The evening world. Newspaper, September 8, 1908, Page 14

HERES AB FOUR WORKING HARD FOR THe MARD! GRAS Upon Jackman, Bruce and Miss Robinson Much De ends, OF THEM SHIRK. id FOUR MEET DCAThy ONE HUNDRCD IN PANIC AS FIRE SWEEPS TEL Frantic Guests of the Belmont in Denver, Trapped by Flames Start- ed by Incendiary, Plunge from Windows in Fight for Life. Grashorn, Leader in the Race for Ping ly Honor as Contest Nears End. | Another “big four," aa important to the success of the Coney Island Mardi | Gras Carnival of “The Age of Prog- DENVER, Col., Sept. hirty persons] ress" as the four $1(0) contributors, Is * ‘ - y he a any others rescue Si ' npn. | composed of Henry t injured and many rescued in a sensational manner at an incen: caursiney RIED IAteRS 22 any SETH | diary blaze that rapidly doomed the Belmont Hotel ct No. 1723 Stout! sociation: Edward Jackman, | street early to-day. So quickly did the flames spread after the firebug applied the torch ra ee Brio that one hundred guests in the house, all in bed at the time, awakened) ful allegorical floata and superintendent | it to find themselves trapped. i bottom, and the only means of escape was by the windows. the people flocked in panic, and more than a score had leaped to the/ ce and Gai ne ca Will people: the} et F f ( floa t ean! street or adoining roofs before the firemen arrived, | Eanaas auettelerreas a native cedar Many others were carried down ladders or dropned into life nets, | many: born in ss BOG tol Aine | fea in 1872, an having marr’! the while one fireman caught ten in his arms as they made the teap. Waenewtacstenmiagrend mest Among the quests In the hotel were several invalids who had come Isiand's only hardware merchent, en- tered his employ In 1878. Fourteen years to Denver in search of health, and the plight of these was an especially) later he dought the business and has pathetic incident of the fire, THE DEAD. | Belmont, which ts @ three-story bullte continued it evar since, He has al-| BDWARD MOORE, teed ffty-five, |!ne, and even those on the lower foo ways been identified with the Mard ‘Gras, and was treasurer every year real estate dealer, of Philadelphia; killed had diMoulty In getting to the doors, fio fast did the blaze travel 8.—Four men were killed, t Grashorn, Stephen nal of the Mardi Gras pageant; Liew- | maxer of the costumes for the fairies, | To PRES cory ees and other pretty things in Coney until this, when he was promoted to the presidency in recognizition of his} mping. ti s 4 BOHN OS KANE, of Colorado Springs; ene whole rear portion of the build-; York !n setting the association out ot | Ing, on which were two fire escapes, 10d! to the extent of $10.00. Pecans Pes, Tne executive committee chose 8 E. jas well as the stairway, was quickly| | burned away. Several heroic rescues were ebserved George Bode, of Middletown, N.Y rn marshal, his died at hospital of {Injuries sustained by jJackman for grand marshal, and his) first official act was to draft a troop of| jumping. lby 4 crowd of more than a thousand twenty pretty maidens to act as his or Wed | spectators who stood in P GEORGE OTT, Dodge City, Keas.: dled | aneciatore who st the street aids, each an accomplished equ at hospital of (nfurtes trom Jumping. Patrick Treadw a fireman of Crip- | trienne, to be mounted alternately on a THE SERIOUSLY INJURED. Ups Gad ei at) neta Ea in coal black or pure white saddle horse. | 2 started, saved | ap; 3 . ; WILLIAM ©. LEWIS, brakeman, ten lives by inducing entrapreg There Will be also twenty aides drawn | edly burned about face and breast; to Jump from the upper story | from the best business men of the| hilala | windows across a five-foot aliey to the| Island, ed roof of an adjoining building and oatch- | Ing them In his arms. In th inte ft Mol i arigia investigation Is being made. {Coney Islander, He {8 a New England. | burned. Within the last week half a dozen! having b born in Newbury, dy GEN ct LE er, having been born in Newburyport, J, BAWDEN, small fires, belleved to have teen Of | stasy, in 1852, hls ancestors for p wounds; Jumped | incendiary’ origin, have occurred In verton ne ae rooming houses th this city, |generations having been shipbuilders. from secon \ 1 He was at first thought that the blaze | 0. E. KLINGER, printer and formerly Taathninatnaeeawaaten uesd by detective | eae teen he set out ioe Bree i proprietor of the Silverton Standard, | wires on the third floor. but investiga. had § cents capital when he reached . chea In Jumping fro msecond |tlon tends to show that the fire farted Haverhill. He was for seven years ap- pase wrench |trom the bottom am well as the top, And prentice to a millwright, then became ee partner in the master's business, In ‘this sustains the theory that an CHARLES F, STEWART, candy ajary’ started the blaze. maker, wrist broken and brut seven years he could say he had $30,000 Mrs. W. A: LANHAM, badly burn: about face and body. LANHAM, Won by His Own Efforts. hands and face | | three sore-| ‘The lone (s estimated at $20,0%0, sulting from Jumping trom thirdsstory | window, MELVIN PARKER, Hillsdale, Mich., | ferious burns on face, arms and legs. | MRS. LYDIA PARKER, badly burned | @nd bruised. EDWARD KELSEE, hands and face | fourned | THOMAS TAYLOR, plpeman engine No, 3. broken ankle and other {njurles, Some twenty porsons were taken to the hospital, and others, after being attended, went to hotels pbbel tre fire broke out before dawn in the JANES McGREERY & GO. 23rd Street 34th Street These stores open until 6 P, M, who has been selected for Grand Mar- | | y the designer of the beautl- | their construction, and last but not ||! The flames seemed to come from top and|teast, 1a Rovlnson, the designer and | (For Voting Coupon See Page 2.) THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1908. =| AT ILLS HOTEL) AQBURN PRISON AE Bo ‘ LOSES SEAT IN SENATE, His Death. | : a ead Two eae to.10 MPHAGA Y., Sept, §—Benator | 4 Phere myster issidy, of Watkins, was turned wi of D AUBURN, Sept, § Bertha Clatene, the renomination to the State 5 ve 1 who on » First Senatorial Dis- ay. Ren Cong of mbt may mina led from by a} ty, Wa for Cassidy, Marie nose name! nis “white its who | slave’ trate | “elear of the away in the erhill, Ina going, and | quite reco invented railroad,” and Haverhill twenty called a “roller tobox \ook, and to-day th examples of them at JAMES McGREERY & CO. er Into arn mone! the s Announce the Exhibition (tor the Trade) of Imported Autumn Novelties in Silks, Velvets, Dress Goods, Trimmings and Laces, also Mode! Gowns from the lead- ing Couturieres of Paris. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September the gth, roth, 11th and rath, wont ‘wl street es | t he letec which yras {8 his ma Will Design Costumes { accorda Tn | orea Second Floor, Thirty-fourth Street Store, Visiting Merchants and Modistes are invited, CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought with a corns of ty ave d ef Bears the S Baa evry complete the i Bie Be Cou Tein 23rd Street 34th Street _—_—_ | Stirring Sale of Long Silk Coats For Women, 3.98 § : NO Mall OR TELEPHONE ORDERS ON ADVERTISED GOODS | A RP ETS We Make and Lay All Carpets Free of Charge alae Ingrain Carpets 30 | 896 q alities i EN YORKS FASTEST GROWING STORE | wide; perfectly reversible. at, he yard 4 ssels Carpets— Handsome A wonderful value—750 handsome coats | All-Woo! Brussels Carp d h Ss allewoo! and worsted Brussels, Actual secured at such an advantageous price con- aa NO ; 89c Royal Velvet Carpets—Practically trate Bhowa) n every wanted shade { at cession as to enable us to offer them to you at less than cost et Taffeta ut Mining: Made f b Ae ctible 50 | Upholstery Sale wide d so! yee and t A 4 1 nd alt STRIMED GRENADINE CURTAINS, superb | Windowphanie I inoleum: NS ' H goss ed and 5 with handsome silk b length ‘anu Subs ior Stained Glass indows, In a score of new pate terns— qualities up to 39c—on sale to-morrow guaranteed wash (mit 6 prs.), AMABIAN LACE Arabian Ti Ss are extra lly tucked ed with cuffs. to 46. Regular coats, offered at ogc to fr, Remnants Remnants of 55c Oilcloths, sq. yd. at At, 1 | per wi] QC US pieces of all midth Se AIST atv autotvarsanar | set ers a rab colors PRINCESS _ DRESSES STOCKS STRONG IN AN ACTIVE NARKET LADIES’ SUIT DEPT’S, Costumes, Tailored Suits, Coats and Evening Garments,—otiginal de- signs and copies of foreign models, Iu Both Stores, —— Dealings in stocks after the three- Interval were resumed a to-day, The Harrin FEATHER BOAS, On Wednesday, in Both Stores, tral and aa September the gth. is! 1, Erle Fi Bithern Paditio Sale of Marabout Feather Boas, pean ial 4 strands, Black, Natural and Fauve, ferred ar 4.25 a value $.50 5 strands, Black, or Natural Fauve..5,50 value 7,50 4 strands. Taupe........., bananas 6.75 7 strands, Black or Natural,.....7.50 value 10,50 PE A re men nee 2 en me DRESSMAKERS! SUPPLIES. Sewing Silks. dn Both stores, 100 yard spools 7¢ spool, 75c per doz, Sewing Silks, large spools asc and 4oc spool, 2.75 and 4.75 doz, Taffeta Seam Binding..7c piece, 80c dos, Prussian Binding, .14¢ piece, 1,65 doz, Hooks and Eyes with spring, ac card, rac per box zes 4, 5 and 6 { pound box r4¢ fares Perieressee = Dressmakers’ Pins, § Dress Shields. Nainsook covered. Sizes 2, 3 and 4 x y 8c pair, 9oc doz. Nor} ' Silk covered, Sizes 2, 3 and 4 Pr 1sc a pair, 1.65 doz, ti Silk covered Featherbone..8cyd., 85¢box F JAMES McGREERY & 60. { édrd -treet 54th Street © ‘deap Gobelin Mount Rug dale «piselow Arlington Ruzs Extra Brussels Rugs STS AS) rich | Guaranteed strictly all wool; size oN LACK EMEA et, By far the biggest sel- ler of the season. Ex- quisitely made in the lat- est and most winsome Princess effects—a dress which cannot be duplicat. ed in New York under $5, tions, t owe gel at $1. 5 Genuine Inlaid Luce his I vard of ot is In exquisite ly effects; | 11x9 ft.; new patterns, Regular harily sis value; spe au only at ..e> A Splendi Rave sible Stites Rugs =" Girls’ School Dresses, 1.00 ice or box pleated ig braid and buttons, and new sleeves; skirts are pleated with deep hem; shown in t d white check, navy, b or red mixture; 6 to 14. Misses’ New Fall Skirts, Special at 1.98 They're made of good, all-wool quality Panama Cloth, 13-gore pleated or cape style; tinished Boys’ School Suits Worth $3.50, 1.9 8 Sale price . | Double Breasted Suits, with or without belts and knick- erbocker pants, blue and black cheviots; also fancy mix- tures, in 50 different patterns of light and dark colors; Sizes 7 to 16 years, Kus$ian and Sailor Blouse Sults, all made wit) large sailor collars and bloomer pants; em- broidered emblem on sleeves sizes 3 to 10 years. Early al] Refers, made ot neat gray mixtures, sizes 3 to 8 years. Boys’ 89c Knicker Pants or Blouses at 50c Knickerbocker pants, made of good quality cheviots, in 50c Size 9x6 ft., shown in Oriental, floral Value and medallion patterns, in all the best colorings. ne | ular price $7.50; bargain for to-mor- row only at..... Rex Fibre Ce A handsome matting, strong and dur- able; one yard wide; regularly sold at 50c.; 19c F , Wilton Ve'vet Rugs limit 30. yards; to-mor- Beautiful high pile rugs; size 9x12 ft yf woo! mixture, su stock collar row at, per yard in colors and de- Sn a aM ieee ight, dark and colors, all finished’ with full Gis blue, black signs found only in Wants and’ buckle at knee; sizes 7 to Ib ull, Colors c the best rugs; reg- Years; blouses are made of good ‘quatity 1.98 OX 14.98 1 as Faas i wales, and madras in plain white and z or br wn; all sizes; $ ular $22.50 | rugs percales aus 8 to 18 years, s¥ quailty; on » and $4 values, at..... to-morrow at., sale ail day at eee No. 7 Size Wash Boilers To- Morrow These Specials in | Mae of heavy . block tin, with ex- Sundries and Soaps | tra. heavy conpe Bie bottom; a regular Kirkman’s Soap......,. Babbitt’s Soap . Tooth Picks, 2 boxes for wash Aig Clothes baskets | f 5 ase | Hardwood StepLad-| Clothes Hamper$ e i Willow, 001 , very Magic Pu'z, per can......7 '2¢ jn arene ue Chairs Fe Maen eat Midd ines Maly wae Stove Ovea Silexo Scouring, 7 for 10 sh Hf “$12 a ‘I ale price 89c ‘ has two Large Jumbo Ammonia . 8 , : ‘| * 59c cacao “196 eae) | 10 rolls for. . + 25¢ al pain 5 c Dutch Cleanser, 2 cans for, 15¢ F : NES : X Ray S ove Polish Be Clothes W ringer, Iron Garbage Cans ies Finlly Scales 4 Roac) | raps -10¢ tt I t tor house use | Vorgans polio Se 1.59 28c '' Special, 69c i