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The evening world., 1911-09-05

entrance, thick black smoke was belch-
ing out at the four corners Of the
streets and rising through the sidewalk
ventilators. From below came a hor-
rfble din OF shriekins. as though scores
were being roasted to death.
The Battalion Chief, the chaplain and
the hremsn plunged into the choking
gloom and made their way to the lower
end of the station where the flames
were lightning like flashes Of electricity.
CHIEF skELLY ORDERED TRAIN
SPtiT AND RUN OFF.
"Uncoupie hat last carr" ordered
Skeiiy, a. soon a. he had q fair look At
the situation. Run the rest of the
train down to Astor place and then
have all power shut of"
The subway employees obeyed him.
and to their wi surprise. apparently.
the motors Of the forward cars re-
sponded to the levers and took the train
away from the ire.
Father Mclean. with several flremen.
devoted himself to calming men and
women, who were running around In
circles. Firemen who were IN an up
town station. going to luncheon. pre-
vailed vrcn the guard. ~ open ths
doors. They soon found that the only
reason why the tvin was not moved
was that nobody had given the signal
in the excitement. Nearly all the pas
climbed out after the firemen
and plunged through the smoke pell-
TO the stairways n the street.
The guards abandoned the train to help
fight the fire.
The fire under the disabled car and
the lumber pile was quickly put out
with hand e~xtinguishers and shove.s OF
sand taken from tho bin in the station.
4. Travel on the local tracks was sus-
nearly three-auarters Of an hour.
The express tracks we're In use twenty
minutes after the outbreak. The car
under which the short circuit was made
vas a wreck. Thes ides were charred.
the motors were burned out and most
Of the windows were broken.
The accident followed one OF a similar
sort In the subway between Seventy-sec-
ond and Seventy-ninth street last eve
ming. of which patrons Of the subway
complained to-day.
The evening world., 1911-09-05
DESTROYS
WATERBURY BARN
IN WESTCHESTER
Bucket Brigade Works Until
Fire Company Races Four
Miles From Unionport.

A hne modern brick barn on the
estate Of James w. waterbury in the
village Of ,westchester. Bronx Borough,
was destroyed by FIRE to-day. Three
cows. q morse and many valuable fowls
we're burned to death. but nifty blooded
escape the flames. and this afternoon
they are running wild throughout the
village and surrounding country.
The fire started from an unknown
cause and was discovered by John Toote.
superintendent OF the Waterbury place.
The nearest fire engine was In Union
four miles away. and a bucket
brigade. organized by scores of golf-and
tennis players from Pelham Bay Park.
was powerless to stop The spread OF the
flames. The loss will total about $4,000.
The Waterbury estate adjoins that
of Archer W. Huntington on one side
and the westchester Country Club on
the other. Both the Huntington and
country clubs private IRE departments
assisted tho volunteers from Pelham
Bay Park 10 passing . long line Of
buckets. At n time the sparks from
the burning barn threatened surround
ing property and the work Of protec-
tion wal rendered extremely dinicuit BY
the scarcity OF fire fighting ave
fences.
The line Of hose stretched by the
Unionport fremen was a quarter Of .
mile long and when water ri turned
into IL there was not force enough to
the stream to do any good.
Fifteen horses, AMONG them several
valua BILE polo ponies-the property OF
the Waterbury boys-had narrow es-
capes. Supt. Toote turned them out
when he first discovered the fire. The
roof of the barn fell in before rescuers
could lead out all the cows. of which
there were twenty-five In the stalls.
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ARGUE TO COURT TO SEE
HEALTH BOARD RECORDS.

When the application OF Or. william
NJ. Allen Of the Bureau of Municipal
Research for an order to examine tho
records OF the Board OF Health came
before Justice Gavegan In the Supreme
Court to-day, the Justice suggested
that the parties TO the action ret to-
gether and see II they could not agree.
Counsel for the Bureau of Municipal
Research said the suggestion was i'm
possible, The Bureau wants TO examine
typhoid records to ascertain whether
the alleged epidemic OF typhoid has any
relation TO the milk supply. Assistant
Corporation Counsel Nicholson opposed
the application on the ground that DR..
Allen could not show that he had any
private interest In the matter.
Justse Gavegan reserved decision
and he attorneys for both sides rub
mltted briefs
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BEATEN BY TW0 BEGGARS.
John smith Refused ( o Give Them
"Beer Money"

John smith. who gave his address as
No. 253 West Thirtieth street. stepped
up to Policeman McAuley at Twenty
ninth street and Seventh avenue to-day
and called attention to the fact that he
had several deep gashes in his face and
neck. He said he had been accosted by
two beggars who attacked him with q
knife when he refused to give them
beer money"
McAuley took Smith to the Tenderloin
station where his wounds were dressed.
lie was una BILE TO give a description OF
his assailants.
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GUARDS KEPT DOORS LOCKED
TO SAVE LIVES.

The guards evidently feared the re-
suit OF turning the frenzied passengers
loose in the confusing smoke. with the
danger OF their falling on the platforms
or pushing each other TO the third rails.
and steadfastly kept the doors locked.
There was no power. apparently. to
start the train and the people got
angr4er n more panic stricken every
minute.
a ticket chopper on the upper level
OF the station peered dow at the pan
demonium OF the platform level and
made for the engine house at Thirteenth
street and Fourth avenue, as fast as
he could. There he found Battalion
Chief Skelly and the Rev. Father Nc
Gear. u chaplain OF the department.
chatting.
Skelly called for all the nremen In
hearing to follow. and made for the
station, with Father Mclean close be-
hind. When they reached the subway
The evening world., 1911-09-05
NURSE TELLS Of !
CURES BY CUT|CURA
Soap and Ointmentin Past 20 Years.
Always Recommends Them.

III have seen tho Cuticura Remedies used
with best results during the past twenty
years. In my work as q nurse, many skin
disease cases came under my observation.
and In every instance, l always recommended
the Cuticurs Remedies as they always savs
Was that Of q lady friend OF mine who, when
Q child. was afflicted with ecrems which GOV.
cred her face and hands entirely. breaking
could not 60 to school as tho Disagreement
.Ses e the ss' cS.icura i RscSmedics. Hi,e ! che use
Of s Ply grown EDs 81 lay shs friend EGs G'I Wa. st Ms,,; with
salt rheum In one OF her thumbs. and she
was cured by the C~uticura Remedies. stu
another lady had Dry SAL ,neum IN both
RRssl ey u SCI e: 90 10 as. so ps finfaiY Sc c5ald seayyc ss!;
wet. her hands until she began, TO use tho
Cu.icura Remedies which cured her. l have
The childrcn's faces would be all circles and
rings around tho checks, and the neck. and
after treatment With the Cuticura Soap
ny husband had rheumatism on bis arm
and l used the Cuticura Ointment. IL made
his arm as timber and. nice. whereas IL was
quite still before I began to apply the
Last May I had an ~ingrowing, toe. nan
which was. very painful, as the side Of thc
nail was edging right down In the side OF my
and OF course applied the Cuticura Ointment
70 tho part affected. 1t soothed i and IN
less than ten nights It was all healed through
constant use OF the ointment. Ten days
ago. I had my left hand and wrist burned
with boiling lard, and Cuticurn Ointment
has completely. cured them. have just
recommended the Cuticura Remedies TO an.
other friend, and she Il recovering nicely. i WIZ
gladly furnish the names Of the people referred
TO above n anybody doubts what say"
land Ave, Maiden, Mass, Oct. I, 1910.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold through
out the world. Send to Potter DRUG & Chem.
Of each, post-frcc. with 32-p. book on tho skin.
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SUBWAY TRAIN
AF|RE At STATION;
WOMEN TRAMPLED
CONTINUED from First Page.)
brushed roughly into a corner.

brushed roughly into a corner.
Meanwhile, the unHerbody OF the car,
the rubber insulation on the motor
wires and the grease had all caught fire.
The flames shot M six feet and out ten
or fifteen feet. A pile OF construction
lumber on the little spur track which
runs from the end of the Platform to a
junction a hundred feet below along
the express tracks took fre.
A choking cloud OF smoke. smelling OF
burning rubber rolled up the platform
and filled the long high station. Intend
Ing passengers fled from 1t as though
Il were a visible pestilence.
Meanwhile a train, which had dis
charged its passengers and was ready
to go uptown, was on the local track
on the other side. Frightened by the
showering white hot sparks and the
smoke. its passengers went nearly
crazy with fear. They stormed up and
down the aisles and screamed like
maniacs. cursing the guards and ORDER
ing them 10 open the doors.
The evening world., 1911-09-05
STATE GETS BOXING TAX.
Frat Check Returned Because II
wasn't sworn To.

ALBANY. Sept. 5.-State Comptroller
Sohmer to-day received a check for
1922 from the Madison Square Ath-
lctic Club OF New York. which repre-
sents the States share of the 8 per
cent OF the gross receipts of the Wells
Brown fight, the nrst held in Madison
Square Garden under the new boxing
law. On this State basis. the total re-
ceipts were s2s, 49, 40.
The statement az to the receipts was
returned because It Was not sworn 10
by the treasurer OF the club.
The evening world., 1911-09-05
BROOKLYN DOCTOR KILLED.
Train struck Carriage Driven by
samuel Bradford.
Especial 20 The Evening World }

MOOSUP, Conn. sept. 5.-Dr. Samuel
Bradford. of Brooklyn, GO years old.
a veterinary surgeon, was killed to-day
by a passenger tralr from Providence
for Willlmantlc. The doctor was driv-
Ing over the crossing at Almyville. a
dangerous grade cross ,g. and was
struck by tina train In his top buggy.
Or. Bradford, who was n lifelong
resident OF Brooklyn. leaves a widow.
The evening world., 1911-09-05
SWEAR PAUL BEATTiE DID NOT
HAVE A GUN,

By previous agreement the defense
was permitted TO bring In the testimony
OF John D.. Blair when 1t could be got
ten, and the witness appeared after the
interruption OF ten minutes asked by
the prosecution, Blair was one of the
boys who came from a dance at Bon
Air on the night of the murder. lie cor
roborated Kestleberg's testimony that
1t was he who the boys saw with a
woman on the running board of n ma
chine that had stopped on the road.
James Rafter, a night Waterman on
Msyo's bridge. relieved by Paul Beattie
at 7 o'clock every morning. testified for
the prosecution on rebuttal that on the
sunday morRing when l.. IL. Neblitt
The evening world., 1911-09-05
Call to National hanks.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 5-The Comp
troller OF the Currency to-day issued a
call for a statement Of the condition Of
all national banks of The United Slater
at the close OF business on Sept. /.
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was going to lake Paul Beattie and his
wife out riding.
Mrs. A. b. Houcheps. mother in-lsw
OF Paul Beattie. next o the stand.
Living In the same house with Paul.
she was asked II she knew anything
about the receipt Of a telephone mes
sage from Henry CLAW RsattteS ". on
Thursday night.
1T was Thursday night. July 10,
about 0 o'clock" said Mrs. Houchens,
when I answered the telephone and
Henry C. Beattie Jr. said he was on
the way to the West End and asked
for Paul. I called Paul and I heard
Paul say. You want me to meet you
at Short and Main in fifteen minutes9
All right. I'll meet you In a half hour
Paul then called a Mrs. Fisher and
said Henry would be UP later"
did you hear any one come BIZ later
that niSht7" ~ heard. Paul say Good
night, Henry when the msehtas
brought Pau home that mint"
"oad they seem to ~ doing a1ytAius
esout the msohins7" Eyes, they vsro
both Axtng the light or somsthiur,-
DO you remember what time Henry
brodght Paul home Saturday night p"
ABOUT IL O'Clock. 1t was the same
car that was there Thursday night"
HOW could you tell II was the Same
machine?" asked Mr.. Smith. of the de-
Tense. 1T looked the same to me-"
"How can o tell one machine from
a~nother?" The machine OF Thursday
night and Of Saturday night had q yell
low top"
"0ida't you all tell Paul he was in .
eeA NJ ana TO tell All to the policsS'
"Hot until We knew he had bought the
gua."
"xhsn you All tried to edge rsul on.
OF ~" = Just tsid him to tell the
t1uth."
Wasn't h~ worried to death and
pretty nearly crazy" mo. sir. He
didn't act crazy"
Did you ever see him have any
nts?" He has had v break
downs"
Did Paul tell you anything about
the alleged confession on that Thurs
day nightT' He told rue only about
tho purchase Of the gun"
John Joseph. a Syrian. who has a con-
f~ectionery store at Short and Main
streets, testified he saw Paul Beattie
at his stand Thursday night. July ~.
What did Paul do at your store7'
He came in between s and 10 at night
and sat down"
What did he do?" "He had been
there seven or eight minutes and a ma
chine came. Another young feiiow was
In II and they went west"
"whsa dia You nee ths prisoner"
I'm the jsal."
twas II the same mar who came for
rsulf" u think 20. but I wouldn't
swear"
HENRY AND PAUL WE'RE SEEN
TOGETHER.
Frank Mason. who claims to have
been in the Joseph store at Short and
Main streets, testified that he saw Paul
there on Thursday night n that a
machine called for 'him.
william McI;voy. a bartender, testi-
fed that he saw Paul and Henry to-
gether about half past s O'Clock in
McEvoy's bar drinking beer on either
Wednesday. Thursday or Friday night
before the murder"
On oross-examinatlon he was asked
II 1t was not Saturday night, but said
he did not work that night.
John Britton corroborated McEyoy',
testimony, declaring he saw Pau nm
Henry AT the bar on Thursday nlgh. be.
fore the murder. He said he though,
than hoA a pu,hIpn ,pt.ila -
The evening world., 1911-09-05
WILL BE THERE ~ FIFTEEN
MINUTES" SAID eEATTIE.

w. Il. Hart, who was with Latham.
was called. He said he had been q
friend OF the accused for fifteen years.
on the Thursday night preceding the
murder Hart said TO overheard Beattie
say on the telephone. win be there in
fifteen minutes" and that when he came
from the phone the accused explained lie
The evening world., 1911-09-05
MOTHER TAKES BODY TO EVERY
DOCTOR IN THE DISTRICT.

The mothers rounds o her to the
office Of every doctor In the immediate
section. and all Of the way she bore
the dead body with the strength born
OF desperation. Finally DR.. Austin
came from the Bradford Street Hos
p!tal and gave the official statement as
to the caues Of tina child's death.
But the mother. In spite OF the physi-
clans. in spite OF the nelghbors. still
chung to the hope that her child was
merely In n trance A little group Of
neighbors helped to comfort her and to
keep her In the home with the, body
OF the child.
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said he saw Paul with a gun in the
witness for the defence had testified
that Paul did have a gun.
IF II was there I would have seen
the gum" said Rafter.
Did o see Paul when he came to
work. Yes"
ibid he have n shotgun o. an othe:
kind Of gum" mo"
The CUR could have been hidden.
however, In the cement house. couldn't
III" asked Mr.. Smith On cross-exam-
nation. II suppose So"
L. ]. Houchens, father-in-law Of Paul
Beattie. said he saw the latter going to
work IN the Sunday morning In question
and that he carried no gun.
w. Fl. Lewis said he was at the bridge
on Sunday morning. saw f. II. Neblitt
come and go. n during the whole time
did not see Paul with a gun.
eEATTiE SCORES ~ RULING OF
JUDGE WATSON.
william Sharp testified that Neblitt
did not know Paul Beattie when he saw
him. because a few days ago. in the
courthouse yard, he had asked him to
point out Paul to him.
Coroner J. @. Loving was asked IL he
nhu n COnNe fsotlOn on the thursday ar
ter the murder with Henry Clay Beattie
jr. In the presence OF several detectives
In which the prisoner denied that he
sent Beulah Binford money for furni-
ture. The defense objected. Prose
cutor Wendenburg said his purpose was
o impeach and discredit the veracity OF
the prisoner. as he yesterday denied
h aving the conversation Ia question.
Judge Watson declared the question
collateral and ruled II out.
DR.. Loving then was asked II It was
possible for . dead body such as Mrs.
Beattie's to be set up on a seat so
that 1t would not fall down. Counsel
for the defense objected and the jury
was asked to retire. the court finally
ruling that the question was one of
common knowledge and could not be
settled n better by expert testi-
mony. Mr.. wendenburg said he had
no further questions then to ask the
cOrouer.
Mrs. r. n. Nolan, who lives ext
door to Paul eBattie. testified that she
saw Paul come home In a machine
with anoth< man on the Thursday
night before the murder. The porches
OF their homes adjoin. she said, and
Paul babe her good evening" when
he entered the gate.
The evening world., 1911-09-05
MISSIONARY MURDERED
IN WllDS, By NATIVES.
Rev. O. E. Davis Head of Seventh
Day Adventists in British
Guiana the Victim.

GEORGETOwN, British Guiana.
Sept. 5.-Rev. o. f. Davis. Superin-
tendent of the British Guiana Mission
of the Seventh Day Adventist denom-
ii gtlon. the headquarters OF which are
at Washington. ID. c.. has been muir
dered in the interior while pr~oselytixing
among the natives.
The evening world., 1911-09-05
TAKES DEAD CHILD
MANY DOCTORS,
HOPING OSAvE|I
Mrs. Esther Grossfield Refuses
to Believe That Bella's
Life Is Gone.
CROWD FOLLOWS HER.
Little Girl Suffers Attack of
Meningitis While at Play
in Brooklyn.
CROWD FOLLOWS HER.

Mrs. Esther Grossneld Of No. t5 Glen
more avenue. Brooklyn. ran fra nticaiiy
about the streets near her home to-day
bea ring the body OF her little child Bella.
Doctor after doctor told her the child
was dead. The mother refused to be-
lieve the doctors and went on and on
In quest of a man OF medicine who
could restore her little one to con-
sciousness.
Crowds followed her In the street.
Sympathetic men paused TO take a
glance at the slight little figure the
woman bore. Then they shook their
heads and tried to get tho woman to re-
turn to her home. Only when she gave
way before the exhaustion NJ bearing
the body did the woman return 20 her
home.
SITS ON THE sTooP STILL CLING.
ING TO THE DEAD CHILD.
There. sitting upon the front stoop.
she still chung to the little girls body,
rubbing its hands and temples and
''sS'"s NV 'io'Nu tyeb W VpeU. no
street filled with curious persons. DR..
Freeman OF No. 1853 Arlington avenue.
passing In his automobile, Jumped out to
see why the crowd had collected and
then added his decision to. that OF a
dozen other doctors who had examined
the child before him.
The little girl died OF q sudden at
tack of spinal meningitis" he said.
"Oh. no, she IL not dead. she Is not
dead" cried the mother.
Then the Ooroner's Office was notified.
Little Bella was seven years OF age.
She was romping m playing In the
street In front Of her home shortly
before noon when a pain attacked her.
The child ran screaming to her mother.
"Send for n DOCTOR" she said. Il
am very III and I think that l will
die"
The mother seized the child In her
arms and began her mad race through
the streets. The child died almost I'm
mediately. and the mother was racing
along under the weight OF the body.
| An old man first stopped her and told
her to 10 back to her home. She looked
at him wildly and went running to the
Office Of DR.. Phillips. at Bradford street
and Atlantic avenue The doctor tried
to revive the child and found the task
-u
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let hand side. Csrrso stepped ous and
~soDosd him

Y HdHu btuVs S~SeV sVfhVs
stopped him.
what have you under your coat.
Giuseppe7" asked the detective.
Something I am taking homo to the
wife and babies" replied Costabile.
Castano and Dondero grabbed CO..
table by the arms. Carrao ripped open
hls coat. tearing OF one Of the buttons
and disclosed a bomb wrapped In a
copy OF an italian newspaper. which
contained pictures and articles descrip-
Give OF the dynamite explosion which
destroyed the Communipaw piers ad-
Joining the Central railroad OF New
Jersey station last spring.
This Is nothing for your wife and
babies" said Carrao.
Costsblle turned pale and rvous
oicked his lips. but said nothing. He
,was hustled over TO Headquarters by
Castano and Dondero. Carrao walking
behind and carrying the bomb carefully
An HE hand
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boMe PREPARED TO iNTimlDATE
ONE OF VICTIMS.

CosS,bils had nothing TO say when
sakeN to the Office OF Inspector Hughes.
The bomb was examined by Head
quarters experts who said u had been
manufacture probably for decorating
purposes and would probably have been
set of to-day or tonight in a
hallway or the doc OF Q store for the
purpose OF lntimidating some prosperous
Italian who has been marked by the
Cos,abils Black Hand gang as a likely
victim.
: Pasted on the outside OF the bomo
was a peculiar sort OF brown paper.
This paper, the experts said. Is used In
She manufacture OF fireworks. For some
reason undisclosed the detectives APP
peared to be more than usually salts
ned over the examination OF the bomb,
and the chances are that II furnishes a
clue TO the place of manufacture OF
Black Hand explosives.
: Carrao has known Costabile for nearly
elk years. and has been on the point OF
arres,ing Tin n score OF times. But
.Costabile appears to have been so pro-
tected by the fear of the men associated
with him that mono could be found TO
Inform against him. lie took no chances
personally. according to the detectives
but sent more ignorant men to carry out
his commands.
/" On July II. 1906. Carrao and Petrosino.
hiding In the hallway OF n tenement ~
No. 3lI East Eleventh street. bounced
upon Giuseppe Bonaventura just as
Giuseppe was lighting the fuse OF a
bomb he had planted under the stair
way. In that building was the store OF
Francesca Spenelli, who had been
bounded by the Black Hand. and three
explosions had occurred In the hall
way. B~onaventura. under the third
degree at Headquarters. said Costabile
gave him the bomb and told him where
to set II of. But B~onaventura repudi-
ated that statement later n refused
/, 10 say anything against Costabile In
sccurt. The bomb outrages ceased for
"a long time after Bonaventura had been
sent to Sing Sing to serve . term Of
from FIVE TO seven years.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-01-01

Mrs. LAM celebrated her birthday
Sunday, January 8th. Those present
were DIR. Pressler and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Jallade of New York; Miss
L. Pressler, Miss F. Filley, Leo and
Albert Week. They had a very en-
joyable evening.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-01-01

If you would convince a person of
his mistake, accost him not when he
is ruff1ed.--Dr. Watts.