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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-10-17
THE COTTAGE GLORYMoRE,
OLD BRACKNELL,
EASTHA.MPSTEAD,
BERKSHIRE
Wednesday,
30 September 1908,
800 p. m.

Dear Sir:
was very pleased to hear
that you appreciated the letter
which my strong feelings con-
strained me to write to you and
your people in their great trouble.
l trust all danger has now passed
away from you, and that you and
yours are comforted.
That in the Twentieth Century
of the Christian Era men and
women should be going about in
civilised community in fear and
trembling because of the color of
their skin is too ridiculous, if it
were not So very seriously true,
for belief. I am hearing more
about my letter: it seems to have
appeared in Springfield week.
ly. So be it, I hope it may do
good. There must be thousands
of white people-millions, hope
who are ashamed of their color
In connection with these atroci-
ties. Degenerate whites, indeed!
these murderers of innocent
colored folks!
But the papers seem to indi-
cate that order is now restored.
Long may the good times endure;
and let us pray that true Chris.
tian feeling of sympathetic hu.
manity may ever prevail between
the races in your truly-withal-
great country.
Yours NEST sincerely,
VIM. HAZEL.
To James H. Johnson, ESQ.,.
1889 Spring Street,
Springfield, Illinois. U.S.A.
The above letter was recently re.
ceived by Mr.. J. Fl. Johnson, one OF
our letter carriers. The letter is SYM
thetic, terse in its sayings OF the
degenerate whites who preciptated
! riot that has left blot on this
commonwealth that will for ages
blacken her erstwhle fair name.
We appreciate this English Gentle.
mans christian sympathy and feel
extolled to know that we have
! sympathiZerS beyond the sea.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-10-17

PRICES FOR POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
State and National offices. $1,000
County Offices ................ 500
Mayor of Springfield .......... 500
Regular write-ups, 10 cents per
line. Ten-line notice one time.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
HOLDS UP
APPELLANTS IN
COPPER CO. SUITS
Victorious Defendants Get New
Jersey Writ Staying Old
Dominion Litigation.
Especial to the Evening start

TRENTON, Feb. 2S.-In the Court of
Chancery today, on application of coun-
sci representing Albert S. Bigelow, OF
Cohasset, Mass, e-Chancellor Edwin
r. Walker granted an order to show
cause, returnable March II. why the
Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelt-
ing Company should not be restrained
from further prosecuting suits to re-
cover judgments rendered against Bige-
low by the company in the Massachu-
sets courts. The judgments amount to
81, 213, $50 and $780, 100 respectively.
In the bill of complaint upon which
the order to show cause was granted, it
is alleged that Bigelow and the late
Leonard Lewisohn, of New York, acted
as promoters for the purchase of prop
erty for the Old Dominion Company
for prices grossly in excess of it's value.
The Massachusetts court held that the
company was entitled to judgment
against Bigelow, and in the United
States Circuit Court for New York ii
was held that the company could not re-
cover against the estate of Lewiston.
An appeal has been taken to the United
States Supreme Court.
The order to show cause acts as a
restraining order on the company to
compel them to refrain from further
prosecuting the appeals.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
TAKE ON
BUOYANT TONE ON
IMPROVED TRADING
Prices Show Small Rally from
the Closing of Yesterday.
Outlook Fair.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Opening-The
stock market, in its initial movements,
was encouraging. 1t opened at prices
ranging from u to q of a point above
the closing quotations Of yesterday
and it indicated some strength in the
small transactions hat were shown.
1880 a. m.-The first half hour showed
considerable firmness, and while the
changes were insignificant they We're
gains. Copper and Shelters showed
some strength and gained a point each.
Reading advanced "a and these three
stocks were the leading features, with
st. Paul, Reading and Northern Pa
cifc trying to fall in line. The trans
actions, however, were very small.
II a. m.-The market ~broadened with
rising prices in all directions. The
usual prominent stocks were the best
gamers. Delaware and Hudson gained
2, st. Paul rs, Northern Pacific, Kan
sas City Southern preferred and Ameri-
can Car IL: National Lead 12s, and
Reading. Great Northern preferred, At
Gibson, St. Louis and San Francisco
second preferred and the Pressed Steel
Car stocks 1. Minneapolis and st. Louis
yielded l..
Noon-The demand for stocks died
down and prices were shaded. Rock
Island preferred and American Smelt-
ing preferred rose l., Peoples Gas ~
and American Sugar 1H. Baltimore
and OHIO preferred declined l. Bonds
were steady.
l y. m.-Actiye stocks were without
important change during the noon hour.
New York, Chicago and st. Louis and
Westinghouse Electric advanced w.
and Mexican Central and American
Locomotive preferred 1. Erie first pre-
ferred fell L.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
THE D MARKET.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2~S.-Flour-Re-
ceipts. 14,137; sales, 1,400; dull and set
tied. Minnesota patents, 5.2O@5.50; win
ter straights. 4.30@4.50.
Wheat-Receipts, $4,000; sales, $50,
900. In rejecting strong cables wheat
sold up % cents this morning but later
eased off a little under p~rofitsSaking.
May, 1o5ss @1O57s; July, 10o1%@1Of.,
Rye-Duil;. No. 2 Western, 80, I. 0, b.
New York. G.
cora-Receipts, $4,000; sales n4ne.
Beef-Firm.
Pork-Steady.
Lard-Firln; Western prime, 1859
7.45.
Sugar-Raw. strong: fair, refining,
3.3S@3.s SO; centrifugal. SO test, S.s3@S.S6;
molasses sugar, 3.0S@3.11. Refined,
steady; crushed, $50: powdered, 500;
granulated, 4.90.
Petroleum-Stcady; refined, all ports,
s.70@S.75.
coffee-Quiet; No. ! Rio. Ga: No. a
Santos, SssdSk.
Enthusiastically; New Orleans, IS
G42(
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
NEWS AND NOTES
FOR INVESTORS,

Babcock, Rushton & Louderback,
members of the New York and Chicago
Stock Exchange, with offices at is
a pamphlet giving a review OF TIE
earnings and deductions Of the Unit+d
States Steel Corporation since it's OF
ganization. This interesting pamphlet
be obtained on application.
President Guggenheim. of the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining Company,
in q talk on general business conditions,
said: THE metal business as a whole
has suffered in this depression more
severely than was to have been ex-
pected. Copper, in my Judgment has
taken the place formerly held by steel
and iron as the index of business con-
ditions. There will be a large improve
ment by summer and a steady better
ment throughout the year. This is a
copper age. 1 think the European
manufacturers nave been quicker to
sec the demand that is sure to spring
up than the buyers on this side of the
water"
The purchase of the minority inter
est in the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheel
ing Railroad by the Baltimore and
Ohio company, which already owns a
large majority of tho capital stock, will
give the parent road outright owner
ship of a most important link in it's sya-
tom. The Cleveland. Lorain and
Wheeling main line and branches is 1872
miles long and its last report showed
the road armed 81, 000, 900 after pay
ing fixed charges and 5 per cent. on
their preferred stock.
At the offices of the Carnegie Steel
Company in P%ittsburg, yesterday, It
was said that the demand for steel and
the daily increase in orders how an
Improvement in that trade. 1t was
stated, however, by another source
that the Carnegie orders in the aver
ago arc small, and the company is nov
seeking orders that hardly would have
been considered "A month ago. The
same source claims that whatever
large buying orders they have are for
immediate delivery and for immediate
wants, most of which can be supplied
from stock-rooms.
The Tennessee Copper Company s
annual report shows that it earned 10
per cent. of the capital stock during
1907, as compared with 1913 per cent.
earned in 1906. The loss in net profits
was less than $4,000, comparing the
same periods. The plan is in mos,
excellent condition. and no additional
new construction work involving the
expenditure of large sums of money
is contemplated for the coming year
Taking Kansas City as a centre, the
reports of merchants who come to hat
city from interior towns are generally
encouraging. although there appears a
feeling of more caution among them
than a year ago, as buying is more
economically done. Building opera
tions ave had a setback, though lum
Der is one-third cheaper, and most
farmers are holding their wheat Cor a
return to 80. cents. Corn is high. while
hogs and cattle prices are low, so that
stock will not be fed longer han
necessary.
Tho rush to Rawhide. the new Neva-
da goldfield camp, is said to be the
greatest in tho history of Pacific coast
mining Thousands from California
and the East have been attracted TO
the new discovery since January.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
BUILDING RAILWAY
OVER FLORIDA KEYS.

The foundations for the great ocean
railway now linking Florida's mainland
with Key West and bringing Cuba 100
miles nearer the United States are he
coral islands builded through the cen
turtles by millions upon millions of in
hnitesimal insects. The enterprise,
which ranks among the greatest of rail
way engineering feats, is described in
the February number of Popular Me-
chanics. It is claimed that when the
line is completed a traveller will be able
to make the trip from New York to
Havana in less than forty-eight hours.
Key West will become an important
port of entry and will also become the
nearest railroad connection Tor the
Panama Canal, Hayti and San Domin-
go. The line is loo miles long. 1914 miles
of which is on land and the rest over
swamps and water. In all, fifty keys
must be crossed.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Thc cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of BOA points, and during the early
session active months sold about 10 TO
II points net higher on reports that
March notices. representing about
800 0 bales according TO estimates,
were being promptly stopped. The ad-
vance was also encouraged by better
cables than due, bullish Southern spot
advices. and juniors that after notices
We're ont of tine way local bulls would
support tho market more aggressively
Prices wero within a point or two of
the top during the middle of the morn
ing.
The market was fairly active late
in the forenoon. but ruled irregular,
with prices a little off from the best, at
a net ~advance'of 6Ws points on the
active months at midday. July was
relatively firm.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
TROLLEY LINE FOR
UNION AND MIDDLESEX.
Former Senator Pettigrew, of
South Dakota, After Fran
chise Refused P. S. 6.

ELIZABETH, Feb. 2S. = Former
United States Senator Richard f. Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota. is behind a
company organized to construct a
trolley line between this city and Perth
Amboy.
The line will pass through Railway,
Carteret and Woodbridge. This is the
same route over which the Public Serv'
ice Corporation sought a franchise two
years ago, but was refused by City
Council because the company would not
accept a twenty-year franchise, which
the city fathers demanded.
The limited franchise is acceptable to
the new company.
The route through Elizabeth will be
over Railway avenue to DeHart place
or Grove street, to Washington avenue
and the Essex and MiddleseX turnpike
to the city of Railway.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
GRASS OF TRIPOLI GOES
INTO PAPER FACTORIES

Esparto is not an agricultural prod
uct, and it seems fitting that the lead
ing export of the Tripolitan people
should be a product of their own arid
land, wild and incapable of cultivation.
Since 1868. when the first ship load of
esparto was sent to England, vessels
have borne away thousands Of tons
yearly to that country.
In 1901, which was an average year,
215. 155 camel loads came into the coast
towns, nearly 1874, 600 passed through the
gateway of the Suk-el-Iialfa, the total
export of the country amounting to
about $4,000 tons. That from the town
of Tripoli, 1880 tons, brought f15, 500.
which was over a fourth of the amount
of her total exports .-Harper's Maya
zine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
CANAL CHOKED UP BY
THE WATER HYACINTH.

A few years ago the water h%yacinth
was brought from Florida to Louisiana
as a floral ornament. Last year the
government expended 5000, 900 in IN Of
fort to control the pest and has only
partly succeeded. Streams and bayous
which once carried big barges of luIn-
Der in Louisiana and eastern Texas
have been closed to navigation by the
rank vegetation of the %hyacinth.
The Sabine River. above Orange, says
the Houston Post. has become filed
with the plants, and it is related that
these all grew from a few plants care
lessly thrown into the river by some
housewife when the plants she had in
a tub as an ornament became too nu-
merou
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
PRAISE R AS
HEALTH-GIVING FOOD.

We have been hearing a great deal
recently in praise of currants. of the
part they should play in a dietary and
of their health-giving and nourishins
properties.
IF only the man. good qualities of
this fruit were fully known" said a
famous doctor, there would be nc
danger of overproduction of %currants. .
All foods in which currants appear
are to be shown especial favor by one
who wishes to provide not only richly
but wholesomely, for the family table
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
HER SLEEP DISTURBED
AFTER 5000 YEARS.

A mummy of considerable romantic
interest has just been added to the
Egyptian room of the British Museum.
Nearly 5000 years ago a lady of high
rank, called Hent-Mekit. lived in the
city of Thebes. She was beautiful,
pious and cultured. and a priestess OF
Importance in the temple of the Egyp-
tian god Amen-Ra.
Only a few days 6 she was brought
to the British Museum, says the Lon
don Express, and nov she is labeled
mo. 4S,001" in the catalogue. Round
her are priests and scribes and ~insense-
burners from the same temple OF
Amen-Ra.
Near her are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
d~oorkeeper of the temple of Amen-Ra,
and Pa-Khat-Khest-Heru, incense
bearer, and Pen-Amen=Neb-Nest-T
prophet Of the god Amen and of the
goddess Bast at Thebes.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
CHICAGO z A MARKET.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-Wheat today
opened strong because Of an advance
of more thar 2d. at Liverpool. The
Continental markets we're also strong.
May opened u to * higher. at 9StA to
80, sold at 800, and t1lcn dropped back
TO 9S1a.
May corn opened unchanged to u
higher, at 6l7s to 62h, sold at 62A, and
then declined to 61ia@61ss.
May oats opened unchanged to y
lower. at say to 535s, and sold at 5Sk.
May provisions opened firm; pork
10 higher, at 11.65; lard up ~, at 1921
and ribs 5G7h higher. at 6.62h TO SIS.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
LOTHERIUM is THE NAME
OF NEWLY-FOUND METAL,

A young assistant professor of the
University of Paris. Georges Urban,
claims to have discovered a new metal
by separating the element ~ytterbiun'
into two parts. For some time past
he has been carrying on experiments
in tho class of rare earths. and more
recently undertook a fractional treat
ment of ytterbium. This led him to
separate a hitherto undiscovered ele-
ment from the latter, which, had been
looked upon as a simple body up to
the date of NJ. Urbain's laboratory
tests. To the new element he has
given the name of lotherium, from tbs
lost province of Lorraine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
MARCH DISBURSEMENTS.
Interest and Dividends Will To-
tai Up Nearly 600.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Total interest
and dividend disbursements next month
by railroad, industrial and traction cor
porations, according to the records of
the Journal of Commerce and CONNER
cial Bulletin, will amount to S79, 423, S43,
against $780, 1873, 457 in March a year ago,
or a decrease of $709,614. Interest pay
ments this year amount to s35, 800, 900,
an increase Of $500, 900, in consequence
of new bono and note issues, while divi-
dends foot up only $44, 2 S,S43, a de-
crease of 81, O9.614. This is due TO the
contraction in business throughout the
country, which has necessitated the
-postponement, passing or reduction in
dividends by a number of industrial
corporations.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
NEW CORPORATIONS.

The Sanford Company, packers and
curers. had it's articles of incorpora-
ton recorded in the county clerks
Office today. Capital stock, $4,000;
paid up, $4,000; incorporators. Joseph
II. Osborne, Arthur H., Osborne, Henry
r. Kuntz. Howard &C. Preston and
Martin f. Jordan; registered Office, 213
Main street, Bcllevillc.
Tho Newark Business College RAJ
also Incorporated. Capital stock, $50
900: paid up. $1,000; ~incorporators,
Myra G.. Winner. John Kugler, jr, and
Ernest w. Schlee; registered Office, 90
Park place.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
AMERICAS PROBLEM.
Child Labor More important
Than Currency. Says DOlliver.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Ex-senator
J. p. Dollivcr, the principal speaker at
the annual banquet OF Group | of the
Pennsylvania Bankers Association
last night, said:
"A great deal if interest in centred
in the effort to discover the more abb
sorbing question before the American
public today. | violate no state secret
when l say the question of currency
reform does not hold that foremost
position. There is more interest in
Senate legislation on child labor than
on currency reform, and the subject is
of vastly more interest to mothers and
fathers tina the Aldrich currency
bill"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
REDUCES TIME FROM
10 WEEKS. TO IL HOURS.

Within the last few weeks the great
been installed in the first American
linen mill at North Brookfeld, Mass.
Heretofore il has been impossible to
manufacture linen in the United States,
owing to the great cost of labor, by Eu-
ropean methods. The Oxford Linen
Mill at North Brookfield will operate
under the Nudge process, which ac-
composites in twelve hours what takes
at least sixteen weeks by old world
methods.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
MODEL CONVICT COLONY.

The penal conoly of the State of Per-
nambuco. Brazil. is on an island three
hundred miles off the coast. There are
six hundred convicts at present. They
arise at 6 a. m. n work till 2 p. m.
for the State. c%uItivating cotton of 4
superfine quality. After ? o'clock they
work for themselves. The island is one
of the most orderly and productive bits
OF soil in Brazil. It Is a model convict
colony, and the cheapest u of any in
the world.-Chicagb News,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
WESTINGHOUSE LAMP CO.'S
RECEIVERS DISCHARGED,

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Judge Ward,
in tho United States Circuit Court, on
tho application of counsel for the re-
'ceivers. entered an order directing the
Halter to return to the Westinghouse.
Lamp Company all its assets and prop,
crty.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
SOUTHERN STEEL co. AFFAIRS.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Feb, 2S.-The
receivers of the Southern steel Com
pany have filed with the courts special
referee their final report and asked 70
be compensated and discharged. AS
soon as the receivers are discharged
trustees elected by the creditors will
take charge.
The total of the concerns liabilities
is S9.0 600. 900. of which s., 1000. 900 are first
mortgage bonds and $1,000, 900 unse-
cured debts, There is over 100000 to
pay to unsecured creditors and the
holders of the mortgages will receive
all that is due them.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
H RESEMBLANCE.

Miss Kn6x-Mr. Nearsite met NeIT
Browne for the first time today and he
mistook her for you.
Miss Mueley-The idea. That was
strange,
Miss Knox-Oh, / don't knowl
Haven't you heard about Nell? She
got her face poisoned in some way and
she looks a sight.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
DIVIDEND DECLARATIONS.

United Bank Note Corporation, reg
ular quarterly of w per cent. on its
preferred stock. payable April /; books
close March is, o April ,.
West Jersey and Seashorc Railroad
Company. s~emi-annual of ? Der cent.
payable March Is: to stockholders of
record today.
Globe Wernicke Company. regular
quarterly of IL per cent. on it's COM
mon stock, payable March 16; to stock
holders of record February 20.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
WEST JERSEY ROAD
REDUCES ITS DIVIDEND.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2s.-The di-
rectors of the West Jersey and Sea-
shore Railroad Company today de-
clared a semi-annual dividend of ? per
cent, a reduction of l per cent. as com-
pared with the last ~semi-annual divi-
dend. The road is part of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad system.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
BELL PHONE WILL SELL.

MONTREAL, Feb. 2S.-At the Bell
Telephone Company annual meeting
held yesterday it was announced that
in all probability the company would
sell out its business to the governments
of the provinces of saskatchewan and
Alberta. With the telephone system of
Manitoba under government ownership
this will practically cut the Canadian
Bell company down to ontario, Quebec
and the maritime provinces.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
BIG BANK MERGER PLANNED.

CHICAGO, Feb, decentralization Of
the American Trust Savings Bank and
the Hibernian Banking Association. is
IN contemplation. The merger would
create a combined deposit account of
$4,000 600 and a combined capital OF
81, 800, 600.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
GOVT is CHARACTERIZED
ARISTOCRAT OF DISEASES

on account OF its preference for the
great ones of this world, govt has been
called "Dominus morborum ct morbus
Dominorum'' (the lord of diseases and
the disease of the lords). To this day
il has continued to be a disease which
diplomatists and other high personages
find as convenient as it is painful
British Medical Journal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
FOR D HEALTH.

In aqua sanitas,'" quoted the mod
ern observer. Now. there's an axiom
that needs to be revised"
whats the idea?" inquired the plain
citizen.
well. to be correct, it should read;
I'm boiled aqua sanitas. THE Catholic
STANDARD and Times.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28

ness and no place for those with a due
appreciation of the good things of life.
May the shadow of the CONFIRMED
bachelor never grow less, and long may
he be there to minister to what Dis
raeli was wont to call women's great
est charm-their vanity.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
Nav BANKING REFORM Bills.

ALBANY, Feb. 2s.-Thirteen new bills
drafted by the State banking depart
ment. and introduced in both Houses
yesterday by the banking committee,
constitute the final contribution of the
department in the form Of proposed
legislation seeking to remedy defects
developed during the financial panic Of
last October.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-28
OPERATORS RESENT CUT in WAGES.

ST. PAUL. Feb. 2s.-By an over
whelming majority telegraph operators
on the Northern Pacific have rejected
the proposition made by the rond IN
regard to new schedule of hours and
wages to become effective on March 4,
when the "hours of service law" goes
into effect.