The evening world. Newspaper, March 26, 1906, Page 1

x x i / ) WEATHER—Warmer; rain to-night ana Tuesaay RESULTS ED FINA i __ PRICE ONE Cc E NT. BIG COUP ON HANDICAP: , “STOLEN FROM A $8.80 SAFE | ‘Burglar Kicked Bottom Out of Old “Box’’ in East Broadway. Some years ago, when they were) cheap, Soloman Leinhardt bought a safe for 36.80. It was a nice, bright and shining safe, and tr was guaranteed by the very brazenness of Its exterior to frighten away any burglar that walked Phat was in the old days, though. Soloman wus on Grand street {n those palmy times, making shirt waists. In the course of years he saved money, as they do in that quarter, and increase fis business. He never lost faith in the safe, Three weeks ago Soloman moved from the little shop to a larger one on| the ground floor of No. 44 East Broad- way. Here he blossomed out as a “Ladles' Fashionable Dressmaker, Pari- stan Models and Draping.” But he eluhg to the safe, It was a fine safe. It was a cheap safe, too, In the old days Soloman had kept his wife Rachel's diamonds in it; also his own studs, the size and appearance of young paper-weights, Last Saturday a little sad-eyed man came into the store and began to “pipe things off.” He made no comment, but his eyes warmed when he eaw the nice sage in the rear of the room, Water, when pressed, he admitted that he ad none. Solo- im 10 cents to get home with, for the sad-eyed one explained that’he had come from a long distance | fn, foot. When he asked for a cigarette | Soloman lifted him by the other side of hig clothes and helped him into the hall, ‘To-day Soloman awoke late. When he went into his office he found the valu- able safe had been taken. He traced | ita wheel-marks on the carpet into the hext room, and there, with its bottom tn, ‘was the pice safe, cheap at eo ore fen! diamonds were loam an says they were orth $1,000 and that they were mostly gings and necklaces and earrings. Soloman Went to Brooklyn, where fm the Police Headquarters bullding he inspected a “‘line-up"’ of twenty men, He picked out the small and sad-eyed man who asked him for the cigarette. He was Mr. “Snipe Peters, known to the police of old. He denied ever hav- ing met Soloman before. MORIARITY LOOKS G00D TO “GAIFF” Youngster Is Doing Good | Work at Third and May | Get Regular Job. BY BOZEMAN BULGER. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 2%.—Mor- farity got into the heat of the fray ‘to-day and a worried look came over the faces of Joe Yeager ani Laporte. Morlarity 1s an angular though mus- cular fellow end handles himself very much like Arthur Devlin, of the*Giants. He bas a good palr of hands and Js Khoroughly familiar with the work of ~ @ third baseman, Frank Delehanty did not arrive this morning BS Was expected. but he will be, are this evening. For the adyantage of every hour ta put his club in shape. Keefe, who wag ulling with tonsilitis, has recovered ack Ss to-day, played the Regulars and the Yaps. All.the pitchers are being used In turn, The Washington papers are announcin| that Griff 1s going to let the Stahl clul have Joe Yeager until Cassidy recovers from ‘his illness. Griffith denles the re- ort. He says none of his men will be ned out under any consideration, ———_—__- FAIR GROUNDS RESULTS. NEW ORLEANS, March 2.—The » ‘aces here to-day resulted as follows: FIRST RACE—Three-quar! of a pelsereccric Spark (5 to 2 and even) gars 6 (even for place) 2, Lythe- rs 3 Timon 14 2x5. IHCOND RACE—Three-quarters of a les Bnverite (9 to 5 and 4 to 5), 1; enandoah (4 to 1 for place), 2; Arabo 8 Time—1.14 1-5, Tubescsuleaneam, ce wan poorwill ee eoworth 1, Walppoo Favorite Footlight 3, we pb 1H ul a a pares: to ee para, to 5, ms. Tobhumbin CITY PARK WIN WINNERS, NEW ORLPANS, March 2%6.—Tho med ‘tere ‘to-day resulted as follows: RACE—Halt m! ‘om Dolan at to 6 and out) 1, 80 (8 to 5 for Pen 2, King Leopold 3, “Time—0.48 3-5. ND_ RACE—Five and one-half fur jongs.—Broadway Girl (7 to 5 and Clique (4 to 1 for place), 2; ai lent Water ‘Time—1.08 1-2. THIRD RAGE—ahree-quartors ot a mileo anne Berry (6 to 1 and 2 to 1) ¥ Rate As 6 te 1 tor for place) 2, Dundall in Short pak ey fer blase) at Judge sath Tas dear THe Or S! ATH AVENUE BILL BECOMES A LAW 10-DAY Gov. Higgins Signs Meas- ure and Central Tracks Must Go, (Special 40 The Evening World.) ALBA! March %—Goy. Higgins signed to-day Senata-)Saxe's bill com- pelling the New York Central ito re- move its tracks from Eleventh avenue. Dhie means the end of the death tine. “Thé company mist debeess its tracks or the city will condemn and remove them from Eleventh avenu altogether. | DEAD MAN FOUND PACKED IN TRUNK, WOMAN ACCUSED ’ (Ol OPENING DAY AT BENN AT BENNINGS. March 26. E—$0W) added; opening purse; t Rood. Won cleverly. A. Betmont. Time 11 Track Heavy. -year-olds and up; six furlongs, Colum- thi Winner. b. x. by Hastings—Lack- Open: High.Close._ Pl. Sh, $400 added: Won easily. THIRTY RAC Start Rood Donahue, three" len spine Cotambla owner year-olis and up; seven furion| Winner, b. g. by Albert—Leda ._ Jockeys. Open. High,Close, Pl. Sh Reifern , Springe: MeDanie} Fitegerald O'L FOUR furlong: hub RTH Col Mod: ; Pi Auli 2 ; 0 jeNinntciceir 4 2 Victim in California Mys-| ish citer 4 sR 3 . Roboie Kean, 7 5 6 3 ight” and & fT : tery Thought Killed | e 3 8 Johan s 8% 3 eos 19 8 Mebantet” moh & for His Money. Tou Paes ge lar! 12 «12 Chandler hy 15 6 } 1B 18 Redfern § 5 2 65 - ay away at end, Pater hu on well, Bellsnicker ran a STOCKTON, Cal., March 2%.—The = — body of a man which was found in a eplechase; fou olds and up; about to mil Think eesGug The Ween ade at cha mouths | Stars rosary Won all aloes Wines, ‘bm. by St Singchionobane Bas ern Pacific Depot here on Saturday %_1_1%_ Fin. Jockeva Open Tigh Close night has been identified as that of} i ioe i Mr D Kerr 1 4 4 Elbert N. MeVicar, an employee of the | rips Fen > power § o A Rawhide Mine, at Jamestown, Cal. — | 0 59, Rell Mr Suis 2 OR giihe police to-day arrested at Antioch, fe ste wane Bonet th) ake es rs. Emma Le Doux, or Mrs. MoVicar, | 2 as she calleg herself, who is declared | ,. SIXTH RACE S00 cided) sortum: three searcids apd up: mile ond, OR to nave purchased the trunk in which|Sii°R "yuna fat, carnde se TmeT I? VS. e body ‘was placed, and also the rope| Mae M._Owner—T. 3 ne, with which It was bound. Her husband| — Starters aT oo 8. is now living Jn Amador County. Merllago, A 1 y Modaniol Jt is eupposed that if the woman com- Ange oe s mitted the @ a man must have | ack Mekmin eh Brolciig aided her. as MeVicar was powerfully | <iiy"Winiaten § 6 built. Morlingo_was driving han at the end. Bil Cu He’ had $600 in cash, and it {s bellevod that robbery was the motive for the crime, /It ‘is believed that he was drugged, then ¢rushed into the trunk and suffocated, SAN FRANCISCO, March 26,—The po- lice say that, Mrs. Le Doux Is well known jn the Tenderloin district of this city, They ray that her name is Emma Held and her parents reside In Jackson County. Some years ago she married a man named Barrett and resided with Wir for a time in Fresno. The couple separated, after the woman wag wedded to "Swim Wiiiame, of fa They went to Arizona, where Williams died, “It 1s said the woman collected insurance on his life, She married Le Doux in Jackson and afterward came to this city. GIRL HELD ROBBER PRISONER IN CELLAR. (Special to The Evening World.) MARLTON, N, J., March 20.—Miss Helen Hurff, the twenty-flye-year-old daughter of Walter B. Hurff, an aged and” Invalid farmer ving near here, discovered a burglar in the house last night. “Thinking only of the welfare of her father, whose condition is euch that the least excitement might prove fatal to him, the young woman, with- out making an outery, calmly pointed a revolver at the Intruder and locked him in the cellar, where she kept him until help arrived ‘at dawn to-day. ‘The police were called and the bur plar dragged from his hiding place and up, Ho turited out to be George Hoy: EA former employee on the farin, He was held. pudenda sui Maxim ane Soming Here, LEWIS AND DOUGLASS IN RING TO-NIGHT They Will Furnish. Star Bout at the Show of Marl- borough A. C. Undoubtedly one of the best boxing cards of the winter ts the vroeramme of bouts offered by the Marlborouch Athletic Chub, No, 332 West Forty- fourth street, at its stag to-night. In one of the two star bouts, Wiilie Lewis, Now York welterwe'yit champion, will meet Fred Douglass of Savannah, the Southern title holder, an@ in the other Amby MoGarry taci:les Charles Sieger, of Hoboken, Between each of these pairs there ts a long standing grudge which insures a couple of rough argu- ments to-night. One of the semi-windups will cause the metropolitan debut of Harry Harrls tte Chicago featherweight, who wilt take on Lew Curley, another good feath- erweight. This bout pee be preceded by Clarence Fo! Arthur Bd: monds, who will Follow Be Bert Keyes and Hddie Joh: ree org Doban ek RAIN KNOCKS OUT GAME OF GIANTS Good Practice Is Indulged Earlier at the New Grounds, BY T. G. SCARBOROUGH. MEMPHIS, Tenn,, March 2.—Rain Knocked out the afternoon practice of the Glants, also preventing the long-de- layed game for a silver souvenir and banquet to be given to the Cordovas and Clarendons, Manager McGraw, however, put in good practice at Varsity Park during the morning hours, The new park will be the home of the G all week, Mathewson had a nice wa: up and the rest of the team did some fast work, Joe McGinnity is the only ailing mem- ‘ber of the team. The Iron Man is suf- fering from cold that may develop into as serious trouble as that which pre- vented Mathewson from practising for ten Pn eS wong team Say fonda ‘ak eae yy In Self peat Hiving And pivots bans [seat Piss! Memphis team, ‘ay a World ly. Wonders, tal Wark Mandan Ws Rial inee § | oe 35 = te | Duke of Kendal Resurrected, Added at Last Minute and Quoted at 20 to 1 in Betting, Takes First of | | Eastern Racing Features, BY FRANK BENNINGS RACE TRACK, Mar back from the grave, won the Rennings Handicap this afternoon. He was 20 to-l in the betting and was ridden No one paid any attention to him. Kendall was an added horse. by an unfavorable jockey. remembered Duke of Kendall was o} out of sentimen:, from Pater, who_was second all tke The victory was an-eagie bird for the sookles, most of whom had clean sheets. | property and Duke of Kend f David Dunlap, is now the of Washington, The crowd stood speechless when Duke of Kendall! rushed to the front, made all the running and won easily by two lengths W. THORP. ch 26.—Duke of Kendall, like a hors Duke of | A few who nce a good horse had a wager down way, X KILLED, MANY INJURED IN FIRE IN BIG FACTOR Capt. Walsh and Three Other Mem- bers of Engine Company No. 14 Lose Their Lives as Walls - Topple and Crush Them. INJURED FIRE FIGHTERS ARE TAKEN T) HOSPITALS . 500 Employees, 300 of Them Girls, in the Building Fled in Wild Panic and Some of Them May Have Lost Their Lives. THE DEAD Capt. JOUN F. WALSH, of Eb Bina Company supposed to be burted under fallen watts. DENNIS ALY, th y years old of No. 217 fireman; crushed to death, PMAS, JI, fireman, of Company: No. PIN, flreman, of Company No, 14, Two unidentified lnborers whose bodies have not been recovered, THE INJURED. of, Dr. H. L. ACKER, Fire Depart. ment phyxician, of No, 72 West of Hook and Elzhty-necond streets leg brok | ment home. No, 14: missing a Hast Sixty-fifth eet, 14. JOHN 3 No, 302 Firet avenue; face out, Foreman KELMER, Ladder No. 5; body hurt. JOHN KELLY, fireman, of Engine | | overcome by amoke. RESULTS AT BENNINGS. FIRST RACE—Lackey (12 to 1 he has been in steady training all win-| and & to 1) 1, Fancy Bird (4 to 5 for ter. in spite of the fact was disagreeable. Probably “ ple visited the course, and the si: three bookies in the ring found plenty of business The afternoon was extremely able for August Belmont, who won the opening event with Lackey and the Arlington Purse with Nan Both are the get of Hastings. The steeplechase was all the hors es falling ex cept On, who galloped home alone. The track was heavy. The fates are against the Washington Jockey Club after all, and the crowd came out to the course’to send the sea- son of 1906 on its way well done up in mackintoshes and other things that keep out the wet The air was full of nasty cold drizzle and it was just warm enough to bring out of the track the frost that had lain there for a week. Thus the races were run in soft, sloppy mud, which sulted the New Orleans con- Ungent down to the ground, since their e educated to mud. that the weather horses b ‘The Cavanaghs' special and other trains during the night each added to the already large delegition of race- goers in town, and alomg about noon the regular procession of carriages, autos and trolley-cars got in motion for the track, Asa rule the Washing- ton people who patronize racing here do not care to go out to the course when they feel that they are to be submitted to the slightest discomfort, but on the opening day the horse fever burns its brightest and hardest, and the local contingent is out in force no matter what the conditions, go the grand stand was filled to overflowing in spite of the weather, and the orowd eagerly enjoyed the sport in spite of the discomfort. The regulars did not mind a little thing like the weather. "They were glad to escape from the monotonous pounding of Broadway pavements and the afternoons spent {1 stuffy little poolrooms behind bolts and bars, Betting Ring Was Crowded. ‘The betting ring was crowded to suf- fooatton, All the old «uard were on hand with their crews, only there were lots of bookies ready to woo Daine Fortune through the ald-of slate and chalk and a mysterious computation of percentages, Some of these were curl- ous to look upon and their newness was apparent in every move, It is at this season of the year that every one affected with the racing mi- crobe believes that the quick way to riches,18 on a betting ring stool, but the hard-earned savings of a winter are often dissipated In an afternoon, The crowded condition of the ring will not last. The new men will sure- ly fall by the wayside, and when the season begins In New York the old guard will still be on hand with per- haps 4 few more grocers and butchers from Brooklyn and the Bronx, In the opening race of the day silver prizes were awarded to the owner and ralner of the winning horse, as as the winning Jockey. | Thore ts rather en attractive litle feature of the pre- gentations, They are made publicly trom dges’ stand and it affords an in- teresting opening ineltent, First Purse for Belmont, August Belmont won the opening event of the season. He started a maiden called Lackey, This youngster opened at a ce, but was stead- y Sil cron tas Hine. MoDaniel A GA sae profit- | Mi 4 et, Re ¢ The opeaing day was a blg success place) 2, T. S. Martin 3, SECOND RACE—Nancy (10 to 1 and 4 to 1) 1, Al Powell (3 to 1 or | place) 2, Computer 3. THIRD RACE—Castor (7 to 5) 1, Nonsense (6 to 1 for place) 2, Zany 3. FOURTH RACE—Duke of Kendal 120 to 1 and 8 to 1) 1, Pater (3 to 1 fer place) 2, Bellsnicker 3. FIFTH RACE—Follow On (4 to 1 and 7 to 5) 1, Bob Murphy (7 to 5 for place) 2. Rest fell. Company No. 14; contusions. LOUIS WCALL, fireman; bruise JOHN MIKOUN, fireman; bruine COHEN, fireman; chest crashed; | condition sertous Glusepye SananeNa, Itatan Ia borer, badly injured and burnedy may at AM of © Injured men are at . Vincents Hospital, While the whole lower part of Greenwich village was being menaced by a fire of terrific flerceness this avternoon, falling factory walls carried six men down to death, Four of the victims were flremen and one of the four, John F. Walsh, Captain of Engine Company No. 14, had a splendid record for bravery in the department, A dozen others went te the hospitals. burned and battered, while 500 operatives employed by three concerns in the old “McClurg building,” a tall factory in a nest of wooden tenements, hud the narrowest kinds of escapee, The bodies of some of them may be in the ruins, It may be days before the complete death list is totalled. Rarely in the history of the New York department has a blaze spread faster or done more damage to property in so short @ space of time. Once or twice dozens SIXTH RACE— Merlingo (7 to & and 1 to 2) 1, Bill Curtis [7 to 10) place) 2, Jack McKeon 3. | safe all the way, At the end he was in hand winning by four lengths from Faney Bird, the heavily backed favor- ite, Who was second all the way. T. 8. Martin wits third, five lengths away. Second Victory for Belmont. August Belmont repeated his victory in the second race, sending to the post ya Mly Hastings named Nancy, The ‘filly Was a 10 to T chance. J. Jones her away in front, made all the runnfg and, coming uway easily In the last six- teenth, won by three lengths, Al Powell was second all the way. The favorite, Computer, was slow to move and was never a factor, finishing a poor third, five lengths behind Pewell, Redfern Gets Favorite Home, Custes, ridden by Redfern, was a hot favorite in the maidon race, Redteru | got him away in front and the result never in doubt, Gasten swinging along in front and winnine Iy by two and one-half lengths from Nonnsense, wito closed strong and beut Zany six lengths A Well Planned Cctip. Duke of Kendall won the Bennings handicap, He ike an apparition cogoers had long Kendall broken | down and dead so far as racing was | concerned. The victory was cleverly | planned. Duke of Kendall was added | at the last moment and Helgesen had the mount, There was plenty of 2 to 1 nibout Ie chances, Helgesen Jumped him away in front ‘and Bill Daly's Warning went along after him, Pater laid ird to the stretch where Warn- ing began to back up, Pater then closed on Kendall, but the latter was mot ies and won cleverly by two lengths from Pater, who beat Bell- snicker a length and a half for the}. place. The victory was almost @ clean sheet for the bookles. All Fell but the Winner. Follow On opened at even money fn the steeplechase, but went back to 4 to 1. ‘ollow On trailed the bunch, Glengarter making the early pace. Then Dr. Swartz took the lead, and Jone by one the others fell, until. Dr. Swartz and Follow On were left alone. At the last jump Dr. Swarts fell, and | Follow On galloped "home alone.’ Bob | Murphy was remounted and. fintshed second within the time lmit, Merlingo Won Easily. Merlingo made all the runni: and won easily by a length and a half from Bill Curtis, who was second all the way, Jack MoKeon was. third, four lengths away. Tokio Welcomes Schiff. TOKIO. MARCH 2%.—Jacob H. Schift. the New York banker, has arrived here, and the papers are full of eulogistic comment of his services rendered in, hoy ed in rar jury-fixing proceeding before Judge Seabury in the City Court you don’t; care to participate you are weleome to withdraw of dwellings were menaced, and three of them were indeed wrecked by the falling walls of the burning building. In five minutes from the first alarm the structure was a huge brick flue with a great geyser of flame spouting from the basement high In afr above the roof line. Policemen and firemen drove the frightened occupants from all the tenements jn the neighborhood, and sent them fleeing for their lives, for the heat was terrie, The scene of the blaze was at Down- ing and Bedford streets, both narrow byways given over to old-fashioned flat buildings and workrooms, With a 75- foot frontage and running back 125 feet on Downing stood an elght-story build. ing, filled from basement to garret with work people. The three lower floors were occupied by the Metal Stamping and Celluloid Company, the fourth by the Standara Thread Company and the top floor by the Empire Art Metal Company. Most of the 500 employees of these three concerns were at their lunches when there came a muffled explosion in the fourth floor. Nobody knows what caused {t, but instantly, it seemed, the (Continued on Second Page.) JEROMEBOLTS M'CABE CASE District-Attorney Jerome this afternoon bolted the McCabe id | don’t care for a lecture from you.” i ‘It is just as well you have withdrawn” said Judge Seabury “if Jerome strode out in anger and the proceedings went on. ——___—++~e ‘BROOKLYN AT COLUMBIA, S. C. COLUMBIA ...... .-...-- 00006 20 1 BROOKLYN ...... ...... 2 w 20002 At Augusta, Ga.—Macon, 45 Detroit, 10. Feihas nh aN li LATE WINNERS AT FAIR GROUNDS. Fifth—Security 1-5, Peter Nathaniel 1-1 pl., J. C. Clem. AT CITY PARK, Fifth—J. Ed Grillo 5-1 Jinmy Maher 6-1 America It, Sixth—Envoy 7-19, The Gieam-3-1 place; Bellindian. ier Capt. WASHBURN, of Patrol Ne. ap ~