The evening world. Newspaper, July 25, 1895, Page 2

came out of the Court Building they stopped eres @t the corner of Centre Street to wait'fora street car. Dr. Biggs to be the coolest of them all. Mighted a cigarette and puffed it myg@tanced carelessly at the crowd stood about eyeing the group with curiosity. ‘They had come down from the station $m an open patrol wagon, and the idle the court-house, who saw thi Fecognized them when they came 5 Hanson looked anxious and wor- talked in a low tone with » Who appeared to be doing his to reassure her. She is an elderiy- oman, with straw-colored hair, ‘& tasty street costume and a trimmed with yellow ribbons, Ha | Says the Arrests Are Absurd, Brooke had Miss Hanson, Dr. and Mr. Champney in his office after 2 o'clock this afternoon. he had finished his consultation sald to = crowd of reporters: “There is absolutely nothing in this pills “The arrest of these persons is the most absurd thing on the face of the “It is most unjust and simply unpar- “There is nothing in the aMdavit of the old man that indicates their com- Pitclty in any crime and nothing is against them. There is nothing to justify their arrest so far as I can “Is it not charged they inveigled the girl from her father?” was asked. “There is no such intention in the papers.” ‘Mr. Brooks went on to say that he had ascertained that Miss Hanson was & most respectable and reputable wo- mati; had been keeping a select lodging- house for gentlemen for years, and was &@ woman without a history. “What about Dr. Biggs, did he ever live in Glendale?” “The proper time for answering that question has not yet arrived,” said Mr. Brooke, cautiously, but after a moment he added: Brooke Says Biggs Is “Tommie.” “As you seem to want to fix him a ‘Tommie,’ the author of that letter, 1 will say that 1 don’t think that there fe any doubt that he did write it. If he denied it when questioned last night he acted very foolishly, for there was nothing in it that could in any way in- crimnate him. Mr Brooke went on to say that In ad- @ition to the threat of suicide which the girl is known to have made when she ‘was arrested at Grant's Tomb last Mon- Gay night, and was afterwards taken from the station-house by Dr. Biggs, he had aacertained that she had attempted lelde in the Hanson house about two yeeks before, Miss Hanson had told htm this. ‘The girl had taken poison, but war treated in time to save her life. This was the first intimation that such an @ttempt had been made. Mr. Brooke @idn't know much about it. “But I don't believe one word of that old. man's story," said the lawyer. “It's alla romance. He is not in his right mind. It is perfectly well established that he abused her, kicked, beat and assaulted her, and made her life mis- erable. . “That typewritten letter she sent to her father was her own work. I huve she original letter. It ts written in aw book, und she asked Mr. Champney to have a typewritten copy of It made to wend to her father. She could write geod Engil “Why even her father's lawyer, Mr. Van Amringe, began habeas corpus pro- @eedings to get her away, but when he @aw her and talked to her, he admitted that she was perfectly sane, and not being deprived of her Mberty, as her father alleg: Wo jot eDileve Low Anyway, ‘He had no authority over her any- Way, as he was only her putative father, and she was her own mistress under the law of the land. A man who would confess that the mother wan only his mistress, and his child a Bameless waif is not to be believed.” Mr. Brooke said that Mr. Low's trouble with Miss Hanson began last @ummer.when he was obliged to give up His rooms at her flat because he Would not agree to take them for the ‘Winter. He wanted to rent them from ®onth to month, and when he was told he must give them up on Sept. 1, he ‘became very abusive and left the place ‘with his daughter full of wrath at the Proprietress. He had only been allowed to bring his daughter there because he faid she was an invalid and he wanted to care for her. Lily had been at the Willard Parker ‘ospital under treatment for a tumor. ‘While the Lows were living at her flat ‘Miss Hanson, the lawyer said, had be- ome much attached to the girl on ac- count of her sweet and confiding dispo- sition and was ready to take her in| when her father’s treatment had driven | her from home. “Did Mise Hanson ever see Mr. Low abuse his daughter?” Mr. Brooke was asked. “I don't know, but she says the daugh- ter told her all about her father's cru- elty towards her.” Mr, Brooks had nothing further to say about the case except that he was ready to show next Tuesday, before Coroner O’Meagher that his clients had been ar- rested on a filmsy charge, and that there was no ground on which they could be held. ‘Mr, Low called at the West Thirtieth street police station early this morning. Mr. Low Somewhat Recovered. He seemed to have recovered from his excitement of yesterday, and soon after Dis arrival at the station he consented to make @ further statement to the} reporters who were present, When they gathered about him he Degan in a calm and dignificd way to ‘tell his story but he became somewhat as he proceeded, "t sleep @ wink last night, “and my head seems to be whirl- about with thinking over this te: affair. “Why, my daughter was the victim of some terrible conspiracy I have not always wearing fine costume: test doubt, and she wes driven “What eer, wrenies was to get my T was so fil last Winter ‘shat ifT ¢tot rhe was to have THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1895. Gi-o-TOMMIE. JAMES LOW, JR., FATH everything I possessed, and told her where she could find my trunk #ith the bonds tn ft, and the will which I had made. This was all to be hers, “In some way or other those people— T den't know who they are, but there must be several in the conspiracy— found out that Lily was going to have my money, and iald their plans to. get hr under thelr control. “How they managed {t I do not know, but my daughter was not altogether sound mentally, and as she occasionally visited the Hansona I think they must have worked upon her in some way. She Did Not Write, He Deolar: “That letter which they sent to me was never written by he spirators concocted it among them- selves and made her align it after they had got possession of her. “It was only a part of the plot to get my money. ‘They thought I was going to die, or, at least, could not live much longer, and, with Lily in their por sion, they could easily secure it for themselver “Why, the girl could not possibly write such a letter, She hadn't suMctent in- telligence, and could not speak English well enough. “I taught her all the English she ever knew. As for the statements that it contained that I abused and ill-treated her while she lived abroad, and oll the other incidents that are related of al- leged quarrels with her mother, are the most outrageous Hes that could be con- ceived. 30 Blackmail Wae Tried. “When these people learned the se- eret of my daughter's birth they first! ckmailing scheme | tried to practise a b upon my brother, Joseph T. Low, who, as you know, {s a very wealthy mer- chant of this city and worth over a million, That was last Winter, “I got information of this scheme and went to my brother and warned him. When they came to see him he refused to receive them, and they afterwards sent him a letter. They wanted to get money out of him, and thought that as & very wealthy man he would be willing to pay well to hush up the matter.” Mr. Low went on to say that this scheme failed, for the conspirators were evidently afraid of getting into trouble if they pursued that policy any further, They did all sorts of things, however, to annoy his family, and sent letters and meecages to them contin- ually. “After my daughter was taken from mo I used to get reports that she w: seen in public riding about the Park and elsewhere with men, and that she was One of been seen He was formerly employed by my brother. An- other man named Inma. “What were the fine gowns given to her for? As a matter of fact, the the men she hypnotic influence or whatever they actually made her do servant's work tn that house. At the time I was no sick last Winter I sent for my brother Joseph, and he came to see me. Those con- | Promise me that you will see that she 1s properly cared for, I usk it as @ brother.’ “My brother yromised to do this, and I told him what property I had. It wa all to be done quietly and privately, and no one else was to know anything about It. I lefe him my bonds in trust in my will. “And yet they say I was cruel to my daughter, How could I be cruel to such @ helpless girl? She often told me when I was ill that if I should die she could not live, but I saw to It that she should be in good hands, when I got my broth- ers consent to take care of her, “L nover sald 1 would disinherit her. That Is another one of the parcel of les these people have told about me. jays She Was Made to Siave. hey got hold of her for criminal Purposes; thoy worked on her weak mind; they frightened her, and made & slave of her, God only knows what they did not do to her, “I foresaw how it would all end, and have had a firm convictien all along that they would drive her to death. see now how it all happened. In trying to get hold of tho fortune they expected she would Inherit from me they have killed her.” Mr, Low was greatly affected as he told this story. He went over some por- tions of It again and again, speaking particularly of the affection which his daughter had always shown towards him and of his love for her, “Why, I have travelled all over Jcurope with her, taken her to Spain, Italy and even to Africa, We were always com- pantona, and I taught her alinost every- thing she knows. “And then, when I was sick and al- most at the point of death, to have her desert me as she did was more than I could bear, But she did not do ft of her own free will, She waa acting under the influence of tnose scoundrels who have caused her death. ‘Think of saying that I got up out of a sick bed to beat and assault my child. It's monstrous.” ‘The lettér, which Mr. Low declares Lily did not write, reads as follow: Lily's Letter to Her Father, July 16, 1006, J. Low, Jr Dear Sir: As you wish t mm me, I take the opportunity (o write, or rather to give you © partial Bistory of my past life, amd 1 think in that way you will better und why 1 lett the home you gave me. T can say that from the yt to this world lite hi ya and a constant straggle with sickness and misfortune, When in my childhood you and my mother seat me to the more than & living skeleton, uni ees caused by bad mile and 9} same room with sick childres goats and eheep living in the same room also, Not Cae Happy Day at Home. Later on I was sent to bearding school, and those were happy G6ys for me, but when stayi: at home with my mother I am certain 1 ai ect one Dappy day. Then, 7 mother, about 1! wt these Roles with the double object, vemely, to bave me sent away from home again and to 100 france or more by polling tt at Algi and for puaishment you Greqacd me dy the hair actors the re yen took & bat-pin and pricked my nut me up In 4 dark closet for (wo hours “T sata to him: ‘Joe, I want my daugh- ter taken care of when | am go. and I don't belleve I will live much longer. Terrible Scenes in Algte: to say nothing of | mountains, each time I came back 1 was littie! @Y@r had If T knew f could etay with her as long ing in the 4# ! refer to the call 1 had on Saturday trom | | will bave to look out for my | to strug! Of all thove terrible scenes between you and my poor mother, and when [ think of Algiers and the home we occupied when there, 1 shudder: for I well remember the night you were talking to my mother about h ther when, for some or other, you selzed her by the hair aud her screaming through the rooms, Tried to Strangle Her. Then ale at Versailieg, 1 remember distinctly when my mother tried to atrangle me with a Becktle, Then in Paris you ran after her with that yataghen which you kept hanging in your] room. Again, when we were living with Mme. Prepot. No wonder I attempted to kill mynelt. U remember, too at the same place when I wax ing to boarding-school you sent your shoe fying me, which hit me over the right eye, You! Femember It as well as T do. Presuming that all these experiences are tire- fome and unpleasant for you, I will not dwell any Jonger on them, though I could mention many more, TI sumelent, 1 will now try to explains iy why I lett last March. For some time previous I was longing to ret away, and in fact was advised to do 89, but eould not for reasons that you well know. Only had 50 Cents a Month. No one had offered to take me, and I hed no money, as my allowance of 80 cents a month wae many things it wae about the time of my ser- fous Hines, caused by 1 know pot what at Gret, but much aggravated by your cruel treatment; for tn consequence of some words about Mra, Grott's butler yor took me by the hair and 4 fon the floor and srutally kicked me about the body, so that [ could scarcely walk for sev- eral daye after When { came pack from the hospital you were very kind to me for awhile, tt ts true, but caused me to mak © away from ou, amd It 60 happened you took me to Mite Hangon's house to lodge, 1 will tell you now the piain truth, Thought She W: When we ieft Mine Hanson's I called on her Mow and then, ae she asked me to, for she kno: that 1 had oo frlenda, Weil, thin Bt on ootty enough for you and I for awhile. but all of a sudden things went on in the same old way again, and as you told me at diferent times that if anything should happen you would mot leave me anything. Dut several times bad 9 will made in my favor which you destroyed. y with Mise Hanson, This te oaly a amall point to me anyway, as you Know very well that I would not with any one for {nterested moti 1k was ons ving you to find a new home, 41 found a very happy home with Miss Hanson and Dr. Champney. 1 am treated as one of the family, and have comfort and amusements, such as thoatr and in Miss Hanson I have found « true triend or, rather, I should say, @ mother, that which 1 ever bad before and something I needed very much, It will be the happiest gleam of hope I Distuherited. I live But 1 de not know if I can do ao, your lawyer, Objected to Go to a Convent. It seems and ry plaip by the you make, that if 1 would stay with the said parties you would not provide for me. but if 1 was willing to go to that convent (but thought you were opposed to convents). you will ay all my expensen But then I understand Whea 4 am of age, which is not very far a you told me my birthday was Sept. 26, i it. oot, fm tact, is | Tam pertect bat not to af are, dui tor ean pertect my #0 that when I come oui 1 cam be pri inst hunger once more. willing to ge to Doarding. T know too 1 only silude to these things to show what kind, indulgent parente | hed. A, me, when I think 1 say 1 am willing and delighted at that Prompect im view, and 1 presume that when of nd live aa 1 please. | for ten ye AA HANSON, baurd sometimes to h way sh would go on. She seemed to be pei fectly innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, and It is my opinion that she was slightly demented. “Any one who tried to do sc could gain an influence over her. Her father was of the same opinion and after she disappeared he often used to speak of thia to me, “Those people,’ he would say, ‘have hypnotized her, end I shall never get her again,’ " Mrs. Tryon said that Lily had a beautiful voice, and that she frequently would hear her einging all day long. “It was a light voice. and sounded just like @ bird as she trilled out the Uttle French chansonettes that her for- eign masters had taught her. “Her father was very proud of her voice, and said he had given her the best masters when che lived abrond. Bhe was naturally so childish and irre- sponsible, however, that he could not bear to have her out of his sight for a moment, and was always worrying about her when she was away from him. Not Responsible for Her Action. “My only conclusion ts that the girl was out of her head and was not re- sponsible for her action in deserting her father. Every one who observed them in the house will tell the same story. “I knew nothing of this Dr. Biggs, who has been arrested. I never saw him and never heard of him until 1 | read the story In the papers this morn- ing. There must have been a deep con- spiracy against the girl.” Mr. Low's story, told to the police last nieht, showed that he was the son of the late James Low, President of the United States Trust Compan: millionaire, and a brother of Joseph T. Low, the wealthy dry-goods merchant 3 Worth street, who 1s also a direc- in the Equitable Life Assurance Company. His sister, and the dead girl's aunt, is Mrs, Oliver Harriman, wife of the Wall street banker, and one of the lead- ers of New York's most fashionable socia: set. Ap Illegitimate Child. But Mr. Low admitted that he had not been on friendly terms with his wealthy relatives for many years, and that his daughter Lily was an {legitl- mate child, Her mother was Josephine Ramoi, a French woman, whom he had met in Nice years ago when he was travelling in France and with whom he had lived, but to whom he had sever been married, They had six children, all born in France. All of them had died in that country but Lily, whom he browght to New York with him four years ago after the woman with whom he had lived so long had deserted him for an- 8ther man, Mr. Low repeated the statement which he made at the Morgue last evening at the time he identified the body cf his daughter, that Lily hadb een lured away from him by the “Hanson peo- ple,” as he called them, with whom ER OF THE DEAD GIRL, T think it best for me to have an understanding by writing you personally, and 1 do so, I hope I Will hear from you soon, I alao hope your health In good and wish for the game in the future, By) 8.—Mlsd Hanson 1s prepared to take me to ‘the Mountains, so please let me know what your Intentions are. Yours truly, LILY LOW, A reporter called this morning at 11 West Thirty-fourth street, where Mr. Low lives, It is a handsomely fur- nished and well-appointed house kept by a Mra, Tryon, who has lived there rs, She is an elderly lady quiet and refined in manner, She says she only rents her rooms to permanent lodgers and that it ts not a boarding- house. “Mr Low and his daughter came to live here last August," she said, “and took rooms on the third floor, I learned that Mr, Low had been living abroad for a number of years, but he never associated much with the people in the house and I knew nothing of his family affairs until after hia daughter disap- eared last March, when he used to talk to me very often. he stories that he beat her and ill- treated her are absolutely false,” said Mrs. Tryon. “I never saw father and daughter who showed so much affection for each other as they did. “Mr. Low's eyes were troubling him and he never went out much. Lily would sometimes sit all day reading to him, They seemed to have very few friends, and I do not remember any callers being received by them. ‘Miss Low seldom went out alone ex- cept in the daytime, and seemed to be devoted to her father, Even when he was sick last March she sald to me one day, with her pretty French ac- y father {s the only friend I have in the world, and if he should die I would kill myself, I have often seen her sitting by his side with her arm around h's neck. In fact, they were us affectionate as possible. Her Strange Fight, “She went away without the slightest warning on March 10 last. Her father, who had been sick abed for some time, sent for me early that morning, and in sreat distress told me that Lily was not in, and he could not imagine where she had gone, “I searched her room and found that she had taken all her clothing and trinkets, und that she had not slept in her bed that night, “The old man was about beside him- self with grief, and he was too ill to go out and look for her for several woeks. “It was then that nt for his orother, and then for the first time Uknew that he was @ relative of Joseph T. Low. His recovery was almost a miracle, for he seemed to be on the point of death for several days. “Finally he recovered and then he be- gan his search, He used to come to me | and he talked to me by the hour about his girl, and about his suspicions, ‘Me people he had formerly lived with were trying to get her away from him, he 1d, for some evil purpose, Even af. rhe had located her he could not see her, and he seemed to be driven almost to despair.”* Seemed to Be Weak-Minded, Mrs. Tryon sald that Lily seemed to be a Weak-minded, filghty sort of a girl, and very Frenchy in her manner, “No American girl would have talked as foolishly and childishly as she did,” said Mrs. Tryon, “and it was positively they had formerly boarded. On the other hand it was said that the Hansons claimed that they had taker in the girl, who had fled from her father because he had cruelly beaten and maltreated her, and that her life with him was rendered miser- able by his alleged brutality towards her. RIDLEYS’ MEN’S STRAW HATS. The balance of our UMMEKR STRAW HATS DUCED to a point where cost cuts no figure, There are MI- RL STRAWS and S: RAIDS, with rib- s aT be band. Those that were 50c., now... .25c. The kind we sell at 75c., now. .35c. Regular goods at $1 & $1.25, now. - «569 0000 ABs Those we sold at $1.50, now. - . 59c. The finer grades were $2, now.69¢. You will save money no matter how far you come. Domestics, LOT OF FANCY WASH GOODS. Among them 36-inch Percales, Dimity Lawns, Plisse, &c., stripes and figures. THEY ARE SIMPLY DIRT CHEAP. 3c: 5 4. Yard, 10 CASES 36-inch Bleached Muslins. Every one knows thei. 7¢, 8 Yard, FOR A RUN. Furniture TING Prices right and left. White Enamelled Beds, no better make to be had, nothing so low in price, 3.58. Woven Wire Springs, to fit the Beds, Miss Hanson's father is a clergyman and 1s sald to live at New Haven, Conn. She lived for three years at 102 West Fifty-cighth street, and bore an excel- lent reputation there. Mra. Harriman at Narragansett. When in the city Mrs, Oliver Harri- man, the aunt of the dead girl, lives In the five-story and basement red brick and brownstone house 64 West Fifty- seventh street, a short distance from where the young girl lived at the northweat corner of Fifty-elghth street and Sixth avenue. Mrs. Harriman is not in the city now. She is stopping with her eight children and her father at Sherry's Cottage, Nar- ragansett Pier, They have been there since June 15 last, Mr. Low, sr., wat at one time worth $7,000,000, but lost the greater part of it In Wall street. He ts now over eighty-five years old. From what could be gathered at the Fifty-seventh street house to-day James Low, the father of the girl, was not a welcome visitor at his sister's house. One of the servants sald to-day that she remembered seeing the murdered wirl at Mrs, Harriman's house a few days before the family started for Newport, but that Mra, Harriman was not In, There is a possibility that the girl was there again on Monday night, and, finding the place barred against her, felt herself an outcast and decided to dle. Bundle Left with an “L” Guard, James A, Lundy, who said he was a ticket seller on the Third avenue “L" road at the City Hall station, called at the Coroner's office to-day with a bundle which he said had been left with him on Saturday night by a young woman dressed In black, who asked him to take care of it until Monday. The girl, he said, strongly resembled the pictures of Lily Low. ‘The bundle was opened and found to contain a dress and a striped ehirt ‘aist together with a set of woman's underclothing, which had spots of blood upon it, In the bundle also was a glove box, & foot in length, containing a number of neckties and some letters. ‘The letters were not made public, but Lily Low's father read one and said it resembled his daughter's writin; One of the letters appointed ing at Glendale Park. CINCINNATI, July 25.—There {s a Dr. Thomas Jefferson Biggs, late of Glen- dale, fifteen miles from this city, who is now located in New York. His father was once connected with the firm of Ford, Eaton & Co., wholesale grocers now retired, Dr. Biggs, 1 is understood here, is connected with some New York hospital. His father 1s not in town. - —— SLASHED HER THROAT. Worry Over a Mortgege Impellead Mra, Reich to Try Suicid, Mary Reich, thirty-nine years old, of 178 Avenue C, tried to kill herself this morning by cutting her throat with a table knife. Mrs. Reich was a widow at the time of her marriage to her present hus- band, five years ago. Her first husband left her $5, With that money she and her present husband opened 4 butter and egg store at Ridge and Riy- ngton streets, This Was subsequently sold jast April to the city far schoo) purposes for $6,000, With’ that money they purchased their present residence for Siving a mortgage for $14,000, and Mr Reich started a saloon, B:nce then Mrs. Reich has been worry- ing for fea tha: se t they would not gsuc- 1.38. About 1,000 Carpet Remnants, all wool In- grains, one yard length................ “OH, att: to 321 Grand St., N. 309, ceed, and be unable to meet the inter- est on the mortgage. This is the only reason Mr. Reich can give for the un- balancing of his wife's mind. — DID HE KILL HIS DAUGHTER? Kate Keenan Dies as Her Father ja Arraigned im Court, John W. Keenan, of 2306 Sec- ond avenue, who was arrested last night, charged with having caused the injuries to his daughter Kate, who was found in the back yard of her home, un- conscious, w arraigned this morning in the Harlem Police Court, He refused to make any statement, and Magistrate Wentworth remanded him to await the regult of his daughter's injuries Just after the disposal of the case, a report was recejved that the girl had Just died in the Harlem Hospital. Kee- an will be arraigned later in the day and sent to the custody of the Coroner. SHOT THE WRONG MAN? Bellet that WeCoy Meant to Kill Wendel Instead of Zipp. Robert McCoy, alias Gray, who shot and killed Frank Zipp, a colored man, in front of 358 Seventh avenue, between 8 and 9 o'clock last night, and was arrested through the efforts of two “World” reporters, was arraigned in the Jefferson Market Court this morning and remanded to the Coroners’ office. Gray was handcuffed, and left the court in charge of Policemen Terpening and Waitafelder. The murderer was the coolest man in the court-room, While waiting for his case to be called, Gray sat, with the policemen, in one of the private ex- amination rooms of the court, reading a Znorning newspaper and smoki The sleeves of his undersNirt were stained with blood, and on the left side of his face was a bruise that might have been caused by a blow of the fist. The murderer maintained a strict silence. John Wendel, of 133 West Thirtieth street; Richard Fleming, of 149 West Thirty-third street and James H. White, of West, Twenty-ninth street, were in tho custody of the police as witnesses. All are colored men, and saw the fatai shot fired. Wendel is the man with whom Gra: is sald to have who Was walking with Zip} latter was killed. It is sald that the bullet which killed Zipp was really in- tended for Wendel, who was saved by the murderer's unsteady alm, LORD SALISBURY’S THANKS. Acknowledges the Services Ren- dered by Chief Ha WASHINGTON, July 25.—Chief of the Secret Service Hazen to-day received through the State Department a note froin the Marquis of Salisbury, the new British premier, ackowledging his ser- vice in going to Great Britain to attend the trial the bond forger, Mendel Howard. TF Death of a New York Sal. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 2%5.—Thomas Barry- man, @ commercial traveller, representing the firm of P. K. Wilton & Co., of New York, wi found dead tn his room at Hotel Wentworth, Newcastle, this morning. Ho has beeo tn pox tine, and was stopping at New. The cause of death was heart of Cornwall, Ont. You Are 1? I with lMquor or priecnes with Take the Keeley Gold Oure at the White Plains, N.Y %* of um ? tute, Great Necessity Sale. Every Price a FACT that Speaks to the POCKET. The Purchasing Power of Every Dollar Is Simply DOUBLED. LADIES’ AND MISSES’ STRAW HATs, They ma ly reduced them to one-half the cunt price. ALL FINE GRADE FANCY R. STRAW HATS, many with fin Crowns, in Black and Colors, > Mlla@ Tuose that were 6c, to Tc, now 25c. All the fine grade $1.00 Ha‘ 39c, Those w» had marked $1.25 and $1.60, now 59c, An opportunity like this ecew once in ten years Table Damask. ecds no explanation, The FACT almost with a voice. 40 pleci finest quailty imported Cardinal Da’ ask, with white or black border; the | width i 68 inches, Price almost noth- ing—yard, 35c, TABLE COVERS, 240 Turkey Red Table Covers, fringed, al ia, about all fast color and regularly’ sold $1.10 each, during this sale price each, 59c. APRON LAWN. Fino Sher Lawn, 40 inches wide, with fancy satin stripe border, twenty-five cent grade, yard, 15c, TUCKING. Nainsook Tucking in various fancy and open-work designs, regular 76c, quality, down to 35c. Dept. 4th floor. 3 elevators, The NEW MANAGEMENT in this Department is CUT. It’s a NECESSITY Sale for them and a NECESSITY for you to heed. Woven Wire Cots, special, -98,° Upholstered Cots (best make), 98, iy), made Hassocks, all lors, each, .29. 10,000 Sptenaial bright cold .25 Y. A ROW OVER OLD PIER 41. Dock Board Criticises the Rights Given by the Legislature. The Dock Commissioners to-day gave a hearing to the New Jersey Steamboat Company to show cause why it should not pay rental on the extension of old pier 41. Some years ago the Legislature gave the Company right to extend the pie: and the old Board wanted an increase in rental, ‘The Company refused to pay it, and the matter was referred to Pres- ident Cram and the Treasurer for ad- Juatment, The Company this afternoon showed the Board a letter from the old Board, fi hich the words “at an annual * had been blotted out. President Initials were attached, to show that he had made the alteration. The present Board was much prised, Both Pi Commissioner Eins: former President such a thing. “Get, Mr. Cram here to justify his action,” Commissioner Einstein sald to David’ McClure, one of the legal repre- sentatives of the steamboat com} A Mr. McClure said it would not f nified to ask the gentleman to come be fore his successors to explain such an iked Mr. Einstein. “He received his salary and took his oath to perform tne duties of his office. If the man is a man he will come.” “We do not wish to act arbitrarily in this matter," said President O'Brte1 we did we would order the re: of the extension, “You could not do it," said Mr. Me Clure with a flushed face. “You could not do it. We would not permit you.” Mr, Einstein then criticised the Legis lature for giving the Company the right to build an extension to the pier. ‘The ing then came to an end the President announcing that Board would reserve its decision, See vhy not?” B34 Weasher Forecast. Forecast for thirty-six hours ending at 8 P.M Friday, for New York City and vicinity: Partiy cloudy with possible showers to-day and to-al tale Friday, "woaterly wings : 2 e following record shows the changes to temperature { morning, hours, ag indicates fat Perry's Ph 06 A.M ori irmiac: 73) Matilda Enham, Columbia, Pa, sayet 6. 4. “That Bearing= Down Feeling and dizzy, faivt, attacks left me as soon as I be. in to take p quale mt Pink ham's Vegeta. ble Compound, I was sick with womb troubles io log I thought I never could get well,” DIED. BILLINGHEIMER—On Thursday morning, Jety 25, CARRIE BILLINGHEIMER, wite of Frank Biilinghelmer, aged forty-seven years, at late residence, 50 East One Hundred and Fertieth street, ; Notice of funeral hereafter. —e