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, ~ PAYS PEMILTY ‘FIRS CAME Murdaco, Hanged in Jer- sey City, First Italian Executed in County. Nicola Murdaco, wife murderer. was | hanged to-day at the Jersey City Jail. He was the first Italian to be executed upon the Hudson County (N. J.) gal- lows. The trap fell at 10.0 and the man Was pronounced dead five minutes Sheriff Kaiser said it was the i late The condemned man made no scene. He walked to the gibbet stolidly. His features betrayed no emotion. His last fiton, wero nt as experts at the hanging. They nbdted that plsation ceased one and a half minutes after the p fell, The neck was broken instant- The man did not speak or move a muscle while the hangman was adjust- ing the cap and rope. Murdaco murdered his wife Mary, with @ hetchet on May 4 last, in their home at No. 7% Colgate street, Jersey City. ‘The family lived in three small rooms. In the kitchen on the day of the crime Murdaco was chopping kindlings. ‘Che couple had been quarrelling all day. ‘The husband was jealous and the wife pretty. He sent the boy, Tony, into the hall, but did not close the door and the child saw his mother kliled. “J saw papa hit mamma with the axe three times,” sald the boy on the wit- ness stand. ‘One blow nearly severed the woman's right arm. The second nearly decapi-| J tated her, and the third buried the sxe fh_her jaw. Murdaco fled, but was caught after a ehase of four blocks, and the police wad dimeoulty saving him from a mop. tHe showed no regret at first and contessca fully, expressing the belief that he was justified and would be freed. When sentenced to death he matntained marked indifference. eouak wa AS PRIEST A VOTER NOW. Professor at Dunwoodie Seminary Gets Naturalization Papers. (Special to The Evening World.) WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Jan, -2— Rey, Francis FE. Gigol, Theology in St. Joseph's Seminary, at e, near Yonkers, was given his citizen papers to-day by County Judge Platt at White Plains. ‘The priest was led to court by Rev. Timothy P. Holland, another fessor, who swore that he had wn: him. over. five years... Rev. Father Gigol said that he was born at Indre, France, in May, 1859, and arrivea in New York’ on July 2, He de- $85. clared his intention of becoming a citi- | of $55 pli zer of the United States on April 16, 1903. i Oe Next Sunday’s World. The Mysteries of Crystal Gazing. An account of the ea- traordinary things you can ' soe in the crystal ball, | SEE NEXT — SUNDAY’S WORLD. Pecennnnnnennee nnn aaer ——————>—_——_ CITY PARK ENTRIES. (Special to The Evening World.) NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. %—The City Park enitries for to-morrow are as. follows: FIRST RACE—Two miles; seventy yards; 119 21106 102 99 28 Handmoor Rosamond Arab. *Delcarina siou M. *Ifarpoon’ ; SECOND RACE—Mile and # quarter, over { five hurdles. Qhio King 150 and sovent: Newark’s Team Outclass the Quakers in All but Two-Men Match in Final Series. Newark In the Hastern and Interstate Leagues was veratinly in gromt forin yesterday when the bowlers composing this star aggregation won eleven of Professor of Dual the fourteen games played with Phil- adelphia, in Newark, this series closing the Eastern League season. In every series with the single ex- ception of tae two-mea when the bril- lant work of Trucks, who made a total of 689 pina or an average of 227 1-8 for three games, the Quakers were simply outclassed. Plerson was the only man in the Newark bunch to approach the record of Trucks, He rolled a total of 687 in the five-men series. Good team work that has character- fed the success of the Newarks this season was a prominent feature of the games yesterday afternoon and even- { Lee John's Tuxedo team représentins | |} ing, the results In the several series showing a uniform average that marks consistent bowling form and in such rolling the Newarks are doubtless with- out a rival in tle Hast. The same sort of bowling at Louisville will certainly win national honors. Johns won the entire five games from Dunfar in the individual series yester day, and the threesmen team contest was a walkover. The full scores: Individual. , Newark...., 204 202 181 193 Pwr, NBulladeiphia 208 192 181 178 176 Two Men. NBWARK. “PHILADELPHIA. Trucks ....+++ 4 Three Men. Denney Barnes Horan Totals THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1900, GIANT THIEF SHOT WIFE MURDERER: JEASTERN LEAGUE BOWLING SEASON IS NOW CLOSED ‘curhamonte about the olty ahould be in ood shape for thie reat content, Challenge for Contest. match Kaine between Topneson and Ailera, of the Woohita Club, for $100 a sde. best three out of five Kumes, the followin noorow were ~lled In a ‘Tonreson—a 105, 197. 218. Allors—204, 185. 402. 207, 208, Tonnewon Would lila to ‘arrange a match ‘ont with any rrominent bowler in Greater New York, His address ts 105 Pres Ident atrest. New Bowling Record. « a1 to The Dvening World) PHORIA, Dl... Jan, 28.—In a bowling tour- nanrent for ‘he State championship outeide of Gnicago entries between the Peorla and Bradford teams, Clarence Brayshaw, of the pes teain, broke all recorde in successive acelices, He rolled thirty straigh: strikes, complet- ing two consecutive 800 games, one dn the ontest and the o’her in the average for the ¢iftesn 12 gx, teams started Peorla was wa: ¥ contest, but the phenomenal ‘of Brayshaw gave them every wam: behind In ev more rolled. Soldiers’ Match Contest. reqiired by members of venth Regiment, for their howling arty at the Harlem Cirle, and ail were ovcupied by enthusiastic bowlers, In Neversweats and Six alievs ‘Good scores were made by B. Weisker, C. L, Mulfont w. Ww ani C. Gleason. Said by the Bowlers. ‘Hobert and @ixth prizes tn feat: total of In the roll of for fit the Harlem League th: nt in two. Rames 16 coun the Morningsides, nade the ait aes ls three-men tucrnament at Sheldy’s, ra ein a and One. Hundred and "ths Arctis hold the high and Dana, of the mie geore of 295, ‘Dwenty-fifth # core of the high team, fediviiinal ee Dave Shiman has lest considerable ground in the Individual sverige of the Bastern fivemen championship at the Harlem Cirel in rolling on fr wolished a alleys rece nik theno vation, o 8 e@ and Cammann's ‘A match mami Hundred and z un ay ment. The return n ‘the Morningalde aw The best howler at the two alleys wil compose the two teams, Philip Lehrback amd John Clingen will roi! @ match contest of best six in eleve kames at the Columbia alleys to-night Thety Isa ride het will by ee his crowd to-night at There sa. where y Club, and apany, roll a five ‘games, ru ree itt series, v: Franchint Otto. Helitas, Charies Luhrs and P. A Moynahan will be the contestants in the in- dividual tournament to-night at Watt's Albion, ‘Twenty-third street, of beat won the first Sohwartje & Arps request entries for the three-cnen team tournament that {s to start at the Broadway alleys soon, eek PHILADELPHI ay ab i ‘Totals - Women Hang Up Record. Five women bowlers represonting the Lib- erty Club succeeded lest might at tie Harlem Circle alliyg, One H 3 and Twenty-eigath Street and Third avenue, in putting up a new recor’ for such teams in competition, four of he five contestants making an individual av- erage of 155 and the whole five @ grand total 3 i i ambered that the aii freably shellacked end dressed Match Kare. go that even th: ‘lous even- made conpinint Inst th The au in wh! onstmted theh riea in a retum Big Crowd Sees Games. ‘The crowd et the alleys Inst night edt all available standing room, — was called. for ing the time occupied by the two games— h won by the ne balde f team—except in the ee gd did int lag or the applause ‘Wien Mrs. Kessel, anctior of the Liberty team, struck out in che Sest frame of the second game the appl broke out afresh, and ap the modest and pretty littic woman withdrew from the alleys she was ven. there dimes, three by her admirine was y To credited. form, even thelr champion, | Lrrtlefield, rolling only 16 én ft game, A’ third and deciding weries wiil be rolled at’ the Harlem Circle ing, Feb. 6. ‘The scores: ‘LXER ‘Tuesday even- ta iat Ls 170 157, 123 165 79, Bl Fries. +... 167 160 785| Totata .. ... 104 TOA They Know the Game. Just to show that they know how to bow! a Well as how to make and gell alleys and the loyees of the seu Bs ompany, mem- € otise at the Wh! jepbant, tw (a0 eoores in @ tmaten contest’ between two teams captained by Gharlos Miller, genera! manager, and A. A, ‘Trocecher, treasurer of the company. Pe ab a A enh pela Mas ia wa, Hare ott Bowae Ela; Rrocechor, 21; 6 contest was full of Interest throughout and eo hat in the lsat game a split by Troescher, efter making a eco! ft, While, Miller struck out, decided the con we ere ‘the Miller team by only Important Meeting of Bo An (mportant meeting of bowlers ot Groaite New York ‘wit bevbata ‘at the White Blephant at 8 M. to organize the rly tournament which has featurd of the local bowling eeason for many event all waver, ip honors, and Biv dctiae' ae those of former esone, Powlera “now entered in the preilininary |Tooth Powder | Used by people of refinement Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT for over a quarter of » century. Convenient for touriate, Cae Constant Reader writes to The Evening World. to Know what has become of the Yick Yacks. a bowling organization at one time prominent at the Montauk, Brooklyn. George Frannkle, % 0" Vick, now at the Columbta (former: \'ncle ‘Sam) Towery, near Thi‘, oet, may be give the necessary if »rmation, Alleys, able to ‘xia Samuels, a doy of fifteen, made a of 278 on the Harlem Circle Allevw yesterday. He feoquently tops the 230-mark land few of the older bowler» on the alleys care to roll against this youngeter. erfully comradé doorway and waited. AT COP AS HE RAN) BUTTED INTO CAR Lessner Tripped Up by An-' Shafts Smashed Into the Trol-; other Policeman and Beaten with Nightstick. After House, Bowery, built. volver whilo at short range. Summers first saw the man trying to break open the cash drawer of the sa- loon kept by Dunn Bros., No. 500 Sec- ond avenue. The man saw the patrol- man amd fled through a side entrance, on Twenty-eighth street, eastward, running at top speed. closely followers by Summers. The fleeing man, seeing that the pa- trolmen was gaining on him, turned on his pursuer and fired. running in a algzag manmer and it un- doubtedly saved his life, for the bullet | just grazed the patrolman’s helmet. } Patrolman Moroney, who was on posi on First avenue, heard the raps of his Gia in al for assistance. He Patrolman Lay In Walt. As the tall man shot past him he darted out and tripped him with his In @ second the giant was on his feet and the two men clinched. Over and over the two men rolled on the sfdewalk. Summers, ho: Muroney. | and with thelr night sticks they made night stick. ever, arrived in ume to ald the giant surrender. Lessner was manacled and taken to| the East Thirty-fifth street station in him was found @ patrol wagon. On a steel jimmy 4 foot and a which he carried in a batiee ala made especiuuy to carry it: a ibre revolver, and $15 In mor ‘At Police Headquarters che crook, and one of a gang that Epidemic of Robbsries. This is borne owt by the records of the staiion, where in the past fifteen days, Capt. y has received reports of sixt @ hold-ups and robberies, Since itl first of the year 125 of these cases have Hussey'a pre- East ‘Twenty-second street Husse: tiv been reported in’ Capt, einct. vicinity of Gramerey Paris. the residence of Mrs. J. B. Gramerey Park, opposite Bisiop ‘Greer's a few nights afterward the ‘house of a Mr, 1A Past Nineteenth in the rear of No. house, was burglarized, and Berghelm. No. street, directly Gramercy park, was looted. MILK WAGON HORSE animal leaped heed first into the side of the car, through the side, each one passing by @ miracle just between The car, tore along for sixty feet, dragging with When a big steam roller came boom- ing around the corner of One Hundred) and Twenty-third street avenue this morning, Jim, the big horse that draws the Borden Condensed Milk Company's bolted, was delivering milk in one of the houses at the time and Jim had full ewing. took It full tilt up the avenue toward One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. At just Hundred and was speeding toward the corner. the rush hour and the car was jammed with passengers from end to end. motorman, Frank Sharkey, had reached the crossing before hessaw the onrush- ing animal. it was too late to stop the heavy car, ‘The only chance of avolding a terrible collision was to put on all speed and get past ahead of the horse, He would have succeeded in this had | \Y not the animal an exciting chase an allege! burglar was arrested early to-day at ‘Twenty-elghth street, and First avenue by Patrolmen Michael John Summers, of the Hast Dhirty-Nfth street station. The prisoner, who gave his name ag Theodore Lessner, and his addrese as the Palmer feet three inches in height and pow- He endeavored to k Summers by firing at ‘him with a re- Moroney and was six He started Summers was 2BS-Cai- | he was identified as an tacatersd operating in the vicinity in with he was captured, since the first of the year 1 six places were robbed. Many burglaries have occurred in the Jan. melted away. NOTE.—In: this manufacturer's profit, ete, Were, these Trousers cut from ri full pieces and made up in the regular course of manufacture, the cost, figured on a close basis, would be as follows: 1% yds. Gloth at even as 4 low as $2.25 per yd., H $3.09 Hy] Bas Hid cad +32 eaten veil a8 \ y) Making Pike saps WOR) te ceremmctony Enera.iias Re, BuaaNCA OF Climbing to Its Climax. Saturday the BIG Day—in Our Subway Store. All week long the sale has been growing. their friends ; those friends telling others. No wonder the stocks Customers telling For Saturday we have brought forth fresh from the tailor shops reserve stocks, which could not be crowded into our Subway Trousers store even with its enlarged quarters, Black Trousers, Mixed Trousers, st Trousers of every good weave and every good coloring. Trousers for every size man and for every conceivable occasion. riped Worsted Trousers, » shrinkage, waste, UR Opportunity. Saturday is Y¢ it the legs ley, and Those Aboard Had Narrow Escape. rectio: Poll We <troat near the 7 Jim § and Bighth| (yyn tremb! took fright and Perey H. Willis, wagon, His driver, He that minute an eastbound One| Miss Twenty-fifth street car " Tt was The) then ont He saw in an Instant that] \" swerved to the right i CARS TRANSFER Jo struggled and fought to free himself. Women shrieked and cowered beneath the shower of glass that flew in all di- police Uaiced ta him until the be hose qitetot his legs free of the windows. He was | several cute apreared ‘to be little the | worse for his experience, Th When t! ide of the car they Charles Hundred and Twent: hut soon éxtricated himself, He women Needing profusely from a severe cut | severe cut Lecnsrov 70 25 as the car was about to graze There wae a rending crash of and a aplintering shock as the The shafts went. cleai two people its momentum, carried by helpless animal, who with his fore hooked firmly into the windows, ns. iceman Morris F, Downey, of the One Hundred and Twenty-ftth station, who happened to be by. ran ‘to the scene and selzed anic ridden animal by the bit. a huge beast and it was all the nan coud do to hold him. He and suffered several men to lite ling in every limb, but aside trom Ly Crash of Flying Giass. shafts tore through the | passer between | BI West One burth street, and Frances Smith, of No. #7 Pl . Slieve was reading a news when his lap was suddenly spat- with flying glass, For a moment held down by tho shaft at his Slieve, of No. Rooms Completely Fur. nished $7: 5 turned this attention to the young who had fainted, She was cheek, She was carried out to drugstore. where she wae by a surgeon from the J cht Hosp! 1, She was able to r home, leve also recelved a on nis left Muny ‘e hurt by the fragments but to continue thelr journey ine thelr wounds dressed in “AVE 7 59°10 60° S) Clean-Up Sale of Men’s Clothing. The Uery Heaviest Reductions Ever Made Anywhere, At Six Eighty-six | Men’s Suits and Overcoats, : All Styles, All Sizes, All Materials. You will save at least Five Dollars on each Suit or Overcoat and will get clothing that will satisfy and please you. The stock ‘Men’s Boys’ Bloomingdales’—Headquarters Gloves. We have practically cornered the market—they are scarce everywhere else. But we are not taking advantage of that to get high parison of our prices with those charged elsewhere will prove. 2,400 Pairs Genuine French Kid 8-Button Mousquetaire Gloves Very Special : 16 inches long, all sizes, in black and white. plicated elsewhere for less than $2.50 Bloomingdale Store to-morrow for. We are sole agents for the celebrated Paris and New York. For the purpose of inducing those who Su most Castile i ero ataian Gan, tema | Sta aivcerine, water); renders the pliable: speck 19¢ ream of ‘ Sensing and. preserv in ton; spec AURA upermsatl; softens the water; [5g ba Violet Fo path; Superba Nexduisitely perfumed; 9, tba’ Violet Witch | Blas Sivouiied; highest quality, 5 49c Negligee Shirts An unmatched bargain! Several thousand of the new and popular plain color woven Negligee Shirts, in solid blue and tan, with attached or detached cuffs; sizes 14 to 19. You may pay double elsewhere and not get as good. Bloomingdales’, Main Fioor, 601 of the Suits and Overcoats that have been sell- ing for as much as $15 are yours to-morrow for Elbow Length Gloves. We are more than proud of our achievements in the matter of securing unlimited supplies of the very Toilet Preparations. Their toilet preparations are all of the highest standard in quality. and have a world-wide reputation, grade goods to become better acquainted we have made some of the most extraordinary concessions in prices for to morrow, Illustration: Superb Superba Oriental Te ree and Wb and hardens the gum: Superba Colq © preserves, the ic. gloss st Superba Bachet tneluding Vio) AHL A able lamp, A substantial has been turned upside downrand any $18 Suits and Overcoats Men’s $20 & $22 Suits & Overcoats $14.40 $3.50 Suits and Overcoats Boys’ $5 & $6 Suits & Overcoats Youths’ $10 Suits and Overcoats Second Floor, 00th St. Section Bloomingdal for the Wanted necessary Elbow Length profits, as a com- . Cannot be du- ‘a pair. At the A9 Superba Laboratories Co., of are not familiar with these high- . Violet Ammonia—For the t2l- ath und sick room: splen- )5¢ oF ahampocing: spectal. Powder—bro- utines the teeth J5q ‘Triple Extracts—All rs, including Violet, Wood Viol intrope, Jockey Cl rood depend- Has a base and is completely incan- mantle, shade, tub- ing, gooseneck and socket, All ready for use. A lamp that ordi- narily would cost you $1.69. ‘o-mor- row for OSC Bloomingdales’, 84 £1, 59th St. Section. Chambray th St. Section Evenings Until i. P.M, is Oak Dining-Room Sutt conelst!: of large | J Bevel Plats Meron, rtrong xtenmion Tabs, ope | Fonaira, 1. Fleured ‘Velour Couch; value $50 cry Free with each Outtit 6-4 Tapestry Table Cover. Four Rooms Completely Furnished for $125 One Dollar a Week Opens an Account. Our Liberal Credit Terms apply also in the Suburbs of New York or on Long Is!and, in New Jersey or Connecticut. Our store can be reached SES $6.86 At Bight Seventy-five | =: $8.75 $35 Fur $100 Persian Lamb Coats, $35. Most Remarkable Fur Coai Value Ever Offered. Made of whole Persian lamb skins, Leipsic dye. Seems almost iacredi- ble—a Persian Lamb Coat for $35! At $49 Persian Lamb Blouse & Reefer Coats, $135 value At $49 Sable Squirrel and Gray Squirrel Coat. Your choice of any in stock—in blouse and reefer effects. Values up to $125. Line of sizes somewhat broken. $135 Blouse Sealskin Coats, $69. $150 to $400 Reefer Sealskin Coats, $115 & $195 At $24.75—Beautiful Nearseal Coats. Trimmed with sable squirrel, mink and brook mink. Values up to $69. $89 to $100 Fur Lined Coats, Only twelve coats in this lot, with best quality squirrel or Far black lynx or Persian lamb. Complete Outfit Only, $23, Golden Oak fintensa to B [t., # Cane Beat Table, opel $23.75 WRITE FOR OUR NEW BOOKLET 5 Rooms of various outfits. Completely Containing everything necessary to start | Fup He kee pli ls MAILED FREE ON APPLICATION, | nishea $150 tines. we Men’s Fine Collars and Cuiis. January savings that are well worth while: 6 Four-ply Union Linen Collars, 40c. 35 up-to-date styles. Worth 75c. a half dozen. 6 Pairs Four-ply Union Linen Cufjs, 60c. 5 regular and link styles. Worth $1.00 a half dozen, Bloomingales’, Main Floor, 60th St, Section. Men’s High Grade / Focr-in-Hand Ties,) 29C Made of fine high-grade Im- ported and Domestic Silks, in the most popular wide shape. A splendid assortment of colors and designs. Meant to sell for Soc. to $1.00. Our price. 29c. Each or 6 for $1.65. Bioviningdales', Main Floor th &+ Section. Women’s Swiss Ribbed Vests In a Wory Special Sat- urday Sale. Women's 7 ribbedvests," 4 with & with out wing Sleeves, reg- ularly 25c., spe- daiatL22€ Women's 50c, $11.80 Lisie Ribbed Low Neck Vests, neatly trimmed at the neck with lace, sleeveless; $2.10 : also shaped vests with high or $3.95 low neck, with and without $5 95 : pants to match; all 252 e at the special sale price Bloomingdales oth fh Main Floor, Coats for $19. A Great One-Day Sale. ) Coats like thesc s2ll everywkere, the country over, fcr $35 and $40. They are made of splendid quality Jap Seal Fur, the smartest of new models. Latest effects in sleeves; large storm collar and revers, They are 22 and 24 inches long and 32 to 44 inches Om bust meas: A few hours to-morrow morning will see the last of the lot, no doubt, so a very early visit is advised. Think of it! A $35 fur coat for ......-+e+0e+ opaatee $45.00and : 50.00 Jap Seal Fur Coats at... Ay ee $15.60 24 in. long; made with large collar and revers of water mink, nutria beaver, opossum and Far Eastern Mink, $45. made of finest German broadcloth, lined Eastern mink; large, beautiful collars of Bloom iedales’ Second. Floor. 50th St. Section. Eiderdown Dressing Sacques Saturday’s 69c Sale, Fine heavy quality Ripple Eiderdown, in pink, blue, lavender, red and gray. Fitted back, full front, with silk frogs, round col- lar, full sleeves, with cro- chet edge and trimmed with fancy stitching, balassncstin Mak 2d Floor, sath All Cars Transfer to Bloomingdale Bros. Lex. to 3d Av., 59th go. 60th St. SES has sia erent ted 5 4 i]