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New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
MURDER IN POOLROOM.
accused Man In Fight srith Officer
While Trying to Escape.

In a Tight over payment for game. Robert
Williams, Negro. manager Of basement pool
and billiard room, at No. III East Seth street
was shot and almost instantly killed late last
evening. Thomas Walsh. a white ironworker Is
accused OF the crime.
Williams. after dying struggle with his as
sailant who kicked him as he lay PROSTATE, ex-
pired in about a minute. In trying 10 escape
Walsh encountered Detective John II. McLaugh-
lin Of the East SSth street station and is accused
Of trying 20 shoot him. but the cartridge slipped
from his pistol in the struggle.
The poolroom where the murder occurred was
raided last Saturday night by Captain Martens
of the East SSth street station. Thirty prisoners
were taken.
The poolroom is few doors east Of the York
Vile Theatre. and the murder occurring during
the intermsslon in the performance. there was a
group Of the audience outside the door.
The detectives arrested four of the crowd in
the pooroom on charges OF being suspicious per-
sons, desiring to hold them witnesses
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
PRISONER AIDS INJURED POLICEMAN.
Eight Others, Who Make Escape from Dam
aged Van, Run Away.

Providence. Jan. 29.-when a police van over
turned In this city to-day, pinning policeman
beneath ~ eight OF the nine prisoners who were
locked inside smashed the door and escaped.
The ninth. Harry Gordon. left the van with the
others. but when he discovered Ratrolman
Thomas Wolfe lying helpless on the ground with
portion OF the wagon resting on his right les'
which had been broken. he stopped to assist the
man who was taking him to Jail With the as
sistance Of the driver and bystanders Gordon
lifted the wagon from wolfe's body and then
surrendered to a policeman.
All the prisoners. who were held for minor Of
fences were being conveyed to the central po-
lice station. Patrolman Wolfe was standing on
the step outside the van. AS the wagon swung
around a corner one of the wheels caught in
car track and broke off. Wolfe fell to the ground
and the wagon fell on him. breaking his leg.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
SUDDEN RISE IN VALUE OF DOG.
Terrier in Orange Becomes Diamond Bearing
Soil-May Be Operation.

Orange. y. j.. Jan. 20 (SpeciaD.-Frank r.
Harff. jr. of Main street. orange. has terrier
whose value has increased from about 81 TO
$251 since last Sunday. This is not due to the
discovery of a hitherto unsuspected pedigree.
but to the fact that the dog has a diamond
valued at $50 wandering about it's anatomy.
1t may take an operation to recover II.
Mr.. Harff has worn the diamond In ring
Lately the stone became loose. and he was
warned to have it fixed. On Sunday afternoon
while enjoying romp with its master. the
dog took hold OF it's masters ring finger gave
a gentle bite aud then a gulp. The dog jumped
back. looked puzzled and then swallowed hard
Mr., Harff locked at his ring The diamond was
gone! The dog evidently realized that he was
in possession OF something fine for he ran
around and resisted Mr.. Harms frantic en-
deaVOrs 10 catch him. Since then he has showed
signs Of the deepest dependency So has Mr..
HaFrT
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
FLOOD At NEU ORLEANS.
Mississippi's Waters Held Back By
Sand Bags-OhiO Failing.

New Orleans Jan. 29-The river rose TO the
top of the bank to-day at two low points along
the waterfront Of New Orleans. Canal street and
jackson avenue. respectively. Several hundred
sandbags were used to hold the water back.
In past years the same points have been pro-
tected successfully with sandbags against water
overtopping the levee by three feet. Tonight
the water is scarcely inch above the levee
the stage being slightly over eighteen feet, with
predictions for a rise OF foot within ten days
Outside the city armed guards have begun to
patrol the levees The Ponchartrain levee board
controlling levees northward 20 Baton Rouge.
to-day appropriated $4,000 for emergencies.
Washington, Jan. 2s.-The steady fall of the
Ohio River and the rise OF the Mississippi. with
a stage above 40 feet at Memphis possible with
in a week. are reported in the food bulletin is
sued tonight by the Weather Bureau
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
EX-G0V. HIGGINS WORSE?
Doctor Hastily Summoned Early
This Morning.

o!ean' N Y, Jan. SO.-It is believed that ex-
Governor Higgins has taken a turn for the worse
DR. Hibbard was hurriedly summoned at .
o'clock this morning, and is now at Mr. Higgns's
bedside. The house is ablaze with light and
members of the family are moving about.
y. v v FTanchot, who State Superin-
tendent of Public Works In the Higgins admin
istratiOn and F. L. Bartlett close friend of the
Governor, have Joined the family at the Higgins
homestead.
TENTS bedside.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
BALDWIN WORKS ABLAZE.
Fire FOLO1cing Explosion Causes
Loss Estimated at $1,000, 900.

Philadelphia. Jan 29-Fire started by an ex-
plosion IA the paint shop destroyed an entire
section Of the Baldwin Locomotive Works to-
night entailing a loss estimated at 81 900 600
The destroyed building was about 157 by $50
feet. facing Spring Garden street and i'm
mediafely adjoining the main Office. at Broad
and Spring Garden streets and the erecting
shops smith shops and foundries ON the south
These buildings were threatened with destruc-
ton. as were other departments in the rear Of
the destroyed building along Spring Garden and
18th streets. The entire Fire Department was
called out 20 fight the flames.
About one thousand were employed in
the burned building. which five stories high.
The pipe bending department was on the first
floor. the "iacketing." or sheet iron. department
on the second: a metal pattern storeroom and
brass fitting room on the third. the paint shop
and cab finishing department and paint store
room on the fourth and the drafting and de-
signing rooms the fifth floor.
The fire vas discovered in the east end of
the building adjoining the main Office building
a few minutes before q O'Clock. when the work
men were preparing TO leave. and though the
flames spread quickly all were able TO get out
OF the building safely.
Shortly after the fire began the upper part OF
the wall on Spring Garden street fell into the
street and one fireman and three wOrkmen We're
caught by the falling bricks. fortunately receiv
ing only slight injuries. The hremen. with the
assistance OF the fire patrol from the plant, sue
ceeded in getting the flames under control within
an hour after the fire was discovered.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works employ eigh-
teen thousand men in this city and nearly ten
thousand at Lewiston and other places. John
II. Converse president Of Burnham Williams &
Co. which operates the Baldwin plant. said that
the loss would reach probably sl.ooo,eoo. fully
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
TO ENTERTAIN MGR. IRELAND.
Bellamy storers Hope to Get Favorable
Statement from Him, Friends Say.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Cincinnati, Jan. 29.-Mr and Mrs. Bellamy
Storer. who are expected 10 arrive home to-day
Will entertain Archbishop Ireland during his two
days stay here. Friends of the StOrers say
that the latter will attempt TO get statement
from the prelate TO place them in more favor
able light I'm their controversy with the Presi-
dent.
Archbishop Ireland converted Mrs Storer to
the Catholic faith He will attend the dinner OF
the knights of St. John tomorrow night. and
Thursday night. with Commander in Chief
Brown of the Grand Army Of the Republic, will
be a guest OF honor at dinner given by Grand
Army of the Republic camps of this district.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
DIR. DAY ONCE a MULE HERDER.
Such Work Fitted Him for Present Position,
Chancellor Says
LBy reIegraph . T.ne rribun.. ]

Syracuse. Jan. 29-In talk current
Events" before the women Of the Kanatenap
Club this az ernoon. Chancellor James r. Day.
in replying 10 tho statement of Thomas VI. CAT
ney. a labor leader. who says the chancellor
ought 10 change places with a laboring man at
81 80 a day. said:
Well, have done that. ] have worked for
81 a day. and got all earned. l worked with
my hands. and I believe my toll added largely
70 my stature. largely 10 IL. I wheeled a truck
q steamboat and herded mules. believe
that the Lord knew I needed such experience
and training TO At me for my present oCcupa-
ton hate man who wants all he get
and does as little as possible. and talks against
wealth"
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
STEAM PIPE IN SCHOOL BURSTS.
Staten Island Children March Out of Build
ing in Perfect Order.

One OF the big pipes leading from the boiler
in the basement OF Public School 12. Borough
OF Richmond. blew out yesterday afternoon just
after the children had assembled for the after
noon session. There loud report and
steam poured out into the basement.
The children sat perfectly still until the dis
misssl bell was sounded. and then they marched
out in perfect order. Some one turned in a
fire alarm, but by the time the fremen arrived
-" children. who had not broken lines. were
nlinE back into the school, the steam having
Dctl. shut off
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
NINE. NoRDICA's BIRTHPLACE SAVED
Singer Receives Deed from Sister-Wiu
Make Place Treasure House.
LBy TeIegraph o The Trlbune ]

Boston, Jan. 29.-Mme Nordica, the opera sin
ger. has received from Mrs. William Baldwin Of
Dorchester. Mass, her sister the deed of the old
family homestead in Pennington. Me. which
has been the mecca of numerous music lovers.
This saves It from the destruction with which 1t
threatened.
The singer has decided to renovate the house
and make II sort OF museum Of her treasures.
She, with two Of her sisters. will make short
stay in Pennington before starting on trip up
the Nile in April. and make definite plans for the
preservation of the old place
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
BAR LOBBYISTS, ENGRoss RATE BILL.
Missouri Legislators for Two-Cent Fares
Except Short Lines.
La Telegraph % The Trbune. ]

Jefferson City. Mo. Jan. 29.-Speaker Atkin-
son instructed the doorkeeper and sergeant-at-
arms to-day 10 prevent lobbyists from entering
the lower galleries leading TO the floor of the
House. and the Two-Cent Fare bill was unani-
mousIy ordered engrossed. The measure makes
an exception of independent railroads not more
than forty miles long, which may charge three
cents mile. The bill ordered engrossed is a
substitute for all reduced rate bills before the
House.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
ODELL, sR., THROWN FROM SLEIGH.
Aged Father of Ex-Governor Not Badly
Hurt, 1t Is Thought.

Newburg " Y. Jan. 29.-Ex Mayor Benjamin
r. Oder. OF Newburg. was thrown from his
sleigh this afternoon. While he going down
a hill the harness broke and the horses ran
away.
Mr. Odell was thrown out on his head. He was
badly shaken up and considerably bruised. but
Il is thought he is not seriously injured. Mr.
Odell. who is eighty-two years old. is the father
of Ex-Governor Odeu
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
MOTHER DID NOT OPPOSE MARRIAGE
Elopement of Reed Knox Was Unnecessary
Says Brides Maternal Parent.
rBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune. ]

Pittsburg Jan 29-Mrs Lucy B. McCook OF No.
66i5 Rural avenue. this city, whose daughter Miss
Bessie McCOOk. elOped with Reed Knox son OF the
United States Senator. said to-day that there was
reason why the young people should have taken
the step.
II much chagrined that Bessie should have
eloped." said Mrs McCOok. 1T was not necessary
for did not object TO her marriage. and now
that she has been married she has been fully for
given
Mrs. McCooh added that any objection she might
have had TO the marriage would have been because
of her daughters age the young woman not vet
being twenty-one.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
EXPECTS TO BEAT STANDARD OIL
Mr.. Purdy Refuses to Discuss Course if Gov.
ernment Should Lose Point.
IBv Telegrnph to T,he Trlbune. ]

St Louis. Jan. 29.-Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Purdy arrived to-day from Washington to
act for the government in its suit against the
Standard oil Company He denied an inter-
view in an afternoon paper. which quoted him
saying that if the court should set aside the
order Of service as requested by The Standard,
the government would proceed to sue every cor
poration named, each in its respective district.
He and Frank r. Kellsgg. who is here expect 10
defeat the motion. and will not discuss any other
outcome OF the case at present.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
RUDOLPH KLEYBoLTE ACQUITTED.
Alleged to Have Attempted to Bribe Cincin.
natl Councilman for Coal Contract.
(By Telegraph 70 The Tribune

Cincinnati. Jan. 29.-Rudolph Kleybolte, a
broker Of New York and Cincinnati.
quilted by Judge Spiegel to-day on the charge OF
obtaining money under false pretences to get
coal contract from the city. but then sub
poenaed 70 appear before the grand jury TO give
evidence IN an alleged bribery case growing out
OF the coal contracts. The amount al stake in
the just tried was $3.50 which il was al
legged TO have been given to City Councilman
Michael Mullen, who is under Indictment, and
who IL is alleged accepted a bribe.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
JAPANESE ADDITIONS TO NAVY,
Seven Warships To Be Launched from Va
rious Yards in Present Year.

Toxic. Jan 29-In the year 1901 the follow
ing warships will be launched at japanese
wards. At Kurs the battleship Oki, Of 15.C-sO
tons: the arnored cruiser Ibuii. Of 1860 tons
and the second class cruiser Megani. of S4OO
tons. From the yard at Yokosuka there will be
launched the armored cruiser Kurama. OF H.
600 tons; at saseho and Kobe the cruisers Tone
and Obo. OF 5000 tons each. and at Uraga the
DESTROYER Kirusuki of $50 tons.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
DENIES KNOU7ING THAWS.
c. ". Baker, of Cincinnati, Thinks
Jerome Impertinent.
IBy Telsgraph 20 me tribune. !

Cincinnati. jan &C. w. Baker. an attorney
OF this city, frequently mentioned in the past as
possible Democratic candidate for Governor.
when seen tonight in reference TO his being
mentioned by Jerome. in the Thaw case to-day.
said: "I do not know a single member Of the
ThaU family. consider that the way Mr.. Je-
rome is said 20 have used my name as most
extraordinary and as impertinene-"
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
WORKING FOR DIVORCE RECoRD-wIN!
Nebraska Couple, Married Four Times, Di-
vorced Three, to Part Again.
LRy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Central City, Neb, Jan. 29-For the fourth
time in three years Mrs Patrick Fagan. of this
place has applied for a divorce Three years
ago the Fagans were married. Three months
later Mrs. Pagan obtained n divorce and three
months later they were remarked. After living
together one year divorce again obtained
and In less than one month they were Joined
again. The third divorce occurred in a few
months and they lived apart nearly six months
before they We're married for the fourth time
The fourth divorce was applied for to-day.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
STRANDED LINER FREED aY TIDE.

The Hamburg-AmericRn steamer MoItke
bound for the Levant with a large passenger
list made up mainly of tourists. went aground
In the main ship channel yesterday about a
mile below the Westbank beacon. The Moltke
sailed at il o'clock in the morning. and en-
tered the channel at low water She displayed
no signals when she grounded. but waited for
high water and proceeded to sea without as
sistance at O'Clock I'm the afternoon
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30

covered by insurance. The thousand men en-
ployed in the burned building, he said would
be Immediately put to work in other depart
ments. The fire. he added. would not greatly
hinder work. as the departments destroyed are
duplicated I'm other parts OF the plant
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
WRECK IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Maritime Ermess Thro1cn from
Tracb-NO One Killed.

Halifax. Jan. 29.-The Maritime express train,
from Montreal for Halifax. was wrecked tonight
near Windsor Junction. on the Intercoloniai
Railroad The whole train with the exception
Of the engine and one left the rails. No lives
reported injured
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30

for the raising of needed revenue for the COM
monwealth by imposing tax unmarried
male persons. upward of the are OF twenty-five
years. commonly called bachelors" Mr.. Ben
mum says he will make every effort to have the
measure passed.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
Df4aNosomEsT KENTucKIAN" DEAD
TBy Telegraph 70 The tribune ]


Louisville. Jan. 29.-colonel Lafe Green. once
known as the handsonlest man in Kentucky. and
husband OF a woman distinguished for her beau
~ is dead from heart disease at his home at
Falls of Rough.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
DELAWARE KEEPS THE WHIPPING POST
IBy Te!egrnph to The Tribune.I

IBy Te.egFnph % The Tfibune.l
Dover Del. Jan. 29.-The Delaware Senate to-
day by unanimous vote killed the bill 10
abolish the whipping post. The General AS
sembly two years ago abolished the pillory.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
ICE BRIDGE JUST FORMED

AT Niagara Falls producing marvellous frost
Eighteen trains a day by the New york
Central and West Sapre.-AasI
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
MEASURE TO TAX BACHELORS.
Delaware Legislator Says He Will Try Hard
to Have the Bill Passed.
IRy Telerrnnl1 to 80 1-lhnn. !

Iby telegraph % The Trihunel
Dover, Del, Jan. Representative Beunum
INTRODUCED bin in the House to-day providing
New-York tribune., 1907-01-30
FloRipA INFORMATION BUREAU.

BrosdV,ay. cor goth &: great trains South.
Atsnuc Coast Line Ral-roaf.-Adv;.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-10

to afford any ground for its idenuhca-
ton with leprosy or anything else.
Thirdly, the symptoms of Biblical
"leprosy" mentioned elsewhere, i'm the
cases of Moses and Naaman, the Sy-
rian-viz., Scales on the flesh and
the turning of the skin white as
snow"-are not only not characteristic
of leprosy, but never occur in the dis
ease. The leper's skin turns dusky,
purplish, blue-black, and brown, but
never white, though pale patches may
be notified among the brown ones.
And though he may become covered
with tubercles and Jumps and ulcers,
he practically never scales But the
popular mind clings to its "lttle red
fish"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-10
THE LEPROSY DELUSION"

Under the title "The Leprosy Delu-
sion" Golfers Weekly has the follow
ing
IT'S not only truth that crushed to
earth will rise again. Popular error,
especially if ancient enough, has the
same buoyant faculty When the dis
| covery of a case of leprosy in a poor
young Russian servant girl in Boston
was announced recently, the papers Of
the land fared with headlines and
wave of horror and dread swept over
the community. Frenzied spacewrit-
! ers gloated over the appearance of
the dread scourge in our midst" and
wondered cOpiously what the health
! officers would do when the crop of in
fected victims began to show itself.
Similarly, last year, when a Syrian ex-
lie was found to have a mild case Of
leprosy, great commonwealth Wed
with one another in the savagery with
which they drove him from their bord-
ers, and, when he was at length found
dead of cold and starvation in the half
ruined hut into which he had been
driven at the muzzle of rifles with an
occasional bullet sent through the root
| to keep him in order, everybody
| breathed a sigh of relief and said:
Poor fellow! best thing that could
! happen to him" These are but eXhi-
billions of the cruelty which is born of
cowardice and founded upon the terror
! of abysmal ignorance. Few things
are more utterly unfounded than the
popular dread of leprosy. The preva-
lent conceptions Of the disease are as
grotesquely mistaken as the famous
| definition of a crab given by one of
Agassiz's students: "a little red fish
that walks backward" The great pro-
fessor, you remember, smiled quietly
and remarked: every good, except
that a crab is not a fish, is not red
until it has been boiled, and does not
walk backward, but sidewise." The
three features in the prevailing idea OF
leprosy-that it is intensely contagi-
Gus, absolutely incurable, and newt
ably fatal-are almost as thorough In-
! versions OF the actual fact. Leprosy
is one Of the least contagious of all
diseases known to be due to a bacillus.
Ten cases of leprosy at large would be
a less source of danger to the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts, than one
case of ordinary consumption. In the
great European hospitals cases of lep-
rosy are kept for months and even
years in the open wards, with thirty
or forty other patients, to be exhibited
to students and visiting physicians,
without the slightest fear of contagioI
White men living upon civilized diet
seldom contract the disease even in
the tropics, but when they do, and re-
turn home with it, they almost inva-
riably recover, and never have been
known in single instance to commu-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-10
PROMPT RELIEF FOR A sPRAIN-
ED ANKLE.


Some time ago I sprained my ankle
very badly on a loose stone" says Mr..
George Stevens, who lives near Dur
ban, Natal. "a neighbor gave me a
bottle Of Chamberlains Pain Balm
with which I rubbed my ankle and
then bound it up with a cloth saturat-
ed with this remedy. 1 was surpris-
ed next morning to find the swelling
gone, but still very sore used the
Pain Balm faithfully during that week
and the sprain gave me very little
trouble. We have used this remedy in
our family several times since, and
have never been disappointed in get
ting quick relief. I consider it the
best household liniment on the mar
ket' For sale by all dealers, Benson
Smith & Co., agents for Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-10

nicate the disease TO others, not even
to members of their own family. Os-
Ter relates the case of an eminent
clergyman who was a leper for thirty
years without its ever interfering with
his work, or any one save his physi-
clan suspecting the fact A civilized
community, properly fed and housed,
is in no more danger from a case of
imported leprosy than it would be
from one of beri-beri, or scurvy. or
cancer, or club-foot The leper-house
or colony is a survivor of barbarism
and medieval ignorance pure and sim
pie, and as unnecessary as it is cruel
In stead of leprosy being hopelessly
incurable, cases in Europeans, which
are recognized early and given prompt
change of climate and food, usually
get well or come to a standstill. AL
though due to a well-recognized germ,
the bacillus leprae of Hansen, the
chief factors in its development are
food and sanitary conditions. When
ever these are brought up to, or even
toward, modern standards, leprosy
rapidly disappears. Forty years ago it
was exceedingly common in Norway,
one hundred and fifty years ago in
Ireland and Scotland, and three hun
dred years ago all over Europe Now
it has almost disappeared from Eu-
rope, except a few isolated regions like
the Nord Cap. Iceland, the Caucasus,
and the coast of Spain. It is stin
common in India, China, Japan, and
the Orient generally. In Japan it has
greatly diminished since the introduce
tion of modern foods-especially beef,
flour and pork. Good food is an abso-
lutte specific against it. Though hum
dreds of cases are known to have come
into America from North Europe and
Asia, the disease has never gained a
foothold or claimed an American-born
victim for over a hundred years, ex-
cept among semi-civilized commune
ties. Lastly, instead of being rapidly
and inevitably fatal, leprosy takes
years and decades to run it's course,
seldom proving directly fatal, but
wearing town the strength of the pa
tient till he falls a victim to tubercu-
losis, or pneumonia, of which most
lepers die. Cases are on record where
the disease has lasted thirty years
without interfering with an active and
successful career, and the patient has
finally died of some intercurrent dis
ease. The primary cause of all this
lamentable delusion was the stupidity
of the English translators of the Bible
in rendering the name of the group OF
contagious diseases against which
quarantine is prescribed in Leviticus
as "leprosy. In the first place, the
term evidently covers a number of diff
ferent diseases or conditions, as shown
by the terms. Secondly, the descrip.
ton given of the disease is too vague