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ik, pale bluc and i & eile EeEse 78 25& Went to sonn to put a bili possible to get a seat. Trains coming : ee, r Becta ame crowded before | th reach Fifty-ninth streot and passeng boarding them below that ‘statlon, are compelled to stand, vemedied by running. more trains, In the rush hours no one expecta to find a seat below One Hundred and Bixteenth street, and men and women j who tse the Bighty-ninth, | Fifty-ninth, Fitty-' Forty-second, T ‘Twenty-third, Fourteenth and Ninth street statlons | traing are thankful to squeeze aboard a train | jat all. “Deliver, stand and shiver,” As} |a° pagsenger put It, metto of the road, and the motto is followed morning, noon and night, ceas, An Evening World j fr. Sut- | Gowntown on the Third avenue line ¥ | thia morning to get views of tome Of | to get a seat, and h } No one was backward In| tunate if he ‘can aq On the other hand, every | Wain at all," Jone {n the car apparently had a robust | klek of his or her own to make and all | Jwere eager that the kicks should reach | y,) hi constitutionality 0 leave us a little of on of the const! ib for a long time, 5 } FIREMEN’S DANCE cee No, to Give Hezep-| the mark, Here are a few of the opinions of the} | service on the road the reporter Ils- it of its burial fund, Lo- 8 of tie Eccentric Mire- ita annual dramatic en: | Poorest Service !n Years. | Ste Advance Spring Styles in ‘Women’s Shoes WALKING PUM#S, GIBSON and OXFORD TIES, in Black and Tan Russla Calf, White Buck and Canvas, Ten and Black Vici Kid and Patent Y\Laather, especially ADAPTED FOR WEAR. AT SOUTHERN WI! daa erly ADATTED FO SOUTHERN WINTER {Now Showing an Exclusive Novelty Embossed Velvet Slippers for Evening Wear Special Sale To-morrow Wilton « Axminster Rugs Designs, Reproductions of Fine Persian Weaves, Extra any Axrainster Rugs, 9 x 12 ft. Value $26.50 mm $26.00, sane $27.50 Bt. 32 10 ft. 6, Regular prices $31,00 and 35,00 West Twenty-third Street WOMEN’S. FUR DEPT, High Grade Furs in Coats, NecKpieces @ ’ ’ Muffs at a Great Sacrifice. . Nearseal Coats, fitted back, box front | and Pouch sleeves, Skinner , Value $40 to $60,,,., ‘linings, Value $150,00 to $300,00 Neck Pleces and Mufts, of Squirrel, Fox, Marten, Mole, Mink, Chinchilla, $is00 te get0ddsn nee ne PPh OO Coats, of finest grade Dyed Skins—plain and y brocaded satin ‘The Last of Our Winter Coats & Suits , -at Inventory Price, Which Means Less Than Half ot Original Co: Wiltully Negligent of People “of the. Bast Side All over the east side, from the Bronx to the Battery, voices are ralsed ‘in protest against the way in which the Third avenue elevated road 1s operated. The Interkorough Company 1s denounced as wilfully negitgent and paraimonicus in giving to that section of the city a service compared ‘with which that of the notorious B, R. T, is as efficient as the mode! opera- tlon of the Subway, ‘ For the insufficient number of trains, the crowding, the failure to heat the cars and the skipping of stations by Jocal trains the patrons of the road will listen to no excuses, They declare that the Interborough Com- patiy has'proved that it knows how to handle traffic, both by the manner in which it operates the Subway and in which It ran the Tilrd avenue “L” pricr to the coming of the Subway, In abandoning the old achedule for the haphazard system now in vogue, patrons declare,“che company was actuated chiefly by reasons of economy and gave no thought to the safety, or convenience of its passengers, An {m- mediate return to the former system of rutining the trains {s demanded, and, unless their demand {s heeded those who are compelled to use the lino at | threaten to appeal to the State Rallroad Commission, Morning Trains Crowded, aaietlny & schedule, Fiven in the middle of the day when | ‘This is eastly has become (| traing in a similar reporter came rd avenue BR. rn Brother ay 7eetg7 7509175" ‘the Battery to the Bronx the Interborough Company as ae ae with braid Ladies’ Suits, in Broadcloth, Spring out with heavy satin. Not one sold for less than $25, and We also show a full line Men’s $18 Ove of Garments i. Amon be cheat Men’s Suits of Alagonal suit made and cut in the latest and the same price all worsted suits in large variety of patterns, Do not let this opportuni- ty go by, as it may never come again for. | pelled to use the Kighty-fourth street there Js no rush it is. frequently im-| tation every morning, I etart down- town a little after 7 o'clock, ‘This mom- down town as Jate ab 31 o'clock in the ing I had to walt nine minutes before j@ train pulled into the station, and | then the first one that arrived was #0 | Jammed that I could not get on. “It was another five minutes before another trun came along, making a quarter of iin hour wasted on the ata- thon platvorm, There 18 no reason why the Company cannot run more trains, Bighty-| Three months ago It did, and patrons |8 Seventyaiixth, Sixty-seventh, | Were able to travel with some degree ird, Forty-seventh, of comfort, I would also suggest that ‘rty-tourth, ‘Twenty | (tng the rush hours certain trains bo Bighteenth, run empty down as far as Elehty-ninth street, s0 that people who boan the at intermediate stations could “The company runs certain express wily on the weat side, and the scheme itas proved a suc AB the situation now stands, a patron of the Third avenue ‘L’ who lives halfway downtown has no chance he 4s, indeed, fore, Weeke. aboanl the Bad as the B, R, T, GEORGE BOSWALD, h ‘L's getting to} bit as bad as the notorious 1 travel downtown on it every morning in the rush hours and return | home in the evening rush hours, ¥, W. GRIMILEY, No, 183 Baet Bigh- | was a, time when I could calculate with 1 | some degree of accuracy how long it “he prevent’ service on’ the Thira | would take me to go from my place of avenue elevated road is the poorest thar) Ousiness, Now it’s all guesswork, 1 hae been offered in yours. Not only are | quently I could take a surface car and © can | get from. Bighty-fourth street to Ninth ts ‘There | stiwet quicker than by the ‘L,’ ‘ remult Wint the cars Are ao crowde went into effect such a thing as getting @ seat’ at ‘Eighty-fourth street in the morning, rush hours {s unknown, and very often it {s-an impossibility to find standing room even on the platforms, “The present ‘service, with its skip- ping of stations and other features, Ie all right for those who live in Harlem or the Bronx and do business away downtown, but Jt is a great incon- venience to the short: | patrons, For the long-haul passen| a regular ex: | {9 press’ service 1s provided, “Tt geems to me that that Js enough for them, and I cannot understand why it ts necessary also to turn the local vorvicoginto a semi-express service tor thelr convenience, As it la now, we local passengers all the worse of it at both ends. Let the management Yestore the old system and give us a OW, to0,'” el fj BERT MARTIN, No. 279 Kast One Hundred and Fourteenth street: “I'm wighty glad The Evening World has taken this matter up. As the Third Avenue ‘L' is now ‘run, eapectatiy in rush hours, It-ls a disgrace to the city, Until the coming of the Subway they had a good system ‘on the roud, but In the last three months travel on the line has dally beeome more unbearable, Any one who says that as many local trains | are run a8 formerly does not know what he ts talking about, I get on at One Hundred and Sixteenth street every morning and I know how long I have to walt for trains now and how long I had formerly to wali, ‘Three months ago I could tell just wbout how long it would take me to go from One Hiuidred and Sixteenth street to Dighteench street; now | have not the faintest [dea, Even at One Hundred and Sixteenth street I cannot always tind a seat, and by the time the train reaches | Forty-second street it is so packed that there tan't room for another passen- ger, The It Is that the conductor wives the order to skip a few stations, and lots of persons who wisn to alight at these stations caried by and have to walk back, From the rallroad's be a very easy way but it certainly is 9 those who ‘are the pr ‘All that 4s needed to overcome the present condition of affairs is the run ning of few more tralns, and there 1s no reason in tho world why they vannot run, I often have to walt ag long as elght minutes for a tra and surely the road Is capable of Ing operated on a closer headway than , while T was waiting | at 7.80 o'clock, three uumsed, Give us a litte » would think had no 1 i present “Deliver, Stand and Shiver.” a while ago? 1 present service is and ‘oad 4 hird become @ regular pocket ' BR, 1 get on at Seventy-sixth stroet the rush hours, thing for me toh to ten minutes 41) uncommon y wil from elght tradrt, “River get a seat? Say, you don't know the first principles’ about this road. Better not spring that question up in the bug ward at Bellevue, You Bet a seat sunt about thy same way you get warm. ‘Deliver, pad and, 40 Aue, shiver, is the watchword of “MAN tli ac 4A i BI a ititAS WOMEN'S HATS TRIMMED PREM OF CHARGH, rcoats at 'The time has come wheg hundreds fo among the swellest and best in this house have got ‘to give way for new Spring goods, the many here is a line of Overcoats to out at $7.50 whose style and quality are hard to duplicate under $18, They ate of strictly. all-woo! Kerseys, Meltons, Friezes and Fancy Overcoatings, made up in 42, 44 and $2 inch lengths, some with belts, all with square, massive shoulders and that full, loose, swagger effect that is considered the distinctive mark of custom tailoring, . Some satin lined, but most of them with Clay worsted body lining, all beautifully. finished with silk velvet collars. é count it the best clothing value that we have ever been able to, offer. It will pay you to take a day off s¢ as + not to miss it. All full $18 Overcoats at $7.50 each, Overcoats of Handsome Frieze On Sale for three hours only, 9 to 12, Thursday, No Mail Orders or C. 0, D's, Never in the history of clothing sell- ing has such a thing been possible. Just think of it—an all-wool black most approved style! In » far shades, gotten up in addition we will offer at the swagger styles. that sue —I ——— —e that it is next to impossible to board them, Since the” new order of things * on the body e service as effi | [4 =: IE fora $35 New > D5 spring Redingote Suit. Two ofthe most attractive models preparéd for’ this Spring’s wear will be offered here this week at a good clear saving of $10 from the, manufacturer's rice, One Is one, of those. musa- wanted Redingotes—the other an all- around blouse effect—made ‘of extra $ uality taffeta—positively none slike 5 these anywhere under, p38 Our price ; $19.75 for $27.50 Walking Suits, Newest Spring madel in Women’s Walking Suits, made of fine Broadcloth; colors blue, black, brown and green; stylish blouse effect, handsomely trimmed with braid, plaited taffeta belt, finished with bow. of taffeta in the back; skirt finely plaited and finished to mafch coat, Stylish black and white check Suits, with 27-inch coats, fin ed and tallored,’ lined with guaranteed” ta Sead nen ek epee ini to match Hus cicicn LN7S Sas $16.95 for Women’s $25 Suits. blouse model, 42 “and 50-in, Coat Suits, eM Ti stitched and pleated. Also extra quality Cheviot Suits, with very long coat, paddock back, every and each suit lined through: x good many for ® $30 and more, All will go in one sweeping sale at of dancing or party frocks made of White Net, trimmed with ribbon and lace over. elaborate Drop skirts. Prices range $12.75, $15.00 and up. that have ranked Black Diagonal The’ man who can use a new Over- coat will find in this Sale an. une -matchable Bargain, These Over- coats are. mostly in frlezes, in all the popu- are distinctive of smart © clothing, and well tai- lored throughout, At the Sale Price of $4.95, you May never see the like agem a loi for a train mi morntng, but I frequenti sp @ Uttle behin “Sometimes the crowd |s so great # it is running as many trains n does it? Well, you can sunt mespects, to fade awa: 4 Used to Get a Seat, those poor unfortunates compelled to lenin tourte at t etath ighty-fou ree! , next to {my for Me toe ie a train, and frequently I would seat, The trains run in a hephasand way all the way downtown, ot " at another etation, You can never tell whether the train you are on will pull uy press trains have regular stops, and they make tees it oe as important tha @_ ocals should make all thelr scheduled stops, I a The Byening World will koep' at this nulseace until it forces the company to make a radical change, Hyervi would be satisfied if tt’ restored formes schedule, ‘There was acod ser yiceon the road a few months ago, and not be now, Conditions Intolerable, tion is pald fo the convenience of Jocal passengers who form a good part | of the traf: on the road. People Iving \in Harlem or the Bronx are well taken eare of, but we who llve further down the line are left to get along as best we capecially as the company showed only a short time ago what It could do if It really tried, ‘are not sufficiently heated; stations jare skipped without rhyme or reason. jand the entire system 8 demoralix | There is no reason why trauix -ians |be run on shorter headway, why the | ears cannot be at least partly heated, | thorougiy condemned and forced to re- store its former efficient service, | WOMAN'S DEATH NATURAL. Autopsy Clears Doctor Who Was with Her in Motel, | An autopsy performed by Dr, Schultze beth Hime at the Morgue te hed died from natural of Lod, N, | The woman w in a hotel }third street | Dr. Clarer Scotian, MeDonald was 2 | the elroumstunces were susplolo Kidney trouble, |A THRILLING MOMENT. | Many such moments await readers of! cries and came to her rescue, jon too many people, or you may feteh | The Return of Sherlock: Hol first story of the ‘series will ay \fist Evening World Saturday, Reb. i new Sherlog! ee alony, weekly [aotraan- ‘February Savings. - Sales continue itr full blast. Even with the unfavorable weather of Our important Februar: arate pretty good evidence ttiat the’ ¥ day and Monda patronized, Isn't that unsurpassed and see for yourselt. S-Plece Parlor Suit, like illustration, highly polished frames, covered in Verona velour, French tapestry or silk ® damask; value $30.00; special , Handsome Scroll Bed, like illustra. corners, in all sizes; value $6.50. Spectal, gx ation; heavy cast c mei Stecl Couch Beds—Heavy bronzed iT frames, Natlonal steel two mattresses and two pillows........ \§Spring Edge Tulted Colich, like tilustration, covered “in plain or figured velour; value $10, at..eo....+s conve Biggest Ru : $10 Rugs, $6.75. Reversible: Smyrna Rugs, 10.6 féet Smith's Axminster Rugs, 10.6 x 8.3; 15, {eet long; sale long x 7.6 feet wide; 5.98 and Garpet Values Yet. one pattern to close out;, value $20.00, Sale price, .s.uweree Granite Art Squares, 9 feet square; for large dining-rooms, value $4.98; sale price... 6.75 Best 10-wire Brussels Rugs, 12 feet 16.75 Alexander Smith’ All-Wool Brus- sels; value 85c,, at. Pillow Sale. Pure Feather Pillows, with A. G. A, ticking; si 12.98 [$9.75 Linen Wi Alexander Smith's All-Wool Velvets; Linoleum & Oilcloth,} Sarpenne Floor Olicloth, shown in4-4, 8-4 goods; special; per square 19¢c guaranteed, odorless; fe 19x26; value 75c, Pure Feather Pillows, guaranteed odorless, size 21228; covered with A. C. A. ticking; value $1.00, k Feather Pillows, 3‘ lbs., size 22x28; eerie with A. C. A, ticking; value $1.50, at k Feather Pillows, 4 Ibs, size 24x28; arent with A.C. A, ticking; value §2, at, Sale of Lace Gurtains, Portieres. 50-Inch Silk Tapestry, Worth 98c., Special at 39c 30c! Special sale of 1,200 yards of SELF-COLOR MERCERIZED TAPESTRY, full 50 Inches wide, and Is per- fectly reversible; acual value 98c,; very special to-morrow, per yard, at $5.00 Portieres Sacrificed at $2.98 per Pair. 9 re} . ; Je only do I have ta walt vied s advisable to get here carly if you wanta pair, Reversible full length and width; value $5.00; specialat ...e+sseerere Real Irish Point Lace Curtains, — /}} 500 palrs of Real trish Point Lace Cure 1 7’ | ® , good net with pretty embroidery. Specia) to-morrow at, pair, i Only 450 pairs in the lot, though, and it’ Self-Color Armure Portieres, al! colors, Remnants of Velour, Lot 1—Reinnants, value 59¢,, at.. Lot 2—Reinants, value $1-25, at. Lot 3—Remnants, value $1.69, at. pte dimtniesiehi he ena a Rn Hemstitched Ruffled Swiss Curtains, ~ with 4 large tucks, full length and width; Special at, per pal hee) és in the Great Housefurnishing Sale. Enamel Ware. Every Piece W Hanging Soap Dish, with drain} rege mM by my station. 1 get o! - elgnth street and hat Js { arate station to Lene} when the schedule gets that I can't get out there, even {i th tale stops. So the eonEnt gompany, with Jolin Golin's i | 2,000 Pairs Ruffled Swiss Curtains; | 4 tucks andare well finished; special, per FRANK WILSON-I am one of ‘ rely on the hint avenue Le to get | business, I’ ue tho | Galvanised Iron Ware. an died Garbage Cans, ‘ects i ranted Pert Pun, Clothes Hampers, whol size; v1 art ohe day at one station and another aay | at the station! Ae whlch you Wivit to alight or note ie | } Barrol. Shape Hamp- avy Bal Cans. with side hi and ‘double stron there Is no reason why there should} 0 Long Handle Sauce Bighty-secon reet—Trave! on | he ig, whi avenue under present ont! S-quart size; val ditions is intolerable, No atten-| fitting lids; special at PLEADED GUILTY TO LECTURES’ ON EDUCATION, MAGISTRATE DISCHARGES. | ‘ATTACKING WOMAN. nan, The present service 18 an c | —- on { a prof, Nrumbaagh, ot Univeralty of Pennsylvania, to Speak To- Too, few, trains are Tuni the carei tured Wer to a Stable on Pretense that He Was to with Wood for Her Home, Mrs, Mary Norris, of No, 8 Prospect is a young woman, r-old baby. Her | Frof, M. G. Brumbaugh, formér hea¢ of the Department of Education co, and now head of the at the Univers a| bofore Magistr oper | summons 1s a t | Leonard H, Wood and Phillp\@leanga, 4 nent of Exlueation of Pennsylvania, public address this ev /Union on “Present Tendenctes in ‘his will be one of th uddressea to the educational, Loples at ali | street, stations. | 1 1# to be | the mother of a two-y |hushand has been sick for a long time, |The Kitchen fire went out late yesterday | {afternoon and there was not #0 much las a lump of coal or stick to start another, nor was there a cent house to buy fuel, in bed with the Mrs, Norris started to find some 1 allidivit on account of charges yyre= 4 anged by the free lecture bur Board of Education tr the trustees of Coaper Norris was met by Richard Barrett, of f Rducation » In carrying out | and take all the sity, who has been loeturs §Yi0" scone? inatde: the One Hundred and Wourth| My 4 4 Ine clay ti slammed the door In In the struggle the woman's clothing was. al- most torn from ber body, fought of her assallant and| Men on the other bullding.than Barr ry morning In| though ne seid ihe womun ‘had died of behind her and Democracy.” will de- in the serles on “en markewss” ae READ THIS TWICE! the Hall of the Bourd of Education $9>) Fix In your memory the fact. that) side ofthe street’ heard the woman's |night Prof, John 8, MeKay, of Packer! ‘The Return of Sherlock Holmes” series} They | Collegiate Institute, will concludé his: peging in Saturday's Nvening Warld, ; ity NA RA-| wey, 11, These-are Uio greatest Shertocle q ther Waves,| lee |The Race for Vo shouted for help, pave Barratt a sound thrashing and . Thusba his arrest, 4 ., To-day he Sleaed wom- jor tho Phenomens o ing Stamps every morning from 8.30 till 12, Single stampa) from 12 until closing hour, Offerings. | Mattress Sale, BSN ae 45-1b. Improved Curled Hair Mat+§ | tress, covered in sateen’ ticking #’ and figured denim, made up in 4 or Bi 40-Ib. Hair Mattress, coveredtn the best quality of A.C. A. ticking; made upto fit any size eh value $9.50; $3.00 Mattress, $1.88. i 500 Woo) Top Mattresses, made up #\ in all sizes and cov. { ered’ In a heavy | twilled ticking; sale 1 88 price, all sizes, i} if ( i Se “> Tiedt ane Ortental Hall Runnens, price, Pp at $5.98 per roll of 40 yards, or, l sa 8 5G Genuine Cork Linoleum, 42: yards wide, worth $9c, y | and 65c; per 37 4 ft square yardssesey ~ “i Genuine Inlaid Linoleum, .2 yards wide; the colors go right through B to the back; value $1.25; ‘ to.morrow, per square yard, ose teeeteeee Hampers, Baskets, &c. with woo hottom, Very strong with side handles; price ‘eat? Be ore, larga size, 8c Clothes Wringers, made by, Amq Writeer Co! wel made frame ud h, rubber MEN WOMAN ACCUSED.; Fs H. Wood and Philip Glannon Set | , | Advice of Nd wa | trlet-Attorney’s Oitee. | Free o i jtettoen | | toh: a | by him, were iss) in the Centre, Stheet | had been held on aystore’) ed by Mrs, beth Seubenthy of y-sixth street, no{ ined $7) from her} on} reration with, flve pretenses In a real estate dea i When the men appeared in answem}to eoa of lecturey| the Summons the Magistrate had ‘the | policeman on the bridge make out! a th mn whieh no} nee: Atcorney. Grayt'| Wale, no | inst gether | nek the: al Ald Bor 98 ua 10 & pales sev sult, ?} Holmes\atories ever weltten. ‘They witht