The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1904, Page 5

~ \ WOMEN FANT RSE CS “Cold Sto:age Vans” Clowded Until Many Succumb to Pres: sure, While Others Plead to! ‘ Be Allowed to Get Out. LEADING MEN CONDEMN THE POOR SERVICE. Declare that Many Cases of Pneumonia Have Been Con- tracted by Riding in the Poor- ly-Heated Cars. Trolicy service in Jersey City, Hobo- ken, Bayonne and other towns of Hud-| ¢ 80n county, New Jersey, is worse now] ¢ than it has been in years, Thousands upon thousands of people had good cause for complaint yesterday Over all lines the cars were run with apparently no regard for schedule. At the terminals and transfer stations peo- ple were obliged to walt, In many {n- stances an hour for a car. curred, The Union Hill and Summit and Cen- tral avenue cars leaving the Delaware and Lackawanna ferry, in Hoboke were packed so densely that many women feinted while others cried to xet| “ out. One of the Union Hill cars was} crowded to the extent that it broke down when ascending the incline that| ? leads up to the heights. Few cars were heated. on the Bayonne cars complained more about the heat than others. These cars @re now called cold storage vans, and] < people before boarding them generally button up their ulsters and fasten on, § thelr mittens, Many cases of pneumonia reported in Greenville and Bayonne are sald to be the result of riding on the Bayonne line, 2 President McCarter’n Lxcune, President Thomas N. McCarter, ot the New Public Service Corporation, which controlg all the trolley lines, says that the reason why many of the cars are not properly heated is because elec- triclty has to be used and most of the available supply 1s necessary to keep the cars in motion, ‘The public believes there is’ more ways than one of heating Cars and suggests the hot water pro- tess and good stoves, President Jacob Ringle, of the Jersey | City Board of Finance, and one o1 Mayor Mark M. Fagan's advisers, says; “The trolley company must heat its cars better and if steps are not taken very soon in that direction the city will take the bull by the horns and demana that they be heated,” When told by an Evening World reporter that the trolley manu: clalm it will be impossible to heat ca to meet the requirements of the puv- | ¢ Uc until more power houses are built, Mr, Ringle laughed and said: “There ure more ways than one of heating © trolley car, Coal heaters can be put ‘ ch car and hot water pipes ad- to the heater, 3 rune jiing from Jersey heated this way cars? Why can't othe: Business Almost Ruined. Mr. Ringle is one of st hard- Ware dealers in the © Asked if his busin affected py lager of @ Mg regarding the t geous. Day r day customers are ing us and golng to They are the Heights Rhen they can get a car, usually go to the ferry and c@r to New York @uoner than come wown to our store and when done buying go out and wait for a_ troll ' people, who, b ride on nd from my hom "puts Up with mol is call Henry | al he of t Lembeck Brewing Company, had this 1 have abandoned’ the use of ‘olley cars becutse they are never heated, and now always use i reside in Greenville. Lembeck, and Bet No Relief for Two Years, Police Captain and : Postmas- ", Kelly I am told he new Pub- sources mpany does not intend to for the public In the way r trolley service for years. If this ts true it In| ‘fine i | hose people who has be constantly, complaining about bad ser-) Vice, but for my efforts to bring about | some good all I got from the trolley | managers was a folly, | “The system in Hudson County ts sim- Iy rotten, I should like to call nttention fo the transfer station at Henderson street, in Hoboken, the station on the | ‘jncline leading up'to the heights. it is not ‘nclosed and In storiny weather | eople have to walt there hours at a. certainiy a been one When the} 4 cars did arrive the usual crowding oc- « People riding n are | C |doin College Alumni Association of New | would be almost unable to get his! NEW DEVICES DISCOVERED BY JERSEY TROLLEY OFFICIALS FOR EARNING A FEW EXTRA NICKELS, $OO9E 40998 9.0959000$O00O990O9OS-0646.09 ® AJINUTES thre iadated (Be RIVER > | strength of the various countries of ‘THE WORLD: muNDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1900. PUT OL ONFIRE, | WOMAN 1 YIN Mrs. Pauline Miller Becomes a) i Pillar of Flam a Moment Af- ter She Pours Kerosene in Kitchen Stove. An Instant after Mrs, Pauline Miller, of No, 419 East Seventy-second street, put a dash of kerosene on her fire to- | day she was a pillar of flame, She te the Presbyterian Hospital terribly burned and the surgeons think that her Injuries will result fatally, In trying to save the unfortunate woman, her brother, James Welnkaur, was badly burned on the face and he l and he, too, Is under medical treat ment, but ft is belleved that he is not In ¢ r of death. Mrs. Miller bad been fn the habit ¢ oll to start her kitchen fin since she was married. Her hus Ci and her father ve In bed waiting to be called jen they heard a roar up. and then the pler shrieks of Mrs Miller for help. Young Weinkauf was the tirst to reach the kitchen, and he began once to tear his alster free f finming clothes. A light wrap ablaze from head to foot, anv Miller was too frightened to help he self. Not minding his blistered han nor the pain of his burnt £ kauf kept bravely at his his father brought a blaak this they wrapped the fire v. Seeing that medical help w needed, Miller had in the mean Ume) run around to the East Sixty-seventh | street station, where he begged for aia. | A policeman was sent back to his home with him and a call was sent imm diately to the Presbyterian Hospital f an ambulance. Mrs. Miller, even if she very slight chance for life, figured, She was a comely woman and is only thirty-two years old, ee F The 1904 World Almanac and En- | eyclopedia tells about the armed | | does win a the world. Price 25 cents, by mail 36 cents. leading Democratio organization in Hudson County, with a membership of re than 5,00), has adopted resolutions ing attention to the outrageous oon- ditions of tho trolley system in Hudson County and requesting the new Public Service Company to take steps to make improvemen' ‘Mayor Fagan has sent another oom- ger W, W. Wheat- tublic Service Com- him to attend a con 1 munication to, Mana y. of New Pi for the purpose of discussing of heating cars. Col. Robert G, Smith, president of the, Btraet and ¢Water Cont) loners, and his fellow-Comm{sstoner Nolan, Anthony Helntze and John Sulli ed resolutions last menting ‘The Event ful Aight for tran Jersey Clty, the’ new. work ‘The as taken up exposing H.ONeill & To-day, Y pre’ vening W Jerse: vy City's t ee F. MOU-AN STILL ON STRIKE, IKKANSAS CITY, Jan. 11.—Frank Mou- Jan, comedian of the "Su of Sulu” who is engaged in a legal y with the management of “that organization, because of his de- | termination to uphold his wife, Miss Lillian Berri, who quarrelled with her empl 's because of a cold dressini room, refused to play last night. Hi sat in the audience during the per- formance, ousekeeper in Greater New Here is gathered two hundred thousand doll. every special sale purposes. bought for regular everyday selling and is up in every r high standard of quality. Second. early to-day in a fire which destroyed | stable of Peoples brothers, c tractors, in West Philadetphia, Thi loss is estimated at partly in: sured, ‘Che origin of the fire is ur known. Beds and Bedding. BRASS BEDS—By an exact count just fifty patterns on our sample floor—Here are some | specimen values: Regular Regular Regular S Hig’ has BOWDUIN ALUMNI BANQUET. The Executive Committee of the Be York and vicinity announces that thi thirty-fourth annual meeting and quet will be held at she Hotel Mr tan, Madison avenv street, on Friday MINER HIT. A Gold Miner on the Coffee Question. Many 4 rugged constitution has been broken down by use of coffee. “[ and my gon are miners and have been strong coffee drinkers, I will add I followed mining for fifty years, Nearly three years ago my; son had palpitation of the heart so, bad that after a hard day's work he! price $20.00—January Sale price $35.00—January Sale price $38.00—January Sale Regular price $54.00—January Sale Price $47.00. Regular price $82.50—January Sale Price $70.00. WHITE ENAMELLED IRON BEDS(brass trimmed) # The one illustrat- ed here has 1-inch posts, heavy brass rail and spindles jon head and foot. | Regular price $6.50. January Sale $3 98 Price WHITE ENAMELLED IRON BEDS (brass trimmed), 1%4-inch posts, ',-inch fillings, l-inch top brass rail, fancy brass spindles. Regular price $12.00—January Sale Price $8.50. Price $15.00. |, Price $27.50. 7 Price $33.00. breath when lying down, and I was a victim of constipation, headache, and could not sleep soundly. | “So I pulled up stakes one day and started to see a doctor, and, curiously enough, an old acquaintance | met on the way steered me off. We stopped} We quote the values: Img for a car, y hours ata time? Because the | ive the Delaware and Lacka- . In Hoboken, crowded and to ston at the Hen- derson street station. ‘Then again the station Is poorly Hehted and on a dark night {t is a dangerous spot. Many | -women have been interfered with by rufans at the station Jate at night when they transferred from a Grave street car, T'm a pelice officer and T know T'd never stop off at that station late at night.” Joreph Perlmutter. manager fon a ary fonda and millinery house on Newark avenue, rays: Only a Farce-Comedy, wh, and 3 N of the New Puhtic| ny, resides there, Jers Edward Hoos. now tn! business on “ \ for four years, wiiate | term of office T the) trolley companies to imorave thelr | tem. and if ever a man tried to ac. | compligh anything it was myeelf. 1 called meeting after mecting nivself, the Street and Former M ame furnit nue, saya: managers, and mach © am sulted in nromises— chat wae all, The trolley service of vhis v i the worst I ever encoun- PES The eats are run few and fer shay, saeco, om toon oe wo 4! ited lately that I walle rather Rube ride."’ 1 te {old troubles. A miner is supposed to and talked and told each other all the! news, and I told him about our trou- bles. He said it was coffee doing the work and that using Postum in place of coffee cured him of almost exactly the ailments I described. “So instead of going to the doc tor's I sent for.some Postum, al- though I did not have much faith in a, but to my great joy it turned out all right, and after we quit coffee completely we both began to get well. kept it up and are now both of us, strong, well men with none of the MATTRESSES—Best Black English Mixed | Hair Mattresses made with French roll, stitched edge, A. C. A. or fancy ticking. 3 foot size—regular $15,50-—sale price $9.00 3% foot size—regular $17.00—sale price $10.50 4 fout size—regular $16.50. sale price $12.00 4% foot size—regular $20.00—sa!c price $13.50 | No. 1 White Drawings fi Mattresses, A. C. A. or fancy ticking. 3 foot size—regular $18.75—s2'¢ price $12.50 3% foot size—regular $22.50—sale 71.2 $15.00 4 foot size—regular $26.25—rale price $17.50 434 foot size—resular $30.00—sle price $20.00 FEATHER PILLOWS—3% lbs. each, size 22x28, guaranteed odorless. Two Specials. $2.25 Pillows for $1.50 $1.50 for $1.00 price CROSS STRI be able to stand great hardships, but we could not stand coffee. It was killing us. Any one following the di- rection? on the package of Possim will hew» a far bette: drink than ne can get from the best coffee, “1 think every coffee toper should |to iltustrate, know Postum will cure him of his ailments; besides, ft is sucha refres ing drink.” Name given by Posium Co,, Battle Creek, Mich. Coffee hurts nearly all who drin’ it, and soaks some people very hard, | ‘There is a sure way ott of the trou- ble by quitting coffee and using Pos- |) tum. ae package for a copy of ry the famous little book, “The Road to elivilley” : Size 8', x 1046—r Size9 x12 —1 We Inaugurate Our First January Sale of Furniture, Bedding, Upholsteries & Rugs, the Important Features of which will interest First. grade merchandise, nota single piece of which was made or bought for On the contrary, the whole collection represents goods Every article on the floor is reduced in priee—not a few pieces picked here and there, but every Bed—every piece of Furniture ae EIGHTY-FOUR HORSES BURNED.||| —every Rug—every piece of drapery—every pair of Curtains —belonging to these PHILADELPHIA, Jan. i.—Bishty- i!) superb stacks has tumbled down from regular prices. four horses were ourned to death | Visitors will find this Floor (the fourth floor ) the best lighted and the | best arranged for showing Upholstery and Furniture in the city. drawers, bevelled mirror. January sale price. . $5.98 55 inches high and 33 inches wide, 5 deep drawers. Regular price, $6.00. January sale price. . $3. 98 OTHER DRESSERS in Mahogany, Birch and Oak, up to “ $160.00 OTHER CHIFFONIERS in Mahog- any, Birch, Maple and Oak, up to... From the Upholstery Department RUFFLED MUSLIN CURTAINS. Regular price 98c. pai Regular price $1.50 pair. Curtain Swisses. ig Regular price 10c. yard—january sale price....5C Regular price 15¢. yard—January sale price....9¢ From the Rug Department We have a particularly interesting story. Every Rug in the department—large or small |Oriental or domestic—is subjected to a material price reduction. We quote ene line High Grade Axminster Rugs. sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street. Co. York. jars’ worth of strictly high espect to our well known olid Oak Dressers. hly polished, 40-inch base, two large and two small Regular price, $8.75. "$140.00 following representative January eis 50c CURTAIN: Janua ‘egular $19.50—Sale price. $14.00 egular $23.50--Sale price. .$18.00 H Azure Blue, always satisfactory, f os lbs. Granulated Sugar, ] 5c. Selling this great staple at this price is another emphatic evidence of the helpful- ness of the James Butler stores. Determined and intelligent effort is the force behind these great economy oppor- tunities, of which thousands of days at all our stores’ Picnic Hams. Choice, juicy, tender and sweet; freshly smoked and cured, pound, ... Cc = Washday Specials) Starch—Fine Grade Gloss Starch, 3-Ib. box for....... 14c Butler's Borax Soap, 7 cakes Coney Island Soap, 13 cakes } Chunk Soap, ° cakes for.. Violet Ammonia, bottle. . 25¢} ‘-lb, box. Powdered Borax, a labor-siver, 34 Liberty Jams, all flavors, ¢x- y-lb. for Clothes Pins, made of hard: wood, 100 for Dolieas Xicr Washing Fluid, makes | Jelly, all kinds of fruits, deli 9 Poltlessaies aiieen avacees the work easier, bottle......... | cious, in Mason jars.......... 7© Peertess New Orleans 12c French Biue, gives the right tint; Olive Oil—The pure Lucca 21 lasses Quart bottle . BlaGUAFESTOR?.cccuescossseoes S| Ol, bottle 35c. and... ..... C Blue Ribbon Molasses — Finest Butler’s Lye or Potash, un rivalled cleansers, in sifting cans, Honey, COMBS, in glass sections, pure clover honey—per section relat: 19¢ Sed &c CHOICE SC ROCERIES A French Peas. Extra pack; small, green and deliciously tender, Coffees and Teas. The Butler Blends receive highest praise because they merit it. ts Best Mocha and Jaya Coffce,lb.25¢ Very Best Santos Coffee, Ib 15c | TarNAR nee =, intire hea’ our, whole- Goylon or Waal) “foie and goo: +10. package, PO b., 28¢.; 1b... DOC Vetiow or White Meal Oe 10¢) Best No. 1 Tea—Allkinds, Ib... 35¢ 0 Choice No.2 Tea 5 c| lish Breakfast and Col Blue Ribbon Jams, all flay- Liberty Pickles, of all kinds, bottle [Very Special | 1 Can Pancy Corn and ‘25c 1Can Fine Tomatoes, these! Johnnie Cake, Golden Crisp, Vienna Crimp 18 RETAIL BRANCHES. thrifty homekeepers will avail during the next three Sardines. The unsurpassed “Essie” brand —finest quality, packed in mustard, 10c can Cereals. Power—A pure health-promot- ing food, package......+...++ 5c Graham or Rye Flour, 3-ib. 10 ic packag .. Ile can Spe Mixed,Eng- b. er 1Oc toothsome hot cakes, 3 Ibs. for Telumph Buckwhest — The [4c best; 3 Ibs. for Bartey—Fine and coarse, in cat 25c 25c 15c Hent quality, 3 lars for... tons; fine 7¢., coarse, ‘ Golden Deip Syrup—Quart sy extra line quality. grade, old-fashioned New Crieans, quart bottle .. ‘Rice. Fancy full head Caro- lina Rice, 3 lbs, for 15 12, Early June Peas) 14c Crackers. 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