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“STEEPLE BOB'S” WIFE GUARDS HIM AT WORK. ‘Mes, Merrili Watches Lifelines While Bold Hasband Is in Peril on Top of St. Paul's Lofty Spire. “No.” replied Mre. Pyaline Merrill, the bive-eyet, diond wife of “Steeple | Bev" Merril, as she gaged up at the | workman who is planting @ “jim pole @longaide th of St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway and Vewey street ‘This rigging ts preparatory to holsting the golden vane out of Its three-foot » @eeket and lowering it to the ground to be regilded. The fowrfoot metal bali |Remeath ft 1a also to be taken down, |The two weigh about M pounds. “No, tt doesn't make me nervous to | ese Bod up Mere, BI feet above the @arth—when | can see him at his work,” gontinued Mra. Merrill “Bod calls me ‘the dows,’ and he's just the best man on earth—or im the skies,” he added, jooking up again. “Bob ts a very careful man. He never! Goes ‘stunts,’ or ‘gallery playw for the |pewapapere to talk about, although he has been climbing since he was twelve | yeare old—he was thirty-four yesterday and he has never got 4 scratch through his own careleseness But once @ helper, let him fall six stories Nearly every tn his body wae broken and he was nine months in a hospital. “Bob was born in the Methodist meet- SADPLIGHTOF SICK BABIES, Many Poor Children of the Tenements III from the Heat. 110 30 32 im Herr) ome 9 Hattie Malswsal Lovie figmete, Mt iam Jacobs 20 Prenas Fires 399 and Lene Geditris, 20 Kast sixth str 1.0 ra ad , a sesssusss Nod Bening L. Wornwetion The following punt by one of th staff of doctors attached to the Ev World Sick Badles’ Furd tells of one of many Instances where the fund has proved a veritable godsend the death rate so prevalent among children of the poor “Three day# ago 1 found In Hudson crouching in her m: hed Italian mother jand ob Not a word of 4 ‘ahe speak: only the plaintive ‘Bcuthern Italy. Around her were clus tered some half dozen jDieck-eyed little ereatures, gaunt and) Jenin from half-feedin, “The youngest babe's wee feat ‘were so pinched it looked like a little old man. Iu cry was all put inautivle (Tt was a bottle baby, a di Daby: a starved, poispged be Gl bur past saving. Evening Werld doctor tle is Cleared. The barley ihe milk bought for it te t iq roctors are bringing Ite he sallow mo:her smiled Iwhen t | . Pulltger tle Girl Did, jveimer, of M3 Kast red $501 for the What One 1 Little Gertie V } Fourth street, ¢ Evening World Sick Babies Fund taat | y+ week, by placing @ stand tn front j her taiher's * ete two days Ma rions going Vfrom work eave toward tha good w 16 had collected + to and) From the Neighborty Circle, , Te the Btitor |e elansortr Cn ters, La or ‘Some Poor Sick Baby,” | istiecet please tat 18.60 tor scone! ne Fi ‘adh toe tt of) te ‘tone Tenstt Pe, we t HARRY AND FLORENCE Branch, N. J. — ‘They Earned This in One Day, j Sete Beer: het for one day by Totter” ererene get 1 yearn MATTIE MALAWIOTA aeet F years MIRIAM JACOBS, aged 7 years An Eleven-Year-Old Girl's Work, | Be the Ratton: | Rindly aeowpt 11.48 which I collected tor Qenett of the Mek Dadiew Pond 1 am | devon years od and I will try to cole wore, Yours truly Miss CORA ot ft. es ee RA MICHARLI AOR atre jopes te Will Ip. SLD, the proceeds of & stand Fourth srenue. Browklyn, wher lomsnate, cahe ad candy. 1 bape 1: iti soe and Thin street. We wish 1 was mere jours rempecttully KATIE FOR. G42 Mew Thtrt gree Ral DOCTOR G42 Raa: Tir! feeeet, * 1. B, Alpine, NF for the Fund, | coat. | | Oke SAPISASIS) OLB O1w ie Le leeleswiel eles is lesetere(eieie in checking & the 2 dark skinned,! 2 and keeping it fit | suttered an} ela lelowe! tnd $3 tor the Wick Radter Fund trem | MAK the piysician who MRS. “STEEPLE BOB.” ing-howse at Tucson, Art, while his father, a ranchman, was fighting at @ rinole with Apache Indians. When he was twelve he joine@ the navy ea en apprentice. “The mate of the Tantte was a first- class rigger, and he taught the bey ai) he knew. That was (he beginning “After two voy ” @ whaler and one on a merchant slip Bob took to thie business and has climbed hundreds of steeples ant fakpoles He pays the flag- pole on The World Butiding ts the finest one in America. “He was working on the steeple of the Metho@ie: Churoh tn Nashua, N. HL, when I first mot him. I liked him. We wore marrifd, and we are spending our lives together. Wherever he goes I ao Wherever he is | am. Since we lost . THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, JULY 30, Lae 'MOLINEUX’S WIFE (Mn — SY Park, MOLNELX vile AA rt Rad in August Xe Numerous in te that many await with interest the ann vt our Annual agust Trade Sale o ure will open on Wednesday next, August First. The meth which the goods are “| assembled and distribu bargain prices during August are original ¥$ successful, these sales are compiime: y Many attempts at imitation, The elegance of the Furniture and its cheapness, mark & positive advance over any former similar occasion. JOHN WANAMAKER Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co,, Broadway, 4th Ave., 9th and 20ch Sta, Little Woman Always Accompanies Him in His Risky Calling and) Stands Ready to Pre-| vent Accident. | Judge Dugro Refused to. Hasten Action of Re- | corder Goff. | , lonenahae at home and nervous. “egies Dis ropes sometimes hang! down to the grown? and some mischief. ! maker might cut ‘e fio 1 go ant b him work. night we play AL ortdbage of dominoes together or go to he varieties. “Bee! See how carefully he moves) abent “Why, Steve Romaine, who was iettted | 59 eNeGie Lake Laie | ose (aK oreo ele ele ¥ steeple for nothing if w him to go ip nd on the ball of ‘Bob wouldn't do anything like that ja @ feet 11-3 tagh in helgnt and | | A. Mt, Macy & Co.'s Attractions Are cir Low Pricey Sommambullat’s J NNARIS 10/21 a)a oJ fo s=! sake lolelesete rote iele (sis aig) +/+ (eiciel+ aiefe.-wreMinser- this job, but nobody need expect be flervous, to} we mtruck square wkull ry for, ton't jou eee? Bo’ wily around that upy Rin Iways a rope witht: our two little boys by diphtherta three) [i I have been |» years ago at Lowell, Mags. DO OOO OOOO OC D000 0 OOO0n 2 Y £ PDIDODOODDO SOA 016019 OVOOSGie1¢ 19.0.0 nce Mrs. Walker ome no allow her, size 10-4; these are not all @ool, but | in all sizes and widths, ranging in prices - ~e wl NOI 5, remove her t equal in wear to any all wool blanket: | as follows | All-Water Route to F The Rev. Horace Porter, frst asstetant pain in the shoulder and neck, but at- | Magistrate Mayo told the aotras le in white only, Wouk! be good value | sire 10-4, per pair, $7.00 and ba mer +) ie pastor of Plymouth Churcd, Brooklyn, | tributed {t to a eprain. It became woree, COUld hot hel; ‘eitine Wet at he goes at $2.75 per pair; for sade 00) Me: it 7 » ‘ VIRAGBAPH, AMD OO OTROS ‘ROCKAWAY BEACH, is critically | ne have to bring suit In a civil court es s ot pair, “, '. - abet i rand he was taken with ® chill sale, per pair, 09.0, 5 es $2. eR aio SQUARE THBATRE PROOWEY | ore sens ‘GEN. SLOCUM. ity and had Same quality, extra size, 11-45 regularly 30, 00 R ™ iy GRAND RE! and Cran ' 13 sold for $3.50 per pair, for i ' “tom NNECTING : Yr piaecere ‘ ld tor $3. cy NECTING WITH THOLUET POR ABVERI recovery is le wan thrown | this save, per pale 2.59 | sie 14-4, per pat, $15.0, 30.00 MUSICAL COMEDY HiT UDGKNEAR AND PAR RQCeANa@ b at ake : pe et rst age Bll ae 2 hone Vhoe |Z All Pure Wool Blankets, » bite: sire 0.00 up to ’ THE CADE! GIRL’ See ee a yh kt le) gael). || Word) cau Gn” Wintee eae Natl yah Ager acon, 50, Sample Blankets at hoi price These oR AMS boom : 3 pinal {ita Browning per pair, for this sale, per pair poppebors : adhe Tam, | The members of hin family did not spectalist, of U4 Lefferts placa, Giunti ai PAGCIAA. 1 bhaclal sb ve arranged on urge centte < fo) UGMNEEP ET i! know that he had been seriously injured yn. was called tn, re eek ee ee, moet Xx ‘eaes) ep Potaee toes’ ¥ ttle more than @ week ago he was| Part of the time he hus been uncon. ed jot, size 10-4 have very beautiful) used as. samp rk apd“ Albamy,’ " t T some medicine | setous, part of me delirinue, He ts borders are really worth $4, the “ana M oot + found tn hie desk led them to] cnder the care of two trained nurses, | se pe 3.25 ; ae 1 been treat-| Who watch him de ni alr ‘oh . ne y and nigh .| Same quality, extra size, 11-4 reguiarly) We p Steamboats. | ing him. eels of s mand) | to ape: bed ! *] T. the Bator Ki | ‘Thia physician knew only what the Doetor had told him It was that some tmie in Juge the Doctor, who w ne a few days in tossing the Bridge on his whe nm avalting a trolley car he collide with @ truck. He fell on his shoulder and the side of his head and was stunned fore time He got up, however and was able to mount his wheel and Hide to the Grand Central Htation, where he took his train. He suffered from a worthy exuse, from a his pennies to help the whe Ras wret 19 Secomt place, Drookiys. » Along the Good Work.” jease O04 1 conte ter the guar Hi Delp along the orien oF x fer Wee Point, NY Ten Cents Bach. ma work, ONES. DP ent colletet by Aho Tayiet, ome prot ot surrit “S) DROWNED MAN O'ABUPB? Body Found tn the Mast River May Be Identified by Card Inseription, ‘The body gf « drowned man was found thie morning in’ the East River at inclement please fot Drew litte girle—Neiiie Gehei Fowble We baby, and will try NEL for the Sick nadieg | Ninetyreizth street. He was adoat forty. Uke tw give mare it) Sve years old, 6 feet 6 inches In height pooper ow say oe He wore » dark gray trousers, bive shirt and light underwear. In bie pophet wes found 0 card bearing, MINISTER HURT BY BICYCLE FALL ON BRIDGE IS NOW VERY ILL. \Rev. Horace Porter, Plymouth Church’s First Assistant, Was Injured Six Weeks Ago. as sirong as a lion. moves jo Insthe elevators Hate Gace Maire to a | Ground After Fall from Third "Bo le that yarn about a row between Rob and Mr. Wing, the other alimber | sper griatew tnt, of ings press aot & that story. je «Poppe, a fomnambul bs and Wing. “uae hen he Pee: Vernon, fe n r a f of our Pa ® me ws ‘window last night while w é ve wilt be a month weeks on | A sg Doth Sides 140 St. from 13th to 15th, 6a a H Sosecovepaee "| ‘Specials for Tossday. Just a hint of the seasonable things we will offer to-mor- row af the most popular prices. The list is short—for quick reading. Hundreds of other items equally desirable and low-priced. Such values will give lively impulse to: summer trading. . Women's White Pique Skirts, excellent quality, front gore finished | with embroidery insesting and inverted plaits, worth 5] %6 a $4.25; our price Sdatevseecrcedne Ile Women’s Fast Black Cotton Hose, double soles, heels and toes, worth 20¢.; our price LANCHE CHESEBROUGH MOLINEUX " 1911840018) 919 HE LL910 PMEOOECOOROD 1: more safely than of a big buliding TOO. — ‘ who several mont mother-in-law to Vrieort where her bur Molineux, occupies « spending 9 weeks in Asbury Fark with ber sister, Mra. Howard P Okie. Her face ta known (0 y New Yorkers, and the re suffer great ar moyance from the ng of the beach crowds, The actions of are particularly obnoxious Mra Molineux dressed in black when eee cone eee eee n- er coe e e+e e+ oe j Women’s Cotton Vests, Richelieu ribbed, low neck, sleeve. New Jomay resort y, but the contrast 0 the: B89 ttre of fe — | less, worth 20¢.; Our price t \ — the Summer residents Was so are she ts now wearing colors and Is t by mucB leas conspicuous ‘To her friends Mra. Molineux declares | Children’s Summer Gauze Vests, silk binding, pearl buttons, short sleeves, worth 40c,; our price, . pe eR AREA SREN LRRRDRRAL EN EE LERRE TORR ER AEERCERORR EERE EEE OS OEO4 He 107 jaectars Men's Fallviggan Shirts, French necks; Drawers to mateh, Ih her old fi that her hu j —— RS pot 9, ae I bebey a ae goo ets the } double gussets,well finished thoughout, worth s0c.; our price (of a 0 hi hy p|Penahy that now henge over im Women's Shirt Waists, made of figured percale, desirable 2 | colors, clear white pearl buttons, worth 7$c.; our price, . 4c \ i} Summer Corsets, made of strong net, nicely trinamed with 9 lace and ribbon, worth 75c,; OUT Prices... gees sere + Cc It seems odd to talk about things for zero weather when the Women's Figured Lawn benataie ba, webaede 49 thermometer registers in the eighties, however, you wili see the ad- Worth 75¢.; OUT PIC, ++. eres Sy tren thadree c le 3 Yantage to you by reading helow. Women's Fi oA ale Wrappers, square dk: tinned wit Our great purchase of Blankets before the advance in mate. f ‘ ‘59 ha rials enable Ay make prices as low as ever befe re, while mos male; Teeneeryah uta at ees m ay 2 others paid the advance of 26 to $0 percent. Thus we are in a po- Women's Figured Lawn Wrappers, trimmed with embroidery, lada tee Ye Vreeland Can't 3 ion to sell cheaper than any one else, over shoulders, deep flounce on skirt, worth $1.45; our "ar 99 * Move Obdurate We have never had so great a variety to se from. These price . eeseas . Cc Landlady. were ail obtained from the best California and Ea mills, -—____: - = We have here any quality of Dlanket trom the cheapest grade $j Amusements Excurpions. 4 to the finest, and in all sizes. It would be wise tor hotel and boarding-house keepers to take advantage of this sale. Blankets from all the best makers of California, Oregon and other Western States, and from Faster mills are included. ANOH AND BAC aK ANU BA PA’ T FEN - LINE Ada May Vreeland, now appearing in The Cadet Girl,” at the Hert! Square ‘Theatre appeared in the West sce! MANHATTAN BEACH ,), wai eT) FANCIVULTS | Tia ones Court today with her former landiad Mra, Walkeor, of 22 West Thirty-tourth| Wilts Annie can Fleece Le gr a | California Blankets, 9!) pure wool + regtlar!ysold fo 44) these come in two sizes 10-4, reeu street, to ark Magistrate Muyo . per pair: for this sale per pair, larly sod for $4 50 per pais 4 98 concerning the retention of her trunks $ Whiteand Cray Blankets, (ull sire; for this sale, per pir . i by the boarding-house keeper, pee by got Ig aay tase mills: Size 4404, guiarly sold tor $7.90 bi " ity na Orite regularly sold for $1.25 esc Bt tok thee sale 0 " Miss Vreelant now o +s ate jer (Bs eabresehe 98 fl patr, for this sale, per 5.50 , ed sie TAN” BEACH. Visita aie ag * 3 White Amestcan beauty Blamkets, Cian) , Coxtinuous tiers 15,38. 9. LOA OU ANT way, and her huaband is travelling with fegularty seid for 1.95 per 39 California Blankets, in asserted lot. $ Perlormancere Vaedevile 4 poad company Bhe told the - Mixis por, for this sale, per pair, 1. pi tk nquat. f th white and sth Ave, 28808 10% “ wfull o 1 4 v trate that Mre. Walker was unta ¥ 2 Woot Blankets, (ull size, 10-4; these! po vol fant Ne holding her baggewe for a board bill are not al wool, but are excellent for ra r * e : . ) per 234 St! tracted by her husband previous t) her wear; they are in white and gray: rex jor this sale my 00 arrival at the house Mra. Vreeland paid her board prompt but upon ae her piace of rest ularly sold for $2.25 per pair; “3 special for this sale, per poy 59 calewils Blankets, the leeest y Wool Blankets, extra well made full and grandest ssortment ever sheen tf 8 $ y e ND SDA VER CRCRARUER ERR ES TART ERORE DUET ES EREDAR EREREROEET NTS BERETS, . = rei a cert RR A a ne Sa ne cevrere eters Overwork is velleved to have begn one of the most Important elements in ine FOund Marriage a Failure serious turn whioh the case has taken, | After Two Months of per pain; for ae, per pair, s this 4,25 i oe ROY BOATS. For several years working nicht and ne Deki eae Dine Weaded Life rs ain wt age : 2 7 ok ceed ho wa go te Lit Women’s White (Groceries. a } ger orier te abou ae : : y- L Shi H ® ih ON GINGER : ; # born in| Mrs, Annie Riegel, twenty years 0} 4) CORI alte i Men hn Band iid wf tw orto. tan Pd ey awn ohirt} Birmouih Church” under ie Lyman was anything but a bitesful "g Waists. Ho a $$$ }ho-say ove wove betore Jat : tn ~ NEW YURK CENTRAL, this taaaiiation the Supreme Court, PB « ; These have ' mes Agee : Bast ol fees backs, rows ' Por) tire. “1 CAILD.- it for divoree 3 broidery ins } ree husban,d she deciared, teen to 3 fronts, soft of laun- 19) STHALER caucar, ie haan se dst ene § ie a a | = land on July 15 beat her bruta roe |S extra value at ear-014 Giri ) e | Drew Pita | ex Lass 3 White Lawn shirt} pea angel * 3 Waists, fine em-} | Joseph Monaco, forty years old, of gy) Benlen, swore that o * broidery on fronts,' Mulberry street, was held in $2,000 aii i! Drulses from a beating ‘ soft or laundered cufls; spe 98} = ° in Centre Breet Court this morning age i» 1 Riegei.|$ cial, 1 Peta ih igre charged with abducting Victoria, the! oN, Hebi, Ye Z : s ' vind ate twelve-year-old daughter of Pidele Oj. ;!iving in Manhattan He a Bad ch chhchdhchch dads hdadhchdhh ehhh hd an ot $k dero, of Maiden, Mase. charges ant sald bh ] = Bae Monace worked at Maiden untit two Lidl way Ae nd geen ol Amusements. Amusements. EF weeks ago, whee he disappeared, taking | now living with her parents at 118 Har-| 424 94, HAMMERETE ad st. | Se ‘-'N wee’ the child with him Friends of the rison street oe ICTORIA: alco \ FE father notified him of the abductors! a= — NAW @ . ‘ whereabouts. | . Bi ‘erate vunleyotitere wane| VANDERBILT'S YACHT Roof" G ARDEN KEITH'S to Monaco’s rooms The Inferiated VALIANT AT PLYMOUTH. ———————_—_—_—_— father drew & pigtol on discovering his Ne each thew New Tor. ‘ junday W Wants ar vet ESS there, Monaco aise ieached for « ebes tats fib wearns Sunday Works Wan eae ‘Tae detective prevented bicod- a Vanderbtit 5 i y| idle. They keep th polling, Try | P= \Aiu—ace “INE SUNDAY sufamee’ So angen ‘ i ¢ pai. nectieselilitiee ‘ ! > ol