The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1904, Page 9

> ¥ ’ a ata ne ake : Eats =2 SW FRES KEPT. FGHTERS BUSY cHloht Alarms Sent Out After : Midnight, but Two Were False or ‘ —Firemen Were Caused Much Discomfort by Cold Weather. TENANTS OF TENEMENTS FLEE IN NIGHT CLOTHES. ‘Sixth Avenue Elevated Car Set ‘ Afire by Electric Wire ane: Structure Ignited — Trains vated and Forty-fourth avenue, Blocked for an Hour. the’ deadly ‘third rail” Fight alarms called the firemen out fnto the cold weather between midnight and 6 o'clock this morning. Few of the fires amounted to much, but all were of sufficient Importance to cause the firemen much discomfort, ‘The first alarm was turned in at 12.16. The fire started in the rooms of the Tiallan Benevolent Society, on the first floor of No, 413 East One Hundred and Fourteenth street. There were twelve famlies in the bullding and all turned out at the alarm. The fire was caused by a defectve flue, The damage amounted to $500. At 1 o'clock fire was dscovered on the roof of No, 194 Third avenue. It is a four-story building and the blaze was caused by an attempt to thaw out the water pipes. The roof and top floor ‘were demolished, Damage, $800. ‘The next call came at 1.15 from No. %& Peck wtp. It started in the apart! mont of Mrs, Limeox and was caused by thawing out tne water pipes. The dam- age amounted to .2. At 3.16 a pedestrian noticed large quan- was ciently insulated. blocked, for an hou! not let t) Mr. Hy His wife, who was in the time, isabel B. daughter of Mri titles of steam coming out of the side- ‘walk in front of Lord & Taylor's, at Twentieth street and Broadway. An alarm was turned in and the guests of the hotel across the street were some- what scared. There was no fire. The steam was escaping from the boilers underneath the sidewalk. At 4 o'clock @ false alarm called the fire engines to No. 79 Bond street. At 4.35 fire was discovered in the cel lar of an unfinished bullding at Nos. 1%) and 19% Greenwich street. Matches, sup posed to have been dropped by workmen in @ pile of shavings, caused the blaze ‘The damage amounted to about $300. Tenants Flee in Night Clothes. A blaze in the chimney of the four- story building at No. 337 East Thirtieth street called the department out at 6.15. The apartment of Mrs. Annie Werlng lightly damaged and the tenants he bull Pag een Husring: to No. gin, of the Bix set ablaze at 6.25 by The fam through the roof an structure between streets on Sixth the “L'' road were ra lente the cat, 4or y would como. in contact ‘with was thi Car No. All trains on ae FIRE IN FIFTH AVENUE. Plumbers at work on some frozen pipes in the residence of William Trus- low Hyde, at No. 500 Fifth avenue, set fire to some woodwork on the second floor, causing a great déad of alarm among the servants and’ making a lot of excitement in the nelghborhood. An alarm was turned in and when the engines came rattling up to the house people began to pour out of all the neighboring residences. The firemen had littlé or no work to do, as the plumbers themselves had the fire out when they arrived. The damage was trifling. yde is a millionaire clubman. house at the fark: was Isabel . oldest Henry Mark: ee SCIENTIST VON ZITTEL DEAD. MUNICH, Bavaria, Jan. 6.—Karl Alfred Von Zittle, the paleontologist, ty poo ele of the Academy of Sciences, 1s 8 THE FIREMEN MP NTO ey VER After Terrific Struggle, Two Heroes Rescue Driver Wto Had Been Knocked from Pier by Falling Horse. fi Ww FOUGHT THEIR WAY IN WHIRLPOOL OF ICE CAKES. 8 eles Almost Frozen to Death, the Three Are Finally Hauled to the Docks by Members of Fireboat’s Crew. Report was made to Fire Headquer- ters to-day of the remarkable daring and bravery of Firemen Max Brady |{ and Thomas Nugent, attached to the fireboat David A. Boody, docking at the foot of North Highth street, Willams- burg. They will be commended for honorable mention, {f not for medals, and the Police Department may take cognizance of the act, as what they did does not come in the duties of the Bire Department. Daniel O'Donovan, : driver for Rosin & Co,, of South Brooklyn, was loading his truck with barrels on the dock Where the fireboat is tled up. As he was trying to drive the horses off the pler with the loaded wagon one horse slipped and fell, and, in doing so knocked, O'Donovan into the river. Firemen Brady and Nugent were on watch on the boat at the time, and both leaped Into the river at the same time. The surface of the water was covered with a great mass of broken ice, A strong tide was running and the SIXTH AVENUE Closing Out at Next to Nothing Some Remarkable Lots of Dress Goods. IGHT here, where dress goods values always mark the store’s supremacy for low pricing, is really the best offering we have’been able to make in many a day. a ings—the styles embraced are so many that every taste can be gratified. A good many are half price and less—which means that you buy them here for Jess than the m".ers actually charge ) gothers. As we never carry over from season to seasor, however, this great reduction becomes a business necessity, The clearance channel is broad here—when stocks need it. Colored Dress Goods. 150c, Alls Wool c :Canvas Voile, 29 pin cream, black, gray, tan, castor, fgarnet, cadet, cardinal, reseda, light blue, pink, royal, navy. oe ils $1.00 54-inch Black All-Wool CANVAS HOMESPUNS, 75c. 45-inch Black All-Wool MISTRAL CLOTHS, — * Sc. 43-inch PTHE “left-over” fram Christmas usually form a large part of the : big furniture movements of February. Espe span new What we didn't 2 power prices of the y Music Cabinets, ia. with door at : Mahogany ven ‘omely sna worth’ $20.00, red, hand- Bookcases, Double and 3 Sections Gunes gM: 49,00 er and teoen 4 Were 836, now Mahogany, worth a5.00 at," 75,00 Quarters worth Quarter Worth of a; 40,00 | 00, a 68,00 Were $30, nos Mahoga 100.00 worth at '. | IRON BEDS, with brass top writ D Corner Chairs | rail, spin ite ba see and 1 mahogany and maliogany | taoints, Writing Deeks. | Hiniuh fyvered “in "tapestrs | worth 8. 95 Quartered Opie with shaped | and satin damask INON REDS. with bent post | wrth $10.00, at 10 | were 2.75 | with fancy awell dexizn 4 ‘Oak, with carved | Were 5.00) thd Se? 6,00 - | Were 7.50 Were / 100 Bed Springs. Maple, with mir- | Were 15.00 habber upholstered sts | 6p, box fr brass or y by BH er! 10,00 Morris Chairs. | sto, at with Fecl/nink: mize veneered, erior "15,001! ‘elour_ ou rth 87. a Newest Music, renee en enentn een en tebe treneroneet: . 50-inch Black All-Wool CRASH SUITINGS, 1.00 46-inch Black All-Wool CANVAS ETAMINES, . 50-in, Black All-Wool Sponged and Shrunk CHEVIOTS, ne ee anne $1.50 56-inch All-Wool VICUNA CHEVIOTS, $1.50 54-inch All-Wool Twilled HOMESPUNS, $1.50 55-inch All-Wool Flake CHEVIOT SUITINGS, $1.25 56-inch All-Wool SCOTCH TWEEDS, $1.50 50-inch All-Wool Imported CANVAS SUITINGS, $1.25 50-inch All-Wool Satin COVERT CLOTHS, Splendid color assortments in each lot. 60c, Crepe c Granite Cloths, 39 Al. wool, in black, navy, brown, tan, castor, reseca, garnet, cardi- nal, gray, cadet, myrtle, royal, &c. . 46-inch Black All-Wool Imported NUN’S VEILINGS, Black All-Wool CANVAS VOILES, Not so here. Furniture must be 21% % 22" STREETS. It constitutes all our surplus stock in both jack and Color- $1.25 & $1.50 Grades, 69° A Yard. 50c, Wool Waistings, 1 0° In stripes on grounds of gray, blue, rose, cream, pink, &c.; also Mer-} | cerized Wais‘ings in black and$| colored stripes on white grounds, $ | 75c to $1 Grades, 49° Winter Footwear Much Under Price, WOMEN’S EMPIRE BOOTS in ata; with fh wh= fo 12c. nd bought right in order to creep into our February sales. company with before Christmas is yours to-morrow at the wet \elour worth #4. at | GRASS BEDS, with 2-Inch post, bow foot. with husk on vont. 4 tt anid 4 gin Sth 24 50 Iron Beds. BEDS. with. bra nd cai. al 00 orth ee, ‘at De Two cents more if you order by mail. None Sent G, O. D.—and no dea'ers supplied. dn Music Department in Balcony ; also on the 4th for, grocery dept.. where Miss May Wortley, the weli-known Piano Virtuoso, gives musica: demonstrations every day. Up in the Cocoanut ‘Trea, New-Mown ‘¥ (Better than 3 Stories That . De Dear ii Song ‘Sing. seed piers Out of ever. | Hé * Haenneitil "feacriptive | Lor and ‘Two-| A Bird of Love Wate, | pains, SMS wee 7G Ciueap eee | Re ane oe ‘Was a 8 failor, «Beautiful high- avalo, (Marie Cahih's big Vanity. (Latest interméxxo ep May Lap, tarry Von ‘Til * Brass Beds. painjat nen iacwes sieannsias 1.15 DRASS REDS, with 144-Ineh| Sizes 44 to 2, worth $2.00, Sizes: worth sont 14,00 | at 1.35 fo-Morrow. | box calf, butlon or lace; double sole for | Winter wear; cannot be duplicated else- where under’ $3.00 a pair; over twenty feats ie sleet from in all materials and all weight soles, at, a |pair...ee ss ue Oe | GIRLS’ LACE BOOTS in heavy box calf; with heavy extension soles, | spring heels; very stylish, Sizes 6 to 103, worth $1.50 a BOYS’ LACE BOOTS, double | soles, for hard wear, regular $1.50 qual- ity; sizes 3 to 344; special Sale . losiery. | We started the week with twenty | thousand pairs; half foreign and half, | dome tic manufacture. | The offering was no less remarkable than | has been the :éiling. But with so many pairs, the choosing will remain good for some days vet. Here's the gist of the news: Tlen's 25c. to 35c. Half Ho p J and domestic novelties, Isle i 39c. e, of fancy, designs, on plain ‘eolured and kancy "two toned site embroidery” ‘op sft d__vertioa! or horiaontal hed; alee viain Women’s 65¢. e finest imported novelties In ex: ne of black and colored lisle thi or “Ppain. lk embroidered.” ti aockeds Faediun your choice ‘at. pair, cukes of ice were being crushed ag: the pler Weading, where the tite had formed a strong whirlpool, O'D-aovan was caught In this cold vortex and was carried around and around, his body being repoatedly knocked against the pler. By swimming hard and holding to occasional large chunks of ice he kept! himself above the surface. Brady and Nugent worked their way through the ice into this whirlpool ang caught O'Donevan and forced him over to the pler. Fireman Caspar Henry called the other members of the fire- boat's crew, and with ropes and poles they reached the #f ree mep in the river. Brady and Nyger, passed a rope about O'Donovan and ths firemen on the dock pulled him out. Then ropes were passed {o the two firemen and they were drawn out, An ambulance had brought Dr, Shanks from the Eastern District Hos- pital and he hurried O'Donovan buck to the hospital. He had been badly bruised by the heavy chunks of ice, but Was not otherwise injured. The wet and cold firemen were taken aboafd the fireboat where they were given clothing and hot coffee, ee FIRE CHIEF KILLED, LONDON, Ont, Jan. &—Fire Chief Rowe was killed and four firemen named Gray, Robinson, Robertson and Seccombe were Injured in a fire which destroyed the wholesale shoe factory and warehouse of Sterling Bros. early o- day. The men sere on an aerial truck When one of the walls fell out- ward. ‘The body oni owe Ward. Phe body of Chief Rowe ts still wonderful bargain-giving. Diamond Jewelry from $10 up. Sterling Silver from $1 up. Novelties in Leather Fine French Clocks and Clock Sats. Beautiful Candelabra. Fine Gold Watches, $20 Up. Sets of Books in fine bindings. 39¢ —Outing flannel dresses, in fancy styles, with ruffle over shoulders edged with lace; sizes 6 months’ to 3 years, $4.49—Serge Russian dresses, with plaited fronts and backs, gored skirts, finished with patent- leather belt at waist; sizes 6 to 12 years. well as black. special sale price, decided to make a clean sweep of Givonon Paolo Maggina Violins — Shaded ebony keys, finger boards and tail, pieces, highly finished and polished; value $10; sale price, Stradivai Model Vio- Mins—Dark wood and imitation old ebony eyes and finger-boards, - finely finished and polished; | value $15; sale price, $8.45 | Rosedale Mandolins— With nine ribs, in mahog- any or maple, with inlaid position dots; Italian mod- el; value $3; special sale price, Stradivarius, Model Vio- tins —Ebony keys and tin- ger-boards, with fancy $5.95 $1.95 | -That 25% Discount Sale. | The hundreds of people who have taken advantage of this 25 per cent. discount sale have been unanimous in their appreciation of the Those regular low prices on much of our finest merchandise have been further reduced by this quarter off. The stocks affected are: Dainly Frocks for Girls In a Special Sale To-Morrow! These special prices which we quote for to-morrow are worthy of the strictest attention by mothers, for they imply the sharpest sav- ings on dainty, well-made garments. ‘ Taffeta SilK Petticoats, $3.69. We offer to-morrow in this special sale a lot of women’s hand- some taffeta silk petticoats, in all the most popular smart colors as They are made with pleating, finished with bias ruffle, underlay and dust rufile of nearsilk— Musical Instruments--Clearance! We've just gone through our musical instrument stock and have ‘yy placing remarkable price-reductions on every one of them. It’s a splendid opportunity for something rare in bargain-giving VORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1904, _ Sale of Men’s White Dress Shirts, made of very fine muslin! 3-ply bosoms, “icely laun-| dered, perfect fitting; cuffs attached or with wristbands, 7.00, value $1.50, Lord & Taylor, Broadway and Twentisth Street and Fifth Avenue. New Entrance on 19th Street. | | | SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING WONDERS Imported Dress Trimmings. Calendars. Fine Umbrellas. Fine Musical Instruments, Art Wares of all descnptions. Burnt Wood Novelties. Art Embroideres. Main Floor. $1.19 —Dresses in fancy mixed me | » terials, with yoke and ruftle ff | trimmed with lace medallions; B+ sizes 10, 12 and 14 years. $3.98—All-wool serge sailor suits with round collar, trimmed with regulation embroidery, finish- ed with silk tie; sizes 4, 6 and & years. Becond Floor, 59th St, Section. $3.69 Sccond Floor, 89th St. Section. many fine violins and mandolins Finest Quality Rosewood Mandolins—With 24 ribs; patent head, ebony finger- board, inlaid pearl’ po: tion dots, shell guard in- laid with pearl; clearance sale price, Fine Sandolins—0f rose- wood, with 21 ribs, ma- hogany neck, patent head, bone keys, ‘finger - board 11.95 inlaid with pearl, shell guard inlaid with pearl butterfly, aluminum — tail piece, inlaid pearl edges; clearance sale price, Famous Stradivarius Model—yYellow, brown and dark red, with ebony keys and tail-piece, finely $13.50 edges, finely finished and polished; value $25; sale price, $13.95 Genuine Pebb No better eyeglasses made than do not scratch or collect moisture. eal boon to persons needing the aid Both eyeglasses and spectacles tacles may be had in either straight elling for those prices to-day 4 me; per pair, Here's a chance to bi:y the boy some new waists or blouses at a \ price which will astonish you 4 when you see the quality and ¢ horough workmanship in them. H They're of excellent out- ng flannel, sizes 4 to 13 19¢ { ALL CARS TRANSFER TO H ears; special, , BLOONMINGDALES'. e Eyeglasses, 98¢ Brazilian axis cut pebbles, natural stones, as hard as diamonds, which They preserve, improve and strengthen the eyesight and are « have patent American cork nosepieces. Pebble eyeglasses have always sold as high a the exclus ; sur special price places them within the reach of every Qoys’ Waists, 19c.; Women’s Corsets finished and polished; value $5; Sale price, Third Flo $2.95 89th St, Section. these—the lenses are of genuine of good glasses. are set in goldoine frames; spec or riding bow shapes—eyeglasses S4 and $5 and are C. B. a la Spirite Corsets, mad good coutil, with dip hips, of straight front and low — bust; hetter than corsets sell- ing at a dollar; spe- 69 chal, Cc - I Of course it is! ciples we work under is, this leader of stores means a lot to each individual who This White Event embraces Women’s Muslin Underwear,| Table Linens, | “Domestics,” : Men’s and Boys’ Shirts, — Infants’ Clothes, | Handkerchicis, | Laces and Embroiderics, Collars At those unmatchable “old prices” of last year, or about half the prices th other stores must ask now. Boldest of Price-Cuts in In the Face of Zero Weather! In the face of the coldest weather of years, when that un-Bloomingaale store-k eping policy of “sell for full price as long as you can” is being almost uni- versally followed in the case of furs, we're cutting prices for stock-adjusting reasons so severely that not a vestige of profit remains and cost is cut deeply into in most instances. It’s a chance for you to buy a fur coat, muff, scarf or set at A saving of from a fourth to a| third on former prices! Fur Coats. | Fur Coats. $16.95 for $35 Nearseal Coats. | $119 ldots) Persian Lamb Wellimade of selected skins, Plain and trimmed, beautifully mod- $23.50 for $45 Nearseal Coats, elied. Beautifully modelled and trimmed. | $144 for $275 Seatskin Coats, $32.50 for $65 Nearseal Coats. Newest and smartest styles. Withilaege collurandrevers of Baum || BELO teeta canteen orate in Coats. . Marten, Beaver, Mink, &c. Sealskle The skins Handsomely modelled. $59.50 iter $100 Persian Lamb | could not be procured for our sale oats. price, Lzrge Pillow Mulfs. | $1.95—Ot Jap. Seal, Russian Lynx or | “French Cony. ae —Of Nearseal ani pr (33.95 Mink, Jap. Pear. $4.95—oF Water Mink. | $7.50—0F Alaska Sable. | $2.95—Of American Ermine. $5.95—0F Isabella Sable Opossum. $7.50 & $8.50_ of squirret. Beautifully made of selected skins. for £125 Persian Lamb $72.50 Coats. Trimmed with large collar and revers of Mink. $89 for $175 Persian Lamb Coats. Trimmed with large collar, cuffs and revers of Mink and Chinchilla $94.50 tor $175 Sealskin Coats. Handsomely modelled in. selected skins, finest of workmanship. recently preceded it. S14 The collars are large “BLOOMING ALE sd Avenue, soth and 00 RLOOMISGDALES’. “S“hold your goods for bigs: at the present market valuation te get it.” : We know ail that, and know thal much of this white merchandise would bring more at wholesale than the prices we're asking at retail. But one of the tirst store-keepin, Te “Turn every trade-advantage over to the customer,” an we’ only too glad of such chances as these to prove again that the mercantile mastery oF Another Great Coat Sale. The coat sale for to-morrow will be as ex traordinary in character as those which haver an occasion when the most exceptional value- giving is marked in coats of quality. These Coats of Persian Cloth at Were Intended to Sell at They look exactly like Persian lamb, and are cut in the jauntiest of iouble-breasted styles, similar to illustration, with fitted backs. full storm coat Is lined throughout with best quality guai Fur-Trimmed Coats of Persian Cloth Men’ 59c. Night Shirts, 49 Of muslin, fast color trimmings, with or without collars, sizes 15 to 20. In the dry-goods dis- tricts people are wond ing at our selling goods of white at “old figures. It seems to be entirelgs contrary to prevailing cus- tom, they say. “ One big manufacture id: “Now, at present prices | should judge you have about a quarter of a® million dollar's worth of white goods, but you \, won't realize half that off, ~) them at the prices you'res Cxyquoting. Why don’t voit ger prices. like the rest are. doing? You know it’s onlye a question of asking more : follows its daily doings, and Cuifs, Ba Furs Scaris and Boas. $1.95 and $2.95 for Double Boas, | Of Russian Lynx, French Cony or Japanese Seal, ‘ $3.95 tor Double Boas. Of Brook Mink, Russian Lynx, Hare or Japanese Seal. . $4.95 tor tong Double Boas. Of Water Mink, B.ue Sable or Black Hare. for I | $7.50, $10, $12 °F ne D | Of Sable Fox, Isabell: | $7.50, $10, $12 ‘*,! $4.95 Sable Opossum, for Double Japanese Boas, 100 inches tong. i: Second Floor, 50th St. Section. 2 For, like the others, this is $7.95 | and $16. Length, 30 $9.75." to 50 bust | d satin. S TRANSFER TO 4 WORLD ALMANAC. PRICE 25 CENTS PER COPY. BY MAIL 35 AY WORLD WANTS TO GET A POSITION.