The evening world. Newspaper, September 17, 1902, Page 3

a ' (EIPS 35 FEET ITO IE NET. Charles Moat! Gives Practical Test for the Visiting Fire Chiefs. WANTED TO GO HIGHER. Young. Ohioan, Who Holds _World's Record, Wished to Jump from Fifth Story of Grand Central Palace. Before the assembled fire chiefs of hiindreds of cities Yrom every Eng- lish-epeakfng country on the face of the globe, young Charles Moat, of Greenfield, 0., to-day gave a prac- tioal test of the big fire net weed by the New York department by jump- ing f windows of the Grand Cen- tral Palace. ‘This is the net which six months ago saved fourteen lives in a fire at Lexing- ton avenue and Sixtieth street. Afoat is twonty-two old. He does not low what fear is, and holds the world’s record of ninety-two feet for a jeap of this Kind, and he says he has Jumped 100 feet into the net several times. He was not allowed to take any ~tnneces- wary risks to-day. Attlred in red and blue sweater, black yaehting cap, black knickerbdckers, atookings and tennis, shoes, the.-young man ‘made his first leap into tho ngt, held\py.Inbxperlencetl men, from the gec- ond, story window of the Palac& a @istanee of twenty feet: He then went up to the fifth story to jump fifty geet, but the Assistant Chief, who had charge of the test, called nim back and thirty- five feet was his ‘largest-jump. The test was a complete success. It Is Exhibition Day. ‘This is exhibition day for the fire ebiefs attending the annual convention of the International Association of Fire . ‘There 9 to be no business sepsion, and the whole day is belng de- vdted to the exhibition and testing of apparatus, The show ts be- ing conducted in the vacant block east of the Manhattan Hotel, and {s under the supervision of the committee ap- pointed by the convention. - New standpipcs and water towers ‘with high pressure engigeés are the fea- tures in many respects. The chiefs that {¢ 1s becoming {mportant that De tnvented to send a stream @f Weter to the twentieth story of @ @ building. The new skyscrapers fur- nfsh the neces#ity.tor these powerful appliances. A matter which is calling for the és- pecial attention of the firemen Is the test of an engine run'by gasoline which can get up steam In twenty-five seconds and which, its makers say, can force a etream of water through 1,040 feet of Bose in less than half a minute. Ne More Heavy Machines? ‘This engine, {f a success, will do away with the heavy machines which now pegye cimbersome in dashes to fires. TQ) fa’paid to be much lighters quicket and powerful. The one on exhibition will be given a thorough trial. ‘Pests of extension laddefs are also be- ing made. Of these there are varloul de- signs, many of them new. During the business séssion to-morrow it 4s expected that the matier of etétting e President tor the coming year will be considered. Among the delegates, it 19 aid that so far, only one name kas been mentioned with, strength, and it issthat | of Fite Chief Croker, of New York, now under sfspension on vague charges. At 11 o'clock $25 women, wives and @aughters of the visiting fire chiefs, were taken out to Claremont in one hyndred automobiles from the Murray Hily hotel by way of Fifth avenue and Riverside Drive. George Ehret, jr.. was in ehGrge, and was aésisted by the wife of Battalion Chief F. W. Garrison. . At Claremont luncheon was #erved. and in- formal speeches were made, * There will be a theatre party of 90 of the visitors at the Broadway to- night. 5 he next convention will probably be In Pittsburg. ——— a RUSPOLI’S HONEYMOON OVER! Prince His Bride S: (or'Home. .. ~ By The American liner Philadelphia sailed for Southampton to-day with only thirty-three = firat-oabin passengers. Among’ these wero Prince Enrico. Rus- poll of Rome and Princess. Ruspol!, who ig en American born. They hava teen over here some} moths on thelr honeymoon; having beem married !n Italy less than a year ago. During.thelr stay in this country they have beer entertained at Newport by somp of the more prominent soctet people, Ons. on the Phila hia were wo. S AMerr Robert \Dempater ige +) and Manuel N, NOT AFFECTED BY DECISION. Mallwood Cash Register Com Explains Patent Rall CHICAGO, Sept. 16—Many articles waving appeared in the, newspapers of the country concerning a cash register patent decision recently rendered by the United States Court: at Cincinnatl, by whioh it was claimed the business of the Haliwood Cash jer Company of this cify, one of the two great/register companies of the woyld, Was advervely affected, the management of the Hall. ‘wood Company, when questioned on the subject, mado this ‘statement: } “The patent expiréd forty-eight hours after the decision was given apd in- Ital oe and wife; A, Sorge, ‘wife. iv | walking about function granted. This makes it free for Any one who so desires to use the de- Oe, qt pas Se thee Se in the Hall 1 en used in tow Femlsters EXPERT JUMPS, STORY WINDOW TO LIFE-NET. i \ FRQM THIRD FELL 10 DEATH DOWN A-CHIMNEY Patrick Brasinghan Tumbled Off a Plat- form Where He Had Been Asleep. PLUNGED FULLY, 65 FEET. Body Not Found Until Wife Power-House. to Inquire About Him. Covered with soot, the body of Patrick Brasinghan, of No, 1019 Second avenue. was found to-day in one of the big chimneys at the power-house of the Manhattan at the foot of East Seventy-fourth street. He fajled to appear at his home last night, and his wife went to the power- WORLD; WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17. 1902. PRINCESS DI SAN-FAUSTINO , IS ACCUSED BY HER MAID Former Miss Jane Campbell, of This City, Charged with Beating Girl. F | I Had Consumption | AU Wool Albatross - Special Sale 0 Silks and... Dress Gooa 38-inch ° ROME, Sept. 17.—A sensation has been from the South. She was the widow caused in soclety here by the announcesfof George W. Campbell, of New ment that a suit for damages had been York, and was his second wife. Mr. t against the Princess a! San | Campbell lett four children by his first no, formerly Miss Jane Campbell, | wifé, namely: Mrs, Samuel Horrowd ew York, by her maid, the latt en ee Willlam Ph Taber, of ining that she had been beaten | Pel or oF Men n orge | Carnegie . burn, , and Samuel idly by the Princess that, accord- pbell, of South ‘Orange, N. J. doctor, she would need ten nim ‘scoond wife Mr, Campbell lett Went toa Manhattan "| MISS MAY GOELET SEES OFF house to learn whether omnot he had been compelled to work all night. She was told he ha@ gone home yesterday afternoon, #0 far as his fellow workmen knew. A ‘searching party found his body in the chimney. The power-house is a three-story structure with a chimney at each cor- ner. The one at the southeast corner of the building 1s only used in emer- gencies. It had become a favorite place for the workmen to take a nap during working hours. 1 Photographed’ To-Day for The Evening World.) GIRL CHASED THICT AND CAPTURED HIM Mercedes Condon Followed Burglar Several Blocks— Turned Him Over to Men to Hold and Went for Policeman Pretty’ Miss Mercedes Condon, of No. 538 Jersey avenue, Jersey City, daugh- ter of'q contractor, captured a burgiar unalded. She turne him over to tw men to hold and then found a police- man, who arrested the burglar. Miss Condon saw a strange man the tallway of her home and inqulred what he wanted. ‘Nothin'."" replied the’ man. He ran wt of the hous Miss Condon gave chase. After follow- ing him several’blocks she rused up and grabbed him just ax he was enter- {ng Schiita's saloon at No. 178 Newark avenue, ~ Dr. JA. Hart, who, was passing, heid the man while Miss Gondon went after @ policeman, fe Deputy: Health Inspector Edward Hart wes making a call opposite the Con- done’, He heard Miss Condon's outeres and ran after her. He was followed by Joseph Hafion, a baseball player. They arrived Just in tfhe'to see Miss Condon seize the burglat They held hime while Miss: Conden went after 4 policeman, who placed the man under arregt. When arraigned be- fore Police Justice Hoos he was held in $700 bail ipr the Grand Jury: The mah gave the name of Joseph Flanayan and aid he lived at No, dil Grand street, New York Miss Condon said her apartments had been thoronghly ransacked. and that a diamond ring valued at $190 and other articles had been taken, REV. G. R. W. SCOTT DEAD. Was United States Delegate to th G aborough Celebration. LONDON, Sept. 17.Aews reached London to-day of the death In Berlin of Rev. G. R. W, Scott. He. was OMiclal Delegate of the Con- gregational Churches of the United States to the celebration at Galnsbor- ough, Tipeg pane, In June last, in the old hall.go closely connected with ¢ Mtgrita Fathers, of the ASehatton or ihe original church. == - FALL FATAL TO AGE. .' Margaret Guth, nifiety yours, eleven months and twelve days old, died at e: from old age) and cancu: SISTER KILLED BY BOY OF SIX LittleWillie HubbsPulls Trigger of a Weapon in Which a Shell Was Left, WAS PLAYING _ INDIAN. * PATBRSON, N. J., Sept. 11.=Six- yeat-old Wile Hubbs fired a shotgun his ftteon“Vear-old sister May to- and’ killed her instantly. The little fellow in some manner so- cured possession of the gitn, which be- longed to an elder brother, He ts so small that he could hardly carry the gun. He dragged if about the house with him, His mother, who lives In Forest avenue, Hawthorne, was busy with her housework and did not notice jay him. Dragging the gun aftecnim, he walked up to where Mis sister was standing. Placing the gun on a rest he sald he was golng to shoot her. The git! paid no attention to him, She did not believe the gun was loaded. Phe gix- 1d child carefully aimed the gun, as he had seen his older brighor do, and pulled the trigger. May fell to the ground dead. The entire top of her head was blown off, Phe child realized that something awful had happened and ran eryitg to his mother, who found her daughtyr dead. Mr, and Mrs, John Hupbs, parents of the children; Jive ong Forest avenue, Hawthorne, atiout two miles from Pat- érson, The father works in the fle works of Kearney & Foote ad had left for his daily libor’ when the trag- edy happened this morning, Willie and May Slept together in one large room on the second floor, as did several of other brotflers, One of the older brothers was exceedingly fopd of hunt- ing and, owned a singlearrelled sift- gun, which, when not In use, he usually stood In ono corner, As a general ru the gun was left unloaded, buts the elder brother had been out hunting withiir the past fow days, he evidently forgot to remove the shell. May was a bright girl of fifteen yea and Imad been employed in one of the de- partments of the Johnson & Cowdin silk fills,. She wis well liked by her cintes in the mill who, when the news of her tragio death reached'the shop, re fused to work for tbe day, ‘Che brother th | WhO owned (he guowis nearly, distracted AA NIUD rte. nee = They entered the chimney from a two-foot opening on the second floor and stepped on an eight-foot platform. From this platform an tron ladder ex- tended up the chimney to another. On thls highest platform the men were accustomed to sleep. Brasinghan was at work ,on the ground floor of the building yesterday and had absolutely no businées above that floor, according to the. superin« tendent. Brasinghan's body was found at @ small opening on the second floor w the chimney makes a sharp turn in the shape of an “LL” before connecting with the furnace. * The walls of the chimmey showed he had fallen a distance of about sixty- Bve feet. A Flower Hospital ambulance was called, but the doctor said Brasinghan had probably /been dead since yester- day afternoon, The- workmen say he probably went to sleep on the platform and rolled off, : Brasinghan's’ face .was Horribly con- torted, and it is belleved he lived: in agony some time after he fell. Help was all around him, yet he could not be seen or hea! Tr wan Wo badn tisk to wet the body from th® place, as thé wpening at the bottom was, ag, emall, Pieces pt, pie side wall had to be chipped away LONDON, Sept. 17.—The body of Gwendoline Astor, daughter of William Waldorf Astor, who died at Cliveden Sept. 12, was buried at Hedsor Church, near Cliveden, ‘this morning. | The mourners werd her father, sister. and brothers. The church was crowded. SOCIETY DOES NOT CLEANSE CHILDREN Massachusetts. Charities Of- ficial Gays Boston Officials Would Be Invéstigated If They Did as Gerry People Do. visitor of the Division of Minor Wi of the State Board of Charity of Massachusetts was an in- terested observer of the proceedings of the Children’s Court this morning. He said the cmt was « fine instituyjon and was already in better working shape than some that he had visited ig-Philadelphia and other citles, He was much fnterested In the ap- pearance of the children as they were arraigned, MW “How long had that boy been in the charge of the goclety?’ he asked once or twice, and When told that the boy had spent @ might or more In the custody of the soclety he expressed surprine that he was not cleaner logk- ing. a “Boap and water do not. cost any- Aning,"” he observed, “and If an instl: tutloh hhying children in charge should bring them to one’of our courts fn a dirty condition the matter would be the subject of investigation He also spoke of the custom in Mas- sachusetts of sending twenty-four hours’ notice to the parents of a child that was arrested; and of not arra him Uil.a representative of his parents had such notice, as, preferable ty an immediate arraignment. Mri Bagley also noticed the evident absence of any system like that under which the @tate of Mai Or aa sumes charge of child committed: crimes and places th families, in the country, paying board, réquiring that they attend aohool, without committing them to any Intl T. P. Bagley thetr tution. a a |MOTHER WAS RELENTLESS. She Had Given Her Boy Too Many “ast Chances!’ \ yNelll, thirteen years’ old, of ‘5 Weat Thirty-first street, was committed to the, Catholte Protectory by! Justice Olmstehd, of the Children's Court, to-day. His mother sald he wae ungovernable. the weman had told her story the boy was asked if he wished to aveation her. #Ne “Dow ho One. rahe ‘ant to go hom: The Ju id the mother If she wanted him @ent Away and she sald she aia, “ “Oh, 798, : ire Bee teat one x4 AF ak Pana and ; ved we owe the chia in our t i two children, Jane Campbell and Alle to recover. . pbell and Alien > recover W. Cai who died In London July , eictiiete ie wuRte ean aay yA mainbes of the Rough *rincess San Faustino is the wife ‘olone! now ” Satis al Sie ; away Hunt and Calumet i z avery symptoms pointed: te, thls: Maria di Sa , ftaly, | New York. dinease, I know that I bad it, and my a dir endant of Henry IV. of || George W. Campbell bequedtthed $100,-{ friends all sympathized with me on ao- France, He js quite wealthy and re- sed Hd he Tipegl he died. | count of my sad condition , 4 ony . Campbe! “ . eldes in the Berberinf Palace, in the Ine abroad One of her aise | “I coughed and expectorated tarxe quan- Italian capital ed Dr. Wertenberg, the present | titles of matter and had those awful ch ‘The Princess is the daughter of Mra, plaree of the Netherlands a: Rome. |ond fevers, My breath was dally George Campbell, whore maiden name| Miss t0" Scag perl Teast al San | shorter and my flesh and strength wei was Watson and whose family comes | ago. ad about Ave years | leaving me. “T realized that I had only » few more weoks to live, but I determined to make » RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE ‘ BORIS All Newport Turns Out to Say Good-By to Popular Royal Visitor. . anchor being weighed at five minutes after one o'clock this afternoog Many of the friends of the Duke, who has made an excellent impression here, Were at the pier to bid him good-by member of the diplomatic corps ining here was onghand to bid the To all he said “Au reguke was smoking an at with a blue ribbon. eS Te touts. Goelet and her daughter were ultlessly attired, Miss Goelet wore © red-trimmed hat and a scarlet wrap. It was plainly to be seen that the Grand Duke was popular here and that he ri retted to leave Newport. Befo rding the launch he asked for hi Cee cag heer had not arrive sol t and he x ged to steam awa: (Bpecial to The Evening World.) NEWPORT, Sept. 17.—While the bells of Trinity Church ringing for a fashionable wedding the Grand Duke Bor! re. Goelet, at nding of the w York Yacht Club, followed by her daughter, Mids May Goelet, Robert Goelet, Mrs, Gornelius Vanderbilt and the members of his suite. ‘The Government Secret-Service oe! 8. A. Connell, was on hand, kept his eye on all suspicious persons and wa the last to ‘board the steam launch, which steamed to Cornellus Vanderbilt's steam yacht Cherokee, which conveyed the distinguished party ta New York, CARES WIFE INTO Bock Hand, Celebrates First Anniversary of Wedding by Becoming Intoxicated and Threatening Life Partner, yptian William Crowl, employed on the Hi boken docks, celebrated the first anni- vereary. of his marriage last night, but he cglebrated alone. When he got home, dt’ No. 113 Garden street, Hoboke! ly this morning his wife, Jennie, scolded |, ‘him, and she says that he threatened to beat her. Aw he had locked the door and put the key In his pocket she jumped from the second story window to the stone flagging. Policeman Hilderman heard her drop nd gent her to Bt. Mary's Hospital, Mhere the doctots learned that one o her legs was ‘broken in two places and that she might have internal injuries. The. pdiiceman, then returned to. the Crow! home and found the dock hand sound aaisep in, ype bed from, waleh his wife had leaped.® He was taken before corer tate the County Jall until ordered contined in the Ci Chevconaition of Mrs. Crow! could be determined. ree i ABOUT EYES. Glasses Are Not Always Necessary. nts are often advised to get glasses for their children by the school authorities, who attribute the avenk, watery condition of the eyes of the child to some defect in the vision, and do not realize that the trouble may arise from the common practice of coffee drinking. A caso in point, Mrs, C. EB. Knapp, of Ilyria, 0., says: “Six months ago we were a family of invalids; my, husband, myself and two children} wore all afficted with stomach trou- ble. I would get so faint before it was time for regular meals, and af- ter eating had pain and distress in| the stomach, which felt as though! there was a hard lump inthere, I felt drowsy and stupid most of the time.) If I was out in tho wind my eyes would water so it hindered me from Pal redui i “My son was the worst afflicted. His eyes blurred so-they hfndered his progress {nm school and we fave baat ibiee is teacher koa a6 eras $ J 0. 50 $37000 peade- CA 2 5 ly had him| bring bis reader home with word that I have him read an nour each day out of, school. He could not tread: a’ paragraph without stopping to wipe his ¢yes or a4 them. We were great coffee dri ers, especially my boy,* but never thought thag,was the cause of our trouble untfI read yp article on the gubject in the Cloveland paper. “We, were distussing it at table one day and my daughter sald: ‘I kno it is coffee that hurts me, for when I do nob drink it I de not have that lump im my stomach." My boy said: ‘A lump is nothing, every time 1 drink ecoffée my fingers prickle as though they were asleep.’ I was both senred and astonished at such information, @nd told them I had made tho last eup of’ coffee I ever would for home use. [ got a pack- age of Fostum Food Coffee and tried it for our next meal, and we soon learned to like it and think ft better than coffee. “We have none of us been troubled with our stomachs sincé we com- menced to use it. Our eyes do not water, @ny more whey in the wind our cheeks and lips are red instead of blue or purple whén we are out in the cold; the drowsy feeling has lef and the prickly feeling has gutirel jeft my won. We use it twice a da and give {t freely to my 20-months- old babe. We find jt better and chen er than coffee, We cannot speak t ighly, of its. merits, for we know ealth to f trimmings, as their predecessors. Postum Cereal, J2Ist Street: Corner 12tst St. 18-in. Wool $1.00 duced to 30-In. Wool Smyrna Rugs, $3.00 36-ia, Wool Smyrna Rugs, $4.50 grade, reduc 6x9 Wool Smyrna Rugs, ‘ REDUCTIONS | Brass # Many Styles to Choose | 4 ft., all Brass, $35 style, reduced to.. 4 ft. all Brass, $39 style, reduced to... $27.25|4 ft 6 in. Oak, $40 style, reduced to. White Enamelled Iron Beds, brass | PRICES MAR Not incorporated nor ran by a trust, this | business ts controlled by the third and fourth | generations of proprietors, who are as desir- jous of pleasing every customer as were one last effort, and therefore applied to the Koch Lung Cure, at 48 West 224 st, New York, because they make x spestalty:of cur- ing consumption and because I believed thoroughly tn the Koch Treatment. "i nad faith beostee I knew of others wpe had been cured by them and because Dr. Koch bas for a lifetime made a speqial study of consumption. I met Dr. Koch himselt at the office and had every rea- ton to believe {n this treatment, “Although it took them four months to cure me it was because I was a very bad case, but I gradually {mproved from the time I began to breathe those healing vapors {nto my lungs, which are now en- tirely healed. I now feel fully as well an I ever ald. “I ive at 127 Kast 108th at., New York, and will be very glad to prove what a won- derful cure this treatment has made in my case to any ond who will take the time and trouble to call upon mo at my home,"* irs. H. ©. OLTMANN, East 108th New York. ae SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING WONDERS. _ 96TH $31.00 grade, reduced to.. ores Axminster 00 grade, reduced to .. 6x9 ‘Axminster ST OFG je, to. $1.92 $2.89 tO..0- 9x12 Axminster ON We are selling rom, .. $24.75) 4 ft. 2in. Oak, $ low as $3.40. either store or CASH or LIBERAL CREDI Chatham Square: ~ 2226 to 2234 Third Ave.| 193 to 205 Park Rows: Chatham Square. — EVERYTHING FOR HOUSEKEEPIN ~ EVERYTHING RELIABLE CARPETS, BEDDING, STOVES, ETC Feduced t0--' 914.75 REDUCTIONS ON Beds. |Roll Top “Cutler” Desk at very low figures. Customers may add to their Accounts K make payments at either, 4 suiting their own conbentence. h No extra charges of any hinds, in a full range of “street”? and “evening” shades; value. 50c, a yard, to-morrow ; FIC, 9 yard, Remnant Sale Colored Taffeta Silks\. A table of remnants rang» | ing in lengths from 1 to’'16_ yards; 75¢. & 85c. yard value; — ‘o be closed out at J50C. 4 yard,” Lord & T. aylots ‘Broadway & 20th st wal sh i ae Smyrna Rugs, | 9x12 Wool Smyrna Rugs, 19.75 Rugs, Rugs, from 68, op Rugs, Desks e the famous 36 style, reduced to. -$28.25° 4 ft, 6 in., all Brass, $44 style, reduced to $30.75 |4 ft. 6 in. Oak, $44 style, reduced to.... $30.75 | OTHERS AS LOW AS $14.00. . Revolving Chairs, Library Tables, Etc, KED in PLAIN FIGURES. _ Foy thes $13.98 we