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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
wATEgWoRKS ALSO A GIFT.

Besides giving Fair Haven its sewers MI I''o
ers presented the town with its waterworks
According TO his boyhood friends Hen Rogers
though an indifferent student, showed an unusual
amount of Industry in business at the very Desih
ming of his career. Rowland Rogers, ms ia'heI
died while Hen" was still a boy. Hen accord
i,gl,y cut short his schooling get down to the
mora nracticaI task of providing the Fanny
bread and butter For time he sofa new ep"hc.tt
in the streets of New Bedford and later ne Welln
IN work as a clerk in grocery store. Al dlItlen
tfna he worked as a brakeman al $40 a illoIIlI ga
the little railroad whose terminus was talI tt
But my first real business venture We q ct
ure said Mr.. Rogers not long ago, as ne StI
on the porch of Mr.. Tripp. IN partner s!llp '" 90
civ Penn. But il didn't pay ana we were ~"
es-rra,c,aII1- sorry when burned up
That the standard OIL fnancier is loxtJ -, or
b1Imor has been shown to the literary "ol -,
hin, and Mark Twain. But not only doeS MI. ho {
ers delight in hearing story. he ais" enjoys 'eii
NE .srbn First Citizen likes nothing better. says
~, a lot Of his old schoolmates and crack JOKES
that bark back 10 his boyhood NO., IONS ~ 80
r%ap Wall Street greatly ag1tated ABOUT ms
FralTb end rur1ors flying thick and tasI ttla5
T-afr Iaven friends were swapping stories ILltI
dated back half century. Flhahy MI rN"6e'S
said: . 1,,or. l,o,- 7 started in
the oil business? Well, it was Wh!ie Vas ~, Se i4S
raners in New Bedford. captain came III ~ -,
whaler. with not enough OIL 10 Supply az a'rS
orders He wanted more, and was eoIhb |" S''lt
ont 10 get il when he was laid UP WIN i.le tntu-
ratiz / heard Of his misfortune anu IShtI III,
II he would give me a good commission II Wou9
"a +ba oil for him He gladly said he would ana
started orIr I got the oil And WASH I hled
for getting the commission. either
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08

promises were true. and that If he asked for
the ch1ld's life. believing. he would receive 1t.
For Two hours he besought the chiid's life AT
the end of this time the doctor entered. He
looked at the little sufferer and said that the
crisis had passed and the child would recover.
Twenty-stx years ago DIR. Simpson was COM
pletely broken in health and suffering with
heart disease. He asked for health and says
ne received 1t. In all the years since he has not
touched medicine In any form. Referring to
this time. he said:
ANY one can go alone TO Jesus and ask
and receive health Persons do not need the
assistance of others in order to obtain this
blessing l nave always gone alone to Him
when l needed anything and I have always
received what 1 asked for. This is simply
normal exercise of faith in the promises or the
Bible If we want money for missionary work,
we ask God for it and receive It. II is lust
the same with any other request we make Ii
may be for workers in the missionary field; for
the restoration of health to the sick; for aid in
our rescue work-whatever the need we take 1t
to God
This movement of ours Is a revolt against
mere conventional Christianity We have united
in simple fellowship to encourage Christians to
believe in God for everything and to send out
he C.ncr oil TO all he nth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
HAPPIEsT WHEN PLANNING GIFT.

Hen Rogers as some Of his old schoolnantes
still cal him" continued Nj Bryant. is never
happier than when planning some new silt 10 FAIR
Haven that viii add IFS architectural beauties
o. 10 the comfort Of his fellow VILLAGERS He has
built one structure after another dedicated to the
people Of Fair Haven. each more beautiful
and costly than its predecessor.
Contrast. for example. the Rogers school given
u the stv in 1875 and the new high school. which
IS the latest evidence Of the devotion Of the imam
cier his native towr. The first was built %
red brick and cost s1to,sa The high school IS o
granite. q structure that such city as New
York would he proud 70 possess and was erected
at an expense Of SI5e1ssl"
In giving the Rogers School 70 Fair Haven he
Standard oil said he felt he had cancelled
his first debt his native town air Haven
save NE what little education [ ever had. was
the way he expressed his feelings al the dedlca-
Iion Of the building, and accordingly J want 10
make this present the village in return. ms
structure is TO take the place Of the little green
suffered schoolhouse where I first learned to
read. and where. ] afraid. picked up 4 few
tricks that had little TO do with books reTneIl-
her | formed the exceedingly reprehensihs hahit
II carving nv desk with my knife. and continued
my depredations in spite Of many logging
That other youths might not initiate the de
srrurtiveness Of The Rogers character the capital
fst asked the school authorities 70 enact as the
first rule OF the new sChoohouse that no pupil
should scratch. mar or deface IN any way
any part of the structure or any furniture or ap-
~a-f- ar-rs T7zr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
THOUSANDS OF CURES CLAIMED.

Tens Of thousands of persons healed in
this alliance. At every convention hold
hundreds of sick persons relieved from
their diseases. Numbers are healed at our
Friday afternoon meetings. There is nothing
new about this. All through the ages good
men and women have prayed with faith for
what they wanted and received what they asked
for
This healing through faith is utterly differ
ent from anything in Christian Science / have
no sympathy at all with Christian Science. II
is fanaticism. That belief holds that sickness
is not real-that one has only to deny il to be
rid of it, We know that sickness is a very
real evil Relief from it is only a matter of
individual faith.
For twenty-six years it has been customary
for all our people heal the sck-not with
the laying on of hands necessarily. but just
through the prayer of faith
will the prayer of righteous person for
sick man who has not faith be rewarded by
the recovery of the sick person. was asked.
No" replied DR.. Simpson Such n prayer
would be like trying to send electricity over a
string of cotton yarn. The person prayed for
must have some spiritual medium.
The reporter recalled story told by one of
DR. simpsons congregation when the clergy
mans child given over to die from malig-
nant diphtheria and it came to him that Gods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
DIVINE HEALING.
Wonderful Results Claimed for Cos
DeL Tabernacle York.
By NJ ". Mount.

The busy tide of humanity which flows along
Eighth avenue at 44th street paused to cape for
a moment. Into the doorway of the Gospel
Tabernacle was being carried upon a
mattress. The woman looked though about
to expire. The curious crowd stopped to dis
cover why she had been carried into church
instead of into hospital Some persons fol-
lowed the improvsed litter TO what would
happen
They found themselves in a sanctuary where
an afternoon service was going on. The pastor
was preaching Jesus with eloquence which
caused those who had come from curiosity TO
remain from motives of reverence Toward the
close of the service numbers of persons who sat
apart from the rest of the congregation were
especially pra yed. with and for by the ministers
and elders who were present. In the spirit OF
those supplications most of the congregation
fcrvently Joined. Among the persons who
sought special prayer to relieve them or physlcai
infirInities, temporal distresses and spiritual
sorrows was placed the sick woman IL was
said that the slender thread of her life hunS
upon the immediate necessity OF an operation
from which it was not believed that she could
possibly recover. Reverent hands were placed
upon her head she anOinted with Oll-the
symbol of the Holy Spirit-and she arose, de-
CIaring she whole and well.
The case of this was not more re-
markabIe than that of another who appeared
emaCiated and with the palOr of death. she
said that physicians had despaired Of her life
because perfOration of the intestines had taken
place and she was dangerously i'll. She. too.
declared she received fulness of health after
PRAYER and amounting. y robust man testified
that he had been cured of consumption several
years before in the way.
Not only did the little company Of the sick
receive the special intercession which they
sought. sometimes accompanied by the laying
on of hands and by amounting with oil the top
of the head the forehead. but nearly three
hundred other cases were brought forward for
special PRAYER. Some Of these requests had
come through friends: some through the mail
Occasionally the name was stated. often only
the need was mentioned. Most of the requests
had been handed in upon sips of paper before
the beginning OF the service at 2:3o in the after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08

property of a railroad. though he can he pun
ished for stealing rides"
This distinction is much more important than
is realized at first thought. on the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad. for example a dozen tramps
NAV be seen lying the ground beside the
tracks but they cannot be arrested for II. Yet
il Is evident that they waiting to board n
train, and when they have boarded train, they
NAV be arrested. Then comes another diff
Guilty: it is almost impossible and always mad
yisable to try to make arrest on a moving
train. If such an attempt Is made the tramp Is
ant to disconneCt the compressed air pipe, or
even uncouple cars. in order to escape. and this
entails a great risk to the employees and to
the equipment.
Thorough policing and the ability to make ar
rests for tresDassing the right of way would
most certainly diminish the number OF tramps
Every road that has special police would be
lodged by tramps. and as the roads well po-
Heed grew In number, the Disadvantages II
ride stealing" would increase.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has set out to
perfect the organization of a we'll disciplined
and efficient police department. Members of
this speciaI police force Will travel along the
road on both passenger and freight trains, and
will make il their special duty to look out for
tresnassers If they are aided by a state law
making il a misdemeanor to trespass the
right of way, undoubtedly the number OF tramps
on the Pennsylvania Railroad and the risks to
employees and equipment Will rapidly decrease.
Railroads however, accomplish little
less they work in harmony with the public au-
thorities It is the object of the charity
CARNATIONS, in undertaking the study of this
problem, to bring about such harmony. The
results to society at large be appreciated
is estimated TO be great half million.
This great army, many members of which are
we'll able TO work. now dead load to the
country. The quicker they can be asslmilated-
bv persuasion, by force. by the press of cir
cumstances-into the producing classes, the bet
ter off will the country be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
GU4RD NEWS.

The tv-entv-ninth annual reunion Of the Dandy
5th'' veterans viii be held at Saratoga Springs.
y Y from September 20 September L. It vii
take place under the auspices OF the regtme1taI
the forty-frst annual snc7n2Tner-t OF the tIrsnd
OF the regiment viii leave for Saratoga tO-p:sht-
On Saturday afternoon the s9th Regiment viii
hold review and sham battle at Celtic Park
President MCGOWAN Of the Board OF Aldermen will
be in the reviewing stand and many We, Te-i known
pscted be present About 1oTty tnoISan9 roq I
ammunition are expected 70 De USED IN the sIlaHt
battle which will be Illustrative OF up-to-date pat
lie tactics. Dressing stations viii be established
brought into play
First Sergeant F. ". VOgel. of Company n, usr
Regiment. expects TO be chosen as Lieutenant OF
his company at the election which VIII IaAe pidco
next Tuesday night
COMPANY c Of the I'd Regiment went for an out
ing to Highland Beach on Labor Day II put up at
a cottage on the shore, hired by the company for
and enjoyed boating. bathing and fishing
First Sergeant A H witschieben has been elect
ed second lieutenant Of Company l. OF the lStn
Regiment to fill a vacancy caused by the resiEnsss
the company in 1900 He was promoted 70 corP3ral
first Sergeant in June. 1896 II is said that 7 W,
mali arms practice viii be elected captain OF his
company at an early date Lieutenant C2sonsL
George p. Russell is in command Of the regiment
in the absence of Colonel Austen
4 number of the commissioned officers OF the
9Th Regiment visited Fort Schuyler on Labor Day
- 100 Entertained by the nOn-CommSS!oned off,
GERS Of the coast artillery corps on duty there
Members of the National Guard who have not
Qualified as sharpshOoters viii have opportunity
~ nraCtice for that grade Saturday at Creed
moor
A search of the records of the 9Th Regiment mas
disclosed the fact that it began its existence IN
17eq instead of 1859 the official records show
I,1e officers of the regiment have adopted resi-
mental hatband of silk different cOlOrs represents
ing each division of the regiment.
number of members OF Company F. 7th Regi-
r,arr were entertained at Oakland Beach. Rye,
v on Saturday by the Smith brothers. OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
COUNTRY DISTRICTS SUFFER MOST

II is the country districts and little towns that
suffer most from the hobo At the same time
they are less able to deal with the question. be
cause of the expense involved in the prosecu-
ton and Imprisonment of offenders. II a tramp
drops off freight train at some village 1t is
much cheaper for the village constable 10 say
Get out of town in twelve hours" than 1t is
to put the tramp in jail and feed him for ten
DAYS. This move on order relieves the town
Of that one tramp but some other town gets
him and other tramp is unloaded IN
similar manner upon the town that sent the
first away.
So it goes on Unfortunately. Every year the
number of wanderers without available means
Of support is increased by new recruits. Inc
habit Of idleness once contracted is rarely
abandoned except under compuision inns
compulsion has not been supplied by separate
communicate will probably have 10 ne
brought about by state national action.
Records of accidents railroads in the
United States show that in the years 1901 to
1908 23964 trespassers were killed and 1926
were injured. IL Migrants beating their way
on railroads killed as frequently as rail-
road employees in proportion to the NUMBER
travelling more than half million Migrants
ride every year on American railroads or use
the right of way Last year some five thou
sand tramps reported to have been injured
on the railroads, and many undoubtedly failed
10 report their injuries. Trespassers supply
large majority of the fatalities In any year
on the Illinois Central 124 Migrants were
killed and so injured last year On the North
ern Pacific about $50 Migrants killed or in
iured annually. The Chicago Burlington &
Quincy had record for 1906 of AZ Migrants
killed and IS injured The Chicago & North
western, in reporting TO Mr.. Lewis, estimated
that so per cent of the people killed on railroads
in this country are trespassers. So 1t goes
throughout the lst-neary every one of the
large railroads finds that trespassers form
great portion of the victims Of accidents.
An incident at Ridgway, Penn. on the Penn
sylvana Railroad recently shows how train
crews in danger from tramps. In this case
it bottle OF nitroglycerine that did the
damage. putting four five men in the hospital
and injuring one of them badly that his lee
had 70 be amputated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
THE FIRST mgeRscHAUM PIPE.

More than a century and a half ago there
Ged in Pesth. Hungary. shoemaker. oy name
2srol Kowates Among his many patrons was
Count Andrassy. who once the recipient of
a huge lump Of ueerschaum- He handed il TO
KOvates the shoemaker. ordering him TO ex-
Derfneut on the new material. and, If possible.
fashion from 1t a pipe Kowates cut two pieces
from the block and smoked one himself The
hands OF the shoemaker were waXy and the
rneerschaun became waxed here and there while
Kowates smoked He found after some little
time that wherever the pipe had been waxed
spot of pale brown appeared like stain Still
experimenting he waxed the entire pipe. which
now. after habitual smoking, grew to a most
beautiful even brown Incidentally. the pip@
smoked sweeter than before. Mserscnaun thea
sprans into popularity. --Chicago News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
B. G. O. PRESIDENTS VIEWS.

In reply to the question ITO what extent is
your railroad troubled with vagrants?" the
president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
wrote TO Mr. Lewis:
THE trespasser figures largely in troubling
the road. All trespassers not tramps, but
the majority of them Migrants. They make
trouble for the trainmen and in train running.
Accidents caused by them not infrequent;
the robbing of cars, freight houses. and stations
is practically Of daily occurrence. To estimate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
J. J. HILL FAvORs ENFORCED LABOR.

Another method suggested is enforced labor
Work" says James J. Hill, of the Great North
ern. lis more dreaded than eIl the other terrors
of the law. If every tramp We're sentenced
under penalty of a diet of bread and water to
work hard before he was passed along the end
would be in sight The construction of good
roads would he assisted by compelling every
tramp to break stone. wheel dirt. go hungry
This, with firm enforcement Of the criminal
laws " the local authorities would probably
furnish a simple and satisfactory solution of the
vagrancY problem"
Railroad policemen who have had experience
with ride StealerS' are as enthusiastic advO-
Gates Of enforced labor is Mr.. Hill. But,
they ask, how have enforced labor for
tramps when labor organizations have worked
up Il powerful sentiment against giving work
10 prisoners when honest men go ide?" This
opposition to letting prisoners do work that
wage earners might do is powerful obstacle to
the enforced labor solution of the VagranCy
problem. 1t Is the same sort of opposition which
has made 1t impossible for prisoners in peniten-
tiaries to manufacture articles of commerce.
The superintendent of police Of one of the
large Eastern lines says that the greatest blow
to VaEranCy would he a law passed by the Leg
islature OF every state making it Illegal to tres
pass on the right Of way OF railroad. At pres
ent in the state Of Pennsylvania the tramp
cannot be punished for simply being on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
. nTFFERENT STORY, IN FAIR HAVEN.

,.--f, business associates Of H IL rogers
.,e.ir-as speak of him as 'supremeN aFaIi-
80 .. s,5 tell how he has created or seized con-
tl- ~ corporations simply for the purpose OF
-,,rc-i,7e- other stockholders. In Fair Haven one
-, hear an entirely different story There the IN
,sstigaror # Nj Rogers will learn OF his LAVISH
-bilantbropies as, for instance. his giving more
-, = 100000 for the erection OF municipal hullo-
,es The LAYING ont Of streets and parks and otheT
TSlI, improvements. say nothing OF peilS va
effrs TO the poor ana needy the WIDOWED ana INC
orphaned - . .-.,o,.s
II The reader Of Thomas w. I-awson's artcles
concerning Mr.. Rogers and Anal CANA lea CoPPe-
20 10 Fair Haven and talk with such men az
John I BRYANT and James P TrlPp, ana he W
end a Or Jekyi where before he saw only M
HYDE Mr. Bryant who enjoys Mr. Rogers : con-
6dence much more fully than many OF ms stand
ar5 oil associates will tell You that he mas KNOWN
Fair F=avens vealthest citizen for nearly nan
ever seen anything hut kindness in him MT
--3nr who is especially close 10 the capitalist
in church matters speaks Of him IN the same eu-
loEiStlC way
7 believe I know Henry II Rogers as vel as
any other man who shook his hand, salo
Mr. BRYANT yesterday. And l am proud or II IN
nv mind he has Of the best heads united Win
one Of the kindest hearts that can be found any
where in the United States. The people who de-
nCunce him most know him the least
I have come to know the real Il. h Rogers
hest through my present municipal position. W men
h vas made Superintendent Of Streets because
Of his intense interest in Fair Haven. az $ Gay.
he made me his assistant and turned over his
~ErE nH-~z
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
NO PROFESSIONAL HEALERs.

There were no "healers" this meeting
which is held every Friday afternoon in the
Gospel Tabernacle. Such OF the clergy and
elders as may be present perform the simple
service of healing. It consists of the earnest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
CALLED INTENSELY RELIGIOUS.

Fair Haven's First Citizen as ! ike 70 call
Mr. Rogers. has been characterized as wholly
commercial material. worldly. his one desire in
life being the accumulation of wealth said George
p Trip. superintendent OF the Sunday School in
TIE Unitarian Church, which the 7nancier built
hut such opinion Of HIM is all wrong As a
matter OF fact the man IS intensely religious He
has often told me he felt happest when sitting
enoer the roof OF the sanctuary which he erected
II memory Of his beloved mother
Ar. Trip by the way. has known the First
citizen ever since the latter's boyhood and was
Chairman Of the Fair Haven Board Of Education
when Hen Rogers. as he then called. was
graduated He handed the future capitalist his
Gently IN commenting upon Mr.. Rogers's rise in
the world i thought that particular diploma so
much waste paper The boy showed signs
Whatever Of the man.
The First Unitarian Church Of Fair Haven. with
us palatisl parsonage built by Mr.. Rogers at
cost Of g. 1900 and occupies a whole block II
Is q monument 10 Mrs. Mary Eldridge Rogers, the
mother Of the nnancier who died on November 8,
In its construction the son showed that he cared
was about half completed, he hurredly visited the
ste one day, and, calling the supervising architect
10 one side. he said:
Seems 10 me that tower. the base of which is
ABOUT half would look much better If con-
structed Of Indiana limestone instead of granite
Il Is never too late 10 make a change when you
md you re wrong exclaimed the Standard Oil
nan Tear down the tower and rebuild it Of
But viii double the cost" persisted the archi-
tect
What difference does that make? Tear down
the tower replied the capitalist with still greater
emphasis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
AMBITION.

Uncle Horace (who is something of a sage and
philosopher My boy, II is time for you to think
seriously of the kind of future you intend TO map
cut for yourself. To it up in a word, what
eptaph you anxious 70 have engraved upon
your tombstone?
Nephew Gust beginning his career)--He got his
share-Pck Me Up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
EXPECTED FINISH.

Yes said the prospective purchaser. Il always
automobile by its motors
But don't you pay any attention TO its finish 20
asked the salesman. who had been showing the up
holsterng and brass trimmings.
oh no All my automobiles generally finish up
In a tree in haystack London Opinion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
AN uNmENT,oNEp ANCESTOR

Mr. B. is very proud OF his ancient lineage and
never lets slip an opportunity TO boast of it, At
a dinner where he had been unusually rampant on
this subject a fellow guest Queted him by remark
ing: IF you climb much further 40 your family
tree you viii come face TO face with the monkey"
-Lipp;ncotts.
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