The evening world. Newspaper, January 21, 1903, Page 4

It You Must Examination Re- the Shrewd nt, Who Has It in Hoboken for ‘Present Profits to eBusiness and P Avoids Antagonizing coal dealers in this Coal at from $10 to $12 at thg “grime time asserting Are #0 squeezed by the short they are unable to make an @ profit at price, a dealer in bs) eplling: hundreds of tons, de- a. New Fork, at $6.50 a ton and Ying 2 word about the shortage phi due to an ‘operators’ fact, this dealer is 0 hard- ness man who freely admits sell anthracite coal at $6.60 Bl make a proft. qWhose yard does not seem y-well stocked, has an |Wower Broadway, and all day P| ing orders to deliver coal en at any point below Tour- at the rato’ of $3.50 a to! "sellin var eon! only In ones FELL DOWN WHILE AT WORK.| MYSTERY as Te. takes orders from house- owners of apartmtent-houses @ five and ten tons at the @ only a ton at a time to at almost prohibitive rates, aler supplies not ony his 3 jar customers, but anybody fae not tho regular customer of an- ler, or who does not buy in © sell again in amall lots. finan Hexhinination, who have really needed it have buy coal from this man, but led bechuse they could not anv factorily the many questions m by his clerks. One who goes buy coal is put through u sort ervice examination. are asked your name, then the nature of your resi- many tons of coal you use he Where you bought your coal be- ‘Bo on until your entire history led. 1f you have been a regular ‘of another denier he has no} fer you, but if you have bought otter “and have not made tt that you are to continue as | jomer there is hope. this man seems to have a ye open {o the future, and ‘contents to sell to you he ex- promise: That herelafter you buy ell your coal from him.-In counts upon your gratitude wuppiled with coal during “tying day at almost half the price, One Price for All. this dealer 35.50, and | ine ares hie J thing abo one price for ull, fu be sells’ al this prige, Ww ere not gel to you at tas he will not sell at any price. will tempt him to aaliver coat | bov Fourteenth street, le will re eve, that street ily, too—that He will not criticise them their coal at $10 and 18 for $6.50 and that is SDhiey well for $10 and $12 na that 4s their business, edt ny thing about this deal- that he will sell you York his coal stored in Ho- ag at if you go to his yards ucro: S river you will Mind a sign hung out Lilie that no ordera will be taken at f brloe, nor wilt you be referred there | W York offices. 1f you do not SPIRE He ts selling con! at $3.50 a iO hundreds of Now Yorkers from New York office you will never learn ‘Any.of his employees in Hobo- | Aad hoy wil! not tell you even has en office on this side of the me of these who know and profited by the knowledge to inform you as to that. thie New Jer: supplying householders 10 Dass unscathed through catechism of the clerks, but 13 and office buildings Ing coal from him at nd in ten and fifteen ton #mployees have alsv found to: purchase chea, isa for oth thepavives THEIR ’PHONES., eribers Violently | “aged peiries, 77 Bee a wise while Die me at iis home ed in the rectiver from “the box Into into the vee wate PEPEDIOGOSSIOGSIIOHHS- SHOEI GSES 6SSHSH ey yard has| "FRANK MILLER, FIRST MAN DRESSMAKER IN AMERICA, “FAMOUS AS DESIGNER OF FLOWERS, WHO DIED TO-DAY. oes g SPSIOSE OOOO45O04 MILLER 1S DEAD. THEFT VICTIM. 0944964004009 06 €49-460O90600900O000S900G0O8 990603 59990009000596O009 FLOWER-MAKER MILLIONAIRE A RAINY DAISIES BREAK THE CODE Aged Designer of Favors, Who/D. 0. Mills and His Son Robbed/On this Day of Rain and Fog Gave Them Tints Remarkably Like Nature, a Victim of Apo- plexy. Frank Miller, “the aged flower-maker,” fs dead, The last dim light from his eyes fell on a iittle bunch of artificlal flowers, hls own handiwork, that he held one withered hand at the Presbyterian Hospital early to-day, He was a direct descendant of a brother of John Quincy Adoms. His father ran the first ateam- boat on the Delaware River aud his mother way a daughter of a signer of the Deolaration of Independence Mr Miller was elghty-flye years old. He always walks throug the park on his way to his home, at No, 116 West Ninletieth street, and he never falled to carry a pocketful of-paper flowers, which he gave to the children he met. it was one of the Joya of the old man's last years to see the little ones marvel when he told them that the posles had been fushioued, colored and perfumed by ls thin and wrinkled hands, 11é was engaged in this gort of work yesterday n ie was suddenly stricken with apoplexy and fell forward oa the walk} and rolled down the embankment by the ! reservolr, He was taken to the Presby- terlan Hospital and dled there to-day. For the last quarter of a century * aged flower-maker" has supplied the! leading restaurants and caterers in New York with the artificial flowers used in thelr élaborate confections. Sherry and Delmonico have been his regular cus- tomers for years, He has also ma cotillion favors for the Astors, Vander- bilts and leading familles in sotiety. First Man Dre Frank Miller was born in Burlington, : in 1818, His mother was a Miss Stockton, daughter of Riouerd | Stockton, He was educated in the pub- Me schools of Burlington, Woe went td Philadelphia, where he started In bual- | the United States, of the dresamaking depar jd, Levy's, th the da store In America, rtment est dry of 1. of # similar Mopertasmnt for John Wana maker, but upon marrying @ daughter Philade!pnita, wite died. His only daughter, Hanna, and married N, A. Moncagst, a writer, York. Mr. Miller, of dressmaking any longer, he cam, hte city to live with his daughte: end in making artificial flowers and rial Work, flowers was remarkable. part the almost natural tints of ohry- vanthemums, carnations, morning glori Boom balls, 2ypa effort Mra, Moncans, day town yesterday ‘he appeayed to be ty hest of health, He took wilt bundle of fuvors and vontec Mans to deliver to Huy they heard of bis acclder she received word from the Hospital that he was dying, pat EL at JULIAN RALPH IS DEAD. Famous as War Correspo Auther and Journalis Julian Ralph, the newspaper man, wi boarding-house, No, 118 West Seventy sgt wtreet, at (45 o'vlock last night, from suffogation’ caused, by a hom Water upon the lung Ralph had beer , was 6 ith hemorrha, niomnach tn Bt hot ie a ppOLn to representa: tive ‘uf the Laouistang Purchane Hxpoal- Mardshiy correspondent of a London ne writ Mr. Ralph when he dl wite and his eitert mans Leaster Reign, oy family. id been ex ‘other, Ju the end cam: R woods alter he took charge he started ih business for ‘About thirty years ago Mr. Miller's ary on his business ta | The manner in which he colored these He could tm- conles and poppies without the daughter, aald to- that when her father went down- Presbyterian correspondent and author, died at his orrhage, of the stomach and effusion of the result of a Hip iilness wan attrivuied to the Je endured during (he Boer i T-adjoining Foon were ‘the fi of Valuable Fur Coats While Dining at the Home of a Re- lative. IN THE CASE. Walle D, Ogden Mille and his son were dining with Mrs. Maturin Living- stone, the son's mother-in-law, in her residence at No, 4 Bast Sixty-ninth street. thelr overcoats disappeared from @ hall rack, The father's overcoat was Uned with sable and was valued at $1,000, The son's coat was also fur- {ned and equally valuable. ‘Tho loss was reported to the poiice and they did not seem to take sufficient int@rest in the matter, so the father ang son each offered a reward of $100 for the return of the garments, making the usual stipulation that no questions were to be asked and no prosecution for lar- ceny made. Jlow the coats were stolen ts a mys- tery to the family and servants. White! the party was at dinner a servant was at the front door, ‘This servant saw) Mr, Mills and his son place thelr coats | on the rack, and he said he had been {nt the door continuously from ten (UAL the lors of the garments was dis- Joovered. Diting that time, ie say's, no jens eliiier entered or left the houx The head butler questioned ail of the {servants and none vould be found woo (aa seen a stranger fn the house. Mr. Mills priged the sabie-lned coat jy. He wad dt made tn Canada of ed vare skins, und while It cost ‘him $1,000 he valued it at « higher gute | because there was uot a duplicate of in the city ‘NO BAIL FOR HIM, i ye | sele They Discard Short Skirts and High Boots for Finery to Attend, Annual Breakfast. BUT LOYAL IN SPIRIT. This was the ideal day for the Rainy Daisy, a day when nature conspired to give full weight to all the cherished maxims of the advocate of short akirts, high boots, the sensible outdoor cos- tume of the woman shopper and pedes- trian, It wan a day in which the Rainy Dalsy delights, and the Rainy Day Club claimed it as tts own, But It was all lost on the members. It was thelr day Indoors and as carriages rolled up to the Hotel Majestic the fact was proved in the finery worn by the women who stepped from them and hur- ried Into the hotel to attend the annual breakfast of the organization. Short skirts, and the regalia of the rainy day were cast aside, und in the room of the Majestic advocates of re- |form in women’s dress for bad weather enjoyed the annual spread, to which they had invited @ number of distin- gulshed gus In Silke and Velvets, While outdoors the sloppy streets gave hearty Inyliation for the heavy boot and “not less then four nor more than six inebes” from the ground skirt, the Rainy Daisies were: arrayed in silks and Volyets and walked in dainty sltppers with Louis Quinge hee! Toe ballroom was handsomely devor- nted, and throughout the table decora: tions the mbola and colors of the Raluy Day Club were in evidence, ‘That the members should not forget the ienets of their order a unique treplece was placud on each table, Was the small figure of @ Rainy Das In conventional actire with @ tiny um- brella over her head, FAMILY STARVES. hess as the first man dressmaker of Lawyer, Acting Through The x First he took charge , Evening World, Will Try to Se- cure Release of Wiedeman. of Abner Dayls, a wealthy merchant of While John Wiedeman is in the Queens County Jat unable to furnish a bond of $8090 to keep the peace, his wife and four children are in @ pitiable plight, the woman being sick and the family living on refuse vegetables given them by grocers and farmers. Wiedeman was committed on Dec. 28 | for an assault on his wife, but the wo- man has forgiven him ant implored Magistrate Smith, of Long Island City, who heard the case, to release him, but the Magistrate says ‘he is powerless to reverse his decision, He will not, how- ever, considering the condition of the family, oppose any action thot may be made to necure release. ‘* wrter who saw ehildren in their Van Alst avenue, Ar- of thelr ‘To the menus, which were In pale blue and black, the club colors, a Uny um- brella was attached, Bunches of carna- tons, which formed a centrepiece, were {vith “club colors and “were also Axe the table of honor the place cards ere also attacyed to small umbrella ver the table of honor hung the b of the Ralay Day (rub with ios the umbrelia The Rec Posed of the officers, and at the gus of-honor table were seated Mrs. A. almer, President: Mrs. Howard ult, First Vice-President; Klenner, Chairman. of Mrs 1a, . Lalghton Will- ee “Wealey mann, Mr. EB Zampant ‘Bala: annual breakfast of the Rainy Club to-day Was the moat enjoy- the or iat a has ever given, tne informal speeches a ed ait witty and festive of the purport of nization, Wenther Forgatte: the interestiiy mund Russell, Leighton Williams, Palmer and Mme. Van Klenner. a" ring the breakfast and reception gentthe plantation, orchestra, with thelr banjos and. Southern the thougatn of Now York’ i mund’ Haste Bota Zar ‘The Day ale and Amon, of Mr. ki tion, Immediately engaged a law: ver, who will apply for a habeas corpus jn, an effort to secure Wiedeman's cane, The latter is a brioklaver and earne good wawex He hae promised ta stop deinking and care for hia family tf "clue Wiedeman, elght years ¢ d, 1s mote ite meiher t id ra, ; three iene ‘* re busy ather! Lior wood 6 G “it will be ell right yet," she sald, onsoling her mother, who, weeping, was olling ther troubles to the reporter, |CUT THROAT, BUT MAY LIVE, Russian Tatler, Saving Mo Bring Wife Over, Denpatr Abraham Manullla, a tailor, came to this country from Russia a few months ago and since has been trying to sa sumcient money with whicn to bring hiv wife over, A week ago he low his position gud being unable to find an- other at one ed weather from the minds of discussed in theory the el form in rainy-day attire. re MOSQUITOES IN HIS CELLAR. awarm Almest Obecared Light of Jersey Clty Man's Lantern. of the Peace-elect John J. Sul- lvan, of Jersey City, while sizing up his coal supply in the cellar of his home No. 413 Gr t, early to-day foun a swarm of mosquitoes In the place. Mr ng it on @ box the obscured the m t ry lover the an: 9 of slaughter followed, ARTIST ENDS HIS LIFE. hi Nant was almo ailitoes, which tern. Five m'nu Hime ef Friew 1 to The Evening World.) BOSTON, Jen, 21.—Arthur Seymour, « Prominent young artist, of Holyok Mess., committed suicide to-day in the noe of two Irlens y shooting, was on his wey to lor | tre Me q Presence WR. HEWITT BURIED TO-DAY. Funeral Services for Honored Ex-Mayor Were Held in Cal- vary Church and Attended by a Large Crowd. ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED. Bishops Potter and Satterlee Offici- ate and Family Accompanies the Body to Grave in Peter Cooper Plot in Greenwood Cemetery. After the usual Episcopal service hed been read at the funeral of Abram 8. Hewitt, at Calvary Church, Fourth ave- nuo and Twenty-first street, to-day, Bishop Potter announced that, though it was not the custom of the church to pronounce eulogies upon the dead, he felt constrained to read a poem from the pen of Richard Watson Gilder sing- ing the praises of the ex-Mayor. He then read the following verses: Mourn for hin death, but for hi Who was the cliy's he Ute rejoice, t, the city's voice. Dauntless {a youth, impetuous tn age, Keen in debate, in civil counsel sage. ‘Talent and wealth to him were but a trast To Mft his nelploss brother from the dust. Because he followed truth he led all men; Through years and virtues the great eltizen, By boing great he made the city great; Serving the city, de upheld the state, So shall the city win a purer feme, Led by the tiving splendor of his mame, Famous men from far and near, but especialiy those to whom the welfare of New York City !s dear, assembled in Calvary Chuch to-day to do a last honor toYormer Mayor Abram §, Hewitt. The services began at 10 o'clock, conducted by Bishop Potter, Bishop Satterlee, of Washington, former rector of Calvary Church; the Rev. Dr, J. Lewis Parks and his two assistants, Mrs, Abram 8, Hewitt personally se- lected the musical programme, which Lacey Baker, the organist of Calvary directed, There were no but the full vested boys’ c without instrumental accompaniment Aave the furleral march played at the beginning of the service. The programme was as follow: neral march, Chopin; processional “Lead, Kindly Light; psalm, “Lord, Let Me Know Mine End" (when the body reached the chancel); the lesson, followed by the hymn, “Now the Laborer's Task {s O'er;" the burial an- them, ‘Blessed Are the Dead Who Die in the Lord,"’ and the recessional hymn, “Abide with Me.” ‘The pall-bearefs were Alexander E. Orr, Charles Stewart Smith, John E, Parsons, William Butler Duncan, R. Fulton Cutting, William EB. Dodge, Mayor Seth Low, Morris K. Jesup, J. Plerpont Morgan, H. H. Rogers, John Fritz, John Kean, Andrew Carnegie, H. BK. Howland, John B. Cadwailader, J. BE. Kennedy, Jacob H. Schiff, Lord Charles Beresford and E, Thomai Alexander E. Orr and Charles Stewart Smith led the procession of pall bearers down the alsie to the altar, They were preceded by Bishop Potter and Bishop Satterleo and Dr. J. Lewis Parks and his two assistants, who followed a full surpliced choir, Mrs, Hewitt, her three yous and her daughter and son-in-law followed the casket, which was of plain red oak covered with a blanket of ferns. ‘he only decorations in the chureh con sisted of a few pots of Iilles of the vailey land myrtle wreaths wound about the pillars in the nave of the church, Taere were no set pieces. ‘The folowing organizations and socie- tles were represented in the churea, thy sexton having specially designated seats for them: ‘The Board of Aldermen, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rapid Transit Com- | mission, the Faculty of Columbia Unt- versity, the alumni and undergraduates ‘of the Cooper Institute, the Faculty of the Cooper Institute, the Faculty of Barnard College, the Carnogie Inatitute, the Museum of Natural History, the First Foundation, the Charity Organt- zation Boclety, the vestry of Calvary Church, the Cotton Hachange, the So- clety'of Mechanics and Tradesmen, the Bociety of Mining Engineers and the Merchants’ Association. ‘The burial was in the Peter Cooper plot in Greenwood Cemetery, A dozen carriages accompanied the hearae down Twenty-third street to the ferry and thence to Brooklyn and along Bedford avenue. More than haif a hundred oar- riages blocked Fourth avenue and the side streets near the church during the services. The different delegations nt representatives to the cemetery, iu all perhaps fifty, including tho members of Mr, Hewitt's family, going to the grave. Not the loast remarkable feature of the funeral was found In the absence of women among the attendants, There wore less than twenty in the church, Peter Cooper Hewitt, the eldest son, as one of the executors of his father's will, expects to devote considerable of his time hereafter to attending to the details of the estate, and will make his office in the headquarters of the firm ef Cooper & Hewitt, Slip. | ARMORY PLANS APPROVED, Homes for O9t& and Tist negi-|™ The Armory Board to-day considered plans for the erection of new armory buildings and the purchase of stics, Plans for the new armories to be Duilt for the Seventy-first and Sixty- ninth regiments were approved. ‘The new home for the 6ixty-ninth Regiment wi!! be erected in Lexington avenue, between Twenty-fitth Dwenty-aixth streets, It was voted to ask an additional appropriation of $100, 9 to bulla “ne No, 17 Burling | and jf THREE TURNED ON CAD BY ACCIDENT * Charles Tighe Was Killed One House and the Family in the Lodging-House Was Overcome. STRADLEY IS FOUND DEAD. George H. Benson Left a Window Open, a Draught Blew Out ine Gas and He Is Critically Ill In a Hospital. Three stories of asphyxia- tion by gas through accident were to-day reported to the police. Charles Tighe, grocery salesman, was found dead in his room. Seymour Stradley, a draughtsman, was asphyx- jated at No. 204 West Forty-cighth atreet. George H, Benson, a sales- man, is at J. Hood Wright Hospital. He was found uncopscious in his room at No. 216 West One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street. Charles Tighe lived with the family of F.C. Pulling, No. 201 East One Hun- dred and Eighteenth street. He Hung his overcoat on the gas Jet and acci- dentally turned on the cock. Fulllng, his wife and three children were overcome also, but Pulling had strength enough to get the windows open and save them from death. He was awakened at 6 o'clock by a choking sen- sation, He found the house full of ga His wife was unconscious by his slde. He threw open the windows and ran to the rooms of his children. They were unconscious, too. Fulllng-went to Tighe’s room, whence the gas was coming. He found Tighe dead in bed. A lighted gas lamp stood on the table. Tho transom was open. The cock to the other gas jet was wide open, and the overcoat hanging by it showed how it came to be s0. Fulling had an ambulance called from the Harlem Hospital. ‘The surgeon worked over the other members of the family and reylved them. Mrs. Fulling ta dangercusly ill, as she has heart trou- ble, which was aggravated by the fumes. Nothing could be done for Tighe, al- though his body was still warm, He retired at midnight. in good spirits, and every circumstance points to the theory of accidental death, “Stradiey Found Dead, Seymour Stradley retired late last night in his room at No. 904 West Forty- eighth street. He permitted the gas heater in the room to burn until he was ready to get into bed. After ex- Unguishing the gaslight jet Stradley 1s believed to have turned on the cock loading to the stove. The doors were closed and the escaping gas filled the room. When Mrs. Latimer, who owns the house, went to hls room to calt him she found him dead. He bad lived in New York several years aud had relatives in Brooklyn, Gtorgo H. Benson had a room In the house of Dr, W..H. Oyler, at No. 216 West One Hundred and Twenty-fourth stree:. He was regular in his habits and retired last night as usual about 1 o'clock, It was Mr. Benson's custom to leave A gas jot burning In his room during the night and also leave a window In the room open. It is presumed that he did this last night, and that a draught from the open window blew !t out dur- ing the night, Me was taken to J. Hoi Wreht THerpital bs EVERY WOMAN Should Read This. dertul preparation in (he world,""+~ leaton a BY ia (aan VANDA Thousands of Testimontals. All apeak io the bighest terms of DR. 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