The evening world. Newspaper, January 1, 1901, Page 3

' — M, Paige Captures First Prize for Vehi- J. cles inEvening World’s ‘ Contest, and Messen- ger W. J. Cohen Gets the Second. {Great Crowd at Start ‘ and Finish and Along the Line — Hundreds Competed. THE PRIZE WINNERS. VEWICLE RACE. 50 in Gold. 2nG Weat Seventy- locomobit First Pr! 3. M. Palge, wixth «treet, stenm Time—ism, 21 3t-fe. Second ne, $15 in Gold. Wiitam J. Cohen, 2323 Seventh avenue, Neen years old, menasen- wer boys bteyele. Time—3D: 5 2-58. Third Prise, $10 in Gold. Robert MeSaveney, (4 Norman avenue, Brooklyn, bicycle, Time— Gm, 30 2-5s. Firet Prise, $50 tn Gi W. MWertherg, O8 EK ed and Twelfth street. one Time Gold. ‘Thir- Third Prise, $10 In Geld. Walters, 274 Evergreen ave- Brooklyn, Time—Gtm. 20 1-5, SPEC PRIZE, Miss Lottie Brandon, 330 Fifteenth street, bieycle. 40m. 15 4-50. rt Time PISTOL AT CRACK OF RLEY WHITE SAYS RACE WAS A HUGE of the T The rac nueth Century for man and vehiele American spirit and also American pluck. ‘This was AMATEUR RUNNERS. Firat Prize, Gold Medal. 1. Gottten, revoort Athletic Club, 962 Firat avenue. Time—Sim, Second seventh street. Time—Sim. 240. ‘Third P MN. 0. Tappa: ninth street, The Evening World's great Dawn of the Century Race from The World’ Harlem oMice to the Pulttzer Buding he gan with the sending off of the firet auto at 12.00.33 A. M. Miss Eva Mudge had charge of this auto. Nearly fifty wheeled Vehicles were started and the winner, J. M. Paige, in a steam wagon, made fhe diatance, about elght miles, in 33 minutes 213-5 seconds. About seventy-five professional foot racera were next sent off ut exactly 1210 A. M. Ernie HJertberg won the prize In this class, covering the distance In exactly 10 minutes. Nearly fifty amateur runners started at 1222 A, M. and the winner, 1. Gotlleo, reached the Pulitzer Building at 1.13. hls time for the distance belng 51 minutes. More than 2 contestants, trained ath letes, «killed chauffeurs and hardy bicy- clista competed for the golden prizes offered by The Evening World. It waa a mad dash to the finish. And what a finteh It was! Never wns auch a multitude masned in Clty Hall Park and the street« adja- cent to the Pulltzer Bullding. The usual Presidential election crowd In compart: son would have looked like the awkward squad of an army. Every point of van- tage was occupied hours before the Tacers started. There wan not even standing room anywhere within a radius of ten blocks fron The World Bullding. THE START OF THE RACE. A Tremendous Crowd Around The World's Harlem Of-* fice to Cheer Racers, Not since the battle of the Harlem in Revolutionary days has that section of Greater New York served so much to the making of history as it did lant gnight. “+ The Evening World's dawn-of-the-cen- tury race wan responsible for It. Ath- Jetes, the best the country affords, in a filght for the establishing of a speed record between The World's Harlem Tofice and the Pulltzer Building, to- gether with the very best handlers of “ Intter-day methods of locomotion in all its phases, were the attraction The first wagon drew up beside him. ambition to be foremost in all undertakings. The race itself was remark- able, considering the undertaking, from a speed and time standpoint, be- siden hazerdness of the undertakings. Life and limb were sacrificed by the competitors to reach the goal first, and how well the sury vers tine ished in the face of the severest obstacles what calibre gnd cour: age the American people are possessed of. The finish for the vel champlonship was remarkable for the closeness between J. Murray and the little messenger boy, W who tine fuhed right on his heels, dragging his wheel behind him, ax though he were striving to save an army. The picture was one long to be remer beret of the finish between the runners, Ernie Hjertberg, and the ond man, Peter Hegelman, who finished at HJertberg’s shoulder, was re markable. All the other survivors finished in good condition and the ra was a huge success, The scene at the finish, with the thousands of people viewing the birth of the New Year, the flreworks display, the old City Hall iit v dash- ing automobiles, the flying riders on th eles and the spe In ther different colored costumes, mi sight long to be rem CHARLEY WHITH. on the automobile STAR : a TER MUDGE TELLS HOW AUTOS GOT OFF. ‘To the KAltor of The Evening World: Appreciating the appointment by sou motor carriages, motor tricycles and bleycles particty century dawn rac I beg to »: that Nonor and excitement were greatly enhanced from the fact that it was my ploasure to axetst in event of thin kind, which comes but once In a lifetime. ‘Phe trouble actend- ing thin great event was greatly Increased by the huge throng surrounding ‘The World office for blocks, all shapes of humanity howling and surging from curb to curb In a riot of curtosity and excitement. With great dificulty the firs: victoria was lined up, checked off and started, prompt 12.01 o'clock, All autos following from 3) to 10 xec apart. All starters were cautioned not to run faster than eight miles per hour in order to keep within the speed Hmlt le thi test of speed and endurance under the extsting cont! tlons of crowded and slippery streets a matter of Important tstory, whi will warrant preserving for comparison at the dawn of our next century for without doubt at that time great changes will have been made In all manner of rapld transportation. In closing I beg to compliment you on your great undertaking, Its # cessful finish and the glory thereof, R.c. MUDC as the oficial starter of the ng In your grent he an 1 $.3-86-6-008, register the exact time that the con- testants arr there was then: placed on the table, which completed all the ar- Fangements for the race at that point, HOW THE RACERS DO dd2 to be known an the “White Ghost," in front of the starting line. advanced days of methods of everybody: Is, interented in locomotion, Evening World.” he sald, as he down the lapel of his fur collar. ‘Noth. ing would give me greater pleasure than totake part in the race, but Te been; WERE CHECKED. out with my machine ail day and it's a pretty nearly run down, Then, beside | I have a bad cold ana the night alr! Accurate Time Stamps Were woul! not tend to help tt in any. g Way, ut The Evening Me credit for {ts undertakin, every success THE MID-POINT UP TOWN. The Autos, Bikers and Foot- racers Cheered by Crowd at World's Broadway Office. in the Hands of Cool and Competent Men. In order to achieve arangemen ad International Tim en Kang T wish it absolute accuricy en made with the Recording Com pf thelr beat 5 es, ‘The machines w eourge Willam 8. Blambaugh, thelr who regulated the machin» slim. ously to the fraction of 4 cards were again stamped t st Long before the time announced for| {eth century time clock d The Me onewincionn He Serene EMA. | the contestants to arrive at The World's, World's OWA office and again at the prize for tho vehicle race, Uptown office, Thirty-aixth street and | Pulitzer Building. Intol ate was handed Ane swport of the! troadway, which was the checking on machine shot forward | Place for the racers, an immense crowd Wand the race was begun. then | began to assemble, fully 5,000 persons 12.00.33 A. M. VANDERBILT IN “WHITE GHOST” Millionaire Chauffeur Was at Starting Point In Auto, but Did Not Race. No better evidence of the interest _ appearance of William’ K, Vanderbilt, Me ta bia hich hap eome 7 7 ey being present at 11.80 o'clock last night. The crowd was a very enthusiastic one and kept constantly looking up Broadway with the hope of secing the competitors avpear in sight, By 12 o'clock the crowd had Increased considerably, there not being Jeas than $000 on hand at that hour, Most of the crowd carried horns and as the hands on the clock in The World oMfce pointed to 12 they Immediately began to biow on them for all they were worth. A few minutes later Manager Francis, avided on Warden Magen New Year's Trent for rinoners, Warden Hagen entertained the untary guests at the Tombs this a noon with a vaudeville sting from, 2 until 6 “x dinner, which c er show ._ the Prison were assembled the old prison, ‘The Mat comprised the namds of many well-known performers in local thea They had been wecured by Churien M ¢ arich wa ‘splayed in the race by poor| of the uptown office, ordered two of his| been 1 Yriend. of Warden Hagen oe end rich allke could be given than the| assis big manogany| “There was no Koing out between the tant carry nut a table: witich be: ind places 4 mbel : ab Siiee ttaengnga ne ts hr scent ary mam of, the glace cS THE w “a n w pe v " K e wi nh sp the Ide. of 4 companion was quizzing tere full of nice xo 1 wrote those things to my wife. “Ix it a fet that the you about the companton wax not wrtt ten by your wife by Commander Rods he on mi tng ts duplicate purchased for Miss Cole. ‘The caso wan not concluded and wil! be date, get 40. be awd Ro fe made gowd the records of th prevented him from atone with his wife th sald she was ag jhe food} RACERS RETTY IRL + SHES SOLDER Says Is Due as Wages. as th « bride. Mr, Rodney tnsisi cousin of Mrs. Rodni ages atist, and has such coatrol over his vite that he cannot ge; to see her. ils Miss Cole dentes, She says Com- and Mrs. the constant 1 hat no ah [Commander Rodney eh \¢ ad in wife ax latter-d Tiwias, Ao transeript of the already taken wil cost twice blue atdst eyes Mead ‘ ne is, She ah She was uently laughed ax Comma his testimony ell, y gave © had been engaged to be Mrs,| viney's companion, Thix wax ie marriage. She explained that she was pl an ar Commander Rod ad quit partment. He After recounting that ing That's the ven my wife i Commander Rodney hix wife's compan yo meant in son ritten to hix wi co things to dnd nirtt and inna gallantry: amination ta) auld Mr, Rodne: ntire courtship I never rec orm. fon."* “Can your wife writ “she can,” replied Command put she always Iked to other write to me,” He sald that whenev: continued at a WASHING! ne LT w sall Paymaster ey in expla ok : hia ow their om rding his Nov. 3 last. The Miss Isabel M. hoshe asserts is due hat Misx Cole ts nil is a hyp: Rodney employed her on testimony the sum read in court caused ¢ Miss Cole decided bru-] ty ry regular) part of the Tal THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1901. ™MOBE’ WINS DAWN-OF-CENTURY | RACE, HARD PRESSED BY BIKE. ; Wants $66.50 that She! Matron ening World.) Just to! why « arrlage. Mr. for her for} 3 companion of Paymaster of the ef pital ‘Saleswo Women are employed as saleswomen. Men formerly held the positions that women now hold, and while women’s organism is less strong than men’s, thoy \fare expected to do the same work, Their duties compel them \jto be on their feet from morning to night, and many of them, jJin a short time, contract those distressing complaints called j|‘‘fomale diseases.” Then occur irregularities, suppressed or painful menstru- fation, weakness, indigestion, leucorrhaea, general debility, and nervous prostration, 2 They are besct with such symptoms as dizzinoss, faint- ness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleep- jlessness, melancholy, “all-gone” and ‘ want-to-be-left-alone” feelings, blues, and hopelessness. In such cases there is one tried and true remedy, Lydin E. Pinkham’s Vegetablo Compound at once removes such troubles. The following letters prove this. They also prove tho value of Mrs. Pinkham’s advice. “Dran Mns. Pixanam thanking you for your adv! medicine, and owe my Iife te swas awfully sick, was all run’ I take pleasure in writing yon n few Ines Tdid just us you told in taking: your yon. You are like a mother to your sex. nwn nad felt sicte all T looked like a person brought out of the grave, My facc was as white as the driven snow, f was always tired after doing a little work and would have to sit down, Iwas troubled terribly with head petite was not good ; with short wful for about a month. vithout being tired and having to j iserablo as could be. [took getable Compound vt has done for , Boston, Mass. c. SAS TWINS ‘WERENT KILLED stop to get ny two bottles « of Randall’s Isl- and Denies Mrs. Pock- man’s Charges. —I write this letter for you to publish for tho en. Lydia &. Pinkham's Vegetable me a great doal of good. ave taken three When [ began the use of your medi- “Dean benefit of poor, suiferi Compound has dor bottles and feel lik new woman. [ Negiect of duty at Rellevne Hospital ee to the surface ax an explanation MRE AUTRAT TERME OBIE hardly able to be up; could not do hal ached ‘lerine Pockmann by ul to foot, was alinost ernzy, iad those partment T stomach was out of order. Now allof these t me di veeck and not fe IS. JENNIE ork every day in th ¥, 20% Pennsylvan! was tefl ath of her twii Island and how was transferred it Randall's | Lina, Ohio, jest son Harry Infants! Hos artment Ise. Owing to the fact that some ske} people have fre ¢ questioned the keauinenessof the (estimncaial letters lish, constantly | of Lynn, n The Evening World, matron of the In- andad's Island, sald . Pockmann and her three chil dren were enn 4 commits from Harlem yo. Mrs. Pock- mann was a special caré and was trane- ferred to th opolitan Hesplial it ie (rule of our Institution not to r or he mothers of children when the re Mrs, Pockinann was bedridden. Her hildren rust iaeanel nths CURED from an Inherited disease. One of was and does ey wy Ming Cole de- nd Mra, Rodney on | the train from Toronto to this elty. ume sgarding his position with atl y Department show Ing him as “retired” were erroneous Misn Cole A moment ‘A officer suid “The only Ume a won man is for money, 1 handed out 9 bills o ax mere valentine ing and saying tis my chivalrous ru letter asking her mother?” y was asked In cross “During my nd all written by he was asked. © Rodney, have Mra, Rodney bought anything she tnslated upon hav. mn. When asked wh of the Jetters h before thetr mar: claims ek tatlor | black mpowed and r Rode on th te with the had hought a totter her thot omen) In the vost retail establishments of large cities, many Wednesday, Fan, 2a, Annual Sale of L110 leii Underwear. Night Gowns, 50c.,75¢-, 98c., $1.25, $1.95 & $2.45, Drawers, BH S0C.. 75C+ 98c., $1.25 & $1.95. Corset Covers, 250, 35¢., 50C., 75C, odc., $1.25 & $1.95. Shirts, ; o&c., $1.25, 1.95, 2.95 Odd pieces in Cambric and Nainsook Gowns, Chemises, {| Drawers and Skirts, at about ¥% their value. Outing Flannel Skirts, scalloped edge, 25 cents. Eiderdown Bath Robes $4.85. Silk Skirts, \in black, black and white and colored taffeta, deep accor- dion plaited ruffle, $5.00. In black, black and white ; and colored taffeta, different styles; value $16.75 to $20, at $10.50 & $12.50. Lord & Taylor, Broodway & 20th S& 4 —~ —— ee interest and Dividend Notices” EAGLE SAYINGS & LOAN CO. 186 REMSEN ST., BROOKLYN, N. ¥. CBFE. (Opposite City Hall Square) PE: UM JANUARY AND JULY, UM SEMI-ANNUALLY, IF. ONE YEAR. Excelsior Savings Bank. N. E. Cor. 23d S!. and 6th Ave, T have ordered Interest Jan. on or before Jen. 10h) will m Jan. tet. WILLIAM J. ROOME, President. JOUN ©. GRI CAMPNELL —On Sanday, Dec. CAMPURLL. Funeral from ven at, at 102 to St, James's Church, Yam 12 ofeloek oftered up Inverment in | | | | twins died July 7, the oth@r three da: —_ Inter! |W mucceeded In savine the lie ue | HEALTH, BEAUTY and LIFE| Lost, Found and Rewards, he Children's Ho: Gen eaher WHITE RIBBON KEMEDY. Absolutely Painless Dentistry is an Iri- Am ave. apt INA at; By Nov. 2 he was | Can be Giben in Gi ster, Tea or descent Dream. Comparatively Pain- bays sh are SS Me ‘ Suredtandinadlt be our tule | Coffee Wiehe Knoaledge, _ less Dentristry is an Absolute Fact. The RARD (and |e | costae oe eed tot er childrs when t reach hint i . i | i i ittle. — two years elther to. the rents ar | * stake jis Bical The (eia ta ae — ty the Outdoor Poor Department. We! Rakerd sen Don't be a coward, come. } sent the child to Supt Of his |! er ‘tase wee “he's $5.00 Rubber Sets $5.00 —=a A — Otsposition know Steere iu a % : | nothing. [tix ‘ tadtetton. | package f writing) Repairs Free as Long as the Plate Lasts “he busts of Mra. Pool Gold crowns and bridges, 22-earats || Dawn of the laint te tha ation of thi will he sponsible fe tin report the death of children of the night to Bellevue Hor Institution I+ then supposed tw notity thelr parents. Tam surprired that Mra Pockmann did not hear of her children's h. That she dil not was not 00. with sets free. No Time Lost. uf OPEN ALL NIGHT, Sundays and Holidays. That Auction Sales ¥ ROUS GOODS ates faicurice | Itoot ee * auction THUMSDAY Hundred and ‘Tw morning and burned horaen ( death and did worth damage The stable was owned by Michael Reltly Lawyers. ____| DIVORCE }:;) PILI = An Open Fireplace Gas Heater 8? combines the cheerfuiness 2 | of the most old-fashion- ed method of heatingwith all the con- venienceand . economy and cleanliness that the most modern methods afford. All BEST EVER kinds of heaters sold af all offices of the 25c. Standard Gas Light Co. <= BY MAIL OR FROM NEWSDEAL | Hel Wanted—Male ANU ACTION & TONK HROULATOR wal J NOW .ON SALE. l 1901 i | i i ISSUED. ER. <a \ ¥ Gold fillings from $1.00 k.xtracting gas/ v put the fault of the Bellevue Hose | . W YORK-— West side 6th Ave.scor. ldth $: 1 authorities. b ie . yee . Al ant aire pr AR SON JERSEY CITY —York, cor. Grove St |] Begun 12 Ol 0’ Clock this > COE T CENTRE REWARK— Broad, cor, Market St || Printing at 5 ‘Morning. Century Edition OF THE | Evening World Souvenir copies may be obtained at The World’s |] Publication Office to-day |}and to-morrow. Also at |} Brooklyn Office, 309 Wash- Jington street, Uptown Of- |} fice, 36th street and Broad- |} way, and Harlem Office, 209 West 125th street. —— PRICE‘ONE CENT. ———— chs WANTS | Buttonhoala the Publi: and hold ‘heel: eation for a litte white—-juat org enough to sult. ‘he purpose of ‘4: