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> * t TOPS MATORS ~NEW ISL Purposes to Transfer Power’ of - State Inspectors of Meters to City Commissioner of Water) Suapiy, Gas and Electricity. - WILL IMPOSE $500 FINE FOR INFERIOR QUALITY. Companies Must. Always Keep Proper Apparatus for Proving Acouracy-Senator Foley Will Introduce Measure Soon. Mayor McClellan's gas bill purposes to tale from the State Inspector of Gas Meters all’ the powers vested. in him by law #6 far as this Is con- cerned, and transfer these to the Com~ missioner: of “Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. Additionally, there will be @ clause In the bill which empowers the Commissioner to impote a fine of $500 | 4 for each offense instead of the present 4 fine of $190 for inferior quality. At present the Commissioner is authorized only to puss upon the quality of gan furnished by the varions companies, and, finding It inferior after repeated trials or tests, impose a fine, in his judgment, from 850 to $100. He has at present, no Jurisdiction over gas meters. ‘The first section of the new clty bill amends section 519 of the charter, which deals with, the present powers of the Commissioner and which already have been defined. “To Tent All Kinds of Meters. . Under the terms of the proposed new meaxure the Commissioner ts to make Fegular texts of meters in thie city, whether used for gus, electricity or. steam, and wherever used by any core. poration. The new bill provides that hereafter ‘no corporation or person shall furnish or put in use any gas, electric or steam meter which shall not have been Inspected, approved and sealed by inspectors appointed by the Commissioner. © | It ts required also that every gan company must keep on its premises proper apparatus for testing and prov- ng the accuracy of meters furnished by it for use. As in the case of the tate Inspector of Meters, the Commis- sionet must attach a seal to each meter inspected and tested, In the case of a meter claimed to be defestive it shall be instantly removed ‘on complaint of the consumer and re- placed by a meter which alrendy has Deen tested and found ‘accurate. Addi- tjonal power is given the Commis- sioner, who may order the compante: { to yse a meter which at any tine may }) pe invented which may be found to be absolutely accurate or superior to the machine at present employed for meas: jf uring gas.» , Senator Foley to Introduce Bill, ‘This new measure has been prepared by Corporation Counsel Delany and will’ to-day be approved by the Mayor before it is sent to Albany to be Intro- duced by Senator Foley. The Segator will introduce the bill early this week, as the Mayor already has assured him that expeditious action is desired, Assemblyman Miller, of Brooklyn, who called on the Mayor Sat- urday arf discussed, the new bill, will present it to the lower house. His own bill will be allowed to die or give way to the city measure, which he will do everything in his power, hé said to-day, to have enacted into law. ‘Mayor McClelfin sald to-day that no delay. would be experienced in forward- ing the bill to Albany. It probably will be started on its way’ to-morrow, when ‘Assemblyman Miller returns to the cap- ‘he Mayor, in conference with Cor- ration Cosnsel Delany over the bill day, sigted that ne considered the measure, an.excellent one and quite cap! iile of safeguarding the public in- terests. . THE SONG OF “MR. PEEWEE.” Mr, Peewee scored a hit fr Harlem at the benefit tendered to George Lemare at. the Harlem Arcade, Inst evening. ShmesT. Quirk and John C, Rund- tack, the popular song-writers, anng for the first time in pubjic a new song for Mar, Peewee. Its catchy music ickly caught the fancy of the au- dence and they encored it many times, “Mr. Peewee” has a fine melody and ‘one of the tunes that will be whis- on the streets, Here Is one of the Verses, with the chorus: - {up his account and make out a check THE “EASY BO NoT LUR' me gah ATURE T°. $OO-954.99SOOO6 85'S” SOLICITUDE FOR AIDED BY SENATO THIS DBFENCELESS NEW YORK R'RAINES’S a $SSGOSOOHEESEM OSHS ES Treen I CAN TAKE \* Goon CARE , OF MYSELF. DPPEDIDIDH GPIVDIIDODIPOIEDDIDAEDTH9O nd i ‘ ; ¢ $O2ORDPOILRODHPHSLAD DDD T.DDHDLGHLOIMNONOODS USED TELEPHONE TO SWINDLE FRM ‘Brokerage Concern Called Up by Man ¢Representing Him- Ordered to Close His Account. In the Centre Street Police Court to- morrow there will be aired the detatls of a clever swindle on the brokerage firm of W. B. Smith & Co., of No, 71 Broadway. It appears that among the-customer’ H. ot the firm is Henry wealthy grocer at No. ighth a nue, and living at No, 235 West ¢ Hundred and Thirty-fourth street. 'T brokerage firm received a telephone message 6n Jan. 4, apparently from Mr. Grote, who requested the firm to close Grote, self to Be Henry H. Grote and) Opera-Houge will open to-night if the expectations of Its manager are carried out: the Vaudeville will open a week from to-night, and Hurtig & Seamon's Music Hall on Wednesday. anager Springer, ef the st id ay: equired by the De- been made. “We have benches in the gallery GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Grand |} oO Mm the y | All Alterations Required by Law Will be forced upon us. still, if! until that ts de ton i} i aire as ere are benches in Hea elty Genartments ‘inaist upon this | Made in Theatre Closed by) unit thst is done. 1 \ theatres not think that alteration we v' Mayor,Manager Springer Says! ¢!'*, ' —Final Inspection To-Day. |‘onsormiun ta the demands of the day. is € Hurt\ te y vill be ready Mont” of the theatres closed by the! fn Mayor because thetr managers or pro- prietors did not make the Recennary | Health has deputized men to, hold ine iC apedtions every three or four houre on alterations baferunrding the public from y (he condemned theatres, AR soon an an a possible fire disaster, report progress | aiteration is made inspectors are sent jin the work of repa! Grand di apon it | | ‘of the theatre on Wednesday. Murtay, of the Board of ‘We never saw anything like Vinol for bronchitis, and we ask you to try it on our guarantee. If it fails it costs you nothing. for tye balance, which he would send for later in the day. The firm was a bit astonished that Mr, Grote, .who had been one of the best customers, ‘should close put so suddenly, but thought everything was all regular and made out a check payable to the order of Henry H. Grote for the sum of 827.49. Later in the afternoon a man called and presented dn order which appeared to come from Mr.’Grote, An envelope containing the check anda statement of thé account was handed over, Still later in the day Mr. Grote himself, ap- peared at the office of Smith & Co., and naturally some one asked iim if he had receivéd his check, Mr. te wag amazed and asked for an explanation. The truth then came out, The check was stopped immediately at the Hanover National Bank and. de- yelopments Were awaited. In a few days the check turned up_ bearing the .orked indorsement of Mr. Grote and the genu- ine indorsement of rank: Norman, of No. liz Nassau street. Mr. Norman said he had cashed the check for an ol friend, named J. K. Brunskill, who ha been mn hard luck and who had been living in a lodging-house up on the Bowery, Inyestigation showed | that Brunskill ‘had left town, but that two men named Crolly and Denon were his particular friends, Then it developed that Crolly had. at one time been margin clerk for Smith & Co., and that he had told Brunskkt of the account of Grote with the firm. The rest was easy. Crolly and Denon were arrested. Denon admitted he was the man who had gone after the check at the direction of Crolly, and the latter sald he had given the*check to Bruns- Kill, who had it cashed. An effort 1s belhe made to trace Brunskill, The APOLLO Grand Piano Player has 82 fingers. Paderewski Mi got aboard a trolley car to take a trip down town, ‘And right beside a little man I hap- penad to sit down; He was one of those chesty fellows, as cheaty as could? be; ‘And who do you think Mr. Cheaty was that was meetin next to me? . thorus, i "Twas Mr. Peewee! Mr. Peewee! | That little brainy man, he's the talk of the universe; In the Hall of Fame you can see the name Of Mr, Pee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-Wee- MAYOR SUGGESTS A REFORM. Would ‘Tarn fhe Trials of Unim- portant Cases Over to Secretary. Mayor McClellan would like to shift the trial of petty cases which by law €ome under ‘his jurisdiction, upon the shoulders of Se¢retary O'Brien and has sent a bill to the Legislature which if it becomes a “law would authorize him to do so. “phe trial of petty cases sugh 15 licenses," explained the Mayor to-day, “occupies a considerable portion of the Mayor's time, I propose to put this time to better. advantage and have Mougt a remedy through, the Legisla- ure, If Secretary O'Brien Judge by legislative enactment.1 shall embrace the opportunity the advan will give me of devoting more of my time upon city affairs of much greater importance.” | ————— CRIMMINS RECEWVED IN ROME Kew Yorker es Formal Call On Papal Secretary of State. * ROME, Feb, §—Johp D. Crimmina, * of. New Yorks Miss Crimmins, Mra. A. G@, Jenhinge, Miss Mercedes Jennirtas @nd-Clarence Jennings were received Sara} dui dhe Papel Secretary of Stal te becomes |", ony. 10, | ‘he APOLLO Grand has 17 more fingers than any other piano player. If you have the APotLo Grand you can do Without Paderewski. The difference between the APOLLO and Paderewski is, Paderewski wants $2,000 a night, and we only ; want $265 for the APOLLO Grand. When you have the APOLLO you have Paderewski all the time, be- cause the APOLLO plays everything that Paderewski plays. The regular price of the APOLLO Grand is $350. — We have a few that have been used for $265. just as good as new—and $85 saver The Regular APOLLO is $250 Qn time or $225 cash. Anderson 8 Co., 370 Fulton St. near Smith, 1 OFF REGUEAR DY MEN’S OVERCOATS formerly Ria Po; Ba $13.00, torments 916,00, now $10.00, CASH OR CREDIT. $1.00 PER WEEK OPENS AN ACCOUNT. LADIES’ WALKING SUITS, formerly 824.00, now $16.00, LADIES’ MILITARY COATS, formerly 821.00, now 814.00, OPEN EVENINGS TILL 9 O'CLOCK, 147 142 Bronchitis Leads to Consumption. The bronchial tubes are very delicate ahd are easily affected by coughs and colds. When they become inflamed they fill with mucous and produce difficulty in-Breathing and a desperate cough. If this in fi{mmation extends into the lungs it ends in pneumonia—or, very likely, consumption. Cough Syrups Are Useloss. Cough: syrups will not cure bronchitis; - they only upset the stomach, thus weakening the sys- tem. Plasters on the ehest, lung pads, etc., also fail’ They merely make more tenderness and weak- ness. Vinol does mof fail; it cures. How Vinol Oures. The remarkable healing power of Vinol, combined ken ie great strength-creating forces, makes it far superior to any remedy for bronchitis. For centuries old - fashioned cod liver oil has been prescribed for coughs, bronchitis and consump- tion, but many people could not take it on account of’ the fatty, fishy oil. It often failed to help those who could take it, as the oil smothered the medicinal curatives. But anyone can take Vinol. It contains all the medicinal curatives of cod liver oil, without the oil, and wherever old-fashioned cod liver oil or emulsions would do good, Vinol will do more good. ‘ VINOL GURED THIS GASE. Mrs. Louise Stover, Elkhart,-Ind., writes: — «For a long time I have suffered with bronchial trouble. As the bronchial tubes are so closely allied with the lungs, I feared the trouble would spread into my lungs and cause dangerous pulmonary disease. 1 coughedwadly and my chest was sore and irritated. Vinol has healed the soreness and stopped the cough. I cannot understand how.a cod liver oil medicine can taste good, but Vinol is certainly delicious.” Try it—if you don’t like it, we return your money. | Riker’s Drug Store| J. Jungman | Cor. 6th Avenue and 23 Street. 1020 3d Ave, and 496 Columbus Ave. Hegeman & Co. Kinsman’s Stores wo i 205 Broadway, 200 W.1 125th St a 8th A’ Bt. 1917 Aare oe: oath a ee ane Oh Aroyee: oer Oth — AANAMM Fulton $t., Elm Place & Hoyt St., Breoklyn. $3 Worth of Stamps FREE Tuesday. COUPON. Upon presenting this coupon at A.1. Namm’s Store Tuesday, Feb. 9, and making purchases amounting to $1,00 or more,we will give three dollars’ worth of *Bluc Trading } Stamps Free, in addition to those } you receive on your purchase (Good Feb. 9.) E,W. | ik. |. Namm. e". > Te G. FEBRUARY 8, 1901 IRE OO. : New Spring Things them to advantage at orce prompts us to let winter goods go at the most striking price-cut you've ever come atrdss! Every Fur Now in Stock to G day now, and our desire t are coming in by the scores eve~y- 0 show Our object is apparent—we must have the room these furs occupy at once! Hundreds of beavtiful mvtfs, of tox, wolf, Japanese mink, Alaska sable, Alaska mink, biack ‘tyne, Fur Coats. Fur Coats, Vat Bale. Valae. Bice. Near Seal. aiue Price. | Persian Lamb. Some plain, Nik comite @ others trim. collar and 5) med with revers...., $200 to $300 $12 mink, chine Broad Tail. | chilla, Alaska Trimmed sable and Pere 25 with baum sian lamb... $508 $60 $ tnd teverss.| $200 to $300 p25} oF Mole or Ermine, 74.00 Persian Lamb, ;, [Baby Lamb. ot Fine Chincha: 150.00 68.00 Better com: : . um Marten... 150.00 Miitys ta hare pee ee sum OfFFine Eastern Mink 85,00 48.00 is only a lim. $35 Sit revere S60 toy $300 $125 c ee ean 75.00 38.00 ited quantity, $75 Sealskin. | handsome}...... 59.00 29.80 Persian Lamb. : : $175 $75 0 beautiful Squir- | * 75 | seatsxin rel, very stylish... 3900 19.50~ $100 & $125 Some plain, Long Bovble Boas. Persian Lamb. | other trimmed Of Hudson Bay Sable. $100.00 $48.00 metmiied patel ieee |@f Eastern Mink ... 65.00 2900 with baum chitia and | Of Baum Marten’.: 65.00 29,00 marten col- mink collars 135 peiediaad So ea we. $2509 lar and revers $ ngle piece staying with us marten collar 10 $85 and'revers,..... chilla, baum marten and Hudson Bay Sable, to be closed out at less than half price. er eee we ceeeeeee, dividualizing evéry line of them. ness It's an @ccasion in this instance when $50,000 worth of the newest and best leather articles coming under ~that Bloomingdale trade intluence is to be sold for $18,000. : ¢ Silk Belts. buckles ; The Suzanne Belt—Of silk taffeta, with fiye gold plated steel or jet buttons and har- value 39C.5 Special. ..-..sceveeee vaee ‘ Silk Belts—Most fashionable styles, crushed or tailor made, steel and gold plated buttons and London buckles, in silk, peau de svie, satin, taffeta; value 89c., at Leather Bells. New York Belts —Crushed leather, assorted black, brown, red, green, tan, etc.; sold else- where for 29c. and 39¢., at. Vienna Belts —Crushed leath- er, 3 ins. wide; value 69c., at LLL LLL LLL. LOLOL LLL LLL LE LE LE G LLEEE e e e Something. New--Etamine Voile, 15c. Yard! It's to be the Summer substitute for its all-wool namesake—pretty and light—yet substantial sokinice=<alit It has almost enough body to be tailored, yet it's soft and pliable and papilla epi ant e it in cream, ciel, navy, cadet, champagne, gray. brown, black and white; : ' and in a host of delicate designs and suiting effects. Although Other Stores Have Decided to Sell It a we shall sell it, while this lot lasts, at 15c. a yard. Take the Cotton and Linen Goods As an Illustration of the Buying-Advantages al Bloomingdales’. The trade-advantages that the Bloomingdale way of collecting and distributing merchandise gains for you are more than ever vividly illustrated just new by our price-quotations on all cotton and linen goods. . We have many contracts with spinners nade before the general rise in the prices of linen and cotton, which give us a source of supply at figures enabling us to quote in many instances prices impossible for jobbers to meet even when selling at wholesale! Note these:for instance:— it makes up elegantly. y We hav Mercerized Satin Damask— Fine quality, snow white, 63 inches wtdé, worth 75c. yard; special, yard....eseseeeeee Napkins to fatch—Size 20x 20 Inches; special, per doz... Pure Linen Damask—Extra fine, all new designs, worth 90c.; special, per yd Huck Towels—Bieached, red tion. year. $47 $60 Five Piece $80 $92 Sons. border, value 9c.; special... e | Bags, Vatises and Satchels. | Satchels—English Club shape, pressed alligator feather, Pocketbooks. Dress Svit Cases, Varlety of Leathers—Ail the Olive Celor—24-inch, well newest shapes and designs, at made, with lock and key, 29eq.48¢., $9c.and....... 69¢ | lined with canvas,at....-..- 656 | gator inc! 2ic | Avtomobile, Carringe and steel frame, sold by many e Shopping Bags. dealers as high as $2.50, at.. $1.48 \ Riusset Leat! 24-inch, i * Carriage Bags—With purse. 29c | goad lock and key, canvas | Carriage Bags —Ot black wal- | _ lining; value $3, at......... ie | rus grain Jeather, with purse, «Traveler"’—24-inch, russet Hie oman sasseseees, 486 | — leather, steel frame,’ stitched | 39c | Carriage, Automobile and all around, English handle, Shopping Bags—Iin walrus fine canvas lining, at........ $2.95 grain, seal, hippo leather; Sole Leather—}-oz., 24-inch, square, oblong and Persian very deep and roomy, lined shapes; with purse to match; with Irish linen, shirt et, | values up to $1.95, at....... 98¢ French hand stitchéd all Carriage and Automobile around, reinforced corners, 15 | Ba; jeautiful line newest Straps and bolts, very strong | styles, with purse,to match; and durabje, although light in values up to $3.50, at $1.25, weight; the best dress suit | 39c $1.69 and..... cree sees S198 case ever manufactured at... $4.75 | Bath Towels —Assorted lot, hemmed and fringed; slightly imperfect; Value up’ to 25c.; Special....... - | 49¢ | | Outing Flannels—in dainty 99¢ pink and blue stripes, heavy grade; have sold at 10c,; Speciah per yd......e...00- 69 | Turkish Towels—Extra large size, heavy quality; have sold s4%c | at 30c.; specialat....... Sheets and Pillow-Cases— From the New York Mills; lower than mill prices, ise Sheets. Pillow-Cases. 6X%e ee Satin Comfortables—teavy, pretty coverings, red lining, white cotton filled, value Zic | $1.50; special... eebeee $1.00 Again we have secured the-sample exhibit of furniture from H. Bartelmes’ This time it is their new Spring sample line-made up for the critical inspection of experienced buyers in the trade and répresents the acme of perfec- These goods came to us at a price so low that we can sell them at the Regular Net Wholesale Cost In other words, at the very price we must, pay for duplicates. Need we, tell you of the reputation of this firm? Their trade-mark, ‘‘ The Bartelmes’ Famous Finish,” has stood for years for the best Parlor Furniture manufactured, : This sale represents the greatest bona fide money-saving transaction of the There is but one suit or piece of a kind in the lot, which inciudes, all told, 28 Five-Diece Suits, 12 Three-Piece Suits and 38 Odd Dicces. The pieces are covered with damask, ta) Your purchases will, be held for Five Piece Five Piece ¢ Five Piece Five Plece S$ Suits, £30. Suits, $41 Suits, $56, , $68 , $86 Suits, $36 ALL CARS TRANSFER TO BLOOMINGOALE tries and vel ec $85 Five Plece $95. Five Piece S$110-ive Plece a $150 Five $20 Three P $30 Three P: $40 Three P: aan BLOOMINGDALE BROS., n veronas. ied, when payment is made on same. Tevaras P , 137 its, $16.50 , 223 , $30 $43 "LOOMINGDALFs’. | Crochet Bed Spreads—Full bie Makers al the Greatest Reductions We’ve Ever. Made. So we've taken the shortest cut across the stock-clearing field by cutting prices so decisively on these worthy | a 4 furs as to leave no possible chance for.a sit after your first inspection. Fox Second Floor, soth St, section. The February Sale of Leather Goods, Dress-Suit. Cases, Valises, Belts, Bags and PocKetbooKs Begins To-Day. It’s an occasion counted upon by thousands of our regulat customers—an occasion prolific of the mosti ex= ceptional mofey-savings in just those sorts of leather articles that have character, dignity and genuine merft in- *9tot 98¢., Bags—Genuine alligator Club, leather fined, from 10 to 17 inch, Satchels—Horned back gator shape, | 42 inch 13 Inch 14 inch 15 inch 16.inch 89c. Chamois Bags—With silk rib- bon, Silk Jewel Bags—Large size, in light biue, pink, lavender and other desicate shades, with at 20c. and 25¢c. aYard, size, quality, value $1. | Mustin bleached, yard wide; special... French Colored Blankets— For Bath or Lounging Robes or Bed Blankets; imported to sell at $2.50; special at......$1.25 Dinner Napkins—Fine grade, size value Bartelmes’ Exhibit of Furniture at Cost! RARTELM! 200: } Fur: Coats, gt ‘Alaska Seal. Bae | Beautiful models, 24 oe one, ims a e worth $250. $250 $165 a i Fur Stoles. ‘ OfHudson Bay Sable.$175.00 $85.00 Of Isabella or + from 8 inch, at 69e., 89c., $1.19 and.... $8.49 at $2.75 to... $4.95 + design, English Club 95c. SB. $1.19 $4.29 Jewel Bags. 25c, kind, + Se ribbon to match, at.... 19¢ Main Floor, 30th St. Section. Main Floor, Near Rotunda. Marseilles designs, heavy 3 Special $1.00 Bleached and un- 5c. 22x22, pretty designs, $2.00; special, per doz, $1.49 ; “Main Floor. Near Rotunda Incorporated. Suits ani SONS, arlor 04 Denn Stree Brooklyn, No Yo. d cw irs. cons! We exhibit In Jan. Lith to. eb. 1 nense and bother’ k to factory. It 1s under: same from @s- Feb. Vat after, J $9.75 Se pat a aT ALL CARS TRANSFER TO H BLOOM| tors and 60th Stre*