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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15
NOT nl PocRIr1CI1 1HEBE.

When the Charleston News and Courier is chuckling over the way the "hypocrltical'' people of the,s North really treat the negro it does not chuckle over the treatment of the ne- gro in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It doesn't find anything to chuckle over there. What it does find is: A black alderman, sitting in a board with ten white colleagues and elected by voters ninety-fve per cent. of whom are white; two negro representatives in the legislature, chosen by constitu- encies in which the colored vote is rel atively small; seven members of the common council of African descent; a negro chief of the fire department, in which he is the only man of color; a black policeman, patroling streets oc- cupied mostly by white residents, for nineteen years in succession; a negro at the head of the city department of baoteriology; a negro member of the public library trustees, with all white associates; a black commander of a white post of the Grand Army; a wom- an of nearly pure African blood acting as principal of a grammar school in a 
 fashionable district, with six white teachers and several hundred white pupils under her charge.
 Why not2 Perhaps Charleston couldn't stand this, but perhaps it wouldn't be hurt if it could.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

Things are topsy-turvey enough this year. A Missouri burglar robbed the safe of an ice dealer the other night
 and got only sixty-five cents for his pains.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

Daniel Worcester, the original "Un- cle Tom," of the original "Unole Toms Cabin" company, is still living at Rox- bury, Vt. He has been retired from
 the stage for some years, but formerly acted with Laura Keene, Juniua
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

The Austrian law compels mine own CTS to build rescue chambers under ground. The room must be large enough to hold at least twenty-four people, and must be provided with filmed food, medicine chest, first aid material. inhalation apparatus and compressed oxygen in cylinders suffi- cient to last at least three days,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

The affairs of Japans royal family are conducted by council composed of It's adult male members and the mlkado presldes over It, No member of
 the family can marry or leave the country without permission from the
 council. If member is spending too much money his estates are taken l.away from him and administered for him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15
The Skeleton Bath.Robe.

Long toward summer the winter bath-robe of cider down or Turkish toweling begins 10 feel heavy and op- press.ve, Partly for com fort in warm weather and partly because of conven- fence in travelling, the light. one-pouRd bath-robe, so- called, has come into exten- sivc use. It is made of madras, batiste and silk, is washable and very attractive. Ideal for steamer, Pullman and "Week- End purposes. Price $ to SIS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

Harry Orchard says that reading the Bible Is what makes him tell the whole truth, The Bible is certainly{a won- derful book.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

Brutus Booth. Edwin Booth and other well-knoWn actors.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

Imprisonment for debt, which most people probably assume Is going out of fashion in England, is really on the increase. A volume of civil judicial statistics, just published, demon strates this, for It shows that 1l,42l debtors were sent to prison in lso5 against 1,O96 for 1904. and m average of 10,2iS for the five years ending 1905 Twenty years ago not quite half as many debtors were imprisoned as ir these times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

King Oscar of Sweden, who ascend. ed the throne thirty-six years ago ant celebrated his golden wedding last week, once visited school in Stock. holm and asked a litle girl If she could remember any great exploit of hi: reign. The child thought for a moment, and then burst into tears Please. I don't know < any!" she sobbed. Well, don't cry, little one said King Oscar. batting her on the head. Don't cry, don't know any either
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-15

One of the oldest newspapers in the world is one named the Wochenblatt, which is published in Gruningen, a small town of some 1900 inhabitants in the canton of Zurich, in Switzerland. It Is the only newspaper In the place and is at one and the same time the organ of the Liberal Conservatives and the Social Democrats. Pages one and two belong to the Liberals and pages three and four to the Socialists and the two parties abuse one another heartily in its pages.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
BRIDE BROWNS ON
YACHTING TRIP.
Mrs. Marguerite Croft, of New York,
Knocked Into Delaware River at
Philadelphia by Boom.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.-Mrs.
Marguerite Croft. bride of a few weeks
and wife of John Croft, of 124 Casino
street, New York, was swept overheard
from a yacht in the Delaware River
here last night and drowned. Mrs.
Croft and her husband, who were prac-
tically on their honeymoon, were guests
of G. FIN. Bennett, of this city, on
the sloop yacht M. r. E. e.
Mr.. Bennett returned yesterday from
a three weeks cruise to Hampton
Roads and the jamestown Exposition.
When the yacht reached Essington,
about ten miles below the city, Mrs.
Bennett and Mr.. and Mrs. Croft were
taken aboard.
The yacht had reached the lower end
of the city opposite the Greenwich coal
piers when a heavy storm broke and
the halyards were torn loose by a gust
of wind. The boat jibbed and the boom
swung round and struck Mrs. Croft,
knocking her over the rail into the
water.
Mr. Croft plunged nto the stream
after her, and Bennett launched a
small boat, but the efforts to save the
young bride were futile. Croft was ex-
hausted by his frantic efforts to save
his wife, and was only rescued with
the assistance of the men on a passing
schooner. The body of Mrs. Croft has
not been recovered.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
TO CHINA FOR HONEYMOON.
Plainheld's wealthiest Young Man Will
Give Bride Long Journey.

PLAINFIELD. Sept. i2.-With an elabo-
rate ceremony at the home of the bride, In
Alfred. N. Y, yesterday afternoon, Miss
Ruth Stlllman. daughter OF Judge and Mrs.
Charles Stillman, of that place, became the
bride of Plainheld's wealthiest young man,
George L. Babcock. The was
performed by the Rev. DR.. A. H.. Lewis,
OF this city, the aged pastor of the bride
eroom's family, and for years, in his early
life, the pastor of the brides family. The
bride was attended by her sister, Miss
Elizabeth Stillman, and the bridegroom by
Edwin Daniel, Of this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Babcock will make a tour to the Pacific
Coast, and then China, before returning.
The bridegroom is the only son of the
late George II. Babcock. the father of the
present system of public schools in Plain
field and for many years previous to his
death president of the Plainheld Board of
Education. He was senior partner In the
large boiler company Of Babcock & Will
cox, OF New York, and had widely varied
interests in manufactures in this city. He
and the brides progenitors had been asso-
ciated IN an important way with the Plain
field public schools all their lives.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
SCHOOL QUESTION
ARISES IN CHICAGO.
Opposition to Admitting Adult Foreign.
ers to the Public Schools Of
Windy City

CHICAGO, Sept. 12,-Public School
superintendent Cooley in a formal COM
munication last night recommended
that three Japanese, Persian, one
Hollander, two Irishmen and an Eng
lishmlan be admitted to an yungraded
room which had been provided at the
Jones School building.
DIR. Guerin, one of the school trus-
tees, Immediately objected to admit
ting any adults, and especially any
Oriental adults, to the schools, where
they would be thrown into association
with children. Other trustees objected
also on the grounds of the impro-
priety of devoting school funds for
educating any adults, and particularly
Objectionable adults.
The attorney OF the board being APP
pealed to said he had doubts of the
legality of admitting any pupil above
the age Of 81, but declined to express
an opinion offhand. The whole matter
was. then referred to the committee on
school management.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
FOUND CRUSHED
MAN LAY
DEAD ON TRACKS.
Card in Pocket Bearing Name and Jer-
sey City Address-Discovery
Made at Midnight.

The dead body of a man. at first
thought to be George Reupp, of II
Lewis avenue, Jersey City, was found
at 1901 this morning on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad tracks near the Walnut
street bridge by a trackwalker. The
mans chest and head were crushed in.
The police and County Physician Ell
lott are puzzled as to how the man
met death. 1t Is evident that he was
not run over by a train, although the
chances are that either a train or a
switching engine killed him by crush
ing him between the side of the bridge
and the engine. DIR. Elliott says that
every bone from the waist up was
broken. The victim had a compound
fracture of the head, which In itself
would have caused death.
The dead mar was fairly we'll dressed
and had $8.T in his pockets. A
card bearing the name George Reupp.
II Lewis avenue, Jersey City. was found
II. his pocket. Captain Carroll, how
ever, received word from the Jersey
City police that George Reupp, of the
above address, went to work in Brook
lyn this morning at 5 o'clock.
The dead man wore a Van Dyke
beard and was about 3S years old. {
feet 8 inches tall and wore a black
suit of clothes, black, shoes and stock
ings. A pair of g~old-rimmed glasses
was found about thirty feet from the
body. A brown alpine hat was also
found a short distance away.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
FOUND NO. E CONTINENT.
Anglo-American Polar Expedition Lost
Ship in Attempt.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE COM
manders of the Anglo-American Polar
expedition, which lost its ship, the
Duchess of Bedford, in an attempt to
find a new continent north of Alaska,
reported to the American Geographical
Society today that the soundings they
made disclosed no such land.
The dispatch came from Elmer Mix
kelsen and Ernest Leffingwell, the joint
commanders of the expeditions and was
dated at Dawson, Alaska, September 10.
III explorers reported that their
sledge trip north of Alaska covered 800
miles of sea ice, and that they crossed
the edge of the continental shelf twice.
Their soundings. taken fifty miles off
the Alaskan coast and beyond, were
made to a depth of 2,060 feet, but found
no bottom. Next year. they reported,
they will continue the exploration of
Beaufort Sea, surveying the coast and
in making geological and ethnographi-
cal studies.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
FIELD WORK ON
TRUNK SEWER
BEGUN
Staff Engineers From Office
Of Herring & Fuller
Started Yesterday.

It will be a surprise to members of
the Board of Trade to learn that actual
field work on the survey of the Passaic
Valley district trunk sewer began yes
terday. Two Of the engineering staff
of Herring & Fuller, of ITO Broadway.
New York city, the engineering firm in
charge of the work for the commission,
went over a portion of the territory
to be covered and began the tabulation
of data on which the maps, plans and
specifications of the great engineering
task will be based.
At the office Of the engineer 1t was said
today that work on the trunk sewer be-
gan last Monday, or Immediately after the
work had been officially given over in
charge of the engineers. Great maps
showing the entire course of the proposed
sewer are in rapid process Of construction.
These nave been advanced rapidly. the
engineers availing themselves of the hy-
geographic maps compiled by the Federal
government and by the State geologist.
Special quarters at the engineers office
have been assigned to the preparatory
work and great d~raughting tables have
been put in place on which the labor is
proceeding.
Rudolph Herring. the chief engineer. will
make a special DI5pdFdtoTy trip over lne
route of the sewer. perhaps early next
week. He will be accompanied by a staff
of field workers and the chief difficulties
In the way of a geological character will
be marked and mapped for more elaborate
and critical study Inter on.
Although the commission made the for
NAL announcement that Engineer Herring
had been engaged to prepare plans for
the trunk sewer and was urged to be as
expeditions rs possible, the commission
had no knowledge today that actual field
work by the boards engineering depart
ment had been started. At the Board OF
Trade meeting last night no intimation
was given that the meeting to urge the
commission to start the work was un-
necessary. for the simple reason, that nc
one knew of 1t. the engineering staff going
ahead without conference or Suggestion
on the part of the board.
While the commission will be In almost
daily communication with Engineer Her.
ing a little later on, at the, present time
the problems TO be overcome are purely
technical. and for that reason will be con
sidered by the engineers without confer
ence with the commission.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
NO WRANGLING
FOR FUNERAL
PATRONAGE
Undertakes Must Be Polite
to One AnOther--Fliug at
Hudson Association

The New Jersey State Funeral Directors
Association met again this morning to act
on unfinished business. ofhcerN viii be
elected at this afternoons session. which
ends the convention. There was a spirited
debate this morning when the new consti-
tuition came up for adoption or rejection.
One clause provides that no funeral director
can join the State association. the initia-
tion fee of which is s.. unless he is a mem
Der of the organization In the county In
which he resides.
o. Some members from Hudson County took
exception to this, saying that the high inl-
tiation fee in that county $500 shut out
many members. The Hudson society was
referred to as a CLOSED corporation" The
constitution was finally adopted.
In the code of ethics that was adopted
there is a provision that in case two un-
dertakers meet at the same house at the
same time they are expected to do the
Alphonse-Gasto act and show a will
ingness to withdraw in the others favor
and leave the choice with the family.
Another provision states that funeral
directors are not to shrink from duty in
case of contagious disease or epidemies.
An undertaken must continue his labors,
the code says, even at the jeopardy of
his life.
The code also says that an undertaken
on entering the business becomes entitled
to all its privileges and inmunities and
incurs an obligation to exert his best
abilities to maintain It's dignity and honor.
The obligation of secrecy, when required
by peculiar circumstances, extends beyond
the period of professional services, and
none of the private matters of domestic
or personal life should ever be revealed.
A ukase against advertising in any form
or in any medium was also delivered.
The code says that It is derogatory to the
dignity of the profession to resort to pub
lie advertisements, private cards or hand
bills inviting the attention Of the public
to the wares of an undertaken.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

George Ebert, a grocer at 50 Wakeman
avenue, reported to the police last night
that Raymond Waddington. II years old,
of 8 Goble street. whom he had employed
earlier in the day, had driven off with a
horse and wagon, abandoning IL in a nearby
street, and had also taken 81 which did not
belong to him.
South Sixth street, is In st. James's Hos
pital with a fractured frontal bone. Yes
terday afternoon at the j. S. Mundy Ma
chine Company's plant in Prospect street
Gatzner was working on an ELECTRICAL
crane when one of the eogwheels burst. A
piece of the flying steel struck him over the
right eye, infiictinB q deep cash.
James Flynn, 10 years old. Of 81 Market
street, was arrested this afternoon by
Policemen Schott and McHugh on a charge
of stealing an automobile tire. The youth
was In a crowd of young men who ran
soon as they saw the policemen coming.
Flynn claims he did not steal the tire.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
CAN'T EXPLAIN 100000
REQUEST TO YALE.

LONDON Sept. 1.-THE relatives of
the late Archibald Henry Blount, Lord
of the Manor of Orleton, Herefordshire,
who bequeathed $40O. coo to Yale Univer-
sity and one of the executors of his will
have been communicated with but are
unable to explain the reason which he
bad for leaving such a large bequest to
Yale.
The deceased's nearest relatives, to
whom he left the family papers, is a
well-to-do London lawyer, who at pres
ent is making a tour of the continent.
1t is considered possible that he is the
only person. in the confidence of the
late Mr.. Blount, who spent the greater
part of his time of recent years in
London.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
DIED.

CONJEY-on Monday. September Q. 1901,
Dorothy. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John
Conley. aged 10 months.
Funeral service was held on Monday,
September 9, 1907. Interment Paramount
Cemetery. September u.
HALL-On September Il. 1907, the Rev.
George S. Hall, at the Wick1ine Presby-
terian parsonage, 100 Thirteenth avenue,
aged 50 years 7 months.
The relatives and friends and congrega-
ton are kindly invited to attend the
funeral services on Saturday, September
II. at 2:30 p. M, from the Wickli1e Pres
byterian Church, corner Thirteenth ave-
nue. and Boston street Interment IN
Rosedale and Linden Cemetery.
KING-On September 0, 1907. Henry Julius,
husband Of Elizabeth Hedges King. aged
g. years.
Funeral services will be held at his
late home. 102 Washington avenue. on
Thursday evening, September 10, at s
O'Clock. Relatives and friends are kind
" invited. Interment at Cypress Hill
Cemetery at the family's convenience.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Bolt Passed Through House and Struck
the Occupants Below.

BLOOMFIELD. Conn, Sept. IA
John H. Astermill was struck and
killed by lightning and his wife and
her two brothers were rendered un-
conscious by the same bolt at their
residence on the Hartford and CRANKY
turnpike, about two miles northeast
of this place, during a thunderstorm
last evening.
Physicians worked over Mrs. Aster-
mill and her brothers for some time,
and finally revived her and the younger
brother. The other brother is still in a
critical condition.
Astermill came here two years ago
from Brooklyn and was moving into
a new house which he had just built.
The bolt passed through the house,
tore off some plaster, and then passed
on to the occupants.
A peculiar feature connected with
the incident was the singeing and
burning of the shoes of the injured.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
SAYS SHE WAS DRUGGED.
Wife Has Husband and other Men Ar
rested on Charge of Conspiracy.

HOBOKEN. Sept. 12.-Eugene Koehler,
a brewmaster, OF 22S Hudson street; Otto
Kupfer, of 30 Hudson street, and John
Mulcahey, of the same address, all OF
Hohoken. were arrested yesterday charged
with conspiracy upon the complaint of
Mrs. Eugene Koehler. Acting Recorder
Lavergy held the prisoners for further ex-
animation Friday morning.
Mrs. Koehler in an affidavit filed by
John I. Ware, her lawyer, alleges that she
was drugged by men in the employ of her
husband in an effort to get evidence on
which ne might procure a divorce. Miss
Johanne de Lorenzo also swore out an
affidavit saying that Koehler had given
$500 TO her to get evidence against Mrs.
Koehler. She demanded more money %
Kohler. and upon his refusal to pay It she
told Mrs. Koehler thar her husband onoo
offered her 5000 for a divorce.
The couple separated last June ana VICE
Chancellor Emory, of Newark; directeo
the brewmaster to pay his wife ND
month.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12

100 acres and farming is an important
item in this Institution. Another boiler
is needed for light and power"
Witness thought a standing committee
of investigation would be a good one to
add to the managers committees Wit
ness did not know that any nan had been
confined thirty days in solitary conine-
ment on bread and water. The solitary
book shows 1t. but witness had not known
of this. The book showed thirty-four in
stances of solitary confinement longer
than six days. In reply to a question by
Mr.. Sullivan witness could not recall that
the managers ordered that solitary con-
finements be kept in a separate book. as
Superintendent Martin had testified. At
this point the committee adjourned until
later In the afternoon.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
FUND BEING RAISED FOR
NEW DEAC0NESS HOME.

Mrs. M. T. Rice, the new superintendent
of the Deaconess Home, sos Market street,
is expected to arrive at the home from
Watertown sometime this afternoon and to
tax up her duties as early as possible.
At the firstR regular meeting Of the fall
of the board Of managers, held yesterday
afternoon in the home, it was announced
that nearly $500 had been raised toward the
fund for a new building and that an addi-
tional subscription of $500 had been prom
Used as soon as the sum of 81 900 was raised.
In the absence of the regular superin-
tendent, Miss Rebecca Delaney, who re-
signed in June; Miss, Helen ]. Carlton, the
vlce-president, reported for the home. say
ing that it had been renovated and that all
was in good working order.
Miss edna Harvey, Of Battle Creek,
Michigan, will come to the home to act as
deaconess Thursday, September 10. The
next regular meeting Of the board will take
place Tuesday, October l..
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
SUICIDE BEFORE WEDDING.
Pain in Heart Causes Prospective Bride
groom to Take His Life.

BLOOMFIELD. Ind, Sept. 1.-THE
mystery surrounding the death OF
Homer Casey. whose lifeless body was
found in his buggy in his barn, near
here. Yesterday. has been cleared by
the finding in his pocket of a note in
whichahe said that a pain he had at
his heart was costing him his reason.
and that he would rather die than suf-
fer.
Casey Was to have married Miss
Anna stone last night, It was at first
believed that he had been murdered.
but the finding of the note indicates
salesman for a Chicago tailoring house.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
GIRLS CIGARETTE FIENDS.
So Says Miss Lucy Page CASTOR, Of the
"Anti-Cig' League.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Lucy Page
CASTOR, of Chicago. president of the
National Anti-Cigarette League. has
come to New York to organize a local
branch of the league, and the first
move in her campaign will be to call
on, O.. H. Hartman today in an at
tempt to induce him to suppress smok-
ing in his Boys Club.
While the first efforts of the Anti
Cigarette League in New York will be
directed toward street bands and boys
in the public schools, Miss Castor and
her colleagues will later take up the
work among girls.
Cigarette smoking is prevalent among
high school girls, and many girls in
fashionable boarding schools are ad-
dlcted to the habit, Miss Castor as
serted.