The evening world. Newspaper, November 12, 1902, Page 4

HERO OF BRIE |° FIRE WILL LIVE. Battalion Chief Guerin, Com- mended by Chief Croker for Bravery, Was Hurled from a Tenement-House. PIECE TORN FROM HIS SCALP Miectim, Recovering Consciousness on Operatng Table, Refused to Take Anaesthetic—Was on the \ Merge of Pneumonla. Battalion Chief Willfam Guerin Is re- eovering in St. Francis's Hospital from Anjuries that were thought for a time to be fatal in a tenement-house fire. Guerin was hurled from the building at (No. 121 Avenue C by an explosion of gas. As he struck on the pavemont a part of bis scalp was torn off and he yaa badly brulsed and burned. Nine other persons were less seriously burned and bruised In the explosion. Guerin was the hero of the East River @ridge fre on Monday night and was on duty at the Manhattan tower untll 9 o'clock yesterday morning. A white- thot bolt from the bridge was hurled down and struck almost at his feot. In his report to the Commissioner Chief Croker commended Guerin for tho bravery he displayed. ‘The chief was directing his men when the explosion occurred. His body was hurled through the alr as was that of hia driver, Patrick Moran. The two men were put in Guerin's buggy and taken to the hospital, where the chicf ‘was immedlately placed on the operat- ing table. He recovered conasctousnes before the operation was completed, but Tefused to take an anaesthetic. On his side the physicians found two porous plasters, He told them he caught ‘cold at the bridge fire. The physicians found he was suffering from pleurisy, ‘which they think would have developed nto pneumonia. * The other injuries in the explosion Were not serious. Tho accident was caused when a lead gas pipe was melted in two by the fire. The basement was Aled with gas and the explosion fol- lowed. Mrs, Rachel Rosenberg, who broke her leg in escaping from the bulld- ing before the explosion, died from the @hock iast night. She was ninety-nino years old, Mrs. Guerin, wife of the Injured batal- Mion chief, Is i diffident, attractive little woman Who is evidently proud of her big brave husband, but she tried to dis- it all to-day with tho statement lone his duty, y much, 0, i Bixth avenue, made about it in nt to see him last tal and I didn't know adly hurt until Just ne of the sisters told condition is. 1 could gee that his head ndagod, but he Jaughed and said it amore. aoa wound. Ail the time he was talking th kept his arms under the covers and never said a word about one of them being so terribly Injured fe left home at 1 s'elock Monday morning and I saw nothing of him until after 3 o'clock Tuesday morning, | ‘Then he came home and sald there had been ® bad fire on the new bridge and that t nad Kept him out. 1 asked him, what re and he sald: 1 thing, that's att er, of feeling sick pains in his side. Wanted to put some plasters on him: fut he | d that he hadn't time te wait, an? r bolting his breakfast hurried away to Join Chief Croker, who ‘was waiting for tilm. it he he had on ‘He wouldn't 1! eajd at her home a “Sf much fuss w the newspapers, T Might In the ho: that he was so 28 he was leaving ‘me how serious “There is a fire alarm tn our houre, | nd T know every time my hus Sattalion is called out Wi sounded for the fire In’ Aven *Poor Will, there he goes again.) T had 0 idea tili long after that he had been urt, Joseph Schwartz, the plumber, whore eandie is. said hy! the police to gaused the explo Was arraigned before Magistra In the Fixsox Market Police ay, but. th Magistrate turned the case over to the Coroner. Schwartz was taken to OMce, where Coroner 8 him held in default of technical charge of homicide omMicial investigation in the da, ‘ “Becky” given him c avent into the c hese, mall ¢ until an which he ag a wit- house kn 7 | boss, 1 ATTALION CHIEF GUERIN, HERO OF THE BRIDGE FIRE. TWO SMALL BOYS SET BED ON FIRE. Max and Abe Goodwan, Left Alone with Matches, Rescued at Risk of Woman’s Life. When Mrs, Pincus Goodman went out from her home in the basement of the tenement of No. 214 East Seventh jay to do her marketing she mistake of leaving her two small iren, Max and Abe, in close prox- imity to a box of matches. Max and Abe set fire to a bed, the flames spread and the first thing the people in the vy It Was up to them to start street made for the fire 8. Mrs. Wolfred, the housekeeper, upon learning that there was a fire in the building, had her suspictons, and hur- ried to the basement, She heard the frantic erles of little Max and Abe, broke In the door and resoned them nt the risk of her own fife. ‘The children were uninjured. A quick alarm bled the firemen to canfine the bl to. the iman apartments, w were thoroughly utted. Poor Goodman has nothing left Bit his job, his wife and litte Max and Abe. He was not Insured, ——— OVERCOME IN STABLE FIRE. Fireman Woods's Narrow Escape While Rescuing Horses, One horse was burned to death, five were ri 1 with diMcuity, and a fire- man was overcome by smoke In a fire that partially destroyed the stable in the rear of No, 288 West Thirtleth street. The fireman was John Woods, who was xent to his home after being the burning building swith fright, stalls and the One eainiatowne, “eet od by Thom ‘Twenty- READING MINE AFIRE. Seven Handred Miners Vorced to Flee from Burnatde Shaft, SHAMOKIN, Pa., Nov, 12.—The Burn- side shaft, which employs 700 men and discovered on fire to-day, A ree of working to ext! » flames “miners « safety vis owned by the Philadelphia aid Hing Coal and Aut BUCHANAN WILL CONTEST FAILS. Jury in Third Trial Is Unable to Agree as to Aged Doctor’s Sanity on Death Bed. ‘The fury in the third trial of the con- test of the will of Dr. Alexander Bu- chanan, the aged Scotch physician, who loft $0 to his widow, Margaret, and $5 each to his three daughters, the balance 20,000 fortune going to Mrs. Kate now Mrs. Belsey, failed to agree after wrestling all night with the question of whether the doctor was men- tally capable of making his deathbed will Justice Glogerich discharged the jury and the aged widow and her daughter went away deeply disappointed. It 1s not @ question of money with them, for they tad recetved a large fortune from the doctor before he left them. But the thought that Mrs, Foster, to whom he fled when, as she clams, he could no longer stand the strict religious life his family insisted on, should have his es- tate, 1s more than the widow can bear, ‘The case will be tried again. oo BURNED BY EXPLODING LAMP Netghborn Rescued Mra. from Flery Death Mrs, Margaret Beahn. who on the top floor of the tenement-house at No. 1087 First avenue ts at the Presbyterian Hospital to-day, suffering terribly from burns recelved when a lamp exploded and set fire to her clothing. It was foared for a time that she could not recover, Others In the bullding were alarmed by the explosion, followed by the woman’ ‘They found her_roll- ing on fr skirts on fire. Some one seized thing from the bed and extinguished the hemes The Woman was carried to the Presby- terlan Hospital. Her body and Ilmbs were badly burned. The exposion set tire to the house, but the blaze was soon put out. z —— Fire Singes Orleans Treasures. nor Nov. which Beahn France, of the Due of Orleans, troved that pullding, Or , the chapel and the art tre were’ saved, Oats:—No other food gives so much all-around strength, or keeps the system so pure and strong. No oats gives so much of this benefit as Quaker Oats. __It puts its whole strength straight into your system—gives that strong reserve of strength that comes only from high-grade “natural food—the Quaker grade of In each package of Quaker Oats is eR eE Ay TE AEM ORDAN MORIARTYS@ | fedtsa.| 155,157 and159 East 23d St. [uttzin] |Where Else Can You Find Such Values? Cast your eye over the following specials, is there any other store in New York that will equal them? You will find that a purchase here is like finding money, a clean saving of at least 30 per cent. mbination Bookcase: g) polished golden oak with handsomely carved tops, glass doors compartments, French bevel mir- ror on top, value $25.00; very sre] Handsome 5-Piece Mahogany Frame Parlor Suits, like cut, Re $15, 89) finely carved and polished, tufted backs. At upholstering, covered $31. 75 3" in fine quality silk tapestry; regularly sold at $55.00, reduced to. Extra Large: Oak Chiffon- fer, finely pol shed, with large, deep drawers; brass: handles and hand- some oval swing. mirror; actual value $18.00; spe- cial, —finely upholster- ed, made luxurt- ously, soft spring arms, covered in beautiful shades of velour or velvets, worth at —_ least veseutese 37,80 White Enamelled and Brass’ Trimmed Bedsteads, with heavy’ illars and large heavy caster: ; value $5. Special this week... Brussels Carpets, double extra}Oak Ladi quality, beauti(ulstyles atd color effects Diane ae regular price $1.10 yard ™ 69¢) bles piano pol ACCOUNTS OPENED. mt handsome design, with large French plate swing mir- No Need for Ready Cash. Buy On Our Easy Pay- ment System. ror, two drawers and French shap- Open Saturday Evenings. ed legs; value $20.00; sp $13.25 Oak Extension Tables, highly polished, can be extended to six feet, with massive round legs and handsomely carved feet, really worth $7. 49 ° $12.00 ; pecial. b Silks and Dress Goods. Thursday’s Special Offerings 150 lengths of Plain Crepe de Chine, running from 1 to 6 yards each, in ‘‘street’’ and “‘even- ing” shades, including black; to be sold to-morrow at 7 5C. a yard, All [eee | go direct or by transfer to our do _HBatierman Y STORE can sell you goods at low prices, but there are few stores, if any, that give such uniformly high values at such surpris- ingly low prices as the H. Batterman store gives. 1 Women's ; Kersey Coats and Capes 'Way Under Regular Prices. LADIES’ 27-INCH KBRSEY COATS, loose or half-fitted back, ined with guaranteed satin; colors castor, fan and black: sixes 32 to 7 75 44; value $10.00, 19-INCH KERSEY JACKETS, Notched collar and cuffs, finished In regular prices $1 to’$r.50 yd. Also 3,000 yards of silk stitching, satin I! colors, tan, castor dbl: 4,95 MONTE CARLO JACKETS of ker- Y, with pleat in back, and cape with high collar, cuffs and collar stitched velvet, lined; value 18.00 CLOTH CAPES, 30 Inches long, high storm collars, guaranteed Imported & Domestic) | i". ‘canon’ AMostUnusual ShoeSale Rarely Matched Even in Our Basement Store You've waited, or been delayed just exactly long” enough, in buying’ your Winter shoes, to get the best bargains you ever saw, in the best shoes sold this season at a bargain. But you can’t wait now, if the profit of this oppor- tunity is to be partly yours. Such offerings as these will be suapped up ina jiffy today and tomorrow—first be- cause the shoes are most extraordinarily cheap in price, and second because they are so good in quality and style. Here are the details : Men’s Shoes at $1.50— High-class Shoes; none of less real value than $3 or $4. They have gone over trom regular stock just because they are #0 good as to be quickly broken up in odd lots. + all Winter-weight lace shoes. Patent and enameled grain leathers. Heavy welted and stitched soles. A rare opportunity indeed. Men's Box Calf Shoes at $1.90— Real $8 shoes and intrinsically cheap at that. The uppers are of plump, smooth, durable box calfskin. The soles are of stout oak - tanned Lona wewed with Goodyear Ail workmanship thorough; atyileh, well fitting and handsome, made from a new outfit of Insts. Women’s Kidskin Shoes at $1.30— Genuine chrome-tanned kidskin up- pers with sewed soles of oak-tan-] These shoes are worth $1.50. The ned leather. Madeon medium toc-| _priceis $1. lasts, both button and lace. ‘True Children’s Shoes—a spectal offering. price'and real vaiue, $2. at 83c. Then here is a postscript that puts still more money into your saving fund— Rubber Shoes at Half Price. Perfect goods, good modern styles, stamped with well known names; in lasts and weights forcity wear. Ful and plenty of every sort Men's, 50c. Women's, 25c. Girls’, 20c. Children’s, I7c. You'll pay double soon as the rain falls or the snow flies. Why not pay half price today? Basement Men’s Hats at $1.25 That Usually Cost $3 There’s a clear saving of $1.25 in this offering for every man who has intended to buy himself a new three-dollar hat. There are Derby and Soft Hats, in up-to-date styles—the Derby Hats in both the flat-brim and stylish roll-brim; the Soft Hats in three colors; , nutria, pearl and black—and in handsome shape. They are a manufacturer’s regular three-dollar hats, sold today at $1.75 Each Women’s Shoes at $1.50— Fine kidskin and enameled leather Shoes from the regular stock, At least one dozen sorts that have heen $3 and $8.50. Also very stylish ening Slippers have been added. This is a round-up of splendid, fresh, up-to-date shoes upon which we are willing to lor big money for quick closing. > enee Kidskin Shoes at $1.80 All $2.50. 8 Jace and button; flexible soi well formed over new laste : sizes. Boys’, Girls’ & Children’s Shoes— Boys’ Shoes, sizes 12 to 51%, Stout, Honest, shoes, full round toe-laste, ay heels, specially priced at 1 Shoes, sizes 11 to2. Black. kidskin, with tips, spring heels, made on wide Insts. Men's Hat Store—Ann JOHN WANAMAKER Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, 4th Ave., 9th and 10th Sts;- FOUR ROOMS COMPLETELY AT $125.00. Compare our goods, also the list of articles we furnist with others. ut Damask or Velour Par- BEDROOM. fanbstan Ber mahogany tw a table, 1 ttt “Frame ae finished,highly ished, fine damask upholstered seats and back;neversold ince $90 \car eae for this week... 18. 25 Reliable - Black Taffeta Silks, to-morrow at SSC. a yard, remarkable values, Dress Goods. 150 Waist Patterns, in metallic and fancy velve- teen; an unusual offering to- morrow at $2.00 each, Also a Special Lot of Black and Colored Dress Fabrics, selling all season at $1.00 a yard, to-morrow at 68c. a yard, Lord & Taylor, Broadway @ 20th Bt. +<1” eatin lining, made very full, sizes 32 to 45. in black, castor and red....eesesese Some Rare Values in ’ 2 Boys’ Good Clothing. Suits and Overcoats, 4.95 Three-piese Suits, with vests, blue, finished and unfinished serge; also choice of pretty dark mixtures in all-wool cheviots for ages 10 to 16; and elegant Oxford Frieze Over- ronceded to be the best value DOS] Conta, nade and finished to equal aiDigrot the: Spee) 37.00 coats, for ages 4 to 15, Suits and Overcoats, 3.95 . Dress Sults, two pleces, ‘doubte-| Suits and Overcoats, 5.95 breasted, blue and ‘mixtures,|For young men 1M to 19 yeara; Long Pants Sults and Oxforl Gray long- serges, ‘cassimercs, chevlots, for ages 7 {0 16, Overcoats for ngs! ot Overcoats, each a decided bass gain, Suits and Overcoat. We have a larger vari for all ages at $2.08 find in any other how New York. Our $2 8to. 16, Norfolk, Sailor and Sailor Norfolk Suits. J} Ribbons. | An extremely novel fdea are these pillow ribons, Cords run through them from end to end, by the ald of which a ruffled edge around a pillow 1s eastly obtained; beautl- fully shaded from Nght to dark, in pink, blue, violet, orange, green and olive: 4 inches wide; per_yard, 23c Very Swell Trimmed Hats. immed Millinery that goes on sale Thursday shows extreme care in the selection of styles and trimmings. We have about 100 new hats, most of them In the much-sought-for walking shapes. They are In solld black and black and white, and thelr real worth ranges from $7.50 to $12.00. For Thursday we 5.00 ° offer them ali at, each, | ae “ $6 Reed Rockers, $2.98. uch an opportunity presented itself a8 may be found in these very comfortable =s Reed Rockers, Or- dinarily their price would be no less than $6.00 each, hey are spacious and have full roll and are finished as woll as any rocker can be finished, In order to keep. the| ball a-rofling int furniture depart- ment of ours we are golng to sell these Rockers at the reduced price ot Pretty Pillow Seldom hat How Many Questions Can You Ask? ‘There are as many answefs as you can ask questions in the 1902 World Aimanac,| SONTENTS OF, KITCHEN Ose one Kitchen Tabi Sands’ Gitcloth, trenty-eve “pisere’ tisweree ene) er Freeh ‘vith glasa doors, or lee Welour ouch “TONE DOLLAR PER W) JB J.BAUM un & BR THIRD AVE., NEAR 84TH ST. FES BATH UNTIL Matting, STH statton at the Door, KOCH & CO. 125th Street West, fetLenox acd Seventh Aven On Friday and Saturday, SATIN TAFFETA RIBBON, 3% inches wide—choicest quality—every light shade as well as white, cream and black—value 25 cents per yard, 14c, Outer Garments —for— Man, Woman and Child. Our assortment of Overcoats, Jack- ets and Reefers is broadi: ly complete, It begins at the good and ends at the best. Between these Po we can satisfy every taste and every idea of economy. Our convenient charge system solves the question of pay: Also Estee, Millinery, Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry and Merchant Tal- loring. Open Evenings. “Business strictly 1 confidential," CARPETS > AXMINISTERS, 95¢, PER YD, (reduced from $1.28). Rich designs and colorings; adapted for Parlors and Libraries. rani anne od thee = ahogany an iny-fints! some inlatd, others plaka aso " pabea pleces, all at ‘lowest prices. “LONG GREDIT” places a comfoi furnished home within reach of all. 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