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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
A BENEFIT CONCERT
Dorsoht Lodge to Aid Theater Agent Who Is Now Ill
 and in Need
BENEFIT OF G. E. MORTON
At One Time With Stanley in Africa Counted Edwin Booth and Others
 Among His Friends.

After one of the most Interesting careers of any man In the country. George F. Morton lies ll at the hos ptal, and in straightened circum4 stances Mr. Morton is one of the best l known men in the city, not alone among the theatrical and newspaper rratenitles, but Is counted as a friend by all with whom he has come in con- tact during his residence here of more than two decades, and they are many
 When his friends learned that Mr. Morton was sick and lacked many of the necessary luXuries of the invalid they came to his assistance with the same readiness with which he has al- ways rushed to the aid of friend in | his more prosperous days In order l that he may have the best of care necessary during his illness and may be relieved of all worry until he re- covers. a great benefit concert has been arranged for next Sunday eycn- ing.
 The Dorscht lodge orchestra imme- dlately offered its services, and the use of tho Grand opera house was at once given by the new company now leasing 1t. This is especially fitting, as he was for SO many years press agent of this house, and contributed much to its success Tickets will be on sale at the box office of the theater and a big sale is expected The en- | tire house will be taken, if his friends come, and they say that they will The | Dorscht concerts are always succcss- | fu. and with such an object, Mir. Nor tons fayorite "S. R. O." sign should be hung out early Every cent taken at the box office will he used for Mir, | Morton ana no matter how large the amount it cannot equal the good turns he has quietly done for others during a long life.
 As a newspaper correspondent Mir. | Morton had a most interesting career and saw all parts of the world He saw darkest Africa when that really was the dark continent, and accom- panied Stanley for a time on his world l famous explorations, He has seen India and had the acquaintance of rajahs. For several years the almost unknown parts of the globe were his stamping ground
 After coming to this city he was for over twenty years press agent with q. B Bunnell at tho Hyperion theater and the Grand opera house. He has probably a wider acquaintance among the theatrical world than any man in the country, and he has known all the great actors from the days of Edwin Booth to the present, numbering sucl men as Sir Henry Irving and Rich ard Mansfield, among his acquaint- ances
 Mir. Morton now lies ill here, and has no relatives to care for him. go | is hoped that there will be q full house in his old theater for tho fine concert on Sunday evening.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
TAFT CLUB GOING
To Invade Washington 1000 Strong for Inauguration
 Festivities.
BUTTERWoRTH CONFIRMS 1T
Now Trying to Secure Former D. C, Government Building for
 Quarters.

The following special dispatch from Washington has been received by the Hartford Times:
 Plans are already being laid for the inauguration of Secretary Taft, on March 4, anu the affair promises to be the biggest in the history of Wash ington Saturday 1t was rnmored down here that the Taft club of Con necticut would come down in great numbers, and that the accommoda- tions for 1 ,OoO men had been engagcl I. Senator Frank & Butterworth of New Haven, tho president of the club, Is at the head of this move, and he has taken an option on the former build ing of the District Of Columbia gov ernment This will be fitted up as q sort of club house for the use of the Connecticut party exclusively, and q caterer will take care of the visitors, according to present plans.
 The Connecticut residents of Wash ington will be glad lf this rumer ma terializes, for it is many years since Connecticut has been represented in the inaugural ceremonies It Is ex- pected that Governor Lilley and his staff will also come down Senator Rutterworth Is specially well fitted to take charge of such delegation, as he Knows Washington thoroughly, having gone to school here before he went to Yale Of course every one here knows he is q great personal friend of secre- tary Taft, and that his Influence with tle incoming administration will be strong. The rumor heard in Conneetl- cut some time ago, however, that he would be the secretary to the presi- dent is not believed to have any foun- dntion down here This place win probably go to Mir Carpenter, who has for many years been with Judge Taft.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
INSURANCE PROBE ECHO
Mutual Reserve Sues EX-Presidcnt
 Burnham for S200,000.

New York, Dec. 7,--Rcceivcrs of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company to-day instituted civil suits for an accounting for about $200,000 of the funds of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life association from Frederick A. Burnham, formerly president and six directors of the association. This association was the predecessors of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company, The suit is an outcome of the developments of the legislative insurance investigation. The six di- rectors named as defendants are George D, Eldridge, George Burn ham, Richard Deevcs, Horace H., Broadway, Edward M, l., Ehlers, and Charles F. Mabie.
 The receivers demand an account ing for $6,50O which Frederick A. Burnham is alleged to have paid un- lawfully to Horace II, Broadway un- der pretensc that it was Brockway's 8 salary They allege that Broadway gave the money back to Burnham.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
CONFESSION BY TELEPHONE
Father Tlerncy Answers Womans
 Question With Emphatic "No."

New York, Dec. T.--"Can woman give her confession over the tele- phone?" was one of the many queries which came through tho question box to the Rev, M. r. Tlerney, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Fort Hamilton avenue ana East Fourth street Brooklyn, yester- day.
 Father Tlerney said that he suppos. cd that the woman bad been reading of recent mine dlsaster when a priest heard confessions of the impris- oned men and gave them dissolution over telephone.
 Besides he said, with the imprisoned miners fl was q matter of a single wire connection, over which there could not possibly have been an eavesdrop- per, while fin the cities, or ordinarily. the sacredness of the confessional would be come the property of any one who might happen to get on the same wire, thing that sometimes happens
 Father TicrneY concluded by giving an emphatic No as his answer 10 the question.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
A CHINESE COLLEGE
St. Johns Episcopal at Shang- hai Described by Graduate
 of Local University,
COMPARES WELL WITH YALE
Very Interesting Meeting of Woman's Church Missionary Association
 at Trinity Church.

At the monthly meeting of the Woman's Church Missionary associa- ton held in Trinity parish building yesterday afternoon, a goodly number of representatives from the Episcopal churches of the city were present to hear the address by Mir. Foh- chung Yen, Yale medical school '09. who is a graduate of St Johns college, shang- hai, China
 Miss Beardsley. the president, pre- sided. The early part of the meeting was given over to the reading of the reports of the secretary and treasur- CT, and very interesting account by Miss Rowland, who was delegate from this city, of the recent conven- tion, held in Waterbury.
 Miss Beardsley then introduced Mir Yen, who gave very pleasant talk of the, work done in China by the teachers at the St. Johns college. This school was started by tae Episco- pal church, and compares favorably with Yale and Harvard. The recent development in all branches has been wonderful for the students, and Mr. Yen spoke of the particularly splendid Improvement in athletics. The scAol- arship is also nigh and at a recent convention held in Massachusetts graduates from this college won in the oratorical contest and the debate. The American influence is also widely felt. There are societies, a r. M. c. A.. glee and dramatic clubs and two splendid publications in the college The Christian influence is also great and this is brought about almost un- consciously to the students The ma jarlty of those who enter are not Christians, but they are asked to att tend chapel every morning and ser vice on Sunday and they become in- terested, and so the Influence is felt
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
GERMANY AND FAR EAST
yon Buclow Says Empire Approves
 Jan American Agreement.

Berlin, Dec. 7.--Chancellor Von Buelow. during the budget debate to- day, addressed the Reichstag on Ger manys foreign policy dwelling at length on the southeast European sit nation, the relations of Germany to France and Great Britain and Ger many's attitude toward the American Japanese understanding.
 Referring 10 this agreement the chancellor said that the substance of it had been communicated to Ger many by the representatives of both countries. Continuing, he said;
 "rhe new arrangement is thorough: Iv in harmony with the principles of Germans policy in Inc Tar East, the principles of the "Opon door econ omlcally the preservation of the status quo territorially and the integ- rity and independence of the Chinese empire,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
CHURCH LOSES S4,5OO,0OO
Failure of Catholic Funding Company
 Involves Priests and Nuns.

New York Dec. 7.-4-rhat the affairs of the Fidelity Funding company, whcih was organized under the laws of this state in 1899 to finance the building operations of Catholic churches and al- lied institutions, and which went into the hands of receiver few weeks ago, are In an exceedingly tangled condition. is asserted by the receiver.
 According to Receiver Thomas r. GIL. roy ir, the companys liabilities will aggregate not less than S45o00O0 with clude at least fifty churches, seminaries, colleges and many priests and nuns, These are scattered all over the coun- try, from the New England states to oregon. Chief among the companY's s creditors is st. Marys academy of Nauvoo, Illinois which is involved for at least S6O0,000
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
VICTIM OF ASPHASIA
Man Found in Philadelphia Doesn't
 Know Who He Is.

Philadelphia Dec. IA well dressed man who stepped from the St. Louis express train eastbound, on the Penn sylvana railroad at North Philadelphia station late last night, Is patient in an uptown hospital suffering from asphasIa. His mind Is blank so far as any Knowledge of himself Is concerned. The only clue 10 his identity is a card found in his suit case on which Is the name w. C. Mackey, and the address Marboron, Ulster county. New York. Tho man declares he does not know Mackey He is about forty-hye years old In his pocket was found $500
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
SHAFTS NEW C0-RULERS
Council of Fifty Men Given Nominal
 Power to Satisfy Pcrsians.

Tehcren, Dec, 7The statutes Fov- crning the newly instituted Persian council are shortly 10 he made public They will confer fairly wide powers on the new body, one of the weak points of which however, Is its un- representative character; all the mem bers are to be nominated by tho shah
 The council VII he composed of fifty men, thirty-two notables and eighteen merchants They will remain In office for two years.
 The council will be given the right 10 propose, adopt and supervise tho execution of new legislation, all con sessions and loans require the approval of the council but all decisions must be sanctioned by the shah The coun- cii will be given control of the gov crnmcut department and in order to insure independence, no government of flcial shall be a member of the coun- ril
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
KING EDWARDS ILLNESS.

London Dec. fixing Edward has had some difficulty in shaking off the cold and touch of rheumatism from which ne has been suffering for some time. He was obliged to remain at the house at SandrIngham all last week and his projected visit to Lord and Lady Ilchester this week has been abandoned
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
INGERSOLL'S WIDOW WINS
Long Suit for St3s,00o Legal Fec Gained Through Supreme Court.

! Washington, Dec 7-The Supreme court of the United States today decd- cd in favor of Mrs Ingersol the case of Mrs Eva A. Tngersoll widow of the late Robert C. 1ngersoll against Joseph Coran and others, involving a claim of SlO0,00O by Mrs. Ingersoll on account of services rendered by her husband In breaking the will of the late Andrew J. Davis, Montana millionaire
 The verdict of the circuit court gave Mrs Ingcrsol si3s,0OO and interest,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
MUST BE RE-KILLED
Condemned Criminals Fate If Brought
 to Life After Electrocution.

Trenton, N. J., Dec, 7-Prosecutor William J Crossley, speaking of the proposed test by County Physician Scannel to see if life can be restored after elocrocuton, which Is to be made in the ease of John Mantasama, who is to go to the electric chair the week of December 2t, said tonight that if the test resulted in restoring Mantasanna to life the prisoner would have to be elcctrocuted again. This, Prosecutor Crosslcy said, would be necessary to carry out the sentence of the law that the prisoner be put to death"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
RELIGION IN SCHOOLS
Church Council Defeats Resolution
 Proposing Novel scheme,

Philadelphia, Dec 7A resolution which proposed that public schools be closed one afternoon in each week to allow tho children to attend religious services and receive instructions in their own churches preciptated live ly debate at the afternoon session of thu Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, and was defeated A resolution on the subject of religious instruction for children was finally adopted in which 1t was declared that 1t was the duty of the church to pro- vide religious instruction for children as well as the duty of parents to see that such instruction Is given in the home
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
MEYER CAPTAINS NAvY TEAM.

Annapolis, Md Dec. 7-GeorEo R. Meyer was tonight unanimously elect cd 10 captain tho navy football team for next season He is a member of next years first class and has played Euard on the navy team for three years
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

All of the companies are preparing for their drill and inspection before Inspector General Schulze. Guns are being polished kits overhauled, metal made to shine, and new buttons and other adornments secured Companies C and E will be Inspected tonight,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
323 BILLS INTRODUCED
House Hopper We'll Filled on First
 Day of Session.

Washington, Dec. 7.--No time was lost by members of congress to-day in introducing bills, varying all the way from the admission of New Mexico into the Union to the regulation of marriages and divorces, When the house adjourned, 73 public bills had been droppedtinto the hopper; besides 250 private bills and eight resolutions.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
PERSIAN HOLY CITY SEIZED.

London, Dee. 3A dispatch to the Times from Teheran says the natlonat- fists at Meshed, a holy city of north eastern Persia, have routed the garri- son and seized the government officers.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

A second basketball team was form ed which will play some of the other armory teams commencing Wednes- day night with the Grays Cahill Is captain and Wright manager of this team
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Lnst evening Senator Butterworth mentioned that he Is trying hard to se- cure the building mentioned in the above dispatch. as lt is one of the larg- est and best lorated In Washington If he can secure it for the Taft club, it will be fitted up to accommodate the en- tire club during the inauguration cere- monies. If he cannot secure the build ing. Mir 3uitorworth fears that tho plans of the club will have to be en- tirely changed, but he has hopes that they may be carried out as outlined
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
ARNTORY NEWS.
Naval Reserves Elect Osborn \. Day
 Ensign--Inspections Tonight.

Before their basketball game last night and after drill the Naval Re- serves held their regular monthly meeting. osborn A, Day was elected ensign
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-10
GOLD MADNESS.
A Passion For Literally ReveIins In
the Yellow Metal.

A singular passion for literally revel-
ing in gold is exhibited now and then
nv men who have suddenly become
rich. Some years ago London jour
nalist who had speculated In railroad
stocks netted $4,000 as the result OF
lucky venture Drawing 1t in gold, the
fortunate man repaired to hotel, emp
tied the bags of gold in the bed and
went to sleep literally in the sands of
Pactolus. The man was so crazed by
his good fortune that he found indie
scribable pleasure in reveling in a
golden bath.
Paganini the violinist, when he re-
ceived the proceeds of his concerts-he
insisted upon being paid in gold-used
to wash his hands in soyereigns.
A French novelist. Soulie, wrote a
book entitled 1.-THE Memoirs of the
Devil" 1t took. The publishers paid
him for the first volume $4,000 in gold.
The author carried the gold to his bed
room, poured 1t into a footbath and en-
joyed for half an hour the excitement
of moving his feet to and fro in bath
of gold coins, smoking meanwhile the
biggest of Havanas.
A Boston merchant of great wealth,
believing certain symptoms indicated
that he would become insane consulted
a specialist and, under his advice, be-
came an inmate Of private asylum.
For twelve years there his recreation
was piling up gold coins and then
knocking them over. At times he
washed his hands in gold eagles and
half eagles. At the end of the long Sc
clusion he returned to his counting
room and in twelve months confirmed
the thoroughness of his recovery by
amassing $5OO,000.-St. Louis Republic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-10
THE QUADRANT.
How the Idea Of the Device Came to
Thomas Godfrey.

tnomdS GooIFey.
Concerning Thomas Godfrey, a IA
nous American mathematician, there
is an interesting account in the Lit
erary History of Philadelphia"
Thomas Godfrey was glazier. He
seemed to be one of the most singular
phenomena that ever appeared In the
learned world.
One day while at work at his trade
a young girl came to pump and nlleo
pail with water, which was LETT upon
the sidewalk. The suns rays were re-
dected from Godfreys glass to the pail
Of water and then to his eye, thus COM
pleting a triangle. This is said to have
suggested to the glaciers mind the idea
which in 1870 became the basis for the
double rejecting sea quadrant.
Prior to this time English mariners
had been using Davis bow to ascer-
tain their latitude at sea, but 1t could
not be adjusted In a storm. God1rey
gave the subject careful study. taught
himself Latin in order to read New
toms principal" and endeavored TO
have the value Of his invention recog-
nized in England. While thus engaged
he determined to have the device tested
on ship bound for the West Indies
In Jamaica the quadrant was exhibit
ed, or presented. to an English sea
captain. Thus the important discovery
came into the possession of Hadley, a
mathematical instrument maker In
London, whose name 1t usually bears
in spite of the long exertions Of infu-
entail Americans of the eighteenth
century to have Godfrey's claims es-
tablished and honored.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-10
The Scent of Flowers.

As rule the scent of flowers does
not exist In them as In store or
halation. While the flower lives it
breathes out its sweetness. but when
It dies the fragrance usually ceases to
exist. The method of stealing from the
flower its fragrance while it is still liv-
ing is no new thing. and it is not
known when it was discovered that
butter. animal fat or oil would absorb
the odor given off by living flowers
placed near them and would themselves
become fragrant.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-10
AWAY BELOW ZERO.
The Awful Cold That Comes Wit
Eighty Degrees Of Frost.

The Awful Cold That Comes With
Eighty Degrees Of Frost.
It is difficult to form any conception
Of the degree of cold represented by "
degrees of frost that at times prevails
in certain parts of Russia. Sir Leopold
McClintock tells us how in one Of his
arctic expeditions sailor was foolish
enough to do some outdoor WORK al
precisely this temperature His hands
froze. and when he rusE ed into the
cabin and plunged one of them into a
basin of water so cold was the hand
that the water was instantly converted
into block Of Ice.
At rs degrees, DR.. Kane says, tine
mustache and underlip form pendu-
lous beads of dangling ice. Put out
your tongue, and it instantly freezes to
this icy crusting. Your chin has
trick Of freezing to your upper jaw by
the happy aid Of your beard MY eyes
have often been SO glued as to show
that even a wink was unsafe"
During a theatrical performance Civ
en- by the crew of his ship at an inside
temperature Of 30 degrees ''the con-
densation was so excessive that we
could barely see the performers. Their
| hands steamed. When an excited Thes-
plan took off his coat it smoked like a
dish of potatoes. Any extra vehemence
of delivery was accompanied by vol
umes of smoke. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-10
ENGLISH RED TAPE.
War Office Methods and the Test of .
Mountain Gun.

Mountain Gun.
The story that gun Of marvellous
possibilities invented In England may
be sold abroad owing TO the apathy Of
the powers that be is not altogether
surprising.
Whitworth refused Napoleon ILLS
offer of $4,000 year for life to go tt
Paris and manufacture his cannon fol
the French army, but perhaps our wal
Office was not SO faddy then as now.
Some little time ago a new gun fol
hill fighting was offered and was sen
out to India to be tried. 1t was drag
ged up steep hills, rushed down rocky
defiles, left for q week at time II
mountain torrents-in fact, submitted
to all the tests which veteran ofncel
accustomed to war with the hill tribes
could suggest.
The report was satisfactory In every
respect. but a war Office genius BLAND
ly asked If the gun had been dropped
down a precipice. 1t had not
The war Office was Mortified ano
amazed at the neglect of SO elementary
a test. The gun was now dropped doWr
a urecipice with the inevitable result
its Intervals were irremediably dam
aged.
How was it possible, the war once
asked. to accept such a weapon! Anc
the army Of India was left to potter
along with obsolete weapons because
This new arm would not stand impos
sibIe tests.-London Sketch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-10

Pie came to the fore in England
many centuries ago. 1t originated in
the form of mince pie and was used in
the celebration of Christmas. In its
primitive stage it was baked in deep
sided dish. lined and covered with
rolled out dough. The filing was Of
forcemeats, richly sweetened and
spiced. This splicing and favorlng
stood for the presents which the wise
men bore to the Christ in the manger.
For years and years this custom Of
having the Christmas mince pie pre-
vailed, but finally it was denounced far
and wide by the Puritans as form Of
idolatry, and the government after par
lament had suppressed the celebration
of the birth of Christ took steps to stop
the baking and eating Of the mince pie.
Eventually saner reasoning led to the
taking off of the ban. and the pie eat
ing custom was renewed. = London
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