The evening world. Newspaper, April 3, 1901, Page 12

pki lineds dc eeiee ated nT Manufacturer Will-| gerodt, Who Offers) $1,000 Reward tor! Return of Willie Mc- Cormick, Believes His Boy Was to Have Been ‘Stolen, but Police) Say Poor Run Away. } ; ic his home in Highbeiige a week ago. and for whose return Oscar Willgerodt. & a wealthy neightor, offers $1,000 re- $ ward, is that the kicnappers seined him instead of the rich man’s son. whom they had plotred to hold for a ransom. “For a year pest,” sald Mr. geredt te an Evening \ this afternon, “my hush conetant dread that our b kddnapped: Hy no mines ahy care. * Ido not know whether my husl wirning, but fearful. The high | house and the | orld Aa the Cua esp any has | has received : been, nevertheless ; barbed fences about the two viclous dogs we keep are to aafe- | guard our son.” “tHe has been told by his father what to do in cane he wan seized by a kid- | Rapper and made to play only In the | yard. “Bince Wille McCormick has disap. | peared my husband and I have realized | 3 that our boy has beon saved at pense of the other. That t# the reason the reward Is offeret.” ‘The police scout the kidnapping theory amd point to the positive identification fas Willfe McCormick of a boy who rode |¢ to Leng Island from Thirty-ninth etre ferry on Thursday morning lant thelens the new theory ts bel the manvfacturer's neighbors and wan advanced to-day by Marce!la MoCor- mick, eldest sister of the missing Ind and present head of the house during the prostration of her mother. Ricoh Hoy's Danger. It is sald that about two montha ago Mr, Willgerodt recetved an intimation that an attempt would be made to ki nap his child. That he became exceed- ingly careful of hts home ts shown by the remarkable manner tn which It In guarded, and that he ts fearful of tn- triers. No safeguard has been over- looked. In front of the Willgerodt reattence in A alx-foot stone wall, topped by an tron picket three feet in height. The tron Rate Is @ubstantiaily made and ts be- tween eight and nine feet tn height At night it de padiocked, This invall- ates all fire policies and Mr. Willgerodt has been so informed by the police. But he is willing, apparently, to run this risk rather than forego the safety of himself and his family. ‘Around two eldes of the house is 4 @ ved by COOOD0OG Bo Boon 6 § woven wire fence four feet In helunt | @ and with barbed wire tora. fn the rear & of the lot is the burn wateh rans ocress | @) the entire lot. The only ao) cess to the house trom 2 through this barn. The coachman sleeps there. ‘The two boys do not iook unilke. fare about the same size, though Willle McCormick is a trife bixxer ‘Took Wrong Moyt ‘They dress allke. Coats. It Is Mr. Willxerodt's custom ‘drive his boy to rohool, five blocks away, every_morning. Frequently Willie M Cormick would come back from sch the richer boy In the trap. It'is'concelvable, say the MeCormicks, that ‘the kidnappers could hy. mistaken the boy. Capt. Gannon, of the station, who hud up to to-d hin belief in the kipnapping this afternoon from a visit Hendquartera and declared positive Willle McCormick has no kipnapped, but ran away “If the McCormick» w the truth about this would throw the diatppearanc Both have tan over- Went wont Th untoue miss considerable they ol Ft | a them in his mother's potketbe tng, Somebody took way for me that the t : napped. Conductor's are You ear oy was Identinentto onductor on th win Murray avenue line, Hrooklyn y tifed the pleture of Wille MeCormick | "™ in The Evening Word we that of the boy who rote ty and oa his car Thursday morning the boy! said he o doubt of tt. As far an be certain n that cert of anythice 1 au the hoy.” Murray ves at Ni street, Brookiyn, and Thirty-ninth street fe Ambrose Park, wh hin headquarters, _oway of Flghty-aixth » Ts Twenty-first run In fr y, not far from ¢ Buffalo BHT had of Description Toy. the boy, ne an Even “This ts Jexcription of wecalled him, yte “ting World eyele or € whether checked or striped 1 positive. buttoned up aroun goekers, 1 think. laced shor: Ber eesti cle, re * wore materia we ch attr “emt a kind of waite shirt front or A don't know how to desorthe tt was close vip ty his throat and d the purpose « a col r Boy Has 4 eres stockings and she |Captored MISTOOK KIDNAPPED BOY FOR SON OF A RICH MAN. $1,000 REWARD ! & Willgerodt, of Pre street. m WILLGERODT, wth avenue and Twenty-sinth I offer $1,000 ard forthe return to lis parents of Willie MeCormick, safe and sound, and no questions asked. When 1 read about the letter sent by the supposed kidnappers to the hoy's father and saw what a dastard|y threat it wits, T deetded to OSCAR offer a reward. POLICE E DESC RIPTIO OF THE MISSING BOY. Willis ars old, of ion and hair: fair comple I. M.. Mareh 2 all preeinets in Great- Missing sines entout from the This alarm has been y York ist night. four times hast ‘ELECTRICITY THE WORLD: WE DNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 3, 1901. OPPENHEIM. CLLINS& @ Will offer Thursday, April 4th, Several styles of High-Class LADIES’ TAILORED SUITS—Broadcloth, Cheviots and § 25 00 Venetians; entirely lined with siik, e TAILORED AND DEMI-TAILORED SUITS, for young women. Sizes 14, 16 and 18 years, or 32, 34 and 36 sizes. 15) 338 20 In addition will offer TAFFETA and BROADCLOTH ETONS at moderate prices. BROADWAY AND 2\ST STREET. STOCKS NEAR THE RECORDS. : Market Booms on Big} Buying Orders of Favored Issues. MELTS RAIL. Teston Second Avenue Road Furnishes Show of Fireworks. The Manhattan Elevated Railroad) reading on the Stock Excha tompany intended this morning to make} yay tlonaliand ‘quit ric trains on Kak Uegincing road, and the ecurrest > enormous deal- an early hour, Ings tn th " xoing 1 ra the One I : “| some of the prices were away up ' + station, a at FUN | WH on of a few stocks ae kere lia current | in wh 4 trading at Mnrolved the mul an It tt tsmue | tae market to-day waa) Fatt gorin | Rauls Ned and with a hev d, blue, | tone | wid GUS tlon of enormous purchasing 1 shares, n ranging from sed strength nautionsl rise aware & Hudson Central FGR A PURER MILK SUPPLY. wed WI Revoke Dentera! Permits. The Roard feaith to-day 5 HI that ne group pd some of the less promin were in demand, La Improve Hares of information be prey ry information of dairym ad | Aimik dealers. showing how yntamin ntion of | V he avoided, ant when the Investigations of the nt of Health show that milk during t ertain dat contains a Delawars Burllagt Jerne 17 i dange ere hand! of the fact, and ahould the them thereafter be atlil found to contain n unnecessary nu micro-organ- fams their permits for the sale of milk shall be revoked. —<——__— FRENCH PREMIER WORSE. itled E Union’ Pactttc NK old try ved upward strongly high-grade Investment {Omaha moved 1p orthweatern pr on promt tak- latter in Jaland suppl Yoctors Find nF Abacess in’ Waldeck-lon PARIS, April 3.—The physteians in tendanoe have: 4 ret acess In the throat of M . the Premier, Waldeck-Rounseau was cons hav tongite na {that he hoped te return o work Thursday —- DEMOCRATS TAKE TOPEKA. etrong, with Rock Burlington P14, Amat Copper Am. dua? Ate Top 4 8. F teh Top & SF. pt yn Mapit Transit Carrie Nation's Followers Lost in a pitton stro MIL 4 St aut Prohibition stron A a ae oping W Consolidated ¢ aa Del, Tack & West Silt Let aa Haden has been the etronghold of pro-| Fs for fifteen MOT fondo goon HER LAST SAW StLUM | am powitive Mean ine 1 otreet Iris tt track aded toward Mine With ¢ resident Rect Harris w executlye reny and eles Direstors “junGe BOLTE TO TO GIVE BOND. whether TWO RUNAWAY BOYS. With Justice executor Maine fle New ore Surrowa eet ley Ha i an, for Mra, Koch, ‘1 © acth on a required to deposit rye who were i He eclured ind aveme Arrested the Thomap, by directed 1 neent of Ige Bo! pendin Ny they conten VANDERBILTS REACH OUT. Delaware and ted: Reported a Moby New Vork Content. Cotton Market tm ‘There are trustworthy reports that The) cotton) market: ope agreement for lease of the Delaw ay and ti to:4 «higher, 5 ind Hudson Company by t ww York | showed an ady sof 3 points, Liver- Central has been ‘signed. Wiis said that DL is now about 10) points over, New the terms are a7 guaranty of | York prices, which. however, are about Delaware and Huds the frat [2 less n during the past three iz prices we Seri, & meeting 1) fle Railway oo he following dire eh Conlldge, RoW n Hawley, Charles M E. Huntington, James Hi. Kahn, J. W. Mackay, 1. Wheat Prices Weak. Winslow (So Met M . on a o peer tinal | Wheat opened quict and weaker in the | senit, dames Speyer, Gar seremtmeser i =| s 3 values. hour was|% i cloth Suits for $15.00. i less than $25 or $30. percaline lined. Brown pearl, blue, on Silk Jackets for t:aster— | Silk Waists for Easter—A large Departments brimful and trimmed with ee init fancy braid; cloth faced values «- $5.00 values . much style and beauty. Their equal is unknown in season's greatest successes. We cont Add a flower and you have an attract Hats, all new shape: . not be bought elsewhere. Boy: Great purchase son's No. I best make; like the entire print lineever offered neguur 496. per square yard. $1.00 values. We offer them as a pair, of se HANOVER BANK. Gets Control of Con- tinental After Long Negotiations. ‘The Hanover National Bank has se- cured control of the Continental tlonal Bank, next door, at No, street. Negotiations for the nf! have been going on for aome time, are concluded. It im understood that the chief con- Ideration leading to the purchase of the Continental by the Hanover Bank was the valuable real eat owned by the former inatitution, ‘This adjoins the property of the Han: over Bank, at No, 9 Nassau street. Both the Continental and. Hanover Bank Bulldings are rather old-fashioned struc- tures, and the suggestion was made that an tmposing modern building would take the place of the present structure, The deal gives the Hanover Bank con- trol of real estate valued, at $2,390,000. SHIPPING NEWS. PORT OF NEW YORK. ARRIVED. 4 Charles I. Tweet aiarket to-day, reflecting a bearish local | —- ment, owing to lower English Gane aye More ale, abies % ; i ope prt WASH 11 3—The Beere-| acne ss obeliinn/ Brlceesw ere: May of day, tary reasury ¢ purohawd ent a in NewYork gluon) Pat wor: | wheat a3 4 ynds at audatantially the «ame |S MAY Yark'’s coeing varet 3 TI ToE thledt OG bo twa jew Yor Brices were: May Ta Uta bonda pur | wheat, 4; % September, =toaing Brices were: 3-8; July, 72 1-2, To Lazant Freres have engaged $1,000,000 ——__—_. Ship 81,000,000 In Gold. rs) athoat gold bars at to Parle the Apaay by Omee fo: to-morrow's: in shipment area mer, Allan Liner Short of Coal, GLASGOW, April 2—The Allan Ine steamer Huenos Ayrean, which passed hale was light*brown, as for ast liowed the Wighbrid«e, N co (remember, 1 think nix eves were} The mun ga anlosbsane es Blectod though) (aM not’ positive on this| Moore and his home a Claywburg, »kiyn Union Blevate Mate 1 The boys sald their names were Jobn ected directors, to-day, The Mowatt and James Johnson, both four- ower interest remains in cone teen years old. euaded by Moore to leave thelr homes A the only change m: substitution of J. 1, Charles L. Rossiter, They had been per- singer” or ———- au-Amerivan) Bilisiancd: Tory Island, on the north coast of Ire- ALBANY, April 2—Gov. Odell has] Iand. to-day signed the dill of Senator Hill authoriz- short of coal, but that the ship was all Snake insuesancand ¢ Epossion come cig a Heda Ay roan mated from Phil- second mortgage bouds to" adel arch ii, and some apprel Bie value of $600,000, sion had been felt ag ner aatety, May Tatonlee Liverpool. alled that wh Ogvao, Gibraltar. signi whe was Gretta Arableton « OUTGOING STEAMSHIPS. . SAILED) TO-DAY, Louls, Sjuttampton. Sabine, (Malveston. Jamestown, Notfolk. Treneport MeClellan, fan Juan, Prins Willem It. tard, Belvernon, Inague. Friesland, Amwerp. vena. Mekla. 1 Caledon! ‘Algon “INCOMING STEAMSHIPS, DUE TO-DAY. Corby Castle, St. hota. jobraste, Sate of Glamorgenslitre.: “Gibraitar. Comanche: Jascdoartie. Chateau Lafts, Bordeauz Duchess 4) ‘MNGur, Cureces, hoice tatfeta he more popular than ever this year. Soie Waists in the very newest styles. Friday and Saturday. Children’s Box Reefers—All-wool ¢: Children’s 3-4 Covert Box Cogt Children’s Cashmere Dresses; Dashing Hats, with corded silk‘crown and tue! Combination Tucked Chiffon and Straw new, fresh and thoroughly st 2-Piece Double-Breasted Suits, sizes 8 to 16 year: worsteds; one of the greatest bargains ever-advertised; values up tO $3.00 ....eesceeee cece cence Floor Oilcloth. An Immense Bargain for Thursd loor Oilcloth; patterns, which alone permits ys to sell at the extraordinary price we name. This is without exception one of the | preatest bargains in this and you will buy lib- quality to-morrow, Ruffled Swiss Gurtains. 49c. Pair—Great Special Sale Thursday. Here is another one of those Peerahine bargains for hich Onerof the most fa our Lace Curtain Department is famous. morrow 1,000 pairs plain Swiss Curtains, deep fluted ruffle, 3 yards long, full width; to-morrow at the unprecedented price, per DEAL OF THE {CATES HAS ROTHENBERG 3. “New York’s Fastest-Growing Depasiment Store.” West 14th St. Great Variety Popular-Priced Styles. Bright. retined, attractive assortments of beautifully stylish and excellently mad: Tailored Suits at Prices that Actually Compe! You to Buy. The greatest bargain you ever saw. Handsomly trimmed with stitched taffeta silks. cut in full flare style, and trimmed to match. We mention a favorit: None worth Skirts Jackets are UuGe lined. Skirts castor and black.. An irresistibl: oq We offer you $12.50 values for and inviting array of black and $7.00 values marked at ........ gray, c STYLES FOR MISSES AND GIRLS. of pretty and useful things for Easter. fancy braid. A very jaunty Suit. and tailor made; all shades: Crowds ot shoppers swarm to our big Millinery Departments on the Main and second Flsors, and the general opinion as enthusiastically expressed is that a dollar goes further here than in any other store in town, and brings every whit as¢ OUR $2.98 AND $4.95 HATS ARE IN CONTINUOUS DEMAND. You must see to appreciate. ed chiffon brim. This is one of the Beautiful and dainty. New York. rol the right to sell it. ive trimmed hat; very Parisians $2.49 valu. comb. nation: | ful one at. | Flower: its For Boys. | Every mother who visits this: department praises it. Big stocks of everything that’s lish. Many of these pretty Suits are made only for us and cane E ARE MAKING A SPECIALTY OF CONFIRMATION SUITS. Il-wool cassimere, cheviots and Boys’ Russian Blouse Suits, worth $4.00; extremely handsome; sizes 3 to S years; leather belt, Fanchon cuff, silk cord edge in red, blue, gray and Oxford; most tempting at Boys’ All-Wool Sailor Blouse Suits, sizes 3 to 10 years; made with extra large collars, with symbindtion red, white and black silk soutac Plenty of Fine Suits at Higher Prices, Too. 10,006 yards Samp- very picture. We bought of one of the leadin: Come style. 25¢) On sale to- A9c B: u leader patterns. Beautiful Broad- sertain Everything priced ina way thit keeps on making Rothenberg’s more popular every day with discriminating shoppers. Misses’ Suits— All-woo! Homespuns, flounce skirt,-Eton Jacket, silk lined rt cloth; velvet collar and cuffs; sizes 4 to 14; an extraordinary bargain raglan back; tailor mad 253 98, Novelty Hats—Mull and black Tuscan braid; great bargain at $1,753; Forget-Me-Nots. in light blu vailing color and flower; large sprays, | Natty Easter Sui he braid; serges in blue, brown and red; $5 |Go-Garts & Baby Garriages. | 100 styles to choose from, most beautiful assortments in New York, at prices that will appeal quickly to every mother. Go-Carts from $2.98, $3.75, $4.50, $4.98 jand $5.98. Baby Carriages, $3.98, $4.98, $5.93 and $6.98. These are all brand new and right up to the minute in Every one a bargain that cannot be found elsewhere. $20 All-Wool Rugs, $12.98. A Bargain of Intense Interest to Shoppers. We have cut th: price of th down $7.00, making th: iful Oriental, Persian and floral Four yards long and three yards wide; reversible. morrow these Rugs will be $20. ssnneen see tnerereeezeresaal ay 15.00 8,98 Sizes 14 and 16. a \O: CO Inieleledeininteeiefeletelebel delcteleieieteleieleleteleteieleteinteleleleteleleleleteleletetelelefatelet finished with rows of 1.98 ™ 598 beens CAVAS sizes 8 1.98 han tsome see I) the Ce 29c 1.49% "1.98% 2.98 00 suits. . Positively one of the best and inating Easter bargains ever advertised. hese tine all-wool Smyrnas for Thursday only to 12.98, 12.98; pric: After to- HAD NO OFFER. Says He Has Heard No Vanderbilt Effort to Buy Lots. John W. Gates admitted to-day hiq Part ownenestp ja the property at the woutheust corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-second street, for which the Van- derbilts are maid to have offered a million dollars, in order to prevent the proposed erection of an elghtecn-atory hotel, At the Waldorf-Astoria thia morning Mr. Gates sald: “I know nothing of a miltton-dollar offer for the property. 1 didn’t buy {t and it 1s not in my con- trol. Mr. Stewart W. Chisholm Is the man ¢o whom such an offer would be made, and 1 do not know ff he hus re- ceived any inducements to part with the Property. I will not deny that 1 was interested with him in the purchase, but the property 4s in his name and under his management.” Mr. Chisholm was one of the direc- torn of the American Steel and Wire Company, and members of that body were interested with him in the vur- chase. The property embraces five lots and {s part of the recent parcel put on the market aa a portion of the old Cath- ollc Orphan Asylum alte. When the property changed hands, there was a mtory aflout that the pur- chasers intended to erect a magnificent marble hotel. To this Willlam K. Vanderbilt, whose residence ts on the northwest corner, and William Dougi Sloan, sho Ilves'on the southweet>cor: a W, Vanderbilt, on’ the Fitth avenua, between brite first and Fifty-second streets, are ald to have objected, Their offer. ot a mtilion for: the property would be over $1,000,000 for the property would be over the Gates sy Produce Exchange Broker Dead. ‘Word was received’ at Ene. Broduce, SOAKING RAIN SWEPT CITY. Then Clouds Fled Be- 4 fore Burst of Sunshine. To-ay's April shower must bring many 1 Muy flower to compensate the discomfort tt w Yorkers. Axslsted by nt east wind, It swept the y rtreets and soaked to the skin honest citizen in sight, Umbrellas afforded scant protection, and many went eudden wreck at the corners of the thoroughfares where the blast howled mort furiously. About 2.00 P.M. the rain ceased and the sua + through the dispersing ot wind was e east, which (Ne han sixty miles highest velocity y IM worse from the northwest, Snow In Virginia. (Bpectal to The Evening World.) NORFOLK, Va., April 3.—There was heavy fall of sow to-day In Christian’ burg, Va. Freezing weather in the St.te has proven disastrous to blooming fruit trees. Menvy Snow up the state. FARMER, N. Y., April 3—A heavy snowstorm prevatix in this section, The anow is nlx inches deep and the mer- cury. at freezing point. Great damage will probably result to fruit trees, Spring 1 Come. The water in the large fountain in Clty Hall Park was turned on this morning for the yearon, by order of Commise eloner Clausen. —————{__ Well Fixed for a Poor Person. MIBIAWAKA, Ind., April .—A search of the residence of Annie Marle Klin- wel, of this county, who dropped dead ‘on the street on Saturday:night, result. ed inthe discoy of-a strong box con- Day nig $13,000 PEPPER HERE REE PEER ER r EEE wer é ,