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SENATOR PLATT APPEALS
From Judgment for the Money I'LL
Wlfe's Lawyers Advanced Her.

Senator Thomas C. Platt, through his
counsel, Albert B. Boardman, asked the
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
yesterday to set aside the judgment OBJ
tanned against him last June for $2.47l. 90
by Edgar Joseph as assignee Of Marsh,
Winslow d Weaver. lawyers who acted for
Mrs. Lillian Janeway Platt in negotiating
the separation agreement between her
and Senator Plat in 1905.
The claim represents moneys advanced
by the lawyers TO Mrs. Platt to pay bills
incurred by her between September 20.
1906 when she actually left the Senator.
and November IA. when the separation
agreement was signed. After Mrs. Platt
had got her money Senator Platt declined
to reimburse the lawyers on the ground
that she should pay the bills out Of the
payment he made to her, A jury before
Justice Ford of. the Supreme Court re-
turned a verdict for the full amount sued
for.
In his argument yesterday Mr.. Board
man declared that Senator Plstt never
agreed to settle the bills which the lower
court has ordered him to pay Decision
was reserved.
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no REFUGE FOR FUGITIvES.
ExtraditIon Treaty With Honduras Rati.
fed by the Senate.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2o.-The last refuge
in Central America OF fugitives from JUS
tice was taken away to-day by the ratih-
cation of the extradition treaty between
the United States and Honduras. which was
signed at the State Department several
days ago 1t Itprovides for extradition for
murder, rape. bigamy. arson, wilful and
unlawful destruction or obstruction Of rail-
roads. crimes committed at sea. burglary,
robbery. forgery. counterfeiting, embez-
element where the amount exceeds $780,
kidnapping. larceny, obtaining money
under false pretences. perjury. ac.
The convention is not retroactive. be-
cause the constitution Of Honduras for
bids such a provision, 1t will take effect
upon the exchange Of rati6cations, which
will take place in Washington as soon as
possible. Either contracting party may
at any time terminate the treaty on six
months notice
Arbitration treaties with Austria Hun
gary, Costa Rica and Chile were also rati-
fed
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WIFE'S SISTER SUES HOLLINS
For Libel In n Family Record-Nife Is
suing Him Too.

William NJ. Hollins. who does foreign
banking business at 20 Stone street, has
been sued by his 81 sster-in-hw, Mrs. Sarah
o G. Pickman. for libel. Mrs. Pickman
bases her suit on a printed statement
which Mr. Hollins sent out to some score
or more of his friends regarding the
ago or 80 of himself and his wife and
asks for s75, 600 damages.
hollins married Adehne Grundy OF
Elizabeth, N j.. about twenty -four years
ago She was his second wife and was
about ten years younger than he. he
now is between sixty and seventy A
sister OF Mrs Hollins married Benjamin
Pickman. who died three years ago. A
year after her husbands death Mrs.
Pickman came to live with her sister
Mrs. Hollins Another year and Mrs.
Hollins left her husband and an arran ge-
ment was effected by which Hollins
was to pay her a certain amount an
nually for her support
Mr.. Hollins for many years has kept
family record in which he wrote all
he could learn about the goings and COM
ings Of the Hollins family. In this record
after the separation he wrote his side
of the story and some time ago he caused
this section of the journal to be printed
and copies were sent to some twenty or
thirty friends. In this statement Mr..
Hollins laid the separation at the door
Of his sister-in-law and added. it is al
legged, that the securing of the pecupiary
settlement from him was brought about
.,, Ha lRIN
"blackmail' in connection with this settle
ment. it Is alleged
Recently a copy OF the statement fell
into the hands Of Mrs. Piokman and she
directed her attorney. Milton &, Bucky.
to bring suit 1t is understood that
the suit is based chiefly on the use OF the
word "blackmail." Mr.. Hollins Is de-
fendant in a suit brought by his wife
to recover money under the separation
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BUZZER FOR STOLEN NICKELs.
Telephone Company's New Device Traps
Man and = Woman.

On account Of many robberies OF tele-
phone slot boxes in drug stores and other
places in the city the telephone company
recently equipped most OF the telephone
booths with buEsers which ring whenever
the door Of the slot box rs opened.
Last night after q man had entered a
booth In Ponds drug store az Seventieth
street and Broadway the buzzer sounded
and Harold Cartwri ght, clerk. ran to the
booth. A woman standing beside 1t
tried to prevent him from opening the
booth door, but he pushed her aside and
found the door of the slot boz open. Man
and woman we're arrested.
The man said he was William Edward
Bartlett an electrician, Of 20t West Eigh-
tieth street, and the woman said she was
his wife, Tilly. He was charged with
attempted petit larceny and the woman
was held as suspicious person
There were several small keys in the
womans muf which telephone official
said would open the slot boxes The
man had two empty salt bags that ap-
peared 10 have held coins and in one Of
his pockets was s4-l0 in niokels.
The couple are not known at 2o4 West
Eightieth street
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MORE CARNEGIE HEROES
Conra geOus Deeds OF New Workers
Recognized by Commission

PIrTsBuRa, Jan 2o.-The Carnegie
Hero Fund Commi ssion to-day handed
down twenty-six more awards. Among
those TO get medals and money are Samuel
A. Johnston. 171s Second avenue. New
York, and the families of Peter ]. Col
Inns, $50 East Twelfth street. New York,
and James j. HouGhan. Morris street
New York.
John Bosco, Jr.. of Bayonne. n. j.,
also gets a medal and money, Collins,
Johnston and Houlihan and man named
Muldoon were in a gaseous manhole
at Forty-seventh street and Eighth ave-
nue., New York. Muldoon and Collins
lost their lives after working hard to
rescue others. Johnston was overcome
too and narrowly escaped. The biggest
award is that to the widow Of Collins.
who gets $40 a month for life or until
she remarries and S. a month for each
of her children The Collins and Muldoon
families also get medals, as does Johnston,
The Bosoo boy performed a nervy
feat at his then home in Ohio by saving
a chum from drowning in Lake Erie.
He gets a medal and $500 to complete
his education.
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TO LIGHT AMBROSE CHANNEL.
An Appropriation Urged TO Make Its Pas.
sage rs Safe by Night as by Day.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o-Steamship
travel at night through Ambrose Channel
in New York harbor will be made safe
for transatlantic liners in the future
if Congress enacts into law a recommends
ton just made by Oscar s. 'Straus. Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor. Secre-
tary Straus asks for an appropriation
to enable the Government to purchase
and lay acetylene gas light buoys in Am
brose Channel in order that passage to
the sea may be illuminated at night.
The amount needed for the purpose is
in excess Of $50, 900. but the Government
has on hand 1000 which may be used to
light the channel. which with an additional
appropriation of $4,000 will be all that
will be required.
Attention is directed to the fact that
the transatlantic companies have fire.
quently urged the Government to illumi-
nate Ambrose Channel at night in order
that vessels may freely enter the harbor
and depart from it in safety at all times.
day and night
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DUTY ON JAPANESE COINS.
Some Old Timers Used as Ornament,
Taxed ~ Per Cent.

The Board Of General Appraisers de-
cided yesterday that a large number Of
Japanese coins which are legal tender
in that country and consist OF god, silver,
copper and cheaper metals are subject
to duty because they come in attached
as ornaments to swords and other arti-
cles. Some OF the coins are valued at
1900 to the dollar.
A teller in the New York branch OF the
Yokohama Specie Bank told the ap-
praisers that all the coins would be ac-
cepted by his bank, although some Of
them we're over 100 years old. Many Of
the coins circulate among the back
woods farmers Of Japan. he said, and are
not often seen in the cities. They were
so old as to give the impression that they
had been boarded.
The importers Of the coins thought
that they should come in free as gold,
silver and manufactured copper, The
Collector imposed duty Of IS per cent.
and the board sustained him.
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HOPKINS SEEMS TO BE BEATEN.
Caucus Votes Down Resolution 20 stand
by Him for senator.

SPRINoFIELD. ILL.,. Jan. 2o.-Senator
Albert j. Hopkins lost five votes on as
many ballots in to-day's voting for Sena-
tor in joint assembly.
Tonight a caucus OF Republican men,
bers voted down a resolution binding
members Of that party to stand by Hop
kins 30 long as he shall be candidate,
The deadlock which had been threat
ened over the Senatorship became a fact
when the Senator's enemies showed them
selves in Complete control at the joint
session. and the field is open to all capdi-
dates. The deadlock may be Of long
duration and efforts will be made TO unite
on a strong man whose selection will tend
to bring about peace in the Republican
party in Illinois.
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BERLIN TALK BY ROOSEVELT.
Centenary OF the University In October
1910, May He the Occasion.
Special Gable Despatch 10 The SUN.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
BERLIN Jan. 2o.-At first the news tina,
Mr.. Roosevelt was going to lecture in
Berlin in 1910 was discredited. Nothing
was known of the matter in American
official circles.
THE SUN correspondent now has reason
to believe that an invitation has been
sent to the President in the name Of the
University OF Berlin. But it Is not known
whether Mr.. Roosevelt has finally accepted
the invitation or whether he proposes
even TO visit Berlin,
He may. however. deliver an address
In the aula of the university in October,
1910 when the university will celebrate
it's centenary. That will be a brilliant
occasion which the Kaiser certainly
will attend. It is generally supposed
here that the university's invitation
had the support Of the Kaiser
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TURKS BAFFLE A CONSPIRACY.
Twenty thousand In Move 10 90 Hack 90
Despotism Backed by Two Powera
Special Cab. Dsspatcn 10 THE SUE.

Special Gable DsSpdfch 10 THE SUE
LONDON, Jan 21.-The Constantinople
correspondent Of the Daily Mad says
that q great and widespread conspiracy
to overthrow the Constitution and restore
despoti tism was accidentally discovered
on January Is
letter was sent TO sne OF the
Government Offices addressed TO mem
ber Of the staf. Abdur Rahman- II hap
pened that there we're two employees Of
that name. one an ardent Young Turk.
while the other was involved In the con-
spiracy. The letter was handed to the
former. who was mystiHed. He showed
it to his superiors.
The higher officials handed 1t over 10
the police, and in a few hours twenty
eight suspects we're arrested. A quantity
Of incriminating documents were found.
Stores Of arms were subsequently dis
covered in many places The headquar-
ters Of the conspirators was in building
occupied by an organization posing as a
constitutional club.
Twenty thousand persons in all parts
Of the country are implicated. The plans
included the seizure of the Grand Vizier
and President Of the Chamber OF Deputies
and forcing the Sultan to dissolve Parlia-
ment and annul the constitution, under
threat OF dethronement in favor Of one
of his sons.
Revolts were also projected in the out
lying parts Of the empire. 1t is reported
that two European Powers agreed to
aid the conspirators. Arrests continue to
be made.
The sun., 1909-01-21
Failing Ice Closes Bridge Prom ensde.

The promenade Of the Brooklyn Bridge
was closed at IL o'clock yesterday fore
noon because of the ice falling from the
upper parts of the structure and was
kept closed until in the afternoon. Some
of the pieces Of ice weighed several pounds
each and when broken by striking the
edges OF the bridge they burst into frag-
ments 30 heavy that patrol boats were
stationed in the river TO warn passing z
craft Of the danger from above.
The sun., 1909-01-21
WILL PAY IN SILVER DOLLARS.
Waters-pIerce OH Co. TO Send Three Cars
OF Money to Pay Texas Fine.

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 2o.-According to
the Waters-Pierce Company's Texas rep
resentatives and attorneys. the judgment
obtained by the State through the Federal
Supreme Court will be paid In silver dol
lars and delivered at the State treasury.
The award and interest call for nearly
100000 and the counting will require
much labor. Six extra clerks will be en-
ployed to count the money. The counting
would take one expert clerk at least
sixty days. eight hours a day.
1t will take three boz cars to carry the
amount.
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TO KILL OFF "OREGON IDEA"
Opponents OF Gov. Chamberlain Say
senate VIII Not Seat Him.

SALEM. Ore. Jan. 20.-Opponents Of
Gov, Chamberlain say that they have
positive assurances that the United States
Senate Committee on Elections will not
seat him as Senator.
This action will be taken. they say,
because Oregons method OF eecting
Senators Is now being advocated in New
York and in other States, and the only
way TO prevent the spread Of the Oregon
idea is to reject Chamberlain when he
presents his credentials.
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Family Correspondence.

The following family correspondence
appears in the personal advertising
column Of Newark paper.
Ny wife, Elizabeth. having left my bed and
board. am not responsible for debts contracted
by her. WfLLrAh hSrrTkL
To william knittel: Replying to your personal.
desire 10 say that you have never furnished or
paid for bed for me- ncither aun ] under any
obligations 70 you with regards TO board: any
debts contracted by me ] shall be able 10 settle
myself Mn. WILLIAM KNITTED
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ABROAD TO STUDY GOWNS.
Columbia Sends Miss Fales, Head 10 he
OF Its school OF Household Arts.

Miss Jane Fales. graduate Of Column
bia University, who has been teaching
in the Manhattan Trade School, sailed
yesterday for Paris by the White Star
liner Teutonic to study styles and designs
Of women's dresses and the methods Of
the Paris schools in sketching and de-
signing gowns. Columbia will pay her
expenses, and when she returns she will
be head of the school OF household arts
in Teachers College.
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subway Embarrassed by a Bad Rail.

Express trains in the subway ran on
an uneven schedule for about two hours
at rush time last evening. The delay
was caused by defective rail on the
southbound tracks at Forty-sixth street
Most OF the congestion was on the up
town express line,
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PRon AUTOMOBILES 10 AIRsHIPs.

After seeing everything new In autos why no.
see the seroplanes at the New York Hippodrcfps:
There's speeding thrill In a Battle In the Sklea
Sptctacles OF sports and gorgeous ballet anA
circus are also there.-Ads.
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THE sEABoARD FLORIDA LIMITED.

An Pulinans electric lighted. compartment
70 Jackson vile. st. Augustine Palm Beaoh
Mismi Knights Key. Quickest train Via short.
eat route. Inquire Pehna- r. H. or iiss Bwsy
-.AdG
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DFWFYS PORT WINE WITH OLIVE OIL.
Nothing moro streng thening, We sell both ,
II. T, Dewey a Sons Co.. iss Fulton ST., NswYork.
-idr
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GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
"Its Purity Has made 10 famous.'=.id

All Deerfoot Fnrm sausages
are made At the Farm IN Southboro. Mass. Their
success Is owing TO choice materials and the neat
uess and cleanliness OF the preparauou,-Adp
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One million People See Your
Advertisement every day In Telephone DIRECTORY.
Low rstes Tel. DIR. Adv. Co.. iiSo Bway.-Ads
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~ PrcsS on your nQglTrr'"Cts ron the
q. = .l.cturerN fd"toy ~ Sew York.
~ smith, Inc, 2ps B wa!. RET S.7I Worth
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Ma Baltim ore a Ohio, Jersey Central and Reading
route. Personally conducted 11ncons Birthday
Tour February II and Washing tons Birthday
Tour Feb ~ 20. sl2 covers all eSpen ses from New
York three DAYS. Other tours March H. 20 April 8,
H. Msy6. Secure full details from ticket agents or
Lyman McCarty. AG PA. 4s4 and 1870 Broadway.
-Aas.
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,YAL Blue TOURS no WAsHINGTON

HAMS RESTAURANT. Park Row B7dE
Perfection In cuisine, precision In service. Music
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CIVIC IMPROVEMENT.
A Love Of the Beautiful Closely Re-
lated to the Moral and
Divine.
Honea Path Chronicle.

Honea Path Chronicle.
Certainly those who have had their
esthetic feelings cultivated even to
the least degree; those who have
learned to love that which IS clean,
that which is orderly, that which Is
attractive and beautiful have had
these feelings offended many times
by the unkept conditions which our
streets frequently present, not to
speak Of vacant lots and public pro-
pertv for which no one feels respon-
sible.
Would filthy be too strong word
to use? For if guilds Of tobacco float
ing in veritable puddles of human
spit is not to be classed with that
which is filthy, then there is room
for the coinage of new word to de-
scribe such.
<. Every one ought to have that with
in him which is appealed to by the
beautiful, by flowers, trees and grass,
bv clean streets and pretty houses, by
anything which tends to make that
J which the eye beholds, harmonious.
A love of the beautiful is closely
related to the moral and the divine.
One writer says: eff truth presup-
poses a pure, unprejudiced, dispas-
sionate state Of mind for its appre~
hension, this is demanded in still
higher degree in the case of beauty.
Objective beauty cannot mirror itself
in a mind that is excited with pas
sion. To appreciate, to enjoy, to dis
Germ the beautiful, presupposes a de-
vout frame Of mind. -
Man is created with a number OF
feelings. Chiefest among these are
the moral or religious feelings. BY
these is man able to discern right
from wrong, hence the moral feelings
hold highest rank, as they govern tor
large part the more important IN
.terests of the human race. Next IN
order may be classed the esthetlc
feelings-that is the love Of the clean,
the pure, the wholesome, the attrae-
tive and the beautiful.
It is our duty to cultivate our feel
inss, to educate and control them.
Not only that We may acquire re-
fined and elevated taste: which ought
to be the possession of every intelll-
gent and cultured person; but there
are other reasons why our emotions,
(which are in certain sense analogous
with our feelings. be cultivated. The
eniovment Of music, the enjoyment OF
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art; the enjoyment of the esthetle de-
lights afforded by trees, flowers, and
grass, beautiful scenes and the beau
tiful harmonies of nature; the ENJOY
ment Of fellowship with one another;
the. enjoyment of 1.-THE higher splr-
itual felicities of Christian experien-
ces;" the enjoyment Of life itself as
the Creator designed it is not possible
without the cultivating Of the emo
tional powers.
God meant that the measure OF our
days and years should be full OF en-
joyment. He meant that we should
be happy here on earth. For this
reason He gave us a soul with a eapa-
city for intellectual, esthetic, and
spiritual enjoyment. It was for this
purpose He created the world full of
beauty, that some of its beauty might
penetrate to the soul to gladden., to
enrich, to elevate the life Of man.
Therefore it is a desecration Of that
which God has given him for his ele-
walton and ennobling, for man to in
troduce that which will mar or de-
tract from the beautiful which ma
ture has placed about him.
It is not right that man should con-
struet unsightly bui' dings; that he
should scatter abroad over the land,
rubbish, debris, and waste; that he
should trample under foot the inno-
cent flower in its fragrance and
beauty; that he should slay for pleas
ure the harmless but instead melody
producing birds of field and forest.
But rather it ought to be man 5 de-
light and pleasure to assist nature IN
making his surroundings more beau
tiful instead Of antagonizing and
forcing her to yield that which Is un-
slightly and unpleasurable.
A person who will sit in waiting
room or public place and throw pea
nut hulls by the handfuls Oh the floor.
the person who will peel a banana
and throw the skin on the sidewalk
for his neighbor to slip on and fall
the person who will tear up paper and
throw over the streets, is still per-
fectly legitimate inhabitant Of the
wilds, but has no rightful place IN a
civilized community. The true regard
! for the rights Of others, the indi-
vidual's responsibility to the whole
or for the general welfare Of ones
! fellows--these constitute an initial
fact upon which civilization is found
ed. A highly civilized person IS Sensl-
lively aware Of the rights OF Others
He is aware Of his personal RESPONSE
bility for the looks Of things. He Is
aware Of himself as being part Of the
public and thereby having ownership
! in all public property, which gives
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him pride in that which is civic or
public, equal with his pride in that
which is personal or private.
In order to inculcate true principles
of citizenship into the minds Of the
young people, a certain high school
in Chicago instituted itself into self
governing body, drawing up a NUM-
cipal code, and electing municipal Of
ficers. each student thereby being
taught his part and personal interest
in municipal affairs. The value OF the
training was so pronounced that this
particular school has been student
governing institution for number OF
years. School children in New York
were once set at picking up papers
blowing over the streets that they
might learn that the public places be-
longed to the citizens and as citizens
thev had their share of the RESPONSE
bility for the appearances Of the pub
lie places.
Our town has progressed and has
forged to the front in industry, hus-
tie, and thrift. We have come to the
point where We do not so much need
an increase of these things; but we
do need sadly more beauty. We need
things that are pleasant to look at
and things to enjoy: We need a pleas
anter environment about our homes,
our yards, our schools and our public
places If these things were Of more
money value We would have them. but
being inexpensive they are overlook
ed.
The ancient Greeks surrounded
mothers and children with beauty so
that children might be born beautiful
! in body and with love for the beau
tifuI. They realized the importance
Of the atmosphere into which a life Is
cast. The mere looks for instance OF
a school house and the surrounding
play ground have wonderful lnflu-
ence on the mind Of the average child.
! 4 beautiful building, lawn and shrub
berry and flowers are silent but pow
erful factors in the education OF
childhood and are quite as important
as books and charts. If the stream
of association starts out from the
beautiful, chaste and elevatlng OBJ
iects and surroundings, there is less
danger that it will turn aside after
: wards into filthy places. If an IN
spring environment is important to
the birth of poet, it has similar val
he in tie education of every soul. If
children are daily surrounded by
those influences that elevate them,
that make them clean and we'll ord
cred, that make them love flowers
and pictures and proper decorations,
they at last reach that degree Of cul-
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ture where nothing else will please
them. Early life should be linked with
that which is elevating and ennobling,
with inspiring forms of nature, with
mountains, fields, brooks stars, flow
ers, etc.
If we who are older have already
had our characters formed beyond
further impress and susceptibility to
environment, may we not provide for
the coming generation that associa-
ton which will abide many years af-
ter youth has been spent-the town
of Honea Path pleasant, attractive,
and beautiful7
"To him who in the love Of nature
holds
Communion with her visible forms she
speaks
A various language; for his gayer
hours,
She has a voice Of gladness, and a
smile,
And eloquence Of beauty; and she
glides
Into his darker musings with mild
And healing sympathy, that steals
away
Their sharpness ere he is aware. "
G.. H. S.