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Evening journal., 1908-12-29
DID NOT HAVE
EAR TO DOOR
Evidence of Young Man in
Philadelphia Case Denied
by Chief Black

Tcstifying that he had heard Samuel
Abrams. a pawnbroker, with Detective
Tate. trying to convince the Rev.
George l.. Wolf. Of this city. that Mrs.
Hannah B. williams was not the
woman he had married TO Abrams. AL
fred williams, who says the pawn
broker is his parent. at Camden, n. j..
yesterday testified in the suit for per-
jury against his mother.
Mrs. williams is being prosecuted
because she said Abrams was married
to her before he married a brewers
wealthy widow a year ago.
The young man said he and his
mother followed Abrams to the office
of Chief Of Police Black, in Whining
ton. and by putting his ears to the
kcyhole overheard the alleged conver-
sation He also testified that Abrams
had offered his mother $4,000 10 go to
California with hre children IN order
that he could marry again.
For the first time I'm many years a
nun was called into court to testify
during the afternoon.
Sister Lawrence, In charge OF St.
Nincent's Orphanage. Philadelphia,
produced records Of that Institution to
disprove the statements made by Mrs.
Williams with regard TO the time she
declared she had removed her children
from there.
When the above article was shown
Chief Black today he absolutely de-
MED Williams story so far as having
his ear 10 the door is concerned. He
said that when the conversation he
speaks of, was held the young man
was in the City Court room and was
nowhere near the door to his office.
Chief Black also denied that the Rev
Wolfe was induced in every possible
way TO say that he had not married
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
Bavard Leoion's oHioers.

The Bayard Legion Democratic Club
elected the following officers at a meet
ing last night President. John b.
Dunbar; vice-president, John ]. Ryan
recording secretary. William Collins
financial secretary. p. NJ. Lowe; treas
urer. r. ]. May; sergeant at arms. B.
Mccormick; marshal. George McCart-
ney; board Of governors. Phillip Lynch
Herbert Taylor. 4. G. Gillespie and
William Fisher; registration commit
tee. T. r. Holland, John p. Logan and
John Coakiey.
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
STATE OFFICIALS
SOON TO RETIRE
specIal 70 LIE EvEN1Na IouRNAL

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Dec. con Tuesday. Janu-
AIRY 5 Thomas \. Rawlins Will retire as
State treasurer and be succeeded by David
o. Moore. Thomas-C. Roe will be succeed
ed by Theodore i. Clark as State audi
tor; George W. Marshall will retire in
favor Of Charles Il. Maull as insurance
commissioner and a new Secretary OF
State viii succeed Joseph L. Cahall. prob
ably Daniel o. Hastings, OF Wilmington.
Thus every office in the state House will
change hands except that Of State Librar-
ian. Governor-elect Pennewill will appoint
a State librarian early in his term, and
Thomas w. Wilson, the present State IL
brarian. and II. Ridgeiy Harrington, OF
Dover, are the applicants.
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
- Rnoeiuer,s saIa on.

The tax receivers sale OF the pro-
perty of Joseph Woodington. in Rob-
inson street. between Spruce and
Church streets. which was TO have been
held on january .. TO pay county and
poor tax for the years 1906. 1907 and
1905 will not take place. Mr.. Wood
ington appeared before Magistrate
Hastings today and made settlement
Of the case and the sale has been de-
clared or.
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
By United Press Leased Special wirs

LONDON. Dec. 29.-The severest
weather known in England in years
has brought the unemployed situation
70 q most alarming stage. The official
figures bring the total of those re-
ceiving aid from the various public
and private charities throughout Eng
land 70 S26,s45. This does not include
the thousands who have not applied
for official assistance.
The ranks OF unemployed have been
sweiled since Saturday by the entire
allied building trades. There has been
little building work being done for
months, but the present cold wave has
caused whatever construction opera
tions that were underway to cease al
together.
Tho charitable institutions are com
pleiely swampeo and the streets and
iarls are filed with scantily clad,
2arxing men. women ard children. Tn
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
Good Road convention

GEORGETOWN. Dec pa good
roads convention is being held here to-
day and many men from all parts OF
the county are in attendance. Ad-
dresses are TO be made by experts from
Washington and the general improve
ment Of the county roads Is to be
considered
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. PA
special bulletin issued this afternoon BY
the weather bureau predicts a cold
wave, accompanied BY rain or sness
alonq the Atlantic coast tomorrow.
Forecast till p. m. Wednesdays
For Delaware-Threatening and
cooler tonight; colder tomorrow with
possible snow.
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
Two officials Take Oath Of Office.

County Comptroller Philemma Chan
dler and Coroner Thomas J. Gaynor
are the first OF the recently elected
county officials 10 take the oath Of
Office, they having been sworn I'm by
Isaac v Brown, notary. this morning
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
Senator HeYburn Here.

United States Senator Weldon b.
Hepburn. of Idaho. spent several hours
at the Court House this morning look
ing up a will record. While at the
building Senator Hepburn formed the
acquaintance OF many members Of the
bar.
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
Won,enfs Nioht al Rink.

Tonight at Eleventh Street Rink win be
womens night. and fhe rink practice
team win play the Philadelphia team.
The practice team is con opposed OF Cream
er first rush; r. Kidd Eecond rush; Chiz
weldin. center; W. NOD, half back;
Toppin. goal
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
REPORTS SURVEY
OF STATE LAM S
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

EDeCI1I 70 IIIII y ' ~ ~ 't4Nl nv II
DOVER. Dec. 29.-Manlove Hayes
appeared before Governor Lea at the
State House today with "A report of the
survey made Of the State public lands
in Sussex county Mr.. Hayes makes a
complete report and was complimented
upon it by the Governor.
An appropriation of $50 was al
lowed to make the survey and Sc of this
was returned to the State Treasurer.
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
st. stenhenls Eestival.

The Sunday school OF st. stephens
Lutheran Church last night had its
Christmas entertainment and an in
teresting program OF carols and exer-
cises was given
Evening journal., 1908-12-29
See For Yourself

The JOURNAL guarantees that
its circulation is as represented,
and ADVERTISERS ARE INVITED
TO INSPECT OUR BOOKS AND
INVESTIGATE OUR CLAIMS.
Evening journal., 1908-12-29

Continued on Second Page.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
ECCENTRIC PLANCHE.
Why the Famous Critics Hands Were
Still SoiIed After a Bath.

A correspondent of the Boston Her.
aid says that remark attributed to
the late Sully Prudhomme was made
originally by the famous and eccentric
literary and dramatic critic, Gustave
Plnnche, who died in Paris In Septem-
Der, 1851. For long time 1t was
thought that he slept In the public
streets, and he himself took pleasure
In giving credit to this report.
"Where are you lodgingY" some one
asked him.
II don't lodge" he replied; II perch"
"And where?"
Champs Elysees, third tree to the
right"
Another anecdote of Planche is that,
being once invited TO dine with a cele-
brated actress, Annlas or Nine. Dorval.
he arrived before the company.
MY goodness, Planche." cried the
hostess, what figure you cut! Go
take a bath. ] beg. Here Is a ticket"
He returned in an hours time as
clean as when he set out. "You un-
happy man. you have not taken the
bathw h IA
"By my faith, l hayew
"Look at your hands,"
"Ah, that Is because I had q book
Will, In the water" III
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
GAMBLING In Cuba.

American influence has brought
about some important changes in Gu
Oan customs and notably In the aboli.
tion Of the bull ring and the cockpit.
which used to be the chief Sunday at
fractions of the populace. Not few
OF the better class OF Havanese desire
the same fate for Jal Alai and would
rejoice to see the Fronton closed for
ever High and low wager immod-
erately OH this game, and many stories
OF ruined regulations and wrecked
businesses are connected with II. Ev-
cry race has its prevailing vice and
Its comparative freedom from others.
The Cubans are incurable gamblers.
but drunkenness Is virtually unknown
among them. Both sexes In Havana
spend great deal of time In the nu-
merous open air cafes. but they drink
for the most part nonalcoholic. fruity
beverages, Of which there is an ex-
tensive variety peculiar to the country.
-C II. Forbes-Lindsay In World 10
day.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Jelections
HE DOESN'T FORGET.
Frederick w. Story Of Baltimore Has
Wonderful Memory.

Frederick w. Story Of Baltimore Has
. Wonderful Memory.
Those who know Frederick w. Story,
the Baltimore lawyer, do not regard
1t as remarkable, says the Baltimore
Sun, that he was able to reproduce
from memory the will of his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth b. Story, who died
some years ago.
Mr.. Story wrote the win from his
recollcctions of 1t after having read
the document, and his draft has been
sent to the probate court of Mlddlesex
county, Mass. to be set up In lieu OF
the original will, which has been lost.
His associates In the city solicitors
Office frequently call upon him for
name or a date, and he has scarcely
been known to fail to give the desired
information. Some of those who
know him say he never forgets any
thing he reads or sees. He has at
his fingers ends all the important de-
cisions of the court of appeals and
can mention the title of any case In
which n point that may be at issue
has been decided.
He admits that he may have forgot
ten some things, but he can repeat the
name Of every member of the house
Of Plantagenet the names Of the
kings and queens Of England and
France and the rulers of many other
countries, with the dates and duration
of their terms. He can repeat also
the names OF the presidents of the
United States with the years In which
they served, but he says every one
should be able to do that.
Although he has, of course. not
been at school for years, he can re-
peat pages Of Virgil and Homer, and
probably could repeat nearly the en-
tire Book Of Common Prayer of tho
Episcopal church. of which he Is q
warden.
Mr.. Story is student of genealogy
and history and has vast fund OF
information on those subjects. From
memory he can draw the map of al
most any country on the globe.
When he was FIVE years old he started
to school, and the first day he was
promoted to the FIRST class. but was
put back becauSe OF his lack Of
knowledge of geography. That lack
he has since supplied. He continued
at school until he was graduated
from Harvard. Mr.. Story Is a son of
the late Judge Isaac Story Of Massa-
chusetts and comes of brainy
family. aA
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
in answer to the lady's. We haven't
had any rain lately"
Liked rIetivo State Better.

Representative Allen OF Maine. Un-
Gle Amos, as many Of his friends
know him, has resided In Washington
longer than any Of his Pine Tree
State colleagues. He was many years
a government clerk and then secretary
to Speaker Reed and likes the town.
But lie is the most loyal Maine man
Of all the local Maine colony. When
the youngsters get homesick, they 60
around for cliat with Uncle Amos,
who is sure to cheer them up. II
makes Maine mnn feel good even to
hear him tell his favorite story, which
Is a comparison on Paradise.
"One recently admitted there" says
the First Maine district representa-
tive, saw two men In slackles.
Handouts and a ball and chain werc
affixed to each Of them. The new
conner marveled at that in such .
happy land and inquired the reason.
"He was informed that they belong
ed to an unusual human species. They
had come from peculiar little cor.
ner Of big country. which corner
was known as Maine and had to be
kept under restraint so that they
would not return there e"-washington
Cor. Boston Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
JUeeLED His EYE. :
The Trick by Which Lord WolseIey
Conquered an arab.

The loss of an eye years ago once
stood Lord Wolseley in good stead. 1t
seemed impossible to get any informa-
tion of the enemy's strength and the
forces under the command of Arab
Pasha. At length an Arab was caught
near one of the outposts. Naturally ex-
pecting that he would he able to give
good deal of Information. he was
taken before Lord Wolseley. who ques-
toned him. The man. however. re-
fused to speak.
Seeing that 1t was useless to con-
tinue to ply him with questions, the
commander In chief resolved to use
strategy. 1T Is no use your refusing
TO answer me-" he said to the man. ~
am wizard. and at n single word
can destroy you and your masters. To
prove this to you will take out my
eye. throw II up into the air. catch 1t
and put 1t back into my head"
Sulting the action to the word. Lord
Wolseley removed his glass eye. threw
1t into the air. caught 1t and put 1t
back into the empty socket That dem
onstration was sufficient to convert the
Arab. A man who could do such n
miracle was a wizard indeed and was
to he propitiatcd. not angered. He ca
pitulated without further demur. and
the information he gave Is said to
have led to Arabi's defeat.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
The smar. Boss.

Rudyard Kipllng concluded his recent
address to the students of McGlll uni-
versity with an attack on ''smartness. !"
He said:
Whenever and wherever you find
one OF your dear little playmatcs show
Ing signs Of smartness In his work. his
talk or his play take him tenderly by
the hand. by both hands. by the back
OF the mock II necessary. ana lovingly,
playfully. but firmly. lead him to a
knowledge Of higher and more interest
ing things"
Afterward Mr.. Klpling told a story
about a smart man.
"This man. he said, "owRed dry
goods store. ana one day. to Ills great
disgust, he heard a new clerk say to .
lady:
"'No. madam. we have not had any
for long time.'
"With fierce glance at the clerk, the
smart employer rushed up to the lady
and said:
"'Wc have plenty In reserve. ma'am;
plenty upstairs,
lady and clark looked dazed, ana
afterward the smart proprietor learned
that tue clerks remark bsd been made
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

Clothes, the kind that are spelled
with a capital &c" mount to price
that would seem like fiction II you had
not found 1t reality. There are shops
along Fifth avenue-those that are la
beled Louise" "Harrictte," "Aime.
Jeanne"-where one buys a gown or Il
hat-that is, one would IL one had the
money--asa a collector buys Corot or n
Rubens. The artiste--oh. dear, no;
nothing so plebeian as dressmaker or
milliner-herself wears. say. n COS
tune Of lace with rope OF pearls to
her knees. She meets her customers
In a reception room where oriental rugs
hush the football and softly shaded
lights blend the colorings in the deco
rations. She looks my lady ovtr The
hired designers, the filters. the needle
women do the rest. And the l,il comes
In, $50 to $3.50 for u hat. $500 TO $4,000
for a gown. There are plenty OF prices
like that in New York. Then there are
others that gently let you down, down
until you strike prevailing rock bottom
at about $15 for only the making of n
gown and S25 for hat that is a hat
Broadway Magazine,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
An Assravating Boy.

Lord Curzon exhibited brilliant quail
tiles both at Eton and oxford. At the
same time he was by no means a
quiet, studious boy when he attended
the famous public school. One of the
mathematical masters there told how
Curzon gave him more trouble than
any boy he ever taught. "He was in
cessantly playing the fool and rag
ging' and apparently paid no attention
TO what I was teaching. But what
made him more especially aggravating
was that. whenever came down on
him suddenly and asked him to go
through some difficult problem that
had been explaining. he never failed
to give me perfectly lucid and sat
isfactory proof. And very often he
was the only boy In the class who
could."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

In a great game OF polo last night
Marion finally won out In twenty
seconds overtime after Uri-hsville
had tied the score just before the
close of the third period by the
score of to z.
1t was pretty contest and the
large crowd that braved the storm
to witness the game was we'll re-
paid. Marion secured the lead early
in the game and kept ahead until
the last period when the visitors
played some rather sensational polo
and tied the score. Shaw Gagged ~
winning goal twenty seconds after
play was resumed.
Lee Taylor was back in the game
again and while he played good
game his work was not up to his
usual standard. Within a short
time the star rush will be in good
locals will be strengthened as n
shape again and the playing of the
result. Shaw's gcal shooting was
phenomenal.
Hadley and e. Devlin indulged
in hugging matchout were separ-
ated before any blows were struck.
''rhe lineup:
Marion Uhrichsville.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

THERE'S NO LETTER FoR yE, TELL YE."
handsomer, a little larger than the old
one. And the postmaster observed with
disgust that the fickle Villagers were
fiocking in great numbers to the new
shop.
"As the postmaster stood glowering
at his rival from his doorway ono aft
erno0n fellow townsman entered and
asked If there were any letters for him.
"'No, there amt none. ! told ye that
yesterday said the storeleepcr with
out moving from the doorway.
but one might "a come today said
the villager.
"'Oh, there might might thcreT the
storekeeper sncered. We'll. there ain't.'
"'But ye hain't looked
"'Hain't I? Well. / amt a-goin' to-
"'Bur--
"There's no letter for ye, l tell ye,'
shouted the postmaster.
"'But-
"'Blast ye' Shouted the furious post
MASTER rushing up to the vilager and
shaking his fist in his face, won't 70
take mo" for an answer? tell We
agin--no. no, no! And now If We amt
satisfied go and git yer letters where
ye git yer g0ods.'"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
NEW SHORT STORIES
Tho Old Time storeke.per.

]. b. Mcneil. wholesale grocer of
Chicago. calculates that through living
In tho suburbs he has travelled $4,000
miles on the trains In the past thirty
five years.
"While l have been travelling" said
Mr.. Mcneil the other day. "the grocery
business has changed for the better.
and hope have helped little In the
change.
"Grocers and general storekeepers
are more liberal than they used to be-
kinder. more polished. more gentle
manly. Let me give you an idea of the
typical storekeeper Of the past, the
storekeeper of the early fifties.
"The general storekeepcr of Croydon
was also the village postmaster. He
dispensed letters and cabbnges. postal
cards and underwear. with an equal
hand.
"But one autumn rival establish
ment opened across the way n general
store that was little brighter. a little
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
THE PLAY ITSELF WAS GOOD.
That Much, at Least, the Actor Critic
Had to Admit.

John Hare, the English actor, once
went to see one of Beerbohm Trees
Infrequent performances of Hamlet.
He would willingly have avoided Tree
for some little time afterward for rea-
sons obvious to others who, like him,
had seen this least impressive of this
actors roles.
Hare chivnlrously remained In his
box to the end Of the play. As the
curtain descended on each act he had
dreaded the invitation of his fellow
player to his dressing room. where the
usual courtesles would have been ex-
pected.
Act by act slipped by without any
word from the stage, and Hare grew
proportionately relieved. AS the last
curtain fell. however, and Hare retired
from the box he found messenger mt
the door with "Mr. Trees compliments,
and wouldn't he come home for bite
Of supper with some friends"
At table Hare parried opening after
opening, yet not once did Tree refer
directly to his Hamlet. Hare on his
part dreaded every break In the con-
versatlon would bring the dreaded top,
ic. After decent time he drew away
from table to go home. Tree accom-
panied him to the hall to put on his
coat "Now's my hour" Thought Hare.
Not one word from Tree. They shook
hands on the threshold. and Hare start
ed down the steps In happy relief.
Tree followed him to his carriage.
Hare heard him In dread. Still the
topic was avoided Tree, with cordial
courtesy. opened the door. Hare slip
ped into the cushions Of the carriage,
joyfully heard the door slam and drew
a deep sigh. a, f..z.
But before the horses started Trees
head was In at the window, and he
said. with blighting suavity:
AT least, John. you'll admit it's
good play"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
chamsIson Paint.

A color changing paint for use upon
machinery has recently been intro
duced on the New York market. This
paint VIII be useful as nm Indicator Of
hot boxes or hot hearings. Red when
cool. 1t VIII change to black at what
ever temperature is too high for the
machine 1t guards. Then when the
machine cools It VIII change back to
red again. The paint Is made by mix
ing mercurlc iodlde nnd cuprlc iodlde
with distilled water IN proportions that
vary according to the degree OF heat
whereat 1t is desirable for the color
change to occur.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

live stock. There was one instance In
which a camel stolen from camp
Dor, successfully tracked to the Sudan,
where the beast was recaptured and
summary vengeance wreaked upon the
robbers. Selected for natural ability
and trained from boyhood to dlscrimi-
nate between each animals footprint.
this faculty becomes so highly devel-
oped that particular horses or cam
els trail is unerringly picked up from
among the thousands of impressions
on the dusty highway.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Moral Idiots.

A good many people still hold the no.
tlon that all persons are equally good
by nature and might be equally good
actually had they but the will to be So
They fail to see that men are born with
all degrees of moral capacities and in
capacities and some OF them wholly
lacking In that regard. just os they are
born with all degrees of intellectual en-
dowment and some of them with none
whatever A man may he an idiot
morally as well as Intellectually
Strand Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

A curious profession among the Be.
douin Is that OF the thief trackers."
Being without paddocks or stables and
their animals always more or less ut
liberty. theft OF stock would appear to
be an easy and frequent matter. Each
tribe. however has Its little company
OF "trackers," and It would be either
a bold or an Ignorant man indeed who
vsptured 70 intsrfsrs with an Arabs
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

The nose Of big Alaska bull moose
weighs eight pounds aud when boiled
twenty-four hours Into gelatin
makes the choicest and most nutrI.
tions article Of diet 10 be had In all
Alaska. At least thie u what Webster
Brown Of this city, who has hunted
snd snrysysa qll. qses hlaesa: sfys
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
More Ornamental, Than us.tuI.

"Your daughter" said the jollying
friend, "has such comprehensive
sweep upon the plano" f
81 wish," muttered the overworked
mother, "she had that same about the
house, Baltimore American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Perfectly Safe.

"My face is my fortune. sir" sho
said
THAT being the case" rejolned the
cynical bachelor. you are In no danger
of being married for your money
Detroit Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
The Re.ort courtoou :.

Black-Jones wrote his father that he
was having considerable trouble to,
keep up with his expenses.
White--And what did his father sayf
Black-That such fast man should
have no trouble ut all. ll.-Harvard Lam.
poOn.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Deficient.

"The pen." remarked the utudent. "is
mightler than the sword" s.
Yes" answered the man who likes
the pomp and trappings. but 1t doesn't
make near the showing in a reception
or parade. Washington Star. 4