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BUYS OLD ROOT HOMESTEAD.
Secretary Root Purchases 1.-THE HeSnIOcI<s''
From HIS Slster-ln.lIaw.

Utica. Dec. 27.-There was fled in the
County Clerks OFfIce this afternoon a deed
from Anna Day Root transferring to- Elihu
Root. Secretary Of State. the property
on College Hill. Clinton, known as "The
Hemlocks" The purchase price is given az
$1,000.
~The Hemlocks- is the old Root horne
stead and was willed to Mrs. Root by her
husband, the late OreD Root, brother of
Elihu Root. Il is one Of the most beauti-
fuI homesteads in central New York and
has long been in the possession OF the Root
family.
Il is understood that Secretary Root
will bestow the property on his son. Elihu
Root. Jr., who recently married Miss Aida
Stryker. daughter Of President Stryker
Of Hamilton College, and that the young
couple will occupy it as a summer residence
The sun., 1907-12-28
4. :. WINS COtL FRiUD iPPEAA
Circuit Court Holds That Evidence AGAINST
.IakMaN was AdmIs.I .Ihle.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. -. In tine suit Of the
United States against the Ute Coal and Coke
Company, Lewis e. Jakway. Frank ".
Stubbs and others 10 -ecove? saao. no worth
Of coal alleged TO have hsen taken from
Government. lands in Colorado the Federal
Circuit Court OF Appeals o.day reversed the
Judgment Of the lower court, which found
against the Ute Coal and Coke Company
hut not against the other defendants and
gave damages for merely the difference
between the cost Of mining the coal and the
amount II sold for Rt the mouth OF the mine.
The United States appealed the case.
The Appellate Court says the jury in the
lower court SHOULD have been permitted
10 consider the evidence against Jakway
There Is substantial and persuasive evil
dence that Jakway knew that this coal
was the property Of the Government and
that he intended TO appropriate IL to the
use Of the coal company and Stubbs and
Jakway." said the opinion.
The sun., 1907-12-28
ADDTCKS JUDGMENT SOL LDCHEAP.
Hay state Gas Receiver Accepts Less Than
no Gents ON the Dollar.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 27.-In the
United States District Court to-day Judge
Bradford issued an order authorizing the
assignment by Receiver George Wharton
Pepper OF the Ray State Gas Company Of a
Judgment obtained by him against J.
Edward Addicks for 81 .3os. 900 to Charles r.
Hinchman Of Philadelphia for 500, ,OOO cash
IL was argued that sIOO. 900 in hand would
be better than the chances Of realiz ing on
the Addicks judgment
This action Writ uaIly closes the Bay State
Gas litigation. Addicks expressed salts
faction with the assignment Of the judg-
ment, and said he approved the election Of
Thomas ". Lawson rs president of the
company.
The sun., 1907-12-28
last night;

J. Sergeant Cram was elected again
unanimously 10 head the general com
mittee. Mr.. McAvoy presented the names
Of the new executive committee as decided
upon at meeting Of the old executive COM
mittee just before the new general com
mittee was called to order. As the names
were read the adherents OF the various
leaders gave some cheers. The greatest
outburst Of cheering came when the name
Of John F. Ahearn Of the Fourth was read
The two meetings did not last half an
hour. Il was not announced when the
Lantry investigating committee would
meet.
The sun., 1907-12-28
LUCK or a MAN on TRIAL.
Sentence suspended and He Gets work In
the Bargain.

william Taylor. an irOnworker of 2Os
East nth street, was on trial in Special
Sessions yesterday charged with stealing
the nozzle from fire hose In the hallway
of the building occupied by Smith. Gray
a Co. at 7Bi Broadway. A letter was read
from Fire Commissioner Lantry recon-
mending that Taylor be Severely punished
Justice Mckeon was about 20 sentence
the prisoner when representative OF the
company said that his firm had investi-
gated the case and discovered that Taylor's
wife and children were starving. and that
IL sentence was suspended they would
take him into their employ.
Justice MoKeon Suspended sentence
The sun., 1907-12-28
ASSEMBLY CLERKSBIP FIGHT.
nay "a. smith ON the Ground and says He Is
Confident Of winning.

ALBANY. Dec. 27.-Ray II. Smith OF Syra-
cuse. the present deputy clerk OF the
Assembly. reached Albany tonight. He
is on the ground to stay until the Assembly
clerkship fight is settled in the Republican
caucus next Tuesday night. and il he does
not land the clerkship he says he will retire
from the State service. but he has every
confidence in his election.
Col Archie r. Baxter. clerk OF the As
sembly for the last twelve years. has not
yet reached here. His friends insist that
he will win. The Grand Army men OF the
State are working like Trojans FOR him.
The sun., 1907-12-28
STORM SHUTS our LUCANIA.
she Heads fer liverpool, OmItting stop al
QueenstOwn-The CambFtan's Plight.

Special Cable Despatch 10 TEE SUN.
LONDON. Dec. 27.-An easterly gale has
been prevailing for the last eighty hours
and a. yet shows no sign of abatement
Terrible seas are running along the British
and Irish coasts. Many wrecks have been
reported.
The Cunard Line steamer Lucanis. from
New York, was not able to enter Queens
town and she proceeded for Liverpool
with all her passengers and mails.
None OF the incoming steamers sighted
the Leyland Line steamer Cambrian, before
reported with her shaft broken. in tow OF
the steamer William Cliff and it is the opin-
ion among seafaring men that the noun
famous sea has compelled the Clin to cast
the Cambrian adrift.
II this is the case the Cliff will probably
stand by the disabled vessel and take her
in tow again when the weather moderates.
The sun., 1907-12-28
No TURKEY FOR -ROOSEpELF.
President and Dr. ~ Nry spend Part Of =
Hay In ETultlSss Hunt.


Hay In FTnitlrss Hunt.
SCOTvsvILlE. Va, Dec. ~. The hinges
on the gate AZ Pine Knot the Virginia home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roc s,velt, had no chance
t. grow rls,y to-day. Tney have swung
back and forth half score Of times to al
n;it and release visitors
The day had been Sunny. though rather
windy. becoming cold and raw towJI d
evening
Mira. Roosevelt and Miss Carew took &
drive, accompanied by Joseph Winner
behinoFa pair Of thoroug ghbreds
The President and pr. RiXey spent par,
Of rhe day wi,h the gums and dog. tramp
ing about the woods and held. looking
for wild turkeys. which they did cot find.
The President and ris hoNs nsi a long
chase after rabbits with ,ne 5ea1lss this
morning. 1t is not reported that anv rlb.
bits we're taken. Quail are plentiful about
Pine Knot. hut the President has set his
heart on bigger game.
The sun., 1907-12-28

by RlOrdan. Wasserman and others In
East Side Gambling Crusade.

County Detective Riordsn. Sergt Was
sernan and two detectives from the District
Attorneys Office made their one hundred
and sevsnty-fifth arrest in the crusade
against Fast Side gamblers last night. They
parlor on Eldridge street and gathered in
sixteen men. 100 packs Of cards and about
$50 in coin.
Henry Serger, whom they believed 10 be
the proprietor OF the place, was locked up
at Headquarters on the charge Of maintain
Lot
The sun., 1907-12-28
FayOrs go Year subway Leases.

Il is understood that the Public Service
Commission is considering the advisability
OF recommending that a limit Of forty
years, with an option OF twenty years
more, be set for the leases OF subways con-
structod by private capital. The present
law provides FOR a twenty year period, and
the commission, IL is said, has come 70 tho
belief that il In not sufficient to induce bids
bV private cOrpOratiOns.
The sun., 1907-12-28
EARLY INDIANA CONVENTIONS.
FAIrbankss Friends Issue CAI for Election
Of Delegates on February 4.

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 27.--The Repubsi-
can managers determined to-day to follow
closely tho good feeling manifested at the
party love feast yesterday and select dele
gates TO the national convention before
tho ardor for Mr.. Fairbanks has time to
cool.
The Official call was therefore issued to-
day by State Chairman Goodrich. vt fixes
February AZ the day for holding the dis
trict conventions at which national dele
yates viii be chosen. The call does not
Ak time for electing the four delegates at
large.
The sun., 1907-12-28
POSSE CAPTURES BANK ROBBERS.
Early MOrnIng Battle Followed by success
Iu, Ghase-e9 500 Loot Recovered.

F1rTy WDFUTWB HHtNTb y FWITWWtW Dy NUCCtI8s
Tui Ghase-e3 500 Loot Recovered.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec 2T.-The bank at
Camden Point was robbed by three men
carly this morning. They got $500, Of
which si 900 was in silver.
A battle between citizens and the robbers
took place, in which many shots were ex-
changed.
The robbers escaped 70 the woods on the
Platte River, near Edgerton Junction,
where they were captured by the posse.
One was identified as Clyde Reed, rs
years old. the son Of a respectable farmer
They have been jailed in Platte City.
The money was found In a strawstack
near Edgerton.
The sun., 1907-12-28
FIGHTING EDITOR ARRESTED.
BOnnIs Of the Denver Post" Charged
with Assuming Ex-senator Patterson.

Denver Post was arrested to-day on a
warrant sworn out by Thomas NJ. Patterson,
former United States senator and pri cipal
owner Of the Rocky NOUntdin Ne1s and
Denver Times. charging him with assault
and battery.
Bonfils was taken before Justice Thomas
Carbon. He gave bonds for his appearance
for trial.
The assault was committed yesterday
and grew out Of an attack on Bonfls in
Patterson's paper.
In a card published in the Pos to-day
Bonfils saws he will call Patterson to account
every time they meet II similar publications
continue.
The sun., 1907-12-28
HENRY r. TERN a Suicide.
Brother Of WHY'S Terry shoots himself In
Prospect Park.

Henry +. Terry. member of the well
known Brooklyn family, was found dead
in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, late last night.
He had shot himself in the chest.
Cards found in his pocket identified him
His brother, the Rev. Eliphalet B. Terry
of II Re nsen street, made positive iden-
tidcation later. Another brother is Wyllys
Terry
Mr. Terry tried to kill himself by gas in
San Francisco last January. He came
here from the West two weeks ago and
bought farm in Rocklsnd county. He
had been mentally unbalanced for some
time.
The sun., 1907-12-28
No AMERICAN NEWS 60. STRIKE.
Three Year wage Agreement Providing
Increase I'm Pay to he signed.

The Newspaper and Mail Deliverers'
Union decided last evening to accept the
terms OF the American News Company
and the threatened strike was averted.
General Manager stephen Farrclly OF the
company said last night that an agreement
for three years will be signed to-day by
which the men get 81 a week more than the
present wages. which are SO a week for
drivers and sra for distributors. The de-
mands were for an advance Of % a week,
which the company thought excessive.
The vote OF the union was 03O 10 $40 against
a strike. This statement was made on
behalf OF the union:
while we did not get all we asked for we
believe ws gained victory, when the pres
ent state OF trade is considered. The men
TO TO work In the meantime, pending the
signing Of tho agreement by the wage
commItts0Ls
The sun., 1907-12-28
wants Retired Naval Omcers Retired.

There are about twenty retired officers
on duty at the navy yard in Brook lyn and
various stations under the supervision OF
Rear Admiral Goodrich, the Commandant
Of the navy yard in Brooklyn. He has
their places filed by men from the active
list. Retired officers while on active duty
receive full pay
The sun., 1907-12-28
MRS.. EDDY'S $1,000. 900 CHARITY
WIN Re Merely school for Teae hing Poor
People science Healing.

BOSTON. Dec. 25.- Mary Baker q. Eddy's
81 900. 900 charity fund institution In to be a
training school for poor people who desire
60 become Christian Science healers.
This fund will be an educational oppor-
tunity." says Archibald McClellan, "by
which INDECENT persons will be taught
xrstuito,lsly the science OF the Christ healing
a. practissd by Jesus and a. made known
through the workings Of Mrs. Eddy
The sun., 1907-12-28
FRENCH SUBMARINE BLOWN UP.
Explosion or Gas on the ventsse NJ Cher
bourg-N0 One Killed.

Special Cdbie Despatch % The SUN
CHERBoURO, Dec. 27.--The VentOse, one
Of thsrnew submarines Of the French navy,
was practically destroyed to-day by an
explosion of gas. There was no loss Of life.
The sun., 1907-12-28
CLUNG TO VESTIBULE CAR RAIL


WHKEsBARRE. Pa, Dec. 27.-Brund Bi-
benki OF Glen Lyon. near here. chung to tbs
rail Of a vestibuled car on a Pennsylvani !
Railroad express train running from Mocan-
aqua TO thiG city late last night for seven
miles. Then his hands became numb from
cold and he was flung of. He rolled dow u
a twenty-five foot embank rnenL into tho
Susquehanna River. He managed to swim
cut. clambered 70 the tracks and walk ed a
mile before he was discover by rsilroaders,
who sent him TO hospital He is cut and
bruised from hoad 70 foot.
He chung 20 the door as the train Ieit
Mocanaqua. think ing no could attract at
tention and have it opened.
The sun., 1907-12-28

IL prevents any bad after effects.
n. T. Dewey Sons Co.. ia Fulton 81. New Ysrk.
The sun., 1907-12-28

Made Us the tender meat OF little pigs and choice
gpices. You have never taeted perfect sausage un-
iess you hsve tried them. Bswsrs of Imltstlons.
- ADV. .'a ..ta, .,-....s 81
The sun., 1907-12-28

DEwEYs WINES ron NEW YEARS.
special Assorted Cases, A.00 500 and A1S
n. :. Dewey Sons Co.. i5s Fulton S.. Now York
--A1s.
The sun., 1907-12-28

EASTMAN moTEl. HOT SPRINGS ARK.
Opens saturday. Jan. essh. ieus--Ass.
The sun., 1907-12-28

Rs@ensss the sick Poor In your church o-, =,
The sun., 1907-12-28
LANTRY is AGAIN ACCUSED
TAMMANY COMMITTEES NAMED TO
HEAR THE CHARGES.

Rivals In HIs District say That Ne Won HAs
Leadership by FrAUd-wuIlams. Ahcarn
and maggie Are Relnstated According
20 the Announced smooth PrOgramIae.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-13
Life Of Our Coal Fields.

If the rate OF consumption Of 1905
were maintained indefinitely, without
change, our coal would last approx
mately 1000 years, but If the con-
stantly increasing rate which has
marked the consumption during the
past 80 years be maintained. our coai
will practically be exhausted within
100 years.
1t does not seem probable that the
rate of increased consumption will be
affected materially for great many
years to come, and hence the estimate
of 100 years will be nearer the truth
than 1000 years. The real life OF our
coal fields probably will be some
where between these extremes. and 1t
seems probable that IT may be about
200 years.-National Geographic Mag
azine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-13
DISLIKE SMELL OF KEROSENE
Cats Particularly VIII Not Stay
Where OIL Is Used.

Il never knew until this winter"
said the superintendent of dog and
cat hospital, how thoroughly most
animals detest the smell of kerosene.
Several times the steam heating ap-
paratus in this place went on strike
and we tried to raise the temperature
by means of an oil stove. The smell
of the oil produced regular mutiny
among the animals. Cats are partic-
ularly sensitive to the odor of kero-
sene. Next door to my house Is a
stationery store which has been heat
ed all winter long with an oil stove.
In the beginning of the season the
proprietor owned fine cat that
seemed well satisfied with his com
Portable quarters. No sooner. how
ever, was that stove lighted than the
cat deserted the stationer and sought
home for the winter in a steam
heated fat further down the street
He comes back once in awhile on q
visit, but the smell OF the oil pre-
vents his becoming a regular inhab
itant OF the store"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-13
STANFORD WHITES LAST DESIGN
Was Monument to Martyrs and Con-
tract to Build Has Been let

New York.-Contracts have been
awarded for the construction of the
monument to the prison ship martyrs
in Fort Green park, Brooklyn, by the
special commission created by con-
gress 10 supervise its construction.
The monument was designed by
Stanford White and was the last az
tive work he did before he was shot
by Harry Thaw. having completed his
design only a short time before his
death.
Mr. Whites design was accepted in
a competition In which several other
widely known architects participated.
His design provided for straight
shaft CT Newport white granite 200
feet in height, with bronze trimmings.
capped with bronze urn. An ele-
yator has been provided to carry per
sons from its base TO the top, and in
addition there will be two stairways.
1t is to be built on the highest point
in Fort Green park and will have
granite approaches, one of which, ex-
tending to Myrtle avenue, is to be
more than 800 feet in length. Work
Is to begin at once, so that the corner
stone may be laid July 4.
The prison ship martyrs were revo-
lutionary soldiers, who were confined
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-13
New spinnina Device.

A German patent has been granted
for a new process in spinning arti-
fetal threads made from cupric oxide
and cellulose. and knitting the fabric
for the mantles in the ordinary way.
These mantles are subsequently i'm
pregnated with the thorium salts, and
after drying are placed in bath Of
ammonia, or hydrogen peroxide. This
last bath is the essential point of the
invention. as it converts the previous.
ly soluble salts into insoluble com,
pounds, 1. e., hydroxides. Since hy-
drogen peroxide only transforms the
salts of-thorium into an insoluble
state, IL is necessary TO make use OF
a cerium bath, after the hydrogen
peroxide treatment, in order to give
the NANTES the necessary one per
cent. of ceria.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-13

sse il one of the combustible pellets In
fhc box readily passes into the neck
,aad enters the cap. The latter Is cut
away so as to expose the top side of
5be pellet to contact with rough sur
face FOR purposes of ignition. The
regset enters on moving slide valve
fomard against spring tension This
SalSe on its return to normal position
5Kpprts the pellet within the cap.
The pellet can be ignited by drawing
kt xcross any roughened coating, and
sbs highly infiammable center of the
SoMbnstible compound will burn for
stslse time. The draft perforators in
the cap assist the combustion.
la Fig we have a match strip
fosded in zigzag or accordion pleat be-
Scre being finally compacted, as shown.
II IS fastened with a rubber band,
shseh keeps the match sticks in COM
psct position. A detonating substance
sa> oase stick comes over a plain sur
fsee of the next, and just below on the
adjacent stick the igniting material is
risfsd, as shown in the smaller sketch.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-13

stick is closed. and the fiat extension
affords means for holding the sleeve
or casing in the fingers. By closing
the outer end fire is retained if the
splint is not properly withdrawn. BY
pulling the splint suddenly from the
sleeve an igniting compound of the
former is brought into contact with
the rubbing compound of the latter.
and ignition takes place Immediately.
Two hands are required in the use Of
this invention.
A safety match has been invented
having an incision nearly at its mid
die part. The stick will break on a
line extending from the. inner end OF
this incision across the match. The
surface of the notch is covered with
an ignitiug compound, and is shown in
the bottom illustration of Fig. 6. The
upper illustration of this figure pre-
sents the scratching of the match head
on the igniting surface. In this i'm
provement there is neither danger OF
accidental lighting nor chance of wear
to the compound.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-13
REGIS HENRI POST APPOINTED
NEW GOVERNOR.
Is Personal Friend Of the President
and Member Of Old and Wealthy
Family-PoIities and Yacht.
ing His Hobbies.

New York.--Regis Henri Post. who
was appointed governor of Porto Rico
by President Roosevelt on March to
succeed Beekman Winthrop, who was
made assistant secretary of the treas
ury, is one of the youngest men who
has entered prominent public service
under the big stick" regime He has
served two terms in the New York
state Legislature, and has always
taken an active part in the local at
fairs of the Republican party in his
home town on Long Island
lie has also served as auditor and
secretary of Porto Rico, and his pro-
motion to the office of governor was
no doubt due to efficiency shown In
the two minor Offices Mr.. Post is a
direct descendant of Richard Post, who
settled In Southampton. l.. l., prior to
1640, and is the great-grandson of
Jotham Post, who was member of
the New York state assemblies from
1895 to 1905. member of the common
council of New York and a member OF
congress from 1913 to 1915.
On his mothers side Regis Post is
n grandson of Gen. Comte Regis de
Trobriand, who served with distinc
tion in the United States army during
the civil war. His maternal grand
mother, Comtesse de Trobriand, was
Miss Mary Mason Jones, granddaugh
ter of John Mason, the first presiden
Of the Chemical National bank of New
York, and the daughter of Isaac Jones
the second president of this old finan
| cial institution.
The branch of the Post family (,
| which Regis Post belongs moved from
Southampton to Westbury. l.. l., II
1701 and to New York city in 1850
| Nearly all of Mr.. Posts boyhood wal
| spent in Bayport, l.. l., where he nov
has a home. He was born in New
York January 2S. 1870. the son of Al
bert Knitting Post He has lived II
New York and Bayport practically al
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r;-si>rsH1ss ssSyssS
seen (,EE;5%sss1Ioi. q ion ION
NOVEL TYPES OF MATCHES.
s1geutions Aiming at Convenience
and Safety.

Pictured in the accompanying en-
craving are several novel types of
matches. A flexible type of these is
represented in Fig. I, which shows
strip wound up into roll. The strip
ss tapped, and provided with igniting
means at regular intervals. When II
Es desired to utilize match the roll
" grasped, the strip is pressed just
above lap, and the projecting end of
che strip is pulled. A separate edge
view is given of this lap or fold, which
consists Of lapped-over portion ad-
aering to- the main part. The fold un-
Ger its right end is supplied with a
rubbing surface. The left end of the
adjacent surface is provided with
an igniting compound, which when
Brought into contact with the rubbing
aIrface is ignited by friction. This
does not claim to be safety match.
Sig. shows an excellent device in
sae form of match box. On invert-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-06-13

On pulling the match stick, the de-
tonating compound passes over and
rubs against the igniting substance OF
the adjacent stick. Ignition occurs un-
der the friction contact produced by
the band, auJ when the match stick is
rapidly pulled from the pack 1t is
ready for use. The detonator and
igniter are never in contact when with
in the accordion folds.
The possibility of lighting a match
or fusee with one hand while the other
is engaged, says Scientific American.
is made easy by the simple mechanism
illustrated in Fig. 4. The small Sec
ticn view shows a match in its inside
position. The inner surface of one
end of the open tube is coated with a
surface of sand, glue. or other rubbing
compound to ignite the match. The
head end and most of the match is in
closed in the casing Pressing OF
pushing the protruding end through
the tube causes the head to come In
contact with the frictional surface oi
the other end of the tube, where 1t is
ignited and on passing out burns, as
shown in the larger engraving. The
invention is usable in rainy, windy. ol
stormy weather, and may be safely
carried loosely in a pocket pouch OF
like receptacle.
Another safety match is presented
in Fig 5. 1t is practically the same
as the preceding type. The end oc
cupied by the head of the splint o.