The evening world. Newspaper, October 27, 1902, Page 7

> WILL RUN AWA WITH HER SAILOR Florence Merritt, Thirteen Years Old, Repels Mother in Court and Declares She Will Elope as Soon as Free. WROTE LOVE NOTES TO HIM. Parent Asked for Her Commitment When Jockie Was Discharged, but Magistrate Would Only Send Her te Children’s Society for a Week. Alfred Walsh, the dashing young ma- fine to whom thirteen-year-old Flor- ence Merritt, of Brooklyn, wrote love letters, was dismissed to-day on a eharge of vagrancy in the Myrtle Ave nue Court. He Immediately disap- peared, but Mrs. Merritt asked at once that her daughter be committed on a charge of waywardness. “What has. she done?” aeked the Magis‘ rate, “Well, she stayed away from school and spent one night without permission at the honse of @ neighbor.” “I can't see any great waywardness in that, but I will turn the girl over for @ week to the Children’s Society," was the Magistrate's reply. Child Repels Her Mother. Then the girl burst into tears. her mother sought to comfort he Tepelled her and between her sobs, “As soon as I am out I will go straight to Mr. Waish and we will be married. Nothing can ever part us. ‘ove him dearly and he has always been xood and kind to me. “I suppose he will be punished for this, amd I want to say that it iq all my fault. He is an honest, nice young man. Not a word has he ever said to me that @ny one could find the least fault with.” Then Florence was led away to be turned over to the Children's Society, and as,she passed out of the door, she Tepeated: “I love Alfred, and I will marry him.” Met Him at a Party. * At a panty in Williamsburg young Walsh, a marine in th Yard, and she, fell in love with him— just as much fn love as a twelve-year- ‘4 girl can. Most of his time was spent behind the big wall of the Navy- Yard, ang as she could not see her , often this little schoolgirl opened her heart to him in letters. They are remarkably clever letters for a Uttle schoolgirl and they are sweetly pure and simple. But in the eyes of the law this love affafr in miniature 1s a misdemeanor and Florence is under the care of the Gerry Bociety, while Alfred has been cooped up in @ cell in Reymond Street Jail, her anxtety to see her sweetheart went to the home of a Mrs. Gr. sell street, near the Navy+ mained*there all night witho! her parents. , No matter what happens in the Magis- trate's court to-day nothing quite so re- markable as the letters written by Fior- ence to her sailor sweetheart will de- velop, unless it be more letters. Here are some of the letters written fn the class-room while Miorence’s teacher had her back tuned. Love’s Drawbacks. Dear Alfred: The teacher took that little picture of you away from me to-day, She saw me kiss it. When tic and most of the reading. When I @ot over the maddest part of the way I felt I was kind of glad, for I didn't have any of the examples done. When she sent me to my seat she gave me the picture and told me Dear Allie: Here's that lock of hair. It's only a little one, because I didn’t oe cut off mi fear they'd T out heath, Johnny show them. can't write He called tne Wloaste She ‘aay and I hit with an apple core be- cause you hae ices he can’t. Bais caine FLORENCE. Al geography, to-day because I yet A ag Qver since that war's lot of out. sail: i Sidi Ae dint: at dp Hae AE i i; i 4 ire i aye Beesy, Fz are in love and don't dare to tell Sain iGo une Pectin f cout tel fome one, If T ever do I ruess it wil Sta when the. was marriede “ines you every minute. FLORENCE. edit Secor Pa you'll —— tell ty hs) : i two pn sand tenet couldn’ tay pemensek t wouldn't have iene it age, Just little ¥ tiers SCHOOLGIRL SAYS SHE'LL RUN AWAY AND GET MARRIED ‘NEGRO ON WHEEL PURSUED NURSE Maid Declares the Man Persist- ed in Insults and Policeman in Auto Captures Him. James C. Whitaker, a negro, of No. 331 West Fifty-second street, will be arraigned in the Yorkville Court to-day, charged with annoying Kate Slavin, a nursemaid, employed by M1 Clara Thompson, of the San Remo, Central Park West, Whitaker will seek to prove that he was in Jersey City at the time ft ts charged ‘he was in Central Park. ‘The nurse told Magistrate Pool that while amusing the Thompsoh baby in the park Tuesday Whitaker rode slowly up on his wheel, attracted her attention by hissing through nis teeth, and then insulted her. She walked rapidly in the other direction, she says, and he rode away on his. wheel. The girl had almost forgotten the oc- currence when the same man appeared It all came @bout because Florence in| PG ani Whitaker was finall: lumbus avenue and dasetnp acts elindinadbita | PHILBIN ON PLATOON SYSTEM Saye It Should Be So Arranged as te Prevent Oppression, for the police which will be self-acting and will take the men from under the Power of their superiors to injure them or grant undue favors,” ‘This ig the statement made by ex- District-Attorney Philbin in behalf of the committee appointed by the Mayor to revise the platoon system. He says enough oare cannot be taken in the G tor rl whereby the trolmen cannot rere by_their taine to do iflegal things. The police- | men should have more power, but the ing. officer eiould ‘have Tess, he thinks, ste is mostly from the Meas of the Rada, “that ‘the new. four-pla (0% la " sye~ tem has been Formulated, and, while it overtaken at So-| ntieth street. “What is wanted ia @ platoon system. POSON TAKEN Bt MISTAKE MAY KILL Woman in Doctor’s House Gropes for Cholera Medicine and Gets Opium Tincture. Ses Annie McCarthy, fifty-five years old, of No. 181 Bast Thirteenth street, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in a danger- ous condition early to-day suffering from opium polsoning. The embulance CYCLIST KILLED ON MOTOR WHEEL, Frank A. Elwell, Well Known on Two Continents, Meets Death in Accident on the Road. By the breaking of the forks of his motor bicycle Frank A. Elwell, a cyclist well known in America and Burope, was killed on the road near Hicksville, L. I. He was found unconsclous beside the road and dled before medical ald could reach him. His neck had been broken by the fall. Elwell started out for a motor-cycle trip with two friends and was return- Ing home when he allowed his friends to ride ahead, telling them he would join them at Hicksville, They were told by another cyclist that Hlwell had met with en accident, and they returned to find him dead. In the days when the wheeling crazo was at its helght Mr. Hlwell was one of the best knowf men in the League of.American Wheelmen. He gulded sev- eral parties across Europe and has }ridden on his wheel in almost: every part of the world. Mr. Blwelj lived with his wife In Arlington place, Brook- lyn, and his body was taken. there, "The news was carried immediately to Mrs. Elwell. NEW YORKERS G0 TO KANSAS 10 WED Leland Stanford Stillman and , Miss Ada Latimer Married at Hutchinson, Kan. HUTCHINSON, Kan., Oct. 27—Leland Stanford Stillman, of New York, a nephew of the late Senator Stanford, of California, and a relative of James Stillman, the New York banker, and Miss Ada Latimer, a singer, also of surgeon said that he was told the drug had been administered to the. woman ‘accidentally. Miss McCarthy lived at the address given. It is the house of Dr. Johngon, @ veterinary surgeon, She went to church last night and retired on her return. About midnight she awoke with cramps in her stomach, She went to a closet to get a bottle of cholera medt- cine and by mistake took @ dose of tincture of opium. ie CHOICE ‘GROCERIES York Ci ‘were married here at Nee Eptacopal Church. Among. those twas Mrs; Bf Hutchinson, @ alster of the bride. — British Delegates Here, Bnoch Edwards and Matthew Arron- dale, delegates from the British Trades Unions to the convention of the Ameri- oan Federation of Labor in New Orleans eae wey. visited the Central Union meeting in the afternoon. Mrs; Houston Whiteside, | °° THE WORLD: MUNDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1902 BRIOGE ENGINEER RECOVERING, Col. Washington A. Roebling’s Condition Improves After Suc- cessful Operation. Col. Washington A. Roebling, en- wineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, is tm- proving, In Roosevelt Hospital, after @n operation which his family belleves will at least partially restore his health, which has been bad since he contracted caisson fever years ago. Dr. William A. Clark, who accompanied Col. Roebling to the hospital from his home in Tren- ton, said to-day that the operation had been entirely successful and that the patient would be able to return to his family in about two weeks. He would Not inclose the nature of the operation. It was In 1869 that Col, Roobling auc- ceeded his father as engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, a position which he filled with marked ability. When he was stricken with the caisson fever in of the Gea 1872 he continued to direct the work from his chamber in Brooklyn. The following year he went abroad, returning home fer several months in an tmproved te of health, He resumed work on the bridge, and from the time of its com- pletion has been an Invalid. At times he had to carry a camp stool when he went out, in order that he might rest every fow paces. ee ROOSEVELT ON PRESIDENCY. Article Written Before He Became President to Be Published. LONDON, Oot. 27.—The Morning Post announces that it will publish on Thurs- day an article by Mr. Theodore Roose- velt entitled “The Presidency of the United States," which was written be- fore he became President. The articie @eals with the political and soctal life of the office, and 1s a oharacteriatio specimen of Mr. Roosevelt's forcible style. Prof. Robert Koch Cures Consumption, There le no question that Prof. Robert Koch, of Berlin, Germany, cures consumption, as he ts the recognized aut! 4 on lung diseases. that cause lung trot away: ferer along with it, unless mé taken to afrest It. As Jong aa the germs remain in the system unmo- Jested the disease will gradually and surely get worse, They often tell you they have stomach trouble, forgetting that patients with coneump- tlon always have dyspepsia and indigestion and ‘other stomach ‘Dy_not proper! “re Koch-o i given at 119 W. .» COF, Bhrich store, where patients are treated’ and oured daily from 10 ¢o 7, Examinations free by & skilled specialist tn lung troubles. EVERYWHERE. 107 \ RETAIL ™ BRANCHES 4 CHOICE GROCERIES Crackers fs Everybody FOR OUR MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SALE. «|Uneeda Biscuit, Uneeda Milk Biscuit, weil 7xx Zu Ginger Snaps, Kennedy’s Oysterettes. Oriental Rug Sale, Tuesday, October 28th, 3 special lots: No, x 175 Cavabagh Rugs, $7.50 cach No 2. 200 Carabagh Rugs, $9.50 cach, No. 3. 300 Large Fine Maousoutl, Kasakand Guenje Rugs, gr2 & BIL. 5 each, At Retail Only. 10 Cakes Cone: S&S Pounds Best %-Pound Box Azure ALL THREE FOR 25c. Your Choice of Any One of These Packages and 33 Pounds Granulated Sugar for CALIFORNIA PRUNES. 18c. New Crop Fancy Santa Cia OATMEAL, N. Bi C. SODA, SOCIAL TEAS, BUTTER THIN, t Soap, orax Soap, Borax Soa Medium Size, 3 POUNDS FOR [4c. SPECIAL. Your Choice. only, One Lotto a Customer. A Large No, 7 Broom, Extra Quality Straw, BACH, 23c. complished. and embroidery, priced for Tues a well-kni le. i WOMEN'S umbrella flounce; new flare ru! in Heliotrope, Red and Old Rose, he Boys’ Store (SECOND FLOOR.) 53,50 Sizes 3 to 19 years. THE ROAD TO SUCCESS IS THROUGH THE WANT OF THE WORLD. Jormal Opening Go-Day and All of Chis Week Yew and Enlarged Departments” of Women’s Wustin Underwear, Urappers, Lounging Robes, Petticoats and Intanis’ Wear. Sowns, waist effect; tri Cut extra full, deep la: Speciall: with ruffie of handsome embroidery ; at $1.69; special Tuesday, at Moreen Petticoats At Unesual Priczs. Two speciale for Tuesday that will intensify the in- tereat in thie big series of Special Introductory Sales. BLACK MOREEN PSTTICOATS; wide 0 2.95 apr picture. THE EVENT IS MADE DOUBLY IMPORTANT by the vastness of the stocks and the particular }} attractiveness of the prices. Ohe Yew Babies’ Store The constant and untiring efforts of the new management to have the best Babies’ Store in New York has at last been ac- No matter what clothing you need for the little ones you can always obtain it in the Babies’ Store—the best sorts and at prices that will save you considerable, Yatnsook and Flannelette Dresses, WHITE NAINSOOK DRESSES, short and long; circular yoke; fine tucks Mi More Fine Garments Tuesday at ISe. WHiTECAMBRIC PETTICOATS. They were made to be sold at manufacturer produced more than he had intended, and to ‘ took an unusual sacrifice. We. saw the opportunity for an attractive special sale, and purchased the Petticoats, flounce, with fancy shirred and tucked ly priced at WHITE CAMBRIC PETTICOATS ; BLACK MO- REEN PET- TICOATS; fitted yoke; deep plaited umbrella flounce; tuckedruffle; regular price 2-1b. can, Se tomer. Mankind. Every Taste Can Be Gratified. ° COLUMNS is, as we said yesterday CASION OF UTMOST IN’ —S» Crowds began to flock to the Second Floor early jj . this morning, and when this announcement went to press there was every reason to believe that the day would be one of extraor.'inary activity. _ These great Departments, ~.ith their vast stocks of merchandise, bright, cheerful salespeo- ple and prompt service, present an inspiring cambric dust ruffle. Cngtish Worsted Suctings ‘uw eo 5 a designe, checks and elie: ta (hearer wo tiest color combinations, such as green and bj! | and gray, Oxford and black and many ehetet : World's Sreatest Srocery, Purest Quality —LoWest Prices. New packing, solid red ripe TOMATOES, Limit 24 cane to a cus- 5I9e LANELETTE SHORT DRESSES, stripes, checks and plain colors; yoke F : ‘immed with braid and lace; sizes, 1 to 4 years; specially: wide lawn flounce, Usually priced (Second Floor, Bast of Centre.) 69c Per Yard. TEREST.” | “AN OC- | $1.50. But jt 98s 428 OMain Floor, Rb Ave, 18th st.) Jersey Duke Brand, Che Wen's Store (MAIN FLOOR.) Wen’s Sues, F ST] 90 | Sizes to Che Yoxt Recital in the Yew Axt Piano Store, on the Fee Kloor, Witt Be Hold Guesday Asternoon, trom 2 to 4 o’ Clock FOR SPORTING RECORDS SEB THE WORLD ALMAN 208 1.000 Teptea Tereely FIG TARTS ‘Treated eee wall, S5¢. fit all.