The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
FRESH 60 SSH
FROM GOTHAM
Pennsylvania Railroad Has a dreat.
Scheme on Foot.
OLD COUPLE COMMIT SUICIDE
they Made all Their Preparations.
Read Scripture Text, and Turned
on the Gas-Hall of Fame
Jud s.es.

NEW YORK, May #9.-special.-lt IS saiu
that the Pennsylvania Railroad mas oti
foot a great scheme. and that the pur-
chase of the Long Island Road is the first
step. 1t is a scheme which was coiiee4seu
by Austin Corbin and Erastus w IMAM.
The former. says the correspondent U oiie
OF the out-of-town papers planned 70 Sise
the Long Island Road a tunnel connection
with Manhattan and a close connectioli ny
boat or otherwise with the New olh's NC"
Haven and Hartford system, and also 70
develop the extensive terminal facilltles IN
Brooklyn. Erastus Wiman,s schemes re-
lated to the development Of Staten island
but some of them may be developed by
the PENNSYLVANIA in connection with us
Improvement of the Long Island fliteen
years ago Erastus Wiman,..in ASSOCIATION
with Robert Garrett, started out 10 laahe
Staten Island the terminal OF the Balti-'
more and Ohio Railroad. The Arthur I'm
bridge was built, which connects staten
Island with New Jersey. Moreover, VT.
Wiman planned the building OF tunnel
from New Brighton, Staten Island. 10
Thirty-rintn Street. Brooklyn lbay
Ridge. The rights to construct TINS tuh-
mel were procured. and are now owned os
the New Jersey and Staten Island June
ton Railroad. A representative OF TINS
company said that an informal agreement
had been made with the Pennsylvania ana
other roads for the use of the FRANCHISE
The PENNSYLVANIA has a large interest III
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and,
therefore, could share its rights in Staten
Island.
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
Martin Arnold and his wife, Sophie, were
found dead in bed to-day in their apart
ments, IN Chauncey Street. Brooklyn.
Rubber tubes attached to gas burners were
found in their mouths.
On chair near the bodies lay the wo-
mans shroud, while on another chair were
the mans death nabiliments.
The last thing that they did was to read
the text: Come unto Me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden and / will give
You rest.
Martin Arnold was sixty-six years old
His wife was two years mis- junior. Had
the husband not been afraid TO make the
journey into the dark valley of death alone
he would have ended his earthly career
during the Christmas holidays His wife
was not prepared TO accompany MIN then,
not that she loved life any better than
her husband, whose joys and sorrows she
had shared for close on to forty years.
but, as she stated in the presence of
friend of the family, cit was Christmastide,
the season of peace on earth, good will
toward men, y
Wait, Martini she was heard to say to
her husband at that time, until the holt
days are past, and then will accompany
you on that dark journey | cannot let
you go alone Yesterday. the faithful wife
said to her husbands 81 am ready. Let
US CO. The husband knew what that
meant, and he and his wife then set about
making their preparations. Their home
was in order when their bodies were
found.
HALL OF FAME
A list of the persons who have. accepted
the positions of judges of the Hall Of
Fame has been made public by Chancellor
NIacCracken. There are twenty-eight chief
justices, twenty-five college presidents,
twenty-four scientists and historians and
twenty-three publicists, authors and editors
in the list Among them are Provost Har-
rison, of the University Of Pennsylvania;
Miss NJ Carey Thomas, of Bryn Mawr
College, DR. James MacAllister, of the
Drexel Institute; Charles NJ. Andrews,
of Bryn Mawr: ex-President Cleveland,
and Governor Roosevelt.
John G. Brady, VINO was once homeless
waif in New York but is now Governor of
Alaska, was entertained last night at din
ner at the Waldorf-Astoria During the
banquet a statue Of William II. Seward
was presented to Governor Brady, who
will place it in the State House at +Sitka.
1t was Seward who negotiated the purchase
of Alaska from Russia Collector Treat,
Edward Lauterbacn and others made ad-
dresses.
ENVIOUS HUSBAND TAKES HIS LIFE.
William Endemann. twenty-eight years
old, a wholesale liquor dealer, committed
suicide yesterday, using carbolic acid and
illuminating gas.
Mrs Endemann, who had been sepa-
rated from her husband for year, re-
Gently inherited $4,000.