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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-10-20
Navadans Alarmed.

RENO, Oct. 2O.-Neyadans aresealS
The evening world., 1908-12-11
$4,000 MISSING
FROM POLICE
FUND, IT IS SAID

Police Lieutenant Maurice Harmon to-
day told an Evening World reporter at
the Brooklyn Police Headquarters that
$1,000 WAS missing from the treasury OF
tho Patrolmens Benevolent Associa-
ton. Patrolman William NJ. Levy. who
Ia the President Treasurer OF the organi-
cation, heard Lieutenant Harmon an
nounce the shortage and he affirmed II.
II do not charge that the 5000 has
been stolen, but I do claim that 1t has
been improperly spent said Lieut. Han
non. "They have $500 members in the
association, and this 5000 represented
the initiation fund. which has been spent
without proper authority In cab hire,
drinks and other methods OF entertain
ing prospective members"
Lieut. Harmon. In a statement to
Deputy Commissioner Baker, further
said that Commissioner Bingham and
Deputy Commissioner Hanson had
possession OF the books OF the organ
ization. and that they were conducting
a secret investigation into its affsirs.
All OF the foregoing was disclosed
through request from Lieut.. Harmon
TO have the trial OF Patrolman Martin
J. Hanley transferred from Deputy
Commissioner Baker To Deputy Com
missioner Hanson, Hanley is charged
with making false statements regard
ing the Patrolmen's Benevolent Asso-
citation 10 his superior officers"
Lieut.. Harmon told Deputy Commits
sioner Baker that Hanley had said a
former patrolman named Brown. who
Was dismissed for running saloon,
Was a member OF the association.
I'VE have the books OF the organiza-
ton, and We have failed 20 md the
names OF many Of It's members entered.
he said. Il have been assigned to In
yestigate what has become OF these
moneys
Deputy COMMISSIONER Baker decided
% send Hanleys case 10 Deputy Com
missioner Hanson.
The evening world., 1908-12-11
EXPLODING LAMP
BURNS HE|RESS
Of P. LOR|Li ARD
Mrs. Allien-LivingSton Victim
of Accident at Rance
cas- Farm.


MOUNT HOLLY. n. j., Dec. 11.-SIrs.
Lillian Barnes Allen Livingston. mis-
tress Of the famous Rancocas Farm by
the viii OF Pierre Lorillard. narrowly
escaped being burned TO death last night
and liz being ministered to to-day by
physicians, in the old Lorillard home
stead. II is feared that her beauty may
be permanently marred through the
bursting of an oil lamp, which set fire
to her clothing and hair.
Mrs. Livingston was alone IN her
library, reading, last night, when the
lamp on the table beside her exploded.
A shower of blazing oil enyeloped the
woman and the tiimsy stun OF her gown
hared up.
Screaming with fright and pain. Mrs
Livingston ran into the hallway, where
she snatched up a rug and endeavored
TO wind II about her and quench the
flames. Her hair had caught fire, and
when the servants came rushing to her
she seemed ablaze from head to foot.
The presence OF mind OF a maid who
lung a thick shawl over Mrs. Livings-
TOMS head, saved her eyes and the other
servants beat out the fire In her clothing
with their hands She lost conscious
ness before the flames were entirely
extinguished.
The oil from the lamp had set FIRE to
carpets and hangngs, but before the
blaze could spread beyond the library 1t
vas extiuguished Mrs. Livingston was
carried to her bed and all the physi-
clans in the neighborhood who could he
reached were summoned TO the man
sion.
Since her marriage to George Liv-
Ingstuu, the prominent New York
clubman and member Of Mayor Lows
cabinet as Commissioner OF Public
Works, the uus-time Miss Lillian Barnes,
otherwise Mrs Alien. mas lived in re-
tiremeut on the old LOrllard estate.
near lohstoWu, The marriage occurred
In Florida Oh Feb. s. 1906,
The evening world., 1908-12-11

j. Is said the agents approached the
umplres at the Polo Grounds. The two
oNiclais were offered a fortune. The
agents Of the gamblers said they wers
ready 20 bet fortune on New York.
Rejected the Proposal
tmpires lem and Johnstone rejected
The proposition and Immediately made a
written report to President Pulliam. No
action was taken until the National
League meeting.
President PuIliam declared to-day that
the guilty persons would be prosecuted
20 the limit of the law. as the officials
were determined To- preserev the integ-
rity OF the game,
II was remarked to-day that there
weer no close decisions in the memora-
Bile contest; that is, any that affected
the result. t'mpires are human, and II
is not likely that either Klein or John
stone were / ma particularly friendly
frame OF mind respecting the Giants
when the game began.
The evening world., 1908-12-11

I'VE buy the cats for quarter each"
said young Harrison. "Thcy are poor.
starved, Outcast cats, and We tenderly
etherize them and put them in bags. We
find their stomachs empty and other
evidences OF physical suffering"
Il suppose" interrupted the Magis-
trate severely, that you are SO gentle
in etheri'ing them. that they go to sleep
with the st smile Of their harassed
lives"
quite So" replied the student, They
probably never had a happy moment
until they passed away. Then We dis
sect them in pursuit Of our studies"
II don't see what science can get ont
OF cat that has not already been got
out of cats" retorted the Magistrate,
Il will hold you both in $500 bail each
for trial"
Further protests and letters from Nro-
fessors Of medical colleges of this city
were of no avail so the two young cat
dissectors were led away to a dungeon,
The evening world., 1908-12-11
WA[TH0UR VOWS He
WILL REGAIN LAP OR
QUIT CYCLE RACING
Game Little Rider, Recovering From
Strain of Regaining One Lap,
Says He Will Overtake
the Leaders Tonight.

w regain that lap tonight quit the bicycle forever de-
clared Bobby Walhou this afternoon during period OF relief
Madison Square Garden "The end will find tied with the leaders
am condition and Root ready the sprint OF his life. We
will get before midnight
five O'Clock Walhou trailing the bunch ami occasionally
sitting up his saddle except when the sprntS of Anderson and Palmer
excited all into action Root taking thirty minute which
needed for the just recovering from the terrible strain of
" eineslay morning when they re2ained the lost lap
The evening world., 1908-12-11

Mrs Grace l., Robinson. twenty-one
years Old, applied to-day for an annul-
ment OF her marriage To Herbert Robin
son. and told Judge Thomas, In the SUI
preme Court. Brooklyn, long story OF
a years persecution and threats by the
man before she finally consented 10 the
ceremony
She said she had repeatedly refused
to marry him. hut that he would call
night after night at her home In Bor-
ough Park and tell her that II she didn't
consent he would KIN her and himself
one night while she was on her way Ia
church. she said, he overlook hen and
accompanied her. going into ehuTeh
The evening world., 1908-12-11
MAGNATES TO ASK JEROME
FOR ARREST OF OFFENDERS.
Fortune Rejected by Officials, Who Made Re-
port of Incident to President of League
and Gave Names of Men Who
Approached Them.

President Harry Pulan of the National Baseball League this
afternoon sprung the baseball sensation the year by declaring that
syndicate of gamblers tried to bride Ump and tombstone who
oated the game between Chicago Giants which decided
the rennant
The preS this afternoon submitted their evidence the National
League board They the of the agents. Messrs Brush
Ebbe,S Hermann and Pulam appointed committee to take
charge of the and the evidence Jerome
with request that the guilty persons arrested and punished for
attempted bribery
The evening world., 1908-12-11
FANATIC SHOOTS Up
NEW JERSEY TOWN;
IS SHOT BY POSSE.
Declaring He Is John the Baptist,
Aged Intruder Holds Up and
RObs Residents at Point
of Revolver

The little village Edgewaer n j. under the Palisades opposite
the foot of heth street. was terrorzed
this by SXy-ive yel-oi maniac who suddenly ap
peared the main waving big revolver ami shouting that
he "Joln the Baptist come tie world"
He held up half dozen citizens robbed the M three business
Establishments wagon exchanged many shots with
hastily rose and bowlei with pistol wounds his head
ana face after running chase OF half mile
The evening world., 1908-12-11

Clark Grimth. formerly manager Of
the Highlanders, this afternoon signed
manage the Cincinnati Reds for two
years at salary OF $500 year.
For a month or NOR" IT has been
rumored that Griffith would manage
the Reds. II was said that Hermann
offered him 5000 a year. but the old
Fox held OH for higher salary and
finally gained his point.
The evening world., 1908-12-11
"OLD FOX" GRIFFITH SIGNS TO
MANAGE CINCINNATI "REDS. "

The appointment Of Grifith probably
will cause a change in the proposed
plan to transfer Bresnahan from New
York Ia st. Louis. II was said that a
three cornered deal was in progress
which would bring Catcher Schlei and
Outtielder Murray 10 New York.
For the first time since the baseball
magnates aud managers met in New
York this week President Brush and
Secretary Knowles appeared to-day at
the Waldorf Astoria.
The evening world., 1908-12-11
SCARED INTO MARRIAGE, SAYS
Girl WHO ASKS AN ANNULMENT

with her and telling the priest they had
come tn be married
TIE priest refused to perform the cere-
mony and Robinson took her to the Rev.
Mr. Dobay, where, she says, she was so
frightened that she allowed the cere-
mony TO proceed, She says she went
home Immediately and has never lived
with her husband, Judge Thomas re-
served decision.
The evening world., 1908-12-11
DENIES KILLING
FATHER; TOUCHES
DEAD MANS FACE.
Terrible Ordeal for Son of
Pulera, Shot to Death
in Mott Street.

Alter Vito Pulera. aged hfty-four. Was
found murdered with a bullet in MS
brain, IN 4 narrow courtyard at No. III
Mott street, at dawn to-day. Policeman
twenty year-old son, Dominica. and put
the youa through an ordeal that made
him writhe and squim and tremhIe
with so many contradictions and eaui-
vocations that he has been cast into
cell on suspicion OF being his fathers
slayer.
There were crimson stains on the
boys hands. though he cried to all the
saints that lie was innocent.
Egan, on post near where the crime
was committed. was called by news
boy and told of the finding of the body.
Egan ran TO, the place and bumped
into the son. who was talking wildly
TO a woman.
Some one has killed my fatLer" he
said to the officer, pale and shaking.
Egan's alert eye noticed that the youth
held his hands behind his back.
"Show Me Your Hands,"
"show me your hands" he command
ed sharply. Young Pulera hesitated
until Egan shook him by the shoulder.
Then he stretched out his hands Both
were stained red.
SHOW me your father" ordered
Egan. and trembling in every limb Tire
boy advanced into the dirty courtyard
between the front and rear houses.
There the body lay, stretched on it's
face. already stiffened. The dead man
had been shot through the brain from
behind. The bullet wound was back Of
the right ear,
Young Pulera held his head averted
as he stood near the corpse.
Pistol In His Room.
Egan reused him suddenly with the
demands
Where's the pistol?'
Me no know" trembled the boy.
eff you give me the gun I'll let YOU
CO." said Egan.
Completely deceived by this promise,
the youth led the officer upstairs to the
room where he slept. Hidden behind
two tattered valises was a cheap old
revolver with one cartridge newly ex-
ploded,
Taking possession OF the weapon.
Egan dragged the hoy back TO where
The evening world., 1908-12-11

$40 Meu's Winter Oyercoats, St.Oa.
The Hub Clothing corner, 227-1es
SsSadw St o cor s1,G oI az SSRS P9st.
sizes. "a to ~, In Blacks. Grays and
browns; worth sic In any other store
our special price to-day and Saturday,
U4.e6. Open Saturday nlsht until 10 sss
The evening world., 1908-12-11
Mems Fine SiIL-Lined OVercoats AT
$3.50; worth $40.
Al Kings, 2i3 broadway, opposite
CIV Hall.

GTsAt N|UT'OHt sale I0-Iul md sac
urday of Mems kcrsey, Melton ana
rtripr-. sllN and satin lined. az N-J,
North R'1 best bargains in Mems
Oyercuai- offered iu TINS city Kings.
its broadway. open saturday night. -
The evening world., 1908-12-11

Al 4 o'clock the leading riders were
one mile and nine laps ahead of the
record Of Miller and Waller I'm 1899 TO
retain this comparative position or to
even equal the record the leaders must
maintain an average OF IS l-2 miles an
hour for the remaining thirty hours.
Jack Prince, the first man 10 bring
the American record for seventy-two
hours up to 1,O5O miles. and f. Ed
Spooner, the round the clock champion,
with $40 miles, looked over the riders
this afternoon and declared the race to
be the best ever held in the Garden.
Spooner, who scored every siX-day race
between the two coasts for fourteen
years, was enthusiastic in praise OF the
Hill Demara team, which, he says. has
made the best showing he has ever
seen In a sK-day race.
Root Fears mcfarland.
Both Prince and spooner thought that
Root and Walthour would he In at the
finish. Root evidently fears MacFar-
land more than any other rider in the
race. for he said late this afternoon:
"MacFarland is the hardest man in the
race TO beat. He is riding better now
than al any time in the past twelve
years"
mcfarland tried to worry Hil and
DeMara this afternoon, and the riders
INDUCED in several wordy scraps while
whirling around the track.
Remember what we did to Fogler
Well. Wen do the same to the Kids"
big Mac" shouted to the pony teams
handlers nearly every time he passed
them this afternoon. The crowd quickly
noticed these worrisome tactics and re-
scented them severely by hootlng and
kissing MacFarland. Mac" Is an old
veteran, however, up TO all the tricks OF
his trade and only laughed at the
crowds displeasure. Jack Neville, who
is training HIN and Demara, says Mac
Farland is trying to rattle the boys. but
he can't do IL.
Neville Trains Winners.
He had better watch out or the Kids
will hang a lap on him" says Neville
Jack is a star among trainers of bike
riders. lie has handled three out of
four winners OF the Garden race-Root
and Dorian. Root and Fogler. twice.
when they returned winners. lie han
died Moran and Foger. the second team
last year. He has also trained cham
pion Kramer eight years Neville thinks
he has another winner In Hin and De-
mara. During the afternoon faster
pace was followed. with tn result that
the riders pulled up more than two miles
on the record,
For the first time In eleven hours or
since the Tooth hour the leaders In the
six-day race regained the honor ~ be-
ing record breakers as he MN hour
was passed this afternoon, They were
then / mile laps ahead ~ the Miller
waller figures, made In 1850 aud gong
al fast clip. MacFaraud was leading
az this time When the announcement
was made that the riders had again
"A NnnlutRd nm PAGE lyt tf.I A. Tom b
The evening world., 1908-12-11
The hoo 49, HING CORNER,
III NND ..I hNO ADI
AunaInA ~ INN ~

Cor. barclay st., Opp. Po.t-oiit.,.
Great OyercOat sale to-day ANA Sam.
aay 81 ilk-lined Meas OXrrcoats. sIo,
- ralor-made oVereoats. SI2.5O. =.
The evening world., 1908-12-11

After me- .rHt.al game ne sure y1u use "a
.Ista Cream. JH prevent lu. nhtua, uf chappad
hsnds % ia-ss A az lss4lag arlgssts,
The evening world., 1908-12-11

Reserve tables now for New Years Eve.
sDscisl aitraetlOn halil'alt'is Park plaoss.s
The evening world., 1908-12-11

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The evening world., 1908-12-11

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The evening world., 1908-12-11
SCORE AT g p. NJ.

Former record 1900 miles 2 laps.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
THE WATERMELON.
Not What 1t Used to Be, at Least 1
the Eating Thereof.

Not Wnae " OSeo TO BE, at Least IN
the Eating Thereof.
In the old days. when the world was
much better than it is now, there We're
good watermelons.
AS we remember them, the water
melons of twenty-five or thirty or thr-
ty-iive years ago were huge affairs.
They Were none of your overgrown
cucumber effects of today, but were
great big round fellows, and the out
side was n dark green. 1t was the
same shade of green as the reflection
of the trees in a swimming hole.
And when you sunk the knife into 1t
the rind ripped and cracked for two
inches ahead of the blade, and the
melon just laughed itself open.
Hold on. You didn't use ii knife.
You lifted the melon above your head
and dropped it to the ground, and IT
burst open, as red as rose and Il
hundred times ms sweet. And you ate
nothing but the heart-just the chunky
red heart.
Nowadays the marketman shows you
an obiong affair done in pale green
and yallery stripes. with n
white blotch on the underside. that he
calls Il watermelon. And you cut it
into slices like bologna sausage and
eat 1t with fork, like pie.
And you have forgotten whether !,
watermelon goes piink-plink or PUNK
PUNK when ii is ripe. because i,
doesn't make any difference now.--
Wilbur d. Nesbit in Chicago Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
The cripnls and His Father.

Not even the wide Tapping trousers
of his sailor suit could wholly hide the
slender form wasting away from lack
of use. Smoldering brown eyes illu-
minated the little face. made wien by
hours of pain, as he smiled up Mt the
tall man at his side, who, broad of
shoulder and strong of face. smiled
back encouragingly.
y troop of small boys noisily iIvad
ed the car at the next station. Reck-
less in their good spirits. one of their
number was roughly pushed against
a crutch, causing II 10 fall To the floor
The mans eyes blaZed more with an
glish than with anger as he eXclaim-
ed larshly, BE careful!'
The sturdy urchng. awed 1T what
had occurred. subsidized in seats oppo-
site. The man looked over their heads
into space. The child looked first at
the boys, then With questioning eyes
back ut the man.
"Fawther," he whispered as he light
ly touched his sleeve, would you love
me better if l was like those boys?"
The man gave n startled glance
across the aisle at those boys" inso.
lent in their perfect health ana boy
hood vigor then tightly graspinG the
hand nearest to him said: ma, son. I
love you better than all the world
just as you are."-New York Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
THEY WON'T SHUT DOORS.
And They Will Ride Backward, Re

And They VIII Ride Backward, Re-
ports Traveller of EnsIishmen.
Travellers returning from England
tell of two habits of the people of that
country which impressed them. One
is the average Englishman's aversion
10 shutting the door behind him.
Il don't know how it is in the Eng
fish houses remarked one who has
toured England, for was not in one
of them. But l stayed in hotel in
London where there were a good many
English people, and a dozen times
daily had to get up and shut door
TO keep the draft away.
at didn't make any difference
whether it was servant or a guest
who went through, the door was left
open. This was in the spring of the
year, too, when the weather was chilly
l noticed the same thing in railway
coaches and hotels of smaller towns"
The other English popularity is Il
preference for riding backward on
trains. The Englishman will make for
the seat with its back to the engine
every time, plant himself down in II
with every evidence of comfort and
look wonderingly at anybody who
picks out seat facing the direction
the train is going. Not once did one
American travelling in England see Il
native choose a seat facing the from,
of the train unless there We're no Other
seats.-New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
A Wife In BONDAGE,

He is that rare and greatly to be
admired person, a real live duke, and
he holds sway over many workers
To give him his due. he is good mas
ter. and for the most part his kindness;
is greatly appreciated by his retainers
But Bob Willet is laDorer with
democratic proclivities and marked
distaste for work. and recently his
ducal master determined that the ono
thing to do with Bob was to dismiss
him. whereupon he did so. and Boil
came to the conclusion that the time
had now arrived when the pride of the
peerage should be humbed. The diff.
ficulty was to think of something suf-
ticiently biting. for the duke was A
good master. as has been remarked.
Then an inspiration flashed on Bob.
The dukes duchess had been appoint.
ed lady in waiting to the queen and
this was Bob's opportunity.
"All right, yer grace he said, "Ili
go, but I'll take heart to say this:
Though I'm poor man I've never
had to send my missus out to service.
and that's more'n some people can
say.'-London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
One Thousand Men, $1,000.

If 1000 men We're to come in here
and each one eat dollars worth,
would have just $1,000" said the man.
ager of one of those restaurants where
each person helps himself "On the
other hand, if should feed 1000 wo-
men and allow them TO pick out their
own checks | might possibly have
$780, but | Doubt i, Every woman is
natural born cheat 1t seems TO be
sixth sense in her makeup 10 try tc
get ahead OF the person who provides
her meals"
The woman to whom these horrify'
Ing revelations had been made walked
away trying to evolve some plan fol
ea&acipating her sex from the web
OF dishonest propensities in which they
had become enmeshed outside the
restaurant she met man friend.
I've just been down there for lunch.
con" lie said GLORIOUS place, chear
100 / { a fellow knows his business IL
is dead easy TO get fifty cent mea
for a quarter They never watch the
men, but tell you they keep close
eye on you women"
The woman with an ambition to re
form her sex looked back into tho
restaurant.
"One thousand men, $1,000" sh.
said. and smiled wickedly ,-Ncw Yorl
Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
MISPLACED MONUMENTS.
Helpless Figures, soiled and Grimy, In
Stone and Bronze.


The ordinary run of statues unless
they are royal, have only one real
pleasant and satisfactory day in their
existence, and that is the day they are
unveiled. If stone. on that day they
are spotlessly clean. If bronze, they
are nice and shiny. After that they
are never clean or shiny again. 1t has
TO be the statue of Il very exalted per-
sonage for the SCOT to be scraped off
and to have its face washed once q
year. The average hero has to be sat
isfied with being unveiled. After that
no one takes any further interest in
him. But 1t is most instructive to OBJ
serve the unholy skill with which the
SCOT and other accidents of the air
will lodge on the top of Il venerable
bald head and OH the surface of What
should be an immaculate frock coat or
Il well fitting uniform. A Roman toga
that has met with accidents is not half
so ridiculous rs bronze frock coat
and immaculate bronze trousers that
have been the scene of disaster Stand
ing in front of the statue of Il great
statesman, a man notably tidy in his
day and Il great worry to his valet,
studied the undignified results of n
family of sparrows that had set up
housekeeping under his elbow and
thought how indignant he would be
could he catch glimpse of this un-
seemly domestic arrangement. - Mrs.
John Lane in Fortnightly Review
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
me quicker Way.

'There goes a man" observed Il
steamship agent as lie directed attcn-
ton to Il surly looking individual who
had just engaged passage for Europe,
whose efforts are devoted to con-
structing short cuts in business meth
DDS and in eliminating all time con-
suming men and their propositions
from his busy existence, He is IL man
OF very few words.
Some years ago this gentleman
crossed the ocean and had very I'M
pleasant trip. One morning a sympa-
thetic passenger offered him lemon,
expressing Il sincere wish that it would
give relief
THE pale traveller seized the lemon,
hurled 1t viciously into the ocean and
growled:
"'This is a quicker way than the
other"