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The evening world., 1908-11-24
C, B. ACNE\N, ANTI-RACE TRACK
SENATOR, Gets LICENSE TO MARRY
Author of the Bill Prohibiting Gambling Will Become Ben
edict Dec. 2l- Miss Emily E. Cru
gan to Be the Bride

The wedding will take place Dec. 2 at
the home of the bride. The Rev. Leigh
ton Parks will perform tho ceremony.
Miss Dorothy Pierrepont Edwards,
daughter Of j. Pierrepont Edwards, NJ
Bedford station. y. Y, will be the maid
of honor and the best man will he C. r.
Agnew.
The ushers VIII be Eliot Yuckerman
Erskine Hewitt, samuel Sloan Auchin-
Gloss and Edgar Allen Poe.
The evening world., 1908-11-24
SUSTAINS P. S. BOARD.
Court Refuses Injunction which
Would Wipe II Out,

Without ruling on the question OF the
constitutionality of tho law creating the
Public Servica Commissioners raised by
counsel for Adoiph c, Gubner, as tax
payer, who applied for a temporary in
junction restraining the city authorities
for paying over any more money to the
Public Service Commission, Justice Ger
ard denied the motion for. an Injunction
late to-dav. He presented a long Opin-
ion, concluding with this.
II shall. danN the notion for "A tom
prrary Injunction, which would practl-
'ally end The functions Cf the Commits
sion and leave The question of the CON
s.itutilnality ~ luo at TO be finally
aciermined by To-" higher courts"
The evening world., 1908-11-24

Senator George Bliss AsneN. one Of
tho trainers of the auti-race track bill.
obtained at the CITY Hall Marriage Ii
ccnao Bureau this afternoon license TO
he married The bride viii be Miss
Emily Dutille Grugan, daughter Of
Frant Garter Grugan. of No. 10 East
Fifty-third street. senator Agnew gave
his address as No. West Fifty-sixth
street and his occupation as real estate
dealer.
The evening world., 1908-11-24
ROBBED In A HOTEL.

William Crouch, of SO n Grand
street, Brooklyn, reported TO the police
early to-day that while IN a room con.
ncctcd with the Grand Hotel, No. 70
Grand street, he Nah ..,anhcd by ~
man. kicked and cnoEcd until helpless.
and robbed at "a Suiu "a'cn ana 50.
Joseph glCi iWCu. ..,ut, arrested ns
SUSPICION, person, declared ne knew
notniSg OF tGe hold-up
The evening world., 1908-11-24
DR.. BULL STILL HOPEFUL

According 10 a statement author.
ICED by his physician, DR. William IT
Bull, the noted surgeon, who is IN al
the Plaza Hotel, was In fairly com
Portable condition to-day and was
hopefully cheerful AS a precautIons
aIS measure against a possible re-
lapse, Dr. Joseph /. Blake, one OF Dr
Bulls physicians, is with his patient
Jhc most of the time
The evening world., 1908-11-24
When Business Increased.

Was the concern a large one?"
Yes for the time. After Joined the
hrm We increased the capacity. There
Vas a large oil development about that
time
The witness explained that in those
early days most of the petroleum came
from a few counties In Western Penn
yslvanla. In 1875 the original "oil coun-
try was about seventy-fve miles In
length
Where were the principal refineries
from 1875 10 1872"
Little rtineries, mainly OF a most
primitive character sprang UP at many
points along the creek and the river.
There were larger concerns at Titusville,
OH City and Frankfort. But most OF
them were hurrie1ly-built. make-shift
concerns. There were better refineries
nt Pittsburg, Cleveland and the principal
seaport cities of the East. ranging from
Baltimore to Boston"
The crude oil was taken to market In
barrels, "a difficult and costly process"
on was marketed to the retailers main
ly by crude advertising and sending out
OF samples" Mr., Archbolds testimony
up to this time was seemingly intended
to show that the oil business was ina
very bad way prior to the birth OF the
5eneilcent Standard OIL.
Was the refining capacity greats
t1an the supply and demand between
1865 and 1882"
Yes. 50 many refnerles sprang up
,hat there was a sur and in the
rarly seventies the profits which had
The evening world., 1908-11-24
TAKES A FLING AT COURTLY
GENTLEMEN OF WALL STREET
Second Star Witness Begins His Story By
Telling Of the Reckless and Wasteiul
Conditions in the Early Days
OF the Oh! Industry.

John D. Rockefeller after five days the witness stand was told
this his examination completed He howea
signs fatigue and seemingly ready keep answering aue
tons indefinite period
In fact Mr. keoggs signal of dismissal seemed to greatly dsap
point the Oil King.
The evening world., 1908-11-24
FOG COSTS LIFE
IN COLLISION
OF STEAMERS
Naugatuck, With Passengers,
and Pequonnock Crash, and
Two Men Go Overheard.

THO ro,, ,,tt,L toIl oIo..i $500 l.,
o.,. an
'''''''
'"' oo' '""' was eS'ons1o'e lot col
l's!on near Min Rock, north of Hell
Gate. this afternoon I'm which one life
TO h.,,a,.o,, 40 ,,,,., .,o,, ,,., ri. 80
PAS
- peN'Ned 10 nave rean lost The
The evening world., 1908-11-24

Shall l go now?" asked Mr. Rookie
Teller.
You are not compelled to CO." sale
Mt NliIburn, but we are through with
YOU
MIR, Rockefeller tiptoed out and in his
stead there came TO the witness chair
John D. Archbold Lawyer Morris Ros-
enthal questioned him.
Archhold came here, he said, twenty
eight years ago from TitusvilIe, Pa.
In reply to questions he said when a
hoy he clerked in a general store al
Salem' Ohio. In 1864 he went to Titus-
F'IIe and was employed by an oil ship
ping firm. In 1867 he became a partner.
In 1863 he went into the refining busi-
hess as partner In Porter, Martin A.
co. in connection with other business,
and travelled extensively In the oil
fields.
The evening world., 1908-11-24
BASEBALL RESULT IN JAPAN.

TOXIC. Nov. 2i-The American and
kio University baseball teams ex-
changed batteries In their game to-day
The Americans won by score of 10 to 4,
THE LAFAfETTE BATH A HOTEL.
lSear lth ST. always open. Best appoint.
ed bath In thiS country: 8 plunsss In differ
'H' '% TaY Tar Ar .ii1 Gsu iiEiIIAs =.
The evening world., 1908-11-24
cumMlNs CHOSEN SENATOR.

DIES MOlNi;S, Nov 2l--Guv a H.
Cummins was elected United states SEN
ator by the Legislature to-day. Cum
minis received l06 votes, Porter, Demo
crat. 50, Three Republicans did not vote.
The evening world., 1908-11-24

AMER the football game csllsta Cream cures
AFT a s..i Es a sis;a z 'inA' 'A'
The evening world., 1908-11-24
One Man Picked Up.

lcAatanusd on second Raxsl
The evening world., 1908-11-24

FlPe LING "HSaSS'
Nj AEGAiOVa then ss'4sd Oh . mass
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
Fascinating DerivltionS

THERE Is something strangely fascinating. as
one looks Al a particular star. N the thought
that its name has come down to Us the same
through ages. Thus IN that beautiful star
Betelgeuze, we retain an adaptation - our
tongue OF the ancient oriental name The
Arabic of it Is i5t-IL- fIn-,I, which means the
shoulder of the giant. From this phrase our
word has been evolved Betelgeuze + the
bright red slightly variable star l5'lI II the
right shoulder of the constellation Some
times OF old it was called quantity Miriam,
from dL-JHir5IUi. the TOireT-
In the case OF another star, Aldebdran, the
original name has been retained with only the
unimportant difference OF a single letter, Tor
the Arabic Is dI-ig5IviH- This means the
Follower the significance OF which lies IN the
fact that it follows the PleiadeS III its rising
1t is the standard first magnitude red star,
ibid Tam. which i the eve OF the bull, the
most conspicuous among the HvadeS- The
Romans sought to rename this the PalllIcIuru.
because the HyadeS rose helIdcally on April -,
the dav OF the Palilia. the anniversary Of the
founding of the city. To-day, only anti
quarians and SChoolboyS concern themselves
with that date in the history of Rome, and the
eve OF the bull Is still Aldebaran.
Another illustration OF this persistence of
name Is found IN Rigel, from the Arabic M
di-idaSi. the leg OF the giant This : the
brilliant white double, first magnitude star,
beta OTtOHrS.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
Stars of Many Names

THERE are few groups ot stars that have
widely known variety ot names. Of such.
by far the most interesting are tie Bands OF
Orion, they are termed II the Hebrew
Scriptures. They are often called the Three
Stars, the Three Kings, while ancient hUIS-
Rake. All OF these names are appropriate
enough; but III 1897 the University ot LeIpSic
absurdly called them Napoleon. Luckily Tor
the CorSICdu, his fame III no wise depends on
the vogue OF his name III the heavens; Tor It
has none there. Commonly. the Bands OF
Orion. together with the stars OF Oriou'S
Sword, called the Ell and Yard. by reason
of the spaces separating them. The Three
Stars alone are properly designated the Yard
marks one celestial degree; and this fact Is of
convenience 10 an observer III estimating dis
tInccS ON the arch ot the SKY.
UrSd Major and rSa Minor are known also
as the Triones and As the Greater Vain and
the Lesser VAIN. II l. curious To note that
the larger constellation was given the figure
of the Bear by the Arabs and by the Irolu1iS
Tcdmen. The assumed forms arc ordinarily
tduCItul, and the identify of the names IN this
instance affords food for speculation Homer
uses both Bear and Vain (waguu) III his rel
eTcnCe~ to these stars IL Is evident that the
name Bear was a translation from some orig
nal Arydu language. as the constellation II
called III SauSErit. yfESaI a wori that III
different genderS, means both . bear and a
star.
OF course, the Pole Star in the tail Of Ursa
Minor Is the constellation point OF glo7y. In
tins case We may say fairly that the tail wJg~
the dog. because the group of stars waS ouce
called the Dogs TIh or CvuoSurr From
that We have our word cvupsure. that toward
which all eyes turn. a~ - the Dogs Tail. for
sight OF the Pole Star
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
DUAL BIRTH

The gates ot heaven opened wide.
Though tar beyond our earthly view
And As the mother. yedrning Sghci.
There stole a TINY angel through.
And As the baby grows and thrveS
And HE with winSomcuc-SS Is trluEht
We ponder on earth's busy lives
And offer up this trrvent thought
May wide the gates be swung again.
When earthly TRIALS shall be DER.
And from edrths women and e1rths men
An angel shall steal through onCe more
-Eu. Nlr5,s
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

Young physician insisted II her father pres
ence that she give him a truthful answer - his
question, declaring that he had only a pro
fessional motive in making the demand Fl
nallv she admitted having several similar spots
on her shoulders He warned her to retire
from the ball, seclude herself IN room, and
wait until the morrow
The next day he came with three Ot the
greatest physicians OF the city. and they uuIn--
mouSlv pronounced the disease that afflicted
her u be leprosv.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

ishlv assured her that he, as she herself, had
been overcome by that sudden and sweet
emotion which had been her portion when first
she saw him.
But for a lover he acted most strangely He
led her to a place where there were no other
guests, looking hard at her face all the time,
and there blurted out, " MademolSele, are
there more spots on your body like the one on
YOUR cheek"
She was insulted; then thought him mad,
and demanded 70 be taken to her father The
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
By Marvin Dana

A FORTUNATE few among
~ men and things have Sc by Mar
cured the immortality OF their
fame by the names given to
the heavenly bodies. That primitive, pas
toral people who first watched the sky by night
sought in their terTn1nology OF the ZOd1aCaI con-
stellatlOns such symbols as stood tor the things
OF chief import in their simple, natural hfe-
They used as enblems OF those stars that
rose with the sun in the spring OF the year the
animals held IN highest esteem by the Shep-
herds, creatures whence We're derived tner
livelihood and their riches. Thus came ArleS'
the Ram, followed by Taurus and Cem1nI,
for March April, and May. Then, as the sun
entered the sign Cancer, at the summer sol
StlCe it ceased its progress toward the Nortn
Pole. and began its gradual return toward
the south. These earliest astronomers PIC
tured this retrOgrade movement by the OTdD,
which as they believed, walked backward
The Egyptians used also the ScarabRuS tor
this sign; but that was for religious reasons .
the Crab was certainly the older symbol
The fierce, OverpOwerIng heat that followed
was indicated by the Lion, which at this season
was driven by thirst from the intolerable dry
ness Of the desert to show itself on the banks
of the Nile. Then, about the time OF the
harvest. the sun entered the sixth sign; and
in token Of this was displayed the Virgin
Reaper. with m ear of corn in her hand
At the autumnal equinox, the sun passed
into Libra and the days and nights through
out the world became of equal length. This
fact was signihed by the sign OF the Balance
or Scales. Autumn fruits were blamed by
the ancients as the cause of many diseases, and
they characterized the season ungraclouSly by
the Scorpion, which, as it recedeS, wounds by
a sting in its tail. The fall of the leaf was the
time for hunting; so the emblem became
Huntsman, or Archer with his arrows. Next,
as the sun began its halt-years ascent from
the southern tropc, the symbol of the accom-
panyirg constellation was that famous climber,
the Goat.
Then came Aquarius, the water bearer. to
mark the dreary winter season; and finally.
last of the zodiacal consultations Pisces. two
fishes. back to back. They were originally
simply embemS of the fishing season, though
afterward Greeks and Romans gave them
place in their pantheons.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

ton was named in honor of her golden hair.
the Coma BereniCeS, and the name en-
dures.
1t is true that in 1893 Kirch constructed a
feeble constellation to which he gave the I'M
posing designation. SCsbtytsEt ByIEisIt5nygf;s''i.
and that Bode recognized It a century later
but alas. that Scepter has passed from fame
among men, whether 1t be on earth Or II the
hta1y- y-sr1S
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
WRITTEN IN THE STARS

treSses OF BerenIce, who was a
Queen Of Egypt IN the third
century before Christ W hlle
she vet lived a new COnStella-
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
Can't Change the Names

THERE Is something beautiful IN the SIM
pliCitv Of these symbols derived from the
primitive manner of life. They are plain and
direct vet have endured III the celestial history;
the quiet dignity of them cannot be destroyed; D.;
they set IN their places tor all time. Therein
lies a singular truth: the permanenCe of these
names. The designations made IN the tartheSt
past hold their positions unaSSdIlably. Men,
and great ones. have often sought to do away
with them; but they have striven in vain.
No learning. station. or riches NAV avail
so t. name a star that 1t VIII be known thus
by all men through the ages Something
SuDtler rules conspiracy of CJuSeS,-ere
such immortality may be found II would
seem, indeed, as If honor sometimes hinged
on luck
The one great adventure exploited in the
naming of the heavens l. the quest Of the
Golden Fleece. Every person and thing of
importance IN that mad voyage Is celebrated
in the names of the consultations. And the
explanation Is found IN the fact that one of
Jason company was MuS,eus, who after hjs
return from the adventure was the first to
construct - celestial sphere Naturally he
celebrated the exploits of himself and his COM
panions. From that day 70 this. the stars
simmer as souvenirs Ot that expedition.
MuSTu~ possessed the right 10 give what
names he chose where were no names before,
moreover. he chose to commemorate the chief
adventure III all history. Therefore. those
names remain, nor can they ever be changed
An artificial effort must fail in anything of
such vast import dS tins nomenclature OF the
heavens. Such attempts have been made re-
pcatedly; but they have failed always. No
less person than the Venerable Bede substi-
tuted for the old names of the ZOdIaCal signs
the names of the Twelve Apostles. Tulius
Schillerius was even more devoutlv enthusias-
tic and in I6l- performed the tedious task of
completing tins reformation. he gave biblical
names to all the consultations. Happily
these efforts were wholly unapprcciated The
world would have none OF such tampering
with it, terninology.
Nor was a better fate in store for Weigelius.
professor of mathematics IN the University
Of lena Why the good man should have
been SO foolish. none may say. but certain Il
Is that he painstakiugly elaborated the register
of the stars by making it into "A CFiam ksyIlir-
Clsm where were introduced the arms OF all
the princes OF Europe. Again. failure,
The hcraldic dignItes OF no monarch are
immort1lized m the heavens, a. are the amber
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

A FORTUNATE few among
~ men and things have Sc
cured the immortality OF their
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-10
MILLION DOLLARS
Is Chicsuos Annual Income From
Her Street Railways Under
New Charter

Chicago, Sept Am income OF
lover 81 100000 2 year Is what the clty
Iof Chicago will derive as it's share in
th" unique partnership between It and
tn local street car companies which
Nas hit upon as tho best solution ct
! Tho traffic tangle The first CON.
plstn figures Of the citys profit under
tbs arrangement have just been made
public and show the success of the ex-
| pertinent As a result other munich
Ia'it.es with traction problems on
their hands may adopt the co-opera-
u'n plan rs a way out of their diff
ouliles. The report which has been
ISSUED contains a statement of the net
earnings of the two street railway
COMPANIES for the periods ending June
30 aEd July y The figures were. for
the Chicago Railways company. five
morths. sGl0"S3. for the Chicago
city Railway. sis months s4aG.4sf-
making total Of slole.567. The ritv's
share Of the sum. as stipulated in the
recent ordinances If the c-mrapiee b.
- per cent. which amounts 10 4 total
IN cash of SGos.Gl2 for the halt wear
Al this rate the cts NAV count on an
annual income n al least a million
m ! quarter dollars and probably
nor, in future wears. a. the CITY grows
and business conditions improve
Other interesting figures we're con
clied IN the statement Preside q
Mitian Of the Civ railway rar.rta1
taiai accidents during the wear as one
% every AlI2-5ZI passengers carried. F,
The agure last year was one 10 every
sFs+l3 passengers The present
Faiuaiion Of the road Is given as so.
100000 Both companies report pro-
gress in the gigantic task Of rehabf T.
t@tihs the street car lines. which q
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-10
Metallic Mirrors.

The production Of metallic mirrors
for searchlights and other such uses
Is now in demand in Europe Those
made Of glass. now used. are obiec.
tionsble owing TO their liability 10
fracture when the guns are fred on
ships, and to the silvering on the mir
rors hlistering and separating from
the glass. A new metallic mirror.
made partly by electro-deposition is
being introduced The mirror has a
surface composed Of alternate bands
or rings Of gold and white rejecting
surfaces. II is claimed that this mir
ror gives A more penetrating beam %
Hight. both AZ night and in foggv
weather. thst objects on which such
a beam of lisht is thrown stand ont
in greater relief than in light
thrown from silver white metal mir.
TOR. and that the intensity Of the light
il so great that # is impossible 10 aim
accurately al the protector Another
advantage claimed for the new mir
rors Is that they are not fractured by
conclusion. and that even when pen
Grated by bullets the area Of distor-
ton is very small
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-10
LEST WORKERS ARE spArl4E0s,
TIER Wonderful Capacity for Hard
Labor on Slim Diet.

A rresentday globeIrotter said Ia
n New York Press writer: Il should
like ia recommend the employment of
Spanards to dig the Panama canal
The rest Of the world does not seem
10 realize the wonderful capacity for
work possessed by the Andausians,
Why ! have seen in the castle of Solo
mon copper mine men doing the
hardest sort of labor for full f. hours
day and knock off as happy as a
lark, ready for fght or a frolic,
ready to 50 mad at the distant tinkle
of snitar, ready to beat their hands
sore keeping s'aCcato time to the
Cadiz cachuca
And what has his ration consisted
of? \ piece of bread dipped in a
COWS horn Of oil and another Of
vinegar spiced up with hot green pep
per, garlic and salt In summer his
food consists of section of pink
melon
How many million pounds of meat
have been shipped TO Panama since
knows not the hunger for meat, He is
never ill., The doctors at the isthmus
have their hands full all the time try,
ing to cure disease directly due to
meat.
Here is a common Spanard who
could pull a bull down by the horns,
drive his knife through threeinch
plank, nourishing his robur and
stamina on slice of melon brought
from that moist province where the
mockng proyerb says, The trees are
grass, the earth water, the men won.
on and the women nothing.
Yesterday witnessed in one of
Your semi-fashionahe resorts 4 New
Yorker double MP and pack on his fork
for one calm mouthful about four
cubic inches of red roast beef 1t was
not a pleasant sight compared the
mans food capacity with that of pec-
pie who had achieved
The Arab on his rice diet scourged
the shrinking world The Roman sol
der on his sour wine ana vinegar
bread mapped out Europe With his
roads. One of our great generals.
Francis Marion, the swamp fox, kept
his forces in perfect physical condt
ton by a daily sip of vinegar. Oil
stands for the most ethereal fat you
can feed the stomach flame with and
vinegar for the destroyer Of thirst and
nuriffpr Of the hIOOd e"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-10
WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF FEAR,
Behavior OF American Troops in the
Face of Awful Death.

One OF the most remarkable events
In the annals of American arms oc
Cured at Fort Crook, Neb.. the other
day when tornado struck the place.
As the dispatches tell the story:
When the officers realized that a tor
nado had struck the post 600 men OF
the Sixth regiment We're brought to
battalion formation and in the midst
OF flying slate roofs and other debris
they were marched across the parade
ground to the substantial buildings.
where they We're put at rest, and took
to the cellars. The fort was damaged
10 the extent of 100000"
History and fiction alike have dwelt
upon the dauntless spirit Of men who
have manifested their willingness to
charge the gates of hell or scale the
heights of heaven but doubtless no
better illustration Of this spirit was
ever given than when this devoted
band Of American soldiers at Fort
Crook formed ranks to do or die" to-
gether in the face of a resistless tor.
nado, SAYS the Kansas City Journal
Those who have never viewed the
fury Of one Of these terrible outbursts
Of the angry elements cannot imagine
the dreadful reality of the scene. with
the heavens blacker than night. the
darkness intensified by binding flash
es OF lightning, the terrors of the
storm multiplied by the terrific
crashes of heavens artillery. and the
air filled with swirling clouds which
hide all else but the awful figure OF
death, the CHASTITY funneLshaped cloud
which makes gigantic leaps along the
ground, uprooting trees and whirling
houses, animals and human beings
through the air on the wings of the
death-dealing wind.
IL Ia a sight to appall the stoutest
heart and to cause the human mind TO
realize the utter impotence Of man In
the presence of angry nature. The
charge Of the Six Hundred at Balak.
lava Was a trivial incident Of military
duty compared with the steadfast dis
cipline Of the 500 American soldiers at
Fort Crook. who coolly formed in line
and hraved the tornado's fury az
though 1t We're matter of mere ruu- /
Inc duty.