The evening world. Newspaper, January 3, 1905, Page 9

WH BALDWIN PASSES AWAY) Popilar President _ of, Long Island, Railroad Succumbs to erations for Incurable Malady ————— INTERESTED IN SEVERAL ” LEADING INSTITUTIONS. Started in Raliroad Business at $35 a Month In Omaha Chairman of Committee in Vice Crusade Here. ‘William H, Baldwin, jr,, President of tho Long Island Rallroad, after linger- ing for several months afflicted with an incurable illness, lea dead at his Doautitul home in Locust Valley, Be- fore being removed from the German Hospital to his home last September - two operations were perfomed on him, revealing cancerous growths in the in+ Cestines, Mr, Baldwin died pt 4.30 this morn: ing. He began to o’nk at ir‘dnight, With him at the time of his death were his wife and four ohildraa ond Dr, +Rixby, ‘who has been attending him through a)l his long !lness, The brother f Mr, Baldwin in Boston has been not}- fled, and is expected to reach the Locust Valley home to-day, The arrangements for the funeral will not be completed until his artival, The place of burial will be the Forest Hill Cemetery, Bos- ton. Ability Quickly Recognised. Mr, Baldwin was one of the best known of the younger railroad men tn the East, When he succeeded Austin Corbin as President of the Long Isl- nd road in 18% at a ealary of $25,000 ® year he was only thirty-six years old. His abilities were quickly reoog- nised by the big railroad companies, and there were several berths open for him any time he might give the word of acgeptance, Tho deceased was a native of Boston, His father was Willlam H, Baldwin, a well-known philanthropist, and the family was prominent in early New England days, Mr, Baldwin married @ daughter of Samuel Bowles, of bi heryfi ene Educated in Bostcn, when he reached \* tion he was sent to Hartera eae ek, University H/) graduated. with a good record, Began at $35 a Month, Even in his youthful day found vent In practical falemalce ees when he graduated from the university ho went toOmaha, where he obtained a vosition in the offices of the Union Pa- site Rallroad at $5 a month, His capacity for assimilation made @dvancement @ matter of course, In toes years he Was mado di¥isteg fore be had a year’y experience in this place was brought back to Omaha ay Qasistant general freight agent. From February to September, 1889, he was manager of the Leavenworth Division, and then hecame general manager of the. Montana Union, He was for a brie! verlod, president ‘of this road, : Promotion with Baldwin always was Bure and certain, Step by atep he ad- vanced after this, First he was made a vice-president of the Unjon Pacific, and from 1891 to 1894 he was genera! manager of the Flint and Pere Marquette road, The Southern Railway next secured his @trvices, and while he was vice- President \of this road he was offered the presidency of the Long Island Rall- road, Greatest Railroading Task, (Ho at first refused, but on Oct, 1, 18M, pent in a letter of acceptance, to the Board of Directors, This was his great- est railroading task, The Long Island road at that time was almost In a state of disintegration, It needed rehabilita- tion, new equipment and a general re- ordering. ‘To these multiplex névesal- tles Mr, Baldwin turned shis energies, and the present good condition of the road {a largely due to him, Mr, Baldwin. did not confine all his energies and his abilities to railroading, After ho was sure of success in hig Weakness Following Two Op-|.8 edi agent at, Butte, Mont., and Be- It SIDENT. LONG ISLAND “ROAD IS DEAD. fleld he weiit jp, foF public and oitisen- ship honors, He was one of the fifteen who mad tee Fane against vice in this ohty in 18 i, Baldwin was 8 good talker and address: many assem- blages on the needs of reformation, He was rated by the Citizens’ party ag one of ite most virile members, Officer in Many Companien, Besldes holding the presidéncy of tho Long Island road, Mr, Baldwin director in ie Corn Hixcha i Bank, the Equitable Life Assurance ‘asoclation, the General Educational Fund, the In- terborough Rapid Transit Company, the Interurban street Rallway Company and the Metropolitan Securities Com- pany, and a trustee ofthe American Burety ,Company and ‘the Equitable ‘Trust cannes Mr. Baldwin acted for a long timé as treasurer of Booker 7. Washington's Tuskegee Institute, While chairman of the Fifteen which made the crusade against vice in 1900, Mr. Baldwin often spoke of the evile in the tenement house system, and did much to bring about reforms in this partioular, He was as ardent & worker in affairs of the public as ‘he was In his own private enterprises, DIDN’T KNOW FOOT COOKED. BINGHAMTON, Jan, 8—Joseph H. Monroe Will have bis right foot ampu- tated to-day, Monroe's Tagw” are paralyzed, While Working at his trade of shoemaker he placed his right foot on a red-hot atove and before It phe foot was cooked as far up as the ankle, ' 6 ena) | No Signs Warning Against Dxpec- toration Have Been Put Up. The first arreat for’ spitting in the Bubway occurred to-day. Benjamin Chisun, of No, 89 West End avenue, was #tanding on the pletform of the station at Fonty-second atreet when he forgot himself, A Board of Health po- ljooman promptly arrested Chisun. In the Yorkville Court Chisun sald that there were no signs against spit- ting in the Subway, Magistrate Barlow then telephoned to Commissioner Dar- ington to find out if this Is so, ‘Tho Commissioner said he thought no such aigns had been put in place, “Ppigoner discharged,” sald the Magis- ‘trate, — ty The Equitable's Statement, five years is a short space of time in which Ci ehgeumuiate (eH 08 of and asse Wa tinting. £0 $610,0000N, ‘Yet thie is the record of the Equitable Life Assurance Boclety, as shown by the figures of its preliminary statement for the year just ended. Burin the year the income amounted to $78,000,000, and the total ments to itoyholders to $37,000,000, lost wonderful of all, however, fs the magnificent Increase of $5,000,000 In the Society's surplus fund. This amounts, fat the present time, to $78,000,000, and fs larger than ever before. With this tind ¢3 guarantee its Pay, contracts and to provide security for its business and profits for its policyholders, the Equitable justly boasts that it is the strongest in the world. %* OFFERS HIS Celebrated 51.00 Eye Glasses FOR THIS WEEK. Can only be had at his: Three Convenient Stores: 24 BAST 125TH STREET, Bet. Madison and Fifth Aves. 1820 THIRD AVENUE, Bet. 85th and 86th Sts, 11 BAST 14TH STREET, Bet, Broadway and Fifth Ave, Stores excepting 11 B, ith St, Open. Evenings, Bring this Ad. with you, Silk Department, We Will Place Upon Sate Wednesday, January 4th, 22,000 yards of Embroidered and Printed Chiffon and 9 Mousseline de Sote At 85. &S gS. yard, of which the standard values are from $1.50 to $3.50 yd. All the above are new fresh goods, the stock accumulations of aleading importer whose account had to be liquidated. This Sale should prove very attractive to all who appreciate Evening Silks of an unusually handsome and reliable character. Lord & Taylor Broadway and Twentieth St. Fifth Ave., Nineteenth St, CAMMEYER 6th Ave., Cor, 20th St. Great Cut Price Sale ON MAIN FLOOR Of. Fine High Grade WINTER SHOES For Men and Women, Positive Reductions from $2.00 to , »$3.00 on Every Pair!! Grade Goods, Size in Each Style, ‘ken Lots of Our Regular High. Sizes Represented, but Not Every ‘nese Goods Are Exactly as Represented, Women's $5.00 Patent Leather Button and Lace, Women’s $5.00 Box Calf Lace, Women's $5.00 Black Kid Button ang Women's $5.00 and $600 Blick Kid) \ Lace, and Russia Calf High Cut Lace, Men's $5.00 and $6. [Bede to| and Lace, Lace, Men's $5.00 and $6,00 French Patent Leather, Button and Lace, Every pair carries our full guarantee and is stamped ‘“Cammeyer,” which means standard of merit 500 pairs of Boys’ $5.00 and $4,00 Patent Leather Shoes reduced to, pair, $2.50. .00 Wax Calf Button )Reduced to Men's $5.00 and $6,00 Fi E I nd $ rench mS Oh Double “'S. & H.'’ Green Trading Sta 8:30 Till 12 o’Clock. Thereafter, Single Stamps Until Closing Hour, Knitted Underwear tor Women, Misses & Children : Winter 0 Big % Ji ale of Yew (nd Used Piano ost Gxtraordina. Prives Me ry | Quoted in Yonths, E did an enormous Holiday business in Pianos. In fact, we } more Pianos than ever before during this period. aut Now we're righting stocks, To’ quickly and thoroughly accomplish this have taken a number of new and handsome Pianos and marked them at much tess than we_ arena think of doing, ‘The list of New Pianos includes Uprights, Baby Grands and rans, The Used Pianos are offered at amazingly low prices. Thv list. comprises*Uprights, Sq Grand Pianos, ( ! The sale commends itself strongly to Churches, Sunday Schools, Schools,»Lodges, Public Societies, Teachers, Pupils--er any organization or person desiring a Worthy?piano at very: below the regular price. / Our Easy Payment Plan Enables‘any one to own a Piano, and pay for it in convenient monthly p: 75 (; Mornings This Week From Tow Planes, Upright Planes Upright Pianos, rc] ance %, 4 ty Grand’ | Bibl 8 wepnanguaiaassigg egte Used Pianon Upright Planos, ay Winter Clearance Sale of 1,000 HEAVY. WEIGHT cotton-filled SILKOLINE FORTERS and S0D\ght- weght SICKOLINE COM” FORTERS, regularly up to $1.50 eacth Tuesday ¢ ‘a chsis PEXTHER PL at Reductions Chat Average %, Ort This is one of the most important . stock-reducing transactions of the season, So important is this sale, being a great feature of the store, that it never Fails to draw crowds of lively buyers. he garments come from the. best mills; they are in the right weights and style, WHILE THE PRICES ARE THE LOWEST OF TH bill Blankets, flan SLOMBER BLANKE 500 WINTER. regularly up to $1.00 each, LOWS, regularly 596 each, Women's Vests & Drawers. Combination Sudis, Misses’ & Children’s Wear tain Fioor, NOTES FED a Vn CHILDREN'S 40e. RIBBED VESTS, WOMEN'S RIBBED COTTON FLEECED VESTS AND SIDE- BAND DRAWERS at 47 WOMEN'S $1.25 FLAT. ~ KNITTED AUSTRALIAN “ ONEITA” COMBINATION ‘i *SUITS, in all sizes, at Te Se, SOE Aaa paid: lors, RALIA' f f COMBINATION $U Wits in BOYS’: PAR OY Ae Tere ru ee white or natural, and jn all sizes, ip 50 SHIRTS AND DI 8, wit 190 ; Dotted Swisses and White WOOL VESTS AND DRAW. re devbly tevin seams th all snes : Dg Cae Oe Women’s Cights. || MISSES’ §5c, MERINO. COMBINA+} Write Ano eusei ah tealy Peer sary el. WOMENS $1.25 BLACK WOOL TIGHTS, in all @izes, in 75¢ ‘open or closed styles, at WOMEN'S $1.75 EXTRA aii ea kK WOOL TIG in all sizes, in open or closed styles, at vp 00 TION SUITS, “Oneia” style, i MISSES’ $1.25 "ONEITA” “|WOOL COMBINATION | SUITS, in sizes 6,7 and.8, at (Slegel Cos Main Floor, Bust HANA in sheer and medium weight in. pin, Lye pea an Adee and seven ifferent in regularly up to 30 yard, Tae White Wustin. FULL YARD BLEACHED SOFT FINISHED MUSLIN, made of fine pick cotton: regularly 8c yard, FY") Leonie: ater ot wountain.) 250 PURE 39e yr Store, Fountain.) arlene, wells Women’s Combination Suits Pe WOMEN'S $1.00 “ONEITA” RIBBED COTTON ‘ FLEECED COMBINATION SUITS in all sizes, et te $Sinch $09.00 aumhtowelaht ye IIe Women’s Undermuslins. 1905 White Sale and Some of Its Fresh Attractions SIHOUSANDS of people flocked to this sale last week. And it is as fresh, complete and attrac- tive as the hour it began, Stocks are mam:> moth in their quantities. Muslin Underclothes that women of discrimination buy with eagerness. uslin Underclothes that bear every evidence of refinement and superiority. And all at Unusually Low Prices, Women's Potticoats. Women's Yight Fowns. WOMEN'S PETTICOATS, min dep | WOMEN'S NIGHT GOWNS. ish i d and round neck fin WOMEN'S PETTICOATS, cambrie; | WOMEN'S NIGHT GOWNS V neck i i finished with lace beading and baby ribbon’! deep flounce, trimmed with lace; extra dun ruffle 69c others square neck yoke of fine VAYA cambric; hemstitched tucks, WOMEN'S PETTICOATS, WOMEN'S NIGHT GOWNS, several deep flounce of lawn, with three clusters od styles in nainsook and cambric pret of fine tucks; others embroidery 98e | iagabdesea Malt aitghdl ay fe tily trimmed with lace and fine trimmed, embroidery, IS, (Slegel Cooper Store, Second Floor, Centre, 19th St.) 52,00 Yemo Corsets, This special model of Corset, which 1s Sof the famous “Curvemould” shape, is exce price weask, The best material and workm in its construction These Corsets are made after the same models that won the Grand Prize atthe St, Louis Exposition, and are in every. way. de- sirable, . Sizes, 18 to 30, é (Blegel Codper Store, Second Floor, Centre,’ at ip are Office Desks and Chair. A Sale of Interest to Every Business Here we offer Roll and Flat Top Desks ani Chairs at prices that will interest every business man.) Only best materials are utilized in the construction, | sequently superior values are al ays in evidence, Women's Corset Covers, WOKEN . baited Ashe square and high neck; torchon lace edging; only three to a customer, 120 NOUNS i sped ee tight fitting, embroidery trimme: others round neck, lace edging, _ 190 WOMEN'S CORSET nainsook; prettily: trimmed with lace and baby ribbon, COVERS; 49Ie n holes, y Hen Ee apper case and. th ind extension side In eac tal. Regularly $22.50: REVOLVING oFFICSE CHAIRS made of quar- tered oak, piano pollst finish, heavy t woo-panel back, with Post-Holiday Opportunities for Those SeeKing Big Bargains in Books. During the Christmas season the Book Store did a tremendous business, All previous records were eclipsed. ‘Thousands of people came and bought liberally from ihe bountiful stocks. What was the result? Stocks were pretty PM rey well mixed. Some books gor a bit “hurt” but in most instances the damage is s0 small! as to be insignificant pasuatealvis ‘To-morrew will bring to light many really wonderful values for the lover of good literature, as the following readily attests: Petes shai ORS AND Broad Scope of Books at \ ett and spring ad- Off Usual Pri ‘has, fH sual Prices, umernus text | Voluines: lustment: fe w- ne a serkes of | punt 8.00 ularly $750; ‘oundina of New York,'! by publish: | pri . . Rue." by Bilwanger, 275\ tay > CORRES: en WINN DON Rpvsngntly |G Y, 4 vol- TON DINHISTOINOCAND BOGLA bY ; “ eras AND notogrAVures 37S paper and book ' "8 275 holes in upoer case; comp ; ’ ON IRVING, yal ot and automatic, blot CEN DE “8 ° One x qi bi ; AED 5.00 ite wide, high roll, lal at LUTARE ave tered ; $10.00; 5.90) erncns ford ation geilen al r| of RE IRT BROWN: |} J clearance ‘ commpy, by J. Hines athe publishers | Pelee 4, Hie teats vrie, "Ey | vr | WON HE'S WORKS, O volumes, cloths le i publisher's price, $4.50; clearance 2.00 WIT AND WIS) sCURTDUS QUESTO: y Sarah oH, | Drie . i} iisher's 7Se Killikelly, 8 volumes, ¢! pubils! . Works us Bi near scott, ° price, ; olea ea, Cloth publisher's AND DRE. DER PG bla ); clearance price, 4 00 ) ¢ aly sea ni ii | Works of BUY PR-LYT TOM 4? volumes, pat ‘ ‘ J clot; publiaher's price, $12.00; Henge arn 400 Hise 0.00; elearany Clearance 4.00 y ROMOLA, by. Georwe Eitoty tNusivated | BME se » | Works of SCHILLER, 4 volumes, clon; ’ tachment, with GO photoxravure iHustrations; 2 Vols | Handy Library ® +HORGE T) | Puitahet a riba ehroot " M Unies; mubilaher'a price, 85.00; yea! 1Y, volumes yu 4 prices @ QQ! clearance rive, 2.00 IRSTBGS BFIOM, ty matnonte a” ‘S| $1000; chearance ff Works of LONGPBLLOW, 8 volumes 6.50 pair, CONSTANTINOPLE, by Bdmonde de Ami- é on ‘THE HISTORICAL | Works of La) KLow, 5 siete tab a tA MAA RR Ng) Sa a 8 SP ates & map . Y strated: publish : p Price, 8.00; clearance price, 2d yom a a reed publienee® 45,00 {3 (Siegel Cooper Book Store, Third Floor.) RR acon ne aah ae neal