The evening world. Newspaper, September 9, 1904, Page 9

Inexplicable: Sulcide at Larch- « Mo=t of Erik Edhelm, Suo- easful Business Man and Prominent in Society. “WOT INSANE, SAY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. Left Wife and Baby a Few + Spirits, Saying That He Was Going for a Walk. ‘The shock over the horrible death of Ser husband, Erik Lars Didrik Eahelm, Manager in New York for the Mark {€toss Leather Company, “who threw himself before a fast-mov ‘ng New York, New Haven and Hartford train at Larchmont last night, has #0 completely prostrated Mrs. Edhelm that ber friends fear she wil! go insane. Why Mr. Edhelm should have chosen ‘quch a death is as great a mystery to- | day among his friends as when they first heard the news lant night. Mr. Ed. helm held a responsible position in the Mark Cross Company. He was in ab- solute charge of the store in the Postal Telegraph Building on Broadway. | the offices there it was emphatically ‘ ptated that there was no business rea- fon for the suicide. standing with his employers and was by them a successful and ef. Good Social Position. ‘His social position likewise rested on firm grounds. He was a member of the Larchmont Yacht Club as well as sev- @al New York clubs, ‘well liked in society and entertained frequently at her home in Larchmont. , She and her husband tvea with Mrs, trustee of Larchmont. Not more than @ year ago Mrs. Edhelm's stepmother, \atrs, Jonn R, Hall, gave a large re- ception in honor of, Gov, Odell's wife @t her home in Beach avenue. All of Mir, Edhelm’s {friends agree that no do- mestio infeligity could have driven him Coroner Wiesendanger, of Larchmont, fe to.Aay making an inquiry into the *@eath of Mr. Edhelm, From all the tes- timony gathered so far he leans to the opinion that it was a deliberate suicide, ‘The fireman of the train says that was a suicide more deliberate, a Front of Engine, “Just as L was coming into the sta- tion at Larchmont I saw the man come out of a strip of wood just east of the “He walked to the middie of the tracks, waved his hands ‘then plunged directly in front of Jocomotive. I cried to the engineer; quick! You are about to kill ‘That was the last I knew.” A crowd of men and women were ; @tanding at the station at the time of the accident. A cry of horror rose as they saw the man make the plunge. Most of the men and all of the women ‘were sickened by the sight and few could bear a sight of the body when serard Libr the tracks. He was almost in the ‘Sothing of Mr. cards ‘and a commu. Ieee eA Bis glove ‘about ten found inside his glove abo gl the place where the body was ose who saw Mr, Edhelm killed #) Pina one that he deliberately io time s the train had ne eo desited, Insierd ralked Ky the tracks and plunged rd head on into the locomotive. Say He Was Not Insane. Mr. eal hi, s business associates an theor: aie AL no time in his life in ) or Seeoctatlons with) him as lay any form of ‘aoata He waa always sane, sober ~— re. in life and was the moat amias men In fas ly or social reunions. ith that Me, Edhelm left his wite and t spirits and said he was ra Mie He did not 1 Fahelm was thirty-four years ald, e of Swedon and had been In this | ited twenty years, The funeral are ents have not yet been pate, will probably hing ‘buried in Wood ST THE PUBLIC AGAINST HIS SON Chanoellor Andrews, of the Uni- versity of Nebraska, Will Not Be Reepondiola for Guy A. Ane} ar Fields called to her husband, “Widiciitse: Neb., Sept. ®-c! tio | wentleman with the desire for visions Dita at the Uitte fs bathing sults was a wreck. He was a5 to be given circulation: and Caution—The just debts, _ ew Andrews, contracted before i? z against trusting or loan- @uy A. Andrews on my ac- or cashing checks beering his because, save as above, I will widate any indeDtedness by him z He aa BENJAMIN ANDREWS. ous A ‘A. Andtews is the son ot the Chancellor, Last May, father, he was committed to the Asylum for the Insane, but ed in August as cured of jeged to be dipgomania, “ONE CAN'T BE DISOR “OR, JOY!” 84 "WE May ExPecT iis 3 RENTS HS SEASIDE COTTAGE TO NEGRO C. $. Lambert, Neighbor at Long Branch, Secures Colored Man for Ten- ant in His Summer Home. WOMAN OID OT JUMP TO DEATH Mrs, Davidson, Thought to Have Committed Sulcide in Niagara Falls, Comes to a Friend's Home, ‘ \ Mrs. Henrietta Davidson, who was supposed to have committed suicide by leaping over Niagara Fans on Monday. has returned to this city and ls now stopping with friends in Bast One Hun- dred and Twenty-eighth street. Calmly and without offering any ex- planation regarding her mysterious dis- appearance from her aunt's house In Buffalo and the misleading letter she left indicating suicide in Niagara, Mrs. Davidson walked Into the home of her friend, Mrs. Topkin, in One Hundred and Twenty-elghth street, took off her wraps and sat down In the parlor. She said she intended living in the Topkin household and Mrs, Topkin sa'd she had no objections, but that they had no room vacant. Mrs, Davidson then sald she would stop elsewhere for the night, but would return to the Top- kin home to-day. Bho said she had just come up from Long Branch, but said nothing about her trip to Baftalo or her supposed attempt at aulcide, About the time she appeared at the Topkin home Lawyer C. V. Hughes, of No. &} West Forty-second street, took possession of her trousshold effects in Grace court, No, 2% West Forty- third street. While he was loading them into waiting vans Bunn May, of No, M7 Third avenue, a furniture dealer, appeared and claimed the furniture. He sald he bought all of Mrs, David- son's estate on Saturday last and that he had advanced a part of the pur- chase money, which Mrs, Davidson eaid she wanted in a hurry. Lawyer Hughes would not say for whom he was agting, Dut sald Mrs. Davidson's perso estate was heavily mortgaged, MAN WT A ES ET GOD BEAT ‘\Joseph Burke Expresses Wish to See Mrs. Fields in Bathing by Woman’s Husband, ATLANTIC CITY, Gept. Because of Mra. Hattie Fields, whom he had nevor met, in a bathing sult, Joseph Burke was beaten to a finish by the woman's husband and ister fined $10 by Recorder Babcock. Huriee was waiting in the station for @ train to Philadelphia and saw Mra. Philadelphia and got no reply. This 4i4 not worty Rurke, and he remarked that he would like to eee Mre. Fields in a bathing suit. he promptly came over and began ‘e give an imitation of the Jeffries- Munroe battle, with Burke playing the} |part of Munroe. When he finished the artested and taken before Recorder beock, who fined him $10 and com- Bat the ipitrmon ved Mr. Fields on his thorough {Work In delivering a beating. eae: a LEGAL DECISION Q VS. BUNGSTARTER. LONG BRANCH, N. J., Sept. §—Be- cause of his anger at the man who sold him his summer home and who fives next door to it, C. 8 Lambert, of Washington, D, C,, haa rented his cot- tage in Morris avenue to @ negro, Baron had charge of the dining-room of a hotel in Tampa, Fla., ter, and, according to the terms of his Fall Showing Girls’ "Scbool Coats€3 Dresses at attractive prices, Navy Blue Cheviot Coats, Fall weight, 34- length ; sizes 6 to 14 yrs.; valueg7.50 Blue Cheviot and Tan Covert Coats, H & Y lengths ; medium weight for present wear; sizes 6 to 14 yrs.;_ value $10, Girls’ Wool School Dresses, in fancy mixtures and plain colors ; Suit, and Is Properly Handled] <j 26s ‘io 14 yts.; He Also the Entire Balance of an impertinentiy enpreased desire to seal C7 Z¢° Cotton Dresses of Lawns, Percales and Mer- cerised Linens, various styles; formerly $3.00, $4.00 & $5.00 each; sizes 4, 6, 8, 10,12 yrs.; Fields. He asked her if she was from| To close out at $1.00 each. Lord 8 T: aylor,) * Broadway and Twentieth Street, Fifth Avenue, Nineteonth Street, c B. Altman & Co. during September. will continue to close their store at TWELVE noon on Saturdays, and at FIVE P. M. of other business days Dinciernid Street, Sixth Aoenue, New York: ‘00y,” SAYS “ptr g RENT, MAKING FOR SCREEN DOORS.’ agreement with Lambert, he is to con- duct the cottage in Morria avenue as @ firsteelass negro boarting-house. The cottage is in the centre of @ fashion- able summer colony, When Lambert left Long Branch for Washington he expressed himself as angered over the purchase of his sum- Broadway, Graham & et Aves., Brooklyn, | DIED AFTER STREET ROW. Pollee Hold Two Witnesses of i sault and Look for Assattant. Re ATERSON, N. J., Bept. 9.—Jobn Gar- | oy on at him and expect RFECTLY ORDERLY, — ame DNTINEWI8h) RIOTS DENIED. of the er ati BAYS DO Tepe rts dded, was a small affair at ite Kieff. In which no one was Killed. Po! =o # ae thousand dol- cottage on the ‘other ald : umber instructed “hia tora heat meagre Baron will take possess! ings | [Saturday is Scholars’ Day | | Here To the boys and girls who resume their studies on Mon- day, to those who enter their first school term, and to the kindergartners, we turn over the freedory Sf the H, BAT- TEKMAN STORE on SAT- URDAY. Suits, caps and shoes for the boy; dresses, hats, shoes, ribbons for the girl; books, pencils aad other school needs | for all, are here in interesting assortments. Come in, mothers and fathers, and participate in the many glorious price treats that the store holds for you. |$1.28 Waists, 296. —Faaby 2 Striped and figured madras and percale waists, tucked front full sleeevs, fancy + gol worth 5 Hours Only. abe: $1.25; Saturday, 29 arly, June Siited: Peas 8.—Willett Early June Peas, new packing, thor. boaed sifted; worth 1244 c. Saturday, from i! tol Dos, 93¢.; cast of 2 doa, $1.80. The Millmery Department Offers sh Hats for School, 39c, | When you'll put one of these rough-felt crush hats on your little daughter, and give it a dent here and there, you'll be surprised at the cuteness it imparts to the wearer, and are usually sold at $9, Seturday you may pick one here for......,, Seratch felt hats, with lesther bend and buckle, all colors and white, They are made with felt bands, its level. Children’s streamer hats in the — full sleeves, worth = tpe- All. Wool Poesilen Skirts. j All-wool Cheviot Walking Skirts navy blue and brown, sirapped seams and three rows of fancy stitching around the vera i All-weol Walking Skirts in light weight fren's suitings, fancy strap Large kilt a sh A sag 195 95 te Are Your Waists for Early Fa To see them is to wax enthusiastic. So much charm and| general excellence is rarely combined in waists so low-priced as these are. Details: New Fall Waists, made of fleece lined vesting, pretty stripes and polka dots, all sizes, with fancy tab collar and ‘itl are Talfeta| Ribbon, 1 About 8,000 yards of this all silk vatin taffeta ribbon are here | at this unheard-of price brown, navy, pink. light blue, care pie a We ad) wid: m10e at 15c. per rey Saturday, | Polka dot waists, made of fine quality mercerized sateen, black, navy and brown, with white dots, front and cults wimmed with et fal fancy stock col ti eres ) Pr dia ” 98c School Everything that’s needed to stimulate the scholar in his or her sudies is here, and for Saturday, the last day before school, prices have un- | | detwone 8 a ) most radical cat, The Greatest Sale of Svc Clothing Is On. Unprecedented for variety, quality and price, this 1904 school clothing sale is sure to outstrip its predecessors in magnitude and selling records. as carly in the day <s you can. You'll find assortments then far more inviting. Three-piece Veat Suits, for ages 10 ; Tan Covert Fall Top Coats, for boys of ages 3 to 14. Knee Pants, positively the greatest values in the city, all colors and corduroys.., AN EARLY CHANCE! — Overcoats, Oxford gray, coat long, for ages 7 to 16; ceca, Sty Ale Two-pleee double-breasted School Guits; best value in the city, for ages 7 to 16. 498 Two-piece Dreas Sults and Norfolk Buits, choice of 1,000, for ages T to 16, 2.98, 3,98 Berge Balior Suits, navy. royal and + 4198, 2.98 , Buster Brown ideale Malad 2.98, 3.98 | EOYS’ HATS All the leading styles in Derbys, Aiplens, Golf, Yacht and | f (EJ CAPS. ~ Sailors, in new Fall shapes—on sale at our usually low prices! Boys’ Walsts and Blouses, flannels cr cotton goods, best quall- ties, nealest patterns. Boys’ School Waists, of domet flan- nel, Heht and dark ¢olors; eo a4 es \" uo y single by rter bed Be 1 “Yor thi bin} SIX BIG BEST STORES: h Ave. and 27th Street. " Third ‘Ave. & 122d Street. ‘he g 609 8th Ave., 39th & 40th Sts. 4 2 Bowery, near Broome St. [it ad ae 150th & 15ist Sts." Brooklyn Store, 829-831-833 Broadway, ere at the Lew Prices of Superior Groceries. Do you note the transformation our Grocery | H eheseetant has undergone? Can't you see it’s - | | improved look, how every inch of space has been atilized? See x reen| | the new and most modern appliances that have been ince | | Geced, To it’s other attractions this grocery department aids n Frame Bed Couches || Singularly Sl for Ite Park brand be ren i966 | | doz, 2.0, fron framed couch, dest) | 1c cans of {25ers lipo A French Sar ft a peta of fancy fancy pink Salmon; C head Rice; value to, | 10c!2 tor ae phe. Fores for §-Ib. stone crocks ‘son's of Romain’s.) 8c 108, BBY Ot the Invere | Be eat le. crackers; dos, WORLD th city circa?’ ¥. | Saks & Companys BRQARWAY, 332 TO 342H STREBT Distinctive Suits for Men, S Ready-for-Autumn-Setvice. > As great in power and scope as the greatect, is this clothing business of ours. Its conduct demands a variety of models and fabrics which would pall the average clothier~~yes, even though it were divided in h For example—we find ourselves ready with twelve new single breasted suit models, each with some specific fea- ture which makes it distinctive in itself. And so it is relatively with our entire collection of double breasted, English frock and cutaway suits, Perhaps this distrib- uting power of our shop will demonstrate to you the wisdom of our course in maintaining our own tailoring shops—of maintaining on organization of master tailors which is adept in the finer phases of the craft, and it must be patent to you that it makes our extremely modest prices—$12.50 to'$35.00—possible, Serviceable Suits for Boys. Special at Three-Seventy-five and Five Dollars. Recognition is what we are after—recognition for our standard of tailoring which governs every boy's suit that bears our label. we have designed two special suits for boys, one at $3.75 and the other at $5.00. afford suits as good in fabric and tailoring even at five and six-fifty, we have yet to find them. Narfolk Suite of all wool cheviot or tweed in pleasing patterns or mixtures; knickerbocker trousers, Sizes 7 to 17 years, Double Brensted Suits of all wool tweed or | At cheviot, in neat patterns or mixtures; straight trousers with double seat and knees, Sizes 8 $3. 75 to 17 years. and Kian Sailor Suite (5 to 10 years) and Russian \ Blouse Suits (2% to 8 years), long French $5.00 models of fancy cheviot in mixtures, and serge in royal, navy, red or brown, detached Mnen collar, heavy silk scarf and patent leather belt. ‘Lop Conta of venetian, covert or whipcord in tan and Regtera of cheviot of serge in navy, red, brown or royal. Sizes 24 to 16 years. At $3.75, $5.00, $6.50 and $7.50 School Apparel for Girls & Misses. Time and intelligence have been spent and effort exhausted to make our department so thorough in its scOpe that every taste and every purse will find From the inexpensive dress, suit, coat or skirt for school wear to an elaborate garment for formal serviceall find a place with us, and '| at very modest prices. Bluse Suits of Cheviot fn blue, ‘brown or red, trims’ with white braid; emblem on sleeve; sizes 6 to 14 years, Special at $3.50 Buster Brown Dresses in Degheed plaid; sizes 6 to 14 years. Spacial at $4.95 Dreaaga in stx styles, including Blouse, Russian and Bus- ter Brown effects of plaids and cheviots in blue, brown or red or fancy mixtures; sizes 6to 14. Special at $5.00 Top Goate and Resfera of covert cloth in tan or cheviot in blue, brown or red, belted back; lined throughout. At $7.50 ang $8.50. Separate Skitta in green plaids of mannish mi plaited models, 35 to 38 inches. At $3.90 and $4.90 «Blom Shoe : Patent Leather, New Styles tevis ,, orca, wor cu, Smooth Black Russia, FOR FALL wiicer ere | Weights, Horsehide Enamel, Every grace—every comfort—every possibility of work and worth is centred in these new Fall Shoes, Every — that immense production, careful, capable management and ample capital can induce is reflected in the prices, CHILDREN’S Ba, Bram: SCHOOLSHOES &. “a. | Each year you come te us In greater numbers for your children’s shoes and each year finds us better prepared to serve you. The name Blyn gets more firmly fixed in the minds of careful shoe buyers with each succesd- ing season—as it should, between Park & Ellery Sts, RENT Your Houses, Your Rooms, Your Apartments, Furnished or unfurnished, by advertising them in THE WORLD. No other successfal ‘Want ’’ mediom approaches THB ty For the sake of it If the market SHOES IN RYERY GRADE,