The evening world. Newspaper, April 23, 1903, Page 5

THE WORLDi THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1909. "But Miss Helen Terry Potter, ", Chief Beneficiary Under Capt. \ Dassel’s Will, Won’t Believe Lawyers Who Tell Her So. GERMAN RICHES MYTHICAL. Testator, with Asi of $40 In , Clothing and Many Unpaid Bills, | Scattered Imaginary Wealth with 5 {. a Lavish Hand. ‘ It'sva dream, after all. Miss Potter is mot yet awake, and doesn't fully realize ‘ft. She is trying to keep herself in her trance, for to come out of it is painful— ‘and no wonder. ‘The will of a dear friend who has just @ied left her thousands of dollars. He jad been devotion itself to her. He had wished money on her. He showed her ‘the will before he died. He had {ust made It. Its generous character touched Miss Potter, But now the lawyers say thore isn’t any estate; that the thousands are mere- dy mythical; that instead of property Phere are debts. Miss Potter is deeply pained. She won't belleve it. @he has hired @ lawyer of her own to hunt for the joney she is sure exists, and the chances are that before she gets through « she'll be worse off financially than she Was before this will was drawn, Niece of Bishop Potter? Miss Potter !s an actress. She was mamed after Miss Terry, the great English actress. She 4s also sald to be @ niece af Bishop Potter. She lives in the apartment house at No. 120 East Thirty-frst street with her mother. ®he was last seen on the stage in Sam Bernard's ‘Marquis of Michigan,” but ome relative left her an estate that wasn't phantom, it is said, so she re- tired temporarily. She is young, tall @nd beautiful, say those who have seen her. ‘ The man who was cruel enough to play this last dying joke on her was Capt. Louls Howard Dassel, who died @t the Hotel Hanover Feb. 1. Miss Potter's colored ‘maid nursed him in his Jast illness. When he died she took the will to Miss Potter, who turned it over to John Hall Jones, a lawyer, who ‘was named as executor. Mr. Jones read it with interest, and a eliet thet he had a good thing’him- gelf, for it sounded like ready money. Ten chousand dollars was left to Das- gel's divorced wife, Imogene Pearl Leonard. His seventeen-year-old son, living in Chicago with an aunt, was for the same amount. by 3 's@thers Share in “Good Thing.” David P. Ahearn and R. D. Bristol, of (No.- 156 Fifth avenue, were down for $5,000 each, while Miss Potter was to get the Income from $2,000 for life, with the power to will away the principal and the residue of the estate outright. ‘The will made mention of a large estate coming to the testator from hin father an@ mother in Tilsit, Germany. that there was not any estate, and that whe was working to support assel’s jmother in a tiny little cottage. ‘The rest of the estate, according to Mr, Jones, was equally imaginary, and in filing the ‘will yesterday in the Surrogate's court the lawyer so reported. “Desyell had an extraordinary ca- reer,” sald Mr. Jones yesterday: ‘He d4mpressed those who knew him as a fman full of adMity to make money, ut he wes thriftless and fond of extravagant living. German Estate.» Myth, “He owned absolutely nothing, The German estate is a myth. His prop- @tty here consists of about #0 worth of clothes and a huge collection of un- paid bills. , | "His idea in making thls will may, fhave been to raise money, or merely to fmpress his acquaintances, i learn that he was born at Koenigsberg sixty years @go, of poor parents, He had been a Balior before the mast and a pilot on the Buez Canal. He drifted over here @nd became a book canvasser, handling nly expensive publications. “He married Mizs Imogene Leonard © Chicago, He once posed as ‘Capt.’ asgel, descended from the ancient Counts yon Dassel. At one time, I be- Meve, he was known in St, Louls as ‘Capt. Mansfield.’ What Palmist Told Her, ’ But Miss Potter ought not to be sur- prised at the turn affairs have taken. A palmist, ‘Sir’ Henry Onequi, read hher palm in 1897. This is what he pro- ~ pheated for her; ‘The palm indicates @ person born Wer success and very changeable in find. ‘The head line seems to be gov- @rned by the heart line. The hand in- joates a great deal of travelling; pay loes by fire; a heavy loss by, rote ; considerable’ trouble’ in court over party: & law sult which shall prove great disadvantage; a great deal of eens to be brought about through ine.’* pite this, she has retained La: ward T. MoLoughiin, of No, 4 Wall Come Friday Boys’ Clothes Make it easy to come Friday, We «,° Want you to knéw how good our Boys’ Clothing is, We have set aside Friday as an introduction day. Reduced prices—ages 3 to 46, Suits $210 $8, Value $2.50 to fit, VINCENT hike * Ath. “HS DYING JOE street, to chase Dassel’s phantom for- ne, Old Friend of Her Father. “Capt. Dassel,”” said Mies Potter, in her apartment to-day, “is an old friend of my father. He has known me since I was a little girl, and after I divorced my first husband and came to New York to go on the stage he showed great interest in me. He often called. and about four weeks before his death he told me he had made a will and remembered me in it. , “He tried to show me the document, but I didn’t care to see it. For two weeks before his death I did not see im, although I knew he was ill, be- cause he sent word to me that he was not shaved and preferred that 1 should ner Peay don't thing about “I really don't care anything abou! his mone, for I don't need It. tm con- vinced he left money and I'm going to find out about it. I am independent. My first husband pays me alimony suffl- cient to keao me, and besides have $20,000 @ year from my grandfather, Gldcon Perry, who died three years ago he The diyorced wife of Dassel. who Is also on the stage. Hyves at No. 150 West ‘orty-fitth street. She js now in Chi- cago. RECOGNITION ~ FOR BRAVE MAN. HELEN TERRY POTTER, TO WHOM WAS LEFT A MYTHICAL FORTUNE. [MARRIED AT “105 YEARS OF AGE “Mr. Townsend Miller, who is within a few days of his 105th birthday, and has married his third wife, says he is as nd strong as when 25 years of ks to Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. Mayor Low Approves a Bill Provid-| fo", .4 ing for Fireman Who Became Bilnd in Discharge of Duty. Mayor Low to-day accepted, on behalt of the city, a legislative bill which cre- ates permanent reliet for John T. Mey- Jers, a former member of the Fire De- partment, who lost his sight while in the performance of duty, Meyers, his sightless eyes hidden behind stained glasses, was led before the Mayor by his wife, a pretty, dark-eyeq woman, who tenderly caressed her husband and frequently brushed his face with her handkerchief. Meyers stopped a team of runaway horses several years ago, thereby sav- ing the lives of a number of school chil- dren who were crossing the street when the runaways came dashing upon them. He was knocked unconscious ang was partially paralyzed through the accident, A year later he saved the life of a fel- low-fireman and in so doing sustained additional injuries, His sight was de- stroyed, and he was dismissed from the department because of his infirmity, Meyers told his story modestly to the Mayor to-day. Mayor Low expressed his sympathy for Meyers and promptly approved the bill, | invigorates the brain. work. Only a few months ago I married my third wife. I attribute my health, vigor and great age to the constant use of a little Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey daily for many years. It's the greatest medicine in the world, a godsend to old: people, and I will never be without it.’” TOWNSEND MILLER, Jamaica, L. 1, DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY Stimulates the blood, alds digestion, kills disease germs, tones up the heart's action, it makes the old Contains young, keeps the young strong, ho fuse} oll. CAUTION—When you ask for Duf- fy’s Pure Malt Whiskey be sure you get the genuine. Unscrupulous dealers, mindful of the excellence of this preparation you che: Malt Whiskey sul from reliev- ively harm- nd be sure ing the sick, ful. Demand whiskey which contains medicinal, health-giving qualities. Took for the trade-mark, «The Old Chemist,’ on the label, Thp genuine Is sold in bottles o1 vi tn Gos or, bulk, by all’ Grugetets” ved rocers, or direct, at $1.00 a bottle. Write ‘or free medical booklet. Duffy Malt Whis- key C Rochester, PYeCAMMEYER Children’s Shoes Must Wear Well, Be Thorough- ly Comfortable and Not Cost Much. — These are the elements that are more perfectly combined in our “‘True-Form’’ Children’s Shoes than in any others made. Child's dnd Misses’ fine kid, button and lace Shoes, welt soles, sizes 11 to 2, $2; sizes 6 to 10%, $1.50. Child’s and Misses’ fine kid button and lace, sizes 6 to 10k, $1.25; sizes 11 to 2, $1.50; infants’ sizes, 4 to 8, $1.25, and 2to 6, Bis Children’s pink, blue, white and red kid shoes and slippers. High counter shoes for weak sizes 41 to 5%: Y Boys’ imported patent leather lace and button Shoes, welt soles, sizes 11 t0 5 4-2...0....ceceeeee, Boys’ “Harvard Jr.,”’ $2.00 9 p High and Low Cut, “The Same as our famous $3.00 Men’s “Harvard,” in black kid, box calf and black kid, ankles, 2.50 One-Day Combination Sale! A Smart China Silk Waist, $1.90. Flandsome Dress Skirts (8 Styles), 83.90. ny This frare combination of style, quality and little price in two of the most sought-for garments of the season is something unmatched. It is made for to-morrow only. is of fine quality black or white This Waist for $1.99 china silk, beautifully made, with back of fifteen cluster tuckings in clusters of three; front of 24 rows of graduated plaits and four rows of lace insertion. The top of sleeves made with five rows of tucks and row of Valenciennes lace inserting; collar and cuffs have row of Valenciennes lace inserting. Just 4,000 of these handsomelwaists to the first 1,000 customers, None sent C. O. D. No mail orders filled. T comprise eight distinct styles. The Skirts al $3.90 There are cheviots, broadcloths, canvas cloths and crash for choice; made either flaring gored or flounce effects; habit or inverted plait backs, satin or peau de soie straps; the illustration pictures but one of the that isn’t worth $7.50. . + Sizes 22to 36 waist bands; 37 to 45 Inches in length, No.mail orders filled and none sent C. O. D. i Second Floor, 69th 8. Section, Three Hosiery Specials! = Fine $10 Beds for $6.50. A splendid bargain opportunity for to-morrow, Bar- gain Friday. We give you ten styles to select from (one like cut elaborately trimmed with brass). Beds in this lot have been selling up to the present time for $10. ! Choice to-mor- row, Bargain Friday, only A Combination Hair Mattress, $3.75. Covered in good ticking. 45-lb. Hair Mattress, $5.98. All soft hair; in best A. C. A. ticking. F Fourth Floor. A Very Special Sale To-Morrow of Children’s Sample Shoes, 98c. Regular Prices $1.50 to $2. To-morrow we place on sale the entire spring sample line of misses’ and children’s shoes made by D, Morgan & Co., of Rochester, New York,\ Every’ pair of these shoes is in the season’s newest and most correct style and made especially for New York City trade. i They run from size 6 for children to misses’ size 2, which sizes, however, are not complete in every style. The materials are vici kid, patent leather and box calf, almost all with welted soles. No C. O. D. or mail orders filled. Women’s Oxfords and Colonials, $1.29. Fine dongola kid and patent leather Oxford ties and Colonials, hand-turned. soles, Cuban heels, handsome styles; sizes 2 1-2 to 7; regular price $2. unmatchable values for to-mor- row in new, desirable spring hosiery for men, women a children. It is all of the best wearing sort, guaranteed to give satisfaction, and the prices are unequalled for lowness. 6c, Men's two-thread fine Cotton Socks, lisle vinish; were made to re- tail at 15c.; black and tan; sizes 935 to 41%. Children’s 1x1 ribbed Cotton Stockings, with double knees; fast black; sizes 6, 6% and 7; actual value 15c, 2%. Women’s black two-thread Cotton Stockings, with white and black fect, double soles, Womeh's Stockings with drop- stitched silk-embroidered insteps in a variety of dainty colors. Women’s lace openwork Lisle Thread Stockings. Men's extra fine Lisle Thread lace open-work and silk - embroidered Socks, in black and colors; regular- ly sold at 25c. pair. 19¢. Men's Imported Socks, fine quality of cotton and Lisle Thread, with white split soles and silk-embroid- ered designs; all sizes. Women's gauze Lisle Thread and fine gauge Cotton Stockings, with double soles. Values in this lot up to 35c. a pair. Second Main Floor, 69th Bt. To the Housewife’s Interest. | Good Wines Specials in Linens, Sheets and Pillow Cases. and Liquors. This section of. our store has become the rendezvous of the = , ‘ thrifty housewives of Greater New York, and it is such extraordinary The maximum of quality and values as we quote for to-morrow ue have made it so popular. oe ae set Polowae he Ton very day is bargain day here. yed i i UpemnOrep WiBIMU ENE Ea)/ = v of splendid values in excellent Section. Floor, 59th Bt. Section. Table Damask—Heavy all linen; Sheets and Pillow Cases—The . . leached and unbleached, ex: famous New York Mills; at wines and liquors offered to- cellent quality; value 60c, and 50, eine less than wholesale cost. morrow, 75¢,; special,” per yard, Ie Sheets— Imported Port, . All-Linen Damask—Extra fine 54x90, regular value 42c.; sale pe fa. bot Port, delicious; our 49¢ quality; snow white; 66 inches price, 83: Imported ped hares wees wide; pretty designs; _ fine 63x90, regular price 49c.; sale iti 2 satin’ finish; usual price $1 a i nutritious, delicious and full ard; special, yard, 69¢ arom en larinviselane taal flavor; our $1.00 bot., 65¢ Att-Linen Napkins—Pure white; #490, regular price 60c sale | tGaunttet Rye Whiskey, rich and 20x20 inches; firm, service- oben ater ularlarine aaeiveall full bodied; sold elsewhere at able quality; handsome de- x90, regular price 68¢,; sale |} three times this price; big signs; value $1.50; special, per Pillae Ge bottles, ; 38c dozen, 1.19 HOD 08a Monogram Rye Whiskey, mel- Satin Damask Napkins—Extra 42x36, reg. price 12%e.; sale low and old, full quarts, 95c fine quality; all linen; 22x22 price, : 11¢} Holland Gin, best imported, big inches; usual price $2.75; spe- 45x36, regular price 14¢,; sale bottle, 5Oc clal, dozen, 1.98 price, 1c} Imported Cordials, halt price, Crash Towelling — Heavy all 50x36, regular price 16c,; sale Creme de Cacao, Framboises, linen; also checked glass Price, 18c} Apricot, Anisette, Parfait towelling; worth each 40c. 54x36, regular price 18c.; sale Amour, &c., &c., big bottles, 59c yard; special, yard, Bic price, 1 cw England Rum, for pud- Mirkish Towels — Very large Yard - Wide Bleached Muslin, dings, sauces, big bottles, 490 size; heavy absorbent quadley ; finished like cambric, soft for Scotch Whiskey, Strathtay ihe bine te cu sell for 7H she needle, excellent wearing aie brand; our $1.25 bottles, 9B Pe Nip Ferrall ts quality; value 10c. yard, ¢} Sauternes, Barton & Guestiers, Sin is Neen eat Saray White Bed Spreads, crochet de- Bordeaux, 1 doz, qts., $4.50; weight silkoline; filled with sign, for single beds, good | {| 2 doz. pts. $5.50 best quality sanitary cotton; quality; worth 69c, special, 48 Cig regular value $1 each; special, 7c | White Honeycomb and Crochet jars, yard-Wide Muslin, unbleached, Bed Spreads, full size, pretty Finest Clear Havana Tobacco put up in bundles of 10 yds.; Marseilles designs; were $1.50, Panetelas, a regular 10¢. cigar, value 744c., special, yard, be special, 98-] for Main Floor, Rotunda, Ground Floor, 69th St. Section, SOO ROSS OS POS RASS BLOOMINGDALE BROS., 34 Avenue, 59th and Goth Streets, BLOOMINGDALE BROS., | ALL CARS TRANSFER TO | $d Avenue, 59th and 60th Streets, BLOOMINGDALES’. « « 1903 World Almanac and Encyclopedia. os PRICE 25 CENTS. = cyano sh BY MAIL, ; ky by Every skirt in the lot is beautifully trimmed with either taffeta, - eight styles. They are lined, unlined or with drop skirts; not a skirt The hosiery store offers three ; All Cars Transfer TRASERR TO NONTUNNTATESY IS BAR BO™ TF garage Each Birjain Friday item mentioned in this store-news is of an economy which turns squarely on the pivot of staple quality. : No matter how little may be the price quoted in the Bloomingdale news for shop) pers, remember quality never in any way has been discounted to make it so, Men’s Suits and Overcoats. Handsome, elegantly made spring overcoats of covert cloth, with serge body lining and satin sleeve lining. Also about 350 men's ‘spring ‘suits in all the smartest and most correct patterns, $6. Book Clearance Specials. A stroll through our book store during these clearan3g days will bring to light innumerable bargains in many popular books as well _ as classics, We must clear our stocks, and are doing so utterly re- &ardless of cost. Here are some of to-morrow’s values: The Education of Mr. Pipp. Charlotte Bronte's Works—4 Suit or over- coat, at, each, By Charles Dana Gibson, volumes, cloth bindin; 1.69 Published at $5; sale price, $2.95 | 19 elegant half calf bindings, seas Outdoor Pictures. By De Thul- The Universal Natural History. strup. An elegant $5 voi- ume; finely illustrated; special sale price, 5c Ships ant’ Sailors. By Zog- baum. Companion volume to Outdoor Pictures; special sale B; Aurea ness Fine color plates; special sale price, The Garden of a cnuntiete Wife. Special sale price, Bird World. A bird book for ~children; special sale price, 804" Tales from Tennyson. In prose for young people; special sale price, Rudyard Kipling's Works—Au- thorized edition; 15 volumes; elegant calf binding; published $10.50 Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels — Containing 24 vol- umes; published'at $48—the most wonderful bargain at, per set, $10.00 ‘Main Floor, 59th St, Section, Fine Gold Plated Jewelry. The savings to buyers on the items quoted in this sale oftgold- . plated jewelry average from 33% to 60% on regular prices, ; We purchased a very large quantity, thus securing a low price, of which we give our customers the benefit. ‘ The newest and prettiest designs are here, many of them closel: resembling high-priced gold jewelry. ‘ Y oa 3 Oxidized Sash Pins, newest and Shirt Waist Sects, of three oxi- latest designs, large assort- dized waist pins, complete set, ment, 10c, 15c & 25c | very Special—Large Size Ger- Fashionable Brooches, assorted man Silver Chatelaine Bags, + designs, some enamelled and popular fish scale design, price, 85c Napoleon's Military Career. By M. Gibbs. Fine half leather binding; published at $1.25; special sale price, 48c Plutarch’s Lives—§ volumes, $2.35 Jane Austen's Works—42 yol- umes, $5.00 at $37; special, per set, Shakespeare'g Works—i2 vol- umes, | . Edgar A, Poe's Complete Works —6 volumes; fine cloth bind- ings; published at $10; spe- cial, $5.25 1Be | some mounted, 25 beautiful oxidized i Gold-Plated Beauty Pins, per special, Sunt dozen, Se | Heart-Shape Turquoise Belt or Brooch Pins, 3 sizes, special, Beautiful Enamel Heart-Shape Belt or Brooch Pins, with 2 cross swords, special, Gold-Plated Beauty Pins, in a variety of designs, plain and enamelled, per pair, 5c & 10c Enamelled Bug Brooches, yer: fashionable, in delicate colors, 10¢ | G04 Plated Collar Buttons, Pearl Shirt Waist Sets, con- vith cellnlok backs aa Bye sisting of three pins and one 35, | Oridized Shirt-Walat Bets, con elt pin, ic stir Bb Pearl Shirt Waist Sets, of four aiid ie wait Fiera 230 pins, ’ 25c | onidized Wetat Watch Fos, 480 | Main Floor, Front, Centre, Our 59c. Kid Gloves for Women: These gloves, which have established a splendid reputation for themselves among women who recognize quality and style, are the best gloves ever sold for 59c. They are really $1 grade, \ Made of excellent quality selected glace kid in the smart two- clasp effect; all sizes and every modish color of the season, 59c Pick your size from the satisfying. assortment, at, pair, Main Floor, 6%} St, Section, ’ ° Women’s SilK Vests, 45c. The Sort Usuaily Sold for a Dollar. . Dainty silk vests, finely made and finished throughout, neck and’ armholes prettily trimmed with silk lace; these vests are of very good quality ribbed silk, and come in pink, light A45¢ blue, cream and white; all sizes; your choice at We cannot fill mail orders on this special. Main Floor, 69th St. Section, <r enon ennnreerrnmme BLOOMINGDALE BROS, =| 3d Avenue, 59th snd Goth Streets, ALL CARS TRANSFER TO BLOOMINGDALES', 35 rage