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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
THE WEEK IN PETROLEUM.

Another cut In credit balances was made on
Wednesday Of &c a gallon I'm all grades making the
present prices as follows: Pennsylvania. 81 50:
North Lima 81 II: South Lima and Indiana 81 O6;
Tiona. 81 "a; Newcastle. 81 IS: Somerset 81 a. and
Raglan 66 cents This is the in prices since
making the refined product SOJc in barrels and 5l5c
in bulk at New-YOrk.
Little of Importance 20 have taken place
in the Southwest field during the last week and no
well OF special Importance. either size loca-
tion has been brought to light. Perhaps ths most
important discovery was N the Gordon Sand terri
tory near Iittleton Wetzel County, w Va where
the test we'll tho q. Il. Jackson farm shows up
a barrel producer.
This is three quarters Of a mile northwest OF the
good producer on the Anderson farm This latter
well was completed about three weeks ago, and
continues 10 hold up at about sixty barrels m dav
ducing territory, an 1t may lie that further tests
TO the northeast Will result in still greater ex-
tension. At any rate. a good deal of active deve-
opInent work Is now under way in that locality.
Another good well was also drilled the Rogers
farm. the side OF the Folsom district in
Harrison County. This well started at the rate
Of twenty-five barrels an hour. bur il is within well
made good strike. and possibly has discovered a
new pool of some magnitude in its test well near
the Big Injun Sand when II started out pumping at
thirty-nVe barrels day. IL was originally in
this may yet be done but temporarily the drilling
has ceased, 10 see what the outcome will be from
Several good sized wells were drilled in the Deem
Sand district in Iniiana, and considerable activity
Is in evidence there: Very little is being done in
completed have proved of minor importance
Refined petroleum showed n decided decrease dur
se5c IN barrels and 5.l5c in bulk decline OF Zoe
philadelphia prices basis of points
weaker tendency London closed 55sd per I'M
pss,ral gallon decline of lid Antwerp closed
1874 francs per 100 kilos, a decline Of i frame
Bremen closed unchanged $50 pigs. 90 koa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
GEN. BOOTHS DAUGHTER JOINS Dowrr
A Crowd Chases the Prophet-Asked 10
Leave Hotel Cecil. It Is Said

London. June 12-Al day long crowds har
been in the vicinity OF the Zion Tabernacle. =,
Euston Road. John Alexander Dowie arrives
there at 1880 o'clock. had his meals inside N.
tabernacle and remained there through the la
While three services were held, the attendanc.
was confined strictly to ticket holders
Toward o'clock tonight Dowie ventur.d A.
leave the building with his wife and son ana
the long whiting mob. with frantic sbou,v
dashed after their cabs. while reporters IN han
SONS Joined in the chase over circuitous rou..
to the Hotel Cecil 1t is said that DovEia oh
tanned rooms at this hotel by withholding ~.
name. but that he has been requested to dena-,
in the morning.
AT the evening service Mr.. and Mrs. Booth
Clibborn, the latter the eldest daughter ~ 80.
eral William Booth. founder OF the SaIva+Sa-
Army. were ordained elders in the Zfontat
Church. ''se
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
PO0LR00MS FLOURISH.
LAUGH AT THE POLICE.
CottreH Withdra5os Police Guard
from TenderIOiR Gamblers.

Desrite the severe blow dealt 10 poolselling
in this city by tie Western Unions action in
cutting off its racetrack service, poolrooTns in
the TendeTloin continue 10 flourish, and accord
ing 20 Information derived from authoritative
SOURCES are doing a more prosperous business
than before the recent sensational raids. There
are about thirty poolrooms in the Tenderloin
precinct. and half OF these have been doing
more or less successful business throughout the
trouble
Deprived Of the Western Union service, the
poolroom keepers find II more difficult 10 obtain
racing news. but by no means impossible. Tele-
phones and more primitive methods have been
resorted to.
Captain CottreIl Of the Tenderloin station has
abolished the poolroom guard of plain clothes
policemen. To-day there is attempt made by
the police to prevent people from going in and
out of the well known poolrooms Of the pre-
cnct. Last week thirty men were seen TO go
snto a well known poolroom in West Twenty
eghtb-st. in twenty minutes.
well known poolroom man said last night:
These are easy times for as. 1t is an i'll
wind that blows nobody any coed. policeman
IS a scarce figure around here these days. Why.
We don't know. but we prefer not TO ask any
questions. hut to take our good luck as We
find il. Why, YOU could hire a barker these
DAYS TO stand outside on The sidewalk and invite
the people to come in TO play the races. This
lack OF police interference is fine. And say,
some of those recent raids We're lauGhable
When Cottrell headed his men in a raid on
place in West TWenty-eiEhth-st. he went at II
with a flourish OF trumpets, breaking down the
front door with a clanOr that aroused the
whole neghborhood. And while all this
going on The crowd was pouring out Of a get
away next door. almost under the very noses Of
the police. Every body I'm the Tenderlon knows
OF the existence of this getaway, which COM
nunicates with n well known restaurant next
door, but Cottrell had no men outside TO pre-
vent the escape of the people they were after
There is a pOoroom IN. West TWenty-ninth-st.
which not closed even raided il the pool
room war. II is said be backed by a Ten
derloin saloonkeeper, previously mentioned in
The Tribune as being powerful influence In
police circles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
MRS. PHIPPs TO SEEK VENUE CHANGE.
Her Husband Says Hunt for Her Estate
Brings Certain Persons Into the Case.
~ rELEeRArH Ii - rR1prNr.l

Denver, June l2.-Mrs. Phipps and her advisers
have decided 10 begin their contest in the divorce
case by asking change Of venue, on the grounds
that the parties 10 the suit not legal residents
OF this city and that prejudice arises against the
defendant that would prevent her from securing a
fair hearing here il viii be contended that the
legal residence Of Mr.. Phpps as well as of 1rs
Fhpps' Is Pittsburg. The Phipps house in ColfaX-
ave. is m the name Of Mrs. Phipps
For the sake 81 the children an effort will be
made 70 keep the divorce proceedings private Mr.
fhipps has had TO make charges but he has no de-
sire 10 make a public scandal. He blames others
more severely than the defendant. and SAYS tina
the fortune supposed 70 belong her through mar
r1age what was sought by certain individuals
VINO have been connected with the case His law
yers have taken steps 10 prevent the disposal of
any part OF the estate -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
COTTON BROKERS' DAUGHTER EropEs
Miss Bailey, of Brookline, Mass, Married "a
Club Member and Golf PLAYER.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE 1R1BUSE.1

Brookline. Mass. June 12.-Nfiss VIvienne Rau.v
daughter of Jason Bailey, a cotton broker OF Rosl
ton and New-York. disappeared from her homn !.
week ago last Friday and eIOped with Merrn
Phillips Butler, OF BroOkline a popular young Chm
member and golf player The pair secured mar
rage license at Portland where they were MAJ
rted. Cards have Just been sent out from Neyvto,
Centre. where the young couple 20 make Their
home.
W. H. Bailey nephew OF Jason Bailey was IN.
sutton. 1t Is said. that the latter had selected fo
his daughter but she chose Butler. The couple at
tempted 20 secure license IN Newton but saw NJ
Bailey there and went to Portland instead Botb
are good golf players. and the romance began an
the links. where they were introduced by a mutual
friend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
REDBREAsTs sHUN WHITE ROBIN.
Lonely Bird That Is Being 0stracized by
It's Kind in Jersey.

Madison. y j., June Z (SpeciaD.-A tale OF an
alhino robin comes from Chatham, and only the
fact that citizens OF known veracty have seen IL
saves IL from being stamped as a myth The bird
made its home in Chatham in the spring OF 1893
and this Is cited vindcation os the veraclous
residents, because persons of that kind generally
do white robins TWO seasons in success
sion. This robin is said To have been ostractzed
by all the robin redbreasts, and lives only with
swamp robins.
IL snuns human beings and generally break
faSts the golf links near the ninth hole, about
. a. IN. The bird resembles The ordinary robin In
size and form but Instead OF the red breast u las
q broad dash OF White II ia said by those who
are vCrsed IN bird lore that this is what has made
IL pariah among its kind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
CUNARD LINE RATES CUT.
Company Decides to Meet Partially
Reductions of Other Lines.

London. June 1.-THE Cunard Line announces
that the following reductions VIII be put into
effect tomorrow:
Third class fare from Liverpool 10 New-York
or Boston by the Campania or the Lucanla. 70
SO; by the Umbra. Etruria. Ivernia or Sax
ona. TO SO -: by the Carpathia or AuranIa. 10
SD 30 from Rotterdam. :!amburg. Bremen or
Antwerp TO New-York or boston 10 $lo: prepaid
rates from scandinavian ports 10 SIS, and pre-
paid rates from British ports 70 So.
Second class rates from Paris and first class
rates from Paris, Hamburg. Bremen. Antwerp or
Rotterdam 10 New-Nork or Boston by all ships
of the line viii be the same those from Lon
don
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
SET FIRES JUST FOR FUN"
Boys Who Are Arrested on Arson Charge
Make Full Confession.

bloomfield, y. J.. June IL (SpeciaD.-Robert
Schuyler. colored. and Ralph Smith. white. twelve
and thirteen years DID, respectively. arrested
on charge Of setting fire to the barn In the rear
OF the Randolph homestead. in Spruce-st. last
Tuesday night. The youthful prisoners confessed
20 the charge. and also TO having been implicated
IN setting fire the old Office of the gas company
and having tried 10 burn the barn OF - +. Harri-
son, in Beach-st.
When the boys We're questioned by the police
they said they set fire TO places Just for fun !"
Both will be sent 10 Jail until steps can be taken TO
put them in reformatory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
MINISTER ASKED TO RESIGN.
Result of Investigation of Charges of I'm
proper Conduct.

Binghamton. y. Y, June l2-Presidng Elder J.
p. Sweet at the morning services at the Fairviev
Methodist Episcopal Church in this city this morn
ing announced that the sSIpt vacant because
he had been compelled TO ask for the resignation
OF the Rev. Charles Wesley Smith minister OF
that church. and member OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church
This was result OF an Investigation into charges
OF improper conduct on the part of the pastor
Mr.. Smith handed his resignation to DIR. Sweet
yesterday and Immediately he and his wife left the
city. Smith Is we'll known throughout the country
evangelist singer He came Binghamton
early last fall being transferred from the Maryland
Conference
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
PoTTER's FIELD IN ORANGE.

Orange, June p Special. The poor and aims
committee OF the Orange Common Council has fusi
purchased from the Rosedale Cemetery Associa-
iion, OF Orange. plot OF ground for a potter's
field The new purchase embraces a tract OF .754
square feet. The association will place a tile
marker al the head OF each grave of an inSigspt
person and have il marked, and will give The en-
tire tract perpetual care. e--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
ATTACKED BY SAVAGE DOG.

People on their way TO church in Pelham yestsr-
day saw David Pettet. an elderly gardener a,
North Pelham. struggling for his life with saw
age St. Bernard dog. which had attacked him. IL
not until after the animal had received a Sc
beating that II IooseNed its hold on Petters
leg Petite IS in the care OF DIR. George c. Weiss OF
Mount Vernon. and is confined 70 his bed His case
is considered serious. as II is feared l0ckiaw will
develop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
QUEER LIGHTNING FREAK.

Freehold. y. J.. June Il (SpeciaD.-Some strange
freaks have been performed by bolts of lightning
I'm recent showers. AT Belmar a lightning bolt
struck trolley wire over The fuses of the
car were burned out. and the bolt ran along the
top OF the car then bounced off and exploded with
a loud report in front % a team OF horses. which
ran away. Nobody in the hurt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
LOSES MONEY; TRIES SUICIDE.
Herbert Gorham Becomes a Coachman in
Denver and Cuts His Wrists
N TELEGRAPH Id 10 TRIRrNr

Denver, June l2.-Herbert Gorham son az a
wealthy New-Eork family. made two attempts 20
take his life yesterday the second time cutting his
wrist Tith a razor and bleeding for hours before
ne was found. He Is now the county hospitsl
N a critical condition. Gorham came here some
time ago with a large sum of money which he In
vested IN Improbable schemes and was left penni-
less. Colonel D G. Dodge until recently general
manager or the Rio Grande Western Railroad en-
plo4 ed him as coachman about a year ago. and IN
was in Colonel Dodge's stable that Gorham at
tempted suicide -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
JEWISH SOCIETIES TO UNITE.

About two hundred and twenty-five delegates.
representing seventy-hve societies. composed OF
Galician Jews. held convention at No. 9s Clinton
ST. yesterday. to form general union. The union
will aid Galcian Jews in case OF distress and as
slst the Galician charities committee was
Of the union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
BEWARE OF POSTAGE STAMPS.
Woman Loses Part of Tongue Because She
Licked Them.
lRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

Derby. Conn. June 12.-Licking postage stanp.
has cost Miss Myra Sylvernale. assistant post
master at Norfolk. part Of her tongue A few
weeks ago Miss Sylvernales tongue began to swell
and physicians diagnosed the trouble as blood
poisoning due to the mucilage the stamps she
went to the Hartford Hospital. where an operation
for the removal of nearly half of her tongue was
performed yesterday. The young woman il ex-
pected TO recover. but there will always be an i'm
psdiment In her speech
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
IMPROVEMENT IN CHATHAM CHURCH.

Chatham n J. June 12-Plans have been drawn
for extensive alterations to St Pauls Episcopal
Church here. The changes include the adj
dition OF Il chancel and enlargement OF the pres
ent edihce a organ has been purchased and
Is being fitted into the building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
GIRL CATCHES BIG TURTLE

Freehold y J.. June i2-Miss Henrietta Out
Gait OF this place, has won fame as a fisherman
by hauling IN twenty pound swapping turtle while
ishing az Lake TOpanemus. She had 4 small line
Win meat as bait and Il was only by clever work
that she landed the turtle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
TO HONOR A YIDpIsA POET.

committee OF about twenty-five was organized
last night at the Educational Alliance 10 arrange
for the celebration OF the golden jubilee of ElIakn
Zunser the Nestor of Yiddsh popular poets I'm this
country. About 500 was raised and II is tho he
let that 5000 viii be contributed BIZ the poets ad-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13

A dispatch from Vienna June II said that the
Trieste Steamship Company. COsulich Brothers
and the Hamburg-American and the North Ger
man Lloyd lines had agreed TO establish a weekly
emigration service Of nine steamers from Trieste
TO New York for period of ten years. The Ger
companies 10 take $4,000 of new shares
Of the Trieste COMPANY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
EMIGRATION BILL IN AUSTRIA.
Report That Government Will Aid the New
Service from Trieste.

Vienna. June 12.-It is stated that the govern
ment will introduce bill in the Reichsrath Civ
ing the new Trieste combination the same privi-
leges regarding emigration from Austria as the
Hungarian bill proposes to give the Cunard
Company
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-18

out t~ornenting me With questions,
laere never was but one girl"
Livingstone threw himself back with
a provoking chuckle. We'll, 1 like that.
Never was but one gin? How about
Molly of the Afternoon Tea Table. and
Jess OF the Golf Stick Seems to me
mat for three solid MONTH you haven't
done a thing but 'putter' round the
green with the fair Amazon. 1 say, old
CHAP, 1T tsn't-it can't be JESSE"
70 know we'll enough 1T isn't Jess;
lts Perdlta-it always was and it al
ways will be-
"Humph! More serious than 1 ex-
pected. Well, what's the matter? Does
not Perdita realize the value of reel
procity? II she doesn't in this case,
she is a bigger fool than she looks"-
Rex looked up angrily n growled:
Keep still about Perdita, Dug; why
should she like me-what is there about
me to like, anyway"
Not your charming disposition, I'll
but. seriously, what's the rub? Has
she turned you down?"
Not exactly. l almost wish she had.
She tells me that she likes me better
than any of the others, but she cam
not quite make up her mind whether
she likes me we'll enough to marry me,
and hang it all, I simply can't stand the
ADoS \ u I So ~ CaIIN leT
off against her will, and it's an equal
Sihch that l can't help her to make up
her mind"
by Jove!" broke in Livingstone, X
citedly, I'm not SO sure about that.
Let me write her a letter which you
can copy n send-it's dollars to
matches that she Will make up her
mind qalck-youH know one way or
the other next mail
Now. look here, Dug, I'm not going
to play any monkey shines on Perdita.
She's not like other girls, and"-
She plays monkey shines with you,
just like other girls, all the same, old
fellow. You just leave it to me and
the fair Perdita will be clothed in her
right mind in a mighty short time"
Three days later Perdita, wintering in
Chicago, received the following letter.
which after the usual informalities Of
greeting, read:
N doubt you will have been Won
dering why i nave not written lately,
unless your quick wit has jumped to
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-18
"Ereaksn Out of Favor

London Telegraph: A marriage o.
giants-Captain Bates of Kentucky and
Miss Swami of Nova Scotia, each about
seven feet high-eXcited considerable
commotion in London just over thirty
years ago.. A GOODNESS and indifference
to both giants and dWarfs has since
then oNertaken us as a people, and
probably this iciness of demeanor NAV
be ascribed to the fact that persons
belonging to these classes are often
selves and lack the sensational quail
ties needful to enchain public atten-
ton.
In the Show" line the value of sem
~sat1onalism was never greater than to-
day. II dwarfs and giants could be
made to develop really unusual powers
of min1icry and merriment there might
be more money" In them. A critical
age looks upon them as tame" though
Barnum had no cause to grumble over
British want of appreciation when he
brought General Tom Thumb and his
wife to England in 1914. They retained
their popularity over a long series of
their second visit to Windsor castle
and performed. before the royal family,
On that suspicious day the general and
his wife took their baby along with
them. Albert Smith wrote a play
called Hop O. My Thumb" for Thumb
anu ne performed at the Iyceum the
alter in 1t. He unprecedented Napoleon
before h great duke Of Wellington,
and created a faint comnlot:on in the
royal presence by having a battle with
Queen Victoria's poodle, which took an
objection to the tiny courtier.
Mrs. Thumb. born Warren, and her
husband, Mr.. Stratton, We're outdone In
size by Commodore George Washing
ton Mutt and Miss Minnie Warren.
who became his wife. Mrs. Mutt was a
third smaller thai her sister, Mrs.
Thumb, n the commodore was de-
clared to be the smallest manikin In
the world. He had been a laborer on
his fathers farm In America and owned
brothers Of normal size. But person.
ally he was so small tina Tom Thumb
literally looked down upon him.
We nave passed beyond the age when
natural ececnttcities had the power
to set a multitude agog.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-18
= = 5 Il T., E = =! RE #I@|;||


For heavens sake, old man, buck
up-buck up! Anything more disgust
ingly doleful than you've been his last
three weeks l never saw. You're no
good to gods or men"
No reply but a growl from the pic
ture of masculine dependency, with
his feet above his head and his mind
evidently In a bottomless abyss. seat
ed In the morris chair. The tormentor
resumed:
ter With You. There you sit and crouch
Ike patience on a mantlepiece.' Ask
you a question--what's the answer?
Growl. Play missionary and light your
COMPOUNDED old pipe. Any thanks?
Not much-growl. Mix you a highball
-growl-and hang me IL you seem to
care whether o drink 1t or not. Sweet,
cheerful thing you are for a room mate.
I'm dead sick of it-talk, d-n it. talk,
swear, do anything, only extract your
neck from your collar and look as IL
you We're alive"
The irate six-footer paused for breath
and crammed the Arcadia mixture
angrily into the bowl of his pipe, broke
three matches trying to light it; finally
managed it with a spill from the open
fire and attacked the citadel of sull,y
silence once more With:
Well. what is it? You've got to talk
TINS time. If l have to Shake 1t out of
you. Is 1t girl-money-religion? Can't
be the last, you're too d@n ugly"
Well, if you will have It," from the
depths of the coat collar, its girl"
My prophetic s~oul-thought as much.
NOW go on, which girl-whose girl?
An angry snort from the huddled figure
and the feet came down from the back
or the high settle with a bang.
oh, that's just like your evil mind.
couldn't imagine a fellow getting down
IN the mouth over any girl unless she
belonged to someone else, could you?
or all the beastly. immoral"
That's right, old chap, curse me,
curse your blessed Ole head off, it will
40 you good and 1t sounds like a List
Rhaposodie TO me after this depressing
silence. What's the use of worryin'
over a girl unless she belongs to some
other fellow? It's all plain sailin' then,
isn't it?'
"E%verything's plain sailing to YOU,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-18

economic space and for keeping two
breeds. The scratching shed portion is
partitioned off in the middle with wire and
boarded up from the bottom three feet so
that the hens on either side cannot see
those on the other. During the summer
he projecting roof, as shown, casts a deep
shadow and the scratching shed is cool.
especially as a wire covered door in the
rear permits a current Of air. The yards
are located at the ends OF each house so
that each flock has the variety which
goes with the yard, the house and the
scratching shed enabling them to keep
Feasonably cool and In the shade at all
During the winter a tight door
takes the place of the wire one at the
back Of the scratching shed and a heavy
muslin curtain is hung on poles to be let
Town over the front on stormy days. rhe
scratching shed, IL properly arranged and
used Is 100 good g thing 10 abandon.