The evening world. Newspaper, August 20, 1900, Page 3

‘FUNNY ADVENTURES TOLD BY WOMEN WHO HELPED TAKE THE CITY CENSUS. AAOHMRARAADERAEARDEQIORAKHMABHARAAREAAMBADEEEIAAEgE. Oe Sd CAMARGO IOIONADIOAs pao The plucky women who assisted in tak- the census of New York es of the young w America. Th et opposition on every hand, They @ annoyed by cross and dinagreeable people, Some of them were even jll-treated by persons who thought hat they were spies of the police or the Health Roard or other troublesome de- partments Many of their adventures were funny, some of them thrilling. When Mr. Wilbur appointed women as enumerators he told them frankly they would have to take chances with the men. Some backed out at the last. They had expected to have the easiest work. Others when told that the police wou! co-operate became courageous and went bravely ahead. Miss A. & Parker, of 370 West One Hundred and Bighteenth street, told an Evening Wortd reporter Mat ane nad Oren tempted to ask the police to go Into many of the houses on her beat with ner, but that she had braced up and found kindly ra he mo: sreputabdle joo! ing places. She is frm "sonvinosd th ai & Woman without wealth and education ae as much of @ lady as one who has Miss Anna A. Murphy, of No. 28 Wast - ne Fs Pengred and Twenty-fourth street, ork girl by birth and was | oe cated tn ihe city schools, And that king the census of Italy’ ed more about the city than before. “My distyect extended from Fifth Ma nue to the river on One Hundred fuse street. Nearly every one there my wigs and I had to have an interpreter y friends told me that ti would gabe, up my remains and see that they were atteeayy buried aft the Italtans had finished me, a y at the work wth. a “But @8 soon as the found that 1 was only getting the facts for the it were will: to give them to me. One suspicious old re looked daggers at me and then led m ate her 3 Opening a door, she ‘asked to go Mhto the sitting-room and sit IT went In, and she shut the door behing me, I heard a lobk spring, and by feeling | the wall with my hands found that I was in a closet. And a prisoner too! It seems that the woman thought that | was a detective after her hg og ter, and shut me up while the ea: caped en let me out. an when my Interpret rrived answered my Queations with a look of rellef CENSUS OF ANIMALS. “Frequently Italians tried to tell me how many sheep and goats their reja- CAUGHT INCENDIARY, BAG POLICEMAN SWEAR Patrick Cooney, a Wealthy | Mount Vernon Saloon- Keeper, Arrested, Policenan Alban Gleitaman, of Mount Vernon, swears ho caught Patrica | Ceonay, Fourth avenue, that city, at 2.90 this) he saw the man take the candle and Place the flame against the woodwork | A saloon-keeper, of 154 South| in several places Then he started to the back room, and morning setting fire to his place of bual- | while the flames began to fill the bar- ness. After a desperate fieht he was ar rested. The fire was started the heart of the business weoton on upper avenue and in the middle of a long row of frame buildings which are used as stores on the first flocrs and aa living apartments overhead ‘The saloon had been saturated with | oll, and the wooden been totally de and many Wet had the arrest not been made Gletteman first shortly after midn that time was as and a dim light was burning in back of the bar. When the patrolman returned, about lives attention, and he walked up to the plates axe window. which had ten eum Dietely covered over with paint fownd @ little hole in the paint 4: i one corner of the window just enough for him to see the imtemor of | that when Giettaman caught bim with the barrooin. jthe revo.ver ne was looking for bur- He says he saw a man about sixty | lars. Years of age walking around the bar- foom with candle in one hand and a big can in the other HER LIFE FOR HUSBAND'S, Mrs. Liquori Took the Murderer’s Bullet in Her Body. | Pair of Dusky Belles Sought Peace the duties of an assassin, Mra. Joseph Liquort was shot twice in her home, 4 Bast One Hundred and Fifteenth street, net night. Mra. Liquoti (s in the Harlem Hos- despaired of. Her assatiant, Michael Comavalil, a relative, is a fugitive, bat the poilee expect to arrest him today. Comavalil boarded with (he Liquoris. t2id his "Wleo cient ot the haces 7’ ae ye | room h tle his shoes. an alley which led to the rear of the He |" | | Brooklyn six months ago. | 82.000 inaurance on his stock. He claims ~ Mrs were part of the were Be!'e Dep), nue, and Josephine Harris, of 117 W | Thirty first street, In an effort to save her husband from Ps pair were found r they came to be on thal thoroughfare at a unseemly hour ef Yew dese days site), where the dootore say her life ts| ter atay dare, kus natty trubb: "Crap tho “ayia calmly sa town and began to Gleiteman ran through millding, and after jumping a couple of fences got to the back door Just as Gleiteman got to the door and about to stave tt In a key turned in jock and the old man opened it He was clad only tn an undershirt and a pair of trousers. But In his right block would bAV® hand he had » dS-calibre revolver. As the door opened Gleitaman seized man by the throat ith the jeft hand The revolver dropped on the floor. Gletteman picked up the pistol and hur- 220 o'clock, a slight noise attracted his | re’ prisoner io the police station, men, after two hours’ hard work, eeded in putting out the flames and ag the adjoining bdulidings. Cooney went to Mount Vernon from He carried Cooney is said to be worth at least “eo. He was aragned iv court the ing and ‘emanded until to-morrow Bennett. ‘onavalll came in Liquori id have no supper. pee i, brandishing @ revo.ver, » kill you. Liquort jumped Conavalli «. Liquort’s back. fited and the bui- envered Cona- DARKTOWN WAS UNSAFE, and fatety tm Brookiyn Mreet. a's Darktown | rt, Brooklyn, this moriag of 6 venth on Washington | Brooklyn, at 3 o'clock this morn Magistrate Brenner asked bow i kain't see.” aald Pelle, “how iadies er voller ter be in N° Weall woe ‘feared wum'pin'’s like ter ble wot's ben Ke no where ~ hin’ wus like on ‘coun: dt & in: aneal 4 cracked him over the wrist with his | at] club | n front of her) | husband and tried to push him out the room, | vaill fired & second shot into the wo- | man's body and then fed. at in Adams Street | ‘They | ‘teat. health and beautiful figure. a — Sse a ” - : THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING; AUGUST 20, 1900. Uvee owned in Italy, Many of them believed that New York was the wholt United states, On the other bi found artists. scholars and rare good eg living tn ‘Little Italy.” woman told me that a neighbor ki ve con 8 im the back yard The a disowned tt. | went several times to find that live stock. At last the woman relented and | me down Into a dark cellar and mhowed me a box containing three baby asked the inevitatie question about live stock they would name over cate, dogs and even tome Mice and rate. The mont was going aboard lilies live on the East Hiver. There also many evtl- | omalitnn barns and stables that I had to watt to Hi ang ue rapstegy ace cory that ‘the poor are dirty omen of these Lialians amazed me wr L gg ond air of ——_ Now besver, me courte, NINE DAYS IN A DISTRICT. “It took me nine days to complete the district, and many days IT made $7. But T worked hard for |t climbing the dark stairways as late as 11 o'clock at night.” When Pol ce Comm! er Hees heard that his y cousin, | Beecie Hes as one of the enumer- t lg ofS» ClSTS1S WEL + 10V010 WL GLSKoVeISIerLe18V0: err iene 0 (ore) iabigibineaaeasaneneanaes To her devotion to bag-pun it Miss Frances Namon, of Atlantt | City, believes she owes her presen( per ane! has been converting ali the maids and Matron at that popair seaside resort | to her views this summer, and the fa promises to be taken up iargely Miss Namon was a pnyscal wreck when she turned ner attention from rugs and doctors’ bills to physion! cul- ture. The exchange was ¢ pleasant one and she persisted in i. After a time MERA TULIA VRE, hares. When [| en areless house-| Sometimes I was | PUNCHING AS A BEAUTY MAKER. Miss Frances Namon, of Atlantic City, Demon- | strates that It Works Wonders with | oonsnenenensseconoceponaononbssssosenoeansentee or JMISS: FRANCES pom own splendid ohyeique perkins ' “ 5 * i pre Fieik to "he tad WASHINGTON, Ave w 1 . t th ater bat a iite Hay © daugh ce 1 way After a girl ¢ hes up tary of Stale, ew is “ trembles avin | the splendid ex — [ } =, —_ ACID. sition of Ordinary Em- | ployee, Killed Himself. ach was alent |, ars Casmidy had Jer Casstay reduced and put pleee work Last week bie earn iid not amoun & a dollar a day t the money keenly was al | bumiliatio: fF him because hi ent had entered th: LEY MIZS HATTIE TARNUM- ried to when Mr, Knox on be had ordered heer him, + heard of @ riven enough work to insure his} * getting bis old pay What's the use in that,” he said to er. “Theres only 90 much work to be tit ts taken away from store he prophesied that she would] Hut at! of them fi . break the record and complete her dis-louesiions And ‘hey taking Dread out of another's triet fret of om the cocmerelinn. Miss | reiieved to t ok. He Hees lives at No. a4 fty-firat | did not whe » thetr private ed at 6 o'¢loe street, and is the Thee of Jacob | affatrs. & always made |S! uy inh to open Hess, who ia a Custom-House offic'al | their age nie and the ale ist makes her hi well-known former New York poil-| women told her the an advantage pg . : ‘ wes her o a. in having women enume Ot oak we te | Ss demsey enn Hers had what was called an) Mrs Sulla F Heale Recap le 4 dy i's i Mim call her name dowa to tee gh Me Bhe got into |e dining-rvom and fe her husband oe | peddlers, and |stretched ou # lounge writhing as if ington avenue. But though the peo they Immediately Degen ip try te 6 u | living there Uap) intelligent and prt she had harder work to get answers ‘3 some of her questions than others did on the lower east side, The housematds | speedily developed Into a terror to her If vow never (ried to get into a Fifth avenue house vou have no idea of the her ribbons and dress gomts. question they answered ane a dozen about wherre or would not buy ribbon and m: They priced her w ng appare!. asked | 7 her what her shoes cost, all ina friendly the ac A priest Was summoned and word sent and poilte sort of way 4 ~ [hindrances that the maif who tends! Amone sther oright women who Ben lbeetes an am- | Th * dead when the | the door can throw In your way, Most| were aus smerators were Mre rived, he of them were either German of Rus: | Louise © Te Quesada, of No YW Fant an, arrived, On, th sian. Miss Hees speaks Oe Twenty-seeond street, Mine Blanche that had been flied with Forte of N te acid. ‘iid is Afteen years, weeks, = Hie | benevolent Mies Hottie ‘h 7 “Rome of them took tome for a crank, and many slammed the door. her for s bene bh of the Knox works, Cassidy was the oldest lace and SENT TG BASEMENT DOOR. filed many When she could reach the mistress of hi lanks with what bh 1 her, all of | (has the house tt was all easy galling. Bome| which was cure f She dscovered c of them patriotically invited her into [his lack m when he heir drawing-roome beeause she repre- | 1 himself wa ted the Government; others told hér fat 1 Ma ake up bis old to go around to the basement door. abou yee ~ soni work The nay was unwilling ench again t seeing that y that he aid WOMAN cur OT aM D DWN. Harlem Yan Who Could Net Col- leet the Money Dae Him, Foued Hangin Discouraged by his Inability to collect eh he had oaned in various tls friends, Leonardt Birengta, ears old, a cabinet-maker, kill himeelf tn Mrs, Kute- 32 Second avenne, early this he Female Form.: by Mrs, Kutgman hang- the kitchen, Bhe | © rope and railed en ambulance. | Dr. Mooney took the man to the Harlem | will probably @le, A PUNGENT FOOD DRINK With the Taste of Colfee Perhaps no one has suffered more from the of coffee or tailed oft ener in the attempt to leave it off than | have. Although | never drank more than half a cup at a Gme, it even then gave me sour stomach and a whole catalogue of misery, This kept up for a long period, and time and again | have resolved that I pos- {tively would drink no more coffee, but alas, th t of the family used it, and, like eformed drunkard who smells whiskey and falls again en | sn ifiee 1 could not re-| sist it | Finally we me te try Postum Coffee and my trouble was over he | had my faveriy | risp, dark-brown, rich pungent coffee sour stomach t Om the! gradually in ealth. All wh: n to me about Postum | ve found it that | xing mu BOF 010) SLO eel e wlerere wieleereleler@reree om he gos jet b ine ape ahh ent een atteEeeetECCeterettcec cette tteteeee Sette Steet 519) ©1915) 010161016 a1016: 0: 62S1eITEONS GICNEIS1 SIDS 6: 01615 1010)016 fe eee an tributed by ful exer Mise Namon to Ura delight ‘ Cs ¥ eulogies of (he exercise and noved her apt bork to continue i well Rook and ie faking up Poet and strong that she woud no ¢ fear of humorone A mouse, a burgiar OF R Mother. \» iso. # Fine erres vee at Mane } | mth. tt | | WUDUDAAER AR RR naan nanan inet mo mortal combat than she : . ma can be given hy Jotter A a devot f 9 to the Peatem © oo Fi real Co. Ltd ‘makers of Postum, at ie ity with oew 0 ! = virvienl form ‘hope te somes! them ino » Battle Creek, Mick. | AON Ue oe _———e ae | treated with an tron Gen. De Wet ty mar \" padowed b LU . ‘mmando Wek, ote, and send- ‘e « of truge @e- a ———— De Wet 4 Cassidy, Reduced to Po-'No More Passes to Be BRITISH STILL GAINING to the VICTORIES OVER THE BOERS Burghers. | Office | wing dempaten Given er TORIA sued a i ei two Krapp : Mug 17 Three Hamilion en Aue. ® at Rives. indie re dint NV CARS TRAWSFER TC hy | HOM Sale of ha ba Stocks. | We haven't tried to tell you a tenth of the interesting sales j which will occur to-morrow. These few items are such as could not find room in our Sunday announcements, Near! oye | advertised Sunday, together with the items below, will be on K i The: trolled by edas jurghers are (ie tr * to-morrow, Men’s Fine Suits, $4,44, $5.55, $6,66 _ They are made of cheviots, cassi- meres and worsteds, in checks, plaids, overplaids, stripes and mixtures; also guaranteed fast color pure worsted blue serge; every garment thoroughly well made, lined and trimmed in the best manner. They were made to sell at ' $12.00, $15.00 and $18.00 respectively. Women’s Washable Skirts. These are extraordinary specials, and the fact that they are so apropos for either street or home wear makes them doubly attractive. 2.98 Skirts 1.49—Blue mixed denim and blue duck with white potka dot; flare flounce effect, trimmed with bands of plain blue duck and white braid; also of light and dark blue denim, 7 gore flaring shape, all hemstitched seams, deep inverted plait backs, Skirts as High as 7.50 for 1.98—Fifty different styles of j women’s skirts, made of fancy vestings, denims and linens; new. est materials, see? Girls’ Dresses. The mother of every girl who is in need of these garments : should take advantage of this special offering. 4 Interesting items are often rinted about this it these are much ordinary. , Good 39. and 49c. * Consisting of : percales and: lawns; nicely made, some trimmed with embroidery; : sizes 4, 6, 12, 14 yrs. Girls’ Dresses, g8e.—Of ging- hams and per- cale, in & ve riety of styles, nicely trimmed with embroid- ery; sizes 4 to 14 yes. Girls’ Dresses, s(t fine fingham, some trimmed with white Pique, revers and cutts edged with embroidery; sizes 4 to 14 yrs. Second Fier, Mth St Sertion. wear, Size 63x90 49¢., our price age. formerly $2c., our pri inches, selling elsewhere price 4§¢. Size 90x90 ils 62c., our price g0c. 14, Pillow Cases 8\¢.—V, muslin, wide hem, sizes 4; $1.50 Comfortables 89c.—Sumamer and medium weights; full fancy stitched, others worsted: filled with goed batting. seilles $1.49 ets jal Pall sire, 10-4 and 11-4; heavy weight, beauth ; jored borders. rae Gray; : ‘ Linen Bargains. These items had great value at regular prices -extraordinary at these 17c. Huck Towels o';¢.—Extra: large , hemmed, wasted and ironed; per or, $1.10, We. Huck Towels 12'%¢.—Sime tu $2.25 Wool Blankets $1. —Fine royal fleece; white halt wook size 10-4, California Blankets. $4.50 Blankets $3.25 Per Pair— Vality as above, but much larger; “Caifurnia wook Deautiful borders, ! per dor, $1.40 sam ty extra large size, $4.2: Isc. Muck Towels 14¢,—These 96 be Henbets ry oes oa wal ‘ome in various sizes; all hemmed, “Cis 1.4 41.4, 12-4; colors whit wished and ironed: per doz, 91.55 "aa 19c. Damask Towels 124j¢.—Ger; 47 284 Melee vin, Near Reve mar tinged, large size heavy sa row wow wovwe Gtoceries. We sell only the best, and the; Cameras and best at very lowest prices, Se F Granulated Sugar, only 1% Ds. with § nis werth r 3 u have ac amera, there is Pansy Pastry Flour, vey highest cha at you are out grad ) be procured in trste i A this is a ‘ eat ‘ ¢ to replenish them atgreat: ! ora Siviries a os Cycle Wizard A Camera ¢s.s0, °U'°* = at Siac . Tripods «s« | cel tr ‘ Tray, 4x 19 Giass De cloping Folding Dark Room Ruby oo eal All our Ceat Teas nos Embossed vars Mounts, rs rj 7s a. English 55 Chass (iraduace, bor. mesure, 5 All owe $0-Cent Teas Atlas Powders, mukes (5 oe 19 . treats ey or Developing Trays, 1x5 nches, 5 poot Heer, t stlas Developer, ‘all pint 19 ons, bot Atlas Concentrated Devel- 25 Orange Mae alate, oper, halt pint w a Atlas Combined Tow ag ang "25 Sa'ey pi ser) ining So'a ion, bat Y nt, “4 Povwe, So &