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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
SHOOT NAN IN REVENGE.
Rowdies Were Elected from Restauran;
Few Nights Before.

NEW YORK. Aug. s.-In' revenge for
having elected half a dozen rowdies
from his restaurant at Sixty-ifth street
and Broadway, Eugene McSau1ey, 20
years old. was shot early today in the
right side. At the Roosevelt Hospital
his condition is said to be serious. His
assailants escaped.
Several nights ago, the police have
learned. a crowd of rowdies caused a
disturbance in h restaurant, and when
McSauley elected them, one of them re-
marked, Wen come back and fix you.''
Two men were seen In front of the
place early today and the police say
they we're among the crowd who had
been elected. One of them drew a re-
volver and fired four shots at McSau-
ley, the fourth striking him in the
right side. As he fell to the floor the
two men hurried through Sixty-ffth
street toward Amsterdam avenue and
escaped. 4
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
TALKING WITH MARS.
Line on Earth Would Be Invisible on
Neighbor Planet, Unless 80 Miles Wide.

Mars Is now much nearer the earth ahan
he usually comes. which fact suggests an
inquiry as to what use has been made Of
the 10000 francs $4,000 which ar cid
French lady sbequeathed to the Institute
of France for the discovery Of some means
of communicating with the planets In gem
eral and Mars In particular. This be-
quest was made about ten years ago,
and it was s~afeguarded by tbs provision
that IL the French scientists refused the
responsibility-which they did not-it was
to be offered to Milan and, failing there,
to New York. One man has suggested
monstrous ~triangies in the Sahara to at
tract the attention Of Marian astronomers
and convince them OF our knowledge OF
geometry, But a line on the cartlfs sur
face would have to be a. least thirty miles
broad to be visible from Mars. The sug-
gestion that earth jewellers should signal
by flags also overlooks the act that the
flag would have to be as large as Ireland.
Possibility, however, glimmers In the sng-
gestion that all the gas and electric lights
In some great city Ike London should be
controlled by one turncock and alternately
switched on and off to fash messages TO
Mars.
Some years ago Francis Gallon. the Eng
lish scientist. sketched out a solution OF
the problem. supposing the first move tc
be made by Mars. One night the eartn
astronomers are to notice a peculiar scif.-
t~illation on the disk Of that planet. These
lights are to b. recognized as regularly
varying In duration, q being twice a.
long as A and c three times the length.
Soon these flashes, distinctly divided by
pauses, are realized to be sentences con-
sisting of a series of numerals with the
recurring dash meaning lis equal to-
Then the messages are split out as stat
ing the distance OF the planets from toe
sun and other arithmetical data. In short
Mr.. Gallon imagines that three or touE
years careful observation would give 4
code of signals for full and complete interN
communication-Chicago News
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
HOW THEY DINED.
Methods of the English at Table in the
Seventeenth Century.

The old English had three meals q
day. of which the chief meal was taken
when the work of the day was finished,
says the London Times. The first meal
was at Q, inne was about 8 o'clock
and supper was taken just before bed
time. The Normans dined at the old
English breakfast time or a little later
and supped at Z D. M. In Tudor times
the higher classes dined at IL and
supped at 5, but the merchants seldom
took their meals before IL and 6
o'clock.
The chief meals. dinner and upper.
were taken in the hall both by the old
English and the Normans, for the par
lor did not come into use until the
reign of Elizabeth. Breakfast did not
become a regular meal until quite
lately, and DR.. Murray. in the Oxford
Dictionary. gave 1863 as the date of the
earliest quotation in which the word
occurred. The meal did not become
recognized until late in the seventeenth
century, for Pepys habitually took his
draft of half a pint of Rhenish wine or
a dram of strong waters In place Of a
morning meal. Dinner was always the
great meal OF the day. and from the
accession OF Henry Nv. to the death of
Queen Elizabeth h dinners were as
s%umptuous and e~xtrayagant as any of
those now served.
Carving was then a fine art, Each
guest brought his own knife and spoon,
for the small fork was not introduced
into England until Thomas Coryate. Of
Odcombe. published his ~CrUdities' in
1911. Pepys took his spoon and fork
with him to the Lord Mayors feast in
1868. The absence of forks led to
much stress being laid upon the act Of
washing the hands both before and
after meals and to the rule hat the
left hand alone shpuld be dipped into
the common dish. the right hand being
occupied with the knife.
The perfect dinner at the best time
of English cookery consisted of three
courses, each complete in itself. and
terminated by a subtlety or device, the
whole being rounded Off with ypocras,
after which the guests retired into an
other room, where pastry, sweetmeats
and fruit were served with the choicer
wines. The English were essentially
meat eaters, and 1t was not until the
time of the commonwealth that pud-
ding attained its extraordinary .popu-
larity. Indeed, the first mention OF
pudding in the menus of the Buckfest
at st. Bartholomew's Hospital did not
occur until ITO. and in 1712 Is an item
of FIVE shillings for ice.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
ALARMED BY SHOTS
CAME FROM VICINITY OF
ERIE STATION.
Feared Second H-old-Up-witnesses Sub
stantiated Agents Story OF
Attack.

Residents of the North End section Of
the city were given another scare at mid
night last night, when four revolver shots
rar~ out in the clear night air somewhere
in the vicinity of the Riverside station on
the Newark branch of the Erie Railroad
at Chester and Riverside venues less
than a mile away from the Fourth avenue
depot, where Ticket Agent Albert c. Bash
was held up at the point of a revolver at
Q o'clock yesterday morning. Policeman
Brown, of the Second Precinct, was among
those who heard the shots. He made a
search of the vicinity. but was unable to
learn who fired them.
People living In that vicinity have not
as yet recovered from the Fourth avenue
station hold-up. and when these shots were
fired last night 1t was thought that the
man at the Riverside depot was being at
tackled. But this proved not to be the
case. Gilbert Fisher, the day ticket agent
at the Riverside station, told an EVEN
ING STAR reporter today that he had
heard of no attempt to break in the of
fee, and said that John Dixon, of Har-
rlson, the man who tends the gates at
night. had said nothing to him about any
attempt to break or enter.
Mounted Policeman Andrew Sterling, Of
the Second Precinct station. went over
that section this morning, but he could
find no one who knew who had fired the
shots.
There have becn no new Developments
In the Fourth avenue hold-up. The acl
counts of Ticket Agent Bash have been
fully examined and 1t was given out today
that only the given AMOUNT, 5000. was
missing. 1t was also stated that Bash
story had, been accepted by the company.
Bash's Friends and fellow workmen are
much displeased over the report that Chiei
Of Police Corbitt mad characterized tht
affair as a "fishy story Al least four o.
them nave assured him their loyal supper
and will stand by him. These claim II
have seen the men who held up Bash. bui
surprising they were mllkmen who freuuen'
the freight yard at that hour In the morn.
ing, they paid no attention to them. The,
say they noticed that the men wert
strangers.
These men, who say they saw the hold
up, are Theodore d. Whipple, towermaI
at Fourth avenue; Luther Galloway, tow
erman at Third avenue; Edward Estelle
night Waterman at the Aaron w. Wood
ward bluest0ne yard in Passaic avenue
and Salvatore Bruno, night Waterman on
drill engine near the Mt Pleasant Gene
terry.
Bash was at the Office all last night al
usual. He went on duty at Z o'clock anC
remained until 7 o'clock this morning.
Policeman John T. Early, of the Second
Precinct, who arrived on the scene i'm
mediately following the hold-up, arrested
on suspicion Frank Lemard. negro, 81
years old, of 1W Lock street. in Mt
Pleasant avenue near Fourth avenue al
4:30 o'clock this morning. He had a bottle
of milk and Il loaf of bread in his hand
He was later discharged.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
PLANS TO BETTER
THE PUBLIC BATHS.
Board Of Works May Put in Sprinkline
System and Remove
= Plunges.

Commissioner Lambert wanted to
know at yesterdays meeting of the
Board Of Works what was being done
to improve the condition of public
baths. City Engineer Sherrerd stated
he was ready to. proceed as the money
necessary would be available from
the tax ordinance in the near future.
Commissioner Lambert wanted to
know If it would not be we'll to abol-
ish the tanks and put in all shower
baths. The engineer replied 1t would
be more sanitary, and that false bot
toms could be put in the tanks and the
showers placed in position for a small
sum-.
All the commissioners did not agree
with Mr.. Lambert about abolishing
the plunge bath, Commissioners Book
and EggerS stating that it would be
very unpopular with the youngsters,
who like to swim and splash. The
former suggested that a stream of
water be allowed to run through the
tanks constantly carrying off the i'm
purlties. City Engineer Sherrerd stated
that 1t would be an Improvement, but
would not thoroughly cleanse the
stanks-merely stir up the dirt"
He added that the reason why the
water was not changed in the tanks
more frequently was that the proper
heating facilities to take the chill off
the new water was not available. He
said that if the proper heating appli-
ances were at the baths the water
could be changed four times a day.
superintendent of Works Shipman said
1t took two and a half to three hour
to fill the tanks, and half that time
to empty them. Commissioner Lam
bert remarked that. If the water vas
changed four timesa day to keep 1t in
sanitary condition, there would be no
time to use the tank.
AZ do not care whether the move
would be popular or not" declared
Mr.. Lambert. 81 am opposed to the
tanks and want to see them removed"
The commissioners finally decided to
make an inspection of the tanks Mon
day afternoon.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
DEATH OF EPHRAIM HEIGHT
Aged Painter Succumbs to- Apoplexy
Brought on BY Heat.

Ephraim Hecht, of 443 South Ninth
street, who had painted some bits of
art work, reproductions Of which have
appeared in the ADVERTISER, died
from a stroke Of apoplexy brought on
by the heat, at his home late yester-
day afternoon. He was not feeling
well yesterday and went to bed. He
complained of feeling weak, and
toward nightfall passed away. He had
suffered two strokes before. The
funeral will be held from his late home
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter
ment will be In the Congregation B'nai
Abraham Cemetery.
Mr.. Hecht was born in Germany in
1888, coming to America when about
10 years old. He made his home in
the West, apd when the Civil War
broke out enlisted as a musician in the
Seventh Iowa Regiment. He served in
a number of engagements and was
honorably discharged at the end of
one year by General Sherman.
He was a merchant in early life, but
abandoned that business to become a
painter. His home is adorned with
many bits of his work, mostly of war
like and religious subjects. He re-
tired twelve years ago owing to poor
health.
Mr.. Hecht was married three times.
He leaves a widow and eight children,
six boys and two girls. All his chill
dren are married but two. He had
ten children in all, w being dead.
He was a member of Phil Kearny
Post, G. A. r., of the Hessian K. u. v.
and OF the Congregation B'nai Abra-
ham.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
ERIE R. R. HARD HIT
HAS BEEN ORDERED TO
MAKE REPAIRS.
State Railroad Commission Inspectors
After Corporation Work on New
ark Branch.

In addition to the strike with which the
Erie Railroad has had to contend for the
past two months and a half the new New
Jersey State Railroad Commission has be-
gun to get busy and its inspectors have
got on the trail Of this corporation.
The tracks Of the Susquehanna Railroad
from the point where they leave the main
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad to the
upper part Of Passaic County have beer
carefully gone over, and the officials o,
the Company have been directed to re-
place many ties. The tracks between
West End, a small station near Marion,
and Hackensack must be thoroughly re-
paired and hundreds of ties must re re-
placed with new ones. TIT same is true
between Paterson station and Worten-
dyke, a station In Bergen County.
The hridge at Little Ferry, which has
been called to the attention of the COM
pany's officials several timet by com
muters, has also been condemned and Its
inimmediate repair and subsequent re.
placal by a new structure has beer
ordered.
These orders have been issued by Charles
B. McKelvey, Of Paterson. formerly super
intendant Of the Susquehanna Railroad,
who WINS appointed an inspector of rail-
roads by the new railroad commission. and
]. F. Mcclure. until September. 1905. SUI
perintendant of the New York division OF
the Erie Railroad, who has also been
named as an inspector by the commits
sion.
The inspectors have also gone over the
lines of the Newark branch Of the Erie
Railroad and a portion of the Greenwood
Lake division Of the same road. Repairs
have been ordered to the tracks of botf
these branches at various points, and 1t Il
understood that two small bridges on tn
Greenwood Lake division come under tn
same bane as the bridge on the Susque
hanna road at Little Ferry.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
BY
'CORTLANDT
PARKER
To St. Barnabas Hospital
and Trinity Church--Es-
tate in Equal Shares.

Executors of the Will OF the late
his last will in the office of the Surro-
gate. Charitable requests are made to
st. Barnabas's Hospital and to Trim
ity Episcopal Church.
The will Is dated March Q, 1907, while a
codicil is dated July 8, 1907. Mr.. Parker
gives his estate equally, in nine shares,
to his children, INCLUDING the son of a de-
ceased child. after paying legacies.
He gives 500 to each of his children,
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sons
in-law and daughters-in-law for the pur-
chase of a keepsake or memorial OF him
self; also the interest on 5000 for life to
each of the following nieces and great
nieces: Cornella Halsted Parker. Eu-
phemia Ogden Parker, Louise b. Parker,
Penelope Huse, Anne d. Stokes and Emily
P. Lanier.
The net avails of his courtesy in his
wife's property he gives to the children
Of her sister, Mrs. Seeley. To his son,
Cortlandt Parker, he deyises any cheques
for services not cashed by him. To st.
Barnabas, Hospital, for the endowment Of
the Elisabeth Wolcott Parker bed as a
memorial of his wife, is given $1,000, and
to Trinity Church 5000 toward rebuild
ing the front pillars and steeple in stone.
A copy of Hoffman's picture of Christ
D~isputing with the Scribes"' Is bequeathed
to the Sounday school.
Mr.. Parker gives to the heirs OF Eaton
Stone. deceased, then ct balance of the
estate as wIlled by Eaton Stone to him.
Finally he leaves 81. 900 to his wife's nieces,
Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Tilton, and Mrs. Papasi-
antzD
His sons, Richard Wayne Parker, Gort-
Parker and Charles W.. Parker, are
named as executors. and any vacancies are
to be filled by the other sons in order Of
with full power to sell lands in or
out of tire Stqte in their discretion as to
time, price and terms.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
SIDE DOOR CARS FOR
NEW YORK SUBWAY.
Public Service Commission May Order
Them, as Result of Investigation.
Wins Brings Out Interesting Facts.

NEW YORK. Aug. Sit Is n
tigation of the local railroads by the
Public Service Commission, which Is
being conducted by William NJ. WINS,
as counsel. will be an order 10 the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Company to.
change the type of car In the Sub
way. Cars with the side doors, 1t Is
said, viii be ordered, nj it is expected
they win do away with the crush at
stations now so much complained Of.
The innovation will cost a million doll
lars or more.
While much Of the testimony brought
out at the hearings is chiefly Of local
Importance. there are occasionally
some developments of more than pass
ing interest. One of these is that in
40 per cent. of the cars run on the
local roads are straphangers.
Another interesting point brought out
was the reading by Mr.. WINS of q
portion Of the Incorporation act of the
Manhattan Elevated Company. which
contained a provision that a seat
should be provided for each passenger.
If a seat was not obtained a passenger
could ride free of charge. The road
was incorporated in 1875, probably so
long ago that this interesting provis-
ion vas forgotten.
Another thing that the Public Service
Commission Is doing, n which New
Workers. are noting, is the sending OF
men to all sections of the city to keep
tab on the time and number of trains
and cars. These agents are seen at
all hours of the night and day, taking
notes. Their purpose and usefulness
will probably develop later through or
ders to the company by the commits
sion.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
BRICK MEN SEEK TO
ENJ0IN RAILROADS.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 9.-As the result
of an injunction suit entered today
in the United States Circuit Court by
the National Paving Brick Manufac-
turers' Association against the Cen
trail Freight Association lines. the man
ufacturers expect to prevent the new
rates authorized by the Central Freight
Association from going into effect Au-
gust 15, for the Ohio manufacturers.
and September 10 for brick manufac-
turers of other States.
The brickmakers' association repre-
sent rs per cent. Of the paving brick
manufacturers In the country.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
KNOCKOUT DROPS
GIVEN By THUGS.
Report That Victim of Robbers was
son-in-Law OF Former Sen
ator Davis.

NEW YORK, Aug. "A man in whose
pocket was found a letter addressed to
Arthur Lee, "a West Eighty-sixth street,
was found unconscious In front of Is West
Twenty-ninth street today. His head was
gashed and the wound was tied up With a
handkerchief. Doctors from the New
York Hospital said he was evidently a VIC
tim OF robbers who had used knockout
drops.
It was reported that the man was the
son-in-iaw of ex-senator Henry G. Davis,
of West Virginia, candidate for Vice.
President on the Democratic ticket with
Judge Parker.
: There WIS no money or jewelry or the
man. The man is six feet one inch in
height, and his features are sharp. He
has a very prominent nose.
Policeman Byrnes, of the old Tenderloin
Station, found him before dawn lying
sprawled across the pavement.
The police say the man had apparently
been attaeked somewhere In the vicinity
where found. and hat the thugs who
beat him and drugged him had put the
bandages on his head.
He was sent to Bellevue by the View
York Hospital ambulance, where 1t was
stated he will recover.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
The Thonrhtf,,I landlord.

A New YORKER whose business IRE
q~uently takes him through the South
tells OF an amusing experience in a
country hotel in one OF the Carolinas
The New Yorker soon learned tina
the landlord of this establishment laid
1t down as n of his principles Of
action to give his patrons a little more
than they asked for-to be extra &C
commodating." as he termed it.
The e Yorker had left a call foi
6 In the morning, so that he might
take an early train North: and he went
to sleep in the calm assurance that he
would be aroused at the proper hour.
IT seemed hardly to have fallen into
a sound slumber." says he, when ]
heard a terrific pounding at my door
whats the matter7' I called out.
-Four o'clock! four o'clocki' cam
the landlords voice from the other side
OF the door. Two more hours tC
sleepr"-Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
BODY IN moReUE UNIDENTIFIED.

The unnidentihed man who'was found I'M
conscious at Peshine and Madison avenues
by Policeman Klose. Of the Fourth Precinct
station, "Wednesday night. and who was
taken to the City Hospital, where he had
convulsiops. died at that Institution yes
terday afternoon. County Physician Elliott
was Notified, and on investigation pro-
nounced death due to a convulsion. The
body will be taken to the mergue today.
The police claim the deceased is Slavish,
and believe. that his name is Joseph Ia
biskie. Nothing was found ON his person
that would lead to his identification.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
HEADS NEGRO UNIVERSITY.
The Rev. John weiF Made President of
New Orleans Institution.

CINCINNATI, o., Aug. 9.-Tne Rev.
John Weir, of Buckingham. w. Va. was
elected president of New Orleans Uni
' ersity at the executive committee meet
ing of the Board Of Education, Freedmen's
Aid and Sunday schools of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Just held in this city.
The appointment of the Rev. ]. A.
Kumler to the presidency of Walden Uni
versity at Nashville. Tenn. was confirmed
and the name of the Chattanooga ~institu-
ton was changed TO the Athens School
of the Chattanooga University"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
TO BE TRIED FOR MURDER.
Fred and Fay Magill Must Answer fol
Deaths of Mrs. Pet Magill.

CLINTON. ILL.,, Aug. 9.-Judge w. G.
Cochran announced today in the Dewitt
County Circuit Court that Fred Magill
and Fay Graham Magill, his wife,
would be tried at the November term OF
court on the indictments returned
against them charging responsibility
for the death Of Mrs. Pet Magill, the
first wife Of Maeill.
1t is said the defense will not ask
for a change Of emu The Magins
are at liberty on bonds~of $4,000 each.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Harry Koofer Struck at His Home il
Pennsylvania.

ALTOONA. Pa, Aug. o.-Harry
Koofer, aged "a years, was killed by
lightning last night in his fathers
home on Brush Mountain. The young
man was in his bedroom when a bolt
of lightning came through he roof.
His mother, who was in a lower room,
received a severe shock.
Koofer's uncle was killed by light
ming while working in a field on the
same farm ten years ago.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
BANANA FEELING CAUSE
OFINJURY TO AGED WOMAN

Caroline Leinheiser, 70 years old, of 10
Springfield avenue, slipped on a banana
peeling at Springfield avenue and Bergen
street last night and dislocated her left
elbow. She was taken to the City Hospital
jury was attended, went to her home.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
"MIKEv MCDONALD DEAD.
Murder of webster S. Guerin by His
Wife Broke Rich Gambler Down.

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-Michael c. Me-
Donald, for many years a leading poll
tician and a prominent gambler in this
city, died today in the hospital. Nc
Donald has not been prominent, how
ever. during the last ten a
The murder of webster S. Guerin by
his wife recently, had a strong effect
In breaking him down physically. He
leaves an estate alued at several mill
lions.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
STEAMER WRECKED
MAY BE TOTAL LOSS.
Norwegian Vessel, with Cargo Worth
$4,000, Goes on Rocks of the
Coast of Maine.

ROCKLAND, Me-, Aug. 9.--The Nor
wegian steamer Freysdel, Captain P.
Frantzen, was wrecked early today on
Western Malcolm lodges, about twenty
miles from here. and is expected to be
a total loss. She left Stockton Springs
at 7 o'clock last night with two-thirds
of a cargo Of spool wood. valued at
$S5, 1000, for Glasgow and was bound to
Halifax, N. s., to complete her cargo
with lumber.
The esteamer is valued at 100000.
and rs insured. =