The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1904, Page 9

yi JEW FCAT OVER BRONY FRANCHISE (Mohn T. MoCall Announces that Westchester . Company . Will Present an Amended Ordi- nance to Meet Mayor’s Views. | ; WILL FIX COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO THE CITY. This Time the Representatives ‘N HOW THE MAYOR TORPEDOED THE CHANCES OF GRAFT IN THE WESTCHESTER FRANCHISES. $29OOLS 088640999499. 66O0F 09 94O18 DIOVODEDEEEHDEDDS DEH an LA ii of the Rival Roads Will Be $ Asked to Attend a Public Hearing by Aldermen. John T. McCaN, Tammany leader In the Board of Aldermen, announced thin afternoon that a second attempt would be made to securea franchise for the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company. The Mayor having vetoed the ordin- ance passed by the Board of Aldermen to give the company a franchise, it was decided to-day to so amend the original measure as to meet with the Mayor's objections. In Vetolng the ordinance Mayor Mc- Ciellan explained that !t wax detri- mental to the city's interests to grant the franchise, because lt made no pro- vision under which the company would bear any part of the expenses which would be incurred by the construction of bridges. Other parts of the measure were also objected to by the Mayor. “All this will be changed,” said Alder- man McCall. “When the ordinance is put into shape it will first be offered to the Board of Estimate and Anportion- ment, when the proper compensation to the city will ba fixed. It will then go to the Board of Aldermen, and if it ts passed it will Ko to the Mayor for his ture, “Pam in favor of the Board of Alder- men giving a hearing on the franchise which was asked for by tho Portchester Company and the Westchester Com- pany on the same day. and granting the Tranchiee to the company which shows {St will do the most for the people of the | Bronx and Wenstchester.” Alderman McCall's announcement that the Westchester company will ask for the franchise again means that the bitter fight between the two rival rally Toad companies will continue, WAile the fight continues the people} whose homes are along the line of the | proposed rafiroads are suffering, The taxpayers are all hoping that the Port- chester company will get the franchise, believing that the Westchester company i UN CHINESE OCILS Entertained by Officers of the Canadian Pacific Railway at the Company's Offices. Chinese Government officials in New York and many of the prominent mer- chants of that pationality, who for sev- eral days fave been-enjoying the New Year's festivities’ of tMetr tand—the thirty-first year of the Emperor and tho 2,Moth year of Contuclus—were guests to-day of E. V. Skinner, assistant trat- fle manager, and F. W. Dudley, general passenger agent, of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway Company, at the offices jot the company. No, 458 Broadway. Dressed In rich silk and satin robes of Place of entertainment in carriages and were received by their hosts in the Orl= ental room of the large office suite, which had been decorated appropriately gply seoks It for purposes of specula- jon. SIXTH AVE, 1972T020 for the occasion, Some of the guests were accompanied Sale of women’s spring Suits COURSE the prices OF are extremely low—unprece- dented, in fact—but that doesn’t detract one mite from style or quality. They possess all the charms of Fashion’s most exclusive creations for the spring of 1904. New 1904 Tatlormade Suits at 16.50 PH satin lined. That sale of ‘Third Floor. Here's a pedestrienne skirt at $3.95— splendid quality, Spring weight melton- ettes, in black and oxford, nine gore, wide flaring, inverted plait, habit back, side plaited 3 95 seams, excellent value,.., iJ 16.50 for women’s _tallor- lade suits of Venetian and cheviot cloth; black and blue. 14.75 for women’s tailor- made suits of excellent cheviot; black, blue and brown. 24.75 for women's pedes- trienne suits, tine quality cheviot, black and blue; “Norfolk coats. 18.00 for women's pedes- ¥ trienne suits of mannish ma- terial, semi-military coat. 5.75 for women's dress skirts, +" excellent quality canvas cloth, seven gore. 7.75 for women's dress skirts and blue, seven gore. 7.75 for women's ¢ jackets of excellent “Venetian covert cloth, spring quality 13.75 for women's spring jackets of splendid Cover, cloth, | House Needs| Mss LEMCKE, of New York Cooking School, to- morrow will tell howto prepare delicious Lenten dishes—10:30 A.M. and 2:30 P. M. As in preparing Lenten dishes, poacher for chafing dish, 7,808. for slamped. brass F bow It. HUF Yf9 for vickel combl- ion caster. crumb tray and vovaper. Fe tor round oiled chop Ze for slaw cutters. Oe ror Overton's fish Pisce. for nest of wood spice boxes, 5 toset. Be for inrge size pas try boards. {Be for hardwood rolling tn ¥iBe for hardwood potato ra. ‘4,08 for combination try table, wate, wood op. ibe size ‘Ja to Mited Grea ing pans. fe for for ing 1 let “pan. ‘BBe for eee poacher. 1Pe for square tin bak- em, 176 for cola handle fry- ns, wtamped steel. r French fish for for agate oval ome- a special feature of the housefur- nishing sale we have named lowest prices on articles of importance Basement Salesroom, 1.75 for 3.00 Chafing Dish Nickel plated, wrought iron stand, blazer and water stand, Oe for imported rame- | Be for stamped steal 1.88 for agate ham roles, mount- | omelet pan. voller =i at iy 32 for stamped tin je for B-hole agate Boas tor “nickel eee | te so | muttin pan for Ite qr. enam- elled rice voller 40 for 50 Ib. fish or poultry scale with agate pan oblong bread 8-hole biscult r china 4. rset of knives carver and i re. Oe for exe timers. 1 net of G knives and,‘fos $2 for extre try or fish -eni) agate heavy poul- 1 plated 4 Consul K. Z. F. Shah and Others | varied hue, the guests arrived at the| of etamine and cheviot, black | by their wives in native costume-—richly embroideréd coats with long flowing | |sleeves, long trousers of ample wid and with thelr raven-black hair pl tered closely to their heads, glossy w |pomatum and bedecked with vari-col- ored and glided rosettes, while their | olive cheeks were highly tinted as only | the Oriental woman knows how, | There were children. too, in holiday attire, with thelr tightly braided hair | interwoven with bright-colored ribbons. ‘Among the guests were (he Chinese Consul. K. Z. F. Shah; the Vice-Consul, Lock Wing; Lee Gwock Ha, the Mayor of Chinatown; Kal Kee, Lee Yick You, Lee B. Lock. How Ying, Yung Lock, Lee Choup, Sen Wah and others. H They were servide with refreshments, both American ,and Chinese, and were lentertained in’ a manner ‘conforming with the festivities of thelr holiday seu- fon. —— RAILROADS MUST COMPLY. |amter-state Commerce Comminsion Wants Tarif! Figures. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—The Inter- State Commerce Commission to-day an- nounced that as a reauit :of its investi- gation of the feasibility of requining |Fallronds to publish thelr tariffs for the movement o{.export and import tfaffc, je same as domeatic trafic, it has de- jgited to leave the mater in abeyance If the Inter-State Commerce Act is not amended within a reasonable time, s0 as to rellove the Comminsion of the necessity of requiring such publication. the Commission holds that {t will he {te } duty to enforce the publication of Im- port and export rates in the manner ao pteg aed by law, but ao far not "™ STREETS F | Dp» you notice the price at the value it represents? That $7 and $8 Suits are included, too. 2.50 tion to you and the boy. What an important point in your favor. You won't have to | restrict your boy if he has one of these suits, for they’re made so well that they’ll withstand any amount of rough usage—just right for school. Stylish and neat These Suits are neat because they are’finely fashioned of good | materials and fit right. The pat- | terns are all desirable and there's | a. splendid- diversity. They're worsteds. A Grocery list | tire lot of Double Breasted and Norfolk Suits for boys of 7 to 16 | years will be closed out in a single day, for no mother who likes to | See hér son, well dressed can resist such a bargain opportunity. $5, Boy’s $8.00 Suit at 2.50 That's the bargain that awaits you if you're keen to profit by this unusual event, for there are sev- eral’ of the $8.00 values in this lot. A purchase means infinite satisfac- They’re Suits that wear stylish double breasted and Norfolks, Tancy cheviots, cassimeres and Sixth Floor. WINES, CORDIALS AND EXTRACTS, of cod liver oil act) about the same on a weakened system as a cocktail does on an empty stomach. If any good is accomplished in either case the medical world has yet to find it out. Scott's Emulsion affords effective and per- manent relief and cure in all wasting diseases because it restores health through nourishment, not through alcoholic stimulation. 2,500 Ibs. Candy. > A Etiday Treat: 2,500 ibs. ter Cupeet kinds | BG Aepareiaorinisesy | OC trea, ronular price me, entres, reg s @ Wriday. ibe 150.” Favors & Novelties for Washington's Birthday. Basement Salesroom: Clearing Sale Boys’ $8 Suits at 2.50 the end of the line? Then means that practically this en- Tisn’t often you can buy a (Second Floor.) that saves. roast, 4 ibs., $1 t cute, of Georges boneless, | Mxe4. worth 85c. b.. CODFISH — Selected OLIVES Bismarck, SALMON | or MeGowan's« | Siveent meron, | ed, 1 tb. can... | Spaghetti or 1elb, package, 3 | on 4 Royal 8st Grape, 5-Ib. Bc. ; R-Ib, crock, COFFE 61 cll blend, dry chestnut "TE A—10,000 tb ~— Selected Queen, quart Mason jar, | BAKING PowpER— | 3-1». © purity guaran- FLOUR—Royal stuart. tb, . 12¢ batted aoeewianr tH Lie UCK WHEAT 2-10, UR-—Hoyal — Stuart, raising, 8b, pack- age : 15¢ full welxht, 1 cans $ | can bi ast FRUIT BUTTER Wines and Beverages nel | ntACON fori, | | | fine sugar cured 1+ 0 Bae | | | tant bacon, Ib...12i%e PUMPKIN—Dry packed TOMA TOE! ripe. cai 35° WAX BEANS—String- tern white wax, 2-1. can, .19¢ SOAP—Lathers in hard water, package: ‘Bae. 100 Roya! voar or | stuart, 1-1b, package... 110 me crock, CHEB # B--Imported +870 | Camembert, box 230 {¥ EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1904. THEBIG STORE Patent Leather Shoes. ‘|Special Sale of Yakers’ Surplus Stocks Continues. Another lot of Patent Leather Shoes for men. women and children on sale to-morrow at prices about half less than regular. These shoes are the kind that sell regu- larly for from $3.00 to $6.00 and are strictly good-fitting, nicely finished, serviceable shoes B suitable for nearly every occa- J IS ° sion. Every good style in all sizes, for men and women. at MISSES’ PATENT LEATHER SHOES ; well-made on neat shaped 98, lasts; spring heels; all sizes, ¢ Also many good Shoe bargains in other leathers as well. ‘Conmildated Shoe Stores, Becond Floor.) suit piped with taffeta in fancy shape and trimmed with silk crochet buttons, wide silk braid; seven gore side- plaited skirt with graduated trim- ming to match jacket, CRUSH LEATHER BELTS, 235 and 3 inches wide: blatk brown, | tan and’black; lined with leather or white silk, black nickel or gilt front buckles, IIc WOMEN'S BELTS of peau de WOMEN'S LEATHER BELTS, soie, taffet fabrics, good new Spring styles, including the axsortment. wide crush leather Pelt in black. brown, tan and black; black, gilt and nickel, narrow front buckles, to 5 inches wide; steel gilt or oxidized buckles ; the newest styles and shapes; choice at 25c ISe Rest Srade Harness and Horse Goods at Lowest Prices. ALL-WOOL PLAID ROAD LEATHER HALTERS, 5 . BLANKETS: size 84x90; special 90 Woh mapron tesla, TOS HEAVY DOUBLE PLUSH LAP HEAVY DUCK FEED BAGS, ROBES; fancy patterns (Chase 4, 3S | ENGLISH RUSSET LEATHER make); special HALTERS. 5 ring, brass mounted, 7: a. ALASKA DOGSKIN FUR 6,90 | 2 fulbsize LIS ROBES. plush lined, full size. ° GENUINE ENGLISH CROWN FRANK MILLERS HARNESS 9 61, | SOAP, Sle DRESSING; quart can @ | IMPORTED ENGLISH HOLLY 9 GLADDIN'S HOOF DRESSING, Si | WHIPS, 6:plait leather lash Se 1,00 20¢c quart can, COMPLETE DRIVING HARNESS, russet STALKER BITS, or black reins, 3-inch saddle, 14-inch traces; this Harness can be had in either single rap or doubled and stitched: choice of nickel or Davis r wim- mings; ae 975 SINGLE EXPRESS OR DELIVERY HAR- NESS (as pictured), S-inch saddle, 14-inch, three-row stitched traces with chain end, high tcp plate, tubular hames with brass or nickel mountings complete with ee ee ag 070) SINGLE ROAD HARNESS; 24-inch Kay saddle, I-inch doubled and stitched traces, folded breeching and breast collar, with sraight ayer brass and Davis 7.9 QD ° | rubber mounted. set, (Basement, Front.) is an event of unusual character. At Ten Double ‘‘S. & H.’’ Green Trading Stamps Mornings This Week from. 8.30 to 12 o’Clock—Thereafter Single Stamps Until Closing Hour. ZLomen’s Spring Sutts. Spectal Showing of Yewest Styles Continues. ~ And what engaging garments are represented in these introductory’ offerings! Everything” was done in the selection of materials, determining of the styles and character of the workmans to secure garments that would please the fancy of the most fastidious. t ; Sg To-morrow we will place on sale several special lots of these handsome Spring Suits. Price attractions are particularly featured. nis BROADCLOTH SUITS, black, blue and brown; Eton jacket with shawl capes; V-shaped back and | vest front; seven gore double kilted skirt. 12.735 PEDESTRIENNE SUITS of the new spring mix- tures; collarless military jacket trimmed with cloth and : 75.00 | men’s Belts, Wrist & Shopping Bags Underpriced, Every article offered is as fresh and as new as any one can possibly desire. prominence now. The special prices are simply an added inducement for you to buy at The Big Store Fri Yew Voile Skirts, Our Sale of — Black Clothes for Wen The offering comprises every style of garment suitable for all occasions and time of day. are selected by our Specialist and Fit and Workmanship are of a high order, no matter how modest the price you pay. Exchange Your Coupons for “§. @ H.” Green.Trading Stamns at the Siegel Cooper Store. All Sperry & Hutchinson Green Trading Stamp Coupons, or the recognized equivalent in the form of Trade-Maris tar.cn irom tne wiape pers or labels of such Cereals, t-vods, Condiments or other artic es if bear them, may be exchanged at any of the Green Trading Stamp Desks in the Sleget Cooper Store for the full number of Greén Trading Stamps to which the Coupons or Trade-[arks ent tle you. This is a convenience which the many collectors of ‘Sperry & Hutchioson’? © Green Trading Stamps will doubtless appreciate. f ‘, . iy ra Cigar Specials.| Yovelty Favors For Washington's Birthday. — The 22d is but a few days off. We advise you to tuy yeu’ Favorsand Cand'es for Washington's Binthsay inthis Some unusual underpricing for Friday. Mostly popular-priced brands, but in each instance the very best quality "GREEN STAMP CIGARS, our big leader; every cigar branded Deparment as scon as possible. Varicnes with anS SH” greenicading are at their very best. Some p-cof that samp, Dislomatco of Pura gy | OUR prices are salen ‘ size: box of 50, NDIVIDUAL ‘ HAVANA STOGIES; wooden 7. HATCHETS, each O01. OG» ZO boxes of 100, 3S ARCE HATCHET CANDY. ig ‘ KES. eac! y > Ay ANS Uoscla ne aaAesr CHERRY TREE LOS CANDY SZ grade, Breva. shape: regularly CHER Sgt $4.00 per fool Porto Rican 1.00 S. each, ‘ OY 85 tobacco, box of $0 f ; MOUNTAINEER CIGAR. Su- CHERRIES, BO SPRAY: coz. 30 HATCHET. FLAG AND SHIELD RAMEKINS for ices, coz, long combination 1,50 (Main Floor, East, 1th 8.) matra_wrapper, filler, Perfecto or Panetelas size; box of 50, P5e- (Main Floor, Centre, fy | NEW LOW SHOULDER EFFECT ETON SUITS, made of excellent quality etamine cl black and brown. The shoulders and sides of outlined with embroidery to mate! canvas rrores wath pranaits a and gilt buttons; very full sleeve with cuffs to mate! 4 Vea full lingerie. Nine gore 19, 50 i one skirt, K tin G3 he most desirable SPRING SUITS are madevof Covert Cloth, as per cut. Collarless fly front jacket with tailored straps and buttons; nine gore plaited skirt, beautifully trimmed 205, with cloth tabs and buttons, Entire | | (Second Floor, Frot, Styles are those that are enjoying most iday. a WRIST BAGS: of wal-us. grain lea her. containing card case and. purse ‘to match: black brows: tan” cr gray: nickel or gilt framss: large Lg ball knob frame aS CORD SHOPPING BAGS: « great variety; in brown or tan; strongly made, with heavy father hands: $ gs: one most ei peadical ‘garesl carriers, 19¢ (Main Floor, Front, 18th St. WRIST BAGS, walrus grain leather, lined with Moire, containing purse, card case and salts bot- tle, black, brown, tan and oy gilt oi ge frames; choice o} or 8 inch size, IS5e Gwo Special Offerings for Friday. The popular Dress Skirts for women are made of Voile. The new Spring styles are most charming in design and finish. “fo-morrow we shall feature the following at special price-attractions: HANDSOMELY TRIMMED VOILE DRESSED SKIRTS, in black and blue; the entire skirt trimmed with taffeta mil linery folds in clusters of five rows, al- ternately narrow and wide, perfect- hanging dress skirts with fal flaring flounce ef- OD Wb ect, VOILE SKIRTS. trimmed with perpen- dicular straps of taffeta and fancy braid, or with cascaded design of 2) 7. 5 five rows of stitched taffeta (Second Floor, Front) straps and lace trimming. The fabrics For instance : Dollars _ For Semt-Dress and Senerat Wear. Black Sack Suits Sirs bres Tuxedo Coat @ Vest. ed Sacks, lined Tuxedo Romaine Silk Lined. {7 Sughout | Fabric. The New Style Poole Coat. Semi with Romaine Silk (Twilled Satin.) The Su Military. Shawl and ena” i i de of Fi Collar Satin Faced Price $10 1s made of ine Price $10; i} cet Black Thibec. ————_ le Made of Dull nish Prince Albert 2 Double Breasted Sack, Fast Black Cloths Cone ® Vest, |vic. 3-Button Frock Suits. Coat is Serge lined LAPELS ARE SILK FACED. Fu and Sryle jal hoor and ay cenbaeee if apsolutely Cor Dice $10 |in Clay only. Price $10 rect. Sale Opens GeV (Friday) Morning. We have given a brief synopsis of our Black Clothes at ‘* TEN DOLLARS.” The Higher Grades at S15, $18, $20 and $23.50 represent the highest types of Tailoring and Selection of Fabrics. SIZES IN EVERY GRADE TO FIT. EVERY BUILD OF MAN. es r Lusrreless