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Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
The FINGER Print System.

It is not generally known that n.
Bertillon, who originated the method
of identifying criminals now used by
every important police force the world
over, admits having learned his meth
cd of finger print Identification from
the English Sir William Herschel,
whom Bertillon regards as one Of his
teachers, studied the subject while in
India, where he became so convinced
Of the efficacy Of the system that he
not only contributed much Of the first
important literature on the subject, but
brought back thousands Of finger prints
to England with him. Francis Cation
was the other English pioneer in the
subject, which finally attracted the at
tention of the Frenchman. After .
long and close study Of a vast number
of finger prints he estimated that the
chance of two sets Of prints being iden'
tical is less than one in 64,0OO,000,00O.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Panic In a Coal Mine.

Finleyville, Pa, Jan. Pa panic
was caused among the miners at the
Nottingham mine of the Pittsburgh
Coal company by the discovery of gas
In large volume in an abandoned entry.
The alarm was spread among the work
men, and without stopping for tools
or dinner buckets, all sought safety
by climbing through the air shaft.
The men refuse to re-enter the mine
until it is made safe. Mine Superin-
tendent John Young expects to have
the trouble remedied in a short time.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Duty on a Cake.


italian salt is heavily taxed not be-
cause it is a luxury, but because it is
necessity, and the poor suffer greatly
therefore in the cause of armaments.
Sugar is taxed also, even in the frivo-
lous form of white ornaments on the
top of a cake. So a traveller from Alex
andria found Of late, arriving in Ven
fee with the i'll timed parting present
OF a decorated cake brought on board
by an Egyptian friend. Having no
taste for cake, the Englishman sailed
into the port of Venice with his Egyp-
tian sugar uneaten and forgotten.
Down upon the cake came the Italian
officials, demanding duty. The Eng
lishman protested that cake was not
contraband, whereupon the white or
naments were denounced, traced by
the point Of the sword of authority. 1t
was argued, besides, that the sub
stance of the pastry itself was proba'
bly, sweetened. The English traveller,
who did not like paying duty, proposed
to heave the whole thing overheard
into the lagoon. Not so. His arm was
grasped. The sugar was now the prop
erty Of the king Of Italy. At his peril
would any man heave 1t or chuck or
shy.-London Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Fortune Came Too Late.

Troy, N. Y, Jan. q. = Charles G.
Biedinger, an inventor, was found dead
in his room in a cheap lodginghOuse
here. He had been in extreme want
lately, but had just learned that the
superior court, at Cincinnati o., had
decided a patent right claim in his
favor. awarding him $4,000 and in
terest upon it for several years. His
invention, a machine for making paper
wrappers, was patented while he was
in a sanitarium by his financial hacker,
who refused an accounting when the
inventor was discharged from the sani-
tarium.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
The Passing of the Hickory.

The manufacturers Of many varieties
of tools. agricultural and other, find
themselves facing a serious calamity
in the rapid disappearance Of that
most valuable of American hard
woods, the hickory. For certain uses,
like ak helves and hammer handles, al
most no satisfactory substitute can be
found. One of the hardest, it is natur-
ally one Of the slowest growing trees,
and many years must elapse if plant
ings are undertaken before the trees
can be made available for timber.
Some can vet be found in Missouri and
in parts Of other states in the same lat
itude, but from New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Michigan and Wisconsin the hickory
has almost disappeared. Yet not long
ago it was burned as the best Of fire.
woods-thousands of cords every win
ter. The nuts, too! How the "shell-
barks" are missed! Probably the best
plan for getting these back, for the de
light of young and old, is to plant hick-
cries for shade trees along the roads
and city streets.-Maxwells Talisman.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
TOWNS BUILT ON CRATERS.
Earth Girdled by Three Hundred Ae-
tive Volcanoes.

tive Volcanoes.
Some of the wonders of the volcanic
world were graphically described in a
lecture at the London institution re-
Gently by Mr. w. Herbert Garrison
+. r. G. S, who has climbed volcanoes
in all parts Of the world.
"The greatest noise on record" he
said, 'was made by the eruption Of
Krakatoa, in the strait of sunda, be-
tween Java and Sumatra, in 1881
Here are a few striking facts about
the eruption that Mr.. Garrison men,
1lOned:
1t caused a cloud seventeen miles
high.
1t was heard 5000 miles away.
If 1t had>taken place in Cornwall. 1t
could have been heard in New York,
Constantinople, st. Petersburg, Cairo
and Greenland.
The velocity of the explosion was
three times that of an Armstrong gun.
1t raised tidal waves 100 feet high
that invaded the land for five miles.
1t created dust finer than any rock
can be ground by man.
This dust was carried round the
earth for three years in the air.
1t caused air waves that encircled
the earth seven times.
1t broke windows 100 miles distant
The volcanoes of the world form a
''belt of fire" round the earth and are
rarely more than 300 miles from the
sea. In the few exceptions to this
rule the volcanoes are near large sheets
OF inland water. This tends to prove
that the proximity of water is one OF
the main factors in the cause Of erup-
tions and that it is the percolation Of
water through the earth's surface that
leads to volcanic activity.
Mr.. Garrison explained what he
meant by the belt of fire. by showing
a large map of the Pacific ocean on
which the volcanic centers were mark
ed, forming a rough circle, beginning
in South America and following the
coast line to Alaska, then round to
Kamchatka, Japan and the Sunda
strait to New Zealand. In the center
of the circle lies the greatest crater in
the world, in the Hawaiian Islands,
which is nine miles wide.
In this belt of fire" are 300 active
volcanoes, which, said Mr.. Garrison,
is a very small number compared with
the number once active, the quiescent
or extinct volcanoes numbering tens
Of thousands.
Among the towns built on old craters
Mr.. Garrison mentioned Edinburgh
(Arthur's Seat being the remains of
volcanic ring, Keswick, Alden, Randy
and Auckland.
Brentor, in Devonshire, was at one
time, probably within historic times,
as high as Etna, and Etna is calculat-
ed to have thrown out 1000 cubic
miles of material in historic times.
Among, many remarkable photo
graphs shown was one of a boiling
lake in an icebound crater nearly 5000
feet above sea level in New Zealand.
Since the photograph was taken the
volcano has tossed the lake into the
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
PRINCIPAL Markets.
MANNaEk.

PRINCIPAL Markets.
PHILADELPHIA = FLOUR weak;
winter extras, new, $4.lOQ4.25; Penn
sylvania roller. clear, $4.30@4.45; city
mills, fancy, s6@6.20. RYE FLOUR
quiet; per barrel, s4.70@4.75. WHEAT
steady; No. 2 Pennsylvania red, $1@
/ .OO1%. CORN steady; No. 2 yellow, To-
cal. 59062c. OATS steady; No. 2
white clipped, 561a @57c. lower grades,
56c. HAY firm; timothy, large bales,
S19019.50. PORK firm; family, per
barrel. $3.50. BEEF quiet; beef
hams, per barrel, $26Q27. POULTRY:
Live quiet; hens, 121zc.; old roosters,
sc. Dressed firm; choice fowls, 1345c.;
old roosters, SIC. BUTTER steady;
extra creamery, 35c. EGGS firm;
selected, 26029c.; nearby, 24c.; west
ern, Csc. POTATOES firm; per barrel,
7868Oc. Sweet Potatoes firm, at 9Oc.@
81 per basket.
BALTIMORE-WHEAT steady; No.
Q spot, $1.05@1.0514; steamer No. 2
spot, 9S34 a99c.; southern, 9SAea@,$11,
CORN steady; steamer mixed, 591s@
593Ic.; southern, 60@64e. OATS quiet;
white No. 2, 574571ac.; No. 3, $50
56I5c.; No. f. 5215@531ac.; mixed, No
Q b4c.: No 3, 52Q53c. BUTTER firm;
creamery separator extras, 3O03lc.;
held. 22m23c.; prints, 30@31c.; Mary
land apG PENNSYLVANIA dairy prints II
O19c EGGS steady; fancy Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Virginia, 23c; West
Virginia, 22c.; southern, 2OQ2lc.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Receivers For United Workmen Lodge

Helena, Mont, Jan. 29.-Robert s.
Howey was appointed receiver for the
Montana Grand lodge of the Ancient
Order Of United Workmen. Applica-
tion for the appointment of a receiver
was made before Judge Clements, Of
the district court, by H. R. Kepner,
counsel for the grand lodge. The
grand lodge, it was stated, has death
claims of approximately 100000, and
there is now on hand in the benef-
clary fund only $1,000.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Pennsv Repair shops Closed.

Altoona, Pa, Jan. 28.-The 5000 en-
ployes of the Pennsylvania locomotive
repair shops, known as the Altoona
machine shops, who have been work
ing thirty-two hours a week for some
time, were notified that the shops
would be closed until next Monday.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
POISON EoR WHOLE FAMILY
Arsenic In Milk and Rolls lmperll'
Five.

Arsenic IN Milk and HoII5 ImpeTIIa
Five.
Union Hill. N. j., Jan. 27.-A family
Of FIVE persons were poisoned by ar.
senic dropped into milk and sprinkled
over rolls left over night at their
home. The victims are Mrs. Eva Zach
wind, widow of Coroner John Zach
wind. of Jefferson street; her daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Formon, Jr.; their baby daughter
Eva and Mrs. Helena Cooper, a do
nestle.
All are out of danger but DR.. Rich
ard Schlems says they had narrow
escape. An investigation of the case
is being made.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-31
Live stock Markets.

PITTsBURG (Union Stock Yardsl-
CATTLE s'eady; choice, S5Q5.75;
prime. S5.3O05.50. SHEEP strong;
lambs higher; prime wethers, Y54Oq
$50; culls and common $245; lambs,
higher; prime heavies, mediums and
heavy Workers, S4.65; pigs, S4.65q
4.671a: roughs, S3.500425.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
SOCIALISM REJECTED.
DEFEAT BILL.
John Burns Opposes Government
Provision for Unemployed.

london March 13.-The Liberals reJected 'o
dav bv a majority of 14e. the Labor party's
unemployed workmen's bill. This action marked
a split with the Socialists and doubtless was
influenced by Lord Rosebery's speech yesterday
against socialism.
Tho measure was known the right 10
work bill because vital clause made IL the
duty of the local authorities to provide work
for all unemployed persons, and, falling TINS
proyision the authorities were to maintain un-
employed men and their families. 1t was frank
Iv admitted to be sociaIistic in character All
we want Is money and purpose to get 1t
from those bursting money bags of unearned
increment which the government Is too tfnfd
to attack" was the phrase used by one of the
labor leaders in the debate to-day, and 1T sums
III, the general trend of the speeches OF the sup
porters of the measure.
As q result of a Cabinet meeting the govern
ment under the strong leadership of III. H
Asotlith Chancellor of the Exchequer, acting
Premier, decided to risk a probable split with
the Socialist element, and Mr.. Asquith and John
asked the House to reject the bill Mr. Burns
aid that the passage of this bill would be most
destructive to the social fabric. The govern
ment already was doing all that could reason
ably be expected he said, to improve the cOndi-
ton of labor If it had made a mistake, it was
that ii had gone too far and exalted fusttan and
corduroy above the frock coat and the top hat.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
THE FIGHT FOR HUGHES
Clarence r. Freeman Discusses goth
1ssemHu District Contest.

Clarence p Freeman chairman of the commit
tee Of enrolled voters in the 18th Assembly Dis
trict discussed yesterday the primary contest in
that district.
II am more convinced than of the insin-
cerity of those who pretend lead but really dis
unite the Republican party in this district he
said. Il was one OF those who organized the
Charles +. Hughes Club. in order that the true
Hughes sentiment, which is overwhelming in this
district. should find proper expression.
1T was only after Seth Low made a ringing
speech in the clubhouse OF the Republican Club
of this district that Mr. Hammond, the nominal
leader. stated that he did not wish to oppose tho
the Of this district; and that If this
district were for Hughes for the Presidential nom
inaton he would be for Hughes, but if he found
that the sentiment for Taft he would be for
Taft.
In order to ascertain this sentiment he
Quoted postal card OF the enrolled voters
When the result of this canvass was announced
Mr. Hammond qualified his promise by saying that
although the enrolled Republicans had voted in the
proportion Of almost two TO one in favor of Hughes
he nevertheless thought that should elect dele
gates who will go 10 the Presidential convention
With tn. publicly announced intention Sof voting
for Hughes for first choice and Taft for second
choice.
Mr. Hammond voted twice in the County Com
inittee for adjournments and postponements Of the
vote that was sought to be taken upon the So
called Hughes resolution. Then, following imme-
diately upon Mr.. Tafts famous letter and Mr. Par
sons's somersault, Mr. Hammond declared for
Hughes and Hughes only-thus changing his mind
for the third time within a period of about two
months
BY his recent circular TO the enrolled Republi-
cans we learn that Hammond is FOR Hughes and
against OdeIi and Quisg. What earth Quigg
has TO do with the situation | cannot see, unless it
is TO hide the real issues, for nearly every man
associated with the Charles T. Hughes Club has a
long record of having fought Quigg tooth and nail
This club started without consulting Mr.. Odcll
or any person associated with Mr.. 0Gell.
I'm place of there being only two factions in this
district combined against the sort of leadership
that Mr.. Hammond represents there about
half dozen different groups Of men. including the
Independent voters, engaged in this movement
We claim that the strength OF course is fairly
represented by the six hundred votes for Hughes
shown by the postal card canvass. against the
three hundred odd Votes for Taft"
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
COURT TAKES SLAP AT RECEIVERS
Justice Scott Also Makes Merry Over Jack
sons Appeal in Oriental Case.

The Appellate Division yesterday reserved de-
cision after hearing arguments the Attorney
Generals appeal from Justice OGoTman's order
discfsargng temporary receivers for the Orien-
tel Bank and approving the proposed agreement
between il and the Metropolitan Trust Company
Martin l. Stcver. for Mr. Jackson, said that the
d., aree Of the receivers would practically destroy
The work OF the Attorney General; that the Orien
lai Bank WIS insolvent. and that the Metropolitan
had no mower 20 enter into the proposed agree
,7ent-
r,ss1fce Scott remarked that the bank examiner
lad declared II solvent He then asked If it was
not within the discretion OF the court 10 approve
such an agreement
A hank cannot go if il is insolvent,' replied
Nj. Slower.
Then sai3 the justice the purpose Of TINS
appeal IS to prevent the bank paying its creditors
Laughter greeted this remark.
There was more laughter when. after Mr. Stover
had said If the receivers were made pern'a-
mont they would pay the depositors speedily Jus
1ice Scott asked: Did you ever know the receivers
o. = hank do that?"
Charles X Beekman. for the bank held that the
court had the right 10 approve the proposed agree
rncnt-
The Attorney General. David Mcclure said, had
thrown himself the gap without any reasonable
r,scfiye and seeks prevent immediate payment
81 ,jepositors' He warned the Attorney General
that little -,lore Of this kind OF action. and the
Metropolitan Trust Company would decline TO ad-
vance money to pay the depositors."
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
QUIGG NOT II PRY.
j. Il. Freund Says Mack Men Haze
Put Him IN False LSht.

John A. Freund. president Of the Workingmen
Independent Republican Club. says that the Mack
meH in the 18th Assembly District have put his
organization in wrong light by saying that Lem
uel E. Quigg using the patronage of the Inter
borough Metropolitan Railway to beat Mr.. Mack
for control of the district and had organized his
club Mr.. F'reUnd said last night:
Il have never spoken with Mr.. Quigg but once
twice i'll my life. and have not seen him for
than two years. The Workingmens indie
pendent Republican Club organized principally
through the assistance of Waldo Thurman Harvey
Fish. the Rev. Dr.. Cobb and Louis f. Dodd. all OF
whom interested in Settlement work I'm the
neiglborhood where the club has headquarters.
Through the assistance of the above named gen.
temen we have been able TO maintain ClubroOms.
It is of the purposes of the club TO assist its
members in obtaining employment. and We would
be very glad to have positions supplied to our
members many of whom out of work, but the
statement made by Messrs. Mack and Douglas that
Mr. Qugg had directly indirectly supplied any
positions 10 this club had offered to supply them
is untrue. Neither Mr.. Mack Mr. Douglas has
been of any assistance TO this club, althosgh
they have been repeatedly asked to help US
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Charles A. Webber q diamond salesman, was
sentenced yesterday to not less than one year and
six months in prison by Judge Grain. following his
conviction on Monday of grand larceny In the
first degree.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of
Isaac Rioom on the charge of perjury as a result
of testimony given at trial in an action for dam
ages against the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany.
Professor F. r. 4. Seligman, of Columbia Univer-
sity. will lecture The Present Situation or the
Railroad Problem Cooper Union this evening.
The twenty-sixth annual dinner OF The Friends
Of Ireland in celebration OF st. Patricks Day. Will
be held Monday evening at Shaney's Roman
Court 42d street ard Broadway.
Francis Paatro the Italian who was shot by
Pasquae Patti and his son-in-law, Luigi Cartiere.
after he had entered the bank of Pasauale g. Co,
in Elizabeth street last Saturday, and threatened
the banker. died yesterday morning At st. Vim
cents Hospital
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
BOURKE COCHRAN OUTIPINCHOT TO SPORTSNEN
Tammany Leares Its Orator off 4H
Committees.

REPRESENTATIVE w Rourke Cochran, who is serv
ing his second term as Congressman from Charles
F. Murphy's district, has been dropped from ali
the committees in Tammany Hail. and within a
week he will be dropped from the board of
sachems OF the Columbian Order of which he IS
grand sachem.
Lewis Nixon succeeds Mr. Cochran as chairman
OF the committee legislation and John j.
Delany speakers.
The dropping overheard of Congressman Cochran
was quietly done Tuesday night at the meet
ing of the general county committee that 1t was
not realized at the time. Nothing was said about
it. The committee did not contain his name,
and the reason for it did not become public until
yesterday.
The inside governing body of the Tsnmany or
ganization is the Columbian Order which is con-
troiled by board of trustees or sachems' as they
called Cochran went into the BOARD OF
sachems after Charles F. Murphy became
leader of the organization and three years ago he
became grand sachem.
Cochran, assisted by Senator Grady, did the
manipulation which brought about the nomination
of William r. Hearst the Buffalo convention two
years ago In two or three speeches afterward he
eadeavored TO prove that the Hearst platform was
not essentially different from his own platform
a lopted by the Tammany organization.
The details of the quarrel between Cochran and
Murphy have MOI been made public Mr. Murphy s
friends said last night that the break came at
the time of the failure Of the Knickerbocker Trust
r,.mpany when Ex-Governor Henry c. Ide of the
Philippines father-in-law of Mr.. Cochran was ap-
roi1ted of the receivers. 1t is said by the
Murphy that Mr. Cochran went to Attorney
General Jackson and prevailed upon him 10 ask
for the appointment of Mr., Ide as receiver ana
that Mr.. Jackson obtained the impression that
Charles r Murphy and the Tamnany organization
desired his appointment. Charles T. Murphy has
not Mr.. Cochran since that time and it is
known in Tammany circles that lie does not want
Mr. Cochran again. His feeling can be
Judged by the fact. already stated, that at the
first opportunity Cochran was dropped from all
honorary offices In the Tarnmany organization
The bylaws OF the Columbian Order provide that
the grand sacllem shall be reelected from year
10 year The regular annual election took place
the third Monday of February. Mr.. Cochran
reelected. He is holdovcr- 1t is un-
derstood that the sachems will soon he called to-
gether and that Mr Cochran will be dropped from
the board.
AS further punishment he Will not be renoinnated
fer Congress fall will he be allowed TO go
TO the Denver convention delegate from New
York County. In Tammany circles he is held TO be
absolutely down and out"
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
VIEWS ON EXCISE.
j. l.. Sch7carts Thinks Proposed
amendments Drastic.

When seen at the Hotel Astor last night Colonel
John l.. Schwartz, president of the New York State
Brewers Association, gave his views regarding the
campaign of the Anti-Saloon League, discussing
particularly the excise question in this state.
There are now before the Assembly a Albany
proposed amendments two bills that have do
with the excise question: he said. Neither OF
these is understood by the public generally. and
both should be. because their enactment would
bring about conditions that would not he tolerated
by people of this state. especially the taxpay-
CTS, if they fully appreciated. The first Of
these is in what is known the Whitney bill, an
amendment of the excise law. and its passage
would make the innocent suffer for the guilty. IN
violated the excise law. the owner of the property
who may know nothing of the violation and be
poWeresS to prevent ii, cannot rent II again for
similar purposes for year. Then at the end
of that year OF penalization for the fault of an
other, he go through all OF the expensive pro-
ceedings in making an original application. OF
course object of this is to prevent disturbances
but the new law is drastic TO make technical
violations out OF little things
The other proposed amendment is that, should
the prouerty be situated within the restricted lin
its from d church school, and violation by the
tenant be made for any cause and the license by
such be forfeited, the amendment now
proposed would forever prohibit the relcensing Of
that place. as il II the guilty party. This
accordingly penalizes the owner Of the property
for an act for which he was responsible and
ever which he had no control and prohibits him
forever from renting his property for saloon and
hotel purposes. This provision applies not only to
the small saloon, with its few hundreds of dollars
investment. but also TO the Waldorf or the Astor
with their millions of investment"
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
WHAT USE OF BRIDGE COSTS B. r. T.
Chairman Wilcox Learns the Sum 1t Pays
CITY Is Deducted from Franchise Tax.

lr7ouiTing as TO the amount OF money paid by
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to the city
for the privilege Of running its cars over the
Brooklyn Bridge, Chairman WILCOX. Of the Public
Service Commission. brought out yesterday at the
public hearing on the congestion of the Brooklyn
Bridge Ihst the amount so paid was apparently
deducted from OF the franchise tax
Cue the city. President Winter, Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company. said he would look into
The details and be able 40 testify 10 them at
TIE hearing
in 1907 the company paid the city s5i.oSS 20 FOR
surface cars seI 250 through elevated cars, and
$50 sos IS for bridge rentals President Winter
said the company had had q deficit Of some
s25oo.ooe from the operation of cars over The
bridge since the service begun In 1900. His
company he said. had paid about $4,000 toward
the cost Of reconstructing the Brooklyn terminal.
hut had had no expense in connection with the
construction Of the new terminal at the Manilat-
end Of the bridge. aside from $4,000 for the
reconstruction Of tracks
The hearing was adjourned until March ..