The evening world. Newspaper, November 18, 1904, Page 11

WILL FIGHT OW FOR $760,000 O'Donnells Left Most of Their Money to Church and Charity, and Relations Try to Prove Them Feeble-Minded, | AS COOPERS THEY Aged Bachelors Added Codicils to Their Wills Just Before = Their Deaths — Gray-Haired Friends as Witnesses. | ‘There {s three-quarters of a millioa Gollars at stake in the contest of tho Wills of Hugh and Neil O'Donnell, the Ovtogenarian coopers who gave away 48 much as that In thelr lifetime, and mado their wills together on Apri! 2 cach giving hiv eatace to the othr for fe and providing for a distribution of most of it to church and charity later, Thete were bequests of from $10,000 to 5,00 each by the aged bachelors to brothers and sisters and nieces, but theso sums would be small in compari: | gon with thelr shares in a distribution | Of the estate should the wills be broken, #0 Anthony, Andiew, John and Rebecca, brothers and sister, and Rebecen O' Don. nell, daughter of a deceased brother, Gre contesting the wills. Hugh and Nell O'Donnell, having acted together ail their Hves, died at Rearly the same time, in 12. Hugh, who was eighty years old, died April 4%, five daye after tho brothers had added indt 1 codiciis to their wills, and Neil, at eighty-two, died two weeks later. The wills were filed and then began | she sutts which are now on trial be- fore Justice Botts and+a jury in tho ®upreme Court, The contest of the will of Hugh| O'Donnell came first. There is a long line of white-haired} menu in court waiting to be called as) witnesses, One of these, John Quin, of! Brooklyn, testified that he had been Fd with the millionaire co sper since “Hugh O'Donnell was a pecuilar magn,” sald the snowy-haired Mr. ou “He got more pec 3 he grew i had property in aahingtan, Balti: more and Py a told me he felt like | Bishop tn eac “T told him he ought to leave his! property to his family, and he replled the property to the that If they wanted 2 ne they oun it to work for it a: jad ‘Hugh held a mor for $4.00 1 that tn his cted' more, at least egainst me. He car will, but I had expen $10,000 more than that. Patrick H. Philbin, a former naval oMcer and later a real Hugh O'Donnell in Ba! that the old man was * Mrs, Rebacva O'Donnell, the niece, said her uncle was always making wilis and she thought he was not in his right mind, ee EX-GOV. THOMPSON DYING. Comptrolier of New York Life In- surance Company Sinking, Hugh Smith Thompson, Comptroller of the New York Life Insurance Com- pany and former Governor of South Carvlina, whe has been at the point of death several times during the past wook as the result of a complication of asthma end general debility, w &t his heme, No. 4 East Fitty- | street, early to-day to have only a fow more hours to live, Mr. Thompson passed a very bad nfght and about yilght sank {nto @ stupor, fn which it Is feared that he will ex- pire. Bargains and MEN'S Choice of tures; are $15 suit .. up a large Box Calf fine Boys’ $ | PH MADE LARGE FORTUNE, |? 263 Sixth Avenue, N, Y. Some Specials for Saturday, plete and thoroughly up-to-date stock of Clothing in the city, and our prices are the lowest, in, inspect our Clothing and learn the advantages of OUR ORIGINAL EASY-PAYMENT SYSTEM OF $1 Down on a Purchase of $10. OVERCOATS —your choice of C ‘abe Frieze, and acme of perfection, sold comfort in every one of them ..... Blue or iD Cheviots and fancy mix- all wool, and equal to any cash store’s SCHOOL SUITS: ed. Our buyer ee gain prices, 8 to 16; our price.... SHOES Leather, from $2 to $5 serviceable School Shoes Open Saturday Evenings Until 10 o’Clock. 263 Sixth Avenue, N. Y. CUT HER THROAT O00 AS RUSGAND SLEPT Woman Had liane the Man as She Stood at Foot of His Bed Holding a Razor, but He Dozed Off Again. (Special to The Evening World.) RLPHIA, Nov, 14 — Mrs. Mary Bonine committed suicide early ~day by cutting her throat with a razor at her husband's be: any in their home, No, 6142 Marke Mrs, Bonine and her hus beat Walter jonine, occupied the Market street house, the first floor of which |s utilized us a dry-goods and notion store, the two upper stories being occupied as a residence, The woman, who was thirty-one years of age, had been in poor health ever since she became a mother, about two months ago, and’had been cared for vy her sister, Misa Gri oose, & train | nurse. Mra. Bonine and her huaban! oceupled the room next to the bath room on the second floor, and Milas Loose slept with the ohild in the sec ond-story front room. Shortly before 6 o'clock this morning Mrs, Bonine got up and went into the bathroom, where her husband keeps his razors and other shaving utensils in a small cabinet. Selecting a razor the woman went back into her room and stood leaning on the footboard of the bed looking down upon her sleeping husband. ‘The in- tentness of the woman's gaze awoke Bonine and as he opened his eyes and saw her standing there he sleepily asked | “Why don’t you get Into bed?’ | The woman made no reply, and nine almost immediately dozed off again, When he next awoke he found his wife lying in @ pool of blood on tne floor, Horrified, Bonine picked up the body| and laid it upon the bed, at the same time trying to get her to speak to him. Failing, he ran to Miss Loose's room and called her, Next he hurried for medical aid. but Dr. William Somer- ville, who responded, could not pice | the spark of life. Miss Loowe says she believes [Il ealth | was Mi Find for her sister's d Dr. Lyon’s Ae bat | Cleanses and beautifies the teeth and purifies the brea’ Provera gukstasst a canter | Very convenient for tourists, PREPARED BY [The Williams Company SILK VELVEI ALL ALTERA+ COLORS. $25 TIONS BLACKS. PREE. Actnal Valine 835, 93 SIXTH AVENUE, Between 20th and 21st Sts. | for Men. We have the most com- We want you to come SUITS Cassimere and mix- tures, double breast- Na For men, most approve. Velour, Vici, $1.89 lot at bar- in sizes and Patent hoes, $2.50; Elenite trance when on the Lexington Avenue side of the building. Alt CARS this ‘Saturday's Specials from that THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 190a, (RANSFER TO e Lewsstay 10-3 Ave 7 59°60" Sr “Women’s $12 to $18 Skirts MarKed $7.49 for To-Morrow. This great sale of skirts at Bloomingdales’ ! to-morrow means some of the best bargains season hag witnessed in such hand- 4 somely tailored garments, The lot includes beautiful Silk-lined Voile Skirts, Velvet SKirls and Tafleta Skirts— They are all made in the smartest of this sea- son's fashions, elaborately trimmed with tailored bands and folds of taffeta and peau de sote, as well as with fancy silk braids, You've half a dozen weaves of voile and two or three weights blue and brown, of taffeta for selection, in black, All regular sizes of waist bands and lengths from 38 to 44 inches. skirt bar- gain of this sea- son to- row, at . The Second Floor, Sth St. Section. Great Bloomingdale Fur Sale. This November sale of means more in genuine money- saving than any sale of furs for It means that folks may buy handsome fur gar- west of the sea- son’s styles, at less than half fur- many seasons past. ments, the very riers’ prices! Space allows for but a mention of these few items for to-morrow: Beautiful Nearseal Coats, $15, $25 and $35, furs $125 Perstan Lamb Coats, $65, $275 Sealskin Coats, $165. Women’s FurLined Coats, $29. Men's and Women’s $75 Fur Lined Coats, $38.50. Royal Ermine, Chinchilla and“ Mink Furs— Neckpieces, $10, $15 and $25, d 545. Mulls, $25, $35 White Laundered Dress Shirts for Men at 69c. A most careful examination of these shirts will prove them to Be Regular Take them point for point, equals in every way. This Dollar Shirts, quality, material, workmanship and fit, and compare them with shirts selling every day at adollar anywhere, and you'll find thaw these offered by the Bloomingdale Haberdashery at 69c. each are their is no careless statement—we stand ready to guarantee what we say. Saturday will be a good day for you to come in and look over these shirts and satisfy yourself about THEM, teste seen onen M. Section, Men’s, Women’s & Children’s Good Winter Underwear. Saturday at Bloomingdales’ will be a splendid day to supply yourself with the proper weight winter underwear, for we're offering some most remarkable values in the good sorts for men, women and children. First on the list comes Men's $1.25 Wool Underwear, 79c. This is the famous Root's Tivoli brand—underwear that's recommended by all physicians as hygienic—it comes in camel's-hair shades—shirts and drawers to match, No mail orders filled on this underwear, Women’s 39c. Underwear, 25c. Excellent quality fleece-lined vests and pants—only extra sizes, Children’s Root’s Underwear, 37c, Several hundred dozens of vests, pants and drawers, in natural grays only 876, for size 20,.with a rise of 5¢, for each higher size. Saturday Ends the Annval Main Floor, Sale of Wrappers at 88c. Remember None sent C. 0. D,, but mail Make use of the Arcade en- morrow, Saturday, is the last day you can buy these regular $1.50 wrappers for....+..+++ Just one more day in which to take advantage of this extraordinary sale of wrappers at 88¢.—so if you're interested in the best wrap- per value you can possibly find you'll get to Bloomingdales’ to- morrow without fail. These wrappers are Worth $1.50. They're of the best quality fleece-backed flannelette in fancy colors, pretty new designs on both light and dark grounds The upper part of the garments me have full ruffles over the shoul- ) ders, trimmed with good fancy braids, while the skirts are extra wide and full, finished at bot- toms with deep fiounce. Sizes 34 to 46, orders will be promptly filled, Second Floor, Mth St. Section. tion for Thanksgiv glass, as well as grec you should shop at Blo oa Y Ail CARS JRAnsiER JO COMME Ltn 0 Se 7 59°60" SN Saturday Will Be a Great Day i Mm This Men's Clothing Sale. Some new lots have just been added to this splendid list of clothing specials which our Annual November Clothing Sale has brought about and so Saturday will be a particularly interesting day to those hundreds of men who are about to buy a new winter suit or overcoat, Those who are wise will have the Bloomingdale Clothing Corner uppermost in mind for this sale offers the chance for Savings Averaging Almost Half the regular prices asked for the same grades of clothing elsewhere in the city J Positively no goods sent C. O. D. and no mail orders filled during this sale, Men’s $7.50 || Men’s $8.00 Heavy Weight Winter The store offers its services to those with shopping plans in prepara- sales of table s, china and cut make it of particular import that mingdales’ these days. a Boys’ 75c. Corduroy Knee Pants, 29c, Men's Suits and Overcoats that were $10, now $5.95. Men's Svits and Overcoats that were $18, now $10.95. Men’s $10 Men’s $12 Winter Suits || Winter Suits Svits, Overcoals, || or Overcoats,||& Overcoats, $3.93. || $400 |} $6.95. || $875, | #& fg Men’s $3.00 || Young Men’s Boys’ $3.50 Winter $7 Svils and Winter Over- & Overcoals, |} Trousers, | |Overcoats}i\, py Sizes 7 to 15 Years,|| coats, ‘i2,' $11.80. $1.66. $1.39. al, 7. Cold Weather Gloves for A Great Sale of Girls’ Prefly Men, Women and Boys. $1 Dresses for 69c. Nowhere will you find a more complete assortment of seasonable In this Bloomingdale sale we offer 75 gloves than in the Bloomingdale glove store, dozens of the prettiest school frocks it We have everything in the way of smart, stylish and serviceable gloves has ever been our good fortune to quote at such a ridiculously little new for Winter wear, and at prices not to be duplicated elsewhere for the same qualities. The dresses are made of 5: Men's & Boys’ 50c. Astrachan Gloves, 25c fancy miatures in several of this sea son's prettiest styles, Splendid gloves, of all-wool fleece-lined astracian, with kid fouchettes— all sizes—in black and brown. Every One Lined Men’s $3 Avtomobile Gavntlets, $1.75 Some are made in the popular Russian effect with band of cashmere on side Made of good, heavy kid, lined with wool—gloves that are serviceable and smart as well; all sizes in tan and black. others with yokes trimmed with folds Men's $1.50 English Cape Skin Gloves, $1 of cashmere and large ruffle over ders trimmed with dainty brald—while These are the genuine Imported Cape skin gloves, with nicely embroidered backs—they come in handsome shades of Havana brown, All sizes. others again are trimmed with pretty Women's “Zaza” Gloves for 59c lace medallions. None sent C. 0. D,, and only two sold These glace gloves are made of the finest German lamb skins—very care- fully sewn, They have two clasps, and come in tan, mode, gray, red, to each customer, ; 9 black and white, in all sizes. Every pair guaranteed to fit perfectly. They're Such well-made 50th St. Seetion, as good as any dollar glove you can buy. Men’s $20 Elegant Suits Boys’ $3.00 Winter Svits, serviceable dresses were never before offered for Sizes 4 to 14 55c. a Half Dozen for ’ ’ Men’s or Boys’ Collars. This is indeed a splendid value that the Bloomingdale Men's Corner is offering for to-morrow in good collars—collars like ihese Sell All Over al 75c. a Half Dozen, They're made of good, strong Union linen, guaranteed four-ply—in over forty different smart styles for choice. The best collars we've ever seen for 55c, a half dozen. Main Floor, Goth St, Section, Thanksgiving’s Almost Due— How About Groceries? Here’s just a little list of specials culled particularly with Thanks giving Da eds in view—good at show the trend of econ omy these days in the Bloomir Lig Parage aid Ponder T ’ ; toany ae twice Main Floor, 60th Bt. Section, World-Famovs Books, All Well Bound, at 15c. Volume. There are over three hundred titles in this list of books to be placed on sale to-morrow in the Bloomingdale Arcade at the remark- able price of 15¢. each, They're in small handy-sized volumes, embracing the best works of the world’s greatest writers—every one handsomely bound in cloth and stamped in artistic designs, embellished with inlaid medailion portraits. A few of the titles are: f Miles Stand the Hearth Wild Olives 4. Marriage, a MATTIE ten. S| String Reant—Ex- be “i | mt josopher. ‘of the Breakfast “0 6he Waking soda—s 13¢ Cleaned Piam Padding Sance: per corres | Coftee—tave, Meche. and Tacaito: equal to Ase y 3 Ext Seige: out Week a 1p, Comb | Hones . co oat Club fit Book of Golden Deeds. Main floor, Arcade, oie | or 8c Gn Ploar—irr X\xx; | ob Rey Tomatoes “The Elna” Correct Corset79c “Th favorite, f tifully t tremely ing out all th Infants’ Wear. We picked out some special items to quote for Saturday y garments for the tiny hers will see chances savings in these— Sitk Caps—Beau- embroidered = in new patterns—all ngctales’ offers a splen- Fish and Game Sets for $3.85. As an extraordinary Saturday Special the Bloomingdale China Store offers dainty, sizes, at 49¢. and Infants’ Long Cloaks—Of jing all-woo! Bedford cord, in a good, smart, well- made um brella These ur Union frames, ¥ tassel—all a handsome selection of pearl, bone, buckhorn, hardwood handles, plain and trimmed, ly trimmed with and lace, at $3.63, $3.98 and Infants’ Lon Of fine lawn, with yokes of lace and embroidered for two hours only, from 10 to 12 A. M., these handsome fish and game dale to-n sets at $3.85 a set. They're of thin Austrian china, ch size or nsertions, f ‘ each piece with fish or game deco- 26 and 28 inch sizes for men |] 3m hey Girdles 98c lace ruifle t ration and gold edges. and women, ie . trimmed " th three lace Regular $6 sets, Every umdella guaranteed ; oon ee sprog and ‘ ons and ice rte } ve. { sor insertion: N ° row’s special bottom $ 10 to 12, at, per set, Third Floor, SOth St. Section. Near Rotor Main Fie ‘a trance when on Avenue side of the bull im ih e