The evening world. Newspaper, May 23, 1906, Page 3

THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 295, 1906. BROOKLYN GAS COMPANY SURRENDERS IN FIRST SKIRMISH OF THE PEOPLE'S FIGHT Won't Try to Collect at $1 Rate Pend. GET TOGETHER! KNICK NEEDS HELP! —|HIPHEC IRIS [tu Gas coNSUMERS LEAGUE. sale Goiissia One Nase MESO | RIGHT OF TRUST [aussie ton tasnut an er” Same j THE GAS CONSUMERS’ LEAGUE, Room 201, Pulitzer Building, New York. fi | gens Respond to Evening World’s Call: to Organize. 1 desire to enroll myself as a member of the Gas Con- sumers’ League for the purpose of fighting the attempt of Investigator Defines the the Gas Trust to force me to pay $1 per thousand feet when, Prope ty Rig chts Bacon the law makes the price 80 cents. solidated Gas Co. Name. . IF YOUR METER IS CUT OFF NOTIFY EVENING WORLD. If a collector for the gas company refuses to accept your legal tender of the amount due for gas consumed for any portion of the month of May at the rate of So cents a thou- VS TO HAVE YOUR METER “4eand feet and THREAT b LOOKED communicate at once with The Evening World. i PAY NO ATTENTION to copies of injunctions, court Name of company furnishing gas. . orders, restraining orders or other alleged legal documents carried by gas company employees. The injunction issued by /| Judge Lacombe in the United States Court DOES NOT APPLY fi TO CONSUMERS. “S|SAYS SNAKE CHARMER | CHINAMAN’S HORSE vw» FASCINATED HUSBAND. RUNS AWAY ON BRIDGE. The first victory of the Gas Consumers’ League has been scored. ‘The Brooklyn Union Gas Company has decided that it will not seek to ‘collect for gas consumed at the dollar rate, but will abide by the law epassed by the Legislature fixing the price of gas at 80 cents per thousand fect. The Brooklyn Union G: maintenance of the dollar ra river, but the management has evi upheld. - Gas bills in Brooklyn—except in the sections of that borough exempted by the elghty-cent gas bill—will be collected for the month of May at the rate of $0 cents per thousand feet. On the back of each bill will appear a stipulation that in case the United States Supreme Court holds the 80-cent mers will be expected to pay the additional 20 meters—the qnarter-in-the kind—havye been or | Wi ife of Capt. O. K. White, Famous] Causes a Collision in Which Thre _| Circus Man, Doesn't Know Her Men Were Injured and Scat- ot Name, but Wants 2 Divorce, ters Pigs’ Feet. nquering poisonous reptiles) An uncontrotiable horse, driven by = ¢ the jungle with her fascinating Chinaman, was this afternoon the cause elle Whito eays a snako-|of a collision and runaway on the Brook- »1 her husvand, Capt. |lyn Bridge between his vehicle and an 1 of the Ringling express wagon tn chai of F. Vaughn ¥, now In the West,/4nd Patrick Britt, of No. 27 East Sev- applied to Justice enty-sixth street. All three men re an absolute d+|Ctlved Injuries, the Chinaman being . White. jtaken to a Brooklyn hospital. 16 has been known! Policeman Raymond, of the Washingy ton street station, saw the Chinaman's horse coming and stopped the runaway by closing the gate. ‘The celeatial's vehicle was filled with Company is as vitally interested in the Consolidated on this side of the y decided that the law will be pubtful whether the Con- |, solidated oGan Comp: has any Ive rights tn the city of New York, 1 appears thac no fran- to the ye und tC Ww 1 of the grants to the ce have expire Dill unconstitutional co: per cent. Automatic &: ‘ bu mas at the eighty-cent rate, but the company will attach ee regulated te burn & pany ttach Moy pias ftnné the name he although they e Ghat the ch: fe has been made under protest and be expected to pay the exoess if the dollar rate is learned enough to kr O- his v wagon. 1s horse threw cle in the way of the express to each meter a notic that the consumer wil yi aa mpheld. eh : sl ne = ingling pi Deaf Mute Killa a Physiol: nable to find May 23.—Dr. ¢ s tow Hazethurst, was shot and ed in front of the Union lon Carraway, a deaf mute nee. Carraway ta in fal defense. Brooklyn L name, but wife, Mrs GAS CONSUMERS, YOUR RIGHTS ARE HERE DEFINED BY JUDGE. “» GREAT RUSH TO JOIN ~ GAS CONSUMERS’ LEAGUE Swarm of Applications from Citizens Hager to : i ere | Be Enrolled in Organization to Repel 2 OF ITS PROP AS BOTH TO IT AND Trust’s Attack on Law. PUBLIC, THE RI ARE NOT TO 5 n an opinion ; Imported Flowers and Feathers PUL NNOT PROPERLY SCTED TO UN BLE RAT IN ORDER SIME HAT STOCKHOLDERS MAY EARN DIVIDENDS IF A CORPORATION CANNOT A DIVIDENDS FOR !T. ‘OCKHOLDE IT IS AM {f AND THEM WHICH THE CONSTI TION D NOT REQUIRE fO BE REMEDIED BY IMPOSIN BURDENS UPON THE PL ts A Choice and Varied Selection Suitable for Summer Hats, In many letters Exceptional Values, To-morrow RICH PLt S ches long, RTED SNOW BALLS AND HYDRANGEAS, AU 69c Value 85c to $1.25 , black and colors, a $1.95 will be sought by the Gas |) | to what! Union Gas! It was to keep the peo! the United States cou! knew full well sumer would | Vengeance of look for a com! that a big one “light every phase of the gas q 1 landed in the gas headquarters like @| p, bolt out of a clear sky. Senator , who has been at front of all t of the people of ROSES WITH FOLIAGE, Bunch of 3, Value 50c, 38 746 Tenth aver Special Sale of Cotton and Linen Sheets and Pillow Cases ichael G., No, aes te Senator Nat : berg, who belleves in c eltth street, worked and voted for the 80- cent who is a St erdam avenue No, 821 Hust Sale of st One Hundred | Cotton Sheets, s law, street went to the State Senate, was , No, 136 Edges aber of the Gas Cons FY a the first to indorse tie Gas Consum beep eat Bi i ena Sweep j DS ans Bes /s Single Bed Size, 47¢ and S5c Each - William, No. 8 , AVASOLS. Thre Quarter Bed Size, 62c « FOc « League movement. Recalled Work for People. He recalled the services The World has already people in the direction them from oppression by and gave as his opinion tha! paper is the best medium through wa) @n organization of consumers can be “The agitation in T! World having as its « issertion and protection of the * rights in the pro- now pending in th {s worthy of the highest nendation, This move what might be exr Double Bed Size, 78c « 85c « : t { i ' ' i t i ! i | : ! H H i H i Cotton Pillow Cases, 2214x36 ins, 14c 25x36, 15c 27x36, 16c | t ! i H | i ! ! i Philip, No. 1189 Jefferson | nue, Brooklyn, B J 304 Sixth street all the des of Tafieta, 2M Rent avenue. O A COMPLETE LINE OF HEMSTITCHED. AND PILLOW C. DUCED PRICES, 0, 121 Leroy street. No, 161 Fulton 4) th £23 East ‘SAT East Elghty-1 serene he injunction issued by vor that is a v Se ere yea eOn | Linen Sh A gucge Lacombe yawns the peaiats otection of the p ; 1 white; | L en eets, 2 ‘Trust ha sc \ 0 ndles o | ing ed Siz i thorltien, the Gas Trust has arranged _that did 99 m uel, t idles of | Single Bed Size, $3.45 and 4.50 Pair h help the enactment of the 80-cent Rereybayee and enamel, Double Bed Size, 4.25 “5.50 « copy of the restraining onder when it/Danienil. Gree BtArIR One Co ae ect che alle Or ea] DoranueAc iter) NO. 18 Bast Forty-tolrd ponsum May. Tho object of this to try and bluff consumers into the be- airSt understand the purpose of the Gas Consumers’ 1 fe, It Linen Pillow Cases, 2214x36 inches, No, 2% Reid avenue, Brook- Jef that the injun oni pplies to the [cial te a chara h, C 8, No. 639 East Eighty- {is to unite the consumers s0 that m’t blame the < lector for trying to sventh street. Ne |] they will be represented when the ; fiaee Jo" eens earning tis salary une ae Noher, jr., George, No. 88 West Thirty-/f cas companies bring the matter | value $3.co & ¢ is earning his sala - 5 7 t 8 p ‘ t alu $ rr - corse B., No. &% West Tenth] fourth street. up for final adjudication. Th for orders from his superiors. othy Parsons, No, 216 West|Obers, Olof, No, 17% Fulton avenue, J should certainly bs approved b 4 every one, as {t should surely re OMERFELT JURY Se pane FL Eppler, Solomon, No, #7 Columbus| so csmuel, Xo. 20 East ‘Tenth |f sult In ‘placing before the courts avenue all the facts of the and the Men’s Summer Neckwear FAILS TO AGREE. Epstein, Samuel, Ni . 137 Monroe street, Pattie Beniam 1 Perry gtreet. || situation which caused the enuct- sprit i" Much Below Regular Prices : 0 penteel Dr Ma ee : yadway ect; Y s ig Nor 900) dat [Baventy. | Portman. De Mex, Mxih street, |f ment of the law. Newest Modes in Skirts, Fifth Aver Steet. ins R-IN-HAND SCARFS, of Silk Grenadines, Silk and c Linen Mixtures, in Light, Dark and Medium Etfects, 50 Value $1.00 gratulate The FE L,, No, 24 Grand streot,|{ upon what It 1s doing Made to Your Order. —————— ee Now ts the t NT Second av: ug. SOMERVILLE, N, J., May 23.—After| ye onnnte being out twenty-four hours, the jury glia which had been trying Jacob Flomertelt 163 West Sixty- bi 8 Rendall, Mra, Mauc for the murder of his brother-tn-law,! porman, Mo . 2H West Fifteenth avenue frank Grummer, returned to ‘court to- street. os Rosen Be fay and announced that they had been fnable to agree on a ve ‘ n asked it there was ¢ to know from min reaching a NEARLY ALL LEADERS | satan teecees dite outs AT MURPHY FUNERAL. | °: Bre than half No, 7129 Hughes 289 ReM avenue, Silk Crepe Cravats—Our Exclusive Importation Plain and Ombre Effects, an unusually large variety of colorings, 3M Grand atreet No. 12T Reade | 7 r at retall this price Wyetndie atl Four-in-Hands, $1.00 Folded Squares, $1.45 Assembly Thomas M a of the dis No. 478 Decatur] Clore ot the City of died last Sunday. M na M., No. 4 East d 620 West For 3% Cook street, ved that no i and Deputy w York, who than one hun yed the friends and Tustice Gurretson Alscharged An Extraordinary Offering of om. ‘AL the former trial of Flomerfelt the 3 Borten avenue, 40 Butler atrest, ‘ou bite through a crust Boys’ & Young Men’s Suits lury also dikigreed, At that tt was said si “ hey stood ten to two for conviction, No. 49 Leroy street Vy Cred parria gos CORY. ' nth tert Bun rianen ot eee yee i of chocolate into a crum- 3 Allen street. | GOERS, NO : $67 ‘Third avenue, | to St. Step bling morsel of golden mo- Alterations Made Free. MM Roeld avenue, | street and Third a ) ; 1 tl | » 3M West Nine- | ei", Teaultem mas was hel asses. CAnGY, ANC the two and Double Breasted Suits, of Serges, Worsteds and $9 ! | Many people leave things Hig avenue. | the mass, assisted by ¥ combine to make a del > 38 chest measure, 15 to 22 yrs., 50 undone that ought to be jf iff 8 Connon) Rey, Thomas A. ‘Thorn Ray hful t Value $14.75 and 16.45 | done, and the consequenc JJohn J, Chudwicis, former char cious mouthful of mein ou fe ah sera fe the, battleship Maine, ot Fi cially high grade [ee is that they go on liv ne pallbearers wore sweetness uamatehed by SER Peds, vetne's17.50 & 22.50, $10.50, 13.90 $ the same old rut of remorse J “/ . eat and longing for relief that = any other form of confec- Norfolk, Sailor a€@ Russian Suits, $3.50, 5.00, 7.45 , a 7 - orfolk, 3.50, 5.00, 7.4 j Jp posites wit nt come of wy tion, It must be “Green- Were $5.00 to 14.75 j sey f Thompson. William, No, 188 Weat One Nearly every Tammany dis! * tte Your too-small house will Yiundred and Second street. TNO Ie MUBHORIORC Ra Ore) field's,” though—the name Ww iJor and Russian Suits, of Gatateas not grow larger; the athe following associations, the me rays; tn/eifines and plain colore) $1.95, 2.25 ill not be decreased; the orhurcetey Y. mast One run-| Which marchod y 1s On every piece. ‘ ys, Rie p will not be: decreas: . Vorhurceten. J. No. 74 Toast One Hun-| cession: ‘Tummany TERS Wy ye at Usually $2.50 to 4.50 dred and Fiftteth street Winkler, C.. No, 123 West One Hundred sun will not make it any brighter than in the past, and the air about you will bout 700 strong: y General C uncil, Knights of Colun For Sale Everywhere. ci ‘i ¢ \; € of the 1. Ty Ky Aswoot a 5 Lies :j ay , become no purer. Wena, Abratany "No, 10 Lewis Hanvesbore ot Gt ioserhials of E. GREENFIELD’S SON & CO H ‘ rre atreet, Die GAUNG. Sr non Mi ae pny ee 44 Barclay St, New York, West Twenty-third Street in and Dian World x ine ‘of the benefactors. | SaGrey Cay It required three coaches to carry thi No Extra Charge for tt, Ho'sirit Yangnsky, Morris, No, 20 Fulton street, | handsome floral tributes. ‘The GAY AES Begs Scites | was in Calvary. 5 ety uotll © 7 f