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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-09-17

ID, green apples Sc er lh. peach es
24c per 10, butter 30 to 35c per IT,
eggs % to 30c per duz, heus zoe
each, spring chickens none ON the
market. Almost every thing is
sold by the pound straw berries 4
and DC per pint; waternelons aud
cantaloupes are about the same MS
in Ky; lard l5c.
Well, have given you the pri-
ces on most We have 10 eat and
now will mention what kind Of
shade trees We have. Pepper trees
are mostly used, resem Ile n willow
and are pungent like pepper; have
the weeping willow and cpmphcr
tree and the eucalyptus is used al
so; the last named is grown for
wood Oregon cedar and Oregon
pine, also a cypress used for he'd.
ges, instead of fencing, is very
pretty indeed. Roses make trees
out here, many Of them eight to
ten feet in height, aud larger than
my arm, with blooms as large as a
saucer. Friends in Kentucky may
think | am stretching to make it
appear big, nevertheless it is lust
so.
We have two water companies
that furnish water to the city. III
understand the North Pomona
company charge eighty cents per
hour for irrigating purposes; for
domestic use from $3.50 to 1925
per month, for wstt ring a horse or
COW zoe per month. The water is
very handy TO the women, no buc-
kets to draw up like they have in
Kentucky, SO the ladies have an
easier time than they do east.
Now as TO what we use for fuel for
cooking Gasoline stoves are used
more than any others, some use
he crude oil. Gasoline ID cents
per gallon, crude oil &c; the wood
stoves burn gum, eucalyptus or few
n tree, known by several names: it
,osts SO pen cord, mesquite 1925,
oak 81 per cord; nut coal 65c per }
ack Of 100 lbs or so per ton; the t
oal makes NJ cinder, but burnes 4
o ashes like wood, and does not
lack mp like the eastern coal.
some use gas for cooking, which
ellis for 81 50 per 1000 feet: can r
ot tell how that is measured 10 5
he consumer.
The country looks level, though
hey claim a fall of one hundred
set to the square mile.
North Pomona is two miles i
rom South Pomona, and is locat. u
on the Santa Fe railroad, has
ne hotel, one grocery, four pack L
~ houses and depot, and is loca- v
ID In the main orange belt We 8
ave dummy cars running from C
Ne Southern Pacific to North Pc. v
iona, fare for round trip 20 cents, s
ne man runs it as engineer aud I
ondnctor. A great many automo- "A
lies are used here and bycicles: II
ave not tried the bycicles yet, Il
n waiting for John Morse to get a
ell enough to accompany me o
it'll a wheelbarrow, so that he z
an bring in the fragments. u
My friend Thurman and | tried -
ar hands in making plum crates.
10 other DAY, at one half cent a
rate. We worked half of day
nd made two hundred and thirty d
wen. Now. Mr.. Editor, how long
i'll 1t take us to make enough .
oney TO take us back east, max. q
y cratesy Will leave you to cal a
llate. If you can figure it out II
Directly let me know. t
We are going to try gathering {
runes next, at 7 cents box, box a
Odds abou, bushel; will give the !.
mount of boxes picked in one day 5
l our next letter.
We have cone long way to find
lt abOut this countpu md u,o o,o
The sun., 1903-02-18
OBITUARY..

The Rev. Father James Mansan, assstan,
rector Of the Church OF the Sacred Heart in
West fiity-hI.t street, died yesterday in
al seneos Fails. n i. was graduated from
st. Charless College at Boltimors and was
ordained Al. Troy twelve years ago soer
Innocepts,,, Church at Troy, Where he re-
fsrred to the Church q the sacred Heart
He was the sriritual director OF the Holy
cent dc PAN Ills funeral viii take place
at 1880 o'clock to,morrow morning Arch
bishop Farley will say the reoriem mss.
Finer sseh e.. S Church y ,Ss Holy Sy
srirt, The burial will be at seneca Falls
eldest sop Of the late Hon Chsrlc. Theodore
Russell, died on Monday, at Arlingtop, Mass,
IN is,s, studied law II his tnthef. cee e,'srd ard
ana Was admitted to The The Miss eIrss,i. bai
IN is7s: bccomins member Of ,h. lSns,cs-
brother : the late Gov william j. Russell.
afterward entered the sane hrm.. which later
bscsme the present hrm Of Russell 4 Russell.
He was unmarried.
George y; Pike. chief cl.rs IN United State.
tsrday Of pneumonia and "trip az his home.
appointed chief clerk In. the Distric, Al
0cs in ,b 1859 AID I'D had ;sTyed sa,n com
nfty vers aVo Ut Southport. Conn He is
survived by widow and a young son.
Fritz Laeay. 4 real estate dealer and in
surance agent In Newark died yesterday
and fss one ID ~ He leaves widow one son
,.s;s samuel A 4. ,Sords9 for many many year. con-
Pa. died yestsrday. aged 50 years
The sun., 1903-02-18
TAX BUNNY TR'AL BEGINS.
story Of the Rrduc,ion Of Monroe II.
Bryant's Assessment.

Nathan Springer's trial for suborning &
-duminiss' to con'uit perjury before the
ra1 Commissioners and get other mems
personal assessments reduced began yes
terday before Justice Herrick In the crimi-
nal branch OF the Supreme Court. Springer
was indicted with Philip Baer and Walter
4. Sawyer Sawyer has confessed.
Mon oe B. Bryant. Maiden Lane jew, 4,
testified that in January man called upon
ain and offered to have his assessment Of
$4,000 reduced. The caller gave him
Springer's card Mr. Bryant said he refused
the Offer but gave his tax notice TO another
nan the next day. He couldn't identify
Springer as the caller who gave him tn.
Charles W. Gould, Mr. Jerome's stenog-
rapher, testified that Springer admitted
That he had given his card to MIR. Bryant.
Gustave Lowenthal. a real estate agent.
testified that Mr.. Bryant delivered the
tax notice 10 him. LOwenthal gave II To
springer.
County Detective Secord said that
confer nee with Baer. Springer and Sawyer
he Sec ord went before the Tax Commit.
sionere aid personating Mr.. Bryant. got hit
assessment reduced to $40 900. Secord acted
Dy direction Of the District Attorney
Sawyer testified that he also had acted
as a dummy but had not been requested
by Springer TO commit perjury.
Assistant District Attorney SchurInAn
said he would finish his case this morning
Baer, who was librarian Of the City Hall
when he was arrested, was in court.
The sun., 1903-02-18
BtCkLM JF'!! Illnesses.
Al the "Missins" Men II Is Expected viii
Appesr.

District Attorney jerome refused yester-
day 10 make any statement concerning
the missing witnesses" in the Bucblin case,
(who, 1t is expected, will all appear when
wanted He said that he had lar ! moth
ing from Bucklin's lwyers relative to
their Agreeing 10 the appointment Of a COM
mission to take the testimony Of Edwa'd u A.
Wasserman and W. A. n. Stafford.
Forbes j. Hennessy wrota to The Sun
yesterday that he did not say on Monday,
TO Assistant District Attorney Sandtord
that he did not care what Inconvenience the
witnesses for the prosecution were obliged
to suffer. He says:
-On the contrary, the proposition 70 ex-
anime witnesses by commission was made
to the District Attorney last week, and the
same was suggested in open court yerter-
day. On both occasions the District At
torneys Office refused to accede to this
request. Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Sand
ford telephoncd our Office and asked that
Mr.. Staford's testimony be taken in this
way. told him that | had no authority
TO consent to anything in the absence OF
Mr.. Della unity. who was then occupied al d
reference. further said 20 Mr. Sandford
that VIC had no interest in keeping Mr.
Stafford in New York, and that the matter
rested wholly with the District Attorneys
Office
Reginald Vanderbilt remains in New.
The sun., 1903-02-18
T., en- II the Cfty's Aid u Withdrawn II viii
BE Continued. Its Director Says.

Dr.. Joseph Mcmahon, director Of the
Catholic Library. has been chosen by the
board Of directors TO prepare a brief for
presentation to the board Of estimate show
ing why the Catholc Library should he con-
,inued in it spresent form instead Of being
merged into the new Carnegie libraries. as
demanded by the city authorities II it is
to keep its municipal grant
The matter has come down TO this, .
said Father McMshon yesterday. 1T Is
now purely question Of politics and on this
score il must be settled"
i note that DR.. Savage has seen At to
criticise our work from the pulpit. shall
not discuss DR.. Savage's opinions and utter
nnces. II H. impossible 10 reason with
him. We represent 200 ,0C0 people In
our work here In New York His following
is a mere handful Of Unitarians. He may
think that his thought possesses the true
quality, bu.. he must admit that the quantity
Is on our side 80. .,.'
Asked what action the trustees will take
II the city withdraw it's appropriation from
the library. DR.. Mcmahon said:
"The library will not be closed. Neither
will it he merged into any other library.
Such an action would result in the complete
undoing Of what years OF carefully planned
labor has achieved"
The sun., 1903-02-18
The CHELTENHAM
/ Press undertakes the
production Of all printed
matter Of which the design
and Arrangement" are
sufficiently important to be
paid for. $50 Fifth Avenue
Southwest Conner Twenicsh Street
(HISESE REfORMERS DINE.
Bis difference Between Their Brand and
OUR. Judge Herrick Tells Them.

Div UuUereuce bftNcen IUe1F uTWuu uuc
OUR. Judge Herrick Tells Them.
Many new dragons In fresh paint looked
down from the walls Of ~ Pell street last
night on the guests who dined with J. NJ
Singleton, the Chinese interpreter OF the
Custom House and tho members OF the
Chinese Empire Reform Association.
Judge Warren " Foster of Genera
Sessions WA toast master. and among the
guests were Supreme urt Justice d
Cady Hcrrick Of Albany. Congressman
Goldfogle, Justice Samuel Seabury Of the
City Court, Justice John Henry Mccarthy
Col. william c. Beecher, Warden Van De
Carr of the Tombs. Hobart Park Of Park
A 'Tilford. Assistant District Attorney
Minor. Wilbur Fisk OF Harvey Fisk d
Sons. Chu Sue Kin, the Chinese reformer
Otto Rosalsky, and William j. Bogert, Of
the Chicago and Alton Railroad
The guests went through the menu from
pineapple preserves 10 lotus seed soup.
Then Toastmaster Foster called:o ont Congress
man Goldfogle, who presented to the host
Mr.. Singleton. a picture of himself which
Abe Meyers. the conductor Of the evenings
entertainment, said was a speaking likeness
that spoke better than the original.
All the Chinamen were in evening clothes
Of American pattern. There wasn't que 10
In the house ana one Of the judicial guests
remarked that there was another omission
in the alphabet beca,ise there wasn't an
X In the hosts speech OF thanks for the
picture, Mr.. Singleton had not attended
political meetings for naught.
Il would De cold indeed II | not touched
by this gleet." said he You geneiOsty
glatefully accept. Land Of libty. hope
some day to enjoy privileges of Mclean
citizen"
Mhen Justice Herrick was introduced,
the Chinese guests gdzed Jealously at his
wsistcoat. The Justice was clad like them
selves In the conventional coat. but the
wsistcoat was OF imperial yellow. fastened
with gold buttons and the hue OF the cloth
Just matched the fabric on which the green
and red dragons were disportng behind
him. Justice Herrick referred to Chu Sue
Kin, the reformer.
Reform 10 a serious matter in China
he said In this country ii is merely play,
Sometimes II is the stslking horse which
the politician uses 10 serve best his pur-
poses Of the moment. But in China re-
former loses his head as quickly as his iden-
tity In revealed
tu.tice Seabury declared in favor Of re-
moving the restrictions against Chinese
who want to come into America. Guy Main
made speech in favor Of granting the fran
chise to Cinnamon. Thai is his American
name. Some Of the diners were 80 i'm
pressed with the address that they thought
the two syllables Of the name ought 10 be
transposed
After the dinner the party visited the
Chinese Theatre in Doyers street and saw
a performance and later attended another
at the Thalia Theatre.
The sun., 1903-02-18
MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE.
The Man Supposed to Have Killed Mise
Curry Piunges Under . Train.


PHILADELPHIA. Feb. l7.-Edward j. Ber-
nard. for whom the police had been search
ing since the murder Of Regina Curry,
the young seamstress, committed suicide
here to-day by throwing himself under .
train at Fifth street and Glenwood avenue
Until II o'clock the body lay at the morgue
un Identified. Then a conductor on q
Willow Grove car identified the man a. the
one who had been seen running after Miss
Curry on the night she was murdered in
defence Of her honor. Other identifca-
tions followed, and the police believe the
murder mystery is ended.
The mother of Berpard. who lives at
Lamott, the scene Of tbe crime, was ready
to prove an alibi for her SON. She MAIN
tanned that he was asleep at the time OF the
murder. Though soaroely settled In their
Lamott home, a relative OF the Currys
said that the family would soon leave the
village and 60 where they were unknown.
Before coming to LAmott the Currys spent
year in Ashbourne. and before that lived
in Philadelphia.
Captain Of Detectives Miller said to-day:
Our men were 80 close on Bernards trail
that he was driven to suicide. Before the
murder Of Miss Curry We were after Bernard
upon a charge OF bigamy. So far - We
KIN W the man had three wives, two living
in Philadelphia and one In Pocomo City,
Md We intended 10 arrest him hrst on
the bigamy charge and hold him pending
the murder investigation.
The sun., 1903-02-18
ELIOT.s MARRIAGE STATISTICS.
Harvards President Sayv His Fisures Havo
Been MiscOnstrued . Little.

n
Been Misconstrued . Little.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Feb. l7-When Presi-
dent Eliot Of Harvard wrote his annual
report he had no intention OF creating
the impr that because members Of
certain graduating classes Il the college
had remained single, or, when married. had
not reared any children it was an indication
Of the usual condition among the American
people on the whole.
In expla ming this part Of his report he
says the statistics he collected on the SUBJ
ject were confined solely to the members
of six graduating classes Of Harvard from
the years 1877? to 1877, inclusive.
. 'In my last annual report DR.. Eliot
said, Il pointed out that 20 per cent. Of the
membersNef six classes that investigated
are unmAffed and those who are married
have ontthe average only two surviving
children. eo that q married pairs just
REPRODUCED themselves on the average.
The table suggests. to be sure. that the
people does not increase the pofrAat!on
at all, but on the contrary fails to reproduce
itself. But in no way did intend TO state
that my figures proved this fact conclusively.
ing classes, but did not 60 beyond that
limit and include the educated American
classes as whole.
Il did want to urge that other colleges
and universities publish class reports anala-
gous to the Harvard reports Ia order that
a competent statistician might establish
from the assembled reports interesting
and valuable conclusions. l went on 70
show that the regrettable result indicated
In my table was due tn the late postpone
ment OF marriage on the part Of educated
young men, which is almost unavoidable
under the protracted education prescribed
for men who enter the learned and scientific
professions
The sun., 1903-02-18
Turk wrongly Made Citizen.

Hanes Sarkesian, Turk. who is said to
Be q member Of Turkish firm in this city,
was arrested yesterday by Secret Service
Agent Hoag Of Washington, charged with
having iraudulently obtained naturaliza-
ton papers in Rhode Island. He was held
by United States Commissioner Shields in
81 900 bail for examination.
1t Is understood this IL the first Of a series
of arrests OF Turks and Armenians in this
city who have been securing naturalization
BY fraud In Rhode Island.
According to the Secret Service man,
Sarkeeian went to Providence in December
and got his full citizenship papers BY swear
ing that he had come to America before he
was IS and that he had been a resident Of
Rhode Island for year.
The naturalization records in this city
show that Hanes Sarkesian, a Turk. took
out his first papers here two years ago and
that he swore then that he had then been
In the country les than two years.
The sun., 1903-02-18
Wall ABOUT CROWDED SCHOOLS.
Fifteenth District Is In BAD way. Its Com.
mittee Says.

In a report made to the Board Of Educa-
ton yesterday by the School Board Of
the Fifteenth district Of Manhattan. COM
plant was made Of the crowded condition
Of all the schools in the district and an ur-
vent request was made for the immediate
enlargement Of Public Schools So, II, 90, ,l5s
Public School Q Is the only one, according
to the report that Is merely filed TO It's
seating capacity, and not to overlooking
like the others.
The Recommendation was also made that
the completion Of the grammar school
course by classes of pupils be marked by
graduating exercises. The local board
pointed ont the fact that a great many
schoolchildren end their studies on leaving
the grammar schools and suggested that
their ushering into the activities Of life
should be attended with some sort of pleas.
ant ceremony which would be remembered
in after life. The issuing of grammar
school diplomas was also suggested.
The sun., 1903-02-18
KILLED ny ELEVATOR CABLE.
Bebbics was Trying to Fix the Rope and
Mas Drawn Over the Drum.

Frederick Bebbles. a negro coachman.
was caught in the cable OF the elevator at
the Burnton apartment house. 23i West
Sixty-ninth street, early yesterday morn
ing and crushed TO death. The regular en-
gineer was away, and though Bebbles had
been warned not to have anything to do
with the elevator. he proceeded to put in
order the cable, which had Overlapped on
the drum.
He took a rag in his hand in order to Sc
cure a good grip on the greasy cable and
then shouted to the elevator boy to start
the car. As II moved the rag caught be-
tween the cable and the drum, In a second
Bebbess hand was caught. The next mo-
ment his body was drawn over the drum and
mangled by the tightening wire rope. He
was killed almost instantly.
1t took an hours work and the help Of q
squad Of firemen f'o,n hook and ladder
25. IN West Seventy-seventh street to
get Bebbless body out.
The sun., 1903-02-18
NAVAL MILITIA DANCE
Held Aboard the New Hampshire. and the
Tars We're Very Merry.

The second division. First Battalion Of the
Naval Militia. gave its first dance in several
years last evening on board the New Hamr-
shire at the foot OF East 1wenty-four,h
street. The ship was handsomely decorated
with flags. Japanese lanterns and flowers
Dancing was on the spar deck and the
stringcd orchestra which furnished the
music was hidden from view by palms and
q screen OF flowers. The members OF the
divitio were their blue mess coats. SUP
per was served on the gun deck, the bat
talon band playing meanwhile.
Among the patrCnesses were Mrs r
Livingston Satterlee. Mis-. Jacob ". Miller,
Mrs. W. Butler Duncan, Jr, Mrs. Albert
pelafield. Mrs. Lewis L. Delafeld, Mr.
Herbert Parsons. Mrs. Sidney de KAY.
Mre. Joseph Auerbach, Mrs. Stephen II
Pell, Mrs. Auguste p Montant. Mrs. Charles
n. Kent, Mrs. Henry Slack, Mrs. W. Da
Wolfe Dimock. Mrs. George &. Guion and
Mrs. John W. Weed
The sun., 1903-02-18
THE CLtB HilS POOk,
Also Dominoes-FraDk Croker Beats John
W. Keller With the Cue.

Club night at the Democratic Club, under
the management OF Frank Croker, brought
out big attendance last night in spite OF
the weather. The pool tournament was
begun. Those who played last night We're
Vincent Slattery. Luther g. Gadd, Frank
Croker, John W. Keller, Charles Mcl Cam
and Jere Mahoney. A domino tourna-
rnent also was put In motion.
Gadd beat Siattery, Mccain beat Ma
honey and Croker beat Keller at pool.
Inc leaders in the omino contest now
are Michael !. DAILY, ex-SheriT Giell and
George +. Monta gnc
The sun., 1903-02-18
COUNT SHOT ME-HELMBOLD.
30 lie Did. Says Diane de Jade--In tho
Trousers Band. Says the Count.

Trousers Band, says the Count.
Edward Boise de Courccnay. was arrested
yesterday on q capias issued by Justice
Davis on the application Of Horace W.
Helmbold. Helmbold has begun an action
against Courcenay for $4,000 damages for
alleged assault and battery which he say.
Courcenay committed on him on the night
of Feb. 10.
Helmbold and his wife, who was known
on the stage as Diane de Jade before she
married him. both make affidavit to the
assault. They say that they went to the
Brevoort House to serve a summons and
complaint on. Rene de Villiers. in an action
for breach of contract. While they were
waiting for Villiers in the street in front OF
the hotel, Courcenay. appeared and when
Helmbold managed to serve the legal
papers. Courcenay according to their af
davits. struck Helmbold with heavy
cane, scratched his face and finally shot
him in the abdomen with a revolver.
1t appears mat al! three men nave or
have had some connection with wins
agency and that AL but Hell nbold are
Counts. As to the shot in the abdomen,
counsel for De Courcenay says it was fr, d
in self-defenc, by his little client at Helm
bold. who Is big man. and that the wound
was confined to the abdominal region #
Helmbold's trousers. The little Count wa,
fined IS next day for carrying a pistol
His counsel says the summons Helmbold,
who had been an employee OF the agency.
was trying TO serve, was not a summons
for breach OF contract. but for failing to
Ale q certificate Of INCORPORATION.
Helmbold figured in the newspapers two
years ago when he was sued for divorce
by his first wife, and he retaliated by suing
her mother, Mrs Mary Z. Whitaker. for
Oil 900 for the alienation OF his wifes af-
fection. After the divorce decree was
granted he married the present Mrs. Helm
bold.
Courcenay was released after giving
q 500 bail.
The sun., 1903-02-18
THE POPES BIRTHDAY MASS.
Great Preparations Being Made NJ the
Cathedral for the Jubilee.

Mgr Falconio, the Apostolic Delegate
to the United States. will come from WASH
ington on March TO pontifcate at the
high mass at the Cathedral on Tuesday,
March 3, in honor Of the Popes birthday.
Preparations for few church celebrations
in the history Of New York have equalled
those for this ceremony. All the Bishops
Of the province will be present. and il is ex-
pected that nearly all the clergy Of New
York city will attend. Admission will be
by invitation. Two thrones will be erected
In the sactuary, one for Mgr. Falconio
and the other for Archbishop Farley. The
seven other Bishops of the diocese will be
seated there. Bishop Quiglv Of Buffalo
being the only member OF the hierarchy
Of this provinces who will he absent. He is
now travelling in Mexico. prior 10 assuming
the see Of Chicago. and his successor to the
see OF Buffalo has not vet been appointed
Father r. J. Campbell. s. j., Of tho mes
senger staff. a famous Jesuit orator. will
prsach. Haydn's Imperial Mass will be
sung. In the evening reception wll be
given to Mgr. Falconio at the Archbishop's
residence.
The sun., 1903-02-18
THREE MORE DIE At CORNELL.
AAo Gases n Typhoid In lthaea-Water
supply Polluted.

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the local physiciahs are uhaoie 10 care io'
additional sufferers.
Inc oncai Reports gwen ou' py 'ne
noaru OF hea'h iast hien, stating t'a' 'iIe'u
were Nv cases OF typho'n ie'e' III '',e Wv.
aho oesc'ipihs the uhsaNi'a'y co,"',,ona s1,
a'one tne ~atersheds OF 'ho oreeMe '.o''
wnicn ithaca ,akee i's water nase a,o
citizens ana students anhS 70 49,. ~
Inc senior c'ass OF ,o,he' ''., .,,,,d ne -
noon anu PaS.eu res"'i'lo,,' D,',. ,ho,
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