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THE DAILY S T A N D A R D UNION: BROOKLYN. MONDAY. APRIL 21. 1902. 6

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UNEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES

If your Groceries come from a Butler Store. The best always for the least is the rule with us. We strivd to make prices a quarter to a third less than else­where—a half less if possible. It's to b; half less for Uneeda Bscuits during our Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday sale.

UNEEDA BISCUIT, 2 Packages for 5 Cents.

But One Lot Sold to Each Customer.

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Spring SaJe of Muslirv Underwear

Now in Progress The magic of big values is bringing the people in in crowds and sending the goods out in greatest quantities.

OUK WINDOW DISPLAY OF GOODS AND PRICES TELLS THE WHOLE STORY.

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NEWS OP THE DAY BRIEFLY TOLD

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JAMES BUTLER, ' • S T O R E S E V E R Y W H E R E . "

AMUSEMENTS. Attractions at the Local Theatres

and Notes of Actors and Actresses.

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The following a t t r ac t ions .res th is w t e k :

Montauk—"The Rogers B r o t h e r s Wash ing ton . "

Grand Opera House—"A Hot Old T i m e . " Columbia—"A Celebrated Case ." Gotham—"The Pearl of Savoy." Amphion—German p lays . Fol ly—"Dangers of P a r i s . " Bijou—"The Convict 's Daugh te r . " Academy of Music—Tuesday night ,

Calve in "Carmen." Pa rk—"Alabama . " Hyde and Behman's—Vaudevil le . Orpheum-* Vaudevil le. Blaney's—'"The Royal Box."

The Brooklyn Thea t r i ca l Mechanica l Associat ion Lodge, No. 30, a re going to give a mons te r per formance a t the G r a n d Opera House on April 27. Those wish­ing s e a t s m a y secure them a t the tne-a t r e .

David Belosco took formal possession of the T h e a t r e Republic last night , when a large number of thea t r i ca l people were present . The gues i s were received on the s t a g e bv Mrs. Leslie Ca r t e r and Mr. Be-

• lasco. The s t a g e was very handsomely decorated. A little speech of c o n g r a t u l a ­t ion w a s m a d e by Char les Stevenson, Mrs . C a r t e r ' s leading m a n , when all p a r ­took of wine from a loving cup p resen ted

' to Mr. Belasco from the "Du B a r r y " com­pany . After midn igh t r e f r e shmen t s were served, vocal a n d In s t rumen ta l music , a s Well a s dancing, were indulged In. All p r e sen t wished prosper i ty to both Mr. Eelasco and Mrs. C a r t e r In the i r new thea t r i ca l home. A la rge force of w o r k ­m e n a r e engaged to-day In a l t e r ing the t h e a t r e to sui t the t a s t e and requ i re ­m e n t s of i ts new owner .

A p ing-pong tou rna rc sn t wh ich h a s Jus t been completed a m o n g the m e m ­bers of the Spooner Company tut? r e su l t ­ed as fo l low. -C . C. Pa lmer won « lost 0: R o b e r t Ransom, won 4, lost 2, Mr. K e n ­nedy, won 4, lost 2; Mr. West , won 3, lost t Miss Villlers, won 1, lost 6; Roy New­ton Hair , won 0, lost 6. The t o u r n a m e n t w a s a r r a n g e d by Mr. Palmer , w h o won first prize, a gold pin. which had been of­fered by Miss E d n a May and Miss Cecil Spooner.

Liebler & Co, s t a t e t h a t nego t i a t i ons a r e in p rogress for a > ^ * £ * J f * S i w a r d J . Morgan which will be in r ead i ­ness for him about the middle of next se&eon when he will r e sume h i s s t n r r t n g tour In the mean t ime he will a p p e a r a s David Rossi In Miss Viola Allen 's new play "The E t e r n a l City. ' Hull C a m e s d r ama t i za t i on of his recent novel, for which Llebler A Co. a r e con t emp la t i ng an. e l abora te product ion. F rede r i c de Belleville h a s been engaged to p lay Baron Bonelll in "The E t e r n a l City.

The l a s t pe r fo rmances in wh ich Mme. Modjeska will appear In th is coun t ry will h * in Altoona, H a r r i s b u r g , Wllkes-b a r r e , Seran ton and B i n g h a m t o n . T h e f amous organizat ion h a s a l ready a p p e a r ­ed In t he las t th ree cit ies ment ioned, a n d the effect of the gorgeous scenic p roduc ­tion of "Henry VIII ." then p resen ted , h a s b rough t a lmost number less reques t s to see Modjeska and Lout* J a m e s In a n ­o the r play before these a r t i s t * go the i r s e p a r a t e ways . "The Merchan t of Venice" is t h e bill which Will p robab ly b e selected.

A couple of s u m m e r s a g o C h a u n c s y 01< ott spent several weeks in a smal l vi l ­lage near Dublin, In Ireland. D u r i n g a walk one morn ing he came ac ros s a n I r i s h m a n pa in t ing a fence. It W M a w a r m , laay day hut t he son of E r i n w a s Pointing a t a terrific r a t e of speed. Mr. Crtcott, with t rue Amer ican cur ios i ty a s t o why th i s pa r t i cu l a r fence should be pointed in such a hu r ry , s topped and asked the reason. Scarcely looking u p the I r i shman replied: "Sure an ' don ' t ol have to be In a hu r ry whin me p a i n t Is af ther glvln' out an* ol 'm only half t rue ."

F r o m all accounts B lanche Wal sh h a s m a d e a t r i u m p h a n t success in " L a Made­leine," and a l though some of the San F ranc i sco cr i t ics were not pleased with t h e play. It h a s caugh t the public fancy a n d is mak ing money for all concerned,

H three or four t t e s n n t ago Miss ish had never appeared In roles cal l -

Inn for stn equipment of youth , b e a u t y il his t r ionic gen ius . S i n e then

"s« has been phenomenal , a n d hod the very first r a n k a s i ac t ress . Mis* W a l s h h a s •h af a hit In "La. Made -

sieine" t h a t Manager Ilea S te rn baa a r ­

ranged to p resen t t h e p l a y in New York next fall for a run.

I t Is delightful to see Joseph Jefferson with bin sons. T h e r e a r e four of J h e m . and the r ega rd wi th which they t r f a t " the governor" is a s c h a r m i n g a s It la r a r e In these d a y s of filial carelessness. Bach boy, even the oldest , Charles, who is his f a the r ' s m a n a g e r , a d d s the defer­ential "Sir" to the i r sentences when speaking to Mr. Jefferson, and they wa tch ou t for his comfor t in every way. Mr. Jefferson only m a k e s two shor t tours each year, and the r e m a i n d e r ot the t ime he spends e i ther a t h i s winter home in Florida oi« his s u m m e r co t t age a t Buz­zard 's Bay. H e r e he h u n t s and fishes, as he is still a n e n t h u s i a s t i c spor t sman . Lately Mr. Jefferson h a s been pa in t ing a good deal . His, l a n d s c a p e s a r e a lways in great demand and If he h a d not been a n actor he would p robab ly be added to the number of g r e a t A m e r i c a n pain ters . Mr. Jefferson Insists t h a t he wlH not leave the s tage unt i l he Is g r ee t ed with empty chai rs Instead of smi l ing faces.

In spite of the fac t t h a t p layers live by publicity, a good m a n y of them loathe i t very hear t i ly when the i r hours for p lay­t ime come a r o u n d . T h e y say they never can lose themse lves in a crowd, and t h a t when they w a n t to enjoy a couple of hours of re laxa t ion t h e y still a re s tared a t and commented upon so t h a t all the best of their p l ay t ime is lost. Miss Jul ia Marlowe a t t ended a m a t i n e e per form­ance on Broadway l a s t Wednesday af ter ­noon, and a l t h o u g h she asked the m a n ­agement to sea t her well back in the or ­ches t ra circle, t h e y ins i s ted on providing her with a box. As u s u a l she paid the penal ty of publ ici ty , for a t the conclu­sion of the second a c t a n usher handed to her s ec re t a ry a no te which read a s follows: "My Dear Miss Marlowe,—Will you please sit a l i t t le fu r the r forward In the box, a s I a m a n x i o u s to get a good look a t you. I h a v e seen you m a n y t imes on the s tage , b u t neve r before as your­self.—Your admi re r , ." The wr i te r was a woman , a n d p r e s u m a b l y of t h e genus ma t inee girl .

It Is so ve ry se ldom t h a t E. H. Soth-ern c a r e s t o have his season ' s receipts discussed t h a t the fol lowing figures, the result of his t ho rough ly subs tan t ia l suc ­cess, "If J, Were King ," a r e Interesting, and show how munif icent ly an au tho r may be r ewarded for a real ly fine play. The weekly g r o t s r ece ip t s da t ing from the p lay ' s first p e r f o r m a n c e ot the Gar ­den T h e a t r e to the week Just dosed In Boston a v e r a g e exac t l y $10,600. The big­gest week was a t P o w e r ' s Theatre , Chi­cago, which to ta led J14.405; the lowest, SS505. where. It would not b\ fair to say. The las t week a t the Gard«*»*The-a t r e reached $13,600. T h e fees paid* J u s ­tin Hunt ly McCar thy ave rage per week $840. I t will In te res t asp i r ing a u t h o i s to es t ima te on a n a v e r a g e total of $10,600 the exact pe rcen tage , on a sliding scale of course, t h a t Mr. McCarthy received. When "If I W e r e K i n g " Is played In London the roya l t i e s should he a t least $600 a week more, a n ice weekly to t i l for au tho r ' s fees for one play.

Jul ia Mar lowe 's long-promised book will shor t ly appea r . I t has been known for some t ime t h a t s h e aspired to wr i t e a book and she h a s no t been backward In confessing to t h a t ambi t ion . The vol­ume which will b e r r her name Is en­titled "Six Gir ls F r o m Shakespeare ." The subject m a t t e r will deal with the six Shakespearean female roles In which Miss Marlowe h a s appea red In the course of her career . A c h a p t e r each Is devoted to Rosalind. Viola Ju l i e t , Imogen, Beat ­rice and Maria . The l a t t e r par t , t hough a very minor one, occur r ing as It does In "Twelfth Nigh t , " Is r a t h e r fully consid­ered by Miss Mar lowe -because she th inks it p resents such an In te res t ing side l ight on d r a m a t i c life from the point of t h e se rvan t s ' hal l a s Shakespea re unders tood It. She played the p a r t as a child a n d It was the second Shnkespearean role she ever a t t e m p t e d . Therefore It h a s n. peculiar In teres t f?w her. The volume will be i l lus t ra ted wi th six photograv­ures r ep re sen t i ng Miss Marlowe In the cha rac te r s of which she write*.

Bdward McWade , t he au tho r of "Win ­chester" and " T h e I^and of Mystery ," tells a s to ry ab o u t a Southern friend of his who w a s a sked If he Intended enl is t ­ing. " F u s t off." he sa id . "I thor t I would an' t h e n I k inder t h o r t I wouldn' t . I a in ' t afraid of flghtln'; t h a t a in ' t t he trouble. I w a s t s l k t n ' It over wi th 'Tom' Owen, a f te r I'd a b o u t concluded to Jlne, an' a f ter d lscuss ln ' of It w i th him, then I made u p m y mind final. To" te», I reckoned It would be too big s surpr ise to the ,boyt t h a t ' s done b«en dead these thirty-five y e a r s . They 'd see me s -romln' t h rough the pear ly gates , m a y b e . If th ings d idn ' t come m y way with a blue uniform on. T h e y don ' t know a b o u t this affair, an* m y appea rance would amaze 'em some. Then they 'd r i te up an ' holler, 'Deser ted , d a r n him!' Bo, thmkln ' It all over. I concluded to avoid shocttin' t hem-ange l s t h a t w o r t the g ray , sn ' I'll s t ay a t h o m e . "

T h e Manufac tu re r s ' Association meets to -n igh t a t 198 Montague s t reet .

The W l l " a m H - Hubbell Command, No. 12 (Spanish W a r Veterans) , will mee t to­mor row evening In the old Council cham­bers , Borough Hall .

E d w a r d Hellweg a t t empted suicide Sat­u r d a y n ight a t 80 Knickerbocker avenue, by d r ink ing carbolic a d d . He was taken to the German Hospi ta l .

McElroy ' s Cafe. Elm place, one of the few old- t ime chop-houses in Brooklyn, will go ou t of exis tence this week. The propr ie tor will open a similar place In M a n h a t t a n .

Mrs . Mary K. Scott, widow of t he late Por t Warden and Alderman. Bdward S. Scott , w a s quiet ly mar r ied in J e r s e y City abou t ten days ago to Dennis Klldea, a weal thy wholesale liquor dealer, of Gerenpolnt .

Mr. a n d Mrs. H u g o Oppenhctmer are quiet ly ce lebra t ing their honeymoon at 84 Calyer s t reet . Mrs. Oppenheimer, who

i was Miss Mabel M. Osborn, of England, i t rave led from t h a t count ry to become the ! bride of Oppenheimer, who Is a cross-i town trolley conductor .

Prof. Wil l iam H. Goodyear cont inued his course of Brooklyn Insti tute Museum

I lec tures on 'The Medieval Towns of I t a ly , " by speak ing last S a t u r d a y on "The Leaning Facades of Medieval Ca thedra l s . " T h e lecture was fully Il­l u s t r a t ed by views. In whole and In de­tail, of t he buildings described.

Mr. and Mrs, George C. Ttlyou, pio­neers of Coney Is land, suffered a severe loss yes t e rday In the d e a t h of their daugh te r . Gladys C. THyou. who passed a w a y af ter an Illness from croup of two weeks. The l i t t le one was In he r third year . T h e funeral took place th i s morn­ing. T h e in t e rmen t was a t Greenwood.

Henry Kneft, a barber , 37 yea r s old, h a s d i sappeared from his home. 53 Mes-erole s t ree t . Mrs . Kneff is a lmost hea r t ­broken over the absence of her son. " I will surely die," she said to-day, "If my boy does not soon r e tu rn . " After closing his shop Kneff told h i s mo the r he was going ou t for si "walk. She h a s not heard from h im since.

K i t t y Jo rdan , aged 4, and Florence McCar thy , 5 y e a r s old, bo th l iving a t 112 L a w r e n c e s t reet , r a n a w a y from Sunday school yes te rday . Pol iceman Burk» found them la te a t n igh t s i t t ing on the cu rbs tone a t Old Slip and W a t e r s t reet M a n h a t t a n , crying. They were still weeping when their p a r e n t s went to b r i n g t hem home.

Mrs . P rudence Alberts , 30 yea r s old, of 61 Cook stroet, quarrel led with a man ne ighbor and he near ly chewed her left t h u m b off. Mrs. Alber ts ' hand h a s swell­ed a l a rming ly . Dr. Rorke, of St. Ca tha ­r ine 's Hospital , s a y s blood poisoning has se t In and t h a t she will probably lose her hand . Mrs . Alber ts refuses to r e ­veal t he name of her assa i l an t .

A m a n , well dressed, of appa ren t r e ­finement and abou t middle age, fell yes­t e r d a y from car No. 2316 of the Bergen s t r ee t line a t N o s t r a n d avenue and suf­fered a severe scalp wound. After his Injury had been dressed by an ambulance su rgeon a t the Atlant ic avenue police s t a t i o n the m a n refused to say any th ing a b o u t himself. " I cannot allow this af­fair to become public," he said. "I was a s m u c h to b lame for the accident as^the ra i l road company ."

terday on the d a n g e r o u s tendencies of modern life toward ar t i f ic ia l i ty .

The Steel Trus t , i t is s ta ted , proposes to concent ra te all the P i t t s b u r g brldfre plants a t Economy, Pa., where Immense works a r e to be erec ted a t a cost of $3,000,000.

Intense hea t Is repor ted In Neb ra ska and K a n s a s . At F a l l s City. Neb., the | t empera tu re yes t e rday w a s 100 In the i shade and a t K l n s a s City, Mo., 91. The ' hea t is damag ing vege ta t ion .

Ida Hennessey, 17 yea r s old, who had been asleep since Apri l 12, died a t Os­wego yes terday wi thout rega in ing con­sciousness. She suffered an acu te a t ­tack of epilepsy before fall ing asleep. She w,is in a ccmatose condit ion for 180 hours.

Surrenders to the Amer ican au thor i t ies of small par t ies of Fi l ipino insurgen ts are reported daily, a n d these h a v e In- ' creased since the r ecen t su r rende r of ; Gen. Malvar. Gen. Ruflno, with 26 offi­cers and 375 men, h a s sur rendered to the nat ive constaulary In t he Province of Mi- j namis, In Mindanao.

Michael Snee. who r e tu rned to Nattck, ! Mass., from the Phi l ippines a few weeks [ ago. asse r t s tha t t he " w a t e r cure" was extensively adminis te red to na t ives in Samar ; t ha t m a n y na t i ve s were wanton-ly shot by American soMlers, and t h a t moat of the soldiers In his de tachment i foi ced nat ive women to m a r r y them.

Charles Fors ter , p res iden t of the Wes t -Oeid (N. J.) Board of Educa t ion , died in tha t village S a t u r d a y night , aged 46 years. He conducted a commission busi­ness in Manha t t an a n d was one of the j tenor s ingers in t h e choir of Tr in i ty Church. He wo* p rominen t In the Ma­sonic and Odd Fel lows' f ra terni t ies .

David Carpenter died on Sa tu rday a t Mount Pleasant , Wes t ches t e r County, where he was born In 1814. He w a s a noted abolitionist, a n d he w a s a g rea t

APIUL SALE, OF SILKS More Than a Hundred Thousand Yards at Half Price, or Near It

p r e m e C o u r t a g a i n s t the Southern Rail­w a y C o m p a n y for $60,tOJ*damages.

John H. P a t t e r s o n , of Dayton, O., a g r e a t - g r a n d nephew of Gen. Jacob Pa t ­terson, the ce lebra ted Indian tighter, Is abou t to Join t he mill ionaires ' colony In Fif th avenue . He has purchased a home nea r A n d r e w Carnegie 's , a co t t age a t La rehmon t , a n d a s team yacht.

Next S u n d a y will be the last Sunday of worship by the congregation of tne Broadway Tabe rnac le In their present c h u r c h bui ld ing a t Broadway and T h i r t y -four th s t ree t . The Tabernacle s i te h a s been sold for $1,000,000. A new building will be e rec ted a t Broadway and Fif ty-a ix th s t ree t .

Several e x t r a policemen have been placed a r o u n d the lake in Central P a r k in a n effort to catch the boys who kill or m a l m the s w a n s and other waterfowl which a r e kep t in the lake. The nes t s of five s w a n s were robbed of the i r eggs dur ing t h e p a s t two weeks. Swans ' eggs a re r a r e ly sa leable .

The P r o t e s t a n t Episcopal Church is m a k i n g p r e p a r a t i o n s to s t a r t a bui lding c rusade In t h e Borough of the Bronx, friend of Horace Greeley and John C

QUEENS.

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D u r i n g the week ending April 19 the re were 47 dea ths . 35 bir ths and 6 mar r i ages In t he Borough of Queens. Of the dea ths t he oldest person was Mrs. Ellen Hunt , who died a t her home in Ravenswood on T h u r s d a y , aged 109 years .

T h e fair recent ly held under the a u s ­pices of the ladies of All Saints ' Church, a t Bays lde , net ted MM. The ladles of the guild have by their efTorts hot on'.y l iquidated the mor tgage on the church b u t h a v e $275 on hand toward a par ish house.

T h e Ix>ng Island Railroad Cnmpnny has decided to establish a schedule of wages for al l c o n d u c t o r and hrakemen em­ployed on both passenger and freight t r a ins , The schedule, which will go Into effect on May 1, gives the men an In­c rease of a n average of 6 per cent, of the i r p resen t s i l s r l e s .

At the meet ing of the School Board of t he For ty-second District of the Borough of Queens , held In the High School Bui ld ing a t Woodtlde. last Thur sday evening, Commissioner Powers de­nounced the pract ice of teachers In the public schools of absent ing themselves from work and ther. asking for pay. He said t h a t he had In his possession sixty r eques t s for excuses. He was unable to do a n y t h i n g bu t report favorably upon t hem a s every excuse was made out In the proper form. He did not know any of t h e p h y t l c i s n s who signed the cer t i ­ficates and he did not Impute any th ing wrong to them, but It seemed to him t h a t they had certified to the g rea tes t l o t o f d iseases t h a t he had ever heard of. The p r i n c i p l e of the schools teemed to fall in line with th is practice with amaz ing ag i l i ty He wished to say now tha t t he p rac t i ce m u s t s top. It was s c ry ing evil In t h e borough and had been to for year*.

where a t p r e s e n t there are only fifteen P r o t e s t a n t Episcopal edifices In a n a rea of for ty-one squa re miles. The Tr in i ty Church Corporat ion has donated $30,000 for t he purpose of acquiring sites.

A m a n dressed In woman ' s clothes a n d who Insisted t h a t h is name was Viola Engel, w a s a r ra igned In the Yorkvllle police cour t yes terday. The pol iceman who m a d e the a r r e s t said tha t the m a n had been fl ir t ing with women and hug­ging men In t he neighborhood of F o r t y -second s t ree t . H e was sent to the Is land for s ix m o n t h s .

The first accident to an electric ele­vated t ra in in Manha t t an occurred l a s t night . Whi le a Second avenue moto r t ra in w a s round ing the curve a t F r o n t and Whi teha l l s t reets , bound u p town, the motor Jumped the track, and traffic was delayed for two hours on bo th t h e Second and Thi rd avenue roads . The g u a r d s shu t t he car doors and held the people unt i l relief arrived. .

"Nellie Sherwood," who says she lives a t 41 W e s t E igh teen th street, is aga in In the alcoholic ward In Bellevue Hos­pital . She w a s taken there a t 4 o'clock yes te rday af ternoon, and secrecy and mys t e ry were thrown about her a r r iva l . She also was taken there last Monday evening, a t which time she g a v e the s ame address . No one would a d m i t h a v ­ing a n y knowledge concerning t h e p a ­t ient on e i the r occasion.

Society folk have complained to Secre­t a ry of the T r e a s u r y Shaw that some of their fine Imported gowns have been h a n ­dled In a w a y t h a t they did not like. The inspectors a r e 'aid to have fumbled over the costly crea t ions of Parisian tai lors wi th ungloved hands, thus soiling the gowns or a t least rumpling them. As a result of several complaints, Secre ta ry Shaw shor t ly will iFsue an order thak all examine r s m u s t wear gloves and refrain from chewing tobacco when h a n d l i n g lac^s, s i lks a n d other articles to be worn by women.

John DattMChal, 10 years old, was a r ­raigned before Magist ra te Mott. In the Moi r i san ia Cour t , yeterdny. but Sergean t Hamil ton , of the Morrisania Rtation, who said he found the lad curled u p and asleep In a corner of a Fordham car which the se rgeant boarded at 7 o'clock S a t u r d a y n igh t . The boy, who was t runed over to the Gerry Society, told the Mag­i s t r a t e t h a t he was homeless, but had m a n a g e d by selling newspapers to pay 11 cen ts a week on an Insurance policy which would pay for his funeral expense.-when he died.

At a fire a t 1895 Third avenue las t n ight Pol iceman E d j e r l y risked his life to save two k i t t ens . He heard cries t h rough a b u r n i n g par t i t ion . He dashed a t the par ­tition w i t h his shoulder, knocked par t of it down and then tore the rest of It away so he could get in. He was half-choked by smoke, bu t he dashed into the p t t ce till he found the cause of the cries. Xhey were m a d e by two ki t tens, only a few d a y s old, which were In a box in a coi­ner, fcdgerly picked them up and m i n e d to the s t r ee t with them, where he depos­ited t h e m wi th their owner.

A federa t ion of Catholic societies repre­sen t ing a membersh ip of 12.000 in this c i ty w a s effected at a meeting yes te rday In T a m m a n y Hall. The object of r.ieet'-Ing w s t to uni te the ltaiir.n Catholic so-el t les for the be t te rment of their relig­ious, social and Intellectual condit ions Jus t i ce George F. Rotech. of t he City Court , del ivered an addres i In I t i l l s n . t a k i n g for his subject. "Union." The Rev. F a t h e r G. Clrrigh.ne. of Bedford Park , spoke on "Religion." snd was fol­lowed by F a t h e r Casteilane. of Brooklyn. whose a d d r e s s was on "Pa t r la . "

In his capac i ty as n friendly adviser for the people of the East Side Mr. J e ­rome, of R u t g e r s street , was called on l a s t even ing to settle a dispute, over the possession of the synagogue In 122 Mon­roe tstreot. Ta lk ing in the s t reet to a mob of 2,000 person* Mr. Jerome coun­seled peace, bu t his advice was not taken. A t r e m e n d o u s row s tar ted about two h o u r s la ter . Doors were smashed In, windows broken and the Interior of the s y n a g o g u e was made a wreck. At one t ime two tco re men were fighting all over the place, while the uproar was terrific. A dozen men were arrested. The t rou­ble developed when the owner of the church bui ld ing tried to evtcf the con­grega t ion for failing to complete the pur­chase con t rac t .

WE HAVE WAITED FOR THE MOMENT when manufacturers were willing to let go of their choicest new Silks, in order to close up their sea­son's business; and now we hurry to you our superb

gatherings of the present season's beautiful and. staple Silks, at almost ridiculous prices.

We have told you of splendid offerings several times this season; but not until today have we been able to present under-priee such a vast variety of exactly the silks that the public is demanding; and in no previous sale have prices been so marvelously low.

In addition to the splendid lots secured from manufac­turers, we have sharply cut the prices on many of our own regular goods. The vast collection tills the counters of the Main Aisle and Rotunda, with special offerings in the Base­ment Under-Price Store;

Fremont . He was the flrBt to Introduce American Iron In th is marke t , and form­erly conducted a large iron business in M a n h a t t a n .

Pneuifionla h a s reappeared a t t he Gro-ton (Mass.) School. It h a s five young victims, while a sixth bfty Is 111 with typhoid fever. The pa t i en t s a re being t reated at the school Infirmary and ten nurses and two physic ians a r e in con­s t a n t a t tendance . Three of the sick boys, named Brown, Sawyer and Whitney, a re from New York City.

Gen. Frederick Puns ton , speaking a t j the banquet of the Colorado Society, Sons of the Revolution, a t Denver, de- j c l a r td tha t the prolongat ion of the war j In th° Philippines w a s due more to out - j side Influences than to the desire of the Filipinos for independence. He said t h a t Senator Hoar of Massachuse t t s was suf­fering from "an overhea ted conscience." j

Wearied by an exac t ing round of dut ies a s a leader in society Mrs. J a n e Louise Trowbridge Hotchklss went South two months ago for res t . At Camden, S. C , she was s t r icken wi th paralysis . She was brought "back to New Haven. Conn.,- by special t rain and died there yes terday. Her husband . Henry L. Hotchklss . Is the president* of the Rub­ber Trust .

Three fires in different sections of Dal­las, Tex., yesterday, believed to be of incendiary origin, destroyed property worth $500,000 and caused the fatal in-Jury of two persons. Three other per­sons were injured. The big plant of the Dorsey Print ing Company and twenty-four dwellings were burned. Six stores were burned at Nacogdoches yesterday. Loss. $40,000.

Agents of the Beef Trus t announce a t Chicago tha t meat prices are likely to be r a b e d again soon. Conditions, they as ­sert, make It Inevitable. Meant ime the i consumption of mea t Is dropping off, and \ butchers all through the Wer t a re fai l ing; or being forced out of business . It Is I said that many thousand heads of beef ca t t le pre to be shipped Into th is coun­try soon from Mexico.

The blue laws were enforced a t Boston yesterday, and a s a. resul t It was prac t i ­cally Impossible to obta in soda or ether ' non-alcoholic dr inks , while the "sand- i wich" hotels d i i a land-office business la Intoxicants of all kinds. The only candy j obtainable t H dispensed by nickel-in- l thc-slot machines. No fruit w a s so ld .no ; s-havlng done and no l aundry delivered. !

There were no blue-law a r r e s t s , bu t Rev- ' era! hundred for d runkenness ,

A 19-year-old girl known a s Mary E t t a OdelV, but who Is said t o be Mary E t t a Schippe, died S a t u r d a y n t W a n a k u e . N. J., under c i rcumstances which -caused County Physician McRrlde to perform an autopsy on the body and to t ake from It the stomach and o the r o r g a n s tha t mav show f'.gns of poison. The girl when

I taken 111 stated t h a t she hod been wheei-| Ing with a s t range young man who had I t i k e n her to a roadhouse where she

drank some birch beer which tasted bitter.

Frank R. Stockton, the well-known novelist, died suddenly a t Wash ing ton yesterday of pari , lysis Immediate ly re-suiting from a h e m o r r h a g » in the brain. He « a s n guest s t t he banque t he'd Wednesday night of the Nat ional Acsd-emy of Selenres, when he was taken sud­denly sick. His condit ion af terward. Im­proved, but a c h a n s e for the worse oc­curred yesterday morn ing . Mr, S t o ' k t n o had spent the r e s t w in te r In New York, and hm: done very HtUt l i t e ra ry work. preferring to reM. The hody will be t.ikrn to Philadelphia for In te rment . Mr. Stockton was M yea r s old. He was In #nrly life an engrave r and d r a u g h t s m a n , but abandoned th is work for journal!*™. Many years ago he ret i red from news­paper work, and devoted himself to lit­erature. He wrote "The i.««dy or tne Tiger"" and m s f v o the r popular stories.

A t 2 S c a y a r d , w o r t h 6 0 c — Black Corded Milks. More t h a n three

thousand yards of a l l -b lack Corded Japanese- Silks, in a v a r i e t y of styles of s t r ipes a n d c h e c k s ; cool and s t rong; excel lent for wa i s t s or dresses .

At 2SVe a y a r d , w o r t h SOc— Printed Pongte*. I m p o r t e d Pongees,

In a good var ie ty of p a t t e r n s and colors; s t rong and perfect .

Basement. At 3 5 c a y a r d , -wor th SOc—

forded Japanese fiilks. A splendid as­so r tmen t of s tyles , and all In new­est a n d bes t color ings only. Seven thousand y a r d s or more, Including plenty of s ty l e s in a l l -whi te .

At SHC a y a r d , w o r t h 4 5 c t o 60c— H'sife Habittai Silks. Several thou­

sand y a r d s of fine qua l i ty Washa­ble W h i t e Silks, in 21. 23 and 27-1n. v id ths ; coolest of all S u m m e r silks

for wa i s t s and dresses , and wear well.

A t 4 5 c a y a r d , w o r t h 6 5 c ~ Printed Babutai Silks. Navy-b lue-

a n d - w h l t e a n d b l ack -and-whi t e p r in ted Japanese Silks are a lmost as 9tapl-» s i lks a s can be found.

" Light , cool and serviceable—they a r e a lways in demand. These, too, a r e all in the s t ap l e designs—dots and nea t effects.

A t SOc a y a r d , w o r t h 75c— Colored Tiffetav. A jp l end id qual i ty

of colored Taffe tas , in a good range of colofs. This is less t h a n they could be m a n u f a c t u r e d for to-day.

A t SOc a y a r d , w o r t h SJ1— Blnrk ltrfaded Silks. Pongee Silks

wi th nftat f igures a n d do ts ; ail b l ack ; fgood med ium weigh t for Summer wear.

At 55<* a y a r d , w o r t h $ 1 a n d S> .25— Printed I.ibTty Satins. The s a m e fine

qual i ty tha t we have sold for many y e a r s : and all the newes t colors and latest designs. T h i s qual i ty h a s never before been offered a t so low a price. I t is a n ex t r ao rd ina ry offering, and a magni f icen t assor t ­m e n t to .'elect from.

At 6 0 c a y a r d , w o r t h 75c— Imported Hlnrk Titfftta. A Very gocd

qua l i ty of black Taffe ta , t h a t we g u a r a n t e e to w e a r sa t i s fac tor i ly ; u n u s u a l value.

A t 8 5 c a y a r d , w o r t h 8 5 c a n d 5 1 — Shantung Ponqees. These a re t he gen­

u ine Shan tung Pongees from China. In the n a t u r a l ecru color, and also in a splendid line of light.

medium and d a r k colors. P e r h a p s th,e most fashionable silk now be­ing used is the colored S h a n t u n g Pongee.

At 6St- a y a r d , w o r t h ©Ot;— Bhuk and Colored Peau de Cygne. One

of the mos t popu l a r p la in silk weaves of t he season ; i s soft a n d mellow, h a s a f ine lu s t r e a n d i t very serv iceable ; is ve ry largely used for w a i s t s a n d d resses ; all colors, both t igh t a n d da rk .

At 6 5 c a y a r d , w o r t h $ 1 a n d $ 1 . 2 8 — Black Silks. P l a i n Black Liber ty

Sat ins , Twil ls a n d Brocades ; some in Taf fe tas . Exce l len t s i lks a t a very l i t t le price.

A t 7 0 c a y a r d , w o r t h OOc— Imported B'ach Taffetas. 27-inch Bla«k

Taffe tas , a t a n unusua l ly low pr ice; good b lack and lus t re ; gua r ­an teed to wear .

A t 7 5 c a y a r d , w o r t h $ 1 . 2 5 — Printed {Alerty Brochc. F ine qual i ty ,

such a s we a l w a y s sell a t the full price; new p a t t e r n s and a l l good colorings.

At 8 5 c a y a r d , w o r t h $ 1 . 2 5 — Black Crepe dp Chine. 24 in. wide, and

a. very desi rable q u a l i t y ; t w e l v t hundred y a r d s to sell a t t h i s low !>riee.

S i l k s a t H a l f P r i c e — A varied collection of Even|»fl tSl lks,

F a n c y Silks. P la in Silks a n d Stock, Silks, picked o u t of our own stock for quick sel l ing: all m a r k e d a t jus t half the r e g u l a r p r i ce s ;

75c S i lks n o w 38c $1 S i l k s n o w SOc $1,25 S i l k s n o w 63c $ 1 . 5 0 S i lk s n o w 7 5 c

, $2 S i lk s n o w $1 Main aisle and Rotunfla. 1,800 S i lk R e m n a n t s a t H a l f P r i c e -

In the Basemen t C n d e r - P r i c e Store several coun t e r s a r e piled full of the most a t t r a c t i v e collections of Silk R e m n a n t s t h a t we h a v e ever offered. T h e whole s i lk s tock con­t r ibutes to the sa le ; a n d all the shor t ends a n d p a r t p ieces have been picked ou t and m a r k e d a t Half Price. B l a c k Silks, Even ing Silks. Fancy Si lks . Pr in ted Sllk«. J apanese Silks a n d Colored Silks of m a n y k i n d s ; a l so Velvets . P lenty of wa i s t - l eng ths , and a host of d ress - leng ths of newest Summer silks, besides pieces for t r immings and m a n y o the r uses. Each piece Is marked wi th both the regular and the half pr ice.

JOHN WANAMAKER. Formerly A, T. Stewart & Co.. Sroadway, fourth Ave..Ninth and Tenth Sts., N.Y.

MANHATTAN and BRONX.

H e n r y P . Drew, a retired cont rac tor and T a m m a n y man. who lived a t 827 Fast. Beventeenth street, was drowned while fishing from a boat n e a r Wreck Lead. L. I., on Saturday.

Rdward Blrd ta l l . son of Chief Engineer Blrdssl l , of the Department of Wa te r Supply, w i s fined IM- by Magis t ra te M o u In t he Morr lsanla court yes terday m o m . Ing for speeding an sutomohlle.

Mme. Lil l ian Nordic*. Ote opera

GENERAL

FOREIGN.

Seven persons perished In a fire In Lon­don Saturday night .

The strikers In Relgtum have be-n !n-strueted by the Oeneral Labor Council to resume work.

the Bulgar ian border were killed by the

Pres iden t Roosevelt returned to W a s h ­ington from New Tork yesterday.

T h e b u t c h e r s of Baltimore and of F a s t Orange . N. J., have organised to fight t h t 'b*ef t rus t .

At K a n s a s City yes terday fifty houses were des t royed by fire. Two persons were Injured Ix>»s, IfR.oOO.

J o n a s t . lvermore, a wealthy b a n k e r a n d hor t i cu l tu r i s t , living a t Camden. N. I , It 100 y e a r s old to -d ty . * He la In good hea l th end act ive. s inger , a t t h e r emi t of mjnr le t the r t -

eeilved in a collision when on a tour In Bishop Po t t e r , of New Tork, a d d r e w e d t h e South, h a s entered tult in the Su- a l a rge T a l e a u d l e n o a t New H a v e n yes- place on Fr iday on the I s thmus of Pan

In a conflict on eight Bulgar ian! Turkish soldiers.

Saturday, near Abllt . F ranee , W. K. VandcrMlt. Jr.. In his automobi le covered twenty-nine k i lometers In s ixteen min­utes, breaking all records.

Emperor William and Count von W»I-dersee took par t in the ceremonv of un­veiling a monument to Qen. von Rosen­berg at Hanover, yes te rday .

A post on the ou t sk i r t s of Nlu-Chwang . garrisoned by forty Russ i ans , h a s '-ecu a t t teked by b t n d l t t . One R u s t l t n officer and four p r lv t t e s were killed.

Palma, P re r lden t -e lec t of Cuba, ding at Qlbara . Cubs , was wel­

comed with g rea t e n t h u s i a s m by t h e people of tha t a n d o the r cities.

Heavy fighting It t a i d to have t aken

ama In the neighborhood of P a n a m a and Bocas del Torn. It Is a s se r t ed t h a t the s i tuat ion on the Is thmus 1 does not im­prove.

At Hels ingfors . F in land , F r i d a y , a crowd Jeered a t t he police a n d ironically cheered cer ta in Sena tors who have shown a vleldlnt; a t t i t ude In regard to Russian policy. Cossacks cha rged the crowd a n d many persons were Injured.

There w a s r iot ing S a t u r d a y a t Anna t to Bay J a m a i c a , where police and coolies had a conflict. Many persons were in­jured, a n d numerous a r r e s t* were made. H u n d r e d s of persons are being prosecuted on the Island for the non-paymen t of taxes .

P r i v a t e accounts give news of most serious at-torders In Southwest Russia. Since t h e pillaging of the Duke of Meck­lenburg 's house the dlstut b.tnees have spread widely, and large d is t r ic t s In the frovernrr.ents of Kharhoff and I'olt.iva are In open revolt.

Mass meet ings in favor of universal suffrage were held yes terday in all ' he town of Sweden. In Stockholm the dem« ons t ra to rs ' tr ied to m a r c h to the palace of Kins oeca r . They were charged ••.• tne pcillr^ and several of them were wound­ed, o t h e r s were a r re s t ed .

A d ispa tch from Mexico CWv*«*ays tha t the e a r t h q u a k e Fr iday covered a large

' extent of ter r i tory , and Is reported down into Centra l America, T h " lower s e c tloa of the Pat Ifl<• Coast count ry fe'.t • be shork verv severely, and a t Tape-huln. in the S ta te of Chiapas , there wa<«

much d a m a g e done to proper ty . "he lo«s Is es t imated a t a million dollars. A report t h a t five hundred persons were killed In the de i t ruc t ton of two townt In Q u a t t m a l a by the e a r t h q u a k e lacks c<n-

: nrmatton, Cen. De Wet h a s gone to Ileltbron.

Orange Rlevr Colony; Oen, Botha ha t gone to Vryheld, T r a n s v a a l , a n d Cen I >e [a Key and Mr. S teyn (ex-Prcsldent of

! the O r a n t e Free Stnte) h a v e gone to, Klerksdorp. T ransvaa l . Th* j j_h |A£ rtr*" renged to meet the b u r g h e r s i i n n W r - n t rendezvous and submi t the British terms. It is believed t h a t the T r snuvx : ! -rr« wll! . v e r v w h e r e accept, the terms. The only c'ilT.oilty likely to occur v. Ill be with the Orange Free S ta te r s , many of whom will, M is c rpec ted . prove recal-

j c l t rant . At Managua . Nica ragua , on the night

' of April 16, t large two-s to ry barrack In the cen t re of the c i ty w a s blown to

I f ragments . Between 100 and 200 officers I and coldters are repor ted to b a v t been i killed, and many soldiers and other per­

sons were injured. A la rge number of 1 buildings near the b a r r a c k were dam­

aged or wrecked. Tons of dynamite , In addition to a q u a n t i t y or powder, were •tored In the ba r rack . The total prop­erty lost by the tgptCMten.l t 12.000,000. President 7-elaya a t t r i b u t e s t a t disaster to conspira tors .

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AFtMY PROMOTIONS. . ,

The promotion of Col. Mott Hooten, Twenty-e igh th In fan t ry , to be a hrlga-dler-general will r e A l t in t he promo­tion of Lieut -Col . Morr i s C. Foote, F i r s t Infant ry , to be colonel; MsJ. Joseph T. Huston. Nineteenth In fan t ry , to be U 'U tenant-colonel , and Capt . J a m e s B, doe, Thi r teen th In fan t ry , to h/« major . The appoin tment as b r igad ie r -genera l s 0f

.mon Snyder, Nine teen th Infantry, and Wil l iam Auman. Twen ty -n i i fan t ry . will c t u s e t h e following promo­t i o n s Licut.-Cols. E d m u n d Rice, Sec­

ond Infant ry , and C. G. Penney, Twen ty -third Infantry , to be colonels, Majors W. Wltt4eh. Twenty- f i r s t i n f a n t r y , and W. H. W, James , T w e n t y - t h i r d Infant ry , to be l leutenant-colonelB, and Capts . H. Liggett , Fifth In fan t ry , a n d C H. Bone-steel, ' T w e n t y - s e v e n t h In fan t ry , to be majors . The a p p o i n t m e n t of Lieut.-Col. Charles Bird, of the q u a r t e r m a s t e r ' s de­pa r tmen t , to be br igadier -genera l will result In the promot ions of MaJ. John W. Pu l l r r i n and Capt . Carrol A. Eevol to t he next h igher g rade .

MUSIC HATH H I S -FOR THESE DEMOCRATS

Every sea t In t h e Folly was taken las t night a t the t h e a t r e par ty gtven by the Nineteenth Dist r ic t Democratic. Associa­tion. A la rge a m o u n t of money was raised for the fund which the associat ion is ra i s ing to build a clubhouse.

The commit tee .In charge consisted of Conrad Hnscnfltig, I^owf? Metz, John W. Weber, Ju l iu s S c h m m a n , H. Scharmen , J. Soldfnghorrt and Dr. Char le s Pflug.

The e n t e r t a i n m e n t opened with a shor t address by M a g i s t r a t e F. Oa t ton Higgin-botharo, who congra tu l a t ed the assoc l t -t'.on on the success of Its under tak ing . He said t h a t be remembered the t ime when r.o woman would go to an en te r ­ta inment given by a political o rganiza­tion. On th is occasion more than half of the audience con^lfted of women. thereby proving t h a t politics hss been made mee t genteel and tha t woman have Ir.< me intete«t«id In public questions.

Besides t he r egu la r ta lent Miss H. Wtnkoop, who h s s a very (ln» soprano

m-oli e, and Ml?s Brady, contral to, a p -n>f sred.

Ex-Ass ls tnnt Dis t r ic t At torney J o h n Msgulre delivered on address on "Our Count ry ," bu t t he audience wanted to

| hes r music and funny s tor ie t and he h a d to cut his r e m s r k s short In the midst of h is most eloquent p e r ' i d .

LAKE GEORGE STEAMERS. A N E W "9AOAMCRF." AND A R E ­

BUILT "HORICON." The new steel s t e amer Sagamore, bu i l t

to take the p lace of t he Tlconderog». burned las t s u m m e r , will be launched t t Ccldwell, on F a k e George, to-morrow afternoon. The Sngnmore is In model and In a r r a n g e m e n t pract ical ly a dup l i ­cat ion of the s i s te r boat of the line, the Hortcon, and w a s constructed by W. A R. Fletcher , of Hoboken, tteing t a k e n In rect lons to t ho lake and there pu t together ready for the launch. Whit* the new S a g a m o r e hn» b?en tinder con­s t ruct ion the old Kortcon has been com­pletely rebuilt and overhauled, me king her pract ical ly a new boat, and will t*» launched probably on Fr iday, thus g iv­ing the res iden t s and pa t rons of the lake next s u m m e r a double dally ser ­vice In two new s t eamers each equipped with alt the modern Improvements .

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