The evening world. Newspaper, December 5, 1908, Page 1

GREEN $30,000,000 CONTRACT 10 A NEW FIRM IN TANIMANY Leader Murphy’s Friends Get Big Job for N. Y., N. H. & H. Improvements. “JIM” GAFFNEY ISsING is Old Concern Building Penn. Terminal Dissolved, but Nobody Sorry Consternation among politi ians and contractors greeted the news to-day the Bradley-Gaffney-Steers ¢ Tammany ntractors hy contract for the $2,000,000 in of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad. Tha tion is to electrify a six-track line from N Rochelle to One Hundred and Twen ninth street, thence by tu Tast River to Astoria Island + with anothe tunnel and subway to a hug el under the Long Riv ert nger | station to be 1 oon the block bounded by Fourth and Lexington ave- nues, Thirty-second and Thirty-third | mreets The job will take at least ten years to complete, that some than $5,000, The men composing the new firm are all close friends of Leader Charles F. Murphy, of man Gaffney is a * Tam: many politictan and is gc ‘0 out of it more Aldermen f: The Tammany 5c close Joseph the horse has his sta Murphy's dis , and the e been friends ¢uctor. Hagan “Never Saw Lynch.” William Bradle Ure also a loser many chieft Lyne was J at the las Conve was a gon and that Lyn of Leader formerly emp Contracting Company the Murphys Henry W. Steers, once a f John A. Pensel. of the F é Suppl: tor, He is an engi and has } often engaged in cor strueting railroad work All of these are u pany, Job Tammany official Murphy 4 goncern The firm ts Tamme first to in the Bronx wore the eport that Mr. Mr phy's f 1 Janded the $39,000,000 job, Bronx Borough | Ai Haffen, in whoor improvemen 1 be asa Murphy i New York Coniraeting Co. Disso' ved. made, is known When Gaffney unnoun ar Hall, that the Mew York Contract Company bad becn dissolved there was great furprive, Ils contracts, such as the naylvania lorminal excayatl were profitaly ney, Keneral ma agey of the Mu 1 sve lis s Worrled at the Job, and the tneir ears to the Le watistied ¢ were to retire came the ¢ bigger firm bei The New Y forg Rail over the New York fay as! \Vokefeld, and trom Dy use their own tr#oks, with steam «4 wines, ‘The Hew line [ism Cor be trit from New el a Hayehesion, an i t Farms, . Cihzanoy a, BPO SeGLLOns ¥, populated: end of the _ ED I TION. PRICE ONE CENT. uLTS EDITION M Circulation Books Open to All. | AGETTES WIELD WHIPS — AT BIG MEETING IN LONDON. a SUFFR Seats and Lash Men Who Attel Try to Cry Down British Themselves to Oust Chain to Them as They Chancellor of the E ahaa Mragett ve demonstra. dloyd-George, Cha e Chancellor was ad- vigorously e meeting, but the Ciect ther i , ie en and teward DEATH LETTER SENT 10 PASTOR npt IN CHICAGO DEMANDS $5,000 eee e Rey. William O, Waters Ordered by * to Leave Money at Appointed Place or Die and Have His Church Blown Up, bone not placed is paying nated spot in Lincoln Park. The thre ttention to the threat and is ine purports to be signed by to believe that the missive is the ghis of the white teeth” and in wording to one received Assistant Chief OG a practical j ptors, however, on the case py ry INANE have been det Stuart ge by “Knights of the White the pasteboard and assuming wr of Httle lined work alled NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER REAR-ADMIRAL COGHLAN DIES RY SIE ficer Masses WwW hile Home Is Repairing. Away Needaiis POPULAR NAVY. -aused a Sensation by Reciting “Hoch der Kaiser” After Halt- ing Germans at Manila. red, k Coghlan for nearly half a cen- ent figure in the Amert- can Navy, died suddenly to-day in New Rochelle, The death of the vet sea fighter was With Mrs, Coghlan the miral was living at the 1ome of Charles ¢ New amberlain, a former in Sutton York newspaper man, Manor, the Rochelle, residence s ction of New While walting for his me tn tl yecupancy GihelHeanlA”imirall was /ecen|anout the | streets of New Rochelle yesterday and | appeared to be as well as usual. death occurred early to-day. been in indifferent health (ume, et been made. He had for some turn soon after midnight. His physi- |elan, Dr. C. C. Guton, was at once sent ee Despite all efforts to revive hin | the end JUS had "IN GEMS ON A PULLMAN CAR | ee ' Mrs. Sue Buek, of Richmond, Va., Victim of Mysteric Robbery She Travels to Her Home City After Visit to New York—No Clue to Thief. RICHMOND, Va. Dec 5.—Mrs. Sue, ered that during the night she wita ick. of this city, on arrive been robbed while New York ¢ yesterday ™m $10,000 worth of Jewelry. There is nc ing over the st veh to the thier. Atlantic C. MAJOR WINS NS ECENED ACCUSERS CROSS COUNTRY RUN as wide a popularity as a |any man that wore the navy blue. ~——>— | Joseph Bullock Coghlan was born at s A aye Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 19, ISH. His Fifty-five Youngsters in the Prisoner Also Had Ple: ASANL father was Cornelius Coghian, of an : i lists 2 " Irish family that settled in Kentucky Race for School Cham- | Words for Women Who Iden- jmore than a hundred years nen wine, ¢ ‘ ified Hi ae ! pl was five years old an epidemic pionships. tified Him as Swindler, ra, which swept the South, left a ins Lois im orphan, His mother’s brother asec oe? ‘i adepted n and through this uncle he SRS EO ER TIER CLITA i Bre got his appointment to Annapolis in 1s60. HITT to-day in the High Stuck to the King. Boks , F 03% A vear later the great wai broke out he Publ: 1 aAngvertars eople were ardent Con- | eiihs with a ‘ 1 } Others. an r | May F Mon ‘ Jiterd, ¢ P| expected at Imadquare® Ro i a, Vin a Mf the fact t Moca strict H i claimed, It wa hong the boys t Clinton 1 Man pionship three bo: ACTRESS FEARS WOMAN'S <1 = HORSEWHIP, SHE SAYS. coup myRDERED IN HOME had been 4 who, had be Express Company. Her lawyer, asked for & postponeme WITH BLAND SMILE Bt an ae AND ANOTHER MISSING, | | Luz Gurrule, aged sixty, a f j yh eighie \ missing 5 Franclee and ordered by a Parents ‘a a a has hough, 80 that ‘ould have. time t | 62. Keep away fram tuelr nom ‘edt t laborate defense. The hy disappeared. ne g wes bo until "Teaday neat tor en. ! Admiral ii | tioned dmiral Coghlan sank rapidly and at Ong o'clock he passed away, Although the Admiral’s condition was well known to his wife, had no suspicion that trated by his sudden death It is said that the immediate cause of death was a stroke of apoplexy. With Coghlan when he died were hlan, Mrs, arles Chamber- lain, Dr. Guion and a trained nurse who had been attending him several days. The Admiral’s only son is in California. Admiral Coghlan was sixty-four years Mrs. in a Pullman car of | old An Attractive Man. The dead Rear-Admiral was one of the most picturesque and attractive Sen t served in our navy. His thern birth and his Irish ancestry blended in him a fra@k impulsiveness aug a dash of temper that led him at in info situations that might have embarrassing for another man, but the service and with the public at large he had of his kin ex, but he chose to stick the He was graduated in 18i3 and saw » during the last two y e sloop Sacramento. r of the steam sloop sship of our Hite Bra ars Brooklyn zillan 84 Next year, with the rank of lieutenant, he became execu oftieer e Pawnee, 1. 1868 he received his co. on as lieutenant command- er and d the European squadron, whe stayed unul 1 Admiral Coghlan was commissioned wder in 488%, and had various nds. Following (his he was sta at the Mare Island Navy-Yard He Was assigned as inspector of ord jnance at the League Island Navy-Yard from vot Until he time he took amand of the Raleigh in isi7 he was fon duty as inspector of the Bight! | Lighthoune distviet. While serving upon f 1 he | the | played his part in the In 18 he stationed a College tier tO the command of the bean squadron, Where he spent tv veers, returning auein to the Wa Was appointed, In October Cc ut of the New York 1» u with 4 Adm ¢ the the saine yea 1 last de ee on owing to his falling health. | Dared the Germans. In the battle of Manila he played a si ‘ ter an f the Hoos ying of Manila, ur der Admira} A, came with ‘Montinves eo Second Page) 4 new | at city to be made ready || His | © fuuerai arrangements have i The Admiral’s illness took a serious | $ so near, and she 1s pros- | In|‘ $30,000,000 JOB TO MURPHY'S FR Id, { “ Circulation Books Open to All." 5, 1908. Popular Retired Naval Officer Who Died at New Rochelle To-Day' yeni | ogh plan: . Copviienr 2% EW ELNT, CRUISER YANK TUG RAMS hi om E SINKS WHEN R DURING GALE ;Luckless Sea Fighter Goes Down Off Massa- chusetts Coast After Being Freed From Reef, Where She Lay Ten Weeks WHATHE Ir and colde PRICE ONE CENT, TRAMP GAGS WOMAN AND BINDS HER 10 ciA Rooms, Forces Towel Over Her Mouth and Strangles Her Into Unconsciousness. PULLS WEDDING RING FROM FINGER, RANSACKS HOUSE. ‘rs. Weis, Threatened With Death if She Makes Outcry, Is Left Helpless in Kitchen Until Husband Returns to Learn of Daring Attack. When George H. Weis, an employee of a big Brooklyn decorating concern, returned to his home at No. 471 Schenck avenue, East New York, this afternoon he discovered his wife bound fast to a chair in the kitchen, with a rope fastened about her neck and a towel as a gag over her mouth Mrs. Weis was unconscious, but revived before ho. arrival of an lambulance from the Bradford Street Hospital. She said that at 11.30 o’clock this morning a tramp had forced his way into the kitchen and attacked her, first gagging her with a towel and then tying ha toa chair. t The i her into the kite he satd, plant- tramp had follow R IN HER HOME Follow: Victim From Yard Into Her : Forced Gag Into Mouth. ‘Then, his hold, IN BRIDGE < Ne snatched a dish towel from a rack, sminpled it toto a gag and forced tt Into ‘her mouth i her carried out his attacic without speaking a word. When his vietim: struggled shut off her wind, He thrott i J j i or fl she lost consclous- Detective Chasing PrISOMGM nome tana tits st consclou: Un coll of rope Blazed Into Throng and Tage foliar ian ee ed con- | NEW BEDFORD, Mass. De 5 fa fr 1 i} 1, th cruiser Mied 8 ‘) being ar > at Te, ede was he placed In a EO aertiy Habe oan en aa ty-two feet of Bullet Found Mark. she waa bound with | ern entrance to Buzzard i whe le Marsh, of the} i aaiatecaaeaal and made na | she had been impaled for ten weeks, the ( teall m eer Detective Peter MeCannon took a pot until Mrs, V was United States « Yankee sank ‘ mbers Of} ior at an escaping prisoner at the 1 about like a mummy. Then he ? fathoms deep earl aay AY ae rd | tanhattan entrance of Willlamaburg tng ring nd engagement r umped ; pr fingers and a pair of ear- | towed to this elt t ir het | but t down Dominick Danillo, of N Hle put these lis pocket and then a short distan: i n a yds street, 1 n Danjilo Ko | Seared ed his vietim’s clothin for money | | kese Island , Me t jet In the left shoulder, ” my uAuL he found a small chamois purse | on which she i the t ot he cexsitated his removal to Gouverneur containing $5). When he had g this | pease Diver to Examine Her The man MeCannon she a. furniture, tiking a pocketbook contain- mil 2 , pin, tik $12.50 and a quantity of trinkets, He | ¢ 1 : : WY did not take anything that he could not 4 q © postal thigom od WER ALOE i us He wan leading his BT rHe Threatened to Kill Her, uy Hloated - In fe able fe : Delancey street, on the way to| When he had completed his search he h alas de : ee Vth e street station, when Hau- came down stairs and went into the H that the rained - i UR ly tripped him, punched him | kitchen Mrs. Wets ugling ne 0 SAK ana Will be Eye : ‘ "Me ww and bowled hilm into the frantically to break materi. nea ed \ 1 lease the gag. She had partially suce auae of sorlastasacoldent: he) ; mane . When McCannon picked himself up | ceeded, MUMBO Ee Ae t ad almost half a block lead V've a good mind to Kill you," said ily: lleoy gon. Koked: up by: a dig) C the commander er{good sprinter. Hauser fed toward the|tying you up good and tight asain.” rthwest gale. ‘Ch ! f Hien had a narrow es | bridge entra Hundreds watehed the | yy ¥ Leer sree reer SENT Tooliier Jeotes HPO. stan serious ae, but Cow Joined in when they AW 1 util alone choke iG egnaas ed iy ie nANG) eater 4 non draw his pistol a yout to her bonds. ‘Thi Ayer n 5 reer ' put et got down far) Mrs. Wels btory.” ‘Bho dae ie Y igen ISSR RDR OAUBMRDA ’ & furro ugh scribed | as short, thin | : ‘ the Pin, * rat Hy » off a ple I; een reased pone. ‘The wounded man went! iis “clot and Jon pemavaiand ial ‘ / Was instant eur ragged se : : a ear is id crowd of eacited. ey ce Bir womprennnin ein at work” % ate aan eee CITIZENS ROB THEMSELVES, t Pe ty . woe 4 , 4 was darting for e ane ( : ‘ a when Mingbam Has It en Word of an ayer ‘ pector, Who Knows Why. ; PTE ficers the Commissioner Bingham has made @ : ; t yrs And With assaulting | discovery i oF , , wit Dantilo was removed to the Citizens ave robbing themselves. a ‘ ‘ ‘ than AUN ED i eit Was said bis wound ae eee i why fagtinat, sade ar hus this on the sage eer ' ' . Ay a If he only had u secret staft he could wese Island aon beach a there. SUNDAY th be lid ¢ ause of getting th plan seemed likely to succeed when, not tout | aoe a thee PREE. te? ‘Baths in tng, downtown Hates Perteos Wuausy! re NET MES Erne i