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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
60 COU NCILMBN
 DIVIDED $45,OOO Corrupt Practice Testified to at Hearing of Nine Pitts
 burgers Held for
 Bribery.
THEIR PRICES s5 TO s1oo
Bankers Tell of Giving n Bribc of Sf75.0 to Become City De- pository--Strcct Gar
 Ticket Bribcs.

Pittshurg. Dec 23.-rhe seven city councilmen and two bankers arrested here Monday night, charged with con- spiracy, corrupt solicitation and brib- cry were given q hearing to-day by police magistrate. Upon the introduce ton of startling testimony which i'm plicated other councilmen. at present unknown, all the defendants were held for trial. According to the testimony a majority of the council of Pittsburg could be bribed by the payment of sums ranging in sums Of $l00 10 $500 and 1t was also testified that recently sixty councilmen divided s45,000 cor ruptly offered in connection with che filtration plant.
 w. w. Ramsey and A. A, Nilsack. former president and cashier of the German National bank, wero first placed on trial. IL was testified that they were approached by Councilman John Klein, one of the accused, who said that the bank would be made a depository for the city's funds in the event the German National bank would do as other banks have done" After several talks the bankers placed ST. 300 on table in room of the bank. Councilman Klein and a com panion entered the room and q short time later left the bank The bankers then visited the room and the money was gone.
 At the request of the directors of the bank both mon resigned last S0t- urday. They were held for trial in the sum of $14,O0O bail each
 The seven councimen, President Brand and Members Klein, Soffrl Wasson, Melaney and Ferguson of common council, and Atkinson of sc- lect, were then called for trial. The principal witnesses were Robert Will son, q private detective and superin- tendent of the municipal league of Scranton, Pa, Who is employed by the Voters league of Pittsburg, which brings the prosecution against the nlno defendants.
 MT Wilson's testimony was highly sensational Aided by an assistant, fhis " ll9bIl tIbdBfu tt lpplll III d lp" cal hotel and the cut holes in the door and walls of an adjoining room, Then a series of meetings were arranged with councilmen. His assistant Her bert Johes, posed as a business man desiring certain ordinances passed and during Jones talks with the councilmen Wilson and q stenograph- CT were in the next room taking a full record of the transactions,
 While the conference was going on. Councilman Klein had great dcal to say about how completely councils were controlled by the accused the de- teetiyc said, He also testified thaN Klein and Brand each accepted $500 from Jones in payment for securing the passage of an ordinance,
 Al n meeting held In another local hotel, Klein 1t was testified, told Will son how hard it was to divide money among the councilmen, TO illustrate hls remarks Klein described how $l5,- O0) had to he split between sixty coun- eilmon This money was received In connection with the construction of filter beds at the new filtration plant of Pltt9burs the witness said,
 Councilman Klein Wilson testified,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
SANTA HERE AT LAST
Boys of Y. M. 0. A. and Ban croft Foote Club Get First
 Sight of Him.
PRESENTS FOR EVERYONE
Enjoyable Entertainment in Toy Nu- duurium by Tribune Society
 Committee.

The members of the boys department of the Y NJ C, A. and of the Edwin Bancroft Foote Boys club were enter taned last night at a Christmas social given by committee from the Tribune Sunshine society in Foy auditorium There were several hundred boys pres cnt and the entertainment was thor oughly enjoyable And after the close Of the entertainment santa Claus ar rived with presents for everyone.
 santa Claus had met with several accidents He had started from the North Pole, Inc said in m automobile and a Springfield the automobile was surrounded by terrific snowstorm and was lost beneath pile Of flakes The boys an believed t for the boys secretary. Arthur r. Rutledge read e telegram to chat effect from the stage midway in the entertainment Then the reindecrs were sent for and the sleigh with the presents vent without trouble as far as Cheshire where one of the reiudecrs according to MT. Rutedge broke his leg running into a life-size picture of the president-cle which had been left in the road by the thoughtless republicans Of Cheshire This message was read to account for the delay in arriving but the delays only made the old gentleman from the polar regions seem all the better when he arrived
 Meanwhile q very pleasing program was rendered in the auditorium Throuph the kindness of & z. Poli there was one act from the bill being put on there, KenneN McCahan and Platt, In the "Thc Deaf and Dumb Manager" This delighted the boys ex- ccedingly
 Mrs, l.aurcns LennoX gave several readings which were greatly enjoyed and the rest of the program of the en- tertalnmont was
 school Days sung by Miss Eleanor Booth, posed by Helen Powers ano Donald Bowman,
 "Curly Headed Baby" sung by Aliss Grace Walker posed by Mrs. Laurens Lcunox
 "Rod Wing sung by Miss Walker posed by Miss Marion Booth
 See saw" sung by Mss Eleanor Booth, posed by Helen und Edna Pow crs, Donald Bowman and David Rob inowtz
 Rocitations, Just Fore Christmas and "seciu Things" Mrs. Lonnox.
 "America,' sung by the boys, posed hy Misses Eleanor and Marion Booth one taking the part of Columbia and the other of Red Wing
 After the entertainment the boys gave three cheers for the Tribune Sun. shine society and especially for the committee having the affair in charge
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
POPE SuspENDS RECEPTION.
Usual Christmas and New Year Greet
 ings Dispensed With.

Rome, Dec. 23,--All the customary receptions to the cardinals, the mem bcrs of the diplomatic corps, the aris- tocracN and persons of the court, who come to the pope every year to pre- sent Christmas and New Year greet ings, have been suspended this year. This Is party because greetings were presented to the pope but few weeks ago on the occasion of 1is jubilee cel- ebratIon, and partly because he has not yet recovered his usual strength after his recent indisposltion The physicians of the pope do not wish him to be subjected to unnecessary fatigue, The pope to-day received the Rt. Rev Richard Seannell, bishop of omaha, in private audience,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
OBITUARY NOTES
Thomas II. Gill.

This morning from his late residence .lSO Orchard street was held the funeral Ior Thomas H, CHI, with solemn re- .qulem high mass at half-past o'clock .at st. Johns church. Father Heating Iolhciating Father Coyc was deacon .and Father Ford was sub-deacon. In the sanctuary was aFther Mahoney, 0. P The church quartet sang schmidt's Wass at the close of which Miss Fahy |sang Beautiful Land on High"
 Mir. Gill had been a letter carrier for over 93 years and was well known throughout the city He leaves his wife |and two children. The bearers were William Lutz, Fred Levere, George Ca hlll and c. D. Saunders from the post office and James Grace and John Calf Iney Messrs Hoey and Buckmaster
 carried the flowers.
 The funeral was largely attended. In
 torment was in the family plot in St.
 Bernard's cemetery Father Coyle read
 the committal service,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
Juat Before Christmas.
CNcw Britain Record)

TTTTW TlT TTTT TNTTVTTTIT
 The crowds of shoppers seen on the streets of Connecticut cities these days are strong evidence Chat money Is not tight Thc volume of money in circu- latou shows that business Is good in the factories, and that thc depression felt in many places is thing of the past New Britain is about as for twnalc as any place we know or The factories are an doing well, and the paErolls are of libora size This state of aNatrs Is gratifying 10 all and tends lo make l4e Christmas season cheer- fd1
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
Harold R. DnnfnrtIl.

Harold Bond Danforth who died last week in East Orange, N. j., was . for- mer New Haven man, having been born here 33 years ago He was for 2 time in the ticket department at the railroad building, but latterly and un- til his health failed he had been a salesman for the Wales Adding Ma chine co. He was a Knight Templar and Royal Arch Mason at East or snge, and connected with Christ church the former rector, Rev. William w. Davis, conducting the service. Burial was in Rosedale cemetery, near the present home of the family.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
Julia kiernan.

lAt o'clock yesterday morning from the undertaking rooms of Cox and Henze, was held the funeral of Julia Kiernan, with a requiem high mass at St. Johns church at s:30 tho Rev Father Coyle officiating, The funeral was largely attended by relatives and friends The pallbearers were Vim cent Maher, James Giles Daniel Healey and William Bowling. Interment was in st. Lawrence cemetery
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
Nlhcrt |. Weeks.

Tho funeral of Albert l., Weeks, son of William David and Jennie H. Weeks will be held at 2:2O o'clock this after noon at Evergreen cemetery lnterment will bo in Evergreen and TrumhuIl lodge, No, %, r and A. M, will con duet the services at the grave.
 MT. Weeks was 2 years old and died Tuesday at the home of his parents 10t Lake place.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24

said that tho councilmen had different prices. some ccuneilmeu, Klein told him wanted $loo some S75. some S25 and some 3D. According to Klein Will son related the $5 councimeu were known as .hoodlums
 II was even possible to obtain some counCinaaic votes on some measuressin in rtturu for a suit of clothes or for street car tickets
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
pnlricll uIIllnn.

Yesterday morning the funeral or Patrick Hubon took place from his late residence, tS6 washington avenue with a requiem high mass at the Sacred Heart church at o'clock celebrated by Father O'Dell The funeral was largely attended by relatives and friends The pallbearers were John Conboy. Daniel sullivan, James Pagan, Charles Dougherty, Prank Paine and Wrnn Interment was in the family plot in St. Lawrence cemetery,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
FIVE HURT IN RAILWAY WRECK.

Chaltee, Mo, Dec. 23.--A local passenger train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway collided with q freight train here at l0:30 o'clock last night, and five persons were in- iurcd. Tho accident is believed to have been due to confusion of sig- nalS
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
Mrs. Ressln \. slncnmhc.

The funeral of Mrs. Bessie Atwood Socombe will be held this afternoon from the residence of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles w. Atwood in Ken sington. where her death occurred yes terday Services at the home will be held at l:S0 o'clock and interment will be in Kensington.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
The R. N. Nesbit Co.
 Church and Elm streets.
BOMB wRncKs STREET CAR.

Rome, Ga, Dec. 28,-A street ear was blown up by Il dynamite bomb in the outskirts of this city last night and the conductor, II. l.. Bryan, in- jured The motorman and two pas sengers escaped without injury, al- though the ear was practically wreck ed The street ear men have been locked out for the past six weeks and their places filed by non union men.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
TO DINE vlcr pRrsrDENr-EL

Washington, Dee 2&,--Represonta- tive Dwight was at the White House to-day to invite tho president to attend the dinner which is to be given here on January 23 for James $. Sherman, vicc- -prcstdcnt-eloct by the New York delegation in congress Mir. Roosevelt promised to be present.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
MICHAEL ETZEL & SONS,

Saw mill, wood turning and band saving. Automatic variety wood turn Ing and polishing wheels pulley pOlea, flag poles, fence, htchinE and clothes posts and sticks hard wood rolls, all sizes All kinds native lumber fire place and klndlng wood
 Phone ConneeiIons. 1Ol FaIEmont ave
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
FrIedcricIkn Teichcrt.

Friedericka Teichert died at her morning after q few days illness of pneumonia The deceased was In her 18th year. and was q resident of this city for many years.
 Funeral services will be held at her late home Friday afternoon al 2:30 o'clock. Tnterment will be in Ever green cemetery.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
FOR XMAS MUSIC.

An Edison Monograph with q dozen or two of the latest records will fur nish delightful Christmas entertainment for yourself and friends, We sell the improved instruments, and have the complete list of records to date.
 BROWN & DURHAM.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
Mrs. Mary $. sturgess.

The body of Mrs Mary T.. $. sturgess was brought to this city yesterday for burial. Services were held Tuesday at the home of her daughter. Mrs, Charles tlildebrand In Hartford, where her death occurred Monday.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24
DEATHS.

TEICHERT-In this city, December 23,
 Friederlcka Teichert, widow of Gott-
 Heb Telchert, aged 7S years. : months. Funeral services at her home, III Ro- sette street, Friday afternoon at 2,$O
 tend. d24 1t
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-24


 The expense incident to funeral ser vice fs many times heavy burden, Oc- eurring IN it often does unexpectedly ma after long periods Of illness. IL is our desire 60 be known as considerate fin our charges, and especially thought fuI os the mnny cnreS and responsibiii- lies which we must necessarily assume on such occasions.
 GRAHAM & HAYES, 10oe Chapel St.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

The one notable collection OF Old vaien-
tines In the United States, and so far as
known. in the world, is private one, and
is the property Of Mr.. Frank House Baer.
a well-known resident of Ohio and a
prominent railroad official. Mr.. Baer,
who has fortunately had the means to
indulge his unique fad, inaugurated his
hunt for valentines some years ago, and
he has covered all quarters of the globe
in his search. Indeed. he Is perhaps as
we'll known to the dealers of antiques in
London and on the continent as any
American art patron. and many of the
rarest specimens i'm Mr.. Baer's great col
lection Of more than 2OOO valentines have
been picked UP for him by European deal
ers. The fact that the general public has
known of no demand for the old yalen-
tines that have lain for decades in many
an attic has prevented many Of these
souvenirs finding their way to market
except when searched out by relic hunt
ers. and this necessity for going in quest
of old valentines has greatly increased
the expense of securing them. Many of
the more interesting specimens in the
Baer collection have cost their owner a
pretty penny.
Antedating all forms of manufactured
valentines were the valentine writer's
books of specially prepared verses and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
OF THE PERIOD OF 1880.

or less artistic rendering in water color.
preceded by many years the transforms
ton valentines that were introduced Ivy
the Germans once the manufactured val
entines became an established institution.
In these old-time valentines OF the be
fore-and-after' order a favorite subject
was that of a bachelor sitting d:scoa-
solate and alone In his cherries home.
Upon lifting a flap Of cardboard there was
disclosed. by way OF contrast. the happi-
ness and contentment that might be his
in a home presided over by a devoted
wife.
One Of the valentines OF this class In the
Baer collection seems. at first glance.
nothing more than a commonplace rep
resentation OF the exterior Of church,
but a shifting OF the scene displays the
interior of the church. with the bride and
groom best man, maid OF honor. and
other attendants. The best part Of the
scheme is that the young -lady-her name
was Flora-who sent this keepsake .
century ago went to the trouble to duly
label each person represented in the en-
trancing scene, so that the recipient pre-
had advance Information as to
all the details of his own wedding. The
same idea was utilized for comic valen-
tines in the early days. and Mr.. Baer has
one such wherein the head of a lady gives
place to that Of poll-parrot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

to the shack. There's less stones in his
nIe adowland than there is in mine, but
there's more bog
THE man paused and took breath. Then
he went on:
Now / won't tell you which is which.
but one of us thinks Blankson's pointer
do, ought to be thrown in. and the other
one thinks that my heifer would Just
about even things up. Now what do
AT last accounts the squire was still
celebrating"
Fun in the Ad.
Lillian Braythwaite Hill, the very sue
cessfu writer of humorous advertise
me nts. spoke at a business mems dinner
in Chicago on Fun in the Adj" Miss
Hill began in this way:
Does it pay to advertise? Well, l
should say 50. A man came to an editor
in the town Of Shelbyville one day and
asked that question.
Does it pay said the man. 'tb ad-
vertise in your paper?'
Does it pay to advertise in my paper?
You just bet 1t does the editor replied
Look at Sands, the cash grocer, for in
stance. Sands advertised for a boy last
week. and the very next day Mrs. Sands
had twins-both boys
A Common Official Trouble.
Gen. Joubert Pienaar. who has come to
America to get help in his campaign
against the oppression under which the
natives of Portuguese West Africa suffer.
was talking to a Washington reporter
about West African official.
1T is in that mans territory" said Gen
Pienaar. that the blacks are still brand
ed. The man neglects his work. Well
intentioned, but lazy, in his ignorance he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
ONE OF THE OLDEST IN EXIsTE NEE
nv


"Cupid's Annual Charter" THE Ladies
Polite Valentine Writer "Quizzing Val
entine Writer "Cupids Budget" "Rhap-
sodies and Pastimes,' 'Hymen's Revenge
Against Old Maids and Old Bachelors"
Bellies and Beaux Who Throng to Hy-
mems Court "Cupid's Festival Every
bodys Valentine" 1.-The Satirical Valen-
tine Writer and 'Rhapsodies for Gentle
men Who Wish to Address Ladies in Som
nets
Perhaps the most interesting novelties
in this peculiar library of love are the
valentine writer's that were published
especially for the benefit of the various
classes Of tradespeople. 1t seems that g
hundred years ago it was quite the proper
thing for the young merchant to address
the object of his devotion in rhyme that
made more or less reference to his calling.
and so the grocer. the baker, the candle
stick maker. and all the rest had each his
special valentine writer filed with
verses abiding to his calling. and Incl
dentaly swearing his undying love- Many
of the old valentine writer's now in the
possession of the Ohio man were published
in the eighteenth century. and the most
recent of them is dated $780, after which
year the manufactured valentine seems to
have displaced the homemade article.
1t should not be supposed that the val
entines of long ago consisted merely of
selected verses from the valentine writ
ers" penned on ordinary sheets of writing
paper. On the contrary. the average
homemade valentine was embellshed to
a degree that bespoke no meager expendi-
ture of time and labor. Some of those that
have place In the collection above men
toned are truly works of art. while others
are fearful and wonderful to the last de-
gree. The oldest and most valuable val
entines in the Baer collection-the only
ones of the kind known to be in existence
are the cut-paper valentines. These are
carefully folded and delicately cut with
saw-tooth edges, the average love token
of this kind being so arranged that its
unfolding discloses a succession of penned
sentiments. One of these cutlpaper valen-
tines. bearing the date 100. is formed
from a sheet of paper about the size of a
lady's handkerchief. folded into squares
of about four inches. 1t was sealed with
representation of heart, and when
opened disclosed the lines:
When you hear this harte behold
Twill break as you these lines unfold.
The power OF envy cannot pretend
TO say have falls verses pend
For In the inside, sweet turtle dove,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

sweaty Swede in the fourth round? The
Rev. Hiram W. Giggins. Who reports
Our murder trial for Us, while carrying
in one hand q light-running fountain pen
and In the other a large pail full Of sun
burst adjectives and diamond tiara SUPER
latives? The Rev. Peterson ]. Madders
and no other. Who opens the horse show
with a prayer, and the jack pot with two
pairs? The sporting pastor Of the Church
Of the Leavened Yeast. Some OF them,
Larry. can do anything you can think of.
except preach. and they could do that.
too. II they had time to practice up BIT
Their idea of a glorious immortality Is a
spotlight that won't flicker. and don't
know but what they're right. Still, at
that. / gather from what can hear that
the old-fashioned kind are the ones that
make the converts.
Anyway, Larry. these are the days
when nobody practices the trade he was
raised to. And every day somebody
smashes a tradition that we used to think
the world and all of. For example. nov.
take those two splendid young representa-
lives OF inc auCSeut = Te8aune-tnc
Prince de Sagan and Count Boni de. Cas-
tellane They're cousins. those two. and
scions Of one Of the Oldest and proudest
and hulsriest Of Paris familes-what you
might cali true Parasites. Well, 1t seems
they had q falling out some time ago.
One Of them wanted to be the husband of
the American lady that the other one
used to be the husband of. In happier
days. -
"They met on the boulevard In front Of
the absinthe factory. next door to the
fashion bazaar. and right around the
corner from the place where they turn
out the milhnery-in other words. they
met In the very center of the French
capital. In the good old days. both OF
them would have been wearing long
swords and doublets and ruff1es around
their necks, the same a they put on a
mutton chop, and theyr have squared OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

upon the fact that the humorous and
satrical poems presented were original
and composed expressly for the volume in
which they appeared. The booklets usu-
ally sold for six pence. and all the more
pretentious ones Haunted frontispieces in
three colors bearing representation of
Cupid. or some scene or symbol appro-
pirate to the occa sion.-
The titles Of the valentine writer's" in
the Baer collection are interesting and
significant. They include: 1.-The Gentle
mans New Valentine Writer" 1.-THE
Bower of Cupid" 1.-The School of Love"
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sentiments designed for the use of the
SWANS and maidens of a century and
half ago who must needs prepare their
own valentines. special section of Mr..
Baer's collection is devoted to these obso-
lete booklets. and some idea of the popu-
larity of these chap books in their day
may be formed from the fact that there
are upward of 100 different specimens
in the Baer collection.
In many instances new editions of these
first aids to wooers were issued annually
after the fashion Of almanacs, and the
publishers invariably laid great stress