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The Lately Burned Bastile Long Island City Is Not a Bit Mediaeval. ‘SINCLAIR LOOKS IT OVER Finds a Modern Lace Curtain and a! Deep-Seated War Between ©eok and Matron. By Walter A. Sinclair, Night was failing as a_ travel | wourred his tired steed through the fast- It Was nothing un- ‘usual for night to fall in even that dark fand, but this is a mediaeval tale, und nesses of Queens. /all mediaeval tales start with a hor: man epurrine his tired steed at night- The traveller had no umbrella, for S the reign of King Joe was over and the fell. > 'M. O. barons held full sway. And nicht was fdlling. Nothing could “Wold # up. ‘The cause for this invasion by the lone ‘traveller was to investigate the truth ‘@ presentment brought In by the Grand (Note— ‘When a Queens County Gramd Jury has ‘mothing else to do it brings im a prewent- @ury of Queens anent the Jail. ment exainst the fell.) This one sald wart: “The condition at present prevailing ‘@or the incarceration of individuals de- ‘rived of coherent reason ts of such @haracter that the Holy Inquisition @vonue trolley car) didn't know that (Walter Scott trimmings, bands of have al rs of the “draw-an doing in i -rang on-stee] proposition, for tl ‘Cassidy administration had ‘been o1 pany ‘a month. \ lo “What Hos!” for Them. ere was nothin, J » expect ie. True, the ap; c ci al in America's Foremose Reins © the fire Sninbied it to @ most loturesque hea: it We might as my, roan-colores on fluttered ‘dainty Jace curtain, ‘This looked fi ut it turned out that they don't Fide prisoners with lace curtain: Long Island Che Tt was th en's quarter: jome, but thi ce and the cheerful deputy di! There was no ‘What ho! eThae oe than insane persone,” he Deed a place padded for insane peo fellows suffering {rom the 4 ‘e held here. An insane perso! foo cunning. to injure ‘himself but fan with delirium tremens is. lable mors, padded cells, one inside gate to the tlers. trying to get the appropriation f Piare, The Insane and D, T. suftere eld here for comm ent nev eld longer than twelve hours at t most, ut that's too long in unprotected cells.’ Apartments 5 by 8. The cells whic pared to rhe. apanmen Part of the space across y bunks, “upper . down by chal men occupy fee in “the daytime? in the daytime Salis ands Fn, ; 1 wide by eight lon. is taken ive tiers high. he insane rious are not a sorded this pi fo their fiy ge-sized man wep breath in one of these cella for fear of belng changed with attempted If one of these steamer | l4breaking. ks 1s padded the prospective pri in cage Will have t be rolled out flat an in sideways beuween le'll sure fit snug. with no danger ing able to make any violent butting mations, to d’ssuade any 3 assistant cook is occupying the aasista: matron’s rooms and reftsing wo cook to move out. The Grand Jury said the cook-matron tant matron. Matron Sleeps Outside. Then it suddeni: the outsiders in ng Ia! foom In the building. sulted in finding that Mrs. meyer, assistant matron, 1s itv! artment of Miss Mary Dom sistant matron, and that Miss Donnel fs obliged to leave tho Jall each ni for a lodging in a head matron, Mrs. Margaret Walsh, a@way on sick leave, and her dutle; Mies Donnelly, so that now at ni re for the ca: the women prisoners. rise to those tons. Besides, it she hes ‘awn. How it will end er 1s s8cure ai found for Mit Daily Character Studies, ‘The Shoemaker, , x Pounding out the aches and pains (eoMhat ive people ais tases Want would. we do without him’ ‘Should he leave wo'd all feel sad Until we xot another "Through a World Want Ad, DO) yer yan Refer ANDO a, the Middle Ages could not have been The lone horseman (who, to be exact, By the way, was riding on a Jackson former soho! principa!, Frank H, Grit- ‘fin, had composed this sonorous effort, ee he might have dispensed with the Sir No roving store: out variety Infested the by- ‘he traveller, fully prepared for som sine “Sachs “Sea ha see at least a moat, nkeee with oortoullis id w ‘bridge, and expected to hail with “Whi Warder!” ~ But there was nothing doing in that arance of the Lon; ell drop the elt pl for from one of the Frown : and forbidding. windows of pro: 8. he warden wasn't traveller took a dy ines ie D Batt out his brains on the hare celi| iis mind when he heard rs. "The Grand Jury came here and Sha) e house was aroused lowed them where there should te | houss wae arous We have been | Pr Grand Jury aom- ive days are palatial | w and are confined 8. (not even hat . pillorjes nor Iblé to carry out oe But one look eens County ‘cell would be proapective er, eath the placid surface of the, is a meé!ojramatic situation ‘ds excitement enough to those | My connected with the place. The] from Oregon. on war that apartments should be provided In the jall for th recurred to some or City that theretofore the assistant matron had her Investigation re- <ate Ho- BY , aS~ i rivate house, tl ant |structures in the city. no regular matron In the jail ing @. is refused to cook ‘until i oP tion ta-her cholce of quar. Ww of ler 8e- of in a of “A TIGHT” FUT. > THE WORLD: y THIS JAIL IS AMERICA'S MOST PICTURESQUE UP-TO-DATE RUIN MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 29, 1908. TURNED OUT 10 HUNT A BURGLAR ne Occupants of Two West-Side Apartments and Police Re- e:| serves Roused by Alarm. a **! 4 burglar pant turned out the ogeu- pantw of the Melrose and the Hartley, two big apartment-houses at Nos, 478, 480 and 482 Central Park West early to- day, The police reserves were cailed to the ecene, but the thief took an ele- vitor from the top floor end walked -| coolly through the crowd to his liberty. he} It was shortly after midnight that &| Isaac Isaler, who has apartments on the top floor of the Melrose, was bid- ding a party of friends good night at the elevator, As he turned to go he saw 4 inan crouching on the stairs be- low. He called to him and the men fied. Mr. Isaler went back to bis room to set @ pistol and as he returned saw What !s happiness? Don't answer, young Master York, with the peevish face and the strong healthy body whose every wish «ratified. We don't want to hear your oom- plaints. Here's 2 boy who can tell you what happiness !s, though, and if you don't believe it just watch his happy face as he passes the dishes along in the big crockery room of the Bristol restaurant in Willoughby street, Brooklyn. The boy !s a hunchback, too. Ne He is nager and a “Th era to rouse wes Melee, je other wing of the Melrose, at No, ‘a| 9, was notified and a bellboy’ startod to| for the roof with a pistol. He chang:d the man = ing on the gravel roof and came a again on the run. dissatisflea mind could picture were tn- tensified a hundred times It wouldn't be & shadow to what this little fellow bas suffered since he was brought Into a world where he was never wanted. Think of it! The happlegt boy in New York, You wouldn't guess nis name. Well, tt is William Lenely, and lonely ho has been, too, poor little chap, most of his ite, You all know the story of Wilttam Lonely, How he wandered into the Mott Haven yards trying to make his way to Norwich, Conn., in search of a long lost father. How he was arrested for vagrancy and sent to Hart's Island. Riation-house with the reserves’ was | Poor William Lonely told his pitiful tanain ron’ ing. | story of how he wasn’t doing any harm Bouma ines ea ote nem RO 8A | ra only wanted to find his father, but Ho walked straight up the |it didn't help him. To the {sland he free and Furne the next comer. He | was sent, along with « lot of unfortun- line f ates, most of them hardened in crime. Sd | to find since. They arene Coat eos |" But now it is m different atory. over ie episode. b y Pellove | Yes:erday William Lonely caat oft the ; Hart Island life forever. He has foun Titted under ‘thelr. very ees in’ whe | a friend. Lots of friends, as far as that Relgnbortiood of tate, 1s concerned, for since the story of the ttle fellow's misfortune was printed in ‘The Evening World last Monday letters by the soore sending offers of help and money have been reveived by tials paper. Erastus P, Bachus, who has saved more unfortunate boys from criminal lives than any other man in Brooklyn, came to the rescue, He talked to hie friend EB. K. Bristol, the restaurant men, who has placed over fifty men and RHEUMATISM The ee elven: Hartt on e eucats of the Hartley, which ad- ts | Joins the ‘Melrose on the north, wor er | Al80 much disturbed. They were gath- ered around the offles waiting expec tantly when the elevator bell rang. In & moment a smartly dreased young man, iz. | That was the last seen of him. A po- loeman who had arrived from the station-house with ot/ FARAWAY DEATH NOTES FROM “BLACK HAND.” South Jersey’s Wealthiest Italian Gets Two Threats by Mail ar (Special to of| MILLVILLE, N. J., Jan, 2.—Angelo f° Guiffra, the wealthiest Italians in South Jersey, has received two com- munications by mall from Portland, Ore., signed by thé Black Hand, both threatening death. One delivered to him jon Saturday read: “You have four Evening World.) he hy 4 st di Ty | Pes thave three days more.” nt od. hinself “and he |90ns and has ehgaged guards to wateh is | his property. some ot his, real setate | ; aieucteives inthe cite e. TRest brick no monphine or drug to deaden the pals but neutralizes the acid and drives out rheumatic oolson from the Yom, Coming #2 ths country twenty-two or= MUNYON, Broadway and ay vears ago penniless he has now a tune estimated at over $100,000, ‘ Ps Most old people are great sufferers in Winter. They are seldom free from pains or ailments of some description, because they are not as able to withstand the severity of the climate, with its dam) changing weather, as are their Pot ae more vigorous companions, Cold weather starts the old aches and pains; they suffer with chit ily sensations, cold extremities, poor appetite and digestion, nervousness, sleeplessness and other afflictions peculiar to old age, With advancing years the strength and vitality of the system begin to decline, The heart action is weak and irregular, the blood becomes thin and sluggish in its circular tion, and often some old blood taint that has lain dormant in the system for years begins to manifest itself. A wart or penple beeomes a trouble- some sore or ulcer, skin diseases break out, or the slight rheumatic pene felt in younger days now. cause sleepless nights and hours of agony. is no reason why old age should not be healthy and free from disease if the Bess a met pure the system strong, and this can be done with it is made courely or roots, herbs and barks, selected for their purifying, healing and building-up properties, and is very mild and gentle in its ace ion, §. S. S. warms and reinvigorates the sluggish blood so that it moves with more vapidity, and clears it of all impurities and e Pate 8, As this rich, healthy stream circus Cy VEGETABLE, tnltallup thespoctloua sient i an jon PURELY VEGETABLE, (ore pp gestae ay 7 heart acti dise cases and discomforts of old age pass away. 8. 9. S.curca Rieumations axiaing POOR WILLIAM OUT OF JAIL AND HAPPY Little Chap Hustled Off to Blackwell’s Island) as a Vagrant Rescued by Friends Through The Evening World. New| prison and given another chance, only $ feet 6, and if all the misery your] 9¢nt me to the Islan! there wasn’t any is a medicine that is especially adapted to old people, because | LONELY. boys Mr. Bachus has rescued from After @ lot of red tape William Lonely was released from the Island, and to- day he began to work in the crockery room. He had a hair cut and a bath, and Mr. Bristol had him fixed up in ro- spectable clothes, for his old ones weren't the ind he would let come into ® restaurant, ‘The money sent in by | readers of The World was turned over to Mr. Bristol to pay for room rent and buy the boy new clothes, “Am I happy?” asked Willlam Lonely | with @ bright look in his wistful eyes. | “Indeed, 1 am. I thought when they | good on earth; but when Mr, Bachus | came for me yesterday and Mr, Bristol cere me this job I began to know that people weren't’all going to be mean to ‘me because I'm a hunchback and poor, Just think, I make % a werk aad get/ | three good meals a day. I have a latle | room around the corner, and I feel Ike A man at last. I want to thank the ind people who sent the money to Tie Evening World, and I want to thank | ihe paper, foo, for ite, Interest in me, | ie to my best to do go work here, for appreciate Mr, fom tol’s giving mea job." E. 1X. Bristol, who has made a pluce r Lonely and ‘has seen that he fs well | housed, and who will look after him with Mr, Bach ays that so long as! the boy ‘does } ork he can have a place In one of his res:aurants. If he| becomes incapacitated Mr. Bachus aud | he vill look up his father and sce that | ie takes care of his I | The miserable mory of poor William Lonely's reception in gloriaus New York bes. had a happy hate after all. | you Ww York, what happiness is after all. It is all a ‘matter of contrast. Little ely, tho hunchback who was brought forsaken. before Mugistrate Baker in the Morri- Bat was sh urt, avi ; criminal, is worl e a rea) He has a room of his own and nevis happy. Is there a ksson in that fi you, young Master New York? | AVegetable Preparation for similating the Food andReg-tla- Wi) ting the Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Digestion.Cheerful- ness and Rest.Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral, Nor NARCOTIC. Ato months old 3} Dosrs— RFCINTS jCASTORIA ‘As- Seige at Hl Dr SAMUEL POTCHER By (tree Ase Sood # Seed.- etm _) Aperfect Remedy For Constipa- Hehe Sour Slomden Dieses i ]| Worms Convulsions Feverish- | ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. aThe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years ‘THE OERTAUR Company. NEW YORE CITY. a Advance Showing of Silk and Linen Embroidered Robe Patterns The Unusual Store, Irish Linen, Japanese hand embroidered exclusive styles, various designs 65, 70%, 75%, 100% Chinese Linen, Waist Patterns, new designs Esqobso; hendvembroidery 1259, 15%, 1759, 180 Shantung Pongee & Chinese Silk Robes All-over hand-embroidered Patterns, unmade 45.00, 55.00, 65.00, 75.00, 100.00 Second Floor A. A. Vantine & Co. Broadway, between 18th and 19th Sts. zi THE PINK EDITION OF THE EVENING WORLD CONTAINS ALL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY SIXTH AVE. ~ NO THE BIG STORE IEGEL ha-Winter Furni uredale Our Semi-Annual Triumph The consensus of opinion here to-day 1s that we have fairly outdone ourselyes tn the magnificent display of Substantial Furniture of Every Kind The are two things—strength and comfort—which are everywhere in evidence, \ Then when you consider the finish, the upholstering, the exquisite designs, and tho general style and tone—the wonder grows how we ever manage to sell such rare pieces at a lower instead of a higher piice. There will be an advance—we cannot buy similar goods within twenty per cent. of what ‘we paid for these. In the spring the price will be nearly a third more. Every piece of this great stock has been radically reduced for this sale, ALL FURNITURE PURCHASED NOW WILL BE HELD FOR FUTURE DELIVERY UPON REQUEST. A CITY (|\0 OPERC IN ITSELF 18” & I9* STS. which are just about half the exclusive dealers’ charges for the identical goods. It will pay you well to inspect our stocks. attendance, Transler to THE PINK EDITION OF THE EVENING WORLD bi Leiner [0 Made to Order. $30.00—Our price for 5 days more, n—Fine 100-piece Dinner Sets, with your by the fact that other stores have copied the idea, but Dinner Sets of 100 pieces, with at the above remarkably low price. The pleces assembled in these sets were he dishes will retain their color and will not craze from any cause, gold medallion in the centre adds to the beauty of the dishes. The old Eng- Similar Sets,Comprised of 115 Pieces, May Be Had for $10.95 Alt CARS TRANSFER To SAVE F 59° 1060°S, Initialled Dinner Sets 100 pieces and exch with your inilial in gold, worth in the regular way e f “Imitation Is the Sincerest Flattery’’ LOOMINGDALE BROTHERS were the first to make this al in gold, for $9.68—to the public, and that it is considered an exceedingly good one is evidences not the very low price. We feel highly complimented. For the next five days we will take orders for these) Your Initial in Old English Type in Gold On Each Ptece made by two of the best Ue porcelain potters in the United States—their patp will be found on the back of each piece, Each set comprises a regular shape soup tureen and rim soup plates. Each is neatly decorated with a gold edge and extra gold hairline. A fancy lish initial on every piece will be Just as finely executed as any you would find on the finest china sets, None C. 0. D, No mail or Bugneior der siti] eos qeppsit require oe Our $50,000 Stationery Sale. The most important event of the kind in Greater New York. Thousands wait for it, because they know that only first-class high grades are permitted to enter it at any time. 4 Few of the Great Specials: At 9c, A,20UND=tmite Vel | Has smooth fabric finish, in two t 9c. iim Paper, Almost | sizes, note and letter, in pure white, everybody knows , this pale blue and palest gray. En- popular brand. In pure white | velopes to match, per pkg. of 25, and azure; sizes octavo and Ox- 8e., 28c. per 100, ford; 102 sheets to the pound; | Card Engraving aud Monogram Dies at Reduced Prices During This Saic, We will engraye plate, and print 50. of tin ity Bristol cards, name Gladstone size contains 84 sheets. Envelopes to match, any size, 1c, per 100. Al 12¢ A POUND—French Cambric, cloth finish, Square sheet; pure white only; worth double, —En- velopes to match, with fancy flap, a package of 25 for 6c., or 4 pack- ages for 20c, At 15 A POUND—One pound Cc. package of French Dimity, a correspond- ence paper, with that pleasing fab- ric finish in three tints—white, azure and gray; two sizes, Lorne and Lakewood. Envelopes to match either size, per 100, 27c, of We will print 50 be: cards from your own plate FOF siccccecesveoreserers 50 Business Cards printed from) your own plate...... 35¢c Monogram Dic and Box of Paper, Stamped, 8c. We will engrave a Monogram Die, a chotce selection of artistic designs to select from, and stamp quires fine «correspondence paper, either cream or tinted, in any of the plain colors, with the _en- en,” a high-grade cor- velopes to match, com- 85c respondence paper at a low pri plete for Blooming Main Floor, Lexington Av Women’s Long Kimonos. Iwo New Specials Attractively Priced. Women’s Long Kimonos, made of fincy dotted crepe with shirred yoke and wid: sleeves trimmed with satin or $1 59 wash ribbon, all colors, at.... Women’s Long Kimonos, in pretty Jap: designs with shirred yoke, wide sle and border of satin ribbon; all $1 59 colors, at... « Bioominedale: Special in Valenciennes Laces. An opportunity to get the very thing you want for tine waists, underwear, or for spring and summer gowns, At About Half Regular Price. .— for French an 39c a Doz. Yards— for French and clennes Edgings and Insertings, the most desired sorts; regularly 75c. Se a Yard—New Wash Laces in Point de Paris and Platt Valenciennes; regularly 10c, and 15¢. a yard. Bloomingdales’, Main Floor, 59th St. Section. Women’s Pelticoats-- Specials, Women’s Petticoats, in b'ack and white, large and sma)l checks, mad: with bias flounce, trimmed with narrow bias rutile; Brilliantine Petticoats, made with pleating finished with rustle or s-c:ional tlare flounce trimmed ‘vith tucks; colors black, brown, navy bus at $1.49 =) $198 Bloomingdales’, 24 Floor, 59th St. Section, Special News of Importance From Oar Surgical Instrument Department. Abdominal Supporters, Etc., At a Big Discount. — 2 sh1cmindes of this month, goods, we will offer our Linen, Silk and Elastic Abdominal Supporters, Trusses, leather covered, hard rubber and elastic, in single or double, and Umbilical, At a Discount of Twenty-five Per Cent. From: Regular Marked Prices, Private fitting room, Woman in Surgical Instrument Department, Mezzanine Floor, Sth Street Side. Alcars Dloomingdales’ £s% (0 34 Av. CONTAINS ALL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY.