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

il eae ae 2 a AW ESE AT UPTOWN Several Firemen and Cocupants| of Fifty-seventh Streot Four- » Story Dwelling Barely Escape! '. with Their Lives. | LADDER BREAKS AND TWO FIREMEN FALL. Flames Started Among Bales of! Excelsior—Bursting of Hose Scattered Crowd—Cause of Blaze Being Investigated. Tnvestigation is being made to- into a fire which damaged the fou story brown-stone frout house at No M1 West Fifty-seventh atreet $10,000. Heveral firemen had narrow escapes from death, and persons In the burning bullding barely escaped with their lives J. J. Mevers, his wife, and several} boarders were at dinner in the base- | ment dining room when the fire started among severhl bales of excelsior on tho firat floor to be used for packing fur- niture, The flames shot through the rooms, filled with furniture in excelsior and burlap, ascended the stalrway, and when Meyers ran to the flaor they had reached the roof and spread through the | top floor, Ie and his family eseaped by the basement door just before the burned first floor fell !n on the dining room, When the firemen arrived the stalr- ways had been burned away and Truck No, 4 elevated a seventy-foot ladder to the top windows. Fireman John Harcke | and Acting Foreman Michael MeCann had reached the top with Firemen John Monahan and ‘Thomas Grady — beliud them, when suddenly the first section of the ladder gave way and fell In against the stoop, McCann pitched backward, and falling through the atr with a somersauit, landed heavily on the pavement. Jfareke, as he fell past the third floor, selzed a rope and lowered | bimselt down, Monahan and Grady managed to keep their hold on the lad- der. McCann Jay motionless in the street and the crowd in excitement broke through the police lines, Inspector Me- Clusky ordered the crowd driven back, and police with clubs tried in vain to do it. Just tnen a length of hose burat in the midst of the crowd, and the drenching water did what the pollee gould not do, The crow tered. Father Casserly, Father Kennedy and Father McNichols, of the Paulit Fath- ers’ Churen, helped the flremen carry MeCann to the sidewalk, ‘Then he was taken in Chief Devanney’s wagon to Roosevelt Hospital, where it was found fhe had escaped with a severe shaking up. * moment after the wr xe of the Jadder had been cleared away Fireman in, of Bugine Company ¢ of lose Into the bast~ come by the emoke and ed out more dead than allve i Ford, of E Company 40, climbimg Cht0ugn & floor window, alippea and fell igte tie basement was badly bruised ond burned by cin- ders, but kept at work The guests of Hotel Kenmore, ad- joining, fled ig alarm, many of ‘them carrying thete Belcngings. Tae fire wes extinguished in less ¢ half an hour Zhe loss was $5,000. THIEVES WITH VAN CLEAN OUT STORE Burglars Back Moving Wagon Up to the Rear of Samuel Schmal’s Establishment and Get $7,000 Worth of Goods. It became known to-day that dar- fng thieves looted the clothing and fur store of Samuel Schmal, at No. | Broome street on Saturday, carrying} away goods valued at nearly $7,000 In ® moving van. Schmal lived on the second floor @bove the store and had a burgiay alarm on both the front and rear store doors, The police learned that a covered dwo-horse forniture yan, attended by four men, stood on Clinton street. near Broome, from 2.20 until 3 o'clock, while the thieves passed the stolen goods out of the rear door of the atore, over a fence and to the wagon. Of the entire stock only half a dogen pieces which could not be plaved In the van were left. The police say the thieves forced a hall door on the side of the store, thus avoiding the burglar alarm When Schmal went downstairs In the roy ng he was amazed to find only shelv: ir detectives were assigned to tio case, and thess cautioned the owner to keep the robbery secret. Severs! gons bave been found who saw ¢ HELPING. MOTHER GIRL 1S RILLED Little Mary Carlson, of Brook- lyn, Meets Death While Aiding Parent to Hang Week’s Wash Out-to Dry. Mary ’Carison, thirteen! years old ana ‘tiving with her parents at No. 26) Sue (Fulton street, Brooklyn, was killed this Mee -|firm of Cohn & Levy, clothiers, at No. {6% Broadway i od La MISS MABEL LEFLER, HEIRESS, WHO MARRIED Mise Mabel F. Lefer. favorite niece! of the late Mra, Charies L, Patr mar-| ried George Thomas Whitley, of Plain- | field, N. J., at the home of her uncle, Abram Nelson, in Newmarket, N. J. last evening. ‘The bride Is sald to have ry $200,000 in the settlement of the | Nelson litication. ‘The bridegroom Is a air=| WCIOUS HORSE IN BES A BY Animal Fastens Teeth in Cheek of Little Girl, Lifts Her from the Ground and Carries Her Out Into Street. | Her Mttle cheek torn open by the jaws of a vicious horse, Mamie Neu- achaefer, the twenty-two months old child of Ernest D. Neuschaefer, & baker, of No, 422 Mott avenue, the Bronx, lies at her home under the care of a physician. ° ‘The horse belongs to a grocer on the same block with the Neusehaefers, and has a reputation as biter, Mamte was out on Tuesday after- noon in the care of a nurse, The maid had her attention distracted for a mo- ment and turned around, allowing the child to toddle ahead. The little one toddled toward the curb beside which the horse was standing. The ehild the sidewalk to meet her, The child ran to pet the animal and extended her hand to tt. Nursematds and mothers wheellng thelr children nearby were horrified when they saw the horse suddenly fasten His teeth In the enild’s cheek, lift it from the ground and carry it out Into the street. Mrs, Neuschae fer #aw it and became hysterical, ‘The driver of the wagon and stveral women made a dash for the horse. Their shouts caused the animal to drop the baby. Whon the child was picked up it was found that Its eheek had ‘ he horse's teeth. A sewed it up. It will take at least two Gays to. show If the child will get blood-polsoning. The Neuschaeters and thelr nelghvors demand that the horse be shot. USED A SYRINGE TO AAD HS LF Louis D. Levy, Fearing He Would Be Unable to Swallow Car- bolic Acid, Shot It Down His Throat. Fearing he would be unable to swal- low @ dose of catholic acid, Louls D, Levy, fitty-four years old, of No, 67 West One Hundred and Fourtee h street, puy the: poison in a syringe and then forced it down his throat Levy was formerly a member of the Of late he had been an ingurance agent. During the day he had attended the funeral services of Dr. Baas, of the Hebrew © phan Asylum. Nothing was known of his later move menia until died in A saloon a a 2 Columbus avenue He took a dGrink in the saloon then entered the lava Tn aminutes he staggered goom again and «at down died there. Whe jegeé? « widow andl two © Mrs, Lavy cen assign no cadre sulelde SEEKS MISSING HUSBAND. Adam Blauth, No. 22 Second at The World office yer terday and reported the dieappearance of her husband. who bas a wheelwright’s op at No, 40 One Hundred and Fourth ret iwusand. 28 Mre home on Roing {0 be ” be J PUOR macuinist. FIGHTS FIRE WITH felt shop, years ago machinist employed In a Plain: eth ithe Newmarket He first met his be While playng ball nine, of which 4 Mra) Whitley w Mra. Fait who gu Newmarket, whieh w Mr and Mra, Whitley Mr. and Mrs, Whitley have gone to Roston, where they will spend. thelr honeymoon ATO VCTIM HOT IOENTIFED Well-Dressed Man Run Down! and Killed at One Hundred and Twentieth Street and Madison Avenue, No {dentification has heen made as yet of the well-dressed man who was run down and killed by the automobile at One Hundred and ‘Twentieth street and Madison avenue last night The man had just alighted from a north-bound trolley car and was walk- ing toward the pavement when the automobile displaying the advertising signs of F. F. Proctor came bowling down the street, The man did not see the automobile nor hear the warning signal, ‘The automobile knocked him down and both wheels passed over his body, breaking his neck and killing him Instantly ‘The man appeared to be about forty years old, He was 5 feet 5 Inches tail and wore a black coat and striped trousers, In his pocket was a card bearing the name of the Hotel Marie Antoinette, fn upper Broadway, Mia body was taken to Herlem Morgue to await Identification Johan Haverty, chauffeur of the ma chine, who lives at No, 74 Blew avenue, was arrested. He will be @ raigned in Harlem Court to-day. _—_—————————— THEY LAUGHED At the Arguments on the Package: The husband of an Ohio woman brought home some packages of Grape-Nuts one evening, and there was much discussion, but let her tcll the story: “Two years ago I was thin and sickly and suffered so from indiges- tlon; was very nervous and could not sleep at night; | was not able physically or mentally to pertorm my duties and was constantly under the care of cur physician. I had tried plain living and all the different remedies recommended by friends, but got no Letter, “Qpe day my home two yellow boxes and said: ‘The grocer wants us to try this food and report how we like it; he thinks {: will help you.’ I read all ft sald on the boxes about Grape- Nuts, and [ remember how I laughed at {t, for I thought {t foolish to think food could help me. But the next meal we all ate rome “ith cream We liked and enjoyed the deliciously crisp and new flavor, so we kept on using Grap2-Nute. not-because we thought {it wBuld cure me but be- canse we liked it At that time we had no idea what the results would be, but now | am anxious to have the world know that to-day I am a well and strong wom- an physically and mentally over 30 pounds, do not suffer from any of the old alls, and | know that it is to Grape-Nuts e'one that 1 owe my restored health. They cail me ‘Grape-Nuls’ here in the home, and I] my friends have asked me the anse of itull. L have persuaded sev- eral of them to use Grape-Nuts, and every one of them who has done so has been benefited, and | wish it were In my one who is sick to give this wonder- ful food a trial, We still hove Grape- Nuts three times a day # never th of it Name giver by Co., Battle Creek, Mich Ten days on this nourishing and completely digestible food will show proper feoding a great change, some- times worth more than ‘a gold mine, because it may menn the joy and of health in place of ai Toh proven” "There husband brought | I gained| power to incuce every-f| any one who is run down from im-| Plucky Member of Hook Ladder Company Falls Under Trucks but Conceals !nj Amputation May Follow, | n 217 iret Ave., cor, 139 Tel 1238 Madtaon 84) WK 857 Second Ave, 1967 Pitth Av cor, 2175 Fitth Ave, 11 AW 451 T A 614 Tenth Ave. AGN Tenth Ave., co Weat 126th Meholas Ave. Rly 640 Columbas Ave, co 784 Columb ‘al St.or.Che! cocker St, er.Co: 195 St, Ann's Ave. ¢ ‘Tel, Call 1862, | a4o Winlt by The ries t FAMIL' * CHOICE GROCERIES re see 132 Grocery Stores, Trade atthe Nearest, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. EAST SIDE-MANU avras. it, cor. 119th cor, 30th a 4 Sty weme A Tel Call O48) Riveratd ry 1) UAOJ. Meirose » cor, 160th St, THE WOPLD: THURSDAY EVENI Vest bi Ao SEPTEMBER 8, 1904. ae Comp OLSON? SO8. 80 SOPHIE aelled “® * | usdioe the thdibey + that had Pe "SAW “LITTLE PRINCESS.” WORK Of RESCOE ne ostry aroha aay eee t, : playing te andam a tert & Javentle Studeni® Who Will Pies \ore mes ot % n OW; woe Bucweten Play, | 7 = ie Real “ 7 wag and Te wages! Fury children of vie kay ation Youngster Wedged Under’ the! s.r sca, cs cowie racaoe aie Ce pI ane: vee’ ©S3 Trcks ot Trolley Car Tells)" iis mas vate sus and Uy ent # Broome cosy” at hie Harlem Operative lay: Men How to Get HimgOut— Du nriat Lp Wat aby Tok! (We MARU GHOAARS thd Victim May Die. 4 and a paniors as best Leis great help sy the Hiren, w | | vald fre wae out te produce the play tn a sho: a “a of tury | sikddenty fe om palin. His! stany of the lidren had never before hang | st. ih St. cond Ave. cor, Shth St, are Tel. Call 596 Harlem, aa 9 Ave. or, Ath, erside re ® ROROUGH OF BRONX. SUBURBAN—NEW YORK. 197 Soath 4th Av, Mt Vernon, Tel, Call 1700 Mount Vernon 3 Male Youkers, Tel Call 7218 Yonkers 50-54 Orchard M.. Tarey 210 Mata At. New latin At ow | x« Vel. Call 208 | New Rochelle. BI Maliv'd Ave. White Plains x, Tel, Call 48 White e mM (0 & AUR) been Inside @ iheutre + "132 Grocery Stores ‘Trade atthe Nea: ,BOROUGH OF BROOK! 128 Bridge St., ar. & Tel Call Gs 41958 The Opening of the Schools|*=7* | brin " gs everybody back to town, and at this season large additional demands are made on almost every store. Youthful!] | > ‘Tel. Call 38214 appetites are sharp and vigorous, and the best rule with the youngsters is to let them have their fill, We are equipped ; MBomith 8. cr. Dong | as never before to meet the immediate wants of our ever-growing army of customers, Our distributing warehouses er Cotambie Keer! a carry the largest retail stocks of eatables and drinkables in America, and fresh supplies are delivered daily to every | 4 ‘Tel. Can 166m Ha grocery store. Quality in food supplies is placed first-—above every other consideration. We buy only the best. Our SePColumbia St..cr. prices are the lowest, not because we sacrifice quality, but because we buy direct, in immense quantities, and retail at cost, LX: plus the smallest margin of profit. That is why all our ou ers save money, and is the secret of our success. With- Out the enormous daily output of aggregate sales trom 1 Grocery Stores we would be unable to serve our patrons in this manner, Housekeepers can save a tidy sum by laying in a sapply of the seasonable specials offered this weeks | Double ‘i Trading Stamps | are freely given all this week with every purchase of 10 cents or more, except C. O. D.’s, because our customers ap-4 ¥ | Prove of them, and they know these stamps are absolutely no expense to them, Potatoes 9c Basket A * These are selected from the best fields on Long Island, and are specially choice, large, white, sound and mealy, {No better can be had anywhere, Our shippers have bought up the very choicest, By the peck. rec ghanpi 1 Ic Tm es cor, 384 a ST thesh Ave, " Cun. BONELESS BACON. Swift’s Famous Eagle Brand, sweet and tender; strips average 3 Ibs,alb.........5 PICNIC HAMS. Small. lean, tender, § to 7 Ib: ; Sugar cured; & 9ic 13!c a, AMERICAN BEAUTY GINGER SNAPS. The daintiest of all, in pasteboard barrels, fresh baked daily, a barrel, only... y | % FLOUR. Pride of St. Louls—Unexcelled for its baking qualities; 2414 .Ib. linen bag, 78¢.; 7-1b, 25c Peerless Malt Extract. Tonic specially suitable for women and children; strengthens and soothes; a dozen, $1.18; Hottie. ee 10¢c SWEET POTATOES. Prime quality, highly nutritious 15c and appetizing; a peck, 29¢.5 & basket.....4., Feat eee BUTLER'S COFFEES. Fresh roasted dally, and unsur- passed in flavor and aroma. ve)” ieene be Java—Worth 3$c. alb.; Our price, per 25c Best Maracaibo — Smooth and very fine; our price, per 20c a kn BUTLER'S TEAS, Ps i ee reg ong prices. jutler’s Ceylon 3 BO Ibs, $1.40; a1b....... Butler’s Unxid Teas, 3 50c Butler's Best No. 1 Teas, 35c Jelly 4 "Blue Ru ourishing dew do wine flavors; « 10c OM Best qualliy | American Pewd id Ibs, $1.40; Ib, vitee tHeeenes 3 Ibs., $1.00; a ib.. Best Santos—Fancy grade Ol; quart bottles, IMc,; pints, itler’ Choic: aromaticand good, per ibe 7c Meike ai aes at 3 ie, Joes Ibe 25¢ , ee i L-lb, Cai), loc! Pepper Black or white; %4-1b, 10c * a'bensen Ave Base noth | 94 visss ‘Tel, Call 148 Bath he er . best Eng: 10c 15c ~ Spaghetti or roul—Heet im ure cream of tartar; Sse’; ‘g-lb, can, 18e.; ‘yl a MUMK— “Liberty” brand; | on potty jar Muller's Hest, for satads and ta from pure fresh unskimmed milk; a can 8c! Tomatoes "Bas: View’ brand: ported, « Ib hale Ibe On large, ripe, solid packed: 3 Qge ¢ 8c | tomes: ’, a ib, 1.3" ge 4 oea—*Binsie’ brand; best se- 1 oe ted fruit, hand pleked; @x- vc an large, well Alled cans; 26 , 25C olive 1 Lay wnngl Oe * meh Reaa—The new , pack: gy aia PO 236 ee ee . mall, green and tender: 2 2SC | ceoea—'Tritmph:” sotiiing finer In v1 19¢ fred, BGq | favor, or quality; Ywtb. va sand ected aniall Salt—“Blue Ribbon,” pure snd Ras Best Cuban, sliced * tor a : packed’ In Hemliy—''Priuimpi;” selected South y powder, | BoRouGH ‘ heavy syrup; a can 10 Mrrmcors, Kiln dred; 210. &° : vine a0 Mhubarh—Luscious ple-plant, ready ‘ re Laverty! ime? Qe Daya SBCastioto: io aorve with sugar: large 2 fg " 15C) wreakiast” Food “blue Hivvon;” ‘ ete ; is or silvers) all nourishment there is gy, F out e, DEARS | pack we &>., & box ali k iad Preach peak anes Higheat Vee ‘ Ble Ribbon,” pure homes! Imported. fire choix. laree fr frultt, best domeatle; « | cans, 26: cans. aa i, Cal i700 Jersey OF French laiported Mewar arene tive SAlmon—"Rasie” brand: choivest Co- | voix; oie 190 Peet, TH Cory quart bot Jumbla River Saimon, i-lb. fat 19c'.& deg 2a Y jie tt Whe { KuAFaniond pure Te ell a rate Pop ila reak hal culo appetizing fe Si epete qiooe pa 1Nc cl 10c 826 Central Av 5s pints, half pints... the Nearest. Full Stock of Imported Wines at Lowest Prices in All Our 51 Licensed Family Liquor Stores. CANADIAN CLUB WHISKEY. 09c A DOHC. see seseeeee GORDON DRY GIN. 85c Pemrnall Ava 1268L Rergem SUBURBAN—NEW JERSEY, 287 Bergenline Av.tnion HIM, 108F 1 aion Wines and Liquors The Big Dollar's Worth FRENCH COGNAC. Most vopular family liquor special * * x ever offered. ‘ Monogram Whis- Godet Freres, Celebrated 3+ 1 Seite Star Imported French Cog- , 1 Bottle Choice J. B. erty, 1 Bottle Choice J. B. mac Brandy, ee the grape, price almost cot intwo, Port. For this week, | 00 get pe | ; 15 fay cor Sty, i5F Bayonoe, A dotile. Battlers Monogram Whiskey for family uae: & gallon Preserving Brandy. ees s 25c Claret-8t. Julten a Dia : ior White Grape] Butters Fa the mond; fine lable Whe, & Mae TEC mares art can for fruit bo h Whis 0 1.00 \ Brondy, Butler's Speelal Mexerve\ ' 4-8 Julien Blue Dia serving purposes, giving grand Whisker: p k Mexceltent table wine, OO | yee bac ti offered a the 1.25 berry very low price, per bot. Hewndy — Rew tle, of , ) 25 65c¢ theeks, 33 de Menthe : eno ie 43. 5 Batler's Trymore Wh * Creme ton, SOW: SS ma in. and halt. | F ~ \ore ‘ O5C | warier's fortis” or tt inh ROCERIES orte te —