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Judge haere Tonal Why He Appointed Him Receiver. ES CHARGES MADE. Ex-Judge Peckham Likens Action to Doings in Tweed's Days. . action of Justice Fitzgerald ‘ast fn appointing John F, Carrol! of the Brooklyn Wharf and Company, against the wishes ‘attorneys in the case, who wait om) ‘Mugh J. Grant named, is to receive attention of the City Club ae an The City Ciub alleges that Sedge Fitegerald named Carroll so us give patronage to Tammany Halk tn the County Court-House | today Judge Fitagerald said: absolutely no truth tn the that I sent word to Hugh J that I would be at home. It |» Bbeolutely false. My appointment of Mr. Carroll was not in any way in- by the thought that it might to my personal advantage. | ted him simply because I thought & good man for the place. ‘That is to on the subject ham, fo reply to Jusiice Fite tthe Justice had sent u augh Geant, Inviting ne jm the evening after th Jon "for the receivership was he had not made “What I ig . Peckha: was sent to Mr. oe i te ocayranes Of securacy of this information. \ gay that Justice Fitagerald sent the Messenger in question, nor do | know the messenger was, | regard it as ayor Grant In =p rege the action of as & Brome breach of ada as 1 opmmtullag dis- baie oan * usaicatton of the crs of sear he said, “as sandal in the days ot The Tweed Judges nl Corton a a Mecunn in par in the habit of using (heir Hon for the bene, of ‘ “ngpl The & practice vr hs politicians as receivers to prey corporations. is action, and appointing Mr, Car- vader of ‘Tami dail, Tt hag been passed to have done 0. dominate i appointment, he was tion with {and appointing a political Mectiver. KNIFE FOR LATE RUBBY. (Special to The Brening World) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. §&—Mre. John ‘Weeks, of 232 Alder street, has long suf- fered from a husband who stayed out Yate. She tried rebuke, but he continued te arrive home at i, 2 and 3 o'cloc! the morning, Mrs. Weeks told him fereey, she would use a radical cur was late again — got home about 1 o'clock Mrs, Weeks met him w carvi rinife. His excuse was Weeks says she jolt of his disobe parent. \e 4 Hd finish him x she tried to slice off iis ¢ ut yy him in the face, Weeks was to the hospital, and ts in 4 crit ‘condition. Weeks was rent to jail DBWEY KEEPS QUIET. Zhe Admiral Had a Busy Night at Dinner and by Leading March of the Emerald Nall. Admiral Dewey spent the greater par @f the morning tn his apartments at th Waldorf-Awtoria, resting «fter his buy Bight. He was the centre of interest a! two rages tg Manhattan and tee the goset oF the Loyal Legion a: s ig jeuriily cheered amin ihe, the members aneous welcwine march with the, Academy rel eas iiroskiyn. ol ui ro: yn, was again enthusiastically re- BOLD CHINESE PIRATES. atl chen she was #weet-faced Mar it} ence Ahearn—Jjust o €| was & shipping clerk then tn pursued Foo PJ AS Child’s Black Kid, with Patent Leather and Kid Tips ;| with Patent Leather 4 Button and Lace Shors ; § Reduced from $1.50 and \ $2.00 f0 *f.00 Per Fair. Sizes 6 to 104-2, Child's Black Jersey Button L exeings, | cuced from $2.00 and $2.50 to JHE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1900, ney dwinter Clearing Sale. Midwinter REDUCTION IN PRICES. Main Floor, Children’s Department. Balance of 5,000 Pairs of Children’s and Misses’ Fresh, New Footwear, Regular Winter Stock. Misses’ Black Kid, and Kid Tips, Bat- ton and Lace; Re- "hae Per Pair. Sizes 14 to 2. sizes 2 to 10... seve 65€ | Alfred J. Cammeyer, 6th Ave., cor. 20th St.| FROZEN SEARCHING FOR HER HUSBAND. 0 0e?22 20g, James Bhictas’ 's Wersin some Young Wife Tramped City Streets Until Both of Her Feet Were Frozen. Suffered Tortures for a Weck Before She Was Found Dying Alone in Her Apartments. Will Scarcely . Survive the Amputation of} Both Limbs— Husband | Who Left Her to Starve Arrested. street firm. His olf police habits clung to him, however, and he neglected the patient wife as of old. Two weeks ago Agent Jacob School- | haus notified Janitor Charles Beck that Shields must pay Mis three montha’ arrears of rent. Beck told Mrs. Shields at gently ax he knew how. The next day, two weeks ago Thure- Bhields went away and aid not Saturday Mre, Shiels took to the flat of her sis. Lang, next door, next daughier May ter, Mrs. Thomas F, in as “I'm going to find Charte,"" she anid; “the font Fpuiay be paid bin] Gores must be pal ere is no food in e MRS, GHIELDS'S BABY, —_|oiise Sng naven't «cent Wil you ~- -—|care for May?” Mrs. Mary A Shields, young and bea-| went dimntwhere net husband worked, tiful, lowing to th t the husbend mel He waan't there, or refuse! to see her neglected and deserted her, ix ihe wax er Ife out in Hartem Ho ‘ } ae | FROZEN AT NIGHT. vietlm of that love and of a proud an 4 sensitiv ‘ | aorepest a4 jand asked Her Hoke open the door of | comrades. her Mat a it One Hundred and oi | wiieenth Inst night and found | pra’ yl r4 C4 | Mrs Shields neclous in a chalr Du ae too Weak to tell | where phe had dragged herself from | | aare % Sige He nd fot b to Md her shoes were haunts former| all) o! the bed, and where ste must have sat! wore ti psy for days, both her feet frosen until] were frosen® stiff aes ose gangrene had set in, and starved beyond thy sue door-knob and crawled into! the limit where tt might have been poe | "f Ay how. Urwanian Chava ana har sible to save her life ae who live with the Langs, tried her doo ared to be locked | DESERTED HIS WIFE. ded tne had 'eone to int who lives in Brook- Her husband, Charies, who deserted | '7"- | his refined wife to follow the dictates of his brutie nature, was held In r aw IN A DREAM. day in the arlen ™ e P in a few dai to-day ir Harlom Court, where Ger-| on time tune in iineotiy en se eae | ty Agents Murphy and St, John ar-| had not teen there Still ther did ot | raigned him f of his five-year police, dreading the publicity berg action ihe, Brooklyn ‘unt "came that he wl | the’ eaid. "nat, Stay ‘was tw fer ont ’ ay Was in her ow ies. They had better break down the} prison, will never canta atte ih th they aid . and found her nes a ena would not if In the shadow | ne of death she loves him «til ey Fil ‘The couple were married siz years ago| Sepa “ave sat tere ‘tre Flor- lin Aoarn fainted when she saw her 5 He) Sitter and has been in a hysterical con- | dition ‘ever whole: | relatives ar pink 7» but} a te her ince. Mra. Bhiel se moreeful that they did ner, but they were suro f come to them {f she at home. oo proud, they say now, until & Weak to move. Roth her feet have heen amputated and the doctors say she can har live the day out An Evening W flat in dire confu upset and things He | promiscuously. | The He had always spent jto hi kept her alive a long time if taken the pawi in the kitchen were a few card f As A atone. I ad husband suffer. represented and a fine, manly, atr . He got a fair he was ambitious for more. fo through influence he got on the po- tee foree, and the happy wife wee prouder than ever when she saw how handsome he looked In the blue «uit aed vrase buttons But it was his ruin and hers. changed entirely his evenings at home. Now he was seldom there, even for a 1d Teporter found the ‘The furniture was been tossed about S pe me to awyer Cordon, who | States on this trip, and 1 find the was enough of It) yar, Godkin was selsed with en attack DRESS GOODS SALE. On Friday and Saturday, Fine Quality Imported Fabrics. Silk and Wool Moire Poplin, 46 inches wide, Colors:—Brown, cadet, rose, grey, green, heliotrope and castor. 50 cente per yard; Formerly $1.50, Ribbed Covert Cloth,—suitable for Tailor Gowns. 95 cents per yard; Former price $2.25, Remainder of extensive stock of fine dress fabrics. * Puffed Wool” Chiffon, Corded Nun's Veiling—Novelty Silk and Woo! “ Iiluminated’* Check, “ Double Tissue” and Fancy Grenadines, Suitable for elaborate Gowns. 95 cents per parks Usually $1.75 to | Quantities of Garment Lengths and Remnants in all Wool or Silk-and-Wool matertals, | Embroidered Cashmere and Velveteen Waist Lengths at one-half regular prices. | JAMES McCREERY & CO., BROADWAY & 11TH ST. SILK DEPARTMENT. Friday and Saturday, Plain colored Poplin. | Lengths of 4 to 16 yards, 40 cents per yard; Formerly $1.25. Fancy Silks and Taffetas,— various colors, Suitable for Garments or Linings. Use- ful lengths. 50 cents per yard; Value 85 cents and $1.25. Fine Noveity Silks and Fon- lards,—colors or black. Waist and skirt lengths, sal, Spring Stock. 75 cemts per yard; Value $1,00 and $1.75, Broadway and 11th St. WHOLE FLAT om Mi Dey BRYAN EXPLNS |e, oe SMALL CROWD.) | iy | Says Price of Admis- sion Kept Many Away. > \e A blunder of the fireman of the fash- |‘? fonable apartment, the Boston, 3% West Fifty-ninth street, very nearly cost bu his life, besides threatening the tenants with aspbyalation. The fireman, John Dimond, sleeps in the tasement. The gas jet in his room) tea the pase cotta’ oon widen ail toe} gas jets in the halls for the atx stories of the building are fed, William J. Brran bad an early break-| At 11 o'clock last fight the janitor | fast at the Hoffman House to-day.| turned off the gas on the main floor. | Boon after he Jeft for Burlington, N. J..] Dimond, coming in later, turned the! where he is to make a speech. To: t| valve to light the gas in his room, thus | he will mpeak at Paterson and to-mor-| turning on full the gas in every hall. row evening he will speak under the} It poured forth from about midnight to | auspices of George Rickard Post, G. A.| 5 { B binng A i onan 20 oun R., in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. | |’) & ° mond ‘Asked by an Kagning World reporter $2 bed ke did not turn of the gas | what he thous’ last night's meeting| At 6 0’ loo tht ithe morning he wae in Carnegie Ei, when but 107 persona| unconselous in his room, aod almost ‘limoct | ry tenant Yaa rected him, Mr. Hryan sald: “The at-| ated from the escaped gas, i sater tendance last night was not ae large Sell pareidane. toed thangs AN al wae i to Flower Hospital. fee been charged. of “I have been through eleven Eastern own fg. sosety ome ‘of thea growth of Democratic sentiment ap- parent on every side, There is an awakening going en in astern States wuch as we heave in the West. The pe- riod of hard thinking is et hand. And if the people will only think for the next five months on the three great issues, Mmperialism, Trusts and Money, they will vote with us.” Next week Mr. Bryan will go to Richmond, Va.; Raleigh, N. C.., and then a hie wife in Austin, Tex. ‘EDITOR GODKIN IMPR GODKIN IMPROVING. Rallying trem Attack ef Vertige and Ne Further Ground for Apprehension. K. L. Godkin was so much better to- day that his phyviclans, Dre, Edward L, Keyes and son, there was no further ground for apprehension. Sun- day night they fcered a dangerous and possibly mortal tlness, Tourer Pot ie 8 siete ot tor }é nal services aeting nae vore from the Duke, sever! youre ago, and 825210 alleged expenses, a wend tng case to © referee Duchees eave that she owe the lawyer 62,90, nor even of vertigo just before his luncheon on Sunday. He was at his home, 3% West Tenth street. Mrs. Godkin, who was | | Broadway and 11th St, SALE OF WRAPPERS AND WAISTS. French Challie Wrappers,— floral and Persian designs, —finished with baby ribbon, $5.00 each; Formerly $10.00 Flannel Wrappers, — dark and medium colors,— finished with braid, $3. 50; Formerly $6.00 Flannel, Challie or Cash- mere Wrappers,—and Flan- gel, Cashmere or Silk Dressing Sacques,—numer- ous designs, $2.50 to $10.00; One-half former prices. French Flannel Shirt- waists, various colors; $1.50 and §: Were $3.50 te Silk Waists,—plain colored Taffetas,—stitched, corded, tucked or hemstitched, $3.50, $5.00 & $>. 50; Former prices $5.00 to $15.c0 JAMESMcCREERY&CO,, Broadway and 11th St. ‘These Silks are new in weave and design,— | being part of a transfer from the am prevevorveveesrrereseererey 4941S 810 JAMESMcCREERY &CO,, | stripes, checks and plaids, |\:' W. H. HALL.: Quick-Clearing Sale OF LADIES’ Tailored Suits and Skirts, For Friday and Saturday ONLY, home 1-30 maak nay Ld St gd SE ei $3, 5 $4.95 56,75... $9,75 uniform. Dr ‘ LOT 2-40 TAILORED SKIRTS In chi Diack, navy, Oxford and colored mixtures; ali with y me applique down front; new mboy-pulted fo sell for #9 bie faced cloth skirts, suitable for golfing, Bicycling or skoting, #: at uniform price of. LOT 3-36 TAILORED SKIRTS in black broadcloths, cheviots and venet haydaomely ap liqued, new box-pialted back, some have wn box plait; made to sell for 2.0; mar nd Baturday to: : LOT 114 ITS taken from our regular stock, In vhe nd new colored mixtures, 5 ¥ k lined throughout; none than $IK0); some Were mark SPRING SUITS (renetian and homespune in navy, Oxford and ree ind ctaat ed tent fitting ‘Aka ‘new. Eton styles, new. box-plalt ack pe ee ps were made tc sel! for $25.00; for this sale only 1sROADCLOTH, PEBBL! BEVIOT and CAMEL’ nat TyUIee, hee acing styles inbiack and. colors Saturday... 316,75 . veil fcr $0.00" «pectal pric) for Friday w $20.00 NO MAIL ORDERS FILLED, W. H. HALL, 346 Sixth Ave., 10 %7%t Meyer Jonasson & Ce, will show advance styles for spring of Ladies’ Separate Skirts, In addition will offer Ladies’ Separate Skirts of superior qu: cheviot serges, new lop Be backs, peril made, or fancy appliqued front - bad regular retail value $12) ‘ $7, 75 BROADWAY AND 12TH ST. rot DOO11-9946-000068 Rothenberg &C Everything to Furnish Your Home from Cellar to Attic. E prices of Friday's offerit and therefore need no furt SNAP SOAP, made by Swit & Co; 10 to a cus tomer (Not MOTE). oeesee.. will astonish you. comment. --needed to furnish Lunn neeaed to. farnish your bome fror hom: from cellir to garret. Smaller Prices HOUSEFURNISHINGS Prices are for Friday only. No mail orders filled. Dealer: not supplied. Formsrly LUDWIG BROS., 34 to 42 W. 14th St. They could not well be lower any place. Goods are st'ndard, + offerings ar: low $o are th: many thousand of things—here Ast The wr to garret. The qualities are bigha are high-gra te and dependabl:. Larger Savings 32° AMMONIA, 12-de= | gree gmde, pint bo.tles: elsewhere one-half agait Wiss aD WASHING POW- e made by Swift & Co., 4b. pkge: 2 to acum tomer.- 10° Gray Enameled We The Enanelicd Wace we sell is sir ctly Great quallty. We sell no seconts. imperfection is at onee returned to maker, are absolutel iu or PUDDING slightest BREAD BOXES, nicely japanned and 19% FANS, stencilled ae WATER shown in tut.. GALVANIZED IRON TEA eed 4: TLES, as shown im cut.. BALL BL dest, Ib. Ml Hib pkg * Iolbs pltgesoeseese tbe OYSTER FRYERS, { — erin or Fre csi Frock fred | brand 400, ; to-morrow READY rage PAINTS, »7¢ pe Se DISii PANS, 14 qt, sizes. won 208 WASH BASINS, 13 in. sizes... +s Any ly derendable 8c | COFFEE POTs, 4 qt. size. PAILS. DISHES 10 qt. size. | HANGING SOAP BREAD RAISERS. TUBED CAKE MOU L.DS,ass0rted, piece which cones to tts with All : DRIP PANS, made of tq. He BAC Iheavy sheet iron, with | wired rim, any of the fol- lowing dizes: Rxl0 = 10x16 10x10 Nxt 10x12 (12532 10x14 1318 10 OREGON RANGES, 8 showa in om perlect in. op- erat on, nickel - plat satisfaction yer LYE, our own "SUGAR cattt won 3% wT te cosh BREAD e0aP BA! AGBES' seeseee ATERS. ERS..+. STOVE MATE. © pres baker, trimminge ranterd, | No. 7 hae 15215 oven, FY loge ibs 11.39, bo WAFFLE LRONS, Jsimple in cone struction a m 4 (4 contewent 78 ACME FRY PANG, made of peut how aheet steel, with ways