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HuSo, 22 1902 NOV IQ02 ft CowrooKT rv THE BROOKLYN DAILY AGL OOTY Copyright. liv Brooklyn Dally Eagle. Trade Mark "Eagle" Registered. THREE CENTS. FOUR O'CLOCK.

Entered at Brooklyn, Y. P. O. as Second Class Matter. NEW YORK.

FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1902. VOL. 62.

NO. 323. 22 PAGES. CARBOLIC ACID CAUSES FIRE. LOCAL, WEATHER IMIOII A IllI.lTHiS.

Pnrtly cloudy to nljilit ami smnr. FELIX CAMPBELL'S WILL TD JOIN ALL FOUR THE NECKLACE OF PEARLS FORFEITED TO UNCLE SAM. "MS FOB THE MONEY," SAID THE "SOCIETY MEN." codicil had been made by me on said 4 1 li day of September, 1S9C. By a codicil dated ihe lirsi day of Marrh. lf'Dl.

the testator Increase the bequest of $10,000 to the Might Hev. Charles R. McDonnell, bishop of the diocese of Mrnoklyti. or lus successors, to $20,000, for the erection of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, in said diocese, and also directs further that the sum of $20,000 instead of $.1,000 shall be applied to the erection of seid cathedral when the contract for its completion shall be duly cntercd into and the sum of instead of $5,000 shall be applied to the purpose when the cathedral is completed, this bequest to be. however, upon the express con ditioii mentioned in the thirteenth clause thp will, and said clause, except so far as modified by this codicil, is affirmed.

In addition, the testator says: "If my sister, Mary J. Lynch, should survive me. she shall not during her naturnl life lie required to pay or be charged with interest, upon any bond or mortgage I may hold at my death affecting the premises on the corner of Bridge and Tiliary streets or elsewhere on Tiliary street, or on Franklin avenue, or Pearl street, nor shall she. or her estate, be charged with or be required lo pay any interest thereon unpaid or In arrears at my death. She is.

however, promptly to pay all taxes and water taxes upon said properties so long as she owns the same, and keep the same insured to the satisfaction of my executors and for tho benefit of said mortgages." Thlrdlv. the codicil says: "I give and devise to mv brother. John Campbell, for the term or his natural life, all the estate, title and interest of which I may die seized or possessed In the old homestead and the lot adjoining on Raymond street, and upon his death the said property to become part of the residuary estate under tho will. In a fourth clause, the codicil says: "The bonds and mortgages affecting the said properties on Bridge and Tiliary streets and on Franklin avenue and Pearl street shall be held as an Investment of the estate during the lifetime of my ulster, Mary .1. Lynch, and upon her death they shall become part of the residuary estate." Among the papers is a deposition by Patrick Campbell in which he states that the real property In the estate belonging to the deceased has not yet been ascertained and that tho same is true of tho personal property, so no schedule of the assets of the estate has been filed with the will.

Waivers of the issuance and service of citation are i days llBlit to fresh wetm iiy avmuIn. told him that it was not unlikely thai Strubel had written the Moody letter. It is only polite to believe Captain Reynolds in this Instance, and it Is not at all probable that a German lad would have done even so well in English writing as the letter indicates. But the captain of the detectives sent the letter over with one of his men to Jersey City, in order to see if it corresponds in any way with the writing of the Strubel letters. The supposition is that the Moody letter was written by some Brooklyn crank: possibly some person In the Eastern District who journeyed to the Borough Hall district to mail it.

There is no resemblance in this letter to the writing of other threatening letters that have been received by people in Brooklyn within the last eighteen months. Captain Reynolds hae a lot of them the letter written by the crank who threatened to blow up the Pouch Mansion if money was not forthcoming; the note addressed to Frank B. Stevens while he was principal of Public School No. 108, In East New York, threatening to kidnap his child If money was not placed where tho writer could get it without detection; the writing on the bomb that was sent to the residence of Peter V. the son of the late Charles Broadway Kouss; and, later still; tho letter that was sent threatening the life of the daughter of Charles Hart, the contractor.

The writing In the Moody letter I new to the police and does not In any way resemble the other samples, as has been stated, and which resemble each other very much. The theory of the police Is that the person who has so disturbed the Moody household got his suggestion from the case of the pretended anarchists who have been writing to prominent people in Manhattan and not from young Mr Strubel, who was only arrested on Wednesday. But for all that, the police will persist in their efforts to find the man who has turned the household ot Mr. Moody, for the time, topsy turvy. ROOSEVELT BACK IN CAPITAL Iiost No Time in Disposing of a Mass of Business Finishing Touches on Message to Congress.

Washington, November 21 President Roosevelt arrived here at o'clock this morning. A little crowd was at the station to welcome him. As he left the train he ehook' hands with the engineer and lircmeu. and thanked them for the sale run they bad made. The President and Secretary Cortel you were driven direct to the White House.

Before 10 o'clock the President reached his office in the executive building. He began at once to dispose of a mass of business which had accumulated during his absence. Prior to the meeting of the Cabinet, which had been called for 11 o'clock, the President found time to hold brief interviews with Senators Burrows of Michigan, Scott of West Virginia and Lodge of Massachusetts. During the next four or five days, as opportunity may offer, the President will put the finishing touches upon his annual message to Congress. It is understood that the message will be sent to Congress on the second day of the approaching session.

Tuesday, December 2, owing to the fact that deaths of members of both Houses have occurred during the recess, which will necessitate an adjournment on Monday. The document is almost complete, but some points of it are yet to be written finally and the whole revised. During the early days of next week the President will consult on parts of his message with Republican leaders in Congress. Every member of tire cabinet, was present at to day's meeting. It was comparatively brief, lasting only about an hour.

At its conclusion it was stated that no business of serious consequence was transacted, although some subjects of importance were considered briefly. Secretary Hay brought with him to the meeting some documents relating to the status of the negotiations pending with Colombia with respect to the Panama Canal treaty. He reported the status of the negotiations, and it is stated that the President will not be able to say in his message that he is ready to submit to Congress p. treaty with Colombia in accordance with the Spooner act. Some portions of the President's forthcoming message to Congress were considered, but as the features of the document concerning which any division of opinion mieht.

arise have not been prepared definite ly, and will not be until the President shall have had time further to discuss them with the leaders In both branches of Congrese, little respecting the message was accomplished. Secretary Root remained with the President for a time after the other members of the cabinet had left. It is understood that they discussed matters relating to the War Department. MAY COME IN SECOND CABIN. No Importation at Young Girls as Im migrants for Immoral Purposes, Says Williams.

The attention of Commissioner of Immigration Williams was called this afternoon to the telegraphed account of the wholesale raids made in Philadelphia yesterday, and the assertions that a wholesale importation oE young girls from European countries is carried on through this port by parties who sell them into a slavery of shame on arrival this country. "I have had no hint of such a said Mr. Williams. "The first I heard of the matter is what I read in the morning papers. Of course, we are looking out all the time for just such cases.

Every once in a while we find an isolated case where a girl or young woman is brought over for immoral purposes. If there is any such concerted importation of girls for immoral purposes as the Philadelphia people claim, it is probable that they are brought out as second cabin passengers. "This class of aliens are examined by immigration inspectors on board the ship and are not brought here unless there seems cause for a more careful inquiry. I am just now formulating a new set of rules which will make the examination of second cabin pasengers much more rigid and thorough than ever before, but as to this particular charge I do not see bow I can do anything to make detection of such cases more certain, unless some one on the other side will tip me off when a collection of women are being sent over on some particular ship. If the authorities over there will do this I will look out for them and go into the case thoroughly." District Attorney Jerome was asked today what he thought ot the assertion that the alleged Philadelphia syndicate, organized for traffic in women, had a branch in New York for the carrying on of its operations.

He replied that he did not think there was any truth in the assertion. During the campaign which elected him to office, he said while Tammany was in power, rumors had reached the Committee of Fifteen that girls were systematically brought here for immoral purposes from foreign countries. The committee, Mr. Jerome said, at a cost of about $6,000, had gone through the city "with a fine toothed comb" but had failed to find any such wholesale iniquity. There might be isolated instances, he said, but he was sure that no organized band was at work in this city.

MRS. LANGTRY'S MOTHER DEAD. London, November 21 Mrs. Le Breton, the mother of Mrs. Lnngtry (Mrs.

Do Bathe), the actress, died this morning at her residence on the Island of Jersey. 32. 34, 36 Clinton lit. Tnrkiitli Bntha enlarged. Improved.

Quiet sleep, Beat. Adv. A Freeport Pharmacy Slightly Damaged at Noon To day. (Special to the Eagle.) Freeport. L.

November 21 A fire resulting from carbolic acid in crystallized form boiling over from a kettle in which it was being dissolved by an alcoholic lamp caused about $50 damage to the drug store or William Golder shortly before noon today. The flames were confined to the prescription department by Mr. Golder's dexterity in sweeping the boiling kettle out doors, extinguishing the lamp and the fire. He was slightly burned on the hands and face in his battle with the flames. The Fire Department was called out.

but found its services were not needed. SOUTHAMPTON SITE CHOSEN. (Special to the Eagle.) N'orthport, L. November 21 Tho commission appointed by Governor Odell to select and recommend a site for the proposed Long Island State Park met here to day at the office of Senator William McKinney and agreed upon a site at Southampton as the most desirable and will recommend it to the Legislature. WILL BURY THEIR WIRES.

Eleven. Brooklyn Companies Assure Commissioner Monroe That New Order Will Be Complied With. Commissioner Monroe of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity eald this morning that he had received assurances from eleven of the telephone, telegraph and electric companies in the Borough of Brooklyn, that his order issued yesterday to place overhead wires underground would be complied with. The order gives until June 1, 1903. for the completing of the work.

DIED IN BRIDGE HOTEL Joseph J. Scott Complained of Peeling 111 and Succumbed Before Medical Aid Reached Him. A gray bearded man applied at the Bridge Hotel, 32 Sands street, last night for a room. At 8 o'clock this morning he complained to George Gerlou, the proprietor, that he was not feeling well, and while he was speaking fell over and collapsed. A message was sent to the Brooklyn Hospital for an ambulance, and Surgeon Smith responded, but when he arrived tho man was dead.

He was well dressed, carried a gold watch and chain and a search of the pockets revealed the fact that he had a card of a florist named John Fitzsimmons of 161 Court street. The police of the Fulton street sta tion saw Fitzsimmons and the florist went to the hotel and identified the body as that of Joseph Scott, 60 years old, of 44 Plaza street, who lived with his son Joseph at that number. Mr. Scott was formerly a marble dealer in Court street. He gave up business about 1896.

It is understood that he is very well to do, although he had some business reverses which had reduced his capital somewhat. Inquiry at the home of his son failed to find any one there who could tell about Mr. Scott's recent movements. The person who was seen chanced to be a trained nurse who had been summoned to attend Scott'B daughter in law, who had suddenly been taken ill. The body was taken charge of this afternoon by John Newman, an undertaker on Court street, an old time friend of the deceased.

Mr. Newman could tell very little of Scott's movements and at the house it was said that he had not been home for two or three days. Alexander Scott, a son of the deceased, said this afternoon that his father had failed in business and since then had worried very much. He said his mind had probably been affected and that is why he had wandered to the hotel where he was found. DR.

BANBURY NOT TO WED. Mrs. E. L. Young, His Prospective Mother in Law, Calls Engagement Off.

There is a very great deal of gossip abroad among the colored population of Brooklyn over the announcement made by Mrs. E. L. Young of 55 Douglass street, that she has seen fit to break the engagement between her daughter and Dr. Reginald M.

H. Banbury, one of the leading colored physicians of the borough. When seen to day, all Mrs. Young would say was that Dr. Banbury has lived at her house for a long time ana sne had had ample opportunity to estimate his fitness for a son in law.

She said that for good and sufficient reasons she decided to call the engagement off. Mrs. Young further stated that Dr. Ban bury no longer lived at her home. It was learned that he had moved to 43 Wyckoff street, but the doctor was not at home when an Eagle reporter called to see him.

Mrs. Young was plainly angry with the doctor. TALK ON INTERB0R0U6H DEAL No Authoritative Statement Forthcom ing To day as to Its Control of Manhattan. Wall Street discussed with great interest to day the reports in circulation to the effect that the Interborough Rapid Transit Com panv, which is to operate the subway lines, had obtained control of the Manhattan Ele vated Company. No official confirmation or denial of the rumors was made and no person in authority in either of the corporations was willing to be quoted concerning the alleged deal.

Manhattan stock sold as high as 154Mt. and as low as 149 on the Stock Exchange during the morning session. The demand for the stock was comparatively light. The feature of the curb market was the bidding for stock of the Interborough Company, both the full paid and tho 40 per cent. paid.

Offerings were meager, however, and In the first hour only one sale was reported, the price being 120, an advance of 10 points from yesterday's close. Manhattan declined further in the second hour, going to within a small fraction of 149, and then going back to 151. One of the Wall street news agencies this morning sent out a statement to the effect that a prominent man connected with the Metropolitan interests, who did not pretend to speak with authority, had informed the agency that he had been told that the Interborough Company was to take over the Manhattan on lease but that before the deal was consummated the Manhattan was to Issue new stock, with rights to stockholders, for the purpose of raising a contingent fund to finish the electrical equipment, to pay possible property damage suits, and to provide for the payment of taxes now in litigation in case Manhattan should be decided against In the courts. "Clnclnnntl St. JLonis Limited." Five trains a day from New York to Cincinnati and St.

Louis by the New York Central, Including "The Limited," leavins New York at 6:30 P. M. Adv. Bequests Will Reach That Figure, but No Schedule Has Been Filed Yet. $20,000 FOR NEW CATHEDRAL.

Trust Fund of $100,000 for Widow; Equal Amount for Daughter Minnie During Life. The will of the late Felix Campbell, who died on November last, was filed for probate this afternoon in the Surrogate's Court. The document and the three codicils were presented for probate by Patrick Campbell, tl brother or the deceased, who is named a. the executor. The will is signed by Will an B.

Davenport, Frederick II. Chase and Richard Mott, Cohoonc. Surviving tho deceased is the widow, Mary E. Campbell, and four daughters, all of whom live al 1,315 Pacific street. With Patrick Campbell as executor are also named the widow and Alice Campbell, now AIlco Campbell Good.

The will is not typewritten, but in a plain round hand. It is dated June 14, ann there, arc three codicils. The testator first provides for the payment of his debts and funeral expenses and then begins the various bequests. To his sister. Mary Lynch, annuity of $1,000 for life, and his brothers.

John and 1'atricK, are given the same. The testator gives annui ties of to his wife's sister. Annie; his nieces, Etta tampoeil anci eine vampuuu, his nephew. George Campbell, and his cou sin, the Rev. John J.

ward, ot i nuaocipnia. The sum of $1,000 each is given to the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, the Protestant Orphan Asylum and the trustees of the Wid ows and Orphans' Fund of the Western District, formerly the Fire Department Fund. Bishop Charles E. receives $5,000 to be by him applied to the erection of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, now in process of erection in Brooklyn, whenever the contract for its completion shall bo entered into, and $5,000 when the cathedral is completed with the condition that a pew in the. middle aisle near the altar is reserved for the testator's family; $2,000 is set aside for the care of the family plot in Holy Cross Cemetery.

One hundred thousand dollars is given In trust for the following purposes: "To invest and reinvest the same in bonds of the States of New York or New Jersey; and bonds of the Counties of New York or Kings; in the State of New York or of the County of Hudson, in the State of New Jersey, or the bonds of the Cities of New York or Brooklyn, in the State of New York or of Jersey City, in the State of New Jersey; or on first bond and mortgage on Improved real estate within the boundaries of the Cities of New York and Brooklyn not excoedlnc 50 ner ci it. of the market value "Second to collect "and receive Income and profits arising therefrom and to pay the net income or profits accruing therefrom unto my wife. Mary, for and during the term of her natural life. "Third, upon the decease of my said wife to divide the said trust fund ot $100,000 into as many equal sub shares as my wife shall leave daughters her surviving and daughters, who shall have preceded my wife, leaving issue surviving my wife. "Fourth, to pay, assign and turn over one such sub share unto children and issue of any deceased child of each of such deceased daughter in equal shares, such issue of a deceased child to take per stirpes and not per capita.

"Fifth To set apart, invest and keep invested in the securities above designated one such sub share for the benefit of each of my said daughters who shall survive my said wife. "Sixth To collect and receive the income and profits accruing from the aforesaid sub shares so set apart for the benefit of my daughters, and to pay the net income and profits arising and accruing from one of the sub shares so set apart for the benefit of mv daughters, respectively, unto that one of my said daughters for whose benefit the same shall have been so set apart for and during the term of her natural lite. "Seventh, upon the death of my daughters, respectively, after the decease of my said wife, to pay, assign and turn over the capital of such sub share so set apart for the benefit of my daughters, so dying, in equal shares unto the children and issue of deceased children of such daughter, who shall survive such daughter so dying, if any; such issue of deceased children to take per stirpes and not per capita. "In case my ciaugnter so (lying snan ijul leave any child or Issue of any deceased child her surviving, then to pay. assign and turn over the stib sbare so as aforesaid set apart for her benefit unto her sisters and the issue and descendants of any deceased sister surviving such daughter, in equal shares, such issue and descendants to take per stirpes and not per capita." Another $100,000 is to be invested in the same securities as the first, the fund to be applied as follows: "To collect and receive the income and profits arising therefrom and to pay the net income or profits accruing therefrom unto my daughter Minnie, for and during the term of her natural life.

"On the death of my said daughter Minnie to divide the said trust fund of $100,000 into as many equal sub shares as my daughter Minnie shall leave children surviving her and children who shall have predeceased my daughter Minnie, leaving Issue surviving, my second daughter. The money is to go to the children on the death of their mother. If there are no issue of any ot his daughter's children, then the money is to be set apart for the brothers and sisters. If his daughter Minnie leaves no children, then the fund is to go to her sisters surviving her or those who have predeceased her leaving issue. A third $100,000 trust fund is to be invested in a like manner for the benefit of his daughter, Sadie, with the same provisions as above stated.

A fourth $100,000 trust fund is to be held for her daughter, Susie, another for his daughter, Alice. "All the rest of the estate, real and personal, 1 give to my wife, and each of my four daughters to share and share alike. Any of the children surviving one of the daughters Is given the mother's share. The Wife's share Is given in lieu of dower. On her death her share will be divided among the daughters surviving the testator or the issue of any deceased daughter.

The income is to be paid semi annually to his wife from the time of his death. His executors, or any of them, are empowered to sell, from time to time, his real estate on such terms as they may see fit. They are also empowered to continue and retain the investments made and held by the testator at the time of his decease as long as they deem it of Interest to the estate. In a codicil made September 4. 1S96, the bequests to his nieces Etta and Nettle and tho nophew, George Campbell, are revoked.

The same witnesses are attached to the codicil except that R. M. Cahoone is replaced by John F. Regan of 251 Clinton avenue. By a codicil dated the 24th day of January, 1900, the testator says: "I hereby cancel and revoke so much of said codicil as is inconsistent with said original last will and testament, and I hereby reaffirm, ratify and confirm the said original last will and testament, made by me on said June 14, 1895, in every respect, reinstating the same as if no BY Engineer William Barclay Parsons' Stupendous Plan Approved by Mayor.

MCDONALD TUNNEL REACHED. Knowledge of This Plan. May Have Led to Belmont Offer for Manhattan Control. Engineer William Barclay Parsons' plans for the connection of the bridge system of the City of New York were learned to day by an Eagle reporter. They are sweeping in heir character, including the connection of tho Brooklyn, Manhattan.

Willlamsburgh and Blackwell's Island bridges by a subway in conjunction with the elevated structure. This probably is one of the reasons for the proposed merger of the subway with the Manhattan elevated. The scheme is a comprehensive, though intricate, one. and will necessitate the building of a second subway. The plans have been in the possession of Commissioner Lindenthal and have also been known to the Rapid Transit Commission for some time, but it was not until to day that a general idea of their details could be learned.

The plans of Engineer Parsons include the connection of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan and Willlamsburgh bridges, now in the course of construction, by a subway up Center street. This subway will provide for four tracks, and will begin at the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge in Tryon row and proceed north through Center street to Canal. At this point it will divide, two tracks running east through Canal street to the Manhattan terminal of the new Manhattan Bridge. The other two tracks will continue up Center street to Broome, thence eastward to the Bowery and into Delancey street. Passing down Delan cey street, the route will reach the Manhattan terminal of the Willlamsburgh Bridge.

The proposed four track subway will connect with the Rapid Transit Subway, which is now in the course of construction, at we bridge and at Canal street. The connection, at Canal street, however, will not be by fhe' usual switching, but by means of a subway gallery. This gallery will connect the bridge subway the Rapid Transit Subway in Elm street, so that passengers from Brok lyn over the Manhattan or Williamsburgh B.idges will be able to get to the subway system at the nearest possible point. Advantage to Brooklyn Passengers. These plans so far as they pdovide for the connection of the bridges and the subway will make It possible to the Manhattan subway from practically any part of Brooklyn by any one of the bridges In the shortest possible time.

Each section of thev' Borough of Brooklyn by one of the three bridges will be able to reach the great subway systetoinv the' Borough of Manhattan. By this means the crowding on the 'Brooklyn bridge will be Completely done away with, and that permanently. Engineer Parsons also provides for the connection of the Blackwell's Island bridge with the general system. He believes that none of the Long Island or Brooklyn cars should run over the Blackwells' Island bridge but that all of the traffic should be handled from the Borough of Manhattan. In order that this may be done expeditiously he provides in effect the followingsystem of connections.

The only trains which, in his opinion, should operate on the bridge are the Second avenue trains and this fact probably accounts for the desire of the subway to secure control of the Manhattan system. The cars of the Second avenue line will run over the bridge under the Parsons plan from a station at Fifty ninth street or Sixtieth street. These trains will run to the plaza in the Borough of Queens and returning will run direct to the City Hall. Needed in the System. This suggestion necessitates another slight change in the present Manhattan system.

At present the Second avenue cars do not run to the bridge at all, but change to the Third avenue line at Chatham Square. Engineer Parsons would change all this by making it possible to switch cars from the Second avenue line to the Third avenue line at the same station, so that the trip to the City Hall might be effected without change of cars, by means of the Park Row spur. This will make it necessary to materially enlarge the present station at the City Hall, which now carries only the passengers over the Third avenue line. This suggestion is also treated of In plans which cannot be obtained at the present time. This plan of Engineer Parsons, revealed now for the first time, for the relief of the bridge and the connection of the bridge system, has not been shelved by Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal.

as reported In some of the local evening papers yesterday afternoon. The story was to the effect that Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal had decided to leave the whole plan of the relief of the bridge crush and the connection of the three bridges to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. As such an action on the part of the commissioner would mean the shelving of the Parsons plan, which had. been favored by the Rapid Transit Commission, the story caused no little surprise. The local city officials interested in the matter, including the Mayor, the members of the Rapid Transit Commission, Engineer Parsons and the Commissioner of Bridges, Gustav Lindenthal, are united in declaring the story to be without foundation.

Mayor Lo Parsons' Plans. Mayor Low learned this morning of the publication, and immediately called up Com missloner Lindenthal, in order to find out. If possible, where the story originated. Commissio Lindenthal informed the Mayor that he was at a loss to understand it. as he had not given it out and could not have said anything from which such a yarn could be written up.

Commissioner Lindenthal, it was stated unofficially, also informed the Mayor that he had not decided to shelve the Parsons plan, but. on the contrary, was heartily in favor of it. Mayor Low was much displeased this morning over the story printed last night and snid: The plans prepared oy engineer sons were submitted some time ago and are the only plans which are being considered seriously at the present time. We are trying to work out the best possible plan, and as the question Is a very complicated one we must proceed very siowiy indeed. When asked if it was true, as the story said, that an elevated structure was to be constructed by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit to connect the bridges In Manhattan, instead of the' present subway plan of Engineer Parsons, tho Mayor smiled ironically and said: "I should hardly say that it was.

I have (den. that such a plan will ever be car ried Out. As to the time when the plans will be finally decided upon I cannot say, but It will be some time In tho near future. I might set a date were It not for the fact that there is so mucn suit lv uu ueciuuu upon, The Ladle' 'Maid fin the Pennsylvania. Special is much appreciated feature In tho equipment of this popular train.

Judge Adams Directs the Jury to Find a Verdict Against Mrs. Dulles. CUSTOMS RULES VIOLATED. Mr. Dulles and His Wife Both Witnessea at the Final Hearing in the Case.

Judge Adams, in the United States Die trict Court. Manhattan, to day, directed tha jury In the Dulles pearl necklace case to return a verdict, in favor of the government. He said that Mrs. Dulles had failed to comply with the requirements of the cttstonA service and declare the pearls, and that they; should, therefore, be forfeited. Mrs.

Ida Harrison Dulles is tho young; Philadelphia, matron who tried to get back a pearl necklace from tho government, which was seized and taken from her by Special Treasury Agent Theobald on the arrival of the Krouprinz Wllhelm, in July last, because she neglected to declare it. She appeared happy to day when the condemnation proceedings of the government against "one pearl necklace" was called before Judges in the United States District Court, Manhattan. She was gowned in a dark silk dress and wore another ot the flat whito hats which she affects. She laughed and chatted with her lawyers, former District Attorney De lancry Nlcoll, John D. Lindsay and Colonel Phelps.

When Judge Adams arrived and court was formally opened. Mrs. Dulles was recalled to the stand to complete her cross examination. Assistant District. Attorney King let Mrs.

Dulles off, however, with but two or three questions of no great importance. Her redirect examination was also of short duration. Mr. Nieoll showed her a Tiffany bill for a necklace for 65,000 francs. She identified it as tho bill for the necklace purchased by her.

Mr. Dulles, th husband of the claimant, was then called to the stand. He toldof meet ing ins wite, bany and nurse, on the pier on her arrival in July last, and of her starting to tell him ot her having purchased a pearl necklace In Paris. While she was talking about it, he said, Theobald came up and demanded the pearl necklace she had bought in Paris. Mr.

Dulles described the conversation with Theobald and of his wife's going on board the steamship and removing the string of pearls from her neck and giving it to Theobald. "What did Theobald say to you just before he departed with the asked Mr. Nieoll. "He said be would think it over and see what he could do for us, but in the meantime to say nothing about it to any one," said Mr. Dulles.

Tho witness next detailed the calling of Colonel Story, the chief inspector, on his wife on the pier. He, however, did not hear the denunciation of Theobald, except tha latter portion of it, when the colonel characterized Theobald as a scoundrel. Mr. Nlcoll asked the witness if he called on the Collector the afternoon of the seizure. District Attorney Baldwin objected to this question and it nas ruled out.

"Did you accompany Mr. Theobald on a drive that same night?" asked Mr, Nlcoll, evidently determined to bring out that Theobald and the witness had had a meeting after the seizure, but the question was objected to and the objection sustained. Replying to questions, the witness said that when he met his wife on the pier he had over $1,000 in his pocket, with moro easily available. Questioning along this line, however, was shut off by the sustained objections of Mr. Baldwin.

Mr. Dulles then identified the white waist worn by his wife on the morning she landed and offered in evidence yesterday. He corroborated testimony that the string of pearls could have been seen through the waist. Ho testified that the monthly statement sent to him by Tiffany's gave the price of tho string of pearls at 65,000 francs. The direct examination was ended and Assistant District Attorney Baldwin commenced the cross examination.

The story of the landing of Mrs. Dulles was repeated in answer to his questions. He related, the demand for the pearls by Theobald and said the latter was accompanied by Deputy Collector Williams, whom he knew was a. government official. When asked to explain what he thought Mr.

Theobald meant when he promised to sea what he could do for him and to call upon I him at the hotel that night, witness tes tilled: "I thought he was a high Treasury official, as he claimed he was, and that he could have the pearls appraised at once and got thorn through the Custom House at once, and thus avoid the usual red tape." "Did you not say to him: 'Mr. Theobald, I want you to help us out with this and I'll make it right with you?" demanded Mr. Baldwin. "Never!" exclaimed Mr. Dulles.

"I wouldn't think of such a thing." Mr. Baldwin then questioned Mr. Dulles at length about his credit with the Tiffany; firm of Paris and of the bills he had received from tho firm. Mr. Dulles replied that he had always had credit with the Paris jewelers, although he could not recall having asked for it.

He also admitted that he had never before purchased any jewels of great value from the Paris firm. Mr. Nieoll inetrrupted this line of questioning. "Your honor." he said, "I have just been informed by my associate, Mr. Lindsay, that the object "of the United States District Attorney is to prove that Mr.

Dulles and not Mrs. Dulles is the real owner of the pearls, anil as the time for him to declare it, as tho real owner, has elapsed, the government could, on those grounds, laim and get this necklace. Believe me. I never dreamed such a thing was possible. Both Messrs.

Baldwin and King smiled at the statement and Mr. Baldwin remarked: "Of course, we believe him the owner." Nieoll objected strenuously to this line of questioning, but the court sustained the District. Attorney. Mr. Baldwin, how I ever, dropped the question of ownership, and revertcd to tne suojecc oi uie nic.

ness admitted that he might not have seen the new string of pearls around his wife's neck, but the old single strand instead. "You do not know, then, whether you saw the new pearls or your wife's old necklace when you noticed pearls under her shirt waist?" he asked. "No." That ended the cross examination and Mr. Dulles was excused. Collector Stranahan was called.

He testified in reply to questions that he knew of the seizure the afternoon it was made. The answer was ruled out, because of objections. Deputy Collector Williams was' called and said that although ho had. talked with Mrs. Dulles on the steamer and also on tho pier, he did not notice the necklace.

Mr. Baldwin read the report of Theobald made to Collector Stranahan. According to the report, the special Treasury agent not only saw the necklace sold, but saW it delivered to Mrs. DulleE' hotel in Parla. "We Are Desperate," They Told Leonard Moody, but They Seem to Be a Cheap Lot.

LETTER CALLED FOR $1,500. Mr. Moody Wasn't Worried, but His Daughter Told Capt. Reynolds Then Everybody Heard About It. Leonard Moody, the real estate man and president of a realty company which bears his name and which has for its secretary and treasurer one of Mr.

Moody's daughters, is just now in Maine, looking up the interests of one of his businss enterprises. He is not bothering his head a bit about threats that were made against his life by an illiterate blackmailer who sent him a threatening letter on Saturday last. Miss Moody is very much disturbed over the matter, and it was she who brought the case to the attention of Captain James G. Reynolds of the detective force, and his merry and energetic men. The police do not regard the letter as anything that is to be very seriously considered, for while the writer evidently had some hope that he might be able to squeeze some money out of Mr.

Moody, the authorities do not for an instant suppose that he would carry out his direful threats. There seems to be an epidemic of this sort of thing just now, but so far no one has been sandbagged or poisoned or clubbed to death, or stabbed in some byway. Nor, as far as tho police know, have any of tho threateners got money out of their schemes. Reynolds has detectives trying to solve the mystery of the Moody letter, but It is unlikely that any clew will be found to the perpetrator of this later outrage. Miss Moody was opening the letters in her father's office at 20 Court street on Monday morning, when she came across the dreadful thing.

She only noticed at first that the envelope had in the right hand lower corner the word "personal." which was not even capitalized. There are few secrets between Mr. Moody and his daughter, and it is quite common for her to open the letters so marked. As her nimble fingers passed the desk knife through the fold of the envelope flap she discerned nestling in the inclosure a clumsily folded note. She took it out, read it and turned pale.

The letter was on a slip of paper, as if it had been torn from a cheap note pad, and it was smeared all over with red ink. The writing was plain enough, but there was a disregard of punctuation and the ordinary niceties of chirog raphy which gave the lie to the writer's declaration that he was one of two "society men." Here is what Miss Moody read, fearfully: "Sir: We are two society men and we are down to our last cent. We have kept the gag running long enough without money our creditors are harrassing us. for money and this is the means we have to use to obtain it. We are desperate and If you do not send the money to us, we want $1,500, you will be poisoned or sandbagged so there will be no traces left of how you die.

"YOURS FOR THE MONEY." Below the word money there was a rude drawing of a skull, in red ink and covered over with some tracing of black ink. The picture suggested more the portrait of a little red devil, with a huge mustache than it did a skull, but it was evident for all that that the thing was meant for a skull and the mustache part of it was probably to convey the idea of cross bones. The writing so far given and the picture filled up all of the page, with the exception of the single word "over," and Miss Moody turned the thing over as directed, with a beating heart. Then she read: "Deliver the money at the corner of 2nd st. Driggs avenue, Brooklyn, 3 o'clock Wednesday, you or your servant." Miss Moody looked the envelope over more carefully after that and saw for she has experience in postmarks that the Iettor had been mailed either in the main office on Washington street or in some of the boxes In that collection district.

There was only one cancellation mark and that carried the postmark with it. It was dated "Brooklyn, November 15, 1902, 3:30 P. Miss Moody had a long talk with her father about the matter and the letter was taken home and closely examined again. Mr. Moody did not seem to care a button for it.

as a matter of fact. He said that he was not afraid of poisoning, for he was very sure that he took most of his meals at home and his luncheon was always procured in the same place and could not be tampered with. As for the sandbagging, he was quite satisfied in his own mind that he would never 1 be anywhere where the sandbaggers could catch him. "He did not take the thing seriously at all, as a matter of fact, and as for giving up the fifteen hundred cold dollars to a stranger at the corner of South Second street and Driggs avenue, that was all nonsense! There were many talks about the letter on Monday in the flne home of Mr. Moody, at 15 Seventh, avenue, and it seemed quite certain that no one of the servants had anything to do with' it.

Mr. Moody had arranged to go to Maine on Tuesday and he did not permit the letter to interfere with his plans. Of course, there could have been no mistake that the grewsome missive had been meant for him, for it was addressed to "Leonard Moody, 20 Court street, Brooklyn," sure enough. Mr. Moody's departure for Maine gave the people in the house some disquiet, but he reached his destination safely enough, as messages from him since would show.

During his absence Miss Moody decided that it would be better for the police to know something about the case and she made a trip on Tuesday afternoon to police headquarters on Smith street. She handed the letter over to the authorities there and asked that something should be done to find the miscreant who wrote it. Later the document came into the hands of Captain Reynolds and he counseled the utmost secrecy about the case. Late last night the rumor that such a letter had been received by the Moodys prevailed around headquarters and at the Moody house the fact was acknowledged. This morning, however, Reynolds denied all knowledge of It and with calm dignity manifested disgust when the reporters refused to believe him.

Finally, when he heard that Miss Moody had told the newspaper men all about it and had even gone so far as to tell them, so far as she could remember, what was in the dreadful letter, Reynolds acknowledged that he had been fibbing and he produced the letter. As indicated, it was smeared all over with red ink, although the dire threats had been written in black. The words "Poisoned" and "Sandbagged" had been underscored with red, and "Die" was not only underscored with red. but with a broad line of I black which looked like mourning. I There was a slight chance that Bartho Strubel, the German lad who was arrested In Jersey City for sending blackmailing and threatening letters to prominent people there, might have sent the letter to Moody, and this morning there was a rumor In Mr.

Moody's 'office that Strubel had confessed that he had written it. Captain Reynolds telephoned to Jersey City and reported that he had been told that Strubel had not confessed and that the Jersey City police had "Dewcy'H Wine Arc Pare." "Buy of tho makers." "Wo an; tho makers." H. T. r2wey Sons 108 Fulton N. Y.

Adv. filed from each of the benellciaries ana vac will will be admitted to probate without further proceedings. Lawyer William H. Good said this afternoon that his only reasons for observing secrecv concerning the will were that he held the will in a confidential capacity and was not in a position to give out. anything.

"I was misunderstood by the reporter who quoted me as saying the will had not. been found." said Mr. Good. "I did not say that, but declined to say anything. "The reason for the delay in filing this will for probate was that there were so many witnesses and it was difficult to get them all together." SOLD AT BIG PROFIT.

Fulton Street Building, Bought About a Year Ago for $60,100, Brings $110,000. The new 'three story building occupied by McKeon Smith, on the south side of Fulton street, just east of Red Hook Lane, has been sold by Joseph M. May and others to a Manhattan investor for $110,000. The occupants of the building have a lease upon it for a term of years. They moved in last September.

This building stands on the site of the old structure that collapsed last February. Tho sale of this building illustrates the great increase in values on this block and its importance as a business center. Mr. May his associates bought this property a little more than one year ago for $60,100. On the Red Hook Lane corner, David Michel has begun excavating for the erection of his projected office building in which the Nassau Trust.

Company has leased Fulton street quarters. TOOK 100 MORPHINE TABLETS. Doctors Saved Actress Lillian C. Voor hees' Life by Making Her Walk All Wight. A young woman who was laken to Bellc vue Hospital, from the Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan, shortly after midnight last night, suffering from morphine poisoning, was said to be improving this afternoon.

Dr. Jones, who lias charge of Ward 34, where the woman was placed, and two other doctors, took turns walking the woman up and down the floor all night to keep her from relapsing into a stupor. Dr. Jores said this afternoon that he had had a long talk with her and that she said she was Lillian C. Voorhees, an actress; that she had been in the city only a few days: that she had no other address than the Murray Hill Hotel; that she had taken 100 Vi grain morphine tablets; that she is tho daughter of Jacob Voorhees of the New York Yacht Club, and that she was a Mrs.

Lamb, but that Lamb is now dead. The woman refused to give her husband's first name or to say anything further regarding her identity. She is about 25 years old. The physicians at the hospital believe the woman will be able to be taken to court tomorrow. TWO KILLED BY POISON.

Mrs. Orlanda and Her Grandson Took Cyanide of Potassium by Mistake. Drug Store Employe Arrested. As the consequence, it Is alleged, of a drug clerk's mistake Mrs. Vinccnza Orlanda, 60 years old, of 40S West Sixteenth street.

Manhattan, is lying dead in her home and her grandson, Joseph Caputa, 7 months old, is dead in the New York Hospital from drinking what they supposed was a mixture of castor and almond oil, but which Is said to have contained cyanide of potassium. William J. Rogers, 18 years old, of 362 West Nineteenth street, who is employed in the drug store of Theodore Rennenberg, at 509 NiMh avenue, Manhattan, is under arrest, having been identified by two of the dead woman's grandchildren as having sold to them the mixture which caused the fatalities. Rogers, the police say, is not a licensed drug clerk, but Is only employed to help around the store. The boy, however, denies having sold the mixture to the children, and says he doe not remember over having seen them before.

Both children were closely questioned by the detectives and both were positive in their identification of Rogers as the man who had sold them the medicine. A pitiful side of the story is that the hus band ot the dead woman, Antonio, wno nearly 90 years old and blind, does not know of his wife's tragic death, and the neigh bors are reluctant to tell him. He continuously stands by the side ot the bed where the body is lying, passing his hands over the cold face and calling on his wife to speak to him. CANNON SURE OF ELECTION. Chicago, November 21 Action by the Republican Congress delegations of Ohio and Michigan yesterday is believed to clinch thi election of Representative Cannon as the next Speaker.

The nominee will require 104 votes to control the caucus. According to Representative Mann, chairman of his campaign committee, Mr. Cannon now has a total of 120 members pledged to him in state caucuses and by personal letters. Of Interest to Womeii. A enmuetent ladles' mat'rl renders her services to lady patrons of the Pennsylvania Special en route between New York and Chicago.

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