The evening world. Newspaper, March 20, 1906, Page 7

NEGRO KING OF MORO " to-day. MONSTER SCOOP CARRIED MAN T0 TERRIBLE DEATH Joseph Mansal Borne to Doom While Women Scream in Terror. | | nmeshed and helpless in the colls of @ huge chain, Joseph Mansel was hurled sixty feet to his death from the coal trestle of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the foot of Railroad avenue, Jersey City, WHTESLAVESI ONTRAL TO-DAY Spriggs, Accused by Many Victims, Pleads in Vain tor Delay. | | | | “Bob” Spriggs, negro politician, dive- keeper and ex-convict, Indicted for ab- duction, assault and maintaining dls- orderly houses, as second offenses, was placed on trial before Judge Cowing in General Sessions to-day. Spri ny for years has been a not nderioin character of much use to politijans around election days, will get rapid-transit Justice. A score of white women—white slaves—whom he kidnapped or lured to his infamous place, wilt testify against him and ois Attracted by his screams the women fn the cabin of a passing ferry-boat | were thrown into a panic as they saw the helpless man carried far aloft and ent crashing down to his death. His fellow-workmen were so horror- stricken that they quit for the day and gould not be persuaded to return, ‘Danie he “coal “trestle is a ‘apindly bish- |) “Wien tie trial of Sprage was moved crawling monster that reaches far out! 1405" by Aasiatant bisiriet-Attorney into the river front. Great scoop | Placed on chains and dereicks and they | CAtVAn before Judge Cowing, Mark A\ Sanlcatatid ‘wrd\\ day at) the (cangocs of | te attorney for the defendant, request- ed an adjournment. He sald Spriggs had fuel destined to propel the hurrying if been indicted only last ‘Thursday und jot ae ean id wal earnaan thal"ereet his attorney had not had opportunity to eased Gx Breat) vrepare for trial, ‘lis request was op- height, but which hold a ton of coal! E ere ie alee each, hurry with their loads from the | Posed by the prosecutor, who cocina that public justice demanded the speedy end of the trestle far back to the sheds, | punisnment-of men of Sprigze’s ilk. nearly a mile away. It was by one of |” a special pape peony hate ere 8000) 1 -| mien from which 4 Jury to trv Sprix Oe eee hed eda cams that Mane | et peo summoned ty court and Judge “loader,” ‘| Cowing in denying Mr, Alter’s request men recetve the iron-jawed mon-, summon : ; i 2 ce: sideration. @ters and guide them into the great bins | have to be taken Into consideratt goa! thet fill the hulls of the canal-| work of selecting a jury on the indict ment for abduction was then begun. alongside the piers. The big) At 6 o'clock this afterncon nly four are lifted to the level of the! jurors had been secured. sixty feet and more above, by) For more than fifty years Sprigse s father have been keepers of and erly resorts. ‘The son inherited the business from his father and car- in improved modern way except on very rare 0 , by. the police. Spriggs, jr., Seeghin with the police and politicians, it being mutually understood that in re- turn for work around election day in handing gangs of negro repeaters hrought from Washington and Phila- deiphia his places were not to be dis- fe Shains that run through many ‘The power is furnished by @ engine beneath the structure. stood far down in the gloo: of the canal-boat Williams, gu: the big scoop that dipped at regular into the fast-diminishing pile Afternoon. Ho filled the big scoop @ave the signal to hoist away. intimation the other men of anything wrong was when they from above a plorcing shriek. Woking up, they were horrified to gee the struggling form of their com- enmes! in the mechaniarin chains of the great bucket, The Men shouted to the engineer to lower emay, but he did not hear them. | ‘ 8, coiling chain ‘draggex bigher the ‘a y ed it on. Y | Undisturbed, rs Spriggs has styled himself et" of the colored Democrats in thia city, As @ matter of fact, he was a huyly man for the leaders of both parties. using the same gang of thags’on both sides, When Recorder Smsth, in 189, sent Spriggs to Bing Sing Prison’ for three years for assaulting Eharies Mayo. @ horseman, in a Grand Chest siloon an effort Was made to have him pardoned, but an infraction Of the prison rules oa the part of Spriggs kept him behind the bars for he full_term. ‘The. records show, however, that iges Was restored ‘to citizenship y. Roosevelt In 1899 on his own appli- a, indorsed by local political lead- ers, Democrats anq Republicans, whom he was In high favor. ————.— FIND TELLS OF WRECK. | NEW SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. STAMFORD, (Conn, March 2.—| George J. Gillespie, a lanyer, of the Wreckage from a barg= has come firm of Gitlesple & O'Connor, No. 66 ashore at Shippen Point, but other than Pine street, was to-day appointed by and higher to the summit of trestle. struggte: Flereer and more desper- d the screaming captive y, freed by his struggles, the which holds the jaws of the ‘ogether was loosened, Mansell Jed with the fread coal crash: waa to the deck below. The men turned | t as the body struck. From out the stream came the screams of he man was dead when picked up body taken to morgue, ———q7~_—_ was Hughes's peat the letters 'S. P. R. R."" Mayor MoCletlan a member of the hoand attached to section of the pilot, Board of Education, vice Henry thouse, there are no {entifying maries. Schmide, who died last’ Tuesday. Wo report of a wreck In this t of Mr. Gillespie was a Tax C ner the Sound has been brought in by ves- under Mayor Low. He lives In East ocla, ' Sixty-first street. Stern Brothers Imported Dress Trimmings Special Offering of 2500 Yards High Grade Colored Appliques, Embroidered Vestings on Taffeta or Moire, Persian Bands and Edges, Black Spangles and English Eyelet Embroideries, at 58°, 75°, 95° ana $1.25 yard Regular Values 95c, $1.50, 1.95 and 3.00 RECENT IMPORTATIONS OF NOVELTIES IN BRAIDS AND TRIM- MINGS FOR SPRING GOWNS, IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE AND EXTENSIVE VARIETY, i Upholstery Fabrics-Atractve Reductions in Coverings and Hangings, 50 in. wide. French Tapestries and Jasper Damasks, at $1.25, 1.75 Were $2.75 and 3.50 Yard Self Colored Moire Silk Damasks, Were $3.25 and 3.50 Yard Imported Silk Armures, Three Handsome Designs, at 1.75 Were $2.25 and 2,50 Yard at 2.50 Summer and Medium Weight Blankets and Comfortables i At Greatly Reduced Prices. ‘Comfortables (for double beds) Figured Silkoline, Wool Filled, Silk Borders, $3.75 cen eme er wancencenceseeneenes ae Saat een emomnranoemnemee: $2.98 Cotton Mousseline, Extra wide ‘Bo: Filled, Fane: Silk Borders, Silk Tufting, Figured Silk Centre, Plain Silk Back and Borders, Wool Filled, Blankets (for double beds) er weight, ae Medium weight, Wool Fillea, 5,69 8.25 $2.98, 4.75, 6.00 6.75, 7.98 in addition Steamer Rugs id designs, with plain tacks, $4,25, 5.85, 8.50 confederate, the notorious wench, Sally | @/cept sudh as was indispensable to end THE WORLD: TURSDAY EVENING. MARCTT 90, 1906, WOMEN AND POWERS AGREE CHILOREN SLAIN ON THE PLAN T0 “ATADISTANCE” RULE MOROCCO ¢ Gov.-Gen. Ide Cables London Hears that Ger- They Met Death in | man and French Obsta- Shelling at Jolo. cles Are Overcome. WASHINGTON, March 20.—Secretary| LONDON, March 2.—According to Taft has received the following cabl Svening News of this city. ‘ele gram from Gov n, Ide at Manila,) grams were received in London f dated to-day, relative to the Mount Dajo) Algeciras to: stating that Moroccan Conference had reached an eement satisfactory to all parties. he Foreign Office up to 7 o'clock this evening had not yet heard from Alge: ciras that the expected compromise was reached at to-day's session of the com- mittee. but this has not disturbed the optimism, as before the committ as- sembled information reached the of clals here that the mecting to-morrow would be the most tmportant one, What Js the nature of the important business to be transacted at to-mor session has not yet been revealed, but presumably {t refers to the proposals which are expected to bring about a set tlement. The mere fact that the com mittee has resumed the discussion of the police proposals 1s considered to br a favorable sign, ALGECIRAS, Spain, Moroccan Confersice' did not hold a session to-day, but the committee dlr- cussed the Frecch and Austrian police projects. A conciliatory spirit pre- vailed, but no definite conclusion was reached, and the discussion went over until to-morrow. The fecling among the delegates has improved, owing to the resumption of the deliberations, although no new, tan- gible developments have occurred, figh: wspaper reports from Manila an- & wanton sla “r of women ldren at Mow jo extremely sensa al and in all ential details false. The situation occupied by Moro outlaws on the crater of the volcano, 2-100 feet high, was ingly dificult nd required great dis; of heroism on the part of the army, navy and Fill- pino and Moro constabulary, who ren- dered most valued services, “Some women and children were killed or wounded by preliminary shelling ut a distance. “Moros were outlaws and fanatics und refused to surrendar to the last, ing repeatedly i» murder our pes who were rescuins wounded Moros, Moro Sultan and lowling dat- tos rendered great asaistancs, and the surrounding population is in great sym- pathy with the course talen to remove the gang of cutthroats who were prey- vetreating as noune and ¢ uerow's March 20.—The ‘There was no killing of any one, e: ‘ntolerable situation. dered until every Attack not or- resourse looking to poasibie adjustment exhausted. Troops and officers deserving of highest praise.” Secretary Taft alsa has made public FISHED A MAN OUT. William McIntyre, of No. 9 Rossiter an exhaustive report from Major Hugh . Brooklyn, fell {i Newtown L. Scott, who waa Governor of the Moto | Greece Garis today: while tacking. for provinces, just preceding the engage- He was fished out by Wiliam ment, respecting the habits of warfare of the of those people. home. Constable and Walter Russell, ‘brick barge Walter Bldridge. W.L. Douglas makes and sells more men’s $5.50 shoesthananyotherman: ufacturer in the world. $10 000 REWARD will be paid to y thy ane ene ci ca prove this statement. $3.59 ALL LEATHERS, ALL STYLES, ONE PRICE $3.50 If I could take you into my three large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you the care with which every pair of shoes is made, you would understand why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the best in the world, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other $3.50 shoe. Douglas $3.50 Shoes Give Comfort & Ease, | BOYS SHOES, $2.00 & $1.75 shoes for the purithressearoang| vust the same as my fag them the mer comficta d|men’s $3.50 shoes, the same leathers, for $2.00 and $1.75. L. Douglas namo and price stamped iG how tender, are at ease in them.” PATRICK MURPHY, Police Capt. CAUTION, — None genuine without W. on bottom, Take no substitute. Sold in W. L. Douglas exclusive shoe stores in the principal cities, and by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Fast Color Byelets used exclusively. Catalogue mailed free. W.L Douglas, Brockton, Mass. W.L.Douglas Creater New York $3.50 Shoe Stores: 433 Broadway, corner Howard Street. | 345 Highth Avenue. 735 Broadway; corner Sth Street, 85 Nassau Street. Broadway, corner rect. 1349 Broadway. corner 36th Street. BROOKLYN. 1447-1440 Broadway, corner 41st Street. | 708-710 Broadway, cor. ‘Thornton. 974 Third Avenue, 2202 Third Avenue, corner 120th Street. 2779 Third Avenue, bet, 146th & 147th Sts. 250 West 125th Street. 356 Sixth Avenue, corner 22d Street. 1367 Broadway, cor. Gates Avenue. 421 Fulton Street, corner Pearl St. forsee Cys w ie Ay —18 Newark Ave, NEWARK-— 785 Broad Street, as 25 Great Bargains in Used Pianos for To-Morrow ‘ Only *10 Down | Choiceof Sat *%50.00 Choice of 10 at *225.00 Choice of 10 at 275.00° 1 Vose Upright including 1 Loomis Upright, 1 Russell Upright, 1 Kirkman Upright, 1 Chickering Square, 1 Scheidmeyer Grand, Also your cholce of 10 fine used uprights at $275, (Mahoxany case— ike new), 1 Hardman Upright (tine tone). 1 Fischer Upright @lahorany case—tine tone), 1 Horace Waters Up- i (Walnut case—con- right. ““oitien fike now), Choice . $30 1 Steinway Upright, | chotce f Weber: Lpaeae Knabe Upright. $ OEE TaD Gs : (inmate Sac aon). i 275 and 6 other great bargains, Also 17 other great bargains in used pianos, WE agree to take back any instrument vou buy within one year, allowing all money paid to apply as part payment on any new piano in our warerooms. Our line of new pianos is unexcelled and includes those made by Chickering Bros., Henry and S. G. Lindeman, Packardand Schuman. | Storm Increases Telephone Traific | That the New York pub! \relies on telephone service is jevidenced by the heavy tele- |phone traffic handled during | yesterday's storm. | Snow and rain filled the! streets with slush and mud. | |It made travelling disagreeable | and dangerous. | Those with Telephones were Comfortable | | They could despatch their | |business, do their shopping, marketing, all their errands over the wire and save the necessity for trips out in the} storm, It meant dry feet and the avoidance of colds. Are You Prepared i for Storms? | | Have You a Tele- phone? Call nearest Contract Office! for information regarding rates. New York Telephone Company act Offices: 9040—38th, 2000 Morningalde. 9020 Melrone, > WEARS BETTER THAN SILK SK any woman who has a waist or gown of Suesine Silk and she will tell you it is the prettiest, daintiest and most satisfactory material she ever wore. A duplicate of china silk but more endur- ingly good for service because of the touch of cotten in it— costs less than half the price. All colors. Samples sent upon request. Please give name of your dealer, FOR SALE EVERYWHERB, Write to your dealer for samples. REDFORD MILLS, ‘ ERS OF SIEDE GLACE 4 Mercer Sta. New York. RENT ET FT TTR FY > ¥ Full lire of women’s auto coats, caps, gloves and veils. 4 t ' | HY. out up so stronger, to take than Hy) Preseription “No, -b and siryehning, powerful 1h ise -PO-PHOS-PHITES. in Four Perfect Prescriptions. ‘and. plessante. osphite SyFuy . with Iron, Ie without’ 4 Teoonsiructiy Invaluable New Blood and Strong Nerves for all cases “of Nervous Exhaur Hon, General” Debtity: a and Malaria For sale at all leading druggists. Statistics of savings banks are in- dicators of good or bad times. Reail them in the World Almanac and make your own forecast of the future. Bankruptcy laws are also given, and a tabulated statement of failures in the United States during 1904 and 1905 is presented. Another interesting page is the “Comparative Cost of Living in the United States.” It’s a long dig, that ditch across Panama. You have read a lot about it in the papers lately, and you will read a lot more about it hefore it is finished. One should ' iow condi- tions wherever an arm ot the United States is outstretched. A_ special article in the Almanac on the Pan- ama Canal gives briefly the facts ‘one needs to know in order to be properly posted. Oceans intervene, but nations pre-! pare, The new naval statistics of- | fered in the Almanac are unusually ; interesting. Therein is given the) list of ships, old and new—impor- | tant naval officers and their stations! —division of ships, type of engines coal supply, torpedo tubes, armor, complement of men, &c. The most reliable channel to seek United) States Government information is through the World Almanac. 25 Cent 25 Centa—Malled Sunday World Wants { Work Monday Wonders. | | | PE >> > os. 2. sas Bs @]- - se , SIXTH AVE, 192 TLIO STREEL Irish point lace curtains at 4.80. of the greatest curtain bargains of the early Spring is this lot of about 800 Irish point lace curtains. About 15 different designs—all richly worked 80 5 9 = and made with heavy borders 01 good bobbinet, some that were made to sell at $9 Figured silkoline,5c.yd. Ruffled embroidered! 98c.ruffled renaissance per pair—none at less than $7—choice to-morrow at, pet pair--+++ seeeeesseeeees About 21 pieces, Patterns which | i we are tnable to duplicate tor muslin, 19¢. nade hee eee kta the Spring season. Limit 12) 28 pieces jn the lot, and rome of stitched raffle and Renaissance the richest effects yet shown are 3 included. Values range from . 83e. to B5e. lnce insertions, patterns the same as in muny of” the highest grade curtains; remarkable opportun- ity, at, per pairs Striped Holland win-| scotch cable net curtains dow shades, 59c. | é Only 46 dozen of these popular! Shades will be sold at this low, will extend to 6 ft., actual value —choice of white or ecra— | $1.00. 86x72 inches. Bordered tapestry portieres, $5.90. Colored Scotch madras at 39c. Of rich brocaded Armure ‘Tapestry, with applied | A big variety of styles, but only 19 to 50 yards ofa borders of im ported tupestry. kind. Regularly priced at 50c, 89e and O3e. Tapestry 10e Clean-up of a mill—brovades, stripes, including hundreds of rich squares, Oriental effects. Wonderful valye at 10c. Fourth Floor. No mail orders filled on these special items. SUN CRAWFORD CO. 8.3x10.6 Axminster rugs, $19.50 AKER was ready to close out his stock, and we gladly bought the entire amount. You know seamless rugs are much preferable to those with seams. Fourth Floor. 8.8x10.6. One of the most popular rugs made for parlor or sitting $19, rooms. Regular price tosmorrow .. seseeee gees + $19.50 xminster | Crex rugs. Axminster All col us vial, rugs. colors, Extra special, rugs. Isx38 ince 24x48 inches + 4 A little defect in matching. iladly SP00 Ord Ferrey coal piece LU UO, think you would noti-e it roles $8.75 4,6x6.6 ft. rugs, one piece, 6.75, 30x60 it 36x72 inches . we ealied your alt-ntinn io ik : Just ns good fabrics ns the ones $40.00 11.3x15 rugs, new, bright, that sell at 824.80, Oriental patterns and colors, 32.50 yards to a customer: regula ly 12"he., ateevees cove Se Heavy crepe cretonne 8c. a yard. latest Spring designs. rds to a customer Brass extension poles complete, 49c. With heavy pc dd ball ends— Limit 900 pairs of these durable curtains, in perfect reproduction of the expensive real aces; vi $3.50 to $3.50: three vel ralues ty, cial lots... 1.95, 2.95, 3'08 _—_—_————— A choice collection of Oriental patterns to select from—size 6x 9 fect 8x10 feet 54x90 inches . tachow secs LEO SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. Sale Theo. Haviland plates to-morrow. Breakfast, dinner and tea plates—gold stippled. "THEO. HAVILAND conducts one of the largest potteries in the world, manufactures dinner sets by the hundreds of thousands—makes up many pieces in excess of orders in order to provide against breakage, ete. An enormons sur- plus accumulates cach year and must be sold at a loss. It's one of these surplus accumulations of plates which we were fortunate enough to secure, Basement Salesroom. They're some of the best grade of Theo. Haviland ware—each plate gold stippled, and there are ex- cellent decorations to select from. A magnificent collection embracing plates that sell in the usual way at $5 to $8 per dos. At the following prices: Tea plates, Breakfast plates, Dinner plates, Yo Oc 9e $32 Theo. Haviland dinner set, 18.95. $20 Warwick china dinner set, $10. 3 beautiful decorations. All single pieces, stippled with Beautifully decorated on the newest shapes and all the gold; have a soup tureen and three platters. single pieces traced with gold. + ( SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. Sale of down comfortables at 3.95 } (iste as air—warmer than the heavy, soggy comfortables sold at a low price. $3.95 250 cotton comfortables—fine nainsook covering— | 500 figured silkoline comfortables—white cotton dainty designs with six-inch plain satin border—light | filling, full size—: regular 1.95 grade at..... 90¢ Made with French sateen covering in floral designs and delicate colorings— full size and odorless down filling—$5 is a very reasonable price for down comfortables of this grade—will create great buying enthusiasm at $3.95 Blue, yellow, pink and red—each ......2.....5+ 3.75 $6 white wool blankets—full size—paii 95 $2.50, figure silkoline comfortables—full size, | 500 pairs white cotton and woo! blankets— specially priced for this sale, at......+seee.+..- 1.95) single size—the regular 2.50 grade at, pair...... 1.95 1,000 pairs cotton fleece blankets—white or gray—at, pair, 59c., 89¢ and 98¢. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. Brass beds at *29. | Bread raisers at 45¢c Py ces 100 of these $40 brass beds SLIGHTLY chipped in shipping, to be sold at $29.00. Built very sub- that's why they're 45c. instead of 90c. En- ~ amelled covers and side handles. Cannot accept mail or telephone orders at the low 5e price, stantially with heavy 2 inch continuous posts— seven 54-inch laterals—securely join- ed and fitted — cannot f work loose— } guaranteed, Special bargains in enamel ware. Preserving kettles. | lacquer in 4 8 qt, 18¢ gradessee \ u ft. 6 size, 4 qt., 25¢ grade. 6 qt., 98c grade etealalnccsl 8 qt., 8% grade... 24€ Berlin sauce pans. 39c 6 qt.. 48 Milk pans. Ou ale ane ther $29 Sat, bbc grades... 47e | Sqt-, 100 grade.... Te $27.50 brass bed, 18.50. Rerlin sauce kettles. | {4° tgs Grades. ISe $55 brass beds, $35. 4a ne Hee B76 | Sat, We grade... $7 white enamel iron beds, 4.50. 6 qt., 4¢c grade.... 39¢ | _ Layer cake pans. $12.50 white enamel beds, 8.50. 8 qt., 65¢ grade 47c | 9 in., 12c grade $30 Ostermoor mattresses, $18.50. Dish pans. 10 in., 16¢ grade. 2 parts, French rolled edge, guaranteed sanitary | 19 gt., 40c grade .. 32c , dustproof, satin — finish 14 qt., 60c grade... 43¢ ticking; reduced from $30 toseseee e 17 qt., 60c grade.... 50¢ SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. Grocery and wine specials. ! High grade hams. BEST STAR, FINEST PRE- WT b atzes; 1b. 1334 ¢ f ; Imported sardines. AIRSHIP BRAND— Packed in. pure Olive Ol; doz. $2.10; can .. Corn meal, Bent quality, fresh gran- 19¢ Roy CREAMER ulated, yellow or white; 10 Iba... PAPER 8 SCOTCH KIPPERED PON DRL HONKING: oval can L&C INDIA LOS, GATOS CALIFORNIA | HIGHLAND MAINE SUGAR ORAN CLARET—Full quar ORN 5 iB, $1; Battie Mert LBC] ites ane 25c ISELLO RYB WHIS- yallon, MO CALIFORNIA eer iarr year olds cull quart bot 83c ‘ ¥ HEWETT'S COLD BLAST GINGER ALE—75e Dosen assess eenkeey PORTED HENN’ col 189 Fos '@ge| MAbADA: 1 pcond MINUTE 3 cartons . ME anid