The evening world. Newspaper, November 17, 1902, Page 4

Martin Testifies He Paid Whitmore and Army Clerk! $2,250 Each in Riker ANDED $150 A MONTH. Telephone Switch Used So - Detectives Could Hear—Accuscd "Men Say They Are Victims of ‘Unjust Suspicion. “Whe examination of Dr. Benjamin T. tmore, the widely-known phyalclan, Harry C. ‘Wileon, Chief Clerk of Harbor Improvement Board, charged atempting to blackmail the Water t Improvement Com, of Je y , was called this afternoon before { te Cornell in Center Street Po- rs Court. “The defendants were represented by George Gordon Battle, who announced he was ready to ed, District- ney Jerome, with Assistant Din- t-Attorneys Kresel and Miner, rep- ted the Pe Street Cleaning Gommissioner W: bury and Deputy Phlice Commissioner Piper were also in Whitmore and Chief Clerk Wil- masert that they are the victims of picion, It is said that they p Supt. Martin, of the Water Font Improvement Company, which as charge of the work of filling in Riker's Island for the Street Cleaning Department, with the for %,000 and $150 a week t gecure the continuance of th wot a. Government dredge a Joaned to the city for the work ‘War Department. Mr. Martin c ated with Commissioner Woodbury ‘aid Deputy Commissioner Piper. © “story of Marked Bills. Detective McConville was assigned to ease, He assumed the name of tary Gubleman, of the Water Front Improvement Company, and was #0 introduced to Dr, Whitmore and on. They are said to have re- Mewed the proposition and he pald bills, after afternoon. 1H ae hearing | to- ony, was Professor h n frie nd oof Wood three barges. fr ting up his person. heir mato return, intendent EP dbnattnent, nogorint Hoan iat bokts with Secretury of Hoot. was ried yr oa fy a Government mervioe who nad jt in thelr power to rr- dredge and tug from tho land work or to continue them ter the expiration of the term “for which they were originally loaned. | Saye Whitmore Urged Payment. ae out of his startin, “and tried tc that I was making enough the contract fo afford to Moconctite mignt phone conversations Whitenore. jartin told of two meetings with hitmore in the Hoffman House Wilson was at the second meet- fae He said he handed $2,280 to ¢ach the two men, but Dr. Whitmore Bened hia portion over to Wilson. oes serene a arrested STOCKINGS L LEAD Too..Much About the Open- Work. Variety and Then His Parishioners Rebelled. wick Reformed Dutch Chureh, tambolat and Conselyea streets, Will- rg, has come to the rescue of ly colored and lace openwork by announcing the resignation thé Rey. Dr. James C. Hume as Hume waged a war on women's gs of the fish-net variety and upon hosiery which was colored fist purpose of being attractiv 0. memibeps of his church ion Js the result, @ sermon last spring Dr, Hume @ that the woman who put her $n @ stocking of flashy colons was A long step in the direction of Hut the pastor expressed hie ‘of the young woman who would modern openwork lace’ stook- atvonger language. a4 Juste coming on summer and r women of his con- Hand Deauty fan to decrease un- that the Rev, Dr. tore of sermons ly ladies atock- | return home the girl waa more cheerful of Tits tore. vs e}than she had been for neveral days. | put out the blaze in her 0) meyer, to-day, Mrs. Corson Says the Principal and Four Other Teachers Hounded| Fire as She Attempted to Beat the Young Woman Until They] Out Flames—Mre. Landy in Hos Drove Her to Suicide. pital, Likely to Die. Fear of dismissal on account of her chastisement of an unruly pupll so preyed upon the mind of Miss Cella Fitleson, a pretty young teacher tn Behool No. 10, Rivington street, that she drank car! acid and died in the home of her Mrs. Mary Cor-j|the J. son, at No, 51 West One Hundred and | not ox; Seventoenth street. She was twenty- Miss La two years old and the daughter of ajnanh Landy Chicago merchant. the absence The young woman had taught for|ing on an « e(n the kite! three years In the primary department} draft from window of the achool, and had given sattatac-| girl's drew into the flame of t her body bearing the marks of fire from her feet to her watst, fifteen-year- 1 Julla Landy, of No. 819 Columbus avenie, ul Wright Hopital, She ix} opencd ¢ on the fourth floor, In r aunt she who was annoying her, and when he] ping to put out the fire the girl started continued to be unruly she selzed him} down the long fights of stairs to the by the shoulder and shook him. street The flame grew as she sped | ing. He fell against a xeat, and his head| downward, and when she reached the} Big pol ablaze cipal of the school, Miss Loretto Nor-| Mrs, Adolph Fisher, whose busban cott, Bhe drew up formal chatgos| keeps a furniture and olle Oth store on | her dead, against Miss Ettleson, and they were to be heard by the School Bonrd to-day, On Saturday night Mrs, Corson took hor to @ theatre in the hope of sooth- ing her mind, and this antidote seemed to have some effect, for upon their Mrs. Fisher picked up a rug and ate dress caught fire. of > addled from her matting ardund Mrs. Instend of going to bed fies Httleson| | Then si ia turned i sat up for some time reading in her| to the alr ore off her Corson's apartments. It is supposed rom the J. that while thus engaged she renched! iat and: ene. was “sien “ee the sudden determination to kill herself. | “™ Fisher's Injuries: were very alight. About G o'clock Mrs. Corson was awakened by a noise in her iter BOY AND GIRL MISSING. room, Hurrying there, she found the girl lying on the floor fully dressed but unconscious. Her lps were seared, and on the floor by her #ide lay a bottle in Ida Diets, four which only the dregs of carbolic acid} with falr comp ght hair and remained, blue eves, was ed missing from —_—$$—=____ her home, No. 310 West One Hun- DAUGHTER FINDS SUICIDE. | dred and Thirty-nfth # reet, since Nov. Brown In Thirteen, ears old, tall, children, a block cloth dress with |, nd button shoes, also request for Isidor At Louln Heime's Hedside Were Two Carbollc Acid Bottles, 4 Louls Helme, sixty-five years old, of 1 his daugh Mrs, Frank Blech- dead in bed. He had | taken carbolic acld and the two ompty cy black stockings and ‘Ia pottles were found at his side, He had shoes, who has been missing since Fri- heen forced by illness to retire trom day Inst from his home, No. 101 Ave- business. man lexhausted Great Overstocked Sale Men’s Business Suits. We close our eyes to all losses and take our medicine. Overbuying gives you these gar- ments at about half their value. Men’s Suits, in all-wool material, well ri made and trimmed; fine values for %6 $12.00; yours while they last...... Men’s Suits, splendid business Suits, $9 % in new and natty patterns; values BAS ANG SIG, TOT... cceecscseres Men’s Suits, in all colors and fabrics, $ 5 11 single and double breasted styles, great values, $18 and $20, for... Men’s Suits, right up to the minute, 100 different styles to select from, 15 single or double breasted; values 1 4 $20 and $22... ceeccccencsesen Men’s Suits, in imported goods, hand made; extremely swell in cut and fit; single and double breasted; values $ 1 (a $22.50, $25 and $28, for ewices Men’s Prince Albert Coats and Vests. 200 of these garments, some in silk-lined im- $ 50 ported goods, in vicunas and unfinished wor- 10. steds; values $22, $25 and $28, for....... 50c. Neckwear, To Drawers, to go at . . To ee ie hirts and Drawers, to go at ABC Binet en neces aver quilts from its street. She w Great Overstocked Sale of Furnishings, 35c. Suspenders, 00 A Peet Metis Oem... 49C THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, Ne VM 17, 1902, PUNISHED PUPIL, [RAN TO STREET, ‘IRL RACES on 1TH AREWORKS ROOSEVELT WS | THENDRANK ACID} ORESS BLAZING.) SAVE HER BABY. eee Miss Celia Ettleson, a Pretty) Julia Landy’s Skirt Caught Fire|Little One Seized with Fatal Young Teacher, Feared Pun-| from Oil Stove and She} Coughing, the Child-Mother ishment from School Board,| Dashed Down Stairs from the} Speeds Through Streets Bear- So She Killed Herself. Fourth Floor. ing Her Infant to Hospital. Frank O'Connor, seventeen years old,| SMEDES, Miss., Nov. 17,—Rain, which SISTER MAKES CHARGES.|WOMAN RESCUER UNINJURED|CHILD DIES IN HER ARMS.|irscn'wno nas “died as a. result of Mrs. Adolph Fisher's Dress Caught |She Was Only Sixteen Years Old hteon persons who were Injured by and When Sad News Was Told Her She Wept as if Her Heart Would Break. With her dying baby clasped clowely With her clothing burned away and to her breast, Mrs. Nellie Flynn, a eix- ten-year-old mother, who lives at No. 226 Peart street, ran wildly through the was this afternoon taken ts] streets early this morning, and when she he precious bundle in the d to Ive Chureh street police station the little dy vex with her aunt, Han-| yank of tife had fled. Great tears welled into the eyes of| iim st and Randio Davin, of ;| the pitiful young mother. Hardly more «| than a ohild herself, ehe threw herself on her knees bestde the chair where| wno was killed In the subway o: tion, A week ago sho chided a boy Scraming with fright, and not stop- the wasted little form of her baby lay jon at Elm and Franklin streets and unburdened her sorrow with weep- {comen, was bruised. The child told his parents, | top of the last fight her outerskirt was | scones, turned from the room, unnerved, who in turn complained to the prin-|" Ag Mise Landy ran down thix Might, | and left the child-mother alone with VICTIM 1S DEAD.) A WARM raBITE| Another Man Not Expected to|Holt Collier Says of Him That Live, but Other Patients Are} He Is a “Powerful Game and on Road to Recovery. Persistenous Hunter.” of No. 6 East Houston street, died In| began tailing last night, 1s still comin a ec Bellevue Hospital this morning from i J h| down to-day, and the prospect for a resumption of the bear hunt from the being injured in tho flreworks explosion| camp on the Little Sunflower ts not flattering. The rain is not a pelting downpour, but a steady old autumn drizale, which the weather-wise here- wbouts predicted mfght continue for sev- eral days, The chances are that the Président's fun is spoiled, at ieast for jadison Square on election night, plosion still remain jn Bellevue, f them are expected to re- cover, except James Fenton, a negro, of No. % Clinton street, who has a fractured skull and whose death, the ore say, is only a matter of a few) to-day. daya at mont. ‘The manner in which “The Colonel’’ aang sigyenteen other patients are| stuck to the trail on Saturday long after the others had abandoned the chase and re returned to camp, earned for him the NOT TO BLAME FOR DEATH, | most protouna respect of Holt Collier, o said he was a “powerful game and persistenous hunter.”” Despite this tribute to the President's pertinnclty, It 18 not belleved here that ~The would start out in such weather, If 5 ved to remain in camp to-day fairly comfortabtc. On his ting expeditions he $s accustomed Yo rouzhing it in wll kinds of weather. A good tent over his hoad to keep him dry # more than he has had In the Rocktes, night the party will Oreak e train will leave here In thme h Memphis at 9.0 Wednesday Two Men Discharged by Coroner After Subway Accident Inque A jury before Coroner Schol day exonerated F. Carmello, of M6 Union street, Brooklyn, from alf blame in connection with the death of Joseph Motts, of No. 15 Elm stree ten days ago. Motte was killed by rocks which fell from the iron bucket used to hoist the rock to the street. Carmello was hardened to pitiful | the signal man. It was several minutes before the first floor, enterel the street door. !the sergeant touched her tenderly on to wrap it around the girl, but] the shoulder and helped her away. Sho | begwed, she pleaded not to be separated baby. Coughing Killed the Child. William Flynn is employed by a New York newspaper and left his home very early, leaving his child-wife to watch was |at the erlb of thelr child, who for sev- eral weeks had been sick, He had gone only a short tmo attacked with @ violent coughing spell. oe ‘The mother was helpless. She hardly old enough to possess a mother's Instinct and she picked up the little ——————— form in terror. Ida Diets In Fourteen and Intdor | In her frenzy she thought of her mar- ried sister, Mrs. Salmon, at No. 6 West street, who was tho mother of several Wrapping her baby in the ‘adie, she ran Into the ot. scantily clothed her- self, but she paid no heed to the chill WAISTS of Piain,Plaid and Striped Flannels, Bedford Cords, Cor- A a p from the 4 . Ir it Gates Patan “tien est soon {MEE that blow up from the bay. duroys and Fancy Velvets, for Morning and Travelling wear, THE “WANT” COLUMNS ister to hurry to the Hudson Sireet Hospital with it. Into the street f° | the young mother again ran, her fect rly seeming to touch the pave- Charle: she went to him and he took nue D. iher to the statton-how 9 go Sc, and 75e, Undershirts gs ey | eee 49 an rshirts a ai inde ni 39¢ stag ait Shirts, G3 Cc $1.00 Silk Suspenders, 4 5c\$ 50 Silk an Woo! Fleeced 98¢ 1.15 B.Altmans Go. DRESS WAISTS of Louisine, Peau de Cygne, Peau de Soie and Moire Silks; Hair line, Shepherd Check, Scotch Plaid, Plain and Changeable Taffeta Silks; Crepe de Chine, Chiffon, Lace, etc., for Tea and Afternoon occasions, * HAND-MADE and HAND-EMBROIDERED WAISTS. SILK and FLANNEL WAISTS in all sizes; including extra large sizes. when the baby was For Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. [8th & 9th: Silk Waists in a variety of colors, $5.50, 7.75, 1L50 ‘un. Not far tion she saw ourke. Almost Eighteenth Sires, Nineteenth sired and Sixth pivente, B.Altmant o. Are showing Juté Velour and Embroidered Portieres; Couch Covers, T ble Covers, Fine Japanese Lacquer Screens, Drapery Materials, Embroidered Lambrequins; Lounging Cushions, Etc., And offer on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 18th and 19th, 2,000 yards of fabrics for Window Draperies, Portieres, Furniture and Wall Coverings, ’ tom $225%6 $6.50 ver art, 91.65, 2.50, 3.50 yd. And on First Floor, Rear of Rotunda, Cushion Tops, 60c., 90c. and $1.25 each, BLANKETS and QUILTS. Down and Lamb's Wool filled Comfortables (the season's newest designs and color combinations), of Satin, Silk and Silkaline, also lace effects on silk and satin, Comfortables made to order in all sizes. For Tuesday, November (8th: California Blankets at the following special for Single, Large and Extra tege Biae $3.90, $4.75 and $5.75 per pair. Eighteenth Street, Nineteenth Street and Sixth Avenue, - THE ROAD TO SUCCESS RUNS THROUGH ‘ OF THE WORLD. REAT OVERSTOC “SALE! | We Are Heavily Overstocked This is the week of sacrifice. We bought heavily of stocks offered us at incredulously low prices, but we bought too much, ‘‘ bit off more than. we can chew.’’ We bought more than we can sell between now and Christmas by ordinary methods, so we adopt the extraordinary. This match- less stock must go. It’s a forced move, and means the wiping out of all prom $150,000 worth of high grade, reliable, Fall and Winter merchandise. tion of underselling, of sacrificing values that has never before been attempted by any concern in New York. your share of these thrilling, sensational bargains while there is yet time. Tuesday Morning, at 8 o’Clock, We Begin the Greatest, Most Beneficent Bargain Event New-York City Has Yet Known, Great Overstocked Sale Men’s Overcoats. Every price quoted is a mercantile triumph. Come and see the goods, ex- amine them with your own eyes. and hands. We claim such qualities at such prices were never offered before. Men’s Overcoats, all sizes and lengths; blues, blacks and Oxfords; great ue ae (6) ues at $42 and $13.50; yours at.. Men’s Overcoats, in all colors and <i les; hand padded shoulders, loose back, lengt 44 to 50 inches; fine values at ie $9. 6) ENd'S1G SOs mesreieecete terereaereats Men’s Swell Overcoats; the loose boxy back; the full bell skirt; 2 | 1 6 grand values at $17 and $18, for.. Men's Stylish Overcoats, in every wanted style and color; hand-tailored gar-, ments; chock full of style; val ues? J 4 75 $20 and $22, LOVE ee. ot ecb eee OQ Men's Finest Qvercoats, in Vicunas, Thibets and imported fabrics; all hand-tail lored; i$ correct in every detail; great values 1 9, 75 at $25, $28 and $30, for......... overttes Sale of Men’s Pants Men's Pants, values $1.95 Men's Pants, values $3.00, TOF <.ev sy ise. Men's Pants, val Men's Pants, val WOO, tel | $e drags, a $4.95 aan Se OS Goods Must Be Sold!) A bargain festival for the people. A ruthless sacrifice of ; ‘ A high quality, low-price jubilee of the greatest interest. A demonstra- Grasp this golden Cppertunitys Get Hsomissontr 9395 Great over Rain and Cravenette Overcoats, in’ heavy and light in.imported fabrics, most of them weight, | warranted ' 0, / e V/ Q ; rain ‘proof, STEWART BUILDING #12, 50, ‘ ‘ rs ft Great ON eHHBNEA Sale. Children’s Clothing. Children’s Corduroy and All Wool Knee Pants; value 29¢ { 75c.; Sizes 3 to 16, fOr sessaeaeee A eeeeesteeeecee Children’s All Wool 2-Piece Suits, blue cheviot and $f 95 fancy mixtures; sizes 7 to 16; value $3, fOors.eesecereceeves e / ’s All Wool 2-Plece Sults, blue serges and fancy sizes 7 to 16; values $4 and '$5, for. area $2,95 8 All- Wool 2-Plece Suits, 2 and 3 button, D. B. $4, 95 it mixtures; sizes 7 to 16; values $6 to $8, forsecese e' 's Norfolk Suits, siz terns; values $5 and $6, forse... Boys’ 3-Plece All-Wool Suits, Hack cheviots, sizes 9 to 16; value Beye oon Sults, all-wool $7 to $8, for..... o ors; values $6. to $9, fore. Children’s Russian Blouse Overcoa’ Oxford, sizes 3 to 8; values $6 and $7, for. Children’s O ats, the Jong, loos: value $4, for. Children’s Ovi $6 and $7, fore. Children’s Overci fords; values $6 to $7. 50, mae Great Overstock Sale , Young Men’s Clothing. Boys’ Long Pants Suits—Ages Mad 20 Me tly tater; Si blacks and cassimeres; values $8.00, fOr... .ese8 Boys’ Fine Lon, 14 Ade double reasted st A stylet all colors and styles of fab oa values font sa Sena seeeereesss oun seceeus © “bh and double Lang Pancs eerted tries iad and tallovedy b SJ 1. 5 very swagger; values $16 and $18, forse. rr artiity =~ care heavy enough for the busty winter Sayesrirao) fey rain proof; : $ value