The evening world. Newspaper, March 29, 1906, Page 4

Many Betrothals Announced NEW SPECIALTY, ome Others Expected. oth Charged with Being Public Nuisances and Charlotte with Assault. FIVE ON ONE BLOCK, Flying Arrows of Little God Hit Many Pairs in Various Manner. SHE HIT ELEVATOR BOY. By Alice Rohe. “In spxing @ young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love” ts all well enough for poets to sing, but it isn't the popular ditty in Flushing, an the Hotel Lift Herself When He Refused to L. I. Matrimony {s the byword—matri- Do So. mony with a big “M." It has struck the town Hke an epidemic, Five in- cipient cases are announced on one block, which’ means that five sets of en- gagements have atartied Flushing so- clety, and everyone of the participants lives on Prospect avenue, almost next door to each other. All. the old maids in Flushing are consulting real estate dealers to see if there isn't a vacant house in that block. The only possible spot is a lot between the home of Charles Dana Gibson's mother and the Misses Swen- son, who are two of the brides-elect. Rumor had it that Miss Josephine Gib- son has promised her hand and heart to @ handsome New Yorker, but this she refuses to confirm. Before snow files again—that 1s, pro- vided the past uncertain weather doesn't have a relapse—there are going to be so many marriages on Prospect | avenue that {t will keep Flushing so-| cfety folk poor buying wedding pres ents. Hl The, firét engagement to break forth in Prospect avenue, near Main street, was that of Miss Hildegarde, Swen- he invita The ther day 7 “ BH webs The ocak: |, | SWenson's engagement was announced pe emecen ts eats ce An ts Albert Bell Purchase, a lawyer, of ing in a loud aside as they tripped imran hrough the corridors: “Beat it!" Cupid Kept Busy. q This charge, designated as dts Living « few doors from the Swen- onduct, was dismissed. The Poillone re-| sons are the Connell girls. The next d to beat it, nor did they respond| thing Flushing knew the engagements fae piace oe night and day| were announced of Miss Bara Connell } porters, engineers and chamber-|to A. G. Halleran and Miss Helen Con- H28 Chorused in their eats: “Skidoo!” | net] to Maurice Connelly, still the wonder grew. The engagement epi- demic became so strong that nineteen- year-old Archibald Burnham, who lives in the other half of the big double house with the Swensons, came home one night and, blushing like a school- girl, announced that he was engaged to marry pretty Miss Evelyn Oleson. Cupid has certainly been having @ strenuous time within the small con- fines of a Flushing block, but he is going to cast off his responsibilities the The Poillon sisters appeared in the jefferson Market Court to-day in a new laity. Charlotte had to recite a ttie piece that might be entitled “Why Smashed the Elevator Boy." The boy had something to say about “Being ne Good.” Katherine, who {s not so pugnactous, physically cultured, as her younger nswoman, was merely charged with ing a public nuisance. Charlotte was Riso accused of being a nuisance, but (the Court only heard the assault charge jay. The dashng young women, clad in by lamb coats and wearing many Petrich tal! plumes on their hats, were th arrested on warrants sworn out the instance of the manager of the ow’ Hotel, at No. 17 East Twenty- They lve there against tho manegement, and diy: a. day passes that thé hostelry not enlivened by their presence, The sisters live on the twelfth floor a handsomely appointed apartment. ‘he management has repeatedly invited to put ‘Halt of the hotel staf was in co o-day when two yo ere } the elevator . He said both eyes had been blacked by Charlotte, because of his complexion the dis: lorment was not noticeable. He could field as the ster performer. Everybody in Flushing knows the Charlotte Smashed Him. “These here ladies returned at 11.30 clock,” sald Grubs, “and asked m take them up. I sald 1 was onderes to. They asked me so nice and to go out and ask the clerk, 1 ‘ent out and asked him. He said ‘No,’ put ‘before I got back io my car they gees Boharlotic’s hand to take it er Me ‘ex, Judge, anil then she smashed me” ‘She gave'me a terrible swing on the e and a jo in the mouth, Miss Ou Will “prison?” asked Judme O'sultivan, THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1906. young flancees and their flances. That such a sensation. The Connells live at No. 15 Prospect avenue, the Burnhams at No, 2 and the Swensons at No. 23. Then, 90 near that the back garden of the Gibson home | touches the back garden of the Swan- | sons’, lives Miss Josephine Gibson, who Strenuously denies the report of her en- engagement. The sisters Swenson are to be married In June. These two young women, who first started the engage- ment enidemic, are both teachers in Long Island schoois. Miss Hildegarde Swenson teaches at Corona, and Miss Selma bends the budding intellects of the Murray Hill school children into proper channels. In the same building with Miss Selma Swenson js Albert Lu- LVe/y 5 O/eson. clus Hitchcock, another teacher, Strange is what makes the engagement panic /S5 It may seem he fs not the flance of | tion. iss Selma, but of her sister. Remance of School Teachers. The two young teachers became ac- quainted almost two years » and thelr engagement was announced short- & ly before that of Miss Selma, who will be the wife of Attorney Albert Bell Purchase, ‘The Misses Swenson are the daughters of Mrs. S. L. Swenson, They are both unusually attractive young women of culture and splendid educa- They are not in the least the con- ventional blue-stocking {dea of school- ma’ams, however, for they are both extremely good-looking, with dark eyes and black eyelashes and eyebrows, white teeth, curving red lips and masses of brown hair. “We intended being married on the the books of an insurance company to hide the payment of money. The lawyer read a letter to the Judge rom the old minister up in St, John's. tt was a pathetic letter, pleading for mercy for the boy. It promised that if ‘Walter was released he would go back to New Brunswick, away from the temptations of the Mutual Life Build- ing and Flatbush and begin all over again. There was a representative of the law department the Mutual in Court. a. business-like, determined man, He’ was there to press the com- aint against the clerk who stole $104 @ was opposed to clemency. “Do To send, tits, bov,, to you want to make a convict of him? Do you want to blast his whole career when there {sa promise your OPE BLT GOES 1 ORDER OF ASSEMBLY (Gpectal to The Evening World.) BUSY CUPID MAKES THIS STREET REAL MATRIMONY AVENUE] CRO a “rch bold Boe es game day,” said Miss Hildegarde Swen- gon to an Evening World reporter to- day. ‘but we d kind ot 1 want one kind ter another, so we have d Ly olded to ‘ve a few weeks elapse tween the oe! remonies, The two Misses Connell, who will be- coine June brides are ‘the beautiful hters of James H. Connell, a wealthy Flushing citizen. Like thelr neighbors, the Swensons the two sisters had planned to be mar. ried on the same day in St. Michael's Church, but now they, too, have de- cided to let several weeks elapse be- tween the ceremonies. The Connell sisters, who are known as two of the prettiest girls in Flush- Ing, spend most of their time in New York, where they are having eaborate trosseaus made, The flances of these @ women are prominent Flushing . A. G. Halleran is a son of John Halleran, the prominent real estate dealer and hardware merchant. Maurice Connelly is a lawyer, of Newtown, L. I. Youngest Engaged Pair. The youngest fiance in the lot of the newly engaged couples is Archibald Burnham. He and his fiancee. Miss Evelyn Oleson, claim only nineteen years of life. Miss Oleson ts the daughter of a wealthy electrical contractor. She is a fine ges and ft was music that these two young ople in Cupid's arrows. Young: Mr, talented musician also, For years he sang in Trinity Church until” his: volce broke. Now, from boy sorpano. he has deeloped into a apiendid bass singer. He is also an olin. The two young thelr courtship by play- story, Miss Oleson on ying Mr, Burnham on the violin. When the engagement epidemic struck the heen block in Flushing they realized that the fatal love malady had reached thelr hearts. Though they only total thirty-eight years between them they are quite the most matter-of-fact engaged couple in Flushing. Sem Says District-Attorney Wants Him to Go to Panama and Start Revolution. William Neleon Cromyelll, one of the. leading corporation Jawyers of the country, called on’ District-Attorney Jerome to-day. Mr. Cromwell is one of the heall counsN to the Standard Oll Company. Through hie efforts the United States Government gpt control of the Panarcna Canal. e fs intimately associated with the high financiers who have been besmirecheii with the reve- lations of the life insurance investt- gations, Mr. Cromwell conferred with the Dis- trict-Attorney for hal fan hour. As he was leaving the building he was asked 1 hts visit had anything to do with the insurance scandals, “Oh, no,” he replied. ‘Mr. Jerome wanted mo to go down to Panama and start @ revolution. MWELL JOKES} a ON JEROME VISIT): In this connection it {s recalled thet Lewis L. Delafield, who eppeared as counsel for George W. Perkins In the Proceedin before Justice Greenbaum yestorday; ‘s very close to District-At- torney Jerome. During the recount pro- ceedings before the Board of Aldermen after the last election the interests of District-Attorney Jerome were looked after by Lewis L. Delafield, who ap- peared as the District-Attorney’s per- sonal counsel. Mr. Delafield was an enthusiastic Jerome supporter in the jast campaign. He was a leader in the Good Govern- ment Club movement ten or cnore years ago, and was once secretary of the Rapid Transit Commission, JOYES’ TABLETS and wip wit ae t the Invaluable for producing New Blood and Nerves. For all cases of Newou heeaoenen eral ty ang Maleris. For sale at aul Tending drursiste ale \AMBERT. Atterbury System Clothes Style Expressed eMen's Fine Clothes. Your social status is defined by the cut gf your clothes. Tha’ why so many bow to the man- date 9 the custom tailor in spite go his excessive charges. Atterbury System Clothes Agent in aryreregene { pane 6 B. Altman & Go. COLORED AND BLACK TAFFETA SILK)” 5 AT A SPECIAL PRICE. 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After hear- this testimony Magistrate Stein. held Charlotte ‘in $300 batl for trial lal Sessions, He held both sis: $500 bail each on the public mance chare for examination | to- ‘ow, puroling them in the custody | conusel until 2 o'clock this Safternoon, when they were required to furnish the bail. They left court with ds held high and haughtily. The City Court to-day ‘apmotnted fenac Boll Brennan as a receiver in lementary proceedings brought . Katherine Polllon by an ‘uptown drywoods firm to recover a jndement of $8. The next hearing tn these proceedings been set down Sitor Apif] 10, when the matter will be ded. QLER COMMITTEE. CALLS UPON METZ A man who stole money from an tn- surance company admitted his guilt be- fore Judge O'Sullivan to-day in ¢ Court of-General Sessions. Ob, no, he didn't give the money to campaign funds, He spent !t on himeelf. All he stole was $104. District-attorney Je-| Tome didn’t interest himself in the case, { Walter Owen Jones is the name of the man. He ‘s twenty-one years old, but doesn’t look it. Rether a nice ap- pearing young fellow, is Walter. His father is an Episcopalian minister at St. John, New Brunswick. Walter en- tered the employ of the Mutual Lite Insurance Company in the Loan Depart- ‘ment when he was sixteen years old. Ot course his salary was not large. ‘The MoCurdy family was hogging the walary ist. Walter Owen Jones chafed in his narrow limts, He wasn't a sport or a rounder, Ho lved in Flatbush and ‘went to church every Sunday. He liked to wear good clothes and to have a Uttle spending money in his pucket. His | salary was not up to his tastes. No Delay In the Case. Amd so he stole money a little at a time. And he male false entries in the books. False entries were made in the New York Life books to con- ‘A committee of 100 Brooklyn eftizen: Wed into the office of Comptrolier Mots | °tM payments made to the Republican o-Gay, skirmishers previously thrown | National campeign fund, but that was at having reported to the main body | 4 ‘ifferent matter—even outside of the ‘that the Comptroller had been corrailed | difference that exists between $48,000 d was at that moment “at his desk.” | and S104 = Comptroller Metz faced the ordeal and| The first thing Walter Owen Jones Gehook hands with each member of the| knew the vigilant officers of the com- mittee like a soldier. The callers rep-| pany had missed thet $10. They traced ed President Coler’s committee of | the false entries in the books to him, watching the progress of public im-| They accused him ot taking the money. ments with careful scrutiny, Ob-| Jie admitted his guilt, He didn’t plead on to the proposed removal of the tat he had contributed to the Jerome tbush Ineane Asylum to Islip, L. 1, |campaign fund or eny other campaign ‘the burden of the committee's com: | gund. ‘There wasn't any delay about the case of Walt en Jones. ‘The District- Attorney's office 1s wide awake when it comes to expediting proceedings against @ man who steals $104. Young Jones Was indicted for grand larceny. His old father up in St. John was notified that his boy was a thief, It was a bard blow for the old man. He had supposed that Walter was doing nicely with the Mutual Life. Like the elder Perkins when G. W. Ufe, ‘the minister up ‘in ‘oped ‘that his boy would be @ great man i finance some dav. but Walter ended his career fy stealine $104, Company Opposed Clemency. Jur ‘Sul i waite 2: jullivan calles the, cas ‘tn man said y shoul dpoor folks be compelled pay carfare sixty or seventy miles in the ‘country ®0 go to The io as retorted the Comptroller, ‘and {t to me that the building of a : road for crazy people is just right. It hits the whole subject sido that of th he | sido that of the Board oung man has learned a lesson. Aone’ think that further - punishment would do him any good, On the con- trary, it would cause great suffering to that old man up in New Brunswick who has epent so many years in the service ot 1am going to give this Ons to father and live an honest, upright life. “Jones, when the memory of this orime oppresses you in the future, let one thought intrude—remember that the money you took did not belong to the Mutual Life Insurance Company. You stole from @ trust fund; bear that in find.” Jones was taken in change by Agent Kimball, of the Prison Ald Society. He whi be sent back to St. John, N. B.. to-night. RIPPERGER WINS IN POST-OFFICE FIGHT. President Reappoints Him to Long Island City Office and Dis- misses Charges. George Hipperger has won in his fight or the Postmastership of Long Island City, A telegram announcing his re- appointment was received to-day, and a wreat many Queens Counky battle-axes will be packed awny for four years. Ripperger has held the office for two After the last election when ho went after It again he encountered de- urmined opposition. The leaders in the fight azuinst him were ohn W, Bennett and Henry C. Johnson, of Long Isiand City, both of whom wanted the office, and ‘former Sheriff De Bragga and Lu- cien Knapp, who wanted anybody to get the office tat Ripperger. Formal charges of a serious nature were preferred against Ripperger. The charges were heard in Washington ; nouncemen rger's Treappoin ment shows that the President consid. ers the charges disproved. Ripperger a several slander sults pending against his enemies as @ result the fight, and now 6 is vindicated it is believed that he will push them, man a'chanice to go ba HEARST CANNOT SEAL BALLOT STORAGE ROOMS. William R. Hearst will have to hire watchmen said to cost $1,800 a week if he wants to keep the ballots in the 1,048 ballot boxes safe from any “tamp- ering” of the enemy, Justice Clinch, Republican, to-day denied Mr. Hearst's application ‘for a peremptory mandamus on the Bord of Wlection to allow Im to put jus own private seal along- | to Board on the door at borage use in each Borough, in which OT Side the boxes J, Assembly Committee on Privileges and slecktons to-day to cause the arrest of Commissioner of Elections John R. Voorhis, of New York, if he refuses ‘further to deliver to the committee the ballot-boxes in the Fifty-fifth Election ‘districts of the Seventh Assembly dis- | trict of Kings, where there ts @ contest over the right of the slitting member to retain his seat. ‘The action of the Assembly gives the committee power to open the ballot- boxes and recount the votes, not only in the Kings district, but also im any of the districts in Manhattan, where {there are Assembly contests. Assemblyman ‘Tompkins, the personal representative of Mayor’ McClellan in the House, and Democratic leader Palmer fought the proposition for a re- count, Mr, ‘Tompkins declared the Com- mittee on Privileges and Blect: was trying the case for the contestant, and that the question of opening the ballot boxes should be left to the courts. Majority Leader Moreland und Assem- blyman Burnett rep!ied that the right to decide upon the qualifications of Assem- blymen belonged to the House, and that it was absvlutely necessary to have a recount of ballots in certain distritts, to determine finally whether the sitting members from contested districts are en- titled to keep their seats, Commissioner Voorliis sald to-day he was acting under the advice of the Cor- poration Counsel that he must not pro- duce the ballot boxes desired by the As- sembly committee without an order from a Supreghe ‘Court Justice, “In this Brooklyn district Thaddeus Hyatt, Municlpal Ownership candidate, is contesiing the seat held by Mr. Brady, a Democrat,” he said. ‘Accord- ing to the canvass Brady was elected over Hyatt by sixty or seventy votes, The Assembly committee came down here to investigate, and I refused to give up the ballot boxes without an| order from the Supreme Court. 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