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{, , 0.5N G R E S S , ' ITVo Ooaer RttwvER.' r\‘^'''^' :;; j fof}? L _ _ £ ? * '“ '1 ■V'' THE BROOKEYN DAILY EAGLE no: FOUR O’CLOCK. E n tered a t Brooklyn, S’. Y.» P . O. a s Second C lass M a tt e r . NEW YORK. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1902.—YOL. 62. NO. 294—20 PAGES. Copyright. IW:. By lirnoklyn n r .n y E o s I b . THREE CENTS *4 CmUSLSTIlPLESIlCCySED OF KEEPl STOCK SHIIRES Mrs. Lillian Singer Says They Belong to Her and Complains to a Magistrate. A “ NO ACCOUNT” C H E C K FIGURES S taples Could Not Be F o u n d To-day by a Policem an W ho W e n t to H is Office. i f An aplicatloD w a s made to M agistrate TIghe in the Adams street court this m orning for a warrant for the arrest of Cyrus E. Stapies. long known as one of the most prom inent stock brok- ers in Brooklyn, on a charge of larceny. The com p lainant was Mrs. L illian C. Singer o f 446 Dean street, who says that Staples has withheld seven shares of the W ells, Fargo Express Company from her, which were worth at the time she intrusted them ■ to his hands at least $1,400. Lawyer Sanders Shanks w'as the counsel who appeared in court for Mrs. Singer and there was much reticence over the case. Of course, the newspaper men could not find out if a war- if & f ' t r S' p i I. Cyrus E. Staples. rant had been Issued, but i t is a slgnlScant fact that an officer in plain cloth e s from the § Adam s street station w a lked over to Mr. S tap les’ office shortly afterward with a pri- ^ , vate detective and, entering the building, I asked for Mr. Staples. They were Informed 1 that h e . w a s out. pt town and left as they ^s, i had entered. The officer was John J. O’Con- bM ^ nor, who was at one tim e a m ember of the fiir how one of the fy ' jpatrolm en attached to the precinct force. /' Mrs. Singer, who is said to be a daughter ' of tho inventor of the sew ing m achine—all k* w ealthy Singers seem to have had some con- ^ nectlon w ith the man of sew ing - machine fam e and many -wives—is living in a flat on Dean street, near Fifth avenue. The dom estic menage consists of Mrs. Singer, who dropped her married name when she. parted w ith her husband and resumed her m aiden name; her niece, her n iece’s hus band and a trained nurse. Mrs. Singer is over 60 years old and is an invalid, some- -what deaf, troubled with heart failure and a nervous -ivretk. , Her experience with Staples, her friends declare, is largely re-, sponsible for her' present feebleness. But she told her lawyer that she and her hus band had been dealing w ith Staples for som ething like thirty years and that she had. perfect confidence in his methods of business. M rs. Sing-er’s Story. Mrs. Singer was at one time very wealthy. W ithin the last two or three years there has been a shrinkage in .her estate, due very largely, it is believed, to poor investm ents. But she is still independent of tho -world and has not only much property in real estate, but some snug securities as well. According to her story, she w a s in need of ready cash in April last. She had a certificate for fifteen shares of the stock of the W ells, Fargo Express Company tucked suugly away in her tin box in the flat and she made up her mind to dispose of some of that. The stock was then listed at 200, a figure that was greater than what she had paid tor It. She determined that she would be able to get along w ith $1,600 in her pres ent necessities and figured that eigh t shares of the fifteen could be easily disposed of. for the security was easily m arketable. So she sent for her broker, Staples, and asked him it he -would dispose of the stock for her. “Mind,” she said, “I only w a n t to sell eight of the shares, and I want you to get m e a certificate for the other seven and re turn it to me without delay.” Mr. Staples took the certificate tor the fifteen shares and gave the woman a re ceipt for them in the form that she request ed. The receipt was one of the exhibits in court on the application for the warrant for Mr. Staples' arrest to-day. It read as fol lows: \Received from L. C. Singer fifteen (15) shrs. W ells Fargo Express; eight to be sold and balance returned to Mrs. Singer. \Signed CTRUS E. STAPLES. \Brooklyn apl. 1-lth, ’U2. Thursday.\ Two days after the delivery of the shares a clerk from Mr. Staples’ office, according to Mrs. Siqger, went to the house and reported that eight oT the- shares had been Sold and that they had realized the m arket price of $200 each. He turned over to her the sum of $1,600. and naid that he wanted the original j receipt for the fifteen shares. Mrs. Singer Is som ething of a business woman, and she could not see why the broker wanted the re ceipt. \So that it can be changed to seven shares,” is said to have been the clerk’s re ply. “You have been paid -for the eight shares, and a certificate for the other seven -tvill be sent to you as soon as the proper tran.sfor is, made.” Mrs. Singer declined to give up the ac knowledgment of Mr. Staples' indebtedne.ts to her. but wrote on the back of Mr. Staples\ j receipt an indorsem ert, which read; \.•Iprll i Kith. Rercived $1,600 from C. E. Staples. : signed. Mrs. Lillian C. Singer.\ Then she said that she would keep Mr. Staples' re ceipt and hers until the certificate for the seven sbnres that were still her own were | delivered to her. | A t t e m p t s to G et B a c k S to c k . 1 From that lim e o', tho woman, according j to her own story, has been trying to get. back her shares. She has many letters from Mr. Staples, according to iter lawyer, con- I corning the transaction, and in several of > them ho has made promises to return tho | stock. There were many trips to tho office ' of Mr. Staples on Montague street, but rare ly. according to her statem ent, could sho find hjm. She had a suspicion that he went out of one door as she entered by another. J\.st now Mr. Staples, h as an office on the. ground floor at 211 Montague street. The allegation of the woman is that Mr. Staples has sold her stock,and that he w ill not return either the stock or the money. This 1s a grave charge against a man who has been considered a most reliable business resident of Brooklyn for years, but Mrs. Singer makes a still graver accusation against Mr. Staples. M rs. S inger Tells A b o u t a W o rthless Check. It Is to the effect th a t her lawyer, Mr. Shanks, has in his possession a check that sh e says she got from Mr. Staples in settle m ent of the entire claim . That was given to her in August last, after much Importun ing on her part for her money. She asserts that Mr. Staples told her he was ready to m ake a full settlem ent and even offered to pay her $28 Interest over the $1,400, -which was the face value of the bonds at the time they came into his possession. He sent her, according to her story, a check on the Me chanics' Bank for $1,428, which, in due course of tim e, was turned into the bank and which was returned w ith the chilling in dorsem ent that there -were no funds in the bank to meet it. Mrs. Singer, with her vulcanite speaking diaphragm, hurried to the bank for an ex planation and was told by the man in charge there that Mr. Staples had no account with the bank; that he had transferred h is ac count to some other banking institution some tim e before. She took this information through the diaphragm, for her hearing -was not good at that time, and she is very sure that through hero auditory nerves she heard aright. She had the w o r thless check, any- -vvay, with its indorsem ent, and that she saved for her counsel when she retained him. The check Is now in Mr. Shanks’ safe w ith other papers in the ease. .After the check episode she had other talks -n ith Mr. Staples and finally one of her representatives -went to the broker to get either tho shares or their value. It Is re ported that Staples said he had no money to pay and no stock. Then the alternative of arrest was presented to Mr. Staples. \AH right,” Mr. Staples is reported to have said, “ I’ll have to be arrested.” That was the point a t which the lawyer -R'as called in. Mrs. Singer’s niece talked to a friend about the case and she advised the niece to tell her aunt to get a lawyer. When all the details were presented to Mr. Shanks he took the feeble woman to court w ith the niece and they had a long-talk w ith the com plaint clerk in Adams street court yes terday. It resulted In the second v isit to court at 11 o’clock this forenoon. The law ■will not permit clerks to tell if a warrant has been Issued before it is served and no one in court would adm it that there w a s a warrant. M agistrate Steers, -who has been sittin g all morning in court, had just gone out, but Magistrate Tighe was there and the two -women -were taken into the m a g is trate’s private room w ith their lawyer. Soon afterward a pat>er was handed to the clerk and he hurried to the police station down stairs and got Officer O’Connor. The latter started out with a private detective, who it was understood, had accompanied the of ficer to point out Mr. Staples. But, as sta t ed. Mr. Staples was not in his office and the officer left empty banded. M r. Staples B rom inent in B u siness Circles. Mr. Staples has had a long business ca reer in Brooklyn. He w a s at one tim e very active in buying gas company stocks for big outside Interests. He also acted for a syndi cate which bought large blocks of Brooklyn City Railroad stock prior to the organiza tion of the old Long Island Traction Company He came into much prom inence during the Long Island W ater Supply controversy. It was alleged that he had acted as the promoting and purchasing agent in the m atter and that h is son-in-law , Tre- carlin. was the man -who stood for the \wido-ws and orphans” who -were said to have been the purchasers of the stock. The troubles that befell the Long Island W ater Supply Company, when the city would not purchase the plant at th e ■ company’s price, rebounded heavily on Staples and some time after that he made an assignm ent of his business to Colonel A lbert E . I^m b , his counsel. Mr. Staples is prominent socially and is a member of som e of the most select of the Brooklyn clubs. It is believed that he may have a good explanation to make when the case of Mrs. Singer comes into court, but as he could not be seen this after noon an Eagle reporter could not get his statem ent. MAY BE A GENERAL STRIKE. 75,000 Em p loyes of t h e B u ilding T rades M a y Be Called Out to A id the P lasterers. That there may be a general strike of the building trades in the City of New York was tc-day said to be possible by J. Thompson, a member of the press com m ittee of the Em ploying Plasterers’ Association, which is now at odds v/ith the Cperatlve P lasterers’ So ciety, the organization o f the striking plas terers in Manhattan. Mr. Thompson said that unless the strike is soon settled, and if contractors forced the boss plasterers to complete or rush their jobs, non-union plas terers would have to be hired, and that that action would undoubtedly precipitate a strike of the building trades in general. Such a strike would Involve 75,000 employes and tie up building operations of everyklnd in New York City. The Cperative Plasterers' Society w ill hold a m e e ting in Brevoort Hall, FlCty-fourth street and Third avenue, Manhattan, to night. BACKUS STRICKEN IN COURT, B rooklyn L a w y e r H a s an A tta c k of H e a r t F a ilure an d F a lls In to A rm s of H is Client. Considerable excitem ent was caused in Part III of the General Sessions Court, M anhattan, this m orning, where Recorder Gof? is sitting, by the collapse of F o ster L. Backus, the Brooklyn lawyer, who Is de fending Roundsman Jam es M. Jackson, who is accused of assault during Rabbi Joseph's funeral. The lawyer is afflicted w ith a w eakness of the heart and shortly after the court opened he w.as seen to become very pale. Then he reeled and fell into the arm s of his client. The roundsman is a very big man and he carried the lawyer to a bench. Mrs. Backus was in court and she rushed over to her husband’s side. For a tim e great excite- meut reigned in the court room, everybody crowding around in the space Inside the rail. The Recorder Anally ordered that the lawyer be taken into A s sistant Di.strict .At- lorney Schumau’s office, on the fifth floor. This was done and the lawyer was laid on a sola. The trial, which has been going on for two days, has been quite a strain on both the prosecution and defense. Lawyer Backus was told by his physician that he had better not attem p t to take hold of the case until he had had a rest and the lawyer tried to get an adjournment. He was not successful, however, and, disregarding his doctor’s ad vice, took up the case. Shortly after Mr. Backus had been taken to Mr. Schurman’s office. Coroner’s Physi cian. who wa.s presect at the Molineux trial near by, came in and adm inistered to the stricken man. In a few m inutes he had re covered enough to ho taken in a cab to tho office of his physician. Dr. J. C. F itzsim mons. 451 Gold street, Brooklyn, where he received further treatm ent, and from there \'OR driven to bis home, 115 Lincoln road, Flaibush. Meanwhile the case has been ad journed. M o n t n p T T i e C a f e n n <1 R c M t n a r n n t u l a C a rto. 103 am t 105 M o n tague s t . L u n c h fon. 12 to 2 SO c e n t?. T a b le d’hote; $1, 6 to 8. .Music.—Adv. HIED NEGRO iSSAILANI TOOK GIOL FROM ESCORT L O C A L Y V E A T H E U r R O D . V I U L I T i r . . S . ]* 3 t r t l y c t o u i l y i i u « l p r o b a l i l y t h r c n t c i i - iiiK ' t o - n i j s h t a n d K r i « 1 u y ; w a r m e r to > f r e s l i s o o t l i w c M t w i n d s . Showed Officer’s Shield and Pis tol, Put Improvised Nippers on Her Wrist. ACCOMPLICES HELD THE MAN. T h e n C rim inal Bed W o m a n A-way to L o n e ly Place—K n ocked Down hy B rother i n Court. Three men. one of them a colored man. are in fne Raymond street jail, charged with crim inally assaulting a young woman of the East New York section. The story of the daring assau lt is sensational in the extrem e and was added to In the Gates ave nue court to-day, when a brother of the girl deliberately struck the negro a powerful blow on the Jaw, alm o st directly in front of the Judge’s bench. Tuesday night M iss Phebc Stafford of 315 Sheffield avenue w ent to v isit the M assi- cotte fam ily, who live at 442 Miller avenue. W hen she started to return home, near the hour of 10, Roccl M assicotte offered to ac company her. They had reached the corner of Sutter street and New Jersey avenue, when a colored man stepped in front of them , displayed a shield and drawing a re volver, said: \I’m going to take you both to the station house.” H e commanded M assicotte to walk on ahead while he walked beside the girl, and he enforced the commands with his fire arm. In this fashion, and m e t by no one, he walked the m an and woman to the corner of Georgia avenue and New Lots road, where he stopped them and called \Joe!” A man appeared and soon after was joined by another one. These men are supposed to ha the ones who gave their names after their arrest as Edward Willia;.!S, 28 years old, of 187 Hendricks street, and Peter Miller, 39 years old, of 566 Llnwood street. The negro seem ed to be the leader in the outrage, for when he ordered the white men to hold M assicatte, they obeyed quickly. Tho negro tied the girl’s hands together by means of an old watch chain which he had, and which he used lik e the nippers of the police departm ent, and com p elled the girl to follow him to Sheffield avenue and New Lots road. W h en she held back or implored for her re lease he only tightened the chain so that it cut deeply into her w'rists. “ Y'ou hold the m an and I’ll take this -svom- an hom e,” the .negro shouted over to his com p anions, but Instead of taking the girl to her home he threw her to the ground and assaulted her. M a ssicatte thinks that he was held by the m en for fully fifteen m inutes, but then they let him go and he ran in the direction in which the negro and his captive had disap peared. H e heard a groan and, following it, found the colored man and M iss Stafford on the ground. ”My God, what are you doing, you black ----- •!” shouted M a ssicatte. \Shut your m outh or I’ll fill you full of lead.” replied the negro as he again flour ished his revolver. M a ssicotte then ran to the Stafford home, where he told of the outrage and was follow -d to the spot by W illiam Stafford,, t h e g irl’s father, and Oscar and Rodney,, her brothers. •All of these m en arose from bed and gave chase in their bare feet. They m et the girl a short w a y s from the house, crying hys terically. They took her home and then no tified the police of the Liberty avenue sta tion. The young woman gave Captain Harkins an accurate description of the man who as saulted h e r and he, with his two precinct de tectives, W ilson and Von Wagner, searched all Tuesday night, but could find no one. Cap tain Harkins knew that eight years ago one Isaac W illiams, a negro, now 45 years old and living at Atlantic and Utica avenues, had been sent to jail for impersonating an officer on the Eastern parkway, so he made up his mind that this was the man he was after. Yesterday morning he discovered him a: work in the feed store and warehouse of Rudy Petersen, at Wyona and Liberty avenues. The captain said nothing, knowing well that the negro would keep at his work, but wen: to Miss Stafford’s house and asked her to go with him for a walk. She did go and when tl.ey were opposite the feed store stopped. The girl saw the negro as he was unloading hay, gave a gasp as she recognized her a s sailant and again became hysterical. W illiam s was arre.sted and a little later the t-.yo precinct detectives brought In the white tM lliam s and Miller. Miller at once turned state’s evidence and identified the negro W illiam s. Miss Staffer* also Identified W ill iams in the station bouse again, as did Mas sicotte. -Ail three men were arraigned before Mag istrate Furlong, in the Gates avenue court, to-day, and to them the judge said: \You men are all charged with a revolting crim e. W h at have you to say for your selves?” All of them pleaded not guilty and they ■wore held in default of $2,000 hail for ex am ination on W ednesday. The white W ill iam s and Moore were led away, but a second charge of felonious assault was made against \Williams the negro. During the arraignm ent of the men Miss Stafford sa t near the bench weeping h y s terically and refused to be comforted. Near her stood her younger brother P.odney. who w a s nervous and to whose face the color mounted and disappeared. As W illiam s turned and started to go back to the pen the brother Rodney, -who is a trained athlete, drew back and with all the power of h is m u scle and the -weight of his body behind It, struck W illiam s on the jaw w ith his clenched fist. W illiam s would have fallen to the floor had not court officers caught him. Instantly the court room was in a turmoil, the spectators leaving their seats and ru.sh- ing nearer to the scene of the fray, as court officers and lawyers separated tho men and puehed young Stafford, trem b ling with ex citem e n t, into his chair. M a g istrate Furlong turned -n-hito for a moment, but quickly recovered his com posure, and as the negro was placed behind the bars, called young Stafford to the bench. “I beg your pardon, judge,” said the young man. \but that is m y sister.” \I realize that, young man, and I sym p a thize -n'lth you. In doing what you did Just now you were gu ilty of contem p t of court, but under tho circum stances. I’ll excuse you.” The blow that w a s struck sounded loud in the still court room, and for a moment after It all was still until the sudden rush of people turned the tables and made the noise overpowering. \Oh Rodney, Rodney, how could you?” walled the girl, who had seen the blow and who becam e more hysterical. Order was quickly restored in tho court room and later the three accused men were taken to the jail van under a heavy guard of police. GOODELLE KEWAIVIED S Y COURT. (.Special to tho Eagle.) I .-Sl'oany, October 23—W illiam P. Goodelle | of '$yi-ECUse was th is morning reappointed I by the Court of Appeals a member of the Boird of Law Exam iners for three year-s. I Gcodelle is the president of ihn board. Tho i )i.; --;;.:on carries a salary of- $2,500. Goodell.- j was originally appointed for one year and i then twice reappointed for three years. 1tucky ------- ---------- I D r j - C r j - N t n l S i t r l i i K - W a t e r . i i I i M o I i i t e l y i pure. bottloU a t S p r ln c . dell\-t*rfj frt-.-li dullv. W y n rf & Co.. tSC FuU .ia SI.. Tc-I. C9I M a l n . - . \ d v . ' P R E S ID E N T TO A T T E N D D IN N E R . President R o o s e v e lt has sent a letter to tho New York Chamber of Commerce ac cepting the invitation to be a guest of the Chamber o f Commerce on the occasion of Us anntial dinner, on November 11. This will probably be his first public appearance at any function not connected with the gov ernm ent since he was compelled to give up his W estern trip. W AS A P P O IN T E D BY LINCOLN. Sherman, Tex., October 23—Herman H. .-\brams, who a s a direct appointee of Presi dent Lincoln, dispatched m ilitary trains out of Cairo, Hi.. Is dead. H is active railroad service covers half a century. BATTLE IN S h NTO DOMINGO. M onte C h r is ti R e c a p tured by Govern m e n t—H e a v y Losses on B o th Sides. R e fugees on TJ. S. W a rship. San Dom ingo, Republic of Santo Domingo, October 23—Governm ent troops have recap tured Monte Christ! (on the north coast of Santo Domingo, near the Haytlan border) af ter a severe fight, during which both sides sustained heavy losses. General Navarro, the former governor, who revolted and took possession of Monte Christi, was captured and brought a prisoner here. Many arrests have been made in connection with the revolt. All Is now quiet in Santo Domingo. Cape H aytien. H a y tl, October 23—The United States cruiser Cincinnati has returned here from Monte Christi. Santo Domingo. She confirms the report that the Dominican governm ent troops have recaptured that port. The fighting, which was very severe, lasted two days. The foreign residents of Monte Christi sought refuge on the Cincin nati while the battle -was in progress. The Cincinnati left here this morning for Port de Palx. Hayti. to protect foreign In terests there. AVashington, October 23 —Commander Mason of tho Cincinnati cables the following to the Navy Department from Cape Haytien regard ing the revolution in San Domingo, under date of October 22: \Returned from Monte Christi. General Navarro, deposed governor of the district, revolted against governm ent night of Octo ber H. Took possession of town. Imprisoned governm ental officials, except new governor, who escaped. W h ole district first followed Navarro. W ithin last three days insurrec tion confined to Immediate vicinity Monte Christi; governm ent troops pressing place closely. \Serious stree t fighting lasted two days. Foreigners first refuge on wharf; last night seventy-five, m o stly women and children, took refuge on this ship. Government troops captured town fort at 2 o'clock this morning. Insurgents scattered. All now quiet; local revolution quelled.” The State D epartm e n t also has advices from United S tates M inister Powell, who has gone to San Domingo City from Port au Prince. The m inister’s dispatch, received at noon to-day, stated that -Monti Christ! had been taken by the -government forces, after hard fighting; th a t the chief revolu tionist (not named) had been capture-! and that many of the m o st prom inent citizens of the place had b c ^ areeatod for, *^reason. ----------- V - ■ ^ STRIKE RIDTS IN FRANCE. A N u m b e r of S tr ik e r s K illed a t D u n k irk by C a v a lry—Goods on Quays Set on Fire. Paris, October 23—Further serious strike disturbances occurred at Dunkirk to-day. Barricades were erected and the cavalry was compelled to charge the rioters. Some of the latter were killed or wounded. Martial law has been proclaimed at Dunkirk. Further advices from Dunkirk say the strikers .sacked tho residence of a municipal councilor who is a big coal dealer and then set fire to it. The m an’s neighbors after ward extinguished the flames. A detachment of cavalry w a s obliged to repeatedly charge the striker.s, who resisted with sticks and spades. Several men were injured on both sides. Dunkirk, France, October 23—A mob of striking dock laborers to-day set fire to the barrels of oil and other goods on the quays and also set fire to the house of a mine owner. Paris, October 23—1116 Chamber of Depu ties to-day resumed tho discussion of the interpellations on the subject of the French mining strike. M. Jaurcs, Socialist, asked the governm ent to intervene and end the struggle. He explained the claim s of the miners and asked tlic chamber to pass laws providing for eight hours’ work per day, old age pensions and to adopt other m easures in favor of the miner.';. FDR RECEIVING STDLEN GDDDS. Isadore T itlebaum H e ld for a Crime A l leged to H a v e Been Com m itted L a s t June. Isadore Titlebaum , 25 years, of 738 E a st Fifth street. .Manhattan, was arraigned be fore M agistrate O’Reilly in the Lee avenue court to-day on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Tho alleged crime occurred last June when a N a tional Express Company wagon, standing in front of a house at 24 Morton street, was relieved of a package containing gold watch cases valued at $700. Several boys were seen to take the package and the police of the Clynier street station traced them to Coney Island, where they found the lads spending money lavishly and enjoying ail the am u sem ents at the resort. The boys still had a number of the watch cases in their possession and the money which they carried they said was the proceeds of a sale of some of the cases to a man whom they m et in a photograph gallery. The boys wore sent to the Catholic Pro tectory and D etectives Gorsuch and Maxwell of the Clymer street station and Private De tective Bangs, who had been retained by the DuBois W atch Company, to whom the Closes had been consigned, started a search for the man voi'o bought the plunder from the boys. The police learned that Titlebaum was the purchaser, but their efforts to locate him were futile until yesterday, when they found him at his home in Manhattan. He w a s | brought to Brooklyn last night, and when | arraigned before Magistrate O’Rollly to-day | pleaded not guilty to tho charge. He was held in $500 bail for a hearing. GILDEII HOT TO PUT OEBTS El Saloon Keeper's Wife Is ex-Police Captain’s Daughter and is a Beauty. SHE HAS HAD THREE HUSBANDS. A B rother of C. C. Shayne, and P o litician “ E d ” Scott Preceded Gildea—Sister of Mrs. H o p p er. G IL D E A —MY W I F E . M.VRY E. G ILD E A . O F !U Ite r ry st. B o rough of B rooklyn, li.ivlnjr left my bed and board, I Ijoreby fjlvo notice th a t I w ill not be responsible for an y debts contract***! by her. D E N N IS II. G ILI>E.\. 110 F r a n k li n st. B o rough of B rooklyn, N. Y. City. In these words, Dennis H. Gildea. promi nent in the politics of the Fourteenth Ward, has discarded his wife. She is the daughter of former Police Cantain John Reardon, a sister of K clla Bergen, wife of DeWoIf Hop per. Gildea is a wealthy saloonkeeper, and in Franklin street has two large saloons, and, of course, they are “corners,” In 211 Frank lin street, at Noble street, he has a retail store. On the other corner he has a whole sale place, and the signs ^ay that ho i-^ a “distiller, rccti.fler and importer.” Across the street he has a stable in w'hicU he has several fine horses and rigs. He Is known as a “good fellow ” In the district—so good, indeed, that friends of old Captain Reardon say that too many visits to h is son-in-law 's and drives w ith him to the ocean side wore practically responsible for the “breaking” by Major Ebstein of the former commander of the Greenpoint police precinct. For many years the Reardon family has stood in the lime-light of publicity. It is hardly necessary to say anything about Nella Bergen. She is known here and elsewhere as the wife of the actor, DeWolf Hopper. Her father got along very w ell till the pres ent Fusion adminiatration was elected. John Reardon didn’t knew or understand the change. He still visited Gildca’s and other places, and it was alleged that at tim es the white-haired captain made an exhibition of him self before tho people of bis precinct. Anyway the children used to gather ari **.nd the stoop of tho dull gray brick station -\t Manhattan and Greenpoint avenues and laugh at a big, strong man, dozing in hU chair in the doorway. That and other things finally led to tho undoing of John Reardon. But everybody who knew Captain Reardon admi’ited freely that ho alw a y s had been good to his fam ily, and that next to Nella be loved best his attractive daughter Mary. Her career has not been as public as that of the w ife of the genial comedian of light opera, but in a domestic way she has had training In disagreeable parts. Years ago In the bloom of youth and beauty—all of the Reardons arc good look ing—she was married to Henry Shayne, a brother of C. C. Shayne, a well known purrier of Manhattan. Henry Shayne had •hrlp'b* prospects when he married the cap- Wiw. o .v', ‘‘i. u ’’ ■ ** time, Hen--^ aCcu, irg o .■;»<. . y e ^ did not treat her weTT-aTter the roses had faded from the honeymoon. Woman like, and very naturally, she re sented such treatm ent and showed heir re sentm ent by leaving her husband In Man hattan and com ing back to live with her fa ther in Brooklyn. Henry Shayne, however, was not to be denied. He followed her. There was a scene and the wife alleged that the husband had struck her. Captain Rear don, never lacking courage, tried to find Shayne with the intention of having a live ly interview w’ith him. The law intervened. Shayne was arrested and arraigned for as sault in the Lee avenue police court. The wife, disliking publicity, and C. C. Shayne with the sam e idea In mind, h :d the case settled without undue publicity. .Mrs. Henry Shayne was a Reardon, how ever, and she determined to fight and to get satisfaction. Sho got it and Incidentally was granted a decree of divorce. With her children, Edith, now an actress; a boy, Chris; little N e llie—named after Nella Eergan—and a tot called Margaret, sho lived quietly for a few years, but Ed Scott, at that time one of the Democratic leaders of the Fourteenth Ward, and interested with Senator E. H. McCarren in the real estate business, m et Mrs. Shayne. Scott also was an alderman. He had money. Mrs. Shayne liked politics and money, and be came the wife of the Democratic leader. Scott didn’t last long and when he died a few years ago “DInny” Gildea, politician, saloonkeeper and all around sport, appeared on the scene. He knew Captain Reardon, simply because they had had fun together— the kind that they both liked and still like. .Mrs. Scott still possessed tho charms of ■womanhood. To her had been deeded by Scott the fine house, at 94 Berry street. Gildea is a successful business man and likes to acquire property. He made Mrs. Scott his wife. He had known Scott, be cause the. latter had met him frequently in the Seymour Club. Scott practically was the founder of that club and owned the property. Gildea reminded his wife frequently of his friendship for her second husband and for a short while the two lived together happily, hut by and by certain thlng.s happened which finally led to the estrangem ent of the couple. The climax came when to the Eagle to-day Gildea sent the announcement that no longer would he be responsible for his w ife’s debts, as she had “left his bed and board.” This woman, thrice married, has been talked about for years by the old-timers In the Fourteenth Ward. Her personal charm and beauty first attracted their attention and then her weddings ■were the talk of the place. It is alleged, nevertheless, that, all of her m atrim onial ventures brought unhap piness to her. Shayne, she says, struck her; Scott was too fond of the company of the boys and of late hours, she declares, to make a good husband; and Gildea now repudiates her. She doesn't like weeds or mourning, however, and is living very comforatbly in the splendid home -which was deeded to her by “Ed” Scott. SWEEPING STRIKE ORDER. A ll TTnion E n g ineers and Firem e n Told N o t to H a n d le H a rd Coal U n til M em b ers Are R e instated. Chicago, October 23—President Morton of the International .-tssociatlon of Stationary Engineers and FIremca stated that all mem bers of the association all over the country would be ordered to refuse to handle any anthracite coal until every member affected by the anthracite strike is reinstated on the basis on which the miners returned to -work. EARTHQ UA KE IN ROME. P a r t of Old \Wall S u rro u n d ing Piazza San G iovanni L a tcrano Collapses. Rome, October 23—.-tn earthquake slionk was frit here at 9:51 o’clock this morning. Thirty-five yards of tho old wall sur rounding the Piazza San Giovanni Laterano (rll during th<’ night as a result of having been undermined by the recent heavy ralus- MOOT COLER SPEEEOES, DOT 01 ECONOMICS ONLY PE A R Y LOST ONLY TWO TOES. ■Washington, October 23—A letter rccciveii by .’\dm iral Endlcott ‘’roni Commander Peary says the oj.erailou undergone by the ex plorer at Philadelphia was not as severe as was supposed. The am p u tations were con fined to two of the frostbitten toes. The Candidate Announces That He Will Make Several Addresses During the Campaign. HIS ITINERARY NOT DECIDED. ROOSEVELT TO SPE A K ECERE. W ashington, October 23—President Roose velt has accepted an invitation to be present at the annua! banquet of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, Decembe 11. Ho ■will make an address. He w ill go to .New York on the day of the banquet and return the sam e night. CHEERS FOR ROOSEVELT I N PA R IS. Pari.s, October 23—1 . icleiit R o o sevelt’s name -a-as enthusiastically cheered in the Chamber of Deputies to-day when M. Jaures (Socialist) urged the governm ent to follow the exam p le of the .-\merieaa President’s conciliatory attitude In dealing with strikes. HEART-SEWING WAS A FAILURE. Senator H ill Declines to T a lk A b o u t * Governor O dell’s Reply to H im . M rs. A n n ie K ingsley, U p o n \Whom a Re m a r k a b le Operation W a s Perform e d , Is Dead. Mrs. Annie Kingsley, who wa.s stabbed in the heart by her husband, and upon -whom an alm o st unproccdi-ntert operation was per formed by Dr. George B. Stewart at Bellevue Hospital, .Manhattan, died this morning, althougii earlier in tho day it \was thought that her condition had improved so much that she would probably recover. The operation consisted in stitc’nlng up the -wound in tlie heart. Her husband is held in the Tombs Prison to await the result of her injuries. He will be arraigned in court to-morro-w. ALICE RDOSEVELT NOT ENGAGED A u th o r itativ e Denial T h a t P resid e n t’s D a u g h ter Is B e trothed to John Greenway. (Special to tho Eagle.I \U^ashington October 23—It is said at tho W hite Hou-se that there is no truth In the . eport that John C. Green way of Hot Springs, Ark., is engaged to marry Miss Alice Roosevelt. It is true that Mr. Green- wrv js n frierd of the R o o sevelts, and that ho has visited them at the W hite House, but it is authoritatively stated that the young people are not engaged. Mr. Greenway is a graduate of Yale and made a great reputation there as captain and end rush of the foot ball team and as catcher on the 'varsity base ball team. He was a member of Colonel Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, having the rank of lieutenant in that organization. SIAM’S PRINCE IS CDMING. H e ’ll Be in B rooklyn on B ridge Inspec* tiou Tour To-m o rrow A fternoon, , H is royal highness, Somdetch Cbowfa >Iaha Vajlravudh, Crown Prince of Siam, w ill visit Brooklyn to-morrow’ a fternoon. He Is com ing particularly to inspect the Brook lyn Bridge and the W lllamsburgh Bridge, but w ill also take a good look at the borough as he passes through. The Crown Prince will Just escape the bridge rush. He will come across between 3 and 4 o ’clock in the aiternoon and will go to the new Wllliam.sburgh Bridge on this side. At 3 o ’clock to-morrow’ afternoon his royal highness, with Mr. Reynolds, Mayor Low b secretary, w ill meet Bridge Engineer C. C. Martin at 100 Broadway and the sm all party will make the trip across tho bridge. The Prince has heard much of the famous structure and will make a close examination of it. Mr. Martin will explain to him the principle of its construction and attempt to give him an Idea of the Immense impor tance It Is to the greater city. After crossing the bridge the party will go to Williarasburgh and there the anchors and incompleted structure of the new bridge will be inspected. From here, the party w'lll return to Manhattan via one of the Broadway ferries. P R IN C E GOES TO W E S T PO IN T . The Crown Prince of Siam and his suite left the Waldorf-Astoria H o tel, in M anhat tan. this morning to go to W e s t Point. The party was escorted by Third A s sistant Sec retary of State H. H. D. Peirce. Tho Prince and his suite went from the hotel to the .steamship Dolphin, which was lying at the foot of W est Forty-second street. They will return about 9 o'clock to-night. SHAW CAN ACCEPT CITY BONDS. New T reasu r y Rule M a k e s Secretary’s N a tional B a n k Securities I n n o v a tio n E x trem e ly E lastic. Bird S. Coler announces to-day that ho will make several speeches before the end of hl.s campaign. But they won’t he polit ical speeches, he says. They will give In- i structlon in the higher principles of eco nomics. ”1 will speak on economic questions only,” Mr. Color said to the reporters at iho Hoff man Hou.se. \How about your trip up state?” he was asked. ”.\othing has be»?n decideil aud I can tell you nothing more than that 1 will speak several lirne.s it. ih»; campaign, hut I w ill speak on economic quesiiuns only.” This Interview was not sigiK.-d with Mr. Colors* name. in the Sunday newspapere the following from .Mr. Color was printed: \I wish every on<> to umiernrand that no statem ent purporting to come from me that is not signed is authentic. The jiapers have treated me very kindly and i wisii to l$e perfectly fair, hut to avoiti any rhi.-riK'.der- standirig or m isrepresentation a'*, any time I am compelled to take this cour:-o. •■illRD S. COLER.” Mr. Color was so cai-nc.st. when lu. made his statem e n t to-day that it i-an p:dbably bo accepted safely without the steuaiu.-e. Mr. Coler did not explain the di:'*tinction ho sought to draw between poliiic.s and econom ics. His sot sj)Ceches heretofore have been generous in the space given to economic questions. Mr. Coler later e.xprcssed him.self as great ly pleased with the showing made hy the Democrats at Tammany Hall and the Man hattan Club last night. \I was not at Tammany Hall last night.” said Mr. Coler, “but from what I have boon told about the m eeling there aud from what Governor H ill told mo, it was one of tho largest and m ost enthusiastic Dem o cratic dem onstrations ever held in the city.” Continuing .Mr. Color declared that the re ception at the M anhattan Club was an em i nently satisfactory one. *‘.\ more represen tative gathering of Dem o crats,” said Mr. Coler, “it would bo very difficult to find, and they were all enthusiastic in their declara tions in behalf of the state ticket. It cer tainly greatly increased my confidence of Democratic succe.ss.” Mr. Coler’s speaking dates have not been made public. The only m eeting nt which he Is known to be slated for a speech is tho one in the Brooklyn Academy of Music* which w ill close the campaign on Saturday. November 1. The s t a t e campaign w a s opened in the Academy and w ill be closed there. Mr. H ill, who opened the campaign, w ill not be In Brooklyn, as he has to speak in Buf falo that night. Charles N. Bulger, John B. Stanchfteld and Mr. Coler w ill speak. The Academy m e e ting w ill bo the final effort of Democracy aud every energy of tho party w ill be put forth to make It the great est of the cam p aign. The etate cam p aign m anagers have Joined In with John L. Shea, the local m anager, to make one m ighty ef fort to gather In any votes that m ight be lying around loose. Mr.- H ill would not talk to the newspaper men to-day. When an Eagle reporter tried to Interview him on .Mr. Odell's speech charging him with falsehood and a few other things, he said: “You will have to excuse me. I am not saying anything for publication, except in my public speeches.” Chairman Carlisle w a s to-day Just ae shy of Mr. H ill’s charges against the Governor a? he was yesterday. \They’ll have to chew that out on the ctump,\ said Mr. Carlisle. Mr. Carlisle was asked if he could rocon- cile Mr. Color’s attack on governm ent own ership with the Democratic platform whicn calla for governm ent ownership of coal mines. \They don’t have to be rccoucUcd.” said Mr. Carlisle. \Vou’ll have to lakb the speeches and read them. I think Mr. Coler Is clear enouch.” Mr. Hill w ill leave New York for Schenec tady this afternoon. Ho .spcak.s to-n ich t in Schenectady. He w ill speak every night, but his itinerary hasn’t been given out. Here Is the itinerary of tho four other big .spoakera of the campaign: John B. Stanchficld—Monday, October 27, Oswego; Tuesday. October 2S. Newburgh; Wednesday, October 29. Nyaek; Thursday, October 30, Long Island City; Friday. October 31, Rochester; Saturday, November 1. Brook- ly .\cademy of Music. Charles N. Bulger—Thursday, October 23, Middletown; Monday, October 27, Madlsoft Square Garden: Tuesday, October 2.S. New burgh; W ednesday, October 29, Geneva; Thursday. October 30, Patebogue; Fri day, October 31, four m eetings In New York City—Bronx, Terrace Garden. Cooper Union, (German m a ss m eeting). Tenth As sembly District; Saturday, November 1, Brooklyn Academy of Music. Edward M. Shepard—Saturday, October 25 Buffalo; Tuesday, October 23. Hartford, Conn.; 'Wednesday. October 29. Brooklyn; ’Thursday, October 30, Grand Central Palace, New York City; Friday. October 31, Roches ter: Saturday. Nevember 1. Troy. Martin W. L ittleton—Saturday, October 25. Buffalo; Tuesday, October 2S, Syracuse; Friday, October 31, Albany. K E N T U C K Y CONFEDERATE HOME. Pewoo Valley, Ky.. October 23—In the pres ence of a large gathering of Confederate vet erans and iheir fam ilies and friends, the Ken Confederate Veterans' Home was dedi cated here to-day. Colonel Bennett H. Young, president of the home asaociatloli, presented the home to Governor Beckham, , who received it on behalf of the state. I FE L L FROM TROLLEY CAR. W hile getting off trolley car No. 1,157 of the Cro.sstown line last evening, George H. Buck, 26 years old, of 219 Java strrot. fell to the street at DrJggs avenue and ^Sorch Tenth street and received severe Injuries of the face. He was taken to the Eastern D is trict H ospital. D c ^ v n r ' f i S c o t c l i W h l w k y . A wco nipple for your atoinuch's suki;.—AUv. (Special to the Eagle.) W ashington, October 23—The Treasury De partment to-day adopted a rule that will give to the Secretary greater latitude in determ ining what bonds other than govern ment bonds shall be accepted to secure federal deposits. When Mr. Shaw made up his mind that the law would permit him to accept other than governm ent bonds as eo- curlty for government deposits In national banks he decided to confine the acceptance of outside bonds to those u.sually held for investm ent by the savings banks of New York. This brought out a vigorous protest from many W estern cltloe, especially Chicago, on the ground that this ruling resulted in a discrim ination against bonds other than those issued In the East. It was argued that tho bonds of many W estern cities wore as desirable for invcstrocnl purposes as those of Eastern origin that had been passed on by and approved as safe by the New York law. The Board of Treasury officials, which Mr. f Shaw appointed to consider outside seciir- ' itics, to-day adopted a ruling that will make high class W eeiern secu r ities eligible for acceptance. The rule provides that tho de- j)artment w ill con.sidcr applications for sub stitution for public deposits of iho bonds 01 any city in any state of which the debt, exclusive of water debt aud sinking fund, l.s Jess than 7 per cent, of the valuation fo.- purpose® of taxation. Applications for the acceptance of such bonds should be accompanied by a statem ent of the la t e s t dale of tho dobt and valua tion of the city, and Information should also be furnishod whether the JognlHy of the bonds offered has t*vor been questioned, and If any court has confirmed them. The point Is made that the doparlnicnt merely agrees to “ consider” the acceptance of «uch bonds, but beUeved that this ruling w ill give eligib ility to all the first class city bonds of the country. A H IG H W A Y ROBBERY. There was another im pertinent highway robbery on W ashington street last night. Miss Mary Graven, aged 17 years, of 17 City Hall place. Manhattan, was walking down W ashington street in the direction of the bridge with an escort, when four young men surrounded the oalr. and one of the strangers took Mary’s chatelaine purse and ran off with it. The escort gave pursuit, but lost tho thieves in the darkness of Tll- lary street. The. police of the Adams street station arc making an investigation. CDNNORS GETS FDUR YEARS. C arriage T h ief W h o Robbed W ife of L ieutenant G o v ernor W oodruff Sen tenced to S in g Sing. John Connors, an ox-convict of 501 Green wich street, Manhattan, wtio. on October 17, robbed the carriage of Mrs. Tim othy L. Woodruff, wife of the Lieutenant-Governor, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the sec ond degree before Judge Cowing in General Sessions, Manhattan, to-day, and was sen tenced to four years in state’s prison. Mrs. Woodruff’s carriage was standing in Twenty-third street, .Manhattan, on tho day in question, when Connors dived into it and from the carriage pocket took a gold watch bracelet valued at $170 aud a bon bon box valued at $160. Connors has a record of seven term s in Sing Sing. Before he became a carriage thief, that being his favorite form of crime, he was a chandelier maker. P u ll M a li liO iidoii Clg'nrettcai. SpccUilly recom m e n d e d to gontlem e n w h o a r e ac- cufitomod to sm o k ing tho finest blonds of choice T u rk ish tobacco.—.AdT.
