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The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
THE sKYsCRAPER FIRE.
What May Happen if Forty-story
 Buildings Fall Prey to Flames.

New York newspapers are now print ing interviews with builders and own CTS of the greater skyscrapers who give reasons why this quick destruction of a lofty firoproof building should not shake anybody's confidence in the more towering structures. But the reasons consist largely of familiar assertions that there are no safer buildings in the world than these. Yet not one o1 those interviewed, so far as we have seen, IS able to show wherein the Parker building differs greatly from the oth- CTS in fireproof construction; and II a fire can spread so quickly in the one as to endanger the lives of few re- maining occupants, none of the others can of course be considered proof against destruction from fires start ing within them. They have been call ed "conflagration breeders in the case of fires starting from the outside, from the experience afforded in the Balti- more case, and it is now apparent that they may themselves start confiagra- tions, Their great height, with air and elevator shafts forming channels for mighty draft peculiarly exposes them to fire danger from within, and little blaze among interior furnish ings, once exposed to the powerful draft of open shafts like huge chim- neys running up hundreds of feet, could easily develop into flame against which stone will crumble, and steel and iron warp and bend, and unloosen floors and walls. The Par ker building fire has brought out the vital danger to occupants Of upper stories from smoke alone, and what might happen from Smoke and fire to- gether in building towering up hum ldreds of feet at an hour when it is oc- cupied to the top with the thousand and more people many of these struc- lures harbor? And further to be con sidered is the wide area of possible damage to other buildings merely from the falling walls of the burning skyscrapers.
 The possibilities thus suggested are not pleasant to contemplate One shudders at what may easily come to pass among these towering skyscrap- CTS where men, in the boundlessness of their inconsiderate greed and dar- ing, seem to challenge all the powers of earth and air to do their worst as with the builders of the tower of Ba- bel. The great city is not likely to pause long enough from the rush of it's feverish business life to be made heedful of the warnings conveyed by this significant disaster, Nothing short of holocaust claiming its victims by the hundreds far up in the air may ever wake up the city to the necessity of imposing close restrictions upon the height of buildings. But some time and somehow the awakening will come. e.-Springfield Republican.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
ENGLAND IN INDIA The Agitation Against British
 Rule Now Going on ! 1 There.
REASONS FOR AGITATION
Some of the Suggestions For Allay- ing It Which Are
 Made.

It Is extremely difficult to give
 clear idea of the campaign which is
 being more or less openly waged
 against the British rule in India in
 so many different sections of a vast
 country. The speeches are made in
 many tongues and the objects sought
 vary with the district and the nation
 a@ity or caste of the speaker. Some
 times the demands made are so trivial
 that one is apt to overlook the real
 significance of the movement. The
 agitators cut their cloth according to
 their customers. their words according
 to the credulity of their hearers. In
 some country districts they do not hes
 itate to charge the government with
 defiling the wells and scattering plague germs where they would be
 most useful in reducing the popula- tion In some quarters they have not
 hesitated to charge the governors of provinces with having protited financi- ] ally by the famine conditions. They
 advise a secret boycott of British ! goods, and there Is reason to believe
 that this weapon is being used with telling effect. A recent orator has even dared to make the statement
 within hearing of government house, , Calcutta, that only a, very short time
 elapsed between the Boston tea party and the boycott and the Declaration of American Independence statement s which was the prelude of such dis orderly outbreaks on the part of ! those present at the meeting that the
 police were compelled to intervene
 Of the leaders of the agitation there
 Is little to be said. Up to the present
 they have not exhibited remarkable
 ability or courage. Generally, the open s agitators and the public orators are ( regarded merely as the mercenary i. catspaws of the movement, whose se- 4 cret leaders are not yet known, at X least not to the public.
 q One feature of the situation at least < Is quite clear, and that is, India can $not be governed in the future as she # has been in the past Lord Minto, in htion. has recognized that there are f fchanges which are not only necessary < but inevitable. When a few days ago kKsome of the so-called Swadeshi patri- E ots were released from mild deten- N tion in Mandalay, Hindu priests par
 aded the streets of Calcutta singing the E Epraises of the king emperor, in the Ebelief that the patriots were set at lib- &erty at his suggestion.
 Many observers have been impress Fed with the veneration and even love, E which the Hindus express. for the dis ltant monarch, while at the same time they take little pains to conceal their |dislike, and often even their detesta-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
TRoLLY CARS OF DAMASCUS.

Every time we went into the city (whether from our tents on the ter race above an ancient and dllapidated pleasure garden or from our red-tiled rooms in the good Hotel d'Orient, to which we had been driven by a plague of hand-fles in the camp) we stepped at once into a chapter of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. It is true there were electric lights, and thers was trolley car crawling around the city; but they no more made it Vest ern and modern than bead neck lace would change the character of the Venus of Milo. The driver of the trolly car looked like one of The Three Calenders," and a gayly dress ed little boy beside him blew loudly on an instrument of discord as the machine tranquily advanced through the crowd A man was run over a few months ago; his friends waitef for the car to come around the nexvSdy- pulled the driver from his perch, and stuck a number of long knives through him in a truly Oriental manner.-Hen- " Van Dyke in Harper's.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
MOTOR CAB IN LONDON.

London is becoming most enigmat- ic even to it's own residents. Formerly and until the advent of the motor on- nibus. the motor cab and the electric tube railways, one was almost certain of being able to calculate to a nicety the time when one would arrive at a friends house for dinner, or Ut the theater, or at any of the railway sta- tions in order to catch a train. Nov, however, the whole thing is altered. London has become condensed, so to speak, by virtue of the rapidity of the traffic. We are absolutely bewildereG. You ask a man to dinner. at o'clock, and he turns up at quarter to 8, is put into the drawingroom by himself and is left there for 10 minutes be- cause you have not dressed, and when you come in he apologies profusely and says that 1t is due to the beastly taxicab, which came up so much quicker than he had anticipated went last night from the top of Hamp- stead Heath to South kensington sta ton in 25 minutes by the electric un- derground. If anyone had told me ten years ago that this would be possible. should have loked at him probably in the same manner in which Dr. Johnson would if told by anyone in Fleet street that he would send tel egraphic message to Stratham to tell Mrs Thrale that he was bringing six
 friends with him to dinner that
 night. The bewilderment becomes
 more and more bewildering be-
 cause the development of the
 motor cab has become so rap i'd that it is hardly necessary nowadays to use even a horse cab. You simply telephone from your house to the nearest motor cab rank and within a few minutes, if there is none nearer, you may glide off swiftly and comfort ably in vehicle which, while it may possibly break down-though the chances are slight-will certainly not fall down on its face and throw you into the mud in the manner that is so familiar to users of hanson cabs, es- pecially on slippery days
 was called on yesterday to contrib ute toward a cab drivers fund on be- half of a man who for a number of years drove me home regularly every
 night. Two years ago l urged this man ito become a motor cab driver. and l
 offered to use. my good offices in pro- curing him an early place with the company that was then being formed for the purpose of placing motor cabs
 in the streets of London He rejected my suggestion in an amused tone, al first, and finally, when l pressed him
 he was emphatic in his refusal to have
 anything to do with the thing Again siv months or so after that I asked him
 to become a motor cab driver. and
 again he refused, actuated very much
 in the spirit that caused the intense ! misery among the hand-loom weavers when the machine loom was invented and they refused to look at it Int ! hat which was passed to me yester. ! day on behalf of this man told tht whole story of ignorance, obstinacy and lack of appreciating the fact tha the world moves-London Letter il
 Town and Country
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
LIFE SAVING CENTENNIAL.

This year is the tooth anniversary of the establishment of a life-saving station at Cohasset by the Massachu- setts humane society, and that was practically the genesis of the service in this country, which has produced such host of heroes and martyrs in saving thousands of lives and millions of property It was a long time before it was taken under the direction of the government, but since that occur red 1t has developed and expanded. and within a year or two increased at- tention has been paid to 1t. The most pronounced step is to enlist the reve- nue cutter fleet in rescue work and this will patrol the Atlantic coast the coming winter. the larger sectio nof 1t quite properly cruising in northern waters from Delaware breakwater to ssamaquoddy bay. A year ago John Arbuckle made an apI/l for an au- thorzation by Congress to put his fleet of tugs. barges. and so forth. at the disposition of the service, free of charge, information of wrecks to be furnished by wireless or otherwise. His proposition was not acted upon, and 1t is better that the government should assume the responsibility than to farm it out to private philanthropy no mat ter how excellent the purpose behind the offer. The question of life-saving by vessels is awakening even more in- terest on the Pacific coast than it is here, and in the vicinity of Puget sound, where many wrecks have oc- cured, the maritime interests are about to provide themselves with one or more stanch vessels to watch for trouble In those stormy waters. But with all these additions there still re- mains need of the man on the shore with the lifeboat and the life-line.- Boston Transcript.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
TRICK BY THE BOSS.

There is an office force in this city
 which is busily planning various jokes and tricks to work off upon the boss and one of his assistants. The other employees think they have good grounds for anything they may do against their chief. and the way of the story is this; One of the office staff was married recently, the happy event calling forth a number of pleas ant social functions in honor of both bride and groom. There was bachelor dinner after bachelor dinner for the prospective Benedict, so the boys in the office were not surprised when they found invitations, neatly type
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16

The private resources of the ex- Emperor of Korea arc now attracting some attention His majesty has all ways seemed to possess plenitude of funds for the purpose of oiling the wheels of his various political in trigues. and there have been many vague surmises as to the source whence this money was obtained. If is now said to have been definitely ascertained that his majesty has a large amount lodged in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and a telegram from Seoul al leges that some persons have of late been endeavoring to dispose of a very considerable quantity of the gold in gots which also are believed to be the property Of the ex-Emperor.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16

"Rut,' asked the long-haired young msn. "ls there nothing at all about po- etry that you like?'
 Yes" replied Crabbe. Whenever I see a poem it makes me feel good to realize that there's no law to compel me to read ."-Philadelphia Press.
 Eva---I understand that when Kath- ieen eloped from the house at ? d. m. her father made strenuous efforts to raise the window of his room.
 Edna---Wanted to intercept her. I suppose?
 Eva--No. wanted to shout "Hurrah, ma, she's gone at last!'-Chicago News
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-08
BLAMES PRESIDENT
FOR THE PANIC

Washington. Jan. s.-The usual resolu-
ton referring the presidents annual mes
sage TO the several committees. furnish
ed the occasion i'm the house OF represen-
tatives yesterday for number OF al
dresses. mostly by members OF the Demo-
cratic side. These covered variety OF
subjects, but those that attracted special
attention were by Representatives Shep-
pard OF Texas and Willett OF New York
They formerly not only made plea
for the restoration OF the legend I'm God
We Trust" on American coins. but dis
cusscd the cruise Of the American bat
tleship fleet and referred 10 possible
conflict with Japan.
Mr.. wYSpsss psxceA NJ tire s.srns fss tns
recent financial panic on President Roose-
welt. whom he denounced in severe terms
he charged the president with not beins
a sensible man and with having turned
on the gas and not tho iight and with so
ing up and down the country condemn
ing and striking with the big stick tho
heads OF great Industrial Institutions.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-08
REAL ESTATE A9
AN INVESTMENT

Oakland Beach real estate Is the safest
and fastest money-making investment at
the present day.
Mr.. Bennett at Oakland Beach can
show you over 20 cottages that are bring
ing their owners 20 per cent on their in
vestment The owner OF one cottage now
I'm process OF erection tells the writer
that he has had l6 applications to rent
IL the coming season. Ten days ago he
came here with the idea OF building one
cottage for his own use. now he Is "a
build three.
What makes Oakland Beach real estate
valuable: First-Transportation TO and
from Providence: electrics every 20 min.
utes during the summer; half-hcurly ir
winter. Second--The finest bathing beach
on Narragansett Bay. Third-Land al
high and dry; no malaria.
When you put your money IN Oakland
Beach lots it's safe. II can't run away.
II can't be lost. 1t can't be destroyed
Don't put your money in minirg or oil
stocks that God only knows the value Of
but invest 1t I'm real estate where there
is steady Increase In value.
William jennings Bryan says: "Real
estate Is the best investment for small
savings. More money is made from the
rise in real estate values than all other
causes combined. To speculate I'm stocks
is risky, and even dangerous. but when
you buy real estate you are buying an In
heritance."
Andrew Carnegie says: The wise
young man or wage Garner OF today In
vests his money in real estate"
President Roosevelt says: Every per-
son who invests In well-seletted real es-
tate in a growing section OF a prosperous
community adopts the surest and safest
method OF becoming independent, for real
estate is the basis of all wealth"
Oakland Beach lots are large, none
smaller than 40xs0. and they ara sold for
cash or on small monthly payments-Sl0
will start you as a property owner. No
taxes until final payment Is made; no in
tercst for the first year and In case OF
sickness we will carry your Payments
along.
Mr. Bennett the local representative, ia
on the grounds every day in the year. Go
out and talk II over with him. II doss
not need brass band, or the gift of
pianos automobiles and diamonds 10 sell
lots at Oakland Beach-the lots sell
themselves. IT will be the safest. surest
lvestment you ever made.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-08

ALICE, Is TO |,
WINS FIRST RAGE

New Orleans, La, Jan. S-Long shots
again carried Off tho honors yesterday at
the Fair Grounds. Alice. at % to 1. which
won the first race. was practically un-
backed.
Official announcement was made ycster-
day that hereafter Jockey Mountain. on
account OF recent rules. will not be al
lowed 10 ride at either the Fair Grounds
or City Park. The summary:
First race. furlongs-Alice, 10 (Bur-
toni, 25 TO 1, won; Ginning, 10 (Alex),
30 to 1, second Mrs. Sewall. Ito Powcrs),
ls 20 5, third Time :3s 80. Arionette.
Holy Mass. Miss Hapsburg. My Lady
Frances, Lady Hammond. Exotic. Chal-
ice, Molly Stark, Lady Pspche and Doro-
thy Webb also ran.
Second race, furlongs-Broken Mel
ody, l0e (Powers). 10 /, won; Mazzonia,
i0i (Booker), - to /. second; Stella Per-
kins, 80 (Schlessinger). Is TO l. third.
Time 1:5S 3-5. Ella NJ, Grace George
Constantia, Cut Glass, Edith NJ. and MIC
oline also ran.
Third race, furlongs-Nancy, 100 tSum-
teri, 4 to /. won: SNOWFALL. la (Brooks),
10 to 1. second: Caper 100 (Pickens). Is
to 5. third. Time 1:23 1-5. Tyrolian. Tres
Joii. Tinker. Sheen, Anna Scott and Zin-
fandel also ran.
Fourth race, 54 furlongs-Miss Delan-
ey. SO (Flynn). 10 TO l, won; Al Muller. 30
Munro. TO 2 second; Hyperion H.. ll0
(Lee), s TO 10. third. Time Ills 3-5. Black
burn. Frank Lord, Royal Income. Rus
sell T., Tim Kelly. Bass Solo and Glen
Roy also ran.
Fifth race, mile and 20 yards-Darling
Dan, 100 CMartin), s to /, won; cambridge.
109 (Powers), TO 10. second Brakes
peare. l03 (McDaniel). Is to 1. third. Time
1859 l-5 Major Mac. George H. White.
Caucus, McCracken and Phil Chinn also
ran.
Sixth race. rs miles-Ace High, 1oo
Powers). TO s. won; Eea Salt. % CSum-
teri. TO !. second 1vanhoe, l02 (McCar-
thy. I 10 I. third Time 2:0i 40. Sky
ward, Mortiboy and st. Noel also ran.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-08
TWO NEW PLAYERS
FOR ROCHESTER CLUB

Rochester, Jan. s.--The Rochester Ex-
hibition company. I. e., Charles T. Chaplin,
controlling stockholder. and Al G. Buck
enberger. travelling representative. has
secured two new players for the local
Eastern League team. +. j. Anderson,
an outfielder, and William j. Duggleby.
a twirler of note. have been purchased
from Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburg. This
announcement was made yesterday by
Mr. Chaplin. Duggleby was in the East
ern league some years ago. Anderson
has a year of big. league experience TO
his credit, for the Joined the Pirates at
the close of the season OF 1906. Both
should prove good men for Rochester.
Duggleby Is no spring chicken as
baseball player. He was with the Phila-
deiphia National league team for num-
ber OF years after he left Springfield.
Last year he was i'll the greater part OF
the season, and az result did very lit
tie work Murray OF the Philadelphia
club sold Duggieby TO Pittsburg, where
he did but little work In 1905 he did not
have a good season. winning II games and
losing 10 in 1906 he won Is games and
lost H. In 1904 he won IL games and lost
49, When Hugh Duffy was manager OF
the Philadelphia team he considered
Duggleby one OF the best twirlers in the
league. Duggleby's home Is in Utica
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-08
WACyER-D[LMONT BOUT
THE TALK Of THE TOWN

That the Delmont- Wagner bout. tomor-
row evening at Thornton. will prove to be
magnet enough TO attract all the fight
fans OF the city. Is promised by the I'm
mense sale OF seats so far. Both boys
are in grand shape and should make the
going even faster than last time.
Dyson will have his work cut out for
him from the start of his battle with
Ralph. Tickle. as Ralph had a shade the
better OF their last bout in Lymansville.
belmont is the favor1te In the betting,
on account of his win in their last bout
and many OF the fans think that he will
have an easier time to dispose OF Wag-
ner tomorrow night. as he will know Wag-
ner's style OF lighting. But, IL must be re-
membered that Wagner will also have
learned something from his recent en-
counter. and IL he displays an improve
ment like he showed in his bout with Del
mont over his bout with Tickle. he has
fine chances of landing his haymaker
and bringing home the bacon.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-08
BARRY COACHING WISCONSIN

Madison. Wis. Jan. s.--Tom Barry of
Brockton, Mass, and former Brown uni
versity star athlete, began work yester.
day as coach OF the Wisconsin varsity
baseball team, and in the fall is expected
10 take charge OF the football squad as
we'll Barry was prominent himself as a
baseball PLAYER in the East. and while
several good men have ben lost through
graduation enough promising Candidates
are in sight TO insure team or more
than average ability.
Rowing work was also started yester-
day under Coach Edward III. Ten Eyck.
He has rugged the machines up so they
they WILL keep so until the lakes open
I'D and the men can get on the water.
The prospects are that the varsity eight
will be stronger this season than last
as most OF the old members are back and
some OF the members Of the 1907 fresh
men crew will make a hard fight for seats
i'm the senior shell. George q. Wilder or
Chicago is captain OF the varsity eight
this
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-08
RECORDED At CITY HAIL
REAL ESTATE coNvEYANcEs.

Frederic A. Chase to Colored Wor-
sted mill. lot and buildings on the
southerly side Of Pitman street. also al
interest in lot and building adjoining or
the east; consideration $40.
Edwin A. Burgess. by trustee tc
Stella NJ II. Harris and Edith s. r.
Cobb. all interest in followlng Lot and
buildings on North Main and Pettis
streets. lot on Bates street. two lots on
Windmill street two lots I'm Warwick;
consideration $40.
Clara NJ Kent to Herbert w Rice. lot
and buildings corner Adelaide avenue and
Niagara street: consideration So
Heirs OF Mary A. Flynn TO Patrick
Flynn. lot and buildings on Blackstone
street: consideration 800.
John H. McNulty TO James r. Walton
ct ux. Jessie NJ, lot and buildings on
the southerly side OF Vermont avenue.
subject to mortgage for s2400; considera-
ton $40
Richmond Manufacturing company to
Pasquale Cherello. lot on the easterly side
OF Rill street: consideration So
REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES.
Thomas Black to Edward j. Black. four
lots and buildings on the westerly side
OF Hall street, 500.
Salvatore Venditto TO Frank n. Nc
Kendall. lot and buildings on Murphy.
West Exchange and Cedar streets. sub
ject to prior mortgage for 5000; 5000
Isaac Solomon eft ux, Rosie, to Sarah
F. Dorrance. lot and buildings on the
easterly side OF North Main street: $4,000.
John w. Fisher to George A. Jepher-
son, lot and Improvements on the south
erly side OF Colfax street subject To-
prior mortgage for 5000; $500
Pasuuale Cherello TO Richmond Manu-
featuring company,-lot on the easterly
side of Rill street: $3.50.
James p. Walton ct ux.. Jessie NJ, To-
Commercial Corporation. lot and build
ings on the southerly side OF Vermont
avenue. subject to prior mortgage for
s240o: 800
DISCHARGES OF REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGES.
Isaac Solomon ct uN,, Rosie. by Union
Trust company: $4,000.
Clara NJ. Kent by Thomas p. Cory;
$500
ATTACHMENTS
Henry b. Fiske. doing business as the
Fiske Auto company by isabella +. Mar
tin. lot on northeasterly side OF Althea
street. 5000.
Robert Charles Tarr by Lila NJ Col.
lier. two lots and buildings on northcrly
side OF Broad street; $4,000.
Joseph Bowden by Lois 4. Race. lot
and buildings on northerly side of 1.au'
riston street: 500
ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES.
James j. Whalen to Robert Roardon
from Samuel r. shattuck. TO Jan. l, 1903.