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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-06
FOXING SHOW. AT KLINE'S
GYM THURSDAY NIGHT.

Patsy Kline, the local scrapper, will
conduct an all-star foxing show at his
gymnasium, 294 Market street, Thurs
day night. The star bout will be be-
tween Kline and Jack Ward, a former
champion of New Jersey. Leach Cross,
the noted Gotham fighter, is slated to
act as referee.
eSix other bouts are on the card, Dan
Savage VS.. John Bendokas, Tony Ben
der VS.. Louis Black. Frank Doninger
VS.. Arthur Conley, Fred Nieberg VS.. ].
Spiero, M. Barris VS.. w. Leary and Is,
Miller VS.. E. Miller.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-06
RACING AT NEW ORLEANS DEC. S.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 8.-Hearslip
and Lagarde, Of New Orleans, are here
and say the race meeting at Crescent
City will begin on December s and last
until March 20. They are to confer here
with the majority stockholders Of the
two tracks at New Orleans. who prob
ably will agree to lease tho tracks to
Crdacent City business men.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-06
IRVINGTON BOYS
TO HAVE FIELD DAY,

The Irvington boys intend to hold a
field day October 10, 1908, on Essex
County Speedway. 1t will be the first
of it's kind held In Irvington in fifteen
years.
The events will be: Ffve-mile run.
220-yard dash. 10O-yard dash, 4oO-yard
dash, one-mile relay race.
The officials are G.. H. Shourt, j. G.
Johnson, e. H. Heydecke, G. w. Bond,
F. Krumick.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-06
ELEVEN HAS BEST
PRACTISE OF SEASON

Il x after the q~uarterbacks; Jay Lyttle,
'01, who will have charge of the ends.
and Knox Taylor, '95, who will CO.
operate with H. l.. Janeway, 80, in In
structing the centre men.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-06

ELEVEN LINED UP ON FIELD FOR C
ter. The Mncmen nre, reading from left to right. Edsan,

half; TuttIe, left half, Booth, full, and Adams, quarter.
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NEWARK HIGHS LINE TO
BE HEAVIEST in YEARS

mond Fryer, the Peddie boy, at tho
other half is putting up a rafting eooo
game, and has first call for tina POSI-
ton.
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ren. in I-S2 And in little cemetery IN
the same town IS his grave The grave
yard IS in the northern end Of the VII
iase. and IN the northeastern corner Of
that. where Il Is most crowded. is where
he lies. II is uufeuced. h0werless. and
shrubless. From the center Of tie lot
rises a monument with an inscription
half vav I'D. Beside him rest the bodies
OF his wife. one son, and parents Presi-
dent Van Buren was a member Of the
Dutch Reformed Church, the first and
only President Of that faith until the IN
auguration Of President Roosevelt
Not more than about ten yards from
President Monroe IN Hollywood Gene
terry lie the remains Of President Tyler
The contrast is strange President Mon
roe lies under a monument that - unlike
others in its 0rnateness. and President
TYLER lies with nothing whatever 10 mark
his resting place. and only a magnolia
growing at the head Of the grave Presi-
dent Tyler was born In 1IS0 and Ike most
Of the other Virginians, was an EpiscO-
paIiau He was carried 10 the cemetery
! by some Of the most noted men Of the
South
James Knox Polk was born IN SIechlen-
burg County. y c. in 17s5. but III.
I iadopted home was Tennessee His hoUs'
/ IN Nashville was not FAR from the home Of
| President Jackson with whom he was in
innate. Like Andrew Jackson, he wa:
] a Presbyterian. He IS buried at his home
| The monument that covers his grave wa.
! planned by William Strickland. who wa'
the architect who planned the Unite'
/ State Capitol The monument IS Of lime
stone. twelve feet square and twelve fee
high. with roof and columns Of IN
/ Grecian Doric style On the east from
are the name and Gate of birth and dealt
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SOME OLD MEMORIES

miles from the city on a crest 80 feet
above the lake On the highest point
Is the grave Of oga second nartyred
president His ra5nSnent IS OF Ohio
sandstone. 1s5 feet high. with q balcony
around the top. which affords maS-
nffcent view. T1c- lower part Is devoted
% the chapel. containing panels and re-
-sets. showing scenes II his life. while
in the crypt beneath rests his body Pres
tdent- Garfield was q preacher Of the
Christian Church
President Arthur is buried in the family
lot in Rural Cemetery Albany. y L
The monument is a polished granite
sarcophagus. by the side Of which stands
q beautiful bronze figure Of sorrow II
the base is the single word arthur
While In Washington President ATtllL
was a member OF St Johns Church
The death Of President Cleveland IS toe
recent TO require anything 70 orl1g u
before Us. for It was with great sorrow
that our last ex-President was laid %
rest. His grave is il Princeton Gene
teTy. Princeton. y J.
one Of the most simple Of all monu-
nents that mark the Presidents resting
places is. that over the grave Of President
I Harrison IN Crown HiI. Indianapolis. On
/ a rectangular piece OF granite mounted on
a carved base which Is supported BY
short. thick pillars, Is the one word
I Harrison" Here sleep the President and
his wife. He was a member Of tha
J church Of the Covenant during his term
| in Washington
! Nobody need be told about President
/ Mckinley. The grief that was shown
I throughout the entire country was proof
enough of sorrow And those who have
not seen the ivy-covered vault wherein
he Hes IN West Lawn Cemetery, neal
his home. in Canton. Ohio, have read
OF il. President Mckinley was Meth
odist. and attended Foundry Church
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Of the President that lies beneath, while
the southern and western fronts bear
the inscriptions
Body Frequently Moved.
The remains Of the twelfth President.
Zachary TAYLOR. have been moved from
Dlace TO place more than those Of any Of
our other Presidents He died at Wash
inEton in 1850. and was buried here Then
the family claimed the body Of their loved
one. and he was removed TO the family
home. about five miles outside Of Louis
vile Ky. He was not 70 remain there,
however. for the public devotion 10 the
President overcame that Of his family.
and he was again moved. this time 10
rest in the cemetery at Louisville. where
all who cared 10 might come TO see the
grave. Again the family love overcaTae
all obstacles, and the President was once
more moved, by his nephew. TO Cave Hill
Cemetery, Louisville, only 10 have Ken
lucky claim that he was her President.
and so he was moved. for the fifth and
last time. TO the State capitol Frankfort
where his resting place is marked by a
granite shaft sUrmoUuted by hfe-slzed
marble statue in full uniform, the whole
bafnF thirtv-seven feet high President
I TAYLOR was an Episcopalian-
! Three miles north Of Buffalo. n Y
and a little east Of Niagara River, IS thai
{ beautiful city Of the dead, Forest Lawr
] Csmeterv. Here in an inclosure thirty by
I forty feet. surrounded by an IRON falIlns
set IN a stone curb, you will md tbs
/ grave Of President AIiIIard Fillmore Il
the center Of the plot is a mOnumen
| -xeuty-two feet high. bearing the on
I word Fillmore. The President is burle'
on the east side. with the graves Of fv'
Of his family around him He was bon
/ in New York in IS00, and belonged 10 N
Episcopal Church.
The first and only President from New
Haupshire was Franklin Pierce. born u
Concord In 1904 He IS buried in the Mino
Lot which IS adjacent TO the old Concor
Cemtery- It is In beautiful condition
being well cared for. Here in the north
west corner. lie the remains of our four
teenth President. and over the grave
an elaborateIy wrought Italian marbl
monument. The only inscription is hi
name and the date Of his birth and deatl
His first name here IS spelled Francis. tu
no record can be found 70 account for 1
and his son. who is buried beside him,
spoJzen Of as Franklin The only suppos
+ion that can account for the change
| that when he got older, DreferrinS II
name Of Franklin. he always used H.
Directly after President Pierce come
lanes buchanan. who. like his predece
sor was the first and only President fro
his state Pennsylvania He was born
Franklin County. Pa. in 17sl, and died I
his home. Wheatland. IN 1858. He was q
first Presbyterian since President Pol
He IS buried in Woodland Hill Cemeter
Lancaster. Pa. near the chapel and 4
river. The lot IS Sox12 feet. and inclos'
by q high iron fence. twining in and O
Of which are beautiful roses, while Z
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ro-- IN v-ss-moreIand County in los. He
& also s7fd 10 have been aU-rS the nrst
members Of the Phi Beta Kappa F'rater-
uitv- He died in New York CITY. and was
buried there untu July ISIS twenty
seven years. 10 the day after his death.
At that time the body was removed 10
Richmond. Va The entire town was
decorated with notices bearing witness
20 its devotion and respect. and the body
was followed out % Hollywood Cemetery
bv an unusually large procession Ahe
monument that marks the place IS dill
ferenr from those generally seen, and so
brings the resting place Of Monroe inJo
greater prominence The lot Is IN Jne
southwest and mOst-frequentec part OF
the cemetery, where. from slight e-eTa-
ton. il Cverlooks the James River and
the valley and country around Ine
President lies FIVE feet underground in
a brick vault This is covered with
block OF polished Virginia marble eight
l by four feet. and this in turn supports
large sarcophagus cut IN the shape OF
CofHn. where. on a brass plate. dark from
age IS the inscription TIE ends IND
sides Of the monument. between the pill
I lars. are filed with ornamental cast-lron
/ EratinEs. which are so compact that II
! is almost impossible 10 see through Ine
/ interstices.
] I0lu quincy AtA--ilSr SIAN
and son Of the second President lies,
with his wife. by the side Of his mother
and father. Born and raised in Bran
tree the memorial tablet stands on the
/ left Of the pulpit in the church where
I 10 Is buried. II IS similar 10 his father s,
] with below the bust. in Latin 'Alteri'
/ Saeculo." divided by. an acorn and two
| oak leaves Over the tablet IS Thy King
/ dom Come As on the other monument
the inscriptions are in two columns, The
/ first 10 the President and the second to
his wife
Grave of Andrew Jackson
With Andrew Jackson for the seventh
President is found the first Presbyterian
who has entered the White House, as all
the Presidents thus far. with the excep-
tion % Adams and jefferson have beer
devout Episcopalians. Jackson was bcrI
/ in I.s7. and after he retired from public
, life spent the remainder Of his time a
his home. The Hermitage. in Tennessee
Eleven miles from Nashville, on III
. Lebanon turnpike is his house and
grave. The Hermitage IS a two-stor-
brick dwelling. and about fifty OF sixt,
: rods away IS the little frame house tha
he used before It was built. while al
, around are the outbuildings. all Of whicl
? are slowly going 70 decay In one corne
, OF the yard. about 200 feet from the house
are the graves of Jackson and his wife
. They are under a massive monument o
: Tennessee limestone. From a circula
8 area Of earth about eighteen feet aCrOs
D and two feet high rise eight futed col
E umns, which support a plain entablatur
e bearing an urn IN the center Of th
e platform Is q pyramid, while by the sid
Z Of Jackson's grave Is q stone bearing a
inscription
s IN a little town called Undertook.
2 New YORK, was bern President Van 81
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LOOKING over the list OF ex-Pres-dents.
il Is found there IS not one living at the
n-ssent time. the recent death OF eX-Pres-
i5ent Grover Cleveland deprlving The na-
lion Of IFS last That. il turn, produces
thoughts ar their graves Some there are,
no doua-. that have not even been heard
about. as they are in obscure places
On the slth Of April, 17S9. Gen George
Washington became the first Pres-deL-
Of the United States HIS tomb is al
Mount Vernon. near the house wherein
he lived and died The original Wash
fre-on estate consisted Of 500 acres, and
in 1S1s Virginia passed an act aUcEor-z-
inC the purchase Of some Of that ground
by the ladies Of the Mount Vernon Asso-
ciation. They bought 20 acres. for which
they paid $4,000, and since then the
place has been cared for, so that to-day
visitors may 60 ana see the house almost
as il was when Washington lived there.
except where, in q great many instances.
souvenir hunters have tEoug-tiessiy
broken Of bits OF things here and there,
thus unarring TO q great extent its original
beauty. The old tomb IS in quiet
r1aca only a short distance from the
house. and so situated that Ms Wash
fnrtou. IN her declining days, had only
10 20 10 her bedroom window 70 see Il
The new one. made Of brick as stated
/, the Presidents VIII, is in small
ravine aboundine IN trailing arbutUs and
sweetbriar- His body was not placed
here. however. until thirty-eight years
after his death resting in the old tomo
I'd 10 that time IN the anJeroom OF tIe
new tomb are the sarcophasi, containing
the remains Of George and Martha Wash
ington. and IN a vault behind are those
Of about thirty Of the Washington family.
Up until October L, 1S57. the sarcophasi
were kept in the vault, from fear OF
disturbance. but at that date they were
removed 10 their present resting place
the door Of the vault locked, and the key
thrown into The Potomac
Graves of Father and SOC.
John Adams was born in I7s5. and be-
came second President al the age OF
sixty-two. He lived and died at Brain
tree. now Quincy. Mass Both John
Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams
are buried in what IS now q Unitarian
Church. but IN their day Il was Congre-
gationaI. Of which faith they were sJronz
uphoIders. The church stands em0owereC
among giant elm and chestnut trees,
massive stone building, supported IN IRON
by heavy stone pillars. and with cupoE
and guded dome above II At the TIM
Of his fathers death. John Quincy Adam
purchased a deed from the trustees OF IL
church. which was then just IN construc
rion. for "a portion Of SOL in the cellar
situated under the porch and containi1'
fourteen feet IN length and fourteen fee
IN BREADTH with the privilege OF put
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song BY An OLD BACHELOR.

Oh. tender lovely woman is
a thing Of down and satin;
Some SPOT q ds1thieSs roses she
should make her habitat in
How carefully she wraps her up
When winter sziris end rarElcsi
4 se=Iskiu sacs upon the back
And -auze upon The ankles.
On. gracious lovely w0Uan IS,
II Gie1d the hahn. slc-
The ulai-reTi-r aucel here.
Mans stay in storm and calm she.
She -roojEs cur brow. she bus7s us ID
Thrcugh fate's outrageous twls-ers-
And with fair liTs she sJu1dly rips
Hcr luCsless Grant sisters!
Oh. fragile lovely woman -
Behold the .weaker vessel.
Uuffted b. he- feeble frame
With stress and ruth 20 wTestle.
No hers TO walk. uct hers 70 work.
With ease her r1th We hem, sir
So that she ny INT shop al day
ard "bridgc" til f0ur a. Il, szi
Oh. darling lovely woman IS.
The vine about the oak she;
Our ever present. Jog ard hght.
our ever .ureseut Joke. she
Without her life would be but T1y
And we but duh, sad foxes;
lis she supplies rs Taradise-
And s1ldTy PsradoKes,
-Edwiz L. sabll
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4 BIRD-LOVING BARON.
Has Provided 1000 Nesting Boxes
on His Estate

At least one man with a big estate has
made use Of IL 10 help birds 10 live there
instead Of turning IL into a sort OF open
air slc.ghter-house.
He IS Baron Won Berlepsch and his es-
tate in Thuringia is a bird sanctuary Ac-
cording to a writer in the Pail Mall Mag
azine. he has planted trees and bushes
favorable 10 the birds he wants 10 cuiti-
vate and has supplied 1900 nesting boxes
in addition
OF these 5000 boxes 50 out Of every 10
were occupied last spring. In one thicket.
q little stretch planted with low bushes,
there were a hundred nests built by the
birds at the rate Of a nest 70 every foot
Of space. A close hedge Of whitethOrG
and wild roses protects the grounds on
the village side from the chll5iIen who
might want to come a-birdnesting, and
| lingeniously contrived traps await rs
rauding creatures
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lawn within Is dotted over with other rare
rosebushes. Il the center Of the lot IS
a vault. and in this lies the President
TWO miles from Springfield. H. IS Oak
Ridge Cemetery. Here. under the most
beautiful monument that marks the rest
ing Mace Of any of our Presidents les
Abraham Lincoln. The monument which
cost Sz7655l. consists Of a tall pyramid
on the TOP OF the catacOrlb wherein lies
The body Just IN front Of the pyrarIio
IS 2. statue Of the President. with scroll
IN hand. Intended TO represent the procla-
nation Of emancipation At either side
Of the President Is q group II IS called
the National Lincoln Monument Inc
BODY IS encased in an air-ught leao
case. which Is placed IN sarcopnagus,
which in turn IS in a strong vault Al
one time an attempt was made 70 steal
the body Of the nartyred President. ana
when IL was discovered the vault nad
been broken open and the end OF tls
sarcophagus torn away Since then eN-
ira. precautions have been taken. and no
| further attempts have been made Presi-
dent Lincoln was q Presbyterian, ana
while he resided in Washington attended
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church
/ Andrew johnson, who became President
I Immediately after the ASSASSINATION o.
! President Lincoln. died OF paralysis ~
J CARERS DepGr- Tennessee. He Is buried
beside his wife half a miis southwest o.
I GreeneviIIe. in Greene County. Tennessee
I The graves are on a cone-shaped emf
/ nence- and from piers on each side Of
I them rises a granite arch OF thlrteeI
| stones The graves are covered VIII
| white pebbles while the inscription i
on a monument that sUrmOunts the arcn
/ President johnson was not churci
member. though his wife was a Meth
odisL .
The next President was Ulysses :
| Grant. Nothing need be said Of the sol
dier Of whom everybody has both rea'
and heard. His body lies in state oy N
side Of the majestic Hudson. on Riversid'
Drive. II is useless 10 describe the nlonG
ment that marks his resting place 10
those who have not seen ii have Tea'
/ descrfptions or seen pictures OF Il ior III
/ graves Of President Washington an
President Grant are the two best known
. While President Grant was in WaSnine
ton ne attended the Metropolitan Metno
I dist Church
After President Hayes retired rom p1u
lie life he lived at his home. IN Ere
= mont Ohio. where his wife died be
= buried by her side in the family lot !
lOakwood Cemetery, Fremont The "a
I he was laid away the temperature va
E lalov~ zero. thus necessitatng a shol
service. President Hayes was Nett
odist. and while IN the Capital attende
! I the Foundry Church
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ting tablets On the wall Of the church
bearing obituary inscriptions. Here. IN
1szS. were placed the bodies Of John
Adams and his wife The tomb is in the
front part Of the cellar. made Of great
blocks Of EraE5te. slightly faced 1I5
door is made Of a granite slab seven oy
three feet hung On strong hinges and
fastened with clasp and paddock The
bodies are tncIosed N leaden Caskets-
placed IN collins hevn from a single block
of granite In the church above IS the
memorial tablet. on the right Of the pull
pit as seen from the pews. a marble stand
three by four feet on which IS placed a
life-sized bust by Hcratio Greenoush-
Below the bust i. Latin Libertatern-
Amicitiam. Fi5em- Rzrinebus-" Above the
tablet Thy VIII be done" The tnscUp-
ton is n two columns. the first 10 Presi-
dent Adams. the second 70 his wife
Thomas Jefferson lies at his home In
virginia. Monticello. Historians have dis
agreed as 20 his religion, some saying he
was an atheist, others that he believed
IN Christianity. but was not sectarian.
while others claim that he helped the
Episcopal Church In the fiyleaf Of an
old account book was found. long after
his death- and fl his own handwriting. a
description of the place where he wanted
IN some quiet. uufrequented place. where
only the birds and plant life would be
near him. And surely he could not have
wished for a more secluded place thar
where his body now lies Il is on the
right Of the Charlottesville road and q
good vav from the house. There Is &
plot of about 110 feet square. the walls o.
which are now broken down. wherein ar,
the u1cared-f0r graves Of five genera
tions. children and grandchildren &c
Here Jefferson sleeps. The mOnUmen
that distinguished his from the othe
graves was so mutilated by visitors tha
( Congress tried 10 have a new one pu
| I'D and succeeded in its second attempt
I Now his grave Is marked by a tail granit
| Obelisk-
Lived in H Street.
| James Madison was born in 1751, and a
the time Of his nomination as fourt
/ President was living al ISIS II stree
/ northwest. After he retired from publ
/ life he lived at his home in Virginia
which he called Montpelier. It is fou
miles from Orange. in one Of the mos
! beautiful parts Of the State The hOus'
which Is set among sixty acres Of bear
tifuI lawn scattered over with giant tree
said 10 have been planted by his wifi
Dolly, IS larger than are most Of Il
! homes Of Virginia's noted men Here ais
IS an inclcsure OF about 1O0 feet squar
walled IN by five feet OF brick. and II
here that Madison Is buried. with h
wife. over his grave is g mound Of cart
from the TOP Of which rises a grant
obeIisk nearly twenty feet high, near 4
base OF which Is his name and the dai
sI birth. By his side Is a smaller sha
70 mark the grave OF Dolly Madison
The fifth President. James Monroe, WI
= another son OF Virginia. having bes
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Ruried in Cleveland.

President Garfield died at Elberon, y
]. on the 18th OF September, ISL It IS not
necessary 10 say much Of the last five
Presidents. as they are known 70 every
one President Garfield Hes in the most
beautiful cemetery iA Cleveland. Ohio
Lake View, as It's name indicates. IS SIX
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