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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
BUY SCHOOL SITE
HAWTHORNE SCHOOL add
TON PROPERTY BOUGHT.
Brown Plot Sold for S1,7oo-Archi-
tect for Burnet Street Building in
Row with Contractor.

Property for an addition to relieve the
congestion of the Hawthorne Avenue
School was purchased by the sehoolhopse
committee of the Board of Education last
night. and additional property necessary
for the erection of the annex will be pro-
cured soon, condemnation proceedings haV-
ing been instituted ON the property adj
joining that of Mrs. Lillian e. Brown,
near Clinton place and Hawthorne avenue,
which was purchased last night for 81, zoo.
This. together with the receiving of the
bids on the Warren Street School addition
and routine business, occupied the better
part of five hours.
James M. Tomey, chairman of the
Parents Association of Hawthorne Ave
nue. School, appeared before the commit
tee TO ask them to relieve the congested
there. A building on Clinton
place will be leased, which win
date two classes, relieving the situation.
p. r. Clements, of the Clements Iron
Works, and Architect Frank d. Ward, of
the Burnet Street School, had a lively
set-to on the question Of the trouble which
Mr.. Clements is alleged to have had with
at the Burnet Street School adj
ditlon, for which Mr.. Clements has a con-
tract for the iron work.
MIR. Clements alleged that his employees
had been 0rdefed on the BrOunu by u
delegate of their union because the mason
employed non-union men, who are work
ing on the building at the present time.
Mr.. Ward was quite sure that Mr.. Glenn
ents had not made a bonaide effort to
have his men proceed with the work and
was offering this as an excuse to dodge
the real trouble, which, the architect said,
was the non-delivery of material
After verbal pyrotechnics on each sid
had been INDUCED in, the committee sug-
gested that they consult together over the
situation, and they departed.
Reports from the different schoolhouses
under construction were received. Alfred
Peter, the architect of the Bergen Street
addition, said that Superintendent.
O'Rourke, of the building department, nan
caused the thickness of the wall OF the
building to be Increased from
twelve to sixteen inches. although the
plans and specifications had been approved
both by the superintendent of the building
of the Board of Education ara
he State architect. This necessitated thc
use of $4,000 additional brick, ana ht'
the contractor entitled to extra
compensation on this account. me nlstte
was laid over.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
STAYS FORMER PARTNER
AND SHOOTS SELF.
Murderer Believed His Victim Had Made
Money Out Of Business That
Had Failed.

BOGOTA, Nov. GA shocking double
tragedy took place in Elm avenue, Boz
gotta, yesterday afternoon, when Adolpf
Gunkel, of 519 East 147th street, New
York, shot and killed Adolph Lehman,
an oil dealer, of this place, and then
committed suicide by sending a bullet
into his right temple. The tragedy oc-
Cured in the kitchen, where Lehman
was at the table eating his dinner.
Mrs. Lehman says b two men came
into the house together. and she pre-
sumes that Gunkel had waited for her
husband near the gate. They were
talking loudly, and after going to the
kitchen Gunkei began to shout. n
door between the kitchen and dining
room was shut, but Mrs. Lehman plain
ly heard Gunkel demand money. Lob
man said he had none, and then Gun
KEEL exclaimed in a loud tone:
"Well, IL you have nothing for me l
have something for YOU" and immedl-
ately there was a struggle.
Four shots rang out in quick success
sion. Gunkel had clutched Lohman by
the throat and during the struggle fired
three shots. Two bullets went wide,
one landing in the ceiling and another
IN the SOulu wall. IN lutlQ SLA
Lehman in the left ear, penetrating he
brain. Lehman struggled for a few
minutes after falling and reached the
rear kitchen door, where he sank to
the floor again.
Gunkel no doubt concluded he had
fatally wounded his former schoolmate,
for he placed the revolver to his temple
and fired. His head rested In a large
pool of blood when DR.. Conrad arrived.
One glance showed he was dead. Mrs.
Lehman made the following statement;
MY husband and Gunkel were schoo
chums in Bremen. My husband came
to this country twenty-five years ago.
We lived in Brooklyn, where Mr.. Lon
man engaged in the saloon business.
Gunkel came to us when he first landed
from Germany and was a boarder IN
our house. About five years ago Gunkel
and my husband opened a saloon at
West and Jay streets, New York. Gun
KEEL put in about $400 and my usban
about $500. The business failed In
about a year. Gunkel always seemed
to believe that my husband made
money out of the failure, for during the
past four years he was continually
bounding him for money. He came
here last Tuesday and demanded
money, but my husband told him he
had none Gunkel was very abusive.
On Thursday night last we received a
registered letter demanding money.
There were no threats in the letter n
we had no idea at all that Gunkel was
becoming desperate"
Lehman was about 36 years old. He
had lived here about four years. He
seemed to prosper and was well liked.
He built the house the family live in
and had a little money in the bank.
my husband said he expected to take
some money out of the bank this morn
ing with which to buy a new horse"
said Mrs. Lehman.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
COMMUTERS HONOR DlAz.
He Did Much for Hackensack, and
Hackensack Is Thankful.

HACKENSACK. Nov. 27.-Haekensack
welcomed Citizen Jose M. Diaz witt a salute
of kisses, a banquet of homemade cake,
and a Jersey triumphal address when he
alighted last night in the Prospect avenue
station on his return from New York,
Hackensack did these things In recogni-
ton of his achievements as a civic Caesar.
Hackensack surrounded him when he
stepped off the train. Committeeman
Frank WI Smith escorted him to the wait
ing room.
For every fifty commuters with a
crouch, there is one with a plan, and 1t is
our joy that such a man lives in our midst"
said Mr.. Smith. HE certainly had the
nerve to go alone before the Erie officials
and address them as though they were
reasonable persons. Imagine what the sur
prise of the 10:45 train will be tonight
when she comes up and sees the decora-
tions!"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
HICKS TO STAY A MONTH.
Postpones Leaving Hospital for Insane.
Determined to Leave.

DR.. william II. Hicks, chief of the medi-
cal staff of the South Orange Avenue Hos
pital for the Insane, was prevailed upon
by the Board Of Freeholders' hospital
committee last night to extend the time
of his resignation until January l. He
had decided to retire December 1.
Dr.. Hicks had a long conference with the
committee In executive session last night,
and, although he was informed that his
services were much appreciated and 1t was
hoped he could see his way clear to re-
MAN,, he replied that he could not.
He said that he had fully made up his
mind to go, in order to take up a course
in alienist treatment in European hos
pitfalls so as TO get the experience that he
would like to have.
Or. Hicks said he felt that he could
make more money in private practise than
In doing hospital work. He finally agreed
to postpone the time Of his leaving for one
month.
The committee decided not 70 accept his
resignation, for the present at least.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
PRINCETON PRESIDENT TO PRESIDE.

NEW YORK. Nov. s7.-The twenty-first
annual convention of the Association Of
Colleges and Preparatory Schools Of the
Middle States and Maryland win commence
Friday morning in Townsend Harris Hail.
College Of the City OF New York.
The convention will be opened with am
address Of welcome by President John II.
Finley. Of the city college. The days ses-
sion will close with an address on SCHOOLS
and Colleges. by President Woodrow VIII
son, Of Princeton, who is president Of the
association. The convention viii end Sat
urday noon after an election Of oflcers.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
PARsoN BITES WIFE.
Woman Insists on Singing Dixie While
He Reads the Bible.

TRENTON. Nov. 27.-Placed on trial
here for wife-beating, the Rev. Alfred
Scantleberry, deacon in "a Princeton
negro church, at first denied the
charge and then confessed that the
trouble started because the woman
insisted on singing a parody on Down
in Dixie while he was reading his
Bible.
eye and her finger slipped in my mouth;
that's the way she came to get bitten"
he explained to the court, while the
spectators laughed so uproariously that
a tipstan threatened to clear the room.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
STICKS TO POST.
Engine Crew Saves Scores When Giant
Mogul Turns Over.

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. Humping
a switch at the Baltic avenue entrance
to the Reading yards, the giant mogul
engine drawing an express from New
York yesterday afternoon ran off the
track and toppled over on Its side after
running a few yards.
The hundred passengers aboard the
flyer escaped without serious injury
owing to the bravery of Engineer John
Erickson, of Jersey City, and Fireman
John Anderson, who stuck by their en-
gine and turned off the steam in time to
halt its Roadway. Both men went
down with their engine, but crawled,
unhurt, out of the cab amid clouds of
escaping steam.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
GAMBLING PLACE QUITS.
Bayonne Women Rejoice Over Courts
Closing of Den.

BAYONNE, Nov. 2T.-There was re-
joicing today among women In the Centre
vile section when, they learned tnat ne
corder Lazarus had fined Philip and Nor
rls S%chillowltz, proprletors of a gamplmg
place at Avenue c and Twentieth street.
who promised to quit business. =
The place has been complained OIL py
many women who declared that their nus
bands were in the habit of gambling away
all their wages. The police arranged 70
raid the place while the gambling was IN,
operation. but the proprietors were tipped
off In time.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
WOMEN cARE rOR WOUNDED DEER.

MELVILLE. Nov. 27.-The game
wardens of this section are searching
for the hunter who wounded a large
deer with a charge of birdshot near
Hesstown. The animal was found by
sportsmen suffering with a broken leg.
1t was captured with some difficulty
and placed in the care of women. who
win nurse it back to health.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
MT. HOLLY SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.

MT. HOLLY, Nov. 27.-The body of
man who committed suicide at the
West End Hotel by asphyxiation, wnlch
was identified as Alfred Puller. py g
Hanover street, Trenton, was shipped
to the home of Addison Puller. a
brother. at Hightstown. yesterday,
where the funeral was held IN the
afternoon. Members Of the family had
not seen nor heard from the suicide
for twenty-five years.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
KILLED QUITTING WORK.
Miner Neglected Warning in Riding Up
the Shaft.

DOVER, Nov. 29.-Andrew Toxic, IS
years old. was killed In the Hurd mine at
Wharton yesterday. With a number of
others he had finished his days work and
was coming out Of the mine in a skip.
He a been warned to keep his body
erect while going up the shaft, but neg
lected to do SO. and his head was caught
between a roller Of the cable n the
side wall, crushing the right side Of the
skull 70 q pulp. He had been married four
months.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
HOSPITAL BID, $4,000.

JERSEY CITY, Nov. 27.-At the
meeting yesterday of the Hudson
County Board of Freeholders proposals
were received for the construction of
a new tuberculosis hospital al Snake
Hill. The lowest bid was $4,000.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
The State of Nebraska. Red Willow county....

The State of Nebraska. Red Willow county,sS.
To all persons Interested i'll the estate OF
George HOcknell, deceased:
Whereas, Benjamin NJ. Frees, has filed in my
office an instrument purpOrting 10 be the last
will and testament of George HOcknell, late Of
said county, deceased, and said Benjamin NJ.
Frees has filed his petition herein praying to-
have the same admitted d to probate, and for the
issuing of letters teStamentary. which will re-
lates to both real and personal estate: ] have
therefore appointed the 10th day of December,
1907, at 9 o'clock a. M, at the county court room
of said county, as the time and place for hear
ing said will, at which time and place you and
all concerned may appear and contest the allow
ing of the same. 1t is further ordered that said
petitioner give notice to all persons Interested
in said estate of the tendency of this petition,
and the time and place of said hearing, by cauS-
ing \ copy of this order to be published in the
Nc COX Tribune, a newspaper printed and pub
lishrd i'll said county, for three successive weeks
pr =, .OuS to said day of hearing. And notice Is
her, y given that said petitioner will, on the
2Sth day of November, 1907, between the hours
of a. m. and 8 p. IN. take the depOsitiOns of NJ.
R.. NJ. Sheng and other witnesses, in support of
said petition at 23l La Sale street in the city of
Chicago, Cook county. Illinois.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and official seal this 5th day of November,
19O7.-11-S-3ts. j. {. MOORE, County Judge.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
The Worlds GypSies.

The gypsies have passed under a va
riety of names, arising either from
their supposed original country or the
callirgs and characteristics of the race.
The old English Egyptian, the Span
ish Gitana and the Magyar Pharas
nepek Pharaoh's people, all point to
an Egyptian origin. The Scandinavian
Tatare Identifies them with the Mon
golian hordes which terrorized early
Europe, while the French Bohemian
suggests yet another country as their
cradle.
AS to the names bestowed by their
supposed character, the Arab boldly
calls them harami "a v%illain), the
Dutchman heydenS, II heathens, and
the Persian takes his name from their
complexion and dubs them karachi, or
swarthy. 4 charter Of William the
Lion, as early as the twelfth century,
mentions their Scotch name of tin
klers, which is commonly supposed to
be q corruption of tinker, although pos
sibly the substitution of st" for ''z''
has produced this form of the Italian
Zingaro, one of the most widespread
of gypsy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Chron-
icle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
What Is a Midshinmah2

By luck / for the first time in my
life have found q plausible derivation
for midshipman. 1t would appear that
in the days Immediately after the flood
the vessels were very high at the ends,
between which there was q deep
"waist," giving no ready means of
passing from one to the other. To
meet this difficulty there were employ
ed a class of men, usually young and
alert, who from their station were
called midship men, to carry messages
which were not subject for the trum-
pet shout. If this explanation holds
water, it, like forecaStle and after
guard and knightheads, gives another
instance of survival of nomenclature
from conditions which have long since
ceased.
Whatever the origin Of his title, it
well expressed the anomalous and IN
defined position of the m~idshipman.
He belonged, SO to say, to both ends of
the ship as we'll as to the middle, and
his duties and privileges alike fell
within the broad saying that what was
nobody's business was a midshipman's.
When appointed as such in later days
he came in with the haySeed in his
hair" and went out fit for a lieuten-
ants charge, but from first to last,
whatever his personal progress, he
continued as a midshipman, a handy
billy.-Captain y. T. Mahan in Har-
Dpr'S
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
Queen Elizabeth as an Ale Drinker

There is an amusing letter written
by the Earl of Leicester to Lord Bur
leigh as to the lack of sufficiently
strong ale for the queen at Hatfield.
"There Is not one drop of good drink
for her here. We were fain to send
to London and Kenilworth and divers
other places where ale was. Her own
beer was so strong as there was no
man able to drink it." Ale and bread
were the chief items of the ROYAL
breakfast. The quantity of ale on
sumed by ladies at breakfast in those
days was considerable, for in the reign
of Henry VIII. the maids of honor
were allowed for breakfast lone Chef
loafe, n manchet, two gallons of ale
and a pitcher of wine" A Lady Lucy
made a mighty tonic of the national
brew. Her breakfast was a chine of
beef, a loaf and a gallon of ale, and
for her pillow meal a posset porridge,
a generous cut of mutton, a loaf and a
gallon Of Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
Comets In Oiden DAYS,

People nowadays do not regard the
comet as one of those signs that fore
run the death or fall of kings, but the
superstition was still current in the
time of Queen Elizabeth, though, to
the amaZement of her cOurtierS, the
queen calmly scOrned it. 1t was also
thought that If the sovereign would re-
frain from looking at the malignant
celestial paSserby 10 harm would come
to her. On one occasion EliZabeth's
attendants shut and curtained her Win
dows, but her majesty, as might have
been expected, with "a courage an
swerable to the greatness of her es-
tate" caused them to be opened, cry
ing as she looked up: "Jacta est alea-
the die is castr' Then, like King Knut
ON the seaEhore, she read her people Il
homily, asserting that her "steadfast
hope and confidence were too firmly
planted in the providence of God to be
blasted or affrighted with those beams
which either had no ground in nature
w%hereupon to rise or at least no war;
rant in Scripture to portend the mis-
haps of princes"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
A SINGULAR DUEL.
How the Death Penalty Was Admins
tered to Two indians.

tered to Two Indians.
The following story illustrates very
well one of the characteristics of the
Indian, as it shows that Indians, as a
rule, did not mind dying so much as
they were particular about the method.
1t was n good many years ago at Pine
Ridge, when there was trouble with
the Cheyennes. Major Cooper was
there rs agent, and there were two
young Cheyennes who were badly
wanted for murder. They had way
laid and killed a prospector. They
were not caught, and the chances were
that they would not be unless the sol
diers were called in. If this were done
it was likely to precipitate trouble
with the whole tribe, and Major Coop.
er laid the case before the headmen.
They were told that If the soldiers
were sent for there would surely be
trouble and were requested politely to
ask the two erring bucks to come in
and be hanged.
vas CilI " LIZ W NOuiS
Indians, Head Chief and Young Mule,
who were out in the hills. They sent
word back that they had no objection
to dying if it would keep the rest Of
the tribe out of trouble, but that If
they had to die they preferred to die
fighting, and they wanted 1t distinctly
understood that they would not be
hanged. 1t was entirely against the
customs of the government, but rules
did not go for much in those days.
Results were the chief things, and
Major Cooper sent word to them that
if they wanted Il fight he would risk
accommodating them. A date was set
and early in the morning they rode to-
ward the agency, fully armed. Major
Cooper was out to meet them, and the
rest of the tribe, the potential hOStiles,
were gathered on the hills to see fair
play. The agent rode out into the
open and slipped off his horse, using it
for cover and shooting across the sad
die.
The two young Indians galloped up
to within shooting distance and COM
menced circling, hanging on the off
side of their ponies and shooting I'm
der their necks and across their heads.
The tacit understanding was that if
they were killed it was all right, but
if they got the agent they would pull
out into the hills and wait for some
other challenger. The fight did not
last long. Cooper had a heavy buff
falo gun and killed n Indian, shoot
ing him through the body of his horse.
The other kept on circling, and several
shots were exchanged till the Indian
was shot through the body. He knew
it would be all up with him in a few
minutes and charged, shooting as he
came. But the agents luck held good,
and he was dropped within fifty yards.
The law was satisfied, and the agent
was able to report officially to Wash
ington that the Indians had been eX-
ecuted.-Washington Star.
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NOTICE

To Charles r. Mckillip, nonresident defend
ant: You are hereby notified that on the eth
day OF October, 1907, Nellie /. Mchiilip, plain
till. hlcd petition against you in the district
court OF Red Willow county, Nebraska, the Oh
Ject and prayer of which are to obtain a divorce
from you on the grounds that, although you are
oil sufficient ability to provide suitable maintcn-
ance for her, that you have grossly, wantonly
and cruelty refused and neglected to provide
last past and have since the date of said mar
riage become an habitual druukard, and that
plaintiff may be given the custody of Clyde NJ
Mchllhp. and Floyd {. Mckiliip, children of
said parties, and for reasonable aIimOny.
You are required to answer said petition on
or before Monday, the 2nd day Of December,
lyUI.-lU-254ts.
NELLIE ]. MCkILLIP, Plaintiff.
BY Royle & Eldred, her attorneys.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08

State of Nebraska, Red Willow county. -:
In the matter OF the estate of David H.. Berto-
lette, deceased:
l., j. c. Moore, county judge Of said county in
said state, hereby notify all persons having
claims and demands against the estate of the
said David X. BeriOlette, deceased, that have
set and appointed the following dates for the
claims aud demands as provided by law. at the
county court room in McCuuk, Red Willow
county, Nebraska, to-wit: The md day of De-
cembcr, 1907, and the 3rd day Of June. 1905, and
all persons so interested i'll said estate will APP
pear at said time and place and duly present
their said claims and demands in the manner
required by law or show cause for not 80 doing
and in case any of said claims shall not be pre-
sented by the 3uth day of May, 1908, the same
shall be forever barred. -
Given under my hand and the seal Of said
county court this 18th day of November, lJII.-
LISTS. j. C.. MoOEE, County Judge.