The evening world. Newspaper, January 15, 1907, Page 1

i” “ % ‘eather—soor Wednesday cloudy. keshoai yare, JANUARY 15 CG = Plot tO Deliver Their Votes for the Election of a Recorder —Was~ the: Basis of the Deal with Many : Members of the Board. = ficcording: to Arrangement, Sufficient Members ‘Were to Be Secured to Switch the __Result_of the Election for $500 Apiece. fter- life yr A plan of ten or more members of the Board of. Aldermen to sell 4} their_votes to a candidate for the office of Recorder was uncovered to-day. by the Distirct-Attorney and Alderman William S. Clifford, of Queens, and David Mann, the go-between, were arrested -with the ea on them ; $6,600 in marked bills. Mann confessed all he'knew about the plot. Other warrants were j? Applied for in-the West Side Police Court... These warrants were given y¥ to. ifinstructions to serve them immediate ives wi -Clifford asstrted-that-he “could deliver eleven or twelve votes any |)” Caving &f ae aang of. the Board. was gart of the iplane of } bribery—but Judge Cowing knew ‘nothing about it. ONE WAS APPROACHABLE. It was learned several days ago that a certain Munietpal Ownership > Alderman was’ approachable. -Investigation led to a visit to Alderman t Ciiftord at his home, in Long {sland City, on Saturday, by a mau who sald this name was Hashell and that he represented cértain corporate interests | that did not want to.nee Francis McAvoy" elected’ Recorder. ‘These inter- esta,explained | the visitor, would stand for Meyers or Cowing. 2 eee ‘Olifford said he: could De Yetig the ulate vores tor $500; | __14s-bellewed-to have occurred aboutnoon, Kingston is entirely cul | “ee Wein Union Tea Cimpany Cam munication With the. City Is Gut Off “The Tallewiitd bulletin was “issued by the Associated Press: this afternoon : “The Western Union Telegraph Company has received advices that cornmnunicallee with Kingston, Jamaica, is interrupted. also to the isthmus via Jamaica, caus by earthquake, Later advices say ‘land. line communication -restored-to ‘within: five: miles Kingston.’ a 2) “Traffic may bé accepted at sender's tisk subject-to-heavy- Saige -*Reported.that-Kingston-has been DESTROYED- oy an EARTHQUAKE, with MUC |LOSS oF ‘LIFE,-..No further details given.” —-Later---The-cablest0- Seon have-been interrupted since a last evening cure wipep ov7, 121 ee over the ee cael CTS ABO UT THE CITY © AND ITS PEOPLE. cables-from-Holland's-Bay the city-has been. entirely. wiped. aul by_the aoe is Kingston fs the capital of ‘the Island'of Jamaica: a | Just as he was putting it In his pocket after counting It, Flood and Rear- don appeared from. thefr place of concealment, Cl/tord apparently recognized them He turned and ran from the yard at top speed. Flood and Reardon took after bim. When_hs saw they were gaining he threw the monevae away, but the detectives any they have witnusues who saw him do it. ‘These witnesses | saw Reardon pick the monéy up and take charge of it. Both Mann and Cliffrd. were taken tothe District-Attorney's office, ‘where preparations were made to put the Aldégrman through a sti” wird « each, and-e further meeting was arranged; —————— At the meeting further detafls were” agreed engon= Clifford said thet he-conld-deltver-twelre votes’ if-necessary-{i direction the -men with _the-money.wanted them thrown. First, he sald, the money would have to eee @ would demonstrate by any agreed plan that he had control of a syf- “clent number of votes to elect Meyers—or any candidate but McAvoy—| whom the Republicans or Tammany Hall Aldermen might choore later. Hashell suggested that Clifford exhibit a test yote at to-day’s meeting of | She: Sioard-ot-Aldermes eee iwo-nessions-the Me Dee Tees -vote-had ~The é acheme was Nxed up” at" Clifford promtedt to wee the other Alder-) ‘men-in-the-deal. _ By appointment Hashell met him this morning at the Del- -gware-Hotel, Thirty-fourth. street and Fourth: avenue. Olifford ‘was accom. Atunn; foreman-of Millet Bros:-stone-yard, at-One Hundreed ‘and> Phird= ‘street -and Firat: avenue, “ir. Mann is my friend and Is tobe trusted.” explained Clifford, “Gira. the money and he will keep lt until after Ihave demonstrateq atthe | City Hall this ufternoon thattt can‘deliver the goods. Iowill cal him up wp.o8 i t ip degree— District-Attorney. Jerome, whois in-Albany, gave eoine advice over the eee and it is belleved that: Clftord will make mary.eensattional+— Glsclosures, _ a MANY BALLOTS TAKEN. “putsap-rith_a—go-between, —When-the_money_was_in_ércrow, he sald. :—" _tnder-the-ruling-of- the-Corporation-Counsel_that-the-Board-of -Alder— men has power to elect a Recorder to serve out the remainder of Recorder Goft's term. vacated by his elevation to the Supreme Court bench, the Aldermen have been balloting at Intervals for a week: There have been peculiar switches ‘in the result, but at no time has cattherot-the: oes wet SUhin—rsecnite tiistanee—of- the-forty- vetes—-' Balloting began ai tho regular meeting of the board held a week ago to-day, The Iast Dalior taken On that occasion resulted as follows: James Cowdin Meyers, Republican, thirty-five votes. —Francis-McAvor,-Tammany, thirty-one —votes; John-Palmiert,. Municipal Ownership, -ten-vates. 3 ‘Another session was held without matertal change in the result. At the. close of the second “session: soveral ‘Tammahy men-announced that there? -would be onoush votes chenged from: Palmieri to elect McAvoy AER more ballots were cast. At to-day's session the Municipal | Owne: I substituted as thetr candidate former Judge Rufus B. Cowing: There were several absentees ‘and the deadlock wan not broken. —_ men dropped Palmieri “aaa ‘Office. The money was handed to Mann who put it'in his pocket. ~ Clifford and Haghell-then left. Detective-Sergt, Flcod and County Detectlye Rear) “don, who had seen the whole transaction from a safe placo of concealment Treated him as econ as Clifford and Hashell were’ out _ pay_over the:money when. sho ‘Alves Mann profersed to‘be in Ignorance of fi maticr. He said he was willlag to ald the officers, \Flood and Reardon in- stnicted him to foto the stoneynrd, wait for the messaxe from Clifford and jan eppeared; veer Mann went to work, the aetectlves accompanying him and picking out ‘Hiding places from which*they vould cbeorve what was to happen, At © o'clock Mann was called to the _telephone. Clifford was at the other end of the Wire. He sald that pursuunt to-his agreement he had delfvered the ~ ‘Munfolpal Gwnership yore | to Cowing 7 aid woukl be” right up after the money, ‘THE MONEY IS TRANSFERRED. tH *-Ho appeared In about half an hour. Mann handed him the money. THE EVENING WORLD'S : Later Editidfis vee on GREEN hoes Ide information about the| SUPREME. IN NUMBERS. aaa “SUPREME IN RESULTS. : 1 397245 ate incueaak Print in The World During 1906 separa 62,286 More Than 1905—468,602 More Than During the Year 1904. ATTESTED, BY CERTIFIED, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. BARROW, WADE, GUTHRIB & CO., : Certified ome ‘Accountants. New York, December 31, 1906, We hereby certity that we have made an examination of the books of the New York World containing the records of the classified advertisements ‘printed {n the! New, York World and New! York Herald (morning and Sunday edftions) for the twetvé! months’ ending 3ist December, 1906; that we have investigated the biel of keeping these records and have tested ResEADy actual count for differ- ent periods, andiwe are of the opinion that the number of -adyertisements as specified below represent an aécurate’ comparison Othe: tuniber of allvertise- ments fn these newspapers during-the year 1900: ; The World 1,597,245 The Herald 4,165,896. 281.349 Showing AB F, - BARROW, WADE, GUTHRIE, & CO. : “Compariton 1s made with the New York Herald becausé no other new: Sey Edits fila eh nen vaca =p nections —with, the eastern end of. the Isl: cj dreds of lives were Jost aid property | #mashing wind waa _|the principal seaport and commercial city of that Isiand,—— —_Itis-situated-- ‘on the-south— =coast—and-on-t a off, cable operators_at that city not answering the call: |. Communication with Holland's Bay resntett in the increta thave | the -report-of the destruction of Kingston. ‘con-]Side of a fine har! et} —— “The latter-is a: [and-lackad: basin available: forthe. SELES largest—ships,-ands Inclosad on-tha south by-a-tt ng. Holland's Bay is the-extreme eastem end of Jamaica, atout for!" tongue of land, at the extremity of which Is Port Royal, ames front Aine : The population of Kingston-is about 59,000. = fc vhich is still in open com- Le EP Wh eee 7s eae ree ae ma as ate None of the houses are of-great height, but many of-them are subs i je munication with Holland's Bay, In effec Mea 5 i ay saute bull with old- Jastones thick swalls, ‘the island of Jamaica had been repaired to within five miles of Kingston. Beyond the-report-that communications with eee eva Hoty eE terrupted:by earthquake, we have received no word from Ja 5 A small prema eiyacie “Manager Meier, of the | Hamburg-Americantine, late this-afimosn——— nel “We have no steamers in the port of Kingston ‘to-day, and none -are due-to-arrivethere- to-morrow. We have | ope cable with our-agents throughout=the West Indies, but have be lobiain any information regarding - Kingston —— ~ "The report that the land line of telegrap [within five miles.of the cily would indicate that Kingston has not fared -PORELOED-BE-ABUS ‘The Kingston earthquake is a startling fulfilment ‘of a~ prophecy made last December by Lee Spangler, of York, Pa., the man who pre-| thecal) rdicted-the- -efuption oF MI Pelee,-the-assassination of President McKinley ecaivag ; the Spanish- “American war, and the defeat of Russia by Japan. — Th Aw Tal: ; —Mr.- Spangler announced shortly-before-Christmas-that-there-woukt ee ae als d ra i ut from old Pan | Royal, [be-a-disastrous earthquake soon after the beginning-of the-year.—_—_rraittony of-a- ety umler the water. Once aroun “Slight earthquake shocks:-have been-felt-in-various parts.of the world |-riesttant-tocked Idrbors it the world disclosed “ever since carly: in-January.>-Mr.-Spangler-predicts. that-the-prcliminary-| y9-trom-1,900-to:1,900-teet-ahove the wea thovearme- BUT earthquakes. will serve.as warnings. ‘of the end of the world, which, he} 2M, cl) fe, .gonatmucted | after | the | fstran and. th sayS,_will-come to pass at the close of 1908, +ehesa-Doard fashion of modern— cities. PARTHQUAKE ‘SHOCK RECORDED. ae Springtsat= this time of the year are rary) Americans, Six valle out fs the Cone lstant Springs Hotel, beautifully: situated at the-feat- ee tine golf ‘course. ad been repaired fo alty ts the tho. streets ee lanes belo at inal -ALBANY, Jan. {5.—State Geologist Clark this afternoon said that He the seismograph at the State Museum recorded an earthquake shock here |} yesterday. The vibration here was slight; the malty movement t from east to west. The, duration of the moyement was abcat=ifty minutes, King 4 Arristan—vadene or Wrat Indranc} of a handsome bi ning a training o tto-the beginning at 12.47 PM. Victoria and Jublieo Markets ary ——— —+ 4 s—- —-__-- local Institutions, he court ho Harbour. street, though not han ate. thirteen. {a comodious and weil’ ventilate tip Kingston.’ PREVIOUS DISASTERS _ON THE ISLAND\' This ts only one ot. the many | dleasters that hag befallen tho stricken | tecture and {mportance, {aland. Earthquakes, cyclones and thal] In| the 18d hurricane Port” Marta, waves, from time to time, have de-| Port Antonio and Bay Moran were vastated it. The most recent waa in| destroyed and a°dozen smaller towna Avgust, 193, when a hurricane swept , and villages wero wiped. oft the map, over the eastern“end of Jamaica. Hun-|In Kingston the ‘full foree of the -not felt, but worth more than $10,000,000 was de-/scores @ hounes and shops were do- atroyed, |wtroyed, while alx echooners svere On Noy, 13 last an exceedingly sharp in the Sarbor. In the same hurri earthshock was felt in the south and lar fort Antonio the wontyrs and tho north of the {sland at 11 o'clock at housew of the United Fru | night. It was followed Immediately by | Now York were totally ‘a second shock, which was the heavleat} ‘rhe damage of tain great tor experienced in Jamaica In many | plantations TRA HEHE EEN The settlement of the city of Kl rf Was the result of Port Roya! quake In 1602; mi ryivors netileg| have bes .on the seaboard of the Ljqdanea plain. | iors quake shocks WAY IS CLEARED a city with few fine features of archi- NT. | Appeals Affirms the Cone viction of Young New York Man. nat Justice Fitzgerald Strikes Other Cases Set For Next Week Off Calendar, The trial of Harry Thaw low the Hilxert trial in ti Branch of the?'Supreme Co *~ } Justice Fit All thi previous! off the calendar t of Jur Furlong? le ine. ~ was com> pile attack. dostroyed. to nt tor! the puts, got some pe OP | Nowe eral for the ta tlement. There were disastrous fires 19 terior of tho island 14 a mountain | The Thaw trial ban been, eet for next 17, 188, uy and cent the poout hse range, mostly of volcanic origin, rising ' yronday. earth- In- reason many Kingaton in the outgrowth of that #:t-' that the entire neh penalty dn. the pair by toe ice Foster, inn Gone General peatioes on Jan, be c