The evening world. Newspaper, March 16, 1906, Page 1

WVEATHEN—Fair, slightly cotfer; Saturday fatr, | NIGH EDITION - f “ Circulation Books Open to All.” PRICK ONE CEN EVENING és EDITION J “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ | EDITION PRICE ONE CENT, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1906. PASSENGERS LA ND BY BREECHES BUOY FROM SHIP ASHORE Cearense from South America Ran, Ashore To-Day in Heavy Snow- storm Near Barnegat While on Her Way to New York. WRECKING TUGS ARE NOW BESIDE STRANDED LINER, Vessel Is in an Easy Position, and It Is Hoped She Can Be Pulled Off at High Tide Without Her Cargo Be- ing Lightened, x ‘The last message from ~. Ca SERIOUS ACCIDENTS The past w' rudder sbuf( broken, Cearense, Booth ner from Para, delphia, of the America’ nose torn away. TO SHIPPING IN ONE WEEK, eck hans been the most disastrous of thoywinter so fur as shipping is concerned, Konigin Luise, of the Nort h German Lloyd, put into Halifax) with hore at Barnegat. ered at sea with a loss of fo n ine, upper works broken and Ultonin, of the Cunard line, when a few miles from Sandy Hook had ty ran before the hurricane. Many steamers several days Inte and all report heavy gales. Wrecking tugs have reached the Booth liner Cearense that went ashore ‘EPIDEMIC OF have been landed upon the beach in the breeches buoy of the life-saving erews Of Seaside Park and Toms River. to-day between Toms River and Seas fer them to a tug. ide, N. J. The twenty-one passengers The sea was too rough to trans- . The ship lost her way in the blinding snowstorm before daylight. She lies within 200 yard& of the shore. ‘The vessel struck with her bow south and broadside to vie beach. The high waves rolled over her quickly, and her captain, W. F. Mason, sent up signals Of distress, The rockets were seen by the life- snvers at Toms River and at Seaside Park. The life-savers responded at once, but so high were the waves that it was dangerous to take the small boats alongside for several hours. From the shore a line was shot out and the breeches buoy sent to the stranded steamship. Capt. Mason reported that he had a number of passengers on oard, but that they were In no Immo- @ate danger. Passengers and crew preferred rematn- ing on board to risking a slide to shore fm the breeches buoy: In messages passed between the cap- tain and the life-savers the former ‘said that he was running light and that he had lost his way during the heavy snowstorm and went hard aground about 415 o'clock this morning He aid that there was but little water In ‘the hold, but that he was in need of immediaze help because of the high seas, and asked that a wrecking tug be sent fox. ¢ Tugs Sent to Her. The Chapman-Merritt Wrecking Com- pany was communicated with In this city. and the wrecking tug I, J. Mer- ritt. was sent with all speed to the Stranded vesse) ‘The boat is still tight and lying broad- ido on ‘the beach. The Merritt wreck- ‘hg tug bas arrived and will make on eftort to Daerah steamer on the high to-1 ‘Her cargo is general merchandise and fig, sttempt has yet been made to .ghten by throwing the cargo overboard. ported “All well poard," but the pas: ue well on ,"’ but e pi @engers are becoming frightened and have insisted on coming ashore. T will be cared for at the life-saving: si ppcsattd hey can be sent to” N Biavon said that his vessel ran into the northeast wale on Tuesday and had been ing her way up the coast with bat- tered hatches, Passengers were locked below, an@ the crew worked with Unes it About them prevent being mashed overboard, The engines and @icering gear were in god shape when tho vessel struck. ‘ News of the wreck has travelled alo: the coast id several hundred peopie mail shore ham- Ing or caring for ne caaneomers and crew when they are Is Old West Indian, 4 ‘The steamer is 318 feet long, 40 feet Wide and 2 feet deep, She was built at Barrow, England, in 1891, and was formerly the West Indian, hi At the office of the Booth Steamship G treet, Manager not have had ‘bul "he sald, “and I do not put |ny faith in newspapef reports, As far i know the Ocarense js on her way However, if I don't get S information this afternoon I i goto Atlantic City to-night, and ) for mi self.’ eked av to the cargo and passenger r, Dinsmore said ‘of the Cearense, tthe had no Information on York. from: Brasil,” he ex-| ts He sa‘i that he and the! 01 lu his last message to shore Capt.+ | WHITE SLAVE BOSS GOES 10 _ TRIAL TUESDAY \Judge Cowing Sets that Date Over Objections of Spriggs’s Lawyer. The trial of Bob Spriggs, leader of | the Tenderloin “white slave” traffic will be commenced before Judge Cowing |in the Court of Genera: Sessions next | Tuesday. His accomplice, Sallie Ben- nett, & negress with a bad record, will probably be placed on trial at the same time. @he is under indictment for ab- duction and running @ disorderly house, There are three indictments against Speigge—one for abduction, one for as- sault and one for running a disorderly house. He and the Bennett woman were taken before Judge Cowing to- gether to-day. District-Attorney Jerome appeared in person, He sald that the Spriggs case lp one of the most important before the people and asked that the trial be set for next Tuesday, so that it might speediiy be terminated, Mark Alter, counsel for Spriggs, ob- jected, He said it was imperative that he should have more time, “The District Attorney," declared Mr, Alter, ‘has posted an order in the Tombs that no one be allowed to talk to Spriggs. They have applied this or- der to me, and I have been unable to consult with my client.” e Judge Cowing ordered *hat Mr, Alter [be allowed to talk with bprigga in the Tombs, The lawyer said that he hoped to be ready to proweed on T, y. On motion of the District-Attorney bail was fixed in the case of Spriggs at $9,000- $8,000 on each indictment, The indict- ments are for second offenses, and if found guilty Spriggs will spend the re~. of his life in prison. ENDED HIS LIFE WITH Lying on a bed, with a gas tube in his mouth and an open razor in his hand, Henry Holland, janitor of No. 203 West One Hundred and Fighth street, was found dead by his wife, when she went to call him for breakfast to-day, Mrs. Holland could think of no reason for her hueband committing suicide ex- cept that the had been despondent jat “over, GAS AND A RAZOR. | Ss: TO EAT PARKHURST THE PUBLIC IS WISER NOW. By F. G. Long. MEASLES NOW INTHS CI Large Number of Cases, but the Health Board Is Not Alarmed. | RECORD OF MEASLES FOR LAST MONTH. Measles has become epidemic in New York, with 2,884 cases now on the records of the Board of Health. Though the heads of the department savy there js nothing alarming in the recent spread of the malady, in sections of the city | where the cases are thickets much con- cern {5 felt by the parents of young children. ‘This is the time of year for measles ‘to become epkiemic, however. In 1906, 1,679 cases were reported for the week ending March 14, with 155 deaths, Last year was an off season for the measles bdavilli, with a record of only about one- third of the number of cases now re- ported, ‘Thirty-five deaths have occurred as a direct result of measles this year, with 185 deaths from bronchial-pneumonia, which often follows im the wake of measles. Dr. Gilfoy, of the Health Department, while declaring that the present opi- demic shows more cases than eyer be-| fore reported. considers that the death rato is small in proportion. He does noc any occasion for alarm, § Say that unusual pre- cautions have been taken to discover cases of meacies, though there are hun- dredsof cases the department never hears of. MRS. AVERY NOT TO BE WILLETTS’S BRIDE. (Special to The Evening World.) COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., March 16.—That Mrs, Frank Avery, the wealthy widow, would marry the New York millionaire horseman, Howard Willetts, was to-day denied by Mrs. Avery. The rumor of the engagement as printed in a New York paper to-day was shown to Mra, Avery, who said it was untrue. Mrs, Avery is the widow of a wealthy Chicagoan and is spending the winter at the Springs. —— TWO STEAMERS BURNED, ST, JOHN, N. B,, Maron 16—The steamers pene ‘Waring and Spring- ta TEWKESBURY ARRESTED | BY PHILADELPHIA COPS — jan pl |INer ‘Alleged Swindler Foun d at Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on Tip from New York—Says He Spent Two Weeks Here. (Special to The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 16— Lewis G. Tewksbury, formerly a mill- jonaire of New York and London, was this afternoon placed under arrest in |the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel as the re- sult of a telegraphic communication to the local Detective Department from Police Inspector McLausiilin, of New York, stating that Tewksbury is under \indtotment there for grand larceny. He was taken at once to the Central Sta- tion, and ater being given a prelimi- nary hearing was committed without bail for a further hearing next Tues- day. Ingpector McLaughlin's telgram read: Make every effort to run down and arrest Lewis G. Tewksbury, now stopping at the Belevue-Stratford Hotel. He ts ander txtctment here chargedw ith grand larceny, Do all you can and wire us immediately. Three detectives were at once -is- signed to the case. They found Tewks bury in the lobby of the hotel at NOTHINGATTRACTIVE. ON CITY PAK CARD | It Gave Talent a Good Chance to Break Even with the Books, However. CITY PARK, NEW ORLEANS, Murch 16.—There ts nothing especially attractive about the card here to-day. The fourth race, a mile, selling affair, might be a feature. One thing about the card that recommended it to the talent was that it gave them an even chince with the bookies, MRS. ROOSEVELT ON JCURNEY TO GROTON. BOSTON, March 16.—Mrs, Theodore Hooseveit, wife of the President, passed through ils élty to-day on het way from Washington to Groton to visit her son Kermit, who is a student at the Groton school TUCKER LOSES PLEA - FOR WRIT OF ERROR. WASHINGTON, March 16,—Justice Harlan, of the Supreme Court of the United States, to-day deniod the writ oc error applied for tn the care of Charles L. Tucker, under sentence of th on the of muriering which he has been living in fine style for the past six weeks, After being Informed that he was under arrest he calmly asked permis- ston to use the telephone. The request was granted, apd ‘Tewksbury called up Attomney John ‘R, K. Scott, and asked him to meet, him’ at the Central Police station, where he was taken, Lawyer Scott was on hand id tried ry means to obtain iis cilent’s re- on ball, but without success, Asked what he had to say Tewksbury repli: “Some woman is at the bottom of “Where is Mrs. Tewksbury?" he was asked, “I presume you mean the second Mrs. Tewksbury. Well, she is wth her moth- er in Paris." “I suppose you just came over from England?” “By no means,” he answered. “I had been In New York Qity for two weeks before I came to Philadelphis, and I have been ‘here about six weeks.’ When asked what business he was en- gaged in here, Tewksbury did not go| Into details, but merely remarked that he was very busy. He intimated that there were times in the life of the aver- age man when he had to HARD FOR BETTORS AT FAIR GROUNDS Field So Well Matched .that Talent Has Tough Time Picking Winners. FAIR GROUNDS, NEW ORLEANS, March 16.—-A hard card was offered here o-day and safe bets were few, he flelds were of a fair siz: and so evenly mached that the players had their own troubles locating the winners, ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF 700 GOLD KNIVES. Aga result of the arrest of Montague Phillips, a clerk employed by the Ameri- can News Company, yesterday, as he was pawning a gold knife, Detectives Carey and McCafferty to-day took into custody B. F. Kenney, a stenographer employed by tse manufacturers of a yalar brand of whiskey. he police hope to explain the disap- pearance of 700 gold knives from the offices of the distilling concern when they have put the two prisoners throws) the third degree. Sunday World Wants 7 Work Monday Wonders. SCORE SEE TO HS DEATH Women Faint as Aged Roofer Shoots Over Eaves of Church. While a score of persons stood speerh- Hess with horror In front of St. Barthol- mew's Church, at Madison avenue and |Forty-fourth — stre to-day Walter Cathie, sixty years old, struggled for |his lite as he clung to the gutter high lup on the eaves of the church, ‘Then jis hold broke and he crashed to the sidewalk, He lunded full on his head and was killed instantly. Several wo- |men in the crowd fuinted It was the most dramatic event In [the history of the famous scopai chureh that numbers many mMlonajres among Its congre n, Por fully three minutes Catule squirmed and <iutehnd vainly trying to pull him- to safety. ‘The crowd was hypnotized by horror and could not |move to aid the man, It would have been Impossible for any one to get up to the roof m time to pull him buck, and no ladder could have been cbtainod for him. Helplessly the men and women watched him fight for bis lfe, Cuthle live@_at No. 683 West One Hundred and Mghty-seventh street and had been {or many vears a roofer. ‘To- day the sexton of the church, John Arbuthnot, wanted a man to repair the rovf, that had begun to leak after the thaw this morning. Cataie was sent by his employers to do the work, Al- though he Was old and gray-halred, he assured the sexton in his cheerful way shay he was equal to the job. It Was & piece of work toat might well have taxed a much younger aan, ‘The snow In the leaders, or waste pipes, frum tue ruot hud frozen, and when the snow melted to-day tne’ Water packeu np dion tae guping roof and ran through several small cracks between the slates, Cathie went out on the ing roof alone. He did not use a rope, and evidently couzited on the width of the gutter as being safe enough, His lust ewore was to chip away the joe that slogged the leaders, so the water might run off and he could see where the leaks were. He was chopping with he small hatchet when he slipped on a mound of ice. He was four storics above the pavement. With the coojness that is as much a pare of the roofer's trade as it Is of the steeple jack he Struck out with his hatchet for a grip. He had fallen on his stomach, “ane hatchet failed to catch, and in a minute he was over the ledge, ‘rhe old roofer grasped the edge of the guxter, He waa too stif and weak though to. swing himseif back. So he swung and called loudly for help. He tried several times to. throw himselt teeply alant- pack by a vauling motion, At his last trial the copper-lned gutter, corroded Mna. half-eaten away, broke and he came down like a shot, turning head foremost. tre never moved after he strack the ground Arbuthnot, the sexton, who had peen busy on the ground floor of the rmaren. ran ont, attracted by | the sereame of the hysterical women, Police- man Cook of the Rast Fifty-first Street Station, cailed an ambulance "from Flower Hosnital. and Dr. Overbeok sald that Cathie had sustained a broken neck and 9 fractured skull, body was talento the police ata. Pod and another roofer was ent to- 40 BURNED TO DEATH IN WRECK OF FAST TRAINS All Occupants of Crowded Car Met Awful Death on Denver and Rio Grande Road, as Men Fought Fire to Save Them. ONE VICTIM BEING SLOWLY ROASTED BEGGED TO BE SHOT Other Coaches Smashed and Passengers Suffer- ing Injuries Were Exposed to Blizzard that Raged in Wild Section of Colorado— Rescuers Did Heroic Work. { PUEBLO, Col., March 16—About forty charred bodies lie in the ruins of two Denver and Rio Grande passenger trains which were wreck- ed by a head-end collision at 2.10 A. M. to-day at a point between Beaver and Adobe, about twenty-eight miles west of Pueblo, Part of the train was burned. fl Fifteen persons severely injured in the disaster are lying on cots-at St. Mary’s Hospital in this city, with the prospect that some of them witl be added to the death list. A dozen others were more or less hurt and a score suffered from bruises and shock. Th bodies recovered and identified so far are those of: HOLLIS, WILLIAM, engineer No. 16. M’PARLAN, E. M., Globe Express Messenger No. 16. CAUSLET, WALTER, engineer first engine No. 3, Pueblo. For two and a half hours half nude men thrown from their berths by the impact of the two trains rushing together frantically tore at burn- ing timbers¢ endeavoring vainly to extricate scorching, dying people from an awful fate. fom When the first relief train arrived from Pueblo there was little in the cars that were burned to indicate that there had been precious freight- age of human lives excepting heaps of scorched flesh and smouldering bones, The cause of the wreck fs attributed to a failure to deliver ordets to No, 16, 80 that No. 3 could pass, " The crash occurred in a blinding snowstorm, which continued for nours, making the work of rescue most diflicult. MAP SHOWING SCENE OF TRAIN) Passenger train No. 3 the Utah and WRECK, glen express, which started from Jenver at 8 o'clock Inst evening, left this cliy soon after midnight heavily jaded with wngers ind hauled ‘by. engines Nes. and The forward coach of the hapless! train was well filled, in fact, It wag dificult to find a seat anywhere and a number of passengers were standing in the alstes. Just as this train was rounding a shirp curve between Reaver and Adobe it met train No. 16, eastbound, which was ru high rate of speed “and crashed heavy train, elimbing the sharp grade, Explosion Starts Fire. DENVER PomTuano 95 Mile> Due South of Denvan Bo wiles west of PUEBLO ASTUR cAenocK In an instant there was confusion, CRIPRLEG cogent? Passer » hurled from thelr seats ‘St and covered with splinters 6% wood nd flying glass. Many were killed in the lawful Impect, and the others caught pes ° neath the wreckage filled the air with thelr cries for assistance. A moment later the eas with which the train was lighted exploded, and in an ind stant the wreckage was blazing flercely. One man In the first ccuch of No. 8 had managed to raise a window and had forced his body half way to freedom when he became lodged in the window. He fought fiercely for life, but each movement only wedged him the more tightly, The flames swept over him and JEWS ORDERED TO LEAVE VLADIVOSTOK. left him writhing in agony, VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, March 16— the sake of my baby shoot me!" The Tne Jews here have been ordered to onlookers, prevented from approaching leave the city in three days. the scene because of the tntense heat, WaSsTCLinRe WINNERS AT FAIR GROUNDS. First—Sweet Favor 7-1, Simon Kent 10-1 place, Trossachs Second—Schroeder’s Midway 9-2, Helmuth 4-5 pl. Beatrie AT CITY PARK. First—Jack Lee 5-1, Belsay 4-1 place, Young Stevens, Secend—Pirate 4-5, Judge Nolan 4-5 place, Tripoli, « ————_+ MITCHELL CONFERS WITH LEADING MINE OPERATOR. . INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 16.—President Mitchell, of tit Miners’ Union, andaF.:L. Robbins, :President: of : the . Pittsburg Coal Company, a leader-among the operators, held aconferenoe ‘o-day. rt if : appither would say what the result of their meeting.was.°