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The sun., 1908-07-05

The sergeant looks after him. 'Must
have been on the Island Haven't seen
him OF late" Then he looks nonchalantly
at the next
Your eyes follow the first man for a mo-
ment. He has been standing there in the
shadow for hours and he has got his bread.
What will he do with it? Is there possibly
some one he is taking 1t tor Is he starying2
Is it his midnight mea! or his breakfast2
He does not eat II as some do, Immediately,
but holds 1t gripped firmly until he is out
Of sight. Along the return path he goes.
speaking TO none. spoken to by none. back
into the shadow.
No. 2 is young chap. about %. slim and
blond and with little color in his face.
His eyes are ashamed and he has the un-
practised gestures Of the novice. He
does not, with a hawklike glance, select
the largest piece. but takes the one nearest
to him and pulling his hat further down
over his brow shuffles along with it. but
hunger is too insistent and he only takes
few steps before II s raised to his beard
less lips and a famished mouthful taken.
Then they come so swiftly that you lose
note Of distinctions. They are of all sizes
and ages. the young, the middle aged, the
old They come from the furthermost
parts Of the earth and from near at hand.
for every race and country is represented.
Occasionally white collar shines. Some
times a stiff derby Is seen instead CT soft
felt. One has a handk erchef. The ma
jority of the coats. like that of the first
man. are buttoned to the threat to con-
ceal the discrepancy Of undergarments.
Many Of the feet are stocl1ingless. thrust
into shoes gaping at the sides and yawning
in front The clothes have strange creases.
made by sleeping in them.
AS soon as the sidewalk of Broadway is
reached on the return march. the line
breaks up into fragments again. The mass
disintegrates. No two go of together.
Singly they have come. singly they 60
Not goodnight is heard
Some thrust their bread into their pock cts
for the morning. Some eat as they go.
Washington and Union squares take their
percentage. The near doorways are filed
again. and the East Side regains it's own.
The helpers have waited patiently and
now they take their double portion and they
too disappear. The sergeant swings his
club and brushes little dust from his new
uniform. Pop wipes his brow and says
Good nights work. The business men
and the clergymen and the other loiterers
look thoughtful. The light goes out
The sun., 1908-07-05
BIG LOAD OF OYSTER SHELLS.
Use to which 1t Is Proposed 10 Put Ship
meu OF $4,000 Bushels.


The barge II. W. Conklin Of New London.
CSpt. Law, carried the largest consignment
of oyster shells ever taken from this harbor
when she sailed Sunday. These were 10000
bushels OF shells In the cargo. representing
30 900 gallons of oysters. The usual barge
shipment OF shells from this port is between
lo.o 900 and $1,000 bushels, although the largest
previous cargo was $4,000 bushels. The
shells are to be used In covering oyster beds
In New Haven.
They are put on the beds in preparation
for the spawning season. which Is close at
hand. Oyster spawn. unlike other fish spawn
Is a creamy substance which rises to the
surface Of the water and after floating about
In the form OF scum sinks to the bottom and
adheres to whatever hard substance 1t comes
In contact with. Thus the shelling Of the
beds facilitates propagation and a large
number OF shells are used every year In that
manner The piles OF shells from which ship
ments were being made contained over 10000
bushels before II was broken into.
The sun., 1908-07-05
THE NEW OLD BREAD LINE.
TT HAS MOVED ACROSS BROAD.
WAY, BUT HAS NOT CHANGED.
sun silent. stu Hungry. ~ II Has been
for ,Thirty.Odd Years--Nlne.Tenths OF
II stiii Brought There by Drink. They
.sishtseers stih Go TO watch II.

for Thirty-Odd Years--Nine.Tenth OF
II stiii Brought There by Drink. They
say-..s'shtseers stih Go to Watch IT.
Tho bread line has moved across Broad
way with the Vienna Bakery. When 1t
was announced that the bakery was to
move there was q runior that the bread
line would be abolished. There were sore
hearts In consequence.
But one night the bread line found q
small placard announcing that after June 8
the bread would be 'doled out at the side
entrance OF the new restaurant and would
continue to be supplied as in the past. A
deep sigh OF relief passed from one to an
other Of those who read and understood
There was nothing artioulate, Cor the bread
line doesn't talk. O., o.
Grace Church has purchased the old site
ofthe bakery. Soon the aspect OF the place
will change. In fact it Ia already changing.
and across the street the new bakery res
taurant has little resemblance to the old;
but one feature has not altered and sppar-
emily will not-the bread line.
1t was thirty years ago that the first
loaf was doled out. in December Of the year
1875 to be exact Ono night last winter.
q GOLD. sleety night. the record Of the bread
line was broken. Then 100 men stood
waiting for the bread and cup of coffee pro-
vided for each. The attendance does not
fall of much in summer. and no matter
how hot the night there are always four or
five hundred men in the line.
On that first December night a starving
vagrant inhaling the odor Of fresh bread
timidly asked for loaf. One was given
The sun., 1908-07-05
rraunle a Bird,s Nest Caused.

From he Seattle Post In hii0sncer'
A hatpin used by pair Of swallows as tne
foundation for their nest. built between Two
wires, put the entire police alarm system OF
the suburb Of Ballard out Of business Saturi
10 headouarters at the city hall were tes.e
box by box until the trouble was located
II was discovered that difficulty lay Pc
tween the box at Fremont and the one next
south. The electricians could find nothing
more serious than q swallow q nest. ~.
Investigation showed that the nest, wMcn
strefched from ono wire to another. O distance
OF about eight inches, was built on hatpni
which touched both wires and abort oircuissa
the whole systen1. ~ :. .-----.--
The sun., 1908-07-05
THE CHERRY SISTERS.
Marion ia. y ApOlOsizes for That Liver, and
So They VIII Perform Again.

Can il be that it is ten years, whole
doleful decade. since New York held it's
sides over the Cherry sisters and what they
were pleased to call their entertainment?
1t was Oscar HaIrinieFFs;;::e..-. whs presented
New York with new sensation when he
put on the Cherry sisters In vaudeville.
Blase Gotham howled with glee when it
saw them, u, t.- ..1f
1t also pelted the sisters with fractional
cigars. and when Jessie sang -Whon Buy
NJ Flowersi" 1t uproarionsly vowed that
II would attend to the lSlsiness and added
small coins to the cigar shower,
Jessie was the youngest of the three girls.
She used to do Trilhy songlet In very evil
dently bare feet. The spectacle Of Jessie
scuttling about the stage thriftily cleaning
the cents, nickels and dimes from the drifted
cigar stubs always elioited q roar which
lasted till the harvest wash
But the sisters suffered an eclipse not
long after their New York Appearance.
The sun., 1908-07-05
cement, 1t heralds the Cherry sisters
MARION APOLOGIES.


On the part OF the people Of Marion we
would say that the Cherry sisters In the past
gave an entertainment In this city and were
not afforded the proper protection from the
police; neither did they receive the respect
that ladies' Of the stage were entitled to
Now, therefore. We do as q committee, on
the part OF the citizens Of Marion and the
Mayor, offer to them our apology for the
acts then committed. and fully sympathize
with them as TO their wounded feelings In
receiving such treatment In their home town.
We accord to them that respect that IA due
to all ladies', and we agree that It shall be our
duty to see that such disgraceful conduct in
the past from our people shall not be repeated
II In our power to prevent.
We fully agree that these ladies give o
high class entertainments and that their audi
ences are always satisfied and do not 20 to
the box Office to get their money back.
The committee further agrees that any on Q
witnessing this entertainment on July 4 at
Marion viii receive q new lease Of life
fs, }ss;; Bs;;:; BBs;:;,
cenmities.
The sun., 1908-07-05
Tarpon Fishing From n Pier.

From hs 80. Petersbufg Times.
The tarpon at Egmont Key have been
crowding around the wfarves the last few
weeks In great numbers. striking minnows
and churning UP the water furously
There has been much fishing for them from
the piers TIE result n a tremendous struR-
gle when the tarpon strikes the bait and
then strikes out on q beeline for Honduras
can take him or In Q boat.
In the great majority Of cases he can I,
and the fun OF Witnessing the effort is I'm
mense. Every body gets strikes. sometimes
several at ciice. and the slaughter OF tackle
IL great, - 9,
The sun., 1908-07-05
Mukrats Attack Picnic Party.
From the Philadelphia Prris.

From the Philadelphia Prris.
picnic was broken UP by large rats
yesterday at Lafayette Island. on the Schuyl-
kill. The nineteen young lady members Of
the club with their escorts landed on the
island In the morning. All went well until
afternoon, when swarnls OF musk rats began
to appear and soon every table held sroups
OF frightened giris.t g-t... q -
and Misc Sara Hiison were all bitten by the
rats The picnickers Anally escaped Ia boats.
The sun., 1908-07-05

need Of information. You want q cause.
not an effect.
"Of course buns you answer politely,
1but why bums3" S.
He knows why and he tells you with the
same incisive tone
4Whskey"
"All?"
Practically all At least nine-tenths.
There are few new faces now and then.
men temporarily out of work. men who
have lost ground through illness, but most
of them come every night in the year.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
POPE INDIGNANT
sacriIegs Committed BY Visitors at
Easter Mass.

saeriIege Committed BY Visitors al
Easter Mass.
Rome. April 21.-The entire Catho'
lie population of Rome is incensed al
an act of sacrilege that was committed
Sunday in the popes private chapel
during the celebration Of the Easter
mass nv his holiness. The congregs
tion numbered about 200. All after
ward partook of the holy communion.
Among them were two women and a
man who had been admitted on the
strong recommendation of the Austro'
Hungarian ambassador to the Vatican.
While the pope was administering
the sacrament these three were seen
to remove the waters from theii
mouths. One Of the women was seen
actually casting it on the floor.
The pope was Mortified. The onend
ers were Immediately expelled from
the chapel. They were recognized oJ
tbe ambassador. who was present
Later they were identified as Professor
Feilbegen of the University of Vienna
and his wife and sister-in-law.
The pope, hiding his deep emotloi
and amazement with a view OF pre-
venting a scandal, hushed the incident
From the chapel the trio Of offender
were taken to the majordomos once
where they said they were not Chris
tians and had received the communion
through a mistake and spat out tn
host not believing it to be consecrateo
The pope was so grieved that n
went bitterly. He is convinced that tn
sacrilege was premeditated. 1t is no
known whether the Sistine Chapel vii
have to be reconsecrated in const
onence of it. The AustrO-Hungaria
ambassador will be recalled, 1t Is sac
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
A FREAK OF NATURE
ORGANS In Mans Body Scattered In
Unbelievable Ways.

Organs In Mans Body Scattered ~
Unbelievable Ways.
Baltimore, April 22-Surgeons bend
Ing over the opened body of Judge
John E. McKeighan. of st. Louis. as II
Law on the operating table at the johns
Hopkins hospital soon after he had
died OF a battling malady, were aston
ished as they looked within the cavity
to discover that instead of the usual
setting of the organs, those in the
body we're scattered about in almost
unbelievable ways.
His heart was turned in position
the reverse Of normal. his kidneys
were united by a ligament In the
shape Of a horseshoe, and the liver
was INSIDE down, with the gall blad-
der on top Many Of PIE smaller or
sans were a chaos of ehtangling CORDS
and fatty substances.
How Judge McKeighan lived with
such a strange transposition OF the
machinery of his body appears mar
yelous. Surgeons are mystifed at II.
Judge McKeighan lived to be sixty
Six wears old. and was considered one
of the ablest lawyers of st. Louis. his
brain did not seem to suffer through
the state Of his organs. and he was
able to eat heartily until with few
weeks of March I, when he was
brought to the hospital in critical
condition. He had become seriously Ill
in St. Louis in February. and his ply
sicians we're quite unable to fathom
his symptoms. He was finally brought
to the Johns Hopkins hospital, where
an operation was performed, during
which discoveries we're made OF such
a startling nature that the family con
scented to the autopsy. which was per
formed almost Immediately after his
death.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
USED TOBEAT BRYAN
7. F. Ryan Explains Use Of New
Traction Fund
PRELIMINARY CAMPAIGN
Finaneiers Thought In 1899 That the
Nebraskan Might Be Defeated For
the Democratic Nomination For
President.

New York. April 22.-Part Of the
mysterious 100000 involved in the
Wall and Cortlandt Streets Ferries
company deal, which has been under
investigation by grand jury for sew
eral months. may have been used in
the campaign which preceded the
presidential election in 1900, according
to testimony given before the jury by
Thomas F. Ryan. Portions OF the testi
mony given by various witnesses dur
ing the investigation we're filed with
the clerk of the supreme court by
order of Justice bowling. From this 1t
appears that when Mr. Ryan was ques-
toned about contributions for cam
paign purposes, and particularly re
garding the payment of nearly $1,000,
900 by the Metropolitan company FOL
the Wall and Cortlandt street fran
chise. and the subsequent payment OF
several hundred thousand dollars oil
this amount to Mr. Ryan and some OF
his associates. he made the following
explanation:
1T may not have been for the. cleo
ton of 19OO-but during the fall OF
winter of 1899 there had been prelim
mary campaigning going on. 1t was
thought perhaps Bryan could be de
feated in Kansas City, but 1t was
foregone conclusion that Mr.. Mckinley
would be renominated, and part Of th'
money may have gone for that"
In a signed statement Mr.. RyaI
said the money repaid to him and his
associates, following the Wall an'
Cortlandt street franchise, was thu
precise amount, with interest which
had been advanced by Messrs. Dolan
Whitney, Ryan. Widener and Elkins t.
cover expenditures which had beel
made for the benefit of the property.
Replying to a question by Mr.. Jf
rome regarding contributions in ger
eral Mr. Ryan replied:
81 have always found political pa
ties in a receptive mood. We we're
ways informed when an election wa
coming on"
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
TO BOOST RATES
Bio Railroads Move to Raise Freight
Rates.

Bio Railroads Move to Raise Freight
Rates.
New York, April 21.-The executive
officers of all the big railroads east oil
the Mississippi river met in New YORK
and took what is understood to be
preliminary. step to a general increase
in freight rates.
Before a new schedule goes into eff
feet the roads will individually take
further consideration on the matter,
and another general meeting will be
called for formal action. after which
the required thirty days notice Will
be posted. .n. -,
The question of an increase OF
freight rates has been the absorbing
topic among railroad men ever since
traffic began to fall off, six months
ago. and has been reflected since then
nv A steady decline in net earnings
of almost every railroad in the United
States. In support of the proposed ad'
vance # is asserted that in the last
few Years wages have increased fully
% per cent. that materials are at least
SO per cent higher than ten years ago
and that taxes have made suDstan
tisl advance .-
+ In NOR recent times there has beer
PASSED the -dRe-hour law affecting
felegraphers. ana may OF me states
have passed two-cent far bills an
ordered reductions in freight rae
and the carrying out Of certain in
provements.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
MAY END STRIKE
Chester Traction Employees May Re-
turn to Work As Individuals.

Chester Traction Employees May Re-
turn to Work As individuals.
Chester. Pa. April PA PROPOSE
ton that portends an early settlement
of the street car strike in this city
was made to a committee of the board
of trade by President Rigg, of the
Traction company, who agreed to take
the striking motormen and conductors
back on the same basis as though
they had never worked for the com
pany at the scale of wages they were
cut to at the time of the strike, 16 2-S
cents an hour. He promised to pay
them II cents in July, and in the fall,
following election. to raise the wages
TO Is "a cents an hour. Mr.. Rigg
said that,the improving business con
ditions indicated he could do this, and
it is believed the matter will be set
tied with the strikers.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
nnnze At Asbury FAX Rarred.

Trenton. N. J., April 1.-THE SUI
nreme court in an opinion by Justice
Reed set aside the liquor license grant
ed the Continental hotel Of Asbury
Park. by the Asbury Park authorities
and in doing so held to be constitu
tional the law Of 1896 prohibiting the
granting Of licenses within one mile
of any camp meeting ground. The
hotel in question is within one mile Of
Ocean Grove the famous Methools'
camp meeting place.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24

Mccall Campaign Publicity Bill FaVoc
ably Reported.
Washington. April 22-Ihe McCau
campaign publicity bill was unani
mously recommended to the house loi
passage by the committee on election
of president, vice president and repre-
sentatives in congress.
The bill provides that "all contrlou
lions hereafter made to political com
mittees engaged in promoting the cleo
tion of representatives or delegates tC
the congress of the United States Of
of presidential electors at any electioi
at which representatives or delegate'
shall be voted for, shall be reported D!
such committees to the clerk OF th'
house Of representatives"
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
Bean eermInates n chlId's NOse.

Bean terminates In child's Nose.
Pottstown, Pa, April PA bean in
the nose of four-year-old Mary Noel,
daughter of Jacob Noel, Of this place
caused the little one terrible agony
and a surgeon succeeded in removing
the obstruction, which was swelling
and terminating. The child acciden
tally showed the bean up its nose
while at play, and the parents were IN
aware of the fact until the surgeon
performed the operation. The bean
was sprouting when removed.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
% Men Resume Work.

New Cattle, Pa, April 22.-The She
mango Valley Steel plant operated by
the Carnegie Steel company, started in
full operation. giviRg employment to
1900 men.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
MOVE TO FREE THAw
Order Granted to Allow Him to Apply
For Habeas Corpus.


For Habeas Corpus.
Pougbkeepsie. N. Y, April 21.-Ths
first step in proceedings looking to ths
release of Harry X. Thaw from the
state asylum for the criminal insane
at Matteawan has been taken. James
g. Graham. of Newburg, formerly sec
retary to Governor Odell, appeared as
Thaw's counsel before Justice Nor
schauser, of the New York state su
v-eme court at White Plains, and ap
uBed for an order directing the super
e-endent Of the asylum to permit
T5,w to sign an application for Wri
,s,o coruuz The order wal
a-o-nD,l, granted and 1t will probably
- 80 ,sou the acting superintend
emit OF tine asyida al o-ce
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED

George Foster, a prominent and
wealthy contractor, was instantly kill
ed by a railroad engine at Pittsburg,
Pa
Truman NJ. Dodson. a prominent
Bethlehem, Pa, banker. and president
Of the Weston. Dodson company, coal
operators. died of paralysis, aged sew.
enty-eight years.
Mrs. A. L. Boreman. aged seventy.
seven years. widow of the late Gov
ernor Boreman, West Virginia's first
chief executive, died at Parkersburg
W. Va, after an illness Of several
months.
John Tracy. a discharged employe Of
the Northampton (Mass) street de.
psrtment. shot and fatally wounded
George F. Birge, superintendent OF
streets, and Immediately returned to
his home and shot himself.
Friday, April II.
William Reiss, who snot and killed
his wife at Economy. near Pittsburg,
Pa. April S, and then shot himself,
died in a hospital.
Antonio De Lorenzo. an Italian, was
shot and killed by Raphael Darico as
De Lorenzo was entering the gate OF
his own home in Halle township, neal
HazIeton. Pa.
John Maxwell and Charles Utter
bach. trainmen on the Pan Handle
railroad. were crushed to death when
two freight trains sideswiped at Col
Her thirty-fve miles west Of Pitts
burg.
Saturday, April 10.
Ernest Mornes, nine years old, died
at New Castle, Pa. as the result OF q
bullet wound inflicted by young com
panion while playing cowboy
Ten.year-old Dominica Bello gave
IN his life in New York for pet kit
ten. being crushed under a large cleo
fric truck as he tried to rescue his pet
While burning rubbish in the bach
ward of her home in Philadelphia Mrs
Ellen Ambrose, ffty-five years old was
probably fatally burned when hel
clothing caught fire.
Homer B. Carroll who for almos
forty years had been horse dealer
was killed by falling from the seconC
10 the ground floor through an eleVa
TOR shaft in the American horse ex
change in New York.
Monday, April 90
For highway robbery, Edgar Was
ner and jay ZeIlers, not yet twenty
one years old. were sentenced at Ian
caster. Pa, to the Huntington Re
formatOry
The bethlehem Steel company
semi-monthly pay to its wage-earner
last week amounted to $lSO'OOO' o
100000 more than a fortnight ago.
!. H. Brandt has secured an inJunC
zion restraining the school board o
Flizabethtown (Pa.) borough from is
sping bonds to pay for a $4,000
scbooI as the voters had no say i
the loan.
Tuesday, April Fl.
The United States senate passed
biz appropriating 100000 for puDii
building at Easton, Pa.
Two safes in the grain store OF Ho'
land & McManus. at Lynn, Mass. wer
dvpamited by burglars, who escape
with between $1,000 and $500 IN cast
About 10000 miners employed in tn
Putsburg district resumed work MOI
dav in accordance with the agreemeI
reached last week at the Toledo IolI
conference.
Respondent at his inability to secuT
work. George Webb, aged eightee
wears. sAallowed carbolic acid from
hottie and died while being taken to
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
Tho Latest Closing Prices In the
Principal Markets.

The Latest Closing Prices In tho
Principal Markets.
PHILADELPHIA = FLOUR weak
,yinter extras. new, S3.75@3.90; Penn
sevivsnia roller, clear. $444.10; city
mills fancy. S5.5O@5.70. RYE FLOUR
steady. at s4.4O a 450 per barrel.
WHEAT firm; No. 2 Pennsylvania,
red a66e615c. CORN firm; No. vel
low local. 72074c. OATS quiet; NO.
, white. clipped, size; lower gIaaaeas6.
CSC HAY steady; timothy, $l8g lS;oO
Sor large bales. PORK firm; family,
s1a 50 1er barrel BEEF steady peer
hams $26627 per barrel. POULTRY; .
I've steady: hens. 14Q15c.; old rooSt-
ore 1Oc. Dressed steady; choice lows,
III old roosters, 1015c. BUTTER
arm extra creamery 32c. EGGS hrm !;
sTn Tic POTATOES firm, at 9O@9S
ner bushel Sweet Potatoes steauy' ;
per basket, 50c; -,,,r,, y, e..,,,,.. No
BALTIMORE-WH n[me6 w.
2 SPOT. 9634G97c.; steamer no no cS SRO "
p3d93Ac. southern, 93QS924c: C 49,
steady; mixed spot, 6906 91sc.; mn! mI,XHe ca
steamer. 65@651sc.; southern, ol12 q
70I5c. OATS steady white, no. 2
5S15 a sec: No. 3, 571sQ58e. no: =,
5315 6541bc.: mixed, No. 2, BOZ Wooc. ;
N r 53m54c. BUTTER hrm; cream
srv separator extras, 30 % S03sc.'
6riuts. 3f032c; held, 2OQ2lc.; MARY
land and Pennsylvania dairy prints
iaG20c. EGGS steady. fancy mary,
fsn6' Pennsylvania, Virginia ana Wes'
virginia. 15hc.; southern, l412c'
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-24
live Stock Markets.

PJTTsBURG union Stock YaEEdas3L7 ,.
CATTLE steady; choice. $bI5,gsIi
prime, s6.4OQ6.7o. sa ~. o,,,i scti sSd
prime wethers. s6Q6.26; cults AZ SnS
81. veal caves. s667. HOGS higher;
prime heavies, $500; mediums, k6.SS
Me4.O: light Workers, S5.9O@6; pigs,
Ss.lO65.50; roughs. 358b.50.