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GudvTreasury Wers of $173.200, The money was stolen probably 7 ‘The toms was disco’ ‘in large eae FEKORASS Hi oe aa, BW] Tatts. i ptlie 5 mote first it was helleyed some error tn ‘poakkeeping Would ‘accoynt for the loss, ’ pur investigation showed there was. no | cletical, mistake. Robbery was the only + explanation, aid it was the: dediction| “that the thieves qwere employees of the! Gubrtreastirs. | initp Treasurer Héldenwech's office and put through an) exhaustive! examination by, Capt. Porter, of the Searét Service. “they -atg08 the ordeal}, and) all denied “‘qnv knowledge of the theft. Day by * @ay wince’ the ‘:'sweating” has been _Miuuntay tame» glimmer < of Hight. 5 rtain “ant that, followed fp, finger of suspicion to another cemplapeal ort b acdmaarted of Lad first. “getseopet—to—a— and sAvised to make part they had played (in (Ore, tought to bee ieeder, Femalied ings plot, Mave pilnderéd the United States’ Every man who coulll have had. “any- oes thelz men wil! shureue. ghipg- todo ‘with the cage was called | OT en Tt Weererny wt A Ted a clean breast of| orice in emell pills andr ane theteion, but that pears of Both ile art Been ‘Uncle Sam’s Strong Box in Chicago _Mysteriously Looted of Sum in Bills of Largest Size Apparently by - __Government aur: 2eS, TF in powttion (6 ask thre Cerener's down Just!’ Jory to hold’ the New York Cen- | what ho admitted. the secret tral Kat a and Willjam J. men refuse jo disclose Wilsua, Vice-President of ‘the the robbery, Sub-Treasurs J adimitiedsthat @ theft of $1 perpetrated, bu Fofused to “pNew-Tork-terrs{-operating:omcta ts other? to-day in reaant tol Pll saci i : “THE EV ENING WORLD CNT BLE CAMIMALLY OR. WRECK, HE SHI ‘Prosecutor Smyth De- clares that He Has —. Evidence. District-Attorney Smythe, after hearing the testimony of several ‘Acsistant corporation, ertminally Feepen- sihte the disaster ofa week {VE Ta—trus-that tT -aia_other “Gaya [ment oftcinin believe that a «i steal bas been perpetrated In the &| “Treasury.” he paid. "The amount. 1 bi Heve, will be $1730; At present 1 can- net go into details, as what work wel Bare done gn the case or what'mai | if procedure Chief AViliete Cant. Por We a the books of the Sub-Treaqury were bal-| anced! for the dav. 4 Sub/Treasurer, Boidenweck deciared | jater In the day thar It had bein des-! Altely determined just where the short-! age occurred, but he declined eo say to where It had been traced. Ho 4 himselt “positive, howe at] the money had never the} aie Sees ehys the only reas evfag, chat tne eiclen money” had peta im fe youl os iblelmernnns oes ae 2 3,000 Ta {ng suspicion. ~— 1$980,000 BLM p Ls Reading Pe oil. yania and Sugar Also Hit - in [risk Dealings. ie Lower peices for stocks were the ru! © with the resumption of trading tovlay _gengeally-mere Umited to with- Beading. Union Pacific, Northern Pecitie. Pennsylvania, «Anialea and Buxar_targe fractions, ec posame_dnll_and_hea r fries eae ip a Pmaoo ris, toot eat eat meas Se Paul, ae and. peey ie a4 sine, Kansas Texas, aa oc stock Sel drags) nets @ point, reetecin sielied steadliy nm Successful fxely init go losace reached & point or mur Nasnviite and: Southyra ferred slumped 4 Ni nadian ae Bt Paul ft and Caion Mien: ‘& Western, Northwest bend & oe sis today were sales o2 _stozks Bak The Closlag Quotations, day's highest, lowest and closing prices end net changes SC miqka from Thureday's# fina -stsstastone: areas folloe High, a4 ‘Net Low, Clos.change 14% 14 iio at noy — 1 By ¥ {Names were contralled atier—destrovine- Wie wix-story etructure at No. $19 Lib- Capes as Fire Menaces City’s Centre. PITTSEURG Fe, %—bne!-of the! tC apectacdlar an i Shisurg se TOW Gtowh distrist au0] experianced. to-day, Fer a time the entire sausre bounded by the Rorba side of Liberty Eighth and Ninth streets ang! ley Was threatened, but th. erly avenue, occupied by tha Dei Desk Company, and the dulldine S17 Liherty avenue, (ooou ped viet finte cee Furniture Company, jon to ruining th J ings namea the binge wr Keds eyraet upper floors wits Livetty-avenie Bueoh Company, wholesale nosioas and toys, and» threatened the Second Nae mal puck pone The loss tx az | Lie i Were ruined Ke waters = isin uigber of persons were slightly tn- the Are-and i replete” with nai Masi e tat ink tnotdents. telleved to “hal wires. —— NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES. | The-canas of the Wen in} ve been crossed olectric iA ope halt fur 80 $400. —Greens: oar Uy, Mine: | ersagy ERSte RW" RACE —six ferlo —Watertal uO: Veribasc, 2 pains pene KSi Optlocnl, 106; Wester, 00; wentian, 101 90 George ante wa Sie Todaina: ton, 5; dobtrson: 1085. Aas:ae, 2G) May Gumore: | dena. 115) Ret M3; Dattore, 115; mxteonth mtles: saat tay Forelener. Imp, 108 Le cs carried ha. paradn—eaaliy- srithour exci: ne Several Hurt and Narrow Es-'® In_atveral years oedureed|- le | a eG fe atem. casness In hts work, If the tong had “bees made the ongiieers must have learned ‘that tie | old track®. on the curves were not se cure enougi to. withwand the terrific lateral pressure of the electric motors |ariven at the high speed called for by Wie Hing shane, 0 made to straj his point, acident ts abl at any time on ouy of the co: Troad within tho ¢lectrical gone under ndiar circumstances uniess the curves} are double axiked or other wise made Dore ResUre. Coroner Schwannacke resumed the in- quest to-day in his office at Tremont: and Third avenues: There wgrt several New Yotk Central attorneys hanging round the building, holding frequent aa paces consultations with the wit- re ‘combination of carelessness and | omy tn con: jon-on the part of} Oey Lor Central management war revealed, It was declared by observers, the/examination of George Kittredge faster" Meohanic of the New York end Z [otetng ayatem, a suppoeed, expert! in ~opera~ Won of trains, Mr. Kittredge. on. the witness stand last Thursday swore that! S\ speed of 123 miles ap hour: with such train which was wrecked, fran by (iro hinely-fourton locomes tives, would have been to ex- eral pressure enough to. shear off | fhe spikes holding down th outaide Tatt-on-the-Woodlawn—ctirve. tredge -swore that his figures were! based upon ‘mechanieal calculations. “Sin wuraday the to. Sieaced Prof. Bart B. Lovet, of ¢ thet Columois Bobool of Mines, a mathemat- feat and mechanical expert, Coached b ft. Lovell, Assistant District-Atto rey. praythe ished on cross-e: amination that Mr.) Kittredge's figures wers largely RwesiWork, based upon hia! “experience of thirty years a@ @ railroad; i Kureethey- are, nthe wits “but-T am rill” “fi voluntesred= that ground a curve atin Woodlawn, on the Big Four Railroad near Terre Haute, Ind.; with a big At- ¥pe—locemoative—at atte hn hour with perfect sate Kittredge was oaked If thi iring."* whe pat Kona than that uty reasure of the new, high-speed and vy electrit moto He gald he had not heard’ of any such experi- fhents. He admitted that, tn the ab- sence of absolute scientific examination on thig point, trains exertl ‘of Wie HATUTal Tateral pressure because + of excessive speed wold eventually strain the elastic Iimit: to the breaking i" the inquest to fix the responsibil | the W wn wreck, In which twe wilors gaudily frescoed walls the “Four | 9peclal meeting of the Hoard of Rapld| ar interest. Nearly cleven years ago ‘tnrre people were killed made the: fol: | s(undeed’-of the section held forth ta {TPAMMt Conimiasianers the New York | James'Brown was married to Miss Ett. lowing statement this “afternoon: ; Central” Railroad Company formally | abeth Reed. The wedding wis knowa Ow the evidence In now Lam. | *al ertertainment, was destroyed LY Jannouncad that It 1s ready to put Its/ to but few, owing to the fact that Miss idence shows, tat there—waat street, the two Upper, floors ‘of’ Nos. xt - Inge for a divorce, but ttiree weeks ago |6. and falls street, ten epart-| A year neo an act was parsed by the thene Were summarily dropped ‘owing mente - at ik-atreet, Legislature. requiring “the. company. to} tothe death-of Brown, jthree 3 of No. Fathove Ith traeks, andilt has ever since | \Nex¢ the demim of Mrs. Cpburn, the yatreet. roonis delayed by “S Gblerfike oF anothers | Sunt FPpAbcteb she-succumming: to i!ly tenements Th last move was an application for |) Yyf,/ rites ‘And Mr. Smith were mar- Tacated on Broome: street, between | permission to establish an elevated | ried’ {ast night by Rev. Alfred: Wage, ytxpex and Norfolk stréets; New-irving Toat-—along the river front,’ which tig of the Firat Methodist Church. ! ot rrempt was-}—tetese “than-en-hourthe big tutlding Slthe upward fight of the flames over-. | Chief Binns, who sent in two additional FEBRUARY 23, /TWODEATHS AND 1 MONDAY, “75,000 DRWEN DEATH AVENUE. Ef TO STREET BY | ‘BOLISHED BY WEDDING AFTER EAST SIDE FIRE: EVENING WORLD SECRET 1S TOLD -Y. Central Red Bank Notes Another New Irving Hall Destroyed |N- Finally N and Police Clear the Agrees to Put Its Tracks Chapter in Woman’s Whole Block. Underground. Love Romance. (Special to The Evening Wor'd.) REDBANK, N. 1, Fob. %.~The mar. riage bere of Mrs. James Brown and “Death avenue" will soon be a thing ot the past,.The jast step. of the cri- sade of The Evening World: to abolish the Plevery «| Commisstoner-Robert|T— 6mith marks trap was taken. to- day when before a} another chapter in @ romance of pecu- New Irving Hall, where en: clety Ceiebrated is varied ide so- 1 func~ amet the tons. where the enengenent weading were solemnized,: and -vithin 4 fire’ to-day. Tho: flames alno invaded neighboring tenement-houses,. burning jut the two upper Moors of Nos. 222 and 24 Broome Meed’s aunt, Mrs. Maria Coburn, waa ste the deco'e faa triage, About. six montns ago Brown heard | ‘some gossip that prompted him to pud- | ely announce the mariage. After that Mrs. Brown began proceed- tracks underground. The announcement wes tiade ET a xpeciat committee that has been con- ferring with the rafiroad cMctais for the last fow weeks. “} Hall had a frontage of 10) feet, with’a Gepth of 26 fect, and rose co a helght j Of five storita-an imposing structure for the district, , 5,000 Driven to Street. ° would have given !t a mo or the Eee es ey state rr EUAMIES ADD TO : TRAIN WRECK TERROR, ter, and it was on bh the prozoition was tes Cars on Georgia and Florida” Rail: road Catch Fire.as They Jump Tracks Near Macon. ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. %—It ta re- ported here that @ passenger train on the Grorgtaand-Fiorida-Mattroxa has Deen overturned south of Unadilla and fs In flames. Unadilla i about. forty miles south of Macon. mn motion ferred to the special committee. COMMITEE Took Me” chief enginesr that was a total wreck, tts front wall hav- ing crashed with a thunder of sound And an eruption of firc, smoke aud eparks which Caused the fire-fighters to flee for their lives. Within that time fully five thousand struggling and wildly excited tenants of the block, pcoupying the flanking tenements, had been driven from their homes by the police under Roundsman Hackett, of the Eldridge street ‘station, the fire then threatening to awtep the entire block. At first-the report that many {rimates e4tie burned _buliding had perished in4 the flames shocked the neighborhood, the board and Dock Commisalone: | Bknsel into {ts confidance, and among | there experts thes drew $ ich the ctty. would be, the faliroad would get, everything to which It [x entitled. Mayor MeCiellan called. the board to- gother_to present a report showing that: The company has complied with every demand made by the Evening World when it tirst announced (hat these Geath-dealing railroad tracks must Ko from she.streets) of the city. ‘The report showed that th tee after a great deal of discussion, has succeeded In-Ketting the ralirond- com-= point, coming to the Present grade at are to int th} duct and Spuyten Duyvil reach a point south beta on sith janhatian Valley, where they are| carried over the tracks | a nanan yagi to-ne over West | suliabie “approaches One Hundred’ and Twenty-ninth and vend the suse ot] One Hundred and Thirtieth streets, ecg Thirtlet Manhattan, and other streets at this street and Spuyten Duy | He. was a sculleryman in the employ | grade until the: of Morita Somach, lessee of the build= ing, and lived there with his wife and tour children and brother-in-law, Hy- 9 Ephraim. The sculleryman was wn as “John and occupied a room up toward the roof. He was not seen after the fire, and It is belleved that took him. : Jeanette Somach, the pretty elghteen- year-old — daughter —of — Mr —Somach, Proved the heroine of the fire. She was aroused by the emoke which crept into her room and was instantly alert, She rushed into the sleeping apart: ments of her sisters and brothera and Parents as well, as the Ephrains’ and each itera member, “JAMES NGREERY & 60, ard Street. 34th iStreane WASHABLE FABRICS. In Both Stores. On Tuesd4y, February! the: aGthe camo satay to the wireet down the fire. tecepe.—— The second alarm brought French Linen Suitings- -in Bias - stripes, checks, dots and neat mixtures. ———Plain--colors:—pale_blue, cadet—and-navy. —b}re;-reseda—and—white.-40,-42-and--44 inches wide. 35¢ per yard t regular price 75c to 1.50 Acting alarms. When the flames ‘shot out cf} the roof Binns saw that the front wall wae—-doomed—to~trli— He~ordered= tha jsmall merchants on the opposite of the street to throw open the front doors of their stores and to remain inside, R for Their Lives. He wanted those doors open as a “quick get- aeay for his men when the iixall_came! in_fron: frowning: wall ‘were. stationed companies Nos, ll, 17 and 55 and tower No. 2. Suddenly the wall cracked, - French Linen Voiles, Etamines, Can- __-yas, basket:-and-fancy- mixed weaves. 27 inches wide. 25c per yard Prat, Lovell with his Paar aim- ply riddled the figures of Kittred. sRinntt the: Coroner: took On Me" be tspiring. Tatironder: eted-ex “him, ‘George A. Jacobs, assistant ‘motor engineer on and a. H. Day riding on the motor, swore that they | did-pot_know how fast the—train—-was going. Mr. Davis sald he estimated t} speed “at between forty-and fifty miles an hour. “Run for your lives shouted Binns i o sacront x u pucxiea: above thecescond tory wad: Cras endicular ua Hiniiy curving othe regular price 50¢ i ~~ New Spring weaves and designs in "printed silk and cotton washable Dress _ Goods, White and tinted grounds. 38c per yard regular price 50c ‘A back draught followed the fall of tho-watt,-and Thawnes snot clear across the street _ heart of the fire was. how exposed, and the reat was easy, The loss will amount to $125,000, $18-$20-$22-Mo $2 full, DR w for Sweeping Final Sale! StunningLongCoats §. Richly Satin Lined Great Opportunity! The last. final, moving price for the-e long. swinging Winter Coatsp— the odds-and-ends of cur best $18: economy-loving ladies of the city, and _COLORED DRESS GOODS. 1a Both Stores; On ‘Tuesday, February the 26th, & Imported wool Suitings, Sponged ~ and shrunk. Stripes, checks -and- over- plaids i in various colors. 46 and 48 inches wide. 125 values*2:00°snd-2.25 75 “Tuesday's Last dels “LINEN DEPARTMENTS. 41 Moti: stores, SS ‘i ‘Second Floor. is : On Tuesday, February the 26th, Sale of Table Cloths and Napkins (two designs). Table Cloths. 2 assortments—rich in tailoring— loose backs. Mixtures and Plaids Hanzsome Black Cloths Soft! Suede Cheviots Smart imported Novelties 2%x2% yards usual p: ny to agree to buUd a subway under but a prompt tally by the police ac.|Fieventh avenue from Thirtleth street |about One Hundred and Forty-sixth ‘counted for the fret Yeported missing, te the Bixtieth street yard at {te own civerna: aernde, tog con ttn thetr ‘One man’s life may have been sacri-|°Wo%n” of Sixileth street yard the! Seventyeninth, —Ninety-sixth id amt] * foed. trecietare, tor remain ‘at thelr presen: | streets between’ the: Manhattanville via ish 1 JAMES MeGREERY & CO. 23rd Street. 3th Streets In Eoth Stores. JET JEWELRY. A large variety of the fashionable Parisian Jet Jewelry — Empire Back Combs, Side Combs, Necklaces, Bracelets, Barrettes.and Buckles. LADIES’ SUITS. ~ In Both Stores. Lingerie Princess Dresses. Trimmed _. with valenciennes lace. _ 18.00 and 25.90 Taffetas Silk Dresses. New Models. Plain colors; checks:and stripes.“ _ 24.50 and 28,00 , Chiffon—Panama_Walking Skirts. ew pleated models. 9.50 and'13.50 INFANTS! OUTFITTING DEP’TS._ Children’s washable Dresses. Spring models. Sizes 2 to 5,years. In Both Stores. ‘ = 1.25, 1.45 and 1.75 ; New line of Children’ s Guimpe | Waists. _ High or low neck, Sizes 4 to | 14 years. Princess and Russian ‘models in various fabrics. Sizes 2 to 6 years, Odd sizes in Winter Coats consider- Esl ably below former prices. Sita Sumeats Fifth Floor, Thirty-fourth Street. « Second Floor, Twenty-third Street. CORSETS. Ix Both’ Stores. ~ All Corsets carefully fitted.” Fine mercerized Batiste Corsets, Model for average figure with long deep 1-45 _ ~ usual price 3.00 Tmrported C.P. a la Sirene Corsets, Medium bust and dip hip model for~ back. Supporers attached. 6 Pia la Sirene Corsets. New. Model) for average eS Made of fine Coutil, 2.50 C. P. a la Sirene Corsets. With high bust, long close fitting hipsand_ tapering— waist lines for average and well devel- oped figures. 3:59 ___Rejane Corsets. The latest Parisian _ models for every type of figure. High. narrow close fitting bust with slender graceful hips and small waist line. Made of Coutil, Broche Coutil and | fancy) Silk Broche. _3.00 to 16.50. In Both: Stores. ELANNEL -PETTICOATS. Ladies’ Albatross. or Elaavel der! »Petticoats made with French top. Fin- ished.with-silk-embroidered-ruffle; Viyella Flannel Skirts, Jacquard stripes, with embroidered ruffle. 1,50 ; + value 2.50 The general stock of Skirts includes many original patterns, among them the “Circular” Skirt, —daintily —trimmed- ~ with lace and washable ribbon, Made in workrooms on the premises, ; JAMES McGREERY &-60.’ 24rd Street. 34th Street, TIMES MGREERY & 0. RUG DEPARTMENTS. fn Both Stores. This sale should attract. all the 2x2 wards Saseesee® usual price 6.00 % ‘\ miles around, ts you can fin- Sa Sk : : ish out the Winter with and use next \) year—at less than cost of material. Garment>:that have been the talk. of © original prices ever seen. Final Choice Tuesday at $7.75 No Alterations. No Mail Orders \ SALE AT ALL THREE Dinner Napkins to match....3.85 doz. » Pure Irish Handkerchief Linen. mehes wide. F usual price 5.00 36 34c per yard usual price 45¢ fuinen shemmesdtrdice Huckaback Towels, with damask ends, Size 23 x 44 inches, 3.00 doz. value 4.00 ‘JAMES McGREERY & CO. @3rd Streets __ 34th Streets. Sale of very Fine Sarouk, Tabriz and Kermanshah Carpets, Average size 9 x r2 ft. to 10 x 15 ft. 350.0 and 450,00 regular price 450.00 to 750.00 \ An unusual opportunity to secure the finest of Persian weaves at yery We prices. | 23rd Street, . al 34th. Street.