The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1904, Page 5

HIT BY “L” EXPRESS. Vincent Wieetreck, EIGHT KILLED BY "FALLING WALLS Fire Ruins Crash Upon Hotel Where Fourteen Persons Were Sleeping and Only Six Were " Taken Out Alive, forty-five Press on the Sixth avenue "L” dying In Roosevelt Hospital. ing as he crossed the track: among the passengers wa: | when the train came to a and many attempted to climb out MINNEAPOLIS, Dec, 2.—Kight per- @ona were Killed to-day when the side Wall of the O. H. Peck Building, cn Fifth street. South, which was lett Standing hy the great fire of last Tuea- day néght, toppled tover in a high gale @n the Crocker Hotel, a three-story | Structure adjoining ‘The tons o€ brick and mortar crashed | @hrough the building, carrying flooes aad all in a mass of debris to the base- ment. There was no warning of the @isaster, and fourteen persons who Were sleeping in the yurlous apart: ments were caught in the crushed Structure, ‘The six who escaped with thelr lives were all badly tnjured. ‘Those killed were Hana Anderson, liv- eryman; James Hamilton, liveryman; ©. M. Kenyon, mili foreman; William Idllybiade, mill worker; Mrs. Jennie Murray, cook; Willlam Emmermon, laborer; William Bray, contractor, and Foseph Violet, coachman, ‘The injurea were Mrs. Carrie Boyce, @ut about face and body bruised; W. J. | Crocker, badly bruised and suffering from exposure; chest Injured; Mra. lyn Williams, face cut and badly ®ashed ‘and body bruised. jome persons in the Belmont Hotel gining the Crocker were hurt by the CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. Its Dangers. cause you to overlook big stores to the street. in close quarters, sickness at t! ventin it will f @eparuting the two bulldings. The gons in the Crocker House were Mra, W J. Crocker, wife of the proprietor; Han- nah Crocker, her fifteen-year-old daugh- ter; Will Crocker, her eight-year-old gon; Baby Williams, four months er granddaughter, and Mrs. itchie, A passer-by who heard thes crash Rowe. turned ina fire alarm, and he department arrived in time to check inciplent blaze in the wreck. The remen and polleemen at once turned their attention to rescuing those still ive and recoverine the dead. GIRL IS FOUND | DYING INSNOW = #8 | for Women. Leather Vanity Bags, all colors, from $4 95 to $28.95. Opera Glass Bags from $1,00 to $34.95. | saving your health. Ma | Father John's Medict for the la St, Patrick of the 50-cent size, Hurried to Hospital. She Is Re- vived and Notifies Officials She Attempted Suicide After Quarrel with Parent. The apparently Mfelers body of a young girl was found lying on a snow Pile in front of the house at No. 1031 Herkimer street, in Kast New York Sterling Silver last right ty Fred Gilman, of No. 16, Hat Pin Holders, $1 to $3.95, Dewey place Gilman was attracted by a girl's ha: Gilt Bags from 4.95 to 15.75. Fans from $1.00 to $29.95, fying at the base of the snow pile. He: tried to arouse the gir) and, falilng. @alled for help, Several persons tn the neighborhood came from thelr houses. ‘Po all the girl seemed to be dead, She had apparently been lying in the snow | from $10.95 to $18.95. for some time. } An ambulance was called from St. | Large Size Bead Bags, | Mary's Hospital and the surgeon found | hand-made, $14,95, there was life in t dy and a hurry Imported Hat Pins, soc 1 * ” values from 75c. to $1.25. An unusual assortment of Bead Card Cases sas revived and qi Aside from telling the hospital people that her name is Katy Kenny, tha she is sixteen years old, living at No. 2% Jerome street and after a quarrel with her mother she had tried to end her Ife, the girl would say nothing. amination by the dociors. is} to have shown traces of jodine Hat Pins, Hair Barettes, Opera Chains, Belt Pins in French gilt and gun-metal, Jewelled. 18-inch Dressing Case, suitable for travelling, from $14.95 to $48.75, ng Whe girl's vocal chords were paralyzed by the poison. She wrote answers to | questions put to her, Her father and Mother told the police she hid no trou-| ble with them, and if she referred :o| family trouble it must be with the family she lived with on Pacific avenue, — A NOVEL FOR 1 CENT. The fourth complee story of the| RYRNING WORLD'S Saturday Novel | ries next Saturday, when Gilbert Par. Ker» deauuitul roniance “Phe Satch at the Whie Guard” whl be given with tie EVENING WORLD. All ‘for one An Ideal Christmas Gift The idea of a Piano Player is no longer a novelty, But the Sterling Pizno Player is, because, while it is built on the principle of furnishing a substitute for human fingers on the piano keys, it, is quite distinctive and different trom all other pliyers, It cor. fects the faults, it improves the good and adds new features that have made it a musical triumph, We make the Sterling Piano Player as we make the Sterling Piano, an argument for musical perfection that cannot be disputed. You haven’t seen the pertection of play- ers if you haven't seen the Sterling, It is rezily an innovation. Or holiday sssortment of these wonderful substitutes for human fingers is worth seeing. Some players, slightly used, at bargain prices. Terms, Easy Monthly Payments, if youlike. What more ideal Christmas gift? Come and play yourself—for you can, whether you know music or nct, Broadway and Twentleth Street, Fifth Avenue, Nineteenth Street, 4 years old, of No, 12 West One Hundred and Second atreet, was struck by an ex-| road | while crossing the tracks to-day, be tween Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets, He sustained internal injuries, a frac- | tured skull and + lacerated scalp and ts Wiectreck waa working on the tracks | ond did not see the express approach- A panic started | udden halt A Timely Warning on Some of During the season of Christmas shopping great care should be taken | not to unnecessarily expose yourself to colds that are likely to result in grip and pneumonia. The excite- ment of the day is quite likely to! @ sudden change from hot to cold, coming from the close and suffocating air of the Then there is great danger from disease germs where so many people are gathered Doctors declare that this is one ex- planation for the annual increase of season. While this article is written to again call your attention to the value of Father John's Medicine in curing and pre- colds, grip and pneumonia, be of value to you and may save your life if it causes you to be careful and avold the dangers we Anas MoNevins, head have polnted out—they are real dan- gers. a) And {f we cause you to avold the debris that was forced through the wall| patent miedicines, so many of which per- | contain nerve-deadening and poison. | ‘ous drugs, by again warning you! against them, it will be the means of | 1s not a} patent preparation—it was prescribed . John O'Brien, of | pari 0 years ago, by an eminent specialist. The $1 bot-| tles contain three times the quantity Opera Glasses, 3.95 to 21.95 Fancy and Pearl Necklaces, | Lord & Taylor, Bi hi tr a i | b aliek aad aia 20 ah a nee A debe iid. bnteeee \ em» Sterling Piano « |] MANUFACTURERS, STERLING BUILDING Fulton Street, Corner Hanover Place, Brooklyn _ .. Open Every Evening This Week _ Det ana EC tary Meee ee by Leuustan BS Aue 7 59° 60° X usy ones indeed for all. ever superbly Sale To-Morrow of Women’s Storm Coats and Ulsters. To-morrow morning we shall place on sale a lot of about three hundred women's Storm Coats $ $12&$15for These coats are of all-wool mixed matgrials, strictly . waterproof and tailéred in the best possible manner throughout, and have full box-plaited backs and double-breasted box fronts. Sizes from 34 to 44 inches bust measure, —This sale is for to- Remember morrow (Wednes- day) and to-morrow night only. 8 oor, 0th 8. Section Wouldn't Hosiery or Leggings BeNice for Someone You Know? It's the practical gift that’s often most appreciated, and there's surely some one on your list who'd be delighted with some hosiery or leggings. Owing to our care in replacing at once the lots most called upon the Bloomingdale assortments are still replete with all the best sorts—and prices are unusually low, Items like the following are significant: i Women's two-thread Women’s import- | Women's imported cotton stockings, black, * sa | black stockings, Herms- with white or black feet. | @d plain and lace pa ‘ aie black Women's heavy black | boot patterned stock- ‘ ‘boi. fh feece-lined cotton stock- i vith silk hand | leet, white feet or white ings. ngs, Ave # f split soles—all sizes. Women's black cotton | embroidery, Men's imported fancy stockings; with fancy Worth 59¢ striped silk embroidered polka dots—they’re frvbead sa 4 guaranteed to keep their socks — also plain color, Women’s fine cash- | black, tan, gray and Men's heavy four. ockings with | black with white split thread black cotton mere st nang win tae P socks In all sizes, ; | Oxford heels and i Men's natural wool | toes | ; socks, in all sizes. ee | Values from 25c to 19¢ elsewhere. Regular 50c quality. 35¢ a pair. Tatlor-Made All-Wool Jersey Leggings. Made of the best jersey cloth, cut according to proper measurements, fin- ished and sewed throughout with silk thread— 2 to 10 years, {1 to 16 years, | All sizes, Children’s, We Misses’, 85c Women's, Mali Floor, Mth St. The BasKets of Joy Contain Rountiful Christmas Dinners. Everything to make the Christmas dinner jolly in the good old- fashioned’ way is to be found in the Bloomingdale Baskets of Joy, which we've arranged specially for Christmas and marked at about half what the contents would cost if you started in to buy each item separately. Basket of Joy, 99c, Basket of Joy, $1.49. A, Contains: Contains: 1 quart can very best soup. alone worth 1 emoked tongue of 1 finest young 1 nest young roasting chicken, fresh roasting chicken, kiled, hind pleked 1 quart pot eth d—1 Ib, ¢ 13 |b. cnn tone 1—3 Ib, can delicious table pears. Ib, coffee New, fae and raising. The meat gs package Zu-Zu ginger snaps. ~ Ib. candy nor take any Orders for these baskets after Thursday evening. : i Baskets of Joy can also be made up, according to selection, for $2, $3, $4 Othei worthy items for consideration are : m7 Pugdia— ‘The Ly Ay Muted Eyynee tite 26c Tomatoes and $5, Our 186 oc larke trunk, be Mines t Malt UT dal he, and TOe,; USe. Jars, 48e, and 1.20 Cofter—Java, Maray » Backwheat ~ Mest Sib, pack Finest Soups half price—To 1 nes ligatawny, Jul e.vem Filberts—Per Ib, 10e, Be, and étable and mutton B80 reoseeescvess? NLC prance — Uauaily sold Je, broti: auart cans. LC ibs LOG Brusile—Per tb. I#e for le; pe delly, 8 ounce Fecans—Very fancy; Prunes — Plump and es, Usually sold eee ccctsosersers BUGIS eaten 8 ler tes per glass, 1a Special Pricing on Christmas Wines and Liquors, Domestic Champagne, | Ernest Irroy Champagne, N. ¥. State White Port, r 4 Very mute itious our Te. full q Kentucky Rye, joane, Ger: gienrta: apetlan "45 iF fallon aN BR Poa net, | alto 4 tet Prom & n Go. orden. 5°30 | f none finer; do finale ae Pe: sitet Canet sian Tier old’ our $13 : imported; Gh9S | full qua... ¥ rathtay Beotch Whis- Ans Whi 1 vari tn Tos 0c Feats Olds Det Ye Cal Ie Port or | for. #149 Balad wectasneet OO | Anges wetiees ee of finest cigars, suitable as Christmas gifts. Basanent Immense assortment Free—puster Brown Christmas Postal Cards. THE WORLD: TUFSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20; 1904. , Cc -< _— @ 1 Our Deliveries But Four Days Lei And Think of the Things Yet To Be Done. You can almost hear the clatter and racket, the laughter and jollifica- tion of Christmas morning now—it’s all in your ears, but in reality, Yet there are many, many things to think of still—there are big paps in the Christmas gift-lists to fill and the next four days will be Bloomingdales’ makes the burden light—it’s ready for the last big strain. Its organization, its facilities, its stock, were never in better shape, The vast enlargements and improvements which this store’s ever-increasing patronage made necessary this year render it more than able to cope with the last great strain, and its perfect store¢system shields you from those annoying mistakes which make shopping in most stores on the days just before Christmas generally so unsatisfactory. the handsomest and most wanted sorts of holiday furniture, store will remain Are in every way able to cope with the Open Evenings pressure of the greatest Holiday busi ’ ness this store has ever known, Xmas Special! Women’s Voile Waisls, 98c. A Christmas gift as pretty as any could give may be se- lected from among these hand- some corded voile waists at 98c, They're really worth $2.00. And the style is particularly new and smart, made with pleated fronts and sleeves and pretty sep- arate stock collar, Choice of white, black or navy at the Bloomingdale Waist Store to-morrow for 98c. Recon! Floor, Seth St. Rection. Pretty Taffeta Silk Petticoats. If you've decided on a pretty petticoat for some one, be sure you look over the Bloomingdale stocks, $4.98—Tarfeta Silk Petticoats, made with hemstitched sectional flare, flounce or accordion pieating, fine ished with ruching or ruffle, $5.98 & $6. Kustling Tafleta with pleating, edged with ruffle, silk underiay and dust ruffle, $7.98 to $21.98-—Fine grades of Taffeta Sik Petticoats, made Ina va- riety of sty.es; hemstitchings and ruchings; choice of light, medium and dark co! Beeond r, 80th 8}. Betton Buy Some Good Handkerchiefs. Now, you've but four days more—come in to-morrow and select from the bountiful holiday stocks that still fill the Bloomingdale Handkerchief Store, You'd wonder where they all came from—the boxes and boxes that keep filling up gaps left by the remarkable Christmas business that has fallen to the lot of this remarkably popular section, Thanks to our careful planning, there'll be unrivalled stocks for selection up to Christmas itself. Read on— Men's Handkerchiefs—continued. 12%¢, to 98¢, each for pure linen hemstitched colored border hand- kerchiefs, Children’s Handkerchlefs— 18c. for fancy box of three cotton handkerchiefs. 28c. for box of three linen hand- kerchiefs with embroidered initials. initials, 50c. for fancy box of six pure linen handkerchiefs, 50c. for fancy box of three pure linen handkerchiefs with hand-em- broidered initials, 12), to 25¢. each for pure lin- en handkerchiefs with embroidery all around. Silk Mufflers and Handkerchiefs, 12M. each for women’s pure silk hemstitched handkerchiefs. 18s. 10 YSe. each for men's pure silk hemstitehed handkerchiets, 25c., S0c., 78. and 9c. each for men’s pure silk hemstitched and initial handkerchiets. 25c. and $0¢. each for handsome cashmere mufflers, (Main Floor, 30th 8. Section.) Women’s Handkerchiefs, 50c, for 6 initlalled cotton hand- kerchiefs in a box. Sc. each for cotton plain hem- stitched white or colored border handkerchiefs, $0c. for half dozen all-linen Ini- tialled handkerchiefs. 12\gc., 25c. and SOc. each for pure linen hemstitched hand-em- broidered initialled handkerchiefs, 12k%e. to $7.98 each for pure linen embroidered, hemstitched and scalloped handkerchiets. SOc. each for real Duchesse and point lace handkerchiefs, 12%c. to 28¢, each for pure linen hemstitehed squares suitable for making handkerchiefs. 12sec. to 98c, cach for pure linen mourning handkerchiefs, Men's Handkerchiefs, Se. each for cotton hemstitched handkerchiefs with plain and col- ored borders. 12%¢,, 28¢, and 0c. each for pure linen hemstitched and initialed | handkerchiefs | Furniture Suitable for Gifts. Here at Bloomingdales’ will be found full and complete stocks of Choosing as good now, these list days before Christmas, as in the first weeks, owing to the care we have taken in filling gaps and aug- menting stocks that have been most drawn upon, A look through the following items may suggest something appropriate to you: This Pretty Desk, $3.75. In golden oak or mahogany finish— with full- length drawer This Music Cabinet, $3.98. in maho gany finish — gooe size—very pret q ty style. Shaving stand in golden oak § Sideboards weathered, oak f in great variety, and = mahogany ¥ finish, Chair, $3.75. Handsome de- sign, in leaf gilt (not bronze), elegant finish, seat and back upholstered fn satin: damask. China closets a grand selec- frame, with claw | feet; back adjusts to four positions; at | filled ¢ ushions, hair - covered in handsome velours. $12.50 up. We also call your attention to $0 styles of Music Cabinets, rang: 95 styles of fancy Desks in ma- ing in price from $3.98 to $ hogany, imitation mahogany, golden 120 styles of Parlor or t oak, weathered oak, bird's-eye maple Tables, in al! woods and finishes, | and white enamel, from $3.50 to from 7$¢. to $112. , $50. sob Metres hep om, 60 stvles of Morris Chairs, in all mahogany and Vernis-Martin woods, from $2.96 to $49, Turkish and Library Chairs and 75 stvles of fancy Rockers, In Rockers, in velour, tapestry and | every style Imaginable, from $2.50 leather. to $35. Fourth Floor Lexington to Third Avenve--Bloomingdale Brothers---59th to 60th Street. Up to and including Christmas Eve the | Restaurant Open Evenings to accom. modate evening shoppers. ~ ee ‘Settle the Dilemma at Once--- Complete Assortments of tion of styles, GUL From that superb Blooming- dale $100,000 stock of fine china and bric-a-brac you've heard so much about we've arranged ten [/ heaping tables full of things sure to make the most acceptable and appropriate Christmas gifts. The prices we've placed on them mean the greatest bargains you've ever seen at holiday time. You may select at 49c., 98c., $1 the set, including soup tureen. $6 Tea Sets To-Morrow for $4.49. “i Of fine imported china, with the daintiest of decorations and gold-stip-” pled edges—56 pieces to the set. Toys Enovgh for a Cilyful / of Children al is ph For particular note we quote Animal Target, a delightful inve Roll Top Desks for boys and girls at $76, 2.04 and Other style Dewke at $1.24, $216 and $3.50. hare at te, and fe fe., Bie, Use. and $1.40. oo and He, de, and se. with Cushions, Pianos at dle, Te, and Side. ‘Trumpets at Se... We, lve, and Be. Too Chere st ai. ébe S00. and $1.98, 4 $1.19, ators, De, 81.49 to Dat Yio-carte at @@o., 8c, $1.9 to ST ete, Brass and Enameled, at 2c. and rd at 490 Hecnanieat Aited aotive and, Train at Vori Yt eam anes mM De, . Horaontal Steam Engines at 40¢., the to 40, 400. Be. i to BL Soldier Seta at 22c., 20. 400. Lt it $1, $1.00, 82, B4. a, ’ joven, per set, at 1, 81.25, $1.49, t GOe., Me., $1 to at 23c,, B3c. and Me. 0 tn Boxing $2 98. will find us ready to supp! complete and contain ath season, called to the lowness of the Bloomin, Women’s Regular Genuine real French kid gloves. Men's Gloves— 75c. pair, worth $1.50; fine qual- ity brown, lined; embroidered backs; all sizes, $1.00 pair, worth $1.50; fine qual- ity P. K. silk-lined kid in all the smartest shades. $0c. pair, worth $1.00; Men's and Boys’ lined kidskin gloves—ex- cellent grades. $1.98 pair, worth $4.00, Electric Seal Fur—with kid palms—all sizes, 25¢., worth 50c.; Scotch wool and Astrachan gloves in good col- ors and all sizes, Mackintoshes For Misses. A pretty and sensible gift in- deed, and one sure to be ap- preciated—a good mackintosh. Interesting prices follow on par ticularly small sorts:— $1.98—Cotton serge mackintoshes, in navy blue, with light plaid lin- ings, made with full sweep capes and rolled velvet collar—lengths from 34 to $2 tnches. $2.98 — All- wool serge mackin- toshes, made in same style as above—choice of navy blue or brown. 2.98—Auto mackintoshes, in Ox- ford mixtures, le with fall sleeves, belted back, two shoulder capes and rolled velvet collar lengths from 40 to 52 inches $3.49 and $4.39 —All-wool serge mackintoshes, same style as above, in navy Diue, with and without shoulder capes—lengtas from 42 to 52 inches. Secon’ Floor S, Beetlon. Lewusran ToS” ear Ten Heaping Tables of Fine China and Bric- , $1.98, $2.98, $3.98, $4.98 and $5.98, Besides the above, we offer such choice specials as follow: $12 Decorated Dinner Sets To-Morrow $8.98. Of good American porcelain, with pretty floral decorations—t00 pleces to " our finding splendid, full assortments to ame) Select from, As for prices, it’s the talk all over town of how “remarkably low the Bloomingdale prices on toys are,” Handsome $1 Animal Target Toy for 50c. sists of a series of animals on sliding hases that disappear when ree Bloomingdales’ for Christmas Glove Buying. — And these, the last four days left you to purchase for pene iy every demand, for our stocks are full ; ' @ smartest and best-wearing gloves of the o! Satisfaction is guaranteed on every purchase, and particular attention is” Imported prix seam Cape gloves, with spear-point backs. Full P. K, kid gloves, with handsome Paris point embroidered backs, P.K. undressed Mocha gloves, with pretty Paris point embroidered backs. All colors and sizes throughout the assortments. ) Aut CARS TRANSFER VW) x° aM a-Brac. ral WKS 4 a Third Fioor, 00th St. Section. $. c Bloomingdales’ As fast as this or that lot of toys depleted new ones come down from tig reserve stocks to take their jaces—so that these last days are these : i ntion for the bright, active boy—Com - | Dumbbel Be a1 Train, and Treste at Bie, Sth ne Locomotive and Tender at ‘Re. Hil Citmbing Automubites at @r. Oath vie Loop the Loop toy st We. te, and Set § AL Hbiceke te 10¢., See. to Thee 98. Pievure Pussies at Me., Ste. Games at 10e., 100. Bie» 86. Hone, Building Mocks at 42e., to Clippers at e., The. ' ‘ad “iat ana wane” , Headqvarters | le prices, $1.50 Gloves for $1 Women’s Gloves— 59. pair—worth $1. Two-clasp lambskin—all sizes—all colors, including black and white —every pair guaranteed, 50c. pair—worth st. Children’s lined kid gloves with and without fur tops—all sizes, ra 25. pair—worth bri nite Fy Women's and children’s imported 7 all-woo! knitted golf gloves in every desirable color, as well as black and white, | A pretty Christmas box given free | with every pair of kid gloves pur- | chased, Section. Portable Gas ReadingLamps92 A splendid gift. suggestion right here in lamps. Big ts bi and thoror ly Te j lable — have base with sda brass column, six feet of tub goose n socket, incandescent burner, mantle, chimney and shade, The regular selling price is $1.69. A Bloomingdale Christmas special at, . Electric Reading Portables— Consisting of good brass stand; | all fitted up ready to be attached; easily worth $5; special... $3.69. Fine Electric Portables —Of black Venetian iron, either for electricty 4 all ready to attach with plugs and shade to match $6.50 lain Floor, Soth