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The evening world., 1908-12-07
OLD MANS BRIDE,
WIDOWED IN THREE
WEEKS, AN HE|RESS
Death Ends Romance of Sales
woman Wooed and Won by
Owner Department Store.

WILMINGTON. Dol. Doc From
saleswoman behind n department store
counter TO the wife OF tho head OF tho
firm. and TO he left widow three
weeks af'-r her marriage, with n for
tune estimated at probably quarter
million dollars. is tho romance IN which
Mrs. Joseph Hin. OF this city, is the
central figure.
TO add n still further romance TO the
strange series OF events. It Is said by
intimate friends OF the merchant. who
died last Thursday, that the marriage
cluding any contest OF his will. Hill al
ways having desired to leave his estate
to the snleswoman, Miss Clara Eliz-
abeth Wells. She was head OF the glove
and underwear departments for about
twenty-seven years.
Tho nearest living relatives the bache-
Tor merchant had were several mecca
and nephews living In Massa chusetts
and Rhode Island. but the marriage ap-
parently brushed aside any possibility
OF contest for his large estate.
For more than fifteen years Joseph
HI. the head of Crosby & Hill. one of
the largest department stores In Della
ware, paid court to the woman in his
employ, but never by word or action did
he betray to the forty other employees
in the store that he had yielded his
heart to the woman at the head of one
OF the departments.
To most OF the employees the an
nouncement OF the marriage was great
surprise, though some of them guessed
at the truth when Miss Wells remained
away from the store two weeks before
Nov. IL. when the marriage took place.
/ Not for Il long time has this city had
| such surprise as when the sales
| woman. a brunette Of pleasing appear
/ ance. gave UP her Job behind the coun-
| ter to marry the head OF the firm, who
was seventy years old. and preside over
! his finely appointed home, at No. 60
West street. Gossip had hardly ceased
when Mr.. Hin died last Thursday, anC
Yesterday Mrs. Hin wore her widows
/ weeds at the funeral of her husband o.
lust three weeks.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
SIXTEEN TEACHERS
HOME FROM ENGLAND

The White Star liner Arabic docked
to-day after an exceedingly rough trip
from Liverpool, with sixteen school
teachers IN her cabins.
We have been over in England study
ing the educational methods OF that
country. with the ossistan, of Alfred
Moselcy," explained u. J. Gray. the
leading educator of Scranton, Ia.
american = t2r ahead 81 England in
secondary education" he continued.
for it is in its infancy yet on the other
side
In one particular England is far
ahead Its school buildings are only
TWO stories IN height. clean and cheer
full, with large halls. But English
teachers are not nearly so well paid az
our own"
TIE rarity of returning teachers in
cluded j. X. bishop, Detroit; Frank
Evans, ,Spartansburg. 5. G.; Edward
Glass, LYuChburg, Va; Miss Nj. r.
Higgcnbottom, Norfolk Va; Miss NJ.
NJ. Milan Rochester; the Misses H. j.
Ongon ana y. h, RiNoH, of san Fran
cisco, and Z, V. Hoban, Charles w.
Moore aud the Misses J. NJ Lang
thorne, Kate .. simmons. Kate T.,
Turner, Annie Sutherland, and Mar
garct NJ simmons, all of New York.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
nurse SHOT BY
BOY NOW BRINGS
SUIT FER $4,000
Katherine Ship Wants Dam
ages for Wound Inflicted by
Paul FridenherS.

Katherine Ship. trained nurse
know twas Loaded" shooting by thir-
teen-year-old Paul Fridenberg on June
is, 1907. while she was attending
upon the boys mother in their home
No, go East Fifty-elEhth street, has
brought q suit for 10000 damages
against Percy FrldenbcrS, owner Of
the house and the revolver. Robert
Frldenberg his brother and father OF
Paul. and Paul himself
Miss ship sues under the Employ
ers' Liability clause of the Labor law.
In her complaint, drawn by Gillette
& Clark. she charges that il was the
duty of Robert Friderberg, who en-
ployed her as nurse to Miriam, his
invalid wife. to provide reasonably
safe place In which TO do her work.
She asserts that instead she and her
patient were assigned to room usu-
ally occupied by Percy Fridenbcrg.
and in which remained some of his
personal belongings.
The nurse alleys that Percy and
Robert "rcCliEently' left Percy's re-
VOlVor. loaded with ball cartridges, in
an unlocked drawer OF bureau, She
adds that ,hcy "nogliEertly' permit
ted Paul Fyidcnberg to play with the
pistol. II is asserted In the COM
plaint that Paul got the pistol from
the drawer ana pointing II at her fred
IT. the bullet striking her in the pei
vic region. INJECTING a wound that
maimcd her permanently.
The complaint calls the shooting Mt
her n violation OF Section 4GS Of tine
Penal Code,
l.. b, polak, counsel for Robert
Frdenberg, father OF Paul, to-day APP
piled TO Justice MacI.ean, IN the
Supreme Court, for an order rendering
Judgment IN his favor, ana without q
trial MIR l'olak Conteudei that the
complaint aid not state cause Of
action against the lads father under
the Employers Liability law.
Justice MacLean reserved decision
There were various stories ut the
shooting, II was said by the family
that the hoy did not know the revolver
was loaded and that the shooting was
accidental. Another story was that the
lad had fallen Violently IN love with
his mothers nurse. and was declaring
his love in heroic style when the shot
was fired.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
Sheriff Foley ana Gene" Nc
N Ouire Come Home Look
\ ing Thinner,
CLOTHES WILL NOT FIT.
Sheriff Foley Weighs Fourteen
Pounds Less and McGlIire
Dropped Twenty-four,

N There are a couple ~ large voids
snt Muldoon's Farm In White Plains to-
Sday. Sheriff Tom Foley and Tammany
leader Eugene Mcclure are back from
O three weeks session OF training.
II shall miss both of YOU" said Null
doom when they started back TO New
York.
You bet your life You will" replied
Mcclure You'll miss us for a long
time. too
Sheriff Foley lost fourteen pounds In
weight and three and half inches In
Etrth. When he appeared M his office
at o'clock this morning he had a suit
of clothes on that he had made three
ears ago and II was too large for him
round the waist
What MCGUIRE Lost.
As for Mcclure. he lost twenty-four
pounds ard measures five inches less
around the waisthand than he did three
weeks ago. It will be necessary for him
purchase an entire new wardrobe.
both the big Tammany men are hard as
nails and hungry AZ wolves.
"Muldoon.' explained Sheriff Foley,
lis strong for oatmeal, prunes, lean beet
and mutton, He gives YOU plenty 10
tat, but little variety When We got off
the train in New York We made a
straight shoot for the Hotel Belmont
and ate everything on the bill of fare.
/ am told that Mcclure got of the sub
way twice on the way to his home In the
Bronx to eat.
Tt was great experience. They
couldn't get a horse for Mcguire to ride,
but Muldoon made him walk. That Null
doom, by the way, is quiet, gentle.
timd mani don't think. He works
with the subdued. oppressed quietness o.
foreman of gang of sand hogs.
A Case of Step Lively.
with MulGoon ii is a case OF step
lively He don't min"J any words In
calling his patients down. When II
comes to solid enjoyment as between
Nuldoon's and tho Pike street salt docks,
me for the docks. But look at the good
he does you.
Never again said Eugene. Mcclure,
Muldoons was a place OF rest OF
course I've lost weight and I'm thinner
around the middle and feel better than
] ever felt before. bUt--wcll, Mulionn' S
IS place wher. & fat man feels foolish.
Think OF me bending over my 500 pounds
to la ce and tie my hocs standing up
Scores OF heavy Tammany men called
at Sheriff Foley : ONCE today TO look
him over and inquire about the Null
doom treatment. Some Of them VIII FOL
low the example OF Foley and Mcclure
after the first of the year.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
CONSUL REbUKED
BY ROOSEVELT
KILLS HIMSELF
Sweden'S Representative in St
Louis Had Trouble With
Federal Officials.

ST LOUIS. Dec. Charles A Eek
stromer. swedish Vice Consul in st
Louis, committed suicide by drinking
prussc acid at his home. No, 1874 Good
fellow avenue, to-day.
Mr.. Eckstromcr came into public no
tice some time ago through u contro-
versy with Federal officials which re-
suited in the revocation of his eXequatur
/ by President Roosevelt
Later he was reinstatcd in the good
graces Of the Administration and re-
sumcd his official duties here.
No explanation for Eksromer's act
is obta!nable here. II is thought. how
ever, that he may have had difficulty
with his sup-riois In the consular ser
vice and that he took his life in a mo-
ment OF nervous depression. Apparently
Ekstromer repented of his act when too
late A card was found on which he had
scrawled: 81 have taken prussc acid to
commit suicide. Gail Dr. Langan."
The physician arrived, but could not
aid him. Eckstromcr leaves a widow,
Ekstromer got into his difficulty with
the State Department in Washington
through championing the cause of e G,
Lewis. of the Lewis Publishing Com
pany, of 81. Louis, which had come into
conflict with the Post Office Department
when Secretary Of the Treasury Cortel
you was Postmaster-G General.
Ekstromer went to Washington to see
President Roosevelt early in April. 1896,
matter. but he was informed by the
Presidents private secretary, Mr. Loeb,
that the President would not see him in
that matter. and he was advised to put
in writing whatever he might desire to
lay before MIR, Roosevelt.
! The letter which cost him his eXequa-
tur resulted. In It Ekstromer wrote to
the President that he was u SWcde ~
! of nobility 10 come TO America b. cause
he believed this TO he country of per
sonal freedom In sweden. he went ON
a. say, even a peasant might see the
cred the Presidents action in refusnE
to see him as un-American and unjust.
The letter made Ekstromer diplumati-
cally persona non grata' and the State
| Department revoked his eNequatur, but
| II was presently intimated to the Swed-
ish Government that 1t would be re
stored to him az diplomatic favor If
the request to that effect should be made
| by sweden, This was done, and on Aug.
10 last year Ekstromer again became
Swedish Nice-Consul here.
Vice Consul Eskstromer was the St.
Louis agent for the West Dlsinfecting
Company firm OF No, East Fifty-nintii
street, Manhattan. At tho offices OF the
| firm to-day is was said that no reason
was known by them for lcsflstromeI's
taking his life. His accounts were per
fectly straight and they had had a let
ter from him this morning Forwarding
! certain business memoranda in which
/ he spoke hopefully of prospects in the
i West.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
TOOK ACID AS HER
CHILDREN PRAYED
Jealous Wife Led Little Ones
in DevotionS Unti; She
Drank Poison.

The nfatuatiOn she believed her hus-
band had for a young woman hoarder
led Mrs, Ella Vacpol thirty three
years old, wife OF the sexton of Knox
Memorial Church. at Forty-first street
and Ninth avenue. to drink carboIic acid
in her home. No. AZ West Forty-second
street.
A letter from Vac pol to the young
woman was picked up on the floor OF
their dining room to-day by Charlie
vacpol, eight years old, son Of the
couple. He brought II 10 his mother
and sne opened and read IT, 1t begged
the young woman. who had left the
house on saturday, to rIent Nacpol to-
night, or he would not be responsible
for his actions
After she had read the letter, Mrs
Vacpol told her son and hcr daughter,
Anna. n.ne years old. to come INTO her
bedroom. She made the children kneol
while they and she recited prayers Tor
their future welfare. Then she stood up
and before they realized what she was
doing. raised bottle of carbolicU acid
TO her lips and cmpticd IT, As she foll
screaming, the children called neigh
bors
An ambulance was summoned and
Mrs. Nacpol taken To Roosevelt Hos
pkal, where II was said she would die.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
METZ AS SANTA CLAUS.
Policemen and Firemen TO Get
Their Pay before Christmns.

Comptroller Metz has arranged to
place half their December pay in the
stockings OF policemen and firemen be
fore Christmas Day Under the old
system they received their December
money late in January.
The Comptroller to-day handed out
another sort OF present to the employees
of the Finance Department He issued
an order requiring them to work longer
hours henceforth. Their hours will he
from TO 5 o'clock, instead OF 10 10 T.
The evening world., 1908-12-07

occupied by the three men. As she could
get no response, she forced in the door
and round the men unconscious in. their
beds.
An ambulance surgeon from ct.
Johns Hospital succeeded In reviving
the unconscious men, but he said after
ward that they had q very narrow ss-
cape.
The men are John Schrantei, twenty
seven years old; his brother, Peter,
twenty-four. and Michael Bisser. TWEEN
ty-two. They are all laborers.
John Schrantel was the last OF the
trio to retire last night. and IL Is be-
lievad after turning off the gas, he ac-
cidentally turned Il on again.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
III Health Of Millionaire In
ventor's Son Causes Sec
ond Postponement.
f E 7 E WAS PREPARED,
Daughter of Sir T. Brockle-
bank Received Many Gifts
at London House.

PlTTSRTRG, Dec, The announce
ment Of the second postponoment of the
wedding of Miss Evelyn Violet Brockle-
bank. tho English beauty. and George
Westinghouse IT.. of Pittsburs. on ac-
count OF the ill-health of the prospec-
tive bridegroom Is the latest obstacle
which n strange fate has devised to
check the progress OF the love romance
of the Young persons to the llved-hap-
pilY-eve-- ending.
The young son of the inventor and
developer Of the Westinghouse Airbrake
who met tn" slrI he atterward fell In
love with when he was employed as a
common workIngmen learning the bust
ness in HIS fathers factory, was COM
PEELED to postpone the marriage the first
time on account of the financial re-
verses which overlook the Westinghouse
concern. II was after receiver was
appointed for the factory that he wrote
to Miss Brooklobank
When asked you TO marry me l was
: heir 20 SO, 600 ! cannot now ask you
|" keep that promise to man without
a dollar"
She Was Willing to Walt
s"t 'a"'eu MN ma. sHe "ou'u
""'' ,'"t "'l''' atttr u'N'''"" ,'au
"''' Ne1''ie" an" 'he p'E o'e''F'ra'
ND'NS "',' p'"e'e''"s oi''e i','e' Nv
'N, "'N'''s u en- Nou'" I've 'is WIZ
.''e "ieS O''' r'hs '"''u naH"e" "a'h
'.n one ""r"' ',S'
u.. ~ .','Se y. ,''e ,. nreaN'o"n o' MI
,o,.,.,.,r,,,.a h.,,,,.,, 49,
cav
'"e' ''''
teen m"hths' ana II is weird stroke Of
misfortune that his physical collapse
sbo,,Ii Gonna A,e, "a, tho o,,dI,,, 81 e.,
Wv ''''e - wv
hattie he mas MADE ana when the re-
Ce!vershlps have been lifted from the
firm
The romance OF the beautiful daughter
Of the English knight. Sir Thomas
procI.ia,,-L -,tlitona,,. .t,r,,,,t,1ar.
'h'''.oi'a'e a"iPou''ue'
4 OF Liverpool ana the hus'iins young
American, probably has no equal out
side NJ = novel r. was Some YEARS aro
-, o., ,r,,. ,,'
""en :" "o"'"S' MS N'le ana eAush'eF,
on their first visit 10 America. We're be-
ing shown through the West!nghouse
r..,,.,. q, t,,...,,, ho. -,
=, '''''u' g. '''"' e.'ai'
caIed husky Young Fellow, cad in
o'era''S ana a cotton shirt TO explain
w. .,'..' ,'''I' ''','., ne st' s"oNeu i'er
ana remarked to her mother that he
would certainly make a good po,o plaver
n,,,, ,a,,,, a,a a.. p,,.I.,a,',,.
' sou .'a's n'o'N' ep'.,"'
The evening world., 1908-12-07
FOUND THREE MEN
OVERCOME BY GAS

Three men had a narrow escape from
death by gas asphyxiation Mt board
ing. house at No. 415 Flushing avenue,
Astoria. this morning. The woman who
keeps the clearinghouse smelled gas In
the hall. and traced the odor to the room
The evening world., 1908-12-07
TWO GRAND JURIES.
More than 1000 General Sessions
Cases 10 he Handled This Month.

The two Grand Juries for the De-
cember term were empaneled to-day
by Judge Rosalsky in the Court OF
General Sessions In charging the
members of the Jurles. Judge Rosal-
sky drew attention to the fact that
posed OF during Novembsr There are
more than 1000 indictments still
pending.
Clarence s. Day. OF No. 4B Wall
Columbus avenue, were chosen fore
The evening world., 1908-12-07
QUEENS JURY WILL PROBE.
Told by JudG" TO Investigate Public
Building situation.

In charging the December Grand Jury
for Queens County Judge Burt j. Hum
phrey at Long Island city to-day en-
phasized the fact that one Of the chief
duties OF the jurors is ~ make n thor
ough Investigation OF public buildings
nvaI I,a III, a., Husons ,'d 'I I'ta IT,,
phreys charge is believed TO have been
made as fOrerunner in that direction
Borough President GTCsSer, however, Is
contendlng that better sewerage should
first be secured.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
Great Wedding Fete Planned.

When prosperity came again to the
Westinghouse concern and Miss
Brocklebank. for the second time ac-
Cepted George Westinghouse jr.'s pro-
posal. 1t was agreed that the wedding
would take place in Triton Hail. the
handsome country horne OF the
Brocklebanks and the date was set for
Dec. 10
The guest list was prepared, many
presents had been received and all had
been arranged for the nuptials TO be the
chief event Of n house party-a Christ
mas house party on the fine estate OF
the shipbuilding knight.
Young Westinghouse and hts parents
had enGas ed passage from New York
this week. but suddenly, apparently out
of q clear sky. comes the announcement
that the health Of the battle-ground to- be
is IN too critical state to permit the
marriage.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
Confessions

/.
You're quite excused for wondering
Just how II came that
Am prospecting now, though Just last
week
j couldn't even buy
A postage stamp. The truth Nigh,
As well as nor reveal:
Twas through Sunday World
Want Ad. -.
] closed a Realty deal
Ypu. may rest assured that the
persons who offer HOuses, Lots,
Parma, &C., for sale through
World ssIteaI Estate'' Advertise
menss are ANXIOUS 10 sell, as q.
proved ~ tho low prices they
ask. ~,
The evening world., 1908-12-07
MISS ROTHSCHILD TO WED.
Daughter OF Hotel MnJestic's PRO
prietor Engaged Ia DIR. Kahn.

Announcement was made to-day OF the
coming marriage of Miss Helen 4
Rothschld, daughter of Jacob Roths-
child, proprietor Of the Hotel Majestic
to DR.. Ulysses S. Kahn, OF the Glen,
more Apartments,
The date Of the wedding has not beer
set, but nj the home OF the hrlde-e lec.
II was said that II would occur In Janu.
AIRY, The Illness Of the father OF III,
hTide-tO-be ~ the reason for the uncer
tainty Of the date. MI Rothschild ha.
been seriously III for several weeks, bu
is now on the road 10 recovery
DIR, Kahn studied surgery IN Viennf
and Paris. The Rothschild home is
No. 81 West Fifty-seyenth street.
The evening world., 1908-12-07
TWINS BORN IN RR. STATION

GREAT HARRINGTON. Mass, Fec
Twins were born in the railroad sta
ton at Housatonic, last evening, to Mr.,
and Mrs. George Hyatt. Mrs. Hyatt
was on her way to Pittsneld.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-12
HER FACE WAS NOT FAIR.
But There Was One to Whom She
Would Always Be Beautiful.

But There Was One to Whom She
Would Always Be Beautiful.
The blind boy raised rapt face to
the light.
"And nv motherY' he said question
ingly. saTell me how she looks again.
I shall soon be able to see, and ! know
/ shall find one more beautiful than all
the rest and cry: Mother, motheri Why
do you not speakY"
His sensitive face was turned re-
proachfully toward his father. you
have always told me how lovely she Is.
She is little-not taller than my shout
der-I know that"
The old man laid his arm over the
lads shoulders.
"You must know now what your
blindness would have kept you from
knowing" he said. 'sYour mother is
not fair and beautiful now In face, but
her soul is what God made for moth
err. When you can see, look for the
face which holds the greatest love.
You will not be mistaken. 1t will be
your mothers"
The great surgeon looked for mo-
ment or two into the sightless eyes and
then turned and laid his hand on the
fathers trembling arm.
"Only God can make him see, my
friend" he said kindly. your boy
was born blind, and human skill can
not help him."
The blind boy was the first to speak,
and he laid his arm around the sud
denly aged form Of his father.
Come" he said, ''let us go back to
mother. She will always be beautiful
to me now" and they turned and gave
place to the others.-Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-12
BlSMARcK'S ANGER.
The Incident That Made Certain the
Franco German War.

The incident NAT MADE terrain tne
Franco German War.
The Princess Bismarck. so the story
goes, changed the political history Of
France unwittingly, and but for her
the Franco russian war might never
have been waged.
Bismarck was unfriendly to France,
but the Empress Eugene hoped with
her beauty to influence him so that the
little trouble with France and Ger
many might be smoothed over. She
therefore invited the German prince
and his wife to visit the court of
Bismarck arrived in great state at the
Tuileries.
That evening there was grand re
ception, and Eugene received the
guests in a gown which made her so
ravishingly lovely that even Prince
Bismarck, German, stolid and in love
with his wife, stood and gazed upon
her with admiration. And Eugene
was not slow to observe the effect of
her beauty upon him. She called him
to her side, and Bismarck came, with
his wife upon his arm.
Now, the Princess Bismarck was tall
and gaunt, and her feet were gener-
GUS. AS she walked she showed a
great deal of sole.
While Bismarck stood talking with
Eugene an audible litter was heard
along the line of ladies. Bismarck,
who was quick as q flash, followed
the glance of their eyes and saw them
rest upon the feet of his WIFE
That settled the matter. The politi-
cal history of France was altered from
that moment.
A year later, when Paris was be-
sieged, Bismarck himself fred a can
non over the ramparts, and those who
were near him heard him shout:
take that for the feet Of the Prin-
cess Bismarck"
The slight was avenged.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-12
Slow Mental Ripeninu.


Not infrequently those mentalities
that ripen the slowest last the longest,
and often the history of these great
men has been persistent neglect and
worldly GOODNESS until forty or more
years have passed before their great
ness has been conceded by their con-
temporaries Truly 1.-THE life history
of great genius is almost invariably
one of sad and somber tone, a walk
apart from the beaten path" Such
are the words of one who should know
what the "doers of deeds" must en-
dure. Be this as 1t may, it is now
recognized that many of the finest
achievements In business, statesman
ship. literature and in all activities
have been wrought by men long past
sixty. Writes one, mo strong man
will accept sixty as the arbitrary limit
Of his ambition and working ability
W. A Newman Dorland in Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-12
>ORIH AME ICAN, IN ODD FELLOWS
EnITI IN. EATURES BIG ORDER.

In honor of the eighty fifth annual ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows, in
Philadelphia, beginning May 10, The
North american will give that fraternity
newspaper display unique in this state.
In its issue of Sunday May II, The North
american will contain special eight page
illustrated supplement recounting the
origin, growth and work of Pennsylvania
most popular fraternity in all its branches.
Odd Fellows homes, orphanages and
charitable works will be subjects of spe-
cial illustrated articles, and the probable
future of the magnificent Odd Fellows
Temple, as indicated by leading members,
will receive particular attention. Re-
,ekahs, Patr archs Militant and encamp-
ments will receive notice, and the whole
will be illustrated by cuts of grand Off
GERS of all bodies. To be certain of re
ceiving copy of this special supplement,
place your order at once with your news
dealer for the Sunday North AmaericGn of
May II.