Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1895-04-20
MILLION IS INVOLVED
Gigantic Swindle In the Heart Of
New York Official Circles.
LATE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
Sensation I'm Medical Circles by tho An
nouncement OF a Rival to Koch-Jus-
tice Demanded of the Rich as
Well as of the Poor.

NEW YORK, April 13. 3.-(SpeciaD A mil
lion dollar swindle in the dock Board is
the discovery made by the new pres
ident of the department, General Ed
ward C. 0'Brien. and officially announ-
ced late yesterday afternoon.
He declined absolutely to discuss the
matter when approached by reporter.
but admitted that an immense swindle
had been perpetrated and that the rev.
elations would be startling.
In addition to President O'Brien,
Commissioners Edwin Einstin and
James j. Phelan were present at yester-.
days session, when the announcement
was made. Phelan is the only demo-
crat at present on the board.
Series of Gigantic swindleA
From reliable source it was learned
that ever since the appointment of
President 0'Brien in the place of ex-
Judge Andrew ]. White and Commits
sioner Einstein to relieve J. Sergeant
Cram, the two republican members of
the board have exhaustively overhaul
ed the accounts of the late administra-
tion, and have been appalled, at the re-
suits. The informant says that as far
as the commissioners went they man.
aged to discover series of swindles
aggregating more than million dol
lars.
Jnst how the swindle was perpetrat.
ed was not made public. but it is init
mated that wharfage and contracts had
dno1 10 1<~ nd hof In
the case of one $500, 900 fraud we'll
known steamship company may be
involved. The matter has caused q
sensation.
New York's Latest Fire.
The large double, fve-story brick
apartment house, Is West 92d street,
came near destruction by fire last night.
A fire started in the cellar just before
o'clock. and the flames rushed up
three dumb walters shafts. The fact
that the walls of these shafts are of
brick is all that saved the building.
The inmates had to rush from the
building for their, lives. The smoke
had preceded the flames and filed every
apartment in less than five minutes af-
ter the fire. started. Fremen, police
men end citizens aided the terrified ten
ants to escape One OF, two narrowly
escaped suffocation. The damage is es-
timated at $4,000. Leopold Schmid, of
ia East I22d street, owns the building.
This is the sixth Gre that has occurred
in this vicinity within twenty-four
hours. NJ
Consul General DE Kay. at Berlin, re-
ports the discovery of a cure for con-
sumption and cancer. The discovery
WAS made by DIR. Lous Waldstein, of
this city.
The new treatment, perfected by
studies abroad. consists of injecting
minute doses Of pilocarpine until the
1ymphatic system is stimulated and the
white corpuscles Of the blood overcome
the poisonous particles which produce
disease.
The Importance of the discovery is
thought TO be far beyond those of Pas
teur and Koch.
Upon the Rich ~ Well as the Poor.
As an example of the very exact
system of city ordinances now in vogue,
Ex-Alderman and Dock Commissioners
Robert Hall was fined $40 in the York
vile court yesterday, which he paid
under protest. Hall has a stable in
Sixty-seventh street, near Lexington
avenue. and when a district superinten-
tendent attempted to move some of
Halls carriages that were obstructing
the street, Hall. it is alleged. interfered
and was arrested He was very indig-
nant
The Observance Of Good Friday.
ALI of the downtown exchanges and
city departments were closed yesterday
to observe Good Friday. The depart
ments were closed in accordance with
the resolution Of the board OF alder
men requesting that all public business
be suspended for the day. All three
parts of the court of general sessions,
Is well as the Oyer and Terminer, win
be closed until Monday.
The Ciergymen are Excluded.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. April 13.-The
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