The evening world. Newspaper, June 8, 1903, Page 3

MIMICKED, SHE KILLED HERSELF Kathleen Sheehan’s Sensitive Soul Writhed Under the Ridi- cule Her Brogue Drew from Workmates. INSURED LIFE, TOOK POISON. | Found Writhing in Death Agony In Morningside Park, She Died in an Ambulance While Being Hurried to the Hospital. Unable to overcome her rich Irish rogue, and constantly mimicked and ridiculed by her fellow-employces, Kathleen Sheehan, twenty-three years old, an expert embrofderer, of No, 408 West One Hundred and Twenty-fourth @treet, committed auicido to-day in Morningside Park by drinking carbolic acid, It is believed by the girl's rela- tives that she had contemplated self- destruction for some time, as the had spent most of her earnings in insuring her life. Miss Sheehan was born in Limerick. When a schoolgirl she developed a re- markabie skill in needlework, and was goon employed by many wealthy fam- ilies to do embroidery and d About three years ago It was suKE to her that she could gecure exceedingly lucrative employment in y York, and she arranged to come here and live with her cousins, Mr, and Mrs, James J, Sullivan, at the One Hundred and Tw y-fourth street address. A few days after sho arrived in this d at a liberal sal- a fashionable ary by Mme. Grseanyaker(at. MHintyoAsth is atrest and Twenty-fifth street for $400. It was her Bronaway) intention: to use this money to taxe| require the constant dosing demanded Siegel C and trustworthy, Naturally very quiet, Miss Sheehan Minnle into the Adirondacks, The fam-| by liquid kidney remedies. at the Siegel Cooper Store. They are everywhere. They was a very sensitive girl. Though she ily had already begun packing ts oe-|* blossom on every floor; they are found abundantly in every * . endeavored to her utmost she could not { Overcome a strong dialect she had ac- quired in her schoolgirl days. The ma- Jority of the young women employed at Mme, Kieley's were American-born | find they made cu: of the| young girl's accent. orenly resented their teasing she brooded over it day and night and fin- ally she left the place und went to work with a large department store. She was well paid in her new place, but she found the same treatment at the hands of her fellow-workers as be- fore. She left there and went to work for another store, and then another, but it made no difference. She had bardiy been in a new place a week when she ws aguin made a butt of. At last she vecame an active worker in St, Joseph's Catholic Church, joining all its societies as a means of helping her forget the unkind treatment she recelved while at work. Even this was She put all h premiums, Last night she dressed herseif very y and went out. told het cousin, Mrs, Sullivan, tit she was go- ing to take a walk.’ i Policeman Darcey, savings in paying tne died in the J. Hood W ance ght Hos- KATHLEEN SHEEHAN, WHO WAS ™ DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY RIDICULE. RESCUES SICK THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, JUNE &, 1903, B t WIFE AND TO GAR BETROTHAL Engagement Party Ends When It Is Discovered the- Bride- groom-Not-to-Be Is. Already Well Equipped as aru lico Magistrate Higginbotham refusing] ,, Mra. nt on the charge of itiginpted biga At the Woma x tiss the question? en, Membors—Trust egisiation? eR ato oies| injured by falling glass. ‘The loss on Se President—The q GIRL FROM FIRE Policeman Jordan Bursts Into! Room Where Minnie Watkins. Suffering from Consumption, Was Overcome by Smoke. | 14 FAMILIES LOSE HOMES. | Thirty Children Lived in the Row of Small Houses Burned, and There | Was Great Excitement, but No| One Was Injured. A widow lost her mite and an Invalid daughter barely escaped with her Ife in a fire at No. Burnalde avenue, in the upper end of the Bronx this after- noon. Thia number Js the first of a row of five ory houses and was accupted by Mrs, Witkins and her four daughte one of whom, Minnie, ts a consur tive. Mrs. Witkins discovered the fire In lar, where it started In a pile of Almost before she could rea- lize what had happened flames were ing up @ small alrshatt Upstairs the consumptive girl was un- conselous of her danger until the smoke sent her into a paroxysm of coughing. The next inetant she heard the roar of flames, She tried to scream, but coull) only cough, and was trying to drag her- self out of bed when Policeman Jordan, who had hurried to the house upon hear- Ing Mrs. Witkins's cries for help, burst Into the room. He picked up the haif- dead girl and carried her to safety. A short time ago Mrs. Witkins sold a lttle store which she conducted in longings in anticlpation of the journey. The money, like everything else in the house, was destroyed aml the family is penniless, Witkins w the los of the taken to Fordham so distracted over ney that she was Aas Although an attempt was made to save the adjoining houses by cut holes In the roof’ and deluging them with water, the whole row was pra cally destroyed and fourteen fam! tor ndered homeless. than thirty children were among |S MAKE THIS SIMPLE KIDNEY TEST. Examine Your Urine Yourself Once a Week. Ii Suspicious, Take Kidney-! Wort Tablets, Doctors’ bills and doctors’ visits may be avoided if the first threatening signs | of kidney trouble are recognized and! the irritation checked at once. | If backache, rheumatism, headaches, dizzy feelings or frequent desire to have’ aroused your suspicions, et aside a bottle of your morning urine for a couple of hours. If you find a! dark sediment at the bottom, “brick dust” deposit or particles floating on top, or that the urine is high colored jand of unusual odor, nothing should | interfere with your immediately using Dr, Pettingill’s Kidney-Wort Tablets, the one true specitic for kidney affections that is prepared in accordance with the | most recent accepted formulas Avoid liquid kidney remedies, Alco- hol enters largely into all of them as a preservative, It is needless to say the Tablets are entirely free from alcohol They never fail to stop the gradual weakening of the kidneys that goes on ‘from day to day, They are guaranteed to cure inflammation ‘of the kidneys, lumbago, pain in the back, dropsy of the limbs, rheumatism, catarrh of the bladder, ‘sluggish or scanty urine, “brick dust" in the urine, frequent calls to. urinate, bed wetting,’ "stone," mal- aria, constipation, pain in the urethra and’ kidney weakness. Backache, lumbago, gout, are all rheumatism, and rheumatism is uric acid poisoning, caused by _ sluggish, weak or diseased kidneys. When the kidneys are made strong by Kidney- Wort Tablets they filter the acid from the blood and rheumatism. vanishes. The Tablets are the most certain anu safe means of curing rheumatism any physician can prescribe. Other reme- dies may neutralize the acidity and give a day's relief, but only Kidney-Wort Tablets vitalize the kidneys so that the blood does not again become acid and Hundreds of thousands er hundreds of hundreds— 2g that 1s the difference be- tween Sunday World Wants and the other kinds. World Wants reach more than y the inmates and the wildest excitement prevailed, ‘wo firemen were slightly the bulldings is estimated at $15,000, nth+hour discovery een, In Whose honor and hers an engagement pa was given last night, has a wife an living in G Warshauh home was thronged t with friends who had come betrothal of the coup! RETAIL BRANCHES three and a half million people every Sunday. without result, and she finally decided] yyy, al 5 BRIDAL ILLUSION; 3 yds. wide; at Me tid her lite. winging her bands and distractedly aid, Git Ay? Ue 2506450 pacing the sloor, pretty but red-eyed 7 per y 2. auonery. * a bts anid nothing to any one, but In-|Esiher Warshaub, of No, a2. Beaver EVERYWHERE. Mss 8c 125 FANCY BOX: PAPER coating U|utencnor oe me ¥ E represented | dokly: 7 aT Ab aS m 1S i , Pip irarite ihe (o hier relatives. [eque’ of an’ cieventh-hour discovery 1S ay we pes Caan “ 95e° 5.00 900., 752, LOOELSO i ny de , GROCERIES; 20c.Worth Houschold Necessities, 10c. We Give Green Trading Stamps. Us"4is"STS. Ghat Wars Is Stgnalling Go Ghe Garth, IR whether the phenomenon recently observed is merely @) an illumination of the clouds or lofty mountains in the setting sun, is being energetically discussed by such learned men as M. Camille Flammarion and Profs, Garrett P. Serviss and Percival Lowell. Let it be so. Speculation is frequently a profitless pastime. There is positively no uncertainty about the Siegel Cooper Store. This great establishment is sending sig- ©», fals of good news and important sales to the great : buying public incessantly. There is no limit to its enthusiasm. Its exuber- ance is uncurbed, its energy undaunted, Some Ne of its strong points (some of many ) are: Re 1-—Ss ior Merchandise. Second Week ay 2 SU EES entee ITIURE TSE Everything. of the Great 3—Exceptionally Attractive Prices. Sune Jubilee Sales 4—Satisfactory Service. 5—Prompt Deliveries. 6—Green Trading Stamps. , It is always a seasonable Store; ’ Emphasizes its importance in a wide variety of ways, One of the most interesting features is the series of special sales of articles suitable as Bridal and Com- mencement Gifts. always quick and ready to , Bear in mind this fact: Good bargains are not scarce serve you in every best way. / There is never any lagging. The Big Store is constantly pushing onward, briskly, °s. "resolutely. There is no ‘atom of indecision, It ‘Ns thorough, department. Whenever The Big Store announces a special sale the event is always attended by success. That is because everything is precisely as represented. And so a trip through The Big Store is at all times profitable. To-morrow it will be particularly so, ————— NS SUITABLE GIFTS FOR BRIDES AND “SWEET GIRL GRADUATES.” . pe gz. * Bridal Veiting. Hine Cngraving. Sirls’ Corsets. BRIDAL ILLUSION; 2 yds. wide; at, | 90 CARDS AND PLATE 79e \SROLE AND EMPIRE CORSETS per yard, (script.) Our best werk ‘ ni 8 ™* 59e., 75ee SS5e rd ries, Cppisyl |, || Gee eee ee CER eee (Second Fi Books. Standard Books and Poets: ly bound in cloth; gold decorations, gilt Your Monogram to order, 2 of 3 letters, dae ha from « selection of 20 sryles and stamped on one quire of i color. for mpes “YT 30 Additional Stamping. per quire; in T4 Cc White Petticoats. Specially selected new line of fine White Petticoats to be worn with graduation dresses; trimmed with Point de Paris and Hundred and Twenty-firth Str -|the attention of a phy ces- Nei ralll ae Pub. vi ssing 0} side 7 is ; : “ d in sae aoeng eats ane St] esteem: wi ita dry toe ae = flied ele) [wi ticlih ihe pee eo eit be noticed a young woman silp in ses |man, lect his boarding-house et No. 16] egeson dl Tiga ot Cxakn) || S eee nel aiatrien Comey eye, oe oe ences! 2 pee clump of ey He at ied to! Jetferson street to- ing he would} = Sn a: pe st in-time to | Zena for his trunk within a few houra, | DL ; ar A scl Miss Sheeh weal { : ndermuslins. Delicate Perfumes. Sand ¢ Piece Sets. PINAUD'S FOS-| HOUBIGANT'S BRIDAL SETS of 3. pieces; Gown. skirt | CARIN. IDEAL; 3.25 | tle. i ring to afes Eulitvany with: whew Tons Proce aie Here’s a special that illustrates our way of doing things. We have grouped a length Chemise and Drawers; trimmed Het oa ee | ORNS Bebo IN" 4 coustay cHuncH Hie IR ede Nice een Cote, ag [2 silo a erarklng ing on bis dances | number of household necessities and set opposite each item its regular price. There sah Point de Paris Lassie @ 75°] BAUMEE VIOLET | DACTYLIS, | | knox, "ste “5 aunt, w. lives at ek le Hove! e a 8 e Ni ee ‘ ty CF z . . . \ as | ¥ ‘es loar. wie SMiddictown. SX Saer holy will. be | over and hoarsely wh mn are nine articles in the list and their combined value is 20c., but we will sell you the BRIDALSETS of 4 tleces) Gowe, Cone ll einen eee ae Sesend icer_ Toke mecelator.) 4f) muel War- 3 ee @ent to Middletown for burial, SLEUTH AND SEXTON into the ear of her Leother, shauk, Cover, Drawers and Skirt: prettily trimmed with fine Val Lace; ribbon 7. 48 « run; set, Gxquisite Fans, lot at just half that price—in other words, give you twice your money’s worth. in GAUZE FANS. in black, white. blue, Sandals, i her heard, BAG OF SALT WHITE KID SANDALS; on pink and other shades; « large assortment | the brother . eles Shoananoonqone RIDAL SETS of 4 ; Gown, Skirt : nese Pi | faney decorated sticks: many have ON A WIFE’S TRAIL, | oit't22 vic’ ad thapuee PKGE SALERATUS (church & Dwight's) Rear and Drawern trinmed with fing | EretY Shapes. in all sizes; for Misses and | wicks choceat heemmelxat™™ 50@ lS ELCs NEGome. out she .” he said BOX PARLOR MATCHES............ ALL srucaisey lites esse and 10 75 Sizes 5 10 8. FIPS freien tila ER ag to Green, Teatin 112, fhe hall. BOX LAUNDRY BLUE ribbon; set, Sizes 8 to 11, S50 | un the newest OF On Their Testimony Dr. Erastus O. ns) Asay GO5 FOR BRIDAL SETS, 4 pieces: 2 styles; Gown. Ail largasaizes (€or Gi A Nein | Houghton Got a Divorce een follow ere loud HANDY IRONING WAX.....,.....+6 Chemise, Drawers and Skirt; made of ‘fine andi Wee wt DSc | tanec scouts: dose: tice toe i| To-Day. Rit susiued supplications. trom “the PKGE WASHING POWDER (cienewein nainsook; elaborately rimmed with lace | roe who. deire Patent Leather S graven desaned ty the mos noted mane ene Gaal ereian artsy in plaka Whew or | | To Dr. Erastus O. Houghton, of Sixth erica the brother, | facing CAKE LAUNDRY SOAP ,..,, cashed 75.0078. OO | raver, “avai Cases: Say an tee ae Caevad Some 7) 5) | scene anal Se jena Pine Brosliya f ‘my sia ‘i Ho has Heer 1 POUND WASHING SODA , (econd Floor, East of Cent (Second Fi (fata Floor, Front, 18th Be) from his wite, Eleanor L. Houghton: |Zcr' marty tay, sister ecause “he ta The wife did not contest the suit, and J already. What shall we do with Dut two witnesses were examined. One Used Pianos at Lowest Prices. Buy One tor Your Summer Home. offered by the cowered In was J, Edward Orr, a private detective | gia and the other CG. And ae er, 5 i sexton of a chu toth were in the |Cpner eens stop, the elaric player, who was. gged him to the muscular friends, ation, while Hamburg avenue police employ of the physician to wateh the | #t0f “the last to man behind the u n lad | U wile. Millar’s Orange Marmalade, _ ———— Anderso: i < . ; | asa vie r a’s Soups—Assorted, . sihey, destified that they, followed, her SoA £0, hand, Goon genuine Irish foanfacust i 15c N P. 3 CANS. 5: 3 20c OING to spend the Summer at the seaside and there saw her meet the cx EG (OSG AS Premium No. ocolate, pure ew } otatoes |Peerless Cocoa — Superior qual or inthe country? Of course, you will dent in the case. They teleph: and the best for all cookin; 29¢ > Ret uN. want a piano. Dances are immensely | . doctor of the fact and he joie The three then broke in a’ doo: \ hotel and obtained the eviden purposes, Ib. ....ceseee men and w . lined up| Bl yan Camp's Boned Chicken, all ity; tgdb. can, 9c. ¥4-lb. Fancy Southern Rose, CUbreae ORnone 17c pular when one is away seeking recreation. Besple do not care to send their fine pianos force’ wal \d whacked the cul- tcl Liberty Jams—Made fi c ice which the divorce was granted, ASAT at tender young chicken, 355 y Made from choice “ihe station the sergeant said it 24.1b, can, oe Peck, kS Basket, 19¢ wale, asroriee ee 25c away from home, as a rule, and so this sale posaible to hold Green, Po- INSPECTING THE ——— appeals with exceptional force to those who Fly Paper—« Tangleto v4 if or want a good piano at an exceptionally little Cider or White Wine Vine- 7 | gar, best quality, quart bottle. . C; sure { Potted HamonT: —jelb, » stick; ; 5 LEARNING THINGS ‘ongue—',-Ib. to stick; 50 sheets, 35c.; 6 sheets IC Jelly, assorted flavors, packed can, 40.4 3,-1b, © 5 6 shee ; anc GREAT RESERVOIR. Wo Are All iv the Apprentice Class, {n'mason quatt jars, ath, 1Oc} Blas ics ie Absolurel 8c Tomes Baper sheep rouliandlene 5 ae Mouldont ae much meneyaend the Starch—Xler. brand, choice Aa AGE HOTT GRIT ete ee eee oe OC results are practically as satisfactory. | Mayor Low and Other City Officers} When a simple change of dict Cabot ergccabaea Rae 6c nan iases romn aest resh 15c Washing Fluld—Bottle 7e 'e place on sale in the Auditorium on ca Pay a Visit to the Work brings back health and Happiness the earn tea D on coal pte ess s Violet Ammonia—Bottic 10c the 5th Floor to-morrow the most remarkable variety of pianos probably ever story 4s briefly told. A lady of Spring- 5 oas' A : ere : at Jerome Park. story te briefly told ior being aftietea | —finest quality, p Beet—Best quality, In-can., } GC | Ice-Cream Salt—Largesack,.., 10¢ teen anys most every piano -named in this splendid list of selections has a repu ( : \ Mayor Low, Comptro'ler Grout and |for years with nervousness and heart Blue Ribbon Farina—the heart 8 Soda Water—All flavors, fresh & Salt—Fine table quality, 8-Ib. bag.. 9c tation behind it. There's a Knabe that was made to special order at a con of “sghe members of the Aqueduct Commis- | trouble, I received a shock four yoars Grihe wheat Ib, carton <.,.... OG” sparkling; on fee: quest Golties © OC | Biack Pepper—Fresh ground, 3 $900, "We have marked it $375.00. A Steinway Grand thay was mads to sll : ; » gion are making an inspection to-day of o that left me in such a condition ibbon Tapioca — Fane’ weld. a is 1,000 will go to some delighted purchaser at $26! einway Upright thar vyat@™e600 } ~{ the’ Jerome “Park ‘eeservolr. The ‘star-| th Blue Hescae Hortnye Taney aouberpi extn Bhi EeenleG. aoe ay is naw $295.00, ‘The lowest priced piano on the lin is. McGuill for $10, When WSNY i that my Ilfe was despaired of. I tilng reports received by the Mayor re-| could get no relief from doctors nor Ce ea aiied acibrpace uae Eagiish Mustard-—/4-1b- can. 106 New this piano sold for $275. Ten dollars! Why, that sum wouldn't buy m y & toy piano. arding the condition of the reservoi: j—largest b iT \— “} si Broinpted the investigation. "°°" |trom the numberless heart and nerve Breer suet eure tes I Boe (Seles ua ee ually on French Mustard—pottle, 5c. and 8¢ ‘Among the piano players is @ brand new Lyraphone, with bench and ten rolls of music, c onsale already told] medicines I tried because I didn’t as 10c.3 %-p i Olive Oil—Imported, best quality; for $165.00. The original price was $225.00. Three good Organs are als ed at un> the Mayor that the bottom of the reser lnow that the coffee was daily put-)jq Domestic or Cottage, Loaf, +3 4-pint bottle... 14-pt. bottle, Zhe; pint bot- : usually low prices volr will not hold the great yolume of New England or Split, Loa! | Bromangelon—Jelly Powdei Wer reeves ne ve 35c Every instrument offered in this sale is in perfect order, having been thoroughly repaired nded to}ting me back more than the Drs. water which the reservoir is | plans, |oould put me ahead, Confine, if conatructed on pres sale will be taken in exchange ‘and renovated. Used parts have been supplied with new ones. Any instrument purchased in These Include ‘the laying of w shallow Vottom only three inches jn thickness, Contractor McDonald siggests that the + Pottom should be at least elght laches thirx. To-morrow Aqueduct Com- Biission Will hold an open meeting, when the condition of the reservoir will be made u matter of special business. nee . THIEVES GOT HER JEWELS. Mra. Craigie Awoke to Find that Her House Had Been Plundered, Mrs. Mary E. Craigie, who until re. © cently was head of the Brooklyn Pu i » notified the police to-d that burglars entered her home, at No. “Finally at the, request of a friend I left off coffee and began the use of Postum and against my convictions I gradually improved in health until for the past 6 or 8 months I have been entirely free from nervousness and those terrible sinking weaken- ing spells of heart trouble. “My troubles all came from the use of coffee which I had drunk from childhood and yet they disappeared when I quit coffee and took up the use of Postum.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Many people marvel at the effects of leaving off coffeo and drinking 148 Linden avenue, Flatbush, ‘ast night nd sti ‘worth of ry, i De Ae mond: thieves entered the house thro) @ oellar door, which had been left ‘open Postum, but there is nothing marvel, , lous. about it—only common sense. Coffee is a destroyer—Postum is a robuilder, That's, the reason, Belfast Ginger Ale, Sarsa- parilla, Lemonade & Club Soda, The ideal summer drinks, wired corks, Finest quality. Bottle. \ccsceesssece OC Dozen savescnici cameo CHOICE. GROCERIES for a new cne at any time within a year and the price you paid allowed. ‘Any of these instruments upcn the easy payment plan. A little sum down and a small amcunt ‘are strongly advised, as the demand will be exceptionally active This wonderful list fully warrants th UPRIGHT PIANOS, SQUARE PIANOS, SQUARE PIANOS, WAS Was WAs in $250 nonthly. Early selections xow KNABE (apeclal,made to order) 19%) on) ee ah 830 m3 KRANICH & BACH, 40 ot FISCHER, 7 Was " HAINBS Bios. 375 $1,000 WIOKPRING, bio 900 i STEUHLER, 275 WAS > BACON, 3 ORU r ORUP 7 an YORK PIANO 0, 309 Consist, zr a zi PIANO PLAYF ‘OLE. GLENN, 3h | LYRAPHONE (brand new) ° 15 Including bench amd J