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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-04-24
FURY OF THE FLAMES.
II Was Surely Poured on New
York on Tuesday.
FIREFIGHTERS KEPT BUSY
Most Serious and Expensive One Was
Due to the Destruction Of Large
Stable. by Which Four Italians and
Many Horses Were Killed.

New York. April 23.-Four men were
burned 10 death. 250 horses killed
twelve fircmen injured. two OF them
seriously. two engines overturned
and wrecked by collisions with street
cars. several thrilling rescues from
burning buildings and a property loss
OF 100000 Ia the story OF the fire de
partment for the first five hours OF
today.
Six different fires on the Upper East
Side. In Broadway. on the Middle East
Side and big stable fire at Christie
pher and Barrow streets kept the fire
men constantly at work. The dead
are four Italians. whose bodies. burn.
ed beyond recognition. was found In
the ruins OF the burned stable.
Fire broke out IN the Despatch
stables. In the block between Christie.
pher. Barrow. West and Washington
streets. Three alarms called out the
great Battery fire apparatus. including
two big fireboats. but II was only after
a hard fight. that the firemen saved
the big adjoining tencments and the
Palace and Knickerbocker hotels. Two
hundred and fifty horses. which were
quartered in the building perished.
The bodies of the four Italians found
In the ruins In an hour after the fire
had been extinguished. The money
loss by the stable fire is placed at
100000.
Another serious fire started In the
Madison street laundry. In East
Seventy-thlrd street. and swept up
through the five story building. the
several upper floors OF which were
occupied as tenements. II was while
on the way TO this fire that the two
fire engines were wrecked. The
drivers of both engines were injured
but II Is no; believed either was fatal
ly hurt.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-04-24
Head Nearly Blown OF.

Chattanooga. April 23.--walter Kirk
patrick. owner OF the gasoline boat
City OF the South. shot and killed on
that boat at the levee Wiley Maynard
The weapon used was a shotgun and
Maynard's head was blown nearly off.
KlrknatrIck alleges self.defense.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-04-24
CAR DYNAMiTED.
Sticks Of combussibIe Were Also
Found on the Tracks.

Montgomery, Ala. April 23.-At mid
night Monday night n street car pass.
ing through the residence district
struck a stick of dynamite. which ex.
ploded. shattering windows OF the car
and breaking It in several places. Ear
ly In the night sticks OF dynamite were
discovered on the tracks In two dif.
ferent places before the cars struck
them.
The Alabama Federation OF Labor.
which Is In session here. passed res
olutions expressing sympathy for the
strikers.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-04-24
TO BE FOUGHT.
Republicans Of Oklahoma VIII Oppose
the Constitution.


the Constitution.
Oklahoma City. April 23.-Followins
a conference here Of Republican poll.
ticians OF prominence former Delegate
b. s. MCGUIRE intimated that the Re.
publicans will fight the constitution,
and will not put state ticket In the
field. He said that In his opinion Pres.
ident Roosevelt would reject the con.
stitution. and that congress would not
accept the obnoxious features Of the
document.
Three hundred delegates from Tire
territories attended the meeting OF
the Colored Protective league Of the
state here. presided over by J. c. John.
son Of Muskogee. A resolution to fight
against the adoption OF the constitu.
tion was adopted. President johnson
said that 10000 negro votes would be
cast against the constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
MONEY FOR CHARITY.
Beauests Mentioned in Will Of
Frank P. Burke.


More than IS 200 is bequeathed for
charitable purposes by the will Of Frank
P. Burke. who died September 70 last
leaving large estate. including the
Cumberland apartment house on Thomas
circle and other valuable realty holdings.
The real estate is devised to his widow.
Mrs May E. Burke. for life or until her
remarriage, in which latter event she Is
to take only a dover interest.
At the death or remarricge of the widow
the real estate shall go to his son. Fran
els E. Burke, who shall have only the in
come until he attains of age of forty
years. Should the son die. without chill
dren, the Will provides that all the realty
holdings shall be sold and the proceeds
distributed In even shares among Mr..
Burke's old parish church of Kilcoman.
County Mayo, Ireland. the Little Sisters
Of the Poor. st. AIMS Orphan Asylum
and ST. Joseph's Orphan Asylum Of this
city
Independent of the ding requests
5000 is given to ST. Matthew'S Church,
like sum to st. Augustine Church and
500 each to four godchildren, Henry Hay
den, Mrs. Annie McGregory, John Francis
Toole and Patricia Walsh.
The will also provides "a fund of 1000
to be paid to st. Charles College. Ellicott
City, Md. the income to be used for the
purpose of educating candidate of Irish
extraction for the priesthood.
James NJ Green and Patrick j. Walshe
are named as executors by the document,
which is dated June IA, 1905.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
Meerschaum in New Mexico.

Because Of the discovery Of vast de-
posits of meerschaum In the mountains
of New Mexico 1t Is likely that the mo-
nopoly Of that mineral heretofore held by
the Turkish government will be broken
and pipes Of that material will be less
ened in cost.
Until recently all the meesrchaum used
in the commerce of the world was pro-
duced from a mine in the plains of Esh-
hisher. Anatoly. Turkey in Asia. In those
mines are employed 10000 men. The out
put Of the mine was owned by the Turkish
government and 1t kept the price up.
1t is said that enough meerschaum has
been discovered in Grant county, N. M.
to supply the worlds needs
There Is q popular belief that meer-
schaum is petrified sea foam washed up
ages ago and solidified by some strange
process Of nature Meerschaum Is min
eral known to scientists as "sepiolite." 1t
is composed principally Of silica and mag
nesium 1t Is found In assures In the
rock, where volcanic action has forced 1t
up to the surface.
Meerschaum is used not only for making
tobacco pipes, but because Of Its unique
properties of resisting high degree or
heat and it's ready absorption OF water, 1t
Is put to various electrical and mechanical
uses.
In the mines Of New Mexico solid
block Of meerschaum weighing forty-two
pounds was taken out. 1t was the largest
block Of meerschaum ever mined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
Facilities for Marrying French.

Paris Cor. London Standard
Up to quite lately no French man or
woman could marry during the lifetime OF
their parents without the documentary
consent of their fathers and mothers; and
they were, furthermore, obliged, If these
were both dead to produce vast array
of certificates not less than nineteen, IN
fact, before they could be united. Besides
certificates of non-opposition to the banns.
they were expected to bring two birth
certificates of the parents and eight death
certificates of the grandparents among
others. A law has just been passed, how
ever, exempting candidates for matrl-
mony of over thirty years from all these
vexatious formalit!es. and they will be
able henceforth TO marry without being
haunted by the ghost OF their dead an
cestors. While hailing this reform as
step in the right direction. 1t Is. never
theless thought that the age limit might
be reduced, and 1t is held to be scarcely
necessary for those whose parents and
grandparents are dead to wait until the
age Of thirty before being released from
such a posthumous hold. The effect IN
Belgium of suppression of useless for
malities has led to a considerable increase
in the number of marriages. and espe-
cially to the population marrying at an
earlier age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
Smoke. Health and Death Rate.

From the Chicago Record Herald
A medical journal publishes In full the
address delivered recently at the meeting
of the American Medical Association by
DR.. A. jacob of New York, who is one
of our most distinguished physicians. on
Smoke in Relation to Health" 1t is an
address which all campaigners against the
smoke nuisance should welcome and use,
| for 1t Is full Of important data and en-
pha sizes the fact that the question of pre-
| venting air pollution and contamination
| by SCOT and cinders and other products of
semi-combustion of soft coal Is medical as
well as financial and esthetic
DR.. jacob believes that the fighting of
the smoke evil ought to be regarded and
made part of the general compaign now
in progress against tuberculosis and pneu-
| monia Only from the point OF view OF
life and health, he thinks. "can we hope
to aid in Kidding the community an an
omaly created by the recklessness OF mod
ern industry.
Quoting authorities and clinical stalls
tics, and referring to the experience OF
several foreign countries as well as to that
of the leading American cities. Dr jacob
concludes that "anthrac COSTS OF the lungs
is caused directly by inhalation. and that
smoke enters the lungs from the contami-
mated atmosphere. either through the
mouth or through the nostrils which ex-
ert their protecting influence to an insuf-
ficient extent only"
Inc mOTIallly ITOul dSulC }
pulmonary diseases is on the increase.
and the cause is held to be the contami-
nation of the air by smoke. In industrial
districts the mortality of musings Is six
times larger than in agricultural COM
munities, and dense-smoke districts have
a larger mortality than other centers-
textile for instance. The mortality Of
coal miners surpasses that Of the rest Of
the male population by 100 per cent.
Many persons die Of consumption whose
symptoms never showed themselves until
they started to work in coal dust and
smoke These and other facts, declares
Dr. jacob seem to establish the propo-
sition that smoke causes disposition
for acute pulmonary diseases and accel-
crates the course of pulmonary tubercu-
losis."
He argues that the expulsion Of smoke
from chimneys ought to be prevented and
abated as dangerous nuisance and d.
rect injury to life and health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
The New World" in Shakespeare

speare alone Of contemporary ORA.
laa.is.s seems to have realized the serious
eniicahce OF the native problem which
lerica onered thinking men. In the
OF Cahban he brought to its
eioei ation an insight which richly
atones for the frivolous treatmen. -
1t received at other hands shaLas.n.
mad his own limitations. and ~ the Con.
eral potentialities of the new wor,d y.
showed little more consciousness than the
other playwrights Of his day. In the ma.
Jority OF his direct illusions to America
ne confines himself. like Marlowe. to vague
hlnts OF the continents harvest of sold,
winch Spain was reaping. From the new
world came the Armados Of Spanish car
racks ballasted with rubies, carbuncles
ana sapphires.. of which mention is made
IN the Comedy Of Errors" Gil. II. 1856
iao). In the same vein Sir John Falstafr
compares Mistress Ford to "a region in
GTiana, all q, goId and bounty" 3Merry
sh axes 49, s,s Ssss); Very rarely does
western hemfsphere-of the great expanss
OF land and sea which Spain primariIv
brought within European vision There IL
the onnor Hu IKE ef IL slight alluson to
Wnlch spain throughout the dramatist's
career was ayailing herself In the south
racine ocean The dramatist knew some
thing. too. of the new map" which en-
Dooie1 the recent augmentation" of the
world surface and surprised ,Inscien,fao
observers by its endless series of rhumbo
lines; to these features Of the new man.
OF the new world Shakespeare likened the
wrinkles on Malvolio's smiling connta
nance. But there is no Indication IN
Shakespeare's plays that he was deeniv
stirred either by the geographical reveia,
lions or by the colonial aspirations of his
fellow cOuntrymen which haJataJr,, 10
Elected Spanish example His alert intel
lect' as iar as 1t touched the new world
was mainly absorbed by the fascination
of aboriginal man. LII"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
"Till It Thunders."
I'M the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Jimmie Roberts. the ten-year-old son OF
William Roberts. a Big Beaver township
farmer, used to laugh at folk who thought
turtles could bite after being decaDitated.
He won't any more. The elder Roberts
caught twenty-pou turtle in the Little
Beaver river and took 1t home. Jimmie
leased the turtle by poking sticks at 1t;
but getting too close it seized his leg, and
all efforts to make 1t let go proved futile.
Red pepper was thrown into Its eyes;
kerosene was squirted into its mouth. and
finally redhot poker was thrust be-
tween its jaws, but still 1t held on. while
Jimmie howled with pain and fright
ties tail, and while she pulled until Its
neck was we'll stretched the farmer cut
off its head with carving knife. This
detached the turtles body from the boy.
but the jaws retained their hold on his
leg The parents were afraid to attempt
to cut the head loose. SO Mr.. Roberts.
Jimmie and the turtles head got into
buggy and hurried to the office of DR.. +.
c. Kerwin of Homewood The physician,
succeeded in cutting the turtles head
from the boys leg. An ugly hole that will
be long time in healing was left.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
Old Color Prints.
From the London Mail,

The remarkable craze for collecting old
color prints shows no signs Of diminution.
During the past season some sixty OF
these prints have produced nearly $4,000.
and for one print alone no less than f609
was given For many years these prints.
most of which were published at Ell. were
quite neglected by collectors. but it be-
came the fashion to collect them. and now
a fine color print is worth as much as a
small suburban villa. Every season the
cry is raised that the limit has been
reached, and every season prices steadily
increase.
In collecting, fashion Is everything. Col
lect RS as a body are like Hook OF sheep.
Let one Of their number give fancy price
for a hitherto neglected class OF art OBJ
jects and they all rush to do likewise.
Dealers foster the craze, and prices reach
enormous heights. Only too often the
craze declines, prices drop, and those who
have filled their cabinets with the once
popular class of objects find that that
which has cost them pounds now only
realizes shilings.
Many a dealer in London and the prov
inces has his cellar full to overlooking
with objects for which there is now no
demand and for which he would be will
ing to take almost any price.
Pictures painted by many of the men
Of the mid-Victorian school are an In
stance. At one time huge canvases by
men such as Goodall and Long realized
thousands Now every week In the season
one may see these same works sold at
Christie's and elsewhere for tenth of
what they at one time realized. The de-
mand for such works has gone, and that
it will ever return is highly improbable.
In the book world the books issued by
the famous Aldine and Elzevir Presses
form another instance of decline In fash
ion, while the publications Of the Kelm-
scott Press can also be mentioned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
OFFICERS REFLECTED
WoMEN's CHRISTIAN TEMPER
ANCE UNION IN FINAL SESSION.

Mrs. Clinton Smith was today reelected
president of the w0nan's Christian Tenn
perance Union for the ninth term at the
second days session of the annual con-
vention at the First Congregational
other officers were also e-elected.
The meeting convened al $50 O clock
this morning with Mrs. NJ e. Cohen, vice
president. in the chair Mrs. ]. C. Fer
maid offered prayer. Mrs. Mabel Callahan
read the report of the Work Among the
Soldiers and Sailors" and Mrs. Emma
Randolph made a brief address, in which
she pleaded for workers in this depart
ment. Miss Lydia Hughes sang a solo.
The Eternal Goodness" accompanied on
the organ by Miss Margaret Allen. Miss
Jennie Smith made a report OF the work
among the railroad men. and Mrs. w. f.
DeRemer. superintendent of school work
gave a report from her department.. The
chairman on credentials. Mrs. G. p.
Grandfeld, reported that there were 1OS
officers. superintende nts. trustees and del
egates on the rolls.
Mrs. NJ. E. Cohen. vice pre- sident Of the
society. In behalf Of the other members.
presented Mrs. Smith a beautiful bouquet
of white roses and announced that the
District ''Y'' had made her q life mem
Der of the w. C. T. U. The meeting ad-
journed for luncheon at noon.
The officers.
The officers reelected were: President.
Mrs. Clinton Smith; vice president, Mrs
NJ e. Cohen: corresponding secretary.
Mrs w. E. DeRiemer; recording secre-
tary. Mrs. Emma 8. Shelton; assistant
recording secretary. Mrs Clayton E.
Emig; treasurer, Mrs. Charles P. Grand
field.
The afternoon session was called to Or
der at 80 o'clock, when memorial serv-
ices were held. Mrs. Olin Leech sang a
solo Mrs. Thee. T. Moore offered prayer.
The program for this afternoon Is: Report
of superintendents; Peace" Mrs. H. v;
Easterling; "Parlor Meetings and Red
Letter Days" Mrs. E. 8. Wescott
Young Woman's Work." Mrs. c. z.
Emig, corresponding secretary branch;
address, Mrs. Don P. Blaine, general sec
rotary Y branch and district organizer
miscellaneous; presentation Of prize ban
ner; reports of superintendents; Sunday
School," Mrs. w. E. DeRiemer; Temper
ance Literature" Mrs. B. c. Wilkinson
Kindergarten" Miss Susan Pollock
Work Among Foreigners" Mrs. Hannah
Crosby: report of committee on resolu-
tons, Mrs. Nellie H. Bradley; cradle roll
demonstration, Mrs A. c. Giles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
HARRISBURG GRAFT TRIAL
DEFENSE FIGHTING FOR ALL
POSSIBLE DELAY.
All Indictments Except One Are for
Conspiracy to Defraud
the State

HARRISBURG. Pa. October 9.-with
the possible exception of three. all of the
fourteen defendants in the capitol prose-
cutions are expected to appear In the
Dauphin county court this afternoon to
renew their bail for the next term Of
court. Two Of the observation-disclosures M.
Shumaker of Johnstown and George F.
Payne of Philadelphia-are seriously i'll.
and William P. Snyder of Spring City is
in Indian Territory on business. he having
renewed his bail last Friday.
Attorney General Todd said today that
when the cases are called by District At
torney Weiss this afternoon before Judges
Kunkel and McCarrell to fix the date Of
the trials he would press for an early date.
Lawyers for the defense say they have
had no opportunity to prepare their cases.
and will not agree to go to trial before
February and under no condition IN
December. the time suggested by the
prosecution.
The defendants who are expected to
appear in court this afternoon are:
John H. Sanderson Of Philadelphia,
contractor for furnishing.
Joseph M. Huston OF Philadelphia.
architect.
William Mathues Of Media, former
state treasurer.
Representative H. Burd Cassel of
Marietta. executive officer of the Penn
sylvania Construction Company.
Frank Irvine of Norristown. travelling
auditor in auditor generals depart
ment
Stanford B. Lewis Of Philadelphia,
Illusions active assistant
Charles G. Wetter of Philadelphia.
member Of the firm of Payne & Co..
which constructed the capitol.
Charles F. Kinsman. Wallis Boileau,
John G. Neiderer and George K. Storm
of Philadelphia. members Of the Penn
sylvania Bronze Company.
All of these defendants except Wetter
are charged with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the state. The charge
against Wetter Is false pretenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
Foods Unfit to Eat.
From What to Eat.

From What to Eat
The grocery store or market Is the dis
tributing agent Of the food manufactures.
It Is probable that 95 per cent of our food
passes through the hands of the grocer or
meat man. The prosperous merchant is
usually awake to the fact that his bust
ness will suffer II his shop Is not at
tractive and his stock fresh. But in every
community there are some dealers whose
meat blocks ARE unclean and covered with
flies: whose refrigerators are Shiny and
foul-smelling; whose back rooms are filled
with accumulated filth: whose cellars are
damp and dirty; whose dried fruit is
wormy: whose fruit and vegetables are
decayed. and whose cat sleeps in the
cracker barrel.
All Of these conditions are bad. more
inimical to health than food adulteration
as usually understood. and yet they are
tolerated or ignored because of long ia
miliarity. Foods. though chemically pure,
may be sanitartly unfit to eat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
The Scientific Aspect of Hog Latin


En-wha ildren-cha earn-la Gotta eak-
spa og-ha atin-La, ey-tha ave-ha cached
ra e-tha age-sta en-wha ey-tha oose-la
all esire-day Gotta aster-ma e-tha other
ma onuge-ta.
That much and more DR.. Sherman Davis
of Indiana University told the teachers of
Marion county at the first session OF their
annual county institute, at the criminal
court room yesterday.
DR.. Davis said that the hog Latin"
stage-which he said was also called dog
Latin" or turkey Latin" in some places.
bur was all the same thing-marked an
epoch in the life of a child. He said 1t
was at the ''hog-Latin" stage in the de-
velopment of child's mind that the child
lost its natural desire for the mastering
of the mother tongue. 1t is a sorry plight
for a child not to learn to use the English
tongue we'll before this time. he says.
The speaker does not believe the use Of
the play language of itself robs the child
of a further natural desire to learn the
language.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
A Bad Liver.
From What to Eat

Inc only salvation for the person with
'ofpio iiVer Is through changed sys-
tenn of dietetics combined with erarciso
In the outdoor air, calisthenics and daen
breathing. The person with a had liver
should habitualIy practice deep and long
breathing, filling the lungs at each inhala
ton.
The curative dietary must consist prin-
clpaly or nerve or brain food, including
nsh and a reasona BILE amount OF beef with
generous quantities OF cereal foods and
the fruits that are rich in acids. In warm
weather 1t Is best to abstain from milk
altogether. Butter and vegetable fats,
olive oil. boiled rice, baked apples. baked
potatoes, graham or whole wheat bread,
soft-boiled eggs. all constitute safe and
nourishing diet for the bilious person At
the first symptom of biliousness squeeze
the juice of half a lemon in the water you
drink just before breakfast and before
going to bed at night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
The Palais Royal, ArA"~ q and 1 L TIL.
4A4 4A444 " v "

health were discussed. As IA matter Of
fact DIR. Woodward has returned with
many new ideas for the publication OF
the water supply. the disposal of sew
age the collection and disposal Of
garbage. the collection of vital statistics.
milk regulations and the prevention Of
the spread of contagious diseases
Probably the most important result Of
the meeting, DR.. Woodward says. was
the organization of a section of tho as
sociation. comprised largely OF registrars
of vital statistics. which Will hereafter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
COLLECTION OF DATA.
DIR. Woodward's Comment on Pro-
ceedings of Recent Medical Body.

Dr. William c. Woodward. health Officer
OF the District. has returned from Allan
tic city. where he attended the session of
the American Health Association. He
says many important questions pertain
ing to the better sanitation OF cities and
questions relative to the general public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-09
Floating Mines.
1 the Manchester Guardian

From the Manchester Guardian.
Methods OF warfare which expose inno-
cent merchant ships and fishing crafts to
sudden and awful destruction are cruel
and unjust. and should also be illegal In
territorial waters neutrals have no abso-
lutte right of navigation, but the high seas
are the property of no one-they are
highway on which belligerent and neutrals
have absolutely equal rights.