The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1903, Page 5

q VAN CORT QUIT Unofficia! Report thHe is to Bw Succeeded Robert Wynne Is Not ited by the Latter. ‘A report that Postmas|van Cott had forwarded his resigna! to Wash- ington and that Preside Roosevelt had appointed First Asant Post- master-General Robert We to take oharge of the New YorPost-Oftice gained wide circulation to-< Mr. Van Cott is ill at his home. The Evening World cal up Mr. Wynne at Washington ojhe long- distance telephone and askhim con- cerning the truth of the rir, “I heard something to ¢ effect.” aid Mr. Wynne, “but {t dot come to me through any officigource, I heard it talked about. “The postmastership of jw York has not been offered to mnd I am not a candidate for the te, I am not looking for any polliticposition, and should I make a chauI would go from this office back inthe news- paper business."* The close association of thiew York office with the ‘scandal ime Post- Office Departmgnt hax bee} matter of comment. Inspectors haveen sent to this city at various timend many departments in the local ce have been probed. Mr. Van Cohas sald repeatedly that he courtedp fullest investigation, and at times wn ft was reported that he would res he has announced. his determination, serving | f out his term. An effort was made by aEvening World reporter to sea Mx. “ViCott at his home to-day, Mrs. Vanptt, who} appeared at the door, saldhat her husband was suffering from) attack of la grippe. “He is not well enough to sany one pbout business,” sald Mrs “and does not hope to be able go to his office before the last of } week. There is absolutely no truth the re- port that he ha8 sent his rgnation to Washington.” ee MINISTER AVERTED INIC. Calmly Diamt When Charch Caught Ke. The Rev. Dr. Wilding, of the'| James Methodist Episcopal Church in jzabeth is being congratulited to-day oris cool- ness in the preserce of extremdanger in his church yesteday: He-w in the midst of his sernen when me one called his attentiol to the pt that smoke was puffing'up the mirways from the basement. | ‘The minister stopp@ his serjon, but d* Conggation |new birth has been given to Irish lit- SLIGO MEN'S FEAST FOR AN IRISH POET They Pay Tribute to William Buder Yeats, Who Is Seek- ing to Revive an Interest in Erin’s Literature. The Sligo Men‘'s Assoclation—all men from County Sligo—gave a dinner last night to William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet and dramatist, in Healy's, on Columbus avenue. Mr. Yeats has been lecturing in the United States since October on the movement to revive interest in Irish Mterature. Dr. J. C. Hanan presided at the din- ner. Besides Mr. Yates the specially invited guests included W. Bourke Cockran and the Rey, T. H. Quinn, a parish priest from Ballngndereen, who has been in this country rasing funds with which to complete the cathedral which was commenced in Ballugadereen thirty-six vears hago. i ; Mr, Cockran spoke first, because he had to preside at a meeting in Carnegie Hall, He spoke of poets and the debt humanity owed them, and paid a com- pilment to Mr. Yeats and his efforts, In part Mr. Yeats said: “For long years Ireland has’ been op- pressed with English vulgarity, I know there nre good men and great men in England, but the men she has sent over to administer the affairs of Ireland have been, in the main, men of coarse and vulgar tastes, For years it was t of Dublin University that all ly great intellects were English, That boast can be no longer made, A erature, and Irishmen have at last learned that a clvil-service appointment or the preferment that England is al- wuys willing to give to Irishmen ot brains is not so much to be desired as the rewards that are waiting at home. *“All we have had with which to uo this work has been a Handful of dreams. But it is dreams that set the imagination afire and nothing Is so necessary to well directed patriotism fs an imagination aflame. Only tne other day I received a letter from homs telling me that a new play had been produced tn my little theatre in Dublin and that the production had been a great success. Yet the author of that play was the not very lettered son or an unlettered farmer. ‘That {s,a sample of the work we are doing at home tor the dear old land and her people.” It@was announced that the annual ball of the Sligo men would be given in Tammany Hall on the evening of Jan. 9, ee GIRL HARPIST DEAD. DETROIT, Dec. 21.—Miss Lilian Paul Sandstrom Brown, caterer, who at the age of ninety took | a wife and then died In’a week, bride was Miss *Augusta Andree, wns thirty-seven years old and a trained nuree, with his son Moctimer, in Brooklyn, but he became Andree nursed him and in three weeks $100,000, which he divided into incomes. | too indefinite, Body of Dru, au = ‘fhe WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1903. [NAMES HIS SLAYER AS BEST FRIEND. George Rice, Who Was So Ter- ribly Beaten that He Died from His Injuries, Insists His | Assaiiant Is Not His Enemy. | Thomas Casey, kead porter at the, Now Amsterdam Hotel. 1s under arrest, charged with the murler of George Rice, who was his best friend until they quarrelled at thelr work on Noy. 1. Rice died in Bellevue Hospital Saturday night. No one out a small Italian bootblack saw the fight. His screams attracted other employees of the hotel, who found Rice with his face cut and bleeding, Rice went to the stati house and complained against Casey. The police | gaw he was badly hurt and took him | to the hospital. When asked who had | injured him he said, “Casey,” and when asked for the name of his best friend he again said “Casey,” Casey went often to the hospital, where Rice assured him rould soon be well and that old scores would be} forgotten, But the injuries proved more serious than was at first expected, and the man died on Saturday night. Casey, who had already been arrested for assault, was re-arrested on a charge of homi-) cide. A week ago Mrs. Rice, who already had three children, gave birth to a@ fourth. Casey declared to-day he would| care for the fatherless family as long| as he could work. : BROWN’S WILL SET ASIDE. Was Too in- definite in His Terma, ‘The courts have set aside the will of the Brooklyn | His o Before his marriage Mr. Brown lived | dissatisfied and advertised He went to Bloom-| Misa for a housekeeper. fleld, N. J., and there fell sick. he married her. He left a fortune of he courts held that the provisions were —S FOUND DEAD IN STORE. Discovered Sit- Chafr. druggist, forty-two | . 487 Willis avenue, New York’s Greatest Christmas Store! The Mecca of Multitudes of Shoppers, and Now In the Very Zenith of Its Holiday Glory. Open Evenings Until Christmas. A Mammoth, Gorgeously Decorated Store, Splendidly Stocked and Offering in Widest Diversity a Veritable El Dorado of Superior Christmas Goods as Well as All Staple Lines of Merchandise at Extraordinarily Alluring Prices. To-Morrow’s Vis- itors Will Find Ample Stocks from Which to Make Selections. PRESENTS FOR EVERYBODY in Jewelry, Silverware, Toys, Musical Instruments, achines, Phonographs, Regina Music Talking Boxes, Goods, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Sporting Goods, Candies, Slippers and all else appropriate to the.oc- casion. Pianos, Handkerchiefs, Albums, Leather Double Trading Stamps Mornings This Week From 8.30:Until 12 o’Clock. After that hour and until store closing the regular number of Stamps will be given, SIEGEL i THE BIG STORE ACITY IN ITSELF OPER ie"a19"STS World Wants Are Result Producers. n acceptable Christmas gift would ~ | be a pair of Regal Shoes. The, ‘Regal Gift Certificate eliminates all \the uncertainty that generally asserts itself in making a present of this kind, as to style, leather, size and width. ‘ | The Certificate makes a convenient gift, both to the one who gives and to the one who receives—it goes bis ‘mail for a 2-cent stamp. The recipient picks out his” own present and everyone is pleased. 3 | The holder of one of the Gift Certificates is entitled, to a fitting to a pair of shoes in any one of the 60 Regal | Stores, or in the Regal Mail Order Department, at his or... her pleasure. The Certificate is redeemable at any time, and will secure any style we are making. ay In giving a Regal Certificate, you are making ay. | present of the best pair of Regal Shoes in the store. according to the taste of the one who is fortunate bg to receive it. The certificate, of course, is the same . as Regal Shoes—$3.50. ae Your friends will appreciate a pair of Regal Shoes as a gift, because unquestionably,they are the most sa factory shoes in the world—-most satisfactory in ay ance, in comfort, and in durability. It takes those four qualities to make really satis, factory shoes. ”\ See Regals are made in 147 good styles and each style : in 144 fittings. The styles are all modeled on the designa®) of the world’s most exclusive and expensive bo Regal Shoes fit—you don't have to “ break i A man can walk right out on the street with themy's | gO about his business. ry Regal Shoes wear, because they are made as as it is possible to make them, with the best leather, by the best workmen in the world. ; And the price is $3.50 because that is enough for best shoes, +9 not so abruptly as t se sspicion, 2 was found dead aitthig in a chair { and ¢hen dismissed fie congegation. pete Apia 4 lente’ leis backroom of his store Renta vy | be Five minutes later fines wen eating | MOmpist. died at Harper Hospital to-day, | peter O'Brien of No, 735 Bast One gi their way through floor of the| 2sed twolty years. She was takep «ick! Hundred and Forty-fifth street. Be etonktias | case contin Se seee | USE THE THREE AND SEVEN TIME RATE “a extinguished. heres emple Theatre| Groned and pronounced ‘lite extinct a ; is a = = — ra THE SHOE THAT PROVES . 5 ; . @0 REGAL STONES-20 OF THEM IN THE METROPOLITAN piston” | ; ; NEW YORK ciry. ny ¢ : S x in ; 29th and 80th Ste. 406 Fitth Ave. ° bd 1 ae i se a . Bea'nitd Ave. RW. Gor. 124th st aa NEWARK, OS ge ; $13, $38 Sixin Ave.: @ E. cor. set Rte #41 Broad St.. opp. Central R. R. of M, i i Sonssnds of fanilioe fhe final preparations for Christmas are beginning, You may want a solid gold watch, set with fine diamonds, You may want a ORES Snes : t the day of peace and good will is so near that we can almost see the simple scarfpin or alittle locket and chain. Whatever your wish may be, you 4os procdaee cotner tech a, “#8 Snth “Ave. eer. Sit se tinkling lights on the trees, Plan as you may, there is always something ‘eriooked until almost the last minute—some little remembrance the ab- face of which would cloud even the bright joy of Christmas. Then you are glad that the resources of the LAMBERT Store & at your service, You do not run all over town for your offering of jrelry.. You. come straight to us, in the uncrowded morning if you can,. al make your selection as deliberately as if Christmas were a month ahead, Watch Yi Can Depend (¢, ’ Pearl Paved Brooch, C with Diamond, bi wo! de an the in Only when you and the come face to face can such sold for $40.00, “Splendid” ts a too solid 14-kt. gold Leaf Brooch, paved with se- lected half pearls by a diamond that glistens in dewdrop. Wehave many brooches higher Pree: but none more pleating. in form, This Watch ha|heavy, dependable, solid 14-karat gold je, engine turned, and a Food, fu ene ia nS eI althan, Elgior LAMB: works. Price, $10.06, We hav¢ men'hgine-turned Watches at $27.50, hit theses are not as heavy as the one n the ture, nor are the works of so hth a gie, But every Watch is’ warrantd, whater the price Is. For $3010 we ill a good, full-jewelled movemet in a)lid 14-karat gold-filled case, wianted br 25 years. Mundreds of thes cases iave gone out of the sto, and we have never yet heard a yrd of |ssat{sfaction. They are made bythe Ciscent Watch Case Co., which tus outthe best filled and ster- ling silvacases j the market. Prettyisetil, but NoCosily. An open-face, filled XG Watch with enamelled 1 back and inlaid deco- rations. Good Swiss works. A_ technical description gives no notion of the dainty attractiveness of this Watch. By cutting off middlemen's pro fits we sell it for $5.25. Large assortment of ng to match from 75 cts. up. Crown of Pearls g : TONS whose fire contrasts with the soft, white lustre of five beautiful whole pearls. A right royal Christmas gift. Stylish Watch, know thatthe LAMBERT Store, having no middlemen’s profit to pay, im- porting all its own diamonds and carrying the greatest assortment in the city, can satisfy your taste and save you moneyas noother establishment in town can. And you will not forget that back of every purchase is the LAM-~- BERT guarantee. brings us hosts of new friends, Richly Engraved, g, Strong rd, but not Strong to scribe this d_ brightened centre like a manufacturer a Brooch be Waltham, Elgin or LAMBER* If you are looking for something stylish and high ~ class in the way of a watch © which will not cost much, ask ta see this one, The case is solid 14-karat gold, and the engraving is so rich that the picture can do it but scanty Justice. works, as you prefer. Price only $22.50. A solid 14 - karat Gold Brooch, the form of a crown; paved with dia~ m o nds, Price $275. most welcome gift. plete. a touch of artist’s . imagination, and a Price, $27.50. Stork Among the Lilies. Rising above pond lilies of green transparent en- amel (each petal set with a dia- mond) is the lordly figure of a stork, Lacking the color, any pictured repre- sentation is of necessity incom- A brooch with Sparkling Diamond Rings. Heavy double English Glove Ring, set by @ LAMBERT experts with a diamond and sapphire of especially fine quality. Has the ap- pearance of two rings about to be blended into one. Price, $90. + In every respect a brilliant example of work and LAMBERT methods, A diamond, about the size shown, in a handsome mount- ing, produced by our own factory. If you had to pay middle- men’s profits (ae could never buy it for our price, $150. Hand-made solid 14-karat gold Cluster Ring. The turquoise in the middle is a harmonious contrast with the choice diamonds surrounding it. Ours is the only store in town where such a ring could be sold for $100. Se These diamonds are as much alike as twins. In their hand-made setting of solid 14-karat gold they are fit to shine on g ay. finger, You may have this ring for $185. MAIL ORDERS FOR ANY OF THESE ARTICLES WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. OPEN EVERY EVENING IN DECEMBER UNTIL 10. In our 27 years of business we have never sold an un- worthy article nor charged an unreasonable price. That is why every season Even in the flurry and haste of hollday trade we have kept some of our best workmen busy making the ERT seamless wedding rings, which would never have been so famous if they were not pure and good, We guarantee them to be solid gold and full weight. No charge for engraving. We make the rings 14, 18 and 22 kt. Prices from $3.00 to $20.00. A Few of Our Signet Rings: Every month has its flower represented on our birthday signet rings of solid 14-kt. gold. Holly is for De- cember, of course, wild rose for January and carnation for February. The pretty custom of giving these rings on birthdays appeals to a sentiment that !s never quite as strong as during the holiday season, We sell these rings for $7.50. We have signet rings of many designs and prices, In Such figures as the one on this ring, the sculptor's art is added to the goldsmith’s. Solid gold, handsomely Price, 87,50, VANTINE I. roadway a 18% St, 3 1000 Oriental Rugs for Christmas Gifts. These lots have been specially selected and priced} at % to 4 below regular value, for this week only, ‘ i 100 Sar-Soula Rugs at 3,25 _ average size 3x4 ft, 200 Fine Shirvan Rugs at 6.75 . i , average size 3.6x4.6 ft, 200 Fine Shirvan Rugs at $0.00 and 12.50 200 Antique Daghestan Rugs at 20.00 © + 200 Kazak & Mosul Rugs at 20.00 ; average size 4x8 ft. 100 Fine Quality Silk Rugs at 45.00 Open Evenings. Oculists. These oculists are in charge of our eve testing rooms at the addresses given: /” ty A. W. Brewster, M. D., 217 Broadwayse * (Late of Brooklyn B: Ear Hospital)” < G. B. Brigden, M. D., 1345 Broadway. 3 “*Lat the GOLD DUST TWINS do your work ** (For many years practice.) M. Kenyon, M. D,, ixth Ave, 5 (Late of Manhaitan Eye and Ear Hospitaty | Glasses Only if Needed, $1 Up, OPTICIA 25 Broad St ‘217 Brea ve down on’ the Tgas Bronesinge of cholge you Stores ¢ | ==7—Value $2.00. Sofa Pillows, covered with satin, handsome. designs, Matn Floor, Near