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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
A SANDFORDITE BAPTISM.


There was a grand baptism az Shiloh
Sunday and in the ice cold and turbulent waters
of the AndrosCogEin. with the wind blowing
gale. TWENTY-FIVE Sandfordites baptized BY
Elder Jewell The unusual because
children from SIX 10 sixteen years Of age and old
ladies from siXty-fve 10 seveuty-AichI The scene
il described follows. AndrOsCoggin River was
swollen 10 freshet pitch and icy cold and very
muddy. on the bank, shiveripE in the keen wind.
as a large company Of ShiIohites with a sprirk-
ling Of the worlds people Elder Jewell Off
Ciated. Different than the usual services the
Ssndford elder repeats a long prayer each
candidate for the rite stands IN the water occupy
ing il seemed, five minutes. In the company sun
day many little girls. some not over six
water came around their bodies they cried out
with cold and fright. hesitated until the elder
took them by the and led them into the
water. In several cases when Mr. Jewell asked
them their they apparently too
frightened 70 speak and their parents on the
bank shouted their names To the elder A they
under the water they gaSped with mouths
open and appeared 20 have swallowed a large
quantity Of the muddy water When taken from
the water they shrieked. and shouted and swung
their arms and nearly went into Mysteries The
young women and men seemed little affected. ami
especially one young woman stood with the water
Three old ladies were baptized. one. about sixty
hye and one about seventy hut when the elder
led lettering old lady into the stream and said.
Sister Elizabeth Johnson. seVeut weight Years. a
shout went up from the ShiiOhites n a victory
had been won And each candidate STAYED through
the whole service IN nearly frozen garments. in
all nearly an hour. and seemed TO enjoy IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FOREIGN The dead and missing As re
sui of The sinking Of The British cruiser tIlal-a-
tor bE The American inner y a.. 80
-zrer7ry-- & s-i7- - The worst blizzard since
1881 has swept over the United Kingdom -
Large numbers n people are awaiting an ol
larTuni-y 10 leave Venezuela fearing an olt-
- 81 l.l,barir rTague == Many lives Z ere
i 81 through c landslide striking small cana
dian village
0NESTIC.-Revised figures received a. New
.lo--a5 r4ar about 80 were killed. Zoo seri-
puslv ~ painfully wounded and 10 towns y holIE
O. partially wrecked. ---- Governor f7uslie7
smoke before large anG enthusiastic audiences IN
a bany and Troy in favor Of MS antl-Tatt q aeA
----bfi-7- --,4.s z41-es == In q due with pc
liceman 2 Philadelphia negro badly s4asiso = a
cf5cer With razor and received I'VE L'lllelS ~
his body. being morTaiiY N0unoeH- n
-7e- Bristol County steel bridge which Is 70 CON
-7e-f Fan River and Somerset. Mass. vas oaClF
damaged I,v an explosion Of dynamite =
Miss Eliza beth ?. cook. n whose presence on
TIE Cornell debating team SoiLtIIlple - -
Objected last winter. Won ne WooGford Prize
for oratoTy from the picked male orators 90
Cornell a Ithaca. =- Il was salG Al " ash
4ng-an that The administration of mercury -
-latier1s suffering from tuberculosis was having
en-a1.-aef-c results Six important cases
+-,-oI--+rc new principles relative 70 the dis
r-fhurion Of coal cars TO mine operators Where
Tuel cars Of carriers are taken INTO o"nsi1eia-
1tor have been decided by the Interstate Com
1nerce CornTni5slor = was ann lIl,1 q. :, ~ 80
s-Eron. The high pressure CTtInder O. me
r,orr engine On the Missouri blew out between
Santa Monica and Santa Barnard. nu1 quick
work on the part &C the engine room force pre-
vented injuries
CTTY-Mo-e than a million Catholics began
The centenary celebration Of the establishment
~ the church in his city. = big Brook
w mass meeting demanded mat the -eEsai ilrH
mass the anti sar7ning b1i ana oiheT Inefsif >
desired by Governor Hughes --- The People $
institute voted hold meeting just before ne
<r,acia1 session If the Legislature 10 demand the
massage O. the Governors recommendation
The nelson IT a deadly Brazilian lance
-. snake was extracted in 2 rare operation
- There was hiE scramble ~ visitors 20
--e71rz = I.ifesavers raced 10 rescue TlTae
men from IN overturned boat in Jones.s Inlet
near Freeoo-r. Long Island. =- NaESl hleI
Sa5S collision with 2 vessel The size n the =
Paul would seriously damage any WaTshlp-
t-onEresSns1 FaESatt said he hac examined ne
operator who. he believes was responsible ~
the insertion ~ the word not IN the telegram
sent to Senator Cassidy regarding thu snti-race-
r-scE gambling measure
THE WEATHER Indications for to-day.
Pain. The temperature YESTERDAY Highest, ~
degrees Lowest. =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

f,,e correction Of these conditions. human me
and limb have definite and considerable Vaiue
as fiscal and Industrial assets. and II is worth
while to go 20 a considerable expense TO con
serve them. Perhaps the most striking contrast
i,oryVeen the two countries is in the NUMBERS Vi
nersons killed who were neither passengers hof
c-nplovcs The number in America was Ten
times as large in Great Britain. Ihh' i"c'
vas and IS doubtless chiefly due 10 the number
Of GRADE crossings many OF them quite IN
r,ardAl il, this country. and the almost total
absence of such death traps in the United King
dom, Rcckoned az fair cash value the fh"u-
sands or lives which are lost in America ever!
vesr ~ grade crossings are worth enough 10 20
very far toward paying the expense OF aool'sh
ing those deadly nuisances- The lncessnnt loss
Of life and limb from such causes is one OF the
most fragrant and inexcusable forms of waste OF
which = careless people can be guilty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

IF the noise from the street is not too shriU
we'll wager bottle Of spring tonic against a
last winters chest protector that an old famil
lar buzz can he heard rising and falling, start
ing and stopping somewhere in the room
Rather pleasant sound, isn't it?--at least. as a
mere piece Of nature music 1t makes man
think Of fishing. q lunch in the woods spring
skies and other festival delights. IN another
month perhaps it may arouse his soul 10 bat
tie because the musicians Will promenade
across his cheek and hold endurance races
around his neck or. forsOoth. wheel in such
swaTniS before his eyes that hi-h thinking Will
he impossible Even then. however. he would
cherish no hard feelings against the little house
flies if they would only keep their distance
which is six feet or more on the further side
of a window screen. If we have guessed
right, permit Us To add. without dispara cement
that those who think thus are suffering from
bucolic Imagination and ought to take some
thing for it. The house fys drone. however
melodious and prophetic of watermelons low
shoes and ice bills, should not be listened TO as
piece of music from the artistic point of
view. If any one wishes To cure his acina-
ton that il will respond properly whenever
the we'll known buzz resounds in the house. he
should read a scientific report about the habits
and tastes Of the common house fy. If he df-
gests the facts few minutes before eating
the bucolic Imagination viii atrophy in less
time than il takes 10 read sonnet.
This treatment has successfully cured tie
New York Merchants Association of the hu
collie Imagination. II has done even more The
water pollution committee Of that organiza
ton is going to start a crusade against rhe
house fly this spring. having been led 10 do So
by the estimate of It's own experts that 1860
deaths must he charged annually To the iHno-
cent looking little buZzer How ANYBODY could
reach such an exact inquire do not know: for
what sleuth can trail one lone fly In all It's
meanderncs. let alone ten az fifteen billion
Nevertheless. nobody who has observed even IA
small part of 1y's list of daily engagements
will quarrel with the estimate; the wonder il
that ten times az many persons are not killed
indirectly every summer hv these halfdomestic
insects which carry disease germs from gar
bage heaps and sewer mouths into the most
scrupuiouSlv clean kitchens and diuin. rooms
The committee Is going 10 proceed against its
enemy as states and governments have pro-
ceeled against the mosquito; To reduce the
death rate among men il must reduce the
birth rate Of flies.
We wish the campaign might he not only one
of determination but also one Of education. The
general public, however awake to the ohuox-
i0us ntrusiveness of flies, does not realize that
these creatures kill or seriously poison more
citizens IN this city every summer than are
ordinarily afflicted with yellow fever i'll any
three leading tropical cities during the same
period General understanding OF the true sir
nihcance Of the house fys buzz will eventually
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
Srw yOPES TTCKY ESCAPE.

This civ ought now TO begin 10 recognize the
blessings it has enjoyed from having had us
traction properties always in the hands OF con-
seryative managers, to repent Of the unklna
things il has said in the past Of the traction
operators and 10 mediate upon the sin oil IN
gratitude From Mr.. Ryans testimony before
the grand Jury II appears that il is the custom
of the steam railways of the United States 10
water stocks up to - per cent Of their face
value while Mr. RYAN and his associates have
permitted only II per cent of water TO get into
rhe stock of the traction system. WHAT would
have happened TO the city if its street railways
had unfortunately fallen into the hands OF real
stock waterers? Suppose that men accustomed
to the liberal methods of the railway managers
had been financing the Metropolitan properties
Would there be al least a billion OF
stock issues outstanding? We shudder 10 think
of the methods of compression that would then
have been used to crowd passengers into cars
in order to earn dividends On roads really
watered as they would have watered them moth
ing short of hydraulic pressure would have
served TO pack il the passengers.
Some fear may be felt that Mr.. Ryans asser
ton that railroad stocks ere % per cent water
will have a mischieyous effect: that It will De
seized upon by the physical valuationlsts and
that the country will never hear the end Of t
as an argument that the public is being robbed.
Mr. Ryan. it might be said. is Iraclicai ran
way financer. who moves in the higher sphere
Of high finance and knows whereof he speaks
If the assertion that the railway stocks are 30
per cent water should he allowed TO get sep
arated from the cOntrasted assertion that the
Metropolitan traction is only Il per cent water
it might work harm; but if they can be kept to-
gether the public will be so carried away win
wonder at the marvellous self-restraint OF MI
Ryan and his associates that it will ignore the
commonplace circumstance about the prevalence
Of stock watering everywhere else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

American was1efulneSs Of natural resources
has frequently and justly been made the sub
SECT q comment and of protest. and has at last
provoked orcanizei RESISTANCE and efforts at
reform. Tevond doubt II has been and IS very
great. Enormous as is our consumption 81
lumber cur waste 90 il. through forest fires.
vicious methods Of cutting and what not. -
perhaps equally accountable for the depletion II
the forests The waste Of coal has been great.
wafer power has been squandered or destroyed.
game and birds have been almost eXterminated.
and IL many other respects Americans have
acted too much rs though they were possessed
Of the l,rofi=afe idea. After the deluge,"
In some respects the worst waste Of all has
been and Is that Of human life and limb. espe-
cislly through carelessness or niGGardness III
great industrial establishments Attention was
called to this phase of the subject the other day
ey a speaker in Chicago. who referred 10 he
greater number Of accidents on our railroads
than Oh those Of other countries His figures
were as quoted in dispatches. strangely erro
sleous Yet the moral which he drew from them
was perfectly sound. He is reported rs saying
that in 1905 there were 2-'6 passengers killed IN
railroad accidents here against only six in Eng
land Both numbers were far below the truth
but the correct figures. .yhie they 90 not show
quite So great a disparity. present contrast
which ought 20 give Americans pause for serious
thought.
The best available statistics show that the
number Of passengers killed in railroad accidents
81 1906 was SO in America and % in Gre1t
Britain. The total number Of passengers. en-
laoyes and Others killed wss 10.6lS ia America
ana only 1872 ia Great Britain and the
,lers injured 'vere 97.7oG and 20,47s, respec
lively That the numbers n this country SHOULD
be 50 much greater than in Great Britain il
ll,,f q credtable cirCums.a nce. IL viii no. do
T.. say rs some viii probably say, without
know ledge or reflection. that the numbers "a
This country sra proportionately ne larger than
IA Great Britain. since fhe-e * - mech more
"a sigqla.iiIlg here. Ii is true that we have Il
Car greaIs.. snl;eaga # railroads than the United
Kingdom oa0,l:s3 miles "a its 23.oGi. But then
s,l, .p other hand the number of passengers car-
ried here is much smaller than tbere, only 3d.
774.ISS 20 ra40.347.132. Therefore, in this coun
Try cas-. rssSeager every 2-sI2.i11 was killed
and IN Great Britain only one IN every 2l'Ss.-
pa OF COURSE tie mileage over which passeii-
gers are carried. both total ana average. IS
greater here than there, yet il Is probable that
even 4 that we're taken into account he contrast
w-arIa remain anfavorabie 10 America
There can De no doubt that IL would be well
worth while from q financial as wei as from a
ha.-lane point OF view. 20 exert every EFFORT Tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
fwESemeTtS.


.Csur>sY OF MUsTC-s -I.A.le. Mooisie-
a aI1oeNtlic-
sS-9Ta-s 2a-PsId N Frll
sSrCa-s-fs-The Wsrrens 81 Nlrr1nla
fST.aNFY- S. 1.-THE tiNerrcr ana me -''ES-
TsFaA On AY-S IA /" si-z Dream
s-AsTNN-S-T5-NssTlys isv..-
,-TrSf-l r-s-The Ae-TN-tIe- Round
- sIs-S-e-1fs .ile
"a Girls
1sF-VVFy- NsLoe~i'le
rTlF->S NT-Sr-Fj-Tse Word l. Nfz
rNspsRF-s -sa-Fstr-r arc the BOYS
1-AERECK-S IS-T'Ae ROYAL Aou1teS
- y -.a-Na6eule FS1sl' arc
< THE NstrEtu-- fs,-i
s,s1s y katneSt+--
+5F-T7 AIIp sol AFtE-sIsTbe oi- leht-0 ne 80.
battle -r -o-- AISn--- -N
Circus su5
rE--reS1N-e go Tha Honor = the Family
6,1Tt~EIF-RFCpt F-F,--S-i3--Ite y sTAee fI.l'0''
1Tr-r-Fs--y Sc Polly snf CiTc,zs-
zYsF-g .taT-2~ THE
TyrFf--S-IE-Tfr Wolf-
MANSON sol ATsl1 GARLif-N---e-N-t9 VS.
- rE,STT.-- <l.-The F7ov-e- ~ 80 RaT7h-
AsgST-F-ryTNs < -T-e Merry Nlo"N
N-F-rr WORK .2a--The So1l Kiss
ssVOT-k ea--ae >er1 snt r tl'- blouse
s-r-Y-F-S as 1.-THE Music Master
-C--a-s EusEi- ~ = Day
sgEBER MUSIC Halls f51-ies-oe q -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
4ppF4JyKC TO JERSETuEN.


There seems to he something Of the John
Paul Jones spirit in the Governor of New Jer
Sey. After all the vigorous work OF the last
three months and the considerable discontinue
which he has inflicted upon the bosses, he-an-
nounces that he has not yet begun TO fight.
His first political speech since he became
Governor delivered on Thursday night,
and its meaning was as unmstakable as was
that of the campaign speeches Of last year
which won the confidence Of the people and
carried the state for the Republican ticket He
is the same man after election that he was be
fore. committed 10 the same policies and with
the same strai ghtforward courage in carrying
them out.
Referring to his disa greement with some of
the leaders of the Legislature and the party
organization which resulted in the temporary
defeat Of some of the measures which he had
recommended for enactment he said that he
proposed 10 let the people Judge who was right
and who was wrong and his address was in
effect appeal 10 the people for such judy
ment. That is a correct attitude to take But
al a matter of fact the people have already
Judged For the measures which he urged
were those for which the people had given an
unmistakabe and emphatic mandate in the
form Of a conclusive majority for the party
which had pledged itself to the enactment Of
them. When q party makes its appeal to the
people on the strength Of pledges TO do certain
things and the people answer by putting il
into office, there he no question as 10 the
desire Of the people concerning those things.
The man who stands for their faithful per
Torrance is right and is already Judged by
the people to he right. and those who oppose
their performance and break the pledges are
wrong and already stand condemned by the PEG
pies Judgment.
In that Governor Fort stands on sure ground
Nobody who is not blind or deaf can we'll mis-
take the temper and the intent Of the people of
New Jersey. They were indicated in the I'M
cxampled expressions of enthusiastic approval
which were given on Thursday evening TO the
Governors remarks, especially when he said
10 his hearers ana through them TO the people
Of the state: Il want you 10 stand by the leg
'islators who stood by YOU. and l want you TO
tell those who We're dereIict to stay at home. ="
There is no room for doubt as to the response
Of the Republican voters of New Jersey 10 that
appeal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
a CLEVER TRICK.



only a half how before the box office for
the Mask and WIG club To re opened q
sophomore of the university had even made an
attempt to get i'm the lire of waiting fellows " no
had stationed themselves on cots. chairs. dur
ing the night As they eft the dormitories they
announced thei~ destination. and were met with a
general laugh from their classmates But the
'sOphs evidently knew what line - attack To- make
on the line They wee stop at "A grocery
store. aud when within short distance OF the
waiting line noticed take something from
their pockets and begiI chewing on 10. Their an
proach was greeted 10y laugh by those who walt
ed also, but their arrival Tesembled a small panic
at the head OF the line. II a case OF back IN
for all out one two who apparently had some
time other spent a minutes in Little Ttai,
The 'sophs. were chewing garlic. and with each
expiration were moving the line away from them
FASTER thdh u theN hAd been using hrickhats II
Is suf1olent 20 say that the "sophs' have tickets
for the fourth row.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

This newspaper IS oaoncd and published og
TIE Tr7bs,uc association. Ne'c l"Tk corpora
ffo7 Office Gad principal place Of business. I'iO-
uHe Building. No. 154 GsSaa street Ac" ON
Dg5eE 4ij7re president: NathGHicl Turtle sec
re3arv au,- 1rccSUror- The address Of me OFT
,oers Is INC Office - this newspaper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

Two questions are naturally suggested by the
report that considera bic number OF New York
ministers have organized IA secret sociastIc
conference Why secret? And why social
istic? The first probably finds its answer in the
members desire to escape the unpleasant no
toriety which must follow the public utterance
OF such sylloEisms that which the secretary
of the new society uttered the other day. That
gent leman took as his major premise the state
ment recently made by prominent business
man that business - war the minor premise
General Shermans famous diCtum that
war is hell, then came the irresistible con
clusion that therefore business and the COM
petitive system must he hell" Who can blame
d society Of gentlemen with excellent r~puta-
tions for converting behind locked doors and
screened windows If this is fair sample of the
reasoning which viii adorn their debates? BY
the same token the exclusion OF layInen from
membership hecomes intelliglbIe The second
question is not so easy Do the ministers call
themselves socialists because they sympatbizA
with the aspirations of the political party bear
ing that name: Incredible. In all probability
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

compel the city to give more money TO us
Health and Street Cleaning departments ana
to require of them more thorough and extern
sire service
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

TO he perceived that the highest interest OF
each and every power is that Justice snah oe
dona and that righteousness shall prevail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

zo-,.z the leader of the Albany County
r,.,,,rIioans washes his hands of responsioiii'y
for Senator Grattan's vote in favor OF racs,
gambling. He puts it squareiy on the Sehato. :
conscience which he advised the senator % oo--.
suit for guidance. The error in tnis case n.u.
have been in the Transmission OF the message
of the still small voice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

The nomination Of William - Wallace to sue
coed Senator Franchot by a convention in which
faCtionalism put aside probably indicate
united support for him az the polls. He should
BY a large majority The vote in this in
stance will afford the first test Of strength Of
the anti-gambling issue before the people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

they think of socialism in the orosd-
philosophical sense. which is tnai VI pOi-0
eoov,o-~,c order under which the state assures
e,,e,-,, ma, the opportunity to make the most OF
himself II the ministers organizing to study
seriously the means OF approaching SUCH "a
socialism their effort is worthy one even
not very hopeful. But if they are simply soihe
TO string pet phrases into the form OF argument
and palm off sentiment on one another IN PisSs
Of hard facts and harder thinking they VIII oiiiT
bring the cloth into dfsrepute by exhio'nns NV,
ignorance of~the size and completely Of the real
robier1s which they face,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

Boston. having gone to school for several cen
turtles with neutrality-suspicious. and poets. IS now
getting ready to take little valuable lhs'r"'
zion and advice from such unethereaI credIuie Is
as the sanitary experts and bacterloiosi7's -
serious typhoid epidemic is threatening l"e ~
England metropolis because-as Is uSu"i - -,
- -.-t ,++a,+ion has been given TO the
80, lin, s,,,DIv. II The Boston journal
aoco,,n+ of Boston milk dealers methods OF TEST
ing the supply BIZ dipping in and hcAins ="
s,oon a stopper OF their fingers is even approx
r1ataI, correct. vulgar New Workers may De JUS
tilted in rejoicing at their reEnoteness from '-i0
centre Of wisdom.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27

1t is to be hoped that Controller Metz IN MS
present mood of severity will not remove al once
all the members Of the Finance Department VINO
are guilty Of using wooden headed methous
for such a wholesale reform might create an N
terresnun.
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Iam7yurls Tsrilp Grbusaa.

MONDAY. APRIL -. 1908.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-10-29
AN INTERESTING CORN EXHIBIT.
nany Varieties Being Displayed az the
First National Bank in Oakland.

From small beginning one exhibit
the varieties of corn being shown in
the Second street windows Of the First
National Bank in Oakland, promises to
soon exceed the space and additional
room may have to be provided so that all
contributing may stand on a equal foot
ing, A few days ago Mr.. c. f. ELL
thorp brought from his farm at Biting
er some ears Of corn labeled the Mort
gage Litter. These We're placed in the
bank window and now the entire space
is taken up with other exhibits from
many other sections of the county.
One exhibit is especially interesting it
beng named the Yellow Flint, the seed
for which was brought to this county
more than seventy-fve years ago by