The evening world. Newspaper, June 26, 1903, Page 5

SRE FUNDS GONE a HELD FOREMAN ACCUSED George Ricardo, Jr., Most Pop- _ ular Man in Hackensack De- , partment, Charged with For- gery. Makes Denial. IN BAIL FOR JURY. BACKDNGACK. N. J. June %— Charged with forgery, George Ricardo, dr. son of Fish and Game Warden Ri- credo, has been held in %00 bail for tne Grand Jury of Bergen County. Hicardo fer the past year has oven in charge of the Gnances of the Relief Hook and Lad- @er Company of Hackeasacx. The ac- eusation that he had misJved the funds placed in uis care and in order to do @+ had committed forgery caine as a @reat shock to the maxy frivsde rf the young man's family. Ricardo's popularity in the company fres attested at the last election, when he was re-elected foreman. Realding in Hackensack and being employed there, to him was intrusted the collection of the money due the company from the aity for its services, the feed of its herees and their work on the public @treets when not in the cngine-house. Checks Made Payable. Ricardo had no power to draw checks, and in order that the money, properly eojlected, might be deposited “to | the eredit of the company, the bank book of the treasurer, Conrad Wagner, was turned over to him #o tnat he could de- Posit his collections. In addition to Us Checks made payable to merchants for feed bills were given to him to hand to the money. ‘A few weeks ago it was declared that the feed bills had not been paid although Mr. Wagner had made out checks lr them. ‘Phen it was learned that the ohecks bearing the indorsement of the merchants were in existence. An in- vestigation followed and Ricardo was told to have the bank book balanced, @nd be did eo. ‘When this was checked up it is Charged that $30) due tne company from he city had not been entered. At a meeting of the compaiy it was @ecided to prosecute Ricardo and coun- sel was engaged. Justice Cummings Is- Bued a warrant and Ricardo Was ar- rested. He asked for an examination end the date was set. When the hour arrived Ricardo failed to appear and ihe was rearrested and held on new bond for the Grand Jury, which meets in Sep- ‘tember. Since the story of the forgery of the has become known {t bas been Stated that Ricardo cashed them with friends and that the money thus ob- tained was used to play the races. Ricardo Makes Denial. Ricardo in answering these charges makes q gene denial. He declares that the proceedings against him are langely due to ill-feeling and he con- tends that one-half the company are aijll his friends, ‘Dais ill-feeling, he says, caused him ‘to waive a nearing before a Justice, as he felt sure those opposing him would @o to the Grand Jury anyhow. Wanted the Matter Settled. Ricardo admits that he wrote the Bames of Holley and Smith and Corby and Thomas across the crecks in ques- tion, but says he did eo In the presence of a member of the auditing committee and adds that he thought in doing 0 he_was destroying them. He declares that his accounts are all correct and that an examination of the gompany’s books will prove his asser- n. \ Cashier Terhune, of the Hackensack Bank, says that the two checks were never presented for payment, ————$__— Brooklyn Boy Wins a Gold Meda). | WORCESTER, Mass., June 26.—John J. Colligan, of Scranton, Pa,, received the award for highest average ana E. Ward McMahon, of Brooklyn, N. ¥., the Flattery gold medal for philosophy. at the commencement exercises of Holy Cross College yesterday, GOT GATE RECEIPTS AND DISAPPEARED. Ralph Schlessinger, an Inspector for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com- pany, Missing with $82. Supt. 8. W. Bdwards, of the Brook- lyn Rapid Transit Company, has asked the police to help out his own deteo- tives in the search for Ralph Schless- inger, a missing inspector. Bchlessinger was detailed to watoh station agents and his reports resulted in many turnstile guardians being dis- missed. Several days ago Schlessinger went to the station at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues and ordered the agent, Henry Gaters, to turn over his re- celpta to him. Gaters gave up $82. Nothing has since been seen of Schlese- inger. The employees dismissed on his recommendation are now applying for reinstatement. FATHER HENDRICK TO GET THE MITRE. Rochester Clergyman, Member of State Board of Regents, Named men to whom the company owed| ¢ by Pope Leo. ROME, June %.—The Pope has ratified the appointment of the Rev. Thomas A. Hendrick, of Rochester, N. ¥., to the Bishopric of Cebu, Philippine Islands, in succession to Monsignor Martin Gar cia y Alcooer; at present Apostolic Ad- ministrator of the Archdiocese of Ma- nila, the last Spanish Dpiscopal dignitary in the Philippine Islands. Rey. Thomas A. Hendrick Is one of the best-known clergymen In New York State. He is a member of the Btate Board of Regents, and has always been prominent in educational matters. do know, and my observations are borne THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1905. BOON 10 THE CITY IN-RAINY SPELL Health Authorities Look Upon the Damp Weather as a Blessing and Believe It Cut Down Death Rate. POSTPONES THE HOT WAVES. Although the Number of Cases of Diphtheria Increased, Dr. Guil- foyle Asserts that the General Health Has Been Unusually Good. Don't say anything unkind about the damp, raw weather that has been de- pressing New York for the past three weeks. It was a good thing, only people didn't know it. President Lederle of the Boant of Health aatd to-day that Instead of being & cause of alarm he regarded the weather which caused so many kicks @s a very good thing. ‘Cool weather, even though sacoom- panied by dampness, {s preferable to the heat that is characteristic of this time of the year.” Statistics ahow that the death rate thas been greatly decreased during the rainy season in comparison with the corresponding weeks of last year. “I don't know what to attribute it to unleas {t is the cold weather we have been having,” sald Dr. William H, Guil- foyle, of the Health Department. “I Hecht 259-261 Sixth Ave., A $9.75 Clothing Feat! Selling $15 Summer Suits for $9.75 And Giving Easy Credit With It! This offer is good when we sion. style to ’em. about ’em that ‘em. Don’t h size of you time, week] two hundred and fifty suits slated for the occa- They’re prime examples of Properly; made ready-to-wear garments. suits are just what you will buy when you see care of you, no matter what the proportions of your frame may be. Don’t bother, either, about the your purchase and pay a little at a prefer. This privilege costs nothing additional and is undoubtedly a wonderful assistance to any one. Cut by statistion, that if this weather! York, In the week ending June 2, 1902,| nothing of the sort hae been reported| weather has been a good thing. ; continues I hope to show by our reports| the number of deaths waa 120%. Vor the| except In the instance of diphtherta, “Buch indispoaition as sore throats and a saving of 1,000 Hves up to the last of| corresponding week of this year It was 5 colds ln ¢he result of carelessness in| June. Last year was cool and our figure | 1 Pee Bt BORAm Capes TRCren see || chy canes fron people cing wat towed 900 fewer deatha over the recora Phe decrease in infant mortality Is! “There certainty has been a great in- of 1901 + for ohildren under one year of age | crease In the number of diphtheria cases Heat a Deadly Enemy. | are ihe ones who suffer most from hot] reported to the Health Department, For ‘I mean by this that the hot weather) Weather. The great wave of summer) tho woek ending June %, 1902, there were is the deaditest enemy Now York has|©Mplunts arising from high tempera-| 36 cases, ‘This year ihe corresponding hot weather. weather has not been of a ae ture. Malaria and sore throat cases are not even ceperted to us, and these all- ments, with rheumatism, are, I be the ones that the rainy spell has au Mented, but the decrease in the death | rate speaks most encouragingly for New | Ohe Open Till 9 o'clock Saturday Night. Between 16th and 17th Sts. genuinely good. It’s got to be wax enthusiastic over it. Just They’ve got They have a swaggerness bespeaks quality. In fact, the esitate about the fit; we’ll take rt purse. You can charge y or monthly, just as you fancy braid and pearl button3, to 75c, ribbon. Ages 1 to 4 years. from $1.25 to 79c. Russian and sailor blouse effect: trimmed with pique or embroide: Open Saturday Night Till 10,30 P, 4; Vogel Brothers A2Q™4 Six. Cor Bt Ave. Sale of Boys’ and Sale of Little Girls’ $1.50 Lawn Dresses at 98c, White or colored Lawn Dresses, high or low neck, Mother Hubbard or Princess style, trimmed with embroidery or beading and velvet Reduced from $1.50 to 98c, Sale of Girls’ $1.25 Wash Dresses at 79c, We place on special sale 150 girls’ percale Wash Dresses in guimpe, high-neck and blouse styles, with lerge shoulder capes of pique or same material, edged with embroidery. Ages 4 to 14 years, Reduced strong: tily trimmed. Reduced from $1.50 and $2 to 98. $3, $4 and $5 Dresses Reduced to $1.98, This offer includes sample lots of gitls' fine Dresses—chambrays, pi white and colored lawenr ent Roane etylen all and new. Ages2 to 14 years. Former ices were $3, $4 . Allon eale at the epecial price, $1.98. Ld pe erate Sale of 100 Little Girls’ Pique Reefers at 75c. Double-breasted white Pique Reefers, large sailor collars, trimmed with Ages 1 to 4 years, Reduced from $1.25 formerly $4 and $5. Now on sale Sale of Girls’ $1.50 Wash Dresses at 98c. 2 12 different styles of girls’ Wash Dresses, made in high neck, guimpe, th large, fancy shoulder capes ''s0 fine white Lawn Dresses, pret- A variety of different styles, all Just in time for their va- cation needs—values that no mother can resist. Read carefully the special items printed below. Sale of 1,250 Boys’ Sailor Sailor Suits, of striped Galateas, absolutely fast colors, white shields, prettily embroidered, Ages 3 to 10. These suits will £0 quickly, so come as early as possible. They’re $1 and $1.50 suits, on sale at 65c. Sale of Boys’ $1 Knee Here’s another remarkable value— boys’ medium colored cheviot Knee Pants. Every pair strongly made. These $1 Knee Pants on sale at 49c, a pair, Sale of Boys’ $4 and $5 We place on special sale 400 Double- Breasted Suits for boys, ages 6 to 15—mostly light colored cheviots, Boys’ and __ Girls’ Stockings at 9c, a Pair. “The Stocking Sale of the Year,” ‘What hundreds of mothers have been eagerly waiting fer to provide their boys and girls with a summer supply. These stockings are fast color, double knees, heels and toes, They are worth 18c. a pair. Onsale at 9c. a pair. ‘ Girls’ Clothes. Suits at 65c, Pants at 49c. stanch all-wool light and Suits at $2.95. and serviceable. Prices were $2.95, 18c, durance and training. CGhe high-class _ tailors, outs have replenished SS S SS AZ 10 that the evil effecta of dampn nnot begin to compare with the per ‘The filnesa that has resulted from the long period of wet Thursday, June 25, 1903. Gen-Dollar-Sale will cross the finish line with a forty-to-the-minute spurt and fresher than at the start. To win Ba race it is necessary to have the Mi combination of strength, skill, en- Wednesday, June 24, 1903, Gen- Dotlar- Se ale has! ‘become the Mecca even of faithful adherents to drivers the Horse and Horseless turn- ly wardrobe so astonishingly. Z SSS battle for existence. New York's population |wain just that much strength in the “I can't seo where there can be any complaint at al! about the effects of tho iamp weather on the general health of Respiratory | hastened death in many instances, but diseases are the ones In which we would naturally expeot to find an Increase, but | taken @ has been put off and the children! week shows the number to be 433. For t only of the east side but of other! the week ending June 14, 192, there were ‘alitien have had an opportunity to/ 292 cases; this year the number ts 443, For the week ending June 7, 1902, there were 3, In the first week of the damp weather this year the number was 437. In cases of chronic tuberculosia I have no doubt that the damp weather has when the general good of New York is into consideration the wet | feet. The conditions of the weather | | have no forboding effects. The pools of water In the street and the constant drizzle have not mpread disease. Instead | of that the muoh despised rain has been | a blessing. " “The death rate 19 the best way to! tlvely wil Judge of the health of a community, and | ponition, Phi tonien witheet when you consider that It has diminished | selle at oniy | from 17.35 to 16.8 It looks as though the 15 Cts. Bottle rain wasn't ao bad after all. At all drugeiste—15, 40 and 75 ote, « tu rt Your; drags wy Jew ente extra, Yours dr ¥ | Weeks. It deprenses people, to be sure, y ‘tour hourw If you | but 1f postpones the great battle for roe wher y ler. | human life which must begin as soon as| BRAL, STREIT 00., 79-81 Cortlandt st., N. ¥. | the hot weather strikes New York.’ HAIRINE MAKES THE HAIR GROW. A Hair Ton rich ts “For my part I would be giad to have | more of the weather of the past three Friday, June 12, 1903. Ohe Stout Man, the Short Man. revelation to Connoisseurs. the of their such stocks! Che will appe: ity a “Stay-at-homes,” might be “Trolleyites.” during Evening Rides. Ghe Gen-Doltar-Se ale is not a weather forecaster. The illustration below may not correspond with to-day’s But on June 22 WE SHOULD be enjoying the cool sea breezes on the sunlit sands. But it will_get Hot— DON'T weather. Guasday, June 23, 1903. Gen- Dotlar-S. ale al to the great major- designated as — rol Any sort of a suit is permissible, particularly Wenday, June 22, 1903. who Sunday, June 21, 1903. “What planet 1s't, Professor Bore?” The Martians asked in chorus, “Meat mein the clothing store !"* Said he, and saughed calorous— “For it 1s that Siege! Cooper ‘Ad’ Traveiing from Mars beng rather bad, They decided to order by matl Gen- Dotlar- Se ale opens this morning at 8.30, Men's apparel of character and quality, and sizes to fit the Tall Man, the The| the New York purchasing public Display at the 19th St. Corner is a| detects the Results have proved that assertion. And how eagerly they bought! be made memorable to every visitor. values will be distributed in such a lavish manner as to furnish one more convincing proof that virtually Onis Store Flas Ylo Competition. We Give «S. & H.” Green Trading Stamps. STORE OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY. OF THE GREAT TEN-DOLLAR-SALE"' Saturday, June 73, /9OF Che Gon- Doltar- cS ale has become famous over night— we expected that—it could not be otherwise. The keen jrdgment of “wheat” from the “chaff. To-llorrow, the Last Day of the Most Phenomenal Sale on Record. In our announcements of June IIth, we stated that the coming event was of such magnitude as to be possible only in The Big Store. Day by day, despite rain and storm, the sale attracted throngs of the most critical purchasers in the world. More than that—they expressed their astonishment at the values, and we have heard from them since—they have sent their friends. TO-MORROW’S CHOICE GREATER THAN ON JUNE 12th. Stocks have been coming in steadily since the opening day, and We are accustomed to unusual values at all times, but the purchases of our clothing staff during the past fortnight eclipse our very best former investments. Envy Is the Foc of Progress and is ever ready to belittle or criticise what it cannot imitate or surpass. It is amusing to read and hear of the expressions of some New York merchants. Sour grapes? Probably thinking of the good old times BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE BIG STORE IN 1896. Every move of the Siegel Cooper organization has been for progress and improvement. and small, but sure profits, forced every competitor to wake up. Hence You Are Directly and Indirectly Benefited. The closing day of the Ten-Dollar-Sale in the Men's Store will It will be a Day of Svents, and Its vast purchasing Saturday, June 20, 1/903. The one his hand upon the hoe, The other holds the rake, They're champions of continuous Blow, And Biuster, Brag and Fake. They've seen the Siege’ Cooper *Ad,"* OF THE GREAT TEN-DOLLAR-SALE, And it makes them very, very sad That ‘Words Without Deeds*’ must fait / = Sunday, June l4, 1903. Che Gen- Dottar- Si ale, jattracted yesterday one of the most phenomenal gatherings of men ever seen under one roof. {Men in every walk of life had |come to investigate—and bought. Wonday, Sune IS, 1903. Ohe Gen-Dollar- AY ale offers exceptional inducements to excursionists. A man does not need to wear a high-priced suit on a little outing trip, when, every kind of good Summer Suits is here. June 16, 1903. Che Gen-Dottar-S. ale isa Silent Sale. It Does Things. Its influence was plainly notice=j able yesterday. All day long! visitors from out.of town ore=| dominated in the throng. VIET Z, Wednesday, June I7, 1903. Ghe Gen ~ Dottar- Se ale isremarkable in its scope. Think of apparel for Evening Wear, ie ihe Theatre, for Dinner and other functions requiring partic- ular dress, at this marvellous} price! Tuesday, power, selling capacity Taursday, June 18, 1903. COhe Gon- Doltar- Sc ale has come in the very nick of time for Vacationists. Suits for country wear, Suits for travel- ling. Infact, Suits for general | Summer use. Every taste and every purse can be gratified. Friday, June 19, 1903. “Hello! Hello!'' A deep toned voice Had catled them to the ‘phone. ** Meet me at the Fountain, boys !"* Then the Diver changed his tone— “I've seen the Siegel Cooper Ad’ OF THE GREAT TEN-DOLLAR-SALE."" They mat anc are extremely giad. To judge them by their Tale,