The evening world. Newspaper, February 5, 1904, Page 8

Will See that the Grand Opera- House Is Not Open To-Night Enforce Orders. __ Penn LAST NIGHT) ~~ THROUGH A MISTAKE. Police Waited for Instructions When They Did Not Arrive They Deolined to Act. H ‘The first thing Mayor McClellan did upon reaching his office after the Whit- fey funeral to-day was to find out why she Grand Opera-House Was not closed faat night as he had ordered. He found iat, and ald that tie police would be on | hand to-night to prevent persons trom | entering if the management persists in ~ ketbdiug the doors open. Tickets for to- | niglit's performance were sold at the | theatre box-office as usug) to-day. | \A_ misunderstanding as to authority (urfished Manager Springer with the ‘opportunity to keep his theatre open @ When it had béen orderod cipsed. Com- spissioner of ilealth Parlington, inter- ting that there would be no protest on the part of the managers, did not send fmapectors ta the various theatres af- (heted to see that his closing order was carried out. As the polico had no authority with- Sut orderg from somo one authorized “by ‘the Department of Health to give ofders, they were powerless to do avy- thing at the Grand Opera-House. The| other managers migiit have opened just | ie same had they choser: to defy che | Mayor's order, becaus there was 110 Health Department inspectors at any | of the theatres. “The Grand Opera-tfouse will le ‘eloged to-night,” said Mayor McCtol- lau. “There will be no ropetition of the misunderstanding that mado the Ogeurrence of ast night possible, All a Mipunderstanding. "It appears,’ he continued, “that Cammilésiones McAdoo gent his men ‘ito the Grand Opera-House subject to any action which might be taken by the Health Department. It was under- _ stood that a representative of that! department would give the order to sient the theatre upon the arrival of the lice, "No such order was giv how- ever, ih the absence of any from the Health Department, so police eid not act. ‘There will be no tisiuke to-night Commissioner McAdoo will sce that | the public is not admitted to the Grand Ypert-House to-night. Nor will ad- mission be allowed in nuy of the other _ theatres ordered closed,” concluded the Mavor emphatically. 4 ‘The Madison Square, Princess and Vaudevite Theatres, Huber's Museum and Murtig & Seamon's variety house Were closed in aevordance with the or- der ef the Mayor. The Grand Opera- House was open and a performance of “The Karl of Pawtucket was given to vue of the biegest houses of the season Qaly the Gallery Closed. ‘Mr. Springer made no pretense of | tompliance with the order beyond clos- | ing his gallery, The Grand Opera-Housc | gallery 1s equipped with benches. The @uthorities have ordered that opera chairs be substituted for the benches. | ‘This has not heen done, and the gallery | Was not opened. Holders of gallery | seats bought in advance were scated In the rear rows of the balcony. ‘The Grand Opera-House was open and the performdnce was.given under amaz- | ing conditions. Capt. Cottrell, of the West Twentieth strect station, With 29 men was on hand to enforce the order | of the Mayor, but all he did was handle} the crowd so that the patrons of the ‘house might enter mort conventently. Capt. Cottrell telephoned all oyer ‘and Has Instructed Police to! from Health Department and | | Jumped. $50,000,000 LOAN BERTRAM R, SCBEFF, WHO KILIL.ED HIMSELF ON THE “L.” 84 262 LE LDL DE PEEREEP GAGE LOD DD LEE ICLPEF PSPS IGS ESDESIDED 9ODS-IGOTG 136644404908 | ed resote Time The Walch Atopred dvds esetebod e eee DLO PPODLPLG®OOE DEE DORD THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY rat 1904, | see ‘WOMAN MOB FIGHTS 10 SEE SCENE OF SUICIDE eee For Fwo Hours They Struggled About Place Where Scheff W by “ lige Bertram R, Scheff, a Custom-House inspector, jumped in front of a south- bound Sixth avenue “L' train at the ‘Twenty-third street station this after-| noon and was cut to pleces. ‘Che sensa- tlonal suicide produced a scene of in-| tense excitement on the train and/ in| the surrounding shopping diatriet. For| two hours after the accident mobs of morbid women struggled for a chance| to stand in Sixth avenue and gaze at the dark red splotches on the Iron pil- lars underneath the track. The reserves from the ‘Tenderloin station had all) they could do to keep tra fc open until the shifting of the crowd had wiped| out. the commotion attending the oc-/ currence. | ‘Two persons were within reaching dis- tance of Scheff when he leaped to death. ‘They were Sam Gemeiner, an A. D. T.| mesnenger. and Mra, Henry Coakley, of) No. 28 Henry street. Brooklyn, They agree that Scheff sought dgath deliber- ately and that when he jumped from the platform station to the track he ejacu- lated, “Oh, my God!’ Scheff took his position at the ¢x- treme north end of the station, where the trains run at good speed prepar- atory to slacking up for the station stop. He waited until the approaching train was within twenty feet, when he rll ed Himself for Death. of his legs Slipped, between said James F. Newman, of FOR PENNA, RR, To Be Taken Up by Syndicate Organized by Kuhn, Loeb & town and finally degided that he had no tuthority. He appeared to be watting| for anything from the Salvation Army | fo a battleship. Before he had made up | his rind as to how far his autho extended, the excellent perform: Was conclided and the audience dritting away from Twenty-third sty and Eighth avenue. Conimissionor Dariington, of the Board | et of Health, sald to-dey that he wes much | burprised’ at the detiance ot Manager peingus, He thought that Were explicit, but he wan ioe know what could be done. WILL Act Slowly. wit don't wi ne aala, trator in the matter of Springor until I have we Corporation Counsel the tnunug elt eft Wo dery andere ot 1 a not antici: Taha” provesa * along whatever 1 Delany may Ba ou © Commiast # told that some manugers are consi him of diserim wating in yavor of theatres owned « controlled by % ‘prominent ‘Tammany jeader and fis, frlends.” Dr. Darlington responded Moteknow until Taat might that tive politic was in any wa the politlelan in question interested in the the- ate, Biaie ie “we divided the theatres of the city into thre daasos—thore. that are wate accordin| iW, those SHAS, are belng Improved | h the Jaw requires. and fort at compliance The latter class we de- and there were six the Vaudeville | jurtig & Seamon's {s being rushed pt epe. day, and the managers ex- open to-morrow night. The ndeville. spat Arnold Daly his eempany Bernard ndida, lust en “arnegte Lacetin and will be | ited: there to-nish dison Square a Princess ‘Th Theatres | the workmen, and tu :\ 6— Admiral auffering with a - bites bet- tt «| der Co.—Notes to Bear Interest at 4 1-2 Per.Cent. as Cut to Pieces Train. No. 5 Fast One Hundred and First street, the motormun. He recovered himself tinmediately and straightened himself acrosy the track with his head to the platform. ‘His chest was on the inside rail and he grabbed the guard lock with both hands "I had just put on the air for the first time for the station stop. It was too late to stop the train before the wheels hit the man. J felt the shock and put on all the aif power, but the | front truck went over him, “The first‘l saw of the man was whe: | he touched the track, His actions 4 stretching himself across the rails wer auteker than it takes to tell tt. Evi dently he had made up his mind just! how he was going to place himself, be- cause he seemed to know just what to! J dkin't hear him: make any out cry." Newman and Otto Pihl, of No 456 Edgecomb avenue, the conductor, were placed under arrest. Policemen rode with them to the end of the run and then took them to Jefferson Market Court, where they were held for the Coroner, Ball was furnished by the company. Scheff was identified by a Royal Ar- canum membership card in his pocket. He wore an 18-carat gold watch that erford, N, J. The man was well dressed. He wore an 18-karat gold watch that Was crushed by the wheels. It stopped exactly at 12.48 o'clock, the Unie of the THREE ATTEMPTS > Assistant Distriot-Attorney Nott * | question | | No. 66 East Fifty-fourth: street is ante t A Nopelition ue the Glasses, If needed, at moderatecos: linposing five-story brown stone apart: i ‘have some trouble dow ment-houre which nas bebn, thrice| there. Ha put ane eit cerlet-Attorney Nott. at 29¢. Als osice. In) the| Criminal) Cobrts) Bulla: Heart-shaped Fancy Ice Cases, 3¢. and 6c. each. Tr inclined to thinks the iy « ‘ tae cash, time ober bates Cream Dates, pound” boxes, 10c. Maple Pecan accident. ‘Train Was Crowded. ‘The train was crowded with shoppers bound for the ‘Twenty-third street stores. ‘They had grouped about the doors and on the platforms in readi- ness for quick departure when the train should stop. ‘he sudden appli- cation of the air brakes threw inost ot them from thelr feet and then the screams of the victim, "heard above the grinding of the wheels, had the effect 0; rendering the’ tightened wonen half frantic, They stormed the gates, but tne guards refused to open until they were satisfied that the train would remain | motionless long enough to allow passengers to get of without dan Then the women were released by way of the ear plattorins that hud. reached the station platform. Fi cars, Chat were stop) station, the women wa: tea through un- {il they got to the care at the platform , Loeb & Company are making Arrangements to float a $30,000,000 Ioan jfor the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- The loan will be taken up by a organized by the finaneters. bearing interest at the rate of Seat per cent will be issued. The rea- son of the loan, it i# said, will be for the improvement of the Western lines to the Pennsylvania, In Itself the $50,000,000 loan is @ great surprise to Wall st Tt shows the need of money by the Pennsylvania for vast acheme of improvements un- ken a few years ago und eontin- ved since then without a break. The New York terminal, the two tunnels under the rivers and the operating of i their extensive system East and West jhave proven a great drain on the capttal of the company. Rumors of the intended loan ,floated through the Wall street district during he past few weeks, but they were denied by the Pennsylvania, To-day however, {t was generally admitted tha such an issuance of notes would be | made, and that Kuhnsloeb would un- dertal BOY RUN DOWN BY AUTO, ortunately weon Wheels and Wasn't Much Hurt, George Kingage. tive years o}d, of No. 1% West One Hundred and Twenty- eighth street, was run down by an au- tomobile driven by Philip Becker, of No. 1838 Seventh avenue, this after- noon at Seventh avenue and One Hun- dred and Twenty-fifth street. The doy, who was with his mother, fell in front of the machine, but fortunately be- tween the wheels, so that he was more frightened than hurt when picked up. ene mother fainted as he disappeared and ie seniors at deri aes Sega sass, sore i Sale of f Ribbons Pitporied | Ribbons, printed warp, 5 to 9 inches wide, - 48c. & 68c. per yd, value 75¢. to $1.50 yd. Motive Antique | Sash Ribbons, | 50c. per yd. value 85c. Black Taffeta and ' French Faitlle| (imported) 4 to 6 inches wide, 209c. & 390¢. per ‘yd. Black Moire,.. 6 inches wide, "'25¢. per yd. Lord & Taylor, Broadway and Twentieth Street and Fifth Avenue. | Twenty-third street, fell into the river. He was rescued by two ‘longshoremon and taken to Bellevue Hospital Oculists. Not salesmen or opticians, but | experienced Qculists with dark rooms, Scientific apparatus afd everything for correct eye treatment. A. W. Brewster, M. D., 217 B’way. | Bain, WB Say D. DETECTIVE GETS VEXED. On Ci in Const oldched 5 Name ‘Florrie” su! The name of "Florrie” brought out to-day in the arra! ot Christopher Wallace in th Bide Court for {mplication “Monk” Eastman gun fight at Forty. cond street and: Sixth avenue a few) wo. « Bryan. vantitel wi TO BURN A FLAT the Pinkerton detec-; tand during the cros. examination by Lawyer Smith, repr enting Wallace. He was asked If ) had not been mixed up in a nicke! the-slot robbery during the past Bryan denied any such per- a repitition of the)‘ Lives in the House and Enemy He Has Made as Pros- ecutor Is t Suepeoted, 303°Sixth Av. Far Hospital.) CHARGE for Consultation. Bryan then t lace and that ionk" four times. ‘The cage went to-morrow. XN threatened with destructiongpy fires of incendiary origin. The last fire oo- curred Sunday night and to-day the police of the Bast Fifty-first street sta- jon and detectives assigned to the case tman fred | er until | Chihich OPTICIANS—41 Years’ Practice, 25 Broad St.. Arcade, Broad Ex, Bl eee T . RESCUED FROM EAST RIVER 217 Broadw: ANGE House B by Fire Marshal Seery are bending While at work on the dock at the foot their efforts to clear up the mystery. |of East Twenty-sixth str to-day aa Brauhee, Lod oD ‘Below 6th Assistant District-Atiorney Charles | Barney, Fitzsimmons, of No. 342 East Tur EVENINGS, — T. Nott occupies the ground flopr of é Birantridlatalt dos the building, and #o frightened has his} a | wife become that she left the city to- j day. It Is hinted by the police that a person whom Mr. Nott In the capacity of public prosecutor may havo attacked the imetigator of the fires, A bundle of red flannel rags sqked TH. RD. which was found in the stairway lead- 7 ing from the main hall just off Mr. OFFER Nott's apartment, is the only clue. 4 4 ‘hfs evidence Is now inthe possession | Lodlet Articles, House Needs. of the Fire Marshal. i i Wage dies An) hares Hand Sapolio, O73 Throat Atomizers, 29 William Jones. teacher in the Cuuer| Mennen’s. Talcum Powder, .11 Borsum’s Putz, 13 ives on the upper floor of the} Babeskin Soap, «O53 Bon Ami, 08 It was Mr, Jones who dis- Jewsbury & Brown's P, any 5 covered the fire Sunday nigtt, through ewsbury & Brown's Paste, .43}3 Brilliant Buhler, -05 fey tieatloi theleou © of smoke com-| (alder’s Dentine, * 173 Sapolio, 07 a ran downstat nd found the wite oe La Blache, «353 Columbia Scouring Soap, .O2 of Janitor Bart; wald to-day. vder, i i “With her fifteen-year-old so: m, gested: face Powder, . .29} Liquid Enameline, . 05 we mantiged to extinguish the burning || Pond’s Extract, +363 Safety Matches, per gross, .50 ugs. i is hi +} wit ouluding, Would hyve ‘been ‘asve,| Pumice Stone, +103 Wax Tapers, box of 30, 03 (oF the rags were soa! ‘ “un"vlewot"tvo previoua'hias of wus. | Dorin's Rouge, 318} F.P.C. Wax -03 cious origin o 5 B sf S ail ae 2 ames lisany be ; a tg Sponge Bags, - +48} Mohair Tubing, per ft., -03 inves q ‘ C fete : of buildings ure terrified; and une| Soap Cases, +123 Scales, weighs to 24 Ibs, 98 e firebug is run down many will Prophylactic Tooth Brush, .25 Prophylactic Tooth Brush, 25} Food Choppers, . 118 Choppers, 1.15 upants of the building have been asked to keen thelr knowledge of pre- vious fires from the public. On Jan. 23, , a fire was discovered in a store- room Just off Mr, Nott's apartment. His ire suit of rooma was wrecked by Macy & Co.'s Attractions Are Thetr Low Prices, MACYS - Pure Candies. ..,..... Valentine Heart-shaped Bon Bons, pound, 59c. Valentine Heart-shaped Chocolates. pound, 59c. agleneine Heart-shaped Lady Peppermints, pound, Valentine Heart-shaped Hard Candies, pound, 19c. Heart-shaped Candy Boxes, covered with red satin, 16c. to 59c. Heart-shaped Candy Boxes, covered with red glace per, 10c. to 3ic. leart-shaped Candy Boxes, with puffed silk tops, Ilc. to 3lc. Cupids with Gilt Arrows, 6c. ‘each. Paper Napkins, decorated with Cupids, hundred for the flames, which were confined to the Hirst floor shrough the prompt arrival firemen. actly one year before, 1) a Sunday, there was an incendiary fire on the stairway where the bundle wf red rags was foung last Sunday night. Mra, Nott Almrmed. There was no anawer to an ‘Me at the Nott apartment to-day greatly overcome by sald the wife of the early the Sunday 1 janitor to an. She has gone city ty onsequence, I should not be surprised some one whom Mr, Nott las of all this | tn, z and put the rags id no one would have boen for my husband had gone eet only a few moments nes Clune to oUF rooms vd with him to No, 69 in the nick of time. We live under 1 connection with ott Lives.” Capt ast Fifty-frst street station, ares that there Is no doubt that the fire was of Incendiary | origin, but intimates that the bun al of rugs was placed in the stairway Some one who was familiar with tho | interior of the building. He calls at- | tention to the fact that the cellar open- in into the dumbwaiter shaft is located twenty feet away from the foot M. Still, crooks may have done It My wife and two clildren, are at Engle; wood, N. J., but, they will return home Tra raw days Kisses, pound, 19c. Most Wonderful Shoe Values Ever Offered. Our Great Annual Cut-Price February Clearance Sale of Regular Stock Shoes for Men, Women and Children ON THE MAIN FLOOR. These marvellous bar; apa on display in oyr 6th Ave, show windows. A sale of this remarkable kind is not masts at any other house, and is Cy possible by us when we change styles for a coming season. $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 Shoes for Women aeQ-45i! Button and Lace, all sizes and widths. All leathers, styles H | and heels, $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes for Women At * 4-90 Button, Lace and Congress, all sizes & widths; all leath. ers, single and doubl le sol on Women’s Slippers . Oxfords “n8 | 003 30 Patent Leathers B maa Kid, Black Suede and lored Satins, Psalm cibgn' eT a AS Mian Our Trotter” ithe best Shoe made. Calfskin or Box calf, w stout les. * Sires 6 to 10%, $4.25, Sizes 11 to 2, $1.50, leathers, Sizes 2% to 6, $2.00, ~ heels. . Store Open Saturdays Until 7 P. M. Alfred .Cammeyer,6thAv.,Cor. Button and Lace, all sizes and widths. All styles and, Morning Specials for Saturday. (On Sale from 9 to 12 o’Clock Only.) | No Mail Orders—None Sent C. O. D, Unusual Special in Women’s Suits. $16.75 values for $8.50. F One hundred Women’s Suits, made in long blouse shapes of Black Panne Cheviot and fine All Wool Tweeds, trimmed with Novelty black silk braids, lined to waist with satin (9 to 12 o'clock) Regular price $16.75. Women’s Muslin Underwear. qo eat cambric, lace and embroidery trimmed, $8.50 (Third Floor, Special Table.) S—open and cli 29 CHEMISES and CORSET COVERS—alightly soiled c . from handling (9 to 12 o’clock).......-.+..000e sees Value 49c. and 59c. (Second Floor, Special Table.) Infants’ Department. Boys’ and Girls’ E Z, Ferris, H. & W. and Little Beauty) WAISTS, with the “never come off” buttons, sizes 1 to - 12 years—regular price 25c. (9 to 12 o'clock), ) Children’s cosy, warm CANTON FLANNEL KNICK- ERBOCKER DR WERS. 1 lto 8 Use tee ty price 19c. (9 to 12 o'clock) .. . 19¢ {12% “(Second Floor.) Imported Taffeta Ribbons. Tine imported Taffeta Ribbons, 4 inches wide, the new metalic Veal the wanted shades (9 to 12 ofclock) per yard... : ) 25c. Turkish Towels, 1214c. Another lot of those 25c.Swhite Turkish Towels, extra heavy, with initials (9 to 12 o'clock), each.. ya 12%c rst Floor, rear.) 350 Hot Water Bags. One and two-quart, value 59c. to 75c. each (9 to 12 o'clock) at... 12c English Flannelettes. We offer another lot of those choice Wash Flannelettes. ) They are very desirable for Waists, Wrappers, Kimonos | and Children's Wear—many new designs in addition to the rej floral effects, dots, etc, in light and dark grounds. r yal Splendid Values for Saturday in Boys’ and Young Men’s Clothing. ‘Boys’ RUSSIAN OVERCOATS—made of all wool Irish frieze, in Oxford gray, cut double Premed two rows le buttons, sizes 296 to 7 years. 1 $2.98 - Worth $4. 50. BOYS' TWO-PIECE DOUBLE BREASTED SUITS—in all wool Blue Cheviot and Mixed Commerce Myarstedt aed Tweeds, sizes 7 to 16 years,...+e+0+.00++ Worth 64. 50. YOUNG MEN'S OVERCOATS—in woo! oxford gray.and black Irish Frieze, cat loose and Pang, sizes 16 to 20 years... Worth $12.50. ($2.98 \$7.98 (Third Floop,) Boys’ and Girls’ Steel Clad Shoes. Without Doubt the Best Wearing Shoes Made. FOR GIRLS—Button and lace, glazed kid foxed with tops of dull ki patent leather tips, oak con leather soles—splendid fitting thoes. 4 suse, }$1. 35 wets 311 ($1.65 1150 2} $2. 00 TOR BOYS—Uppers of vici kid and ebony calf, oak tanned leather soles, new straight lasts. ‘CD, }$2.00 BGDE, (Second Floor.) Value, $2.50 Sizes 13 to 5% Hosiery Specials for Saturday. Men's Women’s and black Lisle Fast Black Cotton Hose, Thneka.and Cotton sat | ie double’ soles, heels and Hose — made to sell at toes — made to sell at 35c, to see pe pay Bee per pair; special special at.. seereee | | sec | | 22c J (First Floor, 21st St. Side.) Sale of Men’s $1.00 and $1.25 Stiff Bosom Shirts at 68c. of Percale ani e corded Madras cloths—neat figures and ( These are clean, spick and span new goods, fine assortment of patterns and Largo sizes trom 14 to 17 inches. They are made ; 68c . stripes in light and dark Lane ati attached or separate, . ah Floor.) Grocety Soccials for Saturday. SUGAR—H. & E. American refined granclated Sugar, in 5 tb muslin bags, per Ib. }4¢ None C. O. D. Limit 10 tbs. to @ customer. No: mail orders. ec a Reece Kasra sorirtgps Tea, fancy golden tip, elegant cup: quality—worth $1.00 per Ib.; special at 60c BREAKFAST FOOD — Columbia Crushed Oats, 2 Ib. packages, ea, 7c all SOAP—Pairbanks' Mascot Soap, box | RICE —Best Cortes tan head Rice, of 100 cakes, 92.00; per cake.. 2c she tee stereaseeses BBE | (Bansal) COFFEE—Samoka ores ones Coffee, granulated or pulverized. — This {s-a good body and sweet drinking Coffee, such as ‘you pay 25e. a eeene elsewhere; special at.. . eae" Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street,