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New-York tribune., 1907-12-30

Michigan city. Ind. Dec 2.-The body of Miss
Efnogene Kinner, OF Penn Yam, n. Y. who disap-
peared from Michigan City December H. was
found this afternoon th9 bank OF a creek in a
wild and mnfreauenteG dee She lad taught
school at Yonkers and al Nyack. N. 7. Overstudy.
had caused nervous prostration. and she here
month ago TO reccperate- IT is supposed she
lost her way while out walking and perished from
cold.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
AFTER GAS COMPANIES.
c. f. Z. appeals to Co0ernor and
Public Serrlce Commission.

The Central Federated Union yesterday adopted
a preamble and resolution submitted by the execu-
tive committee in reference to Judge Houghs deci-
sion sustaining the report of the master appointed
10 pass the S0-cent gas BILL declaring it
constitutional. The preamble said the gas compa-
MES could make good profit by supplying gas at
50 cents. 1t decided to ask the Public
Service Commission and the Governor investi-
gate the companies.
The preamble says the gas companies oper
ate only through privileges given them by the rep
resentatives of the people The companies
have combined, and company sets the
price OF gas at 81 per thousand feet which
is obnoxious to the people, il says Then it says
thet the company would have handsome profit if
IL gave the gas at so cents a thousand feet 1t
further saws that the same interests which control
the gas companies cenered in the Standard
Oil octopus.
The resolution reads;
Resolved That the Central Federated Union of
greater New York and vicinity in the interests of
an the people. objects to the valuation the
chse given by the people gratis. and putting in
pense for producing gas, and that these facts hr
given 10 the Hon. G f. Hughes Governor of the
State OF New York. and the Public Utilities Com
mission. and that immediate investigation of
the gas companies' investments and earnings
he urged with view 10 enactinP such legisla ton
r. viii benefit the people by whose grace this
poration was granted frsnchise-not a monopoly.
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30

Charles H. Stubs. the prospective
husband. to the once of Magistrate
Hughes, where the ceremony was per-
formed by the sleepy Official in his
pajamas and bathrobe.
The wedding procession. with bride
and bridegroom still perched on the
apparatus. paraded to restaurant.
where the couple were given bridal
supper-or breakfast.
Stubs, who has courted the hand
some girl for months. spent his week
day OF with his sweetheart They
were 10th to part and took stroll In
the moonlight Friends who met the
pair teased them about their afIec-
tons.
why don't you get married?" asked
one of the friends as the couple
passed the Arkansas avenue station
on their way to the house of the girls
parents.
I'm willing II she is," Stubs an.
swered.
II dare you to get married. I'll hunt
up . man to marry you." the friend
retorted.
well, l. never did take dare" the
girl declared, and in . moment the
hrehouse alarm had every man out d
bed.
The bridal couple were placed On
the seat Of = spare truck and 4 hall
Aossa musicians boarding in . nearby
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30
SEAT WIFE, SPANKED IN COURT.
A. Judges Order, Detective Uses
Man's Own shoss on Him.


New York.-A novel scene was wit
messed in the Bayonne police court
the other day when John Mertens was
ordered to take on his shoes, and the
recorder then told Acting Detective
Hassmeyer to give the man a good
trouncing.
Hassmeyer grabbed the prisoner
and in jIffy had him across his knee.
To the amusement of the spectators
the shoes were used with good effect
where they would do the most good.
The prisoner sQuirmed and wriggled.
and 1t was hard for the detective to
hold him. The recorder finally or
dered the beating to cease, and told
the prisoner to stand up before him.
Calling Merten's wife. who had
made . charge Of beating her against
him, the recorder asked II she would
forgive him and take him home. but
she refused. whereupon the culprit
fell upon his knees and begged her to
take him back, but the wife refused
to listen, and the recorder remanded
him to Jail.
Mrs. Merten's eyes were blackened
and her face swollen. and she exhib-
tied 20 bruises and marks on her body.
which she said had been inflicted by
her husband. She hoped his stay in
Jail would reform him.
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30
MAN UP "a TREE IS
SHOT BY OWN DOG

about under . nearby tree at that in
slant were making a charge upon the
noisy dog: the latter. In his cow
ardice and fright ieaped backward
against tho hammeriess gun. and. his
head coming into violent contact with
1t, the gun went on.
The great portion Of the charge
came up into the tree, and Steigleman
was fairly riddled with shot. He lost
hold Of his honey can and It went n.y.
Ing down among the rocks, the honey
scattering In q dozen directions. For
tunately. he was able to maintain his
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30
pENNsYLvANiAN. OUT AFTER
HONEY, FEELS the CRUELTY
OF FATE.
CANINE KNOCKED OVER GUN


Trout Run, Pa.-Hardly could hard.
Or luck befall mankind. or one more
usual, than to which George 6telgle-
man. of the Sugar Camp end Of Rose
Valley. fell a victim few days ago.
Bteigleman early in the season, when
his buckwheat was in blossom, had
trailed q bee to Its lair, about two
miles over the hill from his place.
near the head of the Sugar Camp tim
Der. He found that tho swarm had
lived In a leaning oak. about 30 Net
from the ground. In . generous open
ing caused by the falling out Of q rot
ted limb. The number Of bees at
work showed to him that tho hive
was q large swarm. and nearly all Of
them appeared to be working on his
buckwheat.
A few days ago. carrying . s0-pound
lard can and his double-barreled shot
gun, and accompanied by . small
spaniel. Mr.. steigleman started to
harvest the honey. The tree was an
easy one Of ascent, but because Of the
location Of the opening in which the
swarm were hived he had difficulty In
applying the sulphur IRE used BY him
to destroy the bees 10 that he might
proceed unmolested and unstuns to
rob the hive.
He had rested his gun on the
ground. the muzzle leaning against .
small sapling. While engaged at
smoking out the bees his attention
was attracted to the spaniel. down
on the ground, which seemed to be
terribly wrought up over something.
and was barking and growing for
dear life.
steigleman thought the dog might
DO putting up blur at bear. but he
could see nothing, 10 he resumed his
honey gathering. He had succeeded in
more than half filling his lard can,
when suddenly the dog again set up q
terrible ado This time Steiglcman
saw what the trouble was. A pair
of raccoons that had been nosing
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30

equilibrium in the tree. and. after .
time, succeeded In sliding down to the
ground. where. from pain and loss Of
blood. he lay helpless.
The spaniel. evidently appreciating
that something had happened to his
master, set up terrific barking until
several men who were driving along
the Sugar Camp road. In the direction
Of Proctor. came into the woods and
Investigated. They found Steigleman.
helped him out to the wagon and hur-
ried him home.
Steigleman says that II he had been
boy in q farmers red-apple tree and
the farmer had turned . blunderbus
ON him the shot could not have come
thicker or straighter than when his
dog fred his own gun at him.
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30
saved from sIeep Of Death.

Lewiston. Pan. NJ. Mclaughlin,
formerly = prominent attorney at the
Mimin county bar, narrowly escaped
death the other night. He wandered
to the tracks Of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Lewiston Junction, sat
down on the rail Of the east-bound pas
senger track, and fell into . sound
sleep.
A brakeman, passing ON an east
bound freight on an adjacent track.
saw the sleeping man Just as No. IS.
one Of the Pennsy's fast express
trains, was bearing down upon him.
Jumping from his train, he leaped the
high fence. grasped Mclaughlin by
the collar. and the two men rolled
from the rails as the engine dashed
b., throwing Mclaughlin head nrst
Into the ditch. his face badly LAGER
ated.
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30
Advertised BY Loving Friends.

II never saw more beautiful hats
than you two wear" said the girl to
her two friends. You have different
hats ON every Saturday night Of the
world. and those hats with the trailing
feathers! The feathers alone must
cost q small fortune"
They do smilingly said one of
them. but they don't cost us any
thing. We have n friend who 10 .
milliner. Every Saturday night she
brings NJ two new hats to wear out
and exhibit Everybody admires our
hats and We tell them whom We get
them from. OF course, We don't tell
them the truth, a. We are telling you.
We have built her up lovely traAa."
New York Press
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30

secure q uniform 14-foot channel all
the way from the unsalted seas to tide
water. Yet another scheme 10 that
for a canal. for which q survey has al
ready been made. to connect the up
per Mississippi with Lake Superior.
Whatever be the depth Of channel
finally determined upon there is no
doubt that once our inland waterways
are improved we will be treated to
some miraculous performances In the
economical movement OF freight. Al
ready commodities are moved on the
interior waterways of America at a
lower cost than anywhere else in the
world. Just by way of illustration 1t
may be pointed out that, handicapped
as our rivermen are at present. they
now move freight on the basis Of only
three-hfths Of q mill, that II three
fiftieths Of q cent per ton per mile
can do ID two mills or one-iifth Of .
cent per mile. 1t Is predicted that
with = deeper channel 1t will be pos
sible to move ton Of freight . mile
ON the Ohio or Mississippi rivers At
the incredibly low charge Of one
twenty.dfth Of cent.
In . recent discussion Of the COM
mercial possibilities Of the lakes-to-
the.gulf deep waterway, Mr.. John L.
Mathews has thrown some interest
ing light on the Significance Of the
project from commercial standpoint.
THE significance Of this plan." Mr..
Mathews points out, rs at once ap-
parent when we consider the nature
not only Of the channels. but Of the
cities at their terminal points, and of
the country and carriers tributary to
these points. Thus we have at the
head Of each Of these grand divisions
one of the great manufacturing and
distributing points of the interior;
and these points. which to-day DOM
mate the railway situation, are them.
selves the creation Of the river. We
have at the head Of the Ohio. Pitts
burg. already the greatest producer in
the world Of those goods which are
peculiarly suited to water transporta-
tion, and soon also to be connected
with Lake Erie by a privately owned
channel 10 feet in depth.
AT the head Of the lakes to the
gulf channel Is Chicago. the greatest
railway center in the world. Here are
gathered not only the manufactures
Of the city and its railway connections,
but Of the whole lake region. Hers il
the gateway to Canada, to the st.
Lawrence. and eventually to the Hud-
son bay system by the Rainy-Lakes-
Winnipeg route. Here is the great in
terror depot par excellence. At the
head of the upper Mississippi stand
st. Paul and Minneapolis, already the
larg,mt producers of wheat flour in
the world. and shippers Of enormous
Quantities both for domestic and for
foreign consumption. But they have
an even greater significance in that
they are the railway centers Of Min.
nesota. northern Michigan and Wis.
consin and the Dakotas. and stand in
position to dominate as receiver and
distributor the new northwest OF
Canada.
AT the head of the Missouri are
the famous river 'gateways,' on which
are based the transcontinental rates
of half the nation-Kansas City. st
Joseph. Council Bluffs. Omaha and
siuox City"
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30
TAKE BRIDE IN HOSE
CART TO WEBBING
GIRL WHO WOULDN'T TAKE DARE
10 MARRIED AT 4 O'CLOCK IN
THE MORNING.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Refusing to
take dare to marry at four .. M.
Miss Mabel 8. Lawton, pretty At
lantic City girl. was hauled in . hose
carriage at the hour by friends Of
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30

house were hurriedly hired and turned
out, partly dressed. but with their in
struments.
The procession startled the neish-
borhood and . hundred spectators
crowded around the ONCE OF Magis-
trate Hughes while he was being
routed out of bed.
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30

ehe-Why do you object to my At
tending auctions the way you do?
He-Because, my dear. such habit
u apt to produce mors-bid tsndsneass
The Meeker herald., 1907-11-30
A Standard Of vlrtuosIty.

~And how IL Mandy Ann getting on
with her music, Silas?'
Fine! Why, we have the greatest
dificulty in convincing the neighbors
that We haven't got . pianola.-Puck.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-28
WOULD EASE UP on AUTOIsTs
WahIe Advises other Magistrates 10 Look
at Arrests More Equltably.

WbUlt huNtta utiti NtbbtHh w w h"S
at Arrests More Equltably.
Magistrate Wahle has a soft spot in his
heart for some persons arrested for speed
ing their automobiles, n made known
his feeling at the regular monthly meeting
of the Magistrates yesterday afternoon
when he arose under the e OF new busl-
ness and said he thought that there should
be some change in the way arrests FOR
speed limit violations are made.
at is the custom for many OF the officers,
he said, ito stan at the crests OF hills and
estimate the speed Of machines as they
come up the hill. Now it is impossible
to get a machine up a hill at the rate OF
eight miles an hour, and drivers must ac-
CELEBRATE speed in order to go over the top,
Many machines can't go over a hill when
they are running at the rate OF fifteen miles
an hour. Again officers are likely TO take
the speed Of a machine for only one block
and base the speed on the time that their
stop watches give them for the single
block or at the most two blocks. 1 think
that il a machine goes one block at the
rate Of six miles an hour and the second
then the speed Of the machine for the two
blocks is only twelve miles an hour.
MANY times drivers are compelled TO
increase speed and | think that there should
be a more equitable way OF looking at it.
There should be a system OF averages. |
never owned any sort OF horseless vehicle
except a baby carriage. but every day
almost we ave reputable citizens before
us for speeding who have a good excuse. y
Magistrate Cornell said he thought
that the speeders were the worst, oases
that came in the courts, n tina the tale
they told contained more misstatements
than the tales told by any other %violators,
unless IL was the pushoart pedler class.
No action was taken on Magistrate
Wahle's suggestion.
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A MUTE ACCUSER.
Her Sister as Interpreter Does MOI satisfy
Defendants Counsel.

EteE SISTER rs interpreter bOtb N.Y. seN's' !
Defendants Counsel.
When the case Of Henry CasquarreM was
called in General Sessions yesterday there
we're loud calls for the complainant. Arthur
Clark Of 255 East 125th street. For a long
time there was no answer and messengers
were sent to search the corridors.
In the excitement a young girl led a man
to the bar. She explained that he was
her brother and was a mute. He was
Clark.
None Of the General Sessions interpreters
could talk the sign language. The girl
said she couldn't, but her brother could
understand her and she could understand
him. They talked the lip language, she
said.
1t was decided TO try her as interpreter
and Clark took the witness chair. She
stood beside him. At the fret question
he began to wave his rms. motioning TO
the back of his neck and describing come,
thing moving in the air. Then the girl
explained that her brother said that Cas-
quarrelli and another man, one Robert
Teeheld. who was arrested with Casquarrelh,
but who was not In court. had come into the
kitchen Of the Clark home, grabbed clark,
bound his hands M legs and had given
him something that put him to sleep.
As the girl glibly told this there were
protests from Casqlarrellis counsel. III
was finally decided by Judge O'Sullivan
that it would be better to get an impartial
Interpreter and one will be on hand to-day
when the trial is resumed. Casquarreli's
story will be gone over again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-28
WHITE SPORT GOT 1T ALL
And woke Up Just in Time to Save Hi
winnings From Negro Visitor.

And Woke Up Just I'm Time to Save His
winnings From Negro Visitor.
George Keller. a truck driver. says he
certainly had his luck with him on Sunday,
when he shot crap all day on West Nineteenth
street with a number Of colored gentlemen.
George is white. but he doesn't draw the
color line in sport. So IL came about that
after an all day session George. who started
the game with s.. had $500. and the colored
gentlemen were cleaned out. George put
the money carefully In his trousers pocket
and left for home, on the first floor front OF
442.
His wife awakened him about l o'clock
yesterday morning to tell him there was a
man In the room. George looked UP and
sure enough there was a colored man with
a lighted match In his hand heading In the
direction OF Georges trousers with the $500
winnings. The truck driver Jumped out Of
bed and made a dive for his visitor, who
jumped through the open window and
slammed it shut behind him.
The truck driver threw up the window
and took up the chase in his n~ightshirt.
yelling Stop theft Behind him his wife
and two children screamed for help. Pa
trolman Garvey, hearing the racket, dashed
up the street from Tent avenue and caught
the negro after an exciting chase.
Skinner Of 44s West Sixteenth street. In
the jefferson Market court yesterday morn
ing Magistrate House held him in 81. 500 for
examination to-day.
Gee, " said Keller, as he left the court, Il
guess I'd better salt this 5000 down while the
luck holds good. | guess they think they
can't get the coin with the bones and are
sending me callers with a jimmy. I'll be on
hand tonight with a baseball bat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-28
AHEARN INQUIRY HALTS.
Message From the Mayer Followed by al
Adjournment.

FNtiloui Y
The investigation OF Borough President
Ahearn's Office by the Commissioners OF
Accounts came to an abrupt halt yesterday
afternoon while Charles Jacobs, an in
spector in the Finance Department. was
on the stand. COMMISSIONS Mitchell was
examining Jacobs and was attempting
TO extract some information concerning
the way in which the inspectors vent about
their work when Frankie Brien, the Mayors
secretary, came in and whispered a few
words in the Commissioners ear. Mr..
Mitchell hurried across the hall to the
Mayors office and after an absence of five
minutes returned 10 say that the examina-
ton would adjourn until 1890 to-day.
When asked what had caused the adj
journment Mr.. Mitchell said:
"We want more time TO look up some
matters. The adjournment is without
significance and the examination Of Mr..
Jacobs will be continued tomorrow. We
are not rushing things, that's all
Mayor Mcclellan said that he had called
the attention Of the Commissioners TO a
matter totally different from that which
they were considering. This totally differ
ent matter it appeared, had some con-
nection with the general investigation,
but just what it was the Mayor did not
say. y
Assistant District Attorneys Smyth and
Appleton with expert accountants spent
yesterday going over books I'M papers
In the investigation OF Borough President
Ahearn's office, checking up on the firms
that did business with the city through
this department.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-28
DOUBT BECKER,s CONFESSION.
Some Elmhurst People Still Think Another
Killed Staneldt Girl.


What the police regard as the cllnching
circumstance showing that Henry Becker
killed the Staffeldt girl at Elmhurst last
Wednesday came 10 light yesterday in the
shirt he is supposed to rave worn at the
time Of the crime, covered with spots like
bloodstains, In a lot near Flushing, where
he said he had thrown 1t. This answers the
description OF the shirt Mrs. simonson sew
on him at the time he was washing his
bloody hands at her pump in Elmhurst
about half an hour after the girl was killed.
Lieut.. Clark OF the Manhattan Detective
Bureau gave Becker two flannel shirts OF
light stuff with fine stripes a few days be-
fore the murder. Becker gave him his
name and said he was looking for work.
These two shirts Becker put on. The outer
one. he has admitted, was staine with the
girls blood when he killed hers After
washing his hands at Mrs. Simonson's he
remembered that there was still the telltale
blood on his shirt. Fleeing in the direction
OF Flushing he took of the outer shirt
when in Murray Hill, an outlying part OF
the town, and threw IL into a olump OF
bushes. The undershirt was not blood
stained.
Lieut.. Calvin after a long -cross-examina-
ION learned lTOn tne beeInlIlRiy nan WlbpSu
man where the shirt was. Clark identified
both shirts as those he gave Becker before
the crime. The spotted garment was
taken to New York to have the substance OF
the spots determined by chemical analysis.
The strong chain OF circumstantial evil
dence which has been forged around Becker
Ia more relied upon TO n him with the
crime than his confession. His fondness for
confessing anything you please was getting
30 pronounced as to be somewhat disturb
ing to the police il they had not confirmed
it's most essential features by other evidence.
For example. he admitted among other
things that he had killed one OF the de-
t~ectives in the case by shooting him in the
back Of the head. The detective, who was
chatting outside the door, denied that this
was the case. Becker also has developed
a religious turn Of mind and disturbs all
the other people in the Jail by the fervency
Of his praying.
with many other Elmhurst people, still
believes that the police are all wrong in
chargin Becker with the crime. DIR.
Wilson said that he saw Becker lying under
a tree only a few minutes beforh the Stat
feldt girl was attacked. The police say.
however. that he could have easily got
over to the old Seitz farm near by in time
to commit the crime. The opinion, never
theless. prevails among the gossips OF hlm-
hurst that a person close TO the Stafheldt
family is responsible for the murder. The
police have gone into this and lemon
strated to their own satisfaction that tie
suspected man was not near the scene OF
the murder at the time. He | missing,
however, and 30 is his wife.