The evening world. Newspaper, June 1, 1903, Page 5

rs = | | | ay - gaid that the normal price of rental OWN DOE IN | POOT-OFFIGE Secret Service Men Try To Smoke Out Mysterious ” the Government in Sub- Station Rentals, “NO GRAFT,” SAYS VAN COTT. Uncle Sam’s Rents Higher, He Explains, Because Landlords Have to Provide Heat and Light and Fit Up the Places. Acting under instructions from Wash- fmgton, Secret-Service detectives were ‘working to-day to discover the identity af the ‘John Doe” in the administra- tion of the local Post-Office department. This “John Doe’ 1s a more mysterious pereon than fis relative in the police grafting game. His eystem is protected by the legitimate business method of menting a place that is to be made a @ub-station of the Post-Office, and then turning it over to the Government at a Qeased rental that will bring him any- hwhere from $2,000 to $5,000 a year profit ; for ten years. The system is simple. All that is! mecessary to carry It out profitably Is the polltical pull, and this particular ohn Doe appears to have it, as is| shown by the exorbitant rentals that| the Government pays for stores to be sed as sub-stations of the Post-Office. Nan Cott Says He Doesn’t Know. ' Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott to-day denied all knowledge of a John Doe in the Department. He also declared that he had ndthing to do with the selection ©f sub-stations other than to recom- mend the selection of a place In some neighborhood. “After I have designated the place for a’ new sub-station,” Mr, Van Cott taid in explanation, “I send the facts to Washington with the amount of rental. | “The reason that the rental for our pub-stations is higher than other stores in the neighborhood {s that the lessor | thas to fit the place up, heat it and pro- vide for all of the sanitary arrange- ments. Take a station where there are forty or fifty carriers. The man who leases that place to the Post-Office De- partment has not only to put up the par- | titions, light it with electric lights and Keep it in repair, but he must also pay fn extra water tax on the water that carriers use. Defends Higher Rentals. “Now, why shouldn't that man re- selve a higher rental than his neighbor who keeps a haberdashery? The neigh- bor perhaps does pay a thousand or two thousand dollars a year less rent, but he pays for his own lighting, heat- fng and water. He also has had to fit| up his store. | “Take for Instance sub-station O, at We pay $12,000 a/ It has been No. 122 Fifth avenue. year rental for that place. @hould be $10,000 a year. Why, It coat the owner of that property not less than $10,000 to fit the place up for a post- office. He certainly must have some in- come from his: investment. “It fs the same everywhere else, and | I court the fublest investigation into thia matter. I.never heard of any John getting what is termed ‘graft’ out of vhe renting of places for the sub- stations. I wis I could. ! Doexn’t. Select the Places. “As I have said, I am not the, person who selects these places. On my rec- mmendation, inspectors from Washing-| ton make a thorouga investigation of premises selected. It {s really on eir réport that the Postmaster-General ts. “The lease of Station R, up across the bridge, 1s about to runout. As in| all leases, we always hire the place for ten years. I believe the rental we pay | for ‘that place is $3,000 a year, ‘Ine Owners laughed at our proposition to Fenew it at the same rental. ‘Ihey| e@imply BAY. to us; ‘New York real es-| tate nearly doubles in value in ten years.’ And it does, too. It is impos-| @ible for us to get the same places| for the same rent when our lease 18 ex-| pited, “We haven't a carrier station now between the main Post-Omice and the | Produce Fxchange. We have but two | carriers down in Wall street. We can- Got get a place for a reasonable rent. ‘a 4 GCN ert) Prond under the administration o1 ‘ost ton, When the Di a tores for ba it rug stores fol free he epantment Ssub-stations it got rei druggist paid a clerk to ope of doing better ‘we pay some of a year. “It is charged that there was some- | thing wrong about the leasing of Sta-| tion J, at ‘One Hundred and ‘I'wenty- fourth street and Eighth avenue. It ts} also said that the Astors owned this! iad been wnoc-| Cit: cu an PI and that tt hi @ year until John and Alex- der McKeever got it for $4,500 a year nd then sublet it to the Government for $6,500, Wanamaker Had Night Idea. “My impression is that the Astor estate does not own this property. I 41d not select the site because Alexander MoKeever (John {s dead) has been a life- long friend of mine. “f think Postmaster-General Wana- maker had the right idea. He wanted every station to be on a corner, Of course, corner sites are more ex: . Bi et have held office I hav select corner property for sul The following table, giving t by the ment rei expert. It Individual Who Gouges|:;° t UD, $223,900, an excess of sf Individuals Ae? annually accommodation: ntals, was compiled a shows how much in excess t and4 totals over what the same 8: Rent Ratimated paid by = norma! Gov'ment. pent. reat, B, 3.600 Be} c 4 2150 by 7,000 4.600 z, 16,000 10.000 F, No. 4.500 2.500 G, No. 1648. Bro 6,400 6,000 H, Lexington avenue and Bast 44th street 33,600 20,000 1 Columbus a Er 05un etreet. é J, Bighth avenue and 124th 6500 4.509 K, No. 903 Bast 36th treet. 2,600 11400 L 6900 4500 of, 2,000 °'750 nN 8.00 6.000 ° 12,000 10,000 Pr 8.000 4.000 R, 3.000 1.809 8, x 16.000 10,000, mi 2.900 1,500 u, 6600 4,000 vy, $.000 5.000 Ww. 7.000 6,000 x, 5.000 8,600 17,400 12.000 ton streets 20, 15,000 gebridge Tremont, No. 719 Tremont ave. Washington Bridge, Aaneverda avenue and West 180tb street. 3.000 ‘Westchester, Main street, near ‘West Farms ‘Willlamabridge Deep in Politics. Postmaster Van Cott is one of the hardest working poliliciann for the na- tional party in the city. No matter he alwoys keeps a room in it th street, just off Fifth avenue, where he claims a resi for His son and other voting purposes. relatives occupy im) tt salaried : ag a outside interes! as laces in the Yan Cott also does his father. HATRINE Gtep in to the nearest Drug Sore and buy 15 Cent Bottle of the best Hair Ton{c in the world at the low- est price. It will MAKE THE HAIR GROW, cure DANDRUFF and STOP FALLING HAIR: ‘One trial will convince you, ‘At Druggists’, 16c., 40c, and 76c. « Bottle. ‘The large wize contains six times the amount of the emailer size. By mail 5 ots. extra. Your Gruggiet will secure it for you within ‘twenty- four hours {f you deposit the price when you order. BBAL, STRAIT 0O., 79-61 CORTLANDT 8T., N.Y. ee Have You a Room for Rentf Houses, rooms and apartments for t find’ tenants when advertised in Sunday World. H.ONeill & Co. ; One Thousand Silk Shirt Waist Suits For Women At Very Special Prices for Tuesday. These Suits are made of All Checked Taffetas—excellent Silk Foulards, Pongees and styles—splendidly made—and purchased by us under circumstances which enable us to offer them much below ordinary prices. FOULARD SILK SUITS, full blouse tucked waists, in showered dots on plain blue, white or black ground... }$11.75 Regular Price, $16.50. TAFFETA SILK SUITS in black and white shepherd checks, tucked and trimmed, with full new gored skirts, ; $15.50 and belts... PONGEE SUITS, tucked blouse waists, full flaring long SKirts......seeeeeee ' $12.75 Regular Price, $17.00. FOULARD SILK SUITS, trimmed with taffeta pi, ins) $12 75 on tucked blouse waist and skirt, very desirable. Regular Price, $17.00. TUSSAH PONGEE SUITS, fill blouse, finished with five tucks, three clusters of tuckson skirt............. } $16.50 Regular Price, $20.00. Also a number of the NEW LINEN SUITS, with long skirted coats, and belts, in white linen, crash or brown linen...........++ }$13.50 Regular Price, $18.00. Untrimmed Hat Dept. (First Floor.) READY TO WEAR HATS.—We have prepared for Tuesday a splendid lot of Trimmed Ready to Wear Hats—They come in fancy Ja B « $3 Value, s, Tuscans and Rough and Ready, stylishly trimmed with ribbons, 8, wings and quills; also a fine assorment in ALL WHITE, 48 ach $5.50. UNTRIMMED HATS-—-SPECIAL~—500 dozen assorted Jap Braid and Rough and Ready Hats in all the leading shapes and colors: also Imitation Hair Flats (in black only), a 44c, cach Value $1.00. Flecked English Mohairs $1.35 grade at 89c. yard. 46 inch Flecked English Mohairs in two-toned effect-—white with black dash, cadet blue with white, navy blue with white, green with white, black with white, white with green, red with white, tan with white reseda with a dash of darker green— Tuesday OC, Yard. Hitherto scold by us at $1.35 per yard. Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street. “The cigar that’s always good’ Robert Burns 10 Cts. lean ofl dill ae Dheniiend <0 THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1903. wer et Transfer to The Muslin Underwear Sale. To-day was a gala day in the undermustin section. No annual sale we ever held was ushered in with more enthusiasm or a vaster host of buyers. And well it merits this first day of marvellous suc- cess, for at no time was there a more splendid collection of beautiful white garments arrayed for femi- nine shoppers’ selection. Every piece in this white sale is perfectly made, tastefully trimmed, daintily finished and immacu- lately clean. The prices, a most important point for consideration, are About Half Regular. To-morrow’s assortments equal those of to-day in plenitude : Drawers. 19¢—Muslin, with embroldered ruf- fle and tucks; also with deep cambric ruffle, trimmed with lace. 39¢ —Cambric, with deep lawn ruf- fle, trimmed with two Val- enciennes lace insertions and edg- ing. Cambric, with deep lawn ruffle, trimmed with blind embroidery, in two styles. 49¢ —Fine cambric, with deep em- broidered ruffle and tucks, In two styles. Fine cambric, with deep lawn ruffle, trimmed with ruffle of blind embroidery. Fine cambric, deep lawn ruffle, tucked and trimmed with raised Valenciennes insertion and lace edge. 59c¢ —Fine cambric. with deen um- brella ruffle of lawn, trimmed with very wide Cluny lace inser- tion. 69¢ —Fine cambric, with lawn ruf- fle, trimmed with Cluny lace four inches deep. Skirts. 39c—Muslin, with deep —_flounce, ; trimmed with’ ruffle of wide ace Cambric, with deep flounce, trimmed with embroidered inser- tion and deep embroidered ruffle—- also with one deep embroidered ruffle, —Fine cambric, with dee} 69¢ flounce, trimmed with two embroidered insertions and tucks. —Cambric, with deep lawn founce, trimmed with two wide lace insertions and ruffles edged with lace. BLOOMINGDALE BROS., | 34 Avenue, 59th and Goth Streets. Underskirts, 39c. to $22.50 Drawers, 19c. to $3.50. Night Gowns, 25c. to $8.49 Corset Covers, llc. to $3.49 Chemises, 18c. to $3.98. Corset Covers. Ile —French Corset Covers of nain- sook; full fronts; trimmed all around neck with Valenciennes lace. 15c —Tight fitting, of cambric, trira- med with insertion and cm- broidered edge. 19¢ —French style, of cambric, full front, trimmed al! around neck with lace and inse:tion. 29¢ —French style; 4 rows of Val- enciennes lace insertion across front; lace edge around neck. 39c¢ —French style; sainsook; fine Valenciennes lace insertion around neck. Corsets. 39c —Tape Girdles; just the thing for summer wear; regular price 50c. Odds and ends of C.-B. and Son- nette Corsets, in ventilating and heavy weights; long, short and me- dium; worth 59¢ —Sonnette Corsets, of batiste; straight front style; extra long dip hips; regular price $1.25. Nurses’ and Maids’ Caps. Ac for all kinds and all shapes. ALL CARS TRANSFER TO BLOOMINGDALES’, Gowns. 25c¢ —Muslin, with yoke of tucks; ! ruffle on neck and sleeves. 39¢ —Muslin, yoke of four em- broidered insertions and hem- Stitched tucks; also with square yoke of tucks and insertion; fin- ished with an embroidered ruffle; in three styles. Cambric, Empire yoke of Valen- ciennes lace insertion and tucks and lace edge; finished with ribbon at neck. —Cambric, chemise gown; 69¢ round neck; trimmed with in- Sertions and embroidered ruffle. Cambric, square neck, two in- sertions and embroidered ruffle across front and revers trimmed with insertion and embroidered ruffle. 79¢ —Nainsook, low round neck, lace and insertion and ribbon around neck; short sleeves, Be —Nainsook, square neck, che- mise gown; prettily trimmed with blind embroidery and Valen- ciennes lace. Nainsook, round neck, chemise gown; daintily trimmed with fine embroidered insertion and em- broidered ruffle. Chemises. 39¢ —Good muslin; round necks, bosom of hemstitched tucks and insertion, finished with lawn raffle. 49c —Fine cambric, round necks, trimmed with Valenciennes lace and insertion. Fine cambric, with round necks, trimmed with wide embroidered insertion and edge. Second Floor, near Rotunda. nnn | BLOOMINODALE BROs., 3d Avenue, 9th and Goth Streets. 3% Ibs. Granulated Sugar Package Uneeda Biscuit STORES EVERYWHERE. ns RETAIL BRANCHES. CHOICE ~ GROCERIES BOTH 18c No need to dwell upon the qualities of the above, they are both “standard,” and eve Coffees we elsewhere. housewife can instantly see the saving there is in this one item. possible for us to give you the lowest prices in the city. Flour. “Pride of St. Louis,” the finest flour mill- Clenewel or +1776" Washing 2c Powder—Pkge.... ...... Gloss Starch—Best, 2 Ibs.. ‘Ammonte-Good strength, large + 9¢ Cc Witch Ha: Bottle. Violet Ammonia—Bottle Concentrated Ammonia—Bottle 1Cc Powdered Borax.—Best quality. 8 7c ¥% Ib. pkge, 4c., % Ib. pkge Azure Blue, %{-Ib. pkge.. Butler’s Blue, 3 squares..... Cider or White Wine Vine- gar, qt. bottle ; Brooms, well-made and o' good stock. No. 6 ie No. 7... oe R. & R. Pickles, packed in best quality vinegar, all kinds, bottle, Ze 20c 25c 9% Soap. 7 cakes Butler's Borax,. 25c 13 cakes Coney Island,, 25c 9 cakes XXX Soap Teas. Best No. 1 Tea—All kinds, ee SOC Cap 2 Tea—Mixed, English re it and Oolong, 5 Ibs., 25 Cc $1.10; 3 Ibs., 70c.; Ib. 4c Pepper—Fresh ground, . 8c English Mustard—‘; |b.. + ec Best French Mustard, bottle..... 8 Macaroni, Trovatore brand, best 5 imported, tb., 9¢.3 % Ib. pkge., IC 9c Noodles, finest quality made, % Ib,, Sco: Ib. pkge..........--. Liberty Preserves, made trom fresh fruits, assorted, packed in stone Prunes—Fine California fruit, medium size, Ib.,.. . In Teas and pve you the very best qualities at prices that are just half what you pay urchasing in immense volume at wholesale for 115 retail stores makes it Coffee. Best Mocha & Java, lb. 23e Very Best Santos, Ib...... 15e Golden Santos, Ib, , eh Ole bones best le, + pt. bottle, 10c.; a7 phibotles dlepelhsy.) | Olive Oll—Imported; % pint bottle, 2ie.; pint bottic.,. SOC Peerless Catsup—made from selected Tomatoes, pint H% pint bo.tles......seeeesere Liberty Catsup—Choice qual- ity, bottle, Sc.and...¥...... 10c Potted Ham and Tongue — Very fine quality; %4 Ib. can, 4c.; 14 ID, CAN. cose sw vessve gers 8c Blue Ribbon Jelly Powder—Assort- ed flavors; makes tine dessert ; 10, Cc Lazenby’s English Pickles—jm- ported; mixed, chowchow and onions; bottlesee.- 15¢ Liberty Pickles— quality, gt crocks, patent Weir top, Ibs Olives. Fancy Queens. 4-02, bottle 8-oz. bottle. 10-0z. bottle, . 18-0z. bottle, large Olives....... Stuffed Olives, 4-02. bottle. 8-oz. bottle, ity ; all kinds; bottle, \ CHOICE S. CROCERIES. i aarp ORED WANTS WORK WONDERS, West Fourte Began LADIES’ DRAWERS. CRs Cambric and Muslin—wide with tucks and hemstitch No Mall Orders, 17 20 cts......Cambric—lawt and lace ruffle, with cluster pin tucks— value’ .49. 49 cts...... Muslin and Cambric—wide umbrella ruMes and group of hem- stitch tucks, or ruffle composed of rows of lace Inserting and lawn— finished with wide lace edge. Special lot of beautiful lace and emb'y trim’d drawers, extra fine and sheer—al’ wide cut—never before offered under $1.25. Finer Drawers to $4.98. LADIES’ NIGHT DRESSES. cts......Cambric and Long Cloth— aqui neck—Yoke of tucks and emb'y—some ribbon run—value .98. No Mail Orders, ..Fine Muslin and Cambric— of group tucks, separated by or six insertings of strong emb’y. .Empire and low neck Night of Nainsook, Long Cloth, 72 49 69 cts, i 98 cts..... Dresses Cambric and fine Muslin—fancifui effects, with emb'y or lace insert- ings, of superior qualities and pat- m terns—with and without ribbon— juarter or kimono yles—the greatest 98 yet offered. 1.25...;.. Still _handsomer high and low neck Gowns of Nainsook and other tons—handsomely trim'd af- t Paria ideas—worth 1.75. Night Dresses to $14.98. CORSET COVERS cts......Cambric—V_—_ shape wide, strong emb'y: value .29. No Mail Orders. Cambric—high and low neck mb'y or tucks and lace in- with 39 bon insertings—round and square neck, insook and Cambric—fan- 49 No such departments like the: BABIES’ LONG DRESSES 14 cts......Cambrio Slipe—tucked or full fronte—plain or hemstitched rumes— value .B. 24 ctn......Natngook and Fine Cambric onts or fan hemstitoh rume fints—value 3 84 cts......Long Slips of fine Nainsook— skirt ‘with deep hems—yokes with tucks and fancy stitchings—several styles—value .59. cts......-Dainty Nainsook Slips, yokes 8 ith spaced and close pin tucks—skirt with tucks and ruffle of fine emb'y— value Special lot of finer slips at 81.49 and up to $12.98. BABIES’ SHORT DRESSES 6 months to 3 year sizes tnless otherwise mentioned. Cts. ...6.. Bishop Dresses of Cambric— feat emb'y—value 2 cents, cts...Nainsook Dresses—solld tucked yokes—emb": trim'd—also Bishoy Dresses, Val Lace edge—value .39. cts .Fine Dresses of Lawn and Nainsook—trim'd with tucks, ruffies, laces or ribbon run—emb'y beading— yoke or low effects—iong and short sleeves—they'll sell at sight. “Lawn and short Waist Dresses, collars or 17 49 With ‘yoke or deep French collars oF bretelle e! apes paces —f ba elle in e 3 stitched or tucked—value cts... 95 yokes—with extra fine embrolderies and insertings combined with tucks and stitchings—French front—beautiful styles—value $1. Special values in finer at $1.49—81.05 to $10.98. 19 cts......Children's Gingham Dresses, pink, blue, gray and red checks— gathered on yoke—emb'y trim—sizes to 2 yrs.—value 39 cents. Pretty, fancy styles in plain and fanc: Chambray Dressee—all_ col es., Bargains in Turkish Towels A Manufacturer's Stock! Best qualities—thick, spongy, absorb- ing. Our June Sale of - LADIES’ UNDERWEAR To-day And no effort will be spared to make it beet! The UNDERWEAR EVENT of the season. ‘ HERE ARE SOME OF THE OFFERINGS: Read every line, for these are not other folks’ values or styles— there’s a difference—qualities superior—values far, far better! LADIES’ SKIRTS—Full size ; Good muslin — deep z » With tucks and emb'y— 1 size—skirts that are good, value at 98 cents, 43 cts......! Good muslin—lawn floun with’ four chematitch tucks and ruffle of open emb'y. 69 98 cts......Cambric, extra deep foun es, with blind or open "Ys. group of hemstitchings and tucks, olnt de Paris or heat . with two and three insertings ber} tucks—beautiful styles for summer wear. ‘ 1-69......Fine, Strong Cambric—' flounce, handsomely trim'd lace medallions or insertin, wide lace edges or wide Ory open emb'y and groups of hem- stitch tucks. You have to come’ to. Hearn's for values like these—no one else would, oll much Skits at such « price, flounce, with twelve spaced tur and heavy Cluny Lace insertings,’ finished with bias tucked ruffle and 4-inch Cluny Lace. or — dainty. flounce entirely made of Fish Lace insertings and ed 7 rate designs—worth $4.00. % Finer Skirte—iatest Paris styles—to $14.98, LADIES’ CHEMISES cts..,...Cambric—round neck trim'd with lace and inserting; use ually .89. ‘ waik ribbs res a insert ting 1 on, fancy front~aleo other equally ‘S008 ‘ambric and fine Mi sq ‘oke of tucks and 11 or single and double H. 8. or-emi ruffle swith ribbon run deadings. 35 round yoke pleces, with tucks, daltons and lace—newest conceits,- Finer Chemiées in elaborate effects to $4.98. ) LADIES’ EXTRA SIZE GARMENTS ‘¢ cy yoke of lace insertings or full] Tucked Drawers— Value. Special lace ruMe—ribbon run—full fronts,| — Sizes to 38 waist.. + 6 RT with drawing strings. Night Dresses—2 fan 69 cts. cu lainagok, and Cymbrie—en- styles ........ - 8 bo tire fronts or pointed yokes of. lacs| Chemises—corded bi ge! i OF orab'y ‘ings and edgings—all| Corset Coyers—ta ‘ ney erita'd gai i igh and | e 98 ¢ A varisty of fine Nainsook ines tO BE Dot ceesesc Bo rio Corset ; - oe ately trim'd with Fisheye and Point Treas sob ese ee ba! = de Paris laces. cluster tUCKB....es.. 10 OR Finer Corset Covers to 53.98. No mail orders, -———_—___¢@ , Babies’ Outfits and Children's Underwear. min the city.... 4 ‘ustomers mate! vel at our regular low prices—what will they say to these JUNE SALE VALUES? LITTLE TOTS’ $ COATS AND HATS -.. Children's White Pique Reefs. ers—collars with emb' pai gmb'y inserting and/ 98 cts......Children's White Reefs oreretete front—collar with ony value $1.75. a Special values tn finer Reeters to $7.98. 88 cts......Children’s White Pi y full h . ‘emb' i aot noes eee Rice White Pique labor. emb'y- 3.98. .Long Cloaks Whi hate —Summer ralghte tole ae Mo ¥. fancy silk braid—lined thi tle White Sateen—value $5.00. al values in Silk Cloake— dee ay ogame A Cn MES tetas oe oe a 49 cts......Children’s emb’d and a Lawn and Swiss Hats—pigated —sott, ‘qufry,. Ace) pink, ‘blue—value 89. Other Hats n great varisty,<.29 to $7.08.” CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR ~~ Loom Children’s Drawers—Fruit Muslin—cluster tucks—l to usually .19 to 39—eny size. rio Drawers—tucks and ‘emb'd ruffies—1 to 14 yra— value .35 to .40—any size.........0. Misecs’ Children’s Night Dresses—yoke of and hemstitching—I to 14 yra— usually .39 to .dd—any sine... . Misses’ Corset Covers—roun. t neck—4 lace inserts } sizes 28 to 32; value .89....----.sss0000 «1 —worth .75 w $1.0. se eee up to 2 years. NO MAIL | ees Ladies’ Pongee Silk Coats / A dainty Summer Wrap that need not be a luxury at the mod- erate price We quote. ... 15,98 As White Waists Will Get Soiled in process of sale—to keep out stock clean and inviting, we will close out Tuesday the previous week's accumulations of soiled of rumpled’ Washable . . As this affects highest as well as lowest priced waists add there are sot « EE | of any one style to ttemize, enodyh to say that if you want.» To Buy at about Half Price + Length Value. Price DESCRIPTIO Acconiton ~ Turkish Towels. 42 inca 19) 1 Pleated with deep applique / Turkish Towels. 50 Inch 29 and Stole, full sleeyes—as Turkish Towels. 50inch 45 @ome as the average $35.00 gare Turkish Towels.. & inch .06 ments elsewhere shown, } ¢——_______»