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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27
A BEST MANS TRIALS,

One of Them Is to Mail 1,150 Wedding
 Announcements in Street Boxes.
 With bulky pasteboard box under his left arm and look of distress on his face, man stood at Thirty-frst street and Broadway on Saturday night and awkwardly stuffed handful of letters into a mail box. He wore evening clothes and high hat. Hun dreds of pleasure seekers were hurry ing by. Suddenly the box slipped, the man made a frantic, vain grab, and half thousand letters spread them selves on the pavement ito make a car- pet for the crowds.
 Marveling at the appropriateness of his remarks, several men and women stopped to see what was going on. A policeman stopped, too.
 What's the trouble?" asked a be- nevolent looking man.
 My brother got married tonight" :" blurted the now conspicuous hero of the open-air comedy, "and he gave me these announcements to mail. I've filled every mail box this side sf Mad ison Square, and not half of 'em are gone yet"
 There's a branch post office around here in Thirty y-second street; why don't you mail 'em there?'
 This suggestion was waved aside with a sorrowful sweep of the hand.
 First place I went was shut up-lit- tie basket at the door-wouldn't hold but twenty-five or thirty-I had 1,150,"
 Then the unfortunate brother of the bridegroom began to scramble to pick up the letters.
 Tt looked easy enough to mail let ters," he commented, "but there wasn't anywhere to put 'em. Got married in a hotel down here, and was best man. After it was all over-lookout there, please, don't step on that pile of letters he said to me: Wish you'd just drop those letters in the post office, Bill Sure I said, and he and his wife Jumped into a cab and drove of.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27
EAST RIVER BRIDGES.

Delays in Making Them Useful-"Is
 New York City Subway Mad?"
 Soon after the Williamsburg bridge was completed, MT. Winter, president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit compa- ny, submitted plan and fair money proposition for making the bridge use ful by extending his Brooklyn elevated system to connection with the new
 1bridge, in such a way as to make a loop in Brooklyn connecting with many stations on its rapid transit lines. For the borough of New York he proposed widening of some streets in the slums of the city and an elevated railroad loop from the City Hall terminal to the Williamsburg bhidge terminal, distrib- uting passengers at many stations where they could transfer to the city lines-an Ideal system of distribution and relief from congestion at the ter- minals. It met with the usual opposi- tion. The Municipal Art society-fine art, not the useful arts-who believed that Baxter street and Delancey sreet should not be widened and defaced by a transportation system. There were other organizations, called "civil bod les" in opposition. Any active man, with an axe to grind, can make such paper organization. The board of esti- mate and apportionment made the mistake of reading public sentiment in these protests and rejected the plan. Is not this city subway mad7
 A few weeks ago the bridge depart- ment engineers submitted to the board of estimate plans for terminals for the third bridge-named Manhattan bridge now in course of construction. These structures are necessary, for about one half the passengers assemble at the terminals. Mr Nichols, the chief en- gfneer, had done his work well. The plans were modest in cdst, almost un- criticisable in design, and adapted to the needs. At. the hearing the same old civic bodies appeared and opposed. In addition to the art society there was the Prospect Heights Citizens Asso- oiation." the Transit Reform League, y the Allied Board of Trade" a "Tax- payers Association" and others. It Is only slight exaggeration to say, that the trend of opinion seemed to be that the city should continue to build bridges and h4id them useless until the wicked investors in city railways wers ready to carry passengers in cars run through from Coney Island to Harlem for one fare. And 90 the board re- turned the terminal plans to the Department flor reoonsidsratfsn,s
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The problem to be solved is not all simple one nevertheless, there are well known enough governing conditions to make further interference by amateur organizations quite unnecessary. The capable englnaexrs we already have, who have for years studied the sub ject,can soon solve 1t satisfactorily if they have the chance. It Is plain that any system of through cars ip tmprac- ticable, because this would contest the already busy lines in Brooklyn and New York, and also combustihle cars are especially dangerous In q subway. It is plain that terminal stations are needed at sacA bridge end. It is also plain that loaQ ntlss, in each borough reaching only far enough to distribute passengers to surface lines and quite near to stattonS oil the elevated and subway is ths cniy sYtianRl way of lessening the ccawd st ghs Ar,dge ends. These losps"ay be either esevatsd structures Sr subwave, Vr both, detAasd- ing on the location. 1dM Ntehois out lines Gn excellent pian, apd is a1- doubtedly ready U peevent t ,n 6stsil whenever the BcAYe E$ I-stemasN call for it. AfN Winters preportion was designed goY economy in first cost sud for safe operatisn. Ills plan for st=eet widening and an elevated structure through the poorer part of the city wss distinctly for the beneffs of that reeioS as well as far the convenience or ps4s sengers. It Is unsafe to hsvs 6 ensrp grade down to subway sta don a& the New York end of the Brooklyn Bridge Still, so long as the present inGiscrini- nate subway madness continues, that plan may wait and possibly tho new Bridge Commissioner may encourage his engineers to usurp some of the funtions of the Rapid Transit Commis- sion and solve the problem.-(Conclu- sions in an editorial in the Railroad Gazette,)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27
A SPIRITED WITNESS.

Sir Henry Irving was once the guest of honor at a lawyers banquet in New York. In the course of graceful ad- dress, he said;
 You, gentlemen, have given me most helpful advise on the art of acting will you permit me to give you in re- turn a piece of advise regarding your profession?
 My advise, then, is that you make your cross-examinations less vigorous. less harsh. What is the good of treat ing an honest and sensitive witness on the witness stand as though he were a snegk thief? A young man in my com pany was a witness in a case of robbery He had seen a thief snatch a young girls pocketbook and make off.
 Well, the thiefs lawyer cross-ex- amined my young friend shamefully, He roared at him, shook his fist at him, raved at him.
 "'And at what hour did all this hap pen? the lawyer, sneering, asked to- ward the end of his examination.
 "I think my friend began, but he was at once interrupted.
 I've don't care anything here about what you think! said the lawyer, with snort of contempt
 Don't you want to hear what think?' said my young friendly, mild | ly.
 Certainly not the lawyer roared.
 "'Then,' said my friend, I may as we'll step down from the box. I'm not a lawyer. I can't talk without thinking. Philadelphia Bulletin,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27
DID HoDGsoN SPEAK FROM sPIR
 TTT,AND7

DID HODGsON SPEAK FROM sPIR-
 ITLAND?
 Whispers from spirit land, audible In the neighborhood of West Ninety sixth street, are reported as a manifestation of the spirit of the late Dr. Richard Hodgson, secretary of the Society for Psychical Research who died on De- cember 20 while playing handball in Boston
 This second communication is said to have been received by a young woman who requested that her name be sup pressed as she is engaged to be mar ried to foreigner who she fears might not like the publicity attaching ito the use of her name. She has letter written by Professor Hodgson 8 few hours before his death. Introducing her to Professor William James, vice president of the society. She says she has studied under Professor Hyslop in Columbia university and has written articles for periodicals on spiritualism
 T am not a spiritualist," she said. "I am midway between spiritualism and agnosticism. Certain things hap pen. I give you the manifestation. l am not medium. Only once before in my life have I had such an experience as this.
 q was reclining on a couch in the parlor on Sunday about eight o'clock in the evening when the face of Dr. | Hodgson came before me. Suddenly my fingers worked convulsively as if in the act of writing and heard distinct ly the messages which I wrote"
 Were you conscious?" she was 1 asked.
 Well, I was semi-eonscious. Here are the messages from Dr. Hodgson." !"
 On sheet of letter paper, written in ! a scrawling hand totally unlike the young woman's ordinary handwriting, were these sentences:
 Ut is I, Dr. Richard Hodgson. Tell Professor James as I promised. Eve rything is all right; tell Professor James,
 ] Professor James is now in Leland Stanford University, California.
 Professor James H. Hyslop, of No. 519 West One Hundred and Forty ninth street, to whom Dr. Hodgson's { first communication was said to have been addressed, said: T have not re- i ceived the message. fear 1t is fa- { brication. I do not believe Dr. Hodg- son sent message to me, nor have l any faith in the alleged message to Professor James."-NeY York Herald.
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herewith enclose you, marked exhibit 'C.'
 ''The Inter-Ocean oirculates quite generally among the farmers, perhaps more so than any other Chicago daily. The jury empanelled to try the inmu- nifty issues appeared in court yesterday morning, but owing to the illness of Mir. Hynes the hearing was postponed until tomorrow morning. The jury have been at large since they were first empanelled.
 After Judge Brown knew that I was familiar with the facts he came to the office to see me. He had learned that we knew about the matter. His expla- nation was that complimentary articles had been written about him in the pa- pers and he thought MT. Elwell wrote them, and that he gave the money to Elwell out of gratitude for what he had said. I do not remember any articles especially complimentary to him, but am having the matter looked up to see whether there were or were not Judge Brown also admitted to me that he gave Hasler money at the same time to retain for himself. The amount that he gave Hasler was not stated Judge Brown stated that the money he gave sas his own money and that his clients lew nothing about it. We are this Corning considering the question as to ,Nfaether we will lay the matter before z the editor of the Inter-Ocean. MT. Gar field and laid the matter before Judge Humphrey at his rooms.
 T beg to call your attention to the fact that the jury returned yesterday morning and remained in Chicago over night and every opportunity to read the article published in this mornings In- ker-Ocean.
 Respectfully yours,
 "C B. Morrison,
 Limited States Attorney"
 Department of Justice,
 "Off1ce of United States Attorney,
 Northern District of Illinois,
 "537 Monadnock Block,
 January 10, 1906." Exhibit A:
 "John E. Wilkie,
 ''Chief U. s. Secret Service,
 Treasury Department"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27

Waterbury Substituted for Meriden-
 John Kennedy Elected SupervisOr--
 UmpIres to Get s7.5O Per Day and s1O
 for Double Headers
 Some very important matters were dealt with yesterday afternoon at the meeting in the Garde hotel of the di- rectors of the Connecticut baseball league, Those present were the presi- dent, Sturgis, Wnitlock of Ansonia William Tracy of Hartford, C. J. Dan aher of Meriden, J. H. Clarkson of Springfield Morris O'Neill of Hartford, Madison of Holyoke, Humphrey of New London, Tighe of Norwich, Durant of Waterbury and Secretary James H. O'Rourke of Bridgeport
 Among the first things taken up was a motion to amend section of the con- stitution substituting the word Water- bury for Meriden. This was passed. The names suggested for supervisor of umpires were John Kennedy of Bristol, J. R, Pyne of Hartford and A. Whitney of Meriden, Pyne and Whitney each secured one vote and Kennedy six. On motion of MT. Durant, the supporter of MT Whitney, the election of MT. Ken nedy was made unanimous. The SUI pervisor was allowed s20O and $50 to cover incidental expenses.
 The next difficult matter, pay of um- pires, came up. It was made a strict r,,le thot ,,,,1 v,iras cbn,,Id b,a pnid op+ar each game and that the rate should be $750 a day for single game and $l0 in the case of double header It was also decreed that where a double head CT was advertised and the umpire ap- peared in time to oficiate at but one game the amount paid should be $250.
 The season is to open Thursday, April 26, and close Saturday, September 8. This gives a season of practically the same length as last year Secretary O'Rourke had been quoted as saying that he would prefer that the season open a little later and continue long enough to provide an even number of games. Under the present system with IF playing days many double-headers are required to even up the schedule.
 The parplexing question of the distri- button of games on holidays was dis posed of as follows: Springfield and Holyoke to play together on all holi- days, Norwicb and New London, and that Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury arrange the holiday | schedule among themselves.
 The schedule committee consisting of Messrs Daly and O'Neil of Hartford and c. J. Danaher of New Haven is now working on this years pro- gramme.
 Secretary O'Reurke said that the out look for a good season was very en- ccuraging. The weather of late had been a constant reminder of base ball
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27

"Then I went to the Thirty-seoond street post-office. The brute In there wouldn't open the door for me, and l had to punch a few Into the basket. I started down Sixth avenue and then came up Broadway. Every box l saw I filed Had to go back to the hotel for two more loads, too"
 By this time, with the help of two or three kind-hearted persons, the scat tered letters had nearly all been recov- cred and put back in the asteboard box. Then the policeman spoke:
 Say, yer blockin' up the walk here, " he said, shaking his stick.
 The almost fearful face of the ama- teur letter bearer was turned up to- ward the officer.
 Great Scott! You don't think I like to do this, do you?" he exclaimed in wrath.
 Yer bloclxin' up the walk; move on, '' stolidly replied the policeman,
 The letter bearer grasped his burden tightly and sped on, looking keenly for boses-New York Times.
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"Sir: < and after showing him the article -- the one enclosed herewith-asked him if he wrote it.
 He said he did. l asked him why, etc, and he failed to make a satisfactory re- ply, asking me if I knew whether or not secretary of state, Mir. Root, told At torney General Moody and the presi- dent that the government had made a fatal error in forcing the packers to give up their secrets and that the pack CTS are entitled to immunity, etc. l told him knew nothing about the matter at all He then said for me to find out if MT. Root did not so state to the president, as well as to MT Moody, and then he would tell me about this money transaction. He said he did hand money to a reporter at the time and place mentioned, but he would not at the present time, tell me why he did it., nor from whom he obtained the money. He was very bitter against the presi- dent and attorney general for the manner in which Secretary Morton and the Santa Fe railroad company were let off, etc. He further said the de- pertinent of justice Is very corrupt, and that If he dared to do so he would write 1t up, etc. told him I would like to know from whom the money came, and for what purpose, and asked him to tell me- but he refused, saying to go ahead and find out all I could, and when the proper time comes he will tell all about 1t, and probably write it up, though when he does so we will be disappointed, as there is nothing to 1t. I reported result of my interview to MT, Morrison, etc. "The White House,
 Washington, Jan. 26, 1906.
 "Sir-In view of the fact that there seems to be no opportunity for action before the courts against the counsel of the beef packers, who, it appears from District Attorney Morrison's statement, has been guilty of bribing a reporter the reporter having disseminated false and misleading statements as to the case against tE1e beef trust-it seems to me that the only course left is to pub fish MT Morrison's letter and the other documents in the case. This I direct to be done. Efforts have been made in this case, as in one or two similar cases, to poison the public mind by the dis semination of false and misleading statements, and 1t is right that the pub- lie should know why and how their cir culation is secured.
 'Very truly yours,
 Theodore Roosevelt.
 Hon William H. Moody, Attorney General"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27
THE AMERICAN NEWS 2 APER
MELVILLE STONE SPEAKS ON ITS WORK AND INFLUENCE.

General Manager of Associated Press
 Explains Some Details of Journalism
 at Hendrie Hall-ComparisOR of
 Number of Papers in This Country
 With Rest of World---Rapid and
 Marvellous Growth of Communication
 Elimination of Editorial Page Not
 Approved--Accuracy of News the
 First Essential.
 An audience that nearly filled the big auditorium in Hendrie hall listened at- tentively to an unusually instructive lecture last evening, when Melville E. Stone, the general manager of the Asso- ciated Press, spoke on 'The Influence of the Newspaper in American Life," under the auspices of the Yale Law School Political club.
 Alexander Cumming, the president of the club, introduced the speaker.
 MT. Stone sketched the newspaper work of the world, and especially of this country, together with view of the process of gathering the news. Re ferring to newspaper statistics, he stat ed that there were in the United States about 24,000 newspapers, or one to every 10000 of the population while in the rest of the world there were but 18,000, or one to about one million persons. In this country, he said, there is a daily newspaper issued for every three citi- zens over ten years of age who are able to read.
 The first duty of the newspaper he declared, is to give the news honestly and impartially. The days of the Greeleys and the Bowles are no more; the editorial page has ceased to be of importance. The chief function of the press is the gathering and disseminat- ing of the news
 As an instance of the wonderful strides which have been made in the matter of communication in the past half century, MT. Stone said that there were men now living in whose boyhood it took six weeks for news from Rome to reach New York. Contrasted with this is the time taken for the news of Ill6 lcil6 IOpS 1fCO <AIAAs D NVeSNA lO reach this country. It took just eleven minutes for the news to travel from Rome to San Francisco.
 Speaking on the subject of the integ- rity of newspaper men, he said that everybody should be honest to re- porters. Accuracy was the first great essential of newspaper work. It is the public which should be sued for libel rather than the editor. When we live in the coming Utopia it will be crime to tell lie to an editor"
 Accuracy Is the first great essential, promptness the second and a graphic but not sensational account the third.
 Regarding the gradual elimination of the editorial page, MT. Stone believed this to be loss. He thought that every well-rounded newspaper needed an in telligent editorial page. He considered the press as a great educational and uplifting factor in life.
 h copclusion, MT. Stone described the workings 0T tre Associated Press in it's inter relations with the three other great news systems of the world-the British, German and French systems.
 After the address an informal recep- tion was given to MT. Stone at the Union League club.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27

Hs pairs of Mems vici Kid and Box Calf Lace Boots, our regular $500 grade, $1.9S.
 26S pairs of Mems Patent Leather, Enamel Leather Box Calf and Wax Calf Boots. former price %,$5 and $6 in this sale at $279.
 97 pairs of Mems Patent Calf Lace and Button, regular price $5.5O, $6 and ST. reduced to $87s 20 pairs of Mems Patent Calf Cloth Top Con gress $5,6O Shoes, now 9O cents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27
BASEBALL SEASON NEARING DIRECTORS OF CONN LEAGUE
 MEET AT GARDE.

Waterbury Substituted for Meriden- John Kennedy Elected supervisOr--- UmpIres to Get s7.5O Per Day and s1O for DOubIe-Headers
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27
PICK OUT SALE

We have picked from pairs of Misses and Children Shoes and Slippers marked them figures that will We and be approval of these shoes all opwon but remaining particular kind
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27

175 pairs of Womens Kid, But ton and Lace, small sizes and mostly narrow widths, former price 800, $50, 400 and 500. Price now 50 cents.
 70 pairs of Women's Kid Boots 37. These were BOO, 3.5o, 400 and 500 grade.
 439 pairs of Women's 500, 5.5o and Goo; not shop worn, but clean, modern boots picked from about dozen lines, put into this sale at 3o8.
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Misses and ChIIdrens'
 67 pairs of Misses Patent Lea ther Foxed Cloth Top Button Boots, I.98; former price 800.
 1o3 pairs of Misses Button and Lace Boots, oSc; taken from our 200 and ago grades.
 20 pairs of Children's loo, 1.25, I.5o and zoo Boots, 98c.
 68 pairs Infants Button and Lace, 50 cents.
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CASE OF PACKERS.

(Continued on Eighth Page.)
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BOYS

small bunch about S5 pairs of Bays and Youths Lace Boats, 9S cents
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WANTED.

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Artesia, came up this morning to
spend the day.
Lake Arthur today, shopping and Wis
iting with friends.
C. w. Halliburton, of Dexter was
here today looking after business and
calling on old friends.
J. r. McMulfen came in from Lake
Arthur this morning to spend three
or four days with friends
Clark B.. Diley is quite sick at his
home on North Main street, threaten
ed with nervous prostration.
willard Keen, the road master of
the southern end Of the railroad. came
up from Carlsbad this morning.
III. c. Booth, a special agent of the
railroad company, passed through
h morning on his way north.
s. A. Duke came up from Lake Ar
thur morning to spend two or three
DAYS with his brother, Tom Duke.
The Cemetery Association will
meet tomorrow at three o'clock at
the residence of Mrs. r. r. Barnett
Modie Rainbolt left this morning
for Amarillo to lake a position as
lineman with the railroad company
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT:-One neatly furnished
room, well ventilated, 2o2 w Ala
media Street. IL
FOR RENT Desk room in best To-
cation in city. Office Big 4 Realty
company, Grand Central Hotel. 9tf
FOR RENT Desirable room at
rear of q. s. Market IN Record
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Judge Pope Called to Santa Fe.

Judge VIM. H. Pope left on the aut-
omobil this afternoon for Santa Fe.
where he was called by the death of
a cousin He will return Monday and
go to Carlsbad on August 6 to
draw the juries for the fall term of
court in Eddy county.