The evening world. Newspaper, July 9, 1902, Page 3

“4 Lo th a a idee nade ras hh OAM ibs ohah die. A THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1902, FOUR BURNED WL" BU. | Workers on Structure Overwhelmed by the! Flames When Wire) Burned Out. | ONE FELL TO THE STREET.) Electrician, About to Repair Break, Fell on Charged Wire and Probably Fatally Hurt— Policemen to the Rescue. A fuse connecting the heavily charged electric rall on the Grand Central Sta- tlon branch of the Third avenue el yated road, in Forty-second street, out this afternoon, and the great flam of blue fire shot down and caught three |} SAL workmen who were on a hanging stage suspended from the track. . One of them was horribly burned, and the force of the flames sent him tum ing from the platform to the astree nearly thirty feet below. He will pr ably die Hie two companions were badly burned, but crav to the track and lay the in full view of the hundreds | of people who had ascended to the roofs | and wiidows of the surrounding bulld- ings on the report of the fuse burning out. A few minutes later an electrician who had gone ‘to the track to repair the burned fuse fell on the charged rail and he was seriously burned John Ceray, twenty-four years old, a riveter, living at Amsterdam avenue; Matthew Fahey, twenty-nine, a driller, of No. 30 West One Hundred and Forty-fourth street, and James y, thirty-two, a driller, of No, 608 s nue, in the Bronx, were at Kk on the suspwided staging, placing plates on the girders so as to strength- | tender, Nving at No. 4%) West Twenty- | SOUGHT JEROME I STRANGER’ HOUSE Joseph Cooper Heldin $200 Bail for Annoying John Jor- dan — Has Hallucinations, He Says. Joseph Cooper, who says he is a bar- second street, was held In $00 to-day by Magistrate Hogan In Yorkville Court ot a charge of disorderly conduct, made by John Jordan, of No, 48 Second ave- nue. Jordan told the Magistrate that the | prisoner had been “hanging about" his house all yesterday afternoon and that at about 5 o'clock he rang the bell and when Mrs. Jordan opened the door Coop- i er asked to see District-Attorney Je- rome After he'd repeated the request half a dozen times, Jordan caused Cooper's arrest. . “1 have hallucinations occasionally, “That was one of sald the prisoner. them. do you lve?" continued the te. 200 West Twenty-second end around there, then,” said the Magistrate, “I live at No. 420 West Twent street,” promptly declared Cooper The prisoner will be examined to-mor- row. $5(1000 ASKED. FOR ITE OF OC. Rye Resident, Who Received Gift from Prince Henry, Sued by Young Woman— Attacked in’ Street. cond (Special to The Evening World.) WHITE PLAIN: , July 9— Wan Jam Baruch, a lawyer of Rye-on-the- | Sound, announced to-day that he will} immediately bring sult in the Supreme} en the structure, Over them the shuttle trains to and from the Grand Central Station passed. | Enveloped tn Flamen. While, drilling a hole in the girder there was suddenly q loud report, and ast © over them biew out the three | men were enveloped in aflmes. One end | of the bur: fuse fell so that It touched | a girder. In that way the whole struc- | tu! was lreediately charged and sy electric flames sent forth by the fire | shot down between the ties and the} men on the platform were unable to get from them, Ceray was nearest the fuse and, burned about the head, neck, arms and legs, he toppled from the platform and feil to the street below. Hundreds of people him fall, heard the report of the fuse biowing out and saw the flames. They ascended in the buildings until the win- dows and roofs were black with people. Fell Exhausted. Fahey and Duffy, although badly burned about the face, arms and legs, climbed up through the ties to the track, but there thelr strength left them and they rell down on the tles, with their Clothes on fire, The three injured men were taken to the Flower Hospital, where it was sald that besides the severe burns Ceray had sustained several broken bones through his fall to the street and that he would probably die. the crowds were just leaving the win- aivs and roofs when they were stayed py a fearful scream, ‘Luther Coleman, thirty-five years old, an electrician, living at No. 515 Peari had gone out on the tracks to ir the fuse, When neat the place ke ed on the burnt clothing ert Ke ache 1 Dufty and fell headiong OY awa on the street saw In the ee ‘ged t the {ines shot, up about his ant Moulders, He lay there for a moment, | as though de then turned and felj from the rail to the tles, unconscious fivd_ with his clothes on fire. fewas rescued by tho police and also toga’ lower Hospital, Te wee ae tae hat he had been seriously burned there the head, face and body: FIRE AGAIN IN NEW WOMAN'S. HOTEL Second Blaze Within a Few Weeks in Uncompleted Mar- tha Washington—Workmen Rush for Safety. ‘The second fire within a few weeks occurred to-day in the uncompleted eloven-story, fireproof Martha Washing- ton Hotel for women, at No. 3) Bast Thirtleth street, A fire in the cellar caught to the scaffolding erected by the men who are putting up the fireproofing, and roared up through the steel rafters as in a furnace, The 20 workmen In the building rushed from thelr places and, tor a few moments there was excite- ment galore. Firemen put out the blaze after $200 worth of damage had been done, MUST CARRY WATCHES. Railroad Adopts New Rule and Employs au Inspector, Employees of the Central Resiroad of New Jersey will have to get good watches unlest they already have them. | The company has employed R. A. Jost, of ‘Tifany's, to act as Inspector of tne: Pleces and ‘it will be his duty, begin- tng July 16, to examine che watch car- ried by each employee. ‘The company hag ‘decided that no atch which cost less than $2) is a good Umeplece and those whose watches are condemned will haye to buy new ones or purchase $4) watches from the com- Pany and pay for them on the Install- ment pl COURT-MARTIAL POR OFFICER, MANILA, July 9.—Gen. Chaffee has or- dered Lieut, Edwin A, Hickman, of the First Cavalry, to Manila for trial >; court-martial on the charge of allege: oruelty to natives of Tayabas Province, —————— Died trom Lockjaw, Galvadore Call, sixteen years old, of No, 40 Wast Thirteenth street, died in the Hudson Street Hospital thie morn- [atr. |pole at Bulls Ferry Road and Bergen- Court in behalf of Miss Kate Moore for $0,00) damages agalnst Adolph Ben- der, a wealthy resident of Sound View Park, at Rye, for injuries Miss Moore received, It is alleged, as the result of Bender's dog attacking her. Mr. Bender gained distinction when he gave up his stateroom to Prince Henry and the Prince jn return presinted him Dachshund dog. that while pass- der coach dog jumped a at her and sunk his teeth in her rigut leg. WORKMAN HELD IN COIL OF LIVE WIRE Dangling Sirand Caught Cur- rent from Trolley While He Was at Top of Pole—Res- cued, but May Not Live. Patrick Johnson, of Park avenue, Ho- boken, was probably fatally burned to- day while putting up wires for the New York and New Jersey Telephone Com- | pany. With a coil of wire wound around his body he was at work on top of a ne avenue, Guttenberg, when the wire came ta contact with the trolley wire of the Hudson trolley line. Two fellow: workmen went to his assistance and pulled bim from the coll. He was taken to his home in a precarious condition, attended by Dr, Justin, MAN WANTED T0 SEE MRS, MPKINLEY, Had a Story About the As- sassination of the President, but Authorities Sent Him Out of Town. CANTON, Ohlo, July 9.—George Fisher, giving Pittsburg as his home, made an attempt to seo Mrs. McKinley yesterday afternoon, claiming that he had im- portant disclosures to make to her of the plot which led to the assassination of her husband 4 The colored porter told Fisher that Mrs, McKinley was too ill to see any | one. Fisher then went to Mayor J, H. Robertson and told him his story, He had been to Cleveland, where he made an unsuccessful attempt to see Senator Hanna. He claims the Anarchists had set @ price of $60,000 upon his head, The township trustees bought him o ticket to Pittsburg to get him out of the elty, RICH ST.LOUIS MAN DIES IN NEW YORK Frank Lawrence, Who Had Many Friends Here and Abroad, Victim of Pneu- monia at Imperial Hotel, Frank Lawrence, of st, Louis, died! to-day at the Imperial Hotel of pneu- monfa, He was forty-two years old. Funeral services wili be held in St.) Louis on Friday Although he made St. Louls his home tn New York and abroad as one of the most gealal of men, Handsome, witty, rich In bis own right and helr to the fortune of hi rence, he traveled much and left st cere friends wherever he visited, those who did not know of his illness news of his death is a grievous shock, With all his social attainments \ Lawrence a business man of @ire ablilty. He was born in Wilsca, N. C., on June 18, 1860, going to St. Louis in 187%. A graduate of the St. Louls Law School he did not apply himself seri- ously to his profession. He wus asso- clated with his father In business and was Interested in many St, Louis flnan- clad projects. TOOK HER NURSE FROM PRINCESS, Church's Action Toward the American Wife of Prince Rospigliosi Causes a Sen- sation in Rome. ROME, July 9.—A great sensation has been caused here by ta: action of the Vatican authorities toward the Princess Joseph Rospigiiosi, an American. Her husband is head of an ancient family of clerical nobility and his brother is commandant of the Papal Noble Guard. On Aug, 26. 1901, Prince Rospigliosi. married here Mrs. Marie Jennings Reld Parkhurst, of Washing- ton, the divorced wife of Col. Frederick H. Parkhurst, of Bangor, Me. ‘The ceremony was civil and hence was not recognized by the Vatican, Prin- cess Rospigilosi, who is ill, engaged an slish Dlue sister as a nurse, and the took up her dutles. But Cardinal chi (Secretary of Apostolic Briefs) ring of this, forbade the sister to fl her duUes ‘on the ground that th marriage was non-existent. The Prince was furious and exerted all his influence to overcome the scruples of the Church, but without. avatl. Eventually he was obliged to send to England for a nurse. The Incident is expected to have important ments, Mrs. Parkhurst {s a granddaughter of Samuel Chester Reid, who commanded the American privateer brig Gen: strong in the battle at Fayal in the war of 1812. On her mother's side she 1s de- scended from the Rowan family of Ken- tucky, CHAMBERLAIN GOES HOME. Progressing So factorily, but Quiet Is Essential, LONDON, July 9.—Joseph Chamber- ltain, the Cdlonial Becretary, who was injured In a carriage accident Monday, left Charing Cross Hospital this morn- ing, accompanied by Mrs. Chamberlain, and returned to his home in Prince's Gardens, A bulletin issued regarding his condl- tlon says he 1s progressing satisfactor- ily, but that pewfect quiet 1s essential, wee HAD SISTER COMMITTED. Anne McGirr, of No, 510 Tenth avenue, had her sister Isabelle sent to the pav. ton for the Insane at Bellevue Hospital to-day. The woman, she said, had at- tempied to leap from the ro residence on July 7 under that she was pursued by a — Woman Held Up and Robbed. Mrs, Amelia Gilbrough, pt Bayonne, was held up and robbed of her pocket- book containing $10 to-day by a stran- ger, creams and tans, COMPANIES INCORPORATED. John N, Stearns & Co, Texas Copper Company File Articles, ALBANY, N, ¥., July 9%—John Stearns & Co., of New York, was incor- porated to-day with a capital of $1,60,- | 000 to deal in fabrics, &c, The diroctors | are B. 3". Blair, L. F. Staar, Brooklyn; | John N. Blair and Willlam A. Lock- | wood, of New York, and C, La Rue Munson, of Williamsport, Pa. The Texas Copper Company, of New | York, with @ capttal of $1,000,000, to | mine copper, was also incorporated. ‘The directors are; Hascal A, Hagel, New York; Glenn M. Condon, Robert B, Con- don, Gowanda, N, ¥.; Asa B, Foster and 1}, of Boston, ————__. AMES NOT BRIBE-TAKER, Nate sot’ Buvertnigndent “ee” euts Prog Ws Aim i la Felusasa's vordigt of ‘aot aula: - ¥ ‘ Mohair Sicilian Dusters, all cole Also Special Values in Girls’ Wash Dresses. GUIMPE DRESSES of finest quality Dimities and Madras, trimmed with 4-inch embroideries, all colors, Sizes 6 to 14 years, REGULAR VALUE 3,£0, GUIMPE DRESSES of the finest Chambray, all colors, trimmed from waist over shoulder with 5-inch fine émbroideries, Sizes 6 to 14 years, REGULAR VALUE 5.00, Sixth Avenue, 20th to 24st Street. H Mr. Lawrence was known to hundreds | Cannon sireet, father, Dr. J. J. Daw-! Third strect recreation pler, There was | develop | ANNOUNCE FOR TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, A Number of Noteworthy Reductions in Women’s Ready-to-Wear Summer Garments. 500 Imported Batiste and Swiss Waists, — elegantly trimmed with lace or all-over embroideries, in whites, Heretofore 4.00 to 10.CO Each, Now 1.98, 2.98, 3.98 and 4.98 Esch, Women’s Dusters and Driving Coats. Shantung Pongee Dusters, formerly 22.00, now.,..... 14.75 Irish Linen Dusters,thoroughly shrunk, for'e'ly16.50.now 9.75 HARD FIGHT WITH | DROWNING MAN Young Harry Weissman Had a Desperate Struggle in the Water with Harry Woodle, Who Lost His Life. ast Hous- ner, with a . drowned this st River at the foot As he was going down y Weissman, of No. 107 A boy who Was swim- ming near by, and almost took the youth {to death with him, \ | Woodle was a watchman on the East Harry Woodle, of No. 438 don street, expert sw record as a life sav: morning in the I of Fourth stre he grabbed H. ja crowd of little fellows in the water | with him at the time of the accident Jand the pler was occupied by a long | line of women and children looking at the swimmers. Woodie was seized with a cramp. In his de von he reached lout and caught hold of young Weiss- }man. They sank togethe truggling | After so long a period that it se |] to those on the pier that the 2 Woodle must certainly da des | Weissman came to the surt was exhausted and unable to. If. The other boys, who had gone re when Woodie grabbed their com- | panion, went out and rescued tim. “We had a fierce th r er,” sald young Welsaman. “Hi had | a grip on me that nearly broke me tn) two, I hit him and clawed at him anc finally squirmed loose just about when | I was gone, 1 think I must have torn | his face with my fingernaiis, It was the | only thing I could do. If he had lasted la few seconds longer I wouldn't have come wo." WHERE DOCTORS FAIL To Cure Woman's Ills, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- | pound Succeeds. Mrs. Pauline | Judson Writes: “DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—Soon after my marriage two years ago I found myself in constant pain. The doctor said my womb was turned and this caused the pain, with con- siderable inflammation. He prescribed the | i Because it gives you a great deal more than you ever got before for the same amount of money. Crowds are ccntinuous in spite of the fact that it is July anda double holiday has ust skipped by. A sale like this is so big and important that you simply can’t afford to slight it. And why should you? The amount of merchandise involved is simply immense. Expansion the vast and rapid growth of our business is the keynote of the occasion. We told you Sunday how urgently we need more space New Styles. Waists at wond rfully little pric s. Certain high-class m.nutacturers produced too many Waists. Dutch Yoke | | | Wasts | at Ag . MRS, PAULINE JUDSON, Socretary of Schermerhorn Golf Club, Brooklyn, New York. for me for four months, when my husband became impatient because I grew worse instead of better, and, in speaking to the druggist, he ad- vised him to get Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. How! wish T had taken that at first; it would have saved me weeks of suffering. It took three long months to restore me, but it is a happy relief, and we are both most grateful to you. Your Compound has brought joy to our (home and health to me,"—MRS. | PAULINE JUDSON, 47 Hoyt Street Brooklyn, ¥. 5000 forfeit if above testimonial is not genuine, It would seem by this statement that women would save time and much sickness if they would get Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- |pound at once, and also write to | Mrs, Pinkham at Lynn, [lass., for special advice. It is free and always ‘helps. ors, formerly 16,75, now $1,75 1.75 each 1.98 ean, | White Gmbroid- ered Cc Women’s Wraps For the Gravelling Season. * LINEN LONG COATS, PONGEE ‘MONTE CARLO,”’ 8.90 TAFFETA LONG COATS, WTS And hundreds of Cloth and Silk Jackets which have 5 been Greatly Reduced. Ohe “Double Value’’ Shoe Sate Is an Eventof Increasing Importance. Big and fast as the selling has been, this Sale hasn't begun to show signs of receding interest. It’s easily under- stood. The selec- tions are kept at top notch, s 6.90 (Second Floor, Centre.) atent leather, most of the shoos in ‘Many of the Lots Are Priced At Just About Half the Cost of Making, and that means that: Shoes for Men, Women and Children may now be bought at agreat deal less than you probably ever thought before of paying. Some of the best features for to-~moirow are: WOMEN’S LACE SHOES. Russia calf aud tan kid; several styles; nearly all sizes; made ISe to sell at $3.00; this sale, \ | , Wamon's Shoes. | Men's Shoes. WOMEN'S OXFORDS, Tan Linn MEN'S SHOES AND 7 gy f} and Black Kid with kid tip OXFORDS AT 6 all sizes in black; mostly $1.5 ; 4 calf, and alues, : '§ Si WOMR EE BOER, ve Dies feat waited pales id aro yy $3.50 shore anywhere, DONGOLA KID SHOES, button and lace,” MEN'S SHOES AND net ah a black Oxford Ties, all si OXFORDS AT ss am 2, SS ” q | to ao ki if, patent MOMEN'S SHOES 7 gus Street tlt dete (9 $6.00 valuc at ar BLACK KID SHOES, button and ace, a | gen RAR Se AG Nala Nae Peat ae fae ee rane eae ht nd Black Os” GIRLS’ SHOES, OXFORDS ort Siow veral styles, all sizes, $2.50 al ‘AND SANDALS AD Rd GIRLS! BLACK KID § ° OMEN 8 SHOES. 495 |ZORDB AND TAN, BLACK AND RED KID AND PATENT LEATHER button and| CAnCishten sive for Insp gltier thece wai {eee sheet, Onieete and Caloslales} Wes ally SELL AT 41.50 AN Rei, ACCORD- Sole Lace Shoes; $3.50 aud $5.00 values, haa ” Fioor, Rear of Founiaia.) — Gust Why Chis Cxpanston Sale Is Such Ain Important Gransaction. Datntrest of Summer Warsis. Thousands of Waists of the Sheerest, Most Beauteous of Exclusive Ghe Prices Are Extraordinarily Attractive. Tardiness of summery weather is the sole reason for this feast of dainty They couldn't foretell the weather. Hence their nécessity for ready money at a time when the demand for Waists is daily increasing. FORTUNE SMILES IN THIS GENIAL FASHION TO-MORROW: Exquisitely made Lace Waists j2 for the display and sale of merchandise, and we told you that we proposed to make many radical changes in the matter of department locations. And naturally all this means that certain stocks must be condensed; some must be entirely sold out, ior duplicates are knocking for admit- tance. All of which spells REDUCTIONS. No old merchandise. The store is too young, too stalwart, too great and too busy to allow any undesirable stocks to accumulate. You will find every line of this Store’s news not only most interest- ing, but extremely helpful. A few of to-morrow’s features follow: Parasols At Two Catchy Prices. Although the wearing season has only just begun, the manufacturers’ sceson is virtually over. This ex- plains why we can offer you such very unusual bargains in Parasols as the following, for instance: 380 PARASOLS, rostly from broken as sortments ard made to sell at $1.93, $2.50, $3.50 and $5.00, have been divided into two lots and matked thus: Lot1 Lot 2 98 1.49 And you may fancy them as big bargains. (Main Floor, Front.) 500 Yighe Sowns Jor Women AT @5c¢ EACH. Splendid bargains. Made to eell at $1.00, Fine cambric. Several pretty styles, with trimmings of lace embroidery. Small sizes only. That's why the price is so little. Your choice of any in the lot, each, at . e JO (Seeond Floor, Centre.) yoke at = Glassware, Water Tumblers, Jelly Tumblers, Fruit and Salad Bor priced in a most attractive way to enlist the prompt attention of shrewd homekeepers. 3S WATER TUMBLERS, thin blown glass, full size, beat quality, perdos,, WATER TUMBLERS, finest quality of thin blown glass, very handsomely en B, lodice i various saved, vaiety of new designs; ape ey W j exceptionally pretty SALTS, ,AND, PEPPERS, lows glee, 3 aists at models, at ELLY TUMBLERS, tight-ttting ps, best quality of crys! special, per dozen, ee 23 £-IN, FRUIT OR SALAD BOWLS, crystal glass; special, each, at, JO OIL OR VINEGAR BOTTLES, imi- tation of cut glass, special, each 9 \\ (Beoon’ Floor, Front.) Shirt Waist Dresses Ft 5% Sust as Pictured. Made of test quality (Basement. Archly stylish. Mercerized Chambray of superior workmanship. Details of fit and finish have been given great attention, mode, Light blue, rose, light green and ’ Women’s Dress Section We continue the offer this week of the daintiest of Summer Dresses of Silk, Foulard, Pongee, Linen, aaitaiie’ shins aectenah) 50 which were $22.50 to e $35.00 each, at Excellent choosing, as the assortment is in perfect condition. (Second Fioor, Fromt.) Sewing Machines A? $73.25 and $71, 25. And when you read the details you will not wonder why we sell so many Sewing Machines. The Siegel Cooper Store Sewing Ma- chine Department is praised by ever so many women, The ‘‘Victory’? Machine is in great demand, and for two very strong and popular reasons, First, the ‘Victory’ is an improvement on the — latest Singer and New Home models, and are made GUARANTEED S YEARS, with quarter-sawed oak, automatic tensions and all the most needed and wanted attachments, Every ‘‘Victory'’ Machine is guaranteed for 5 years, Drop-Head “Victory,”’ An inspection of t! Instructions free, Box-Top “Victory,” e machines never fails to result in @ (Third Fleer, Gout