The evening world. Newspaper, February 4, 1904, Page 4

Miention to the Need for Greater Safety for the Millions Who Ride Every Bay. \ * MORE S@MINGENT LAW : IS NOW DEMANDED. “Formerly Operators Were Re- quired to Pags Civil Service | Examinations, but None Have | Been Held for Six Years. ‘all of the elevator in which five per- e Building De- | ave been ordered 1 elevators. The accident ‘has called attention to the insuffictency of the elevator inspection in this city. Three times as many persons travel on the elevators of the city in a day 4s travel upon all the surface and elevated lines, yet the Building De- | partment has little authority to enforco ite orders and protect these millions of | passengers. The department has prac- | Heally no superyision in the matter of | selecting operators. | | ‘ ‘This latest accident will doubtless re- sult in the passage of laws that will ‘wnable the Superintendent of Buildings | to exercise greater power, At! present | the department can only bring sult fo! penalties in cases where the law 1 violated. The records of the department show that there are 3,000 passenger elevators in the city, Besides these are hundreds of freight lifts, which are under the control of the Factory Bureau, It is entimated that each car makes 200 trips & day and carries an average of six passengers on each trip. Millions Travel prery Day. Thin means that ‘4,200,000 persons travel up and down every day. ‘The Blevated and surf ines carry only 1,800,000 passeni The protection af- forded by the city to clevator passen- gers is not at all in proportion. Inspections frequently made by the city inspectors, but the only recourse against violators is in suing for the ‘pennity imposed by Jaw. In this way ‘the violators escape for months or alto- The bullding code provides that the Ir Ww applicants for positions were required to take @ Civil Service examination be- fore the Superintendent, but the Cor- jon Counsel ruled that the Depart- ‘ment had no right under the law to en- Segce such a rule. ince 189% no licences have been issued %6 operators. Small boys often control the levers and men are broken in in ‘one day and intrusted with the lives of hundreds of passengers, Without the right to require every operator to a8 a test and secure a certificate the apartment in unable to cope with this | evil. How the Law Is V a. Tsnac A, Hopper, Superintendent of Buildings, said to-day that the two ele- vators in the building where the accl- occurred were put in, operation without a final Inspection by the depart- ment and that sults against the owners of the building are naw pending. If this is proved In court the owners are Mable to a fine of §20 and sv a day for every twenty-four hours the law was a violated. If thessharge is proved it Is Mkely that ‘an accusation of criminal ce will follow” ‘The case is roroughly Investigated by the de- the @levator which slid through. or fell, last ‘Tuesday was known asx a Frazier ‘elec trie, which. theoreticaily, seems to have every possible advantage. The only two of the kind which are In use in this city were installed two yenrs ago in the Arthur Building. ‘They Were mide afler the desicn of one of the consulting enst Otis Ele vator Company. “b Gane are Iu use in rage and Prov fo. the smoothn tah and thelr thev have be electric engine —— PAINTERS S Decorators Quit the risen, and me » Chie owing TRIKE. | Brother Compa ny culty had #oon would r the manag » Would give no ex e of the walk-out. jor of the “building is filled with ding, all of which was left | by the strikers. In addition py left a ‘y bad odor of cleansing mate pf whieh the men in the various offices com _ plained. ——— : Jerome on His Way Home. Distr torney Jerome left Albu querque, N. M., night before last, and ls expected home late to-morrow. He. will speak before the Society of the Saturday night, at the Wal- toria. For hea strain sitdicine js useless. In the Ehr- lich Eye-Testing Rooms these Oculists will advise you: A, W. Brewster, M. D. 8. Brooklyn yan CB. Brigden, M D. 5 years in ir Hospital, ) CHARGE for Consultation. MU meeded, at moderatecost. {Patrolman Lévy’s Suspicions Oculists. hes caused by eye| WHOSE LAPSE OF SHADOWS BETRAED | BURGLARS AT WORK Aroused by Sort of Vitascope Performance On Window) Shad of a Tailor Shop. Patrolman Samuel Levy, of the West | Forty-seventh street station, was sure prised early to-day as he was passing No. 75 Tenth avende at seeing the shadows of two men on the curtain In the window of the tailor shop of Joseph Suba, The men seemed from thelr mo- tions to be giving an imitation of pack- ing @ trunk with only about two min- utes to catch a train. Levy watched this {mpramptu vita- will place on s: EDMUND PANDGIRIS BOY HERO, MEMORY PUZZLES. scope performance for xeveral seconds and then called Roundsman Brady, The two policemen entered the shop in time to surprise two men. According to the officers they were packing up all the clothing In the place. When their diversion was thus interrupted they drew knives and showed fight, but changed thelr minds at the sight of the muzales of two shining revolvers About $200 worth of clothing had been packed. The owner who was asleep up- stairs was aroused and his property re- stored, while the two men were taken to the station and charged with bur- glary. Y: They gaye the names of William Aus- y-four years old, he ‘w of No. 74 Wei Btreet, and Daniel Catttield, of No. 43) West Fortysseventh street. The latter addrean is but two doors from the Wert Forty-seventh street gintion. os BOARDER BURNED TO DEATH. SYRACUSE, r., Fob. 4—Joln Van Fiver, forty-th years old, was burned td death in a fire which destroyed the Cottage Hotel, at Fast Syracuse, to, day. I was a boarder at the hotel and was asleep in his room, His brother found the body In the rulne, Stern Brothers ale to-morrow An Entirely New Style of Tailored Walking Suits of Black, Blue and Brown Cheviot Serges, short coat and pleated skirt, entire suit handsomely trimmed, $28.50 Real value $40.00 An Extraordinary Offering of Men’s Fancy & White Waist Coats For Street and Dress Occasions Novelttes in Imported Fabrics, in light a dark effects, also Plain and Figured Pique, perfect fitting and custom tailored, Men’s Braces heavy imported elastic webs, also fancy with gilt buckles, calfskin trimmed, ind Value $5.09 and $6.00 $2.50 striped silk, Value $100 50° To-morrow, Decided Values in Women’s Hosiery Fast Black Lisle Thread and Ingrain Cotton Hose, with double unbleached soles, fronts and open-work insteps, Fast Black Brilliant Lisle Thread Fine Black Pure Thread Silk Hose, with double soles, heavy-weight, with double soles, Fast Black Lisle Thread Hose, with embroidered lace work entire length, lace work ankles and French Lisle Thread with fancy side clocking, Valve 95¢ pr. Extra Quality Black Pure Thread Silk Hose, 25° 39° 59¢ Value $1.50 pr. $1.10 $1.25 Value 40¢ pr. Value 60c pr, Hose, Former price $1.75 pr: ‘GAZES ON WOMAN, |“, Too, Have a Mother,” Cries} | Demented Edmund Pangiris | as He Gazes on Woman’s! * | | Body He Saved from Fire, | It was the face of an aged woman, whom he had carried from a binning building, that brought back the mem- ory of his own home and mother to Ednmund Pangiris, the young medical student who disappeared from his home| in Bath Beach and for eleven days wandered along the cold road between| this ety and Middletown, N. Y¥. Reason did not return entirely to his shattered mind. It was only » flash, but the address at No. 16 Bay Twenty- second street, Bay Side, Bath Beach, which he repeated over and over to those who saw him bring the woman's almost lifeless body trom the flames, was sufficient to return him to his home, He was sent to/e sanitarium at Greenwich, Conn., to-day in the hope that a complete rest will affect @ eure, His gray-hatred mother wept ag she saw her onoo brilliant son @ physical as well as a mental wreok. Long days and nights out of doors without proper food or rest had left him weak and emaciated, The one thought in his mind | was to reach the home of Bessie White, a thirteen-year-old girl to whom he be- | came greatly attached when in the) mountains at Deihi last summer. Fenred He Had Killed Himself. warning, and for eleven days his dis- appearance was complete. His mother feared he had killed himself, as he had often threatened to do if he found there | was no cure for the mental malady which he felt creeping upon him, Pangaris was a student at the Long| Island College and was taking his re-| gents’ examination at the Grand Cen- tral Palace at the time of the explosion in the subway, His mother believes that the shock affected his mind, for he We Are Exclusive Agents “Edwin. C. inthe market at the price shapes to fit every foot and Perfect in fit. Thoroughly comfort- able, Splendidly made. Finest of leathers. Absolutely satisfactory. and general excellence that from $5.00 per pair to.. wear (broken sizes), in tan, blue and Regular prices | patterns and plenty of sizes from 1 | Men’s Bath elling, sizes 36 to 46... cach—special at Eton, Blouse and Coat Effects, plain cheviots and mixtures, 14 and 16 insignia on sleeve and collar, 6 to 14 yr GIRLS’ WHITF LAWN & CRAM guimpe, high neck, satior and Russian CHILDREN’S COATS FOR PRES several styles, 2 to © yrs., MISSES’ SILK WAISTS, COTTON WAISTS, new model, plain and spot lawns, 14 to 18 yrs., Exceptional Values in Misses’ and Girls’ Apparel MISSES’ SUITS, NEW SPRING MODELS, YES. GIRLS’ REGULATION SAILOR SUI7S, Peau de Cygne and Taffetas, 14 to 18 yrs,, $19.75 $4.95 $1.98, 2.95 $4.95 $2.90, 3.95 98c, $1.35, 1.98 FRAY DRESSES, sivles, 410 14 yrs., FNT WEAR, Special at West Twenty-third Street. piece sets to match--laces, embroi Drawers, Gowns, Petticoats and Co: per set | $2.00 and $2.25 each; cholce at.. | COLORED CAPS, BONNETS and ai greatly reduced prices, 29c, éach; special at......+ +06 The young man left home without ‘ Kiwin C, Burt Wewilork Possesses the same dignity of design, grace- fulness of outline, superior workmanshi in the past—the price only has changed— made of Percale and fine corded Madras cloths—neat figures and stripes in light and dark grounds—cuffs attached orscparate.... Men's House Coats,made of all-woolimported English double-faced cloth; also all-wool tri- cot, finished with cord edge. blue, garnet and brown. Sizes 34 to 44..... ! CHILDREN'S WHITE EIDERDOWN SHORT | WOMEN'S. CANTON FLANNEL DRAWERS, unbleache has never been himself ince. Later ho had @ sunstroke, realization that his own mind was becoming shattered developed in the youth a mania for the study of in- | ' | sanity. | | Uficly and professed to know hia own | (ailment exastly. He told hie mother i land friends time and again that he rae Fn He read on the subject pro- would kill himself when he found that be was hopelessiy insane, In the medical books in his room there were many pages on insanity which were penc!l marked and worn. He had poured over them for hours, and teach- ors at the Long Island Medieat College say he really was able to diagnose his own case, His observations of his affliction have been of great benefit to the profession. Memory lef; him completely very sud- denly. His mother and friends thought he was gtowing better, when late one night he said wai Ti for a cigar and left the hdfse, Ho did not return, and all night mother morried, Jn fie whorning she notified the police, but a thorough search of af the places he was wont to visit trace of him, Nie had but five cents in hie pocket, end was Ww it food the greater part of the eleven days. Bome one gave him an overcoat, for he was thinly clad. He cannot remember where he got the cont. Wanted to Reach Girl, The thought uppermost in bis weak- ened mind was to reach the home of the little girl in the mountains, He hoped to make her hig wife, & mountain cabin, Her influence joothed him in the summer, and he imagined that a life with her with the surroundings of nature would restore his reason. Walking along tl railroad tracks near Middletown hoe saw & shanty on fre, and chee the window he saw an old woman helpless in bed. Ie ran into the building, wrap! the woman in the blankets ahd carried her into the fresh alr, She was badly burned and unconscious from the smoke. As he held her in his arms he rubbed her face with snow in an attempt to revive 3 r,t he died in his arms. ae a ions. time he held the old wom- an in his arms, gazing into her face. “understanding took the place ucn of memory. =) Have a mother end a home, he ‘aid to thore whe had gathered around to applaud his brave act, "She live at No. 16 Bay Twenty-second strest, Bay Side, Bath ‘Beach. ‘The spectators saw he was de- | mented, and led him away to @ warm a .ome one had read of his dis. Appearance in The Byening World and a telegram was sent to his mother. rienda were'soon on the way to Dring him Phyatcians fear that it will be r eral Tontha. if ever, before he {ts en- firely well again. H.O'Neill & Co. in New York City for the Burt” Shoe. i With the experience of forty years behind it this famous make of shoe is not approached by an: other — $3.50 per pair. c have styles for all occasions. Pre-eminently the shoe for the well-dressed woman and costs less than other good shoes, has identified it $3.50 (Second Floor.) Men's Norfolk and New Brunswick Merino Underwear. We will offer the balance of our late sale of this fine under- }62¢ (First Floor.) natural shades, at, each.. $1.25 to $1.50. Sale of Men’s. $1.00 and $1.25 | Stiff Bosom Shirts at 68c. These are clean, spick and span new goods, fine assortment of 4 to 17 inches. They are l68c (First Floor.) Robes and House Coats ll aa Specials for Friday. Men's Bath Robes, made of all-wool Blanket and Eiderdown; also imported Turkish Tow- $2.98 Worth $4.75. Colors, navy $3.98 (Third Floor.) Worth $5.50, Women’s Golf Vests. Assorted colors, sizes 34 to 44 inches—made to sell nee} 98C (First Floor.) Muslin Undergarments. BRIDAL SETS for SPRING BRIDES—boxed in three, four and ftve- ldery and fancy ribbon — Chemises, rset Covers, all sizes, upward from, #9+986.49 COATS, usually . o. se $175 to 5 years, for children, 1 COATS usually Biot | Is CHILDREN'S DRESSES of colored gingham and outing flannel, in checks and stripes, nicely made, usually 25c. and 29c,; choice at....19¢ (Second Floor.) ie failed to reveal any |. ! look in bis eves, It was the | J as @ relative of Commodore Vanderbilt, | of choice embroidery, finished with hemetitched SS Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street. PINT ss sie eee made wth ot umbrella ‘ th tw Be (fad Aaa His hg TOO THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. years che hng live almost the life of @ recluse. It was considered one of her ecoentricities thet she ignored the other members of the Vanderbilt family, Miss Vanderbiit possesses a striking resemblance to her relative, Commodore Vandertilt, She is six feet tall and the | | weight of years had not bowed her erect jearriege. Hers was e famillor figure to the few bankers in Wall street with | whom she had business dealings. Up to three weeks ago sho visited them un- AGED VANDERBILT NEARS DEATH'S DOOR Niece of the Commodore, Aged ijt 06 Weer 23 Sraner EVENIN . 1 4 92, Very Low—Said to Be Inne” a forttne. UN To ahah oh [eldeoe Beek izadeth Vanderbilt was born in i orp, 8. I., and althou ap a mecha the! Worth $10,000,000—Famil- | * iar Figure in Wall Street. ps Gusch ann Quins twenty-fi Mrs. Biixab x & ie ive years with her niece, eth odin, whe moved to this al Se gtk 5 Rt elty from NN. J., five years | Her father wae Oliver Vanderbilt, W evprvls. Bats Elizabeth Vanderbilt, a stately old wren, : Indy of ninety-two, who is remembered | geoene durtis f Grenache by the older generation of New Yorkers Furrep. is dying in a modest apartment at No. $83 Columbus avenue. For twénty-five Fee otc stain oe PASS Siac ted aA five. meventy- AND 2° STRAUS The greatest Store and the greatest business In Brooklyn have risen here on the foundation of PUBLIC SATISFACTION, with the best service, the best assortments and the lowest prices. First Great Friday in February, Greater Values and Smaller Prices. HESE SALES ARE PROGRESSIVE—the interest widens and deepens cach week. Women have come to look forward to these Friday Sales and to expect the unusual, and they are never disappointed here. alues that bring many, many converts to the rank and file of Abraham & Straus shoppers. Men’s $3to $5 Fancy Vests, $1.95 A Lucky Strike. ¢ ‘ST values! Well, I just guess so/”” That's what our Vest man said when he showed his goods this morning that he is going to startle the Friday business with. He wai tickled with the luck he had in striking this 1 that his enthusiasm must be excused—you won’t wonder at it when you see the Vests. oho, &re all styles in the collection, but the majorit; have pee neat Yittle dots of telling yet genteel color effects—not a loud tone to jar the harmony—cholce worsted or matelasse vestings In dark grounds and tny dots of blue, rod or white, with some a trifle more elab- crate 1h design—all are cut in the prevailing sx button uizes 34 to 4, fo Yea ac 0 44, and some for stout your size if you cannot come. None sent C. 0. D,, Th STS, Guizesponding values in Trousers, bye thé 4,00 worsteds at $3.05. 0) cassimeres, $4.00 values, for $2.85. hs leg Second floor, rear, East Bullding. Waists! Waists! — Waists! $1.98 and $2.98 Values for $1.29, Cece as well as pretty and taking Fine Bric-a-Brac and Clocks At Great Reductions, HE February sale is now well on its way in the Bric-a-Brac and Clock Store, and fas- cinating as are the exhibits there, they can- not be more pleasing than the prices. Never be- fore -has there been such an opportunity as this to buy all that is best at prices that are the least. A stroll'through the department is a treat in itself, and there are opportunities for all to purchase. Bric-a-Brac, 1 to ORe., worth 25e. to $1.60. A large variety ot bisque Ornaments, Flower Holders, Trays, etc. 60c., worth #8e. Hand painted covered Steins. Clocks, 9.95, worth $18,650, Gold plated Clock Sets, 8-day a nveanen tan erties half hourly on cathedral gong, com- t alr of candelabra. mate with ye 7 $8.08 to $45.00, Fine to $1750) regulart; THVelcE Sor Basement, West Building. wae hy 40 French Aprons for Maids, 39c. HERE are four very pretty styles in fine lawn—one with an insertion of fine em- broidery, tucks here and there in effective style; another has two insertions of choice em- broidery; still another has an insertion and a ruffle of select embroidery; the fourth has revers flannel Waists, velvet tri-imed—a few velveteen models also, in broken sizes, no duplicates. and black. Actual $5.00 and $6.00 Values for $1.98. ‘We simply want you to come a assortment of peau de sole aid peau de eyene Watsts that have outlived their store time, though not their beauty or worth. There are but one or tw. just alighi solled from handling—you'd never notice ie red, D. Colors red, green, ‘royal blue hem—any one for 39c. Maids’ Fine Lawn Aprons—d8c. is tyles—all itty an —#08 with © Et at tucking and. hem—others with fine tucking and embroidery i perl "iat walistes: ht blue or white, Not sent C, O. D. Second Floor, Rear, Central Butiding. q ’ . . Women’s Cotton Shirt Waists, Worth $2.00, at.98c, ; JHA‘T’S just what it is—two dollars for Ninety- eight cents—the pretty, new design in the white Alexander cloth: Waists, mercerized stripes, plaited front, finished with two rowsof pearl buttons, and boucle cloth Waists, with laited front. We'd like you to just see these aists—and then you’d buy them. Second floor, rear, Central Butlding. Shoes for the ‘Family. Mamma, Papa and Little Boy. i fit thy all out at the N oPpoftsice, Good, durable Shooe that will fit well, wear well and look well in any kind of Winter weather. Style will please mamma, wear will please the boy, and the price will certainly suit pers: Women’s Shoes, Worth $2.50 and $3.00, at $1.65. the i 4 wax calf, Sizes of samples, I rin youths ; hors’ 4 and 44; all einen owe tl iether fines 3 ever had for the most cheerful news Second floor, Mast Building, Men's $3 & $3.50 Shoes, $2.25 Mie Velour cat too, drill ined, sizes 6% to 10, medium’ toe, Sikths C.D. H and HH; worth $2.60, at #2.26, : , three soles, leather lining, broad sceien's, Mee dyoar welted soles, extension ‘sizes 6 to 9%, widths D, BE an ee BS. fier vr ub. a noe, aie Men's box calf lace aril lining, jum toe last, Goodyear, welted . BE and 1; valiie $3.00, at @u.26, iate 68 a wt B Beasod floor, rear, ent’ Butiding, Women’s Pedestrian Skirts. Worth $6.00 and $10.00, at $2.98 and’ $4.95 ESSARY adjuncts to every well regulated wardrobe are the ‘‘Skirts that escape the gone Two styles to choose from The little prices are unprecedented, One is a gore style, with inverted plai e quality black chevio® yalue $h00, at gos, TAGe Of fine The other is made of zlbellne, broadcloth and mannish materials, in a large variety of colorings; It has thd new Paquin plait down the front, habit back and finished with rows of stitching at bottom’ and self color buttons; value | | | Second floor, front, Oentral Buflding. Malta-Vita, Cero-Fruto, 9c. a: tegular price is 14c.—you ‘make the Chiffon Mousselines, {3c. Silk and Cotton, INUSUALLY pretty, sheer, dainty silk and cotton Chiffon Mousselines, in all the pret. tiest Summer colors—you may have seen them in a recent sale here—now at I3c. Every- body takes a fancy to them. Main floor, saving of Sc, on a package. - Just another demonstration of the saving on table expenses that may be obtained by pur- chasing in this Grocery Store. That it is the best Grocery Store hereabouts is demonstrated again and again—don’t take our say-so—ask any one who trades here, , ‘Third Floor, West Building. t $16.50 Sample Corsets, $5.98. | All Straight-Front Models. ING dip hip models, giving the long, taper- ing lines to the hips; also medium dip hip models. Made of white coutil, brocaded batiste and black Italian cloth, Also 600 at 590, each, Ee eh Oa LS prices make these Corsets , West Bullding, Good style and little good bargains. . ' Second floor, ‘front; Mast Billding. White Skirting Flannels, Worth 85c,, at 53c. a Yard. Sik embroidered, good ity,.yard wide, white wool Skirting Flannel with hem. stitched and scalloped edge. j iH The simple announcement will suffice —it's fine ‘value, and the majority. of Brooklyw.women will be only too glad to come ¢arly and get theit With Extra Trousers. Wi ing that can be bought in the city. Made lined. The most ambitious boy will find his be good at this price. They are rather nobby 7 to 16 years, Sate oieaai a, Sates Boys’ Wearwell Suits, $4.95. cannot help being proud of this sale. It’s the biggest $4,95 worth of Boys’ Cloth- from the new cheviots for Spring, strictly all wool, sewed with silk throughout and durably match in the wearing quality of these goods— even without the extra trousers the valne would looking, too; made as well as our best maker can make clothes. New Norfolk style—for boys of SS, $1Pretty Percaline Petticoats, 59c Black and White Striped. ruffle, trimmed with tw fe sagt 6