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‘a Lac: WELL, TLL HAVE A PERMANENT PERCH AFTER MAR. 3% POLICEMEN 10 END NEXT YEAR ' Other Departments Must Pay for Men They Borrow for Special Duty. ' TO SAVE $700,000 A YEAR. Commissioner Bingham Ex- pects to Stir Up the Force in Brooklyn. ‘A new rufe, agreed upon by heads of Gepertments inst October, when the Sodget was under consideration, provid- | te that all departments outside the Poltoe Department to which polloemen are essigned for duty shall pay the @alaries of the policemen #0 assigned will go into effect Jan. 1 After that @ay all policemen on duty {n courts, in the 6treet Cleaning Department, the TAFT LEAVES SOON ONNIS LAST ERRAND = TWO Civil, ENGINEERS BROKER EASTMAN KAISER CLIMBS. NOTINCOURT, TWO ON WATER WAGON BONDS FORFEITED FOR REST OF LIFE | | | WHEN HE FAILED TRADE F MONEY | Litner Shot Himes Himself in Half Finished Office Building He Owned. Fenting that ha would not be able to | et the capie | butiding at t Jand Bushwiak ay maburg, a) | project from which he had hoped to| reap a fortune, Maurice Litnar, fifty-one | years old, a real estate operator, of No. | | Stage street, killed himeelt in a cor- ner of the unfinished erection rome time jduring the night, He shot himeelf in| to complete a big office | rt f Bea er street | | the right temple with an old-fashioned revolver that had been an heirloom of his family, Litner left hin home Inst night in a/ jdeepondent mood. He was seen several times by acquaintances wandering | along in the snow, and thay all noticed that he seemed to be out of his He did not respond to their gree but hurried along in the storm. wife, alarmed District-Attorney's office and every other branch of the city government outside the Pollce Department will take their pay trom the bureau or department where they are employed. Tt ts the hope of Commissioner Bing- ham that this rule will add materially | to the force avaliable for patrol duty. | There are about 50 policemen on | special detaiis—all soft snaps—outside | , the department. Those on detatia tn the | Health and Tenement House De I ments have had their salaries provided for by those departments for some time | past. Objects to Wasting $700.00. The Police Commissioner ob! Paying some $7000 a year to mo never walk a beat and keep bank hours, It haa been the missioners who wished favors to stuff up thetr with policemen. It did not appropriations, no matter he were draf When Curb Operator Accused of Fail- | 1°4- ing to Account to Clients, Woman Must Pay $12,500. a Special Temperance Drink Prepared for Use at Banquets. BE Dec. 18—The Kalser has personal reform by becoming a tee- He has pled, gtain from all a remainder of his life This ascetic vow would, according to t etiquette, bani totaler. d himself to ab- fc drinks for the drink veror Pi it, but H t to compel exty, assigned they mi of a lot of pol! ttvely enay matte clerks for from will be for whict spectal dete WOWAN BADLY BURNED. Mra, Conway Upsets eon an She Son With Kiss, partment hin In the sam for the on creased 108 ments have fn proportion Beggars Violent in Brookiyn. Many complaints hav othing ti poleeoneta PORT OF NEW YORK | er eee metberaratiis prevalence i | WALTER J. FOSTER DEAD. Brooklyn. ‘ | Aldea My 1 He Was Corporation Connsel of | Long Island City Under Gleason, 5 Coun ditions with Brooklyn are trouble tn that : Jyn do net dor working on th pronounce! « 1K very short time.”” AWAKES TO FIND HOUSE IN FLAMES James ewe Has Trouble | VOGEL BROTHERS 42d St. at 8th Ave. Rescuing His Fourteen- Year-Old Daughter. Fancy O AT $ James Nugent, foreman in the Department of High- | ways, living with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Jennie, and his sons, Thomas and William, in a small two-s frame house at Herry and ‘Tiffany atreets, the Bronx, was awakened early to-day by a sharp report and a queer crackling sound. Going downstairs, he found the cor- ner of the porch and the parlor in flames. The house rapidly choked up | with smoke, and Nugent had some | sixty years old, @ .| Bone one step further in his policy of @ desiring A Special Sale of IME weeks ago “hes of the Fancy Overcoat—the Overcoat most in demai - younger man, but hard to find at a went to the Ha avenue p |atation and asked ald to find her hu ban | my ly to-day Detective McFinley was e had seen building, place and and among a pile of rub- Why not give him a dozen hottles of Evans’ Ale? N_Y_City Depot, ssth St, and Vt Ay . Jewelry ixest\ons. for Christmas Gifts fo not need any cash, Call We No em We Price, Cash o or Credit We are on BWW. SWEET CC 37 MAIDEN LANE 4.Y.. 389:FULTON ST BROOKLYN vercoats 15 we “heard the call” nd to-day by the it troubie sarrying aut ae Geushiter, | moderate price. In face of the fact that they tH) fated Ran TOD RO are very scarce, we considered ourselves most ¥ om | fortunate in securing a signal box in his pajamas, | rile waiting for ile arrival of fre | aratus, Nugent and iis der gon aught the fire with buckets vater, | fabrics 'way underprice. led by the firemen they confined the gine to the lower floor and at 4 o'clock ., thinking it was out, went to bed. Aaterel hours later they were all roused out of bed again by a passerby whe saw Names spou'ing from the mwot of the weh, Another @larm was sent in an the blave more thoroughly | drenched. Ths origin of the fire Is a | mystery. “ + DR. PATEY WILL STAY. Congregation ‘Refuses His Resigna- tion ae Rector of St. Luke's a the refusal last night of the ves- | @nd congregation of Bt. Luke's | Mplecepes Church, One Hundred and | Forty-firat street and Convent avenue, | gocept hie resignation ag rector, it is | % that the Rey, John T. Patey | convent to remain. “Phe tender of janation, he said to-day, was due | ae and advanced years. | atoy, who is sixty-two years oid. Ree ater at reste reer, withough identified © with hire; . He was born wate of . umDia. span and new, just fro: that usually sell for muth-wanted tan, brown and greenish striped The result is this sale | of ,Overcoats at $15 | There are about 400 of them—spick, and they’re not the ordinary overcoats swagger, well-made garments that are worth every cent of $20. | OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS splendid line of these m our workrooms; $15, but smart, | up to THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, Ive. ‘SOFT SNAPS FOR ae wie Rose TT arreeration FOLD His Lit Great Bargains For Tomorrow SPECIAL SALE ~~ High Cut Storm Boots for Pe (Lourth Poor) recelv our For To- from a lea vuln manulacturer slightly factory) damas (only Values Southwest Corner 6th Ave. and 18th St., New York. SHOES FOR GIRLS 2,000 Pairs of Shoes for Girls, Made of choice "| sion soles and good heels. ee aeicoltaed ; > valiskin, cm O) peebiea) Bale aren’s Sample Sh0eS | parent Coiscin, with 1eet Hie Hinwatoranie Sizes 5% to Sand 8% to14.]/auil leather tops; Gun tient a uTine ‘ite over a straight and}/ Metal Ca fssin and Vici : Bers | corr ct tor little feet ~~ Dull]] Kidskin Button and tem Winter we | an. shiny leathers. The best]ljace. Medium oalf heels Size up to 5 Mace Winter stye@. to select from, = “ s to sell at $3.00 a pair, Good values at $125; Nae RSE OLS Spec 5 ues up >pecial hol Special sale||¢, <<: Ea ra iday price Price, $2.50 SizesS}a SHOR of choice Fooiwear, wel. made and very handsome }for easy walking, Sizes 3! ‘to 8; widths C to FE. Made @- Great f imported shia) and Black French Vici, hand sewn flex- A Bargain ible leather soles, very dressy i: AT tnd comfortable, Special “Saturday Sale of Men’s Slippers a 7 Ope. Evenings Till SHOEMAKERS’ CLEARING HOUSE Xmas SHOES FOR BOYS excellent Sehool We have secured from a leading make all new Winter styles] about 2,500 pairs of Boys’ Vici Kidskin and other Brent, ease) Tul ies , ; out sole serviceable leathers. Exten-}]and heels that stand the hard knocks. The leathers are Box Calf and Velours, in Blucher and lace patterns. Prices everywhere else $2.00 to $2.50. Sizes 1 to 5% 1. i Very dressy and durable. 4 © Value $1.50 to $2.00. Sizes $1, to 2 at A Pair rm || Our Junior Shoe Misses’ an ior Shoe Misses’ and Department ; occupies the ent we floor ie building, and high Cut&oots darian (Wh Naas : Me The very latest fa hions al prices that cannot. be dupli- and mo.ie s Tan kussia to 11,11). to2, voung Ladies? izes 243 to splend fl Winte r styles, just fron the HARRISBURG CO.7, Harrishurg, Pa. Made Gun Metal Caliskin, Viei Kid- r Cailskin, with solid sands good heels. All atterns and popular models. pair worth more than double Sizes 2}2 to 7, at Women. OMER'S RUGSEAS at ! 38e a pair ‘Dr. Keller’s $3. 00 Comi- ori Shoes For Nurses, Teachers, Sales women, ete. Pneumatic Rubberiieeis | / at $1.95 ' special Note: Small Sizes ' SPECIAL To-morrow} Plenty of Pair ‘or Christmas ! ME A fine linc oi Men’s shoes Heavy calf skin with solid soles $1.50 apair 2,000 Pairs EVERETT siyles, with leather heels N’S WINTER eae e 15,000 Pairs Latest Fashionable Models fi ‘neiuding the All the newest styles ang patterns in Patent Coltskin, Metal Calfskin and Box Calfskin, Solid leather extension so Durable heels. soles and 50e Hinely made and. worth at least $1.00.......... Oat amen Also a spl: nid ine of AsSo-ted Slinpers ina number ot dressy pater erns and leathers; value $1,50, at 79¢ Mews ROMEO | SLIPPERS in colors, with ela tic sides, Made to sell for $2,00; SPECIAL FOR TO-MORROW . Pair famous Bates swe \\ Gun throughout, Finely made and stitched § Sizes Oto9, Special at 1. 99.3 pair Siorm Boots for Men Ex High Cut. Storm prool Calfskin—b ! ares ) blac Straps, buckles and full bellows FaZin & tongues, 3 soles to heel. Wear lik 4 95 | C Oppen- won, Worth 33,00, Sizes 6 to 41, at hein XTH Ay. ] i Cl nS ae