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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
THIS JOB A "LEMoN."
Health officer Peckwess, of 1rvington,
Gives Up and clickinger Is Appointed.

Irvington Health Inspector Henry Peck
we'll, who held down the 81 per month
office during the summer, has resigned.
The jobs a lemon" he apparently thinks.
Former President Of the Board of Health
Joseph Clickinger has decided that he
would like to squeeze the lemon" for
what it is worth and his former colleagues.
DESTROYS Of putting somebody in an I'M
popular job quickly snapped him up in jig
time.
The rub is in the examination, which,
according to the State law, must be taken.
If a man Gan pass the exam said to be
a st1f one, he can then look FOR more pay,
but, 50 far, more of the officials have
cared, apparently, to take the test when
the time came, preferring to throw up the
job.
The Board Of Freeholders was notified by
the Health Board to clean the culverts
under Springfield and Clinton avenues. The
conditions there have been declared most
unhealthful, owing to the stopping of the
free flow OF Skinkle Brook by debris.
Residents living along the brook will re-
oeive notices to correct with the sewers
Instead Of using the natural water course.
Similar notifications have been issued at
irregular periods during the rast two years
apparently without effect.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
BOWLER FROST SURPRISED.

Someone has taken your bowling bail
and Chief Green is holding him at WED
e~nbacher's alleys, The chief wants you to
hurry down and identify the ball at once"
That lis the message that sent George
Frost, an Irvington jeweler and an ardent
bowler, to the alleys yesterday afternoon.
than, he learned that not only his ball but
ne himself had been captured by his
friends. Once at the alleys the fun began.
Every year Mr.. Frost's friends give him
a good tim and it is usually a surprise.
AFTER the games the party had an oyster
qinner, during the course of which Mr..
Frost was given a splendid sixteen-pound
ball with his Initials engraved on it. Mr..
trosts first feat with the ball was to
make five strikes straight.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
Reinhart-Link.

Miss Lillian r. Link, of ~Irvinston and
Albert B. Reinhart, of Philadelphia. were
quietly married in the home of the brides
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Link. 20
Lincoln place, I%rvington, Tuesday NIGHT
The Rev. DR.. John H. Egbert, pastor Of
the I%rvington NJ. E. Church, oficiata
Miss Elsie Link, a sister OF the bride and
John Cosgrove, of Philadelphia, were the
Only a few intimate friends were nrasent
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinhart will reside in
Philadelphia, where Mr.. Reinhart is er,-
ployed In the League Island Navy yard.
ington M. E.. Church, where She was ~
different times the head of various So
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
N IN THE THIRD.
No Meeting of Democratic Executive
Committee. but Peace Reigns.

Owing to the absence of Benjamin
Garland, chairman of the Democratic
executive committee of the Third
Ward, that body held only an infor-
NAL meeting in Semel's Hall last night.
The members were, with others, well
coming Frank S. Katzenbach, the
Democratic candidate for Governor, at
the Jeffersonian Club.
Nathan Steinfeldt announced that he
stood for harmony in the ward, and
would do all in his power to bring it
about. Since the announcement by
City Counsel James R. Nugent, the
Democratic leader, that neither Stein
feldt nor Alex Melville, both county
committeeman, had more power than
the other, the members of both fac
'tions have buried the hatchet.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
MEMS CLUB MEETING.
Important Matter to Be Considered by
First Presbyterian Men, Orange.

The first meeting for the fall of the
Mems ! of the Presbyterian Church,
Orange. will be held Monday night at s:15
o'clock in tho chapel in Day street, Or
ange. The business will be brief. but i'm
portant, followed by songs by a we'll
known baritone ~soloist, Harry T.. Bur-
testant Episcopal Church, New York. Sew
eral members of the club will give three
mute talks on their summer vacations.
followed by refreshments served by the
social committee. The clubs newly elected
officers are: President, Ernest Williams;
vice-presidents, Herbert T. Adams and
Lowell v. Baldwin; secretary, A. w. Alb
Dot; treasurer, Raymond f, Smith; chair
men Of committees: Membership D
Bachman: social, Clarence S. Abrams:
topics, Arthur 7. Seymour; eligious work.
Lowell v. Baldwin. w
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
BELLEVtLLE BOY DIES
AFTER AN OPERATION.
Frederick Harper Had Appendicitis,
Which Had Advanced Too Far When
He Was Taken to the Hospital.

Frederick Harper. 70 years old. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. william Har~er ~ Il Nav
Bridge street, Belleville, died last night
IN Sr. ,Jai~es
ing an operation for appendicitis. The boy
had been iii several weeks. 1t was at first
thought that the boy was suffering from
stomach trouble. He was a pupil in the
Jeroloman Street School.
The Rev. Cornelius 8, Abbott, rector Of
Christ Episcopal Church, will officiate at
the funeral, which will be held Sunday
afternoon. The interment will be in Christ
Church Cemetery, Belleville.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
WIDOW CLAIMS BODY
OF MAN FOUND DEAD.
Mrs. Philip E. Newton, Who Had Been
Separated from Husband, Said to Be
0nposed by Rrother-in-LaW.

The widow of Philip e. Newton, who
was found dead at his home, "a Walnut
street, Montclair, Wednesday morning, has
appeared to claim the body. According to
report there has been a dispute between
the widow and the mans brother, a resi-
dent of Rome, N. Y, In regard to the
interment arrangements. Pending an
agreement between the two the body. Will
be placed his afternoon in a receiving
In Bloomfield Cemetery.
The funeral will be held from the under
taking establishment of George z. Beach,
446 Bloomfield avenue. Newton had been
separated from his wife. He was In the
laundry business, doing work for big hotels
in New York in summer and in Florida
In winter. His death was due to gas
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04

Michael Mulholland, for several years an
employee of the Orange sewer department
died yesterday afternoon at st. Marv's
Hospital. that city, after a brief illness.
He was 81 years old, He married Miss
Julia McPeak, who survives him, with one
child The funeral will take place tonnor-
row afternoon in st. Johns r. c.. Church
and interment viii be In st. Johns Gem
etery, Orange.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
JOHN J. BOOTHS ADVANCEMENT.

Substantial advancement has been given
John J.. Booth, of the No Name Hat Manu-
featuring Company, of Orange, by his
election as vice-president of the concern,
Mr.. Booth began with the company in n
humble capacity t~wenty-nine years ayo
and has, after hard and faithful work. sue
cessfully advanced himself to his present.
prominence. Edgar v. Fowler. ir.. has
been elected secretary. He has been iden-
titled with the company fourteen ves.s
ana is the credit and confidential man
Charles X. Wiimot was chosen president ~
the concern, and Treasurer Fred Gr,nS9ii
man a vice-president with Mr.. Booth
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
MANIA FOR FUNERALS.
After Attending 5000 Buryings Aged
Woman Gives Up Pastime.

PoTTsTOwN, Pa, Oct. with the
record OF 3,Os2 funerals that she has at
tended, Mrs Rehecca Vented. an octo-
genarian of this city, who since she was a
young woman has<been gratifying a pecu-
liar within to see people buried. must now
forego the "pastime'' as she called II, be-
cause OF advanced age n illness.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
SIX HUNDRED MORE.
Young Women from the other Side
Who Seek Situations.

NEW YORK, Oct. Ask hundred
unmarried women. nearly all of whom
purpose to seek situations as domestic
servants. arrived here today on the
steamer Cedric from Liverpool and
Queenstown. Three hundred of the
young women came from Ireland.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
WOMEN PREpAR1NG roR 4 r.1n

r Ihe women,s Guild Of st. Stephens
business nesting yesterday afternoor
the nome OF Mrs. c. w. Cox, Of Wvoa \.
lng. Preparations are being made w fop
1 maa.' 70 De ,, held in December. The nexs
" william Barnes. OF Springfield. A1rs'
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
KING srRrcKEN IN srREEr.

Fifteenth street, New York city, was
taken i'll at Central avenue and Golden
street yesterday afternoon. He was taken
to. st. Michaels Hospital. where 1t was
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

gued that a mans bets should be in
proportion TO his wealth, or the sum
of money he stood chances of making
on some Independent operation. Two
thousand dollars on the whirl of 4
roulette wheel meant no more to hin,
than the 25-cent ante of the drummer
in Pullman car game IF poker.
One man will feel no regret at the
withdrawal of the Gates pair from the
market. This is J.. F. Morgan. Be
tween Morgan and the Gates pair exist
ed a hatred that was as iusiste 1T as
cordial.
Morgah never forgave Gates for
oVerreachjng him in that sensational
coup when John W. gained control of
the Louisville & Nashville. By way of
punishment Morgan kept Gates off
the steel board, though the Westerner
was very anxious to represent the
holdings of the Illinois Steel company
on the directorate.
He raved when he heard of his ex-
clus1on, and always promised that the
day would come for him to humble
Morgan. Now that he drops out, it is
probable that the old score will remain
unsettled.
Charles G. Gates is only thirty-one
years of age, and is a chip off the old
block, being as fearless as his father.
Most of their operations from the time
the son came to a business age have
been carried on together, and it is
known that the elder Gates possesses
a most f1atLering estimate Of his sons
abilities.
Coming almost simultaneously with
the exit of the Gates pair is the fare
we'll Of Thomas F. Ryan.
He, too, has left for Europe after
making arrangements for disposing of
his holdings in the gigantic corpora
lions with which lie has been identi-
fed for the last twenty-five years.
Ryan quits, it is said, because he
has achieved his ambition
When he entered Wall street he re-
solved that he would never be content
till he had made one hundred million
dollars.
At that time it looked improbable
that he would succeed in going that
far, but those in a position to know
say that Ryan has now considerably
more than that amount of money, in
fact can raise cash in excess of it by
selling out his holdings.
Mr.. Ryan, after his return from Eu-
rope, will live the simple life on the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

Mr.. Ryan will be obliged to keep his
interest. AS the trustees have COM
plete charge Of it, Mr.. Ryan will not
be forced to bother much about it.
In the last two years Ryan has come
to be recognized as the most important
man in Wall street. What Jay Gould,
the elder Vanderbilt aTal J. Pierpont
Morgan have been at various other Pc
RODS, Mr.. Ryan was until a few weeks
ago, when he gave up the strenuosities
of life in the street for the ease of a
country gentleman.
Hardly has any financial pie been,
cut but that the master manipulation
at 80 Nassau street had finger in it..
All the other big chieftains of the
street sought his aid before attempting
anything, and if they could not have
him for an ally at least assured them
selves of his neutrality.
Mr.. Ryan is only three years older
than Gates. He started his career in
Baltimore dry goods house in 1868, but
this was too slow a way to make mon
ey for the man who was eventually to
be tossing millions around in the mar
ket, and in 1870 he went to New York
to try his luck there.
He began in a small position with
a stock broking firm, and while giving
his employers good service did not
overlook the main chance. A success
tul deal gave him money to launch
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
NAMED PILLS AS WEAPONS.

Extraordinary Duel That Was Ar
ranged by a Doctor.
An extraordinary duel, which at the
time created an immense sensation,
was one in which the decision was ar
rived at not by swords or pistols but
by means of a deadly poison. The
men, who, it is hardly necessary to
say, had fallen out over a lady, had
left the arrangement Of details to
their seconds, and until they faced
each other they did not know by what
method they were to settle their diff
ferences
One of the seconds was a doctor
and he had made up for the occasion
four black pellets, all Identical in size
and shape. I'm one of these" he said,
Il have placed a sufficient quantity Of
prussic acid to cause the almost in
staneous death of any one who swal-
lows it.
1--WE will decide by the toss of a
coin which one of you is to have
first choice and you will alternately
draw and swallow a pill until the
poison shows it's effect" Two of the
pellets we're then taken as the toss
had decided, but without effect in
either case. "This time," said the doc
tor, speaking of the two pellets re-
naming" you must both swallow the
pill at the same instant" The choice
was again made and in few seconds,
one of the men lay dead on the grass.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
HE DIDN'T SAY.
Dumas Was Asked If He Had Read
His Book.

Dumas Was Asked If He Had Read
His Book.
A popular novelist talked with re-
greet at the Franklin Inn, literary
club of Philadelphia, about the old
ghost habit of the past.
Famous painters first, and famous
writer's afterward, alike had ghosts, -
he said. "These ghosts were pupils,
disciples. They did the basic work of
the masters picture or novel, and the
master polished up, put on the finish
ing touches, and signed his name to it.
This practice, indeed, still maintains
in architecture.
1T was practice that allowed a
popular artist a manifold increase of
production and, consequently, of in
come. Dumas, the elder Dumas, had
no less than forty ghosts-forty intel
lgent young men writing away for
him about D'Artagnan, Porthos. Ara.
mis- and the rest.
But Dumas was reckless, and the
existence of his forty ghosts became
known. Hence a good deal of scandal.
AT the height Of this scandal Du-
mas said to lady one night:
Have you read my last book,
MADAME -,
"The lady, with mischievous smile,
replied:
No, Monsieur Dumas. Have
your"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

superb estate he has purchased for
himself in Nelson county, Virginia.
There are those who say that his re-
tirement has the ultimate aim of car
rying him into the United States SEN
ate, and there was also wild rumor
that he had designs on the presidency.
But Mr.. Ryan will admit neither
story. His answer is that having
made the pile which he set for him
self he needs no more, and thinks he
has right to settle back and enjoy
THE remainder of his days in luxuri-
Gus ease.
The only interests which Mr. Ryan
has not either sold or transferred are
those in the larger trust companies
and banks.
These are the Morton Trust COM
pany, the Metropolitan Trust COM
pany, the National Bank of Commerce
and the Union Exchange bank In all
of these he is director
He is first vice president of the
Morton Trust company and the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce. It is said
that he will relinquish his Office of vice
president in both. these institutions
but will retain his directorships in
them.
Mr.. Ryan holds the controlling in
terest in the Equitable Life Assurance
society. He obtained this control at
the time of the companys reorganiza-
ton. His Equitable stock is held in
trust for five years. by Grover Cleve-
land, s!organ> J. O'Brien and George
estinghouse, and at the expiration
of that time they may renew the trus-
teeship. The Equitable is the only
large corporation, therefore. in which
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

out for himself, and in 1874 he bought
a seat on the stock exchange.
Not man who courted publicity,
but who rather kept in the back
ground, Ryan was not at once recog-
nized as the big factor he afterward
became. 1t was not until financial men
noticed that in pretty nearly every
thing that came off Ryan had some
part that he was acknowledged as
factor to reckon with. The passing of
Ryan will make a new distribution Of
power in the street, and may produce,
some new leader to fill the vacated
place.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

hit was that of Miss Bertrand in the
kind of pose treated of in this article.
Miss Bertrand infused a certain
originality by having the picture show
her in three-quarter pose instead of
full face. One graceful ankle is
thrown lightly over knee that sculp-
tor might be proud to model.
It is not alone the actress of the
comic opera or the lighter forms of
entertainment who has attempted to
test her charm in this kind of pic
ture. Many prominent stars who have
earned their place in the naughty
ranks of the legitimate have tried to
see how they would look posed up in
this kind of a picture.
Photographers will tell you that
most women are vain of their shapes
They may be keen enough to see that
their faces are not all that might be
desired, but when it comes to proper
lions they are all either secretly Or
openly confident that they have phys
ique to bear comparison with any
body's.
This harmless vanity is what helps
the photographer to pay his bills, and
he is the last person to tell a woman
that she is not in the Venus class.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
He Didn't Inject 1t.

An elderly resident of Lynn, Mass,
was talking about Mrs. Eddy, the head
of the Christian Science church.
'"When she lived here in Lynn" said
the old man, "she conducted a temper
ance campaign for time. She did a
lot of good though now and then she
met with rebuff.
"The story goes that. a>tramp once
asked her for help.
"'I'll help you, my friend,' said
Mrs. Eddy, but first you must answer
me one question. Do you or do you
not drink beer?' = <,
!. ''The tramp, a hardened customer,
looked at her in amazement. e.
( -" Why, lady, he said, we cert'n'y
don't think squirt it: into me arm wild
syr1nge."$ So. "t$~x IL -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

tourist who can get near enough puts
to me. You'll put them to me if you
ever cross in my ship. l have been
asked these ten questions 3,764,952
times. They are:
Were you ever shipWrecked?'
Amy whales in this latitude?'
How deep is the water here?'
What tips are usually given, and
to whom?'
How many times have you crossed
the Atlantic?'~
What is the best remedy for sea-
sickness?
why are you always painting this
Ship?
"Will you let me come up on the
bridge some time?"
"'Do you remember my, cousin who
crossed with you in the spring of 1852
''I suppose the passengers ask you
a great many stupid questions, don't
they?'"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
DIPLOMATIC HOUSEKEEPING,

Woman Had New Way to Make a
Hired Man Work.
AT this charming season." said an
editor, II think regretfully of the late
Josiah Flynt Willard, the famous ex-
pert on tramps. Mr.. Willard invaria-
bly, put on his tramping rags and took
to the road at this season. He said the
tramps were at their best-most amia-
BILE, most communicative - in the
spring.
HE used to laugh at their hatred of
housecleanings. They avoided houses
where that sort of thing was going on
They had little mark, cross within
a circle, that meant Keep away -
housekeeping here, '.
Eyes, they hated housekeeping
They were often known to refuse a
roast beef dinner rather than beat a
carpet. They had, in fact, all sorts of
yarns about the horrors of carpet
beating.
willard told me yarn that he
heard on May night, in a Maryland
meadow, beside a fire of rails torn
from a nearby fence.
"A woman, according to this yarn,
said to her husband:
"'Peter, want you to give the hired
man severe scolding.'
"'What for?' says Peter The hired
man has been doing all right the last
week or two
81 know that said the lady. But
he's got to beat six carpets to-day, and
he strikes so much harder when he's
in a bad temper"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
Just Terriss' Luck,

Poor Bill Terriss was very fond of
game of cards, poker being his es-
pecial fancy, at which, as a rule, he
had very bad luck. His favorite club
was the Green Room, where of an
afternoon, before going to work, he
would frequently join the card table.
One afternoon, playing poker, his luck
was worse than usual; in fact. it
was so bad that the other players had
been sympathizing with him.
AT last he got a wonderful hand,
and at that moment Old Blakely, who
had not very much idea of the game,
If any, looked, over his cards and
blurted out: ooh, Billy! what a. beau
tiful hand you have, dear boy-four
aces" at5which poor Terriss threw
down his cards and began to curse. rs.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
Giant Asparagus.

The patient and skilled market gar-
deners of Brussels and France still
hold. supremacy in the London mar
ket, and :, a. sensation. was made the
other day at. Convent garden. the great
center for such produce. by the sale
of giant .asparagus~at $3.50 q bundle.
English $cultivators, present #t"had their
breath taken away & Forced aspara-
gusa'is now the most profitable crop
The French gardeners can raise, and
some Of them net IS, 900 from 4 single
acre OF 3Ss=. Van sss. +