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6TH AVE. 22d TO 23d ST.. NEW YORK. A $20.00 Spring Suit, Overcoat | 1 Your or Prince Albert Coat and Vest J Measure 5 Wednesday, Friday, Mar. Monday, Ma newest up-to-date cost. Fancy Cheviots, Pepper and Salt Mixtures, Scotch Tweeds, Fancy Crashes, $11.99 made eith r by us or anyboi LOBBY FIGHTS al OPENLY - Reading Railroad Sends a Lawyer to Trenton to Talk Against Three-Men-in-Engine (Spectat to The Evening World.) TRENTON, March 4—Headed: by the fetained counsel of two railroads and ®everal of the officials of the same com- Panies, nearly a dozen men employed as @nginers on the roads of this State ame to this city yesterday and told the Senate Committee on Railroads and _ Canals at the hearing before that body ‘on the Hudspeth and Wakelee Bills that they are not in favor of the bills hich propose to compel the companies put three men in the cabs of the big @ngines of the Wooten type. The hear- ng did not begin until late in the @fternoon and the members were In a Burry to get to dinner, but the state- ents of the visitors proved so in- resting to the committeemen that they Pemained in vession unti! ) o'clock. Senator Large’s Spee “4 | Phe hearing was scheduled to take] t Place immediately afier the adjourn- ment of the Senate the engin: * and firemen and the! ing the long grind u they got their ob mittee how they felt "Then ex-Senator Hunterdon ¢ bosses sat dur- omplainingly until to tell the c bout the matter, H. Large, of ad of N Central Rall the floor as the first » n the bills. Mr. Lar and ® B00 talker and he ton a vast knowledge of railroad Mera and particu’ matters , % the running of the big engines PMI am here | the belief that the bill Which will eventually be considered by fhe Legislature will relate only to those @ngines which use the Wooten type of assumed in addi- mat- ating Brebox on passenger trains,” said Mr, Large. Then he pitvhed into the Statements mate by Senator Hudspeth Tast week and begged in a dramatic manner that somebody tell him what Jegisiation there was on the statute books of the State that had compelled the rallroad companies to put in & Sppiiances. “Why, the companies sp hundreds of thousands of dv dist inyestiguting the ¢ ) Pew inventions in that Mr, Large, and "Dick’ “Tom” Palmer nv their heads in YaMirmation. Mr. Large next tackled the wition for three men In a cab id maseried that there would be no ef such & man as an assistant peer, bevause that man would only ip the way of the regular enginver No Keonomy to the HID ridiculed Senator Hudspeth's deo- Jon that the companies were uo by motives of economy in re- to put the third man In the cabs, Sadded that the loss tn rolling stock bahed up in collisions, to say nothing WAst expenge in damage suits, W the cost of three or even four every cab for an indetinite me, VU tell this committees,” said ‘that ifthe railroads of ins {the third man in every od ars a yea: ims of the eotion,” satd Reading and Thursday, Mar, 5. character and sterling quility, | recommend them to the careful dresser, the man who wants to be “well togged out” 2t a reasonable HE great beauty of the woollens In this offer, ve Revit oi you can have your money back. facilities to the utmost. Now that the tirst rush is over we shall be better prepared and suggest an eaiy inspection, so that you may have your garments in good time for Easter. Y ea and the day before—the first two days—of this phenomenal offer brought crowds, taxing ovr Mar, 4. DAY W: ines 6. Ta rt wage Piur-day, Mar. 12, Saturday, Mar. 7. MORE Friday, re 9, erly tailored and details, anywhere, SUIT, OVERCOAT or Prince Albert Coat and Vest. We repeat that we have made great offers before, but this is the most phenomenal offer ever dy else. Remember, if your purchase doesn't the Wooten type of engines for himself, and he knew from examdnation that the extra man would be of no use, as tf he were stationed on the left aide of the cab he could not sce the engineer and if on the right side he would be in the way and asource of danger rather than of safety, He told impressively of the efforts of the companies to find de- vices for the protection of the passen- gers, and invited the committee to come with him at any time and see the en- gines in the yards, Mr. Large assured the committee that there never wae go safe and sure an engine as the Wooten under the present system, and he pleaded with the committee not to Upset the careful plans of the railroads by putting in another man who would only be a nuls to the engineers, Engineers Oppose B W. W. Ross, of the Lackawanni the committee that he had not come to make a speech, and then he read from a ra{lroad paper an editorial arguing against the bills, Mr, Ross next Intro- duced John R, Troch, who runs the fastest train on the Lackawanna sys- tem from Hoboken to Scranton, Mr. ‘Troch 1s a man of positive convictions, and he told the committee that he rep-) resents one division of the Preis of Railroad Engineers—166 skilled me- chanics. He gave his word for it that! the engineers of his road to @ man are! opposed to the bill, and that they had) sent him to the hearing te volce their| sentiment in that direction, The engineer sald that the question of! divided responsibility was the one that} Interested the engineers most, and that) they were emphatically opposed to the parsag f any bill that would put an-| other man In the cab with them. He! produced photographs of Wooten of engine and showed the Snators th could at any thme ri er at work, and how, In case of necessity, the firemen could be at the throttle of the engine tn three seconds, ‘och, Who lives In Scranton, prom- HY ta to bring to the hearing next Tues- day resolutions of his division of the brotherhood asking for the defeat of the | bills. Josiah Davidson, another old- time engineer corroborated all that Mr, ‘Troch had sald, aad gave tnatances of | t caused by having an extra} A. Brophy. of} \ e, engineers, went over the same ground and as- sured the committee that thers was ni &n engineer on the whole Lackawanna | system who favored the passage of the bills. J. Archie Jones, a fireman, told the committee that he could see the engineer at any time and could get to him {na moment If nece 1 Why Firemen Oppose It, “We firemen are opposed, to the. bill because we are ambitious a Fires Man Jones, “It this. Bill passer tt. Will more men in between and that's what we 1 the thr halt a doze aiticors at (he hearing, but they did not Want to be heard Just then. although they all stated that they. t ed to the bills and do. ng are working There were Another man tn the The Central delegation wa by William Benne Nowark be heard after! SAYS ROCKEFELLER IS IN NEED OF PREACHING. King Prof, Bristow Declares Ott Does Unders Dutlee Christian Life, NEW HAVEN, Maren 4—"There ts need of more hing ethical preach- ing in our time,” said the Rey, L. 0. Bristow, Professor of Practteal Theo logy in ‘the Yale Divinity Behool, at the neeting of the A Association ters yesterday because members of aud ignore t Christian fe to # conalderable Muatrate, maimber of the MANY, Hes Member ot a Christian cared and said to be a man of some plous feel- He does, in a quiet way, many benevolent things, But If there’ ix any truth in th ‘articles In MoC Meuaalne oF in Linya'ss “Wealth ond take @ prominent Bu % Landa, they would, in the in- watety, refuse to take LAS Hupterdon Centra Commonwealth’ he doesn't understand whal the Christi rhe doesn't Tuesday, Mar. 10, § Saturday, Mar. 14. | every garment $11.99 offer will be cut by an expert cutter, Twenty Dollars would give you no better value | of marks on the ground lead the police {when struck by the car, ore than once it has been charged that motormen and conductors on that line have Injured persons and gone | away, leaving them dead or Injured to ye found by the police or other ped trians, Not many months ago the crew ary, ‘When found Central en-| day, Mar. I. Mar. 13, included in our creat i Prop- d well finished down to the smallest Blue Clays, Mixed Cassimeres, Blue Serges, Black Thibets, ‘$11.99 t please you when finished KILLED BY CAR; BODY LEFT LYING Old Man Slain by Trolley Found Lifeless and Covered with SoS enpprerence oT China silk ‘ Negligees” JAMES McC 4th tion. Rockers, Armchairs, Se —upholstered with homes, golf and Co Rockers .....+++ 4.25 Armchairs ...... 7:50 De ks .. eee 5 61225 Settles .........27.50 ‘THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, REERY & GO. Upholstery Dep't Floor. United Crafts Furniture. Spring stock of new models, made by the “United Craftsmen,” is now on exhibi- ttles, Dining room Suites, Bookshelves, China Cabinets, Reclining Chairs, Desks,—Card, Sewing, tea and lunch tables, etc,—finished in brown, fumed, forest green, and weathered oak, roanskin or rush, Many of the models are appropriate for Summer untry Club Houses, 7:25 9.00 and 13.00 900 13.50 “ 22.50 24.50 27.50 ‘“ 36.50 34-50 63.00 “85,09 ‘Twenty-third Street. | JAMES McCREERY & CO. Ladies’ House Gowns. tucked sailor callar. $12.50 Accordeon pleated, China silk ‘“ Negligees”,—trim- med with lace. 18,00 China silk gown,—trimmed with lace, Very attractive Empire design. $20.00 Twenty-third Street, Dirt in Road Near His Graves- end Home. WAS’ FOUND EARLY TO-DAY. The Brooklyn pollce are investigating the mysterious death of Timothy. O'Leary, an aged man who was found dead near his home at Gravesend and Twenty-necond avenue early to-day. It is evident that he was struck by a motor car and the police are seeking to learn why the motorman did not top the car when the acctdent occurred. O'Leary's body was found fifteen feet away from the tracks and the position in which It was found and the absence to think that he was not hurled there but that he may hav been carried there and left to dle. of a car struck a man and left him on the curbstone, too weak to move. Inquiry among the motormen and con- ductors on the Une has fa! to reveal any of the facts In the ease, All de- clare that they know nothing of the accident and that so far as they know no one Was struck. ‘The men who were on the part of the line between 11 and 1 o'clock will be more closely examined torday, O'Leary was seventy-two years old. He visited at the home of a friend } night and stanted home at 11 o'clock, bout three hours later his) skull was crughed, his body was cut and bruised from his head to his feet and his clothes were covered with He was dead and his body was taken to the Fort Hamilton police station, | GAS STOVE A DEATH TRAP. ection Was Defective and Old Mr. Boehler Wan Asphyxtated, A cold room and defective gas stove caused the death to-day of Barthol Boehier, sixty-six years old, a Jeweler, living at No. ®% Bast Tenth street According to the story told the police by Mrs. Johanna Weiss Boehier's niece, the old man attached a tube to his stove, turned on the Kas and went to bed. The connection was defective and the gas escaped, Mr, Boehler was unconscious when members of the household were Attracted by the odor of gas, and al- though @ physic:an was summoned im. mediately and labored for two hours to resuscitate him, he died Mrs, Weiss said her un sen ‘for pommitting suicide, lieved his death to b accident STARVED INTO INSANITY. Theviowical Student Tried to Lire on 62 @ Week, GHICAGO. March 4D. W. Carlin, » student in the theological department of the Northwestern University, te 4 sane from an attempt to live on $2 @ le had no rea and she be- due entirely to ry Sordance with the law of the » fe. rently he Was not hed B the eo ool of Cra. | Nat tema conselous a mi week, Catlin cooked his own meals and practised muny other economics e[Biusicaite may ne did not have suMmMcient hn: himself food Carlin EVEN WAITERS DID NOT ESCAPE Servitors in New York’s Lead- ing Restaurants Induced {0 | ce in Dr.) Put Their Savings Flower’s Mining Schemes. Dr. R. C. Flower, promoter, whose financial preacher, Investors, played no favorites, He even he Uved' to invest thelr savings, anc they in turn spread the get news to thelr friends, so that now you an hardly tind a waiter Rector's, the Imperial, Martin's, who has not lost money through the Flower mining ventures. motes When Dr. Flower, aa to persuade Mrs to hand over $800,000 for Investment, breakfast and dine in the hotel, different waiter. No Pity for Them Now, any one that knows the tnsid: ing in the hope that some day he ma: own, ‘The Flower concern got |from these hard-working people, ters have banded together and making ntl A me intent thelr loss, which are Louls Martory, of the W seph Barrere, Cafe Martin. three and the hundreds of walters the: represent all fell victim) Mining Company pchemes. Most of them were approached b: to get chummy with the walter. Halting the Mook, “Bay, my friend, Besuce Seuzing |b} worked hard, ai te thought this tad BU BS, Sait aaa Pot here's somethti payee doctor, emes have proved a Waterloo for thousands of | encouraged the walters in hotels where | rich-quick in Shantey's, the Waldorf or ‘Ask any one of the suave, attentive pathetic that it should touch even tne callous feelings of the professtonal pro- who was so astute W. E, Delebarre was living at the Waldorf-Astoria, hts |#1,000,000." Intimate henchman wae a young man ne named Ashton, The two were wont to and |holders gee no wi nearly every day managed to have & be a head waiter or have a place of his thousands and, las the worm will turn, so now the walt- hot for those who are res- ing has been called for March 10, In Cooper Union, the promoters of dorf; John Sabate, at Rector’s, and Jo- ‘These to Dr. Flower and his Arizona, Bastern and Montana Ashton, who would drop in at the Wal- dort or Imperial and make it @ point he would remark, "it you have @ few hundred dollars, | present employees of the road into the you ought to go into; Fight off the reel, and JAMES McGREERY & CO. Infants’ Outfitting Dep't. 2nd floor. Infants’ and Children’s Im- ported and American, hand made Dresses, Skirts, Bibs, Pillow cases, etc. Complete stock of Misses’ | Gowns, Skirts and Draw- ers, On Thursday, March 5, Misses’ hand embroidered French Drawers,—Sizes 1 to 16 years. §0c 75 and gsc according to size, Russian Washable Suits, for Boys,—Sizes 1 1-2 to 4 years, Colored or white,—with or| without pants, 1.35 and 1.75 Twenty-third Street. ‘will make you rich in a short time. | Think it over.” As Dr, Flower and Ashton both spent money Hberally the waiters concluded that they were the real thing, and Sa- bate was s0 convinced that he invested CALL MEETING TO PROTEST. | 5\cco, "ait nis savings. Martory only had j $1,000, but he gave it up, “We must bear {t, of course,” said his wife to-day, a comely French woman, ‘They were very shrewd peo- ple, But it does seem hard, Louis and I wanted to go back to Touraine, our ‘native land, and buy a little inn, You 1, 5¢0 Louis is troubled with his eyes. He ' works In the palm garden at the Wal- dorf, and if you notice him there, you will see that he has to put his glaeses on to read the menu, The doctor says he may go blind any time. It will be a long time before we can save up that much money again.” and alert persona who cater to your] Lawyer @ Stockholder, Too, comfort at these famous hostelries| The waiter's fight has been taken up what they think of Dr. Flower, the by George Edward Mills, a lawyer, of Lone Pine Mining Company, or Mr.|No, 25 Broad street, who {s also a stock- Ashton, Better still, ask the waiters’ holder in Flower's mining concern, wives. You will hear a narrative so] Mm Mills accuses Andrew D. Meloy, whose name {s assvciated prominently with the Mower-Hagaman affair, of at- tempting to take the property known as the Lone Pine Mining Com; y out of ers and sell the control of the stocion making, according to Lawyer statement, less than roperty consists of a copper ming located In Mexico and is" bedered to be Valuable, But as yet the stock- of getting back the Money they have invested thereln, Lawyer Mills has addressed a letter to the waiters in all the big hotels who have suffered in thie deal, and over his lown name made sensational charges le |against the directors of the concern, + | Ofinis's: “not i hese charges will be discus t Ufo of a waiter Ina New York hotel of |weckeat the meeting, and If they dan he fashion, could tell you how he tolls|substantiated the Walters will club. to- eight, ‘ten, twelve hours out of the /gether, contribute what they can wave |twenty-four, ‘his wages for the most a i action to recover tart consisting af hardrearied Ups (nmr Precols lnvenmenta, He {= usually @ foreigner and lives in ee some out-of-the-way street, in a little) STRIKE MENACES CHICAGO L. apartment, saving, eoonomizing and ily- acs y Send U Com CHICAGO, March 4~-An ultimatum, rejection of which will mean a strike q|on the Metropolitan Elevated Road, was authorized last night at a meeting of Division No, 90, of the Amalgamated Employees Association of treet Railway Em- || ployees of America, The session con- tinued until early morning, The action of the Executive Commit- y| tee was indorsed in suspending nogo- tations with the company because of {ta alleged insistence on @ provision stipulating that the employees should ¥! work with non-union men, The com- mittee was natructed to submit to the company an ultimatum, the chief spec- iftcation of which Is to the effect that the union members shall not use coer- clon or undue influence to bring the organization, but requiring that all new employees shall be BLARCH 4, Luvs. othenpers co. New York’sFastest VY EST 14-™ S T. isfaction Guaranteed or Growing Store. Money Promptly Refunded, Surprising Anniversary Values. Many New Offerings Ready for To-morrow, Even those best acquainted with the phenomenal offerings of this store were surprised at the vast quantities of unmatchable bargains that we obtained for this sale. Every department brims with them. Every nerve has been strained to surpass the best records of the past—AND WE ARE SURPASSING THEM, It wouldn’t be Rothenberg’s if there were not great gains and continual advancemont, Absolutely Unmatchable Va‘uss. ‘Garpets | and Rugs at Irresistible Prices. Don’t Miss Such Anniversary Spec’ ‘als as These. nd 9 feet wide: $ eaten 1,000 Reversibe Glendale Rugs, in red, green e tr blues Gal NE. ands Hi swlae ach sali $1169, OOC ora starr Carpets Bromley’s Smyrva Rugs, 6x9, 4.66; 7.0x10.6, 7 98 : in rd, green and e brown, strong and Smith's Axminster Rugs, 25 different patterns, in beauti- serviceable; special, ful light and dark erfects, both it Ne Hl to-mor- 1 and Oriental and Turkish des a 9. 98 tow ely J2'c at, per yard, ysalsfor oe ng anig All-Wool Brusse’s also halt and s! Carpets, y value 75 room patie Sitting room; very ser viceable, str ill all wool; value $15; 12 patterns; specia at,each seen Best Quality Brussels Carpets — S. nford's All-Weol Brussels Ries, 10.6 ft. te 49c —shown in parlor, sittin patterns; well worth 90c. per yards special Lace Gurtains, Portieres and Screens. tis make m, hall and stair Reraissane, Cluny, irish Point and Reversitle Armure Portizres, scif Brussels Patter.s imporicd Lace cure eo La eon Ty 2, tilts atta, tains, 3'5 ards long, § nite and dinal; worth s4 r pair, . range up to $ 200 Pairs of Rufiled Bobbinet Lace Curta’ ms, bzau- tiful lace edve and lace incertions, d ae Nuted 1. 36 embroidered lice utile, 3 yard ruil it Po nt Lace Curians, Silk Merceri ed Porticres, in rose. tight width; valu pa Sale eee Beautiful Hand- Mase Real ir) eae we will mkeaS niture Siip OQ Best Qual y meneaasmnss in white yds. tong, full attractive allowane a ath decay enibrol Letieteee Reet 3. 75 materia’ with bindi quality French net: import [es, SUit eevee $6.00; per pair, at A Linoleum. Na seruine English Cork Linoleum, 3 and 4 yards wile, gua: ed hand: printed, ‘in flo-al, tile and inlaid pat: terns, worth $: ber squers yd, special to-morrow at, 39c. Floor O.lcloti, 19c. Japanese Matting. $8.98 Quaiy al $5.93. Another Anniversary business bringer! This is new. pliable linen warp Japanese matting only recently imported—mo.e curable for being new and shown in patterns that you would expect to see offcrel for 5. 98 nearly double this price. We must decline to cut rolls at the price we have marked them, Ought to be per roll of 40 ards, Extra Heavy, 1. 1% and 2 yards wide; immense (e special at vabeetes variety of patterns; value 39c fer square yard, at Furniture Under Value for Anniversary 5-Piece Mahogany Finished Par feaiy Worct Yaad) spring seats Price.. eh § 0 lor Sults, highly polished inlaid frames, covered in satin damask, full and tufted backs, worth $40.00; sale Solid Golden Oak Brace Arm Cane Seat Dining Chair, high back, heavy turned spindle, 509 Iron Cabinet Folding Beds, exactly like cut, highly tinished, with National or woven wire spring, folds up likea table; esactly like ilustra- | 4 ft, $3. 75; tion, highly finished $2, and well-constructed HHH value $1.50; sale soos 2.6 ft. baie ° price......, Cc ——— to acustomer, $12.75 Hair Mattress for $7,50, We will make up to your order during this sale a soft ,ray hair Mattress in a choice selection of tickings made in 1 or 2 parts, to fit any size bed; regular prlee $12.75; sale Anniversary Bargains in the Basement. , Coprer-Bottom Wash Bou.ers, 46c ;No. 7 Copper-Bottom Wash Bo'ler, heavy IX tin, extra strong handles; regularly anniversary price Stancs, in rose decorations, every one 35 ted; worth 50c,; special . ic Hers,Jouble coated, tirst quali A. aEa Handsome Imported Len:onade Sets, of flne Bohemian class, i beaut i traced, 6 handsom? tumblers and a half-ga' qf _niversary p Handsome Table amine in as. soit:d decorations, with §&-inch Li banquet ylobe and base to match, regular price $1,00, anniversary price. 2 7 5e worth 5¢¢., special Wash Stand Comp'ete with Wash IEaato, Pitcher, Soap Cup and Towel Bar see. 1.25 , Emp ress Goffee Absolutely Free. pr Parclasers of Empress Tea~A Ten Days’ Offer. During the next ten days we will give absolutely free one pound of Empress 24c. Mocha and Java Coffee to every purchaser of one pourd Empress Crown Chop 49c. Tea. Empress brands are so well and favorably known that it if not necessary to say much about an offer like this, The Empress Crown Chop Tea is put up in handsome embossed tea packages, and it is noted for the rich superiority of its flavor. In every pound package of colres there is @ free library coupon—and you get the Pound of Goifee Absolutely Free.