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The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Only Melin Remains.

Now Mr.. Rockefeller owns the entire
village with the exception of Melin's.
two other houses, and the little Catho-
lie church at Pocantico village. The
wide view from Buttermilk and the Kaf-
kout hills is his very own He is lord
of all he surveys, master of a baroniaI
estate of over 5000 acres But MeIin's
tavern IS the bette noire Of his vision.
and should Melin choose to remain af-
ter his business is crowded out the
whole scheme of landscape architecture.
which will cost millions, will have to
be changed to suit his whim.
One reason why the Rockefeller whim
is stronger, perhaps, is because John D.
Rockefeller is said 10 be his own civil
engineer. During his leisure moments.
ana miilionaires have moments when
their minds are not occupied, he studied
engineering aud landscape gardening. 1t
was ten years ago when he first began
to dream Of such an estate as he is now.
building.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
A Modern Fairyland.

Then their workingmen were ordered
not 10 trade with me ! have seen some
of them here since, however, and !
guess they will come some more. am
about all that remains. and / guess be-
fore long they will pay my price. The
few who are left around here are ten
ants of Mr. Rockefeller and his son, but
they are my friends, and will stick to
me for while. They Will stick to the
last, / believe, and Mr. Rockefeller will
leave me to the last After ne has sur
rounded my land we VIII probably come
10 terms. He now owns about every
thing in Sleepy Hollow but me-he
doesn't own me yet, and ] am not going
TO get out yet"
Out of all this is growing a wonderful
work-this work of building a modern
fairyland-for such it is, with monster
estates dotting the hills for thirty miles
The list of nillionaires who own them
includes, besides the RocI1efellers, whose
combined wealth is far in excess Of
$500. 600 600. John B. Colgate, John Ire
vor, estate of William f. Cochrane
Warren E. Smith, John e. Andrus. j J.
McComb estate, John T. Terry, William
IA Webb. Mrs, Eliot F. Shepard, a. L.
Barber-au rated above s25. 600 0o0-while
i list of smaller zniilionaires whose
homes are In this wonderful land con-
fains the names OF fifty men prominent
in social, business. ard sporting life,
many of whose fortunes are counted IN
eight figures. All along the hanks,
where the trains stop daily. one can SEQ
the homes OF these giants OF finance and
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
FAMOUS CASES SOLVED
BY COL. {. B. HAY

OF an international reputation, Colonel
Hay has played the foremost part in
many important eases calling for the
testimony Of handwriting expert. He
was the first to testify to the handwrit-
ing OF Roland Moliaeux in the famous
AfoIineux case In the Rice murder case
in New York he was the expert witness.
He proved the Collier viii q forgery in
Atlanta, Ga. When an estate Of 81, 000, COO
was involved One of his most interest
ing cases in the District of Columbia
was the breach of promise case in which
Mrs. Oliver sought to blacknan Mr..
Cameron. ex-Secretary of War. Colonel
Hay showed that beyond dispute the
letters which Mrs. Oliver produced ad-
dressed to My dear wife were for
geries Other well-known cases which
have come to him in Washington are
the Breckinridge damage suit and the
Holt viii case. The last capital case in
which Colonel Hay has given expert tes-
timony was that of James Chamblin.
Chamblin was arrested for murder. and
d long letter in the handwriting of the
prisoner was found pinned to a cover
ing over the body of the victim.
Colonel Hay does not take much stock
in the reading of character or of the
future in handwriting. He admits that
certain characteristics, such as neatness
asyd caTefulness, or the reverse. can be
observed in the handwriting, but as fsr
telling whether one has a sweet DISPOSE
ton or not from the way he handles q
pen is all bosh.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Judged a. 900 Written Pages.

How did you happen TO become 4
handwriting expert, Colonel Hay?"
Back in sixty-eight-it makes me feel
old to think of it-Prof. Spencer. who
was then principal of the Washington
Business College, offered $500 in prizes
for the best copy books turned in to
him. There were about eco competitors,
and as each copy book had twenty-four
pag ges the task of examining the books
was tremendous. I had a large part of
the books to pass upon; in fact, first
and last. I went over the whole q, ,0oo
pages 1t was comparatively easy to
pick out the best 200 books. but as the
number narrowed down to d leo, and
then to 50, It became more and more
difficult to select the best. The closest
observation of the pen strokes to tell
how and where they deviated from the
standard copy was imperative, As
went over and over the books il was
easier for me to detect Slight changes.
to notice certain characteristics of hand
writing which invariably cropped out
Certainly it was this task which put me
well on my way in the study of hand
writing.
Il can readily understand how men
interested II. photography. chemistry,
and number of allied vocations, drift
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
'I Came Here First. "

Here, in a land where the finance
kings OF The country have chosen to
build palaces of fabulous richness;
where at ali times enough wealth is
represented TO pay the bonded debt
OF the United States: where n meeting
OF these men in the home Of any one OF
them could plunge the world into q
financial catacIysn. a Swedish pTJprie-
tor Of a crossroads saloon PLACES his
elbows on his bar and says:
+ came here first, and I don't move
for no nillionaires." and John Meiin
has carried on the fight now for two
years, while the homes of his neighbors
have been exchanged for Rockefeller
gold and they have moved away and
gradually reduced the profits of the
little inn at the junction of the Sleepy
Hollow and Bedford roads lin what is
known to the former residence as
Eriggsvilie) until they furnish Il bare
living for AfeIin and his family.
AS the fight rests at present, with lit
tie Melin on the one side and all the
wealth of Standard Oil on the other, the
comedy element stands out prominently
and one cannot refrain from at least a
suspicion of a smile as he listens to
Melin. in his mellow Scandinavian dia
lect. refer TO the millionaire as "Yon, -
as If he We're a town companion, but
there has been a tragedy in every spade
ful OF earth that has been turned in
transforming the finest country in the
Hudson valley to meet the ideas Of the
saTons who are now exercising over II
a feudaI control such as has never been
known in this country before.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
STANDARD Oil Methods.

In the end. as the intent has already
been shown. by the forcing of the inhab-
itants to leave homes that have been
in the families for years, in planting
trees to shut out the views OF those
who fingered in their love for the places
they had earned and built By the sweat
of their brOWs and in the shutting off
OF public roads. there viii be an en-
tire closure of all the country from the
limits Of New York city to the SUBMITS
Of the catskiIls-
And all this has been done. or Will be
done, by resort to methods similar TO
those ever charged against Standard Oil
by its enemies-the complete obliteration
OF those who oppose its dicta: and n
the end IeIin will he blotted out, his
tavern viii disappear. and he will go
away II he makes no mistake he will
get his price. II he does make a mis-
take-well. he says he came near going
20 Jail for one of his friends: the mil
Ionaires tried to catch him less than a
year ago.
Meiin knows ha is beaten. and he says
only:
.Mr. Rockefeller is too deep for me-
and he Will get me at last. He has
bought everything around me, and
when he has no workingmen here TO pa
trenize the place 1 shall have to close.
Then / don't know whether i shall give
uu or not 1 have some money. and I
may choose to stay IN a couatry that
they are making lonesome.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

elusive use and Dleasure-a territory
that lovers OF history and nature have
time and again urged be taken by the
State and beautified for the whole pub
lie. rather than see il fall into the hands
OF those Who viii close it TO all but
their rich friends. But this is all but
too late, and there is growing up along
the Hudson a fairyxIand of mansions and
millions such as even the very men
who are now building them could not
have dreamed of ten years ago.
The wiping out OF d village has meant
no more to these men. whose combined
wealth is easily reckoned at billion
ooliars-a sum so great as to be almost
lnconeeivable-than the wiping out of
MeiIn's saloon. IN fact, villa gas have
vanished. and are still vanishing, up
IN the Pocantico Hills, and will continue
TO vanish till no people remain bur the
millionaire landlords and those who
labor for them.
1t was eight years ago that West
chester county, which must soon be-
come as feudal as ''Merrie Old Eng
land and richer in castles than any in
spain, began to attract the attention of
the men who are now despojling it of
natures beauty which was born with
1t long before Hendrix Hudson ever
dreamed that there was such beauty
IN the world. They are now giving an
artificial splendor, such as is eetualed
by none other in the world
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
VIII outstay Lawson.

His plans were the work of years.
and he took no account of Melin s little
tavern. His mind wiped 1t out as IT has
wiped out hundreds of independent oil
refineries and trouble did not come till
Melin refused to be wiped out, and so
not only was a plan for a wonderful
honae interfered with, but also the fad
of q miIlionaire-and a man who rides
d hobbyhorse is doubly offended when
the horse goes lame.
MeIin tells his story with the air OF
resigned philosophy. His accent is very
bland and his sentences are delivered
very slowly, He has his own ideas of
his rights, and he says he Will fight 1t
out to the last-even If Lawson, the
gentleman from Boston quits. By the
way. Melin during the last year has
labored seriously to know all aboat the
fights that have been made against the
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
THE CONDUCTOR BECAME 1RArE

As has been remarked several times
if may be doubted if the mirth-proyol-
ing peculiaTties OF women are more
numerous or pronounced than those of
men. Each sex is peculiar in its own
way. But q man rarely loses all con
sciousness of time and place, however
deeply he may be engrossed in his af-
fairs; q y oman differs from him in this
respect. 10 illustrate, a car was point
ed up the hill the other afternoon, The
conductor was in a greater hurry than
usual; as his two impatient tugs at the
bellrope indicated. a second later he
Yiciously put on the stop motion, and a
well dressed, refned-looking woman ap-
preached the platform
DO YOU go to WayIand avenue?"
she inqui ed.
Nom snapped the conductor, his
hand still on the signal cord; second
car behirdIl take you there
i was wondering. - continued the lady,
'jf you could tell me If there's fam
lily on WaYland avenue now named Cal
der. / heard they'd moved, and then
a friend of mine told me they hadn't.
They used to employ a dTessm7ker m
very anxious TO ind. She 5 worked Tor
me and
Excuse me-" came from the irate
conductor as he gave the go-ahead
witches once more, I'll have to listen
to the rest of that on the next trip.
Well be back in three-quarsGrs or an
hour if We can ever start, Providence
Journal.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
A Delicate Case.

I remember one case in particular
which illustrates this rule admirably
4 number OF years ago the authorities Of
2 college not in Washington, but not
very far from here, were much disturb
ed by the distribution of vulgar notes
and verses which were found pinned to
the pillows and the desks Of the matrolI
and professors. A search was made to
find the guilty person, but 1t was I'M
avafling. They came TO me. I suggest
ed TO them that they. send me copies OF
the handwriting of ali the students and
also the Objectionable notes. They did
so.
These notes were not written, but
printed. making the nut d hard one to
crack. There were more than 200 sam
pleS of handwriting sent me, too. All
were numbered, but bore no names I
puzzled over them for a long time before
I reached any conclusion. Occasionally
in the printed notes there would be q.
letter in script. occasionally a stroke of
the pen similar 20 what l knew must oc-
cur in the mans writing. These were
all the data I had TO go on. but they
proved sufficient. and 1 finally wrote TO
The faculty that 1 had discovered who
had written the notes. I sent them his
number and asked them to send him 10
see me.
When he came to my Office [ saw
that he was prepared to bluff It out. I
told him the facts OF the case. and that
he had better get out Of that college
as fast as he could. He denied that he
had written the notes, and said that IL
was his word against mine. and that
the authorities of the college would
support him He was very clipper
about IT, but he left college suddenly
concluded the colonel with smile.
Many confidential eases have come to
Colonel Hay, and he could tell, If 25s
would, stories that would rival those
of Sherlock Holmes For by the use
of his art, which makes all things
plain 10 him. he has learned SECRETS
which, if told. would create stir in
the world. Once in a church in WASH
ington there was a scandal, and no one
could find out who was the guilty
party There was a bit of writing con-
nected with the case WIZ ch held out 8
small hope to the leaders in the church.
This was brought TO Colonel Hay, and
he went carefully into the matter. ex-
aminfns the handwriting of many OF
the church members. When he was
sure that he had discovered the guilty
marty lie summoned one or the Vestry-
men of the church, 4 leader in the com
muuttv AS gently as he could, Colonel
Hay told him that II was his daugh-
ter who had written the duplicating
note The VeStryman declared that
such a thing was Impossible, but Col
nnel Hay finally persuaded him to send
his daughter to see him he told her
what he had discovered Nothing or a
similar nature ever oceI!rred again in
the church. and the matter was hnshed
nm This was a case which demanded
fnfinite tact and good Judgment.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Drove Hard Bargains.

1t was not until two years ago,
however, that Mr.. Rockefeller was open
IN his avowals to build up the grand
est summer estate in America at the
price OF blotttng out the homes Of his
helghoofs lie had no hard time of il
dt hfst' ana he was enabled to pur-
chase at fair price piece after piece
of property. Many men were wiling
to sell, bat this was only a weedine
out process As one home after an
other disappeared those who refused to
sell saw an advantage in continued re-
fusal- They felt in the end thew cou1d
get a higher price but in most cases
tIley were mistaken, and the littIe
sharp-eyed land agent who made fra,
quent trips up from New York wae eo
trained in Standard Oil methods tbat
ne generally succeeded in doing busi-
ness at Standard Oil prices
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
MELIN'S SALOON.
II dustry-at Scarborough, Tarrytown,
Iryington, and Ardsiey.
Would Leave a Landmark.

"Vulu ISSYe q LaHaIiaLA-
These are the men who are driving the
old residents out OF Westchester coun-
~ in furtherance Of their baroniaI plans
for lavish homes. Plans for the Rookie
felleT mansion on ButtermiIk Hill alone
call for the expenditure OF s. 500 60, cX-
elusive of the great lard values. IN
building it the Standard Oil king Is fol-
lowing out a desire 10 leave to the fu-
ture a family seat that shall bear his
name for many generations, till time
shall have wiped out the family and lis
great interests and the encroachments
of an ever increasing metropolitan popu-
lation shall cut it mp again into small
home plots and give it back TO a public
that will demand it,
Embedded in the Rockefeller estate
are more than hundred buildings and
homes inhabited by employees which
yield handsome annual rental A SUI
perintendent has the management OF the
entire estate.
Rockefeller property embraces also
numerous landmarks sacred to ReVo-
lutionary lore Among them are the re-
mains of the brick ovens built by the
Continental Army under General Scott
to deceive the British into the belief
that their encampment was intended to
be a permanent one. This was one or
the master ruses of Washington in max
ing the enemy believe that he intended
moving or New York when he was Gov
ertly !nus tsring his forces 10 ran upon
CornWanls at Yorktown. The breakfast
rooT1 windows OF The new Rockefeller
castle viii command view OIL THESE
historic ovens.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

What future plans may have in store
for this paradise none can say, but
among the possibilities is the damming
of the southern end of Sleepy Hollow
that a great artificial lake may be
formed, but this can't be done till Melin
moves. and as ne has no present inten-
ton OF going, the lake must remain in
abeyance.
The whole incident, however. shows
what a price the wealthy are willing TO
pay that their desires may be gratified-
the wiping out of an entire village to rid
the eye of one man of Il small and, as
saloons go. an apparently harmless little
crossroads liquor store
But Melii has not gore yet. I'VE bane
there first. Yon he come second Gas
/ wait And he waits.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

System" which works night and day
even IN Tarrytown.
Il have been here twenty years" he
says, and until Mr.. Rockefeller began
driving away my neghbors 1 got along
very well. There is the Sleepy Hollow
road and there is the old Bedford road.
and the Mr.. Rockefellers, 'Yon' and
'ViIlum,' both have to go by here each
day They do not like the place. They
want it for their own. and have tried in
many ways to drive me away When l
refused to sell they tried to get eyi-
denee of Sunday selling against me, but
failed
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Continued From Fifth Page.)

hand writing in the address, though it
is both vertical and backhand.
a will of Mabel Page was also made
a standard of comparison. and many Of
the characteristics in the note and ad-
dress appear in the Will In view of the
alibi a plausible and exceedingly reason
able conclusion that should not admit
of doubt is that Mabel Page wrote the
address. If Tucker was not there. he is
eliminated from every incident of the
crime hut his life now hangs by a dash
q stroke, Il hair line, in the writing of
u. /. Morton, Charlestown, Mass.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Col. E. B. Hay Tells How Life and
Death May Hinge Upon Handwriting
Ho,,e o. mr. y DR2ckefeIk~ Lc,

irte the study Of handwriting. It is in
tensely interesting. Moreover, it is an
exact science. If anyone should come
into this room and ask me il you could
reproduce that writing g''-the colonel
pointed to a beautifully executed dip1o-
ma hanging upon the walI-'T would say
10. YOU could not possibly do it. there are
certain traits in your writing which
must show up. Every handwriting has
such traits, which are easily distinguish
able to the expert.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Plans for Turning an American Village
Into Magnificent Summer Estate
Halted by independence of
Tavern-Keeper.
avern-Ke

"A n AY an American millionaire,
M II he is willing to pay the
VI psiee. blot cut, at no other
cost to himself than that Of
price, an entire American village, drive
It's people to other homes. and turn the
whole into magnificent summer estate
just 10 rid himself of the obnoxious
presence of one country saloon?
In Sleepy Hollow, where still are told
The wonderful legends of Rip Van Win
kle and Ichabod Crane, and where what
few children. the millionaires have left
in this land of Washington Irving still
become frightened at night at remen-
brances of the Headless Horseman, the
question is agitating many minds, but
none more seriously than that of John
d Rockefeller. the Standard Oil mag
nate, and that of John J. Meiin. owner
o. d wayside tavern, who refuses TO alb
dicate to the whims OF untold wealth.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
lyon He Come Second"

over the hills surrounding Pocantico
Lodge one may catch 4 glimpse of
lockwood Hall, the marble and stone
mansion of William Rockefeller Radi-
ating from the William Rockefeller
home are a thousand a,,rns of gorgeous
landscape, which nItural and human
agencies have combined TO transform
into garden of horticultural miracles,
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Old Landmarks Wiped Out.

No auch other battle has ever been
waged as has been waged here TO Sc
cure for the noney-mad princes of this
twentieth century not only townships.
but almost whole counties. for their ex-
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
THE BIGGEST PART.

.The grand opera was all German.
WASH it?''
ian gowns, you know. philadelphia
Ledger.
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ARMIES OF TWO NATIONS NOW
CONFRONT EACH OTHER
ON FRONTIER
FLEET MOBlLlZED
1T IS CLAIMED THAT SWEDISH
FLEET IS ON ITS WAY TO
ATTACK NORWAY

CHRISTIANA,J July s. There is a
feeling here that hostilities between
Sweden and Norway are more quest
ion of hours than days. One report is
current that Swedish squadron is on
it's way and that it's commander has
been instructed to attack all Norweg-
ian shipp ny wherever found. The
government of Sweden took the first
hostile step. Sunday when an order
was issued declaring Stockholm, Goth
enberg and Farosend naval ports, from
which sll foreign warships mpst be ex-
cluded.
The armies of Norway and Sweden
now confront each other on the 'front.'
or, and any simple act is likely to
precipats battle. In fact, it is stated,
apparently upon the best authority,
that Sweden is secretly mobilizing her
fcrccs:
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POPULAR PRICES.

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Ices 25, 35 and so cents.
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I Be INFERRED
AT CLEVELAND
YECIAL TRAIN BEARS THE BODY or LATE
SECRETARY OF STATE TO HIS OLD
HOME IN CLEVELAND. OHIO. FUNERAL.
TO TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY.

hwbury, n. H., July "A special
b bearing body of the late Secre
I of State, JOHN Hay, left Newbnry
BY for Cleveland, Ohio, where the
,rment will take place. The fun
s party consisted of Mrs. Hay, the
pw; Clarence Hay, DR.. Scudder
Boston, who attended Secretary
: during his last illness; Mr.. and
lSamuel Mather of Cleveland. the
/ sister of Mrs. Hay. and S. A.
,mond, also a relative of Mrs. Hay &.
ne train left here at :22 O'Clock
forenoon and is due to arrive in
) ,eland at :a.m. tomorrow. The
\ of the late secretary, which had
placed in casket last night was,
ght down stairs from the death
her and the casket was enclosed
rosewood box, in which it will
u until the funeral on Wednes.