was not premeditated he eximine the wagon, and McAvoy Was| would be freed. Justice Partridge aa- Afraid to give an alarm, At a secluded|mured him that If he presented such left the) %—With reven races on the was the feature. CITY PARK, NBW ORLBHANS, Dre. urd to-day | he track was MAYOR IGNORES WIGWAM. IN HIS APPOINTMENTS: and all well contested the sport was «| trife above the vrdivary, The third } event, a handicap stecplechase race, tilt point In the road the men wagon and took to the woods. A long coal train passed slowly by 4 fow min- wits later and McAvoy feels gure that he saw in the darkness his insistent passengers dodge across the road and make for It Robbery Causes a Riot. Yeutorday's robbery was directly re- sponsible for a emall-saed riot on the part of workmen engaged by the Dela- ware River Construction Company, which is. building, am. dectric conduit between this city ri Philadelphia. Paymaster @ohick is employed by this firm and was on ble way to pay off two hundred of the workmen when he le proof it was within hit power to die. harge him, though the proof would lave to be convincing. ‘The chief witnesses against the physl- cian were his wife and mother-indaw, Mra, Horner. Another witness whose testimony was of vast importance for the proseouting authorities is Roland Miles, who was for years the attorney for the dead man The Inquest was held at the same time Dr. George H. Donohue and Dr. Inaiah Frank were conducting an au- topsy. Their examination showed that double charge of buckshot had been fired at the old man at such close range that his wateh-chain was driven he latter winning by a@ length rome was the same Aixtrnce in front heavy and “mudders’ got the plays, Kniekerbocker captured (he opening event at five furlongs, FIRST RACE—Five furlongs, Pett , bars, raed ge met THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS. nleherbooker, 108 C. Moria... BE Mater i, Landry Won Police Commissioner—Gen, Theodore A, Bingham, U, 8. A,, retiredy 15 8] vice William McAdoo. weet Pavia, 100" Bowers a Irostete W. Allen 0 4 Dock Commissioner—John A, Bensel, vice Maurice Featherson,, z te, 108, Wishard 0 4 fare 10, Nieot 3 “ Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Plectricity—William B, Bilte asaya es “Grittith 10 4/son, vice John T, Oakley, nlokerbook ade all the \ ‘Add WOR AGN? be the linetae ron President of the Park Board—Oharles V, Fornes) (probablee), east igre. vies peat Walsh for the Bridge Commissioner—James W, Stevenson, plac 1.08 8-5 SRCOND RACH dix furlongs Commissioner of Charities—Robert W. Hubbard, vice James H. Tully, ” o—SIx furlong ' Bettin Fire Commissioner--John H. O'Brien, Start mek) Gun Wldaen, fon aos an is Commissioner of Cortections—Francis J, Lantry—reappointed. n 2 Risinwoot on, Nite ae | ah Street-Cleaning Commissoner—Dr. John McGaw Woodbury—réape Gus Lanka, 107, Persinger.... 1) ov ointed Redman tik Wibare™ H BURY | sai Braden, 103, ‘qnitaitn al) 6 Health Commissioner—Dr, Darlington—reappointed. Belle Btrome, made the early pace, but City Chamberlain—Patrick Keenan—reappointed, gave wey to Gus Hudson in the mee. Prestdent of the Tax Board—Frank A. O'Donnell, reappointed, Corporation Counsel—John J. Delany, reappointed, bed yesterday, The explanation that the money had been taken by thieves was not ‘teken kindly when the men cet for thelr pay to-day, half through his body. Roland Miles testified that some weeks Ago Mr, Horner came to him and asked | The ap tele te saplaia t that money that Immediate provision be made to could by te obtained at a moment's | have his fortune tied up in a trust fond et $5,000 owondte nut for his wite and daughter, Mra, Simp- son, Mr. Horner had not bern actively in business for sixteen years, He was formerly an agent for the Loriiards and acquired a lange fortune, Stricken with deafness, he felt compelled to re- tlre, and bought @ fine estate near Northport Began “Smashing Things.” 98. be "Mr, Horner sald to me on the 0- réand }casion of his firat visit,” sald Attorney Immediately the Bs Ab ms, ‘They | Miles to-day, “that he wanted me to sault on the toot all the picks, stio' led them on tion the at SxeA¥O- | araw up papers creating w trust find of wrecked emall od penterned All his property In favor of bis wife and ale ts oes tat vn le nacre make | daughter. He sald that he wanted these le to handie | trust deeds rook-bound, so that bis son- The foremen Were. ba hi BL Taerers fi etary t) | in-law could never touch @ cent of his : het money, As a reagon for this he said paliceren were ae Seni to the scone | ‘olley car, When the | rioters mw Tne he felt sure that Dr, Simpson would im- egg ay tered to the woods. | mediately dissipate his wealth when he oeticig aed. FONEANALON | gor contiol of It. He declared that the Sler to | dentist was a gamblér, a reckless liver, a8 greoted ot aera Halt 5. Lad agitators began to speak in Ttalt suring thelr companions that the "tate of the robbery ‘was a aunt ume and teat the company was trying to beat them ont of thelr nay, ih With land a man whom he could not trugt to ford, Soak tanya tyme ae care for his wife and daughter.” in ke. si Paymasters Old Man Was insistent, ‘The lawyer told his elderly client that he would go to work on the trust deeds Z immediately he could wind up some MAYOR VETOES $600 BILL, | other buriness, He negiocted the mat- ter, however, and on the day before he Weasd pl Alserbied ‘ant killed the old man called on him wrate pet ¥ a a again and repeated the request. * “He seemed very anxious and very i ste, McCtelian | Yetoed the mppre-| nervous about the matter,” said Mr, if Yon naa ra by the|Miles to-day, “and 1 promised him that ‘ New Tents rma Cis anos on the trist deeds at nee, and made a memorandum of “that Shi last requaat vpon ths awyor by |/S8 Ph Onyx TL, 184, O'Neill Won by New Amsteniam, a2 furlong: Biarters, Welahts and Jockeys, Mint Boy, # 9. Plerrat i Modred, 107. J. Jones Grenade, 110, B. Smith Golden Glow, 8% HH Toonaw, Laure Hunter, 104, Marimbo, &2. Lowe Ivanhoe eho ae the running by two lengths from Be) Held necond all the wa: was third. Time—1.% —— Miss Whelen to Wed, LONDON, DRC. 2,—A specta was issued to-day for the marringe of Capt. F. ¥. Duffus, of the Army Beryice | #41 and the excellent work they ac-/ Corps, to Agnes Evans daughter of the late Willlam of Philadelphia, Pa, wedding has not yet been announced, but M must occur before the ev “apt, Duffue has been ay on Lend for Eaypt to | necessary. h day Meat dis urder wae the Lurday tram 10.9) (o-430. In thet Timlin, ae x as the date of Golden Link} and 01 was_ second and Lord Radnor third Foatherwon fiery Stephens SIXTH RACH rub @ te) 1, Don (even for place) 2, Ben ey Wows 4. | Juries to ait for six hours five days in The date of the | Which equale six minutes to a case, rhe amon Bm, cn ts i é Kleinwood, Mine—L27 1-5 nel ria See pil. chass's henddhay License Commissioner—Frederick L. C, Keating, reappointed, thor course, ; wink Park Commissioner {n Brooklyn—Michae! J, Kennedy, reappointed, n Bturters, welehts and Jockeys, ci 1 Tenement House Commissioner—-Edmund J, Butler, reappointed, { New Amsterdam, 130, Port ¢ Golden Link, 158, Rice ry ‘ fel. pee Host Faatore, AH, Dupre hae ‘The suspense is over. Tammany knows the worst. Mayor MoClellan Ohanlay, 19, Pleree 65 “4 has appointed a couple of outsiders to supplant Tammany Leaders Oak Charities Commissioner Tully has been dropped, and Police Commissionership has been handed to a man who has never It 10 ‘Time FOU! RTH RACE—Selling; five and a halt} in New York In his life. Wy Ke gruntled Tammany leaders when the list of appointments wes annoy 25 Betting “The way to get an office In New York,” commented one of the neh Ky of this afternoon, “is fo lt out bad town,” ae i mac neces Later on the announcement, was that the Mayor would give out tie oo fran Vn 108, torte a8 AIRS plete and corrected list of y Worth, 104, P. or Y , ‘Mint Boy went to the fron’ wt wie in ne matin Avenue Hotel 09.0 start, made all the punning and wor o-night, easily by two lengths from Modred, ‘Bure, remarked the Tammany who beat Granade for the place, Time Janey FORTH THIS CITY: 4”. "The Chty Hall sen't good 12 And besides the Fitth Avenve Hotal YIPTH RACE—One mile and a Setacnin the Republican headquarters of } prsers Sarnia and Jee sod i a elty,.”” vanhioe. 100. Plerratt ok Helden ‘Koerner : hd He Gen, Bingtmm Here, Harry Stephane 100. J Henhewmey 03 2) ‘The extraordinary celerity with wien Gen, Theodore A. Bingham, Th & Rie tall, bt 4G Silene Grand Jury for December disposed | retired, called on the Mayor by appot And won | of cases brought to its attention caused |inent Chis afternoon and wae den, whol tudge Foster, m Part 1. of General|tendared the office of Police Sessions, to irdcommend to-day that| sioner of New York. He sald after New’ York ‘County maintain two Grand left the Mayor that he had mot given definite answer, but would do ¢o. morrow morning. From his manner The the week, At present the Grand Jury) holds thrée-hour sessions. was inferred that he was favorably Judge Foster's recommendation was | poset. made in discharging the December jury) Gen, Bingham was asked If he was and thenking the members for their! Republican or a Democrat, He that he wae neither, Out an citizen, Following his departure ge | the City Hafl the Mayor's slate 4 given out unofficially dy an attache of 1 Hoense. complished, They handled 643 cases, an Whelen, average of thirty @ day, or ten an hour, | Whelen, nat greet. sreaten Pe ations hie office; and Gen, Binggam's nam@? browwht to the atiention of the Grand |ieq all the rest, ening of | jury of, this county,” declared Ju Foster, “has rendered two Grand ri Gen. Bingham | ts forty-seven youre, old. He Jost his lett Ip in May, 10% + as the mesult of an accident un, the Government works in the harbor af to alt each js ute © Cons | rag the Grand Jur: to give all cases eideration ny ey require,”* \ the mar-| the at Buitelo, Ni oY. of which he’ waa la 7.) ams