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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
PONY BEARS HIM SAFELY
THROUGH HAIL OF BULLETS.

That the duties of a war correspond
ent are by no means free from personal
danger is proved by the following, told
by Frederick Mccormick, of an incl
lent that befell him near K~uropatkin's
headquarters on the Lang River in the
Russo-J a par1ese War: II vas riding a
white Chinese pony and I realized that
1 was at the moment the %cynosure OF
the eyes OF several hundred Japanese
and Russian pickets and scouts in the
field, and on the mountain tops around
and that the Japanese, whose lines l
had entered, were only waiting an in
dication on my part of an attempt to
return before they opened fire. | put
spurs to my horse and wheeled around
as quickly as possible. There was the
immediate cracking of several rifles.
1.-THE adventure scared n pony, VINO
threw me out of the saddle and gal
loped on alone. When I fell to the
ground the firing ceased, for | was out
of view. / crept into the tall kao-hang'
a kind of millet, exactly
sorghum. and took ou my binocles.
But as ] could see nothing / returned
TO the edge of the kao-liang and
dashed out across the bare river bed
into the open, with the object OF re-
gaining the ridge.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
PITCHFORK TILLMAN TAME
WHEN IN CAROLINA HOME

Those who know Senator Tillman
only as the f%ire-eating Washington
statesman should see him with his
family at home on his South Carolina
plantation.
1.-The one person / saw said a Wis
itor to his home, writing to the De-
%lineator, was an old man in his shirt
sleeves sitting on a bench built round
the base of the tree: he was holding a
gardeners trowel and a potted plant,
His hands were grimy to his wrists.
His white short sleeves and baggy
clothes were covered with loan. About
him was an array OF flower pots, full
and empty, boxes of bulbs and scat
tered garden tools.
There was no installing that shrewdi
powerful face. / knew this simple
looking old man, peering affectionately
through his spectacles at the plant in
his hand, was 'Pitchfork' Ben Tillman-
the dread of the suave statesmen oil
the uppe house, the terror of all cham
pions OF special privileges"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
GERMAN STEAMSHIP MEN
POOL BIG INTERESTS

The British consul-seneral at Ham
burg reports that the present state of
things, as regards German steamship
service with Africa, is that the Ger
man East Africa line continues to
carry on it's service in the same way
as during the past three OF -four years
that is, besides a direct service out
and home between Hamburg and East
Africa via the Suez Canal, it runs a
service around Africa, the steamers Of
which also call at a few ports of West
Africa.
The direct trade between Hamburg
and Southwest and West Africa is
mainly carried on jointly by vessels Of
the Woermann line, of the Hamburg
American line, and OF the Hamburg
Bremen-Africa line. These three lines
have arrangements as to rates of
freight to and from West and South
west Africa; and, as regards rates TO
other parts of Africa, etc, they have
formed a pool with the German East
Africa line, which has agreed that the
three may occasionally sem steamers
around Africa from west to EAST as far
as Durham.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
The RODuc MARKET.

NEW YORK, March 2.-Flour-Re-
ceipts, Is. 1888; sales, 100; -four was dull
and unsettled. Minnesota patents, $50
$3.50; winter straights. 4.35@455.
Wheat-Receipts, $1,000; sales, 1900,
600. Bears made a drive at wheat this
morning and forced prices off a cent,
after which the market recovered on
renewed bull support and covering.
May, 105M@106 1916; July, 101h@
I02 Lie.
Rye-Dull; No. 2 Western, 80 +. 0. b,
New York.
corn-Receipts. 1880; sales. none.
Realistically.
Pork-Steady.
Lard-Ffrmer; Western prime. 74O@
$50.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, 1886;
centrifugal 96 test. $3.50; molasses sugar,
81. Refined quiet; crushed, $50; pow
dered, 500; graduated, 400. Z
Petroleum-Steady; refined. all ports,
| S.10@S.75; coffee quiet; No. Z Rio, 64;
No I Santos, sas@s1h.
} Molasses-Quiet; New Orleans, 2SG42
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
GOT OSTRICH OMELET
AND A LESSON AS WELL.

1--WE never tried to be funny with a
waiter the returned traveller was say
ing, "since the time when I had a lit
tie experience with one in California. l
stepped into a restaurant and ordered
an omelet.
"sWhat kind?' asked the waiter.
well, bring me an ostrich egg ONE
Lett He went away, and was gone
fully an hour.
There you are, sir he said, placing
1t before Inc and u%ncovering 1t.
"Well, 1t was an omelet, all right, AND
big enough for a half dozen men.
whether there was an ostrich farm in
the ne~ighborhood, and he got a real
ostrich egg. or whether he made 1t from
a couple of dozen hens eggs l don't
know, but / distinctly remember mat II
cost me Sand I learned a valuabi
lesson."-Youth's Companion.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
EASY OPENING
IN THE MARKET
BUSINESS FAIR
Great Northern Preferred and
American Sugar Yielded
Large Fractions.
EARLY LOSSES ARE
MOSTLY TRIVIAL
General Tone Is S~trong-South.
ern Railway Preferred ADJ
vanceS a Point.

NEW YORK, March 2.-opening.-
The stock market opened easy today
on a fair volume of business. Atchi-
son, Great Northern preferred and
American Sugar yielded large fractions
but the losses in the remainder of the
list were mostly trivial. Southern Rail
way preferred advanced a point. The
tone was strong.
II a. m.-There was a brief period
of f1rmness after business began, but
the traders did not permit the rise to
proceed far before they began to offer
stocks down. Union Pacific, st. Paul,
Reading and American Smelling were
the weak features, while Northern
Pacific and Amalgamated Copper were
notably firm. Erie second preferred
fell ~ and American Smelling 1.
Noon-The announcement of the cut
in the quarterly dividend of American
Smelling to / per Ger compared with
2 per cent. for the preceding quarter,
was followed by a rally of Ia in the
price of that stock. The general list
hardened and prices of some stocks
rose over the Saturday level. Penn
sylvania gained l and National Lead
IL. Delaware and Hudson declined ]
and American Mailing IL. Bonds were
steady.
1 p. m.-The buying of stocks dlmin-
ished after the early losses had been
recovered, the market thereafter be-
coming almost stagnant with nc per-
ceptible movement. Minneapolis, st.
Paul and sault Sainte Marie improved
"a and Texas and Pacific and Amalga-
mated Copper /.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
LAYING OUT MILLIONS.
Buyers Bring Big Sums to Spend
and Cheering News.

NEW YORK, March 2.-Fully 1000
additional buyers for mercantile houses
in the West and South are expected in
New York this week to make pur-
chases for the spring and summer sea-
sons. Thousands of buyers have visit
ed the city in the past few weeks. and
their purchases have shown that the
financial furry is over. From all over
the country come reports of increasing
good times and the prospect of COM
merciai prosperity. The buyers report
that business is daily increasing and
that in most Western cities the bust
ness of January and February far ex-
ceeded that of the same months last
year.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
BANISHING THE WASH
MAKES ATTRACTIVE YARDS,

The newcomer to town is often cor
respondingly depressed and dismayed
by the unkempt appearance of our rear
areas. They manage such things bet
ter abroad and in certain cities of this
land where back yards are made at
tractive with balconies. benches. trei-
Uses and shrubbery, and the conven-
fence. privacy and safety of the
laundry work Is studied.
There are several inexpensive de-
vices made for the convenient drying
of clothes, one continuance in particu-
lar being patterned after the style OF
the old fashioned REVOLVING lawn reel
and their appearance at least is great
ly in their favor. Their general adop-
ton would, it is believed, lend toward
increased rentals and higher Values
Record and Guide.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
STOCK PRICE COMPARISONS.

The continued dwindling of values
which has taken place in the security
market has resulted in a number Of
stocks making lower records han dur
ing the panic of last November, and
others are selling at about the same
prices. Notable among the stocks which
show a depreciation greater than in
last November are the Gould stocks
of which representatives are shown in
the following table.
This table includes several of the
low%er-priced stocks, giving the prices
on Friday last, the November low, the
prices a yea ago and those made two
years ago;
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
U OF SIGHT.

Philetus M. Helfer has established a
college among the prisoners at Auburn,
n. ", the faculty being composed of
conyicts who are graduates of Oxford,
Harvard, Yale and other great univer-
stiles.
Discussing his old college scheme re-
Gently Mr.. Heller said:
but anything is good for c~onvicts
that interests, cheers and encourages
them. Discourage them, scorn them, nag
at them and you rouse the latent evil
in them even as it was reused the h
err day of a frail and beautiful New
York typewriter girl.
This refined creature worked for a
rather cranky old broker. The broker
found a good deal OF unjust fault with
her, but she was gentle and patient,
and put up with him in silence.
"One morning, however. he turned
up In a quite i~nsupportable humor.
"'Look at my desk!' he roared. All
in disorder! All in confusionl All
"'But sir the young girl interrupt
cd mildly, you have often told me
mover to touch your desk
"'Well, ! don't want you to disturb
my papers, he admitted. And then
his eye caught a sheet of postage
stamps. But look at these stamps. |
don't want them here he shouted.
"She tool UP the stamps.
"'Where shall ! put them, sir?' she
said.
"'Ah,' he snarled, put EN- anywhere
anywhere out of sight
"She flushed.
Very well. sir she said, Jelly; and,
giving the stamps a quick lick with
her pretty tongue. she stuck the big
sheet on his bald head and departed
to look for another jobr-WRshington
, star.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
HARVESTER BECOMES A
NATIONAL EMBLEM.

The harvester is the best barometer
of civilization. 1t is not found where
slavery and barbarism exist. There is
no call for it in a land whore the
luxury of a city is built On the plumber
of the men and women who work in
the fields.
Whoever operates a harvester must
not only be intelligent. writes Herbert
N. Casson in Everybody's, he must be
free. The American harvester is the
machine that makes democracy posi-
BILE. 1t reaches the average man, and
more-it pushes the ladder of pros
perity down so far that even the farm
laborer can grasp the lowest rung and
climb.
II has become n of our national en-
blems. 1t is as truly and exclusively
American as the Stars and Stripes OF
the Declaration of Independence.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
MEXICAN MERGER RATIFIED.

NEW YORK, March 2.-Local bank
ing interests identified with the merger
of the Mexican Central. the National
Railroad of Mexico, the Mexican Inter
national the ~Interoceanic and the
Hldalgo & Northeastern Railroads,
nave finally reached an agreement with
the Mexican Government, it is under
stood, for financing the consolidation.
The plan has been ratified and a state
ment giving the details of the agree
ment will be issued today.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, March 2.-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of 5 and 10 points, and during the early
session increased the gain to - and
Is points on active months on covering.
local bull support and commission
house buying, encouraged by the bull
ish Interpretation of Saturdays visible
supply statement, firm cables and
larger English spot sales. Offerings in
creased at the advance as a result of
realizing and selling by local bears.
but prices were only 3 or 4 points off
from the best during The middle of the
morning.
The market was less active late in
the forenoon. but ruled steady at mid
day, with prices about 6 to II points
net higher, near months showing the
greatest gain.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
40 STUDY in TEN
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES

The attendance at American univer-
stiles, annually compiled by Professor
Rudolf Tombo, jr.. of Columbia, shows
some interesting figures for 1907. Har-
ward holds the lead as the largest uni
versity, with 5.3l6 students. Columbia,
Michigan, Chicago, Cornell, Minnesota,
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Yale and Cali
fornia following iii the order named.
These ten universities represent a
total attendance of over 10000. The
largest gains were made by Columbia,
New York University, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin, Michigan and Minnesota; that is.
two Eastern and four Western institu-
tions.-The Independent.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
MAURETANIA'S CAPTAIN
BEGAN CAREER AS COOK,

Captain John Pritchard, of the Maui
retania, the largest ship afoat, which
look away from her sister ship, the
Lusitania, the eastern record on her
first trip, is one of the most interesting
examples of the value of modest devo-
ton to the duties of the strenuous life.
Born in Wales sixty-three years ago,
he had at the age of IL to choose be-
tween the workhouse, as an orphaned
charge upon the community, and the
cooks galley on q little .Carnarvon
sailing vessel named the eileen, at the
m%unificent salary of twelve shillings a
week. Fortunately for us he chose the
latter. and has gradually worked his
way to one of the two most important
commands in the mercantile marine
service of the world,-Brosdway Maya
zine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
AMERICAN SMELLING
DIVIDEND DECLARED

NEW YORK, March 2.-Dirsctors Of
the American Smelling and Refining
Company today declared a quarterly
dividend OF l per cent. on the COM
pany's mmo stock. This compares
with a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent.
on the common stock for the last
previous quarter. The directors today
also declared a quarterly dividend of
1M per cent. on the preferred stock,
which is unchanged from the last
previous quarter.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
SOUTH AMERICA OFFERS
5000, 1000, 900 COMMERCE

Will the American business man,
who is now suffering from a lean
year in his home trade, take advan-
tage of the opportunity Offered him
to develop commercial relations with
the other American republics?
II our trade with South America had
been properly developed u ware
houses might not now be gorged with
stocks which the home markets cannot
absorb. South America now buys
about $500, O00, 900 worth of goods a
year, and inside OF ten years will be a
customer for a round billion dollars
worth. This is a trade worth going
after. Our present share in this mag
nifcent market is about 10 per cent
E. II. wands in Leslie's Weekly.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
GLASS FACTORIES ARE
RUSHED WITH ORDERS.

MELVILLE, March 2.LThere is a
great demand for window glass just
now, and all the factories of this sec
ton are crowded with rush orders. The
factories have been nearly idle for
months. but all will have their full
force back within a few weeks. The
market price is better than it has been
for months.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
POISONOUS BON BONS
in NUMEROUS SHOPS

In no part of the world is the candy
eating habit so universal as in the
United States. That pure and we'll
made sweets are wholesome and some
times highly n~ourishing is now ad-
mitted by physicians of the highest
standing.
Nothing produced by any of h great
manufacturers of confectionery need,
therefore, be looked upon with sus
pieion. But the cheap candies sold by
street "fakirs,' or in obscure shops in
the poorer quarters, are often ex-
tremely dangerous.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
BRIDE pErAINHD As WITNESS.

MELVILLE, March johnson
Shaw, who was murderously assaulted
by his father-in-law, James Nash, be-
aus he married the ~latter's daugh-
ter, is recovering at the Emergency
Hospital. Mrs. Shaw, who ave the
chief testimony against her father. has
been detained by Mayor Smith as a
witness.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
QUEER JOBS ARE GIVEN
AUSTRIAN ARMY RECRUITS,

Scores of recruits who come from the
country are drafted off to the arch
ducal estates and do their military
service there, much of it consisting In
gamekeepers' duties in the archduke's
pheasant preserves.
The recruits are also used when I'M
provoments in the parks and grounds
are being made. According to one
story, squads of them are marched
about and made to do duty as dummy
trees while the heir to the throne
stands at a distance and experiments
as to where a clump of trees would look
best.-The Ladies' Realm.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
LABOR DEMANDS Law CHANGE.

CHICAGO. March 2.-An Amendment
to the Sherman antitrust law exempt
ing labor unions and agricultural assoc
Citations from being held liable FOR
as a result of strikes, boy
colts and the unfair list was de-
manded yesterday by the tCnicaso
Federation of Labor. Delegates pro
tested against labor organizations being
placed in the category or trusts
last eleven years in tn population sup
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, March 2.-on the stock
exchange today American securities
opened lower in sympathy with Wall
street news, and, after being a frac-
ton over parity, they dropped, for lack
of support. In the afternoon the mar
ket ~Huctuated moderately and finished
dull and uninteresting.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
PLAYS THAT AMUsE AND PAY.

In the mass the theatre-going public
is ready to like anything which for
three hours can divert its mind. Any
play will be a failure which permits il
to remain conscious that it is sitting
on a narrow scat without proper room
to stretch it's legs, that it's dinner might
have agreed with it better, and that
tomorrow is rent day. Any play that
can make it forget all that is bound to
be a success.-London World.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
RAILROADS ASK FOR MORE TIME.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-Further
appeals were made Saturday befope the
Interstate Commerce Commission by
several railroad companies for an ex-
tension of the time within which to
comply with the nine-hour teiegra-
piers law.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
THE ONLY PLACE.

wigg-What a homely fellow Biones
isl
some mug in the barber shop.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
NOTICE TO READERS.

THE STAR will be pleased 70
publish any information regard
Ing any inactive general ana
local securities not quoted IN
these columns. as we'll as any
other negotiable paper now OH
q markets of the world. by adj
dressing the
FINANCIAL EDITOR
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

Following are the quotations of the
days prices, as furnished through
Byrne & Mcdonnell, members OF the
New York Stock Exchange:
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-02

OF these stocks Brooklyn Rapid
Transit and Steel common are the only
ones which show an appreciable gain
over the November prices.
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Make M your mind nov that YOU will Ia
GREASE your saies. Advertise In the STAR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-27
TRY IT in The COURT.
Right of Judge Rees to Be Candidate
for Congress.

ARRANGEMENTS will probably be
made for a friendly suit" in the SUI
preme court to test the right of Judge
R. r. Rees to be a candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress in
the Fifth district.
The plan is that Secretary of State
G. e. Denton shall refuse to accept
Rees' petitions for the nomination, and
decline to place ReeS' name on the
primary election ballot. Then a
mandamus proceeding to compel Den
ton to act would be fled in the su-
preme court, and the case could be
quickly adjudicated.
Mr.. Denton said this morning: "The
matter has been presented to me, but
l have not yet decided what 1 will do.
think the question is one which
might as well be settled now as any
time, and I think it is safe to say that
some plan will be adopted for making
q test case.
The claim is that Judge Rees can
not be candidate for the Republican
nomination for congress SO long as he
is district judge In the Thirtieth dis
trict. When the matter was checked
up to Attorney General Jackson by
Senator Fred Quincy of Saline county,
Mr.. Jackson wrote quite an extensive
opinion on the subject, and held that
Rees was eligible to be a candidate for
the office.
This opinion made the opponents of
IT,
figured that at the proper time they
could knock out Rees, and they con-
tended that it was an unjustif1able in
reference for Attorney General Jack
son to undertake to decide the case
ahead of time.
Senator j. E. Brewer of Dickinson
county, a supporter of S. S. Smith,
called up Assistant Attorney General
John Dawson by long distance teIe-
phone, and while the exact nature of
hi x-er,ks To- H. l.
said that Brewer raked the attorney
generals department over the GOALS
for its "unwarranted,' Interference
Mr.. Dawson came back with the
suggestion that If Mr.. Brewer didn't
like the attorney generals ruling ar
test the ruling in the supreme court
without any unnecessary delay
At that time. Senator Brewer did not
accept the suggestion, but now 1t is
Calderhead, S. s. Smith, and any
other candidates who happen to be
running Will try to- get some lawyer
| to represent them, and accept the plan
for testing Rees' right to be in the
race.
Mr.. Dawson said today in speaking
of the case: In my judgment there
is no show for thema to reverse the at
torney generals opfnion in the SUI
preme court. This or1irion is founded
on absolutely sound propositions of
law, and there is no way TO. get around
| it. But If they want to make a test
case, L am willing to cooperate in any
way possible ers
Judge Rees is looked upon as one
| of the most formidable candidates
| against Calderhead. Rees is certain to
| get big vote in Saline, Ottawa, Cloud,
Clay and Riley counties. 1t is because
/ Of his strength that Calderhead, Smith
and other candidates want to get him
! out OF the way.