The evening world. Newspaper, March 2, 1906, Page 4

Or THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1906 way Palace. ‘OPTION oA os ene BE q May Take Lease. PROFIT S i IN EP RE fo Build. That great, 0000S BD FOR HOWE OF EQUITABLE Syndicate Is Anxious to _ Purchase Big Broad- IS SOUGHT. ‘Wall Street Men After Build- ing of Insurance Company THE SALE. Structure a Show Place ta tie City Said to Have Cost $14,000,000 ‘ay stone pile, the one time are tural monument of the ekty and landmark of lower Broadway. * the Equitatie Building. containing the Avkuriously appointed home olfices of the Havltadle Life Assurance Sociay anda multitude of tenants, fs to puss into the hands of @ Wall street syndicate. The Wargain attending the ¢ransfer ts now being made and will shortly be @ettled +) by the affixing of signatures, when the thomal ar otherwise. Ninety-Day Option. Occupying the Broadway ed ty Cedar, struction and att with the towering reunding it Fiyments of so-ca’ 5 the Equitable “sjprominence a > lower city's early development, The offer of $20,000,000, and the under considera its purchase now ofect 19 being held y President Paul great structure, a veritable roofed vil- lage in itself, will pass from the owner- ship of the society into the hands of the men comprising the syndicate. A lease for a long term of years— metre than a lifetime—may be the result of the present negotiations if an out- ut safe Js not decided upon, but, Withal, the great structure 1s doomed toa change of proprietorship, condi- lock bound- Pine and Nassau streets, the Equttable Building for years held its own by sheer magniticence of con- raailveness of location skyscrapers sur- rith all the encroach- modern architecture. ling has retained its to be polmied out Wal'to sightseers as the landmark of the ‘a Morton and the other officers of the Bl svelety. This offer an increase of Abul $8,000,000 above the yaluation placed upon the building by the new management, in its, 5 eources. t dime ft !s not ready witn $3 k miM forfeit a large sum’ of of good faith, * ‘whether he the i ome “the the offer eidered. soc! mot think that Mr. Gisposing of all righ! -STAUCK DEAD I with Two Strangers. Wiliam W! dress unknown, to-day at th for was 8 He was Wilson had auairetle | “Nightstick and Nozzle romance of New York ¢ W. Hopkins, will begin day's Evening World, action, Read it prosperity? Then farm itt 7 The World prints more “other New York newspaper, ‘nea MIGHTSTICK AND NOZZLE. a stirring | by Seward The Sunny Side of Lifel Would you like to bask in the sun- Tight of happiness, healthfulness and tement of re- The syndicate asks for an option for pinety days, and if at the end of that 100,000 cash, | money ‘which it offers to deposit gs evidence) President Paul Morton belug out of | the city, it could not be learned to-day | would favor disposing of building, and no other officer of | y could be induced to discuss | although It fs known that | to purchase is being con- Close frienda of the management do Morton will favor in the building, but it is well known that ne ts puliing FIGHT OH STREET - William Wilson Found with! Fractured Skull After Row ears old, ad- | is dead early ner of Houston and staggering intox. two men a to strike one of iis head striking wo men then hur- | next Mon- | dt is redolent of New York atmosphere and alive with “Farms, | was in communication by wireless tele- Pause” cane eras va aia ‘Es aaa ey" all’ trv Eee Pasumonia, 2S ee as Boke | Ranches, Acreage, &c.,” Ads, than any | ¢7*%" with the pana! Boaden every possivle wire to increase the so- clety’s income, and $20,000,000 1s a lot of money. Prefers a Lease It 1s probable that while refusing actually to sell the property, he may favor granting a lease for ninety-nine | years on @ progressive rental schedule on terms which would at once enable the management to add largely to the soclety's fixed resources, present and | future. This plan was followed by the new management with regard to the St Louls bullding of the soclety, the valua- tion of which was reduced, as was most of the society's real estate, but in this particular bullding a lease was | made for ninety-nine years to parties | ‘who pay rental on a 4 per cent. basis, which at once increased the property from an estimated value of about $1,250,- 000 to $1,500,000. Show Place of City. ‘The Equitable Building is one of the business shox places New and is the ploncer of the majestic structures of the city. Its interior is eet aglow with tinted marbles, stained glass and gildings. It is said to have cost $14,000,000. Besides being a finan- cial fortress, housing banks and trust companies, a thousand lawyers’ offices, library, @ great club, sev . ial business etterprises ren! sting an esth tod investment | of $2.06 000.00 are sheltered within tt Since the construction of the buliding 4n 1870 {ts site, which covers an area of 60,00 square ' feet, has increased in valine ten-fold. until to-day tt is one of the most valuable sites In the lower section of the city, and that means probably the most valuable in the works. The main entrance on Broadway is a great arched portal set with an orna- | mental grill of solid bronze, and imme- diately ‘Within 1s a main ‘corridor of surpassing magnificence .with colored | marbles massed in columns and arches elvinc an impression of juxury and rich GIRL WHO SLEW MAN IS FREED IN COURT Grand Jury Refused to Indict | Lena Cappona~“‘That’s | Right,” Said Court. ‘The law did not demand a ilfe for a fe in the case of Lena Cappona, & pretty young woman, who stabbed to death Vito Ippillett when he endeav-/ ored to force his attentions upon her in| her home at No. 11 Ash street, Green- point, A Kings County Grand Jury refused to indict the girl and to-day she Was discharged by Judze Crane in the | aunty Court | The ldilling occurred three weeks ago. Ipplietto would not be rebuffed by the young woman whom he pursued with dogged =p wtency and vehement | ardor. was alone in her room when he burst in upon her and acted tn such a frenzied manner that she drew a jstiletto from ther bosom and stabbed | him, Maddene ty the wound. he turned a revolver on the girl amd shot her twice tfileting patoful nvounds. He was dying |of Lia onvm hurts when he shot her. and expired on tho way to the hosoital, The | girl was also taken to the hospital, and | woon recovering waz loaled in ‘Thuy- jmend Street Aasisstant al District-Attorney Eld ase before the Brook ry this week and asked t 1" found. ‘The ¢ girl's etde of the cas the bill that the prose- A cy feported udge Crane to-day and brought be- A witheut tthe snotion as Judge lelightest exp: € rae, gald: “Evidently in the minds of the G: Jurors the man you killed got hie dust deserts. I alee you ma) , 8, home.” : he gir! wed her thanks, and walked with her bro tH the Delray ie a thers from the am of the same opi ————__. CARMANIA SPOKEN. SABLE ISLAND, N. 8, March 2.— ‘The Cunard liner Carmanta, from Liver- pool and Queenstown for New York, |stupetving total. |SPECIAL POLICEMEN ADVANCE AND GIVE THE, COUNTERSIGN i}, THE SECRET TUNNELS FROM STANDARD OIL. TO THE THREE BiG, INSURANCE CO's Mr. Hadley'’s subpoena-servers have found they have been unable to catch John D. Rockefeller because he has escaped them by means of a secret tunnel or passageway between his house and that of his son-in-law—News Item. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND SURRENDER POLICIES Exposure Results in the Loss of Insurance to Amount of $250,000,000 by Four Big Companies, Fully one hundred thousand holders) the average number of policies so sur- of polictes in the four olg insurance rendered or dropped. companies bave surrendered them @s & The Equitable alone in 196 paid $7,700,- Girect result recent exposures of | 000 on cash-surrender policies over and crooked management, (above what they paid in 1904, which AN of these had paid premtums for means that they have lost no less than not less than three years, 38,500 policy-holders, above thelr annual On an average they had paid pre- average, and are carrying between $00,- ilums for between four and five years, 000,000 and $65,000,000 leas than normal In- The average face value of these poll- surance, cles was £2,500, | The New York, Mutual and Metro- Yet the average amount refunded by’ politan companies d!d not come into the ice eae ansae $200 for each iimelight of publicity until months after e 5 The seduction im tite insurance ear- | {22 Alexander-Hyde quarrel exposed the ried by the four companies is known | of policy-holders did not begin be at least $250,000,000 from this claps | Indeed, they are believed to have bene- Pelee one: | fitted for a short time, but it is admitted The reduction from the surrender of | that between them they lave lost about policies which had been carried for less | 61,000 polfcv-holders, the face yalue of than threo years doubtless reaches a | Wiose insurance brings the toll close as soon. Equitable, so that their abnormal losses | EVERYBODY HAS HIS OWN TUNNEL THESE DAYS. . By Maurice Ketten. ct FONNEL BIGELOW QUITS WEBER QUICKLY “You Want Me Out,” Says) Comedian, and He Goes | Without Notice. Charles A. Bigelow's relations with the Joe Weber stock company were ter- minated abruptly at the Weber Music Hall yesterday, and the comedian did not appear a: the performance last night, Mr, Weber called a rehearsal yester- day afternoon, and a heated argument between ‘him and Mr. Bigelow arose concerning the latter's lines. “I gee the drift of things," Mr. Bige- low 13 quotel as saying, “and you want me to get out, so I'll give my two weeks’ notice if you want It.’’ “You can quit right now," sald Mr. Weber. ‘he ‘sesult was that Mr. Bigelow immediately left the theatre. Last night his role was played by “Al” Hol- brook, the stage manager. Mr. Bige- low’s songs were sung by Bonnie Ma- gin, Mr, Weber has not declded-upon fA successor to the comedian, |FOUND WIFE DYING IN HOME FROM GAS. Husband Too Late to Save Her Life, as Physician Says She Can Not Recover. W one-quarter of a billicn dollars. The exact number} “A phase ol this condition of protably may never be made public,|{s that in the end the companies will because after making the first one or | probaly Be: enon ay toll Haves Denen ied, * i while the polley helders have ) two payments the hotiers dropped them | these surrenders, since the companie: without receiving cne cent in return, |fave to thelr credit all of the money Of course, every year many politics peld on policies on which premiums 6 ad been paid for less ree are surrendered for thelr cash value or | foars, and © geod profit on all of the dropped without money consideration, but the figures givem are in excess of all | policies @urrendered for thelr “cash ; value.” 5 affairs | Despendent over some fancied domes- | tle grievance, Mrs. Minnle Abel sougit to KIM herself to-tlay by tmhaling gas in her home at No, 564 West Forty- second street Her husband Paul, re- turning liome at the noon hour, found her uncenecious with a gas tube In her meuth, She was taken to Roosevelt | Hospital and will dle, (he surgeons say TO GUARD HOSPITALS Board of Estimate Provides for Re- placing Regular Cops Sent Out on Post. Spectal policemen wili hereafter take the place of members of tie regular force who have ben transferred from hospitals wnd charitable institutions by Commissioner Bingham, ‘This was au- thorized by the Board of Estimate and HAT INFANTS are peculiarly Nervous their infancy, The rule among pl receive opiates in the smallest d only then if unavoidable, The administration of Anodynes, loses to the various charitable Institutions 4a the budget of 1906, Tire Commissioner O'Brien, who had asked for $1,682,500 to build new fire houses was only given $800,000. The ex- Hanation offered was that the condition signature of Chas, H, Fletcher, Castoria contains no arootics if {tb bears the Genuine Castoria alwa; 8 bears the signature of The Effects of Opiates, susceptible to opium and its various preparations, all of which are narcotio, is well known, Even in the smallest doses, if continued, these opiates cause changes in the func- tions and growth of the ceils which are likely to become permanent, causing imbecility, mental perversion, a craving for alcohol or narcotics in later life. ir , such as intractable nervous dyspepsia and lack of stayin; povers are ® result of dosing with opiates or narcotics to keep children Me in hysicians is that children should never for more than a day at a time, and Drops, Cordials, Soothing Syrups and Children who are i less than a crime to tia Apportionment. ‘The men will be pad! other narcotics to children by any but a physician cannot be too strong! us afollows, ater ome gworn in 4S! decried, and the druggist should not be a party to it, it the fire year $900; eecond year, need the attention of a physician, and it is nothing will be taken hou the ap} ration ands dose them willfully with narcotics, Be the city's treasury will not stand the | strain upon it. It fs conceded that more | engine houses are necessa COLDS CURED IN ONE DAY. A DELICHTFUL Refreshing 68 Turkish, Bath. iplendid Hi ing pacer " SORUBL & 00. LTD. 465 rere fsa eas en tiles voutlwast. he ‘styaemer_ Will reash ‘hag: @ook hows 10, Af. " - TRY IT IN YOUR BATH SCRUBB’S Mollient Ammonia. So Vi ‘after Motoring aud tard rts. useb BY ALE THE ROYALTIES OF EUROPE, ser CRS WIOW THE.PINK EDITION OF THE EVENING WORLD CONTAINS ALL SPORTING.NEWS/OF-THE DAY, PREPARATION. Invaluable for Toilet Purposes, Cesapes Habeas sel for the Hair. Remo’ s and Greasé Spots (rdm Clothing. Allays the Irritation caused by Mosquito Bites, or to Ca ‘Water GSREET. KEW XORK. SWEET ALICE PUNCH Society Said to Have Taken to Decoction Labelled for White House Bride. Boclety has brewed @ mew drink, the “Gweet Alice Lime Punch,” named in honor of Mra. Longworth, the White House bride. It is said to be as near transcendental {chor es mundane booze can approach. All the swagger folk are rinking it fram Palm Beach to Aiken, S. C. Of course none of the real people are in town now. And this is how it is made: A spoonful of sugar, the juice of two Mmes, @ dash of orange jutce, just enough to color it; two-thirds of a small glass of whiskey. Decarate the whole with le, a slice of orange, a Slice of lemon, cherries and half a lime on top of Ice. [NAME A NEW BOOZE {CASTRO MUST FIGHT ARMY OF REBELS Revolutionisis Wait at Trin- idad for Arms to Attack Venezuelans. PARIS, March 2—Accoriing to infor mation which hae reached official quar ters here a revolutionary movement against Venesuela is on foot. ‘The revolutionists are concentrating on the Island of Trinidad, where they are awaiting arms and supplies, pre- vious to landing on the Venezuelan coast, ces, inther H. Young Dead. AMSTERDAM, N. ¥., March 2.— other H. Young, for more than thirty yeara a leading dry goods merchant ‘n this city, died su@denly yesterday at Ballston Lake, aged sixty years. -.AT SPEAR’S SEMI-AN Gelivered to the home furniture & Enabling the perohaser to take 3. Giving ry of makes for @ combination of Isheral furniture trade, ‘benef d This Dollar Sale gives the buyer many to buy such @ magnificent ner must be appreciated by every one. is mahogany finish of a hth 9 two-tone velour which makes from. A &39.00 Parlor Sult 4 Bedroom Set, Complete, Exclusive patterns trom America’s and | BRUSSELS CARPETS, deautitu! | I n Bie. im ews octal P +, O6C T CARPETS, very rich on of lal Price i Fs ORUSSlemn: very service able, Special Pr New York, Hitesburs and ONE DOLLAR Is All You Pay and You Get the Article Right Away ‘This great eale afforie every one the triple advantage of: ts DIGNIFIED CREDIT of One Dollar Brings This Parlor Suit to Your Home home without the outlay of much money. but the opportunity of being abi piece of furniture as this in suc! ‘The framework of HANDSOGNS =BRASS OAn artes alee in large, ay 0 wera. 80) $29.50 fatnnstie $17.60 [erm £9 $14.50 SPEAR’S Dollar Sale means that any plege of this Suit will be delivered to your home fOr......ssseeseeesses sees SHARP CARPET AND RUG SACRIFICES. at prices so low as to be positively irresistible. Laid on your NUAL DOLLAR SALE 1. Buying and having nm payment of only One Dollar, of cur Dignified Credit System. te mn" prices. This thus unheard of in the histo the local MEANS DIGNIFIED DEALINGS. f excoliemt chances to fit up the ‘The covering is in that rr. several colors ty 8 On Payment of. Europe’s most famous looms floor fi RP AXMINSTER C Price. eek WILTON RUGS, artistic patterns, 9x12, BE, Open Saturdays Unit 10P.M Our We lost the lease of our Nassau Street Store, corner of Maiden Lane—right down in the Wall Street District, where we had made new fame for Gumpel Clothes, We were “turned out” abruptly. The lease on the building slipped away from us; but that’s “spilt milk.” The stock that was to bring dollars wilt suffer the humiliation of bring- ing half. We have cleared a good size floor space up at the 6th Avenue and 16th St. Store, practically a store within a store, and the “downtown” stock will have to vacate swiftly. 504 where dollars should be having the say. It’s the cream of the sea- son’s clothing. Suits and Overeoats made by “the House of Kuppenheimer,” the best that W. S. Peck & Co. produce and equally famous makers whose reputations are irrefutable evidence of the su- perior character of clothing in ale. $10 Suits, REAT medicine,—the Saw- buck. Two hours a day sawing wood will Bowels regular. No need of pills, Cathartics, Castor Oll nor ‘*Physic,'"' If you'll only work the Sawbuck regularly. Exercise is Nature's Cure for Constl- pation and,—Ten-Mile walk will do, if you haven't got a wocd pile. * But, ff you will take your Exercise in an Easy Chair, there's only ono way to do that, and make @ Success of It, Because,—there’s only one kind of Artificial Exercise for the Bowels and its name is “CASCARETS,” Cascarets are the only means to exer~ cise the Bowel Muscles, without work. They don't Purge, Gripe, nor ‘‘upset your Stomach," because they don’ Uke Cathartica, They det fh at your Powe keep anyone’s ~ Grandfather’s Cure for Constipation Intestines with a costly waste of Digestive Juice, as Salts, Castor O!l, Calomel, Jalap, or Aperient Waters, always do, No,—Cascarets strengthen and stimu- late the Bowel Muscles instead. These are the Muscles that line the Food passages and that tighten up when Food touches them, thus driving that Food on to its finish. They are the Muscles that turn Food into Strength through Nutrition. * * * Well,—a Cascaret acts on your Bowel Muscles as if you had just Sawed a cord of wood, or walked ten miles, That's why Cascarets are safe to take continuously in health; and out of health. Because they move the Food N: ally, digesting It without waste of to- morrow's Gastric Juice, They thus work all the Nutrition out of it before it decays. ‘The thin, flat, Ten Cent box fs mado to fit your Vest Pocket, or ‘‘My Lady's” Purse. Carry it constantly with you and take a Cascaret whenever you suspect you need one, ‘Thus you will ward off Appendicitis Constipation, Indigestion, — and other things besides, ae Druggists—10 Cents a Box, Be very careful to get the genuino, made only by the Sterling Remedy Com- pany and never soldin bulk, Evory tab- Jot stamped ‘‘CCC."" * 9 @ t# FREE TO EVERY READER. sifu Mitue Preuphdesiqned GOLD-PLATED tHinket ‘box, bandwonam in pretty cola a, Zengagmie ornaments mast ip over le, very h £5.00 The cleverest styles, the finest fit and the dressiest fabrics, $15 Suits, $7.30 ... The best that $15 ever bought n good cloth, fit, tailoring and stvle. The same prices hold and the values are just as big in Topcoats and Over- coats as in Suits. 518 creas, 9-00 $26 trinats, 12-50 |Pants! Half! $4.00 Trousers, 2,00 $6.00 Trousers, 3,08 1 $7.50 Trousers, 3.75 Nothing reserved — extra sales force to help out—great big floor space and held only B at the big store of ¢ J. Gunpel8 Son Sixth Avenue Cor. 16th St. The Downtown West Corner there