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New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
WEALTHY BRITISH AERoNAUT COMING
Patrick Y. Alexander Crosses Ocean Twice to
Spend Two DAYS Here

Patrick Y. Alexander. the well known wealthy
English aeronaut. IS due TO arrive here tomorrow
from London He viii leave here for home on
Monday.
Mr. Alexander has Just paid $500 to Griffith
Brewer, OF London, IN settlement OF a wager. Both
enthusiastic aeronauts. and at dinner on No
vember g. 1907, Nj Alexander said he would travel
& mile by means OF mechanical fight within 2
year forfeit S2.50o 70 Mr. Brewer, who agreed to
pay him $500 If he succeeded.
Mr.. Alexander made attempt 10 win the
money. Mr.. Brewer will devote it to work on the
problem Of mechanical fight
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
DUNN Has ALREADY FILED HIS BOND.

Rochester, Dec H-In Tefutation of the dispatch
stating that Senator Thomas b. Dunn. State Treas
urer-elect, might refuse the Office because a per-
manent bond is required. Mr. Dunn stated this
morning that he had already filed his bond and
would go to Albany next week preparatory to TAX
ing over the office from State Treasurer Hauser
Mr.. Dunn is OF the opinion that the state law
should be amended that the close OF a State
Treasurer's term of office a Senate committee
could audit his books and release him from bonds
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
NEW YORK LIFE CALLS HALT.
10 New Policies Whose Insurance Can Be
Contaminated This Year.

The New York Life Insurance Company an
r,oUnoed yesterday that IL would write more
policies the insurance under which be consurn-
mated tn the present year. Al Official statement
issued by the company declares that this step IS
Necessary 81 view CT the large amount Of business
rhet already has been written
This Etep IL says IS made be certain not 10
exceed II the year 19os the limitations OF bust
ness prescribed by the insurance law.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
STEVENS SLAYER FOUND GUILTY.
In Whan Chang, Oorean. May Be Sentenced
To Imnrisonment for Life.

San Francisco, Dec. A-In Whan Chang, tho
Corean who shot and killed Durham White Stew
ems diplomatic adviser to the Corean Emperor last
March in San Francisco, was found guilty OF
murder in the second degree by a jury last night
IN Judge Cooks department Of the Superior Court
Sentence viii be passed December Is. The
minimum penalty is ten years and the maximum
life imprisonment
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
ANOTHER BIG POWDER EXPLOSION.
Third In Month at American Power Mills, at
South Acton Mass

South Acton Mass Dec. A.-The thtrd explosion
within month tbs plant OF the American
Powder mills here occurred early to-day. destroy
ing the glaze mill, but entailing loss of life.
The shock TO the surrounding country the
most terrific of any experienced within recent years.
the powder which exploded being in the last stages
OF its manufacture and IN large quantities. The
property loss Is estimated az about $1,000 inClud
ing that caused by the destruction of about
thousand pounds Of powder.
Boston Dec, 2--The explosion at South Acton
to-day felt for distance of at least forty
miles and the heaviest explosion Of its kind
since tAat at Lowell, Mass. July p, 1903 when
q magazine of the American Cartridge Company
destroyed and nearly dozen persons were
killed.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
SAY TONNES SHORTAGE Is $4,000.
Relative of Matheson Lead Company Cashier
Doubts Story About Another Woman.

Howard o. Wood. Of No. 63 Wall street attorney
for the Matheson Lead Company. of No. Is4 Front
street said yesterday that the company would not
lose the result Of the shortage in the accounts
of Edward 3. Towne. jr-, the FIRMS cashier. which
according TO the experts who work on the
firms books. will be a little more than $4,000
Towne bonded in the Fidelity and Casualty
Company, Of No. 81 Cedar street for $1,000. and
the balance Of the loss will fall on the banks
which cashed the forged checks according TO Mr..
Wood
Orange. n. J.. Dec. "a CSpecial).-Mrs. Edward B
Towne. IT., has been staying with her mother,
Mrs. George W Sharp. Of No. 40 Scotland street,
since her husband went away.
we thought that Edward in the South all
the time" Mrs. Sharp said to-day. and when We
were told of his having written the letter from
Chicago admitting that he embezzler.
were surprised and greatly shocked. He might
have taken the money but the story about that
other woman is hard to credit"
Tovsne is twenty-three years old. Since his mar
rage FIVE years ago. he has frequently entertained
friends on trips in his automobile. Mrs. Towne.
IN Ignorance of what her husband had done spent
all OF yesterday buying Christmas presents. in she
hope that he might return before Friday.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25

Which the respect due to INDIVIDUAL
opinion.
It is an easy thing to cater to the majority--to
furnish that which everybody wants.
BUT 1T IS ANOTHER MATTER TO
MEET THE WISHES OF THOSE WHO
WANT SOMETHING BETTER, OR SOME
may not think is better.
The one who was insistent of personal opinion
found little sympathy and less patience.
Salespeople had not been taught the educational
value of independent thought.
They hadn't learned that the fussy little lady
who found so little suit and much to criticize
often showed them. ultimately, original combina-
tons of such beauty that their own merchandise
assumed a new value with new possibilities, there
after.
They hadn't yet realized the value to them and
to the store of sense of personal interest and
obligation upon the part of customers. for personal
service-fhe spirit that actuated a lady who
said that she furnished her entire house
from The Wanan1aker Store because trained
salesman in the basement sought until he
found for her a certain peculiar wooden
not interest anybody in 1t at several of the
uptown stores.
That spoon to the average store was worth
probably eight cents, or would have been had they
found it
TO THE WANAMAKER STORE THE
spOON-PLUS THE TRAINING, WHICH
IS A PART OF THE SYSTEM-W WAS
an
DOLLARS.
Not so strange, after aI-thfs growth of
the Wanamaker StOres-is II?
And the Piano Store-which caught the spirit 3
of the Founder at its inception nine years ago. and
which has grown as no other piano store ever grew
before, has ever had peculiar sympathy with the
one who wanted piano that was different
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
Of Interest ~
~ to Uosr en-
PLAY AT NORMAL
CoNege Girls Act IN CleUer Skit on
old Building.

If Mayor Mcclellan and the Board OF Estimate
and Apportionment had seen the Christmas play
given by the class Of 'Oe at Normal College yes
teriay morning the new building the college wants
so badly would surely be granted at onoe The
play I'm the Bfsnt Isles" written staged and
acted by students turned on the question OF the
new building. and most picturesquely was the need
set forth. The scene laid 'in and around the
Normal College Annex IN the Biskit Isles King
snooks king OF the isles Cthe part taken by Miss
Sally F. Kutz OF the co-aUthors OF the pay)
was the savage potentate who could give
fuse the building Dreadful to behold in trousers
and tunic OF green and purple paper muslin, with
section Of auburn doOrmat his head, King
Enooks listened to the prayers OF a committee
from Normal College They met in the camp of
General Anxious Miss May Freund. the other
author OF the play. who in khaki trousers bear
ing an immense sword, made noble general. and
was guarded by perfect regiments OF soldiers in
more khaki trousers). Wistarta Miss Grace Ben
nett Miss Facultata Cfiss Louise l. Young and
tbe rest of the committee told King Snooks how
the girls suffered In their shabby old building.
They sang this lament about the way they were
scattered over the face OF the earth IN annexes:
They've one in Patagonia
And one in HindusJan.
Three annexes in China,
And one in the Sudan
Through darkest Africa they're found,
Morocco and Torquay.
The Normal College annexes
Are where er you stray.
This failing to melt King Snooks. the committee
brought on a procession OF invalids in bandages
and crutches There the girl whose head was
broken by falling plaster in tho old building, the
girl who sprained her ankle In hole IN the hoOr.
the girl who dslocated her shoulder hosting her
hat to the top or dresser with a window pole be-
cause there wasn't any hook TO hang II or and
borne ON stretcher. the girl who got protraoted
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25

At The Popular Shop"
JUST A FEW GOOD THINGS
Left Over from Yesterday
WILL BE SOLD TOMORROW ONLY
Al ONE THIRD DISCOUNT from
These Plainly Marked Prices:
LIBERTY CRINTZ PILLOWS (S1.00)
SHIRTWAIST BOXES $500
PETER PAN POSTERS i50cD
MEMORY HELPERS q so
Brentwood Umbrella Stands (S5.D
Brownie Rushseat Chairs (S5D
and
SOME BYRDCLYFFE BASKETS
OF EANDWOVEN WILLOW;
AL offered for Personal Purchase Only;
No Nail Orders or G O. D. Deliveries.
JOSEPH p McHUGH q CO
2 ". 42d ST. Opposite Library
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
The Ethic Value of Minority
Opinion as Practically Applied
to Wanamaker Merchandising

Founder
did
fecked
and disappointment were enunaeo
principles which antpadve
of it's
Among these the respect due the minority
New-York tribune., 1908-12-25

We fully understood the desire to try them all
to search for the instrument that responds 70
ones own individual tenperament-and you VII
find instruments here and there among these piano
rooms which will respond to every demand and
which invite the confidence that is begotten OF the
seciusion which these rooms afford. We know
well as you do that there condolences 10 be ex
changed between you-the mnority-and the piano
you will buy before you viii accept 1t as
companion
We know that you-the .individual-are
seekins THE piano while the majorityseeks
A piano.
And we know that there those who would
not buy piano during the rush and the hurry OF
the Christmas season;
And those to whom Christmas broughtsazbetter
ability to buytfan they had before:
These will find that their wants have been
anticpated{ that instead of meagre stock that has
been culled over by Christmas buyers we have made
ample provision of new instruments, fresh from the
factory, in every grade
Time was when the day after Christmas you
could get only "left-overs-"culls. But the
Wanarnaker Piano Store has grown big because it
did things differently.
There are reduced pianos in plenty for those
who want t1ern but there is also full variety OF
the choicest instruments by Chickering, Knabe,
Schumacher, Vose. Emerson, Kurtznann, Camp
bell. and the Knabe-Angelus, Emerson-Angelus and
Auto-piano.
Not ordinary pianos, either, but pianos full OF
artistic individuality among the better grades-n-
strlIrnents that are endowed with the capacity to
express every emotion, and an unusual number OF
exceptional pianos that have been especially selected
from the Chickering, Knabe and Schumacher stocks
on account of their very refinement Of tone
which will appeal to those who are seeking quality
rather than quantity.
ANY of these pianos may be paid for on terms Of
convenience, If desired
IOHN WANAMAKER
Broadway, Fourth Ave, Eighth 10 Tenth SIS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Mr.. DalzeIl and Another.

Skim the buncombe off the Dali
cell speech and you have this left:
Not now, but some time later
there viii be d revision of the tariff
"a revision by its friends, so ad-
justed that no industry viii mind il.
OF course, that is a great conces-
sion. Stand-patters like Mr.. DALI
ell cannot say even sc much with
out the toothaehe. But the voter
who is paying the price of this
standing pat may be pardoned if
he measures II aginst a declaration
o. this same subject made in Buff
faIo seven years ago by a bigger
and better Republican than Mr..
DaIzeH. It seems as If the Almighty
has deserted the Republican party
at last, if an honest Republican has
TO desert it in order to follow the
counsel Of William Mckinley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Roy Extradition Papers
Are Sent to Washington

CONCORD, n. H., Feb. 8.-An appli-
cation for TIE extradition from France
OF Paul Emile Roy, who Is charged bv
his wife, known as Glacia Gala with
the murder Of her brother, George A
Carkins. which was signed by Governor
Floyd late yesterday, was forwarded TO
Washington this morning
County Solicitor Charles II. Ratchet
deT caIne here from Portsmouth to Law
the matter before the governor. He
was met at Rockingham Junction by
Attorney General Edwin G. Eastman
Batchelder had the affidavits of Mrs
Roy and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Kelley.
copies of which viii be sent to Paris
the forenoon was spent I'm examining
authorities and precedents bearing on
the matter of eXtradition. Attorney
General Eastman says that ne is firm
" convinced that Roy could be extra
dited from France and brought TO New
Hampshire for trial.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Scott. of Exc
ter. hrs been chosen 70 take the papers
TO Paris. and bring Roy back to this
country, II the French authorities do
eide that the offense is extraditable,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
The Death of Edward F. DrOOp.

The name of a pioneer and public
spirited observation-disclosures F. Droop
lis now added to a death roll seem
ingly already as heavy as any city
can bear. 1t is a new loss which
touches an unusually large number
Of us personally. For this was a
man who had pre-eminently the
ability to make friends, and they
were few, indeed, who came within
the sphere of his ready laugh and
spontaneous personal kindness who
did not choose to come again and
again.
The fifty years of Mr.. Droop's life
in Washington were distinctly years
of achievement. To the day of his
last visit to his music store, it was
about the end % January, he was
in everything but years a young
man. He had the hope, the conf
dence, the cheeriness, of youth; he
allied himself with men as young
as the sons he had made his part
ners; with them he worked TO de-
velop the faith he had in Warming
ton as a business center; and so
there was no wonder among his as
sociates that his own business did
much to Justify that faith.
Friends sometimes cited Mr..
Droop as the exemplar of American
opportunity for the foreign-born.
He exemplifed much more than
that. 1t would be hard to cite a
man who stood so conspicuously in
the estimation of the whole wide
business circle wherein he worked
for personal and business honesty.
His word was literally good as a
bond. In the hour Of their deepest
sorrow IL ought greatly TO comfort
his stricken family that this was
the chief of the qualities which
made Edward +. Droop so true a
success in business, in citizenship, in
personal influence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Lord Cromer's Reiqn in Eaunt

For more than a quarter OF 2 cenrur,,
the Hari OF Cromer was practically the
ruler OF Egypt, and It is doubtfU1 ff
IN this time any ruler IN the vvorl.5
had more absolute power. In splte ~
the savage criticism with which ne has
az times been assailed. it is now zen
orally agreed that his rule has res,Itl-i
IN IN great beneht TO the country of his
In his two-vOlume work on .sAToder,
Egypt. which is soon 10 appear. he
teIs the whole story OF his connection
Win the country story which no.
particular interest for Americans he
cause OF the light IL may be expected
20 throw on our own problems of colo
MAJ administration The work is di-
Nlded into the following seven parrs.
Part /, Ismail Pasha, 1S53-ls79. Part II
Inc Arab Revolt, August, 1879. TO An
gust lSSS; Part III, The Soudan. 1SS2-Iq57
'lnclCdlng the story Of Gordonss SOM
ney 10 khartoum. the Relief Exbedi-
ton, and the Evacuation OF the SoT-
dam; Part ". The Egyptian PuzzIa.
Fart v British Policy IN Egvpt. Parf
VI, The Reforms; and Part Wi The
Future OF Egypt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
STABBED TEACHER
QUITS HOSPITAL

II. Rene Dc Serviere. the instructor
OF foreign languages at the Berlitz
School, who was thought to nave been
fatally stabbed two weeks ago by a
fellow-teacher. otto Fulckenger, was
allowed 10 leave Emergency Hospital
this morning. The physicians say that
De Seviere's recovery is one Of the
most miraculou which has come un-
der their notice Because Of the re-
markable features connected with the
mans practical recall TO life a series
of lectures explaining the case in detail
will be delivered to medical students
here.
De Serviere does net look like a man
VINO mad passed through the terrible eX-
perience he did. With the exception OF
being a little weak. he is as healthy as
ever. When asked as to his plans he
said.
Yes, I am stiu "a little weak and
sttff, bat that is TO be expected. / nave
received many letters Of Coincidence and
cOngratulation from my former pupils
during my Illness. Many OF them have
been assurance that II recovered they
would take instruction from me, so
intend opening a school Of my own at
az Fourteenth street northwest on
Monday. The applications have been so
numerous that ] shall employ several
assistants from the first 10 help me IN
my work"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Confusion Over "The Shuttle"

II her publishers are not careful. Mrs.
Burnett's Shuttle" viii be taken from
her by people who. admiring the book,
inadvertently attribute its authorship TO
Ecme one else. When the now we'll
known international novel was first pub
Hshed. '"The weavers," by Sir Gilbert
Parker, also made its appearance The
confusion OF these books was, Of course
inevitable from the similarity OF their
titles.
But now through a review there comes
another unwilling claimant Mrs. Kate
Douglas Wiggin. who needs not the nc
titiuous prestige Of another books. was
recently chronicled IN the columns OF a
daily paper as the author OF that Won
derfuI book. The Shuttle which Is
bound 10 live" This confusion calls 20
mind Bret Harte's remark 10 the gush-
ing lady, who. his neighDor one evening
at dinner. complimented him on the late
John Hays poem, Little Breaches.
Madam" bowed the WesteTner,
you've put Little Breaches on the
wrong man.
Mrs. Burnett, Mrs. Wiggin, and Sir
Gilbert Parker would naturally be far
more content with their own books than
with other authors. If only people would
render unto them the things that are
theirs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29

ering gas is not much in circulation.
The Times presentation Of a great
array of it caused wonderment-
then amazement. People in New
Jersey, getting The Times expose
through the Newark papers co..
umns, became more and more indig-
nant. Their feelings are now get
ting vent through their representa-
tives in the Legislature, where a
more effective fight is being made
than ever before for corporation
regulation. That a regulation stat
ute viii pass this winter is the con-
ident prediction Of Herman Walker,
Washington correspondent of the
Newark Evening News.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
In Trouble With the PhilOlogists.

The man who attempts to write King
janet English must be on more init
mate terms with the subjunctiye mood
and kindred elusive bits Of syntax than
our latter-day grammars and teachers
seem to reach. Although Gelett Bur
gess's waggish book, THE Maxlms OF
Meuhuselah," cleverly sustains for the
most part its flavor of ancient phrase
ology. there are passages where the
grammatical construction becomes a
vexing problem.
For example. the sage patriarch,
speaking Of WOman's weird ways, says,
10, IL thou speakest TO her the whole
truth, she VIII say: 'Ia. ha, he de-
ceiVeth me. he hath not told me the
half I will add unto it,
Mr.. Burgess publishers may have
hesttated to criticise a veteran Of such
vast experience as Methuselah, but they
were inclined 10 believe that he should
more properly have written, 10, Il
thou speak 10 her the whole truth.
Mr.. Burgess was himself brought 70
this same belief Although, as the
Scotch dominic said, THE subjunctive
is a dell" and the splitting Of hairs is
often a prohtlegs BUSINESS, the Stokes
Company of New York now have IN
contemplation a new edition Of this
book, in which Methuselahs idiom viii
be repaired at the few places where II
Is IN error.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
CURIOUS METAPHOR.

To know hawk from a hernshaw'
is a metaphor with a curious history
says the Manchester Guardian. Il is
a comparison drawn from IaIconry
'HernShaW is a corruption of heron
shaw" or young heron. a bird which
was a common prey OF the falcons. To
know a hawk from hernshaW is
therefore. TO be able to distinguish the
falcon from fits prey. A further col
loquial corruption crept into the phrase
ITO know a hawk from a handsaw. %
q form used by Hamlet in one place
Possibly the distinction between hawk
and a hernshaw was found not TO be
strong enoU gh for the purpose Of the
proverb.-Eschange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Mr.. MunSey Welcomed
By The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore sun, in it's editorial col
umns this morning comments on the
sale of the Baltimore News TO Frank a.
MJnsey, as follows:
THE sale Of the Baltimore Evening
News 10 Frank A. Munsey, OF New
York. has excited much speculation
among the readers Of that paper, few
or more Of whom expected a change in
the ownership. The present manage
ment has made the News a successful
papar, and has been characterized by
Ger rain mel hods and policies that have
attracted attention and seemed to in
dictate an intention To remain perma-
uentlv in local Journalism Their sud
den retirement from the newspaper field
CONF. therefore, as great surprise
and creates interest as 10 the paper
future. The new owner, Mr.. Munsey,
promises a continuation of past policies
and standards, ana it viii be interest
ing 10 note how far he viii be able to
do this Ia the satisfaction Of those TO
whom these standards and policies have
commended themselves. Mr.. Munsey Is
mar. of distinct individuality, with
conyice Ions and methods of his own, and
his strong personality viii doubtless be
reflected TO some extent IN this, as II
is in his other publications.
"A man who succeeds Is always wei
come everywhere, and baltimore cN-
tends the glad hand OF greeting 10 Mr..
NF.Iusev as a man who does things that
ara worth while and whose energy and
BUSINESS ability will be a valuable addi-
ton to the community.
LAS we understand 1t. Douglas II.
Gordon. Julian Leroy White, and
Charles II. Grasty were the joint own
ers Of the News, but the general man
apement Of the paper was left more
r,erson9IIv TO Mr.. Grasty that the News
achieved the position il attained as a
bU siness success
IN retiring from the newspaper Held
i'm RaltnoiG, The Sun extends its best
v1shes to Mr.. Grasty and cOngratulates
him lIDOn the splendid price he obtained
fer the News, which could only have
been gotten by the excellence Mr..
C,restv's mana cement gave it.