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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Kina snob.

Richard Nordhsusen in "Kunstwart'
enlarges on the power of new nom
arch whom he calls king SnOb.'
"Snob," he says, using the English
word despite the German emperor's re-
quest to omit the use of foreign words.
"makes our fashions not only in our
theaters and our bookstores. but even
DEGREES at the art exhibitions which
pictures shall be a la vogue, for, I'M
seen. he occupies place on the jury.
SnOb indicates also which of the COM
pOsers are great Snob creates all the
art fashions which have their origin
in the large cities. We should not be
deceived. OF the imposing artistic
community which makes the laws for
the great cities of Germany seven
eighths regard art with the eyes of the
know nothing They crowd to the
front the men with big heads and legs
like matches and hinder the progress
Of those whose talent is not supported
by clan and bell. This power destroys
culture" The writer makes a power
full plea against the rule Of king
Snob" and "snobismus."
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
The Maid Not Equal to II.

The young wife was perhaps the
most punctilioCs hOusekeeper in the
greater city. She fairly lived for the
humiliation of dust particles. and her
three maids knew a degree Of disci-
pline more rigid than that Of General
Butcher. One day her waitress de-
parted. an exceedingly common occur
renee in even a fiawless establishment.
A new maid came TO take her place.
After an elaborate inquisitiOn the new
servant was engaged on probation.
The young wife explained:
Come to the dining room with me.
You will have a rehearsal. I want to
see you spread the table for a dinner
for four. Now 90 into the pantry.
where you will find my table china Oh
indexed shelves. My forks are all la
beled. and | shall sit here. Now you
serve me-of course with blank plates.
am having oyster cocktails, soup,
fish. an entree, a roast, salad. ices and
coffee"
The new maid CROPPED through the
weird ceremony, and the foOdless feast
proceeded amid silence. Finally the
maid whimpered:
Il guess | am going. l couldn't do
this every night" She fed.-New York
Times
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Death Of Rishon Fowler.

Rev. DR.. Charles H. Fowler, bishop
Of the Methodist Episcopal church, and
author Of the twentieth century s21.-
100000 thank offering fund, died at his
residence in New York.
Bishop Fowler had been critically i'll
only since last Wednesday. His death
was due to heart failure resulting from
b complication of diseases.
Rev. Charles Henry Fowler, D. D.
IL. D.. was born in Burford, Canada,
Aug. II. 1887. His family removed to
Illinois in 1S41, and the next ten years
were spent on a farm in what was
then a frontier community. In 1851
young Fowler entered the. Rock River
seminary and in the spring of 1855
entered Genesee Wesleyan seminary
at Lima, ~ Y In the fall of the same
year he entered Genesee college, from
which he was graduated in 1859.
He had not then decided to adopt
the MINISTRY as a profession, and
after his graduation from college went
to Chicago, where he began the study
Of law. But he had not well launched
in his law studies before he determin-
ed that the ministeTy was his calling.
He was made a bishop in 1884. He
received the degree of D. D. from Gar
rett Biblical institute and the degree
of Ii. D. from the Wesleyan uniyer-
sity.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
$40 Laws vold In rwo states.

The United States supreme court
handed down two important decisions,
one declaring the Minnesota rate law
null and void because of the enormous
penalties involved. and the other set
ting aside the North Carolina railroad
rate law as unconstitutional.
The first decision was denial Of the
petition of Attorney General Edward
T. Young, of Minnesota. for writ of
habeas corpus in the case in which he
is held for contempt of court by the
United States circuit court Of Mime
sofa. because he refused to abide by
an Injunction issued by that court for
bidding him from taking any action
looking to the enforcement of the
maximum railroad rate law.
The court at the same time pro-
Aounces invalid the Minnesota law
regulating both freight and passenger
rates. The opinion was announced by
Justice Peckham who held the Min
nesota law to be unconstitutional on
its face because of the enormous PEN
alties imposed for disobedience to it.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
A sit-by-the-F Fire.

'You may talk about YOUR country
cousins who never get outside of their
native countless" said the man who
lives not far from St Thomas church.
but l know a man who has lived in
New York for forty years and has new
er seen the Flatiron building. OF
course he couldn't have seen it during
three-fourths of that time, however
much he may have wanted to. but that
isn't what I'm talking about. He is a
bookseller, with a shop NOT three min
utes from Broadway and not more
than twenty minutes walk from Tween
ty-third street. No, he isn't blind He
simply hasn't seen the Flatiron building
because his business hasn't taken him
down that way. and he is not sufficient
ly curious to 60 down there merely to
look at it. He has not been as far
south as Forty-second street in FIVE
years, and he is not a dozen blocks
away. He has his work to attend to
during the day, and when night comes
he goes home, which reminds me that
there are thousands of people in Man
haitian who have never seen the Brook
Ign bridge and more have never cross
ed it, and still some people wonder at
the lack of civic pride among residents
Of New York city."-New York Press.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
The CHANGE IN NEW YORK.
Trinity's spire Now and When It Was
Considered Tall.

] OoUaiAGiNA eits
''When l was younger" said mid
/ lie aged man, Il came down to New
York. got some idea of the size Of
The city by riding in the horse cars.
BY the way. it is one of the few cities
in the world where you can still ride
IN horse cars.
81 visited most Of the show places
and went to all the theaters. went
to Brooklyn by ferry. devoted a day
to going to Harlem by the Sylvan
Glen or Sylvan Stream or Sylvan some
thing on the East river.
But the thing that impressed me
most was the view from the steeple
of Trinity church.
away up there, where the lookout
holes were, l could look down on the
lower part Of the city. could see the
river on either side, the upper bay and
the Brooklyn and New Jersey shores.
"At that great height l discovered
that others had been there before me,
for on the timbers were cut the names
or initials of my predecessors. I had
a distinctive way Of cutting my initials
in monogram, and this monogram orna-
mented the smooth trunks Of various
birch trees in the woods of my native
region.
"This / cut on a vacant space high
up IN the steeple Of Trinity and then
looked at it and thought that daring
spirits of remote future generations
would climb to the same height and
perhaps see it among the other initials
Il have never been up in the steeple
of Trinity church since that memora-
BILE ascent. But the other day was
walking past the church, and saw
typewriter girls looking out on the
apex of Trinity spire from windows
that seemed to be several hundred feet
above it,
81 then thought Of the monogram
had carved on the inside Of the spire
and noted the location Of the little
lookout windows from which I had
seen such a wondrous panorama forty
years ago.
II had no inclination TO make the in
terror ascent of the spire. but from my
position on the Broadway sidewalk l
should say that If l had gone up and
looked out of the same little windows
l could have seen at the farthest about
sixty feet except in one direction be-
fore the view was shut of by walls OF
steel and stone.
perhaps adventurous climbers win
no more carve their initials up among
the timbers Of Trinity's steeple. 1t
would involve less exertion to cut them
on some beam in the cellar, from which
position the view would be almost as
extensive, and then to take an express
elevator and see how the apex Of Trim
lty's spire looks from a point a few
hundred feet above it." New York |
Sun,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
A MODERN SOUP STONE.
And a Word About the Treatment Of
the Ills of Old Age.


The Medical Times Of New York
holds out to mankind a new beacon Of
hope in the form Of an article by DR.
Samuel G. Tracy promising a cure
through electricity for the ills Of old
age. 1t is the arteries. Dr. Tracy
points out, that FIRST show the symp-
toms Of senility. When their walls lose
elasticity a man is growing old The
cause of the hardening Of the arteries
is an impure condition Of the blood,
and it is here that DR.. Sracy suggests
that the electric battery shall get in its
benefcent work. A treatment which
DR.. Tracy proposes through use of a
hyfrex coil-whatever that may be-
"bombards the patient with millions
Of oscillations per second" There is
an elaborate statement of how the
thing is to be DONE winding up With
this significant remark: This treat
ment must be seconded by strict atten-
ton to diet and hygiene"
This last suggestion throws 4 world
VI light uJpAA AhV " nOAG AAaNN[A anu a.
the same time reminds us Of a story
which was current in well ordered
nurseries about forty-ave years ago 1t
was a story of a vagabond who beg
ged the privilege of making soup over
the kitchen fire Of a cottage from a
smooth stone which he carried in his
pocket First he begged Of the kind
cottage wife the use of her fire; then he
borrowed a kettle; then he asked for
some water, for any old bone that hap
pened to be lying about, for some vege-
tables, for pinch of salt and for what
not essential to the making Of a rich
soup. When the decoction was done
and eaten the soup stone was carefully
dried and returned to the pocket Of this
artist in beggary to serve some future
occasions. DR.. Tracy's electric scheme
is, we suspect, much like this soup
stone, since. given "strict attention to
diet and hygiene" the rest is always
easy. In truth, If there be anything
the matter with a man which "strict
attention to diet and hygiene" will not
cure his family may just as well brush
up their black clothes.-Argonaut
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
What w or. 10 on conl.

what we 1--WE 10 OlT GOAts
when England loses her ascendency
in coal production" said William Stan.
ley JevOns. a British political econO-
mist, in 1867. 'her fall will be quicker
than the Roman empires was after
Odoacer. the Germanic barbarian. up
set the shadow throne Of the little Au-
gustus and made himself king of
Italy" The United States. which was
low in the scale Of coal production
when that prophecy was made. has
since then passed far ahead of Eng
land. OF the more than 100000
tons Of coal of all sorts produced in the
United States in the calendar year
1907 much more than three ffths was
anthracite. and nearly all of this was
furnished by Pennsylvania.
In 1880 the United States passed
ahead of the United Kingdom in vol
ume of manufactures in the aggregate,
and the lead has been increasing ever
since. In 1907 the United States in pig
iron production, 26,OOOO0O tons, beat
the United Kingdom, Germany and
France combined. In 1908 our $12O.-
OO0,O0O0OO of wealth exceeds that OF
the United Kingdom and France taken
together, which are our nearest rivals
on that roll. Much OF the United
States Industrial and financial prepon-
derance over the countries Of the world
is due to the utilization of anthracite,
which started on Feb. II, 1SOS.-Les-
lies Weekly.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27

Arthur Jester of the firm Of Jester
& Jacobs. was fatally injured at
Milford. Del, under peculiar cir
cumstances in a scuffle with James
Ross, colored. The negro threw a
butcher knife at lester. striking him
in the leg. The blade severed an artery
and Jester bled to death in a short
time. Jester was on his way home
when he stopped in a meat market,
where he met Ross. whom he playfully
hit on the head with a tin basin. Ross
told Jester to get out Of the way and
turning, picked up a knife. which he
tossed toward Jester. After the af-
fair Ross fed and has not been cap
tured.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Hoped He Would Turn Gentleman.

Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema, r. A.,
started in life as Lourens Tadema.
Alma was tie name of the artists god
father, which he adopted, it is said,
so that his name might come earlier in
catalogues, etc, as "A" naturally pre-
cedes IT" Sir Laurence, by birth a
native of Holland, became a natural
lied Englshman many years ago. He
is very fond of England, having made
his home there since 1870. When SiT
Laurence received the honor Of knight.
hood from Queen Victoria he was the
recipient of a doubtful compliment
from a lady friend
"Oh, dear. Sir Laurence" gushed
this hasty speaker, 81 am awfully glad
to hear Of the honor you have received.
1 suppose now that you are knighted
you will give up painting and live like
a gentleman"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27

Arrested in the city of Harrisburg
Pa, as a horse thief and turned over
to a York county officer who had
warrant for him. Samuel Knaub
twenty-seven years old. Of Beavertown,
Pa. dived from the window of fast
moving Northern Central railroad
train on his way to York and met a
tragic death. He had locked himself
in a toilet room and. althoughV hand
cuffed. dashed himself through the
glass in a desperate effort to escape.
Thessuction of the train drew him be-
meath the wheels and his head was
crushed.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Bows Lea Torn OFF By WAGON.

Ammon. the seven-year-old SON of
Harvey Bomberger. of Palmyra. Pa,
lost his left leg, which was torn off
at the knee in the wheel Of a
wagon into which he was in the act
of climbing The accident occurred
beyond Palmyra and although the in
jured lad did not reach the hospital
until two hours had elapsed he
did not lose consciousness, displaying
remarkable fortitude. Amputation of
the leg above the knee was necessary
and there is hope of his recovery.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Two Meet Fiery Death.

The bodies of Lydia Carter, of Bor-
dentown. and William Fleck. of Roeb-
ling. were found in the ruins of a
farmhouse between Florence and
Roebling. near Burlington. N. j., which
was destroyed by fire Sunday night.
The burned building was on what is
known as the English farm and had
been unoccupied for some time A
farmer who looked into the ruins saw
the body of the Carter woman and
later the coroner in making an exami-
nation found the body of Fleck. The
pair were seen together Saturday.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
nattIeshIp EIeet wn va. Japan.

sattleshlp Fleet Will Vlsit Japan.
The American battleship fleet is to
visit Japan. The desire of the emperor
Of the Island Kingdom to play host to
the big sixteen" was laid before
Secretary Root by Baron. Takahira, the
Japanese ambassador. The invitation,
which was couched in most cordial
terms. was made the Subject of ex-
tended consideration by President
Roosevelt and his entire cabinet
Secretary Root was directed to accept
the invitation.
The acceptance OF the Japanese IN
vitation is regarded in official circles
as Of considerable importance in the
way Of a demonstration of the cordi-
atty existing between the American
and Japanese governments. The added
trip is nearly equal In distance to
voyage from New York to Europe.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Rlinded Rv Mine Blast.

Robert Carter, of Hudson. near
Wilkes Barre, Pa, was perhaps fatally
injured in the Pine Ridge colliery. Car
ter. a timberman, was walking through
an abandoned breast. when a shot fired
IN the gangway went off, the flying
coal hitting him in the face and blow
ing out both eyes. The miner, Michael
Danko. states that before firing the
shot he sent out the required warning,
which Carter did not hear.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Hundreds Drown.

The Matsu Maru. an 8OO-ton coasting
steamer belonging to the Yusen Kaisha
line. was sunk in a collision with the
Hideyoshi Maru, 696 tons, near Hako-
date, Japan.
The captain of the Matsu Maru. a
majority of her PA passengers and
forty-three of the crew persisted.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
prv Victory In MARYLAND.

Worcester county. the home of U. s
Senator-eIect John Walter Smith. head
of the Democratic organization in
Maryland at a special election went
dry by vote of 29O1 for prohibition
and SAG against.
Prohibition now prevails in every
county on the Eastern Shore and the
entire peninsula from the Pennsylva-
mia border to the Virginia border is
dry.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Amateur EIeetrIcian KIIIed.

Frank Marks, aged sixteen, whose
parents reside near Pittsburg, and who
was on a visit to his aunt, Mrs. James
A. Davis, at Altoona, Pa, having some
knowledge Of electrical appliances,
went into the cellar at the Davis home
TO adjust an electric light socket.
While so engaged his aunt turned on
the current, and the boy was instantly
killed by 120-volt current
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
GRAY Wolf Killed In chieano.

An animal, declared by several per
sons to be a gray timber wolf, was shot
on the street in Chicago by Roy Bair-
stow, nineteen years old. The animal
was killed while traversing a residen.
tial quarter.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Shot TO Death while He sIent.

Fred. Dolph. of Clinton, Ia, was shot
to death while he slept His head was
Dlown off with a shotgun, placed
against his cheek. Mrs. Dolph is un.
der arrest.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
EInas MISSING son va eypsy eana

Leonard Allen. seventeen years old,
a Supplemented boy. who disappeared
from Middletown, N. Y, two years ago,
has been found in a dying condition in
a gypsy camp at Fall River Mass. His
mother. Mrs Mary Allen. will prose
cute. The boy wore neither shoes nor
stockings when discovered and was
taken to hospital.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27

United States Senator William James
Bryan, Of Florida, died at Washing
ion of typhoid fever. 1t was only
Beventy-three days since he took
Senator Stephen R. Mallory, who died
Dec. g. and thirty-three days OF that
time was spent in his fight against dis
ease. Several times during Mr.. Bry-
ans illness his friends despaired Of
his recovery but as late as Saturday
night the report was given out that
his condition had taken a turn for
the better. His death, therefore. came
as a surprise and distinct shock.
In Mr.. Bryan the senate loses the
seventh member by death since the
adjournment OF the Fifty-nlnth con-
gress on March 4, year ago. They
we're the two late senators from Ala
bama Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Pettus;
Mr.. Mallory. of Florida; Mr.. Latimer,
Of South Carolina; Mr.. Proctor, Of Yer
mont; Mr.. Whyte. of Maryland, and
Mr.. Bryan. Curiously the last two
we're the oldest and the youngest
members OF the body. Mr. Whyte was
eighty-four years old and Mr.. Bryan
less than thirty-two.
Although Mr.. Bryan was in the SEN
ate too short a time to impress his in
dividuality on legislation or to take a
prominent part in the consideration
Of matters in committee. It is conceded
had he lived he would have become
a forceful part of the minority
Mr. Bryan was married to Miss
Janet Allan, OF Lexington, Va.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Arbor DAYS In Pennsylvania.

Governor Stuart issued a proclama-
ton designating April 8 and "A as
ATbor Days in Pennsylvania.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
W. JAS. BRYAN DEAD
Florida Statesman Dies Of Typhoid
Fever at Washington.
WAS IN OFFICE ONLY 70 DAYS

neath Of Bishop Fowler-Death Sen
tence For Harry Orehard-American
RattIeships to Visit Japan-Fatally
Injured In Seuffle.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
March and April.

Boat stops at the Consumers Ice Co.'S Wharf,
Chester going or coming, Arriving al Chester
~ hours after leaving Phila.
Telephone No. Keystone Main 1913 d. on wharf
in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-27
Will leaves Milford and New Wharf as follow
for Philadelphia during,
March and .4pFiI.

will leave Maloney / hour later than New
Wharf Cain 20 minutes later than Maloney's'
Hack will Leave Milford for New Wharf, Half. Hour
before Sailing Time.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-28
COMSTOCK OUTPUT

VIRGINIA CITY, Sept E5.-The to-
tai output of the lode for the past
week was valued at $10,725 approx
mately, of which the several produc-
ing mines contributed as follows:
Ophir, $9133, Consolidated Virginia,
$3.50, Crown Point 1912, Silver Hill
$3.50.
The reported strike in Maxican last
week has immered down to $12.05 ore
A large body of course would be
worthy of consideration but there is
no intimation of such large body so
ar as the reports show. ,a1
The work at the Golden Gate is go
ing ahead steadily and the feeling on
the Comstock toward this company
has witnessed a decided change. The
lode begins to look to the work going
on in the big shaft of these people as
the future hope of the community.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-28
WILL GO TO
WASHINGTON
Commissioner ThurtclI
Will Present Railroad
Question at Capital

Henry Thurtell, a member of the
Nevada Banking Commission, will
leave Reno next Thursday night fol
Washington, ID. c., where he will at
tend a convention of delegates from
railroad commissions of all states OF
the Union.
He states that while in the East he
will visit the members of the Inter
state Commerce Commission and will
secure information that will aid the
Nevada Railroad Commission in its
fight against the Southern Pacific,
which will take place before the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
In this mater it is seeking to have
the Interstate Commerce Commission
force the Southern Pacific Company
to grant the city of Reno a terminal
freight rate. The Railroad Commis-
sion at present declares that the rate
charged by the Southern Pacific com
pany is exhorbitant and that it dis
eliminates against the Reno mer-
chants for the benefit of Sacramento
and San Francisco merchants.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-28
WILL MAKE
New Fixtures to be In
stalled in Carson
Valley Bank

The Carson Valley bank in this city
will soon be remodeled throughout
and arrangements for the work are
already being made. Among the i'm
provements which will be made is the
installation of a steel-line vault
which will be placed in the present
quarters of the institution which has
been leased for five years by the bank
ing company
The vault will be Of the most mod
ern make and will be both burglar
and fire proof, being of the same
make. as the safes that have been
adopted by the United States govern
ment for use in their postofices and
mints throughout the larger cities OF
the union.
New counters and fixtures through
out the building will be installed and
the general arrangement of the build
ing changed in order to give better
facilities for the increasing banking
business that the bank is enjoying.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-09-28
Oil Company
Incorporates

Today the incorporation papers or
the Wellington Oil Company were
filed with the county clerk of this
county. The incorporators OF the
company are all local people and
development will be Immediately
start on the property which is
considered to be among the best in
the new district to which there has
been considerable of a rush
The incorporation is for one mil
lion shares at a par value of 81 a
share and the following gentlemen
compose the company: Jas. A. Ray
craft, William H. Goode, George l..
Mills, William H. Murray and Harry
G Livingston.