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The evening world., 1908-01-22
NORRIS K. JESUP,
BANKER AND ART
PATRON, IS DEAD
Passes Away Early To-Day of
Heart Failure After a
Long Illness.

Morris x. Jesup, the millionaire
banker and art patron. died at his
home. No. 1877 Madison avenue at alo
O'CLOCK A. NJ. to-day OF heart disease.
He was seventy-eisht years Old
He had been sick for a year, and
two weeks ago wa compelled to take to
his bed. An hour before his death this
morning his attendants noticed he was
sinking and called his physicians. DR..
FrAnc,s p. Kinnicutt and DR.. Arm
strong. Mrs. Jesup and several reia-
tives were at his bedside when he died.
Mt. Jssup practically retired from
active business . year ago. when he re-
signed as president Of the Chamber OF
Commerce. With tie dissolution Of the
Rapid Transit Commission. Of which he
was . member. he obtained further TO
little business to which he gave his at
tention was handled from an office ad-
Joining his homo
Morris Ketchwn Je.up was born in
Westport, Conn. June q, 1880. He mar
ried Maria Var Antwerp De Witt in
1854 There were no children. Starting
life at the age OF thirteen with the firm
of Rigers. Ketchum & Grosvenor. he
organized the Arm OF Clark & Jesup at
the age Of twenty-five. The firm II now
Cuyler. Morgan & Co.
He was president Of The American H.
day School Union. OF the Chamber OF
Commerce (untl . ear ago.. Of the
American Museum Of Natural History,
Peary Arctic Club. Sailors Snug Har-
Dor. New York State Audubon Society.
F1ve Points House OF Industry; nrst VICE
president of the New England Society.
vioe-pres!dent Of the Sons of the Revo-
luton, The Pilgrims; director OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Metropolitan Trust Company. New York
Institution for She instruction of the
Deaf and Dumb: trustee OF Union Theo-
logical Seminary. Brick Presbyterian
Church, John F. Slater Fund for Edu-
cation Of Freedmen, General Educs-
tional Board. Peabody Educational
Board. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Com
pany and the Hospital Saturday Assoc
citation.
He was a member of these CLUES
Century, New York Yacht. Metropol!-
tan, University. Down Town, Metro
politan OF Washington, k~ittenhouse Of
Philadelphia. the Jekyl Island. besides, a
large number OF other smaller clubs
and societies.
The ChamDer OF Commerce Wall hold
a special meeting at 12D P. u. to-
morrow to take Appropriate action on
the death OF thetr former president.
]. Pierpont Morgan and other promi-
nent persons called Yesterday at the
Jesup home 10 inquire OF the philan-
.thropist's condition.
The funeral arrangements will be an
nounced as soon as his two nephews
reach this city.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
LEFT SWEETHEART
FOR P|STOLF FIGHT
WITH BOLD THUG
Policeman Captured His Mar
AS Wind-up of Night
At Theatre.

Patrolman Timothy Mahonev. OF the
Clymer street station. was standing on
the steps OF an apartment house at
Hooper and South Fourth streets,
Williamsburg. after returning from the
theatre with his sweetheart about mid
1ight, when he overheard three men
talking in undertones. One of them
said:
You TWO fellows trail along. Then.
when / get her 70 a ark place. I'll
do the handkerchief act 80 she CAM
scream. It's Up to you fellows to take
care OF the woman-understand?"
Two voices responded together: IAN
right, boss"
Mahoney turned to his companion and
told her to run upstairs. He then hid
himself behind the door to await de.
velopments. In a few minutes he no
ticed the nan who spoke first going
down the steps of the house with a
young girl and a woman Following
came two negroes. Mahoney trailed
the first trio.
At Johnson and Union venues a
poOTly llSIltu stttlOH, lie saw LILO ITSt
man grasp the girl about the waist and
try to throw her to the ground. Her
m companion and at
lacked the girls assailant. Mahoney
saw the two negroes running up to the
spot. He hurried up and swung both
lists on the girls a%ssailant.
The fellow loosened his grip. dug
his right hand into his scat pocket
and shouted:
"Now. vnmoose before ! count three.
or III blow the top of you rcrown off.
Letter go-I guess two can play
that little game" said Mahoney, as lie
whipped out his pistol and fired twice.
The two negroes turned and fled al
the reports, The girl and M were
cling!ng TO ach other and screaming,
The stranger darted dOwn Union avenue
-FOUR 1loCKs. away the policeman in his
civilian clothes ~oyerhauled him
At thet station house lie SAID NJ was
Charles Scl.aifer. t~weuty-One years Old,
of No, Isl Woodward avenue. a p.an!Et
VINO had been hired TO play for the
evening Win Two singers, the negIoeS
lie declared he intended no wrong. r e
%!Tl IS llllda RYAN, eighteen years ia.
~ No. % Maujer street. and her woman
companion was Mrs. Eose FitzpitricH,
Of The same address. TLey nd &C,
cepted Schaffer as an escort home.
The policeman and his sweetheart,
VINO overheard the trio's conversation
appeared against Schaffer in the Lee
Avenue Court. He was held for an
examination,
The evening world., 1908-01-22
HELD UP ON SHIP
AS AN EMBEzZLER
Maurice Remy, Who Arrived
on iceland, Ordered
Deported.

When the Red star liner iceland ar
rived at her pier from Antwerp to-
day. Charles Roemaet. attorney Tor tho
Relgtan Consul, requested the imm'gra-
ton officers to detain a man who was
on the passenger list as c. Millard, but
whose name is Maurice Remy.
The nan was accompanied by his
wife and occupied a stateroom In the
second cabin. The lawyer declared that
the man vas wanted for embezzlemen
in Antwerp and that thu Belgian MIN
lister had received a cahlegram request
ing that he be held for deportation.
The man Indignantly denied the
charge. When asked why he had reg
istered under the name Of MElard, he
said that a friend had purchased his
ticket for him and had neglected tC
give his Remy's) name. According to
me dispatches received by tine br.gian
Minister tho man Is charged witt the
embezzlement OF eleven hundred francs
He and his wife were taken to Ellis
Island.
Miss Emmerett. a vaudeville actress
who was on the same vessel. declared
that the second Thaw triai was attract
ing as much attention on the other side
as the first. She said that museums on
the continent and in Great Britain were
exh,biting wax figures of the Thaws
That were horrible to look upon.
Another passenger was the Countess
a Miss wilkins, Of Detroit. She is d
sai.ter-in-law of the famous aeronaut
Count Zeppelin. She will return to her
michigan home for several months.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
RAN DOWN BOY
IN AUTO, CAUGHT
BY SPECTATOR
Chauffeur Who Mortally In
jured Friebaum Refused to
Give Name of Employer.

Peter Curran. a chauffeur. driving an
electric auto cab down Seventh avenue.
near Fortieth street, ate last night.
ran over Benjamin Friebaum. seven
street. and MORALLY injured him. The
machine bore n initials &C. H. b
on the tonneau door. and vas numbered
35,955 n. Y. The number was taken
out. the police say. by James e. Brady,
the President OF the Herkimer County
Light and Power Company and con-
nected with numerous other corpora
tions.
Chauffeur Curran. after running over
the 4ad. tCed to escape. it was said.
but Joseph Palmer, of Mills Hotel No.
!, !eaped into the car and stopped him.
Friebaum was taken TO Bellevue in the
automobile. He was unconscious. Sew
eral ribs We're broken. and he was in
ternally injured.
After the chauffeur was arrested he
~telephoned to the St. Regis Hotel and
asked for Mr.. Brady" 1t was said a,
the hotel the only Brady there az a
guest was Anthony y. Brady.
The chauffeur. who lives at No 14C
West S!Xty-third street. refused to ga y
who his employer is, but admitted he
was to call at Weber's Theatre for "a
person" he had taken there. He telc-
phoned the theatre to notify the holder
OF carriage check No. 81 he couldn',
come. He was rocked up and arraigned
to-day in the West sid Court.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
NOT A PlRATED EDITION.

The Famous waltz consisting of eight
music pages) from "The Merry widow"
will be given in the Magazine Section of
NEXT SUNDAYS WORLD. january 20.
This music, consisting of 26 STATS, Is the
only authorized copyrighted edition. and
4. iss,sd rs n newsr lper supplement ex-
clusiyely through The World by special
errange ment with the music publishers.
Chappeil & Co., Ltd, London and New
York. Any earlier is-les of this music by
a newspaper are PIHATED and iacom-
piete. Get the REAL music Of the Merry
Widow Waltz In The World next Sunday.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
+. NJ. %BASSETT,0F
PUBLIC SERVICE,
SUES FOR LIBEL
Action for $4,000 Is His An
swer to Claim of
Dole Heirs.

An action for $4,000 for libel has betn
begun by Edward NJ. Bassett. one of
tho Public Service Commissioners.
against Jennie Dole and Helen J. Dole,
who 1.-Two at the st. George Hotel,
Brooklyn. and Alfred Hughes, Of No,
1872 Nassau street. Manhattan, their at
torney. The have been
served and the complaint was filed to-
day in tho Kings County Clerks ofice.
Wilson W. Thompson, Of No. Ut
Broadway, Manhattan. Mr.. Bassott's
attorney. ia to-day.
Several months ago these defendants
filed a complaint and other papers m
the court ostsnsibly for the collection
OF damages from Mr.. Bassett by rea-
son OF his employment by che Dolss as
their attorney in settling the estate Of
William II. Dole about four ears ago.
Mr.. Bassett had for many years
been Mr.. Dole's trusted counsel. Near
~ half OF his estate was invested in
first mortgages OF Mr.. Bassett's selec-
ton. on which not a dollar OF prin-
cipal or interest was ever lost. Inc
work Of settling the estate and the
litigation that arose In connection with
II extended over about one and a half
years. II the same work were TO be
done over again we do not know how
II could be done better. Certainly
thero was not the slightest
! 1 the time.
Didn't Make Contract Charge.
AT the close Of tho work. n when
Ana PAYMENT for services disou.ee
ments was made. the first
arose. although the charge OF the oLiee
was very moderate. being iss 'h
half of what could properly be cnaik
under a contract which MI, PaS
was careful 10 nave the ,A"'S Mrs. and
Miss Dole have zone to various tSaSa
yers with their ~grieVanSes cfice where
i AN = we been permitted TO XaminS
oooks. ape and %Ietters as iu"' "'A
irsNoo aattorney, however. seemed VII.
,ng TO take the matter up until aoou'
Two n a half months ago, Wnen NJ
Hughes. without MAKING any ne papers
in this office, filed in Kings County the
suit papers upon which Mr.. Bassett
now bases his libel suit: ~, ,er, made
a great many unwarrantaole state-
ments. and, Mr.. Bassett being un"ni.
inS thai they should slumber on me
files Of the court, Immediately orouSnt
the matter to light by making a mo-
,ion to have them stricken OUT sa...s
The court. in granting Mr.. Bassett ;
motion said. why these ~daf
we're fled with the complaint cannot
understand. unless It was for the pur-
pose az inviting publicity for the az
tack made upon the defendant IN ue
complaint itself.'
The main part OF the complaint was
also stricken out and an amended com
plant ordered. We waited TO. the time
for appeal to expire and then brought
this action for libel. Joining the attor.
ney as a defendant. inasmuch as he a
transcended his duties a. a lawyer In
fling unnecessary and understandable
statements in a public office It Is
acton vii, be prosecuted 10 a finish"
The evening world., 1908-01-22
RESCUES
PRISONER, BEATS
UP POLICEMAN
Ruth Smashed Club in Battle
with Thugs Before Re-
serves Came.
ONE "CLERK" CAPTURED
Attack Led by Men from AS
semblyman's Saloon-Res-
cued Man Named G

A gang o. toughs attacked Policeman
Ruth. of the Cast Ftfty-irst street sta
ton. early to-day on Third VEN near
Forthwith street, and rescued a pris-
cner who said he was Robert McCue.
There were Eve or six in he crowd
and they gave the officer such a fsht
that he broke his n,ghtstick and was
forced To draw his revolver and fire
four shots.
A citizen rushed into the East Fifty
first street station. and told Lieutenant
DAILY a policeman was being murdered
IN Third avenue, When the reserves
got there the n with the exception
of one man. a escaped with the pris'
oner. He said he was James Murray
twenty-five. a clerk, OF No. lo EaS'
F~orty-fourth street, but h police be-
lieve he Is a pugtlist.
The c-c We was by this time 30 dense
about the scene OF the battle that the
reserves had to take Murray away on
a trolley car. several windows OF which
were broken by stones hurled by the
thronS. According to Policeman Ruth,
he arrested McCue for a%ssaulting John
Carattzano. of No. lu West Fortteth
street. on Third avenue. near Forty
third street. The policeman a y he
witnessed the assault and started with
his man to tho station house.
The prisoner is said by the police to
be a brother OF Assemblyman McCue.
who has a saloon at Third avenue and
Forty-fourth street. and as they passed
the place the gang spled them II fol-
lowed. Near Forty-ttth street. the po-
l!ceman says. several of them seized
him, while others dragged the prisoner
way and enabled him 10 escape. but
not until h had Joined in taking a
punch at the policeman who arrested
him.
Ruth is the policeman who was at
tackled by the old graveyard gang
about nine years ago on Eleventh street,
between Avenue A n First avenue,
and fatally shot one OF them.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
Police SWARM
At RE|CHSTAG
DURING UPROAR
Socialists Defy ChancelloI
When Warned of Punish
ment for Street Rioting.


BERLIN. Jan. 2.OChancellor Won
Buelow refused categorically in the
u Social
lSt Interpretation on 'he suo'e"' VI t"e
Prussian suffrage. This precipltated Il
dee fleming uproar from the members.
,n,, -, -, u,,,...-. ,er, the
-. ,.s .ah.,a ,os ,hsr continued
- -. ,onohss
-" IA. ...Sso.,a haa na., OK
- N.s-,.. =, t., -, y s,re.,
.. a, o-aa- 90
he rrsns ,ei 10, n.o.orrr.,ce n, VIC.
lent encounters ha,waan m. ,oI,cs and
thu ponu,ace .he nutldinyx n, parra-
ment ware surrounded frtn o. r,v morn
ing with a strons force of police armed
with pistoh and sabres. Furtbermor ~
the principal tho~roushfarss OF Berlin
are being patrolled constantly nv noIice
both mounted and on foot.
The Decentralization u,. ,,. ,rr,,ur
.,oraos - - -.
ar -" ~
"'No' au'iofity VI TIC iei|'"s' LAG
question was framed as ioilo"s'
'On what ground does the Chancellor
consider manhood suffrage. as already
granted for the elections to the Imperial
Parliament. to be harmful ,o ,ba infer.
s,. -, -
The evening world., 1908-01-22
TWO FALSE FIRE ALARMS
NEAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Police on the Lookout for Gang
of Boys Believed to Be
the CulpritS.

The Bronx fire-fighters were IN a
state of fiery wrath this afternoon after
they had been twice called out to false
alarms in the vicinity OF public schools.
The first alarm brought the apparatus
to Public School No. 4, at One Hundred
and S~eventy-third street and Fulton
avenue, at ~ 80 o'clock, and the angry
men had just returned 10 tehir station
when n second alarm drew them out
again. 10 WendDver and Washington
avenues. when the scholars We're pour
Ing back into Public School No. A..
Capt. McGlynn, of the fremont sta
ton. was notified and sent several pre-
c!nct men out to watch the boxes. 1t Is
believed that a gang OF boys are re-
sponsible for many recent false alarms
that have been turned in in the Bronx.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
KILLS HIMSELF
AMONG CHILDREN
At PLAY IN PARK
Desperate Suicide Fires Five
Bullets Into Brain Near
Little Ones.
PETS GIRL, THEN DIES.
WE'LL Dressed and Apparently
Prosperous, Finkelstein's
Act a Puzzle.
PETS GIRL, THEN DIES.

Seated in the midst OF a throng OF
rollickine children on the Eat Drive OF
Central Park. opposite Sixty-seventh
street., this afternoon James F4nkelstsin,
= neatly clad young salesman. Of No.
"a East Tenth street put FIVE bullets
h his brain fell dead at the fec,
OF q faInting nurse.
Policeman Charles steinert, of the
Bicycle Squad, who was near. learned
who had witnessed the suicide that the
young man had been stroling among
them for an hour before he killed him
elf.
He left q little fair-haired girl he had
been talking to and walked slowly to a
bench. Sitting he removed his black
soft hat and laid It on the bench. Then
he pulled on his gloves and buttoned
them. His actions had begun to attrac:
attention, when he drew from his over
coat q revolver. 1t was an automatic
weapon. and It exploded the Eve cart
ridges quickly. blowing a great wound
into the side Of his head before he
tumbled from the bench.
One Bullet Was Enough.
Policeman Steinert and two mounted
policemen were on the spot a moment
afterward. The suicide still clasped the
revolver in his hand. and the ambulance
s,,rOaop uyhp u,oS ct,rpronnad from the
Presbyterian Hospital said five bullets
had been poured into the mans brain.
any one of which would have caused
Instant death.
The dead man was identified from
cards and letters found in his pockets.
Ths card giving his name and address
read Care OF NJ. Braband." In .
pocketbook there was $3.50. The cloth.
ing was all of excellent material; the
suit of light gray and the overcoat a
silk-lined oxford cheviot. He wore a
high standing collar and red neckt!e,
black lace shoes, black socks and white
underwear. a memorandum book con
tanned twenty business cards.
Two letters found, one written in Ger
man n the other in English. did not
Univ" Ill i6Ht Ol t.Ac S0itAtS, IL
police said. They We're business letters,
indicating that Kelstein had been en-
ployed as a salesman, He was about
thirty years old and five feet seven
inches tail. His hair and eyes and mus.
tache We're black n his skin fair.
At the Tenth street address II was
learned h a the suicide had boarded
there for two years with Mrs. NJ. Bra
band. He came to this country from
Germany about threa years ago. aftei
trouble with his family. Since his ar
rival hero he had been employed as
~boolkceper by a concern on Lexing'
ton venue near Twenty-third street
He returned to his room about i
O'clock to-day n seemed very de
pondsnt. He said he had quarrelec
with his employers and that life wa.
no worth living. His parents are sale
to b very wealthy and young Frnkel
stein declared he was a graduate q,
Heidelberg University.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
TO AID TRADE Ukl0NISM.
Peoples Socini i.r,gu Issues Gen
ernl Invitation to Public.

The Peoples Soc n II que. a new or
Sanization formed e promote trade
anionism. will hold a meeting 5lnday
afternoon at the home OF Miss Esther
l., Edelson. at No 1875 Washington
venue Bronx. All those who are not
trade unionists and are eager to learn
the methods and principles of this or
meeting on Jan. %. Topics concerning
trade union!sm will be discussed, and
those who are eager to become trade
unionists will be given an opportunity
to join the organization.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
STUDENT HEROES
RESCUE MANY As
ACADEMY BURNS
Brave Lads Awaken Sleepers
and Garry Overcome
Comrades.

Belts Academy on Strawberry Hill,
stamford. Conn. . preparatory school,
sheltering sixty students and a score
Of teachers and ervants was destroyed
by IRE early to-day. There were many
marrow escapes from death. as the are
swept through the rambling old frame
buildings n some OF the boy student
distinguished themselves in the work Of
rescue.
Albert Trethway. quarterback Of the
football team of the school, stood on
the top round OF a ladder. brsced him
self and caught IN his arms C. NJ.
Clements, Of Larchmont, who dropped
from a window on the third floor. ten
feet above. Trethway also assisted in
the rescue OF another students. who had
succumbed to the effects of the mok
and was unconscious In his room.
The inmates OF the building lost their
clothing and all their personal belong
ings. Most of them were so pressed by
the flames that they were foeced to
nee in their night garments. j. B.
Green. OF Porto Rico. a student,
suffered the loss of 5000 worth Of
jewelry and a wardrobe valued at &, 0Oo.
The main building was three stories
high. There was a long three-story
wing on the north and two two-story
wings on the east and south. The
laundry. where the fro started. was in
the basement OF the main building.
Studious Pupils Give Alarm.
B. Shelton Cross, Of Fonda, N. T.,
and G.. S. Maloney. of Hudson. who
were at work On their studies In their
room on the third floor. and the only
persons awake in the buildings. wer.
the first to become aware Of the Are.
Knowing that the echool was
doomed, the boys ran from door to
nor. pounding and shouting an alarm.
william J. Belts the principal, his
wife. Miss HARDWOOD. q sister of Mrs.
Belts, and six teachers had living apart
ments in one OF the wings None of
them had time to dress before rushing
out into the cold. Fortunately the wing
occupied by the women servants was
the last to catch fire and they escaped
without difficulty.
Within five minutes Of discovery the
fire was bursting through the first
floor. Maloney. attempting to get back
TO his room to save clothing and money,
was overcome by smoke and fell uncon-
scious. Flames were almost Upon him
when Albert Trethway. quarterback on
the football team. whose home Is in
Waterford. N. Y. and Glen knight, Of
Columbus, o., found him and dragged
him TO q fre-e,ape. They carried him
down and a physician revived him..
The evening world., 1908-01-22
FAMOUS ASTRONOMER DEAD.

Henry NJ. P~arkhurst. eighty-three
years old, died yesterday al his home.
No. 173 Gates avenu Brooklyn, OF
pneumonia. He is survived by a widow.
One of the best known astronomers in
America. he was one of the three Ameri-
cans who observed Donati's comet in
1883 before the news of the italian dis
covery had reached this country. He
had invented many improvements for
astronomical instruments and was also
an author.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
CHINESE MUST BE HoRsEmeN

WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-Mall adj
vices from China contain an order re-
curing the sons of imperial princes
and clansmen to be examined in Pekin
as to their proficiency in the saddle.
This step is taken so that the art Of
their ancestors may not be lost,
The evening world., 1908-01-22
ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN OF
FRISCO LEAVES ROME

ROME. IAN. 2.-Archbishop Riordan,
Of San Francisco, n his secretary,
Rev. D. @. Crawley, left this city to-
day for Naples. They were accom-
panied to the station by many friends.
The evening world., 1908-01-22
nose by oBrien were opened a few days

nose by O'Brien were opened a few days
after Lantry had taken office. Lantry
himself let contracts for hose, but the
witness could not remember all the de-
tails. When hose Is delivered II Is test
cd at the repair shop and then distrib-
uted TO the tire engine companies.
The day following the Parker Build
ing fire Lantry applied TO the Board OF
Aldermen for $4,000 for fire hose. He
testified that If the fire had not taken
place he would nave made the request
just the same
Part OF thu money Is to be disbursed
for hlgi. pressure nose In anticipation
of the opening of high pressure stations.
O. When did you first md out hat
YOU needed S250,OOO to properly equip
your department? A. | knew that last
fail. when the chief made a request for
SO 900 for hose.
The witness admitted that II the high
pressure service were ready now, the
present hose in the department would
not stand the pressure. Commissioner
Mitchell brought out mar practically
no preparation has been made by the
Fire Commissioners for the high pres
sure service.
TO PREVENT THE GRIP.
LAXATIVE BROMO QulNlNE removes the
cause. There Is only one ''BRoMO oUI-
NINE' TOOk for SIGNATURE of n w
The evening world., 1908-01-22
ACTOR DIES IN HOSPITAL.

CHICAGO, Jan 22.-Robert Wallace.
VINO said he was an actor. and that
his home was in New York. died in a
hospital here to-day OF alcoholism.