The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1903, Page 12

it Blames It on the People ‘SUT BLAMES CONTRACTOR a eae ee ES Admits Having Unciean Cars But 1777 Blames the Old Company from Which it Bought the Lines and It Denies Everything Else! Tie > State Ratiroad Commissioners yho have been hearing the compisints the point where tt wee shown ‘that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com- a persistent offender against the 1 ts of decency anf pubile comfort by giving such inadequate ao- commodetion to travellers that its cars “on *L" and street routes are always Bhamefully overcrowded. _ Cole Sees Improvement. Just before the hearing began Chair- "> Gran Ashley Cole aaid he belleved aince ss last session of the commission that “transit conditions had improved in ‘Brooklyn. ‘Hfe could not point out or particu- Inrize the improvment, but he said he stood on the steps of Borough Hall just before 10 o'clock and watched ty+two cars pass him, in not one of thes oars," he eaéd, “wag there a person standini | Bat the Commi / eorament on the f the time he kept his count heavy snow was falling, This, urobably, kept the shoppers at home a ‘of vrowda in the ca: Xone who lives in Brooklyn will agree that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com- pary has in any way improved the ser- Yiec. As a matter of fact it has been Wore. Since the last hearing the people ha’ been watching closely for !mprove- ments. ‘but none has been noted. Cars afr Cold, badly ~entilated, poorly Mght- “el ind more crowded than eve Waen the hearing was resumed ex- Yeouklyn Rapid Transit road, begged the privilege of filling the answer of the oany to the complaint of the Manu- Association. Mr. Collin read er of the company, which made to heat all the cars. At present, and ir 4 few weeks longer, the heating of “moro cars during these rush hours Would necessitate a corresponding re- " duction in the number of cars operated. | 4\ admits that there are intolerable wiis in the “bridge crush’ and that PARTS, Jan. 6.—Mme. &0 to the United States on their wed- ing trip. The announcement of the ap- ize Dailey started to call witnesses, | ® Lawyer Collin, representing the | Col walk to the ferry. And Greatsinger Smiles. fc i was present TET nent Gree ae oy Wwitnens Hib: lays Traffic an Hour. ara ‘of tho way people were dropped into the mud made him smile Hibbard complained th@t during: the last hearing he started for Manhat- He wait the cars operated across the Bridge during the afternoon rush bours are overcrowded, but says the company cannot relieve it alone. “Tt admits that the new power-house ts not yet entirely completed, and the giditional power, which this company >) would have received under the contracts ih Movember last, cannot now be ex- March next, but = the Times. It admits that the steam wars on the Ated road are behind the times, but they are being equipped with elec- ity as rapidly as possible, which involves a substitution of electric lights for the present oll lamps. it admits the pars are not clean, but * says that when the elevated roads were “Yacquired from the rece! former companies there @ no ade- Guste shop facilities for the repair an® clevning of the elevated cars. The py, has just completed a large P me) answer asserts that th: it Ventilation on the oars are. the best or more it electricity mpany, of Brook- able at present by Guring ‘these hours” from any , Tite. company “therefore hopes 1 It will be able to Carn ome heat in all of its cars during qpoon rush Hours, and that after iil be able to proper ail'af its cars at ail houre, Por heat Questions, ‘Olllns Anished reading the un Dailey asked if th > Fodiuced hooka: ‘which he had ne lis wala that t rme- ot ,0Y dudes, Dale. maa . : ‘ated on levated. roads during the rus re and Convery dn other hours. tHe sald tis books mpany were open to any ine r fe Commission might rake, ering (ho ducstionn. about “the Maarhings Yor ios erp ibenes 24 per of people Injured Mr Welle Sie er shirk,'' Pi asked for the fue, le4 a,b uae ere, one knows it has 7 fay thin road PAs Bean Iya deliberate abiry "> sive & FO chance to ro Pall vid sot ORE Brooklyn, “declaring aver: tempt oO} We of the ag With ered ME "Recs, a reporter, toatined | mechanism that scores of men who were working for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com- pany receive only 60 cents a day, The men are given one or two runs a day and the cats are then put in the barn, u tor | oft front wheel struck th BAT Nh oY aba ing the switch mechanism and plunged i ee Wrecking the truck. directly n L * said Ju Dalley. through, “Bape “Smiths ot the Brooklyn. Rapla | ncross. the four tracks on the Bowery. ‘Transit road,” The noarest switch was at Ni ‘The company's lawyers went at the a all cars 5 ‘tness flercely, acqusing him of sensa- ‘and was Agolnd eine Twenty-sisen Ward. ' cre rion ended that travel be diverted t>/PANIC IN A BROADWAY CAR. the ferries. providing, that an arrange pa ment cou and car bitterly ofthe East New York loop, where passengers must take transfers to trolley from “L'' road. Hard Hit by Lawyer Kenyon, peters the’ falivoad 2 insion Arte: ‘ore the Railroad Commission two 4 Weare ago, acting an beat of peorie | a. p im r AtoDped, And the Afteen mse Who complained that Gates avenue car! only went through Tam a lawyer by profession, a oler- n ont it your answers,” replied Mr. Welle. Even on the Broadway service th that Ie'ls linposeiste ; 4 any time of the day » | coat i ooklyn Rapid Tran hee lated by ex-Ideut, Gi in and Walls. Many witnesses told about the rating conditions @t the Hast rk loop. L SPAIN TO HONOR SAGASTA, State Funeral Plaunead for the Emma Calve {8} married Mile. Giraudon, of the Opera soon to wed M. Jules Bols, the noted| Comique. writer on oooultiam and spiritualiatic mubjeots, and rumor has it that they will|Mme. Calve arranged this match to spite the man who jilted her. M, Bols is a wealthy man, while Mme. Calv fonmer flanoe was practically penniless, proaching marriage came as a surprise | ine prima donna will not give up stage fo #oon after the great opera star was | jife, but wil by Henri Caine, who recently It 1s thought more than likely that go to America next season as one of Maurice Grau's song birds. PHILIP J. BERG, Kings County Republican Club—It is impossible to get a seat on Halsey street cars two blocks away from the car Louse, OMRI F, HIBBARD, lawyer—Passengers on the Marcy avenue line are forced to get out in the middle of a muddy street and walk to the Hamilton Ferry. and the cars then go back to the barns. ADOLPH KIENDL, Citizens’ Association—Passengers are compelled to take trolley transfers from the “lL” road at the East New York loop. RALPH W. Kenyon, Jawyer—Bven on the Broadway service they take off so many cars during the noon hours, so that it is impossible to secure a reat at any time of day. 80-9006-000-41050000-0060564690009O090900O40 8003000000 BROOKLYN GIVES STATE BOARD PROOF OF CAR SERVICE EVILS. DODO 2829999999 ASHLEY W. COLE, Chairman of the Board of Railroad Commission- ers—I have lived out that way for two years, and Flatbush has abot as poor service as could be imagined. GEORGE L. REDS, reporter—Scores of men working for the B. R. T. receive only 50 cents a day. They are given one or two short runs ol in Flatbush.’ Seececes) (TED UP OMS ny got over rae y dumping pray’ ntrect and making them [Heavy Truck-Load of Sandow Brand Caught in Switch De- A truck load of butter was strong ei seven minutes for alenough to tie up the Second, Third and mens’ Asso- made to make the ferry ide one fare, He complained lawyer, who was|a panic. tie your business?" asked Mr. trom| of No, ‘Then he you. mut pay another fare. layenue an, who prompted — Dead Statesman, ‘The body will be embalmed and wate in the Chamber of Deputies. Ninth streot mplain of the crowded | hour to-day. condition of the De Kalb avenue cars?" | mous Sandow brand, Brooklyn | Wreoking crews to get tt off the track, ue cars| Here js bow the blockade came about. eben crowded," put in| In the Bowery. bet vA loud burst of applause | Broome streets, there is it the Metropolitan street car lines, ‘The f this awitad is below the surface of the street, and te protected by a massive tron plate. "rhe truck, which was plled high with firkins of butter and dr horses, was crossing the A Fuse Blew Out and Fifte sengers Ran, The blowing out of a fuse on north- bound car No, 2,605 of the Broadway line near the Post-Office to-day caused and ‘women rted rush th 1 | i “ er car, ran into the ~|aald that the Comm: Xetor” House ‘and 1 i of sald that the Commissio Astor House snd procured A pall ct through to Broad at lea Thi guished. done, but on Jan, 2, of this year, the old conditions went into effect more, | street. in deflance of the Commiasi ers Kenzer aha: a en anges, te | HIT CRIPPLE’S ASSAILANT. drew trom Mr, Kenyon more damagin; facts, sie Twenty-first street, that he was justl- am. 1 some of ihe hs ry . ‘Oh; Insults are ‘what one ment oxnect |Mrha ae ore Fi dearman, Calman. of No from Brooklyn rapid tranest,"’ added: Y ry op @ ship ald of wireless telegraphy. idea po & new one, os it was tan. Brooklyn Helene ont, | During. iy. | Madison avenue street car Unew érom both of which were crowded. "De you not or outh for more than an ‘he butter was of the fa- id it took two tween Grand and ewitoh wi anne 1,000 Prs, } Patent Leather, Engl hand-sewn, wel 3 to 16 years, BOYS' OVERCOATS, YOUTHS’ SUITS & OVERCOATS, Stern Brothers | January Sale ot Shoes Annual Clearance Begins To-morrow (Main Floor, Annex) WOMEN'S BUTTON AND LACE BOOTS, ish Enamel, Calf & K turn soles, all sizes & widths, Values $3.50 to 5.50 Continuation of Clearance Sale of Boys’ & Youths’ Clothing . Preparatory to the enlargement of this department SAILOR, RUSSIAN, NORFOLK & DOUBLE-BREASTED SUITS, Former prices $5.00 to 9.75 CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS & BOYS’ REEFERS, 3 to 12 years, Former prices $5.00 to 11.95 ‘ 6 to 16 years, Former prices $6.95 to 13.95 15 to 20 years, Former prices $10.00 to 15.95 West Twenty-third Street. wide. JAMES McGREERY & CO. Silks, 8,000 yards, — fine quality Taffetas 27 inches 65c. per yard, Value 1,00 Opening Exhibition of Spring Foulards, — exclusive twilled and broche weaves. Twenty-third Street. NISCOVERS HOW WECK BROKEN PUT WA CELL Thomas T. Hannigan Dies in Bellevue from Injury Diag- nosed First as Alcoholism, Then as Hysteria. TOSHVE CML Bridge Commissioner Solves Problem of Making Eight Bits of Anthracite Do Work of]. Half a Ton. USES PLENTY OF WATER. Common salt, permanganate of potas! fMings of old bridge euspender rode, -a dash of pepper, three gills of petro- leum and a modioum of gunpowder, are the Ingredients of @ new composition Alscovered by Bridge Commissioner Lin- enthal for the saving of precious an- thracite. ‘There are other things in the mixturt, for instance, water, whiob give it the coal economising quality but these the Commissioner Is keeping religiously un- der his hat Aqua, H20., has always been reoog- nigeg ag @ fuel saver when well appiled, wn by powerful 3 ae plate protect inth etreet below the switch were locked by the wreck, which yes unupu- and udice, but he held his {ally diMfoult to handle on acvount of the pomandy ruently ‘Spplauded resistance of the butter. y Pas- assongers made @ Con- for the door. A firemi blaze was quickly extin- ‘s Were stalled for @ few minutes as far downtown as Liberty ———_—- by Mage Magietrate Fieen in the Hariem pman, by profession and professor of |coure this morning told Daniel Gcanlon, 445 Hast One Hundred and dundred and ‘Twenty-first street, and knocking him down to > I Targop averse and are put off kay gee] semnign had been summoned by Cal no transfer. If you want io oys, among them James #0 on! Powers, fourteen, a cripple, of Mirat re. id One Hundred and ‘Pwenty- first street, were snowballing him last Saturday. Galman chased the boyw and Powers, whom he struck sev- eral times, Soanion was coming along at about this time, and seeing “Calman beating the onpple knocked him down -|with a blow In the face. ‘|NO MIDOCEAN NEWSPAPER, Steamship vert At the off thts olty to-day it was sald that they Bi ne nat gles pap od of any intention to ADRID, Jan. 6—The Cabins {| mesting to-day decided on a cea hi eral for the late Premier, Senor Sa. of the Cunan line in ot @ daily news- of that line with the ee ~ Si Season ‘ - but the Commissioner's use of water in this respect is amply attested in « re- to him to-day. It says that component part of the mix- tures and actually burns. Directions. Mix the ingredients thoroughly, using equal quantities of each. Store for a protracted period in her metically sealed gteel tanke—a burglar proof safe is preferable. ‘Then descend to the cellar, souttie in hand, If the janitor has monopolized the coal supply deal him one on the frontis- piece with the lead and help yourself. ing surreptitiously purloined a bucketful carry it to your apartments. Don't trust it to the dumbwaiter, = - Carefully place eight bits of coal, neatly and regularly arranged in the erate. ‘Then uncover the tank. Lightly epray the precious ite with the fluid. "The use of an atomizer or the garden hose may be invited for this purpose, Apply the matoh. If the resultant blaze "Is too flerce (or not flerce enough) ply more wal Put on more water anyway. Constant watching will prevent burn- ing. If the weather is moderate the quantity of coal may be reduced, Beware! Commissioner Lindenthal is experi- menting with the new composition in some of the city-owned furnaces. He says it is a wonder as a {fuel saver without creasing the heat. it cheaply secured, too, the price of water being no factor ‘whatever. He may soon ‘et to the world if the coal arons don't watch out ——— REAL COAL THROWN AWAY, ive the Five-Tow 1 ke Down and Driver % ly Milled, A five-ton load of coal while crossing the car inicks over the subway st Reade and Centre etreets broke through the wooden supports at that point aad upped over, The driver went headkmg into the street in front of @ north- oar, which wee stopped just in to save him Lime from belng crushed. was HAD PARALYSIS SYMPTOMS. Through the Indifference of the police 8 of ambulance and hospital surgeons, Thomas F. Hannigan, a telegraph operator at Providence, R. I., died of a broken neck at Bellevue Hos- pital after he had been in the hands of the police and physicians for two days without their reallsing that he was in- jured. His brother Charles, a proml- here this afternoon and took charge The police put him down asa “drunk.” The entry on the Bellevue plotter shows that a New York Hospital surgeon for- warded him to the hospital as an nico- hollo patient, and the clever diagnosi- clan who examined him t! that he was not drunk, hut suffering He died with thet entry name on the blotter. for Coroners’ Physician who performed Philip O'Hanlon, WE —} Promptly Refunded, Marvellous Success of Our Great January Sales. One customer said yesterday that the wonderful growth of this store was not surprising when the great values that we offer and the phenomenal effort that we put forth were considered. That's the whole sie0/ in a nutshell, Come here any day; we’re busy. Because we constantly strive to become more service- able to you. Therefore we merit more and more of your patronage—AND GET IT, ‘Unrivalled Sale of Undermuslins. of Unique in so many ways that we haven't space to tell of all, but c®&me and see for yourself; there are ways aplenty to distinguish the Rothenberg: sale from others. Look at the perfect workmanship and materials; look at the finish and style in the garments that we offer—even at the smaller prices. Many a difference in our favor that is emphatically a difference in your favor too. Corset Covers, Gowns, heavy muslin, full size; yokes trimmed with clus- Corset Covers, ee hue ane ue ct fal tucks and insertings of embroidery, in V shape cambric, close’ fitting, round or} eg neck; finished with cambric ruffles round 25c neck and sleeves; 49c. values at. juare neck, “trimmed with ‘i ‘i reer snd fa ative te) Bay, Gowns, very heavy muslin, full size; made in high neck, French styles, plain. All have 8 square and Empire styles; trimmed with hemstitched tuckss 2 inserting of embroidery; also {i ti torch ieee sca pean tat lace, clusters of tucks’ and ribbon Seadings 880 59, ae valu . Corset Covers; French styles, long a vt ¥ c and short covers, three insestings of Valenciennes lace, hemstitching and ribbon, also fine embroldery and wide satin ribbons; 39c, values at. . 29c Drawers, heavy muslin, umbrella styles, ruffles of cambric, trimmed with heavy torchon lace, embroidery edge; 19 Ic also 3 hemstitched tucks; 25c. values at.... . . trimmed with clusters of fine tucks, insertings of Drawers, heavy cambric and muslin, umbrella styles, insert- embroidery, with neck and sleeves trimmed with ings of embroidery and two insertings of Point de 49 hemstitched lawn ruffles; 35c. values Paris laces; 69c. values a aS c eat. : 25¢ Sacrifice of Stylish Garments. The Best Opportunities That Fanuary Ever Offered. You're sure to be surprised if you pay a visit to the cloak and suit store during this sale. The values here would sure prise even the most srperlenced buyer. The garments are in styles and qualities that will easily give service for another Season as well as for the balance of this. $10 to $15 Values at $4.98 Women’s Waists. 's, made in the latest There are Monte Carlo Goats, 45-inch Auto- | French Flannel Wi Infants’ Wear. Infants’ Long Slips, made of fine cambric, gath- ered at neck, finished with fine embroidery, sleeves made with cuffs, embroidery finished; [23e 2 y Infants’ Long Cambric Siips, square yokes, mobile Coats, Box Jackets and at-inch| 2 eud und stocks nen dorioine shah * Tight-fitting Slot Seam Jackets, All-Wool| and black. Formerly $2.00 each; special to Cc materials, such as kerseys, cheviots, bou- . Nessicleree bere’ cles, montagnacs, plain tailored or hand- = ’ pe somely trimmed. Nearly all are lined with Girls’ Goats. ‘Snest satin: Colors, Q Girls’ Handsome Long Garments, made > | from all-wool pebbled cheviot or fine kersey as melton cloth, Made with full Monte Carlo back, velvet collar, reverse cuff and double shoulder cape. They are cloth-faced and handsomely tailored. Shown in blug, castor, brown, red and Oxford. Sizes 4 to 14, positively worth $5 and more, special s J) = to-Mprrow alesse. .....0e black, castor, tan, red,and gray. /Worth from two ‘to three times this @ price, Th 1o Coats, Rich Fur Trimmed Monte Carlo Cape flonte Canch Automobile Coats, all made from finest kerseys and lined with rich heavy satin, ex- tremely stylish garments; worth from $16 to 9.98 $19, special at... oe 5 25c. Striped, Waistings at 12:c. This is one of the greatest bargains ever shown in mercerized striped waistings. All the newest. colorings, if Bs (os plue, tan, old rose, cardinal, reseda, black and white stripe, sky blue and pink, &c. Have ee beers a yard. As one of our January bargains we will offer them at, yard .. oe Linens and Domestics. 60-inch Bleached Table Damask, 10 different pat- terns, per ydewseserereee 19 No Nall “Fruit of the Loom’? Muslin, : ae art c 5 cases of 36-inch Fruit of the Loom Muslin, .,. bic fa Crash and checke lass Toweling, ie zs aes uid ae . 3ic Bed Spreads, d green, also red with black Full-size Crochet Bed Spreads, never sold 98 LE csepeca it baa iol i a 59 | Por tess than $1.50, at Q [es Women’s Underwear.|Men’s X Boys’ Shirts. Men's and Boys’ White Unlaundered Shirts, New Women’s 55c. Pants at 25c. York Mills muslin, 4 ply, set-in fine linen bosoms, linen & seeeeeseee to reveal that the man had neck, There was « lean fracture between the man's fourth and Afth cervical vertebrae. The strangest feature of the case is that there was no external evidence of During the) two days that Hannigan was in the hands of the police and physicians he was conscious and able to converse rationally, that he had been drinkin) he hed been injured in some wi his extremities were numb and not move the lower died of a brol tions of his body. em to awaken the urgeons to the gravity of the turned into the Coroner's office an paralysis from the neck (inflammation of the spin mereat layman would Indicate x ‘spin. aifection, the Bellet surgeon decid inst the officials who wish to for “that common ‘ana | ene eratn and as there pital set asid plaint, Hannigan was sent West Twentlet’ Hannigan at 8 o'cloc y (ron rating in . tut was Incoher- y was found on joorman that hi nd | put #he persistently refused to be mov resulted fn death, ee ARMY STAFF BILL PASSED, Lower Heuse Votes 153 WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—The bill to create @ general staff for the United to-day by the Reprewontatives by @ vole of heavy fleece-Hned ankle- wrist and neck band, collar button protector and tie taj ey Lars tor Women. They're sold reinforced back and front, continuous facings at all cpenitet ¥ Hip Sipe Stores at $5¢.; our regular price is Cc and felled seams throughout ; these shirts are 1 Oh eclal for this sale... my made with the latest improved bar-end but- 49c.3 Spi ; renapasere i onbalea, and are unsnrcasies, for fit and dur- (eo ‘Women’s Heavy Fleece-Line: est , ability ; a regular 75c. shirt for. A Pants; vests with high ey and en sar CK] Nen’s white Uniaundered’ Shirts, made of Utica Non- pants have French bani aes pareil muslin, haye 4-ply set-in 2100 count pure linen bos- regular price 25¢.; special al.» | oms, fine linen neck and wrist bands, reinforced back and Women’s Extra Heavy Fleece-Lined Vests and Fant: front, continuous facings and felled seams, collar button pro- vests have high neck and long sleeves and are trimmed with} téctor and tie tape: these shirts are finished throughout with f° Washable crochet and pearl buttons; pants have 39 hand-made buttonholes and are in every respect equal to Pench band and are ankle length; never sold for « CI the best so-called custom-made shirt; sizes 14 to 68 fess than 59c.; special for this ‘sale. nee 48; a regular $1.09 shirt fore. * . ic 6 if Wool Vests and Pants; vests have high] Men's Night Shirts, made of either flannelette Women’s Hatt oes trimmed with crochet lace, or muslin, have gusseted skirts and felled seams, neck sn Nona sere have French band and (of bodies cut full width and 54 inches lon; tre ankle length; "value 98c.1 special alseereses os LIAS 505 IRDA ABEL ; » Evening World's Greatest Six Months, ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BEATEN. HERMIT WINS a fie This 4s the comparison of advertising for the last six months of each 13 cals. TO STAY HOME, 95-Year-Old Caroline Groschon | jous records and exceeded the corresponding six months of 1901 by Employs a Nurse and Won't Go to an Institution. > MO, OF COLS. . gous 1apv anneal at. sak 18s. * 2.301% 1888» «© »« 1,11687| 1806. . Sw 2870 1889 « « « 1,41334| 1907. . . , 2,9535¢ 1900. « » » 1,034%| 1898 . . 2,867 r901 + + + 1,361%) 1800. . . 3,321%; mt ss Q080% me. 3,608 . 1008 6 2,717% 1901 . .3,132 + 2,3884)1023,87 1% Above figures are for the Evening Edition of The World alone, Caroline Groschon, the ninety-five year-old authoress of Westchester, in the Borough of the Bronx, has won her send her to an institution, Although she owne propenty valued at $10,000, which, by a will already exe- cuted, Is kequeathed to St, Paul's Epis- copal Chutch, in Hastchester, sho has suffered several weeks from hunger be- cause she refused to sacrifice any part of the property she intends shall go to the church, : ‘The officials of the 'Thirty-eighth Po- Ho» Precinct were anxious to have her i to the Fordham Ho: f treatment, They said she was Fvin, was an ambulance at the ing care of her, and declares @he will fight all efforts to take her to any in- sutution, The services of the nurse ere being paid for by friends who belong U to St, Paul's Church, because the old ria tires mores 6 The Road to Success Is Throu “The church will get tt al when I die,” she said. ~‘and &n' Want to pat a eee |. the Want Columns Noted War Veteran Dead,