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TALKS OF GREAT FORTUNES.
Prof. jerks Delivers Address in Y. M.
C. A. Gymnasium.

The merit behind the great fortunes of
today was discussed by Pro-. jeremiah w.
jerks of Cornell University yesterday in
the course of his talk before the mems
meeting in the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium He
stated that, in his opinion, the majority
of the great fortunes of today were won
by ways allied to gambling such as spec
ulation in the stock market, etc, and won
in ways allied to plumber, such as bulling
the market and taking the unnatural
profits. He stated that there are great
evils connected with great fortunes, and
further, he thought that great fortunes
inspire more evil than good. But, for all
that, he advised against a general de-
nuncnatlon of wealth.
IF 10000 men start out to work to-
gether, and at the end of certain period
ten of those men get to be very wealthy
and the other $3.50 get only enough to
next, is that right?* was question then
propounded to the speaker.
ut may be, but it probably is not" he
replied. He explained that the wealth at
tanned by the ten men may be just re-
ward for their work, but suggested that 1t
probably was not earned reward.
The Social Teachings of Jesus was
the subject upon which Prof jerks spoke.
Declaring in the beginning that Christ
was the greatest skeptic of his age, to
use the word in it's best sense, he stated
that Jesus assumed the responsibility for
His every act. He did not conform to the
customs which He thought were not right.
From a study of the life of Jesus, the
speaker said, the two great basic prin-
ciples Of the Christian religion are found
to be, first, that every person must ac-
cept the responsibility for his every act:
and secondly that a persons work is to
serve other people-serve the world.
Continuing. Prof. jerks made strong
appeal for a broader view Of wealth and
great fortunes. He decried the tendencies
to denounce the millionaires. He said that
wealth should not be allowed to interfere
with a Christian life in helping others.
Wealth which thus ipterfered must be de-
nounced he said.
Touching on the pleasures of life, the
speaker laid down two principles. based
on his analysis of the Christian life:
First, he said, indulge in no pleasures
which will hamper ones efficiency in his
life work; and, secondly, indulge in no
pleasures which will harm others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18

mass and elbowed and twisted his way
slowly up the stairs. Here again another
row of guards confronted him. A man at
his side was excitedly explaining that the
weather bureau had just issued flood warn
ings. for danger line stages in the lower
Black Warrior of Alabama and the Chatta-
hoochee of Georgia And that ought to hold
the bears" back. the man declared, as Dur
kin elbowed his way in to the guards.
mo USE mister. we can't let you IN,
said a perspiring officer.
He stood with his back to the closed door,
At each entrance a fellow officer stood in
the same position. The receipts at Bombay
for the half-week, cried still another excited
follower of the market. were only thirty
eight thousand bales.
Hey stand back there! Let EN- out!
Here's woman fainted!' came the cry
from within. and the doors were swung wide
to allow the woman to be carried through.
Durkin wedged IS bill down between the
guarding polceman's fingers.
There's your chance. For Gods sake,
get me in!'
The doors were already being closed. and
the din within again shut off from the lis
tening crowd in the hallway.
Here stand back! Gentleman's got
ticket!' and without further ado the big
officer cannonaded him into the midst of the
gallery mob.
Once there Durkin edged round by the
wall, squeezed himself unceremoniously out,
until at last he came to the brass railing
guarding the edge of the spectators gal
lery. Then he took deep breath, and
gazed down at the sea of commotion that
boiled and eddied at his feet.
1t was mad tumult of contending
forces, a maelstrom of opposing currents.
Seldom was there a hull in that hundred
throated delirium, where, on raised steps
about little circular brass railing, men
shouted and danced and flung up their
hands and raced back and forth through a
swarming beehive of cotton-hunger. Some
We're hatless. some had thrown coats and
vests open, some white as paper, and some
red and perspiring: some were showing
handfuls of toru-up pad sheets over their
comrades. some were pencfling madly In
call-books, some were feverishly handing
slips to agile youths lodging in and out
through the seething mass. Every now and
then loud-noted signal-bell sounded from
one end of the hall, calling messenger boy
for dispatches
In the momentary little lulls of that hu-
man tempest Durkin could catch the famil-
lar pithy staccato of telegraph keys clut-
tering and pulsating with their hurried or
ders and news. He could see the operators,
where they sat, alphabetically pounding the
brass, as unmoved as the youth at the light
crowned, red-lined blackboard. who caught
up the different slips handed to him and
methodically ehalked down the calls under
the various months.
Then the tumult began afresh once more.
and through 1t all Darkin could hear the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
CHAPTER XIV.

Durkin, bending restlessly over his relay,
and dreamily cogitating on the newly dis
covered fact that Morse was a language as
harmonious and mysterious and subtly ex-
pressive as music itself, sat up with a sud
den galvanic jerk of the body.
Helen sails at 1 tomorrow thrilled and
warbled and sang the little machine of dots
and dashes; and the listening operator knew
that his time had come. He caught up the
wires that ran through the gas-pipe to the
conduit, and bracing himself against the
basement wall, pulled with all his strength.
They parted suddenly, somewhere near the
cables. and sent him sprawling nOisily over
the floor.
He hurriedly picked himself up, flung
every tool and Instrument that remained In
the dingy basement into his capa cious club
bag and carefully coiled and wrapped every
foot of tel-tale wire. AS little evidence as
possible, he decided, should remain behind
him.
Five minutes later he stepped into Robin
son & Littles brokerage offices. 1t was, in
fact, just the senior member of the firm
was slipping off his light covert-cloth over
coat and making ready for feverish day S
business.
Ezra Robinson stared little hard when
Durkin told him that he had $4,000 to
throw into short cotton that morning, and
asked on what margin he would be able to
do business.
well, answered the broker, Will Ills CuEt
laugh, Its only on the buying side that
we're demanding So a bale this morning.
He looked at Durkn sharply. You're on
the wrong side of the market, young mani!
he warned him.
Perhaps said Durkin easily. But I'm
SuperstitiOuS!"
The man of business eyed him almost i'm
patiently.
Durkn laughed good-naturedly.
Il mean l had a sort of Josephs dream
that cotton was going to break down to
sixteen today!
Well you can't afford to work on dreams
Cotton goes up to nineteen today, and stays
there. Candidly. I'd advise you to keep Off
the bear side-fOr a month or two, any
wayi'
But Durkin was not open to discussion.
when May drops down TO sixteen or sc
Ill be ready to let the shorts start to
covert he argued mildly, he placed his
money, gave his instructions. and carried
away his all-importaEt little slip of paper.
Then he hurried out. and lodged and
twisted and ran through those crowded and
sunless canons of business where only a
narrow strip of earths high-arching sky
showed overhead. AS he turned from Will
liam street into Hanover Square. through
the second tier of half-openeI plate glass
windows he could already hear the dull
roar of the cotton pit. The grim days bust
ness. he knew was already under way.
Four policemen guarded the elevators
leading to the spectators gallery. The
place was crowded to the doors; no more
were to be admitted. Durkin, however
pushed resolutely through the staggering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
The Swiss Hotel Keepers,

Swiss hotel keepers are the best in the
world, because they are thoroughly trained
in the business. Hotel keeping is profess
sion. hereditary in families. Generation
after generation, when boy has graduated
from the high school, he prepares himself
for the hotel business just as he would II
he intended to practice medicine or chem
istry. He goes into the kitchen Of his
fathers hotel, or some other. and serves an
apprenticeship there; he is then promoted
to the dining room and is carefully trained
for waiter. and finally graduates into the
Office and becomes a steward, purchasing
agent. a room clerk. taking the different
branches of the business one after another
until he has learned them all. Then he be-
comes candidate for the position Of as
sistant manager and finally reaches the
summit of his career as1manager. There
are several schools for hotel keepers In
Switzerland. where the different tricks Of
the trade are taught. The most important
is at Lausanne. which usually has from
sixty to seventy-five students. mostly sons
OF hotel keepers. After they have taken a
technical course for year and learned the
theories Of the business, they gain prac-
tical experience as employees in the Kitchens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18

magical The tumult subside1. The shout
ing men about the brass railing stopped to
take breath. The sallow-faced young man
who chalked prices up ON the pit-edge
blackboard rested his tired fingers Brokers
sat about little camp-stOols. For the
first time Durkin could catch the sound of
the sustained note of the telegraph keys
clicking busily away. The sunlight fell
in the gallery grew less. The operators
were joking and chatting. messenger
! boy had fallen asleep on his bench. The
army was waiting for the return of its
leader
Curry re-antered the pit quietly. with q
toothpick in one corner of his mouth. He
stood there for a moment or two, his thumbs
in his waiStcoat armholeS rocking comfort
ably back and forth on his heels, enigmat-
ically and indOlently watching the floor
which his temperance had first terminated
and then thrown into sudden confusion.
Durkin, in turn, watched the leader close
ly. breathlessly, waiting for the beginning
of the end He saw Curry suddenly throw
away his toothpick and signal to a bent
and pale-haired floor broker. who shot over
to his leaders side. exchanged a whispered
word or two with him, and then shot back
to the brass railing. There he flung his
hands up in the air, with fingers outthrust
and yelled like mailman:
Buy July ffty-one! Buy July fifty-two!
Buy July fty-three-four-fve! Buy July
fifty-six!'
That single throated challenge was like a
match to waiting ordnance.
With arms still extended and gaunt fin
gers outstretched he kept 1t up, for one mo-
ment. Then the explosion came. Already it
seemed he had impaired his madness to the
men who screamed and fought and ges-
ticulated about him.
Buy July sixty-three! Buy July sixty
four! Buy July Observation-Disclosures
ty-eight"
The frenzy in the pit increased. Up, up
went July cotton to seventy to seventy one.
even to seventy-two. In thirty years and
over no such price had ever been known.
Eighty-f1ve million dollars worth of cotton
bales, on paper. were deliriously exchanging
hands. But, all things must reach their
end. The bow had been bent to the utter
most. The tide had flooded into its high
est point.
A sudden change came over Curry He
flung up his two hands. and brought them
smartly together over his .jauntily tilted
black derby. This done, he elbowed and
pushed his way hurriedly to the ring-side
The market hung on his next breath.
"Sell twenty thousand May at sixty!'
A silence: like that which intervenes be-
tween the lightning fash and the thunder
clap. fell In the pit.
The leader was unloading. 1t was rumored
that five thousand bales more than the
whole crop had been sold. The bubble had
been overblown. There was still time to
be on the safe side. And like people fight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
A Dialogue at the Capitol.

The following dialogue took place at the
Capitol the other day:
Intelligent citizen-"Why do they strike
the South African steamship line from the
subsidy bill?"
Member of Congress-"Because it's no
good"
Intelligent citizen-''We ought to have a
steamship line to South Africa. They i'm
port nearly s500.O0o,000 worth Of manufac-
tured goods every year down there. and
which has to be shipped on tramps or by
way Of England. II we had direct commu-
nication we might sell ten times as much"
NJ C.-"But it's so thunderin' far
l. C.-'Cape Town Is nearer New York
than it is London"
NJ. C.-"Not by a long sdghtv'
l. C.-"I'H bet you box OF cigars"
NJ. C.-'I'u go you'
They hunted up map. they measured of
the distances. and the member OF Congress
whistled softly and murmured:
Gee whiz: I wonder where I was at
when the rest of the class were studying
geogra pny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
WILL EXoNERATE BILEY.
Majority of Committee With the
Cano%nr

AUSTIN, Tex, February 1s.-The Bailey
investigating committee will probably end
its work this week.
1t Is said that a majority of the commits
tee will vote to exonerate Senator Bailey.
report will be made. 1t is said. by q
minority finding Mr.. Bailey guilty Of soma
Of the charges t
The testimony has caused little change In
sentiment In the legislature either for Or
against Bailey. The lines are more closely
drawn and the bitterness is more intense
between the two factions than when the
investigation started.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
aold-Wire Hand Mitts.

A novelty to be seen in the jeweiry stores
of Russia is hand mitts woven Of very fine
gold wire. They cover the arms to the ell
lows and the greater part OF the hands.
reaching to the middle knuclles OF the
fingers. Sometimes the edges both on the
arm and on the fingers are mounted with
pearls or diamonds. The wire Is SO fine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18

and so flexible that they are not uncom-
Portable. They are only a little SITTER
than silk and, when mounted with jewels.
are. of course. very stunning. They cost
from 500 pair upward and are worn by
leaders of the extreme fashions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18

An autograph letter written by Emperor
Frederick the Noble on October TO- 1856
will be put up at auction at Leipzig. The
letter was written to a former tutor, Herr
Heydemann, just after Frederick's b.
trothal to the princess royal. He was then
twenty five years old. >,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18

The first elections to parliament under the
new Transvaal constitution will be heli
February 20, and the Beers have great
prospects Of obtaining working majority
In the house Of representatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
The Royal Limited.

g The best appointed
trains out of Wash
ingtOn for Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New
York are those of the
Royal Blue Line leav-
ing Every Odd Hour
during the day., 8,
II, 1, 3, S o'clock, and
at 11.3O p. I'M.
q The best train of the
series is the "ROyal
Limited" leaving 3
p. m, reaching Balti-
more I'm "A minutes,
Philadelphia i'm two
hours and so minutes
and New York I'm FIVE
HOURS.
q IL is all Pullman,
but no extra fare is
charged. The cafe
smoking, parlOr and
observation cars are
superb, and the table
d'hOte dinner on the
dining car appeals.
For tickets and reservations call
ut Baltimore 4 Ohio Ticket OIL
ces. 1417 G Street. N. W.. near 18th
Street; $40 Pennsylvania Avenue,
and Station. New Jersey Avenue
and c Street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18

TO CURE GRIP IN TWO DAYS.
LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine removes the cause,
To get the genuine, call for full name and loo1
for signature Of u. w. Grove. c5e.
fell M 70 mh81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18

dining rooms and offices of the Swiss
hotels.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-05-09
WORK PROGRES5E
AT OGLETHORPE
PAINTERS STILL AT WORK AND
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE
BEING PUSHED.

The improvement work on the
Ogle.horpe hotel is now being rap
idly pushed and it will not be very
much longer before the hostelry will
be one Of the handsomest in this sec
ton of the state
a large force of painters are now
busy on the building, and most Of
the top portion of the building has
been completed.
The work on the new kitchen, din
ing room, etc, is being pushed with
u possible rapidity, and every effort
being made to have the house en-
ilely completed in time to accommo-
date the many summer visitors who
i'll soon begin to arrive in the city.
New furniture for the building is
arriving almost daily, and it will all
be on hand in time to equip the
rooms when the improvement work is
completed.
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MUCH interest N
COMING DIOCESAN
CONVENTION\
1T WILL BE FIELD IN sAVANNAR
NEXT WEEK AND Will BE LAR
GELY ATTENDED BY THE EPls.
CoPALlANS.

The Episcopal convention OF the
diocese Of Georgia, which will be held
in Savannah. May IS, t6 and II. will
probably be largely attended owing to
the fact that some action will prob
ably be taken upon the proposed div
sion of the diocese.
The program has not be compile
led but announcements have been
made in regard t. the business ses-
sions. The convention will be open
I'd with morning session at Chris.
church. followed by another session
IN Che evening at St Johns church
- tIe morning session Bishop Mel
atl ,,jl make his address ana for
many open The convention Two o.
be speakers have already been chos
en They are Rev. Dr.. J. j Lanier.
of MlIedgeyille. and the Rev. DR.. X
w. Patton. Of Atlanta.
Thursday, the second day of the
convention will be devoted reg tal
business sessions. with some soeia
feature in the evening. Friday, the
closing day, will probably develop
The most interesting proceedings OF
the convention reports on the diyi-
sion OF the diocese viii be heard and
the action of the parishes viii be
announced. Willie it is thought tae
division win finally be made, it is
expected there viii be some ops
ion to die pi-n. The convention will
be attended by the clergy and three
delegates from each parish, and by
one delegate and and the clergy Of
each mission in the diocese.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-05-09
ALL ENGINEERS IN
SOUTH TO GET
INCREASE
REPORTED THAT ALL THE ROADS
HAVE DECIDED TO GRANT
THEM AN INCREASE OF TEN
PER CENT.

According to a We'll founded report
in big railroad centers Of 9he south ii
it stated that practically all the rail
roads in the south have acceded to
the demands of the railroad engineers
for 10 per. cent. increase in S3lary
The grand officers Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers who
were in conference for come time
in Washington with the general man
agement of the railroads south o.
he Ohio and east Of the Mississippi
re said to have reached a harmon
lous agreement with the railroads.
thereby the locomotive engineers vii
receive more money
Now that the matter has been set
led, it is said that at one tim
here might have been friction be
tween the engineers and the rail
roads
According to the information the
increase takes effect dating from
May l.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-05-09
TEN KILLED IN
A BIG BLAzzEaT
KANSAS CITY
WOrkmen in a Fourth siiI stsi J
Had 10 Jump for Their
Lives
RIIT FIJI Tn OFATH
BUT FILL TO DEATH
Cut OFF From Elevators by the Blaze
They Leaped From the Win
dows and Were Killed in
the Long Fall

Kansas City. Mo, May S-Ten peo-
pie were killed and number injured
today in a fire which almost compile
tely destroyed the mail order depart
meme of the large store of Montgon-
cry, Ward & Howe in this city
The mail order department is To-
Gated in the fourth story of the builds
ing and the fire originated in the rear
of this story. Before the many
clerks realized that the store was
on fire the flames had enveloped al
most the entire floor, and they We're
cut off from the elevators. 1t was
a case of jump from the fourth
story or burn to death. and ten per
sons leaped for their lives, but all
Of them were killed in the plunge
to the ground below.
Several people ON other floors Of
he building were also injured in at
empting to make their escape.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-05-09
'SHOT MS WIFE,
HIS CAIHQ AND
THEN SU C|DED
Washington was The Scsae
Of Thi,AviuI Tragedy
Tuesday
HUSBAND ana WIFE DEAD
ws., tn. -',,'. ] !. s.'p, Treat
ed in a Acknowledgements
Ring Started athe Couple
to- Quad lelina.
HUSBAND ANA WIFE DEAD

Washington, May As the result,
it is alleged, of arrel over a we'd
ding ring, Williant 70. Rice, aged 20
years, of 131 Hec han street, south
cast, this city, an telegraph oper-
4tor on the Balti fore and Ohio rail.
road, today shot End instantly killed
his. wife, Lillian. ffired shot at his
one-year-old baby Earl, which took
effect in the leg, And then committed
suicide by Shoot #ng himself.
Rice, who worked nights, returned
10 his home at kn early hour this
morning, and fn%hg his wife ana
oaby asleep wok them up. A dis
clssion ensued rel hrding Mrs. Rice
wedding ring, it Weing alleged that
dce had possessiah of the ring and
Woajd not return A to his wife. A
quarrel followed, Nken Rice. securing
a pistol lying on ! table, fired four
ihots. Rice. his wife and child re-
sided in the house Vi Mrs Rices ia
lner and mother Her relatives
hink that the GRIND was actuated by
jealousy, although Il BY say there was
no reason for it.
The tragedy was enacted in the
presence of Miss ldaRroyes, sister of
The murdered woma Rice died al
most instantly, two hllets having en-
cred his body. + 5 wife breathed
Ter last while in the patrol wagon
II her way to the Providence hospi--
al Little Earl was detained at the
hospital to be tired ted for a bullet
wound in the flesh part of his leg.
md while the surg Ans think he will
recover from the Rects of it, they
IRE not certain thu IAN injury to his
lead, sustained wi IN he fell from
lis mothers arms lwill not result
eriously. There nd Ee been two mur-
!ers ana four suicides in Washington
within twenty-four hours.