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f r bide of Illness Feared as i oR MMOOOLLY TAKE WHOLE STREET ‘comfort and righta pf the peopl ‘women MURPHY FIRM CUTS AN ENTIRE i THE WOR BLOCK OUT OF WATER i LD: THORSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23,100” City Officials When Ten-, eat Cae ants Protest. ) LEAVE NEIGHBORHOOD | ‘Result of Unsanitary { Conditions There, Tammany Leaders Blamed for Out Fageous Treatment and Voters Threaten to Retallate, ‘An indignant outburet from residents of the crowded tenement seotion on Thirty-second street, weat of Ninth vente, fp heard againat the Murphy tontracting firm, whose oporations on the site of the proposed Pennsylvania | Genot has demoralized the condition of | affairs throughout the neighborhood, This convern bears the corporate title | of the New York Contracting Company | And was formerly known nga the New | York Trucking and Contracting Com- | pany, Tt ts compond of Tammany men, | among whom are ‘Alderman James E. | Gaffney, the Murphy representative | from the Highteenth Assenybly District, | of which urles KF, Marphy is leader, and John .J. Murphy, brother of the Yeader of ‘Tammany, «When contracts | AggreRAting millions fell to the lot of | the Tarumany contracting firm the mod- gat “trucking” designation of the ttle war dropped, Cause of a Water Famine. Among ofher nuisances and menaces @ecasioned by the extensive and high- handed operations of the Murphy firm | A water’ famine among the poor ros: | ‘@ents of the ne!ghborhood has been pro-! duced, causing actual distress, For three and jiu some cases nine weeks familles in the big tenements on | the north and eouth sides of ‘Thirty. second street, bevween Ninth and Tenth @venues, & block 60 feet long by actual Measurement and containing sixty tene- ments, have been without a drop of water, They huve had to depend upon | their neighbors around the corner for} water, and day and night streams of! men, women and children may be seer eartying buckets and palls from all dj fections to thelr homes. ‘hig remarkable condition has bee @Aused directiv by the absolute disy €ard of the Tammany concern f although the Health and \House Departments | a, no redress | dents are In de: and onenly de nied relief th war againet 1 niny during the com-| ing campaign. That, they say. Ie thelr) ’ CONTYE, | R ‘al families have been forced to! away from their home } i , Guldren Carrylig hea pees | re py ot six inches, is suld to be die to water inder thelr foundations, A}l last night alicemen were on duty ning ;edes- rians. ;Mrs, Quinn, Insulted in Rese! DEFENDING GIRL, "our muted in Ri WAS SHOT DEAD turn with Her, When Both Are | ae | Set Upon, | Colored Valet to President Un=| myomas stanioy, twentyetwo years old | derwood, of the Erie Raiiroad, | "ving at, No West vl Killed in West Thirty-seventh je ea arne wana Street—Murderer Caugnt. Court to move nes, The sinking of the buildings, now ton depta | aD re c<enueard Forty, in $00 bail by West Sia eamplaint In th The Mr Acolty missioncry living at 400 Was. made by Esther | rs Quinn For protecting a worn who was ats) tacked by her sweetheart, John Gray.) valet for Presid Underwood, of the Erie Raliroac, was shot‘ and tantly Killed carly to-day by Wililam Preston dm West Thiriy-seventh street, between Mighth and Ninth avenues, Preston, alleged murderer, caped after shooting, j night Mrs, Quinn and a woman friend stopped at a restaurant In Blghth avenue Fort wiillo they tipsy men came In, ; Women and with thelr pr , them to hurry from the place near there ond street, and party of four ity caused the es- As Mra, | the but was but she broke away Where sie informed her husband returned to the place, and Mrs, Quinn and hurried home, | They captured In the negro quarter of Jev- aey City this afternoon by Detective- Sergi, Friunk Bennett, the Jersey alice, as le was coming out of street barber shop. Preston Is held for extradition, Gray early to-d&y called at the apart- ments of h Loper on the thid flooy of No, 40 West Thirty-seventh street There he met tie Loper woman and ako Florence Smith, a woman who Was visltlng fn the apartment, While Gray was talking with the two William) Preston, Known as “President Murphy,” also known to the sporting fi ity, entered the apart ments, Preston and the woman quar- relled and lie hit In the fare This angored Gray, who sald tat he would” not permit se, id blow to be struck, Preston then dared Gray to go to the sireet with hha. Of the men attacked Mr. Quinn, Knock: | ‘ing Rim down, Mrs, Quinn s down and her handbag in money was stolen from her, ted It at the West ‘Thirty-seventh ation and Detective Tunney lo- | cated Malloy in acbar-room at Thirty= ninth « and Bighth avenue, He I she was also knocked She looking for his companions, | id he was drunk last night not remember what he did. ee a EN HY Sen ne A SIMPLE CHANGE, | Made a World of Difference, The Health Resort does not always | matey walking wh t the angry Préston, went Wo Lib owiee woe bring back health, but the Health eyol it to Gr : Ate anitor Grow y revolve ty the side. Resort and proper food make a Walk and ex! Imm: x petty sure combination Mrs, 1. Kennett, Springfleld, Mo,, writesi—"T was pronounced a con. sumptive and sent to Asheville, N,! C,, for my health, | Just could not eat without a cup oy coffee, and my stomach was in such e condition that | could not drink if, 1 was almost in des y when the landlady of my: bourding-house said that if 1 would drink Postum Food Coffee T would find it would take the place of coffee and agree with me, She made it so delicious that | enjoyed every meal | Tate, and gained fn flosh and strength 80 rapidly that I was able to come | back home and Hye. | “Lgive Postum more credit for my | return to health than climate or} anything else, I am sending you; this letter for the benefit of those, who are having a hard time living, and I am sure that if they will use Postiim thor Uves will be’ pro The Morning and Sunday World's Want Directory last week contained th street, ! annoyed the! Quinn was leav ng one man seized her, | | Re IRVING CANCELS DATES. Actor's Doctor Ing for LONDON, Fb, who recently had yerhampton, his d the remainder 4 His, physicians have imperatively: red him not. to act for at least two months. Healthy Kidneys Arc Vital iif Any of Your Family, Either in This or Past Gen- erations, Have Been Troubled with Kidney Disease, Make a Test of Your Urine and Satisfy Yourself. “Are you compelled to get Up frequently during the might?” “Do you have patus in the small of the 10 you have semlding pains” i with vital. weakness n | Bate | Tam | and sane extn 0 { eannal My in praise of Warner's Saf and liver troubles, CHEAP GAS BILL WILL BE FORCED publicans to Counter On Tam- many by Fathering Measure and Claiming Votes of Greater | | New York Next Fall. © before which the kit Question fs bethig | threshed out, 18 authority for the state | (Spectal to The Evening World.) a) 2.—Senator Malby, f the Finance Committee, ment that mn low-rate gas I will be repurted and offered to the Legislature He savs that {if there fs any attempt lto hold It ap op the ground thdt’ ihe | rate Ja too hith or too low the commit- iy Him Play.) tee will demand an Jnvestigation: Inte I the affairs of’ the Gas ‘Trust to dcter- mine what a fair rate would be, Phe Republicans change that Senator | Foley has given up his T-cent gas DID It js thls impression that encourages them to put through some sort of gas \ wi \ | legislation, for they believe that =| back?’ pair, nonials e Cure 1 read 6 Highest apinion of Wi Jones, 1) Vance at., Memphis, Tenn, 18 Hike the above from our patients, who to nny of these questions, your kidneys or bladder are dixeased. + Lcontracted a severe cold which wetted 1 1 had yevere pains in my neck, 1 an ndvertxement my back, 1 could Nothinsr Warner's Fr medicine, and Safo Cure af V4 Which hag cured them of thelr Kidney DO THIS: hours. If the ueys ale sul that Wart uluveted Snte Cure will surely relieve and cure’ even tho most distressing cases, Was pointing out the offender when tWo land that they can get a sample bottle absolutely free by writing for It No living phy- tician_ean prescribe a medicine for the Kidneys, bladder, liver and blood that equate Safe Cure, It promptly corn the bad effects of beer and whiskey on the system you have made this test, you have any doubt as to the ANALYSIS FREE, dovciopment ot the disease. Inyo ‘containing $4! your urine to the medical department, Warner's Safe Cure ©o., Rochester, No Y., and system, send a sample of Put some of your urine in Aa Plass tumbler or bottle and let it stand twenty-four | Wo is a sediment at the boltom, or a cloudy or milky appearance, your kid- Sufferers with any of the above symptoms Will be glad ta know our doctor will analyze it and send you a report with advicé and an Interesting medical dooklet without charge, Safe Cure iy made entirely of herbs, contains no harmful drugs, ts free from sedi~ ment, und pleasant to take Pl WARK Sold at all drug stores or direct; Me, and $1.00 a bottle, \ REFUSE SUBSTITUTES, They are worthless and very often exceed+ was identified by Mrs, Quinn and the. ingly dangerous, Ask for Warner’s Safe Cure; it will cure you, A mova the bowels gently and aid a speedy cure, Spring Importation of Reynier Kid Gloves. Sucde and Trade Mark Registered, The Genuine Reynier Gloves bear the above trade mark, without which, absolutely none are genuine. Lord & Taylor. Broadway and Twentieth St., Fifth Ave,, Nineteenth St : Nan lab inca ah ah iM 8) a aha: Nl ca | | | | Stern Brothers . are prepared to show a varied and attractive assortment of ADVANCE STYLES IN Men’s Spring Neckwear Appeals for Relief Ignored by, { VICTIMS OF MURRHY FIRM CARRVING WATER—TORN-UP STREETS. il be ‘able to angue pretty suvce fully to the people of New York next fol that Tammany refused to stand for | any rellef and that all the credit for remedying conditions belongs Republicans, The \after of rich imported silks, in all the newest shapes, Also a Purchate of ENGLISH SQUARES, WIDE FOUR-IN-HANDS and GRADUATED TIES, in a chcice selection of fine s'lks in entirely new designs, ‘Handkerchief Department” | Exclusive Novelties in Women’s French Hand-embroldered Handkerchiefs with Hemutitched and Svalloped Edges, and Men's Hand hemstitched and Tape Border Handkerchiefs, Special Values, To-morrow Women’s Linen Hematitched Embroidered Initial Handkerchiefs, Women’s Sheer Linen Hemat’d H’dk’fs, 49,14 and 44’inch hems, Women’s Sheer Linen Hemst’d Embr’d Handkerchiefs, Men’s Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, To-morrow & Saturday, Sale of Women's Boots, Slippers & Oxford Ties | In Ideal Kid, Patent Leather, Vici Kid and Velour Calf, broken lines, but a fair assovtment of sizes, * Formerly $3.00 to $5.00 Pair Closing out of | Scarfs, Cushion Covers & Squares | in combinations of ITALIAN FILET, ANTIQUE and | CLUNY LACES and EMBROIDERIES, at $4.00 to 530.00 each Former prices $7.50 to 47.50 West Twenty-third Street to the light to rent 1a cheap gas billjand she {« only a little more than id r GETS DIVORCE FROM HER HERO \Mrs, Gerald N. Stanton, Who | Wed'the Man Who Saved Her | Life, Gets’ a Legal Separa- tion. SOCIETY GIRL; HER COURTING WAS ROMANCE. She May: Now Resume Maiden Name, Margaret Allen Down- ing, and May,-If She Wishes, | Marry’Again, | Margaret Allen Downing was freed \by Juattee Fitsgerald, of’ the Suprome | Court, to-day trom Gerald N. Stanton, jher "hero" of 1901, who saved her life ‘when thelr boat was capsized in a storm in the middle of Long Island Sound oft Greenwich, | Conn, | The ‘Intetlocutory deores .of absolute ‘dlvoroe wae granted: to tte young wife on the report of John J, Lenehan, referee, and all Vhe manors were aealed, Gerald N, Stanton was the gon of the lute Gerald N. Stanton, millionaire dry- goofs mérchant, slubman and nooloty vman. He bas had ‘a ruddy) scareér, ‘though atill In his ‘twentier He has ltwo staters, who, with their mother, live. at No, 52 Rast, Fifty-accond street, but. are now In Kurove. Mina Downing in the aummeér of 1901 became one of a boating party teken out on the Sound by younx Blanton. ‘They were linlf way adroe, the Sound when the storm upeet the "boat and wave Blanton the chance of IMs Hfe. He proved a fait hero, eo managing the overturned’ craft, that. all wete saved. ; Margaret was {n, har teens, and her family disapproved of the attentions of young. Stayton’ fultéwing” the “ahip- wreok,") but the (wo disappeared, and Maygaret sent a despatch to mamma sept, 26, 1901, thal they wore inarried, In. September, , 1908, Btenign dteap- peared, The young wife appealed to the poller to find him and auld she feured foul play, But the police never found him, although newspapers printed reports of hls being jere und there, Fle was finally located in Patis, where he was Having @ good ttme, ond ‘then —=| the deserted: wife sied througi Henry Janene of No, 2 Wall street, for an | absolute divorce. George Whitefeld’ Betts appeared as counsel for Stanton, ‘and a nominal de+ fenre wan put ins The decree gives Mra. Stauton the her maiden name and angin, after \qhe may marcy the dnterlocujory deoree: final. AM beautiful, | twenty. $1,000 2.25. 50° Value 75c and $1.00 9¢ Each $] 00 Doe. | | 12°“ $1.40 » 19° « $2.25. || 18° * $1,905 « |) three |: Sonate Finance Committee met| months, if there te no legal objection, Avia seeet , ¢ |defer any repor rg ate aerdded | fo | malin for at least a we jor or Tibi Wreas Columba Cylinder $1.88 del RENT Your Houses, Your Rooms, Your Apartments, Furnished or unfurnished, by advertising them in THE WORLD, » No other seccessful ‘’Want’’ medium approaches THE -WORLD tn city cleenlatton, 8OLp mmgnniaron Raw vorn,u.s- or betore audience 0} ; inch rary), 1 silver sNtckel H 1 foal bid (produces same effect av plano'n no! be “A Theatre in Your Home” ‘Terme after dellyery, BL. weekly, > Because we will not ask you to accept for the n season's service a shoe that was designed for} season spent, this is the penalty we haye to Perhaps it will not be all penalty; the price con sion may lead you to realize that our five dollar shoe” is the standard of its class—that ‘it represents the. highest expression of the shoeworker's craft, both. in leathers and workmanship. Saye none, our stock of Winter shoes is involved.’ They are atent leather, calfskin; box calf, vici kid, and ussia calf, in lace-or blucher styles, with med heavy or double soles, lined with fabric or'let The variety of shapes and models is extensive, fording all manner of lasts for all manner of met, Saks & Company tively cuscina cing, ny—one of (howe uplandia Columenn, aA THOUSAND OTHER GOOD Teh Bt side.) The Columbia Graphophone SPECIAL. gr) $1° down to-morrow ,df2 SPECIAL We dollvar’ this’ mingnifcont onttit; 1 Now 1S Modo C ni Ht after the factory van, tn our Graphophone Department tosmorrow \! H Ba. Fl, i ne, 1 $O-Ingh Hold Brany Horn «for use 1 14. id, Rocords (choore any sou like w York) and ane handrame record eave at $3.75, Broadway, 334 te 34th Street, WM. VOGEL & SON. original prices, which were $5, $4 and $3.50, reduced to a uniform price, $2.75. WM. VOG Broadway, : EL MELLOWED BY 10 YEAR REPOSE IN THE WOOD RYE " Crop of 1892 it’s Pure, That’s Su Served and Sold Everywhere KENTUCKY CO, Sole Proprietor, — NEW YORK BRANCA, | neh Aluminw arn ¢ dunen wana ge hem ta A Clearance Sale $5.00 Shoes for ROUSERS. DIA Sale of Them, Without a single exception the trousers concerned in this sale are of a character that reflects the best in trouser |” making. The miterials, the tailoring and the fashioning are of a very high standard. Yet we have decided to» part with them at very great concessions from the, # Houst ie 4 1 order ri hy oh rn iy $2.4 se All now