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The evening world., 1908-03-12
JERSEYMAN GETS
BLACK HAND CALL .
FROM NEW YORK
Ordered to Pay $1,000 Levy
at House on East Broad
way or Suffer Death.
Especial to The Evening WORLDLY

FREEHOLD. N. J.. March 12.-Louls
Finegold. a merchant. and HIS family,
are hourly expecting a visit from a
member Of the Black Hand here, and
are much wrought up in consequence.
In the first mail Tuesday morning Mr.
Finegod received special delivery
letter demanding the payment OF 81, 90
In cash by noon yesterday on pain
OF his and his familye death. The let
ter. which had been mailed In New
York. was written In poor English and
signed The Black Hand" and con-
tained a sentence in Italian at the bot
tom
The writer gave evidence of hts
knowledge OF Mr.. Finegold and his
family and directed the man to tell no
one but his wife OF the letter. He
was told to place sl,000 in bills in a
corset box and leave Freehold on the
Il o'clock train Wednesday and pro-
coed directly to New York. He was
warned that ne would be watched
from the time he took the ferry at
Jersey City. and was directed to take
course through certain streets until ne
reached house on lower East Broad
way. the number being indicated.
There the writer ordered he must
stand until a man passed and, with
out spoken word. took the box from
his hand. He WAS to remain standing
there for five minutes thereafter. Fine
gold was warned that he would be sur
rounded by members of the Black
Hand on all sides while in New York,
and that Il ne 2raciised any treachery
he would not leave New York alive.
A peculiar part OF the affair is the
fact that NJ. Finegold was in New
York Monday and less than twenty
four hours prior to the time he re-
ceived the letter had bought bill OF
goods from wholesale merchant located
at the number on East Broadway in
dicated in the letter. Finegold Will not
comply with the request for money hut
Is eNpending a Eoodly part of the
amount in surrounding himself and
family with extra protection.
The evening world., 1908-03-12
FOLLOWS AUNT'S
WEDDING PLANS
Miss Pauline French and Mr..
Wagstaff to Be Married at
Newport May 5.

NEWPORT. r. l.. March E.-Samuel
wag.tafr of New York. and hts nancee,
Miss Pauline Leroy French. Of Tuxedo.
telephoned yesterday from Oakland
Farm. South Portsmouth. whore they
are guests of Mrs. A. g. Vanderbilt.
that they will be married here In st.
John, p. E. Church on Nav and
that the wedding breakfast and recep-
ton will be held at Harbor View, the
summer home of the brides grand
mother. Mrs. Francis o. French. on
IIalidon Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. @. Vanderbilt were
married in St. Johns and their we'd
ding breakfast and reception were held
At Harbor View and 1t was decided
by Mrs. Vanderbilt that her niece
should follow her example. Tho pros
psctive brides mother, Mrs. Amos
Tuck French. IL here with her mother.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Leroy. but tho home
Of the maternal grandmother was found
10 Be too small for Vanderbilt break
fast and reception. hence the selection
Of the homo of tho paternal grand
nother.
The evening world., 1908-03-12
MAIL NOT STOLEN, BUT
PROBABLY ON WRONG SHIP.

LONDON. March Ian official of
me American mail department Of the
British Post-Ohlce said to-day he was
confident that tho fifteen registered
mail packets which disappeared In
January. supposedly while in transit
On the steamer Celtic between Liver
pool and New York. had been missent
from either London or New York and
that they had not been stolen.
The receipts from the Csltio show
that the right number Of mail bags
were delivered on board that steamer
and landed at New York. but the
officials declared there was stu chance
for mistake and that the department
had not vet received verifcation from
New York that the bags had been de-
iivered there; Mails Mall, were despatched
the Celtic sailed and there II Q possi-
bility that the mail bags intended for
New York were sent aboard the wrong
steamber If this Is SO they will be
WASHINGTON. March IAN inves-
tigation Is being made bv the Postoff'ce
Department into the reported disappear
ance Of a number OF registered mail
Great Britain on the steamer Csitie,
hast.
In the view OF the American postal
officials the sacks did not reach the
Celtic at all. and either were lost or
stolen in Great Britain, or placed on
some other steamer than the Celtic A
thorough Investigation made In New
York Indicates that the missing pouches
did not arrive there either on the Celtic
or ary other steamer that has arrived
since Jan. 90. The investigation Is be
Ing continued by the officials in New
ftrk: but It alreadv Is evident that the
missing sacks did not arrive In this
oount1-y
The evening world., 1908-03-12
MISSING TWO WEEKS.
Ferdinand Lenke, Retired Mer-
chant, Disappeared on Feb. 20.

Tho relatives OF Ferdinand Lenke. a
retired merchant, rave asked the police
TO send out general alarm for him.
Mr. Lenke. who Is sixty-nine years old
left his homo at No. ZIG East One
Hundred and Twelfth street, on Satur-
day. Feo 70, and has not been seen or
he ard of since. He was in good health
and had no reason to wander away. He
had q few dollars with him when he
left home. but not enough money to
carry him anv distance.
The evening world., 1908-03-12
zsIAYA's MOTHER DIES.

MANAGUA. Nicaragua. March "a
The mother of Preslieut Zslayn oi
Nicaragua died here yesterdaX
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-07-17
Wife Hides Fortune.

San Francisco, July 14.-Recent-
ly searching an old dress belonging
to his late wife, Samuel Smyth, a
pioneer resident of Oakland, discov-
cred two bank books showing de-
posits of $4,000 in two Oakland
banks. Mrs. Smyth died last March,
but the widower has just now dis
covered the fortune. The money will
be transferred to Mr.. Smyth.
In 1871 Samuel Smyth and his
wife were married. She owned prop
erty in the business section of Oak
land. In order to improve the prop
erty, Mr.. Smyth saved his earnings,
giving them to the care of his wife,
and the latter mortgaged the prop
erty to pay for the construction of
a brick building. In time the mot
gage was paid off and the wife quiet
ly commenced saving money. On her
death the real estate was transferred
to Mr.. Smyth and is valued at $40,-
900.
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CleYeland,s VIII Filed.

Trenton, N. j., July 1.-THE will
of Grover Cleveland has been ad-
mitted to probate. 1t is in Mr.. Cleve-
lands own handwriting and makes
no disclosures as to the extent of his
wealth. After some minor requests
and the creation of a fund of $10,-
900 for each of the four children, the
remainder of the estate is left to
Mrs. Cleveland. In the will Mr..
Cleveland expresses the desire that
he be buried at the place where he
died and that his body be not re-
moved unless 1t should be absolute
ly necessary to have it repose by the
side of his wife. Mrs. Cleveland is
made executrix and Frank S. Hast
ings executor.
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APPEALS IN LUMBER CASES.
Asserted That Commission Exceeded
Its Powers.

Chicago, July 14.-Western rail
roads have determined to contest in
the courts the decision of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in the
now famous lumber rate cases. This
decision was reached after several
conferences held in the Office of J..
C. Stubs, traffic director for the
Hartman lines The decision of the
Commission is said to be a "strad-
die" and the traffic men represent
ing the railroads do not hesitate to
declare that the body made a
''botch" job of it. The decision is
likewise not altogether pleasing to
the lumber interests of the North
west.
The suit will bring to the front
important questions of jurisdiction,
in so far as the Commission is con-
cerned, and will result in a judicial
decreee as to powers assumed by the
Commission.
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Girl Masks as Boy.

Omaha, July 14.-Unhappy home
relations led Melwood Kemmaster, a
17-year-old San Francisco maiden, to
seek employment on dining-cars
dressed as a boy A few days ago
the runaway was arrested in Omaha
on charge of vagrancy. The police
judge, after she had admitted his
guess was correct, told her to assume
her own attire and return to her
home. Discouraged and penitent, the
girl broke down and told the judge
she was willing to go back home,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-07-17
Mother and Daughter Injured.

Port Townsend, Wash, July IA
AS the result OF a runaway, Mrs. A.
w. Buddress, wife of a prominent
local attorney, lies at the verge OF
death, while her 6-year-old daughter
sustained sever injuries, both arms
being broken and her ankle dislocat-
ed. while driving at Chimacum. Bud
dress while visiting with his family
at Chimacum urged his family to
occupy the surrey while he was
hitching the horses. The animals
suddenly SHE'D and ran away, the
rig being upset before his eyes. The
recovery of Mrs Buddres is extreme
ly doubtful az she was in delieats
health.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-07-17
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-TracK prices: Club, S5c;
red Russian, S3c; bluestem, SIC;
Valley, S5c.
Feed. s24.50; rolled,
$25.50Q $3.50.
Oats-No. l white, $3.50; gray,
$26.
Hay-Timothy Willamette Valley,
fancy, SIS; do. ordinary, s12; East
ern Oregon. $3.50; mixed, SIS;
alfalfa, S12.
Butter-Extra. Csc; fancy. 23c;
choice, zoe; store, Ice.
Hops-1907 crop, 5 a nc.
Eggs-Candled, II a 1Sc.
Wool-Valley, IA a Is 1Ac 10 (;
Eastern Oregon, ga Ice, as to
shrinkage.
Mohair-Choice, 1SQ1S19c.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-07-17
San Jacinto Forest Renamed.

Washington, D. c., July 1.-THE
San Jacinto National Forest, in Cali
fornia, will hereafter be known as
the Cleveland National Forest. 1t
has been so re-christened by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in honor of the late
President Cleveland, under whose
administration the first National For
ests were created. In 1897 in honor
of Washfngton's 165th birthday an
niversary and on recommendations
of the National Academy of Sciences,
President Cleveland created 1S Ma
tional Forests, containing about 49,
100000 acres. The San Jaeinto For
est was one of the original 10 so
created.
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have been political and personal
friends for many years. The follow
ing is the telegram:
Hon. John w. Kern, Denver,
Colo: Accept my warmest congrat-
ulations. Your nomination gratifes
me very much. We have a splendid
platform and l am glad to have a
running mate in such complete har-
mony with the platform. Stop off
and see us on your way East.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN"
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ventions had spoken on the subject,
he declared his allegiance to the
party and went into the campaign
that followed and did his utmost to
elect Bryan.
John W. Kern was born in Alto,
Ind, December 20, 1S49. From
1897 to 1901 he was city attorney
of Indianapolis Mr.. Kern is red
hot campaigner, an orator of force
and eloquence. He was the friend
of Hendricks and Voorhees, and
served with them in many memoir
able political battles.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-07-17
Gan Get Title in One Year.

Washington, D. c., July 1.-THE
Secretary of the Interior has issued
an order permitting settlers on the
Minnidoka irrigation tract in Idaho
to pay building charges, amounting
to $22 per acre, in from one to ten
years installments. The previous or
der would not permit full payment
inside of five years. Failure to get
title was delaying the leyying of
taxes and impeding the improvement
of towns. The change is made in
recognition of popular clamor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-07-17
SEATTLE MARKETS.

Wheat-Bluestem, see.
Oats-s26.50d27. 50.
Barley-$25 q 20.
Hay-Eastern Washington timo-
thy, $15d17 per ton; Puget Sound
hay, $1OQ12 per ton; wheat hay,
$3.50 per ton; alfalfa, $3.50 q 10
per ton.
Washington creamery, Csc
per NJ; ranch, zoe per 10; Oregon,
24c per ID.
Selected local, 22Q 24c
per doz; Eastern and Oregon, zee
per doz.
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BRYAN IS PLEASED WITH KERN
Running-Mates Personal Friends
for Many Years.

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July IA
When he received the news of the
nomination of J. w. Kern for Vice
President, Mr.. Bryan said his views
on the nomination could best be ex-
pressed in the telegram which he
sent to Mr.. Kern. He is not only
pleased with the nomination, but
pleased that it would meet with such
unanimity. There were a number
of persons whom he counted as avail
able, and Kern was always included
in this list. Mr.. Kern and Mr.. Bryan
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-07-17
KERN sTAUNCH PARTY MAN.
Popular In Social and Political Life
in Home State.

IN lODhC 5lAAGs
indianapolis. Ind, July 14.-John
W. Kern, nominated for the Vice
Presidency by the Denver conven-
lion, has been a prominent figure in
state politics for a period of "a
Fears.
Mr.. Kern has always been a
Itauneh party man. In the prelimi-
nary campaign of 1896, when there
was such a determined free silver
sentiment and it seemed inevitable
that the approaching Democratic
State Convention would indorse free
silver, he was a pronounced gold
man and entered freely into the fight
to create sentiment in the party
against the new political dogma.
When the state and National con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13

under the care of
q wise looking
nurse with spec
tacles, with the
accom- panying
rhyme:
Hush, little fresh
man;
Don't you cry.
You'll be a sopho-
more
BY and by.
The girl with
the big ambition
to join one of
the Greek letter
societies, an am
hitiOn which she
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13
Games For St. Valentines Day.

A pleasant sort of entertainment for
lowing plan: AS many valentines as
there are children are written and Slip
ped into tiny envelopes. The children
then choose pOstman from their num-
Der and blindfold him. The postman
is given an envelope and delivers it to
any child he can catch. The one caught
in turn becomes postman. and the
game so proceeds until all the children
have received letters. There are many
variations TO the game. such as an
noucing each post TO be from some
distant city, as Denver Philadelphia,
Chicago, etc. The mails should be call
ed quickly and the sport not allowed
to lag
Another pleasant little game is play
ed by concealing n number of differ
ent colored candy hearts about the
room before the little guests arrive
Then at a signal the hunt begins. A
white heart counts one for the finder,
n blue heart two, a yellow three, pink
four and red five The child who has
| the greatest number of points at the
| end of the game may be rewarded with
| box of candy.
Another game quite popular on st.
Valentines day is that of love, with
Dan Cupid as the chief performer. But
| this is played in so many ways that IT
| is idle to lay down rules here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13

And so on until the entire eight were
disposed of.
With a tiny grindstone which was
sent to chronic funker was the
rhyme:
Your marks, my love. have fallen behind.
Grab the handle and begin to grind.
a young woman who was invariably
secretary of any organization to which
she belonged received one year bunch
of all sorts of pencils, big and little,
red and blue and ordinary black, and q
rhyme explained:
AS you're always a "sec,"
You can use this peck
To a chatting dish expert was once
sent water color of chatting dish very
cleverly painted, and in it was q very
large heart Underneath was the invi-
tation:
Thou. lady of the chatting dish,
I'd stake much on thy cookery.
Take my heart. my valentine,
And serve it in thy nookery.
A star golf player received from an
admiring freshman framed copy of q
Gibson girl:
Though you are no cad,
You need caddie.
Since that Is your fad
Let me be that laddie.
For the basket ball captain there is
drawing of shapely young woman
in gym" suit, with strained, tense
look on her face and torrent of rules
pouring from her lips. The girl who
has tried all winter to learn to skate
| and has failed Is remembered by q
skillful picture of herself f1oundering
on the ice while prominent members of
the faculty look, anxiously on. and q
bit of poetry explains that she ''cuts
no ice"
For the class president who has made
slip in parliamentary practice there
Is miniature copy Of Cushing's Man
ual. The freshman who has a mania
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13
cor .nowers-princess of Wales VIC.

COR 'fowers-Princess of Wales vio-
lets"-
TOO conventional" she vetoed.
"My ingenuity ends there" he COM
planned.
Perhaps your first selection will be
just the thing" she said hopefully.
Il wish it might be-" he returned
fervently. Here we are" said he a
moment later.
They stopped before a big window
which glittered and glinted with many
tokens of 4 cunning craft.
This one" he said. down in the
corner-the fellow in the morocco
case"
1t was a splendid diamond.
Would she like it, do you Think" he
asked.
She looked at him quickly. There
was no installing the meaning in his
eyes
Tit depends, of course, whether
or not she-er-likes you," she faltered.
Its just that that troubles me-" he
| said. I'm not sure whether she does
or not"
Her eyes met his defiantly.
| well" she said grimly, eff I were
| you I'd find OUT
| Does she like''-he began bravely
and ended "the-the vaIen
| tine?"
She was silent. Her eyes We're fixed
on the little morocco case.
Hang itr' he said penitently. Il for
got. There's heart about it after all
isn't there?
| She answered without raising hel
eyes.
She'll overlook that fault And, any
way. the heart is the right size
Harry"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13

for college brushes receives a design OF
hydraulic press, and for the maiden
who is constantly going home on ac-
count Of homesickness there is string
Of toy cars, with the words, Home,
Sweet Home" sticking out of the
smokestack. Short skirt enthusiasts re-
ceive a prophecy that their future will
be in the ballet, and the maiden who
is attached to sweater is gently told
that meal bag would be more becom'
ing.
The college valentine is grind from
beginning to end, and every fad and
folly is touched up. The grinds are
carried out in every conceivable way
by water colors, by sketches, by poems,
by incongruous articles. The most fall
lible girl receives the most valentines,
and at least once a year she Is glad
she has so many imperfections. The
freshman, of course, is the particular
| butt of the sallies, and an unusually
| unsophisticated "freshie" once received
very green little paper doll which was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13
College Girls
And the Saint
A St. Valentines Day Sketch
BY MGTi0m Meliuso

copyright, 1908. by Marion Melius.l
t3-,t1,T. VALENTINE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13

labor. Sometimes the girl with the
money supplies the idea and the deft
fingered girl works it out
There are girls, however, who sniff
at employing a valentine hack, but will
labor day after day until they have
evolved some creation of their own.
No matter if the meter does halt Woe
fully and sometimes gives out alto
gether, ending in dry prose, or the pic
tured maidens have queer, twisted
faces and the Cupids a thin appearance
instead of the fat, healthy aspect
which is supposed to belong to the
little fellows, it only makes more mer
riment, and the recipient cherishes it
because it has probably caused the
sender many fiunks in recitation.
This year all the dead broke girls
and there are numbers of them in ev-
cry wOman's college--will receive ap-
pointments to life insurance jobs. To
the maidens who cannot keep their
buttons sewed on will go punches of
the licorice buttons which the children
buy in the penny candy stores. The
lazy girl has been known TO receive 4
bunch of firecrackers, and maidens
who insist on wearing their hair in
pigtails down their backs have re-
ceived communications from the Suth-
erland sisters. A ludicrous valentine
received one year by little fat girl
was plump sofa pillow, so pulled and
twisted that it had decided resem-
blance to the recipient. For the maid
en- who had a penchant for ices was
once devised an enormous Interrogation
point and on 1t in black letters. How'd
You Like to Be the IcemanT'
When the music was whistled and
sung by every one, more than one tall
college girl received bar or two OF
Just Take Little Bit OF the ToI
For Me- on st. Valentines day. 4
chronic borrower once received an end
less chain letter. An engaged girl whs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13
Mast Valentine Verse.

In 1893 a book of 1JS pages. called
"In Praise of Bishop Valentine" was
printed in London. filled with poems to
St. Valentine. This collection is but a
meager hint of the vast volume of
verse that has been poured out upon
the altar of love in connection with the
festival of Feb. IA. \ collection of the
newspaper and magazine verse printed
each year in America alone would fill
volume of the size mentioned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-13

he made that amount yesterday rum
ming errands for the coek-and it must
have heart on il" she explained.
'Ha, The difficulties multiply" said
Scrivener darkly. iJ,
I'D like your help in the matter if
you're not too busy" she said. Were
you going anywhere in PARTICULAR"
II was going up to the club for
lunch" he said. II wasn't really GER
tain 1 wanted lunch Now I'm sure l
don't"
Well make it a committee of two.
then, if you don't mind" she remarked.
Delighted" he said heartily.
They made merry round in quest
of the requisite valentine.
In the first shop they entered Scriv-
Ter pointed out the fact that all the
decent valentines cost more than IS
cents. in the second those that came
within the stipulated price were deck
ed with hearts far too inconspicuous.
and in the third the hearts were much
too large and of the wrong shade of
red
Scrivener suggested they try little
place well uptown, where he felt GER
tain they could find what they wanted,
so they took car uptown, only to find
! the little shop quite sold out.
81 think you must want that lunch
by this time" she said as they took
the downtown car.
| "If I thought of lunch at such a crit
ical moment as this l should consider
myself false to Donald's interests" he
replied ingenuously.
Finally they foupd valentine that
cost II cents and, as Miss Stanton
said, with >au uneasy glance at her
watch, would pass muster"
| Scrivener expressed his doubts on
this point and suggested that they look
further, but even he had TO admit that
the heart, pasted goFgeously in one cor
ner, was of the right size and color.
! When they came on TO the street
again it was growing dark. Miss Stan
ton held out her hand.
I'm awfully sorry to have delayed
1. your lunch in this fashion, but l think
1t will taste all the better because Of
the good deeds you have done this aft
ernoon." she said
Scrivener looked at her thoughtfully.
eff it wasn't so late" he said, I'D
like to ask q favor of you"
tits never too late to ask favors."
she commented gayly.
I'm intending to send valentine
myself" he said. I'D be very grateful
If you'd help me choose it-give ME a
few tips about it, you know"
"If you've made your 10 cents and
won't insist on having a heart on it,
perhaps l WILL" she laughed.
my word ON it." he said.
Have you decided what sort OF
valentine 1t shall be?" she asked.
II did think of one I'd like to send
her. he said But, to be candid with
you. I'm trife afraid of the lady. l
have my doubts whether or not she'd
like it Shall we have look at it,
It's in window down the street"
by all means" she said.
Perhaps I'd better send something
else. How would box of candy dol
1t needn't be a heart shaped box"
She'll probably have pounds of can
d.