The evening world. Newspaper, May 25, 1903, Page 3

42HE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25 RT OTT fi TO BLE IN LIGHT FROM HARLEM TO BATTERY. | Mayor Low, in Line with The World's, Suggestion, Has Requested Every Householder to I Illuminate His Win- dows To-Morrow Night in Honor of New York's Civic Celebration. Help make New York a blaze of (wo hundred and fiftieth anniversary Illuminate every window in your homes and places of business from 7.30 | B M. to 10 P. M. Federal and State authorities have taken up The World's plan to make Tuesday a gala night. The United that the Federal buildings be illuminated. with The World's suggestion as voiced by the resolution of the Board of Aldermen, and in a proclamation calls on all citizens to decorate and filu- minate their homes. In proclaiming the Aldermanic indorsement of The World's suggestion te Mayor has issued the following: Now, therefore, 1, Seth New York, do call upon the people of the city, as far as in them lies, to act upon this recommendation, to the end that on the evening of May 26, the day of the official celebra- tion of the grant of the first charter to New Amsterdam in 1653, the city may wear a gala aspect in every neighbor- hood.. Given under my hand and One Thousand Nine Hundred and Three. Mayor of the City of New York. The celebration began to-day with exercises in all the public schools. » To-night there will be: Lectures at the Educational Alliance, at the Board of Education Halland fe Young Men's Christian Association, at No. 5 West One Hundred and ‘Dwenty-fifth street. Ught to-morrow night in honor of the) of the city’s founding! States Government has Issued orders Mayor Low has fallen in line Low, Mayor of the City of seal this 23d day of May, A. D.,’ SETH LOW, Tllustrated leoture at Cooper Union at 8 P. Brooklyn—Special lectures at Public Schools Nos. 60 and The Bronx—Lecture at St. Jerome's Hall. Lectures at Public Schools Nos, 27 and 32. HISTORIC TABLETS REMOVED. In an effort to have everything In readiness for the celebration at the| required five shocks of 1,700 volts each, City Hall to-morrow workmen have been engaged almost continuously since|the first four amperes and then eight Saturday morning, setting in place two great marble blocks on which are inscribed the names of Architect McComb and the men who, hundred years ago, built the present City Hall structure. more than a These two stones, the lettering ou which is plainly decipherable, were missed from their origina] place in front of the building and Supervising Architect Aiken went on a voyage of discovery. They were finally located, inserted in the stone cor- nice on the roof of the old building. It was decided to remove them and re-|j ort T, Patrick and Arthur Flanagan, place the stones in the wall of the corridor of the City Hall leading to the Mayor's offic. The two big stones bear these names: John Lemaire, Sculptor; John McComb, Jr., Architect; Abraham Lan- chester, Stone Cutter; Nathan Sternbach and Arthur Smith, Master Masons; Joseph Newton, Master Carpenter; James Hopson, Clerk; Aldermen Morss, Fish, Douglass, Waldron and Lawrence, Buflding Committee. i Two great granddaughters of John McComb, Mrs. Frances Gale Spowers|hour after receiving holy communton. and Mrs. Collingwood, both of Montclair, N. J., ore day and offered the use of an old painting of Architect McComb as part of |and State Electrician Davis gathered in the decorations of the interior of the called on Mayor Low to- Hall. The Meyor thanked them and said he would he glad to receive the painting. CAVE THE BY WRONG “WEDD” Little Rose Kenny, Caring for Her Wailing Infant Brother, Gave It Camphorated Oil to Stop Its Crying. Bomething certainly alled the baby. had been crying for half an hour, its sister, Rose Kenny, only a few years older, wio had charge of the tot, didn't Know just what to do, Rose was toddiing about in a great atate of excitement at the Kenny home, No, 15 Grant avenue, Brooklyn, whil> her tiny brother wailed dismally. Suddenly the little fotser-mother gave @ cry of surprise and delight. On a @helf she had discovered the medicine which she often yaw her mother rub on baby's “tummy’ when it cried. She seized the bottle, which contained eamphorated oll, and poured half its contents on the infant's body. The only flect Of thls was to increase the crying, hen she concluded that an Internal It might relieve baby's pain, Master dof! and lown wee yeonny a throat went pnd Ww! It cried so loud t! men employed in a lumber yard across the street thought a murder was being itted and rushed over to the Kenny ‘Baby's got colic,” sovbed the anx- fous little nurse, “an' I div tt mamma's Mmeddy an it yelled worser.”’ “Holy smoke, she's isoned the kid!” exclaimed one of the lumbermen. Then he summoned the police and an ambu- lance. Dr. Broda, who attended the In- fant, said it would soon get over the f the dose. asked Rose after the excite. ment was all over, ‘what's ve diffurenc ‘tween puttin’ modsin on ve outside an’ inside of ve ‘tummy?’ She was told to wait until her small brother grew up end then to ask him, “BROOKLYN POLICE SEEK MISSING GIRLS. One Disappears While Visiting Gemetery; Another Walks Out and Doesn't Return. Harriet Edgerton, of No. 1205 eventh street, Brooklyn, repor" 4 to the police to-day that her seven- teen-year-old niece, Maud Hoffman, has been missing since Saturday morning. Bhe was last scen in Greenwood Ceme- ery, Where shy bad gone with a friend. left the friond in the cemetery. he Brooklyn police were asked to- lary Miler, iy to look. for Mi Bie, Shih et Hones eR ser lemmingson, rel ty o im left hi eee: and nothing ‘has been heard ing has at DREC.WENDT A SIGE IN PAIS Well Known Former New York Physician Ends His Life in the French Capital by a Pistol Shot, While Insane. PARIS, May %.—Dr. E, Charles Wendt, of New York, shot and killed himself with a pistol in his apartments of the mind. He le: a widow and two children. The authorities have not- Wed Consul-General Goway. * Every physician in New York, City knew of Dr, Wendt, Until seven years jago ho practiced in this city, having his office and home in Seyenty-ninth street, near Central Park West, Ho married a wea:thy girl and then quit the practice of medicine, He was an authority on eanitation, and after his marriage he devoted near- ly ‘all his time to studying the methods of sanitation in Europe, more especially in Southern It: On this subject he wrote many papers, He was associated with Dr. George F, Shrady as an editor of the Medical Re- view. Atter going to Europe Dr. Wendt con- tnued to contribute valuable papers to medical publications in this country, He was once a partner with Dr, Leou- ard Wever, of No. % West Forty-sixth street. ' Dr. ‘Shrady, when he heard of Dr. Wendt's suicide, said: “He was a brilliant man. I cannot say too much In praise of what he h done for the medical profession. I shocked to hear of his death. He leaves lovely wife, of whom he was very fond. of mind.” Ten years ago Dr. Wendt wrote « book on cholera that was accepted as an authority at the ume of the scare| in New York City, Dr. Wendt was forty-five years old. He sent to physictana in this city tne | first authentic news of the operation In| Switzerland by which Dr. Carl 1. Schlatter, of Zurich, saved the life of} Mrs. Anna Landis’ by removing her stomach, $$$ WOMAN DROWNED IN NORTH RIVER, Body, Which Had Been In the Wate for Some Time, Found To- Day—Not Yet Identified. The body of an. unidentified woman was found in the Hudson River at the foot of One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street to-dey, On the face could be He certainly was unsound here to-day during temporary aberration ) Triola was her sweetheart. He was seen the marks of several bruises. It had been in the water for some time, wai abou ot Solety ave year, 1c! Ww dark complexion, cnd'ees MRS, DONA Z. BLUME. WHO HAS SUED HER MOTHER-IN-LAW FOR $25,000 DAMAGES. | Dorra ZOOS BYurve HARDEST MAN IN WORLD TO KILL. Slaying of Murderer Triola Proves the Greatest Task the Death Chair Has Ever Had to Perform. ‘The remarkable vitality of Antonio Triola, put to death to-day tn Bing Ging prison for the murder of Maria Ctrelll, the child actreas, proved him to be the hardest man to kill that has ever been in the electric chatr. ‘Triola was remarkably ooo] when led Into the death chamber. He helped the attendants adjust the straps and elec- tric appliances of the death chair. lt for each of the other four times, to kill the Italian, No one in the prison had ever before seen @uch difficulty an execution. ‘Triola was very cool. firet sign of dawn. demned to die, including Lawyer Al- He arose at the Other men con- who was to have met death to-day with Triola, but was reprieved, were also up early. An Hoar of Prayer. When the Rey. Fathors Mahoney and Martin called he knelt In prayer for an Shortly before 6 o'clock the witnesses tl death chamber. The apparatus of the death chair was tested and found 40 be in perfect condition. The little procession then started from Triola’s cell. The priests walked on one side of the condemned man. Little time was lost in strapping the prisoner in the chair, The signal was given and 1,700 volts shot through the condemned man's body. Dr. Irvine immediately saw that the man was not dead, Again the current was turned on for thirty seconds, but again ‘it failed, although elght amperes were used. Once more the current was shot through Triola’s body, but still he kept alive. It was not until the fifth shock was given to him that life became ex- tinct. His Atroctous Crime, The crime for whioh Triola was put to death was one of the most atrocious murders ever committed In the Bend. The girl he shot was only alxteen years old, and with ler mother was perform- ing In a concert hall in Mulberry street. extremely jealous and more than once had threatened her life. On the night of the murder, Marla and her mother finished their part in the concert hall @t about midnight, They were billed as the Cirelll Sisters, and were great favorites in the Itallan colony. Mother and daughter waited for their escort, Antonio Sorrentino, and then started for their lodgings. Out of the shadow of the electric light at the corner Trisia leaped, revolver in hand. Before any one could Interfere he fired at the «irl, She fel, and as she lay on the ground he fired four more | shots Into her head. Then Triola fled, but the police found him hiding in a cellar of a nearby ten- ement. UNLUCKY STAR FOR WOMAN PALMIST. It Was the Badge of Detective Mc- Carlton, Who Arrested Mme. Marcella Bry: n. Charged with being a disorderly per- fon, Mme. Marcella Bryan, described on her business cards as a ‘Wonderful sympathy clairvoyant, astrojogist, palm. ist and adviser in affairs of love ani business,” was arraigned in Yorkville Court to-day by Detectives MeCarton and MeMahon. Some days ago Commissioner Greene received a letter from a woman who signed herself "Mrs. B. Odell,” but gave no address. She complained she had lost $2,000 by following Mime. Bryan's advice in a real estate transaction, and her daughter had thrown over’ her flance because the clairvoyant declared he was no good. Gen, Greene turned the letter over to the police of the Hast Twenty-eecond strect station for Investigation, The detectives called on Mme. Bryan. De- tective MeCarton pafd a dollar and had hia fortune told. He says the olairvoy- ant Informed him he had 900 lines in his left hand, witch indicated he was lucky, but had an enemy, He also had a star on his, forehead, another indica- tlon, of good luck, “Pye still another star that's no good luck for you,’ eaid the detective, flash- | Nult family, on the floor above, was in Mra. Dona Zoo Blume, a. very pretty young women, has brought sult in the Supreme Court to recover $25,000 dam- ages from Marie Giebelhouse, her wealthy mother-in-law, who lves in New Roenelle, for the allenation of tie affections of her husband, Louis G. Blume. The young couple—for he has had but ‘one chance to vote—were married in tho Chureh of Mary the Virgin, in this city, ‘on July 31, 1899. They immediately wort to:live with the bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Glebelhouse, in New Rochelle. For about two years all was sunshine with the youthful pair, and Mrs, Giebelhouse treated her daughter-in-law with a great show of affection. In the winter of 1901 Mrs. Blume wen* out West to pay a short visit to a friend. When she returne¢ to her home, alleges, she was confronted by her SUES HER MOTHER-IN-LAW FOR ALIENATING HUSBAND. Mrs.Dona Zoo Blume Demands $25,000 Dam- ages from Mrs. Marie Giebel House. mother-in-law, who forbade her the house and would give no information concerning * the whereabouts of Mr. Blume. In her complaint in the sult which was brougnt for her by Lawyer Abra- ham Greenberg the plainuft says the defendant harborea Blume against the will and protest of the plaintiff. Mrs. Blume, after asserting that her husband ‘6 now living with his mother, continues: “That as a means of inducing Loule G. Blume to leave and abandon ¢! plaintiff, the defendant, who is Woman of great wealth, threatened to disinherit him. ‘Therefore the plaintiff has sustained damages in the sum of 3,000. Before her marriage Mrs. Blume was on the stage. She alleges that since her enforced separation from her hus- band he has not contributed to ber support. USED AWNING ASA LIFE NET. Father Drops Wife and Children from Burning House in Brook- lyn, Then Leaps Himself and All Escape Unhurt. ‘Two families in the three-story brick building at No. 22 Albany avenue, Brooklyn, narrowly escaped death ear- ly to-day in a fire that wiped out the interior of the house, The first floor 13 ocupled as a grocery by Christian Bose. Bose, with his wife and three chiidren, lived on the floor above. The top floor waa occupied by William Mc- Nult, his wife and three children, The fire started in a clothes closet in Bose's apartments while the family was asleep. It was burning fiercely when discovered by one of Bose's clerks, He aroused his employer and they endeavored to beat it out, Their efforts rather increased its progress, and when they thought !t was best to get the women and childron out they found escape cut off both by way of the stairway and fire escape. The Mc- the same predicament, After rushing about wildly with his wife and children the grocer suddenly thought of the awning in front of his store. By that time his eleven-year-old soy and six-months-old baby were un- conscious from the smoke and his wife was hardly able to walk. He carried them one by one to the window and dropped them on the awning, Tne crows in the street caught them as they slid down, Mets. Bose mude her escape in the same manner and Bose followed. ‘The McNults remained in their rooms unt!! the engines arrived, when all were taken out safely on ladders. The fire- men were considerably hampered in their work by bursting hose and the bulld- ing was completely gutted before the fire was extinguished. One of the breaks in the hose occurred in the middle of a group of men and women who were thrown to the street, drenched and bruised. Amwung those knocked down b; bursting hose was Charles Baker. eight years old, of No. 1218 Sterling lace, Breckiyn.' He’ was so badly 1 dd that it was necessary to ca}! an the When ing his badge of avthority and making ryan Png Magistrate Breen paroled her in. the gus sel h t of her counsel for examination In the week, . Dr. McChesnoy, of 1, arrived he found and bruised dressed, how- WOMAN “DOCTOR” DEALT IN CHARMS. BICANY CHARGED |heart of Mise of the Dresden china type, has a wealth AGAINST GIRL Pretty Alice Nixon Married Young Peter Loecher, Who | Now Accuses Her of Wedding, William Clipper as Well. Nineteen-year-old Allee Nixon, of No.} #1 Logan str Brooklyn, a beau a girl. has been turned over to ¢ Jersey authoriues at Hoboken upon forse iby Eater imter street, Brooklyn, who haa not yet cast his frst vote. About three years ago a dozen or more youthful swains laid siege to the xon, She {s a blonde of golden hair and big blue eyes which ~ ARIDCE-JUMPER, Evening World’s Informant De- clares the Man Was Clarence Hamilton and that He Came from New Hampshire. Aman who salt he was Prank Cody, champion Bridge Jumper the World,” called up The Evening World office by telephone this afternoon and that the man who jumped off the lyn Bridge yesterday was Clarence Hamilton, @ resident of New Hampshire: ‘He told me he would jump,” sald fits him ex- Cody, "The deseriptt actly. I met him first about two weeks ago and he told me his troubles. He had some family mix-ups. I met him again night before last, and he was In- Loecher deoiares she oan use with Kill Ing effect. About two years ago Loeoher and Willam Clipper, whose down has Just begun to sprout, were flerce rivals for the hand of Miss Nixon, Both are ble, handsome young fellows, and by force of argument and phyatoal strength they had driven all other suitors from the fleld. For a short time they tolerated each other's presence in the field and made A tacit agreement to let the best man win, Finally, however, Loecher became annoyed at the constancy of Clipper's attentions, and one evening there was a clash, Miss Nixon was present at the time and did not attempt to dis- suade them from a personal encounter The result was the complete rout of young Mr. Clipper. Then Loecher demanded that his valor bo rewanted and the young girl con- family objected to the match because of sented to chaage her name. Loecher's hit youth, but nothing could dissaude him aud the pair were married. For about two months th with the bride's parents. Th lost his position and went to live with his parents He had no sooner returned than Mr. C) rea scene. He tions and it that the were arouse: the birth of a the birth record ‘ Hoboken, where he found the entry of the martinge of William Clipper to. his young wife. to his home ured ‘>| ment Jumped from the railing out into tent on making the jump.” ‘The hat the bridge jumper threw away as a pretext in order that he migaut get off the car without exciting suspicion bears no marks other than those of the manufacturer, and there may be thou sands like tt, Fireman John Clark, who was ait ting In the seat back of him in the trolley-car, noticed that the man was nervous after passing the New York tower, but thought nothing of {t until ho throw his hat off Into the roadway when they were near the middle of the bridge. Otark Junrped off the car at the same time the man did and helped him get his hat. But, instead of running back to the car, the man ran to the south railing and climbed to the top of it, seven feet above the roadway. There he sat as he looked down, smiling. on Clark, The fireman called to him as he approached him: “What's the matter with you, Don't make a fool of yourself. Come back here.” Just as Clark came within a few feet of him and ready to make a leap and grub him the man hurled his hat in the fireman's face and at the same mo- the alr His body turned before it had reached the level of the floor of the bridge, and he went straight down to the water head first, The fifty passengers on the ‘With all possible haste the discarded young husband went to a Magistrate and secured a warrant for . Lon oher-Clipper's ar ho will’ prosecute the bigamy charge axainst ler to the full extent of the statute. — To Salil on Kaiser Wilhelm Lt, ‘The Kaiser Wilhelm IL. will sail to- morrow with every berth In the saloon .d second-cabin occupled. On the list ane feo nind Mes. Maurice Untermyer Ana son, the Bari of Kintore, Mr. and Mrs. ‘Oliver Harriman and Prince Ponl- atowskl. car ran to the rail and saw the body and disappear. strike the water A rong tide was running out, and the body reappeared forty or fifty feet below where it struck, ‘The face was up, the eyes closed and, if living, the man’ was unconscious. He continued to float down on the Ude until his body was lost sight of in the wash of the current about Governor's Island. Tho police went out in a boat from the Brooklyn side, wut could not find the body. ‘The man was about 5 feet 8 Inches in height and was rather stout He looked like a German, wore a black and light gray comt and waistcoat | striped trousers. SAYS HE KNOWS | GOOD STARTONTHE | FAR PACIFIC CABLE, The Anglia Has Landed It at Malate and Has Started for Guam. MANILA, May %,—The cable ship Anglia, which Is engaged in leying the Pacific cable, departed for the Island! of Guam to-day. It Is estimated that! the trip will occupy eight days. Tim) lend of the cable has been successfully jlanded at Malate. Lace Curtains. Very special values will be placed on sale Tuesday, as follows: Nottingham Curtains, $1.00 & $2.00 pair. Rufied Muslin, $1.00 & $1.50 pair, Ruffled Net, $1.35 & $2.00 paire Renaissance, $2.50 & $4.75 pair, Arabine, ; $4.50 & $6.00 pairs Bonne-Femme and Grand-Dame, In these, the latest French conceptions of Lace Window Drapings, we have secured exceptional values in the cheaper grades, suitable for summer usage. Bonne-Femme, $2.75, $4, $0 each. Grand-Dame, $2.75,$3.50,$4.50pm% Lord & Taylor, Italian Caused Her Arrest After His Wife Death and Said She Had Found “Devils.” Mrs. No. 169 Vil avenue, Bedford Park, was held in $0 ball inthe Morrisania Court to-day by Magistrate Hogan on the charge of the Nek York State Medical Assoolation t she had been practising medicine hout a license. he woman's arrest was caused by the Association on the complaint of Ditillano Marino, of Boston avenue, Kingebridge. He tified in court that his wife had been ill prior to her deata, on April 3. During her filness, he eaid, she was attended by the prisoner, who his wife several white powders. that he woman told his Micted with a curse that e had brought with her from Italy Marino said that the woman gave hls |wife a small knot of black hair as a away devils” and told In ret: isoner vi her to wear It he gave the ALA Le MBAL TIME CONSCIENCE, What Do the Children Drink? There are times when mother or father feeds the youngsters some- thing that they know children should not have. Perhaps it is some rich i Georgia. size and excellent qualit y day affords a chance to lay good values. Crackers. Zu Zu Ginger) Uneeda Mik s PKR» Be Fig Newtons, Graham and Fruit, Ib...... 12c laundry [Starch—Best quality gloss starch; 3 Ib. box, I3c. | Se Chunk Soap, 9 large cakes Laundry Soap, pure and of excellent dessert, but more often it is tea or in so much hot water that there Is not much tea or coffee left, but even that little is pretty certain to do harm. It leads to bigger doses. Then come the coffee ills. It is better to have some delicious. hot food drink that you can take yourself and feed to your children, conscious that it will help and strengthen and never hurt them, A lady of Oneida, N. Y., sa “1 used coffee many years in spite of the con- viction that it injured my nervous system and produced my nervous headaches. While visiting a friend 1 was served with Postum, but it was not well made, still I determined to get a package and try it myself, and after following directions carefully the result was all that could be de- sired; ® delicious, finely flavored, richly colored beverage. Since I quit coffee Postum has worked wonders husband, who always suffered from kidney trouble when drinki coffee, quit the coffee and took up Postum with me, and since drinking Postum he has felt stronger and be ter, trouble. “You may be sure I find it a great comfort to have a warm drink at meals that I can give my children with a clear conscience that it will help them and not hurt them as coffee or tea would.” Name furnished by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. coffee, Some compromise by putting! with no indication of kidney Xlcr Washing Fluld, bottle Violet Ammonia, highly per- fumed, bottle.. Concentrated bottle. Powdered Borax, the best qual- | ity; te-Ib pkge., 8; b. pkge., 4c for . Clenewe! Washing Powder, Dest cleanser; 4-!b. pkge., 1 Sc: (-o7, pkg: ort Brand, sockeye, Ib. phage. “CHOICE: GROCERIES Peck, 41c. Coney Island Soap, 13 cakes....25¢ 25c cleaning properties, 16-02. bars, 5 for Boreal 25c Clothes Pins, hardwood, 100 for..9¢ 7c | in good ; JOc) Sardines, best quality, domestic Ammonia, 1 Oc | Laundry Wax, with handle, 3 5e the 2c! 25¢: EVERYWHERE, 15 RETAIL BRANCHES NEW POTATOES. Basket, 2lc. The finest new potatoes now in the market are those coming from Florida and e The best varieties are the Florida and Savannah Rose. ceiving prime lots of the fanciest of these splendidSouthern potatoes; they are of good in a supply. Tomatoes. Maryland Standards, solid pack and fully ripened. Large can. 7c a Butler's Condensed Milk, made {rom pure rich milk and Sugar, 3cans..... Orr oe 25c Fairy Soap, the best floating white soa | made, 3 cakes.......00.008 10c | 4c, tra fine, lb. can, Be; *,1b. can Ib. can | Sardine: 7c can, with keyesse... | genuine Irish manufacture, Ib. | jar 15c Jelly, all flavors, in Mason jars |Peari Tapioca, Ib. carton | Blue Ribbon Farina, |b. carton... . | Liberty Preserves, made from cho! fresh’ fruits, packed in. stone x crocks, patent Weirtop, 3 Ibs. 25¢| LOX Peaches and Pears, fancy Sout! ern, in good syrup, 3-Ib. can. No Rough Red Hands. Stainoff 10c. a cake. For Cleaning and Pol- ishing Silver, Brass, Tin, Etc. The low price named for Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- Many items in the list are exceptionally | j Salad Ol, Rice—Fancy, good quality, Ib... . Hominy-~ Kiln .5¢ Blue Ribbon Jams, made from finest Millar's Orange Marmalade, Corn Starch—Xlcr brand, tine and fresh; pkge...... . 6c Toilet Paper, 1,000 sheets, pkge. Me! Fly Paper—better than a fly trap Corned and Roast Be Salmon, fan CHOICE GROCERIES We are daily re» Cocoa. Walter Baker & Co.'s, Triumph Brand, }4 Ib. 16c CAN. ce ece een eee Smoked Beef -— Finest thinly Cistiate rare ol Uneeda Biscuit free, per : .. Se pkge.. domestic, best quality quart bottle, 15c¢: pint, 10c; Be % pint... .s.0- . Be fancy quality, if dried, Southern; 2-Ib. pkge. 7 pkege. fresh fruits; absolutely pure; Ib. jar 15c 5S —six sheets,.... Palermos 15¢ —dozen oo. y sockeye, M-Ib. flat % can