The evening world. Newspaper, February 24, 1904, Page 10

enough none of the neighbors heard , ol shot or any unusual noise " business, but the corner loafers in the KL CM | TOSTEAL HS $3 Laundryman Said to Have Been| Shot to Death by Gang of} Young Roughs, to Whose Sup-| port He Would Not Contribute. GIRL FINDS THE MAN ; DYING IN HIS SHOP. Foreigner, Attacked Many Times by Youths, Had Asked for Po- fice Protection—The Police Make Two Arrests. Bam Lee, an inoffensive Chinese Inun- @ryman, with a small establishment at No. 22% Second avenue, was brutally murdered early to-day by members of & gang of young rufians who have been @nnoying him in a small way for some time. THIF afternoon two of the members of this gang were arrested by Detectéve-| Bergeant James Downing on suspicion) of having committed the crime. They are Thomas Kane, twenty-elght years old, of 2089 Second avenue, and| James Duffy, twenty-elght years old, of! No. 3H t One Hundred and Fifth| street. Kane was found at home Jn bed| ‘with qll his night clothes on, He was very’ drunk and haid.a bad cut on his head. Neighbors said that he went out @t daylight sober and came home about ® o'clock drunk. Duffy was arrested at the corner of One Hundred and Fourth street and Second avenue, also drunk. He js: known to have been out during! ‘the morning with Kane. ‘Tho men were too drunk to be arraigned in court, Sam Lee was only twenty-two years 014. He was disposed to mind his own vicinity of his little shop h | him much peace. Some of to think it was incumbent on the Chin man to contriute to their support, and when he failed to meet thelr deman: it, was customary with them to bricks through his front windows. Chinaman finally appealed to the police although he got | he never got the|! d of late the raids on his place been more frequent and tne | Paiders bolder than of old. \ What happened early to-day ‘9 not) “known. Before he died the ¢ ay Managed to gasp out a fragmenta count of the events of the orn, while it didn't serve to place the eri on any one person it was enough show that it'was the work ‘old wang. Found Dying by a Girl, It was about § o'clock when Miss Goldie Cooper, who lives on one of the Upper floors of the house at No, | Becond avenue, went to the Jaund) 0 get some shirt waists she had left there) on Monday, She had difficulty opening! the tront door beciuse of some obsta- | ole piled against It, She tinally man-| aged to get it open far enough to en- | bie her to squeeze in, and then # #aw that tt was Sam Lee's body had barred her way. The unfortuns of the sume Chinaman was lying on the floor ina © pool of his own blood. He raised his hand to Miss Coppm@ und gasped out, *Bolloe!"’ * Miss Cooper ran out in the street and met Policeman Pierce, of the Bust One Hundred and Fourth street station, He turned in a call for an ambulance and then went to the Inundry. Sam 14 was lying where (he girl had left him | and gasping hard for vreath, Plerow saw that he was dying, and taking his | head in his lap said: “Who did it?” | “Boys—robbed—money—shot,’ over on the floor dead. A few moments later Dr. Seb ot the Harlem Hospital, arri made an examination of the body. found that a bullet of large size, pre ably 38-calibre, had entered the rig) lung, and that the Chinaman h left tofileed to death by his assailants. ‘Had a physician been on hand within a | reasonable time after the shooting the Chinaman’s life might have been saved. | Indications of a Struggle. ‘AS f00n as the news of the mu feached the East One Hundred Fourth street station, Capt. Herlihy | in g state of great con indleatin | here had been Chairs and tapos were vroxen, borties| | Unppemen’ 8 boay trugeie. Hie hands iis S Sody bruised. in was an ugly Wound on tne top head, which the police reault of his being siruck down with an iron bar. The only clue to the ‘dentity of the murderers was a boy's size mitten. 1% Which was found under one of the broken tables. This mitten could not! have belonged to Sam 00 ama}l for him. and « F i id only have ere! persons fighting been caused by sev at once, Strange. the early morning. The police- faltered |° the Chinaman feebly, and then he rolled | THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENIN *, FEBRUARY 247 FACTS ABOUT PANAMA CANAL, NOW 7O BE COMPLETED. Entire length (Colon to Panama) Amount of work completed... Present navigable stretches... Still to be constructed Number of men now at work Time it will 1 Estimated tot Amount to Amount to Present t Time via F ‘ost New York to San Fra Time of passage through canal ‘Travel saved, Liverpool to Yokohama Annual traffic . expected... ire throughout r ¢ [0,00 men to vomplete 4 to Panama Canal Company nama Canal (approxiinate nelxco vin Cape Horn, 8 to 19 hours 4,000 miles TOTTERMAN'S TRIAL MAY END TO-DAY Attorney Ely Says He Will Fin- ish State’s Case and Prison- er’s Counsel May Not Put In Any Defense. When the trinl of Emil Tottermann, the alleged “Jack the Ripper,” accused of the murder of Sarah Martin and the subseq) mutillation of her body, was resumed hefore Justice Kenefick, in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court, to-day announced that he thought he would finish the State's case to-day. Asked how long ‘the defense would} y, take, Henry I. Goldsmith, the attorney for Tottermann, replied that he was of the opinion the prosecution had not inade out a case against bis client and he did not think it would be necessary to put In any defense. “The testimony of the witnesses for the prosecution,” Mr. Goldsmith de- clared, “has beeh very conflicting, and I tiink that a reasonable doubt exists in the minds of the jurors as_40 Tot- tegniann's When the taking of testimony was re- sumed to-day Jolin Kelly, the owner of the James Siip Hotel, in which h pice the murder occurred, was recalled for cross. Xi dsmith attempted testimony as to the the body and of a visit to Totterman iy the Tombs prison made by the witness nma Hughes, employed in. Kelly's 1, Identified the entry on the hotel which she sald Totterman had . niry read and wife.” hes sald she guided Totter- «hand while he wrote the word PATTI BARS OUT PROCESS SERVERS > Diva Remains Secluded in Her Rooms in Philadelphia, and cert in That City. PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 24.--Adelina FSP Pattl and her managers are having | FREIGHT BLOCKADE LIFTED, in this elty, the Diva remaining | PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 2t—A freight e ed in her rooms and refusing to | blockad: railways ruming into this yee anybody city, resuiting from snow and cold, has addition to dodging service of sult’ brought by Anton He a former member of her com- pany, she is keeping a sharp lookout for two dr ves from Se: on, Pa, wh © trying t he th stopping to sts advertised to The hox-oflice were so. ligh t they were InsuMefent to pay the advert dit was decided not papers $n it igh Seranton withoy ig the songs she had been cpipts at Scranton found it my the e been trying 800, which he Ana notified vices were no longer i's. a that hiss lquired. He returned to this elty and brought suit Patti's concert for to-night has bien indefinitely postponed. It is sald the seats lins not come up to ex- vs. It fe doubtful if the con given at all. —— Herbert Spencer. 1 In the good things of the ed portry of the best kind, but 1 literature was for him an inter- he margin of life only eray was his favorite novelist was his recreation OLD non the beat ways that he passed ‘shop several times, but didn’t hear | hing urusual bery was undoubtedly the only of the murderers, and It {s esti- ee the police that the fruits of Ime Was about $4. nt 5 Sed ai he got’an extri itened to deposit it. F Lee was a son of Lee Tom, « Chinese merchant, wid’ ts and riner of eneral house of tae, N Na Boa street. could apeak “Bn i set him. up in if interest in it an Evening of yo Assistant District-Attorney Ely, nen a Will Not Give Con- ¢ rve a writ on her | i Sole | New York for the he was a good hand at a Absolute fn Purity; CROW POLICE CHASE AND FIGHT PUGILISTS, Arrest Four Men Who Fought on Station of Third Avenue “L” Road After a Lively En- counter on the Street. Four men got into a fight on the up- town station of the Third avenue road at One Hundred and Twenty street to-day and were arrested with |great dimeuity by two policemen. | The prisoners are Jacob Edwards, of No. 2484 Second avenite: John Dillon, a pugilist, of No. 2148 Second avenue "Cal" pugilist, of No. enue, When the policemen apepared the men ran to One Hundred and Twenty- eighth. street and Lexington avenue, where they put up a hard fight. One Policeman held two prisoners while the vther chased Gleason and Dillon. into a hotel at O1 Hundred and Thirtieth Street and Th d avenue, where after fight they w: arciria captured. MADRID RICTERS WOUNDED BY POLICE Charged Upon with Drawn Swords When They Surround the Cortes and Shout “Long Live the Republic!” MADRID, Feb. 4.—A crowd congre- gated outsld the Cortes here shouting & llve the Renublic!” ‘They were charged by the police with drawn swords. Many of the crowd were wounded, and @ number of arrests wera, made. | Meanwiille the Premier, In thy Cham: | ber, declared that cheering for a repub- lic was illegal, This added fuel to the fire and caused a scene, tes veatarday and k force of poll Minister got a were further uproario Chamber when Depu that cheers for th opt a strong | The Prime broken and und watt been part cars of freight ar » transat Sain ow made tt im steamers wer ropean p Agents ‘ Designed on artistic, graceful lines, exquisitely modelled, made of the best leathers, the “Queen Quality” shoe meets every requirement of STROLLERS HONOR | t COUNT MACHT Dinner to Be Given for Him on Saturday Night, with a Royal Entertainment by Opera- House Artists. NEAPOLITAN BAND IN NATIVE COSTUME. Italian Music, Food and Singers to Be Features of the Gala Night When the Charge d’Af- fairs Will Be Greeted. Ttalmn musto by Italian musfclans, Italian drama by Italien actors and actresses, Itallan decorations by Ital- fan artists, Italian dishes by Ttallan cooks and tallan wines from the oldest Ttalian casa will be the greting of the Strollers to Count Macoht di Cellers, Charge d’ Affairs of the Itallan Em- bassy at Washington on Saturdsy night. The Strollers themselves suy that it will be “a gala night and will prove without question the best music- ertainment In New York this win- nd Richard Strauss les in upper case r them run a long line of ans less famous in the ‘he Metropolitan opera company, through the courtesy of. Mr Conried, will lend itself in a body to the mirth and morriment of the Strollers, But if every “bis Italian in town will be present in order to make the diplomat feel perfectly at ne, other nations will also be well represented, In make- up the guests will have a cosmopolitan flavor, The homogenity of the gather- ing will He only in the devotion of all present to Art with a capital A For the programme, Lignante’s Nea- politan bands !n native costume will play and sing # lot of Neapolitan prize songs, ive artists from the Maort Itaijan Dramitic ‘Theatre. will give a burlesque pantomime entitled “L’Amore in Campagna." The Tarantella Napo- letana will be sunk and danced by La Signorina Enrichetta Varasi, who Is the prima ballerina assoluta of the Met- ropolltan Opera-House, and who repre- sents some more of the kind courtesy of Herr Heinrich Conr Also by the same courtesy Sig. Arcangelo Roast, basso comico, his kindly consented to sing. But the artistic piece will be in the blue where the many men and women, light- ened by the heavy wines of Falerno ana Capri and Chianti, will drink in the rare leasiiren of the “Festa di Pledagrotta,” one members of the I world of art. de resistance to of Capri, y himself, of the affair The crowds again gathered before the | cls of THE CRACKER WITH A TASTE," ris with |The Largest Indepen United Koed’s Uptown Prices Make Downtown Shopping an E "ee OCH & 125th Street, West, EVERYTHING IN SHOES FOR. Ladies, Misses, Boys € Children = FAMOUS SHOE FOR WOMEN, egsTLy the most exacting women. All the new Spring yles now on exhibition. M, Guarda- ands and John Ta. romposed of Robert. C. hobox will be found a rs . T CO, NEW York. int Bakery in the 3, O. between Lenox «& Seventh Avenues, 0Q Specials 60c Extra Women’s Dept. Handsome Dress Suit, Model, of fine French Broadcloth richly trimmed with Peau de Soie and fine silk Braid. Plaited Bolero Eton, attached | Latest cut Plaited Skirt, trimmed Equal to custom made. Value 50.00. Special, 29,9 13-Gore fine quality Covert Jacket, lap seam effect, lined with Skinner Satin. Value 20.00. Special, 12.°° Vesela. Broadway and 13 13th Street. Belt. as Jacket. latest Spring ani an Companys” will furntan this: (| BANK BURGLARS FAILED. | Sufe Too Mach for Them (si Lio The Evening We MONTCLAIR, No J. Feb, 2-Burglars Nave been operating in this section for reveral months past? and early to-day | Jo a descent on te new National i evaded the| Watchman and secured an entrance to the bullding through one of the win- dows. They broke off the handles of the| safe, but the door was too much for them and they were unable to gain necess to the vault before the noise of their operations disclosed their doings, The bank has only been in operation | for a fortnight. oe A Boy Wonder, A German medical paper reports that at a school Ipspection in Brandenburg an eight-year-old boy was presented Who, weighs 125 pounds and stands > fee 3% Inches. young prodigy ts Physically and mentally ‘well develsped. ayes tor TEND Te Ort teerrpateent Mth 1904, High-Class Photography in all its branches From the tiniest miniature to a life size portrait. Different in shape or size, but all A‘ in quality and artistic finish. Imperial Folder Platinum Photo- graphs, $5.00 per dozen. This is the most up-to-date style and finish. No better photos can be had any. where at any price. STUDIOS: New York: Brooklyn: 22 West 23d st. | 489 Fulton st. Bet, Sth & ip aves. 1162 Broadway, Opp. Abraham & Straus. Nonr 27th at. Callahan & Morrissy, 48--50 West Fourteenth Street, 47--49--51--53 West Near Sixth Thirteenth Street, Avenue, Our Great Liquidation Sale Is Now in Its Fifth and Last Week. Therefore Final Clearance Prices In Men’s, Women’s, Boys’ and Girls’ Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Use Goods for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Come at Any Hour on Any Day This Week! . Between 9 A. M. Believe Us, You Will Not Regret Your Call. THERE WILL BE SURPRISES IN STORE FOR BUYERS OF * Women’s Tailored Suits, Women’s Kersey and Cheviot Coats, | Women’s Walking and Dress Skirts, Women’s Silk, Woollen and Cotton Waists; Underwear and Hosiery, ' Umbrellas, Corsets and Shoes; Boys’ Clothing and Infants’ Wea: and 6 P. M. Handkerchiefs and Neckwear, r, Gloves, Laces and Notions; ; Misses’ and Children’s Coats, Misses’ and Children’s Dresses; | Pertieres, Table and Couch Covers; Lace, Swiss and Net Curtains; Sheets and Pillow Cases, | Blankets and Comfortables; Table Covers, Napkins and Towels. (BROOKLYN'S | | MOST D DEPENDABLE | FERAL | STORE. i direct or to our doors. Tailored in the new Spring possess all the virtues of suits that much. collarless, wish shoulder caye, Eton eff skirt is nine-gored, vib sizes Thursday... in Wome worth $16.00; special .. Ne . They are Serges in black, navy and brown. They were made ‘0 sell for $13.98, ‘New Spring Tailored Suits, $7. 50. Worth $133. 98. fashion, these Women’s Suits cost two and three times as Jacket is trimmed with salle fut battons ; 7,50) n's Fl n cheviot, Venetians ima fancy tweeds, very pretlily trimmed with silk braid te tilt buttons; cape over shoulder, jacket silk | sined and Eton effect, eneyG one sleeves, skirt plea ed ed with kilt flare; ‘ $9. 98 | Spring Wear. They're in two swell shades of tan | covert, for boys of ages 4 to 14, Some | Reefers, tco, for ages 244 to 8, em- broidered on sleeves. reefers are worth $4, 50; for the 2.96) | ing offering, each. Boys’ Topcoals for . The coats and | - Stool, 95c. This very stronz, finely-finished Piano Stool, in imitation mahogany, sells reg- ularly at $1.50. Spe c’al for Thursday, os ‘Fiano ji ital An advantageous purchase of a manufacturer's entire reserve stock enables us to offer 250 PIECES BODY, BRUSSELS CARPETING (Brighf#New At 05° per yd. fl Sixth Avenue, 13th and 14th Sts. PS auchienor vb Set = & 3E2AVE, Corsets—Straight Bri! white and any, Regular price $1.50.. Patterns) Regular $1.35 to $1.50 goods. NP Ub model in fine. coutil— H.O Neill & Co Continuation of our first Great Annual Picture Sale (Third Floor.) Pictures of every description, including Pasfel Landscapes—Platino Photos—Dining Room Pastels— French Color Pictures—Carbon Photos, At About One-half Regular Price. All our Imported and Domestic Oil Paintings and ance Colors have been largely reduced in price for this sale. ‘ Unusual Values for Thursday's Selling in Women’s Walking Skirts and Separate Waists. WOMEN'S WALKING SEIRTS—made of mannish mix- tures and solid colors, in strictly all-wool fine cloths, $3. 75 Many of them are sample Skirts—colors are BO bee, ° brown and mixtures—Thursday . ee Regular price, $5.00. WOMEN'S WALKING SKIKTS—of kerseys, chintz and worsted tweeds, elegantly tailored, strapped or tucked— black, blue, brown, also fancy mixtures—Thursday Regular prices, $6.00 to $7.00. WOMEN'S WAISTS—made of peau de soie or crepe de) chine, several styles, pronouncedly FEIN ISI Cae) and black—Thursday.... ($4.50 Regular price, | $7.00. “| $4.95 WOMEN’S WASH WAISTS—of pure linen, with fronts \ $1 95 of solid Mexican drawn work—Thursday......+++ssseees ° Regular price, $3.00. (Third Floor.) $1.00 Corsets at 79c. Per Pair. Our $1.00 first quality Corsets—special models of Nemo, R. &) G., W. B., P. N., Thomson's, Warner's, C.-B., Ferris, Kabo, J. ) 79 Br'and Schlin Walsts--in white, drab and black—sizes 1910 30 J Cc in —special at. ics (Second Floor.) | Women’s 19c. Hosiery 10c. Pair. 500 dozen Women's extra fine fast black Cotton ) Hose—double soles, heels and toes—good value - 0c for 19c. pair—special for Thursday .......++.-++ (First das $6.98 Silk Petticoats at $4.85. SILK PETTICOATS—with deep side plaited flounce, fin- ished with full ruchings; also some with plain ruffles—black and colors—regularly $6.98: at Fine Mercerized Sateen Skirts—tucked Spanish flounce with side plaiting and tucked ruffle—regular $2.25; at \$4.85 {$1.49 (Second Floor.) Over 800 Pieces of Women’s Fine Neckwear At Exactly One-Half Price. They consist of very fine Jabots, Fichus, Stock Collars with and without tabs: Scarfs, &c. They are made oflace,~ chiffon and silk in desirable styles and colors. : Formerly $0c. $1.00 $1.50 $2.00 $3.00 Now marked 25c.. $0c. 75c, $1.00 _—‘$1.50 Special Table, ist floor, 21st St. Grand Values for Thursday 7. In Spring Wash Fabrics. <> j SNOWFLAKE MADRAS, 2,000 yards) Choice of ten colorings... pessseresereecess and } 12% 3,500 yardoj STRIPED MADRAS AND CHEVIOT, i Cc sak f 92 inches wide—at, per yard...s...s..sseeeed Regular 19c. quality. Free Garment Cutting—Our expert cutters will take your mcas- ure and cut from patterns to your order from materials bought in our s ‘Wash Goods ‘tment, SHIRT WAISTS—WRAPPERS—AND DRESSING SACQUES, Free of Charge. (first Moor, Special Table No. 1.) We place on sale Thursday a Special purchase of Celluloid Hair Brushes and Mirrors. These goods are so eel and d pol pularly known that de- tails are unnecessary, erence which we quote below between the Peake everyais) rice and the sale price is because ghey are called seconds by the manufac- turer—the imperfections.are so slight, however, that you wouldn’t notice them, and as far as wear and appearance go they are as good as the best made. Hair Brushes. | Mirrors. Lot 1—Regular price 75c; at... §Q¢| Lot 1—Regular price $0c; at... 25¢ d Lota--Regdlar price 61 to Lot 2—Regular price 73c to $1.49; at. 61.00; at 50c Lot 3—Regular price $1.59 to Lot 3—Regular price § ate 756 $25 Borer covers seneeeee .00 | Lot Lae price $1.73 to Lot 4—Regular price $2.75; seat 50) Lot s— Regular price §2.49 ee raey $1. Puff me and Trays, 75; at Lat 1 Apeer T Boxen. ee: | Mr Pa soa. ae “ 4 core ah sbls abe wee © i a 158 Hair, Tooth and Nail Brushes At edi low prices. These are all ve and worth pul 25 o 50% more than the pace ituslat pees 190s Bl oa as HAIR BRUSHES—with olive, fox, satin, ebony and cocobola wood backs, with fine quality bristles, Loti—Regular price s0cat 39¢ Lot 2—Regular price§1,00;at 65¢ Lot 3—Regilar price $1.30; at $1.00 Lot4—Regular price $2.00 to G2.25; A veceee vecccererere