The evening world. Newspaper, January 13, 1905, Page 7

’ 4 f a {, (@pecial to The Evening World.) WEBANY, N. Y., Jan, 13,—Jerome ade a fine faux pas in turning loose fhe excise bribery sensation among members of the Legislature, Not less @ian twenty members of the Senate and Assembly would like to have got a @tack at him last night to give him the oe ja thi la'not there to fill benetit of tholr personal views conoern-| Moffanus preferably ‘ilmnseit™ whould fing himself and his methods, Perhaps have the honor, try‘! cool off by the time he comes efong with his annual Sunday opening | (), Pill, but the present indications do not that way. ‘What the legistators, with the hypo- @ettical narrowness of all countrymen, @are moat about is that some of the @esiimony sent by him tends to reveal] q wir weaknesses to their constituents, | to come, MeMunus haa probably a i fol- {he threo or four Assembl¥men who are} igwing' in” the district than. Plunkite famed in the testimony of the promot-| ever had, but he was prevented from os of the bribery ‘gold brick’ are re- | 85) @aining in Albany this week instead of going home, They would very much Tether be banished to Albany boarding- houses over Sunday than to face thelr feertng constituents, Jerome witnesses made some pretty bad guesses in sizing up some of the @atesmen. One of them, for Instanoe, Geclared that he had spent a bunch of money in entertaining Aseemblyman Plank, of St, Lawrence County, and “wine flowed everywhere,’ Plank @eesn't Know the difference between hard ofier and vintage champagne, Ho @mokes ‘'third rail’ cigars that are gtitched up the side with @ thread of manila rope. Ho te at tho head of the Excise Com- mittee and was selected by the cunning bosses because of his hide-bound lymouth Rock” Puritanism. Up in his county they ring a cow bell at 8 o'clock to drive everybody under thirty- five years to bed, and be personally thinks that street cars ought to stop running Sundays. Plank was sore last night as, surrounded by a coterie of nis Uke, he exploded some opinions replete with such unlawful language as "By End Greryting te dus Reured nthe everything else that fl hi in Bo-called scandal, ae Bome of Plank's sympathizers were for demanding @ legislative investiga- ton of Jerome night away, And one of them favored {ts equipment with Bplice power to send Jerome to Bing Ang for the rest of his life for daring inuate that any of the country: Men making laws for New York City Would as much as look at_a glass of ener, much less smoke ‘One of them fuphepriced seegars with a band about It. ‘he only benefit that Jerome will jar out of his Invest) gommittens, “He with pronabte temete + 6 will probably remem- ber that day for some time to come, Gov, Higgins's § o'clock tea, at which MO product of the grocery is served, is @uming to be @ famous institution, Tho Governor’s guests at these teas are the Bien of the press. It is the Governor's ae to wet them all lined up in the large oak-panelled chamber of the Ex- ecutive suit and then emerge from his inner office through a door that looks Uke a secret In a mysterious closet, He fwalks across the heavily carpeted floor Qt a brisk guit, his face wreathed in Qmiles. His customary greeting 1s: "Gentlemen, how do you G07 Then ‘ing the tex, 4s a series of rapidly fired ques- about all points of policy, fact Qnd rumor, When ono man gets tired @nother takes up the line, the Governor Row and then onlivening the interview ‘with a witty remark, ‘There is conald- erable humor in the make-up of the sturdy little Executive.\ He {s shrewd Qnd often answers quesUons by asking others that sometimes mean inore than! Gigeot replies, After ten twelye min- ‘utea of interviewing the Governor's Fatts, stop boat and ho gives them a ttle he'd ,pnd @ smile and a cordial lay, tot HH, wi ov ot het pu pe by tion of the legis. | ig by ‘Whoneyer the great and only Me- ———$ <<< BATTLESHIP HAS NARROW ESCAPE, Mansachusetis, Leaving the Navy- Yard, Just Dodgen Colliston with Car-Floats, The battleship Massachusetts narrow- fy escaped collision in the Hast River to-fay on her outwant bound voyage to Culebra, where she will parcipitate in the winter inanoeuyres which aro to be) held tn South American waters during| the latter part of this month and the Girat of Pebuary, The Massachusetts loft the Navy Yard under her own steam and proceed- ed down ‘the river under a fairly good headway, Just as she was about to make the turn round the Babtery two largo car floats, convoyed by a power- |} ful New York and New Haven tug, attempted to cross her course. Tho trong out-guing tide carried the big Datile-ship on swiftly, and a collision acemoed Invvliable, ld watermen who witnessed the in- |p ehdent from a nearby pler doalared that it was a close " for the but. tleshtp, ‘Tha Massachusetts then pro- ed at a reduced speed down the rte Are the kinds, 10,269 Ts the number of offers to Buy and Sel! Real Estate advertised last year in the ‘Sunday World's Want Directory, Many More Ind the Next Sunday. ad hem OF LEGISLATURE _ District-Attorney’s Bribery Expose Arouses _” Antagonism, and There Is Resentment that Names Should Have Been Men- tioned in Connection With It, Manus enters the Senate Chamber he Jools long and tingeringly on the seat the conqueror of Gwash Plunkitt, ‘The’ sentment toward Saxe or any other Republican for CoRUR ang, the seat. Hig View of the eltuation is thi omibaied Plunkitt so long and effectively that e hitherto undefeated boas of the west side had to consent to his nomination for the Assembly. Rorreyes in a Democratic district, and iy a thi ure at the primaries next summer with Vourteonth strect combine, Thewe will probably be @ fine row in the Fifteenth over leadership, and a revival of the log rolling, Yr the entire McManus tribe, cluded, (iseretly consented to the elevation of The" to the Assembly, Since Plunk- power in ‘Tammany Hall, a fact which the McManus bunch is not slow to take advantage of. No membor of the Legislature has attracted more attention than gas grab "Joke Remsen in the Migh- teenth District of Kings County, Fule ler 1s a lawyer, and a good one, He the end of the session, for him the admiration of all the Demo- crats In the Legislature, The fate of Rei Fi th jj anes men, by the way, for the benefit of his o: Remsen introduced his gas then Governor, sign tt, but afterwards surrendered to for the gas bill, but to use a sport- In, White all the were de- nouncing him and the citizens of his eal wore rallying around Mr, Ful- er, see, o otherwise, he was turned m in the most approved and up-to-date fashion, He did not receive one cent from the Republican organization and has now heen apparently discarded for all times, cupled (temporarily) by Martin Saxe, tho Benator from Gwash's district— 6 Fifteenth, He bears a natural re- at jf Plunkitt ‘The’ is a hustler, He bi Now that n demonstrated that Plunkitt can be Republican, it ls not improbable at ‘'The'’ will aim to take meas: view of shelving Gwash for all time piring to leadership honors by the fire campaign such as women {n- used to put up before Plunkitt 's defeat he has lost much of his les Fuller, the Demoorat who defeated ll probably be heard from before His victory er Rameen was a feat that eared 1 ls @ pretty instructive exhibition @ man who consents to be pounded anizadion, Ht at the hest of the Republican bosses, Odell, Practically agreed to bite opinion and vetoed tt, Remsen, rsonaly, didn’t care @ continental phrase, was "riding to newspapers orders,’ Remsen was absolutely the leaders of his party, When ho for assistance, financial and DRASTIC REBAT LAW WELCOME Ninety-five Per Cent. of the Railroads Agree that It Could! Not Be Tdo Severe, Congress | Witness Says, WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Opposition to Government rate-making for the rail- voade was coniinued to-day before the House Cotmnmittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Prosident Samuel Spencer, of the Southern Rallway, re- auming his argument of yesterday against the Quarles-Cooper bill. Answering @ question os to whether there would be any objection tu a unl. form classification of freight through- out the country Mr, Spencer sald there might not be, although It would with: ‘out doubt throw the rates of certain rallroads out of line, If it was done violently and suddenly it would result in @ commercial upheaval, The put- tings of freight into classes to avoid @ rate on every oommunity, he sald, had been @ matter of evolution, certain groups of roads had worked out their own classification, and to disturb it has| Would mean a@ genera! readjustment of rates, Answering Representative Richardson, of Alabama, Mr, Spencer said; ''Speak- ing unoffictaily, for, 1 might say, 76 per cent, of the raliroads of the country, assert that you cannot make a law forbidding rebates tog drastic to sult us,” ‘No well-mamaged road now gives re- ‘ates, he continued, and any method to abeolutely prohibit the practice would tbe welcomed by ithe railroads, Acked as to what power the Inter- state Commerce Commission had re- farting rates, Mr, Spencer sald: "It 8 power to state what is an unreason- able rate, and we have a right to test ‘that sesertion in the courts, The conferring of ithe power to de- clare what ds a reasonable rate, he maintained, would be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the country, Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT ToothPowder Ol g and beautifies th Sanean Sud taeautgs the Peed by people of refinement Yr over a quarter of a century. Very convenient for tourists, PREPARED BY SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING WONDERS, AY EVENING, TAN N | { | Clearance] \| Sale will continue for another |, week at the WISSNER ae WAREROOMS Second-hand pianos by celebrated makers taken in exchange, Sume Wissner and Leckerling Pianos - Slightly used, discontinued styles, sample instruments, etc., etc. It will be a whole year, possi- bly longer, before you will have another such opportunity, IMPROVE IT We quote a few specimens to be found at our New York Ware- rooms; Chickering Upright, $145 Very fine and expensive style. Schubert Co. Upright, $155 Recently cost $450, Kranich & Bach Upright, $200 Nearly new; woruh hee cd ay een) Narreson Upright, $90 Pull size; handsome case; good tone, Several uprights for beginners at $60 and $70 each, PIANOS TO RENT, $3 MONTH, Tuning, Repairing, etc., by Ex perts at Reasonable Rates. Wissner Warerooms, 25 East 14th Street, BROOKLYN, | JERSEY CITY, 540 Fulton St. | 138 Newark Ave. NEWARK, BRIDGEPORT, CT, 603 Broad St.’ 1019 Main St, erccommmmnuncerad WhichMakes Men’s and Youths’ SUITS AND OVER- COATS---Prices Greatly Reduced for Speedy Sale. This is a HIGHLY UNUSUAL CHANCE to buy garments of latest fashion and substantial worth at prices LESS than the closest caleulated wholesale figures, It will pay you well to buy now for future needs, ‘Sale Starts To-Morrow, Saturday, Morning And Will Be Short and Sweet. MEN'S $6 AND $7.50 SUITS of medium heavy weight fancy cheviots and black Thibets, cut correctly, war- ranted to fit and to wear well, at the sharply reduced price. MEN’S AND YOUTHS’ $10 and $12 SUITS and OVAR- COATS in leading fabrics— the overcoats mainly of Irish frieze in loosé models; the suits of worsteds and wor- Sted-cheviotS.......++:e+00 Thisis not a “mark-down sale” of the kind the public is so familiar with—but a peremp- tory clearing-out of the entire factory—and nowhere can any values be found to com pare with them, 132 to 146 West 14th Between 6th and 7th Aves. ‘Ses A SUITS and 0 of emphatic overcoats with the suits of ously lined and (\MEN’S AND YOUTHS’ $15 belt, plain shades and fancy; and silk mixtures MEN'S $18 SUITS & OVER. COATS of superior Ameri- can and foreign materials, tailored by the very best talent obtainable; sumptu- VERCOATS fashion—the and without tich_ worsteds 92s finished with clever handiwork,........+ | THESE SLASHING REDUCTIONS apply to the entire Factory, A stock—thousands of garments of body is bound to be suited, and TH ANTEES to refund the money to purchase, after careful examination at home, is not found to be AS HEREIN STATED OR BETTER, CLEARANCE SALE STARTS TO-MORROW. } COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, The Surprise Store, SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MON rRNA nnn SATURDAYS Third UNTIL 10 P. My St., | OPEN | One Block from L Station, UARY 13, 1905. WO CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER STORE THE BIG STORE UY SIXTH AVE. ant\y) Ws mC ATHE “It ACITY INITSELF JOPER 18"&19"STS, G FOUNTAIN NEW YORK. Double ''S, & iH.” Green Trading Stamps Saturday Morning (nods | from 8:30 Till 120'Clock. Thereafter, Single Stamos Until Closing Hour. finished tailored, ING styles, the most desirable kinds, Every. E SURPRISE STORE GUAR« any person if the value of the Ave., N. W.Cor.83d St., ROMAN vana a a ah i i al i ed lead a eb i 3.00 295 a5 225 Roys’ $1.50 Satin Finest aualit 100. Jan of 100, A Clearance OF gored and plaited effects, for $3.95 Skirts, in a splen- did assortment, of black and blue ladies’ cloth and Made in well- for $5,00 Skirts of Melton cloth, covert and various ‘other materials; all well Women’s Walking Shires. This clearance offers Women's Walking Skirts at such exe traordinarily low prices as to make the sale one of pa’ jortance to every woman in New York, Values are exceptional. Styles are correct and weights just the kind for wear during the months to come, 20 light and dark mixtures. xount im- for $7.50 Walking Skirts of Etamine chevio in 4, 73 black blue and brown, Very stylish in design, ) fe) for $9.00 to $12.00 Skirts, . in a large assortment of siylith models in hand- some mixtures, Correct shapes and beauti- fully tailored, (Stewel Conpar Store, Scoond Floor, Front, 18th St.) >), Suits, Coats and Shirts For Misses and Sirls. Prices Lowered Decisively considerably more than we now ask, stocks before stock-taking and consequently have certain lines that must go, regardless of former prices, for GIRLS’ ZIB- ff] } \ Regularly the garments proffered in this ine would be priced but we prefer to adjust for MISSES’ KER- 6.90 ELINE COATS, SEY COATS — with cape. ; Satin lined, for MISSES’ for_MISSES’ 42- FANCY. MIX. | Oe OO INCH ZIBELINE TURE WALK. BOX COATS— SKIRTS, Satin lined, aves ps GIRLS’ or forces ee. | dee ZO WALKING “and Russian Blouse SUITS of fancy mixture; advance style. (Slogel Cooper Store, Second Floor, Front, 19th 8t,) Sanuary Shoe Rargatns. Women's $2,504 $4 High-Srade Shoes at 3/, 95 All the best styles in kidskin, calfskin. and etent leathers, either button or lace; single or double soles, and in all sizes. Men & Wsmen's $7,00 Felt Slippers at Good news to thousands of A greater quantity of good TICO KEY y, Cubansn mild ry Sale pri BED are allsizes, Idealhome slippers, Catfshin Shoosat 9Se Cood quality leather with stout soles, All sizes upto 5)4s, An excellent grade of Shoes for school and khock-about purposes, 439e Uppers are seamless, being made of one piece of good felt; soles are of thick felt, as well. There (Siegel Coopor Store, Second Floor, About 200,000 High Srade Cigars Offeres At Wonderfully Low Prices. ‘ Ohe Annual January Sale Begins Go-WMorrow Worning, — Cigar smokers, and it will be most appreciated by those who enjoy smoking bs of superior qual ea C gars than were ever gathered before for any one event, The representation of choice popular brand: is varied erough to please all—every effort has been made to make this January Sale eclipse all previous similar events, Prices at % to % Less Than Regular. MI 2 We LDS, all Inches); ib; 4 OO AR HAVANA ‘ands; strictly Per Cuban mado, atriotly high ize; regularly $7 per price, box 2 §Q Women’s Waists. Saturday's Exceptional Offerings, We make it a rule , not to allow any ac- cumulation of broken lots and sizes of Wo- men’s Waists. There- fore we shall place on sale to-morrow at Special Clear- ance Prices Waists of Repousse Lace, Peau de Cygne, Granit Crepe de Chine, Chiffon Taffeta, Velvet, Cashmerz, Scotch Flannel, and Nun’ Veiling that sold regularly from $2.50 to $7.90, at the following remarkably low prices: ‘h 1,25,1,95, 2.75, 2,95, 3.25, 3956 5.0 | Large Showings of Women’s New Spring Models Made of Japanese Silk, Chiffon Taffeta, Chiffon Cloth, P Lawns, French Batistes, Embroidered Linens and Old En Embroidered Lawns at PORULAR PRICES. ; Cooper Srord, 24 Floor, centre, 18th: Children’s Coats, Ronnets ana Dresses---A Clearance, No old goods, but new and pleasing assortments, right from our stocks, at specially lowered prices. Infants’ Coats, Beaters levined esa ith f waa ht PY O50 INFANTS’ LONG COA'TS, Bedford cloth, excellent quality, lined | throughout, with deep th aa oh gs tion A OO INFANTS’ LONG COATS, Faun. Beoigont ed it ciborily trimmed with silk braid, lace insertion yf 95 medallions, Intanis’ & Children’s Coats and Dresses, saa pathy elle of ty duroy vel Superior , made in Russian style, aoe beh sleeve; colors green gray; sizes 3 to 5 years, 4.205 ) CHILDREN’S DRESSES, of all wool cashmere, lined throughout, ’ several pretty styles, includ= ing the Norfolk and Russian ef- fects, and preitily trimmed; col light blue, navy, red and pi INFANTS AND — CHILDRI COATS of bear skin, superior: made double breasted, with deep: i Bishop H bay ond i 4 ats ACPA OFF 3 Children’s Bonneis, CHILDREN'S COLORED PORE BONNETS in velvet and silk) al effectively trimmed and in very izes 2 10 5 H lar desirable colorings: ular B75 and 5, QOS | sits andiits, tor OOe CHILDREN'S DRESSES, of all CHILDREN'S COLORED POKE BONNETS in velvet and crystal silks; all prettily trimmed} some have fur trimmings regularly $2.50, 9 215 Pe ae aa Ie wool in Very effective styles Russian and Hubbard styles, and prettily trimmed) sizes pany to 5 years; regularly 600 Wen’s Sample Excellent Quality Alpines and Derbies All sizes, Ff The Alpines are in black, brown, cedar, fawn and Belgium colorings. The Derbies are black and brown, Every hat bears a label that guarntees the best workmanship. Saturday, (Siegel Cooper Store, Main Iloor, HAVANA SPECIALS—Havana wrapper and filer, hand-made goods; regular 10c, quailty, Conchas Sclectos size. January Bale price, box of 198 AT METROPOLIS INVINCIBLBS, (ra wrapper, finest long Havent filler, Invinclble' atze; January Bale price, box of 25, 42e Sumatra WRAPPER CIGARS, N.Y. fnest long st lung nixed Havana filer, » or Rothechild size; regular “* 100 January Sale price, {ull Perfecto shapes mi And Aromaten AMoles reg § oo. January Sal NA a, ne Kind ret 8; January 1G, ed WANDOT, Rood mild and pleasant; ‘box of & 45e WONDERS, , DAY MORNING