The evening world. Newspaper, January 7, 1904, Page 9

. Fears Enemy Will Attempt to ARNE © HORDICA. AWAY ‘On the Verge of Nervous Col- lapse, Caused by Anonymous Letters, She Decides to Go to Exvcope. IENGAGES PASSAGE ON LA CHAMPAGNE. Be a Fellow Passenger with Her and Takes Means to Pre- vent It. Anonymous letters containing threats Be t her life lave caused Mme, L4Al- Jan Nordica to abandon her plans for ® concert tour this country and en- \RAge passage Europe. She will sail to-morrow, The first intimation the public had of khe threats made against Mme, Nordica mas when she applied for police pro- Reotion last Sunday. Mysterious letters ®id warnings had been sent her almost Gally for wome time, and she asked that @ detective migit be detailed to her fiome to guard her, The detective Biayed there three days, and Mme. Nor- Wic& then sent him away. relying on the Protection of her servants. ‘The anony- mous letters and threats brought her ost to the verge of nervous collapse. had planned a second concert tour, hui che threats induced her to aban: don the plan and she suddenly decided id the rest of the winter on the tried to keep her plan a secret, became known through her order tateroom. She at first intended on the St. Louis Saturday, but chanted her mind and selected’ the Chat pagne, which sails to-morrow for Int.mate friends of Mme. Nordica say @he knows, or {x quite sure she docs, Who has been threatening her. She fears the person may attempt to sail on the mufae steamer with her. Should he do #¢ sho will change to another steamer at the last moment. Friends will scan all the passengers who board the Cham- pagne before she goes on board, ¢ Mvorce sult which she brought against her husband, Zoltan Doeme, wil! not be tried until her return. joeme js still stopping at Drs Bull's private paniarlum, in Thirty-third street, has been ever ee ayine ing ipotineation of his wife 01 ree, Nordica tas, to have aa in to-lett, er manager tele- festa to that ie would be 4 the engagement. {SHE PLAYED AN ORPHAN . PART, WAS While Annie Russell Went Through Her Role on Stage, Telegram Arrived Announc- ing Her. Mother's Death. All unconsciously the role Annie Rus sell was portraying In “Mice and Men’ at Allentown, Pa., became rehlity. Be- hind the footlights and before the audi- ence she played a little orphan girl; out telegram which suldgher mother had | f¢ just died, Mrs. Russell, since her retirement from the stage, had been living at Short Hills, L. I. She was stricken with pneumonia, and death came quickly. Miss Russell was not even aware that her mother was ill, ‘There was a matinee on when the de- spatch ‘Announcing thendeath of Mrs. | Russell reached Allentown, The man- in the box office the manager held a |? ONE IN REALITY sAitie er of the company decided to hold the message until the arrival of Thomas |Russell, the ssar’s brother, who was }then on way to join his sister. It hot unul after the night perform- that the brother broke the ws to Miss Russell. She left at for Short Hills, and the company will [lay off until next Monday. | Mrs. Russell was well known to the theatre-goers of a generation ago. Her three children, Annie, Miriam and ‘Thomas, ull began life on the stage, but Annie ig the only one of them to stick to it. With their mother, Annie and Tommy were once members, of Ada y's ve bast | Lynne” company. STominy’ ienow in fhe Insurance ‘ousi- nean in this ety Mrs. Russell will be buried Friday at Short Hills, L. 1. DOCKSTADER'S JOKE MERCHANT DIES IN KNOCKED HIM QUT Townsend care Tit He Rup- ‘tured: a Blood Vessel in His Nose When “The Old Jokes’ Home” Came On. J. Townsend, of No. 128 West Eigity- fourth strect, attended the minstrel per- formance at the Victoria Theatre last night and laughed so hard at Lew. Dockstader'’s jokes that he ruptured @ blood vessel in the bridge of his nose. He was able to go to work to-day, but _his physician warned him that he mus! keep his mind off Dockstader'’s jokes {i he wished to refrain from another at- tack of mirth and a resultant loss of blood. It appears that Mr. Townsend con- tained himself until Dockstader ap- peared in his airship “The Pickle’ and began a recital of what he saw in the Borough of Manhattan. A few remarks from the minstrel about the honeymoons of Senator Platt and Senator Depew got| g: Mr. Townsend started, and in a few mo- ments he was well in his stride. Then Mr. Dockstader dragged one of the Inmates of the Old Jokes’ Home from the body of the theatre, where it was seated with other inmates that had been invited to the performance, After a Ittle massage the Old Jokes’ Home |°O™ of inmate got busy,,and Mr. Townsend heard about the reception that Mrs, Fish gave at the Aquarium. It was here that his blood vessel got beyond his control and exploded. The hemorrhage from Mr. Townsend's nose was profuse, and those seated around him became panic-stricken. He] ¢! was, assisted to a retiring room, and Dr. C. H. Walker, of No, 105 West Sev- enty-seventh street, was called. Dr. Walker succeeded in checking the fow of blood. ee DIXEY FACING THE MUSIC. Etght Suite Brought Against Hi! May Compel Him to Pay the Piper. ‘When Henry B. Dixey named his late lamented comedy ton, N. C., were “heard in the York- ville Civ Court to-day before Justice ‘AYER MEMORIAL MATINEE. Performance in Atd of the “Seven Poor 7: ei Home. Many of the friends of the late Har- riet Hubbard Ayer among the teat profession have arranged to give a it~ ee Ls raersage a pt ber dit Theatre n KTiday, J, ff the “ ‘Poor Travellers Home’ whi Travellers which It 18 pro- Schubert nave’ offered 8. their eaere ‘et. the ‘Seven | gerous because they depend upon ELEVATED TRAN Conrad Tonges Found. to Be Dead When Car Reached 111th Street Station of Sec- ond Avenue Division. Conrad Tonges,_a retired merchant, fifty-eight years old, was found deda in a car of a Second avenue “L” train at the One Hundred ana Eleventh street station early to-day. He boarded the train down town and was observed by passengers as they were nearing Harlem to grqw pale and sink back in his seat. He finally fell to the floor of the car unconscious. ve hen picked up ‘at ee one “Hund: enth miftet, hevwas dea. . ae? : He was feentioed by edyds and ters fn his pocket. He lived at No. 20 | East One Hundred and Twenty-second | street. The body was taken to the East ' One Hundred and Fourth street station and viewed by Coroner Jackson, He © permission for its removal to the i U.S, LANDS MARINES THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVE with theirs any statement tn the Herald, knowing! they would finally run out as all that ts NO TROUBLE; MRS, T had no time to attend to untrue does, I have the same opiriton an at first— the informant ts mentally unbalanced : | 1 who has been expelled rn Institute is using his or her revenge hea ere pliex to the charge . A |e ambitious to suce lf There Is Any Disturbance in) ; pent mident Her Church, the Chiistian nder of Christi she has already established tt i am striving i) follow her an she fol- Science Leader Says She Is}, Ignorant of It. : ALL THE CHARGES UNTRUE. Reiterates that She Has No Ambi- tion to Succeed Mrs. Eddy, and)) the Person Who Says So Must Be! Mentally Unbalanced. i RY MRS. AUGUSTA E, STETSON. In reply to your request for an inter-| ® view I send you a written statement in regard to articles published in the Ne York Herald. I am fgnorant of any disturbance in| ¢ our chureh, I am treated with the greatest respect apd gratitude by every member I meet, and no one haa come} to me with a complaint of dissatisfac- tion, If there are, as has been reported. persons who are disturbed by my meth- ods, they have never uttered one com- plaint to me nor to our Board of Direc- tors, I was not In my carringe yester- |; after I had attended to my pa-}t s in the morning. I did not gather | > my students together end advise them, as was reported t I, was every moment occupied until 6)" o'clock with my patients in the church} and every practitioner was equally busy day t In OFF Wrappers. Choice patterns in good flannelette, trimmed with deep flounce, epaulets and braid, Regularly $1.00, IN SANTO DOMINGO American Commander Practic- ally Puts an End to Hostilities, Forbidding Further Damage to Property or Loss of Life. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1,~Anarchy prevails in Sapto Domingo even more than usual, . ‘Commander Dillingham, of the crulser Detroit, which has been off Porto Plata, for some time, landed a small body of marines yesterday to protect the Bos- ton Fruit Company's property at Sosua. He did something still more impor- tant in. serving notice on. the. leaders’ of three factions now fighting that he! would hold them personally responsible for any loss to property through their operations. He practically forbid further * hostilities, ls & Hine 2 Blue Stam reports except mini press should lend its columns to much persons. | Dock poll in the sub-continent, of his men with a stout oak stick, with a | mirablya adapted for catching a run- thin with advantage, 86" ST. & 3% “AVE. Fulton 5t., Elm Place and Hoyt 51., Brooklyn. DOUBLE TRADING STAMPS With All Cash Purchases FRIDAY. ick and reform lows Christ, to I he sinner by | gard to these penta as egret that the ———— Adapted from the Kaiti, (from the London South Africa.) The Chief Constable of the Milwall peing an old South African, en the lessons he learned and ts applying training of the force which He has armed each has not forge hem to the he new commands. e curved handle, which Is ad- w ankle, away thief by the neck. aril, 1 is teaching them a Jucing several cuts and guards are at present little known in but. are based upon the observed were adopted Btiok- ime among the Katfirs, erfully expart In the use © duntry, ricks Which sold ers. Mix fest in height, and. when the come expert in thelr new drill they indeed rove formidable customer: ie predatory frequenters of the docks 0 It is not unlike! that other bodies of pollce might study the tac tice of the natives of South Afric for the value of the sit defensive weapon fas not been properly, appreciated in the ast, presumably because No one his ken the bie to adapt a scientific method of stick play to its use. runcheon ER Corsets. Fine coutil, in white and drab, trimmed with lace and ribbon, The newest straight-front shape. Have always retailed until now at $1.50, ade} ps Instead of 1. dead man's home. Last night Tonges went to Rubina | ‘in East Fourth street to attend Pa mecting ‘and entertainment of the Veterans’ Singing Society. For some | time he had complained of heart trouble | Rome. he had an attack of heart ure, which killed him. Mr. ao 8 was a veteran of Com- ‘wentieth New York Volun- Bere, 6 Go, Max Webber. He fought foe and was never injured. foi nea at tthe attles of Antie' I ae Seven Gaye ihancellorsvilie and eS ee GOT WHAT SHE CALLED FOR ris ttle, of the Peninsula, Bridgeport, Woman Insisted on Getting Father John’s Medi- cine and Saved Her Husband's Life—Had Coughed for Years and Was Without Hope, cripter my hoaband bed & very in fapt he hed coughed pase ‘put last winter he had to take to his bed and was so bad that I thought it was his last. The name of Father John’s Medicine came to tH just as good, ‘the clerk said, insisted on having Father John’s Medicine, and got what I wanted. I thank God that I did, because I the medicine to my husband, an has not coughed from that day to As long as we live we shall sing the praise of Father John's Medicine, and I shall tell all those suffering with coughs to get it. Your medicine is unequalled as a body- builder. / (Signed) Mr. and Mrs. H, A. Buttrick, 582 Bunnel St., Bridge- port, in. As we have said before, so-called cough syrups and balsams- of-thie and balsams-of-that are dan- opium, morphine and other deadly drugs for their effect. No honest druggist will ask you to take some- thing else when you call for Father Sopp ‘8 Medicine” “Not a Us gal medi- Nik‘nd aonmamatios, “Guscanieas. tores Wh in patent calf, black Boys’ Box’ Calf : Lace, heavy soles, to 5\4, pair as good a shoe of us for Pa kid Lace, also black calf Congress double soles. sizes IJ $ J, 50 ALFRED J. CAMMEYER, Sixth Avenue, Cor. 20th St, CAMMEYER Our Great January Clearing Sale. Thousands of Pairs of Fine Shoes for Men, Women and Children, In the Basement. The best shoes that the brains and hands gere-- of man can make,.at prices away below cost. Every pair guaranteed, Why pay $3.50 at other Women’s $5.00and Patent Leather and you can get Kid Batton and Heels. Women’s $2.50 Black Kid Button and Lace, patent leather tips, $750 leather, box calf and black Louis XV. and Military pe rere) Child’s and Misses’ Patent Leather Button and Lace, sizes 8% to 2, pair 4.00 lack Lace G, JANUARY 7, yo. $1.00 217 & 22" STREE The January Shirt Sale for Men. Thousands of Superb Quality in This Annual Event. * EPRESENTED in this sale are the most famous brands of Unlaundered Shirts in a the world—such as Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Premier, Cornell and Amherst; Shirts that have twenty-five years of successful reputation back of them, Only once each yea January—; itted t ‘ice; and th erect ont ell year in a uary-—are we permitted to break the price; and then only because the makers desire t9 £ These are the days. To be frank bleed we have never sold them for se little, despite the cost of cottons. If you order by mail, give neck size and size of collar. ustgt | Amherst " 49¢/ i Columbia—\, teats ot New! Negligee Palate A atten m7 | A intended for $1 q ate. bute rigs tor woven| Cornell fuality | and reed on alten; open back Peontinwous for 82.901 cach... Morven fic tae iinet improved. b: tinuous facings 6 tor in ) “Ieish “Ihnen. bosoma; louble felled seams if finished throw facing: 4 for wie | Premier—\n\ | buttor back of 65c) |SSrSae Fruit of the, Dartmouth Uniaundeted, made of pele Mille ‘muall fro mac i Unuous facing: @ for Or capi Men's Collars Men’s Cuffs button -holes, $4.10: {tor BS'0%° in Irish linen; all styles, standing or turn-down; c in this lot we inciude the famous “BARKER™ aa for 50 90° brand, sold regularly 2 for 25¢.; for the sale Women’s Coats and Suits- A Clearance. in good quality linen; all the leading shapes, in both lnk or button styles; we offer 15,000 dozen for the sale, at VERY garment in our stock, without reserve, is marked % to go before January shall lave ended, We play no favorites in the matter; it fs for you to choose. Nothing is to be carried over—if price will send i}, Ww: it is the most effective clearance we have ever inaugurated at this seacon—and the Adams quality makes your f purthases all the ‘mor cure and satisfactory. 20.00 Suits are 10.98 12.00 Coats are 5.98 {35.00 White Coats, 22.50 22.50 Suits are 12,98 16.50 Coats are 8.98 38.50 Velour Coats, 21.50 32.50 Suits are 19.98 | 22.00 Coats are 12.98 47.50 Velour Coats, 27.50 $ 40.00 Suits are 24.50 27.50 Coats are 16,50 | 42.00 Velour Coats, 29.50% {Most of the suits are in walking styles. Materials run the range of desirable fabrics, and the set is Superb. 4 Coats are of kersey, silk- velour, and so forth. Every style that is new and good. Misses’ Garments at Similar Reductions, 7.50 Coats are now 3.98 “| 12,00 Coats are now 5.98 Suits of Blue and Black Chev- 8.00 Coats are now 3.98 12.00 Jackets are now 6.93 iot, Skirted Blouse Coat, 14, 9.50 Coats are now 4.98 20.00 Coats are now 8.98| _16, 18 yrs. —25.50 vaiue, 10, Immense Price Reductions for Friday on Pairs for 75c. Mercerized Vestings, per Yard. Mercerized Waist Fabrics, in lieht, medium and heavy weights. Great variety of handsome styles to choos? from—dots, small figures and: beg an undesirable pattern in the lol; most of Black and Colored Dress Goods.| them | have sold old heretofore at 75c. yard, 8,54 is on sale | Friday at 29¢. yard. 29c} oak | eae gee All Wool Black Cheviot 1 49c. yd, 39c. yd. 39c. yd, 9 Mistral Etamines, poe 50 inches wide Crepe Granites, 38 ze wide, and! Black Cheviot, made be pure wor- and warranted all wool, in black and} strictly Lo dnegs in black and a corr-| sted yarns, fast dye, full 50 inches | choice line of shades; regular price 85c.,| plete assortment of best colorings; re- ble regular price 65¢., reduced to reduced to 49c. yd. | duced ta 39¢. yd. 39c. yd, Stirring Silk Specials. New 1904 Undermuslins.. to-morrow. another big’ 16¢ of superior jew:¥ork Eo aie r HERE'S plenty of country air neg lity silks, priced much below thetr worth. They where we can hive our undérmustins, are qualities which we Know—and reé6mment 85c. All Wool Etamines, id. It gives us supervision over the makiag—an: ia At 39c Yard: SOLD REGULARLY tant point in your favor. AT) 30 CENTS. 19. for Corset Cobers—32 to #4. 19-inch black peared atc > 19:. for Dra'wers—hem and tdeks. ou i Lege i wiper 39¢. for GoWwns—nicely trimmed. i pte ipa Sis ks" , 69c. for Petticoats—daintily made, SOLD eECUAen These are the lowest prices at which qualities such} me Pee, Ved ‘AT 69 CENTS. LY as we care to sellcan be had. The same gonds are a third 24 Inch guaranteed Black Taffeta. Othe eae Eas 69, d ma . } her Gowns at 49c., 69c. and up. Also: 19 inch Liberty Satins. Other Corset Covers at 25c. and up. 1 130 y yards of fine {imported Chitin hide Other Petticoats at 98c., he fs and idth—i ite only; neat narrow stripe effects. it Just flyer | for evening year. Not a yard worth fat than 40.00 anda Silk Petticoats: etordion Pid be great deal of it $1.50. An importes’s surplus stock E’the yard, for Friday's selling “69c 7 Acford)od dale ae or corded extension ruifles; real ue $5.00, Special at.. . rs 3.25 . A Big Saving On ; FUR NECKWEAR, Fur Neckpleces of Min! were $12.00, for. aitiee i Single Scarts of American fore were $2.50, for......... 5: 98: Double Scarfs of Raccoon; were $18.50, for tees Double Scarfs Sable; were $21.50, for...... Double Scarfs of Blue Wolf; were $19.50, for...... Double Scarts of Ameri- can Fox; were $19.50, for... Double Scarfs of sudo) were $24.50, for... Sale of Slippers To-Morrow. Oe a few hundred pairs—left from the Christmas onslaught. You'll buy them to-morrow at prices hardly suggestive of their worth In fact, we have forgotten their cost to us in our desire to bring about a quick clearance. All for men—which adds fo the interest. Tan and Black, in theOpera and Everett Cuts. $1.00 Kinds at 50c. $1.25 Kinds at 75¢, Also Men's tena and black Opera, Everett and) Men's tan and black Opera, Everett and Romeos, in great variety and | Romeos, the finest grades; re- all sizes; and $1.50 50 styles J | duced from ea and $2509 50 ators 1 pale to... S ° * 15,00 seretmenenenes GROCERY Specials cs Friday and Saturday. FOOD Store that offers something b rally. Prices are the all-important factor. instance for identical or better qualities. This you are insured, natu- in army ='4 | Delicatessen Dept, sides sanitary selling conditions, We Invite comparison, knowing that ours are lower | Tomatoes Smoked Tongues Sa ab 5 Exvnes-— Prunes aah te cold packed fed" rine ceived from California, a Swift's Premium brand se- J fy Sib. cana doz. Vic Frankfurter S aus) carload of the choicest lected Ox Tongues, spe- y f | sages... Santa Clara Valley fruit. cially cured, very ~ lean, atone Beans Eclipse Brand: | Fresh Country Sau-| These prunes are extra 3 to 5 lbs. each 1 Wh, cans, doz. SOc: 7g sweet, very thin skin and] | tb seat 132¢ small pit. Prices accord- ing to size. Extra large, Ib, 14¢.; 10 Ibs. 1.35; medium size, Ib, 9¢.3 10 Ibs, — 88c.5 smailer sizes, 10 Ibs. 45¢.; * Bc Ib. ..00 Carolina Rie Rice. 10 1 Pee 25c tty Oat Flakes. Liverwurst, ; P ‘sd ium Sliced) Perit | 230 fglouns at | P 496) 3 Extra sifted, ‘and. tender! | : 3C | Cooked Corned Beet! nur inest Main» | Bloaters— xtra tancy jor! 1S¢ & Idc Bioater#. -Ploral brand, extra! Agparagus ‘ | smoked ‘Rheialach ELD creas pues tantforen | eked soa, pape Salmon, j;,. tu! ree fender, stalka, 2% Ib. 27c|Lake Sturg sweet, by @ uy weet; put uy in 1 ib. Pumpkin Saire caaliiy, LER ade tt [Me pe jars: | Jams —trome made, a gad sugar on) pure fruit aby tend | Jara, doz, | Butt fancy 25¢ fano) ba rint tb Sats, fuin"3'3¢ | Cott Rolled White e: loch Corn fea’ Old. Virginia | Or ground; per 1b ic ‘Pineappie a Sweet Potatoes _ “Br a dys 3 sek ey, brand henge oF s enuine old-fashtoned e 7 oie | Te Vol Eup a vked Be REF ad 69 175, can peeled 15c Jrackeley’s Luxury Brand. hand vies ed 3 Th 13c | imported Camembert S fans. doz d_ our's Pure Lear! Cheese sac i stom ‘wntte, one wlatt | weet Pickled Peac tn f Mao Lc | fury avert Pence or pan ana Pancake Pio Sur or Presto, 3 pkgs. ‘25¢ Cocoa —w. niu Caracas Breakfast I. tine cap. 80: 13¢c} Mushroons_y, nuprat & cic’ af De Hotel; doz, $220: 9 Qc | nuine :9c